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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-19
FAIRFIELD

Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker of Boston,
former resident of this town. is visit
ing friends here and at Waterville.
The first meeting of the Past and
Present Club for the season was held
at the home of Mrs. Marion Freeland
on High street Monday afternoon. The
meeting was for Mrs. Ellis. The pro-
gram consisted of roll call; current
events, report of federation, report Of
festival report of outings. These sub
jects were taken up by the different
members of the club. The calendars
for the coming year are in the hands
of the members. The calendar COM
mittee for this year are Mrs. Hooper,
Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Neal
The Mock trial under the auspices
of the ladies of the Universalst Circle
took place at the Fairfield Opera house,
Tuesday evening. There was good
attendance, and the evening was great
ly enjoyed by all. The complainant
was DR.. F. A. Knowlton and the de-
PENDANT E. P. Mayo. The trouble all
arose over a Plymouth Rock rooster
which DR.. Knowlton suspected Mr.
Mayo of having in his possession. The
judge was F. H. E. Bragg, the clerk,
Arthur H. Totman. The prosecuting
attorney was Percy A. Smith. Esq. and
Mr. Smith was very clever in the per-
Torrance of his duties. The evening
was filled with local hits and all were
much enjoyed by the audience. Mr..
Mayo was represented by Col. A. V.
Newton, who had the affair in charge.
A verdict of not guilty was the result
of the trial. There was a good list of
witnesses and much applause was CIV
en- them. The affair was under the
auspices of the ladies of the Univer-
salist Circle and much credit is due
them for the fine entertainment given.
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THE MAINE REBEkAHS
Elect Mrs. Mae L. Cash Of South Port
n land as President.

Portland. Me. Oct. lS.-The annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge of Rebek-
abs of Maine was held here today.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. Mae l.. Cash South
Portland: vice president. Mrs. Fran
els c. Homer. Bucksport; warden.
Mrs. Annie Young. Calais: Secretary.
Mrs. Grace f.. Walton. Belfast: Treas
urer Mrs. Carrie w. Pierce Old Town.
The address OF welcome was given by
Mrs. Mae l.. Cash and the address
of response by Mrs. Frances f. HON.
err. 81
Liberty degree staff of Auburn con-
ferred the degrees at meeting at
the Auditorium in the evening
The Past Grand Representatives,
Association of Cd Fellows had their
annual meeting and dinner at River
ton tonight. The grand lodge of Odd
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AT ELLIS ISLAND,
Continued from Page One.)

the end of the calendar year the num-
Der Of immigrants passed upon ana
admitted or rejected amounts up in
the millions.
The human interest side of the work
at the big immigrant station appealed
TO the President keenly. He saw the
process of handling the aliens from the
moment of landing through their wide
eyed, wonderful and docile compliance
with all of the rigid rules of mental
and physical examination and segre-
cation up tC the moment of final dis
charge, when with transforming
eyes they rushed into the arms of
waiting friends of relatives. 1t was
this last phase of the work, which
struck the President most deeply.
With nerves strung to the breaking
point over the detention, the strange
surrounding, and the doubt as to final
admission. most of the women among
the now arrivals gave way completely
10 their emotions as they We're re-
leased from the wire cages which greet
the eye on every side.
During the investigation the Presi-
dent sat with Immigrant Commission
er William Williams in number
of appealed cases. Mr. Taft proved
a lenent judge and it was happy
fate which brought nearly score of
rejected Immigrants to the bar for
final decision on the day of the Pres
dent's visit The President took hand
in the examination of practically all
of the immigrants who came up on
appeal. There We're Slavs, Poles,
Greeks and Italians. but the most in
tereSting case of all was that of a
Welch miner and his family of seven
motherless children. The President
personally directed that the family be
admitted and he declared that if he
was at all a judge of human nature,
the seven children would grow into
the best type of citizens
AS result of his studies and OBJ
servations today. Mr. Taft had
reached tonight pretty definite con-
clusion on three points:
First-He believes that a strong eff
fort should be made to distribute the
influx of foreigners and do away with
the present congestion in New York
SecCnd-He believes that heavier
penalties should be exacted of the
steamship companies for infractions
of the immigration rules so as to make
them more strict in their examination
of emigrants before shipping them in
foreign ports.
Third-He believes that all male i'm
migrants upon their arrival here
should be put through a thorough ex-
animation as to the condition of fami-
lies left in Europe. One of the most
difficult human problems of the immi-
grafton service has been the separation
of families. but the President believes
the problem can be solved by requir-
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Fellows meets tomorrow. The annual
'eports show the present membership
of the order to be "a y23. a net gain
of 81 for the year. There are ISL
lodges, a gain of two. The number of
members decreased during the year
was 80, withdrawn, 1870; suspended,
ASP; expelled, !. The receipts for
the year We're $196,S9l and the total
amount paid for relief $SS, 500. The in
vested funds including real estate,
$923,O5S.
At the meeting of the Past Grand
Representatives Association these Of
ficcrS were elected: President, SAM
uel Adams of Belfast; vice president,
William w. Cutter, Westbrook; sec
rotary. Russell q. Dyer of Portland
treasurer, James N. Read of Portland.
Treasurer Read is serving his 18th
year and Monday celebrated his Goth
birthday. Grand officers from New
Hampshire and Massachusetts were
present.
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CRiPPEN TRIAL.
Continued from Page One.)

