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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
WIVES THE MORE FAITHFUL.
Chicago Judge Finds Husbands Far
Less Steadfast.

Chicago, Oct CA card index kept by
Judge William y. Gemmill of the court
of domestic relations, has been tabulated
by the judge. 1t shows that men are
far less reliable than women in the mar
ried state. and that disease and mother
in-law are equal in responsibility for
wrecked marriages, causing one-half1 OF
them
Following is Judge Gemmilrs tabula-
ton of the causes of broken marriages;
Young and hasty marriages. 10 per cent.
/. Hidden diseases, % per cent
Interference of mothersin-law, Is per
cent.
Interference of children in second mar
riage, 10 per cent.
Ungoyernable temper, per cent
Whiskey and drugs, Is per cent
Miscellaneous. per cent
''It is a surprising fact" said Judge
Gemmill. but the statistics of this court
show that an Incredible number of men
have little conjunction in abandoning
their families to chance. Almost no wo-
men desert their families upder pressure
of want They are faEg superior to men
as stickers. BY young and hasty mar
riages ] mean the large number that oc-
cur between persons under 20 years of
age. These are likely to break up in less
than two years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Princeton,s a-Hour Practice.

Princeton. y. j., Oct. 30.-The
Princeton football team practieed for
almost three hours, today, on Uni
versity field, in preparation for the
contest against Harvard, next Satur-
day.
The scrub team was strengthened by
the presence of several former stars.
but succeeded in scoring only one
touchdown.
The tackling of the Varsity was
far from perfect but the defence in
other respects was so much improved
that the scrubs We're unable To gain
consistently After the session with
the scrubs the Varsity was lined up
against the Freshmen for practice on
the offence and managed to push over
two touchdowns.
Capt. Pendleton and S. Baker were
kept out of the scrimmage, Emmons
replacing the latter. while the. back
field was composed of Waller. Dewitt
and H. Baker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
No Trace OF the
Conway Couple.

Chicago, Oct. 30.-Ahheugh police in
every part of the country kept a sharp
lookout for Charles d. Conway and
his wife, wanted in connection with
the murder of Miss Sophia G. Singer of
Baltimore, yesterday morning. no trace
of the couple had been found. today.
Neither did any clew develop from
hundreds of circulars sent to towns
and cities throughout the country
bearing a description of the pair as
We'll as q picture of the woman.
Close watch was kept on scent the
ater,s the police having obtained in
formation that Conway and his wife
had sought employment in several of
Conway had performed as a clown
with different eircuses and leading
owners of shows of this class were
wired to assist in the search.
Conway, it was learned by detec-
tiVes, was reared at Muncie, Ind and
that he was left valuable estate by
his parents. He is said to have squan-
dered his patrimony.
The theory Of tine police is that Miss
Singer met her death between $50
ard o'clock. a druggist near where
she lived said that the woman was
in his store and wrote several postal
$50 o'clock.
William r. Worthen, the fiancee of
Miss Singer who came here with her
from Baltimore. will be questioned
further by the police, today
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ana the gisgled when they told the
child al the ,ounter that they didn't
want 10 be cheated"
Nov thaf the trial IS safely over and
Mrs. Behnont freed Of the charge Of
ssault'' bIousht against her by the
offended dressmaker, the frequenters
Of the place dare to loosen their
tongues and 10 feeolleet what happen
ed ON that unlucky Friday of last
week. Those who wouldn't utter a
word for fear Of being called as Wit
nesses were surprisingly loquacious,
yesterday and many heads nodded
solemnly over the five-cent pieces Of
pie as they recalled the incident.
Mrs. Belmont was not quite recon
ciled, however, in spite of the fact that
the incident brought a great many
patrons (and therefore possible con-
verts) to the suffrage luncheon.
It's a sad way to advertise she
sighed
As for Mrs. Alice Clancy, the Fifth
avenue dressmaker whose mistake
about the fiye-eent pie check made all
the trouble, she was in a eornbatlYe
mood, yesterday. 80
I've found some Witnesses she
said, and I'm going to see this thing
through" =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
BARNARD HAS VOTED.
Suffragettes as Policemen Guarded
a Polls at Mock Election.

