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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
W0L1ER GUILTY
Of the Murder Of Pretty
Young StenographeT.
Took Jury Less Than Two
Hours 10 Reach Decision.
Boy Hears Verdict Without Emotion
Story Of Mis- Crime.

New York, April 22.--Albert Wolter,
the youth of - years, who was crazy
about women must die in the electric
chair for the murder of Ruth Wheeler,
a pretty 15-year-old Stenographer. AT
ter only hour and so minutes of de-
lbe ration. a Jury in the court of spe-
cial sessions found him guilty of muir
der in the first degree at 1890 tonight,
bringing to close a trial marked by
swiftness and testimony of horror.
The boys counsel said with elo-
ul,ence this afternoon that Wolter was
too tender hearted to harm Il cat, but
II men decided that he choked Ruth
Wheeler and thrust her while yet alive
into his fireplace, where soaked with
oil she burned to death. With the same
waxed faced Indifference that he
showed throughout the trial. Wolter
eyinced no emotion when the verdict
was announced. With almost inhuman
com placency he was asleep in his cell
and sleeping soundly-While the jury
dcIibcrated on his fate. This was made
known nv a court attendant who SAID
that he had aroused the prisoner TO
bring him into court. He will be SEN
fenced Wednesday.
immediately after the announcement
of the verdict. Wallace Scott, counsel
for Wolter. made formal motion thst
the verdict be set aside, but Judge
Warren Foster overruled him. and
Scott hurriedlv left the court after
| having obtained Il stay of sentence I'M
| ii, Wednesday.
The iurymen themselves showed
emotion while the boy that must die
showed none. As the jurors filed in.
the prisoner was led into the room.
and took his seat facing the Judge. HIS
| face was the color of putty. but his
complexion is naturally unWholesome
| and its wilderness was accentuated by
the brilliant lights of the court room.
| When asked if they had found a YER
dict William V. Kulp. foreman of the
Jury. answered in shaking voice: I'VE
have" He then announced he and his
associates had found Wolter guilty of
| murder in the first degree. All eyes
immediately shifted toward the prison
| er, but he was as stolid as stone. AS
he was being handcuffed to officers
preparatory to being taken back to the
Tomhs. he gazed about him uncon-
cernedly
/ Neither relatives of the murderer nor
Of his victim were in court to hear the
verdict. His elderly parents were in
court during the afternoon. but as ne
heard the decision which means death
| he was among strangers. Efforts were
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
Services at New York Today and An
other at E|mira, Where |nterment
Will Be Made Public Memoir
al Services to Be Held Later,

try custom to view the body as it lay
in the carven bed. Mr. Clemens did
much of his work in bed, and in death
ings of his active life. Ranged about
him We're his books. Beside him was his
tabouret set with "a tobacco jar, a col
lection of sweet old crusted pipes a
stand of cigars and matches in abund-
ance. Above his head was q reading
lamp. In bachelor days he had heartily
cursed the curse of bachelordom against
all chlmbermaids because of their hos
lille IDEAS of tidiness
They always put the pillow on the
opposite end of the bed from the gas
burner" he wrote. 80 that while you
read and smoke before sleeping as is
the ancient and honorable custom of
bachelors. you have to hold your book
aloft, in an uncomfortable position, to
keep the light from dazzling your eyes
IF they cannot get the light in an in
convenient position any ether way, they
move the bed. They always put your
books into inaccessible places. They
always put the match box in some other
place. They hunt up y new place for it
every day and put up Il bottle or other
perishable glass thing where the box
stood before. This is to cause you to
break that glass thing. They always
save up all old scraps of printed rub
Dish you HI We thrown on the floor and
stand them up carefully on the table.
and start the fire with your valuable
MSS"
In Later years when successive sor-
rows descended heavily upon him. Mark
Twain had been spared all such small
discomforts. SO he lay today among
Continued on Page TwoD
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
FIGURES JUCCLED.
Duchess Fire Insurance
Company in Trouble
President and Director Vail Is
Ordered 10 Retire.
Accounts Twisted by Cut Out Leaf
To Deceive Examiner.

