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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-03

WOOLWICH.

Edward Hunnewell of Montsweag is
employed at the Cornish mill as saw
yer
Mrs. Ruby Stipson has returned to
her home at Nequasset, after six
weeks sojourn at Days Ferry
The law of eminent domain for the
State will meet with approval here
as far as the use of gravel for work
on roads, its cost adding materially to
the expenses
Very little hay in town to be sold
in fact some are buying pressed hay
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Soule are the hap
by parents of young daughter, Fran
ces.
Mrs. William Stinson is at the Bath
city Hospital, where she recently had
an operation for fistula.
One of our oldest ladies passed away
March 23-Mrs. Helen Wright, lifelong
resident of the town. A daughter, Miss
Nettie Wright, who has been devoted
to her mother; three sons Frank, Ed
ward and Herman, all of this town, sur
vive. II esq
Richard and Robert Stinson, Who
have been visiting their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stilphen, have
returned to their home in Nequasset.
Percy Moody, who has been employ
ed at Canants mill, has returned to
his home IN Topsham.
The frost is coming out of the
ground in places and the travelling is
very bad.
Fl. f. Snipe of Arrowsic Foreside has
been the guest of Mrs. 5. p. Z. Haw-
thorle, this week.
G. w. Gidett of Derry, N H., has
been in town looking after his lumber
interests.
Miss Louis Jenkins is still at the
Bath City hospital. her condition not
improving much. She is 81 years old.
and paralysis is the cause.
Farmers are getting $1.25 for their
potatoes and lucky the man who has
them to sell
James Wright, Bowdoin. IA, is win
Ming some laurels in the athletic class.
An early spring is predicted but the
depth of frost in the ground is said to
be great.
The report of a black fox having
been seen has interested the hunters,
a skin of one recently sold, accord
ing to a paper, for 1865
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-03

KENNEBEC.
WINDSoRViLLE.

w. Fl. Colby and son We're in Au-
gusta on business, Thursday.
Henry Reed of Dire sden is the guest
of relatives in town.
Miss Alice Donnell has returned TO
her home at Windsor Corner
Charles Griffin who has been very
i'll for several weeks, remains about
the same.
Arthur Blodgett of Pittston is visit
ing his brother Henry Biodgett.
Maurice York Who has been at home
for a vacation of two weeks returned
to Augusta, Monday.
Mrs Joseph Wingood was in Angus
Ia on business, Monday.
Clifford Dolan who has been en-
ployed by Gabriel Joscelyn has re-
turned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Bullock of South
Windsor were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs Arthur Il. Marson.
Raymond NJ. York was business
visitor in Wiscasset three days of last
week.
Gabriel Joscelyn has shipped eight
hundred bushel of potatoes to Boston
within the week.
Misses Carrie Martin and Louise
Hisler We're guests Saturday of Mrs.
Adelbert Sprowl.
Mrs. Barbara Neal who has been the
guest of her niece, Mrs. Annie Sprowl,
has returned to her home in Palermo.
Warren Colby and Charles McKinds-
ley are saving wood with gasoline
power for the townspeople.
The report that Bert Lewis had pur-
chased the William Dunton farm, ESQ
called, and was cutting and hauling
lumber to have frames sawed out, to
erect new buildings was untrue.
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MEMPHIS SITUATION SERIOUS.
Hundreds of Families Driven from
Homes-Disaster Threatened