val was given by Mrs. Paul Martin
ETH who repeated the evidence which
she had giver in the police court.
The witness with her husband dined
with the Crippens at the home of
the latter on Jan. 81 and played cards
until 100 O'Clock in the morning. The
Crippens seemed perfectly happy.
This occasion was the last upon which
Mrs. trrippen was seen by anyone SO
far as tine police have been able to
learn.
The feature of the afternoon session
was the testimony of Bruce Miller
during which the story of his ac-
Guaintance with Belle Gilmore was
gone into at length. Miller admitted
that he thought a great deal to Grip
PENS wife out denied that their re-
lations were other than those of pro-
priety. Under a severe cross-eXamin-
alton he acknowledged having writ
ten Mrs. Crippen letters couched in
affectionate terms but insisted that
the friendship between them was
above board and that no effort had
been made to conceal it's character
from either Mrs. Miller or DR.. Grip
pen. When he was excused from the
stand. Miller. who said that he had
important business awaiting him at
home was granted permission by the
Lord Chief Justice to return to the
United States at once.
Miller and Teresa HUM q sister of
Belle Gilmore, both of whom came
from the United States. to testify for
the prosecution We're the only new
witnesses today. The latter's evidence
was brief but corrobcrated other test
imonN to the effect that there was a
scar On Belle Elmore's body similar
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d. z = Il
crcss-Atlantic trip Of Wellman's a
foolhardy thing. l have never seen
his airship and know nothing of II
beyond mere printed descriptions.
With what power he had however, 1t
could not have been much more than
a drifting journey He would not
have been able to have made progress
against any considerable winds. l
doubt. too, if his balloon would have
stayed up much more than two or
three days. OF course it will be use
less to look for the gas bag. There
is only one thing for it to do. ascend
until it bursts. There may be enough
buoyancy in the wreckage of cans and
other furnishings to keep the mass
afloat while, but I should think
the heavy motors would sink the whole
outfit as soon as it came back to the
ocean,
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YOUTHFUL BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Dressed In Clothes They Had Stolen.
When Arrested.

Portland. Me-, Oct. 1S.-Dressed in
new clothes from head to foot ann
carrying two dress suit eases with
sweaters and hatcrdashorv. all of
which had been stolen from local
clothing store. David w. Dudley and
James l.. Mahan of Chelsea were ar
rested tonight as i;iey were taking
the boat for Boston. The break oc-
CURED last night and in all about
$500 worth of goods were taken. The
boys are about Is years old each and
have been stopping in the city n week.
They We're recognized by a police of
ficer who saw them on the street in
the morning. Every article stolen was
recovered and identified by the pro-
prietor of the store.
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FLORAL TRIBUTES
are Heaped About Casket Of Late Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe.

