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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
LIKES PORTRAIT MONEY.
a Bank Man Says 1t Is Not Often
Successfully Counterfeited.

il the treasury Department carries
out what / understand is contemplat-
ed, 1t Will make the work of our bank
CASHIERS great deal more difficult
sad II. \. Strothers, bank teller of
scranton, Penn. Il refer to the propo-
sition TO remove from the bank notes
ana United States currency the por-
traits Of Washington. Lincoln and
Grant.
Il do not know what arguments.
other than economy the Government
officials may have. but / do know that
bank clerks and other persons who
handle large numbers of notes in all
the big elites depend more upon the
portraits on notes for protecting them
from countcrfeits than upon any other
feature of the money, 1t is almost
impossible to counterfeit successfully
the portraits that appear on uur paper
money.
There never was in any country Il
better example of printing from steel
plates than the money in circulation
in this United states. Bankers of for
eign countries lave told ne this fire.
qutntly, and I know from experience
that the quality of our paper money
nation | hope the suggestion that
the portraits be omitted will not be
carried cut. Not only is it i pr9tee-
ton against eounterfeting, but it af-
fords an easy method of counting, fol
we have learned through much hand.
ling of money to know that certain
portraits appear on certain bills, and
can tell at glance what the value
of . note il.
There Is another thing about Per-
traits. They are much more difficult
to print THIN other parts of the note.
Take fire revenue stamps, for in
stance, I am told they are printed on
power presses. while the notes bear
ing portraits are from presses oper-
ated By hand. The portraits ON the
former were so poor that the Govern
ment recently ordered that numerals
be substituted for the portrait. This
would eventually be the case with our
paper money, fear, if we We're II
! seek cheaper method of printing it
than now is in Washington
Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
COLLEGE RESULTS.

At mbridge-Harvard 0, Yale Q.
At Philadelphia--NaYy 3, Army O
AT Providenee-Brown 6, Trinity 9.
At Worcester-Holy Cross IS, Worcester
Polytechnic 0.
All Frankhn-Dean Academy 6, Boston
College 0.
Al Hoboken-Rutgers 3, Stevens 0.
At Baltimore-Carlisle %, Johns Hop
kns g.
At Ithaca-cornell Is Is, Pennsylvania
Is O.
At rg-Rensselaer Il. Carnegie o.
At Lewisburg, Pa.-Bucknell Is. Haver-
ford 0.
At Washington, Pa.-Washington and
jefferson II, Villanova 6.
AT Columbia, Mo.-kansas 8. Missouri 3.
AT oxford, O.-Miami 5, Western Re-
serve 5,
At Lincoln. Neb.-Nebraska c, Michl-
At Cleveland-case IS. Wooster 0.
AT Delaware. O.-Wesleyan II, Deni-
son o.
At Observation-Disclosures 5, Witten-
berg O.
Al Bloomington. Ind.-Purdue p In
At Columbus-Syracuse 6. Ohio State
At Champaign, Ill.-Minnesota II, ILL
At Chicago-chicago 5, Wisconsin o.
At Greencastle, d.-Eulham 10, De-
paw 0.
At Observation-Disclosures Macon O. Rich
mond 0.
At runswick-Bowdoin 10 3, 40
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
HENRY p. PERKINS.
Eminent Surgeon Dies Suddenly, Sun
DAY, at West Newton Home.

