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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Five Jews With Columbus.

| At least five Jews were among tn
company that accompanied Columbus %
his first voyage of discovery. accordini
to Lee NJ. Friedman, who read pape
recently on early American JEWS
history" before the New England His
archaeological Society. In Pilgrir
hall. -4f
Mr.. Friedman quoted the following a
being the beginning of Columbus jour
ney: After the Spanish monarchs ha
expelled the Jews frem their Kingdom
and lands in january. in that sam
month they commissioned me to under
take the voyage to India with properl
equipped fleet"
He said that with Columbus on hi
first voyage there was at least five Jews
among them being Luis de Torres. VIII
acted as interpreter. and Maeshe Birh;|
Marco, ships physician. Luis de SaY1
tangel, chancellor OF the royal house Y
Aragon. paid the 1900 dncats (witho,l
interest) that aided Columbus to sail 4
America. 1t was to- him that Columb,I
sent his first n1esskSe that he had dig
covered new country. a t
Mr.. Friedman said that in nine of tn
10 original colonies Jewish settlers wer
to be found. In 1854 the first Jews settle
in New York. One Ifnyman Levy taugl
the fur business 70 John Jacob Astos
The first Jewish settlers in Khode 1slat.
came in 1867. but Massachusetts. had Jev3
as early as 1919. IN 1854 Mr.. and MID
Isaacs settled in Cambridge. and In ls]
MI. -fsaacs held town position ther1
Judas Mois was the first professor 4
Hebrew at Harvard. He received a mai
ter's degree as early as 100. Mr.. Fried
man spoke Of iHayman Solomon. WI
loaned the Continental Congress 5000
to ana washington whiles at Valley Fort
He said sthe interest ana sum itself n
never bfsn paid by the government.-TH
EBcstnn transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Observatory in the Trees.

The City OF Pisa hasn't anything or
Sonoma county, California" remarked
4. H. Parrolt, who lives near Santa
Rosa, in that state.
pisa has her leaning tower, and we
have a living one. This tower is I0t
feet high. and stands on the top of &
800 foot hill. The rena rkable fea-
ture of it is that the supports Of the
tower are four young redwood trees.
THESE stand exactly at the fouI
corners Of n 10-root square. They
could not have been placed more aecu-
rately in position ii they had beer
planted for the purpose. They were
originally about $50 feet high, but thu
tops were cut off 100 feet from The
ground in order To form n support 70!
the upper platform.
This tower Is divided into six sto-
ries, each surrounded by substantial
railing such as is used on verandas
The floor of each story rests on beam:
anchored to the tree trunks by cables
and bolts. \ stairway leads from one
floor TO the other
The sti,l living columns which hole
this tower arc covered with vines
which add 10 the picturesque appear
ance Of the structure. From the tot
the visitor has a view OF the sur.
rounding country for many miles
The tower is one of the show places o
our mart of the Countrywide Wash
freton Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
THE CATS OF BOHEMIA.
They Swarm, Red Ink Restaurants,
Yet Genius Sometimes Detests Thtnn.

"Why is is" asked the bachelor girl,
that all the cheap table d'hote res
taurants fairly swarm with cats? II
you've gone around with the red INK
Bohcmians to any extent you'n sym
pathize with me when ] say that
never recall the Ninth Street place
without thinking of the troop OF fe-
lines that sleep on all the vacant
chairs or cavort nimbly between the
tables. 1t is likewise impossible. to re-
member the Tenth Street place apart
from it's contingent led by the big
white cat with the. stump yellow tail,
or the enormous tabby that sits on the
cashiers desk behind madame's
shoulder.
In one rather pretentious cafe there
Is a decorative frieze representing in
Vulnerable black cats capering around
the wall. while sort Of artistic unity
is maintained by the presence OF at
least haff a dozen living ones OF the
same color. At certain Italian res
amount where one dimes in the back
yard during the warm weather, the
fence is Invariably decorated with cats
who seem to be perfectly. at home and
occasionally lean down upon the ia
hles or the shoulders of the guests.
again I ask why this almost
Egyptian worship Of the cat In the
dining places OF Bohemia AS mat
ter Of 'fncf the artistic Temperament
is very much divided on the subject
Your long haired genius is either very
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Was King George
Married at Malta?