New York, Oct 30.-The students
of Barnard College held stirring
combat, today, on the Presidential
candidates hung from banners and
picture ratings and on doors and bull
letin boards in the college buildings
and on the campus, and almost every
student has been wearing at least two
buttons for her favorite.
Each party has its manager, and early
this afternoon wigs and whiskers arrived
to adorn the impersonators of the bat
Ting candidates. real band of any
thing brass that anyone could contribute.
from the brass dinner bell borrowed from
spoon, was organized to lead the Demo-
Gratis in parade around the campus, this
afternoon at 4. A toy bull moose head
ed the Progressives. The parade was
Followed by a mass meeting in Barnard $
theatre where speeches We're made by
the candidates. and voting then took
place at the 'pollsH-in other words, the
box into which DAILY Themes are
dropped, which was borrowed for the oc-
casion. Some of the suffragettes at Har-
nard acted as policemen to patrol the re-
gion of the polls, and see that the .hon-
or system" was not violated.
Edith Roosevelt, IS, was chosen to
marquerade as President Taft; Louis
Fox, IA, as Wilson; Lillian Walton, IA
as the Bull Moose; Anna Saltzmann, l13,
as Debs, and Naomi Harris, 49, as the
Prohibition candidate, Chain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
TAFT GAINS STEADILY.
Democrats Good Prophesiers, Poor
Performers, Says Lewis.

New York. Oct. 30-sIn the past 10
years.. said Merton f. Lewis, chair
man of the Republican executive COM
mittee. yesterday, the Democrats
have been good prophesiers but ex-
tremely poor performers. The Demo-
cratic LEADERS, this year, are predict
ing victory, but they have done the
same thing in other years and then
met a crushing defeat"
20 prove his point Mr.. Lewis quoted
FROM the newspapers of eight years
ago. On Oct. %. 1904. statement was
printed from the Democratic National
committee. which said:
Our canvass shows that we shall
certainly carry by good majorities the
states of New York. New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Maryland, Delaware, West
Virginia and Indiana, and that in
addition to these electoral votes We
shall have a majority. If not all. of
the votes of the Rocky Mountain
states sa gf
On October 80. a newspaper print
ed an estimate of the result based on
postcard, canvass. 1t Indicated
plurality for Judge Parker in this city
of 1S2.022. AS a matter of fact his
real plurality was $1,000.
In regard to the year 1908, Mr.. Lew
is called attention to a forecast issued
by Norman F. Mack, chairman of the
Democratic National committee, on
Oct. &c. He gave Bryan 296 electoral
votes. A day later he raised his fig
ures to 1873. As matter of fact Bry
an received only 162 electoral votes.
Taft getting 321. Taft got plurality
of 5000 in the City of New York.
Among the callers at the Republic
can State committee headquarters.
yesterday, were Frank d. Cole, chair
man of the Greene County commit
tee: Lewis j. Smith. chairman of the
Nassau County committee: Philip j.
Fitting, State committeeman from I'll
ster county. and II. O. Jones, prom
inent member of the organization in
Chautauqua county.
All reported conditions had improved
greatly in their districts and that Taft
and Hedges We're gaining steadily.
The following poll of the cutlery
works at Perry. Wyoming county. was
received. Taft, lat; Roosevelt, 80; Will
son, l..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Moveaeh Abolishes Drinking Cup.

Washington. Oct. SL-Secretary of the
Treasury MacEeagh with one swoop, to-
day. abolished the time-honored public
drinking cup from railroad cars, vessels
operated in interstate commerce, and
depots and waiting rooms of common car
riers This sweeplag order against "any
drinking cup. gla IS or vessel for COM
mon USE" effective Immediately, is in
the interest of The nations health and
was the direct sl't of an investigation
by United States public health service
branch of the treasury department
which holds the drinking cup to be a
menace as a carrier of disease. drink
ing cup, it is said, may contain thousands
of bacteria from disease infected persons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
GARDINER.
Rev. Dunuack Addresses
Large Bull Moose Rally.
Halloween Party Extraordinary
To Be Held, Tonight.
News Of Municipal court-.LocaI and
Personal lettings.

