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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
Tho Discomfort in Mexico.

The volume Of, news dispatches CON
corning wars ana rumors of wars in
Mexico is somewhat confusing. one
might found almost any belief as to
conditions there on the current wire
stories. In one report. hundreds have
been killed. and in the next only a few
have been injured. One day; news
reports Americans smuggling arms
declares that the neutrality laws
are being strictly enforced and that
tn. Mexican government has the sit
uation wcll in hand and the ruvolu-
tionistS are doomed to an early defeat.
In the same days dispatches. we are
informed that President Diaz and his
officials now fully realize the gravity
OF the situation and are facing a crisis.
Thus You pay your money and take
YOU View conditions in Mexico at this
Sime the fact is patent that unrest,
protest. agitation. riot and revolt
sooner or later lead to revolution.
The present status can hardly be dig
nificG by the latter term That seems
hardly likely to come about during the
life of the present president. Each
year the discomfort in Mexico seems
10 be increasing and the demonstra-
finnS hHonn,n dat and
bloody.
One of the misfcrtunes and. from the
American standpoint. defects of Pres
ident Diaz' rule has been that he has
taken no steps t. fit Mexico for self
government. The state elections have
been nominal, national elections under
strict Control: no opposition has been
allowed to exist in the legislature and
strong bureaucracy. backed by an
efficient army. has held Mexico under
a despotic rule. This has been digni-
fled and disguised in way but alb
solute. No man, no public journal
and no party who opposed it has long
remained visible.
President Diaz may once more sup
press the uprising. but in the end
Mexico must come to self government
II is ripe for the extension of repre-
sentaticn, and it is bound to come.
Under a man less strong than Diaz,
the crisis would soon be reached
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
Editorial Comment.
Lynch Law on Center Street.

'I OIlldli 1 ltoS.l
The murderouS assault ON Deputy
Doughty by a Center street mob was
abominable. For ii was murderous, and
if assistance had not come the of1ice
might have been killed As it was, he
was badly injured. and had he not been
possessed of uncommon courage and
strength it would surely have gone har-
der with him. This is not the end of the
matter The majesty of the law and til,
authority of the state have been out
ragged in the person of their representa-
tive. 1t is a very serious business, and If
it is possible to apprehend any of the
leaders of the mob or other participants
and most likely it is possibe-the y
should be made to feel the heavy hand
of the law. The assault was nothing less
than a manifestation of the angry pas
sions of the mobe against a statute it
does not like. The Sturgis act is not re-
pealed yet. No doubt it will be repealed
in course of time, but the mob can't
wait. So it takes the law into its own
hands and attempts to kill the State otii
cial charged with the enforcement of the
act. The mob will have to wait. how
ever. The Legislature does not convene
for some weeks Yet. In the meantime
the only way to do is enforce the law SO
long as it is the law, and that means the
law against assault and other breaches
of the peace as well as the law against
the sale of Intoxicating liquors.
How much the mob may have been in
fiuenccd by what it has read and heard
is Of course a question, but for u long
time in certain quarters this State en-
forcemcnt law has been the object of
studied attack. Everything has been
said and done to bring it into contempt.
The changes have been rung on the
theme Of local self government" which
has been represented as an inalieuable
right denied by this particular statute.
1t has been denounced on the stump and
in the press of the party opposing it.,
and it has been attacked and attempts
made to overthrow it i'll tn" courts. The
Center street lynching seems to have
been the result.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

No mountain in tn world 50 high;
IN Wen they got thro' ''toppin oil
VIII nuts an oranges an such, ,,
An snapped tn wish-bone, Cir"ii'p"
wished
He hadn't gone an ct SO much'
klSht thro' our kitchen door there is
a Sooder an sooder smell.
All time I'm ''entertainin' him. nj,
Till-Goody. There's tn dnncr-oei'.
Men Grampa jumps up on his feet
An asts me won't | please to get
fls cane, an hand him,-cauSe he can 3
step to that kind OF music yet.
Marie Louise Tompkins in Harper >
Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
The Pioneers Penalty.
est. Paul Pioneer Press.