London, Feb. 1.-ProceedirgS Will be-
gin today before the lord chief justice
and a special jury brought by the
crown authorities against Edward r.
Mylius, who is charged with having
been concerned in the publication OF
sriitious articles and defamatory
statement that King George wren
Prince of Wales was morganatically
married TO u daughter Of an admiral
at Malta.
According To the Standard, there Is
still a possibility that the King may
appear in tho witness box, II Myths
persists in his plea Of justification. Tie
law officers of the crown. Sir Rutus
Isaacs and Sir John y. Simon, may
advise His Majesty to adopt TINS
course.
The case is likely To occupy two days
and the evidence presented viii include
the marriage registers from Malta
covering the whole period of the King
service with the Mediterranean fleet
Many distinguished men associated
with the King at that time are expect
| cd tn q pnear as witnesses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01

on judiciary, confirmation was not OPP
pcsed in executive session of the Sen
ate today. In the case of Judge Smith
of Iowa, separate vote was demand
ed by Senator Bristow. but the Kansas
senator was the only member recorded
against the confirmation.
Nothing now stands in the way of
the organization of the commerce
court. Martin A. Knapp- former chair
man OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. W no was named as the presid =
ing iudge of the new tribunal, was con-
rrned before the holiday recess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
CAPITAL JoTTiNGS.

pom William A. Ashbrook Of OHIO
called attention TO the fact TUESDAY
that no was among the Democrats Who
Monday night voted with Leader
Cbarnp Clark for the bill creating 4
permanent tariff board. His name m
advertently was not included in the llst
Of these so voting.
An equestrian statue of Cen. George
Gordon Meade, commander OF the
Army of the Potomac at GettESburs'
is contemplated in bill introduce"
Tuesday in the Senate by Senator
Warren OF Missouri. The bill provides
that the statue shall be erected IN
Washington and that it shah cost NOT
to exceed 100000.
President Taft Tuesday withdrew
from all forms of disposition li3,3So
acres of land in wyoming. ii was an
nounced at the department of the m
terror. This area is reserved Tor the
purpose of classification and in ana
of legislation effecting the use and dis
posal of petroleum lands belonging 10
the United States, that these lands
are valuable for oil has been indicated
by a field examination Colorado
lands approximating 467.19l acres We're
Tuesday Withdrawn from entry by Sec
rotary OF the Interior Ballineer. A
field examination has indicated that
this area contains valuable coal de-
posts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Dr.. Cook, After Having
Been Fully Discrediied,
Continues His Oisplcahle Course
OF OBTAINING Others.
Attacks Men Who Verified Comdr.
Peafy's North Pole Figures.

New York, Jan. GA dish Of mo-
lasses, bullseyc lantern, and a dark
room is all that is necessary to prove
how the public has been deceived by
men in the government pay as scien-
tifle computers.'
Dr. Frederick A. Cook makes this
statement in a letter which he sent to-
day to Congressman Ernest w. Rob-
erts, a member Of the committee on
naval affairs. which has been hear ring
the case of Commander Robert L.
Peary. in reference to the work Of II.
G. Mitchell and G. r. Duva1 Of the
Coast Geodetic Survey.
Il have read with interest your mi
nority report of the committee ON ma
val affairs" Cook writes To Mr.. Rob
erts. land note that You accept the
figures submitted by Mitchell and
Dnval without question. Their cal
culations are responsible for the at
mosphere Of doubt surrounding
Pcary's case. They stoop to unscien-
tffic methods in an attempt to prove
that Mr.. Peary was within one-sixth
OF q mile from the pole. Perhaps
Mr.. Peary was at the pin point of
the pole. but here mathematicians
make blot on the honor of science.
The impossibility of correct time an6
accurate allowance for refraction
render their figures useless as proof Of
position. Important observation de-
rnands that this should be sharp and
clear Real scientific students, they
should have Experimental with the
figures with which they played.
With bullseye lantern as a sun and
moiasses as u horizon with the light
striking the surface at less than seven
degrees as Mr.. Pearys sun did, il will
be found that the suns image is an
6biong streak of light with iil-defined
edges. Such an image cannot be record
ed on a sextant with sufficient accuracy
TO make it of any use as an observat:oa.
Mitchell and Duval must know it. If SO
they are dishonest, for they did not tell
the public about it. If they do not know
il, they are incompetent and should be
dismissed from the government service.
I do not oppose any honors which
Congress may have for Mr. Peary, but
there is a barrier to fair play which
should be investigated"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
DEFENDANTS FILE DEMURRERS.
All But Two Members Of Bath Tub
Trust DENY Courts Jurisdiction.

