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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
GOULDS SELL STOCK.
George j. Confirms Rumor of Passing
Of Western Union Control

New York. Nov. 16.-Announced in
Boston, confirmed in New York and
commented on with interest every
where another billion dollars merger
became 4 reality today with the prac
ticai absorption of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co. The Western
Union has been in the Gould family
for a generation and it was by the sale
of Gould stock today that the merger
was accomplished. George J. Could
chairman of the executive committee
Of the Western Union said tonight:
1T is fact that we have sold large
part of our holdings in the Western
Union Telegraph Co., to the Telephone
Company. l believe this will insure to
the benefit of both the public and the
Western Union stockholders, as the
business of both companies can be handl-
ed 50 that they form a complement to
one another. thus giving to the FULLEST
extent prompt and satisfactory service to
their patrons. They should be worked in
harmony. which will be to the great adj
vantage of the public, as well as the mu-
tual interests of both companies"
Other officers of the Western Union
here declined to make any extended
comment or the merger Pres. Glow
cry said he did not care to talk on the
safe. Boston evidently is the source
IF information ho said AS near as
Continued on Page Three.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17

b" postponed, so thn only progress made
To-Day Was in organizing relief work for
The many destitute remnants Oh fam
HES.
In making rounds Of many of the min
ers homes today it was found that with
the exception of small children all were
without males. Only the most frantic
of the women who lost husbands ven
turcd to visit the shaft today. Funerals
cr eight of the miners who were killed
Saturday We're held today. Two of
these died While engaged in rescue
work.
The opinion was expressed tonight
by Mine Manager Taylor that the mon
in the mine were dead soon after the
hrr started Saturday.
The men in the mine are dead" he
said Under any process OF scientific
reason there can exist no ground for
hope that single soul could have been
found alive an hour after the first fire.
To make these poor people think that
when the mine is opened their loved
ones will be found in some remote por-
tipn Of the mine. is cruel
1T is Il mistaken idea that the en-
tombed miners could have FASTENED far
out in the galleries ana there found
OK. gen enough to keep them alive. The
fire was intense and the smoke and the
poisonous gases. known to miners as
white damp, were whirled to every cor
FER of the mine. No living tnia" co@IG
escape Il.
1T is also 4 mistake to thin.- t..t
CONTINUED on Page Tw&lv"1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
Final Arguments Tuesday
In Mullins Murder Case.
Counsel Makes Strong Claims
For Defendants Innocence.
Prosecutor Insists That Evidence
Against Them Is Conclusive.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 16.-The final
argument in behalf of Peter Delorey,
the Somcrville boy, who is accused
jointly with James Mantir, the Greek
barber of Manchester, n. H., for the
murder OF Miss Annie Mullins at Arl-
lngton in March, 1908, was concluded
today by Frank McDcrmott, the De-
lorey counsel Mr.. McDernott said
that all there was to the governments
case was the story OF Peter Deloreys
aunt, recalled by her a year after the
crime was committed and, he said, re
called only when She had been sued
Tor wages by Mantir.
Mr.. Mcp"rmott said that Delorey
had done Mantr grave injustice by
falsely accusing Mantir Of the murder
when the young men We're arrested. He
argued that the confession Of DClorey
WAS not true and he made it after be
ing dazcd ana inundated by the po-
lice.
During Mr.. McDermotts argument
Foth the youthful defendants appeared
nervous and grave. Nearly all the
members of Dclorcy's family were in
court this morning. Attorney McDer-
mott concluded his argument at 10
O'Clock and was followed BY Henry II.
WinsloW, Mautir's counsel, who made
IA plea in behalf of his client.
Mr.. WinsioW based his argument on
the ground that the government had
shown 20 motive, had not proven that
the woman was murdered and had not
connected Mantr with the crime be
yund Il II aSonable doubt He said that
the governments whole case rested on
TIE disclosures made by the inllictlon
Upon the two young men by the Cam
bridge police OF what is known as the
Third degree"
During the year after the murder the
young Greek could have easily left the
county without being followed. said
MI WinsloW, but suddenly, through
an account of a woman with whom he
had had trouble over wages he was
taken into custody and subjected TO
rigid examination. Delorcy lied under
the strain but Mantir declared his in
n0cence and ignorance of the Urine,
District Attorney John J. Higgins in
bis closing argument for the state in
sisted that all the evidence was against
the theory of suicide. particularly IN
stancng the absence Of any weapon
near the body when it was discovered
and the fact that the severity Of the
wounds showed that they We're dealt
bv stronger hand than a Won1an's $.
lie said that the evidence against De-
lorcy and Mantir was conclusive, and
denied that Delorey's alleged confess
sion had been wrung from him by the
police by methods suggesting torture.
When MI Higgins had concluded,
court was adjourned until A. NJ.
tomorrow, when the jury Will be
charged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
A Meek SPIRIT
Shown by Mrs. Stetson
IL Accepting Fate.
Bows TO Mrs. Eddy'S Wishes
And Asks Students to Do Same.
Another lo.Hour Conference With
Mother Church Directors.