W
something broke when Mr.. Johns
stone. one Of the most skilful of AVA
tors, was in midair. 1t was one of the
chances the pioneer travellers on rail-
way trains took, one of the risks in
viewed in the use of the first eleva-
tors, chance that long since has
been guarded against. The accident
that caused his death disclosed an un-
suspected point of strain and weak
ness in bip!anes, weakness that
would rot have been made known by
an operator less daring than he. ana
means increased safety for all who
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Senator Gore declares that LaFol-
lcttc OF Bristow should be nominated
for President in 1912 That depends
upon Wha. results are expected. Even
blind man should be able to see
what one of them would be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
Thanksgiving, 1910.

This OF drawing to close The records OF
vigorous national growth the health and prosperous we'll
being communities throug this land and IN our pos
sessions beyond the These blessings have not descended
upon measure but overflow and abound They
the blessings and bounty of God.
I'VE continue to be peace with the rest OF the world in all
essential matters, relations with other peoples harno
NOUS with evegrowng reality OF frienlness and depth OF
recognition of mutual dependence 1t especially to be noted
that during the has been achieved IN the
cause arbitration and the peaceful settlement OF international
disputes
Now therefore, l. William Howard Taft, President OF the
United States America accordance with the custom
OF the civil magistrates the first settlements IN this land
and with the rule established the foundation OF this gov
do appoint Thursday, Nov a. as day OF national
thanksgiving prayer enong the people that day to
their churches for the praise OF Almighty God and to
return heartfelt thanks Him for all His goodness and loving
kindness.
whereof, hercunto set my hand, caused the
seal OF the United States to be affixed.
Done a; Of Washington this fifth day Of November
in the year Of our Lord thousand nine hundred and ten
and independence Of the United States the hundred
and thirty fifth
"WILI.lAM II. TAFT.
BY the President
ALVEY A. AIDE,
Acting Secretary OF State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Here is "A war veteran who will no
doubt notify Uncle Sam that ht is no
longer in need of a pension. He has
just received the first payment Of a
total OF $4,000 900 which is to come
to him from u railroad tie invention
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Missouri is being shown by the initi
alive, but in spite of their natural in
siuiSitivencSs. pcople Of the 'Show-mc"
state are no, inclined to tinker the
constitution 10 aaN extent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Senator Aldrich announces oracular-
ty that money is a popular question,
not political one. There is no uues-
ton about that. Money will continue
to be popular. at least so long as
PRESENT prices prevail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

There is a natural curiosity to know
how Tolstoi came not to have an
0vitch on the end Of his name.---
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is not the ''ovitch" now, but the
other one SKY"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
Some Democratic Problems

Champ Clark announces that he will
leave it to the Democratic House eau
ems TO determine whether or not the
House committee shall be selected By
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

The things we learn easily
we forget quickly. If you
have to wrestIe with PROPOSE
ton, to win is a victory; if you
get on top without an effort it
is only a cineh. A man who
gets wisdom without knowing
it, loses it without missing it.
The brain has muscles as we'll
as the body and you cannot de-
velop either in a cradle listen
ing to a sweet lullaby. Weeds
grows Of themselves. Flowers
are trained.-Selected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

The Iowa man who wishes to Lor-
row set of false teeth for use on
thanksgiving day must be counting
an attack of Indigestion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Let's not cry about FosS. We
brought hin on ourselves. Boston
Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
Maine Gossip
THANKSGIVING Weather.

Some like the smile of April, and some
the breath of May,
And some the hidden laughter we neal
on an August day:
But whether gray and gusty. or bright
ly blue and clear,
The weather at Thanksgiving is the best
of all the year.
1t may be showing softly. it may be that
the rain
Whips in an endless drumbeat against
the wndow-pane
But in the house the children sit in the
firelight's glow
And listen to the stores that we tel
of long ago.
And when the day is over, and they have
all gone home
Beneath the stars that bless US from
heavens spreading dome.
Then we turn back contented, and softly
shut the door,
And thank the Lord for this Day out OF
all his wondrouS store
w. u. Ncsbit, in the Pilgrim.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
Rugglcs S. Higgins, Il Sanford at