Miooietown. r. l.. Oct. 18.-The body
vi MIS- Julia Ward Howe. who died
mere Yesterday. tonight reposes in a
snow white casket heaped about with
iorai tributes. On the. plate which the
Iasket pears is inscribed Julia Ward
,1owe. born May 81, 1919. Died Oct
- islo' Before the body was placed
III the casket today the features of the
venerable poetess and authoress were
photographed for the last time.
NO funeral services Of any kind will
pe heid at the summer home of Mrs
Howe before the body is taken TO Ros-
Ton on Thursday morning. The body
VIII be taken in a private car attached
10 the A. M. train and will be ac-
companied only by relatives.
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knocked a small hole in the side of
the lifeboat. The airship, Immediately
on being released of its weight of the
crew and boat. shot skyward as the
boat shot down.
A moderate sea was running at the
time. and after some slight difficulty
the crew were taken on board, together
with the lifebcat. at 7.30 A. M.
All the members of the crew are
we'll after a thrilling experience. Wire
less telegraphy has distinguished it
self by showing the great assistance
in accomplishing the work of rescue.
The Morse lamp signalling also took
great part in the communication
between Jack Irwin and officers of the
steamer Trent, which gave the sig
nails leading to the rescue.
The crew WAS picked UP in Lat
}3,f3 north. Long. GELS west. where
the America was abandoned.
Wellman said that the airship had
been blown far out Of her course, so
'hat 1t was inadvisable to proceed
The foregoing is the first story of
the thrilling rescue, and was sent BY
wireless direct from the steamer Trent
to The Associated Press.
Washington. Oct. 1S-News of the
rescue OF the crew of the dirigible
balloon America reached WASHINGTON
about time the navy department and
the revenue cutter service at the in
stance of President Taft, were pre-
pairing to despatch vessels to search
for the Wellman party. The text of
the Presidents telegram to the treas
ruy was as follows:
is there any reasonable hope of my
sending out revenue cutter that
could make the safety of Wellman any
more assured? What vessels have
you in Boston or along the coast?"
Ihe message to the navy department
asked what vessels were available to
go in search of Wellman.
A reply was sent by the revenue
cutter service stating tina. the rev.
enue cutter Gresham at Boston. the
revenue cutter Acushnet at Nantuck-
et' and the derelict destroyer Seneca
at Tompkinsville, N. Y. could be sent
IN quest of the missing balloonists.
Rear Admiral Nicholson. acting
secretary of the navy, was preparing
to reply when he was informed by
The Associated Press that Wellman
had been rescued. He then tele-
5raphed to the President that the
cruisers North Carolina and Prairie
at New York, and the birmingham
at yorktown, Va, were available to
make the search but that authentic
press dispatches indicated that il
would be unnecessary.
Army and navy officials were sur
prlsed to learn that the america"
had gone so tar out of her course
and regarded it as a remarkable cir
cun1stance that her passengers had
been picked up. They declare the
light IS wonderful. even though Well
man did not realize his ambition to
land on European shores. General
James Allen, chief of the signal
torps of the United States army. ex-
pressed grave fears for the safety of
the balloonists d short time before
news of the rescue came. He said
that in a recent talk with Wellman
the latter had indicated that he placed
little confidence in the collapsible
lifeboat carried by the balloon and
did not think much Of the chances of
his crew if it became necessary to
descend at sea.
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CLINTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Elliott have re-
turned from their summer home on the
kennebec road to their home in Lynn
Mass.
Mrs. Will Sargent of Skowhegan is
visiting her mother. Mrs. John White
Mrs. Eugene Cain visited last Sat
urday and Sunday in Skowhegan.
A fine sermon was given last Sun
day at the Ferry Chapel by Rev. Mr..
Clark of Fairfield.
Rev. F.. S. Ufford of Rockland will
give a lecture with views at 73O p. NJ.
Thursday in the Chapel at Pishon's
Ferry on his trip around the World
and the hymn Throw Out the Life
line"
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BRITISH CONGRATULATIONS.
Thinks Trial Trips Over Land Neces.
sary Before Ocean Flights.

London, Oct. 19.-The British press
editorially congratulates Walter Well
man on his escape and compliments
him on his daring attempt to fly across
the ocean. The papers consider that
his experiences will prove invaluable
to the science Of aviation and will
stimulate the ambition of other work.
ers ir the same field. All agree that
the failure Of the enterprise shows
the necessity of extended trial trips
over the land before venturing on q
voyage across the seas.
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Great Damage on Georgia Coast.