Boston, Nov. 16.-Twenty hours. 10
Yesterday and 10 today. Mrs. Augusta
r. Stetson OF New York. accused of
mental malpractice" completed to-
night in close and secret conference
with the board OF directors of the First
ChuTcn of Christ, Scientist, in the in
ncr council rooms of >..e mother
church.
AS secret and uncommunicatlve as
the doors and gates of the mother
church, which remained locked and
grated and barred, no word was
Vouchsafed throughout the day as to
the meaning of the conference by Mrs.
Stctson, the directors, or the Christian
Science publications.
Promptly at $50 o'clock this MORN
ing as yesterday morning. Mrs. Stet-
son. accompanied by her secretary,
Ella Dunn, appeared at the corner en-
trance of the mother church on Fal-
mouth street. Following short Scold-
ing of the photographers by her scores
tary, Mrs. StetSon, SoWned IN gray ard
her face enveloped in purple auto
mobile veil. hurriedly crossed the walk
into the church. 4 man said to be
HAYNES Davis. a New York reader, and
who is believed to be looking after Mrs.
Stetsons interests. entered the church
soon after Then came the board Of
five VINO yesterday were also present at
the hearing, Archibald Mcclellan
chairman, stephen "A. Chase, treasurer,
,Iohn Y. Dittemore, secretary, Addison
V. Stewart and Ira D. Knapp, truss
tees.
E,xcept for three of the members of
the hoard who left the church for half
an hour at 2 o'clock, no one was seen
10 leave or enter the church until I
o'clock tonight. If dinner was served
in the church building it was not seen
to be carried in, unless boxes, which
we're thought to have been a prepared
lunch, taken into the publications
building next dor above about noon,
were for the conferees. In this event
it was taken to the church building by
some other means than the generally
known entrance and exits of the
church.
Complete ignorance still prevails as
to the status of the relations between
the directors and Mrs. Stetson, but il
is generally believed that she is at
tempting to vindicate herself from the
charges brought against her and which
have recently resulted in her being
derosed as reader with the right to
practice, for three years.
The only information concerning the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
FIRE IN CHINA.
Frank {. Rand Loses Earn-House
Saved by Hard Work-Loss $500.