Newton, Mass, Nov. 26-pr Henry
Phelps Perkins, one of the most eminent
surgeons of New England aad senior sur
Eeon of the Newton hospital, died, sun
day. of heart failure at his home 50
Margin street, West Newton. Work and
worry iii his personal investigation Of
the MiddleseX county grand Jury action
in the ease of jackson Palmer. his som
in-law who has alleged he WAS never in
dleted by that body is said to have been
the principal eontributory cause of his
death
He graduated from the Harvard Col
lege Medical school i'll 1851. His surgical
operations are noted not only in this
country. but in Europe.
Or. Perkins has been member of the
Newton hospital STAFF for 10 years. He
was married in 1888 to Helen Anthony
and is survived by his wife and four chill
dren. His daughters are Mrs. Jackson
Palmer aud Miss Leslie Crawford Per-
kins. His SONS are John e. b. Perkins
the famous Harvard Varsity center OF
1910, and J. osgood Perkins. a Sophomore
at Harvard College.
DR. Franklin was born, Jan 80 1850. In
Lowell.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

For the I'D time the stork has paid a
visit to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
Davis of South Church street, Carbon
dale. Pa. leaving a son to gladden. their
hearts. Twelve of the % children born
to them are living.
A Berlin dispatch to the London
Standard says that the Washington
government interviewed indirectly in
the recent Moroccan crisis, to pre-
vent Germany from obtaining coal
ing station at Agadir.
Joe Anchor. a rancher his wife and
four children, are believed to have
persisted aud many summer homes de-
stroyed in d forest fire in Topango
canon, California. Several hundred
persons are making their way out ov-
or almost impossible trails and are
suffering greatly
Violent rloting occurred Sunday, in
Lisbon, several persons being killed.
The outbreak was the result of
meeting of protest against the expul-
sion OF two Chinese doctors. The
mounted Republican guard swept the
Praca De Commerce. with drawn sa-
bres. The mob fired reyolvers. on the
Praea De Dom Pedro a bomb explod-
ed, injuring many Troops are now
guarding the government buildings. A
large number of injured have been
taken to the hospitals.
An automobile plunged from ferry
boat into the Hudson river at New York
Sunday. and bowled an unknown ferry
passenger over the side to his death in
4, "a
lad of Union Hall, n. j., was also run
down by the car and his leg was broken
The machine, valued at $500, sank to the
bottom of the river, The accident oc-
Cured in the West Shore Railway ferry
"Oswego,' and was witnessed by many
passengers.
In fire at "Stockwood, the farm of
Capt. James Williams. at Spring Sta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
CRIMINAL TRIALS IN ITALY.

The reports in American papers of
the trial of the Camorrists at Viterbo
have made many people wonder If
there is any system at all about crimi-
nal trials, and if there is what the
system is like. There is system,
and very simple one it is. though ut
terly different from that which gov
erns procedure in American or Eng
fish courts, says an exchange.
The trial takes place before three
judges and a jury. to which are added
a certain number Of extra jurors who
are sworn and are present in court to
hear the testimony and are held ready
to take the place in the Jury box Of any
Juror who may in the course Of the
trial be incapaeitated from further
service. The dispositions of all the-syit
nesses have been taken in writing and
signed before the trial begins. Each
of the judges has a copy of these be-
fore him. The prosecutor and the
counsel for the accused furnish to the
court a list of the witnesses they de-
sire called. and these are summoned
all by the court which has power TO
punish non-attendance.
The first thing that happens when
the trial begins is the questioring OF
the accused By the presiding justice,
In ITALY, as in most Of continental
Europe. a man accused of a crime is
considered by the law TO be the very
best witness to his own guilt or inno-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27

cense. In England and America the
accused need not testify unless he
choose. In Italy ne is the first and
most important witness.
The accused is allowed the widest
scope in defending himself. lie has a
right to tell his own story in his own
way, to offer anything he can in the
way Of Justification az palliation; even
heaTsay evidence is admissible. The
judge has absolute discretion rs to
what testimony may be received and
what excluded and any judge who ex-
ereisad this discretion unfairly would
be an object Of eXeeration. Bias on the
part of one judge IS possible, but there
are always the other two judges on
the bench With him, and they are a
perfect check against unfairness
When the accused has given his tes-
timony he is confronted personally
with his accuser. The aecuser is nee
essarily the principal witness against
him. Strictly speaking. the prisoner
has no right to interrupt his accuser
while the latter is telling his story, but
in practice the Judges permit il, and
the conformation sometimes becomes
a three-cornered debate between ac-
euser. accused and judge. the latter
giving the accused the widest leeway
to demonstrate his innocence.-Case
and Comment
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-
AN OVATION
For the Returning Victorious MiddIes
On Arrival at Annapolis.