Detroit, Mich. Jan. 3l.-Thirty- two
individual defendants in the criminal
case brought by the government
against the so-ealled Bath Tub Trust
entered demurrer Monday in the
local federal court. In the demurrer
filed by Attorneys Stevenson. Carpen
ter and Butzel of Detroit for the de-
PENDANTS, it is charged that the allega
|tions in the indictment do not con-
stitute an offence under the laws and
sovereignty of the United States;
that no offence is alleged or stated
in which the court has jurisdic-
ton; that no particular acts are
charged against individuals - and
that the indictment in every count is
Informal. insufficient and defective.
The grand jury on Dec. 6. 1910, returned
two indictments against each defendant
containing six and four counts respee-
lively and charged that the defendants
control IS per cent of the annual output
of enamel ironware, bath tubs. sinks.
lavatories, ETC.. in the United States. 1t
was also alleged that the defendants
combined to restrain the trade of manu-
facturers and jobbers In plumbing sup
plies by refusing TO sell the jobbers
handling the goods of so-cailed indepen-
dents: by fixing resale prices by the di-
vision of the United states into II zones;
and on refusing to sell TO jobbers who
would not maintain the resale prices es-
tablished by alleged agreement of the de-
PENDANTS.
The indictments were returned against
Is firms and "a individuals. All but two
of the individuals, j. l.. Mott of New
York and L. Wolff of Chicago, pleaded
not guilty. Service upon Mr.. Mott and
Mr. Wolff has been deferred indefinitely
owing TO their illness 1t was expected
that. the cases would come to trial in the
term of the federal court beginning
March A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
MONTREAL OBJECTS.
The Board of Trade Declares Against
the Reciprocity Agreement.

Montreal. Jan. 3l.--By a vote of GO
to a.. the Board Of Trade In annual
session today passed a resolution de-
claring against the reciprocity agree
ment with the United States. The
resolution reads in part as follows:
We hereby record the unalterable
opposition Of this board to the pro-
posed reciprocity treaty with the
United States. which treaty would
involve the country n dangers not
yet fully realized. ana we consider the
government should first ascertain the
orinion OF the Whole country on this
question ard receive definite man
date thereon before committing it to
a change so revolutionary as this
reversal Of its entire policy, threat =
ening not only the trade. but also the
more vital interests of Canada as a
naticn.''
4 committee composed of the mem
bers of the council ard number of
leading members of the board was
appointed to wait upon the govern
men; and place the resolution before
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
WINTER IN CANADA.
Tosessanins = Delight foo Those Who
Love to Travel a Mile a Minute.

1t takes q good Canadian really to en-
JOY winter; for winter Is part of the
national spirit of Canada. From the
shores of Labrador to the mountains o.
the West. and from the boundary Of tho
United States to the frozen Arctic. it de-
sends with impartial rigor, binding the
vast country in the comon bond of win
ter sports. And 1t takes the Canadian
with his easy-going proprfery and love
OF living pleasantly to turn cold and
snow and ice into sociability and pleas
ure
Tobeganning Is perennial delight
among those people who love to travel n
mile minute or so and walk back uphill
10 do 1t again. Out in the West, where
government trails have been made up to
the mines. there is tobagganing. or its
equivalent. with sleds and hobs. Around
the base OF one precipice and again
along the very brink of another, the trail
may wind, with tangle or rocks and
brush hemming 1t in, and grim peaks
hanging over in the background. Right
down and round about the sleds are
guided along the narrow course. and then
into the valley where the town nestles:
and on and on speeds the little train of
only for the dark boundary of the river
that IS too deep ana cold to freeze IN any
weather. And IN starting out toboggan-
Ing on the dangerous slopes Of the Yves.
tern mountains. everybody invariably
feels shrill of reinsurance II told that
the pilot is Montrealer. For the man
from Montreal is supposed to be an ex-
pert with toboggan, even as he is with
n canoe.
II Is In Montreal that tobogganing
reaches It's supremacy. The men and wo
men start out in parties and 60 up TO the
starting place. where several distinct
burrows mark the courses OF the tobog-
gans. In these troughs the toboggans
follow each other In rapid transit. The
sun shines bright. the air is sharp and
exhllarating. The snow lies Ike fine.
dry powder nj diamond dust. Everybody
Is ciogged with snow dust Every body Is
tingllng hot, and everybody's face is
afanne with rudy color. The Chinaman
didn't see Che philosophy OF whist!
waikee backee one mile" But the Cana
dian doesn't ask for the philosophy of II.
lie merely goes in for enjoying 1t, and in
cidentaliy gets 4 whole lot OF exercise out
OF the thing-Buffalo Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01

