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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
SENAT e.

Thursday, January T. 1911.
Senate called to order by the Frcs.
dent.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Slocombe
journal of yesterday read and APP
proved
Papers frora the House disposed OF
in concurrence.
The following bills, petitions and re-
solves wera presented and referred
Judiciary.
by Mr.. Moulton Of Cumberland :.
Pill, An Act to amend Sections II! i.
II. To- Is and /. of Chapter II of~the
Revised Statutes relating to registra-
ton of Physicians and Surgeons. G'a-
bled for printing pending reference. on
motion of Mr. Moulton.I
b. Mir. Osborn Of Somerset. Bill.
An Act to regulate electric power
companies and al persons or c"rpora-
tons dealing in electric power or .lrc-
trcity in this state. CTablcd for
printing pending reference. on motion
Of MI. Osborne
BY MIR. Staples 90 Knox: Sill. IN
Act concerning Irespass.
Also. Resolve in favor of sale of
STATE lands.
BY Mr.. Sanboru oil PiSCataquis; Bill,
An Act to abolish the Dover Municipal
Court and the Milo Municipal, Court
and to establish the Piscataquis Mu-
nieipal Court. Grabbed fer printing
pending reference ON motion Of Mr..
Sanborn.)
BY Mi. Donigan Of somerset: Re
solve providing for the election on
Of ATnpIn L
in November biennially Cor Governor.
senators, Representatives ana other
officers.
Appropriations and Financial Affairs.
Nv sir. Winston % Cumberland:
Resolve il. favor Of Maine Home for
Friendless Boys.
Railroads and Expresses.
liv MIR. winston of Cumberland;
Bin. An Net 20 extend the Charter of
tie Brldgton street Railway Company.
Mercantile Affairs and insurance.
by Mr.. Osborn of Somerset. Bill.
A.. Act to rcuuir, hrc Insurance CON-
psnicS that insure farm properties TO
allow gaso, ne engines to be placed in
barns or buildings for the purpose of
threshing grain.
Interior Waters.
i1s NJ, Kellogg OF Penobscot: Bill.
An Nct u !hvoIpurat" the Sawtc,le
Brook Dam ana Improvement Com
pany.
by Mr.. Sanborn of Piscataquis: Re
solve in favor of navigation on Sebec
Lake.
BY Mr. Eoncgau If Soiacrsei: Bill.
An Act to- Incorporate MGNie Dam
Company.
Nv Mr.. WinsloW OF Cumberland:
Bill. An Act to further enable the Sc
bag. Lake. song River ard Lay of
Naples Steamboat Company to con-
s.rl,ct and maintain wIarNcs along
its routes.
State Lands and State Roads.
BY Mr.. Osb"rn OF Somerset: Bill,
An Act to amenl the Public Laws OF
1907. Chapter H. as amended 'by|
oilaptpr IS II tac i ;blic Laws OF 1909
School Tor Feeble Minded.
Bv MIR. Staples OF Knox: Resolve
in favor of the Maine School for zee
bic Minded.
The President announced the follow
Jog Senate Committees:
Bills in Second Reading.
EccS Of l'unl h.Iianu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
MRS. MARY II. BLAiSDEtl
Dies at Eimira, N. ", While on Way
Home to Lewiston.

1Ilmira. y. Y, Jan. 12.-Mrs. Mary FL.
Blaisdell of Lewiston, Me. who recent
.ly brought suit in Buffalo for 800, 900
against surgeons in a sanitarium who
had operated upon her as she alleged,
against her directions. died here today
on her way home, after having stopped
off to consult her attorney. The jury
disagreed in the trial and the case was
to be re- tried in May.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13

Lewiston. Me-, Jan. 12.--Mrs Mary
II. Blaisdell who died at Elmira, N V,
today was the wife of Rev.. S. A. Blais-
dell. pastor of the Free Baptist church
OF this city. She was about IS years
old.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
EXTTTRE IS INTENDED ESPEClAlLY&s BUSY MAN #

