Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-11

main is to be surveyed by employees
of the government, rather than through
| the contract system. The parties now
| in the field are working in Nebraska.
Arthur D. Kidder of Indinia and Frank
NJ, Johnson of Wyoming have been ap-
pointed supervising surveyors. These
| two officials will examine the work of
the surveyors as it progresses Chief
Dubois of the division of surveys OF
| the general land office left Washing
| ton today for the field to assist in
mapping out the plans and getting the
| By proclamation of President Taft,
HOSTS acres of land near Ell Reno,
Okla, which formerly were within the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian reser-
walton, have been opened for settle
ment Thse lands are said to be the
valuable ever offered for sale by the
government The lands will be sold
at public auction at Ell Reno Nov. 10
in tracts not exceeding SO acres each.
to persons qualified to make home
stead entries. One-fifth of the pur-
chase price and the usual homestead
fees and commissions must be paid on
the day of purchase. and the remainder
in six equal annual instruments.
Following conviction on charges OF
drunkenness while on duty on parade
at Camp Gregg in the Philippines last
March. Capt Frank Skievaskii of the
philippine scouts. has been dismissed
from the army by direction of the
President. Capt Skievaskil is from
Wisconsin and formerly had served
las sergeant in the 22d Infantry.
II The treasury department Saturday
dispatched the revenue cutter Forward
to assist the schooner Fannie Palmer
of the Palmer fleet. which is ashore on
Il Salt Key bank. 90 miles southeast of
Key West. The vessel is loaded with
/, coal for Galveston.
Invited by the American government
to visit the United States on his way
from Europe to South America. Presi-
: dent Pena of Argentina has informed
the state department of his inability
to accept the invitation. for the req
son that the Presidents time up to the
date of his sailing for Buenos Ayres
Aug. a. was allotted before the invita- :
: ton was received Assurances We're
given that nothing but absolute neces-
sity would have prevented the Presi-
| With q view of determining the rela-
tive efficiency of various types of en-
| gires i'll retrograde maneuvres. the
scout cruisers Birmingham and Salem
left Provincetown. Mass. Saturday to
engage in backing tests off Cape Ann,
The Chester. a vessel of the same class
recently had similar trials. Each snip
is fitted with different type of engine.
| hn n
, rocatine engines. Later the Birming-
! ham and Salem will go to sea. one 10
the North Atlantic. and the other 10
the South Atlantic. for series OF long
| range wireless tests.
Gen Leonard Wood. who was special
5 ambassador of the United States to the
centennial of the Argentine Repupllc'
is returning to this country on the
: steamship St. Paul. which sailed Satur-
lday from Southampton. Eng. Upon ar
| rival at Washington, it is expected ne
| will take charge of his duties as chlei
of staff of the army, OF winch appoint
ment he was apprised just as he was
leaving on his South American MISSION
| "Rubbles" or ."spalls' on the armor
plate of the battleship North Dakota
. were noticed by Secretary Mey when
!. he made his recent inspection of that yes
:, sell He said Saturday the substitution
, of new plate was ordered Immediately
, and there was no diminution of the yes
sells usefulness on account of the recti-
| tication. Whether the present methods in
relation to furnishing armor plate attain
the highest effectiveness is conjectural.
The question of fixing the responsibility
for the defective plates. involving broad
, questions of who should bear the cost of
taking off and putting on any of the
faulty ones, rests with Assistant Secre-
tary Winthrop. Mr.. Winthrop is due to
return here early this week and the re-
port on the whole matter will be submit
ted to him by Solicitor Butler.
Secretary Meyer has undertaken a per
sonal inquiry into the progress of the
work of enarging the drydocks under
the recent appropriations. which have
just become available. He said Saturday
that 110foot width would be the basis
of all future drydocks. to meet the same
width in the locks of the Panama canal
The New York drydock will be wdened
to ITO feet and heightened to 700 feet
The Norfolk dock, which Secretary Never
hopes to have replaced eventually with
an entirely new one. will be heightened
to 1872 feet. but will not be widened The
bremerton. Wash. dock will be widened
from los to ITO feet. but it's 800 feet of
length will not be disturbed.
Plans and specifications of the two
new hattleships authorized by Congress
must De ready. according to decision
reached by Secretary Meyer Saturday
III Time to receive bids by Oct. | for
the one to be built by contract. The
other Will be constructed in the New
York navy yard. 1t was decided also
'iat the bids oil the six new destroyers
authorized should be ready bv Sept.
| rear of an anti vivisection crusade
| caused Surgeon General Wyman of tho
| Public Health and Marine hospital SER
vice to explain Saturday that large
quantities of live rabbits which the
service is buying at rs cents each vii,
| De used only for making serum and
| ah'l-toxin. None of the Dummies" are
| 10 be dissected alive The rather nm
| usual price for rabbits attracted atten
| tlon. and the surgeon general FASTENED
10 make clear that he had no cuarrel