HuEEp's = 111sEn1S' . '1H'01u a.
torney, has announced his candidacy
for secretary of the Maine Senate. Mr..
Higgins is ii son of the Hon. Frank NJ
Higgins of Limerick. He studied law
in his fathers Office ana was ad
mittcd to the bar some years ago He
was for Il few months engaged in the
newspaper business and was present
at Augusta one winter as Il reporter
of the Maine Legislature, where he
gained u familiarity with Legislative
matters. He was II delegate to the
Democratic state convention, which
nominated Col. Plastcd for Governor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Horace $. Hal, who is probably the
oldest cotton mill superintendent in
New England, having acted continu
ously in that capacity for almost 40
years i'll the York Manufacturing Co.,
will have completed - years continue
Gus service for this corporation Feb,
%, 1911. Few take Mr.. Hall to be IS
years of age. He has seen the plant
grow almost from its very infancy
and hopes to see mills in operation in
Yorkvilc, on the Ferry road. where
| tho York Manufacturing Co. has
| bought 1000 acres of land on which it
expects to erect large cotton factories
during the next few years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

\ West Orono man, William Good
row. has a big contract for Christmas
trees. which is believed to be the first
that ever came to that town. He has
contracted to deliver to the railroad
at Basin Mills station in Orono 1000
fir trees. He gets stumpage and an
additional price for hauling the trees
to the station and expects to furnish
most of the trees from his own prop
erty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
is 1t with envy?

Boss Foss is doing his best to dis
lodge Lodge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
William Tompkins of Bowerbank is

William Tompkins of Bowerbank is
no sooner out of one trouble than he
finds himself in another. The Bow
crbank man was discharged from
custody a few days ago by Judge
Smith of the Dover municipal court
after a trial upon the charge Of steal
ing u letter from the rural mail box of
G. II. Prrbc of Barnard. Nov. -. lie
didn't have time to draw Il good long
breath Of freedom, however, before h"
was again arrested, this time charged
with the larceny of a quantity Of yarn
from Il Mrs. Perham Of BOWcrbank
the alleged theft having been com
mittcd some time age TonpknS
pleaded not guilty and vas locked w
in default of bail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Biddef"rd had a peculiar incident
the other day as the result Of =
transaction in alleged contrnband
goods, which did not turn out to be
contraband after all. Fred Plantc,
according to the story told by linn III
the municipal court, bought what he
supposed to be a half pint Of whiskcy
of one Albert Gagnon, but on sam
ping the whiskcy after he reached
home, found it to be no more than
cold tea. He was telling some Of his
friends later in the day Of buying
cold tea for whiskcy when Gagnon
stepped ~ to him and said he was
hurting his trade and struck him
three times in the face. Gagnon adj
mittcd in court that he struck Plante
and was given Il 3o-days' Jail SEN
tcnce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Saturday Nov. 26 win mark the 18th
anniversary OF the loss off the MaSsa-
chusetts coast of the Inflated steamer
Portland with all on board. The dis
aSter is recalled by the recent finding
on the middle banks off the MaSSa-
chuSettS coast by traWlerS of the fish
ing schooner Ida Silva of an electro
plier. which was afterwards positively
identified at the Boston offices of the
Eastern Steamship Co. as belonging
to the Portland. The finding of this
piece of wreckaSe on the Middle
banks, confirms the opinion of many
men familiar with the New England
coast and the circumstances under
which the Portland was lost. that it
was there the steamer went down
The Boston Globe has a good word
for Hon. Leslie Boynton of jefferson.
senatorelect from Lincoln county. as
follows: Everybody in Boston knows
Leslie Boynton. for he has been
round the commission house district
ever since he came to this city when
ne was raw country boy aged II.
and with but 10 cents in his pocket.
Now-h has what some people call a
bundle. He will spend the coming
winter in the Maine Legislature, for
ne is Senator Boynton from Lincoln
county, that State, and repeats from
the last session. Senator Boynton
Keeps one foot on his fine farm down
III the good old town of jefferson and
the other in Boston, where he is still
connected with produce firm"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24