The revolution which has been harr,..
I over China for months past. and of o-is,s
the rising in the province Of Sze-Chuep ma.
/ only a small part. seemed to begin IN c.r'
nest n is a concerted movement to ,..-
the empire and declare republic. IT,,
noted exiled revolutionist. Dr. San y.,
Sen. leader OF the anti Manchu party
the plans do not mscarry, Is 10 be cloc,,,
President. lie was the delegate OF the %, b..
olutionary party to tho United Statog h.
1910. and is believed during that tour i,
have made arrangements for the fIhanc,,.
Of the movement. The reyolutionists oe.,.
PIED the city Of Hankow without opuosi-
tion. The Peking & Hankow Railway va,
torn up for a distance OF twenty miles ana
all bridges were destroyed
"A republic was proclaimed at Wu-Clsn,
and victorious rebels hoisted their new nsc
red. white and blue, at that city. as well a,
at Hankow and Han-Yang.
There have been more earth slides r,.
Gently at the Gatun lock dam. IN Panama
The Canal Commission admitted thelfa.t o,
the slides, but asserted that they .canr,,
cause extensive damage. Some harm. nov
ever, has been done. and IT IL said delav
OF some months I'm the construction of tie
cofferdam has been occasioned.
James b. Mcnamara went on trial Tor
murder at Los Angeles berore Judge Wal.
ter Bordwell, In the Superior Court. Dis.
trlct Attorney John d. Fredericks, for th.
prosecution, elected TO try him for tho
murder of Charles J. Haggerty. ma.
chinist, vino, with twenty other men, met
death in an explosion and fire whca
wrecked the Los Angeles Times building
on October !, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
FUSION AGAINST TAMMANY.

a conference in the Manhattan Hotel,
attended by representatives of the New
York County Republican organization, the
Citizens Union, the city Club. the Demo
cratic League and representatives. of Will
lam r. Hearst agreed to make common
cause against Tammany Hall in Manhattan
and The Bronx in nominating candidates
for Office.
The Democratic League led by noml-
mating this ticket: For justices OF the SUI
preme Court. Francis NJ Scott independent
Democrat, Clarence J. Shealn Qndepen-
dcnce Icaeue). Henry De Forest Baldwin
independent Democrat and Nathan Ottin-
ger Republican,: for Sheriff, John J. Hop
per Independence League; for Surrogate
Douglas Mathewson Rcpublican). The
Citizens committee indorsed il at once.
Next day the Republican organization
nominated the same ticket, and the Inde-
pcndence League followed suit.
.Tammany Halls county convention Sc
lectcd julius hamburger the dethroned
leader of the 10th Assembly District, 10
head the county ticket this fall as the
Democratic choice for the office OF Sherin.
The other nominations made were as iol-
lows: For justices of the supreme Court
Francis NJ. Scott, Daniel +. NoHdidH' ) Ildi-
els X. Pendlcton and Henry ID. Hotchkiss'
and for Surrogate, Robert l.. Fowler.
The Republicans Of Kings County nomi-
mated this ticket: For District Attorney
lanes G. Cropscy; for Sheriff. Charles B.
Law; for County Clerk. Charles 5. Devoy'
and for Register Edward r. OLoushlin
dndcpendcncc League.
The Democrats OF Brooklyn at their
county convention nominated this ticket:
For District Attorney, John +. Clarke Tor
countv Clerk. Thomas J. brennan; for
Register. Frederick Lundy, and for Sherin'
James : Regan.
.James j. Martin, ex-City chamberlain
and cx-Pclice Commissioner, and MP to
few years ago one Of the best known lead
/ crs Of Tammany Hall came out IN support
~ the fusion ticket in this campaign
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
LEVY LAW INVALID.

