davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16
VOTES TO RAISE $4,000
Montpelier Board Of Trade Wants New
Industry Fund Pledged by
November I.

Montpelier. Sept. I4.-At the regular
meeting Of the board Of trade this even
ing. the plan for financing tho board by
creating a fund Of $4,000 for securing new
industries and assisting in the commercial
Improvement OF Montpelier was I'M
animously adopted. II was voted that this
entire sum shall be raised on or before
November next and the directors Of tho
board were named rs a committee to Sc
cure subscriptions. Only % per cent. OF
the sum pledged Is to be called for In
any one year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16
FAIR AT MALONE OPENED.
Great show Of 1--we stock and Produce
Results Of Yeaterday's Races.

Malone. y. Y. Sept 1.-THE 18th
annual exhibition Of the Franklin county
fair opened to-day. with tho usual first
day attendance. Exhibits are still coming
In and all the departments ar" well h'ied
The live stock and agricultural products
are fnr ahead of last year. The racing
summaries follows:
..on rpnr I,Y-RSE Sl0O
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16

ments Of every description, made in the
most fashionable style. Military gar.
ments made In the best manner and
warranted to At y. NJ requests those
who are indebted 10 him to call and
settle tho same as soon as possible. y. II.
An apprentice wanted.
"NerFenues. lith April. 1925"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16
THE VERMONT AURORA.
Political Conditions ~ Reflected by
Verxcnnss Paper SO Years Ago.

A copy Of the Vermont Aurora" for
Thursday morning, May s, 1s2S, has re-
Gently nosel it's way up through the
weight Of many celebrating years, bring
ing with II message, yellow and lime
stained. from old Vermont,
There is no advertising on the front
rage. This. to begin with. places the
"Aurorn" quite out OF Claas II tho pres
ent day papers. THIS little. four-page
journal was published in Nergennes by
one Gamaliel Small. and II may 10 claim
cd that there were no advertisers in that
place and day. But there We're as Is
proven by the varied and various notices
on the other three pages Of the paper
large mart Of the front page is de-
voted to mater OF distinctly literary ma
ture and the remainder TO the most ar
dent kind Of political discussion. The
raqcr cones out strongly for tie Hon
John Quincy Adams for president and
the Hon Richard Rush for vice-presi-
dent Andrew jackson is the unfortun-
/ ate candidate offered by the opposition
and he Is scored right and left by the
Vermont Aurora" of Nergennes Cen
eral Jackson In Letter, which Is quoted
in tho paper asserts that he imbIhed hts
political views IN tina times and from
the saees of" the revolution.
The "Auroro" takes violent exception
TO this claim on the part Of the general
and after completely anihilatlnS all OF his
pretensions. winds UP with the following
sentence: so much for the assertion OF
= falsehood which no one can credit,
and which can only be asserted for the
contemplate purpose Of connecting him
self with the revolution, In which he
! bore no part but that Of hiding himself
from the enemy and refusing 10 clean an
officers boots" That any gentleman, and
Jackson has been supposed to have been
chat. should refuse 10 clean an officer $
boots does not seem unrea sonahle.
After report Of the proceedings of
Congress. which occupies good part
of the second page come Some columns
of matter designated as foreign The
report begins: ny late arrivals nj New
! York, London and Liverpool papers to
the 26th March have been received The
dongs OF March % were news in Yer
connes on May s.
The rest of the paper Is mostly devoted
10 agricultural news. market reports and
advertising And the style and manner
OF that advertising are worth consider
Ing. OF course It Is very humorous nc-
cording to our standards, but it also has
a dignity which might well he sought
otter by the modern "ad" writer. The
following specimen will give good idea
Of It's general tone:
TAILORING"
, 80 Morrison respectfully informs his
, friends and tho public That he has re-
moved from his former residence to that
, part Of Wheeier's building lately occu-
pied BY J. NJ. Taylor, where he intends
carrying on the tailoring business In all
It's branches and In a manner that shall
, be pleasing and sntisfa Glory to those
who may favor him with their patron
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16

Excursion to New York. See ad on
page 2.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16
PRECOCITN.

Excursion TO New York See ad or
page l.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16

Excursion to state fair at White River
Jet See Ad on page 5.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16

FOUNTAIN PENS AT FREE PRESS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
SHARP REBUKE
From Bureau Of Immi-
grafton to Commissioners.
Officials Must Be More Care
full TO Observe Rules.
Desirable Aliens Must Not Be De-
ported to Satisfy Spite.