The Progressive rally held, Wednes-
day evening, in Library hall was the
largest and most enthusiastic polti-
cal rally held in this city so far in the
present campaign. The seating capac-
itS Of the han was taxed many wo-
men teiag present The speaker was
Rev. IT. +. punnack OF Augusta and
he gave his audience a clear and con-
else View OF many of the planks. in
the Progressive platform. The three
things which the speaker said called
FOR expression and which the Progress
siNe party had bNlt into it's platform
were the tariff. the regulation of the
trusts and industrial and social justice.
Regarding the first, he gave a very
clear illustration of the position OF all
three parties. Trusts he said. speaking
of the second subject. We're the out
growth Of present day economic condi-
tiona and outlined a some length the
stand taken by the Pregressives in
the line or regulation. It was TO his
third subject, that of industrial and
social justice.-lhat The speaker laid
the most stress. He argued that there
was the necessity of the American
people being brought nearer TO gov
ernment. first. by the Presidential
preference primaries; second. BY the
direct election OF United States senar
tors: third, the initiative and referen-
dunn. and fourth, the use of the recall
of judicial decisions Upon this sub
iett he also considered the phase of
occupational life for men, the eondi-
fions under which men work. The pro,
tecfion of the laboring men, the old
hA tlf
women and the regulation OF. the hours
which women should work, woman
suffrage and the protection of chill
dren in regard TO their having
mother. a home and an education in
the Fundamental principles. In con-
ciusiun he culogized Theodore Roose-
Welt as the greatest leader, statesman
aid worker of the time.
In the early part of his speech, Mr..
Drsnack considered in general the
differences which have arisen between
tie Republicans and the Progressives
and denied that the latter has de-
stroyed the Republican party, ne
claiming thta it had DESTROYED ltseli,
Speaking of the manner in when the
PreeYessiyes have become SO numer-
Gus. Mr.. Dunnack brought out Z
laugh Wien he declared thta two Years
ago many Republicans voted with tine
Democrats ard that. this fall, the lat
fer returned the compliment and that
Stree then both sides have come to
feel that il was all right and had
Joined together in one party. Person
ally. MIR. Dunnack is 4 great favorite
in This city and his speech, "Wednesday
evening. struck popular cord and
gained him many new friends
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
WATERvILLE.
Moponnal. Witham.

s VERY pretty home wedding occur
red, Wednesday, evening, az the resi-
deuce of SIR and Mrs. Sylvester With
lam. Western avenue. when their
daughter Miss EVA Annie William,
vas married to Aubra sseitien Mcf1ofs-
al. Of Fort Fairfield. The parlors we're
very atttactir6ly decorated with ferns,
palms and cut flowers, and the we'd
Ding was celebrated under beautiful
Wedding bel The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev Edwin G Whittemore,
-. D, Of tie First Baptist church. the
single ring service being used.
" 4 MoOcrs OF Ashland WAS best
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
TO STOP SHOOTING DOGS.
1875 Killed by Sanitary Patrol in Staten
Island, This Year.

New York Oct 3o-Health Commits
sioner Ledeiie announced, yesterday,
that on Nov he would issue an order
to stop shooting dogs in the Borough
of Richmond. on Augusta the order To
shoot stray and unleashed dogs was
put into effect because of the MANY
cases of rabies.
, Present conditions do not warrant a
continuation of the rigid order" said
Commissioner Lederie. However, If
there is any noticeable increase in the
number OF dogs on the streets in
Richmond. the order will be put into
effect again Immediately.
Commissioner Lederie said he had
been told that the cellars on Staten
Island were full of dogs. as well as
the back yards. If that is true, and
they are permitted to go into the
streets on Nov. l. then the order will
be EXTENDED.
Sanitary patrolmen have killed 125
dogs one patrolman was seriously in
jured by a vicious bulldog. which was
led into the street for execution
III people kept their dogs off the
Streets" said the Health Commission
81. There would be no need for shoot
ing them. l am opposed to shooting
dogs. but something had to be done
TO remedy matters"
Up TO August l. 1912, there had been
20 cases of rabies found in 200 dogs
examined.
In this city in the last five years. rec
ords nave been kept of fully 1880 dog
bites.
In 1911 there were bitten in greater
New York 1910 persons. Rabies was
found in 227 cases where autopsies
We're held.
In the last five years there have been
6S cases of human rabies in the great
or civ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
eAYNoR WILL RETAIN WALDO.
New York. Mayor Declares He Knew
Police Were Grating.

