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Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
MAIL CARRIERS LOSE.
Railroads Sustained in Action in Re.
duced Fare Tickets Case.

Washington Dec. 2S.-By u decision
Of the Interstate Commerce Conmis-
sion handed down today. the, National
Association of Letter Carriers lost a
notable case which it had instituted
against a large number ct railroad
lines. The defendant roads flied tariffs
with the commission providing for
special reduced round trip fares on
the certificate plan in connection with
the national convention held in ST
Paul, in 1909. such reduced fares be-
ing conditioned on the presenta ton
Of 1905 or more certificates. Less
than 1000 certificates were available
to be vised and therefore the reduced
The railroads haG Expressed their
willingness " to give the reduced rates
provided they could do so without
violating the provisions of their
tariffs. The commission holds that
the tariff provisions are binding and
must control.
Many of those who went to st. Paul
to attend the convention found them
selves In serious financial predica-
ment because they could not get the
reduced rates to their homes. Sub
seuucntly the Letter Carriers Assocla-
ton filed a complaint with the COM
mission The decision expresses SYM
pathv fer those who suffered in tn"
situation, but does not see it's way
clear to accord relief.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
Farewell to the
"Sturgis' Deputies.

Portlaud. Me, Dec. 2S.-The force of
Enforcement deputies Which has been
engaged IL the enforcement Of the
liquor law under the direction of the
commission appointed by the Gov
\ [ern0r will close their activities Thurs.
|day night 1t is stated by a member
lot the commission that the deputies
are not removed, but are suspended.
The reason given for the action is
that the appropriation expires to,nor-
TOW anC 1t Is necessary to have tho
bill made up for presentation at the
flal meeting of the Council. Nine
teen Of these commissioners are now
mploytd in Cumberland. Andf oscog-
GIN and Penobscot counties. with one
! In Eastport IL Washington.
| 1t is well understood that the "Stur-
sls' law will be repealed sby the in
coming Democratic Legislature ard it
Is not likely that it will be employed
again.
The Sturgis law So o-cllled was passed
| y the Legislature of six years ago
and provides for the enforcement OF
/ 'he prohibitory law under the dircc-
lWn OF q commission.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29

man Knapp with the state department
and Mr.. Mabie with the foreign office of
Canada
No details of the report are yet avail
able beyond the fact that it recommends
the establishment of the International
commission, upon which shall be con-
ferred certain defined regulatory powers
For a considerable period it has been
realized that the increasing traffic, both
passenger and freight. between the
United States and Canada was likely to
render control over rates difficult unless
some International action were taken
The acquisition by American railroads of
Canadian terminals, and by Canadian
railroads of American terminals, and
lines. presents increasing difficulties. In
the existing circumstances it is not pos
sible to compel either railways or ex-
press companies to establish Joint
through routes and rates to and from
points in the two countries. In other
words. neither an American nor Cana
dian carrier may be required to furnish
to II shipper through bill of lading from
any point in one country to any point
in the other
Inc fedSoldDlctlcSS OF the International
rates, which ordinarily are a combina-
ton of the rates local to each country,
can be determined only by u circuitous
proceeding instituted before the commits
sions of both countries. No power at
present exists that can require carriers,
engaged in international transportation,
to establish what may be regarded Off
cially as reasonable through joint rates
and to apportion those rates among the
participating parties in event they can
not reach an agreement among them
selves
Out Of this situation grew the idea Of
the creation of an International commits
sion. which should have supervisory coll
troll over the railways aud other common
carriers doing All international transport
tation business.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
Bad Fire Early This Morn
ing at Brunswick
In Brick Block Corner Of Maine
and Center Streets.
Loss will Be Heavy Dense Smoke
Hampers Firemen.