Pouebkeepsie, n. Y, April 22.-After
an Investigation of the, affairs of the
Dutcness Fire Insurance Co. of this
citv nv Supt. Hotchkiss and his ex-
aminer the superintendent tonight or
dered the retirement of Lewis II. Vail
as president and director of the COM
pany.
When asked if the present situation
would call for criminal prosecution Mr..
Hotchkiss shrugged his shoulders and
said:
81 leave that for others to judge"
The superintendent gave out a
lengthy statement regarding the inves-
tigation in which he says:
Fact developed seem to require an
examination of the affairs of the
Duchess Insurance Co, which prior to
1907 had been Differed by the same
persons and done business from the
same principal offices of the Duchess
Fire Insurance Co., but which had been
seriously impaired as the result of the
San Francisco confiagration.
This examination, now practically
complete. brought out facts which led
to mandatory action on the part of the
insurance department at meeting of
the directors of the two companies held
at Pougkeepsie tonight.
irregularities evidencing an inten-
ton on the part of the officers of the
old company and certain of it's direc-
tors to sequester assets to the end that
the true condition of the old company
might be covered were brought out at
oral examinations by representatives
of the insurance department.
Further inquiries resulted in the
discovery of deception practiced upon
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
PARTISAN MOTIVES
IN Cost-of- Living inquiry Charges
Senator Hughes o. Colorado.

Washington, April 22.--Charging
partisan motives on the part of the
movers Of the cost-of- living inquiry.
which is proceeding under the direc-
ton Of a special Senate committee, Of
which Senator Lodge Is chairman, SEN
ator Hughes OF Colorado prevented a
vote today on the resolution to an.
propriate $4,000 to continue the work.
Democratic senators have prevented a
vote on the resolution every day for
nearly week. = f.'
A speech by Senator Gallaneer fur.
nished the foundation for Mr.. Hushes'
charge of craftsmanship. He interpret.
ed that speech to be challenge that
the Republican members Of the com.
mittee would select their own agents
to carry on the work.
CONTINUED on Page Twslve,)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
Black Sentenced as AC-
cessory in FTieI Case.
Mcintosh for Assault Upon
wife Gets Eight Years.
Ten smuggIers Given Sentence In
The y. S. Circuit Court.

Houlton, Me-. April 22.-Five years
in the state prison at Thomaston was
imposed today upon Ellis Black con-
yicted Of being an accessory in the
murder of John Friel, of whose death
Charles r. Friel. a nephew of the slain
mail, was found guilty by jury in the
supreme court this week. Black was
tried the same day that the Friel YER
dict was rendered. Frcl is to be re-
manded to Jail to await a hearing in
December by the full bench of the su-
preme court, upon exceptions that he
has filed.
Thomas Mcintosh. found guilty Of
assault with intent to kill, upon his
wife, today was sentenced to eight
Years at Thomaston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
Vote on Administration
Railroad Bill Tuesday.
Senator Hughes Attacks Cost
of.L|sIng inquiry.
Summary Of CLAWS Case contlnusd
By Attorney Brandsls.

Washington. April 22.-The House
will vote on the administration railroad
bill next Tuesday IL the sponsors Of
tue measure succeeded in q movement
started today. With the purpose Of
having the bill voted on at that time
Rep. Dwight Of New York. the Repub-
lican whip" is notifying Republican
absentees as rapidly as possible to be
in their seats Tuesday.
The plan contemplated closing gen.
eral debate with speech today by
Rep. Townsend of Michigan, who in
troduced the bill in the House, and the
reading of the bill under the 5.minute
rule at the opening Of the session
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
Forged Bills Of Laden, No Cotton Ship
ped, Cost New York Firms a Mil
lion and European Houses -Four
Million Dollars or More,

Representatives are here of Minopri-
Morgan & Co, Liverpool; j. J. Williams
Co. Liverpool; Alexander Eccles & Co.,
Liverpool and Pennfeather & Co., Liv-
erpool.
Several representatives declared that
transactions involving millions which
precipitated the crash, may end in pros
ecutions in the federal courts.
1t is alleged that on irregular bills of
lading attached to drafts for heavy
amounts. New York firms lost $1,000
900. while European houses may lose
more than Si,000,000
Mobile, Ala. April 22.-E. j. Buck
president of the City Bank and Trust
Company of this city, one of the credi-
tors of the bankrupt cotton firm OF
Knight. Yancey & Co. is authority for
the statement that the alleged irregular
transactions in connection with the
failure Of the firm were due to forged
bills of lading.
1t was rumored that there were forg-
ed warehouse receipts in this city but
the banks who were notified two days
before the failure was announced, had
a sweeping search made and found
none.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23

