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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
MONKEY MAN" DESERTS SHIP.

Although GooZee, a Malay monkey
man" freak that looked and acted like
gorilias that First Officer W. A. Stafford
had read about in books on African ira
vel. deserted when the steamship Indra
touched at Boston. the big tramp freight
er brought back Tim on arrival, here
from Chinese ports and Manila. Tim isl
smooth-haired fox terrier, who has
been one of>the officers mess for the last
nine years. He Is O true sea dog, forl
when seas were sweeping the decks OIL
tie Indra on her way from. Hongkong ,ol
Manila and Goozee WAS climbing the|
rigging AMI shiieking, Tim stayed With
the quairermasrers at the wheel and be-
haved himself. 3Ir. Stafford said that he|
had never seen such strange ereatureI
as lGoozee. a Malay they picked UP ind
Singapore with others to work on deck
and In the iire-rooms. .'IIe had arns|
that nearly touched the deck when heI
iwaiked.-' said Mr., Stafford, "and he all
ways stooped ana was but mediumI
height. Couple that with as lildeoIs u
face as one can imagine. and that Is al
pretty good picture OF Goozee. as wei
'nicknamed him.
When we stopped in Boston he RAM
away from the ship. Now TIM If he Isl
Il dog, Is more like one of us. He wasI
taken from q dogs home nine years
ago, and was installed as one of the Off
GERS mess. and has never lef, us in 4 bad
time. There are hut two Of the origina
officers that were on board the Indra'
them hut as each one goes he gives over
his proprietary part interest in Tim toI
his successor.
+ We had a going over on the out trir
from Hongkong to Manila on Septemhet
90. the first day out from the Chinese
port. Onr decks were under water an6
THE seas tearing everything movable
adrift in terrific typhoon. One big fel
low came on hoard, and when lit went
over the stern our whistle was gone and
the steam pipe that led to II. In thif
hurricane we saw an American feet o
warships and a Portuguese man-ofwar
After il had cleared we saw that tbs
Portuguese had lost his nainmast and
the Americans were standing by
The fndra is in Command of Capt. w
E. Kelway. and the trip from GihralteI
was n stormy one, too. She met continu
Gus westerly gales with driving seaf
that again and again flooded the decks o
the deep-draft frelghter.-New YOri
Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.

washington. Jan. 31.-Five of Presi.
dent Tafts appointments of Ihi.eu
states circuit court judges were con
firmed by the Senate today. They ~
GUIDED William II. Hunt OF Montana
against whom a fight was made oS
Montana land owners: Robert W.
Archibald of Pennsylvania; Julian W.
Mack of Illinois, and John Emmett Gar
land of south Dakota. who were named
as additional judges to serve on the
NV conrnerce court. The other con-
f;rmation was that of Rep. Walter !.
s~nit,, al Iowa, who was named to
succeed Judge Willis Van Devantef,
promoted to the supreme court Of the
limited states. Frank Rudkin was al
I'D confirmed as United States judge
for the Eastern district Of Washington
> Nctwithsta nding the contest MADE
against Judge Hunt Fin the committee
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
sHRoupEp IN MYSTERY,
No Clue to Identity Of Woman Found
Dead in New York Hotel.

