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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
New Orleans Cot
ton Dealers Hit.

EeW Orleans. Aug. 4 -Today's ses-
sion in the cotton market Mas one OF
the widest in recent years. Extremely
wide bnlges were followed bt slHuPJ
which left scores Of beWildered spec
ulatnrs nursing losses. In The early
session, the sealping element counted
immense profits Oh the long side, but
in the afternoon session these profits
were replaced by losses.
At the highest OF the day. the trad
ing months were 80 to 40 points over
Yesterdays close, or s. a bale up. At
the lowest. prices We're II To - points
under yesterdays last quotations
From the highest to the lowest there
was d crop of from IS L. 56 points. No
such fluctuations nave been seen in
months. The market closed at the low
est.
According 10 the gossip of tile mar
ket the wild price changes We're en-
tiralv due to new and powerful
clique just entering the market The
clique bought heavily in the early
hours and kept shorts On the run tc
cover. When this ammunition vas
aoout exhausted and the rings were
buying heavily for turn on the long
side the clique suddenly commenced to
sell. Sc heavy We're the offerings that
prices crumbled away in the twink
ling of an eve. In the morning the tone
was firm. in the afternoon. it was
weak
No crop developments. or change in
the trade situation were reported to
cause such fluctuations. 1t was Gener-
ally supposed that the fact that the
Liverpool market viii be closed to-
morrow and Monday had much To do
with the manipulation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
GARDINER.
HObOes Arrested Wanted
By Portland Police.
Interest Continues in Commits
sion Form Of Government.
The Family Troubles Of Lltchiisld
Couple Aired In Court.

Gardner bad q local interest IN the
shooting Of the hobo in the Maine
Central yard, Portland, CT THURSDAY
evening. Late Thursday night city
Marshal Wakehel1 received tcle-
phone message from Portland that the
men concerned IN the affair might be
on the midnight train and To have the
officers look out fer them. The night
watch were notified and were at the
station " hen the train arrived and ON
the blind baggage" they found two
men and took thea t. the station.
Chief Of Police Dresser of Portland was
notified of The arrests and with toun-
" Attorney Parsons OF Portland came
to Gardiner on the afternoon tram
The men We're given thorough eN-
animation. but denied any knowledge
OF the shooting They claimed TO have
seen another crowd of hoboes ABOUT
the trains, but claimed not to nave
seen any shooting. one Of the men had
an extra hat and al first said that II
belonged to him. Later he changed
that story and said that there was .
third man with them. but that they
did not knoW whether he fell off the
train after L started or what became
of him.
On the person of one of them was
found several photographs Of three
men, two of them We're the men ar
rested here and they said that the
third nan was their ehum. who was
missing Whether ar not il IS a photo
graph OF the dead man in Portland the
officers could not say. but they OBJ
tanned the release of the men from
the local officers and took them back
TO Portland with them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
The Man Killed at
Portland Identified.

Portland, Me-, Aug. 4.-John q.
Kingsbury of Portsmouth. N. H., came
here at midnight tonight and identi-
fed the body of the man who was ia
tally shot in the yards of the Portland
Terminal Co, Thursday night as tnat
of his son, Albert G. Kingsbury. Mr..
Kingsbury said his son was 10 years
of age and had been employed in the
navy yard at Kittery. He left home
Wednesday with two men.
\ post norton examination today
revealed the presence of bullet in
the young mans head, but the police
have no clue as to by whom the shot
WAS fired
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

John Burgess of Lakeshore, Sidney.
owes ms life TO the quickness and skill
of woman who was near him when
he was injured by the blade of a
scythe Thursday afternoon. The blade
struck the man in such q way the the
arteries and veins of the left arm just
above the elbow were completely sew
cred and Burgess would have bled TO
death had not the wife OF Rev. John
Tiiton of Saco, who is visiting in Sid
ney, made a tourniauet and stopped
the flow of blood. Surgeons were call
Ell. who found that. every artery and
vein had TO be closed and the muscles
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

sewn together, but it is hoped that
Burgess will recover with a good arm.
The Dover and Foxcroft fire depart
ment had a stubborn fire TO fight Fri
day 1t broke out in the rear OF
Foulkes Bros steam laundry in the
Vaughan building and spread through
GU. Davis bakery was badly damaged
b. fire and water and his living rooms
upstairs were Quilted, as were those OF
c. r. Pendleton in the third story.
Total loss about $4,000. Foulkes Bros.
had an insurance, but the others had
none.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

