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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

Mrs. c. c. Berry and son. S. l.. Ber-
~. with her grandsons. Merle and Har-
vey. viii leave this morning for Port
land. where they will visit for short
time. -, III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

L. r. Mayo of Silver street will leave
this morning for Camden, where he
will pass 10-days vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

Fred Atkins will leave today for his
home il HOckland, where he will pass
q vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

Russell Hamlin. son of H. H. Ham
lin. Elm street. was operated upon
Monday afternoon for appendicitis. He
is in critical condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

Judge Fred Foss Lawrence of the
Skowhegan, municipal court was in the
ctr ON business Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

Miss Nina Goodwin of Clinton was
visiting friends in the city Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19
Joseph Michue Seriously
Injured by a Landslide
Which Sweeps Him Down Into
City Gravel PHI.
Fellow Workmen Escape Injury
His Condition Is Critical.

Joseph Michue, an employee of the
city at the city gravel pit on Went
worth court. suffered serious injuries
and Joseph Toulouse, another employee,
barely escaped when a heavy landslide
took place about II o'clock Monday
morning. Michue and Toulouse were
both at work at the top of the pit,
when without a moments warning the
strata of clay at the top gave way and
struck the two men.
MiChue, who was on the inside of the
pit. was carried beneath about 10 tons
of clay. rock and gravel down the pit
about 80 feet. He struck in a hole at
the bottom and a large piece of clay
about as large is barrel rolled direct
1y over him. Toulouse. when the fall
struck. grasped the side of the pit and
retained his position, escaping unin-
jurad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19
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t.4E nICuu6 mead could be
seen protruding from the gravel and
clay and with difficulty he was extract
ed from his perilous position. 1t was
evident that he was badly injured and
telephone calls were Immediately sent
for medical aid. His right leg was
broken above the knee and below the
knee and the left leg was fractured a
few inches above the knee. Two of the
breaks were clean and one of the bones
protruded through the skin.
DIR. c. W. Abbott was the first to ar
rive and Immediately ordered the in
iured man to he taken to hs home at
the Head of the Falls. Mr. Hadley's
public automobile was pressed into ser
vice and the suffering man was con-
veyed rapidly to his home. Dr. Craigin
was later called. Besides the broken
limbs Michue suffers from 1nterpal in
iuries, the extent of which cannot be
ascertained at present. He is in a crit
ical condition. He is married and has
six children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
A Credit to Tennessee

1t is one thing for a great state To
fall into an abyss of political shame
and another thing to pull itself out.
tennessee was on trial, but she has
proudly INDICATED herself. She suf-
fered fearful blow in the stroke NJ
Patterson's pen that opened the peni-
Tertiary doors to Duncan Cooper. con-
victed murderer of former Senator
Carmack. 1t was a blow whose force
was felt outside Tennessee, felt in
every state of the union. II was a
direct challenge to law, a defiance to
order and organized society. Unre-
buked, it must represent the attitude
OF the people of the state toward the
peaceful processes of constituted an
thority; repudiated, It stood ont sim
ply as the audacity of an individual
who, though strong in some of the mail
ities OF a man, a lawyer and even a
statesman, yet lacked the stamina Of
trustworthy and ht leader.
IL was not the easiest crisis for Ten
nessee to meet. Malcolm r. Patter-
son was q popular man in his native
state an able man, attractive in an
the qualities that go to make up the
typical cavalier that the south loves
he had twice served his state IA gov
ernor and, moreover, this was but the
outcome OF an old political feud. One
friend had repaid a personal debt n
another. Such things once counted
for much in this land where chivalrv
is SO highly reckOned with.
But evidently Tennessee had no time
to waste on the foibles Of fckle senti- |
ment or tradition. She had an honor |
at stake that must be redeemed a
tangible destiny TO work out. And
she set about to meet these conditions
In the right way. She has also set a
strong example to other states less
READY to purge themselves of their
own iniquity. IL means much for
Tennessee democrats to sacrifice party
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
The Farce Of Fusion

