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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
BATES COLLEGE.

Lewiston, Me, June 22.-QSpeciaO.--
The Class of 1909 at Bates College held
its Class day exercises this afternoon
in Hathorn hall. One of the largest
crowds on record attended the exer-
ciscs. the chapel could not accommo-
had tickets. There were SO members
Of the class who marched I'm lead by
Marshal Boo:hby. The class was seat
ed on the stage. The College Orches-
ira opened the exercises with a selec-
ton, followed by prayer by Chaplain
Bolster of the class.
The class history opened the exer-
cises Miss Phyllis Culhane was the
class historian and she gave careful
review of the achievements of the
class for the past four years. She be-
gan with the FreshmenS ophmore
! baseball game, which was sacrificed
to the Sophomores because of an over
Whelming sense of duty" Then the
Freshman receptions, the Freshman
class ride given by Prof Stanton, the
Ping Pong game, in which the Fresh
men and Juniors defeated the SophO-
moros and Seniors.
Halloween party was held at East
Auburn, the Freshmen Sophomore bas-
kctball game where they allowed '08
t" defeat them, the indoor meet, where
they won the relay championship. the
class ride TO No-name pond
The Sophomore year opened with q
defeat in the baseball game at the
| hands Of 1910, then the class ride to
Merrymecting park. outdoor walks.
Sophomore debates. winning the bas-
ketball game from the Freshmen.
In the Junior year another Halo
we'en party at Lisbon Falls the class
ride to Lake Auburn, and the Ivy day
closed the year for them.
In the Senior year they missed their
Halloween party owing to q decree
from the faculty, they enjoyed q COLI
lege circus given by Miss Norris. they
have had numerous class socials. all
| of which resulted in a grand time.
The class has established a reputa.
ton as workers. distinguishing them
selves in debate, baseball, football.
track, tennis and basketball And she
closed by suggesting that even after
| the class left college. they would still
be adding to the history of the Clasa
of 1909.
Fred II. Lancaster gave the address
to Halls and Campus. He noted how
the class had spent four happy years
with the surroundings where the meme
bers have been training for the prob
lens of life. The halls have been the
homes Of the Seniors, the campus their
playground: within these borders. thu
most memorable of college experiences
have Eeen confined. They cannot leave
them without sadness at the thought ar
parting, yet that gloom Is in meas .
ure dispelled when they realize thai
abiding in their memories are the fonA
Erecollections of the days that used 10
be-"
The speaker then addressed the ~.
spective halls, beginning with tha
chapel. Hathorn hall, then Parker ha,l
home of the young men: the dormito.
rics ecrcss the way, homes of the vnunr
ladies'; and all Of the other halls ~
the campus he connected the held
where Bates spirit prevailed ana ~
eliminated this with picture Of ~
David on the eve after victory. ~
then passed on to the changes which
Continued on Page TWelYe.l
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
CHUNG SIN TELLS OF
ELSIE S|CEL'S DEATH.
Pressure Of the Police Third Degree
Brings Horrible Story Of Her Murder
By the Missing Leon Ling.

1t was made partly in English and
partly in Chinese, for there was an in
terpreter present, and was taken down
by stenographers. No statement of the
sist was made public, but the most sa-
li"nt facts of the confession soon he
came known about the building
From the mans story it is apparent
that Elsie Sigel was first drugged with
cnioroform and then chOked to death
She was killed apparently on the
night OF June 9, although Chung Sin
appeared little mixed in his dates
But he says that early in the morning
or June 10 he heard a strange noise in
LeonS room adjoining his and, look
ing over the transom, saw the girl w.
ing on the bed vita a bloody towel
oven her mouth. He passed through
the room, he says. to go out to wash
his hands and as he did so felt of the
body, which was Still warm After
ward he went down to the chop suey
restaurant below, then returned to the
room Leon in the meantime had COW
cred the body with q blanket up to the
chin and had pulled a trunk to the
middle OF the floor. This trunk Leon
was calmly enptying. preparatory to
placing the body therein. Tie rope
with which the body was bound was
lying fthC floor at the time. accord
ing To CnnnE sin. Once again he Went
down stairs said Chung Sin. where he
remained until Leon called him When
ne entered the room the body was not
visible, having been bound with the
rope and placed in the trunk
Chung sand that he had had no hand
in putting the body in the trunk
Il didn't see her no more" said
Chung Sin, land when I asked Leon
how she died, he said she had bitten
her tongue and bled to death"
Leon told him, Chung Sin added, that
he was going to send the trunk to
Jersey City. thence to Europe. AS Il
matter of fact. it lay untouched in the
stuify little room until Sun Leong.
proprietor of the restaurant below, no.
ticcd the odor about the building and
summoned the police
Until Chung Sins complete account
Is made public it will not be explained
why h saw the dead girl and the
preparations for the removal OF the
body with such apparent unconcern at
the time. Also. despite repeated in
tcrrCgations. he declined to say what
happened in the room when the girl
was murdered. He admitted having
heard q scufflc in the room during the
night and told of Elsie having arrived
on the previous afternoon, the day
then she disappeared from her home
Did Leon take her there or did she
go on her own accord?" he was asked.
SHE went there alone" he replied.
WAS she in love with Leon or Leon
in love with her." was another qucs-
ton.
At this Chung Sin relapsed only
smiled and shook his head.
He indicated. however. that the girl
had sought out the Chinaman.
Continued on Page Twelvo)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23