New York, Jan. 31.--Telephone COM
pany records. it was hoped Monday
might aid materially in clearing up the
latest murder mystery confronting the
New York detective force-the stran-
Cling TO death of an unidentified wo-
man. apparently a resident of some
outside city, in room in the Bryant
hotel on Sixth avenue, Sunday night.
The couple who had occupied the
room in which the body was found
We're registered as Mr.. and Mrs John
Smith of Montciair, n. J." Shortly be-
fore the man disappeared from the
hotel. the clerk recalled Monday that
smith had called up a telephone
number and held a short conversation
with some person. The telephone num-
Der was not recorded at the hotel, il
seems but it was determined to ask
the company to search the records
Monday in the hope that the slips
might disclose the number and give a
possible clew TO the identity of the
missing man in the case.
The murdered woman, who evidently
met her fate after 4 desperate struggle,
was we'll dressed. about IS years old and
of medium height and weight. She wore
wedding ring and two other rings and
had gold mesh purse which was empty
Nothing by which she could be identified
was discovered. towel had been crowd =
ed into her throat and another towel ly-
ing nearby retained an odor resembling
that of chloro form. The victims lips
were stained as il by acid.
The man accompanying her. who left
the hotel several hours before the body
was found. is described as about 81 wears
old. s feet, & inches in height, Weighing
about l+5 pounds and with n cast In one
eye The search for him was unremt-
tinely pursued by the police Monday
After an autopsy on the woman's body
Monday DR.. Otto II. Schultz. coroners
physician. said he found nothing TO make
it certain that She was murdered. It was
quite possible, he thought. that She died
in a fit of epilepsy. Persons subject to
epileptlc fits, he added. often put cloth
or towel In their mouth so as not to bite
their tongues. AS for the dark patches
on sthe lips, DR.. Schultz thought they
were due simply to decomposition
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
WASHINGTON INVADED
BY Gloucester Fisherman Who Have
Views on Canadian Reciprocity.

Washington. Jan. 31.-Seventeen
bronzed and hardy fishermen from
Gloucester picketed Pennsylvania Az
enne today for n chance to Express
their views on Canadian reciprocity
10 Assistant Secretary Andrews. The,
shippers iockeyed for the weather
guage a bit and hove 70 alongside
The assistant secretary as he was
Iunching in a hotel cafe.
They told him the fishing industry
or Gloucester would disappear if ca
madam reciprocity became fact
Mr.. Andrews is really from Indiana
hut has a summer home at Gloucester
eo he invited the shippers tn he his
gIlests ut the theatre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.

Washington. Jan. I.-The President
today nominated Ira II. Hicks as post
master at New Britain, Conn.
The President today named the fol-
lowing for promotion; tol. hoper'
X. Evans to be brigadier general
First Lieutenant Albert l.. Rhoades
Ia be captain in the coast artillery
corps.
Col VIM. p. Biddle to be command
ont of the United states Marine Corps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01

was released at the rapids and driven
down. stream with terrific force All
around the fishing shanty the ice began
to break and the five men and women
started for the shore in a race for their
lives. The men took turns In helping the
women. and one Of the latter tainted from
fright and exhaustion. The cries OF inc
party finally attracted attention from
people on shore who assisted IN the res
one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Calvin q. Orcutt Dead.

Elizabeth. y. j.. Jan. 31.-The death
at Johns Hopkins hospital of Calvin
B Orcutt. was announced here Monday
night Mr. circuit was president Of
the Newport News Shipbulldirg anc
Drydock Co, the Chesapeake e. Ohio
Co. and other concerns. He was born
in 1847. A widow and two daughters
survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
STIRRED TO BOTTOM.
Terrific Gale Along the Coast, tspe
cially Over Narragansett Bay.

Bristol. r. l., Jan. Sl.-So violently
did the hurricane agitata the waters
Of Narraeansett bay Monday that the
ocean bod was disturbed and the wa
ters were colored brown with mud par
ticles. The wind reached maximum
velocity of 80 miles an hour. flashing
tho seas to great heights. The steam
or Sycamore. plying between Bristol
ard Bristol Ferry. was forced to sus-
pend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01

st. Johns, n. T., Jan. 31.-llailroad
and steamship lines in all parts OF New
Fonndland are at a standstill MONDAY
night because of the severe hurricanes
which has swept the island for the past
"a hours. Wires are down in many
quarters, making it unsafe to move
trains, while the steamers dare not
Ieave port because Of the weather out
side Much damage to smaller craft
has already been reported, although no
li,es are yet known TO have been lost
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
FRS, Com. Hearing Next Thursday.

Washington, Jan. 3l.-The ways ana
means committee of the House decided
,oday TO take up the Canadian reciprocity
hill In executive session next Thursday
for the first consideration OF the meas
ure Secretary Knox upon ms ih,inla-
lion that he would like to be heard on inc
bin. was invited TO appear 10 explain 'he
details of the agreement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Barbour Knocks Out Garrettson.