Savannah, Ga, Oct. 1S.-The wireless
tower. 2OS feet high, was blown down
here at midnight. The sea at Tybee
is RAPIDLY encrcaching upon the island
Government concrete walls to the pier
are washed away and the Tybee road
from Fort Screeven to Point Station
iS wrecked.
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SPORTING NOTES.

The paid admissions at the New
York Polo grounds Tuesday numbered
1885" and the total receipts We're sl2,-
3Sa.75. OF this sum the players will
receive $6,663.46. each club owner $2221 -
IS and the National Commission 1929
81. This was the last day in which
the players have a financial interest
in the series. Their total share $685.
S71.88.
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PROF. Ro1cH's OPINION.
6luehill Expert Consider WeIlmar
Trip FooIhardy Thing.

Lowell. Mass. Oct. 1S.-Prof A.
Lawrence Rotch, head of Bluehill OBJ
servatory and an authority on aero
nautics, who lectured here tonight
before the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Club on his favorite topic,
said:
Il have always considered this
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creasing winds. falling barometer. dam.
age 70 roofs. stc.


me only loss Of life reported was tAaa
of the drowning of three Negroes at h.y
West contained in an Associated Press
dispatch via Havana. The territory from
which no reports have come for "a houra
however, is expected to show a heavy
death toll.
Extraordinary precautions We're taken
by the officials of the East Coast Rail.
way, which stretches out into the ocean
for miles in the vicinity Of the lower
keys and the officials here believe that all
hands are safe.
By reason of the warnings issued by
the weather bureau, shipping is believed
to have suffered very little.
While the damage will be very heavy
along the coast. the greatest property
loss was in the interior where the storm
came upon the people with little warn.
ing and in some instances with none at
oil
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american Secretary of War Dickin-
sun ana MS party arrived in Paris
Tuesday from Berlin.
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BALLOON ABANDONED

Continued from Page One.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-15
rels: West Virginia. e.52s,17s barrels:

rels: West Virginia. s.523.17e barrels:
Louisiana, 4,131,173 barrels; Indiana.
rels, and New York. 1850, 12s barrels.
Austria Is the second producer of tho
countries In Europe. and reports 1882
205 barrels for 1903. Roumania comes
next. with $3.50. 157 barrels, and Germany
I, Goa, 27S barrels.
From these figures you will see that the
industry at Baku is important, The
Russian government derives q revenue of
between $50, 00O. 900 and $4,000. 600 a year
by taxing IT, There Is a direct tax upon
the producers. an additional tax of 80
cents upon every pood. which is eight
gallons. produced, besides tho income
from the sale OF stamps required on con-
tracts. bills OF fading and all other COM
mercial paper.
The little city OF Baku. with i17,oo0 In
habitants, mostly Persians, Armenians
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pany 10 driving the Baku product out OF
Europe. and that Russia 10 now prac-
tically the only market the Baku manu.
facturers are able to control"
A. new oil deid has been found within
the last year or 30 near the town CT
Maikop. In the northern foot hills OF the
Caucasus range Of mountains. and there
has been O good deal of excitement fa
consequence. Very little 10 known about
conditions there. however. and the condi-
ton OF the market, because OF the ag-
gressive policy of the Standard Oil Com
pany. IL not encouraging for its develop
ment. The Standard company. everybody,
here admits, can produce q better quality
of refined petroleum as well rs lubricat-
Ing oil. and other by-products, and sells
them at q less price In every market in
the world. except the Russian empire,
than the Baku rennsrA
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Norman. ''The fire worshipers came q
thousand miles for thousands of years to
Worship them until the Russians COM
guered the territory.
I'm the 50s a steamship company on the
Caspian sea undertook to collect oil by
serapins tho surface Of the ground, and
It carried 1t to other ports It was also
shipped into the anterior by camel car
avans,
"rhen two gentlemen. Russian and an
Armenian, obtained concession to work
the deposit, and had monopoly until
1916, when the Nobel brothers of Sweden
Alfred, Ludwig and Robert-came down,
put their brains at work, built refineries
and have been here ever since. They now
practically control the industry, employ
ing about ten thousand people, and have
rennertee and machine shops covering an
area OF one and half square miles.
Arthur Lessner. also SWede. Is gen.
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and Tartars, 10 the fourth source Of reve-
nue. for tho Russian treasury.
"The Dark City"