New York, oct So-Mayor Gaynor
in his first public utterance ON the
Becker case since the conviction OF
former Police Lieutenant Becker, to-
night. declared he would retain Po-
lice Commissioner Waldo in office II
woulG not be surprised if Waldo is
deceived again, he said. He has got
old-tiers around him and you can't
get rid Of them quite as easily as you
think.
why, when lieutenant went
wrong, should it have been heralded
all over this world to convince every
body that this was the most corrupt
city ON the face of the earth. 1t
wouldn't have been a surprise II 1t
had been an inspector. l knew, they
were grating. II viii be stopped be-
fore | cease to be mayor
The mayors speech was at Il Bap-
tist church meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Marshall in Minnesota.

Mankato. Mimi, Oct. 30.-Gov. Mar
shall of Indiana in speech here, this
afternoon, said:
MIR. Taffs recent utterance regard
ing the possibility of a panic in this
country if we Democrats win at the
polls, next week, certainly is anus
ing. When Mr.. Taft in the roll of
medium takes to crystalgazing and
sees panic in the wake of a Demo-
cratic victory he is. about the funniest
thing that has occurred in this cam
paign He reminds me of one of
Charles Dickins' characters named
Joey Bagstock, whom Dickins spoke
of as being Deviish sly "
Gov. Marshall later went TO Winona.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
DEFENDS TAFT ADMINISTRATION.
Attorney General Wickersham Says
Roosevelt is "Head of Mutiny.'

jamestown. Ohio. Oct 30.-Attorney
General Wickersham addressed Re-
publican meeting, tonight, in defence
of the administration of President Taft
and in arraignment of Col. Roosevelt,
whom he described as the Head of a
mulinN."
The speech was filled with inveetiVe
against the newspaper ana magazines
unfriendly to the administration Whlcfl
were described as "Untruthful ana ah-
fan and not to be depended upon 10
convey to the people the real facts.
Nj. Wickersham denounced Col.
Roosevelt as a Man who had BETRAYED
every. principle that had contributes
90 make him great, and vas not only
Van Migrate. but was out to become
if possible a dictator,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
BALLOON SPOKEN.
"Where Are WEI" Shouted the All
Men-"ln Harpswell," Came Reply.

East Harpswen, Me-. Oct so.-As
Sidney w. Helbrooll of Brunswick, an
American Express messenger. who is
passing his vacation on the home
farm, came from the barn. at 5:45 this
morning he was surprised to hear
voices in the air above his head and
looking up he saw large balloon
centaining several men. When the men
saw his lantern they shouted Where
are weHr They said that they had been
in the air all night. They were afraid
that they were over the water, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31

gang leader, will escape the electric
chair. At the opening of his trial,
today, he Withdrew his former plea
OF not guilty and entered Plea of
guilty TO second degree murder. The
penalty may be life Imprisonment.
A jury was obtained in record time.
Justice Golf then called to the stand
physicians who had examined the de-
PENDANT and on their testimony that
he was weak mentally, the plea to
second degree murder was accepted.
Sentence was deferred.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
NEW sio,ooo,ooo HOTEL
Pennsylvania Railroad to Build One, II
Is Said.

New York, Oct 3e.-Rumors We're
current in read estate circles, Tuesday.
that the Pennsylvania Railroad would
build a big hotel on the plot covering
the block front on Seventh avenue be-
tween 32d end sd streets. which it re-
Gently purchased from Thomas Di-
mond. The property is in the rear of
the Gimbel store.
TIE report said that Mekim, Mead 4.
Write had practically completed plans
for such . structure and that the rail-
road had obtained a lessee for the
proposed hotel. Between sS.0O0,oO0 and
Si0,0ue, 900, it vas said, would be spent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
HaiIoweA Loses to Oak Grove.

In am exciting game of football at Vas
salboro Wednesday, the H. IL. s eleven
was defeated by the snappy Oak Grove
team by a score of u to 8. Considering
the weight of both teams, Hallowell be-
ing greatly outweighed, the boys put up
"a fine game, keeping the ball in Oak
Groves territory a-good part of the time.
Oak Grove mad her gains by center
PUSHES, while Hallowell made some fine
gains by trick plays and end runs. Oak
Groves center, left halfback and quar-
ter played fine games. while for Halo
web, Leonard, Niles, Carey and Harvey
featured. fIalloweT got her score by q
goal from the field by Niles -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
AUGUSTA LOCALS.

The Double Six Whist Club met.
Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Swift, Bangor street. A very enjoy
able evening was PASSED and the
guests cordially thank their host and
hostess for the good time they were
given. An interesting program was
held and refreshments served. The
guests adjourned at a late hour, GO
ing to their home conscious of an eve
ming we'll passed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Ieanette outpoints Johnson.