Washington, July 27.-"Of late the
arresting and departing of aliens has
increased enormously and tendency
is noted in some cases TO sacrifice quail
ity Of work to quantity. This will not
do. There must be no merely super
fetal inquiry in any case. officers must
not submit recommendation for arrest
upon irresponsible, uninvestigated ac-
cusations"
This was the sharp rebuke admins
tered in instructions which have just
bee1 sent out by the bureau of i'm
migration to all commissioners of i'm
migration ard inspectors in charge di-
rectins attention to the failure of in
vestigating officers in making thor
ough preliminary inquiry, especially in
cases Of alleged violation of the alien
contract labor laws.
Tho circular letter of instructions
points out that the bureau of immigra-
ton recently had it's attention directed
in a very forcefulmanner to the fact
that immigration officers do not OBJ
serve in the handling of warrant cases
the ndmonitlons contained in the i'm
migration regulations, which caution
OI1lcefS OF care To De eNtIclStu Ill con-
Quoting an investigation into cases of
aliens believed to be in this country
in violation of the law.
"Oficers are specially cautioned not
to lend their aid in causing the ar
rest of aliens upon charges arising out
of personal spite or cnmity unless the
truth of such charges is clearly estab-
lished." is the admonition to which
particular attention is directed The
bureau adds:
The instances in which this failure
to observe regulations) have been not
ed are principally but not exclusively,
cases OF alleged violation of the ahen
contract labor provisions. In such
cases particularly there is no excuse
for precipitancy for as rule, there
is no danger the alien will escape, and,
Continued on Page TWelve)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
ORVILLE WRIGHT BREAKS
WORLDS AER0PLANE RECORD.
Stays in Air | Hour, II Minutes and 40
Seconds and Covers so Miles, Carrying
A Passenger=--Pres. Taft Applauds.

Washington, July 27.-The worlda
aeropane record for two men was
broken in both time and distance this
evening in beautiful flight of l hour.
IL minutes and 40 seconds-upwards
of so miles--and at speed averaging
about 40 miles an hour, by Orvilie
Wright at Fort Myer, with Lieut..
Frank p Lahm, of the army signal
corps, as passenger. The former rec
ord was made last year by his brother
Wilbur, at LIE Mans. France, with Prof.
Painlove of the French Institute as
passenger. That flight was l hour, .
minutes and 81 seconds Wilbur was
an eager spectator OF today's flight by
his brother
The cheering which heralded the
setting of a new mark in the conquest
of the air was led by President TAFT
in person, who had sat, an intensely
interested spectator, throughout the
flight, and who insisted at it's conclu
sion upon personally congratulating the
brothers upon their success. This sue
|cess was all-important to the WrightS
in that it completed the first of two
crucial tests of their machine imposed
upon them by the United States gov
ernment-the So-called endurance
test" which required them to remain
one hour continuously in the air witt:
one passenger. Orville did nearly ID
minutes better than that and could
have kept on for three hours and a
half, the limit imposed by the gasoline
capacity of the supply tank
The other test, that for speed, will
be compiled with tomorrow, weather
permitting, when Orvifle is to take
Lieut.. Benjamin Foulouis of the Signal
Corps, on a cross-country fight to AL
eXandria ard return, a total of 10
miles over a measured course, and at
a speed required to average 40 miles
an hour. Orville could have made that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
HOUSE SEEMS TO HAVE
Won OUT FOR FREE HIDES.
Surrender to Senate on Lumber, Coal, Iron Ore
And Print Paper in Return for Free Hides and
Oil and Higher Duties on Gloves and Hosiery.

