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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07
CONDITIONS IN ASIATIC
TURKEY ARE UNbEARAbLE {.
Thousands on Verge Of Starvation, While Troops
Eat Best There S--.Covernment Seems In.
capable Of Handling the Situation.

list, while 1400 more are drawing their
daily ration from the home of one Of
the missionaries. Good advice is being
received from many who would pat
these poor people to work to earn their
daily bread to keep their thoughts
from the horrors through which they
have passed; from the sorrows which
have all but broken their carts. How
easy it is to suggest at a distance of
thousands of miles from the scenes o.
terror which haunt members of the
relief corps as does a nightmareA How
can a carpenter go to work VINO has
no tools; or a tailor who does not
even possess a needle, or a grocer who
cannot even find the ruins OF his shop?
Furthermore, the relief funds available
hardly admit of feeding these thouS-
ands sufficiently to keep life in their
already wasted bodies: much less 10
apply money for constructive. eco
nomic or industrial measures.
In Adana these unfortunatcS are
herdcd together like 50 many cattle IN
an open plain. 1t is a pitiablc sight
to see them in rags and squalor hud-
ding under Inadequate shelter to pro-
tect themselves from the heat of a
tropical sun. and again. at night.
crowded together to protect theru-
selves from the cold because Of in
sufficient covering. Under such con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07

Beirut, Sunday, June ct is evil
dent that conditions everywhere in
Asia Minor are far from settled anG
that it will take time and a govern
ment much stronger than the present
one to make it possible for the people
to resume their labors and go about
with any degree of safety.
After the terrible massacres and the
pillage and burning of Adana new
troops We're sent from Constantinople
Much was expected of these, but thus
far they have done little to improve
conditions.
The inefficiency Of the government
is seen and felt everywhere. The new
ValiSits makes the most Suave aSsur-
ance but what the city needs is a man
with a strong hand and a clean, honest
heart Six thousand troops and hun
dreds of officers swarm about Adana
and eat up the best there is to be had
They corral the COWS, gather up the
wheat and eat the butter, so that the
relief committees are compelled 30
send out into the country for the COM
mOneSt food staples.
The work of relief at Adana is being
pushed 50 far as means and energy
will allow At present in the big camp
there are 1880 persons on the ration
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07

Niagara Falls, n. Y, June G.-Afte
an hours struggle in the swirling wa
ters Of Niagara river between Secondn
and Third Sisters islands, $50 feet
above the brink of the cataract, Aaron
Conn of Buffalo, who had plunged in
to the water to prevent his young
Wlfe's attempt at self destruction, was
forced, from sheer exhaustion, to loos
en- his grip on his wfe's unconscious
form while being dragged ashore to
safety, and the young woman was
swept away to her death. Her body
was later recovered, after n desperate
struggle, lodged against q rock just
above the brink of the falls.
Cohn, who is a strong man, made
heroic efforts to have his wife. With
one arm trying to mold her face above
the water he struggled against the ire
mcndous current for an hour, in n vain
effort to reach shore.
Finally, he was lodged against a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07

ditions there are in this camp today
hundreds of children with measles.
The result of such EXPOSURE by day
and by night must be manifest to all.
1t is not surprising that the line of
babies graves is growing. In one
hospital alone there are over 500
wounded, some with not one or two.
but with dozens of wounds
The crops in all Adana regions are
ripe for harvesting. Unless they are
gathered famine will inevitably stare
people in the face the coming year
and this in addition to all the misery
and horror which already has befallen
them. Guards to protect the people
who have dared to venture out to
gather their crops have time and again
proved the treachery of the Turk. The
farmers have been either stabbed or
shot down like dogs as soon as they
came outside of the city limits.
The country further to the northeast
is equally devastated and unsettled
From Ragche it is reported that recent
events there showed that Mohamedan
fanata ism and hatred OF the army was
cy more intense than during the
massaorns Of 1897. About one-half
of the male population over 12 years
of age has been killed, and the Pro-
teStlnts suffered more in proportion
than did the Gregorians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07
five DEAD-.-THREE DYING
TRAGEDY AT S0MERV|LLE,
John J. Murphy, Slaughter House Butcher Goes
Crazy and Runs AmuCk--.1errorizes 800 Men
Before Subdued.. .brooded Over Jokes:

maniacal shrek, John Murphy turned
from pig sticking to man killing in
the North Packing Il Provision cos.
slaughter house Saturday and driving
his fellow workmen before him like a
herd OF swine slew five of them and
wounded four others. Two Of the
Wounde! were reported later as dying
The dead are:
bridge
bridge.
Thomas Grove. Al. white, of Cam
bridge
Michael Janicus. %. a Pole, of som
ervillc.
Unidentified white man.
Tn" Wounded:
Dr. Daniel G. Hayes 80. government
Inspector. Waitham, Mass.
John Chceveus, As, a Pole, of Cam
bridge.
John Lewis. SO, of Cambridge.
.tohn Patterson, 30. of Somerville.
Hayes ard Janicus We're fcarfully
cut and slashed.
Murphy was working on a platform
killing the pigs as they We're swung
into the long room on the seventh
floor of the building. Extending from
The platform WAS a long bench at
which the pigs We're being dressed by
10 Workmcn. while only 10 feet away
stood Dr.. Hayes, the government in
spcctor. According to some of the
Workmen. Murphy had been acting pc
culiarly for some days, but he return
ed from his dinner Saturday noon APP
parently in good spirits.
shortly after . o'clock he suddenly
uttered a terrific shrek and jumped
at DR.. Hayes, waving his 15inch ra-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07
GREAT ACTIVITY
Develops During Week in
The Stock Market,
Follows Plan to List United
States Steel Stocks in Paris.
Trans. ContinentaIs Immediately
Take a Decided Advance.

New York, June GA sudden re-
kindling of the speculative spirit took
place i'm the New York securities mar
ket last week and towards the end of
the week this issued in q state of eX-
trtme not witnessed in the market for
over two years past. Various Incidents
served 10 awaken the market from the
semi torpid state in which it h;lG drift
ed all through the month of May. dur
ing which the low level of the whole
list was little changed. Apparently it
was the project to introduce the United
states Steel stocks to the Paris mar
Ike which was of most effect in setting
fire to speculative enthusiasm. This
was supplemented by the belief that
important plans were working out
looking to the harmoniZation of rela-
tons between the great trans-cOntincn-
tai railroads.
The great reservoirs of French capt.
ia, comprised in the numerous small
accommodations of that thrifty people
are considered the most inviting field
of supply for that attractive commodi-
ty known to the financial world. The
effect was seen in quick advances of
many of the preferred stocks Of this
class, which passed through the fnan-
ci;l crisis of 1907 and the depression
OF 1903 without impairment of diNi-
dend return and justified their accept
ance as q higher grade security than
has been accorded to the Industrial
stocks heretofore. United States Steel
Preferred led the way in this move
ment but carried many others with it.
The OutbnrSt in the trans-continental
stocks had it's inception in the formal
agreement made between the Union
Pacific and the Northern Pacific for
the Joint use of trackage in a region
beyond Seattle. This was interpreted
as q defnitive treaty of peace between
the two great railroad powers in a
vast territory and as furnishing final
assurance against such damaging
conflict as was once involved in the
contest for control Of the Burlington
limitations were circulated in Wall
street that the status of the st. Paul
coast extension was definitely fixed, at
the same time. This group of railroads
was affected further by the Atchisons
offer of S6000,000 of convertible bonds
and the consequent issuance of it's
financial requirements. RumOrs of in
tended increase in the dividends on the
Hartman Railroad stocks and of an
exchange Of Southern Pacific preferred
stock for the common induced a furious
speculation in those stocks.
Little attention was paid to general
conditions of business and industry.
Opinions on the conditions of the crops
varied somewhat, the news rejecting
occasional unaaSinaSS over the winter
wheat prospects. New issues Of Sc
curities continued on large scale with
further heavy fiotation in prospect. The
money market maintained its undis-
Continued on Page Two.
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FINE ADDRESSES.
baCCa|aureate Sermons
at Several Colleges
Rev. Smith Baker Delivers Dis
course at U. Of Maine.
New President Of N. !. T., Boston,
will Be lnaugurated Today.