Brunswick, Me, Dec. 29.-(Special).
I-Fire, discovered by Officer Lavigue
about 1890 this morning in the 2h-
story brick block at the corner of
Maine and Center streets did heavy
damage to building and contents. The
dense smoke, holding to the ground
like blanket, hampered the. firemen
in their work and several had narrow
escapes from injury. Total loss esti-
mated at over $4,000; partly covered
by insurance.
The fire caught from an unknown
cause in the lunch and pool room on
the second floor owned by Hiram
Sedgeley, in the quarters occupied for
many years by the old Brunswick Tele-
graph When the firemen arrived the
f1ames were bursting through the roof.
The building has a pitched roof in
front and flat tin roof in the rear. A
blind attic is over the lunch room
and the fire had q great chance to work
destruction. The density of the at
mosphere held the smoke down on the
ground and the firemen at times were
nearly helpless.
Hook and Ladderman Arthur Butler
was struck by a falling beam while
working in Il window and was severely
bruised and shaken. but kept to his
work.
The fire soon worked down into the
underneath store. the Morton Bon Bon
Co. S. f. Hall. proprietor and that was
soon gutted.
+. A. Walker, meat and provisions
occupied the corner store. Fire. water
and smoke soon put his stock out of
commission.
Scion Lufkin owns the block on the
south, occupied by b. r. Jordan & Son,
grocers. on the first floor and H. W. Lib
by. bicycles and Photographs, on the
second. Both stores were smoked up, but
the brick partition wall kept out the fire
until late hour
Az store house In the rear owned by
Mrs. Riley and occupied by l.. D. Snow
for grain. etc. was badly damaged by
smoke, fire and water.
tenement house next beyond on Cen
ter street. owned by VIM. E. Gordon,
was badly smoked up.
The losses at 2 A. VI. were estimated
as follows:
Sedgeley's pool and lunch room $500,
insurance $500; Morton Bon Bon Co.,
Continued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29

In event of an indictment being funnd
against Robin. 1t was said he will fmme-
diately be arrested and arraigned. de.
spite any contention by counsel that
is of unsound mind. If plea of insanity
is entered. then a lunacy commission Of
two laymen and one insanity expert viii
be appointed to determine his state, Of
mind a}S s.,
The 60-day withdrawal notice wassto-
day posted at the Washington Savings
Bank on West 59th street. Joseph q.
Robin is the president of the washington
Savings Bapk. This institution. which Is
one of the smallest savings banks Of the
city. has deposits aggregating 81. a6.
according to the report made to the state
banking department in! July.
A small sized run took place at the saw
ings bank yesterday afternoon after the
Northern Bank had closed Sss-
When Supreme Court Justice Amend
was Informed that the sanitarium at
Central Valley, to which the justice COM
mitted Robin, had refused to accept the
man as a patient. declaring him to be
sane. and had insisted that the bank d.
rector leave the institution at once, Jus
tice Amend said: ~
"The requirements Of the statute gov
erning commitments to private institu-
tions were complied with in every par
ticular in this case. The petitioner, who
Is Robins sister. am informed, ap-
peared at my, home Monday night with
a properly signed affidavit of two repu-
table physicians. setting forth that Rob.
In was insane, had attempted to kill him
self and that 1t was imperative that he
be committed to an institution where he
could not harm himself or anyone else.
A prima facie case was made out clear
~ and there was nothing for me to
under the statute but sign the commit
ment. which did.
The head Of any private institution
for the insane" continued the Justice.
has a perfect right to refuse to receive
a patient committed to that institution or
to discharge such patient when upon
examination 1t is found that the patient
is not insane and was mentally capable
at the time Of the commitment"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29

| fairs OF the Northern Bank of New
York. whose suspension yesterday
brought to light the news that Joseph
G. Robin, who held control of the bank,
had been committed the night before
to sanitarium. Robin not only con-
trolled the Northern Bank but. ac-
cording to State Supt. of Insurance
Hotchkiss. largely controlled several
other companies.
The real condition of the Northern
Bank probably will not be known for at
least three weeks and in the meantime
the state bank and insurance officials
indicate that they will insist that Robin
undergo another examination as to
his mental condition. He will be
brought hack to the city if he is found
to be shamming insanity.
Robin. whose real name Is Robino-
witz ard who came here a penniless
Immigrant Is years ago. was commit
ted on Monday night.
Depositors of the Northern Bank and
its branches will probably be paid in
full. but how the stockholders will fare
can only be surrnised Robin enlisted
the aid of several welI-known men in
his enterprises.
1t was learned at the district attor-
neys office shortly before noon today
that Robin had left the sanitarium at
Central Valley. n. Y, to which lie went
early this week and was now said to
be at his home at 19 Gramercy place in
this city. The sanitarium authorities,
it was said, refused to receive him as
a patient.
Just what is to be done by the dis
trict attorney is not known. but it is
more than likely that the Northern
Bank case will not be presented to the
present grand jury. District Attorney
Whitman will undoubtedly wait until
the new grand jury is empannelled on
Jan 3 when four indictments in all, it
is expected will be found.
Representatives of the insurance and
banking departments were in conference
today with Assistant District Attorney
Maynard, who will have charge of the
cases when they are brought to trial, and
Assistant Dist. Atty. Perkins, who will
draw up the indictments.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
CANNOT ENJOY WEALTH.
insane Man Heir to $500, ,0O0-His
Cousins Will Now Benefit.