Memphis. Tenn, April with the
greatest volume of water in history
racing down the Mississippi river. the
main banks of the great waterway re-
main intact, tonight but private
levees are breaking and whether the
main revetments, rain soaked. can
Withstand the two feet or more of
water predicted. is problematical
Government engineers assert the le
wees are in better shape than during
any prvious flood But it is pointed
out by experienced rivermen that the
strain will be greater than ever be-
fore and they are less optimistic than
the government men.
In the vicinity of Cairo, Ill.,, two
outside levees broke, today. These out
lets have relieved to some extent the
strain at Cairo and those fighting to
held the water within the bounds at
that city, nave taken fresh hope. At
Birds Point, Negro was drowned,
the second fatality of the flood. At
Point Pleasant, Mo. where the river
went through, several days ago,
mile of ievee is gone The lowlands
are flooded to a depth of four to five
feet and the water is pouring into the
st. Francis river basin.
Linda. Mo-, is threatened. At that
point, the bank has caved to a point
of danger and every available man is
at work building a short loop around
the danger zone.
In the Memphis district. the White
River front is giving the greatest con
Germ. This lexee is below tine stand
ard size and in many places new. To-
night the water is near the crest Of
the embankment and before the high
est stage is reached it is probable
the levee viii be topped. Modoc Ark,
80 miles south of Helena, sent in an
alarming report of sloughing banks
ard aid is being hurried to that point
In Tennessee the leyee in Obion
county. which protects Reelfoot lake
from food water, is already being
topped and sand bags are being stack
cd on the levee in an effort To hold
back the Hood. South of Memphis the
levees are holding, but many thou
sands Of acres outside the main en-
bankments are under water and the
inhabitants have sought safety on the
hills.
Memphis proper is facing serious
tuition. IN North Memphis, back-wa-
ter from Wolf river, a tributary of the
Mississippi, has overlooked Bayou
Gayosc. Several hundred families have
been driven from their homes and a
score or more industrial plants have
been forced to suspend. Along Wolf
river only Two of the numerous saw
mills are in operation. The city's gas
plant is surrounded by water and
pumps are being worked continuously
10 remove the sewage. Should the
pumps fail, it is stated that within an
hour the plant would be out of CON-
mission. The reserve supply of gas in
the reservoirs would supply Memphis
for not more than 16 hours. Sewers of
the North Memphis section were rem
dered useless, this afternoon.
Train service is demoralized. The IL
lineis Central Railroad is sending
northbound trains through several
feet of water and along the Louisville
and Nashville. water is gradually GOV
ering the tracks. Arrangements have
been made to detour the trains about
the flooded districts.
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The PenObscOt
Open toNavigati0n.

Bangor, Me. April 2.-The last ice jam
down, at 4 o'clock ttis afternoon, and
the port of Bangor is now open to navi-
cation, having been closed since Dec. Is,
when the last steamer of the season Of
1911 left port. The shipping season will
get an early start, several large golfers
being now OH the passage here. while
steam navigation is expected to begin
with the arrival of the Boston steamer,
on Thursday. Indications point to fair
~ good season in the lumber trade, with
generally increased coastwise freight
rates, coal rates now being about double
what they were one year ago.
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IN THE HOUSE.

President Taft in message urged inn
mediate appropriation of 5000 to
strengthen levees in Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers to prevent further flood
damage.
Interstate commerce committee favor
ably reported bill TO amend interstate
commerce law and provide rate zones
for express companies.
Steel trust investigating committee de-
eided not to continue its hearings until
J. Pierpont Morgan could testify.
Rep. Mott introduced bill to prohibit
premium certificates with tobacco pro-
ducts.
Rivers and harbors committee decided
to report favorably Rep. Ransdefs bin
appropriatng $350,000 for strengthening
1evees on Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
rivers
Agriculture committee began hearing
ON Beal cotton futures bill.
Adjourned at sos p. NJ. until noon
Wednesday.
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a severe scoring in the Senate, Tuesday,
at the hands of Senators Bailey of Texas
and Hepburn of Idaho. 1t occurred IN
connection with a request from Mr. Bal
lev in behalf of Senator Tillman, for
printing an argument in favor of the
parcels post proposition. Mr. Bailey said
he did not favor the parcels post and
that with postal banks, parcels post AM
Postmaster General Hitchcocks proposed
postal biography. the post office soon
would become the most important insti-
tuition in every community. Senator
Hepburn objected to the printing, bur
subsequently withdrew his opposition
and it was ordered He said the effect
of the parcels post would be to destroy
the village town life. bye and bye We
will vote by letter. he said, and no.
body will know anybody
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Oscillation IN KENTUCKY.
Waters of Mississippi River Eight Feet
Deep in Hickman.