( One Of the strongest pleas in behal
Of the direct primary law was that /
would give the voters an opportunit.
to express their choice for candidates
and would remove the selection o
candidates for public ONCE from tn,
control OF political bosses and schem
ing tricksters. II was vociferously
asserted that the people had been de-
prived of any voice In the selection oil
their officers The course of politics
had, according to the advocates of the
primary law, reached that stage where
all the voter could do was to make q
choice between two sets of puppets put
up for his delectation by the bosses.
All this was to be done away with by
the primary law, and we we're to have
our power for choice of officers proceed
ing from the fountsinhead Of all power
the people themselves.
Among other safeguards thrown
around the direct primary was one
that exacted a pledge from the aspirant
to office that he would abide by the
result of the primary. This was in
tended to achieve two purposes. First,
1t would place a moral obligation on
the defeated aspirsnt to give his sup
port to his successful competitor.
Second, and perhaps greater. it would
prevent the fraud on the ballot of a
straw man securing the nomination
and then Withdrawing at the last mo-
ment. to leave his party without a rep
resentative on the ticket. A grave
question is still to be determined in
connection with this point. Some very
able thinkers hold that this secondary
obligation is not only a moral. but a
legal, one, and that q successful candi-
date who has subscribed to the pledge
exacted by the primary law is legally
required to make the race for the
ONCE to which he was nominated.
The primary law in Nebraska
specifically forbids the writing in of
names on primary tickets. II this IA
proper restriction 1t must apply with
equal force to the operations of COM
mittees of the several parties. The
that a political committee
VIII be permitted to do that which ia
improper for the voters themselves to
do is too absurd to require argument.
The restriction was made unquestiona-
bly, In order to secure honesty and
idelity of candidates at the primaries.
The pledge they give is intended to be
and II nominated they should
De required to make the race for Office
And yet the voters OF Nebraska are
confronted by the singular spectacle
If political committees meeting in
oint session and requiring the candi-
late of one party to withdraw from the
icket in order that the candidate of
mother party may be substituted in
lis stead. The farce OF fusion that 10 !
ust being played in the Sixth Me- 1
raska district Ia an insult to the in G
diligence Of the voters of that dis.
rict, and such travesty on the law 9
hat were it not so serious a menace II &
'ould be laughable.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
HERoIsM ON THE LAKES.
sDIendia Examples of Courage In Face
OF Death.
So. gL6lilla RanIlhli.

| III St L0ifls Republic
The somber story OF how thirty lives
were lost when the car Pere Marquette No.
IL, built with special reference to much
greater hazards than then confronted il.
sank under mysterious circumstances in
Lake Michigan, isirelievsd by details show
ing heroism and self-sacrifice on the part
of the crew.
On these car ferries and other vessels that
haoitualy carry passengers safety demands
discipline almost as exactlng as that on
naval vessel, and the crew Of No, is
went down at their posts as might the crew
Of battleship against which the fortune
OF war had decided adversely.
Marion Turner. a cabin maid, attired her.
self In her best raiment OF fine linen and
silk when the inevitable was seen approach
Ing and went down as cool as though
going to the matinee Cant We rerrennha-
the name of this brave American woman
for few days at least? With such an
example, how could the men have been
anything but collected In mind and atten
tive on duty.
Waterman Simon Burke had little skin
in swimming, and, seeing him without a
life-preserver, Second Mate Walter II
Brown tore off his own and gave II IN
him. Brown was lost and Burke saved
with such fine example of consideration
Tor another at cost to ones self, we al
most forget to ask II there were not enough
life-preservers to go around and why there
wasn't one for both Brown and Burke.
Such sacrifices deserve the happy ending
or rescue OF all those imperiled. When
persons Of the elevation Of soul of these
men and women perish the world exper-
fences a distinct loss. But many of TX.
unselfishness survive. The type is far more
common than many imagine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
It is the Only wav.

