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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
BURR BROTHERS
Found Guilty Of SwindIing
In Stocks by Mail.
-Four Promoters Committed TO
BlackWelPs Island, N Y.
Each Of Four Sentenced TO a Years
imprisonment.

New York, Dec. 22-As punishment
for having carried on swindle in
stocks by mail, which the government
alleged lasted two years. and is re-
puted TO have Melted millions in profit
four promoters of the firm of Burr
Brothers. Incorporated, were each
sentenced today to a years impris-
onment. They began occupying cells
on Blaekwells Island, tonight.
The prisoners are Shelton c.. Burr
president of the corporation, his
brother, Eugene H, who was secre-
tary-treasurer; Charles Fl. Toby, vice
president. and Edwin Wesley Preston,
who acted as field manager of the bus
mess. The quartet unexpectedly Of
fered pleas of. guilty before Judge
Holt, in the criminal branch of the
United States circuit court late, today.
The. indictment upon which the men
had been called to trial specifically
charged fraud involving s6S 900 in the
sale of the stock Of the Peoples As
ISOLATION oil Co, but the government
alleged. this swindle was but one of
series of similar offenses estimated
TO have involved nearly $50, 600 and
sl5,@o,000 in profits for the promoters
Counsel for the defendants said that
rather than incur the expense of sum,
monias witnesses from distant points
to appear in the various trials, il had
been decided to enter plea of guilty
to the specific indictment from which
the government opened its case The
maximum sentence possible on this
indictment was Is months and counsel
argued for clemency. He urged that
the promoters had reason to believe
that the stocks which thew We're
booming would prove profitable to in
vestors, but they now realized that
the representations which they had
made concerning the enterprises were
700 strong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
BOSTON IS STIRRED
BY ANOTHER MURDER,
Partly DismembeTed Remains Of Miss
Mary BO|duc Of Manchester, n. H.,
Found in Jamaica Plain House
-four Arrests So Far.

to the undertaking rooms of Patrick
j. Brady. Miss Boiduc was about %
years of age and up to a few weeks
ago resided in the Ray block at Man
chester, N II.
physician of Manchester, n. H.,
today, visited the police station in that
city, and Informed the officers that the
body of a young woman would be
found in thee Jamaica Plain house. He
said that the woman, Miss Bolduc
called at his office, early this month,
and asked that he operate upon her.
As the surgical treatment she desired
was Illegal, he refused, but when she
said that she knew a Boston ply
sician who would perform the opera
ton but did not know where to secure
lodgings he found her room.
Wednesday last, a lodging house wom-
an of Boston went to Manchester, the
doctor said, and informed him that
the girl was dead. Yesterday, he went
to Boston and identified the body He
returned to Manchester, last night,
and. today, decided to relate to the
Manchester authorities his fnforma-
ton.
The Manchester police notified the
Boston authorities of the facts they
had secured. With this information the
police visited the apartment of Mrs.
Shattuck, who is the wife of driver
of an express company The remains
of Miss Bolduc Were on bed in one
OF the chambers of the apartment.
When IL was decided by the medical
examiner that a criminal operation
had been performed the local authori-
ties notified the Manchester police
to detain DIR. Ferguson and Miss
0Neiil In the meantime Mrs Shat
tuck and Miss Hazlett were taken in
to custody by the local officers
Continued on Page Twelve1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23

Boston, Dec. 22.-The partly dis
membered body of Miss Mary Bolduc
Of Manchester. N H., was found in
the apartment of Mrs. Mary Shat
tuck in the Forest Hill section of
Jamaica Plain, this afternoon, by the
local police, following the receipt of
word from the New Hampshire city
authorities that they had been in
formed by Manchester physician
that the body of woman would be
found in that house. Medical Exami-
ner Leary, after performing super
fetal autopsy, announced that death
was due to an Illegal operation.
The discovery of the body of the
woman, who had been dead three
days, led the police to question per-
sons residing in the house regarding
the possibility of other young women
having been brought there from cit
les in Massachusetts and other New
England states for the purpose of sub
hitting to operations. Chief Inspector
Joseph Dugan of the Boston police
declined to make any statement, early
this evening, regarding the matter.
Within few hours of the finding
of the body four persons had been
taken into custody by the police of
this city and Manchester Mrs. Shat
tuck and Miss Hattie NJ Hazlett of
Cambridge We're found at the Forest
Hills apartment by the Boston author
tiles and detained. DR. John D. Fer
guson and a clerk in his Manchester
office, Miss 0Neill, We're taken into
custody by the New Hampshire po-
lice on the request of the Boston Of
hcers No charges have been lodged
against them pending the result of the
autopsy
The superficial autopsy was perform
ed i'll the bedroom in which the body
was found. Afterwards 1t was removed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
Treasury Plalls 10 Reduce
Names Customs Districts.
Ready 10 Tackle The Task Of
Reorganization Again.
The Tentative Plans for New Divi.
slons-.Ths Opposition 10 II.

