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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23

ties and quaint conceits of form with
which nature has so layishly adorned
this Colorado museum.
The garden comprises an area Of $40
acres. The titanic forces of nature con-
spired to make it one of the ruggedest
yet most beautiful spots on earth. 1t
has attracted tourists by hundreds of
thousands from all parts of the world,
rivaling in this respect the Yellowstone
National Park itself. and its fame has
done much to build up that region as
the playground of the republic.
The Garden of the Gods Is remark
able for the strange forms which the
red and white sandstone rocks here as
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23

complete in every outline, and as de
mure as though about to finish the
Matching of brood of ducklings. Then
comes an alligator stretched out at full
length and SO natural that one involun-
tarily wonders if the gigantic saurian is
not waiting for meal-a small one
off the duck. Further advance into this
museum of wonders reveals new sights
to charm or impress the beholder. OF
these there may be mentioned the red
sentinel that guards the north portals
of the Garden, flanked on either side by
cathedrals and fortresses Of amazing
size, and af1ame with brilliant coloring.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
GARDEN OF THE GODS
Colorado Wonderland, Where
Nature Displays Her Most
fantastic Moods.


One Of the worlds greatest natural
wonders, the famous Garden Of the
Gods in Colorado, has been presented
by G. B. Perkins, who has been its own
er for quarter Of century. to Col
orado Springs to become a part Of the
city's 3,000-acre park system. 1t is a
notable acquisition and the people Of
Colorado Springs are to be congratu-
lated in thus securing a feature that
has called forth the admiration of tour
lists from all over the world, who have
invariably grown enthusiastic in their
praises when beholding the scenic beau
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
Another Theory.

Il have seen illuminations on Mars
which I am sure were efforts to COM
municate with u.s. said the imagina-
tive scientist,
Nonsense" answered the practical
person: what you saw was probably q
national celebration with street illu-
minations and fireworks. Washing.
ton Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23

There are thin slabs of sandstone stand
ing on edge and lifting their heads hun
dreds Of feet high, on which the gods
or witches have sculptured images Of
birds and animals; and many strange
shapes such as needle rocks. Several
other localities in the mountains near
the Garden Of the Gods afford similar
wonders.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
Exempt.

'They can't drag my wife into any
of these new-fangled, slim-Jane styles
of dressing"
Independent, eh?'
well, it amt so much that. She's
thirty-eight inches round the waist
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
A FnnI Anrhnu

II don't suppose he would rock Q
boat"
Il hope not"
"Still, he might see how far out he
could swim. Birmingham Age-Her
aid
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
Wasn't Made.

Munk-That's fiossy suit YOU have.
Who made it?
Punk-NobOdy. 1t was reaoy made.
Cornell Widow.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23

The worst kind of dead beat Is
man who tries to swlndle the estats
Of q deceased friend.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23

Ever notice how the other fellow hap
pens to have your umbrella when it
rains?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Tells How Amelia St. Jean Died in His Office and
How, III His Fright, He Cut Up and Distributed
Remains Head Found by His Direction
Remandedfor Sentence Novel Legal Point.

presiding. the Fall River herb doctor
changed his plea of last week and re-
piled "Guilty,' when asked to answer
to the indictment.
The question of sentence then came
up and District Attorney James NJ
Swift reviewed the finding of the parts
of the body in the bushes against the
Bulgermarsh road in Tiverton, it's par
tial identification, the discovery that
the young woman had been in Hills
office and the arrest of Hill within
week after the crime had been dis
closed.
HIS attorney, Thomas +. Higgins,
then made the statement or confession,
in be half of his client. He claimed that
Il letter carrier named Munroe had
sent the girl to Iiill and that the herb
doctor had refused to perform the oD-
tration, despite the urgent plealings
of the girl. Then the girl took matters
into her own hands with al implement
which she had brought herself and i'm
mcdiatcly afterwards tainted. Hill said
that he worked over her two hours
and was 1rcnzieG when he found that
death had resulted. Ii was in this
frenzy, he claimed, that he cut up the
body and distributed it in the adjacent
town Of Tiverton. The head, however,
not far from his office.
The government followed the confess
sion by calling in rapid succession four
doctors, who had previously been iden-
tilted with the case. Medical Examiner
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
GALE WORKS HAVOC.
Northeast Blow Causes Trouble ct
Sandwich, Mass.