Washington. Dec. 2S.-Tnough Frank
|hea!y. for II years an inmate of the
|V'ernment hospital for the insane, is
(soe heir to an estate worth nearly
|ew,vVe. left him ty his brother. james
IL Heeiy. a druggist. who died last
sunday. he may never be able to use
Fany Of it.
Inc probate was advised today of
(nealys incompetence to manage the
|es!att and a commission of ad-
illustrators was appointed. The court
|sas Informed that when the news
Y MS brothers death was impaired
|" htaly ut the asylum, he neither
F"p'nGed nor gave ANY sign of un-
outstanding What was being told him.
Al the death of the present heir, the
f'a'e will be given to. the nearest
e'atlVts of the dead druggist. who
|Ge cousins.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
CAPITAL JOTTlNGS.

The unarmored cruiser Detroit iiaS
nassed out of the hands of the United
States government. having been sold
tn r. r Corbin of New York City. the
highest bidder. The price received was
$50, 600.
The final payment by the city OF Bo-
gotta to the American owners OF us
CITY railway has been made and the
road is now the property Of the mu-
nicipalty. This terminates Il source of
constant trouble in Colombia between
the American owned company. the
government authorities and the ma
tives of Bogota. 1t was announced at
the state department today that Sl2o,-
OOo in gold arrived in New York from
Rogota Tuesday. representing tie hnal
instalment of a total of $S00.000 from
the municipality of Bogota to the
American corporation.
A petition was filed in the supreme
court of the United States Wednesday
bv Frank Horn. Elisha Horn, Ray
mond Fl. May and S. Fl. Snyder. ask
ing for q review of their convictions IN
the federal courts at Kansas City. Mo-.
on charges of fraudulent use of mails
to sell stock in the Central Mining
and Developing Co. of Arizona. Each
was sentenced to Imprisonment for one
wear and to pay a fine of $500. In one
document in the case Snyder is de-
scribed as having been for number
of wears district judge in Kansas and
later state superintendent of insur-
ance. 1t is claimed by the men that
they should have been acquitted if they
honestly believed their representations
in regard to the company's property
,yerc true.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
DIFFICULTIES ADJUSTED.
Nat Goodwin and His Wife Make W,
Says Their Attorney.

New York, Dec. 28.-Difficulties be-
tween Nat c. Goodwin and his wife,
who was Miss Edna Goodrich, are un.
derstood to have been settled today.
Mr.. Goodwin called at the office of hts
lawyer. who also acts for Mrs. Good.
win, and entered into an agreement re.
garding the disposition Of property
said to be valued at15,ooo. The law
yer denied that the agreement had any
thing to do with divorce proceedings
or that a legal separation Is pending.
so far as | know" he said, "today's
agreement settles everything between
them. l would know If there was any
thing else, as I am attorney for both.
No papers have been served on Mr..
Goodwin and no action has been filed.' y
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
With Authority Over Rates Between
states and Canada Recommended