China. Ne. Nov. 16.-(SpeciaD.-A
large barn owned by Frank E. Rand
and located on a cross road running
from East Eassalboro to this village
and about a quarter of a mile from the
main road was destroyed by fire early
this evening together with about %
tons of hay. and it was only by hard
work that the house and ell We're saw
ed The fire was discovered in the
barn at about ) o'clock in the afternoon
but its origin is unknown. 1t is said
that no one had been in the barn, and
the first that was known of the fire
was when the smoke was seen issuing
from the building.
Mr. Rand has a telephone and it
was without doubt. partly due to this
fact that the house was saved. Calls
were sent to the village and to various
places within a radius of four miles,
shed which connected the barn with the
house was torn away and the house
and its contents We're saved lot of
wood. between IA and Is cords. which
was in the shed, was burned The
success of the fire fighters was due to
q great extent to the presence of a
large spring of water near the house,
50 that there was plenty of water to
work with. Had it not been for this
it is the general opinion that the en-
tire set of buildings would have been
destroyed.
The stock and the farming tools
which were in the barn We're saved.
The barn was fine one and was near
~ new, having been built but two years
ago. The estimated loss on the barn
and hay is $500 and there is an in
surance of $500 on the buildings and
their contents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
|0Oky'S JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
| Observation-Disclosures Telegraph and
Telephone Merger Afnot -TWenty-tU
Weishers implicated in Sugar Trust
pFrauds-AIullins Murder Case Will Go to
Eury Today-No Hope That Gntombed
klNersSAfe Alive at Cherry, Ill, Mines
Fogd, nKlling and Other Necessities
tNeeded ERelef Work Among Miners
Famili ne in China, Ne,
| s Page Two,
Loo Ekowhegan, Pittsfield and Car
| Page Three.
| LOCAL-Gardner and Hallowell Local
News
Page Four.
I SPORTING AND FINANCIAL-Foot-
ball May Be Reformed Again--Rowdoin
Eleven May Play Annapolis Thanksgiving
| Day.
Page Five.
| STATE-Kennehec, Somerset and Wal
do County News.
Page Six.
EDITORIAL
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
Page Eight.
STATE - Kcnnebec Knox, Lincoln,
penohscot, Sagadahoc ana Somerset
County News
Page Nine.
LOCAL AND STATE state House
Work on the Wrecked Vessel
Alice +. Clark, Postponed Till Spring
Somerset County News Births, Mar
rlage and Deaths.
Page Ten.
LOCAL AmuScmcnts at Theatre Conf
que and Opera House-AuGusta Rifle club
Holds Weekly Shoot-Peter Mcqueen
Proves Big Drawing Card at City Hall.
Page Eleven.
Loo N.-F. J. Ham Named by County
commissioners for Probation officer Tn
der New laW-AuGusta Retail Market
Law Court Rescripts-Local Briefs
Page Twelve.
TFLEGRAPII-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
TIE WEATHER
RAIN AND COLDER.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Weather fore
cast: The winds along the New Eng
land coast will be moderate to brisk
5 ,uthwcst to west. Forecast FOR New
England: Rain Wednesday; Thursday
fair. colder: b,iel; southwest 20 west
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17

them with conspiracy and effecting and
aiding IN affecting entries of sugar at
this port by false weights, was entered
today by James F. Bendernagel, for
mcr general manager and superinten-
dent OF the Williamsburg plant of the
American Sugar Refining Co. and six
minor employees of the company joint
~ indicted with him.
Attorneys for the indicted men
served notice that they reserved the
privilege of substituting demurrers to
the plea made today and applying for
an adjournment or removal of trial
on The ground that the present state
of public feeling rendered it impossible
fer thr clients to obtain fair trial.
The pleadingS We're made before
Judge Hough, of the United States cir
cult court who fixed next Monday as
the time for argument on the demur-
rers and motions for postponement or
change of venue if either are made.
In the event of motions and demurrerS
being oyerruled then. Nov. 80 was fixed
as the date and Judge Martin as the
judge before whom the case is to be
tried.
-Bendernagel's bail of $4,000 was con-
tinued until Nov. 80.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 16.-Up to
today it had been assumed in railroad
circles here that President Mellen of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Co. would succeed President
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17

Toston, Nov. ga long stride to.
ward the complete control by one cor
poration of all wire communication IN
the United States was made today in
tho acquisition by the American Tclo-
phone and Telegraph Co., Of control
of tho Western Union Telegraph co.
and the possible extension Of the tclc-
phone service TO the far corners of the
land without Implications or extra cor
struction In order to make the ab-
Sofptloh complete, the incorporation of
a new N.02onNn,0o0 company, it is said.
will be necessary to include the $59r
fi3,400 of tn" bonds and stock of the
American Telephone CO.. known as the
Bell Co. and the outstanding SlG5 COO
900 of the bonds and stock of the West
orr Union.
The acquiring OF the necessary stock
ana voting rights Of the Western
Union Ivy thr I}cll co. has been i'm
progress for about SIX months. Tho
work has hccn conducted quietly. ano
only a sufficient amount said 10 be CT
per cent. was taken over to insure con-
troll. When the necessary amount ha,
been secured the announcement fol
lowed almost immC diatcly The lead
ing officers Of the Ben 60. regard tho
step as one of economy. They uoint out
that ever since the teIcphone has been
a factor in human life ii has had TO
compete With the telegraph. Lines have
been aarallrled and there has been an
immense amount of duplication. The
Officers of the telephone company he
lleNe that the merger will save the
Bell Co. $75 00o,000 in new construction
While it will also enable the utilization
ut IN" same time of wires for both tel
esTaphing and telephoning
The history of the Western Union
dates back to before the Civil War but
the Rell Go. is OF comparatively recent
origin. Both companies pursued the
usual method of absorbing smaller
companies until the SNOWFALL rolled
up into corporations whose assets and
liabilities totalled hundreds OF mil
lcins OF dollars The actual figures is
sued here today are as follows:
Tel Western
System. Union Total
assets $6SO.042oO $162, Sl6,SG4 sSi2 36l ,064
Capital
stock Sl1s37,$oo 99,s171o All ,654, 400
Bonded
debt a3s6so.5oO ss,G45OOo 2777 ,SS25 500
Property
account 545045.60o 124,OS6 ,92O 669, 49,, $40
Gross
earnings 14o.OlG4Oo So,5f,o72 170557 .472
Net
earnings 1874 coo 1874 107 53391 1A7
Miles
of wire S.O9S6.9 1,3S2.5Oo 9,4S1 lis;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
1904