week are paid. Not lang ago a real
estate broker offered the manager Of
Keith & Proctor's 14th Street Theater
500 q month for the souvenir card
stand in front of the theater. ii
measures 2x3 feet and is rnoyahIe.
The manager told the broker that he
was very well satisfied with the rent
he was already getting for the stand.
In the hotels, postcard and news
stand privileges are worth $1,000 y
year. 1
1t has been estimated that at least
sS,000.000 a year is paid in New York
for privileges of the kinds mentioned
above. Yes" said q man Wen &C.
ouainted with this form OF business,
$1,000, 0O0 is a safe estimate, but it is
by no means 81 close one. 1 believe
s5,000.00O would be nearer the mark,
and the sum is Increasing every year.
New York sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
CONGRESS.
CONTINUED from Page one.)

rhe decided stand he mas taken In the
matter He has been told also that he
wound have the backing of many infiu-
entail associations throughout the coun-
try While few missives have reached
the President criticizing the proposed
reciprocity these have been far in the
minority.
The President called attention to the
fact that on the day his message went
10 Congress. when its influence on the
market might have been supposed to be
felt, there was a difference of only one
cent in the price of wheat at Winnipeg
and In Minnesota. This was cited in
support of the argument that reciprocity
would not effect nnfavorably prices Of
articles included In the agreement in
either country. He declared he had not
talked with any one about the possibility
OF an extra session in cage the present
Congress fails TO ratify the agreement.
He said he had not and did not intend TO
hold out any threats, but that he was
placing confidence In the present session.
Sufficient unto the day is the Good
thereof" is the motto he has adopted in
the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
TAFT MAKING GOOD.
Political Barometer Shows Admins
tration Is Growing Upon Country.

Congress has been in session two
weeks. During that fortnight Presi,
dent Taft has done more to win public
esteem for his administration than
during all of the previous period of his
service as the chief magistrate. The
fairness and the catholicity &c spirit
he has manifested in dealing with
many diverse and important situations
have met with quite general approba-
ton at the seat of government. and
thousands of persons who formerly
mentioned him only to criticise. are
NOW agreeing with the general verdict
that president Taft is making good
The impress of the Presidents ju-
dicial mind is becoming more and
more STAMPED upon his administration.
He Is an old-fashioned President. He
is an economical President He is o
constitutional President. He sees
things from every angle. and, with
calm and sober poise. works out con-
clnsians that are sound and in con-
forrnity with the best public policy,
He never goes off on tangent. He is
making the White House a place
where peace abides and where every
individual and every interest has a
day in court.
washington is the nations political
barometer, and the readings Of the
barometer indicate that the Taft adj
ministration is growing upon the eoun-
try as a wise and just administration.
That it seems good to get back To this
Jeffersonian simplicity and restfulness
is the opinion of the people. as re-
a ,l,& lny .
of the United States has said In re-
cent years has made q greater hit
than the hope which he expressed in
his recent message that the country
might now have rest from agitation.
1t can be said truthfully that now,
for the first time. Air. Taft has a FREE,
field and fair show To carry out his
own ideas as President. and he is
launching out along lines which prove
that he has q broad, patriotic view OF
the duties of the chief magistracy.
Heretofore the shadow OF Theodore
Roosevelt and the big stick has been
over the White House The recent
cataciySmal election removed that
shadow. clarified the political atmos-
phere. drove the feverishness out OF
the body polite. and left Mr.. Taft free
10 carry out Ills own ideas of admin
istration government,
The success he is making has dis
illusioned the Democratic leaders Of
Congress who had picked him out as
sort Of political pudding to be de-
voured in the campaign OF 1912. Now
these same leaders are beginning to see
that he has mapped out an admins
tration ana policy Of dealing with
public questions that will impress the
country with such favor as to making
him a hard man to beat in the next
presidential election. indianapolis
Star. z--=-----.-s $50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
SCATTERING A TRADITION.
White the First Associate Ever Made
Chief Justice Of Supreme Court.

