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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
GOVERNMENT SHOULD
OWN THE TELEGRAPH,
And Operate the Lines as Part Of th|
Postal Service, Says Postmaster
General Hitchcock Purchase Will
Be Recommended TO Congress.

maintenance of the two services under
present conditions results in a need
less expense.
The first telegraph in the United
States was operated from 1874 to 1S47
by the government, under authority
from Congress and from many view
points, it is desirable that govern
ment control should be resumed. A
method for the acquisition of tele-
graph lines is prescribed in Section
5267 Of the Revised Statutes. which
provides that, fer postal, military or
other purposes, the government may
purchase telegraph lines operated in
the United States at an appraised
value.
My own view is that every reason
for the transmission of mail under
government control can be urged with
equal force for the transmission of
communications by telegraph. Because
of the more extensive organization
maintained by the postal service and
the freedom from taxation and other
charges to which private corporations
are subject, the government undoubt
edly could afford greater facilities, at
lower rates. than are afforded by
companies now conducting the tele-
graph business. Next to the introduce
ton of a general parcels post, for
which there is a strong. popular de-
maud, the establishment of a govern
ment telegraph offers. in my iudg
ment, the best opportunity for the
profitable extension of the nations
postal service.
It is not Mr. Hitchcock's purpose TO
recommend the acquisition of tele-
phone lines, except, possibly. in in
stances where they are operated as
telegraph lines and as an intrigal part
of the definite telegraph systems. Tile
latest census figures available indi-
continued on Page Three)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
Views Differ from Those
Of King AIf0nz0
On ACCESSIBILITY Of Committing
Sentence Of RiOter.
Crisis Is, Just at This Time, Of Ex-
ceptlonal Gravity.

Madrid. Jan. 1.-THE Spanish cabi-
net, of which Jose Canalejas Y Men
des was premier, resigned, today.
The cabinet resigned as the result
of divergence Il views with King AL
fonso as to the ACCESSIBILITY of COM
muting the death sentence of one of
the rioters, who murdered a Judge
and wounded several court officials in
the town of Gullera, province of
Valencia, last September. The general
strike at that time in Valencia and
other provinces involved a plot to
assassinate Gen Weyler, and the
King was compelled to suspend the
constitutional guarantees.
The trial of the strikers concerned
in the Cullera murder has engrossed
public attention to the exclusion of
all else. for some time past. thanks
to the sllillful campaign of the Radl-
calls, who seized upon the affair as
weapon to attack the government III
the same way az they utilized the re-
fusal to reprieve Francisco Ferfer di-
rector Of the Modern School, who was
executed in 1908. TO bring about the
downfall of the Maura cabinet.
Realizing that it was sordid crime
and that the accused men were I'M
possible objects of sympathy. the
Radicals raised false issue, accus-
ing the government of all sorts of tor
lures and cruelties toward the prison.
| ers. Consequently the agitation spread
with great rapidity and caused grave
concern to Premier Canalejas
| The rioters were first tried before q
military court, last months and six OF
| them were sentenced to death. The case
then went to the supreme council of war
and marine for revision. and the council
| condemned all seven prisoners to death.
+! Numerous petitions in favor of reprieNa
| have flowed in ever since the first trial
and it was evident that the whole nation
earnestly desired that the men should NOT
suffer the death penalty. Premier CANA
| lejas advised the King to exercise his
| prerogative in the case of six of the
| prisoners, but held that the seventh.
Chato Chuqueta. should be made an eN-
ample Of in the interest of law and order
The agitation had by this time reached
formidable proportions and the Barcelona
| Radicals issued decree calling for 4
| general strike of chuqueta was executed.
on Monday. the date fixed for his death.
The premier. in his own words thea
realized that the exclusion OF chuqueta
| from a reprieve was political blunder
| and, learning that the King was of tho
| same opinion, he went with his colleagues
| to the palace. where the King declared
| thai he favored a reprieve for Chuqueta
Premier Canaieias said that he deferred
| to His Majesty's judgment and would
| prepare decree to that effect without
| DELAY, but, considering as he did that
tha ministry had made Il mistake, II was
Continued on Page Tent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
Correspondence on Auto
biography Of Sen. Plat.
Colonel Says Senator Made In
correct Statements About Him,
Among Them, That Relative to Nom.
ination for Vice Presidency.