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 22.-(Spe-
ciaD.-The task of reorganizine
Names customs districts is being
tackled again. The thing has been
tried many times but there always
was hitch when Maine Republicans
in Senate and House interposed. Now
the treasury department has gained
new Roadway and 1t looks as though
the attempt would acquire some mo-
rnentum in the Democratic House.
Whether the Maine Democratic SEN
ators, with no patronage at stake, Will
care to try to prevent the proposed
reduction in the number of employees
at Names several customs houses re-
mains to be developed
The bill, which Representative Will
liam L. Cox of Indiana proposes to
introduce right after the holiday re-
cess, is general one, applying to all
parts of the country. II has been
worked out in the main by the de-
partment of the treasury, which has
supervision of the Gus. oms collections
Hearings have already been conduct
ed by the committee on expenditures
in the treasury department, OF which
Mr.. Cox is chairman. The treasury
says that the enactment of the bill
into law would work a saving of be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 and bring
about greater efficiency in the Gus
toms service.
Maine now has Is customs collectors
few of whom draw much of any sal
AIRY. AS Senator Hale explained some
years ago, when an effort to abolish
several of these was on foot, these
collectors perform a great service in
preventing smuggling and their val
ue to the government is not apparent
in the totals of receipts of customs at
their respective ports.
However, there is good prospect
that the Democratic House will pass
such bill and, likely as not, it will
be incorporated upon one of the APP
preparation bills, carrying funds for
the customs service, as rider. This
Continued on Page Nine,)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
Wright Lorimer, Actor,
Commits Suicide.
Deed Carefully Planned al His
Home in New York.
Financial Troubles Believed 10 b
Cause Of Rash Aei.

New York, Dec 22.-Wrigft Lorimer.
the well-known actor. committed sui
eide, today. by inhalng gas at his
home. ia West s5th street. Lorimer
was SO years of age and began his
stage career in Chicago, several years
ago. He was best known in the pro-
duction of 1.-THE Shepherd King" which
he wrote with Arnold Reeves.
Lorimer had made a careful plan
to commit suicide. as his body was
found lying on the kitchen floor with
the head stuffed in an open gas oven
and pressed against the open gas jets.
The jets in the room were also turned
on. The actor had been dead an hour
when found.
Lorimer left three letters, two of
which were addressed to business as
sociates and the third to Friends, p
which was suppressed by the police
until the coroner had taken charge of
the body.
Financial troubles are believed to
have been the cause of FORMERS sui
eide, as he told the housekeeper three
weeks ago when he engaged his pres
ent apartment that he had been out of
work for sometime. Two days ago.
Loriiner dismissed his valet Several
people in the house smelled gas, this
morning. and Louis Hanley, the house
keeper, broke into the apartments and
found Lorimer dead.
Wright Lorimer was born in Dana.
Mass. and was educated at Colgate
University. Afterwards he went to
England and took course in Eng.
fish literature at Oxford University.
On his return to this country he show
ed strong inclination to go on the
Continued ON Paga Four.l 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
Reindeer Meat May
Supercede Beef.