New York, June o. Under the pres
sure Of the third degree, Chung Sin,
One-time room mate of Leon Ling, told
this afternoon of Elsie Sigel's murder
He admitted that he had seen the body
IN Leon Ling'a ,room over the Eighth
avenue chop suey restaurant, that he
had touched it while it was still warm,
that he had smelled drugs and had
wached Leon Ling's preparation for
placing the body in the trunk where it
was found horribly decomposed Friday
night last.
In fact, Chung Sin, if what was
learned at the criminal courts building
Is correct, described almost everything
concerning the murder of Major Cen
eral Franz Sigers granddaughter, cX-
Cept The actual commission of the
crime. He denied any implication in it
and protested stoutly thta he was ig
moran of the whereabouts of Leon
Ling, the supposed murderer. But af-
ter the inquisition he was taken before
Coroner Harbuger and held in $4,000
bail in the house of detention to await
the inquest.
Chln Sin is 30 years old and a ma 7
tive of Canton. He was arrest
ed yesterday morning at West
Galway, n. Y, small hamlet
near Amsterdam, and was brought to
New York this morning in the custody
Of Detective John Forbes. Immediately
after his arrest upstate and all during
the trip by train to this city he was piled
with questions. but it was not until late
today however, that he told of the
deah of the young missionary which
has aroused the whole country. Then,
smoking cigarette after cigarette To
quiet his nerves. the Chinaman told
brokenIy but with brutal bluntncss OF
the girls death.
He was surrounded at the time in the
office of Assistant District Attorney
Theodore II. Ward by detectives from
headquarters who had previously put
him through a grlling. Mr. Ward and
District Attorney Jerome also yerc
present and from what can be learned
1t Was Mr.. Jerome himself who finally
drew the story from Chung Sins lips.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
SCORES APPOINT.
Mrs. Gould Gets $4,000
More Counsel Fee
Submits Testimony 10 Dis
prove Charges Husband Makes.
Court Announces Intention of Hold.
ing a Long Session Tonight.

New York, June 22.-While counsel
for Katherine Clemmons Could
brought up reinforcement of wit
ncsses in one part of the supreme
court today to combat the charges of
the defence in her suit for separation
with alimony from her husband, How
ard Gould, the plaintiff won a victory
in another part OF the court by IL de-
cision of Justice Giegerich. He ruled
that Mrs. Gould shall be allowed an
additional counsel fee of $4,000 at the
expense of her husband.
An allowance OF $4,000 was made to
Mrs Could last fall for the proSecu
ton Of her suit, at which time the
court intimated that a subsequent ap-
plication for an increase might be en-
tertained. Attorneys for Mr.. Could
protested today that it had not been
shown that the wife was without suf-
ficient means to pay her counsel, but
Justice Giegerich thought otherwise.
While this financial feature was be-
ing decided, Justice Bowling continued
to hear the case proper. Hotel proprie-
tor and hotel manager, who denied
knowledge of any undue intimacy be-
tween Mrs. Gould and Dustin tarnum,
the actor, as the defence alleges, en-
ploycs of Castle Gould. members Of
the crew Of the Gould yacht Niagara,
hotel chefs. hair dressers and seam
stresses, VINO testified to Mrs. Gould's
sobriety on all occasions that they
could recall. constituted the bulk Of
the testimony of the reserve forces
which We're called by Mrs. Goulls
,aWycrs today. Thirty or more wit
nesses are yet to be called.
Justice Bowling announced at ad-
journment that he would sit tomorrow
night until the case was finished, with
the exception OF Mrs. Gould'S test:-
mony in rcbuttal if she should be re-
called to the witness stand,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
ToDAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS

Page One.
TELFtiRAPHAClas Day observanceI
al Bates ana Bowdoin Collescs-Th"
Could Trial-Latest Details Of the Sis"l
Murder
Page Two.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPII-Sko
gan. pittstield and Gardiner local news
Page Three.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH-
Page Four.
SPORTING AND FINANCIAL-H Boston
Americans Defeat New York, l" b
Other baseball resuts-Boxlng and other
spoIts-Daily Market quotations
Page Five.
TELEGRAPH
Page Six.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cuban Attach
ment-Tribute to Gen. Braddock-NeW
Blood an essential riefs-Maine Cos
SUPPRESS Comments.
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADS-Male and Female
Help Wanted-Real Estate for SAFE,
Houses, Stores, etc, to Let-Lost ana
Found--Boats, Motors etc, for Sale
Business Cards-Railroads.
Page Eight.
STATE--Androscoggi Kennebec Ian
coin Knox, Penohscot, Somerset ana
Waldo County News.
Page Nine.
LOCAL AND ERAIs-Regulati tons
to Govern New England Fruit SHOW
New Company at Portland is Attached 10
First Infantry-Other State House news
Page Ten.
LOCAL-Amusements at Theatre COM,
ique Opera House and Island Park-Ri!l
in Equity to Prevent Pollution "i a5e,
Srpplv at china Lake. location decided
Upon for Pishon's Ferry BridSe-Local
Briefs
Page Eleven.
Observation-Disclosures Exercises at Cony
High-Retail Market PriceS-Cony High
Athetics-Printers win in City League
Page Twelve.
TELEGRAPH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23

n. C. BARKER CO.,
UP-TO-DATE OUTFlTTERS
Opo. Cony House, Augusta
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
MAINE sPORTSMEN AT klNEO.
Program of Sports Begins Monday
With a Double Canoe Race.

Kinoo, Me, June 22.-The program
of the members of the Maine Sports
mems Fish and Game Associa ton, who
are here on their annual outing. was
begun today. 1t commenced with Il
double canoe race, open for Maine
men only. at two miles with suitable
prizes. Tomorrow there will be shoot
ing and swimming matches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
THE WEATHER
LOCAL SHOWERS.

Washington, June 22.-Forecast for
New England: Local showers Wednes-
day; somewhat cooler in south por-
ton: Thursday showers, light to mod
crate southwest winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
Boston oFrecast.

Boston. June 22.-Forecast for Bos-
ton an vicinity: "Wednesday local
showers and somewhat cooler, Thurs
day showers. Light to moderate
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
Nelson Knocks Out Clifford.

oklahoma City. Okla, June 22.-Bat-
Ting Nelson knocked out Jack Clifford
tonight in the fifth round OF what was
to have been a 20-round bout.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
SPECIAL
REDUCTION
SALE
HIGH GLASS SUITS
TO MEASURE
SAIL

The variety Of fabrics offered for
YOUR selection is large but the
quantity is small. So we must beg OF
you to come at once.
Fabrics workmanship and our
guarantee same as if you paid full
prices. =
Now then
order our regular
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23
1904


10C. Cigar
Increased sales in May over same month
In 1903 upwards Of 100000. "a years New
ELsland's favorite. Factory, Manches.
ter, N. H. ~t
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12
S1.00 Per Year
WE HAVE NO COMMERCIAL CLUB
But We Should Have Some Organization
To Look After Our Interests