Sandwich. Mass, Nov. "a rortheast
s;tle which sprang up suddenly during tho
night caught a little fleet Of vessels en-
gagged in laying a breakwater for the
new Cape Cod canal in a bad place at
dawn today and at noon two lighters had
been driven to the beach and demolished
a tug had scurred across to Province
town for shelter and a schooner was
riding out the gale with distress signals
flying.
Sixteen men came on to the beach in
the lighters and were hauled ashore
through the breakers by employees of the
Gilbert Transportation Co., which has
charge of the work. Three of the men
were in an exhausted condition and re-
quired medical assistance The lighters
We're the Potomac and Franklin and were
the property of Sorenson & Co., of Bos-
ton. The heavy sea made short work of
them.
The schooner Elsie was partially I'M
loaded but nad number of granite
houlders astern, which kept her bow
waves.
The tug Sarah F. Weed started for
Provincetown as soon as the storm prov
cd severe and at noon it was learned that
she was safely at ancnor in the harbor
there
TIL" gale was blowing more than 80
miles an hour when the lighters were
torn from their mornings and hurled on
To the beach
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

New York, Nov. 9.-Belated news of
a steamer q. sea in which probably II
lives were lost was brought to New
York city Six of the crew of the bark
cntine John S. Bennett, bound from
New York TO Halifax with Il cargo of
coat were drowned early Monday
morning when she was sunk in col
Iision OFT Block Island with four
masted schooner supposed to be the
Merrill G.. Hart of Thomaston. Ne. The
schooner is also believed to have been
lost, together with all her crew
five mon. Wreckage bearing the
maine of the Merrill c.. Hart fOated
ashore near the scene of the collision
today. The Bennett was owned by A.
Whndrey & Co. of Liverpool, n. s.
Meagrc details of the disaster were
brought here today by Capt Bullock
of the schooner William Jones, which
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Taunton, Mass, Nov. 9.--Whilc the
attorney for Prof" Frank l.. Hill, the
Fall River herb doctor, who today
pleaded guilty in the Bristol county
superior court, to an Indictment of
granddaughter in connection with the
Tiverton suit case mystery, was MAX
ing a statement in the nature of a con-
fession, reporters in the neighboring
city of Fall River found in a spot indi-
Gated in the confession the head Of the
victim which completed the dismem-
bered body of the young woman. Hills
attorney in his statement to the court,
said that the victim, Amelia ST. Jean
of Woonsocket, r. l., had died in Hills
office as result Of her own act. after
the herb doctor had refused to give
her the surgical relief which she
sought.
Pending the examination of the head
and in view of the statement of four
doctors that they could not accept
Hills alleged confession, Judge Stew
ems postponed sentence in the case and
Hill was remanded to Jail.
The maximum sentence for man
slaughter in this state is 20 years i'm
prisonment.
The superior court room in this city
was the scene of the last act Of this
fatal drama which had been watched
by the inhabitants Of two states. for
almost month.
In low voice which could scarcely
be heard by Judge Stevens, who was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
| Should Not Be Tortured,
Cries Nine, Steinhei|.
Seems Much Exhausted, But
Judges Are More Lenient.
Defence will Be Denial Of Murders,
But Admitting "a Past"

Paris Nov 9-The sixth day Of the
trial of Nine Steinhel advanced no
further the solution of the mystery
underlying the murder Of the woman's
husband. Adolph Steinheil, a noted
PAINTER and her stepmOther, Nine.
Japy. While the testimony given to-
day was indirectly more damaging to
the defendant the whole case rests
upon purely circumstantial evidence.
The judges attitude toward the &C
cuSed is becoming distinctly more
lenient and at the same time the de-
PENDANTS pOWers of resistance seem
already exhausted under the terrific
ordeal to which she has been subjected.
Have pity on me. I should not he
tortured" she exclaimed, soon after
the case opened this morning. but dur
ing the latter half of the day she sat
forlorn and detected, the personifica
ton of grief and misery. allowing the
gravest accusations to pass unchal-
lenged.
Several newspaper reporters, who
had interviewed Nine. Steinheil soon
after the crime, gave testimony that
one of these witnesses declared that
Nine. Steinheil had said after whisp-
cred conference with Marietta Wolf,
the cook at her home, that the WOLF
woman would deny everything if h2r
mistress was arrested.
Judge De Wales called the witness
attention to the gravity of his testi-
mony and the witness replied: Il ac-
cept full responsibility"
It is>learned that the line of defence
to be followed by NJ Aubin, Nine.
Steinheils counsel, will be based in
large measure on the womans men' III
condition. While insisting upon her
entire innocence of completely in The
crime, NJ. Aubin will admit the whole
miserable Story of her immoral past
and will contend that exposure and the
suspicious aroused against her had so
affected her hysterical and passionate
nature that it drove her into a condi
ton of frenzied despair, rendering her
irresponsible for her acts and accusd-
tions after that time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
WRECkAGE COMES ASHORE.
Fragments Of Sunken Craft Washed
Up, But No Bodies,

