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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14
SPORTING NOTES.


The withdrawal of West Point from the
collegiate Fencing Association as
announced by the athletic authorities at
West Point n. Y. The action was
taken under orders of the superintendent
of the academy and all the dual meets
that had been scheduled for the coming
season have been cancelled. No reason
for the superintendent action was given.
The withdrawal of the army feneers will
necessitate a complete Encouragement of
the plans for the intercollegiate tourna-
ments. Whether the navy will follow the
soldiers out of the league is a matter
of conjecture 1t has been reported that
Yale also is planning to withdraw. leav-
ing only Columbia, Cornell, Bowdoin,
Pennsylvania, Princeton and Harvard in
the league.
Prineeton's Senior class has elected E
Keene Fitzpatrick, trainer and overseer
of the Tiger athletics, to its body as an
honorary member. This Is the first honor
of its kind to be conferred by any Senior
or other class at Princeton.
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while the board of judges were pre-
pairing their decision. The judges We're
Prof. John Hedman, Prof. Henry w.
Brown and Charles w. Atchley Don
aid W. Ellis, '13, presided
A basketball game will be played,
Saturday evening, at the Coburn Class
zeal Institute gymnasium, between a
team picked from the Delta Kappa Ep-
silon and Coburn. The following VIII
play on the Deke team: Beach, 'lS
Nutting, 10; Grant, Is: Foster, 10;
Moores, IA; Campbell, 49, Berry, Jr.
'l6. The proceeds will be used for the
benefit of the institute.
Asa A. Morrison, 10. of Bridgewater,
will be the leader of the Christian En-
deavor meeting at the First Baptist
church. Sunday evening.
Librarian Chapman has posted a no.
tice stating that all persons now hold
ing books must return them by Tues-
day.
The intermediate department of the
Sunday school of the First Baptlst
church held a Christmas Social Fri
day evening. at the Vestry. 1t was
truly a Christmas one in every partic-
ular. being spent in playing games
until 9 P. NJ. In the early part of the
evening some very entertaining read
ing, piano and vocal solos. We're rem
dered by the young people Cocoa,
sandwiches and fancy crackers were
served Just before the party broke up.
c. ]. Butler of Madison. N. H., is the
guest OF his nephew, Donald Bartlett,
'1s of Jamaica Plain, Mass, at Rob
erts hall, for the remainder of the
week.
An informal Christmas party Will
be held. Saturday evening, at the Zeta
Psi fraternity house.
RAYMOND p. Luce, ex-14. of Caribou,
principal of the Belgrade High school,
is visiting friends at the Delta Kappa
Epsilon house.
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Boston Curb Market.
New York Produce Market.