The following letter addressed to
the SECRETARY Of the Commercial Club,
which is dead, fell into our hands re-
Gently. It calls attention to a matter
that is important to all who wish to see
the country develop. Along with all
other matters Of this nature, The Echo
passes it up to the public. If any one
has enough energy to act, this paper
will cheerfully help in ever way pos
sible, but it can only do its share.
The letter is from Mr.. Bass, emigra-
ton agent Of the Great Northern rail
road, and is as follows:
Secretary Commercial Club,
Leavenworth, Washington
Dear Sir:-Owing to the AlaskaYukon-
Pacific Exposition to be held at Seattle
during the summer months of 1909,
travel over the Great Northern Railway
promises 10 be very heavy. I thought
it might afford your association a great
opportunity to advertise the resources
of your particular section. I think ii
would be an excellent idea to make a
permanent exhibit OF samples Of grain
OF fruit, as the case may be, and other
products and raw material raised in
your country, and to that end I would
recommend that your association gather
some fine specimens of your products
and exhibit them in either glass case
OF small pavilion on our station plat
form, permit for which I am sure l
could obtain for you.
These samples should be neatly and
attractively arranged and be ready for
exhibition early in the spring, and
printed matter descriptive Of your sec
ton published by your association be
ready for distribution as the trains are
stopping. l expect to be in your city
in the future and talk the matter more
fully over with you, but wish to take it
up with you in advance, SO as to afford
you the possibility Of selecting some
nice specimens of grain or fruit, ETC.,
which I have no doubt you can get,
either from the exhibit you are arrang-
ing for the Seattle exposition or from
some of your farmers, who l have no
doubt will be able to furnish them, and
rest assured of my fullest cooperation
in every way. In the meantime kindly
advise me at your earliest convenience
what you think of the idea and whether
you will be able to make such arrange
ments as above suggested and I will
endeavor to call on you as soon as pos
sible to further discuss the matter with
you. Yours truly,
Max Bass.
General immigration Agent
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12
Father of LeavenwOrth Dead

The following item Of news was
taken from the Southern Oregonian,
Medford, Oregon, sent thru the cour-
tesy of our old friend D. c. Wilson,
who resides at Mediord. Knowing that
some old-timers would remember the
promoter and godfather Of the town, he
rightly concluded it would BE- Of inter
est to our readers.
Captain c. F. Leavenworth, a vet
eran of the civil wal and resident Of the
valley for the past four years, died in
Jacksonville, Oregon, Feb. 2, 1909.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Captain Leavenworth was appn-
emily in good health in the afternoon,
dieing from paralysis of the brain. He
was a former resident Of Washington,
the town Of Leavenworth being named
after him."
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12

From the Oregon paper sent US by
Mr.. Wilson, we learn that denizens Of
that section Of the Webfoot state which
has attracted a number of our good
people, have suffered some inconven-
ience along with the balance Of man
kind the past winter, and that the
weather extremes are responsible for
washouts, SHOWS, high winds and land
slides. In Shasta county, states the
Southern Oregonian, the rainfall during
the month of January was over 81
inches, only little less than two inches
every day during the month. It would
require over one thousand inches Of
snow to equal that 54 inches Of water.
For the past two or three weeks the
weather here has been ideal. Barring,
of course, the snow. Almost every
day the sun has shone, making the air
bright and balmy. The thermometer
has ranged from 25 to 70 above. The
nights have been cool and the morn
ings frosty. The snow is rapidly dis
appearing. By the first or middle OF
March we should be on the bare ground.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12
CHILDREN TO ADVERTISE WEST
VIII Be Asked to Write Their Friends About
Washington, Oregon and the
Cheap Rates

The Portland Commercial Club has
put in effect a common sense idea Of
advertising Oregon. The school chill
dren are asked TO write their cousins
and their aunts in the east and south
and tell them what a great and glorious
country this is and how cheap they can
get here this year to look at the coun-
try and also visit the great Alaska Yu-
kon-Pacifc Exposition. Would not
this be good method to adopt in
every community in Washington.
Here is the Oregon plan.
The boys and girls in attendance
upon the schools will be asked to write
to their relatives, acquaintances and
friends living in the older states re-
garding these rates, and also give their
impressions OF the Pacific Northwest as
they know it. Already a number Of
other cities and towns in Washington
and Oregon have decided to adopt this
date, and it is hoped that not less than
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
boys and girls in the two states may be
induced to write letters. II they do,
no one can estimate the value of this
advertising vehicle, as the great ma
jority of these letters will be read and
re-read again and again.
Within the past week announcement
has been made that in addition to the
$25 fare from Missouri river points,
$30.50 from St. Louis and $33 from
Chicago, a proportionate rate is good
from every point in the United States.
For instance, New York $50 Boston
$4o.45, Cleveland $39.75, Birming-
ham $40.25, and Jacksonville $50.75
are given as illustrations. Leaflets Civ
ing facts about the Northwest in ad-
dition to these rates, will be given the
scholars as special .inducement to write
their letters. Samples of those used
by the Portland Commercial Club are
free to any reader of this paper.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12
STATE PRESS ITE MS