New York, oct. S0.-Joe jeanette
-outpofnted jim Johnson Of Philadel-
phia in eight of the 10 rounds in d
fast bout here tonight. johnson seor-
ed a knockdown i'm the first round with
a right uppereut to the neck and also
did the better work in the sixth.
Willie Lewis, the local middleweight,
knocked out Dia Thomas. the Eng
lish light heavyweight, in the Bird
round with light swing on the jaw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Sixty Women in
Jail-=Hatpins!

sydney, N. S. w, Oct So-For wearing
hatpins that protruded too far, 20 women
most of them prominent in society We're
tried. convicted and fined, today, IN a
sydney court They went to jail rather
than pay their fines, declaring they would
not submit to ubiquitous and unnecessa-
ry legislation"
The city authorities face situation
similar to that growing out of the sur
frase demonstrations in England as the
women assert that il further arrests and
Imprisonment are ordered because of the
hatpin ordinance they win declare a
s'hunger strike in jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Alleged Stolen
Articles Recovered,

After long search for articles al
legged to have been stolen from Sand
Hill stores, officers finally located the
storehouse of their quarry, between
1880 and II P. NJ, Wednesday night,
at Block 55,''
One attempt, made about O'Clock,
was without result but the later raid,
in response to a telephone message
from that vicinity, met With better
success.
The man sought was away but the
officers expect to have little trouble IN
experimenting him. Thursday.
The booty. for the large part con-
sists of Sugars, cigarettes, soda pop
and tea
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
Yale Guard. York. Dead.

New Haven, Conn. Oct. 30.-Theo-
dore Woodbury. York of Philadelphia.
a member of the Sophomore class at
Yale and right guard of the Varsity
football team. died, tonight at the
Yale infrmary, after a brief illness of
pneumonia.
He was taken i'll after playing in
the game against the Army al West
Point. Oct Il. He prepared for Yale
at Phillips Andover Academy.
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Two Warsllips Are Ordered to
Proceed al Once to San Domingo.

WASHINGTON, oct. 80. Increasing dis
order III san Domingo and desperate
street f'shtins in the outsknts Of
Puerto Plata, ieopardizing American
lives and property, caused the navy
DEPARTMENT. today. to order tire imme-
diato dispatch nj TIVE Warships. the
cruiser Baltimore and he tender
Yanfton 10 Dominican waters4
The HreYease OF the American naval
force III Dominican waters indicates
shat tie aoteial commission sent by
the state department % investigate
c,nlst.0iis has failed 70 influence the
rebels to cease tostilities AGAINST the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31
BRYAN IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
Winds Up Campaign in State-Scores
Theodore Roosevelt.

Oklahoma City. Oct. 90-willfam J.
Bryan wound up the first of a two-days
speaking tour in Oklahoma in this city,
last night. In this city Mr.. Bryan seor-
ed the Progressive party and Theodore
Roosevelt.
If | were a member of the Progress
sive party l would be ashamed to say
was an anti-eorporation man when J. T.
Morgan invested five times as much mon
ey in Roosevelt's campaign as in Taft's,''
he declared.
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"WHiTE SLAVE" INDICTMENTS.
Chicago Developmsnts---Lucile Gamer
on Summoned to Tell Story.

Chicago, Oct 3o.-Six indictments
charging violation of the federal
white slave" statute, none of them.
however, involving Pugilist Jack
johnson, were returned by the fed
erai grand jury, today. Immediately
afterward the inquistors summoned
Lucille Cameron, the Minneapolis girl,
whose relations with Johnson brought
him to the attention of government
officials to fulfill her promise TO tell
many more details of her association
with the Negro.
investigation into the actions OF
Johnson Us to possible violations OF
the Mann white slave act was put over
by the grand jury, to Nov. I.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-31

government pending Some sort of adj
jGstment.
Last week The Prairie made hasty
trip from Santo Domingo 90 Sanchez
on the east coast, upon the ipforma-
ton mai clash Was about to occur
there. It was found that two of the
government war ships which naval
officers, refer to as ..tinclad" We're
preparing 10 lombard the port which
wAs Ia possession of the rebels.
WI, = Doyfe. one of the American
commissioners successfully interven-
cd aj.d prevented a borbardment
which would undoubtedly have caused
great Zeal of damage to. property
and lj,ss df lie.