While the question of retaining the
prohibitory amendment in the eonsti-
tuition is To be voted on at the election
of Sept. IL, Gardiner viii have another
election on the following day. The
question to be voted on at the second
election will be purely local issue and
will be on the adoption of the com
mission form of government for this
city. A petition for the election has
already been filed in the office of the
city clerk with over 800 signatures at
tached
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
Moultonboro Shut Ga.

sandwich, n. H.. Aug All efforts
to get into communication with MoHl
tonboro at a late boar tonight failed.
There is only one telephone wire in;o
the town and that is through the Sand
Wich exchange. Not a single number
on the Moultonboro Iine answered its
ring and it was impossible 10 learn up
TO late hour whether the sheritCs
posse had reached there Sheriff
Burke should have arrived shortly he
fore midnight with a large part Of his
men,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
CoWES REGATTA ENDED.
Schooner Cetonia Wins on Time Al.
lowance from kaiser's Meteor

Cowes, Isle of Wight. Aug. 4-The
Cowes regatta ended today Viscount
Iyeaghs schooner Cetonia took the
ROYAL Yacht Squadron's prize of $500
in the big class on time allowance.
Emperor Williams Meteor, which An
ished first, had to be contented with
second place. The Germania was third.
The New English schooner Water
Witch made the usual disappointing
display, being last.
King Alfonso's Hispania won her
first prize OF this meeting by defeat
ing the 15-metre cracks like Paula
and Sophie Elizabeth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
KNOCKED OUT OF BOX.
o'Toole, the $22,5oo Pitcher Batted Out
BY Minneapolis.

ST Paul, Mimi, Aug. MARTIN
O'Toole, the St Paul pitcher, for whom
the Pittsburg National League Base
ball Club recently paid s22. $500. was
knocked out of the box today by Min
neapolis batters. They made seven
hits and seven runs off him in five in
nings.
In contra distinction Leverett of
leading team for the PEN
nant in the American Association, al
lowed only one hit in nine innings and
that was a scratch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES

The new torpedoooat destroyer MAY
rant arrived Friday at Newport, r..
l., from the League Island navy yard
Philadelphia. She will take on torpe-
does al the local station and after go-
ing through her trials off the Rock
land, Me, course will join the 10th tor
pedo division.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY
OF Pope Plus Nomination to Pontifi.
cate-Many Congratulations.

Rome. Aug. To-day is the eighth
anniversary of the nomination of Pope
Plus X. to the pontihcate and many
fluctuations from Italy and abroad
We're received at the Vatican. Not
withstanding his recent indisposition
the Pontiff celebrated mass in his priv
ate chapel in the presence of a few in
Inmates including his sisters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
WINTHROP CENTER.

Rev. Arthur Jones. It former pastor
will preach Sunday morning AT the
Friends church. Special exercises al
the Sunday school hour Music will be
furnished by the Boys choir from the
Emanuel church, Boston The sunday
school band and singing BE- young
ladies chorus. Sunday school at lf.f5
A. NJ. Free carriages to ami from cleo
III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

will hold it's final meeting Saturday
for action on the bill Under the Sem
ate amendments accepted candidates
for office may spend a maximum of
$4,000 each in senatorial campaigns
and $4,000 in congressional campaigns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