| before the conference committee. Not
even nominal duty proved acceptable
to Representative Payne, whose posi-
ton was strengthened by the support
of President Taft and the Senate con-
ferees were compelled to yield in spite
Of the fact that free hides threatened
| to provike an instruction among
stand pat senators from cattle rails
| ing states. 1t appears, however. that
Mr.. Payne's victory was a costly one
inasmuch as that the House conferees
| We're defeated on coal, print paper,
| iron ore and lumber.
| Although new oaths of secrecy We're
taken by every member of the confer
ence committee before today's session
was adjourned, it is well understood
| that the foregoing rates represent the
| understanding that has been reached
| on all of the subjects which engaged
executive attention during the last few
weeks.
The chief victory won by the Senate
| was the retention of it's duties on lum-
| Der. These represent reductions from
| Dingley rates. but are not nearly as
| low as the House rates. which began
with 81 on rough lumber. Likewise, a
| victory was won by the Senate through
| the acceptance by the conference com
| mittee of rate of SO. so ton on print
| paper instead of the 81 rate fixed by
| the House.
| The placing of oil on the free list was
a foregone conclusion by reason of the
strong opposition in both branches of
| Congress to making this article dutiable.
There seems to be no doubt tonight
| that the House leaders will be able to
put through a rule permitting the con-
ferees to make reductions in the rates on
manufactures of leather in accordance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
CUT SHORT.
Sutton Probe Is Sus-
pended Indefinitely.
Hearing Will Not Be Resumed
Until Lieut.. Ut|ey Returns.
Court Rules Mrs. Sutton Is Com.
pIainant and Officers Defendants.

Annapolis, July 27-The Sutton in
quiry was adjourned today Indefinite
ly This action was taken on a ruling
of the court that Mrs. Sutton was a
complainant in the case and all the Of
ficers concerned in the affair were
made party defendants The hearing
will not be resumed until Lieut.. Utley,
another party defendant, returns from
abroad
Annapolis, Md. July 27.--When the
board of inquiry resumed it's investiga-
ton today into the death of Lieut..
James +. Sutton of the Maine Corps,
The announcement that Mrs Sutton
Parker, Lieut. Sutton's sister, would
testify, brought the largest crowd to
the auditorium of any day since the
inquiry began. Commander Hood, pre-
siding officer of the court. announced
that there would be arguments by the
lawyers and Major Leonard, the judge
advocate after all the testimony is In
and rebuttal will be allowed after the
testimony of Lieut.. Utley and Surgeon
Cook, the absent witnesses is taken
next week. In response to request
by Mr.. Tiernay, Lieut.. Adams coun-
sci, that counsel for Mrs. Sutton stipu-
late moro clearly in regard to his final
argument in the case. Mr.. Davis said
he had entered the inquiry with an en-
tirely open mind and he did not intend
to point the finger of suspicion against
any one particular officer, but he would
not hesitate in saying he might offer
certain specific recommendations to the
court. in regard to persons concerned
in the inquiry in his summing up.
Mrs. Sutton, mother of Lieut.. Sutton,
was sworn as a witness.
Major Leonard, the judge advocate
read Mrs. SuttonS letter to the navy
department asking for re-opening of
the investigation of her sons death in
which she said she believed evidence
could be produced to show that her son
did not commit suicide, but was shot
and killed by one of the officers with
him on the night of his death. and that
hewas not guilty of the conduct i'm
puted to him by the other officers of the
Marine Corps prior to his death. Major
Leonard requested that Mrs. Sutton
now be considered q complainant in
the case and not mere party to the
inquiry, and that all the officers In
yolved in the affair be allowed to be
present in court and be represented to
cross-cxamine Mrs. Sutton or any wit.
nesses produced by the Suttons.
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
Em|y Morning Fire Visits
Prout'S Neck
Destroying Hotel, Garage and
Several Other Buildings.
Several Houses Burned...PartiaIIy
Covered by Insurance.

Prout's Neck, Me, July 2,.-Fire de
stroyed the Jocelyn House, the resi-
dence, stable, garage and shop of Alcn-
20 Googins and the summer home OF
Lemuel lane of Westbrook here to-
day, the loss aggregating $4,000. Mr..
Googins lost seven horses also. There
were 30 guests in the hotel and they
saved their personal effects.
The fire started in the Gooeins sta
bic about 4.45 and spread rapidly
There is no fire fighting apparatus al
the beach, which is midway between
Saco and Portland. Everybody in the
community was aroused and an en-
deavor was made to save the Lane
house. but in vain. The hotel caught
when the Googins buildings We're baz-
ing tiercest and there was time to save
a portion of the valuabes most easy OF
removal
The Jocelyn House was built 20 years
ago and several additions had beer
made until it included nearly 100 rooms
| 1T was booked to it's capacity for Au
gust Mrs. Frank b. Libby was propri-
etor. her husband having owned anC
| conducted it until his death a few
years ago 1t was a first-class hostelry
| and had become we'll known to tour
| lists whose custom it was to visit this
region.
| Mr.. Googins had an extensive prop
| erty. located near the hotel. 1t COM
prised his residence, stable. garage, {
carpenter and machine shop. But little
of value was saved from any of these
and ii was impossible to save any OF
the horses in the stable. Mr.. Lanes
cottage was one of the best in this vi
cinity and was finely furnished. He es-
Inmates his loss at $4,000 and was
nearly fully insured. Mr.. Googins has
but $1,000 insurance, loss $4,000 There
was an insurance of about $4,000 on
the hotel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
Makes Another Futile Ef.
fort to Gross Channel.
Falls in Water Within Two
Miles Of English Shore.
Motor Gives Out Just Before Goal
Is ched...Aviat0r Hurt.