Annapolis. Nd, Nov. 26.-When the
Naval football players returned from
Philadelphia. tonight, after defeating
West Point, yesterday, they were Civ
en- a welcome which has never been
equalled in the history of inter-serYiee
sports.
Met at the station by battalion oil
their fellows, who unhttched the horses
from their hacks and pulled them
through the streets. Capt Dalton and
his PLAYERS were given an ovation
which grew in volume and enthusiasm
until the Naval Academy gates were
rea ched. Here the other battalion Of
the brigade was waiting with the
Academy Band Under the glare of
hundreds of burning brooms the pa
rade swelled as it progressed through
the academy grounds, until all of the
residents of the academy and half the
of Annapolis had gathered,
when the procession halted by huge
bon fire in front Of Bancroft hall.
The team and the substitutes and
coaches were cheered individually and
and called upon for
speeches. Head Coach Howard and
Capt Dalton highly praised the game
ness of West Point and the sprots-
manlike manner in which the Army
met and accepted defeat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
A $4,000 FIRE
Destroys Odd Fellows Building. Early
Monday, at Reading, Mass.


Reading, Mass. Nov 25.-0dd Fell
lows building, three-storS wooden
building, occupied by the Reading
Public library and numerous secret
orders, was destroyed BY fire. this
morning, with loss that viii reach
|at least $4o,o00. The fire started in
the boiler room, apparently from an
.overheated furnace, and the building
was a mass of flames before the fire
WAS discovered. Because of the loca-
tion in the center Of group Of other
wooden structures, the tiremen had
difficulty. in preventing the spread Of
the flames. Roof fires We're started in
several instances, but were extinsdish
ed with slight damage.
The Odd Fellows building. owned by
the Odd Fellows Association, was
practically total loss. 1t was valued
lat $4,000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
a HANpicRAFT SECRET.
Duplicate Patterns Of Marvelously In,
tricate Marquetry Work at Low Cost.

Al the Paris Exposition. in 1900,
there was exhibited am assortment of
marnuetry work of marvellous in
tricacv of design and beauty of finish,
hut at prices so low as TO cast re-
Election upon its genuineness. Many
az the pieces were of duplicatcspat-
tern. No amount of examination, no
matter how searching, sufficed to re-
veal the manner in which the designs
of table tops We're duplicated with
such marvellous accuracy.
This much the inventor, an Aus
trian, was willing to divulge The
pattern. instead of being made singly
of the thickness requisite for the piece
il was intended to ornament, such as
q table top, was built up of pieces two
or three feet long, from which sec
tons were then sawed off. How this
composite structure was held together
was quite another matter. Interest IN
the invention reached "a point where
the Austrian governemnt offered its
discoverer small fortune, on condi-
ton that his secret be deposited,
sealed in the royal vaults, in order
that it might be known after his
DEATH He was to have the sole right
of manufacture as long as he lived,
the secret not to be revealed until after
his demise, but he preferred to keep 1t
lockd up in his own head.--Cassler
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27