Hickman, Ky, April Dawn. this
morning, revealed the work of the
deluge that obliterated the landscape
here, last night, when the flood wa
tiers of the Mississippi river broke
through the West Hickman leyee and
poured muddy current eight feet
deep through the business streets, the
factory and the tenement districts of
the town.
From hill to hill the river flows, this
morning, covering farms and flooding
stores and factories. The railroad
tracks are on the bed of the broad
stream.
Two thousand persons are homeless.
With the coming of daylight the work
of caring for the refugees was taken
up. They We're temporarily sheltered
by residents of the highlands, last
night, and the tents shipped by the
state military will arrive, today. Or
ganization of the commissary is Civ
ing concern Much of the food sup
ply was destroyed in the rush of wa
ter and there are not enough provis-
ions on hand to last the refugees
through the week.
The west end of the levee went out
about $50 o'clock. last night, at a
point where it was supposed to be
strongest. Men who had been work.
ing in relays for four days to rein
force the levee, stood by their posts
all day in a driving rain. They had
built the levee up with sand bags fully
a foot above the surface of the river.
Some of them had gone home to rest
and most of the inhabitants We're in
bed when the crash came
The police instantly sounded the
warning signal agreed upon, then
sprang into the boats which had been
moored for this emergency since the
fight against the Mississippi began,
and rowed across the lowlands on the
crest of the flood. All the workers and
those whose homes were endangered,
reached the hills in safety, but there
was much distress among the women
and children before they We're housed
for the night.
At midnight residents on the Mis-
souri, shore opposite Hickman We're
warned to flee. as the levee there was
in imminent danger of going out. The
water is two feet higher here than
ever before recorded, and is expected
to rise two feet more.
Property loss is estimated at not
lacc Than S250 600
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-03
THE METHoDlSTS.
Session of East Maine Conference
Opens at RockIand, Wednesday.

Rockland, Me-. April 2.-Coincident
with the annual session of the East
Maine Conference of Methodist
churches, which will convene, tomor-
row morning, will be held the lay cleo
toral conference. which chooses two
delegates to the quadrennial conference
in Minneapolis, next month. The two
conventions will have nearly their full
complement of 800 men.
The sessions of the East Maine Con-
ference will be presided over by Bishop
William Burt, d. D., LII. D.. who, fresh
from a European tour, will bring mes
sages of Methodist cheer from many
countries on the other side of the wa
ter. Other speakers who will be here
are Rev. DR.. Robert Forbes, Rev. DR..
George NJ. F'owles, Rev. DIR. Charles F..
Rice. Rev. DIR. Edwin NJ Randall, Rev,
Franklin Hamilton, Phi. D. and Rev.
DIR. NJ. b. c. Mason.
The proposed union of the Maine
and East Maine conferences is one of
the important matters which will re-
ceive attention. The terms of two dis
trict superintendent expire this year.
this conference Rev. II. B. Haskell
of the Bucksport district and Rev. D..
y. Phelan of the Rockland district
have each served the six consecutive
years permissible in one district. There
already are four active candidates for
lay delegates.
The East Maine Conference had at
the beginning OF the present year 90
ministers and 25 probationers. who
minister to a membership of 1874 in
the 1870 charges of the conference.
There are 2S0 Sunday schools, with
1854 officers and teachers. and an en-
rolfment, including the home depart
sYient and cradle roll of 1882
Thirty candidates for the ministry were
examined, today, the Rev. F. Paladne Of
Bangor acting as chairman of the exam
lining board and the Rev. H. w. Norton
of Patten as registrar. During the day
there We're lectures by the Rev. ]. f.
Jones of Greenville and the Rev " Ed
ward Allen of East Boothbay. The for
1ner's subject was "A Study of the
Heavens" and the latters 1.-THE Message
of the Modern Pulpit"
Tonight, a public reception was ten
dered Bishop William Burt, who is to
preside at the sessions which begin to-
morrow. Rev. Dr. Forbes delivered the
conference lecture, His subject was
mistakes of the Devil and Some other
Folks"
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SPORTING NOTES.