Dover, Eng, July 27.-Hubert Lath-
ANS second attempt to fly across the
English channel ended disastrously to.
day. Almost in the moment of victory,
his monoplane fluttered down into the
sea, two miles beyond the Admiralty
pier, like a bird with a broken wing.
thousands of people croWding the wa
ter front saw the fall and for nearly
half an hour they We're kept in sus-
pense, not knowing whether the daring
aeronaut had met death or had again
been rescued from the water.
flock of larg and small craft raced
to the scene of the disaster. and a pin
mace from the British battleship Rus
sell picked up the unlucky flyer and
put him aboard a French torpedo boat
destroyer After surgeon had attend
ed to his injuries Latham was brought
ashore and he was taken to the Lord
Warden hotel His face was bandagcd
and bleeding and his nose was broken
The machine, badly wrecked. was hoist
ed from the boat to the dock
I.atham's fight, to the moment OF
its sensational finish in some respects
eclipsed Bleriot's, his machine being
only 20 minutes Ill tilt jill lTofll tiit lliht
he left the coast of France. Apparent
ly he steered q straighter course than
Bleriot. as he was making drnct'v fni
Dover when he fell. The disastrous
ending of the flight furnished Il
matte scene Thousands of people had
gathered here, many of them carrying
tclescopes. marine and field glasses and
cameras. Soon two French torpedo
boats, which preceded the aeroplane
were seen approaching at a furious
pace. thick clouds of smoke putting
from their tunnels.
Asia an airship was dlScerned head
ing straight fo- the center of the town
The repidity of its fight was ev1denc-
ed by the quickness with which it grew
larger and assumed bird like outlines,
Suddenly it began to slacken speed, at
the same time gliding toward the SUR
face Of the ocean 1t f1uttered few
times and fell like a wounded eagle
The aeroplane dropped with lateral
incline 10 the sea There it floated, al
though only those with glasses could
make out that it had not sunk. The ex-
element while the boats were dart
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
DAYS JOURNAL CONTENTS

/ Page One.
TELEGRAPH = Startling Testimony
Bainst Thaw-Sutton Case Cut Short
nrly Morning Fire at Prout's Neck
1tlam Fails to Cross English Channel
congressional News.
4 Page Two.
local AND TELEGRAPH
4 Page Three.
LOCAL-W aterville. Fairfield and Oak
nd Local News
Page Four.
PORTING AND FINANCIAL.-Resu
Games in American. National, New
eland. Eastern and Connecticut
aeues-Boxing and Other Sports-Daily
|arket Quotations
4 Page Five.
TELEGRAPH
Page Six.
EDITORIAL-The Scandalmouger A
{oman's Niew-Accomplished the Pur-
se-Old Theory Upset-Maine Gossip
tss Comments.
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADS-Male and Female
p Wanted-Real Estate for Sale
puses, Stores, etc, to Let-Lost and
lhd-Boats, Motors, etc, for Sale
sihess Cards-Railroads.
Page Eight.
|eTATE-Hancock, Kennebec Knox,
Ieoln, Somerset and Waldo County
Page Nine.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH-Sta te
Fuse News and Whitefield TO
earh
Page Ten.
loo at Opera House
gd Theatre Comique-Bids Opened for
sorkshop and Pishon's Ferry Bridge
Eetkly Shoot OF Augusta Rifle Club.
Page Eleven.
of the Late Mrs. Caro-
Pc D. M Ballard-City Reservoirs ir
Pod Shape-Cobbossee Notes-Comins
Rents-Maine Farming Notes.
Page Twelve.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28