Edward Douglass White is the first
associate justice of the United States
supreme Court who ever became chief
justice. John Rutledge had served as
associate justice, but he was not a
member Of the court when he was
appointed chief justice. and his nom
ination was not confirmed by the Sem
ate.
More curious still. White is the only
chief justice Of the Supreme Court who
previous to his appointment had even
been a Federal judge. All the other
chief justices-Jay. Ellsworth. Mar
shall, fancy, Chase, Waite. and Full
ler-went directly from political or pri-
vate life to that great office.
1T mas been held for years that an
| unwritten law forbade the elevation Of
| al associate justice to be chief justice.
| This rule was groufitfed in the theory
| that such promotion might excite jeal-
ousies on the Supreme bench, and that
associate jus ices might he tempted
in time of great national stress to- de-
eide cases in accordance with the wish
es of the President in order TO gain
his favor.
That theory has been destroyed by
| experience. The Supreme Court is the
trustee of its own honor, which II
guards vigilantly. After the legal
tender case Associate Justice Grier was
compelled to retire from the bench be-
cause the other justices felt that his
conduct reflected upon the court
What would happen to a justice who
shaped his decisions to secure promo
ton from a President can be readily
surmised. His career would nevel
survive the contempt of his colleagues
II is significant that when Presi
dent finally shattered this tradition o.
hundred years he did so in order t.
appoint member of an opposite po
litical party to the highest judicial of
flee in the wOrld.-New York World
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
LESS LITERARY ACTIVITY
copyright Statistics Show FaIlino on
IN Big American Industry.

measuring The intellectual oot;,,;,,
tie country by the statistics omni,aa
by the register of convri,ht. ~
twelve months ended with .Inna nr ,aat
year showed falling off in compari-
sou win every preceding year since
i'o"-W. In the matter of publications
ihcl'ided in the registers Glass A in
winch are put books. pamphlets. book
i"ts. leaflets. circulars cards ,,1
newspapers and magazine articles. tho
record is even worse, for NOT s;po.
l'ol-o2 has their hummer fallen ne lou.
as in 1890, In the first period if was
AT. against 24140 in the latter. The
grand total Of all registra tons reached
l2",s29 in i?o6-01, having risen from
$500 IT l90l-02. 1t fell to 1O9.073. in
cluding renewals and English books
listed for adj interim copyright. last
year.
In the year 19G5-06 the largest num-
Der of periodicals, %. 1863, was regis
tered. In the three succeeding wears
there was a considerable mortality in
TINS class OF publications.. but last year
saw a slight recovery. and the regis
tration rose from 21,l95 in 19oS-O9 to
2l.6os. On July l. 1909, the new CODY
right law went into effect. and the
registration classification was changed,
two new subdivisions being added.
This may account for the fact that
fewer musical compositions appear
in the tables for last year than for any
OF the preceding four years, while the
dramatic and dramatico-musicaf''
compositions of the same period show
a marked increase over any ether
Year. But combining the figures for
both classes, it is revealed that 1909
10 was bad year, producing only 2S,-
2b6 examples of the creative faculty in
the two arts, as against g. 500 in 1906
%. However, there is consolation in
the fact that there has been a notable
increase in such expressions Of life
since the beginning of the decade.
The register has given It separate
place and dignity to lectures. ser =
mons. addresses under the new law
and III of them have been protected.
There are no figures to show how this
compares with the records of the PAST.
The map makers We're buster last year
productions the protection of the gov
eminent was extended. To compen-
safe for this the photographers dis
played unusual lack of enterprise.
sending to Washington only 13,34s
prints. or fewer than in any year for
which the figures are given.-New
York Sun.
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