One more days play Will take place
between eleyens before snow covers
the gridirons but to all intents anc
purposes, the football season of 1911
Is ended 1t has been a season of dis
satisfaction to followers of most of the
big teams in the East because so
many of the games were tied and in
a few Instances victory hung by the
thread of disputed rulings.
casual review of the seasons
record shows that there We're no less
than dozen tie games. six of these
being scoreless ties. Princeton, which
lays claims to the Big Four cham
pionship, tied with Lehigh and An
napolis and won from Harvard.
Dartmouth and Yale by margin OF
not over three points in each case.
The Naval Academy in addition to a
seoreless tie with Princeton, played
games without score with Pennsyl-
Vania State and Western Reserve and
its greatest victory, that over the
West Point Cadets, vas one of but
three to nothing. West Point tied
Georgetown in a seereless game and
New York University had three score
less games. namely, with Rhode Is
land, Trinity and Rutgers. Brown
tied with Trinity and had very close
game with Pennsylvania and YER
mont. Harvard tied without tally
with Yale, in the effort to settle their
old rivalry, the interseetional contest
between Michigan and Syracuse was
a tie and the Wisconsin, Minnesota
game, crucial ole in the West was
also without decision. In the records
of 10 Eastern colleges Carlisle stands
out as the team rolling up the big
gest aggregate score. The crafty In
dams scored 28G points against their
opponents 4S, and although defeated
by one point by Syracuse, they boast
victories over Harvard and Pennsyl
vania. The Indians will play Brown,
next Thursday, and are decided favor.
ties. Cornell and Pennsylvania, both
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27

England. for the Nationalists say that
when the English really know what
ireland demands opposition TO home
rule will fade away. Mr.. Redmond S
campaign already extended from from
Scotland in the north to the extreme
south of England The colonial Eeere-
tary. Louis Harcourt. accompanied Mr..
Redmond in the Midlands, and at 9TH
ar places ministers and Liberal lead
ers have sat with him on the plat
form.
Asked a few days ago as TO the
of the campaign, Mr.. Red
1nond replied IT'S going fine | have
had a very friendly reception every
where. The audiences have shown
their interest in the question by lis
tening to my speeches.
The press reports Of the meetings
record very few Interruptions of the
Irish leader.
OF course the Unionists and espe-
cially the Ulster Unionists, who have
declared through their leader Sir
Edward Carson, that under no cir
cumstances will they accept home rule,
have an explanation of this. They say
that Mr.. Redmond's friendly reception
is accounted for by the fact that he
breaches very different thing in Eng
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
THE "SctENcE OF MAMMoN,"
Sophomores of Harvard Must Select
Their Vocation.

The new regulations which nave
thus far been applied only to the
sophomore class of Harvard, require
that each student shall choose some
one field of study upon which to CON-
centrate his main attention; but the
rules leave him entire freedom in the
selection of this subject. IN other
words, the system of education Ia
carte il still in operation, though
somewhat shorn of it's worst ABUSES.
1t appears that over 200 sophomores,
or about Is per cent. of the Whole
class. have promptly elected to do
their special work in economics ana
allied subjects. while only IL students
have designated preference tor the
old 'hamanities" This is an outcome
which may not surprise members OF
college faculties: but it is none the
less one which may we'll give rise 10
misgivings among many friends OF the
old learning. 1t affords ground Tor
suspicion that the undergraduate mas
come to look upon his college as
purveyor of information, ana accord
inglv believes that its chief duty Is to
stock his memory rather than 10 dls-
cinline his intellect or cultivate his
taste IT would be difficult to explain
the students marked partially for the
science of Mammon" in any other
wav.-Boston Herald.
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ton, near Versailles, Ky, Sunday,
Coy. Gray. winner of the American
Derby at Jacksonville, Fla. last win
ter and this years Latonia Derby ami
County Tax, both geldings, We're burn
ed to death. The fire, which was of IN
known origin, destroyed the stables in
which the horses Were quartered be-
fore any attempt could be made To
rescue them. Beth horses were viii
ners of big money. Gov. Gray WAS val
ued at $25 900 by his owner and coun-
ty Tax at 10000
Secretary Of the Navy Meyer has
devised Il plan for the vitalization in
war time of the golfers and supply
vessels in the Panama canal service
ana he will also emphasize in his an
nual report to President Taft that the
navy department is encouraging the
production of aeroplanes specially fit
ted for use from shipboard. Declaring
that. government ownership and oper-
alton Of all Panama canal facilities
would be of great benefit economical
~ as well as from the point of view
OF naval preparedness, Secretary
meyer goes on to say that if The. ca
mai Golfers, oil tankers and supply
vessels are provided as parts of the
canal establishment. these vessels will
pe available for use as fleet auxiliaries
III time OF war, and thus the neces-
SHY Tor adding just that many expen-
SINe vessels to the regular naval es
tapllshment would be oviated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-27
Summary of the Football
Work of Season of 1911.