OronO, Me, June 6-Treating with
the subject of Life" and assuming "A
viewpoint which attracted unusual OBJ
servatiuns, Rev. Smith Baker of Low
ell, Mass, delivered the annual Bac-
caIaureate address to the students of
the University of Maine today. He
said in part
We live in n world of mystery, and
life itself is the mystery of mysteries.
Physical, mental. and spiritual life,
blended together, make one intelligent
being. Life first manifeSts itself in
SensitiveneSS. So the mind is SenSi-
tive to truth; love is sensitive to what
will please or displease love; religious
life is sensitive to the rights. The
germ is not only sensitive, but is also
receptive and aSSimilatiVe.
"All forms of life are hungry. 50
is a healthy mind. When the mind IS
no longer hungry it will die The man
who does not open his heart to others
ceases to have a heart. Gods great
law is reproduction. Love is sensitive
to what it loves; hungry to bale in
what will help mans heart and soul
Germs aSsimilate. SO all strong life
assimilates truth. Be sensitive, re-
ceptive, assimilative, truthful and re-
produce the thoughts that God gives
you"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07

ZCr-edged knife in his hand. He cut
Or. Hayes deep cash on the neck
stabbed him over the heart and prac-
tically disemboWelled him.
The terrified Workmen Ieapel from
their places and rushed for the door
but We're not quick enough for MUIR
ply, who ran after them, SaShne
right and left. every man whom he
struck went down with a groan, and
in the killing room three of them died.
The crowd plunged down stairs with
Murphy after them, and at every land
ing he struck somebody. On the third
floor he caught up with two Of the men,
to whom he delivered death blows.
On the second floor one of the work
men, an Italian. seized Il heavy bar
Of iron and felled Murphy to the floor,
but before the others could come up
the pig killer was on his feet again
and wounded another on the way to
the street floor. There he was given
another terrific blow on the head and
his knife was Wrenched from his hand
Two police officers came in to assist
the crowd and Murphy was given a
fearful beating before he was finally
overpowered. so closely were the
blows delivered and so accurate was
the aim that every man was killed by
being stabbed to the heart Those who
We're wounded suffered great gashcs in
the back and on the arms, which they
received in the light down stairs.
Murphy is 80 years old and weighs
200 pounds. He was regarded as one
of the strongest men in the plant. He
had been engaged in pig killing for
some years at the North Co. He is mar
ried and lives at SO JOY street, Somer-
Vile The wounded men We're hastily
Continued on Page Ten.)
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HEROIC EFFORT OF LOUIS
COIN TO SAVE HIS WIFE
From Suicide at Niagara==-Battles for Hours
With Current==-Pulled Ashore Just as
She Is Washed from His Arms.

rsunken tree stump, when his cries for
help finally attracted attention. He
was within 20 feet of the shore, but 1t
was difficult feat to throw q rope to
the couple. owing to precarious foot
Jig and in the meantime the terrific
current was slowly pressing out the
breath from the mans body as it
forced him against the stump.
His fast ebbing strength was not able
to keep the wife's face above the wa
ter and it is thought that she may have
died in her husbands arms. When the
rope was thrown within COINS grasp
he was to weak to tie it about his body,
and winding 1t around his wrist he was
pulled ashore. just as his wife's body
was torn from his arms.
Cohn was unconscious for several
minutes after being brought ashore. He
said that his wife's inability to nurse
her infant depressed her greatly and
probably caused her desire for death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07
1oDAYS JOURNAL CONTENTS