Republicans need have no fears al
to the general results in the fall cleo
tons IL they will stand by the one prin
oiple that has always led them to vic
tory in the past, the principle OF party
unity. II is well enough to have fac.
tional differences before the primaries
but they should end there. The pri-
maries should be the crucible for
Welding together the broken links. II
they produce a so-called insurgent vic
tory, let the regulars fall in line and
insure a republican victory at the polls.
On the other hand, IL the regulars win
in the preliminaries, let the insurgents
support the nominees nj the final cleo
ton. 1t is the only way to success.
1t is the only way to prevent demo-
cratic victory.
Colonel Roosevelt has given this
advice to all republicans. In South
Dakota, where the regulars won at the
primaries. he urged the insurgents to
get in line and support the party's
candidates. In Washington. where the
insurgents achieved victory in the
nominating contest. he insists upon
the regulars supporting the victors.
While the Maine election turned
chiefly on local, or state issues and
factional discord, has this rule been
followed there not a democrat would
have been elected. II was only because
OF insurgency in one form or another
that the republicans lost the governor
ship, lost two seats in the lower
house of congress and lost the success
orship to Senator Hale, a serious blow.
in all, to the party. The Maine ex-
ample ought to impress itself on other
states that are to hold their elections
later in the fall. Too much legislation
of vital import to the country needs TO
be enacted by the party in power to
waste its chances of service in fac
tional fights. 1t is now time to mt
aside this hurrah about regulars and
Insurgents and talk republication.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
A Tie that Binds

For generation after the war will
Mexico the United States enjoyed only
nominal friendship with it's neigh
Dor republic. 1t is within the last de
cade that we have been brought into
substantial relations. Today there i.
no question Of the bond between them
1t Is strong and sincere; it is durable
1t is also a different sort of bond than
existed in the earlier years.
1t may not be the best tribute Ia
international honor from the ethical
standpoint to say that business in the
only bond of mutual esteem that may
SAFELY be trusted to hold together. but
1t is nevertheless a stern truth we NAV
well admit. Anybody knows, who
knows the situation, that Mexico and
the United States are friends TODAY
because they are business associates.
Americans have millions invested in
Mexico, in its mines. its lands. its
railroads, its manufacturing indus
tries. They not only desire to be
on friendly terms; they have to. II
is tie that binds for practical pur-
poses. 1t means confidence, and con-
ndence means friendship.
This centenary celebration now o.
ing on in Mexico, in which Americans
are participating and being so layishiv
honored by President Diaz and his
government, is more than the mere
birthday observance of republic-itI
is public testimonial to the enduring
friendship of the two leading repub-
lies OF the world. herald of peaceful
pursuit of business and diplomacy
1t is significant also that Canada
occupying part of this North Ameri-
can continent with Mexico and the
united States, is sharing so largely in
this great international festival. This
Is another good omen for the future
Oh the continent and the. three govern
ments controlling 1t. 1t is a public
declaration that they mean business
and that they recognize that harmo-
Nous action makes for separate nros.
Derity.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
VOICES OF CHILDREN.