".rwG of the most important provisions o.
the Levy election law we're declared uncoh-
stitutional by unanimous decision of inc
Court of Appeals. , ono, in effect proVidcd
that any person nouinated by more thah
one political party or independent party
could have his name appear on the Dano'
only once. The other required all voters "i
places Of under 800 inhabitants WhlCn N's
designed to include all the rural districts o.
,,,o toto who did not vote al the election
,,s, year 70 register personally TO be chg'-
bic TO vote this year
"uenry NJ Whitney, Democratic canol-
aato for Governor Of Massachusetts In 1870"
came out with statement in "mch ne
announced that nc would stand win 'ne
Republican party during the coming Ifesl-
dental campaign.
governor Dix signed tho T. y. sullivan
bin providing for two additional supreme
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

1.-The Duke Of Connaught, the new Gov
ernor General Of Canada, arrived. from
England, and Earl Grey departed.
Mrs. Helen Steck Dodge formerly HELEN
Steck, a member Of the Hello, People,
chorus in Havana began divorce proceed.
ings in the Common Pleas Court OF PhI3.
delphia against Walter Phelps Dodge %
whom she was married IN London on Jan.
uary >, 1910.
Mrs Ida Won Clauscn, whose career has
excited much attention, was sent 10 Bellevue
by Magistrate Herbert 10 have her sanity
tested. She appeared before Justice Green.
baum in her action for divorce against Dr.
William +. IIonan, from whom she had
already secured a divorce In South Dakos
I'm 1905. She now claims that she was rot a
legal resident OF the Western state and
wants her decree set aside. so she can 0e-
tain a new one here. She had already sent
Justice Greenbaum telegram, warning
him, II foul play marks your decision, God
help your and hcr conduct IN court con
WINGED the justice that she might be men.
tally unbalanced.
"Oliver +. Fuller, president OF the Fuller
e. Fuller Drug Company, Of Chicago, and
Rebecca REYNOLDS Secor. sister Of George
+. secor, of the brokerage firm o. Secor
Schalk & Co, No. 60 Broadway were mar
r,ed I'm the home Of Mr.. Secor, in 0ssining
Mr.. Fuller IS eighty years old. Miss Seco-
is Just thirty years his junior
announcement was made in Little Rock,
| Ark. OF the approaching marriage % JeT
Davis. United States Senator from Arkan-
sas and Miss Leila Carter. or Ozark Ark
THE wedding OF Crawford Blagden, o.
New York. and Miss Mary Hopkins daugh-
tor Of Colonel and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
of Washington, took place In the Thompson
Memorial Chapel Of Williams College Mass
"The James Gordon Bennett trophy In the
international balloon race, when starlel
| from Kansas City, was Won by LieuteDn!
Hans Gericke. pilot of the B'rlin ID ne
landed at Ladysmith, Wis, after ne haI
travelled 46S miles.
"Reconsldering his announced dcie'nha'
ton to quit, c. H. Rodgers, the aviator
who is trying TO make coast-to-coaT
fight. reached Marshall. Mo. on Octooff
10. thus exceeding the worlds RECORD io'
| 'cross-country aeroplane flight hy lS miles
The worlds record Of l,26j miles was macs
by Henry Atwood In a recent hight ron
St. Louis 10 New York. Rodgers had no"R
1.S9S miles, according 10 railroad mileage
What is belicycd To ,c a world re'0a
in Transforming standing grain into oTesi
was established by w ;. GabeL a farmer
living near Belot. Kan. Just tmrty nlh'
utes elapsed between the time when us
wheat was cut and when Mr. Gaoel zoos
the first bite ont Of a biscuit which haa
been made from Il. As soon as the gram
WAS thrashed IL Was rushed mile ana
half 10 A mill and made into flour, ano lneA
taken 10 baker, who made the oscu'A
The previous record is said TO have Ve'A
one hour"
I'D much rather hear OF somebody io"p.
ing the cost Of the process than the ums'
commented Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