New YORK, Dec. Il.
FLOUR-Quiel and steady, receipts A.
600; shipments $4,000.
W1EAT--Spot firm: No. red f07 Gle
vator and los fob afioat nominal; No. |
northern Duluth &c. fob afioat; receipts
205, 900; shipments 239,0O0.
CORN-Spot steady: export 54a fob
afloat to arrive; receipts 1900; shipments
10000
OATS-Spot firm; No. 4 37d37a; receipts
1900; shipments 1000.
PORK-Steady.
BEEF-Firm; cut meats steady
LARD-Steady.
SUGAR-Raw steady; muscovado -
test 342; centrifugal IS test 1872; molasses
50 test 81: refined steady.
BUTTER-Steadier; receipts SIPS tubs;
creamery extras 81; state dairy common
to fair 23G2S; process extras 27m2l2 first
26n265; packing stock current make No.
%: No 3 20d2i.
EGGS-Firmer; receipts 1899 cases:
fresh gathered extras S2d35; extra first
30d3l; first 27429: second and lower
grades 23a26; held fresh average best
23d25; poor to fair 1s6I22; fresh gathered
dirties 1918; fresh gathered check l4dl6;
refrigerator special marks fancy local
storage charges paid 20; do. firsts 1Sln
10. first on dock 1slM1s; seconds 173@B:
thirds and poorer 14mlS state, Pa. and
nearby hennery browns 34M35.
POTATOES-Steady; Maine in bulk 2oo
1225; Long Island bbs. 250Gi300.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
.estures of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. Dec. 13-Tension was relax
led, today, in the stock market which
presented more nearly normal appear
ance after the troubled days which had
preceded. Fluctuations of some of the
leaders were still wide, and the tone
continued unsettled and at times fever
ish. but there was no approach to the
excited dealing and violent movements
of yesterday.
Prices rose brskly at the beginning of
the. day and before the first hour was
ended gains of ! to 2 points We're scat
tered through the list. Union Pacific
whose drop of more than Il points in
10 days has been the chief disturbing
feature. was in good demand and rose
q points.
Unexpected weakness developed in new
quarters while the advance was In pro-
gress and traders who had bought con-
ffidently on the strength of the buoyant
rise yesterday afternoon, and the con-
tinued advance today, became more eau
tiouS.
New York Central developed weakness
and Southern Pacific, which had bought
aggressiv7lv through the recent decline
fell back more than two points. The
market weakened and earlier gains We're
lost. In the early afternoon there was
rally, but at the end of the day net
changes were small.
Weakness in the foreign exchanges on
account of rumors of unfavorable de-
velopments in the International political
situation influenced this market to some
extent, although Wall Street is less sem
sitive than recently to the changes
abroad. owing to preoccupation with its
own affairs.
Forecasts of tomorrow's bank state
ment suggested a small cash loss. Aside
from the regular currency movements.
the position of the banks has been inn
proved by receipts of gold from abroad
The bond market was irregular. Some
active issues covered a wide range. Total
sales. par value, 81 $4,000. United States
bonds We're unchanged on CALL
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new Democratic administration. Peo-
pie here 1T the Capitol are rubbing
their eyes and wondering if the Gov
ernor knew altogether what he was
about. TIE office of public printer is "A
very good one, paying a salary of So9oo
a year. A man can save more in that
office than can an interstate commerce
commissioner, who has a salary OF
$4,000. But the office of printer car
ries 10 social prestige. one does not
meet the public printer at the func-
tions of the season. 1t might well be
that Mr.. Plaisted Us an Ex-Governor
could change all that for his position
as an Ex-Governor would carry som.
social prestige And yet Washington
does not bow low before the former
Executives of states. because there are
so many of them in Washington ano
also because it is not the ex-es but
the active officials who are in the pub
lie eye at the federal Capitol.
It is believed that Gov. Plaisted can
have some better office than public
printer from Gov. Wilson He would
find it much more congenial in some
of the more desirable places up town.
without question. Senator Johnson
and Representative McGillicuddy
would go the limit in supporting the
Governor for u place and there are
good reasons why President Wilson
should give the State of Maine some
recognition in the line that Gov Plais-
ted would like. Incidentally it might
be mentioned that within year or
two one of the Interstate Commerce
eommissionerships will be vacant-the
one from New England now held by
Mr.. Prouty of Vermont. That might
be of interest to Names retiring
Democratic Governor, if he is willing
to wait that long before he is taken
care of.
When it comes to saving money
there would be more for a bank ac-
count in the Augusta postmastership
than IN any federal Office at Wash
ington But it is understood that Gov.
Pla.sted has no ambition to be post
master of Augusta. The salary there Is
$500 q year but $500 in Augusta goes
farther than $4,000 a year goes at
washington. Furthermore. Postmaster
John Y. Lane has been commissioned
to serve till December, 1914, and thus
far there is nothing to indicate that
the new Democratic administration
Will disturb Republican postmasters
in their four-years terms.
It goes without saying that the
Maine. Democrats will get very impa-
tient about these hold-over Republi-
can officials. There are many of them
in Maine and it happens that in a
considerable majority of cases tie
commissions Were made out hardly
more than two years ago. Two years
will be a long time for hungry Dem
ocrats to wait and it remains to be
seen whether President Wilson will in
sist upon their waiting that long.
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ANOTHER PERJURY.
Continued from Page one.)