Most Of the renneries, especially those
OF the Nobel and French companies, are
located at what Is called in Russian
Tchorny Gorod, or "the Dark City"
which IL connected with Baku by street
car lines. The Nobel company has pro-
vided homes for it's officers aad employees
at the white City" mile or two away
--Bieiy Gorod. as II IL called In Russian.
The Dark City consists Of large num-
Der Of redneries surrounded by high
walls. the streets being occupied by rail,
way tracks mostly covered with tank
cars. and the cutters on both sides are
filled with a network of pipes tapping a
myriad CT tanks and conducting the oil
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erai manager. The company u q stock
concern organised under the Russian laws
and its shares are dealt In regularly on
all the stock exchanges Of Europe.
There arc eighteen pipe lines between
the wells and tho works." said MI. Nor
man, (which were built by the Nobels
about thirty years ago. Until then the
oil was carried on the backs Of cameis
and In carts.
"The common labor Is performed by
Fersians, who are paid from thirty-five
to fifty cents q day, American money.
10 paid from sixty to seventy-flve cents
a day. Tho Nobel Company has provid-
ed neat and comfortable tenement houses
for the employees at the White city, with
ciubhouses, hospitals and other humane
provisions"
Mr.. Norman says the Industry IL not
.rot. erous. that the Standard Oil Com
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much larger than IN any part OF the
United States.
Greatest Oil Field.

Baku produces more oil than any other
angle aeld. Last year it, total product
was IS, $50, 5O4 barrels. GroSnyi. the
neiehboring district, produced e.219.6c7
barrels. making the total from the Cas-
plan 62.1se AT barrels. ~ compared with
119, $50. 40 barrels produced in the United
States.
any held In the United States, and the to-
tai for 1903. which are the latest figures
I can get here. produces Is. los. 765 bar
rels. California came second with a..
Texas, II. 20S4e4 Barrels: Ohio, 1855,
fe7 barre,e; Pennsylvania. 9.42a,s25 bar
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Three Big Concerns.

There are three large companies, the
largest belonging TO the family of the late
Alfred Nobel. the Swedish philanthropist,
who founded the Nobel Institute at Stock
holm and endowed IL with funds from
which the prizes for the promotion of
peace, science and literature are annually
paid.
Col Roosevelt. YOU will remember went
to Chris;iani the other day TO receive the
Nobel prize for peace which was awarded
him two years ago because Of his success
In conciliatlng Russia and Japan and put
ting an end to the recent war
Albert Nobel himself was largely inter
ested In the development OF the Baku oil
industry at the beginning. but about the
year 1877 he withdrew and his brothers
Ludwig and Robert Nobel continued the
worh- They turned their holdings over
to . stock company many years ago.
Emmanuel Nobel. a son OF Ludwig,
now holds the controlling interest In the
company. He is the Rockefeller of Rus
sian petroleum and is estimated to be
worth s6O.OOO.OH0
Although swede by birth and an
cestry he Is Russian subject, maintains
q splendid palace in st. Petersburg and
has villa with large park In the
Crimea, where he goes for the summer.
Rich Armenian MantashofY.
The next richest man Is an Armenian
named Mantashoff, who still lives I'm
Baku and looks after his interests. There
In also a Tartar gentleman who has made
millions in the oil fields and is spending
a part OF his income in the erection of a
splendid building for college In the city
Of Baku.
The institution will be provided with
an endowment sufficient to maintain a
competent faculty and. pay for the free
EDUCATION of a certain number OF Young
men of Tartar families forever 1t viii
be altogether the most imposing building
in Baku when II is finished and IL stands
upon the principal street
The second largest company is controlled
BY French syndicate organized by the
Rothschilds twenty-five years ago The
third in importance is owned by local
Armenians.
These three companies practically con-
IroI the refining industry, which 10 large
considering the area Of the oil fields,
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The Nobel Refinery.

Mr.. Norman, an English engineer, who
formerly lived In Chicago and spent sew
eral years In the employ Of thu Standard
OIL Company, showed mo around the No
bel refneries and told me an interesting
story OF the development Of the industry
here,
"Napftha Springs, az they were called
have been known here for ages" said Mr..