moss 10 hundreds Of thousands 81 Gods
creatures? II is for the Senate 10 decide
whether tho most effective step in the
promotion of peace on this continent shaii
bc taken
In an editorial i'm The Commoner VIII
lam J. Bryan challenged President Tart 10
make public the written and verbal rec
concentrations upon which he appointed
Justice White TO the position of Chiet JUS
tice of the Supreme Court over justice
Harlan
Charging that President Taft. Attorney
General Wickersham and their advisors ny
reason of vacillatlng and dilatory methods
were responsible for the business depres-
sion now prevalent. Governor Wilson, IN
Red Bank, y. j.. made his first direct at
tack on the present occupant Of the White
House since the New Jersey Executive
name became so prominently connected with
the Democratic nomination next year. is
there a business man in my hearing who
does not know that the trouble with busi-
ness now is uncertainty? he asked, and
then continued: This country is backing
and filing backing and filling, under an
administration which never defines what It
is going 10 do. ] say. therefore that the
only thing that this country should insist
upon is that affairs should be taken charge
of by persons with definite opinions, and
then say what they are going TO do and
then do it
THE policies of ex-Chief Forester Clifford
Pinchot in particular and the idea OF strict
conservation in general were criticised by
Vice President James :. Sherman, who de
clared that the present generation had the
right to and should utilize natural forces
and products TO its best advantage, and let
the succeeding generation use its wits ana
devices to make existence comfortable for
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

This war between italy and Turkey is
furnishing us with remarkably few thrills, "
srovled Busy Man as he met Constant
Reader last evening.
IT WAS not undertaken for that purpose"
was the reply. Nevertheless, progress mas
hcen steady. IL not particularly spectacu-
lar. The last dispatches / read said that
General Caneva, commander In chief Of the
Italian expedition. had decided 10 act
quickly and march against the positions
occupied by the Turks, not far from the
city of Tripou About twenty-five thou
sand Italian soldiers had by that time been
landed from the transports
..Pitiablc stories mad reached Tripoh from
tho Turkish army i'm the desert which was
almost without food and water. Soldiers
who entered the city by stealth in a de-
plorablc condition stated that their COM
radcs were slowly dying of thirst and II
had been found impossible to obtain sup
plies Of provisions. They were declared 10
bc subsisting on one biscuit in the morning
and one at night with a few sips OF water
az given intervals. and the heat was ter
ljblo. Previous TO that cholera had broken
out I'm TripoH: a sharp engagement had
bccn Coucht near M!tylene between an
Italian squadron and Turkish torpedo
boat notilla, iu which three of the latter
were sunk: a decree for the expulsion OF
all Italians from the ottoman empire had
bccn prepared. but on strong representa-
lions from the German Ambassador TO the
Forte was not issued; the Notifications of
St. Jean dc Medua. port I'm Northwestern
Turkey. had been destroyed by two torpedo
boat destroyors. many OF the defenders
Icing Killed: Italy had addressed coni-
dental note TO the powers stating That she
would not be satisfied with protcctordte
I'm Tripou but must have anucN-uon un-
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
MORE VOTES FOR WOMEN.

What have our own statesmen and poll
,.c.aus been doins?' asked Busy Man.
Woman suffrage triumphed in the cleo
tious of california 10y a 900 majority.
Tho vote iu favor of tho other important
amcndmcuts-th initiative and referendum
and tho recall. including the judiciary
was Overwhelming.
Initiative. referendum and recall were
termed the weapons OF mobocracr by Arch-
bishop ireland i'm an address al banquet
a. tho Army Of the Tennessee.
The caCcrncss of certain residents OF
Tacoma FOR an appropriation OF $-1oOoO
with which to complete the road up Mount
Rainier Icd them TO take the President be-
yond the foot of the glacier and over half
completed mountain road, scarcely wide
enough for an automobile, with sheer preci-
liccs rising thousand feet or more on one
side and with no less sheer decline ON
tho other The prolongation of the cNpedi-
ton ucccsSitatcd return after dark
through mud extremely conducive 10 skid
ding. and along q trail which has already
cost tNo lives this fan through the skid
ding Of an automobile which was precpi-
tatod over a ,0o0-foot precipice. The Presi-
dent enjoyed the hazardous trip. but those
with him could not escape grave anxiety
regarding his safety.
In Tacoma Mr.. Tart was the guest at
luncheon Of cx-Secretary Ballinger
At Bcllingham Mr.. Taft. referring 10
tho fate Of reciprocity, said: IF Canada
docs not grow as rapidly as We do and as
rapidly as she might have grown. she GER
tainly can't hold us to blame in speak
ing of the Panama Canal. he said the open
ing might he on July ]. 1913.
lie spoke on the arbitration treaties I'm
Seattle. saying: All tho world is looking
10 MS 20 lead I'm this great movement Tor
permanent world peace. We have the re-
sources to raise an army large and power
fuI enough 20 sweep any other army of the
face Of the earth. II is the same with our
navy. We are not afraid of any other nd-
ton We can lead the world iu this peace
movement and we ought not to let any
thing prevent our taking that course
president Tafts first important speech
ion California was delivered on tho steps Of
tho state Capitol. Answering the obiec-
tous which have bcen raised to On" Hon
duran and Nicaraguan troauce, ho said:
'e it not prudent to uut thos" who are
certain to be our good customers i'm con-
diijou where they can iucrc7so their bust
moss and increase our trade D. there not
.u obligation 10 prevent the rccur-
romeo Of war which have dclugcd with
blood that beautiful part OF the world and
hayc caused untold misery and uuhapri-
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