District Attorney. Charles W.. Miller.
II Gon't think you did," answered
Zeiss.
And didn't you say you didn't know
about any explosive?" mo, sir,
don't remember saying it.
''W hat do you think / took you be-
fore the grand jury for-to look att"
"Oh. | object" said Senator Kern.
Judge Albert b. Anderson said to
the witness: do you say that a few
days after the explosion MECHANICAL
told you he had done it,
Zeiss hesitated. NOW said Judge
Anderson, don't get impudent with
me. Do you know where you are? If
you dent III give you an object les
son. Answer that question"
Certainly McManigal told me-"
Did you tell any officer of the law
about it?'' NO sir
7''You concealed it," Yes, SIR
1.-THE marshal will take this individ-
ual in custody. ] will deal with him
presently" said Judge Anderson, who
later helS Zeiss to the grand jury and
fixed his bond at $4,000, in default of
which the prisoner was taken to Jail.
Several days ago, William II. Quig-
ley, Detroit, another witness for the
defence, was held to- the grand jury,
charged. after a handwriting expert
had said Quigley had written a letter
which Quigly said was forgery.
Mr. Taggart's appearance was as a
witness for The defence. He said that
10 days before an explosion on a build
ing in course of construction al French
al
Sherman, Il union business agent, who
is a defendant, talked with him about
unioniZing the job, and the question
of unionZing it was under considera-
ton when the explosion occurred. The
government repeatedly objected to
Mr.. Taggart's testimony as incompe-
tent and irrelevant
did you know that any arrange
ments were on foot to blow up the
job2" asked the district attorney. II
knew of none," answered Mr.. Taggart.
The explosion was charged to James
3, Mcnamara.
Speeches made by Emil Seidel, then
Socialist mayor of Milwaukee, before
the convention of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers in Milwaukee. in Sep
TENDER, 1911, and referring to the ar
rest of John j. Mcnamara, the dyna-
inter, as kidnapping, and reports
before the Iron Workers convention in
Rochester. N. Y, in September, 1910,
the month before the Los Angeles
Times building was blown up, were
added by the government through the
examination of Paul Morrin of St.
Louis, defendant.
In a report by Eugene Clancy, San
Fran >isco, read to the jury, Clancy
was Charged with having urged that
strikers in Los Angeles to defy the
law. Attorneys for the defence at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14
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For Weak Men.
Send Your Name and Address and
You Can Have IL Free and Be
Strong and Vigorous.

] have in my possession a prescription
for nervous debility. falling memory and
lame back that has cured so many worn
and nervous men right III their own
homes-withopt any additional help or
medicine-that | think every man who
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This prescription comes ftom physi-
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think I owe IL to my fellow man To
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the quickest acting restorative. upbuild-
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~ and quickly just drop me line Ike
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Building. Detroit Mich, and J will send
you a copy OF this splendid recipe In 2
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charge great many doctors would
charge 500 to 500 for merely writing
out a prescription like this-~but ! send i
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14
BoWDoIN COLLEGE.
GIee Club Members Announced-44
High Rank Men Named.

Bowdoin College, Me-, Dec. 13.-(Spe-
eiaD. THE trials for the Glee Club
have been held and the following men
have been chosen, after careful con-
sideration by E. ii. Wass, who is
training the club, and Eaton, IA, is
the Glee Club leader:
First tenor Page, 10, Bath; Twom-
bly,, 10. Reading, Mass; Trottier, spe
cial, Newmarket, N. H.; Shea, IA,
Hallewell; Card, Is, Portland; second
tenor, Mckinney, rs. Brunswick;
West, Is, Boston; Woodman, 10. Pea
body, Mass; Hescook. '16, Foxcroft;
first bass, Smith, 10. Portland: Greene,
10, Worcester. Mass; Crowell, 10,
Richmond Hill, N. Y; Ramsay, Is,
Saco; second bass, Leavitt, Wilton;
Monroe, IA, Milo: Eaton, IA, Bangor;
Dunton. Is, Bath; Merrill, is, Law
renee, Mass.
The Musical Clubs will probably
have a more extensive schedule than
last year. Leader Savage of the Man
dolin Club has held the trials for the
other branch of the Musical Clubs
soon to be announced. The reader will
be Cedric Russell Crowell. 'l3 Rich
mond HILL n. Y.
Dean Kennith c. M. Slls has an
neuneed that A students in the three
upper classes have maintained an
average standing of So per cent or
over since they have been in college.
Seventeen are Seniors, 10 Juniors. ana
"A Sophomores, These men will be al
lowed to go home early for the Christ
mas vacation.
The Lincoln County Club met, Fri
day evening at the Delta Kappa Ep-
silon house.
The Franklin oxford club also met
Friday evening. at the Delta Upsilon
house.
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COURTSHlP AMONG cANNiBALS
Love Charms and Philtres Used
Value of a Beautiful Girl.