The House Friday eoncurred in the
Senate amendments to the congress
sional reapportionment bill 10 prevent
gerrymandering and passed the meas
ure as amended The bill floW goes u
the President for approval The House
concurred in the raapportionmeht bin
amendments without discussion an
without roll call The bill increases the
House membership from 3s1 to 43S, ex-
elusive of Arizona and New Mexico.
with an increased cost TO the govern
ment of about 100000 year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

The game between the teams from
the H. & w. paper mill and the r. p.
Hazard shoe factory baseball teams
will be called at 4.30 this Saturday
afternoon. 1t is expected that many
supporters of both teams will be pres
ent TO. witness the contest and a red
hot game is expected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

The old railroad station has been
sold 20 l.. L. Wellman of Augusta and
he is TO have it removed within two
weeks. 1t is understood that the lot is
to be cleared and made into lawn
with the exception of the platform
along the tracks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
Gates Condition Slightly improved.

Paris. Aug. 4.-John W. Gates had a
good day and his doctors said tonight
that for the moment his condition is
satisfactory. They are, however, again
watching his heart closely.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

man who gave his name as James
Brown, 30 years old. was caught at
tempting 10 burglacize a house at
Lawrence, Mass. Friday by Mrs. Julia
Young, Mrs. Joseph Mckenna and Mrs.
Thomas Peet The man gained en-
trance to the house by means of a kew
and he was seen by one of the women
who called the others They went into
the house, struggled with the prisoner
ana held him until the arrival of the
police. Considerable jewelry, a resol-
Yer and two jimmies were found on
the man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

DR.. Viola Howe of Portland was in
the city Friday ON business She was
accompanied by Miss Marjorie Thorne.
who is spending the summer at OLD
Orchard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
AUGUSTA LOCALS

The Degree Of Honor passed a very
enjoyable evening ON its regular meet
ing night, Aug. T. Business Of i'm
pontanee was transacted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

Fred D. Libby of Leicester, Mass,
is spending a few days at his former
home on Libby Hill. His daughter,
Miss Ellen Libby. is with him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
HlopEFoRD SUPERINTENDENT.
Harold w. Files Named to Head
Schools, Succeeding C. Nj. PenneII.

Biddeford. Me. Aug. Harold w.
Files, tor two years past a teacher
in the High school az Wilmington.
Mass, was chosen superintendents of
schools in Biddeford, tonight He will
succeed Charles NJ. Pennell. Mr.. Files
was formerly superintendent of schools
at Bowdoinham Me. ana has taught
at several schools throughout the
state. lie is 20 years old
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
Wilton Paul. Penn's great.littla N,

Wilton Paul, PENIS great.little mile
runner. says that il is Impossible to
get back into condition for the "Met''
championships and, consequently. he
mas decided to retire from athletics.
with Paul out of the game. Dick Ed
wards recovering from typhoid, Platt
Aualhs laid up with a pulled tendon.
ana Con Walsh off for the Pacific
coast, the New York A. c. viii have
hard time in the race for points in the
Metropolitan champs"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

Mrs. W NJ. Fowler and daughter re-
turned Friday TO their home in Boston,
after a visit with Mrs. Carrie Dunn Of
Randolph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

Mrs. Freeman Littlefield is in Port
land visiting her mother Mrs. G. w.
Moore, who is in the hospital
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
COTTON is UNSETTLED.
Big Advance at New York Wiped Out
During the Day.

New York, Aug. A big over night
jump marked a continuation of the
new bull movement in the cotton mar
ket. First prices this morning were
anywhere from 81 to 40 points higher
than the close Of yesterday. Reactions
of 10 or II points followed but the
market became frmer again today
toward midday on a renewal of cover
ing and bull support. THE market was
excited and extremely unsettled.
The old-tine market leader. Theo-
dore II. Price. was generally credited
with the management of the new bull
clique.
Rumors that the new bun pool was
taking profits led to renewal Of
general selling during the afternoon.
Prices broke quite as rapidly as they
had advanced during the morning and
lost all their early advance. The read
mess with which prices declined led to
the belief that after all the events of
the past two days had been the result
of bold bull raid rather than any
change in general conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05

