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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24

FOR sale or exchange -Magnihcently located
large lot 50x150; best built story house with
foot full sized basement; Swiss chalet Style
large living room, open fireplace cove ceiling
high pansling with stein shelf window seat
bookcase and magnificent view of Oakland and
bay; large dining room. open fireplace flush
same as living room; large Kitchen and pan
try, with cooling closet; storeroom and toilet
fine large reception hall, with beautiful open
staircase; second story has 3 large bedrooms,
each has large closet, bathroom and tole. sep
arate, and large sleeping porch; stable or
garage, 14x24; fruit trees and garden; all
street and sidewalk work done; splendid
home for some one; at a bargain; see this and
make an offer. 269 East Oak-st bet Peralta
ay. and Prospect ST; take 4th cars.
- % NET-BUY IN oAKLAND-15 % NET.
New sunny apartment flats. right in town, with
all latest modern equipments: built by days
work; fully occupied and leased long before com
pletion to local prominent businessmen; this
choice property pays 10 per cent net and is 10
Gated near the new 50, 000, 600 Bankers hotel and
in the center of oakland's marvellous growth and
in less than years the lot will
be worth the present cost of improvements and
lot; Will sell for cash terms. For further par
ticulars see r. J. PAYERT. owner, practical ex-
perienced builder and architectural designer; Of
fee, rooms 81 and %, 1015la Broadway; hours
? to p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24
soNoMA COUNTY RANCH.

SIS OO0-1215 acres 1 mile from Sebastopol on
electric line; freight and passenger depot at
one corner; paying Gravenstein apple orchard.
house. barn, brooder house and farming i'm
plements. Address MRS. ]. A. 0NG, Sebas-
topol, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24

SCHUEHE-IH tuIs tIr!, HtUIuaIy T, I8O3,
George Scrufre, aged 4S years
SHANAHAN-In this city, February %. 1909
Margaret E.. dearly beloved daughter OF
Michael and the late Anna Shanahan loving
sister Of Catherine Frances Shanahan. devoted
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs Hofmaister
and niece of Mrs. James Leonard. native
Of San Francisco, CAL, aged years months
and 10 days.
The funeral viii take place t5day (Wednes-
day., at $50 O'Clock a. m, from her lans
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24

THE hrm heretofore existing under the name and
: -stEFe OF Faure & Amour, doing business in the
city and county Of San Francisco. CAL has,
- this 23d day Of February, 1909. been dissolved
by mutual consent a. Amour has purchased
the entire interest Of 81 Fauue in the business
- and VIII pay all debts due by said firm.
n. FAURE and A AMOUR.
CALL BRANCH OFFICE, 1851 Fillmore ST.
near Post
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24

Deep rich, level sedimentary soils.
No hsrd pan. No bedrock No alkan
No floods. No droGghts.
No destructive frosts.
Low prices. Easy terms
ARMSTRONG. QUATAIAN & Co,
227 Montgomery St
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24

SOL GETz & SONS Real Estate Dealers
Room 52S Chronicle Bldg
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
TRAINS COLLIDE.
Freights Meet Headon al
Macamp, Near Jackman.
An Engineer and Fireman Hurt
And Five Cars Destroyed.
Brakes Fail, Causing wreck'--Traf.
fic Restored In Few Hours.

Jackman, Me, Jan. 25.-Word was
received here late today of a headon
collision of two freight trains on the
Canadian Pacific Railroad at Macamp,
Is miles east of this village. Engineer
James Crandall OF Brownsville had his
arm crushed and Fireman Ferguson
was injured about the hip and sustain
ed cut over one eye.
One Of the trains was heavily loaded
and was on its way from Montreal TO
ST John. The westbound train was
lighter Both locomotives We're partial
~ destroyed and five cars with con-
tents were destroyed The track was
torn up for some distance, but wreck
ing train from Brownsville restored
through traffic in few hours.
The wreck was caused by the failure
of the brakes on the eastbound tram
to hold the wheels on grade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTY.FOURTH SESSION.
SENATE.
Monday, Jan