Washington, Dec. 2l.-Reindeer meat
from Alaska may be a food common
to the American table in the near flu
ture, to supplement the dwindling sup
ply of beef. This was the opinion OK
pressed, today, by William p. Lopp.
in charge cfs the governments rein
deer service who has just returned
from a 14,o0a- mile trip of inspections
through Alaska on behalf Of the
United States Bureau of Education.
which administers the reindeer herds
in the northern peninsula fx-ss
"A commercial shipment OF reindeer
meat, the first AIDE into this reouny
try. has Just been received at Seat
tie. said Mr.. I.app. Tn rs years from
now at the present rate Of increase
there should be 100000 beef reindeer
in Alaska on which the people of this
country can depend for much of their
flesh diet. ~ sEsss sse
"In taste reindeer meat lisa cross
betYeen u6tton and beet. but more
pa{0nble Nlan either. Reindeer can
.l5exfT Used more cIRaply than cattle.
Decd Hasdhey VIII ttkiye oIsswastes 80
f,arren That even goats would starye
|sthere. sTliere are 100000 square miles
ssof afspzen tundra in Alaska. ~ for
netihng che but which as reindeer
ranches would provide abundant fSs-
kturage for 10,o0o.ooo of the animals
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23

A fire burst out. in Spectacular
manner, early Friday night. IN the
Nstory terminal warehouse occ+spled
BY Girabel Brothers, at 18th avenue
and 18th street. New York It drove
20 odd employees to the roof, whence
they came down on fire escapes. La
ter a body found near the freight ele-
vator was identified as Gus Roth,
varnisher. The property loss was
$4,000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
THE WEATHER.
RAIN.

Washington, Dee. 22-Forecast for
southern New England: Rain, Saturday.
with brisk east TO southeast winds: sun
day, cloudy. Northern New England:
Snow in northern, rains or snow in south
portion, Saturday; Sunday, unsettled.
moderate winds, mostly southeast and
south.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Dec. 22.-F'orecast: Saturday,
occasional rain. Sunday. clearing and
somewhat colder; light to moderate va
riable winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
RELIABILITY

When buying Jewelry the reliability Of
the nrm you're trading with is the first
~ business right here on Lisbon ST.
torty-nine years and guarantee every ar
ticle sold IN my store to be exactly as
represented. also guarantee my prices
liable Jewelry house In Mainei
Watches, Diamond Rings, wedding
Rings. Seal Rings silyerware for. the
expensive GIFT articles.
Drsx's asIiabis Jsxsiy Store
EstablishAd 1sel-lS years agol
- Lisbon Street. lewiston. ~.
Gsctdsw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
7-2O-4

Packed In boxes or Is for Christmas
Gift Largest selling brand Of 1oc. Cigars
in the world.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05

The announcement thLt the North
western railway is to take what the
officials of the company call the SIRE
Sort trains off the run next Sunday
rs arousing storm of protest from
the merchants of the city and the PEG
pie all along the route of the Rock
ford division. 1t is probable that this
time some action will be taken to put
the case up to the state railway COM
mission and get decision from that
body as to the amount of service the
people dependent on this division of
the road can expect all the year
around. The matter has been prepar-
ed for presentation to the commission
before but it was always taken up so
late in the year that the resumption
of the summer schedule stopped the
proceedings, the hope being held out
to the people behind the movement
that their demands would receive at
o"AeAOA W4toh INC new W1AGeE schedule
was made in the fall. It is certain
that the people along the route of
the division believe that they are be-
ing unjustly treated by the officials of
the company and that they are not re-
ceiving the service they are entitled
to IN the winter. They believe that
the test of the earnings of train
or of the service furnished by the COM
pany should be based on the total of a
years business and that while the
company might run behind little on
the service they want in some of the
winter months that the receipts on a
whole years business would show q
reasonable Profit for the company and
at present there is nothing to disprove
the truth of Their assertions Should
the people through the county decide
to try out their case against the COM
pany the merchants and business men
Of the city should assist them in any
way in their power for they lose
money every day in the winter months
through the inability of their custo-
mers out in the county to reach their
stores.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05