Washington, Dec. 2S.-As result OF
,,pe series of conferences between Judge
Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the inter-
state Commerce Commission. and the
Hon. ]. P. Mabie. chief of the RAILWAY
commission of Canada, an agreement mas
been reached to recommend to the gov
ernments of the United States ana the
pouinion Of Canada the creation OF an
International railroad commission. which
shoI, have supervisory authority over the
railway rates in operation pe'"ee" INV
two countries
Mr.. Mabie arrived in Washinsto" Iroi'
ottawa last night finally to DISCUSS ,ne
details of an agreement with 'uase
Knapp last August and today the wv
officials were in conference. Their repor'
viii, be filed within few days oy o''""
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
|oDAY's JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
telegraph Tariff Commis-
knn Probable: Longworth Drafts Bill:
fsssssage Expected Before March 4-Robin
S.nled Admission to Private Sanitarium:
ssu FNs,l Of Closed Northern Bank of New
Es,k AN disappears. but Retains eX-Distrlct
ka"rhcy Jerome: Banks Condition Un.
Sos denomination of Sentence OF
ksSS; ksSs,. W. Morse Now Sought-Honduran
fe'olt Due Jan |.
Page Two.
NY ,.WnNtAl.-Pittsfeld. Skowhegan. Belfast.
'a'iowel and Gardiner Local News.
Page Three.
AanndT,AL--Waterville. Aand Fairfield and Oak
@aa Local News.
Page Four.
| SORTING AND FINANCIAL
Page Five. ~.
sLASSlFlED ADVERTISEMENTS
Page Six.
EDITORIAL
Page Seven.
ro. .AL-State House News-Rescripts
'm The Law Court.
Page Eight.
eAL-Augusta Local News.
Page Nine.
0e.1AAl-Augusta Local News.
Page Ten.
'ELEGRAPH-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
PRES. TAFT ENDORSED
For Re-sleotion by Republican Com.
mittee Of North Carolina. a

Greensboro. N. G., Dec. 28-The Repub-
lican state executive committee In ses-
sion here today adopted resolutions en-.
dorsing President Taft- as national and
not sectional President" and pledged
support for. his denomination and re-
election. The resolutions invite recog-
milton by the South to the Presidents
Southern attitude and called attention to
his wisdom. and justice In regard to abro.
eating the referee system and the enian,
cipation Of the party In the South from
conditions and policies which have tend
ed to retard it's growth.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
THE WEATHER
RAIN OR SNOW.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Forecast for
New England: Snow in north, rain or
snow in south portion Thursday and
Friday; moderate to brisk south to
southwest winds becoming variable
Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
Boston Forecast.

Boston. Dec. 2S-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Cloudy with occa :
sional rain Thursday and Friday;
warmer Thursday with southcrly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
GRAND SUCCESS SCORED
BY Humperdinek's Opera "koenigskin.
der" at New York.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Another Of the
worlds great opera writers-this time
German. Prof Englebert Humper-
dinck-foilCwing the westward trail of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
2 2o.4

lhllon $ output now upwards of Half
n. c,ro weekly. Largest selling brand of
hester Z, IN the wc-'A Factory. Man
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29

New York. Dec. 2S.-A staff of ex-
perts under the direction of Bank Supt.
Cheney is investigating today the af-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-23
PROGRESS MADE IN DAlRYING
Probably Greatest Advance Achieved
in Cooperative Enterprises In
That Industry.

Probably the greatest advance in CO
operative enterprises among American
farmers, with the possible exception
OF fruit growers, is found In the meth
DDS practised by dairymen. says Or
ange Judd Farmer. The growth OF CO.
operative creameries throughout the
middle west. especially during the
past IL or Is years. has been very ex-
tensive. This movement began with
the establishment of separating sta
tons for receiving whole milk from
farmers at the time OF the introduction
of separators of large capacity. Some
times these plants We're owned by
farmers associations and operated
upon the cooperative plan. Some
times they were owned by large
creamery concerns. who received the
milk from the farmers. separated 1t
and paid each patron according to the
amount OF butterfat actually received,
Sometimes this cream was sold in
bulk TO the big creamery concerns,
while In other plants 1t was churned
and the butter marketed direct.
The most complete cooperation is
found in those plants where the entire
operations are carried on by the farm
ers themselves. but there are certain
elements Of cooperation in all of them.
For instance, number OF farmers
could club together for the delivery of
milk to the separating station and the
return OF skinned milk to the farms,
thus reducing the expense and labor
for all concerned These receiving
stations for whole milk have been dis
placed in nearly every instance by
cream receiving stations.
This has been brought about by the
extensive introduction of hand separa-
tors, SO that the actual work OF sepa-
ration is done by each farmer for him
self and oaly the cream disposed of
In many sections this cream Is re
ceived by local creameries, owned
either Individually or by farmers as
sociations. is ehurned and the butter
marketed direct from there. In this
case there are large amounts OF but
termilk to be disposed of as by-prod
net II this is apportioned among the
farmers, according TO the amount of
cream received. the amount given each
Is too small 10 be of any value SO 1t
IS customary 10 have the creameries
dispose of the entire output of butter
milk for year in advance to some in
dividual farmer or group of farmers.
according to the highest bidder. and a
return Of from 25 TO so cents per bar
rel may thus be obtained by the
creamery for a hyproduct
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-23
MGellefdl s. s
Farm Notes