Monday. January %, 1909.
Senate called to order by the Secre-
tary.
Prayer by Rev FIR LaRivere OF
Augusta.
absence of the President. it would be
necessary for the Senate to elect Il
President pro tenn.
On motion by Mr.. Theriault OF
ArOOStOok, it was:
Ordered. That, in the absence of the
President of the Senate. the Hon. Hen
ry II. Hastings of oxford be and here
by is elected President pro TEN.
Thereupon, at the request of the sec
rotary, Mr.. Tberiault of Aroustook
conducted Mr.. Hastings or oxford to
the Chair
ON motion by Mr. Osgood of Andros-
coggin, it was,
Ordered. That the Governor and
Council be notified of the election of
the Hon Henry H. Hastings OF OK
fcrd, as President pro tenn. of the Sem
ate, in the absence of the President.
Mr.. Osgool of Androscogg1n. was re-
UueSted to convey such message, and
subsequently, reported that he had at
tended to The duty, with which he was
charged
On motion by Mr.. Macomber of Ken
nebec il was:
Ordered That the House OF Repre-
scntatives be notified Of the election OF
Hon. Henry II. Hastings of Oxford as
President pro ten. of the Senate in the
absence of the President. Mi. Macom-
Der Of Kennebec was instructed to
convey such message, ana subsequent
~ reported that he had attended to
the duty With which he was charged.
Journal of the previous session read
and approved.
Papers from the House disposed of
in concurrence.
Bill, An Act defining the liability OF
employers in cases of injury to serv-
ants and employees came from the
House. by that branch referred to the
committee on Labor. On motion by Mr.
Wheeler of Cumberland the bill was
tabled for printing. pending reference
The following bills, petitions and re-
solves were presented and referred:
judiciary.
BY Mr.. Mullen of Penobscot: Bill, An
Act to amend and additional to Chap
Continued on Page Nine)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
Government Uoearths Big
Land Frauds in Oklahoma.
Witnesses from Many States
Arrive al Muskogee.
Used As Dummies and Later Asked
To Sign Quit.claims.

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 25.-GoVern-
,nent officials now in Muskogec assert
that no fraud in town lots ever in
vestigatcd will equal the stupendous
proportions of that figuring in the
government case here.
Witnesses from Il dozen states be
gan to arrive today to testify before
the Federal grand jury which VII,
meet tomorrow. The government ON
cials say there is nothing in the rec
ords to show who these persons are.
but that Il large corps of Secret Ser"
vice men have worked for months 10
find them These Secret Service mef!
il is said, have got from the witnesses
affidavits that they were USED a.
"Dummics'' in scheduling the lots ana
that they knew nothing of the use OF
their names until asked within the past
three years to sign qult-claim deedS
10 the lots About half of this mum
her are reported to have signed Inc
deeds. while the other half, suspect
ing something irregular. declined u
gttix their signatures
The discovery was made today tna'
one of the men summoned to serve
,rpon the grand jury is the son-in-la"
Of one of the men accused and broth-
er-in-law of another. These men VII
no rejected as jurors and other pros
nectiye Jurors will be examined, par
ticularlv with a view of wedding GU
INV relative of the men involved. 10
d,,, Government officials learned tina
go of tho men accused OF fraud hav.
died recently and that third is dy'
ing of tuberculosis.
Gov. C. n. Haskell ana Ao]u'ai'
General f. M. Canton arrived mere 10
day. The governor declined to taiK 1o'
III IinN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
George None Goes to
State Prison for Life.
Sentenced al Auburn for MUIR
der Of James Scott,
Straight Jail Sentences Melted Out
To Several Liquor Sellers,

Auburn, Me-, Jan. 25.-Life imprison-
ment at hard labor in the State prison
at Thomaston was the sentence given
today to George None, who with Pas
Gale Ligerasi, fellow countryman,
was convicted at the November special
term of the supreme court of the nlur-
der Of James Scott. a peddler at East
Lvermore, Nov. Is. 1907. I.ing0rasi
was given the same sentence in No
Vember.
Guy G. Mayo Of Greenville, a telc-
graph operator. was sentenced to two
years in State prison for the larceny o:
a quantity Of shoes from Grand Trunk
Railway ears
Straight Jail sentences were given ~
liquor cases, one man who had no
previous record being sentenced To
three months in Jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
THE PASSENGERS LANDED.