| No one whose opinion is worth CON
sidering would maintain that the
American people are entirely fit for
| self government Ever since the APP
pearance of Bryce's American Com
monwealth, at least, it has been held that
their signal failure in self government
was found in the big cities; but that
opinion is no longer tenable. When
II. G. Wells, for example, speaks of
Chicago as an amazing lapse from
civilization he is merely making a
phrase,
The signal failure of self govern
ment in the United States occurs in
the country and in towns of less than
the first rank--for a typical instance,
in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, where a
considerable part of the population
looked on complacently while man
was slowly roasted to death under cir
cumstances Of bestiaF savagerly that
might well have turned the stomach of
an Iroquois Indian. Here is an alb
solute lapse from civiliZation-a sheer
drop into the savage. In Coatesville
as in most other communities where
the lowest brute phase of humanity
has suddenly come out on the surface,
we find that the people are just about
the average sort. The lapse from
civilization occurs because no authori-
ty is at hand to restrain them. A
squad of metropolitan police or a cor
poral's guard of regular infantry
would cow any of these mobs in a
moment. Lynchings do not happen in
great cities, rot because the people
are different, but because armed
authority that is virtually independent
of them is always at, hand. Crucial
moments arise like that at Gainesville.
when the maintenance of civilization
requires a handful of Cossacks, re-
sponsibly only to the Gar and i'm
partially ready to shoot. Before such
an emblem of absolute authority no
mob would persist.
Of course, on the other hand, hand
fuls Of Cossacks scattered over the
country would involve far more than
the suppression of beastly mobs. But
we must say with Jefferson :''I prefer
those inconvenience which arise from
too much liberty to those which arise
from too little. Saturday Evening
Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
Jury GiVesSam LaConte Dam
ages of $4,000 Against City
for Brothers Death
SETS PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE

The city of Kenosha must pay Sam
LaConte, the brother of Nicoli La
Conte, killed by a fall into cellar
on Market Square year ago, $4,000
| if the verdict by a jury in the circuit
court passes the hurdle of the supreme
court and if the verdict stands the
city of Kenosha will meet a new de-
mand to take care of dangerous excava-
tions in the city. The jury after con-
siGering the case for a few minutes
reached a verdict that the city was
liable for the death of the italian and
the only question was as to the amount
of damages to be paid to his heirs.
Some of the members of the jury fav-
ored the allowance of the full $4,000
claimed by the brother and the amount
of $4,000 was finally reached by COM
promise after four hours of balloting
by the members of the jury.
The jury's special verdict found that
the city Of Kenosha did not cause the
excavation on Market Square to be
properly guarded as provided by the
law and that this action on the part
of the city was the proximate cause
Of the death of LaConte. It found
that the sidewalk adjoining the ex-
cavation was not in a reasonably safe
condition and that the condition of
the walk contributed to the death of
the man. The court in his instructions
to the jury held that the city should
have been advised Of the conditions of
the excavation and walk The jury
found that LaConte was in no way
guilty Of contributory negligence.
The verdict of the jury has set a
precedent which will force the city to
take greater vigilance in the granting
of permits to contractors. These per-
mits are issued to the contractors with
the understanding that they will keep
UAS oAdCdN dGIOuo SdLCiy SudIOCu dhOl
it is probable that in the future that
the city will insist that a tight board
fence be built to guard every excava-
ton fronting on a public street. The
building under construction was owned
by John Monaghan and it is thought
that the contractor had placed suf-
fcient guard over it, but the jury held
that the guard was not sufficient to
prevent LaConte falling into the cellar
City Attorney Stewart will appeal
the case to the supreme court at once
and it will be contested with all vigor
but the jury returned such straight
verdict against the city that it is
doubtful if the case will be reopened
by the higher court or the judgment
reversed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
The Moral Atmosphere of Universities

And now the charge of want of
moral safeguards at American uni7er-
sites, which was brought forward by
Richard Teller Crane Of Chicago, is
reiterated by the Reverend George E.
Hunt, d. D., of Madison, Wisconsin.
The Chicago manufacturer was dis
paraged. How easy it would be for a
self made business man to arrive at
narrow and prejudfced conclusions!
The statistics which he presented were
obtained for him by a newspaper re-
porter whom he engaged to collect them
and who probably took good care to
see to it that his figures pointed In the
direction that his employer desired!
Who would accept the Judgment of a
business man and reporter ON a mat
ter Of this sort? These were the per-
sistent insinuations. But the Reverend
Doctor Hunt is the minister of Christ
Presbyterian church in Madison He
bears college degree, and lives in
close contact with one of the most
important universities in the west.
Mr.. Cranes allegations, though
couched in general terms, has especial
reference to Harvard. The Reverend
Doctor Hunts condemnation has es-
pecial reference to the University of
Wisconsin, though he says he would not
send a young girl to any other state
university. AS to the Wisconsin insti-
tuition he specifies, II don t believe
there are enough safeguards thrown
around our girls here, to say nothing
about the welfare of our young boys.
Uttered at the opening Of the term,
before congregation including many
students. Doctor Hunts remarks re-
garding the emissaries of evil lying in
wait to mantrap the green freshmen
must have struck many of his auditors
with peculiar force, and may have the
effect of putting some of them on
guard in the interest of their own
moral well being for "Forewarned is
forearmed.
The theme is not one for sensation
alisr in The pulpit or in the newspap-
ers. It is one for earnest cogitation,
with eyes open to the facts. It is a
fact that in many of the institutions
of higher education there is lack of
moral safeguards for the students
Evening Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
National Dairy Show to Be
Held in Milwaukee Next
Month Will Set Record
cow A FEATURE