10c. Cigar.
Increased sales for past 10 months, g.
SG.G9S.
Factory. Manchester. N. II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
Entered by BendernaseI, One of Ac-
cussd in the Sugar Frauds.

New York. Nov. ia plea of not
guilty TO the indictments charging,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-17
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE

May Probe Sugar Trust Frauds and
Custom House Corruption.
Washington, Nov. 16-NO one of the
Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04
PRoHIB RESOLUTION AssAILED
North Alabama Presbytery Accused
of Dabbling in Politics.

Admission, Ala, October 28.-The
action of the North Alabama Presby-
terry in adopting resolutions at their
annual session here to-day declaring
in favor of the proposed prohibition
amendment to Alabama's Constitu-
ton, is to be made the subject OF
charges preferred against the Pres
bytery before the Alabama Presby-
terian Synod and the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church. This
was announced by the Rev. w. /.
Sinnott stated clerk of the Presby-
terry, who asserts that the action Of
the Presbytery violates the constitu-
ton of that body in that the resolu-
ton is of a political nature and is
prohibited.
The resolution declares the subject
of the proposed prohibition amend
ment to be a moral rather than a
political issue and non-partisan.
DR.. Sinnott delivered strong ad-
dress against the adoption Of the
resolution. He was himself criticised
for giving out newspaper interviews,
which it was charged, placed the de-
nomination in q false light.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04
TOSSES WEALTH TO WIND.
Young Prodigal Of Baltic Showers
Gold on Liverpool Dock.

London, Oct. 29.-It has beer
learned that just prior to the de-
parture Of the Baltic from Liverpool
for New York on Saturday a young
and well dressed man who had been
leaning over the rail gazing intently
at the people below, suddenly plunged
his hand in his pocket drew out
handful of gold and silver coins and
hurled them through the air to the
landing stage.
There was a lively melee and mix.
up by the porters, to the great delight
of the passengers. The eccentric
dispenser of wealth, said to be q
young American millionaire, repeat.
ed the performance a number OF
times to the increasing excitement OF
the crowds on the docks and landing
stage.
Some of the coins got stuck in the
crevices of the dock or rebounded tc
the pontoons, and after the steamer
left, the porters counted sixteen
pounds sterling $500 of loot.
It was not Andrew Carnegie who
scattered the coins, but J. Roosevelt
is aboard the Baltic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04
INDIAN COTTON.
Carolina Mills Will Experiment With
Cheaper Cotton.

President H. G. Townsend Of the
Townsend twine mills and President
Ellison A. Smith of the Pelzer cotton
mill have placed orders for several
hundred bales of East India cotton
and, it is said that other mills in the
Piedmont section have done likewise.
The Indian cotton is of a shorter
staple than the upland cotton but Is
as white and smooth. The mills are
going to experiment with this cotton
and if it works satisfactorily, and the
mill men are confident it will, large
orders will be placed at once.
The experiment is being made with
this cotton on account Of the high
price of American cotton.
The Indian cotton was bought at l
1-S cents t. o. b. New York. The
freight to Anderson is Sc cents per
100 pounds. This cotton can, there
fore, be laid down there for about II
IA cents while the American cotton
is bringing IA IA there now. The
savings of cents per pound will be
a big item with the mills and If the
experiment proves satisfactory, ar
rangements will be mads to bring
large shipments from an Indian port
direct to Charleston.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04
Electric Road for Rock Hill.