Block Island, K. l.. Nov. 9.-AIthough
the sea today washed up on both
shores Of Block Island evidence of dis
ast"r to the schooner Merrill Hart in
the shape of Wrcckage bearing that
vessels name, it had given un rono of
ITS II dead tonight. As far a. 1t was
poss iblc to distinguish all the wreck
age was that Of the schooner There
were no signs Of the British harken-
tine John $ Bennett, which was in
collision with the Hart as reported
from New York. The schooner, which
las been in regular service between
Maine and other coaetWSc ports FOR
AZ years, clearly suffered most from
the encounter, her parts coming
ashore in fragments.
Mariners on both sides of the sound
stated their opinion that the schooner
must have been struck by the bdrken-
tine to nave suffered so severely Ac-
cording to the captain of the schooner
William Jones'. which brought the two
rescued Filipino sailors of the Zen
nett's crow to that city. the barkcn-
tine was atloat some time after tn,
schooner. The shock must have been a
great one to break the Hart as it did
The schooner. although old. had re-
Gently been rebuilt and was laden with
stone.
Sunday night or Monday morning.
when the collision took place. was clear
enough for good observation. according
to lighthouse observers on both sides
of the sound They report checking off
a number of passing vessels. all
ychn ,Jtt n tt- ont
Neither did they see or hear anything
to indicate the collision which took
place. 1t is supposed that it happened
about the middle of the sound, between
Point Judith on the mainland and
SANDY point on Block Island. At both
these points wreckage washed ashore
today.
Included among the wreckage which
was thrown up on both shores was a
smashed boat, the top of deck mouse.
a quarter board bearing the name
Merrill c. Hart" a fog horn OF 1or-
eign make. operated by crank,
number of doors and considerable
Quantity of whole and splintered
RANKS. 1t is believed that all these
parts came from the schooner There
was also found a Seaman's Library.
No. 9772 and Il photograph. apparent
" that of Filipino. This latter alone
is believed to have come from the
barkantine
Capt. knowles, in charge of the
Third Lifesaving district, comprising
the stations in Narragansett bay and
Block Island sound. has issued orders
for the several crews to begin search
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Pres. MeI|en Likes Pub
|icity Only as Theory,
Its Practice Is a Very Different
Matter, He Thinks.
Also Confesses That Railroads Have
0utgrown State Control.

Boston. Nov. 9-"Publicity Is .all
right theoretically. but practically
works havoc with business declared
President Charles S. Mellen of tie
New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad in the course of hearing
given him today by the state railroad
commissioners, sitting with the bank
commissioner and the commissioner OF
corporations
The hearing was in relation to that
portion of the last annual report of
Attorney General Dana Malone In
which he advised the Legislature that
the railroad company had subjected
itself to the forfeiture of its charter.
Mr. Melen said that the New Haven
Co. had been guided by what 1t con-
sidered competent counsel in all mat
tiers affecting it's capitalization.
He complained Of the roads diff
culties arising from supervision by the
authorities of different states. isn't
it fact" asked Bank Commissioner
Chaplin, that the large railroad cor
porations have outgrown the lines 0f
any state control?"
Il think that is true" responded Mr..
Mellen.
Mr.. Mellen declined to state posi-
lively, however, that he favored fed
eral supervision of the issuing OF So
curities instead Of state supervision.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Stirnson of Tiverton. r. l., Medical
Examiner Cunning of Fall River, Med
ical Examiner McGrath of Boston, who
performed the autopsy, and DR.. Cough
lin of Fail River. and all four declared
their inability to accept the confession
as far as it related to the girls death.
While the court proceedings were An
progress word came from Fall River
that the head had been found at the
place indicated by Hill. The doctors
were again called to the stand and in
answer to questions by Judge Stevens
said that something might be learned
regarding the death by the expression
on the face.
and defence agreed that as Hill had
pleaded guilty to the indictment FOR
manSlaughter no effort would be made
to obtain an indictment against him
On a more serious charge.
Hill was then remanded to the Taun-
ton Jail and Judge Stevens said that
lie would suspend the question of SEN
tcncc until the doctors had reported
OH the condition of the head and he
had obtained more light on the case.
The question of whether a man
could be held Ior more serious charge
after he had once pleaded guilty to
mails IN this county and was the sub
ject of considerable debate after the
court adjourned. 1t is expected that
Hill will be brought into court again
the last CT the week for final action.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Barkentine John S. Bennett Of Liverpool, n. s.,
And Four n1aSted Schooner Merrill C. Hart Of
TnomaSton, Me-, Go Down Off Block Island
All Hands on the Hart Are Lost.