Albany, Jan. 14.--Letters which have
passed between Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt and Louis Lang, author of
the Autobiography of Senator Plat,
was given out here. Friday. Colonel
Roosevelt wrote the author on Dec, 10
last as follows;
I have been interested in reading
the Autobiography of Senator Patt
which YOU sent. | have no question
that the senator meant to relate
things accurately. and l have no quar-
rel whatever with the statements he
makes about my conduct as governor.
Eut among the erroneous assertions
are the following:
THAT statements as to the nominal
ton Tor the Vice Presidency are err
roneous. For instance. after the sem
ator told me that | could not be re-
nominated as governor, | said Very
web. we will fight. | told him l
should absolutely refuse to accept the
nomination as Vice President and that
| if the New York delegation tried to
force it upon me, / should get up and
say that Senator Plat had announced
| that | should be refused a renomina
/ tion for governor and would have to
! lie nominated for Vice President, and
| hat | should then and there announce
that | would not take the nomination
f3r the Vice Presidency and would be
q candidate for the nomination of gov
ernor. The senator evidently did not
| believe that | would do this, but when
] / Il. ct, i've. Cd in
| tontion to a dozen of the delegates
! stating what Senator Platt had said
| immediately there was great commo-
| ton a message was sent up To SEN
ator Plat and two minutes later l was
| summoned to his room, where he ex-
rlained that ! must have misunder-
stood him, that he had 10 intention of
! saying that I should aot be renomi-
mated as governor. that no further eff
fort would be made by the New York
delegation to put me in nomination for
the Vice Presidency and that no OPP
position would he made to my noini-
nation as governor
| Accordingly the effort ceased and tht
Kew York delegation put Woodruff ii
nomination. Later it developed that til,
convention as a whole was bound u
have me, and Senator Hanna, who hat
violently opposed my nomination, mad
! up his mind that the feeling was st
strong that he would not afford to an
tagonize 1t. After considerable hesitation
then concluded to accept. In Other
words, while 1 did not intend TO permit
myself to be forced into the Vice Presi
dency in order to get me out of the gov
ernorship, / did not feel at liberty to re
fuse the nomination when 1t became evi
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
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Scores in Dam
ger on Hudson.

Hastings on Hudson, n Y, Jan, IA
Forty men. two women and four children
on large tug and four barges of the
Knickerbocker lee Co. are i'll a perilous
plight on the Hudson river, tonight. The
five boats are helpless in big ice foe,
the cakes of which are occasionally
driven with much force against the YES
sells hulls. There was no way TO reach
the marooned party, tonight, and it is be-
lieved it has food enough to last for only
a day or two. Moreover, the temperature
is not far from zero The tugs Bismarck
and Princess We're coming down river,
during the night, with the barges in tow,
when one large block of ice pierced the
Princess bow Being in danger of sink
ing, Capt. Woodward cut his tug loose
and was just quick enough to beach her.
She was still hard and fast on the beach,
Confined on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
Quotation Movements Un-
certain the Past Week.
Due in Part to Destruction Of
Equitable Building.
Suspension Of Ordinary Delivery
Rules Tided Over Situation.

New York, Jan. 1i.-Quotations
moved in an uncertain way in the Sc
eurities market, last week displaying
no definite tendency. Conditions bear
ing upon the market were not changed
in essentials. The irregularity of
price movements was due partly to
the serious disloeation of the ma
chinery of the stock market by the
burning of the Equitable building
and the impounding in buried safe
deposit vaults of hundreds of millions
in securities. Suspension of the ordi-
nary rules for deliveries tided over
the situation. The opinion was con-
fused. Increased act in trade at the
end of the year resulted i'm the build
ing up of some speculative holdings of
stocks, on which there has been "a
disposition to realize with the turn of
the year. ON the other hand, the
flooding of the money market with
funds from the interior furnishes an
Indictment to speculation. This flow of
money TO the reserve center has been
on an extraordinary scale. The re-
dundant condition OF the market is
shown by the downward course of
rates, in spite of the demand for funds
from abroad, which was sufficient TO
stiffen foreign exchange rates.
The Investment demand for bonds
was on considerably larger scale
through the fore part of last Week.
but soon fell away again, in spite of
some buying for account of invest
ment Institutions. Issues of new Sc
curities in large amounts are also
withheld from the market. The fact
that the temporary note issues are re-
sorted to by both railroad and indus
trial corporations is of much import
ance to the investment position. EX-
ports of railroad earnings in q num-
Der of cases We're unusually untaNof-
able. For these reasons, the large in
crease in untitled orders of the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation, ON Dec
81, was less of a factor in marking
up prices of stocks than it otherwise
might have been. The gain of 95300t
tons in December was nearly double
preliminary estimates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Jan. Ia disturbance
that has moved from the North Plains
stases to the region Of the Great Lakes
has been attended by light SHOWS. The
disturbance Will move east TO New
Eengland and be attended by SHOWS,
Monday. in the North Atlantic states
and be followed, Tuesday, by fair
weather in that district y change TO
lower temperatures viii overspread the
Atlantic states. Monday night and
TueSdaN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