Page One.
Neutrality-suspicious. in Asiatic
Turkey Are I'nbearabc Insane Man
Runs Amnck in Cambridge. Mass, and
Mis- Mis- FIVE and seriously Injuries Several
o'hefs = Congressional News Baccilau-
rea'e Sermon at Various colleges.
Page Two.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH
Page Three.
Local. AND TELEGRAPH Gardiner,
nnalowell and National Home Local
News
Page Four.
SPORTING Saturday and Sunday
SS sse, misunderstanding and Other
Page Five.
classified ADS-Male and Female
nne,p Wanted-Real Estate for Sale
tF, o'u's' stores. etc, TO i.ct-Lost and
BUSINESS Cards-Ralroads
Page Six.
EDITORIAL The Condition of the
G,easury-t'oitme Telling and the Law
Ccape Jessanlines Editorial Briefs Maine
,sosslp-Press Comments r.uropean Let
Page Seven.
ca.otAl--.lune List of Appointments by
svstIhor VIII BE Short One-State AS
i ~. Announce First Series of Meet
iisSYflsh and Game Association - &c
thors w '''"' ''''"
Page Eight.
iLoCAl~City Ordinance Does Away
fowl in rec system in Care of Local Gene
Wiies.Caution To Public in Mailing Dis
s'Htt MItter-'IIp I).tN- Vary Successful
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07

cambridge, Mass, June G.-The
death of DR. Daniel c. Hayes, who was
nrohably fatally stabbed by John Muir
nhy, the hog butcher who slew five
men and seriously wounded three 9th
ers at Somerville yesterday, was eX-
nected hourly today, while John
rheeyas and Joseph Chicosk, the 9th
ers who received dangerous stabS, are
IN a critical condition and their re-
covc-v is considered doubtful. All
three are at the Cambridge Relief
hospi.al Or. Hayes is Il government
insDector Of slaughter houses. 81 years
old and has family in Walthain.
Cheeyas and Chinsk an" Poles, aged
% and a years respectively, living in
this city.
Murphy. who is Il man weighing 2u0
mounds, became violently insane while
engaged at his regular occupation of
killing pigs ut the North Packing and
Provision Co.'S. plant at Som"rVillc and
in his mad lust for blood drove more
thar 300 employees from the seven floors
of the building He was finally over
powered and disarmcd in q fierce
struggle. after he had stabbed eight
men. In padded cell at the S"mer-
vile police station. Murphy allowed no
one to approach him, After hours OF
raviag he began to pray.
He will De given a hearing in the
Somcrvilc police court tomorrow
morning and win probably be held for
the grand Jury. AS the MiddleseN
county grand jury convcncs for its
June term Monday at East Cambridge.
Murphy's case will likely be reached
during the week. after which he Will
be banded over TO the alicnists.
An autopsy was performed on the
bodies OF the five men who We're killed
outright by Murphy in his mad career
yesterday. The autopsy was merely Il
technicality of the law and at its con
clnsion. Medical Examiners w. d.
Swan of Cambridge and Thomas Dur
rell Of SomerVille pronounced death
IN all eases due to knife wounds; which
penetrated the heart and abdomen.
SomervilIc. Mass, June with a
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LOGS GOING VERY SLOWLY.
Commissioners Themselves See How
Driving Is Done on the St. John.

Van Ruren. Me, June 6.--The interna-
tional commissioners who, with their
day in their investigation of logging con-
ditions, returned here Saturday night and
separated to go to their respective homes
to spend Sunday. The party reported a
very pleasant and interesting trip. They
went up the Canadian side to Connors, N
B.. and then across the river to St Fran
els. Me, which is opposite Connors, and
down the American side.
One of the party said they observed
that all along the river above the sort
ing works, although water is at good
driving pitch, the logs are going very
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07
Senate Expects to CON-
pIete Cotton Schedule.
Leaders Predict Vote on the
Tariff Bill by June IS:
Another Probe Of Government Print.
ing Office Seems Probable.