picked up two Filipino sailors, men,
bers of the Benefits crew, which nGm-
lered eight men in all, consisting of
capt. Jonas Firth of Lockport, n s.,
First Mate Hadlcy and Second Mate
Dbrey Geldert, both of Lockport, and
Daniel Stoutley. the cook, and two sea-
men besides the two rescued men.
Capt Bullock said that-at | O'Clock
Monday morning, as he was passing
Block Island, he made out d vessels
lights nearby He approached close
enough to speak to her and her cap
tain matted him and asked for assist
ah"e, calling out That his vessel, which
was barkentine, had been in collision
ard was sinking. Bullock Immediately
came ahout and made ready to get out
Il toat to go to the rescue of the bark
cntme's crew. Before the boat could
he put over. however the barkentine
had vanished beneath the surface.
When the William Jones boat reach
% the SPOT where the bartentinc had
that could b" seen, but nearby the
Searchers came across the two Fill
!nos, clinging to a small boat. Both
"Nit HlChtu UP. ffdctlc9lly nothing
could be learned from them, for thcy
spoke no English. The search was con-
tinnod m the vicinity but no trace OF
any other survivors Of the wreck could
b" discovered. In the dim light of the
carly morning the surface of the ocean
nearby could not well be made out, but
within the radius Of vision there were
no other vessels to he seen.
The William Jones which was bound
from Stockton Springs, Nc, for New
ork with a cargo of lumber, made a
quick trip down and reached New York
t"oay. When tn" rescued I'iIipinos were
taken to an Interpreter il soon de-
Ntlnpcd that they Wcr" members of
Inc crew of the barkcntinc John s.
Hcnnett They were later recognized
as forming part of thc Bcnnctts crew
by iii" shipping master who shipped
them from this port.
TN" tflipinoS told the Interpreter
that the vessel which vas in collision
with the Bennett was a four-mas;ed
schooner. She had sunk, thcy said. soon
after the vessels collidod.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
A. F. of |. Will Fight
Against Imprisonment
OF Pres. Gompers, Vice Pres.
Mitchell and Sec. Morrison.
To Also Appeal Original Suit.
Other Recomme ndations.