Harvard, Cornell and Princeton will
contest in a triangular race on the
Charles river basin, Thursday, May %.
The race will start at 400 in the after
noon, and will he over a course of a
mile and seven eighths down stream.
IT will be the first time that Harvard
and Princeton have met on the water
since 1874. Announcement of the event
was made, Tuesday. by the Harvard
crew management. In addition to the
Varsity race, there will be a race over
the same course between the Harvard
and Cornell Freshmen crews.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Horses valued at more than $4,000 have
died of pink eye near Lyon Mountain,
Ogdensburg, \. Y. The malady started
in lumber camp six weeks ago. where
many horses are employed in logging.
Horses leaving the camp carried the dis
ease to other places until ii now is cpl
demic throughout Clinton county.
The Senate, Tuesday, became a body of
6 members, New Mexico and Arizona
contributing the four additional senator's
Thomas B. Catron and Albert B. Beall Of
New Mexico. Republicans, and NJ \.
Smith and II. +. Ashhurst og Arizona,
Democrats, were the new members 10
fake the oath.
Edwerd Terry, the actor, who had
been suffering with neuritis died.
Tuesday, at Barnes Ferry, London.
aged IS. He was one of the most popu-
lar actors on the British stage, on
which he had appeared almost contn
uopslv for nearly half a century. He
was a writer of distinction and had
Travelled extensively in India, Austria
liza, South Africa and America.
The opening session of the 10th annual
convention of the American Cotton Man
ufaeturers' Association, Tuesday, at
Washington. was largely attended by
manufacturers from New England and
the South. President Ellison s. Smyth of
Greenville. $. G., presided. and papers
We're read by exports on various sub
ieets connected with the cotton indus
try. Secretary Nagel of the department
OF commerce and labor also spoke during
the day. The convention will continue
until Thursday evening.
While the inquest into the death of
William Mather. Jr., II years. which
was begun, Tuesday, at Providence.
II. l.. was in progress, police officials
OF Providence and North Providence
expressed the opinion that Antonio
Marciano. young Mather's boy COM
ranion. who has admitted being with
Matner when he died, is insane. y
lunacy commission will be asked for
probably, Chief of Inspectors Con-
stance L. Norton of Providence said.
only two witnesses We're heard at
Tuesdays session of the inquest.
which was private. These witnesses
were schoolmates of the dead boy and
the accused-James Ormondi and Pas
co Guerdo, both lads.
That the Grand Army of the Re-
public is, IAN organization set apart to
die. was emphasized sharply. Tues
day, at the 10th encampment of the
Massachusetts department at Boston,
when Adjutant F. l.. LeBarron of At
tleboro was seized with a fatal ILL
ness and two other comrades were
taken seriously ill while attending the
gathering. Adjutant LeBarron, who
20 years of age, was attacked with
acute Indigestion at the meeting in
Fareuil hall and removed as soon as
possible to the Massachusetts General
hospital, where he died. The organiza-
ton elected George A. Hosley of Bos-
ton, department commander.
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To Remove Fern1ent Germs from
Fruit Jars

II fruit has once spoiled in jar, the
same thing will happen again unless the
iar he's been thoroughly cleansed and
slerilized. 1t is not enough to merely
wash the jars; they should be boiled.
To make sure that they are in good
condition, put them in pan Of cold
water in which has been dissolved a
tablespoon OF Gold Dust washing pow
der: let come to boil The tops, also,
should be immersed in boiling water, and
ia Y,s.,bcrs should never be used. After
lilI;ng can, shake and screw top on care
fully 10 avoid airholes.
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1000 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Hickman, KY, Flooded-Railroad Ser
vice Stopped-Food Scarce.

Hickman, KY, April with the Mis-
sissippi river levees broken on both the
Kentucky and Missouri shores. the stores
here flooded, factories inundated, 2o0O
persons homeless and railroad service
stopped, the questions of shelter and
food are becoming serious here. Tents
sent by state authorities did not arrive.
today, and the governor has been noti-
fed that provisions for the refugees will
be short in n few days.
The break In the railroad levee at
West Hickman, tonight, was hundred
feet long and water which has not yet
reached its maximum is already up "a
the second stories of some dwellings IN
the low lands.
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RICHMOND D.

Work on the new shoe factory be-
gan, Tuesday, when workmen began
digging holes for the concrete founda'
ton posts, on the lot back of the Jane
Chase lot on Spruce street. The lot is
100x150 feet and is the gift to the com :
pany of Henry F. Smith, who has the
thanks of all his fellowtownsmen. G.
l.. Roberts has been placed in charge
of the building operations.
Abial Bachelor of BoWdoin died,
Tuesday night, at the home of his son.
Moses, on the Carding Machine road,
after a long illness with heart trouble.
His age was So years Another son
living in Bowdoin, and daughter in
Tonsham survive.
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Anderson Sends
Salmon to Taft.

Bangor. Me-. April 1.-The second sal
mon taken from the Bangor pool, this
season, was. today, sent as a gift by
Karl Anderson. who captured the fish,
to President Taft, and is expected 10
reach Washington on Wednesday. The
fish, which weighs II pounds, was taken
from the pool, Monday afternoon. An
derson also caught the first salmon, this
year, 15-pounder. Monday morning, and
this was sent to New Jersey.
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BASEBALL.
PhiIIies, Am, Z; PhiI!ies, Nat, 6.