Rock Hill, Oct. 31.-That applica-
tion has been made to the Secretary
Of States Office for chartering the
Carolina Traction Company, of Rock
Hill was not given out here by the
promoters, Messrs. J. NJ. Cherry, OF
Rock Hill; w. S. Lee and L. Lee and
George Stephens, of Charlotte, and
the news came as partial surprise,
notwithstanding the fact that notice
had been taken Of the survey going
on.
It is now stated authoritatively that
electric cars will be running in this
city within twelve months. 1t has
been believed here for some time that
the Southern Power Company was
interested in this matter, and this
belief is now practically confirmed.
The far-reaching terms OF the appli-
cation for the charter indicate great
probabilities for Rock Hill, and many
are more firmly than ever convinced
that the final outcome will be the
establishment here, at the logical
point, of headquarters for the big
electric corporation above named. 1t
is probable the intention of the pro-
moters to connect not only Char
lotte and Rock Hill, but circuit of
towns, routes to which have within
a year or two been surveyed. 1t is
understood that the line between this
city and Charlotte will be the first
line built.
The line mentioned in the applica-
tion connecting with the Seaboard Air
Line at a point Southeast of Rock
Hill, is one which is viewed with
great interest by business men here,
and taken with the survey made
year since from Shelby, N. c., would
indicate a long desired connection
with the coal fields. If, however,
il should mean nothing else, the GER
tainty appears that the far-famed
"hay-burners" Of our present street
railway are thing Of the past.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.

MIR. John H. Cope spent Monday
and Tuesday in Spartanburg.
-R. C. Hardwick, Esq, Of Den
mark, was in the city Monday.
Mr.. J. M. Carter, of the Smoaks
section, was in the city last Friday.
Mr.. J. A. Peters, Sr., of the Ehr-
hardt section, was in the city Tues
day.
Mr.. B. B. Bishop, of the Ehr-
hardt section, was in the city Mon
day.
Mr.. P. M. Kearse and daughter,
Of Olar, we're in the city last Satur-
day.
Mrs. D. G. Fielder spent last week
at North on a visit to relatives and
friends.
-Messrs. T. D. Antly and G.. G..
Addicks, of the Cope section, were in
the city last Saturday.
-Messrs. Isaac w. Carter and J.
L. Kinard, of the Ehrhardt section,
were in the city Monday.
Mrs. R. M. Hays is here visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Harvey on South
Main street.-GreenwQod Index.
Mrs. ALI G. Hays and her mother
spent several days in the city last
week on their way to their home,
Apalachicola, Fla.
Mrs. J. H. Dixon and children,
who have been spending some months
In Washington, D. c., with relatives,
returned to the city Monday.
Mrs. T.. D. Antly, of the Cope
section, has been in the hospital in
Columbia for some time, but has
sufficiently improved to come home
this week.
Misses Genie Cope, Wilhelmina
and Louise Folk, Ruth Byrd, and
May Brabham, who are attending Co.
lumbia College, are at home this
week on account of holiday.
Mrs. ALT G. Hays and little son
left last Saturday for Appalachacola,
Fla, where they will make their
future home. Their many friends
here regret to see them go.-Green-
wood Index.
President F. N. K. Bailey, of the
8. C. C. l., at Edgefield, was in the
city Tuesday. President Bailey was
seriously injured some weeks ago in
an explosion of acetylene gas, but he
is recovering from his wounds, and
was on his way down in Florida to
recuperate. He says he has not been
in the school room this session, but
that the S. C. C. l. is prospering, and
he has full attendance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04
Kills Conductor in Yards.

Augusta, Ca, Nov. edward
Jackson, switch engineer for the
Georgia railroad, tonight shot in the
right eye and killed John D. Hudson,
switch freight conductor for the
Charleston & Western Carolina rail
road. The killing occurred in the
freight yards of the Charleston &
Western Carolina railway and result
ed from a dispute between the men
over track rights.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04

Come in and see US during court
week. The Herald force always ex-
tends warm welcome to the friends
of this newspaper. Of course you'll
find US busy, but you will not be in
the way.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-04

Blessed are the meek, for when the
last trump sounds great many
people will find that their heads are
too large to fit into the aureole.