1t is said that the Pastime A. c. of
New York, one of the Oldest athletic
clubs in the country and with an en-
viahle history back of it. is in danger
of dissolution a weak treasury and
a factional fight II given as the reason
for the possible wrecking of this once
leading club. The hope is that James
e. Sullivan, an old Pastimer, will dig
up hackers to restore the standing of
the club
The Alaska sourdough., 1911-09-15

give any information first hand. Pos sibly The Sourdough was mistaken in saying that Vincent was asleep in the Douglas Hotel, but he was in Douglas in some building on Front street, north of D street, at the time the fire broke out. The sound of drunken carousal on the second ftcor, the shots which some of the people on the third floor thought at the time they were fired to have come from the second, were heard by at least dozen people, not only people in the Juneau Hotel, but by people in the Circle City Hotel. Lodgers in the Circle City Hotel were awakened by the disturbance in the Juneau Hotel before the fire broke out. J. J. McGrath, the owner of the building, has also investigated, and he has no doubt about those shots, and said to. representative of The Sour dough on Wednesday that it was "cer- tainly mysterious fire.' MT. Nc Grath would like to know why the low CT rear hall door was locked, and sew eral other things, which perhaps the next grand jury will ascertain. W.
 These facts remain the same: The origin of the fire is still a mystery, all though ona both the first and. the sec ond floors men were awake. at the. time the fire broke out. There was drunk en carousal on the second floor, and so much noise was made that men in the Circle City Hotel were awakened by it.. Shots were heard which were thought to have been fired on the second floor. Assistant District Attorney Folsom heard them for one, although he be- lieves that the fire was already in pro gress and the shots were exploded by the heat, although the alarm had not been turned in.
 In view of the we'll known character of the hostelry conducted by MT. Vim cent he shows much more courage than discretion in having anything at all to say He will probably have. an oppor- tunity to do more. talking than he cares to do, before the next grand jury.
The Alaska sourdough., 1911-09-15

That the gang is always loaded
 We are very much aware, As we catch the ample breezes
 Of the superheated air. Jake Rice can tell story,
 That would put Old Nick to shame And Sharp and Jimmie Dempsey
 Are princes at the game. Thorndyke, he oftene leads
 Acard that can It be beat And Ingram follows with suit Of something quite as neat; But when the game is ended,
 You'd better all believe, That George Rice carries off the pot With a trump from up his sleeve. Very pleasant is the murmur
 Of their smooth and chatty chin, And their line oI conversation
 Is to take chechakos in, Very cheerful are the stories
 Of these truthful sinners all, And we marvel at the mightiness
 Of their abundant gall. They will tell you quite sincerely,
 That the ancient sourdough, Is a marvel of perfection,
 As they sit there in row; They are quite disinterested.
 But if you wait a spell, You will nightly soon discover,
 That they have 'fbull-con' to sell. The conversants sit around.
 And list with jaws agape, At this hot air combination
The Alaska sourdough., 1911-09-15
A REPLY TO VINCENT

The proprietor of the Juneau Hotel is much disturbed because the editor of this paper did not question him about the trouble in the house before the fire, and because The Sourdough stated that he was asleep over the Douglas Opera House when the fire broke out.
 The Sourdough did not ask MT. Vim cent anything about the trouble in the house, because this paper knew that he was in Douglas at the time of the fire, and therefore not in a position to
The Alaska sourdough., 1911-09-15