AS work on the farm crowds. do not
neglect the pigs.
Salt at the rate of about one ounce
per pound of butter.
Wool prices are better than ever in
the history of the country.
The eve flock is the pearl of great
price to the successful sheepman.
Good pastures are the basis of sue
cessful live stock or dairy farming.
There is such thing as a chicken
getting so sick that nothing Will cure
it,
Disease turks in a filthy, sour swiIl
barrel, and is often the cause of I'M
thrifty pigs
In making new lawn three or four
bushels of seed to the acre makes a
nice turfy sod.
When only a small amount of butter
is made, the butter may be worked
with ladle in the churn
Many weeds. besides occupying the
ground in place of the grass, are actu-
ally injurious to the health of the
cattle
Apples do not do well on poorly
drained soil where water IL liable to
stand on the surface or about the
roots of the trees.
Gull out the unnecessary poultry
stock and sell as roasters: pick ont
the youngsters not wanted for breed.
ing and dispose of them as broilers
There is constantly increasing
tendency for city consumers to prefer
getting their perishable products like
butter and eggs direct from the pro
Queer
Turkeys eat more insects than they
do grain; but you cannot make your
neighbor believe this If your turkeys
take a notion to range In his wheat or
oat field
Pigs that are not receiving enough
exercise and that are fat from rich
feeding are often attacked with
thumps or palpitation of the heart
and die off
Men who every season make money
from their lambs find that II thew
flush the eve flock each fall-that is
feed them better for several weeks
before going to the buck-there are
more twins and more milk at lambip.
time
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-23
FOR SOILING AND ENSlLAGE
Cowpeas Are Very Satisfactory and
Furnish Abundance of Succulent
Green Feed.

AS soiling crop cowpeas are very
satisfactory and furnish an abundance
of succulent green feed, although per
haps less palatable than alfalfa.
Used alone. the cowpea does not
make an exceptionally good quality of
ensilage, due to the large quantity of
water in the green vines, making a
water silage that keeps poorly and is
not we'll relished by stock.
When in combination with corn, in
the proportion of about one-fourth
cowpeas to three-fourths corn. 1t
makes an excellent silage that keeps
we'll and is relished by all classes of
stock This combination has greater
feeding value than corn silage, for the
reason that cowpeas, being relatively
high in protein. make the cowpea-corn
silage a more nearly balanced ration
Professor Call says 1t is a common
practise In dairy sections to grow
cowpeas and corn in separate fields
and mix them as the silo is being
practise to grow the corn and cowpeas
together.
An experiment along this line was
conducted at the Kansas experiment
station during the years 1903. 1904
and 1905, the corn and cowpeas being
planted together in rows. When plant
ed the right thickness-corn 10 to "a
inches, and cowpeas four 70 six inches
apart, in drill rows three and half
feet apart-each grew equally well
and produced from 10 to IA tons OF
green fodder per acre. The cowpeas
twined around the corn stalks, making
the crop easy TO harvest with the corn
binSe-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-23

Nuts Showing Work Of Beetles

ever Is greatly in excess of that done
by all other kinds combined.
The term "snout beetle is applied
to the adults of a group of insects on
account of the peculiar structure of
the head, the front part of which is
prolonged into snout or proboscis In
some species this snout is short and
stout and in others it is long and
slender and wire-like. In the females
OF some of the nut weevils it Is longer
than the rest of the body. The mouth.
which is armed with minute but
strong pair of jaws, is situated on the
apex of the snout and the apendage is
used for piercing or puncturing yari-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-23
Eggs of Snout Beetle.

curculio bores through the skin. in a
manner similar to that of the other
species, but after the puncture is com
pleted and the egg laid. only an indis-
tinct speck Is left on the surface to
mark the place of an injury whereas
the plNm curculio makes the conspic-
uous crescent-shaped mark.
The larvae of most of the species of
beetles and curculio remain in the
nuts and fallen fruit some time after
they drop to the ground. If these are
all gathered carefully and thoroughly
and the worthless ones fed to hogs or
burned many larvae will be destroyed
and the generation of beetles that
would injure the next seasons nuts be
greatly reduced.