Central about twelve and a half acres oil
this submerged land under certain condi-
tions The transfer was made under law
of 1895. and records Of the Land Board
show that the state got nothing for the
property.
osborne caused a sensation when he
called as witness Robert ;. McClelland'
Of New York. who has been engaged as
private investigator for fifteen years. for
the last six weeks he had been I'm the ser
vice of Mr. osborne, and he testified that
he had actually opened up q disorderly
house at No. 40 Division street I'm order to
get evidence against city officials. In tell
ing OF the negotiations he had In leasing
the house McClelland implicated number
of Republican district leaders and office
holders
Has anything significant developed In
the field OF commerce. asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
ANOTHER TRUST BUSTED

"Rv sweeping decree entered in the
United states District Court at Toledo the
backbone Of the So-caled Electrical Trust
was broken and. I'm the judgment Of Attor-
uev General Wickersham. the government
was equipped with preccdents OF great
value I'm it's prosecutions Of commercial
combinations forbidden by the Sherman
antitrust law. Meeting tho governments s
charge that the trust controlled the electric
lamp business of tho country, regulating
by agreement the prices at which all lamps
were sold the decree sewers all relationship
between the General Electric Company or
schenectady. and the National Electric
Lamp Company. OF Cleveland. The latter
concern and all its subsidiaries are ordered
dissolved. The defendants included not
only the alleged mcmbers of the comDina-
ton, but many supply companies and others
alleged to he engaged in furthering the IN
tcrcsts Of the combination. Tho decree was
acduiesced in by the defendant companies
and this gives tho government the moral
certainty that there will be no appeal.
IN the United States Circuit Court In
Baltimore Judge John {. Rose gave de-
cision in favor of the government In its
dissolution suit against the Standard Sani-
tary Manufacturing Company and others,
The so-called Bathtub Trust. The action
was brought under the Sherman antitrust
law. Under the courts ruling Edwin L.
Wayman, patentee of an enamel dredger,
who issued licenses Of the patent to the
defendant concerns Is held as much sub
jcct to the laws governing monopolies as
any other man. and while he still has the
right to exclude all others from making
use OF his patents. The cannot have the
right to sell indulgences' I'm violation Of the
antitrust act. IL was on the patent hold
lngs of Wayman that the fifty defendants
I'm tho case upheld the right Of their ac-
ton in the combination.
THE Alpha Portland Cement Company
filed q brief before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, charging the United
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
THE DEATH ROLL.