Isaac Eaton, the soldier artist, is in
Bowdoinham on furlough from the
National Soldiers Home of Dayton.
Q. Mr. Eaton's native town is Bow
doinham and he wished to see his old
home and friends again. Mr.. Eaton
had his trunk packed in 1851 to go
abroad, where he intended to make
special study Of art. but the war
broke out and he felt that he could
not desert his country under such
circumstances SO he staid to help de-
fcnd the flag. He fought with the
goth battalion of the 9th Massachu-
sets battery and his whole career was
one of bravery. He is an invalid aid
still suffers from a severe wounu
He won much fame as cartooniSt
after the Civil War and has worked
on some of the leading publications o.
the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-24
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 141, F. & A.
NJ. Special communication Tuesday even,
ing, Nov %. Work in f. a. degree an
soiourning companions are cordially IN
vitsd t. ~ present
w. A. JACKSON. Sec.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
FILES HER OWN CASE IN COURT
Teacher, Baked by Lawyers, Herself
Arraigns Board of Education.

Dismissed by the Board of Education as
supervisor Of physical education and un-
able TO find a lawyer who would believe she
had a chance TO obtain her reinstatement.
Miss Mary Augusta Requa appeared as her
own counsel yesterday before Justice En-
LANCER. in the Supreme Court. to ask for
& writ of mandamus TO compel her rein
statement.
Miss Requa explained that the dismissal
took place seven years ago, and as she
could not induce lawyer to take up her
case she studied law so that she could pro-
ceed in her own behalf. Her complaint
was that she was deposed sun1marily, al
though her Office was a statutory one
Charles Mcintyre. Assistant Corporation
Counsel. said that Miss Requa, who re-
ceived 5000 year. refused to accept the
change made by the act Of consolidation,
under which there was appointed a director
OF physical training at $1,000 a year in
charge OF the supervisors then holding Of
fee. Miss Requa- he said, demanded the
directorship. Superintendent Maxwell pre-
ferred charges Of INSTRUMENTATION against
Miss Requa. and the Board Of Education
dismissed her.
Justice F-rlanger reserved decision.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
CONEY ISLAND MAY BE CLEAN
Hope for Public Bath in Action by
Finance Committee.

After a public hearing, at which the prop
osition was opposed by Alderman Potter
and representatives of commercial interests
at Coney Island and favored by dozen or
more representatives of various civic or
ganizations, the Finance Committee of the
Board of Aldermen voted yesterday TO re-
port out the resolution appropriating $4,000
for a free municipal bath in Coney Island
Park. 1t looked for a time If the prop
osition would be killed. but ii Is believed
that favorable report by the Finance
Committee will mean its passage at the
meeting of the board to-day.
Dr. Albert Chambers. a druggist. of
Coney Island. said the taxpayers had de-
cided to seek an Injunction If work should
be started on the bath. on the ground that
the land was given TO the city on the un-
derstanding that ii should never be used
for any purpose other than that of public
park Several opinions were given to show
that a bath could not be considered as out
of the scope of public park.
Alderman Potter opposed the project on
the ground that the site proposed would be
washed away in a few years and it would
be waste of public moneys.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
TRAINING OF CHILDREN
DR.. Wood Says Parenthood Must
Become a Profession.

DR.. Thomas Wood, of Columbia Univer-
sity. spoke TO the Religious Society of
Friends last night on Education for Prac-
teal Life applied to the early train
ing of the child.
THE essential unity of the intel
lectual. physical and religious worlds is
daily better recognized, he said, and in
all of these the child must be trained. This
education should be begun two or three
generations before the child is born. The
mental. moral and nervous habits of the
child are formed from the day of birth,
and parenthood must yet become actually
a trained profession. Those taking the
place of parents must be of high mental
character and equipment and the nursery
governess should be on the plane of a.
primary teacher
There was never much interference
with parents as to-day" he continued
Look. for instance, at compulsory educa-
ton and the regulation of health. The
parents. though the biological authors of
the child. are fast getting TO be the trus-
tees of the child for the state.
Education is more practical now, also.
and industrial training is taking the place
of so-called manual training. 1 do not be-
lieve If possible to teach ethics in the
school below the college age. It is too abb
stract, and the child must get practical
things rather than theories"
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
PARsEB ARGUMENT TOMORROW
Status Of "Free White Person" To
Be Passed Upon Again.