 district. And there is no question but that, in times past, Alaska has been very badly governed. Washington is far away, and more than one official in Alaska has been an irresponsible despot. Governor Clark, however, has taken the exercise of the authority to require the faithful discharge of the duties by officials seriously-practie-. ally all the appointments have been upon his recommendation, and Alaska has never been as we'll governed nor have government officials been So well respected by Alaskans as they are to- day. Thanks to the administration of Governor Clark. and the support which he has received from the president, new feeling has grown up in the dis trict towards the government.
 Perhaps no better illustration of the serious manner in which he has taken his responsibilities can be found than in his successful efforts to obtain light ing of the dangerous passages on the Alaska coast Governor Clark spent months of his first winter in Alaska in the pilot house of a-revenue cutter, se- ecfdihrr1ng first | hand the ~ information which would enable him to make recommendations for the installation ofsthese lights. Fortified with the per sonal knowledge thus obtained of the needs and conditions of the coast, he received practically all that he asked from the department of commerce and labor, and has earned the lasting grat itude of the mariners who ply the wat CTS of these wreck strewn shores. The erection of the lights already secured by the governor, will, when they are all in operation, undoubtedly cause a reduction in insurance rates, and there by in freight charges, and ultimately in the cost of living in Alaska.
 Through the efforts of the governor and at his special request, the Alba tross IS engaged Tn task when VIII do nearly as much for the Alaska fish erman, as the installation of the new lights will do for the mariners. The Albatross is surveying the bottoms near Alaska shores to discover the depths, and the nature of the ground
 The governor of Alaska has charge of the administration of the school funds, and during his term of office the expenditures of money in this de partment has been reduced to system New schools have been organized, and he has done much to improve the op- portunities for education in the dis trict He has obtained a liberal ap propriation for government buildings in Juneau, and these structures will be erected this year. The game law, mere
The Alaska sourdough., 1911-09-15
GOVERNOR CLARK

The story of Walter Eli Clark, gov ernor of Alaska, is the story of news paperman who has developed a sine cure into an important public office. It is, also, the story of man who has made good, and who has won the con- fdence of a people.
 When Governor Clark was appoint ed it was a rare case of the office seeking the mana custom in our pubr lie service which has become almost obsolete. In May, 1909, Walter Eli Clark was newspaper correspondent at the capital, and when, one morning, President Taft Informed him that at meeting of the cabinet held that same day, it had been decided to ask him to accept the governorship of Al aska, it was, a surprise for which he was totally unprepared, and it was a week before he consented to accept the position.
 The resignation of his professor did not take effect until the following fall, and it was October before he came to Alaska to begin the, performance of his duties. He came, however, with the absolute backing of the admins tration, and much of his success is due to the fact that he has enjoyed the ever growing confidence of the govern ment at Washington. The confidence of the people of Alaska, however, was of slow growth. Alaska has not all ways been well governed, and until the advent of Clark, the office of gov ernor of the nation $ most northern territory has not been as important as it is today. The duties of the of fee, as defined by the code, is reel tation of permissible authority. Ac. cording to the terms of the statute a governor of Alaska has authority. to see to the enforcement of the laws, and he may require the faithful dis charge of duties by other officials. He is also clothed with the power of call ing out a nonresident militia. But no where in the code is he charged with the responsibility for the acts of other officials in definite terms nor does the code say how he may provide for the faithful discharge of the duties of of ficials scattered through the thousands of miles of sparcely settled country.
 Because of this, nearly all of the governors of Alaska, have had little or nothing to do with the discharge of duties by the officials throughout the
The Alaska sourdough., 1911-09-15
THE REVIVAL OF THE TOTEMS

After a quarter of century or so of dians are reviving the totem as a mark for graves. At Rake, two large to- tems are being carved for Indians who were drowned last spring and this will be placed at the head of their, graves.
 The idea is being encouraged by the officials of the bureau of education, and they use good logic and good judgment in that approval.
 Following the advent. of the white man, the Indians who could afford it, began to buy expensive marble head stones for their dead. The marble headstone, as a rule, is not 50 artistic as the old Indian totem, and not half so significant.
 The carving of the totem "keeps the money at home,' and preserves GUS tom, just as sensible as the white mans way of honoring his dead The time will come, doubtless, when the white and the Indian as we'll, will be edu- sated out of his idea that ''fattery can soothe the dull, cold ear of death, r and dispense with both totems and grave stones, but in the meantime, the revival by the natives of the custom of erecting totems deserves to be en- couraged.