New York. Jan. 3t.-Warren Bar
bour, the millionaire boxer. who holds
the national amateur heavyweight
championship, knocked out John Car
rettson of the Avonian Athletic club,
New York, holder Of the metropolitan
Amateur championship. in less than
one round Monday night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
Hackenschmidt Defeats westeraaard.

Denver. Colorado. Jan. 3l.-George
Hackenschmidt won Monday nights
wrestling contest with Jesse Wester-
gard of Dos Moines. The first fall
was after the men had been on the mat
ho1r and minutes. The second was
gained in 20 seconds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
A RACE FOR LIFE
BY Men and Women ~ Ice Breaks Up
Under Them in River.

Sault, Ste. Marie. Mich. Jan. 31-Leap-
ing from cake to cake of the floating ice
noes In st. Marie's river Sunday night.
two men and three women reached shore
safely after thrilling experience The
party was spending the evening fishing
In shanty out on the river. when a TO-
mile gale arose and a great mass Of ice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
TAKE NO ACTION.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

4 representative of the Moxie Dam
Co. appeared and announced that the
bill would be presented for the incor-
poration OF the enterprise in new
draft which simply provided for a
verbal change to suit one Of the incor-
poratorS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01

fond of cats. or bitterly dstests them.
and dtd1I't sec why consideration
should be extended IA the tastes OF
only ore-half of the table d-hote pa.
irons. 90 ?"-Rochester Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01
liTCHEIElD.

PLAINS-Dr. !. w. Gilbert reports
two cases of diphtheria In the home OF
Frank Berry. The board of health has
closed the Berry school on account Of
these cases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-01

Baltimore, Md. Jan 3l-At the end of
IS rounds of mild boxing before the Eu-
reka Athletic Club tonight. Young Britt
of this city was given the decision over
Monte Attell OF California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
TOPEKA,s GRoWTH.

Certainly the evidence is Astounding
that Topeka's future is destined to be
a fine one. It was only the other day
that Captain Titus, the election COM
missioner, called attention to the fact
that the registration books for the
municipal election, which are now
open,- were having added to them daily
the names of new voters, men with
families who have moved to this city
during the past year. Many of these
folk come from surrounding rural ter
ritory. Others are from all sections of
the state, and not a few are from other
states. They would not be coming here
if the town did not have superior adj
vantages from the residential and bust
ness standpoint And the reasons for
their coming were pointed out in u
few forcible words from Captain Titus.
1T is only natural that people should
come to Topeka" he said. 81 lind q
big majority of them come here to live
after they have made enough in other
localities to last them the rest of their
lives. With every advantage of a large
city, with amusements of all kinds,
with her modern schools and colleges,
Topeka appeals to them like no other
city in Kansas"
Those are the reasons in a nutshell
why Topeka is enjoying such a healthy
and substantial growth. And as the
city grows in population, its business
activity in all lines will grow apace.
business men in all branches of trade
will be attracted here. So will pro-
fessional men.
Best of all, there is nothing of the
boom" about Topeka's growth. 1t is
firm and substantial, as solid as a
rock. 1t is not of the kind that is here
today and somewhere else tomorrow
The people who are coming here are
coming to stay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
KANSAS, COMMENT
CONCERNING LIARS,