New York. Jan. 25.-Within considerably
less than - hours after the collision be-
tween the ocean liners Republic and Flor
ida off the Nantucket shoals, which event.
ually sent the one to the bottom and
crippled the other far from hopelessly,
the survivors of the thrilling sea accident
have found haven at last.
AT nishtiall tonight 1850 passengers from
the two vessels were safe in this port
brought here by the Baltic, while nearing
1T We're the rescued officers and crew Of
the Republic. safe on board the derelict
destroyer Seneca. to which they were
transferred from the revenue cutter
Gresham after staying up to the last mo-
ment by the sinking vessel.
At her dock in Brooklyn was the bat
tered Florida. aboard which her crew re-
manned throughout her trying experience.
l. Only the Inflated Republic was wanting
to complete the list She, too, was in
port-"the port of missing ships''-beneath
IS fathoms of water, Is miles south of the
Nantucket South Shoals lightship
AS the story of what occurred when
the steamers came together in the fog
of early morning last Saturday, and tho
dramatic incidents which followed ap-
proaches completion. it is apparent that
the past three days have witnessed the
most remarkable series of happenings il
| the annals of modern navigation. The ac-
counts of the survivors and of eye-wit-
resses afford a keen sense of what might
have been had there been lacking the
heroism that was actually displayed. the
human efficiency that was shown and the
aid that modern science was able to rem
der in the most critical of situations.
Sixteen hundred and fifty persons, pas
sengers on the Republic and the Florida.
whose lives were in jeopardy for hours
| while the wireless telegraph was grad
| ually bringing aid nearer and nearer to
them. reached New York today on the
steamer Baltic. No ship was ever more
heartily welcomed. Frenzed cheers from
the thousands at the pier when she
| locked greeted her arrival, tears OF
thankfuness were shed. affectionate
greetings were exchanged and only here
and there did note Of sadness intruds
itself upon the scene
| Five fatalities marked the accident. The
manning of several persons testified to
the severity Of the blow that sent the
| Republic to the bottom. And following
the Baltic up the harbor came the liner
Florida, crumpled by the force of the
| Continued on Page Two.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
PRES. ROOSEVELT ON
HOME AND CHILDREN,
His Views Given Interested Audience Of
600 Delegates to Chi|dren's Con-
ference at the White House.

Washington Jan. 25.-The mpor-
lance Of the preservation of the home
was the central theme of the discussion
at the conference on the care of de
pendent children. which was formal
ly opened by the President at the
White House. late today. The subject
breaking Of a Home BE Permitted fol
Reasons of Poverty, or only for Rea
sons OF Inefficio ncy or immortality
President Roosevelt. previous to call
ing The gathering to order receives
he nearly 2oo delegates in the East
room. After outlining the scope of
the work before the conference the
President called Homer Folks. presi-
cent OF the state Prohibition Commits
son of New York, To the chair. The
President said. among other things:
There can be no more lnportan!
subject from the standpoint of the
nation than Shat with which YOU ar
t. deal; that when You take care oi
the children you ar" taking car" Of the
nation of tomorrow and it is incumbent
upon eVcryt II" of us to do all in his
or her power to provide for the inter
est of those children whom cruel mis-
fortune mas handicapped at The very
oUtsPt # tEcir lives.
'"fhCrr are. of course, several differ
Ont types Of conditions which you are
trying 10 meet 1 believe tina, We all
OF Ms have come to the conclusion that
where possible the thing to be done foi
the child is t" provide a home for it;
ana that whrr2 that IS not possible we
IL ,.,i ha nYl
as possible like those which the child
would have in 4 home.
"Ther" are hair Il dozen differen:
types pf children for wn"m "e need
to care. There is first Of all, the com
plete orphan. the child who has lost
both father and mother For this child
we wish to make permanent provision
NV own belief is that the best kind
OF permanent provision, if possible, is
20 place that child in a home. We then
have TO meet the caSe-One OF the mos!
distressing Of cases-Where the father
has died, where the breadWinner has
gone where the mother would like t.
| keep the child but simply lacks th5
earning capacity Surely in such 4
case the goal towards which we Should
strive is to help that mother 50 that
she can keep her own home and keel
the child in it; that is the best thins
| possible tn be done for that child.
Then we come to the case of the
chilG who must temporarily be taker
away from its parent or parents bu
where it is not desirable that the
separation should be permanent, Those
children offer cases for which the IN
stitution is peculiarly fitted. There ar,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26