said that they We're cautioning the strik-
ers not to go to work. tomorrow. and
not to allow any other operations to go
to work.
1t was learned. tonight. that only two
mills in the city are exempt from the
strike. These two mills are the dye
houses of E. Frank Lewis and of the
Lawrence Dye House, at both of which
places the arrangements have paid the
men the wages they formerly received
for IS hours work, although now the
operatives do only 81 hours labor. At the
Kuhnhardt mill, which it had been un-
derstood was free from any trouble, al.
though reducing the wages to the 81
hour basis. it was learned, tonight, that
a number of operatives struck and that
II is believed more will follow them and
remain away from work, tomorrow
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
Der 0 misunderstanding
UneasyOver Extra Session.
Gov. P|aisted and Others Talk
Il All Over al Washington.
Don't Like Popular Objection, Much
From Honest Democratic Sources.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 1i.-(Spe-
ciaD.-The readiness of Massachusetts
Democrats to attack industries in
Maine has had another demonstration
here of late in the efforts of the Quin-
cy manufacturers OF granite products
to get the duties reduced on chilled
iron. Boston Democrats in the House,
especially Representative Gurley, who
expects to be the next mayor of the
Hub, have furthered these efforts all
they could with the likelihood that tho
duty of>7o per cent. on chilled iron.
which is imported from Scotland
chiefly. will be materially reduced.
Whether the reduction will be sane
toned by only the Democratic House
or whether it will be approved also. by
the Senate Democrats is yet to be
shown.
Anyhow. Boston Democratic repre-
sentatives in their crusade before The
Democratic ways and means commit
tee have been saving much about The
mill at Calais. Me. They haYe heaI-
telling the members of the COMMITTEES
that the Calais Mill employs but n
Very few hands. that that mill and
another at Mansfield. ohio, do not to-
gethcr have more than % employees all
told, including statesmen. office staff
ami mill hands"
W hen it comes to distinctly Massa
ohusetts industries the Boston Deme-
Gratis are often pretty good protec-
tionists. They have said more than
once ut the Capitol that they were in
favor of keeping some protection on
articles manufactured III New Eng
land. bur they forget about this when
il comes to manufactures in Maine.
The cutting Of granite at Quincy
would be benefited by lower cost for
chilled iron. OF course the Maine Dem
ocrats in Congress are not going to
speak up for the retention Of the du
ties any more than they did for the
proper protection of cotton and wool
en- goods at the extra session. last
Summer The Boston Democrats will
probably have their way and the
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

Death by burning occurred, Sunday, %
Miss Annie Merrill. aged 70. at her home,
Silver Lake park. Lynn, Mass The
woman's body with the clothes entirely
burned off, was found in a sitting posi-
ton in a chair in her apartments, by
James Minchin, an upstairs tenant, who
smelled burned wood and made an inves-
tgation. How the woman came to be
burned is unknown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

Fire which ragged fer several hours,
Sunday morning. al birmingham.
Ala. in an estimated loss Of $25o0o0
aud was indirectly responsible for the
death of one man. The Bell Telephone
service in the city was demolished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

Newport Il. l., Jan. 14.-Late today,
the two men who were sent out from
Fort Getty yesterday. seeking pro-
visions for the garrison and who were
held up by the ice succeeded in max
ing their way back. Half a dozen
cans of tomatoes and peas We're all
that the 10 men stationed at Fort
Getty had to subsist on. today, but,
tonight, they are plentifully supplied
with provisions. The work of the
crew was directed to keeping the fire
away from the cargo of wool which
was separated from the burning coal
bunkers only by a wooden partition.
The steamer on arrival, today, showed
evidence OF the fire in scorched and
blackened lifeboats and blistered paint
on the steel Lighthouses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Jan. 14.-Forecast: Monday,
unsettled, probably with occasional
snow and somewhat warmer. Tuesday,
fair ana colder moderate variable
winds, becoming southerly and west
erly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
| PERFORM DUTIES
But Cairns and Colleagues
DisCIaim All Responsibility
OF The Management Of The
Treasury al Teheran
From the Moment That N. Mornard
Took Summary Possession.