New York. April PA simple funer-
al service over the remains of the late
Samuel l.. Clemens will be held in this
city tomorrow afternoon. The body will
then be taken to Elmira, n. Y. where
1t will be buried beside those of his
wife and children.
+. A. Duneka of Harper & Brothers,
Mr.. Clemens publishers, who is max
ing the arrangements for the funeral
said that it was the wish of the fam
lily that the services be as brief as
possible. Later on a public memorial
service will be held in some large hall.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton
University will preach the funeral ser
mon at the service tomorrow, which
will he held al the Brick Presbyterian
church, 37th street and Fifth avenue,
at o'clock. The funeral, Mr.. Duneka
said, will he Of a semi public nature,
and will he attended by only relatives
and close friends of the dead author.
Their" will be no pail bearers, and al
though final arrangements have not
been made, the service probably will
consist OF merely a short address by
Or. Van Dyke. There probably will be
no music, Mr.. Duneka said. The body
will be brought to New York at noon
tomorrow on Il special train. After the
funeral the body will be taken to FL
mira, where another service as simple
as the one n"rc. will be held. This ser
vice will probably be at the home of
General Langdon, Il relative of Mr..
Clemens, and so far rs now known,
will consist simply of a short address
by Joseph Twitch"ll of Hartford. c..
who was one of Mr.. Clemens oldest
oldest friends From the Langdon home
the body will be removed to the Gem
etery to be laid to rest.
Ne arrangements have been made for
the public memorial service. Mr.. Dun
eka said it probably would be held in
a week Or 10 days. in some large hall
in this city. and that it would be open
TO the public. ON account of the almost
private nature of the funeral services.
it is felt by Mr.. Clemens relatives that
some such services should be hold ut
which the public may gather in express
sion of it's affection for the dead hui
moriSt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
1ODAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS,


Page One.
TELEGRAPH-Black Sentenced to Five
Years in Prison as Acce SSory in Friel
Misunderstanding by American Cotton
Dealers-Vote on Administration Railroad
Bill TuesdayOther Congressional News
Threats Made to Kill All Foreigners at
Changsha Tribute to Memory of Late
Mark Twain.
Page Two.
TELEGRAPH
Page Three.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH
Page Four.
SPORTING AND F1NANc1AL-Both
Foster Teams Rs LeaSae
sports4Thei Markets.
LOCAL Winthrop and National Home
Page Six.
TELEGRAPH
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Male and Female Wants-Real Estate and
Miscellaneous For Sale-To Let-Busfness
Cards-Railroads and Steamboats,.
Page Eight.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Topics-Maine
Gossp-Press Comments.
Page Nine.
LOCAl.-State House News-Augusta
Church Notices
Page Ten.
LOCAi'-Amusements Meeting
OF Capltal Park Association-Local Briefs.
Page Eleven.
LOCAl.-Saturday Special Sales-Phil-
Brooks stunning Wedding-Local Briefs
Page Twelve.
TELEGRAPH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23

Redding. ct. April 22-The little
village of Redding was in mourning
today for its benefactor and friend,
Mark Twain. who had endeared him
self by his kindly good nature and
generosity and when the body is TAX
err to the station to be placed on the
train which is to take it to New York
where funeral services will be held in
the Brick church. all business will be
SUSPENDED and the villagers and farm
ers from the surrounding hills Will as
sembe and pay their last tributes to
the dead. All day long the. villagers
passed by the house and parties in au-
tomobiles from neighboring cities drove
up the river road and stopping. looked
over the lowlands to Stormfield on the
hill. There has not been such a gath
ering in the village since Mr.. Glenn
ems gave his benefit for the library to
which he recently gave money for a
new building
Late today the body was prepared
Cor burial, and dressed in the white
flannel which he SO constantly wore in
the latter years of his life will be
placed in plain mahogany casket
which will arrive here early tomorrow
morning.
Many messages of comfort were re-
ceived today by Mrs Ossip Gabrilow-
itsch. Mark Twan's only living Gaugh
ter
Among them were a telegram from
President Taft and a cablegram from
Former President Roosevelt A mes
sage was also received from the au-
thorities of Hannibal, Mo, asking that
burial. to which Mrs. Gabrilowitsch
i'm renly said that as the family burial
ground was Elmira n. Y. the body
would be taken there.
The body will be taken to the West
Reddng station at 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning and placed on board the Pitts
field express. 1t will be accompanied
nv Mr.. and Mrs. Gabrielowitsch. Al
bert Rirelow Paine and servants who
have been in Mr.. Clemens service for
MANY years. on the arrival of the body
in New York it will be taken to the old
Brick Presbyterian church where ser
vices will be conducted by Rev. DR..
! Henri Van Dyke. assisted by Joseph
VI. Twitchell of Harvard. the latter a
lifelong friend of Mr. Clemens.
At the conclusion of the New York
services the body will be taken to FL
mira, in Lake Forest" the private
car OF +. T.. Loomis. vice president of
the Delaware. LaCkawanna & Wes-
tern Railroad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23