Voices Of children breaking ...-
On ewes delaying hour;
Voices in low mirth calling
From the dusky garden boz er--
IThey mock the late robins chanting
They call the young moon in glee-
And through the sweet lingering twilight
They steal in to me.
Shy girl with your low glad laughter,
Wee boy with your bubbhnR mirth,
The odofOus garden around you
Is playground 'twixt heaven and earth !
And what can do 10 keep you,
o sweetest and dearest twain,
ignorant of eRrth's harsh discorda
And free OF its stress and paini
Soft treble Of golden laughter
Fall faint through the starry ever
And the robin in the maple
Wings home and ceases to Rrfeve;
While with drowsy step and reluctant
To their cots the children climb
Their threats still bubbling laughter
And their lips still murmuring rhyme.
turn away to the garden
Their good night sweet in my eAra
And ponder and dream and wonder
At the mist-veiled tide of years;
All! II only the mirth and laughter
From their hearts might never dies
If the sweet, shy awe and wonder
In their gaze might always lie!
But the slim young moon fades wostwardI
The night wind murmurs low,
And above me the planets question.
What man nor star'ray know
Meredith Nicholson.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Isaac l.. Ellwood. the barb wire king, 1,
dead at DeKalb, III. His genius for fine
points nettled a large fortune
Nine. CAVALIER evidently thought Boil
Chandler meant II. when he said: with all
my worldly goods / thee endow,"
A Scranton. Pa, dreamer who has been
trying to transmute baser metal into sjlye,
is SO deeply in the hole that all his effects
are about TO be attached by the sheriff.
Mrs. Charles X. Drummond Of st. Louis
claims to have married her sub-conscious
self only to her present husband, and now
that she has slid back into her old mood
OF permanent personality she would like to
unload in the divorce court.
New York man who married his stem.
daughter without going through the for
mslity of divorce was so astonished when
the wtfe-mother paid an unexpected visit
that he did not recover the power OF speech
until he landed in jail. Even then his
vOealiEeuon wasn't worth the effort
DIR" James Alexander Dowie and
Rev. Bishop" schrader, faith heaIers,
have been liberated from jail at st. Joe :
Mo. Their attempts to reduce the money
bumps Of suckers by boosting q $4,000 900
treasure project In Mexico was not regarded
as fair equivalent for free board and
lodging.
Walt Mason of Emporia, Kan, asserts
that reports of his death are exaggerated.
The report grew out of the death OF a
man. who used the name In
addressing post cards to his sister. Tho
real Walt Mason of Nebraska and Kansas
holds down a desk in the Emporia Ca |
sette office, grinding out reliable prose |
Ind run in" syndIcated verses from which |
,e pulls down an average OF 500 a month.
Mr.. Mason is doing quite well.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16

Frank B. Kellogg, who is mentioned
as solicitor general for the govern.
ment to succeed the late Lloyd w.
Bowers, probably would be as emf.
nently fitted for the duties of the Of
flee as any man who could be selected
AS the special counsel for the govern
ment in several of the most important
pieces of trust litigation 1t has ever
undertaken, notably the Northern Sc
curities and Standard Oil cases. Mr..
Kellogg has brought great distinction
to himself as a lawyer, as we'll as
signal victory to his country. He was
SO successful in all he undertook az
to merit the title of trust buster"
Yet the paradox of the mans career
is that he is private attorney for some
OF the largest corporations in the
country, railroad and otherwise and
through all his service for the govern
ment. he has never let go of his work
for the corporations. In this rela-
tion, however, he is no different from
Secretary Knox, who was attorney for
the steel trust when appointed attor-
ney general by President MCKINLEY
1t serves to remind us that some OF
the most faithful legal servants the
government ever had were drafted
from the big corporations Senator
Root is a notable example.
When appointed to the position va
Gated by his death Mr.. Bowers was a
Minnesotan, so it would seem appro-
pirate If President Taft saw fit TO
name his successor from his state
Mr.. Kellogg lives in St Paul, where
he and C. A. Severance, both members
Of the old law firm of Davis, Kellogg
& Severance, have offices. The senior
member of this firm was Cushman x
Davis, late senator from the North
Star state.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
Talks for people who sell things

the straight path, but they are doing Il.
That Is the reason that the larger per
centase Of the advertising done today is
reliable whereas the larger percentage a
few years ago was unreliable.
Backing up the advertising writing of
the present day is the great public which
analyses more thoroughly than II ever did
the statements made by business houses
through their advertising forum.
! have observed with great personal sat-
isfaction that during the slight local bust
ness depression of three months in New
York the firms that have held their own
In fact have gone q little ahead-are those
that have not been lying in their advertise
ments-those that have now the public con
ffdence by always pursuing a straIghtfor-
ward course-gvins merchandise that was
dependable and service that was salts
factory.
And, on the other hand. l have noticed
with great satisfaction that the relies Of
the old spellblnding days have discovered
that dynamic explosions Of extravagant
language, relating to marvellous price slash
ing, have not made the slightest impression
on the public ."-.
Their business has declined and rlghtfuI-
ly so, because it has not been hacked up
by the kind Of advertising copy that gets
under the ribs of people-the kind that car
rtes conviction.
My satisfaction over this condition of
affairs comes from personal knowledge ac-
quired from people meet in all walks OF
life. / ask them questions and they answer
me just as they feel. II is fine that SO
many people-the larger percentage by far
have made up their minds 70 support bust
ness houses that conduct their affairs on
the level.
The price bait does not catch the peonle
any more. Truthful statement has taken
rs place in the majority Of cases. But
mere Is room for improvement yet. There
8 great work ahead for copy writer's
Ihere Is great demand for good copy
writer's too. No one man can write good
'opy for several firms. Advertisers have
earned this, too. Each firm now wants
good man exclusively. The price for
good men has gone up. The standard has
been raised because the publc's demand is
or advertising copy that tells the truth
nd advertising copy that creates conf
snce.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