Phiilies, Am, Z; Philiies, Nat, o.
Philadelphia, April 2.-The spring Sc
ries between the local major league base
ball teams now stands two victories 10
one in favor of the Nationals, the Amer
leans winning Their first game, today, by
the score of TO 8. The worlds cham
pions landed hard on Brennan i'm the
third inning, but the Phillies passed
them in the sixth. only TO lose out in the
eighth. Both teams played steady
fielding game. The score:
Americans 20 o 3 o 0 0 2 90 81
Nationals - o 2 0 0-6-11-1
Gype, Danforth and Egan, Lapp; Bren-
nan, Masters and Graham. Umpires,
Rigler and Connolly
At washington--New York, Nat, s.
Washington, AM, 3.
At Princeton-N. y. Uni, 6; Princeton,
g. Called on account of heavy mist.
At Washington-George 5; Co
lumbia, !.
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Griffin Gallant Bout Draw.

Boston, April 2.-Charley Griffin Of
Australia and Gilbert Gallant of Chel-
sea. lightweights. fought 10 rounds to
draw, tonight. at the American Ath-
letic Club. In the preliminaries Bat
Ting Lorenzo of New York defeated
Young Wheeler of Boston in six rounds
while Thomas Doris of Cambridge
showed such superiority over Young
McKenna of Lowell that the bout was
stopped by the referee in the fifth
round
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DIXON COMING TO MAINE.
Roosevelt's Manager Will Visit Port
land and Augusta, Possibly Bangor.

Boston, April 2.-senator Dixon of
Montana, manager of the Roosevelt
campaign, passed through here, today.
on his way 10 Vermont and Maine, to
look over the situation in those states
prior to the conventions next week at
Montpelier and Bangor Senator Dix
on expects to visit Rutland and Bur-
lington and then go to Portland and
Augusta and possibly Bangor.
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER RISING.
Special Forecast Predicts the Greatest
Floods in History.

Washington April I'm a special
forecast. late today, the weather bu-
reau experts here predicted the floods
in the lower Mississippi valley would
be the greatest in history if the levees
along the banks held. Very heavy
rains on the Tennessee, Cumberland
and lower Ohio watersheds have
caused the Mississippi to rise rapidly
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MEMPHIS, TENN, INUNDATED.
Water in Some Sections of City Six
Feet Deep.

Memphis. Tenn, April 2--While the
food situation has been aggravated
by the continued rains of today and
last night there has been no break in
the Missouri river levees. this fore
noon. in this district.
The water from the break OF the
small levee along Bayou Gayoso.
which protects the lowlands OF the
city. continues to cause discomfort TO
residents of that section. ON some of
the streets the water is six feet deep.
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PANIC IN CAIRO, ILLS.
Predicted Rise in Rivers Causes Elk
odus from the City.

Cairo, H., April 1.-The prediction
from Washington that the rivers here
would within several Gays, reach a
height of "A feet, threw the citizens
Of Cairo into a panic and started an
exodus from the city.
Many women and children were put
on afternoon trains and more pre-
pared to leave. All the levees are still
holding.
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The Colonel Goes South.

New York. April Col. Theodore
Roosevelt left. this evening, for
Louisville. Ky. During train stop in
Charleston, W. Va, at noon. tomor-
row, he will make a brief speech, and,
tomorrow evening, viii deliver an adj
dress in Louisville. on Thursday. he
will make another formal speech at
Parkersburg, w Va He will return to
New York. Friday.
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Thirteen to Two for Taft.

Warsaw, Ind. April fourteenth
district delegates to the Republican
National convention: Clement Stude-
baker and Maurice Fox, instructed for
Taft; +. L. Jud<ins and Fred l.. Kel-
Ter. instructed for Roosevelt.
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Auburn's q for Roosevelt.

Auburn. Me. April 2-The city of Au-
the Republican caucuses here, yesterday.
The vote for Presidential choice was as
follows:
Roosevelt $50; Taft As; La Toilette =;
Cummings /; uninstructed 5.
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Cheers for Taft in Home County.

Cincinnati. Ohio, April "A resolution
endorsing President Taft and favorinS
his denomination was unanimously adopt
ed, Tuesday, at meeting of the Hamil-
ton County Republican central commit
tee This is President Tafts home couu-
~ and every mention of his name by
the different speakers was enthusiastical-
" cheered.