Washington, June Having acted
upon most of the veXcd problems IN
the cotton schedule during the past
week, the Senate expects to complete
this schedule on Monday or Tuesday
ut the latest This Will bring the Sen
ate face 10 face with the WOODEN sched-
ule, which is practically Il rt-enact-
mcnt of the Dingley rates, but which,
nevertheless, will he fought by the
Progressive Republicans" aided by
the Democratic senators.
AS night sessions Will be held
throughout the week, the indications
nont to Il completion of the WOODEN
schedule by Thursday or Friday No
program has been announced as to the
schedules to De taken up next week.
but it is probable that some work will
be done uron the free list.
4 meeting of the finance committee
has been called for $50 o'clock Monday
AID at that time the policy of the SEN
ate so tar as the committee IS con-
cerned. will be outlined. A date will
be fixed aSo for reporting amendments
| on a number of questions not yet act
| ed upon in committee. ON account OF
| the progress made during the past
| week, Senate leaders are pitulCtifiS
that the bill will be voted upon i'll the
senate by June Il and that Congress
will be ready to adjourn before July !.
If a ouorum is obtained in the House
Monday the Porto Rican bill will be
| taken un.
Washington. July 6.-After deVotihg
the larger portion of the day Saturday
To listening to a discussion of the cot
ton cloth schedule. the Senate entered
rl,on a period of voting late in the al =
| ternoon and very rapidly disposed OF
the entire subject of changing from
adj valorem to specific duties Tor the
purpose OF preventing under-Valua-
| tons. On all the votes taken the
finance committee was sustained ny u
ma ioritS of II or II. Three votes were
Necessary to accomplish this result.
and others would have been necessary
but for Senator Bacon, who, seeing the
futility OF opposing the committee
suggested the grouping of the votes
after the first two ballots had been
taken This suggestion was unahi-
nouSiy agreed to. with the result that
a night session was not necessary
| Senator DolliVer occupied mitch OF
the time of the session with speech
| in which he INDUCED in some caustc
criticism of the methods of the
Continued on Page TenD
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. June 6.-Showcrs Sat
urday night in the New England states
and at scattered points in the middle
Atlantic states. were followed by fair
weather Sunday in these districts. The
Temperature changed little during thu
last - hours ANA il remains near tho
normal. The Indications ar" that in
the Eastern STATE. the weather will
hc generally fair and moderately warm
daring MONDAY ana Tuesday The
winds along the Atlantic coast viii he
light to IN Dderatr and variable
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slowly; that large quantity Of lumber
is strewn along both shores Of the river
and that there Is much timber piled on
islands in the river above Edmundston.
Frenchvlle and Glars. Apparently no at
tempt has been made to drive the logs
onward to their destination.
The commissioners will assemble at
Van Buren, on Wednesday, June 10, when
it is expected that the taking OF testimo-
ny will begin
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NJ. /. T. COMMENCEMENT.
Opening of Week Marked With Bac-
caIaureate Sermon at Trinity.

Boston, June 6.-Hundreds Of the
alumni of the Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology, the advance guard Of
host which is assembling to honor
alma mater and particularly to greet
and welcome the new president of the
institute, DIR. Richard Cockburn Mac
Laurin, filled Boston today at the
opening of Commencement week,
Continued on Page Ten)
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AT HOLY CROSS.
Rev. Edward Fitzgerald Of Hoyoke
Delivers Baccalaureate Address.

Worcester, Mass, June 6.-Rcv. Ed
ward Fitzgerald Of Holyolc delivered
the annual Baccalaureate address to
the students OF Holy Cross in the col
lege chapel today upon the theme
And this is life everlasting, that they
love Thee. the only true God and Jesus
Christ, whom Thou hast sent John
yVji:3
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Ira Kneeland of Gorham, aged 90,
was killed Saturday at Westbrcok by
being drawn into the dryer on large
paper machine. The head and chest
were terribly crushed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07

The 9th annual convention Of the
Women's State Relief Corps Of Maine,
will be held Wednesday and Thursday
at Portland.
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THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY.

Washington. June G-Forecast for
New England: Partly cloudy Mon
day and Tuesday: light variable winds,