White Plains, N Y, July 27.--There
was small prospect that Harry K.
ThaW would reach the stand at today 5
session when the supreme court re
Sumed its hearing this morning on his
application for release from the Mat
toaWan Criminal Insane asylum. DIR.
BritOn d. Evans, who declared yester>
day that ThaW was not and never had
been paranOiac. continued his testi-
mOny today and his crOss-eyamina-
ton by District Attorney Jerome was
expected to he long and searching. DR.
Isham D. Harris of the Hudson River
state Hospital for the Insane at Pough-
koepsie came into court with the ThaW
pGrty and said he expected to follow
DR.. Evans on the stand.
Thaw is willing to testify. He enter
eG the court room today looking unus-
ually buoyant.
81 win never go back to MattcaWan.
he said. 81 am we'll satisfied with the
way the hearing has gone thus far and
| am not afraid to face Mr. Jerome"
In the corridor Thaw met his broth
err ard sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. 10
siah Thaw, and held brief converse
ton With them.
Mr.. Jerome today denied a report
Continued on Page TWelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28

with the program arranged in conference
yesterday.
II there is any danger of the program
failing the trouble is in the Senate. SEN
ator Aldrich talked with a number of the
Western senators today and some of them
still oppose putting hides upon the free
list under any circumstances. 1t is gen.
orally understood. however, that the
Western senators feel that Mr.. Aldrich
did all he could to continue protection
for the cattle industry, and that enough
of them will vote to support the program
for free hides and reductions from the
House rates on leather and leather goods
to insure its adoption by the Senate
The conferees will meet again at 10 A.
NJ. tomorrow and wind up their labors.
Every member said tonight that none of
the five big questions which engaged the
attention of President Taft had been
closed
Some of the conferees admit that gen.
eral agreement was entered into by which
all We're to deny that these subjects had
beer settled 1t is well known, however,
that while the voting has not taken
place, agreements have been reached and
all that remains to finally dispose of the
questions is to incorporate the agreed
rates in the conference report.
The conference report will be ready for
presentation to the House as soon as the
rule in regard to the leather schedule is
adopted by the body.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28
STARTLING TESTIMONY
AGAINST HARRY X. THAW.
ormer Boarding Mistress Makes Sensational Al
Iegations-A|| Other Witnesses Swear He Is
Sane---Jerome in Charge for the State.

Thaw's former counsel, was unwrapped
ana a pearl handled whip about three
feet long, was flashed into view. With
this before the eyes of the court and
spectators, the woman related a series
of stories about finding Thaw on several
occasion flashing the girls upon their
bare arms and bodies. Thaw, she said,
had posed as a theatrical agent and had
lured the girls to his rooms with prom
ises of engagements. When she remon-
strated with him, she testified his excuse
was that the girls weren't smart enough
and couldn't fill their positions and de-
served beating" She testified further
that Thaw had frequently behaved in
violent manner in her presence and
that she considered his acts irrational
District Attorney William Travers
Jerome had full charge of the case for
the state today and it was he who
brought out the damaging testimony
against Harry Thaw.
Mrs Merrils testimony was stopped
when Mr.. Jerome intimated that it might
iriure innocent persons. Under cross
examination by Charles Morschauser
counsel for Thaw the witness was at
taCKeu HefcelE. lie succeeded IN DflnS-
ing out the fact that she had been re-
Gently arrested on a charge of perjury
after an unsuccessful suit to recover
$ico0 600 damages from n man. The woman
cmphatcally denied that she kept any
Of the money that passed from Thaw
through her hands
Then why did you stand for all this
from Mr.. Thaw?" asked Mr.. Morschauser
"oh. | felt sorry for him." was her
answer
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw slipped quietly
into court during the proceedings today
but did not testify. She smiled at Thaw
several times during the afternoon but
he paid no attention to her.
Aside from the Merrill wOman's teSt-
mCpy, the alienists took up the remainder
of the proceedings and testified in Thaw' s
behalf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28

fight this evening, but it was almost
dark when he at last alighted, after q
fight which would have carried him
twice across the English channel.
Everybody present today realized
that upon Orville Wright's last attempt
to navigate the air with q passenger,
that passenger Lieut.. Seifridge, was
killed and he himself was terribly In
jurcd. . ,+,.,..-si,s >jsl
Shortly after o'clock Orville Wright
signalled for the aeroplane to be trun-
died TO the starting grounds. where, in
A few minutes it was in position on the
mono-rail with the counter balancing
weights poised. At $50 Lieut.. LAhm
took his seat in the center of the ma
chine. next to the purring motor. It
was the place that Selfridge took; 10
months ago.