..Dld any persons Of Importance die?'
asked Busy Man. ....
Cornelius y. Bliss died at his house, No.
- East 37th street, from heart disease. He
was seventy-eight years old and had .peen
for a quarter Of century one of the best
known figures in the political and business
life of New York City. He was Secretary
of the Interior under President Mckinley
iu 1897. Judge George b. Adams, OF the
limited States Circuit Court OF this district,
died at Hague, y. Y, after two years
illness, at the age of sixty-siX. Henry
Broadhurst. for many years Liberal La
Dor member of Parliament. and formerly
secretary of the parliamentary committee
OF the Trades Union Congress, died In
London. He began life as Journeyman
stone mason. August Uihlein, secretary ana
| for many years the managing mead or INC
Schlitz brewery, OF Milwaukee, died SUD
denly in Heligoland, while travelling. Slr
| William John Crossley, formerly LiDera
I member Of Parliament for the Atrlncham
division of Cheshire and philanthroplst
died I'm London Henry w. Fuller general
Messenger traffic manager of the Chesa-
neake &. Ohio Railway. died in Washington
Sheriff Henry Scherp Of Westchester Coun-
" died at his home in New Rochelle from
Injuries received when his automobile ran
into a telegraph pole which was being car
ried on a truck Archer Harman, president
Of the Guayaquil & Quito Railroad COM
pany. died at Hot Springs. Va, as result
of injuries received by being thrown from
his horse. United States Circuit Judge
Joseph V. Quarles died I'm Milwaukee. lie
was formerly a United states Sena-
ator. Captain Louis y. Stodder. the last
surviving officer Of the Monitor during the
civil War died at his home, No. 2S4 King
ston avenue Brooklyn. Philip Nerrlll
MIghels, a we'll known short story writer
died in Reno New. from gunshot wound
which he accidentally inflicted on himself
while he was hunting quail. Colonel O. h.
p. Cornell, son of the founder of Cornell
University and brother of Ex-Governor A.
r. Cornell of New York. died in winston
Salem, n. c.. at the age of sixty-nine. John
Henry Smith. second counsellor to Joseph
F.. Smith, president of the Mormon Church
and member of the first presbytery or
the Church. died in Salt Lake city, leaving
two wiuows and fifteen children
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
WHAT IS BEER?

"An order for immediate consideration OF
the perplexing questions, What Is bcerT
What is vinegar? and What is soft
drink?' was adopted by the Board Of Food
and Drug Inspection at meeting held In
the office OF Or. Harvey W. Wiley the
chairman. The retirement OF George p.
NcCabe and the temporary absence OF DIR.
n +, Dunlap from the board leave DR..
wiley and Or. r. r. Doolittle, the new
member prepared 10 take immediate action
"a settle these long standing controversies.
Edward NJ. Grout and James r. Ashley,
prcsidcnt and cashier OF the defunct Union
Bank OF Brooklyn, were indicted by the
Kings County Grand Jury on charges OF
making a false report to the State Bank
ing Department on the condition Of the
bank.
"A petition in bankruptcy was filed In
the United States District Court against
the Columbian Sterling Publishing Com
pany. Of No 66 West 3jth street. which
publishes The Columbian-H Hampton Maga-
zine and five other periodicals. A. Gordon
Murray was appointed receiver by Judge
Holt. with a bond of $4,000, and he was su-
thorized by the court to issue receiver $
certificates and to continue the business OF
the company for twenty days.
The United States Circuit Court OF Ap-
meals affirmed the conviction Of Charles K.
Heike, former secretary OF the American
Sugar Refining Company. and Ernest Ger
| bracht, former superintendent of the VIII
iamsburg Sugar Refinery. Heike was SEN
fenced to eight months Imprisonment on
BIackwell's Island and 10 pay fine oil
$500. while Gerbrachts sentence was two
years In prison at Atlanta and a fine oi
| 500 II will be ten days before the man
date Of the higher court Will be filed with
the clerk, and the two men VIII remain Oh
bail until that time. 1t is possible that an
attempt will be made TO carry the case to
the Supreme Court by an application for
r..-IA nfc crrnrV ~
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

Estimate and Apportionmcnt six months
within which 10 locate site for new
courthouse in New York city in or outside
of CITY Hall Park, and If at the end Of
that .eriod a site has not been selected
then the courthouse site commission may
locate a new courthouse anywhere In the
city outside Of the park. Senator haih-
spcrger: Excluding the Traffic Squad OF
New York CITY. TO the number OF 80 ser
geants and parolmen, from the provisions