| OTHER problems, of course. that you Will
have to deal With-For instance, the
crippled child. the child that cannot
be treated AT home for a disease but
Yet can be completely cured in Il hospi-
tai. and that ease OF the child whose
PARENTS are hope lessly vicious or hope
lCssly inefficient. Here we must pro-
vide for the exercising of the greatest
wisdom obtainablo III knowing where
just to draw the line. SO as to know
just when it becomes necessary to
say that even the undoubted advar-
taSes Of keeping the child iii 4 pretty
poor home If that home is its own. are
cp,lnterbalancel by the fact that the
home has become not 4 source of bcne-
ii. but a source of menace and danger
In the child. You win have 10 con
slider Il dozen such problems.
Tho government can do much. But
never forget that the government can
not do everything. Remember always
that Government is not merely an alb
stra>t term. The government consists
of the men in ii and if YOU 90 NOT have
the right men handling any part Of a
great governmental system. then that
part will work badly In the last
analysis the human equation rs the
vital equation in dealing with ali these
questions. Tho wit of man cannot de-
wise 4 system so perfect that 1t will
Mrrk unless it is worked by both good
and wise and unless outsiders Who take
9 genuine interest in the matter also
give their aid and exercise their super
vision.
40 -I,A
crvation of family ties included
Michael J. Scanlon. president of the
New York Catholic Home Bureau;
Ernest P. Bioknell. president of the
Conference of Charities and Corrcc-
ton in 1909; James F. Jackson. secrc
tary of the Associated Charities Of
Cleveland and Edward r. Devinc Of
New York
An emphatic affirmative was given
the question Should the state inspect
the work of all child-caring agencies,
including both institutions and home
finding societies?' The principal
speakers on this topic were Amos w
Butler, secretary of the State Board
! of Charities of Indianapolis. and Hugh
| f. Fox, president of the State Board
of Chldrens Guardians of New jersey.
An affirmative answer was given TO
the question Should Child-caring
| Agencies Aim to Cooperate With Each
| Other. or With Other Agencies of So
! cial Betterment for the Purpose of Di-
| minishing or Removing Altogether the
Causes OF Orphanage. of Child Desli-
tuition and Child Delinquency?
| Among those who discussed this
! Continued on Page Three.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
THRILLING SCENES.

Woods Hole, Mass, Jan. 25.-The
thrilling scenes which marked the clos
ing hours of the White Star Line
steamer Republic, after her passengers
and most of the crew were on their
Way to New York, the grim determi-
nation of Capt Scalby TO go down with
his beloved ship, the loyalty OF Second
Officer Williams in refusing to leave
the side OF his commander, the death
throes of the ocean liner and the mi
raeulOus rescue of the two officers
were told today in crisp. vivid Ian
guage by the officers of the United
States revenue cutter Gresham. which
was towing the Republic when she
sank.
The Gresham left the spot Where tle
Republic had gone down at about >
o'clock last night and steamed for Gay
Head, in company with the derelict de-
stroytr Seneca Off the entrance to
Vineyard sound Capt. Sealby, officers
and crew Of the Republic We're sent on
board the Seneca and taken to New
York, While the Gresham came here.
The officers of the revenue cutie,
readily toll Of their experiences aftr
sighting the sinking Republic yeste'
day forenoon. some 10 miles to th,
southwark The Baltic had gone on tC
New York Preparations We're made t.
tow the Republic to the nearest land
for Bleaching. as Capt Sealby thought
that she could be saved The captain
and Second officer Williams of the
steamer, together with about 81 of tn.
crew, clanbered back on board the
Republic from the boats in which they
had been lying alongside. and with the
British steamer Furnessia behind
acting as a rudder, a start was made
toward the northwest and Nantucket
| island
A few hours later the Seneca joined
| in the struggle to bring the Republic
| to land and ut dark the tug Mary f
| Scully arrived on the scene. But tho
steamers bullkheads We're unable t
stand the pressure and at : O'CLOCK
| Sunday night, Capt. Sealby ordered
every man eff the ship He himself re-
| fused to leave and Second Officer Will
| liams remained by his commanders
| SIDE.
An hour later, while the searchlights
of the Scully were playing on the
|
bridge of the Republic, two blue lights
were burned and then the bow of the
doomed steamer shot up into the ali
and the great liner sank. stern first.
Just before she went down capt
| Sealby climbed the mast. while Secont
Officer Williams jumped from the rail
Neither had provided himself with
| life belt and both We're in the water
| half an hour before one of the Gresh
ANS lifcboats, in command of Gunne
| Johanson. hauled them aboard ant
carried them to the revenue cutter
| On the after deck of the Republic
as sne went down rested two casket:
containing the Lodies of Mrs. Eugene
Lynch of Boston and w. J. Mooney
Langdon, N, D.. who We're killed in th'
collision between the Republic and thu
Italian steamer Florida
The Republic rests on the bottom o
the Atlantic, with SO fathoms of wa
| ter over her. at a spot Is miles ives
southwest of Nantucket South Shoa
! lightship. and there she will probabl,
| remain forever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
EVE AND EAR ASSOCIATION.
Quarterly. Meeting Is Held Monday
Night at Brunswick.