defeated by Penn state, will meet at
Philadelphia, also, an THANKSGIVING
day with the Ithaca, the faFerites.
The Penn. State-Piuburg game VIII
also be a feature because of the good
showing by Penn. state men this sea
son. They have rolled up a total OF
lsG points to their opponents 10 ana
still remain unbeaten.
The toll of casualties, showing =
dead and III injured, is lighter than
in any season since 1901. This show
ing is attributed to both the fewer
games played and the recent revision
Of the playing rules Notwithstanding
university authorities have not alto
gether ceased their campaign for the
further improvement Of the game or
its abolition An instance is Harvard
where pronouncement has been made
that the university authorities con-
slider the merits of the new game are
still hanging in the balance.
The attendance at the games has
been larger than ever IN the East, oV-
en- exceeding the record made at the
world championship baseball games.
Forty thousand was the estimated
number which crowded the Harvard
Stadium at the Yale Harvard contest.
and $4,000 We're estimated to have seen
the ARMY and Navy game on Franklin
field in Philadelphia
The defeat of Wisconsin by Chi
eago and Minnesota's victory over IL
Hneis apparently gives the Western
championship to Minnesota.
Eastern teams up TO date, follows:
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NOISES.
The Different Varieties Are More In.
teresting Than Supposed.


Moses do not grow very large. so
that they often pass unnoticed save
by those who are on the lookout for
them; but they make very beautiful
specimens when pressed, and are we'll
worth collecting. They may be
pressed. and mounted In the same way
as flowers, and a note should be kept
with each of its name, if possible,
and the place and situation in which
il was found. To study our speci-
mems we should use a glass of high
magnifying power, which will reveal
many beauties unseen by the naked
eye.
One of the commonest of British
moses is the cushion moss, found
growing On the stone walls of gardens.
1t gets its name from the oval cush-
ioniike appearance OF its tufts 1t has
shert, yellow stems, and egg-shaped
spore-eases. The beautiful green ap-
pie moss is found en- stones and rocks
in FOODS, and its spofe-eases are in
shape something like tiny apples 1t
is from these that it gets its name.
The pear moss is very similar in color
and appearance, except that the
sBafe-eases are pear shaped.
The straight-hair moss grows on
the bark Of trees; ard ire cord moss
with its twisted, cord-like fruit stalks
and overhanging spore-cases, is often
to be found where there has been a
fire. The bog MOSES, or sphagnums
arc quite common wherever there IS
boggy land Their foliage is pale
geen in color, which becomes white
when the SDpcffupn is dry.
The feather MOSES are very pretty,
and are easily recognized by their
trailing growth, giving the ground the
appearance Of being covered by o
green mat. The common hair moss IS
one Of the largest varieties of British
mosses and is found in large tufts
that have been 1ikened to miniature
f plantations Of fir-trees Sometimes It
grows as high as q foot, bat usually
it is only q few inches.
/ The silver moss, so-called from us
ailyery green color, is seen growing
on thatched roofs, on tic tops Of walls
and by the roadside. It's stems are
not unlike the catllins Of the birch or
alder on a very SNAIL scale. Even
more common is a relation Of the sill
yer moss. the tufted bryum. which
is recognized by its green, dropping
spere-cases.
In collecting mosses we must be
very careful now we take our speci-
mems seeing that we get q complete
portion OF each moss, and in prepar-
ing fer pressing we must take care
to arrange the tiny plants properly,
using a magnifying glass to see the
leaves clearly as we spread the plants
out.-Ghrfstian Science Monitor.