Atlanta Ga. April 22.-Agents for a
dozen foreign cotton houses are iii At
lanta today to protect their firms if
possible against loss from the failure of
Knight Yancey & Co While they arc
still in doubt as to the actual loss sus-
taiend by their firms, the agents agree
thai under the system of doing business
in cotton. great losses are possible and
even easy. one of them said:
Let us say that long established
cotton firm is doing business in Atlanta.
The buyer for this firm goes out into
the country ana contracts for cotton.
Let us say that they buy 100 bales at
Decatur, another 100 at Macon and a
third 100 at Hogan. This cotton is
shipped to Atlanta TO compress and To-
cal bills of lading are taken for each
town to Atlanta, At Atlanta the 300
bales are graded and say 10 bales arc
taken from Decatur's shipment and 10
from another and graded. 1t IS graded
TO suit the market to which it is to be
shipped. 1t is rebaled
Now the railroads have 4 through
rate from Decatur to Liverpool. let us
say. So the firm takes the local bill
gets in exchange from the railroad a
through bill from Decatur to I.iverpool
for 100 bales, when as matter of fact
only 10 of the 100 Decatur bales have
been used When this is repeated in
definitely it can be seen what possibil-
tiles there are for fraud
Then again, business here is done
largely on credit. on tile honesty of the
shippers. y shipper gets blank bills of
lading from railway agent and coolIy
FORCES the agents signature 10 them.
Cotton is sold altogether on bills of
ladinS, hence the bills are negotiable
paper in any cotton market. Let the
shipper be big one. Let him tell the
agent that he has cotton to ship and
requires 1--WE cars at once, 1t is possi
bic that the cars may not be available
at once. So to satisfy the shipper, the
agent may prepare bills of lading of the
cotton to be shipped and it may never
be shipped. But the bills may be ne
gotiated at any cotton center.
TIE local cotton men are inclined to
rejoice at the news that Liverpool men
counting on everything from American
cotton bought at a very low hgure
shipped to America large quantities OF
cotton at an advanced price to be thrown
on che American market II the Liver
pool men have been deceived by the
forged bills of lading. the local men
say, the shortage of cotton in England
will cause the shutdown of the mills
there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23

Reddirg. ct. April 22.-News of Mr..
Clemens death did not reach the coun-
tryside at large until the morning pa
pers brought it up from the city.
Expressions of grief were then heard
on all sides for Mark Twain was not
only personally endeared to his close
friends. but he was generous to his large
acquaintance. shared the beauties of his
handsome new home with the neighbor-
hood and took lively interest in the
affairs of the town. Several of his
ncishbors who stood very close to him
in life were permitted by an old coun-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23