1t is reported from Seattle that the
preparations for the Alaska-Yukon Pa
cifc Exposition are now ninety per
cent complete. AS four months inter
vene between this and the date now
fixed for the opening OF the exposition,
June 1st the directors are considering
the advisability of opening one month
earlier. It is claimed that the fair
could be opened on May 1st with the
buildings completed and practically all
the exhibits in place.
With the exception of the govern
ment building, all the principal build
ings are finished, so far as the exterior
work is concerned, and a large force
of workmen is employed on the struc-
lures still unfinished. Thirty days
will be sufficient to complete the paw
ing of streets, boulevads and courts on
the grounds.
A bill was introduced into the Legis-
lature last week to divide Douglas
county. The new county will be
called Big Bend, in which Ephrata will
be made the temporary county seat.
One of the very best breakfast foods
is the one farmers used in this country
in early days. Simply clean the whole
wheat, soak it in water over night and
boil until the kernels expand like rice
Serve with butter or sugar and cream,
salt to taste before using the sugar,
butter or cream. In this way you get
all the nutriment in the wheat. 1t has
delicious taste; superior to any break
food extant.
The man who doesn't advertise, like,
the man who doesn't wash, would often
get a better reception from the public
if he did. Rusty Mixes Diary.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12

The man who doesn't advertise, like,
the man who doesn't wash, would often
get a better reception from the public
if he did.-Rusty Mixes Diary.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-12

Concluded on Last Page)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-23
WATER SUPPLY
SETTLEMENT IS
STILL FAR OFF

The water commission appointed
by Mayor Pratt last night COM
prises William F. Zimmerman,
George S. Brooke and Thomas Ma
loney. Two members Of the coun-
Gil are to be added and the work
Of the commission is to devise the
best means for supplying the city
with water. The council previous
ly set aside $4,000 for preliminary
surveys at the instance of Coun-
Gilman Schiller.
How this will affect the city
well supply Is a problem. Schiller
is likely to be one of the other
members of the commission, and
he is radical on the subject OF I'm
mediately building rs or 100 mile
supply line to Priest lake. Zimner-
man is a civil engineer of the sSpo-
kane & Inland, which company
would like to acquire the present
city pumping site. Mr.. Brooke is
president of the Fidelity bankgand
Mr.. Maloney is we'll known as Ia
Dor man. Maloney is apt to favor
the well supply.
Water Commissioner Reuterdahl
last night submitted to the coun-
Gil a proposition for the immedi-
ate Improvement of the water sys-
tenn by adding sufficient pumps
and mains at cost of $375,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-23
STRADDLED
THE BRIDGE

A resolution sending the East
Olive avenue bridge to the board Of
public works to be built by day la
Dor or contract, as the board saw
fit, without further delay, was in
Councilman Nelson's hands last
night, but it was hot presented for
adoption. Nelson said he had it,
and had he put it through the mat
ter of further difficulty in building
the bridge would have been obvi-
ated. .-...--------....--. .-....--..---
Councilman Mohr, who seems to
have developed a sort of affinity
feeling for the National Bridge Co.,
tried to have the company's plans
adopted for the bridge. pleading
later that he did not know that
such action would invalidate plans
for the bridge already prepared by
the city engineer, who is employed
for that purpose. Somebody, pos
sibly an agent of the bridge COM
pany, who took an active interest in
the proceedings, had told Mohr that
the council could adopt plans for
the bridge by the wholesale with
out affecting the city's arrange
ments and he acted like he believed
1t. Corporation Counsel Conner I'M
deceived him. The best natured
view to take of Mohr's performance
is that he had been hypnotized.
However, the National plans can be
bid upon in conjunction with Raj
ston's plans, but the business is not
quite handed over entirely to the
bridge company.
AS predicted Mohr last night
started to explain that he was not
day labor. He wants all
city work done by contract, but still
he Is not opposing day labor-zwhen
the labor is hired by the contractor.