Inc growing custom of establishing
Ahanlas clubs should be discouraged
icuIous.
II the country had one properly or
canned Ananias club it would be a
Sooo institution, and would have q
large and distinguished membership.
Out such club should not be a hap
nazard affair, and initiation to it
Shouid be solemn and interesting
Iunecion: There is no distinction, no
satisfaction, in belonging to a frater-
nal society that is open to every COM
er, and in which nomination is
Equivalent to an election. The way
these small private Ananias clubs are
run Is disgrace to all concerned. One
man calls another a liar, and the lat
ter immediately becomes charter
LnemDer OF an Ananias club, and is
permitted to wear the regalia and par
tlclpate In the mystic rites.
one result of the prevalence of
tnese unofficial clubs is the degrada-
lion OF the grand old name of liar
II is being shorn of it's dignity. Time
was when to be a successful liar
amounted to something. Distinction
IN that line meant that a man pos
sessed many admirable qualities, in
Guiding originality and initiative. No
man OF sluggish mental equipment
ever became first-class liar. To tell
a IlSn story and make it sound like the
truth required pronounced talent.
Inc word has been so misused and
overworked that many citizens be-
come incensed when referred to pub
ilcly as liars, and some resort to vio-
ience in their resentment. The word
IS losing its proud significance, and
soon VIII be in the same class with
ladies' and gentlemen
Inc country needs q law prohibiting
c1tizens from establishing Ananias
cluos without due authority from the
department OF Justice, or some other
bureau. All clubs should be chartered
and registered, and nc man should be
permitted to nominate another for
membership without the consent of
the nominee.-Emporia Gazette.
|CHEAPENING PUBLIC UTILITIES
The announcement that the tele-
graph companies will put in day let
ter service is a most important one.
Inc Gay letter permits one to send so
words at day rate for one and one-half
times the ordinary rate. Night letters
or 30 words are now sent for the day
rate for ten words. This puts COM
munication by telegraph within reach
OF everyone It is another link joining
community with COMMUNICATIVE with
state. Thus through inventions men are
coming to understand one another bet
ter. AS we know men we respect them.
All this makes for peace. All this
makes for righteousness and decent liv-
ing. and neighborly conduct.
We are edging along-a. little too
slowly, perhaps, for some of those who
see the Grass injustices of the world
but still we are edging along toward
the millennium.
The thing to do is to keep the old
ark a-movin'. and a-movin' and a.
1novin .-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
WHY NOT HAVE APPLEs2

Do the worms and the scab harvest
most of your apples2 asks the Kansas
Industrialist. Would you like to have
apples to put in your cellar for the
winter to send with the children to
help out the MONDAY luncheon and to
eat in the evening when the family is
gathered in the sitting room before
bed time? There is a way, except
when Jack Frost steps in and kills the
entire crop, and before long it will, in
most cases, be possible to prevent even
his work. If your trees. that are old
enough, do not blossom there is some
thing wrong with them or with the
care you are giving them, and you
should find out what is the matter and
make them bear. or replace them A
letter of inquiry addressed to the ag-
ricultural college. giving full particu-
lars, may bring you the needed in
formation.
Insects and fungi are the most COM
mon harvesters of the crop. 1t is due
to their work that much of the fruit is
knotted, gnarled, poorly coIored,
speckled and rotten, and that even the
fair, smooth apples have worms at
their cores. To prevent the work of
insects and fungi and to raise clean,
smooth, sound apples. the trees must
be sprayed with mixtures that will de-
stroy the parasites but will not injure
them or the fruit they bear During
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
American Tourists Suffer.

The new treasury order excluding
from the 500 in value of articles which
each home coming American is allowed
to bring in from foreign ports duty free.
everything except what is worn on the
person or toilet articles for their own
use and things essential on a sea yOy-
age, is working hardship among the
poorer class of transatlantic travellers.
great majority of those arriving now
are ignorant of the change in regula-
lions, and many can ill afford to pay
for the small purchases made abroad,
and which in the past have been ex-
empt from duty within the 500 limit.
On the Bermuda liner Oceana were
number of persons who did not know
about the new order until they had
disembarked. All they had, of course,
were little souvenirs intended for pres
ents to friends. They were surprised TO
learn that their small collection could
not pass the customs.
Customs men do not like the new reg
ulations. 1T is like robbing a poor
box said one of them.
The work Of the examiners on the
piers has been almost doubled, and
when the rush from abroad sets in they
say they will be unable with the pres
ent force to handle it. One of them
voicing complaints of his associates
about being overworked and underpaio,
made these comments:
Examiners on the piers and their
associates in the appraisers department
pass on all values placed upon 1mpor-
tations, supply the data to fight appeals
before the board of general appraisers
or courts, keep posted on market values
of merchandise in all parts of the world,
and are in short the authority upon
whose judgment the duties collected In
| the port of New York, amounting to
upward of $500, 100000 a year, are based.
THE average pay is in the neighbor-
hood of 81, 600 per annum, the majority
receiving 81, 800. The designations are
numerous, and it is not to be wonder
ed at that many of them leave the gov
eminent employ to accept more lucra-
tive employment, which their skill and
knowledge can command."-New York
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

[From the Chicago News.