London. April 22.-There was a SEN
sation in Cottonapolis today. born of
widely circulated statements that forg-
ed bills of laden for cotton purport-
ing to have been shipped from the
United States had been uncovered. The
alleged fraudulent methods, it was
said, involved cotton valued at 81
100000 and in addition to 80 Liverpool
concerns it was stated that several
continental cotton houses were heavy
losers.
The Echo says that the method of
using the alleged false bills of lading
was to append fac simile carriers sig
natures to bills of lading sent with
drafts to- this side before the cotton
was delivered by carriers and that i'm
rorters in many cases paid such drafts.
When the practice was discovered the
steamship company withheld deliver
les until the bills of lading We're veri-
fed The Echo says that an nvesti-
cation made by the importers shows
that not only were a number OF these
bills of lading spurious, but that there
were actually no cotton against some
of them.
The cotton market today was excited
to an almost unprecedented degree by
sensational reports of the failure of
the Alabama cotton firm of Knight
Yanccy & Co, which was heavily hit
n the Liverpool cotton house.
~ cable dispatch from New orleans
whNh tell like an explosion of dyna-
mite said that Knight, Yancey & co.
were short in Liverpool $4,000 bales, in
Havrc 5000 bales and in Genoa 5000
bales. This would make total loss at
current quotations of over $3.000000. In
Liverpool 26 firms are believed to have
been affected by the failure of the Al
ALBANIA firm. A majority OF them, how
ever. have large amounts Of capital
and will be able to tide over the stu
alton hut a few of them will be Seri-
ously affected.
The heads of some of the houses in
Liverpool will proceed to the United
states by the first steamer available to
investigate the situation. No loss as q
result Of the failure is likely to fall
upon English bankers, who are amply
secured
While the cotton market today was
deeply stirred by the situation, its Ct
feet on prices was not great. The di-
rectors of the Liverpool Cotton Asso-
cation met during the day and dis
cussed the affair One result of this
meeting has been to revive the move
ment initiated by the association in
1908 to follow the same practice as OBJ
tains in the corn trade relative to the
issue of bills of lading
The hope is expressed here that the
settlement of the affairs of Knight,
Yancsy d Co. will realize $500, geo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
Boston Forecast.

Boston, April 22.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Saturday fair, fol-
lowed by rain during the night. light
variable winds; Sunday fair and cold
or. moderate northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
THE WEATHER.
FAIR TODAY-RAIN SUNDAY.

Washington. April 22.-F)recast for
New England: Fair Satu day: Sun
day showers and cooler; variable
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-23
1904

DO. CIGAR.
4 gentleman's smoke. Now outsel- all it,
competitors. Factory. Manchester. N. II
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
A Quiet Wedding.

Kasper l.. Sogn ana Miss Nora e.
a. Jackson we're quietly married at
the Episcopal parsonage in Sioux
Falls last Saturday, having decided
thatit was the proper way to celebrate
the anniversary OF Abraham Lincoln's
birth.
Mr.. Sogn and his charming bride
kept the secret we'll as none Of their
young friends we're aware of a we'd
ding ring party until they returned
from Sioux Fails. Then congratula-
tions and good wishes OF a host OF
friends followed.
Miss Jackson came to Lincoln
county from Mineral Point, Wisconsin,
in the fall Of 1908, at the solicitation
Of County superintendent Lawrence
to accept a position of teacher and
was given a school in Norway town
ship, and this year she has been
teaching in district II west OF the
city.
She is a charming, bright, genial
young lady, and in every way worthy
Of the splendid young man she has
chosen for a life companion. The
groom Is a son Of the late Lars NJ.
Sogn and is a steady, industrious
young gentleman, who is engaged in
farming down In Norway township.
The LEADER extends c%oDgratula-
lions to Mr.. and Mrs. Kasper Sogn,
and wishes them all the good things
In life. Their wedding announce
ment was issued Tuesday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
Auction Sale.

John Evenson will have an auction
sale at his farm, six miles West and
a mile:South Of Hudson, six miles
North and three miles East of Alcester
and three miles South and two East
Of Moe, on Wednesday March 2, 1910.
Sale begins at 10, and a free lunch
will be served 1t noon The property
to be sold consists of 10 head of horses
65 head.of cattle, IS head Of hogs, and
farm machinery. John Steensland,
a%uctioneer, s. +. Hoffman clerk.
Don't forget the date. 1851
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
Auction.

Don't forget the Alford-Robinson
Auction sale on Tuesday, February,
oath. 1910. Besides Ii horses, all
good young heavy weights, there
will be sold cattle, brood sows and .
large lot of machinery, all in good
repair. One and one half miles East
and three miles South of Harrisburg.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
Auction Sale.

G. L. Grogan, who lives five niles
West andthalf q mile North Of Canton
will have an Auction sale at his farm
on Monday, February %. Sale will
begin at one O'Clock and q free lunch
will be served At noon. Mr.. Grog1n
will sell six hesd Of horses, six head
Of cattle, machinery, two sheds, some
Guineas, and other things, Bodie 8
Stevenson, A~uctioneers, Henry Brad
shaw clerk.