It was expected yesterday that the argu'
ment in the appeal from the naturalization
Of Bhicaji FranI Balsara, the Parseer
would be heard in the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals tomorrow. The case
is now near the top of the calendar.
The contention to be settled is whether
Balsara is a free white person." under
the meaning Of the naturalization laws,
which retain the phrase as employed in
the early part Of the last century. The
government counsel, who appeal from the
decision OF Judge Lacombe, who admitted
the Parsee to citizenship. held in their brief
that only Europeans were meant.
Pathological research by counsel for Bal
sara and the government counsel will be
submitted TO the court for and against his
right TO be considered a free white per-
son." and the briefs are replete with ref
erences TO erudite works on the subject
and to court decisions. The Syrian colony
IN this city has taken a deep interest in the
case. feeling that the right Of its members
to citizenship is at stake
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
TWO COUNTS SHOT IN DUEL
De Lesseps and De Poligny Meet in
Third Encounter.

Paris. May 23-Count Ismael de Lesseps
and Count Just de Poligny fought their
third duel to-day, and this time each was
hit by a bullet
At the second exchange De Lesseps's bull
let struck the barrel of De Poligny's pistol.
and ricocheting, caused flesh wound
in the latters arm. De Lesseps fell, shot
through the thigh. He was removed to a
hospital. where it was found that the ball
had just missed the femoral artery. The
wound is not fatal.
De Lesseps is a son of Count Ferdinand
de Lesseps. He is an officer Of a cavalry
regiment. Some weeks ago he quarrelled
with De Poligny at the Circus. and blows
were exchanged. On May they met with
swords in the Pare des Princes. the scene
of to-day's duel. De Poligny is lame and
after round Of sword play. in which nei-
ther was injured. the seconds called halt
Pistols were substituted for swords, and
six shots were exchanged. Neither man
was injured, and the antagonists left the
field without a reconciliation
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
CLERK SOBS IN JURY ROOM
Maintains Innocence of Alleged
Queens Stamp Frauds.

For ten hours yesterday the Queens
County Grand Judy wrestled with the
charges against borough officials presented
by Commissioner of Accounts Fosdick, who
alleges that the city was defrauded out of
age stamps used in the office of the Bor-
ough President were raised from s. TO $50.
During the session Louis J. McNally. the
clerk who is said 20 have had charge of the
vouchers was taken back and forth from
the fury room several times. 1t was evident
that he was undergoing the worst ordeal of
all, ard at times his sobs were plainly
heard by those outside the jury room.
Magistrate Cragen was in the corridors
all day. but was not called to testify. He
was secretary to the Borough President
until the first of the year, and had pre-
sented petition to the Supreme Court
asking that the grand jury be asked to call
MIN as witness. In his petition he main
tanned that Commissioner Fosdick's charges
were false The purchase of stamps was
intrusted TO McNally. he said, and 1t was
the custom of the latter, when he obtained
ten receipts for S. each. TO raise one of
them to $50. and then destroy the other
nine.
made by McNally, in which he said that
Magistrate Cragens statements were cor
rect. and he swore that he made the altera-
tions without any attempt to deceive or de-
fraud the city. He waived all rights and
asked to be called as a witness before the
grand jury.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
NO RELIEF FOR ELEVATED
Must Pay Full Franchise Tax, and
More, Even, in The Bronx

Justice O'Gorman declined yesterday 70
reduce the amount Of the special tax on the
franchise of the Manhattan Elevated Rail
way Company for the years 1906, 1908 and
1909. He further decided that the assess
rnent in The Bronx was not sufficient and
should be increased
Justice O'Gorman held that per cent
was q fair rate of return and a fair rate of
Capitalization. and that 4 per cent COM
pound interest was a proper basis for the
depreciation fund. The court found the
value Of the easements TO be s12.1S2652,
which were properly included in the COM
pany's assets. He said that, although the
easements were private and derived from
the state or city, they nevertheless entered
;,.o Tho v,I1e of the railroad structure and
tangible property.
The existing value of the structure. the
court said, enhanced by the easements. was
s96 55o 213