Brunswick Me, Jan. 25.-(SpeciaD
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Maine Eye and Ear Association was
held here tonight The business ses-
sion was preceded by a banque-. Tho
principal business was paper by Or
w. J. Maybury of Saco, on The Medi-
cal Registration Law" A discussion
followed. in which proposed changes
were considered. Among those present
were DR.. j. F. Hill. DR.. Lewis Austin
and Dr.. Whitney of WaterviIie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
Graphic Stories
OF the Survivors,

New York, Jan. 25.-Dr ]. ]. Marsh,
physician on board the Republic, gave
a most graphic story of the accident
Oh the big liner. DR.. Marsh said:
II was iii my cabin and hearing
three short whistles knew that some
thing was wrong and turned out. had
hardly got to my feet when the crash
came. There was one heavy thud and
then the engines stopped. Half min
ute later the electric lights went out
and when / opened my stateroom
found myself in darkness.
1.-THE saloon rapidly filed with wo-
men and children half dressed, but
everybody did as they were told and
there was no panic. Let me say now
they were thoroughly true Anglo
American people for pluck. ] went or
deck ana saw the lights Of the Flor
ida through the fog Capt. Sealby gave
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Hon. Oscar +. Fellows of Bucksport
a practicing attorney in Bangor. has
received the appointment from Sec OF
State Elihu Root as special counsel to
represent the United States govern
ment in the hearings which are to be
held soon before a joint commission
appointed by the secretary of state ana
the British ambassador to investigate
the conditions and uses of the st. john
river. which forms part of the pound
airy between the United States ana
Canada, and it's tributaries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
STRIKE is OVER.
Wcavers at Salmon Falls and Employ
ers Reach An Understanding.

Salmon Falls, n. H., Jan. 25.-The
local WeaVers' Union today voted
practically unanimously to return tn
work with the Salmon Falls Manutac-
turing Co. tomorrow morning, ending
their strike of one weeks duration
This action was taken in consequence
Of 4 meeting between the mill repre-
sentatives and the weavers' arbit"2 tlon
committee, at which both sides made
concessions, the schedule was "eviscd
and the matter was adjusted Satistac-
t0rily The basis of settlement wa
not given out. There are 2I1 weaNcrs
and the mill employed 700 hands in all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
TODAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page Ono.

Page One.
Observation-Disclosures Scenes OF
Steamer Republics Last Hours-Other
to State Prison for Lfe-Stenographic
Report of Maine House and Senate-'IoH
eminent mnearths Great Land rrauns ny
oklahoma,Freight Trains s, Ep'' nn , HTa
and Children.
Page Two.
TELEGRAPH-New Battleship Maine
Steams into Havana Harbor on AnniNer-
sary of Same Date as Did the olu Mai ''i,-,
Stories of Passengers and Otnei i'el''i7
of Recent Wrcck-Gardiner Local Items
Page Three.
LoCAI.-Gardiner South Gardiner. Hal
lowell National Home and Waterville
Local News.
Page Four.
LEGIsI, ATIVE-Committee Notices and
Advertised Hearings.
Page Five.
SPORTING AND MARKETSIBo
Baseball and Other Sports-Daily Mar
ket Quotations.
Page Six.
CLASSIFIED ADS-Wanted-To Let
For e-Lost-Found-Real estate
s-Hotels-Business Cards.
Page Seven.
EDITORIALl-The Son of the Great
LineOln-The Miracle Oh liic w ~
Tickle Boundary 1.ine-Maine GOSSIP
Press Comments.
Page Eight.
HOUSEHOLD AND LITERARY-Iiints
and Suggestions for the Housewife
Items Of of Interest of Books and Authors,
Page Nine.
LOCAL-Railroad Commissioners GIVE
West Pownal Decision Boys ConiSrea ~,
Delegates Visit Capitol Monday-Snali,
nox Situation on Canadian Border Mucl
Improved-Story of What the Legislators
Did Yesterday-County News.
Page Ten.
LOCAL-SuperiOr Court-lne w IL
League Cases Continued-Additional IN
dictments Made Public-Probate Court
Briefs
Page Eleven.
>LOCAL-Examination of Eye, , lar,
List of Unclaimed Letters at PostoHice
Death of Miss Julia A. Lynn-Briefs'
Page Twelve.
TELEGRAPH-Big Revival opens III
fremont Temple. Boston-Flre OF Cn-
known Origin in Pitts Street Boston
Causes Loss of $35. 0O0-Augusta Looa
News-Chicago Man Marries Most Beau.i
full Woman in World and Retires lIoi
Business with Large Fortune-Consies'
sional News.
FOR WEAK STOMACHS
Sanford's Ginger is Invaluable to su1er
srs from indigestion and stomach Ills