Teheran, Jan. 14.-F S. Cairns of
Skowhegan, Me, the American to
whom w Morgan Shuster, the former
treasurer general of Persia, transfer
red the affairs of that office, informed
the government, yesterday, that while
he and his colleagues intended for
the present, to perform their respee-
tive duties. he disclaimed all resp1n-
sbiiity for the management of the
treasury from the moment NJ.
Mornard took summary possession.
NJ Mornard, who is the Belgian eX-
director of Persian customs, recently
assumed control of the department as
head of the committee appointed by
the Persian government
In acquainting Mr.. Cairns and the
other American officials with the con-
tents of the cabinets message. direct
ing him TO take possession Of the
treasury office, NJ. Mernard told them
that If there was any further delay in
turning over the treasury they not on
ly would be dismissed from their Pc
sitionss but punished
Mr.. Cairns said in his notification
to the government that the motive of
the cabinets improper language was
incomprehensible.
The cabinet appears already to have
repented of it's inconsiderate language,
and Mr.. Cairns received an official
today, politely urging
him and the other American officials,
in the interests of the financial admin
istration. not to refuse the assistance
of NJ Mornard. The tension is. there
fore. relaxed for the present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

London. Jan. 1.-THE British and
Russian legations at Teheran have no.
titled the American officials that they
are prepared u support the latter :
claim against the Persian government.
says a Teheran dispatch to the Times.
The Americans ask for the balance OF
their three-years- pay and to be al
lowed To deDart
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
THE WEATHER.
SNOW

Washington, Jan. 1t.-Foreeast for
New England: SNOW. Monday; Tues
day fair and colder; moderate varia-
BILE winds. shifting to brisk northwest.
Monday night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE National
capital shivered, today, in cold wave
which drove the mercury AT the
weather bureau down to - below zero.
within two degrees of the record tenn
perature II below, on Feb. H. 1899.
The cnld, however, has moderated.
Mortified, VT. with registration
OF 26 below zero. was officially the
coolest place in the country. today.
Temperatures nearly as low We're re-
corded at many inland New England
points. Tile North Atlantic states sllf-
fered less, the minimum at Boston
being two below. A like temperature
Was recorded at New York. Philadei-
phia and Baltimore.
The South Atlantic coast 2S above wa.
the reading at Jacksonville, Fla, whilt
on the North Carolina coast ii was II
above and six below at Lynchburg, Va
The states in the Mississippi valley SUI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15

fered less, the minimum at Chicago being
L above.
IN southern Caiifronia and Arizona
temperatures are very high for the seat
son and at a number Of places equalled
and exceeded the highest readings ever
before recorded in January. At Los An
geies the temperature. today, was So de-
grees.
Philadelphia. Jan. 14-Three deaths
from the cold Were reported to the police.
today Through the state very low tenn
peratures are reported,
Chicago, Jan. 14,-Tho passenger
steamer Indiana, which has been ice
bound, several miles out of Chicago
harhor, for three days, was liberated.
today, and after stiff fight against
ice foes, reached port here, tonight
Nine passengers and 50 of the crew
We're nearly Worn out by The protraet-
ed struggle.
Bristol, Tenn, Jan 14.-The Nor
folk 4 Western Railroads fast Wash
ingtun- Chattanooga train actually
froze to the tracks when it stopped
at Lynchburg. Va, today Dripping
water from the pipes hardened quick
~ in the zero weather and the wheels
were locked so securely in the ice
that three engines humping the train
from the rear We're required to move
it. At that ~ hours We're lost before
the train could be budged and it ar
rived here seven hours late.
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THE KENNEREc JOURNAL
THE CLASSIFIED PAGE
THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL
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