Broken Bow Republican; Congressman
Norris. who was the democratic ideal OF 4
statesman when ne was insurglng I'm con.
gress, Is now opposed by every democratic
paper in his district The democrats en-.
thusissm for a republican lasts as Iona as
they cen use him.
Kearney Hub: Judge Dean Is sore be.
cause his late congressional opponent, w.
Taylor, does not arbitrate the claims of
the two gentlemen to determine which
should be entitled TO stand as both the
| democratic and populist candidate. which
Dean says Taylor agreed TO do Possibly
Taylor has concluded to try the "arbitra-
ment Of arms" which Of course means a
fight
Niobrara Tribune: IL is Impossible TO be.
lieve that the voters OF the Fifth district
will fail to re-elect George w. Norris
progressive republican candidate for con.
sress. With the exception Of W. J. BRYAN
he is the best known Nebraskan through
out the nation. He has represented the
people Of Nebraska and IL will be a serious
loss to the state II he is not returned by a
decisive majority.
Neleigh Leader: II Congressman Iatta's
constituents In this district were All
bankers he might reasonably expect a re-
election; but as they are largely farmers he
should be beaten for his vote against the
postal savings bank measure. He is not
@Nen entitled 10 the vote Of his own party.
which for years. In its platforms has de-
manded Its enactment. The people gen
orally have endorsed IT, and the bankers
as rule, have bitterly opposed Il. Latta
is banker, and his vote needs no further
explanation Democrats claim they are
opposed to the graft Of public and private
interests, and must stultify themselves by
voting for the present congressman for
this district. Did you ever think OF IL in |
this light?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-16
requirement. Of Coed Cory.
BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN.
Advertising Manager The New York N

II
Advertising Manager The New York Mai
whatever opinion have is based on tn
answers have received to questions
have asked OF men and women and boy
and girls about what kind of advertising
copy most interests them.
Now, what l have learned about adver'
Using copy Is the following:
/. 1t must tell the truth. The manner
of telling II is important because the words
written must carry with them absolute
conviction.
To write the truth entertainingly and con
vlnoingly requires talent of a high order
because 1t Is so much easier TO lie, which
does not require anything but the most
ordinary kind Of writing ability.
2. II must create confidence. To create
confidence one must use the simplest kind
of words. They must reflect the character
of the man and the business probity Of
the firm he writes them for. The public
quickly discovers lack OF enthusiasm-lack
OF faith in his own proposition on the part
OF the advertisement writer. Somehow one
instinctively picks out copy that does not
ring true.
/ have been very busy for several years
trying to get a line on good advertising
SOpy, anu L nave peen SWaycu IN my JuoH-
ment very often because l have seen so
many successes reached by lying copy. l
have often doubted whether Truth would
meet its just reward in advertising, but /
do not doubt now, Its reward has come
All there is to copy. therefore. is to make
II attractive to the reader, and this can be
done by pleasing illustrations-by type ar
telling q story that is direct
and forceful and truthful
The first qualification that goes with
good advertising is the writer's character.
Then follows ability TO write straight from
the shoulder.
A man lacking in character will write
any kind OF copy. He will work for a firm
that lacks In business integrity.
No man OF character will write for a
firm that is crooked, and no firm that's
straight will employ a writer that's shrewd
'r tricky.
Many honest advertisement writers have
| hard time OF 1t keeping their clients in