The knockers never grow weary.
You can save a lot of trouble by not
borrowing any
A true friend is one who sticks to
you like a porous plaster.
The more talking a man does the
more denying he has to do.
Some people can't see the error of
their ways because of their habit of
looking at yours.
If YOU let others do your Boosting
for you 1t will not be overdone.
There are men. in this world who
simply can't get along without boss.
Many a man who is willing to be a
scoundrel would object to being called
one.
The old blue laws were probably in
tended to prevent men from painting
towns red.
England has one thing to be thank
full for The picture post card craze
is dying out there.
Unfortunately the chap who is al
ways shooting off his mouth never
runs short of ammunition.
Joy cometh in the morning" we
are told-but not to the man who has
been making night of it.
What do you suppose has become OF
the old fashioned woman who used to
tie her head upin towel and sweep
the house?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
THE KINGDOM OF DUST.

Vast is the kingdom of Dust I'm
like terrestrial Kingdoms, it knows no
limits. No oceans mark it's bound
aries, no mountains hem it in. No
parallels of latitude and longitude de-
fine it's boundless area, nor can the
farthermost stars in the infinitudes OF
space serve other than as twinkling
outposts of a kingdom as vast as the
universe itself, writes J. Gordon Og-
den, Phi. D.. in the March number of
Popular Mechanics Magazine. And
what shall we say as to the component
subjects of this kingdom? In num-
Der, form and variety, they transcend
all conceptions of the human mind. In
shape, they comprise every possible
form. In position, they include every
substance that is material. In condi-
ton, they are solid, liquid, vaporous
and gaseous.
They are with us in the quiet Sc
clusion of our homes, in the busy
streets and marts of commerce, on the
sunlit crests of the snowy Himalayas,
out on the silent prairies, mingled
with the deserts shifting sands, amid
the ice of the frozen Arctic. They fall
as ambassadors from space on the
clouds of canvas-the wings of the
flying ships, thousands of miles from
land. They come to US enshrined in
the beautiful snow crystals, and every
drop of rain carries with it from the
upper reaches of the atmosphere some
of these tiny subjects of the mighty
kingdom of dust
Dust would not be possible were it
not for the fact that matter is almost
infinitely Invisible.
| 1t has been estimated that an aver
age puff of smoke from a cigarette
contains about four thousand millions
| of particles of dust.
A single grain of indigo will give
color to ton of water; of course, ev-
cry drop of this water must contain
an immense number of ultra-micro-
scopic particles of indigo. A few
grains of f1uorescein, a substance de-
rived from coal tar, will produce a dis
tinct fiuorescence. shining with a yell
lowish green light when strongly illu-
minated, in a hundred tons of water.
To produce this result, the fiuorescein
must be divided into countless billions
| of particles.
Every conceivable substance enters
into the composition of dust In
street dust may be found bits of iron
and steel from the tires of wagons,
horseshoes and the nails of our own
shoes. cotton. silk, stone gold, silver
/ clothing, wool. hair, animal excreta,
various ores. tin, paper, clay, sand
molds, bacteria-in fact, everything
under the sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
QUAKER VACCINATIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
Baseball fans are already fiuttering.
One of the most striking things in
the world is stroke of good luck
Money talks. but. it more frequently
says goodnight than good-morning.
There are people who seem to live
on Easy street without even paying
the rent.
Women should remember that the
continual changing of ones mind is
apt to wear it out.
Hoax-'Wigwag says he is going in
for aviation Joax-"Going the pace
that spills, eh?''
Some people marry for love, some
for money, and others split the dIffer-
ence by marrying for love Of money
"a man can not serve two masters .
quoted the Wise Guy. "Oh, 1 don't
know" added the Simple Mug. "A
man may make a god of money and
also serve time"
ct wish to go on the stage, not from
love of admiration, but to earn my
bread and butter" remarked the fair
applicant. Then I guess I can give
you role" replied the manager.