Toronto, Ont. Nov. 9-If President
Samuel Gompers, Vice President John
Mltcacll and Secretary Frank Morri-
son Of the American Federation of La
Dor eventually have to serve Jail SEN
tentcs for contempt of court, it will not
be due OF lack of support from trades
unicnism The executive council of the
Federation recommended to the con-
vention today that an appeal be tax
en- to the United States supreme court.
both in the Buck stove & Range Cos
injunction case and in the contempt
charges growing out of it. That the
convention will ratify the .recpmmen-
dation later in it's session seems GER
tain and that the three labor leaders
and their fellow officers will be re-
elected for another year. is predict
cd. A vigorous denunciation of the use
oI the labor injunction and of the de-
NAL of trial by jury, was embodied in
the councils report today. This report
said:
I'VE recommend that an appeal be
taken from the decision rendered in
both the original injunction as well as
the contempt case growing out of it..
We cannot permit these decisions to
&C unchallenged They affect funda-
mental rights and other courts or Con-
gress must safeguard them.
1--WE again enter our protest against
the application of the writ of injunc-
ton in labor disputes unless where an
injunction would lie if there were no
labor disputes. We hold that the ordi-
nary use of the injunction writ in con-
tentions between workers and employ
ers is an unwarranted interference
with the rights and liberties of the
workers and is intended and it's influ-
ence used to intimidate workers, es-
pecially when they are engaged in a
struggle for improved working condi-
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
NDAYS JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
TELEGRAPH-Hill Pleads Guilty to
ManslauShter in Tiverton Murder Case
Eleven Persons Perish as Result of COL
lision at Saco-Two Arrests in Recent As
sault Case at Bath-A. f. l.. Will Fight
Against imprisonment of Labor Leaders
The Steinheil Case.
Page Two.
LOCAL-Skowhegan Pittsfied and Gar
diner Local News.
Page Three.
LOCAL-Gardlner and Hallowen Local
News.
Page Four.
SPORTING AND Observation-Disclosures
er Shakeup in Bowdoin Elevcn-Sket"h
Of Newman, Who Has Played Four Years
on Bowdoin Misunderstanding. Baseball
uapd Other Sports-The Markets.
Page Five.
&kTE-Kennebec, Lincoln ana Somer
county News.
Page Six.
sDIToRIAL-
Page Seven.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Page Eight.
STATE AND TELEtIRAfii-S'fNl
in Commemoration of the 1l5th AnniVcr-
sary of Monmouth Methodist Church-tol.
Boothbay on Business SituationNCounty
News
Page Nine.
LOCAL AND STATE-State House
Matters-County News,
Page Ten.
LOCAL - Entertainment at Parish
House OF Episcopal Church-Rif'e club
Holds Shoot Death--Gospel Mission
Notcs-Local Briefs. tYttt,.
Page Eleventh t
LOCAL-Augusta Retail Market
Amusements-Cou News.g.; .' ely
Paqe Twelve. ''
TL'I .IEC.R APII-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
LOSS s50o,eoo.
Lightning Plays Havoc With Texas
Oil Properties.

Beaumont, Tex, Nov. 9.-During rain
and electrical storms yesterday. light
ming played havoc with oil properties
here. Lightning set fire the Gulf Re-
fining COS. 55,00o-barrel tank vf
naphtha at Port Arthur. Another bolt
ignited nine of the oil tanks of the
Texas Co. near Beaumont. They held
about 100000 barrels Of crude oil The
total loss will reach $500. 900. Six hun
dred employees worked throughout las.
night throwing up entertainments to
prevent the flaming oil from spread lg
over the fields.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

early tomorrow morning for the bodies
and Wreckagc.
The schooner Merrill c. Hart. which
was bound from ThOmaston. Me, for
New York. with a cargo of stone, car
RED a crew of five men including Can't
Charles c. BoyleS of Tenants Harbor
Ne. The other four members of the
crew We're Charles Rummley, Swans
Island, Me. cook: Alfred Braun,
AdOlph Anderson and Alfred Tor, sea-
men. The two former were SWedes
and the latter native of Finland.
The schooner Merrill c. Hart was
built in Bristol, Me- in 1866, ami hailed
from ThOmaston, Me. She registered
lS2 net tonnage was $40 feet long.
2G7 in breadth and ~ feet in depth
Her owners are Dun & Elliott of Thorn
aston.
The barkentine John S. Bennett was
a comparatively new vessel. She was
built and owned in Liverpool. n S,
her owners being l.. w. Hendri. OF
wooden construction, she was sheath
ed with copper. The John S. Bennett
registered 299 tons, net.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
THREE TRAINSMEN INJURED.
Thirty five Others Injured in Louis
Vile G. Nashville Wreck.

Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 9.-Three
trainsmcn were killed and 80 persons
injured in a wreck at Klcinart's Sta
ton, 20 miles north of here. early TO-
day. The northbound through Louis
Vile & Nashville passenger train to
Cincinnati which leaves Knoxville at
II p. NJ. collided With southbound
freight The wreck destroyed wire
communication and blocked the Louis :
vile & Nashville tracks. but d relief
train was sent out over the Southern
and it arrived here at daybreak with
the dead and injured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
JUDGE COOK SAYS:

houses He is
in
realize
W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Nov. 9.-IForccast for Boston
ANA vicinity: Wednesday fair: Thurs
day fair probably followed by rain in
afternoon or night; warmer eastcrly
t. southcrly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

King Victor Emanuel. who is stay
ing at his hunting lodge. the Cascine
D san i ,ssore, at Pisa. Italy. Tuesday
received the noted Marathon runner,
Dcrapdo Pietri.