The international dairy show to be
held in Milwaukee, October 10th Go
18th will bring to Wisconsin in the
neighborhood of 5000 of the leading
dairy farmers, dairy school instructors,
dairy machinery manufacturers, dairy
cattle breeders, government and state
officials, including the dairy and food
commiwd oners and their deputies. 1t
will also bring to Milwaukee tor the
scrutiny Of Wisconsin cattle breeders,
buttermakers and cheesemakers, the
largest collection of dairy cattle and
dairy machinery that has ever been
congregated under one roof in the
United States.
The great Auditorium in Milwaukee
will be used in it's entirety for this
educational exposition. There will be
not less than 1000 head of dairy cat
tie including some recently imported
Holsteins from Holland, some Jerseys
and Guernseys from the English Chan
mel Islands, several specimens of the
diminutive Kerry cow from Ireland,
and the Blue Ribbon winning herds
that have just completed the circuit
of state fairs and cattle shows in the
United States and Canada.
There will be big rally of Wis
consin cheesmakers and buttermakers
and creamery managers, and in add
ton to this, various dairy cattle
breeder s associations of Wisconsin will
hold meetings, while the convention
of the International Milk Dealer s AS
ISOLATION, comprising more than 1000
leading city milk distributors of the
United States and Canada, will be held
on four days of the international show,
October 18th, 14th, 18th and 10th.
A dairy play of musical character
with a singing chorus of milkmaids and
herdsmen numbering twenty-four and a
cast of characters of eleven persons will
be presented on a specially built stage
Oh the south half Of the Auditorium
arena. There will monster cattle pa
rade of the blue ribbon winners every
afternoon and evening, and band con-
certs and vaudeville on the program of
entertainment.
The dairy division Of the United
States department. of agriculture will
be represented by a delegation of
thirty-two expert buttermakers and
cheesemakers, cow-tester and other ex-
| perts connected with the department. of
agriculture and the University of Wis
consin. The dairy school will likewise
play an important part in the educa-
tional program during the ten days of
| the show. The Milwaukee health de-
artment will make an interesting
educational exhibit, showing the work
of the milk and dairy instructors, CON
trasting it with the conditions that ex-
listed prior to the crusades against I'M
cleanliness, tuberculosis and unsanitary
conditions in the dairies of Milwaukee
and adjoining counties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
First publication Sept I, 1911.
NnTrl-R ~ ~nEnsrnnr

KENosHA COUNTY CoURT-In probate
IA In the matter OF the estate of Marga-
retha Tyson. deceased.
Notice is her s,y given that the claims aud de-
mands OF all persons against Margaretha Tv-
son, deceased, late of the city of Keuosha
IN said county of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjus ted by the county court of Kenosha
county at The regular terms of said court to be
holden at the county court ROOM, in the city
of kenosha, in and for said county on the first
Tuesday of January a. D. 1912, and on the
first Tuesday of April A. D. 1912, at ten
O'Clock a. M. of those days; also that the time
until and including the first Tuesday of March,
A. D. 1912, is the time allowed and limited Tor
creditors of said Ddargaretha son, deceased.
to present their claims for examination and al
1owance.
Dated at Kenosha the 3lst day of August.
A. D. 1911. 81 the Court,
50 GEO. W. TAYLOR,
WIZ County Judge