The interior of the huge island CT
New Guinea, if il were possible to get
there, and incidentally if il were pos
sible to get back again, would seeEs
to be the happest of all hunting
grounds for the anthropologist one
of the tribes that hide themselves in
the impossible forest land between the
southern shore and the mountains,
dimly seen from the sea but never ex-
plored, has been described as consist
ing of the most expert smotherers and
the gentlest eannibals on earth.
Love takes its share in their lives
just as much as it does in the lives of
the civilized people of the West' said
r. w. Williamson of the Royal An
thropological Institute in speaking of
one of the tribes of New Guinea
known as the Mexico people.
'Courtship and marriage ceremonies
are perhaps rather initiative of what
the simple folk see among the forest
brutes and birds. especially the birds.
They are rough and uncouth, but they
should appeal to modern Western
feelings, for the woman has an ex-
ceedingly high value.
"A girls wooing provides employ
ment for certain worthy men of the
medicine craft. for love charms and
philtres are extensively used. Both
boys and girls appeal to the rising
sun for help.
THE negotiations for the marriage
involve substantial gifts by the boys
family to that of the girl, including
ornaments. These are paid in advance
but they are only sort of refresher
to the memories of the girls parents
and friends. Her value is not counted
in jewelry, but in pigs A beautiful
girl is worth many pigs. but il is not
etiquette to say so. The girls family
therefore, after the negotiations have
been completed make mock hostile
raid on the boys clan and secures the
exact number of pigs required. The
pigs being duly stolen, ceremonial
dances follow"
Mr.. Williamson described these and
said that he believed them to have
their origin in an imitation of the
dancing movements during the court
| ing season of the goura pigeon. He
further described elaborate ceremonial
| performances at which much coveted
| decorations are bestowed upon war
riors who have slain an enemy in bat
| tie, also funeral and mourning cere-
monies, the former of which includes
comic feast and agame of bob APP
ple'-the apples being the leg of pig
| or Observation-Disclosures Standard.
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tempted to show that Morrin was mo-
i'll accord with some of the poleie
of the union" The government at
tempted to show that Morrln did no
protest against the policies.
Charles M Fielder, Los Angeles, /
barber, testified he visited McNamar'
in Jail in Los Angeles, last June, o.
the pretext of wanting TO buy pic
tlLre fran which MECHANICAL had Gu
out of cigar boxes.
II asked. McMani@al who h'ew y
the Douglas county court house In
Omaha, said Fielder HE told me none
of the Omaha men were in it. He said
he and the Mcnamara boys had done
the dynamiting."
Frank r. Higgins, Boston, New
England organizer for the Iron Work
ers, denied he had told newspaper
nan 4, COST the union $500 to cause a
explosion in the municipal building
at Springfield, Mass, and that he him
self had gone TO Hartford, Conn, tn
day of the explosion, to prove ar
alibi.
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec. IL.
After an exciting bulge due largely to
war rumors that failed 10 be confirmed.
the wheat market, today, fiattened OUT.
Closing prices were unsettled, ranging
from last nights level to ] above. Corn
finished ! off to shade up, oats at i-lo
TO : advance, and provisions varying
from 9, decline to 7aa10 cents increase III
cost a = -
CORN-Dec 473; May 4SaMa; July avs.
OATS-Dec. S2a. May 80; July 49,.
PORK-Jan 1856; May 1S40
LARD-Dec 1O55@57a: Jan. lol'a, May
1902. u.- -, os,,
FLOUR-Steady.
RYE-No. 2 62m63.
BARLEY--Mixing 4SMS
MALTING--5S0t72
TIMOTHY SEED--300nSso
CLOVER SEED--1000dlscO
MESS PORK--175041l724
LARD--1055l.
SHORT RIBS-950Mf012a -,
observation-disclosures; creamer1es aam5f.
EGGS-IInsettled receipts z9b9 cases.
fresh current receipts 19422; refrigerator
- CJEE;SE-Steady: daisies l6Sml1; twins
1901: Young Americas 16s@l7; long horns
16aG17.
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BATES COLLEGE.
Men of IA Have Banquet-Senior
Class Elect Mirror Editors.

Lewiston, Me, Dec. 13.-tSpeciaD.
The men of the class of 1914, Bates
College, held a banquet at the Lake
Grove house, last evening. Everything
went off with a snap. The responses
to the toasts were witty and were
generously applauded. Track Manager
A. r. Sullivan was POSTMASTER ana
the toasts and responses were as fol-
lows:
Faculty, L. L. Davis; fellowship,
c. B. Clapp; football, Capt, j. II,
Danahy; class, r. A. Stinson; Col
lege Weekly, r. A. Packard; track,
II. r. Nevers, goods, K. ID. Lee
society, r. W. Magridge baseball, x.
j. Coady; class of 1914 II. w Ham
ilton; Bates, S. B. Dyer, tennis, X.
L. Tambler; banquet, f. Q. Leavitt.
The Senior class, Friday noon, elect
ed the following men and women to
the editorial and managerial boards of
the Mirror; Editor in chief, Wade /.
Geindle, South Penobscot; society,
Grace J. Conner, Auburn social, John
H. Dickson, Jr, Lewiston; athletic,
C. r. Thompson, Lewiston; personal,
Aletha E. Rollins. Lewiston; Helen
Vose, Sabattus; Lincoln Hall, Marsh
field, Mass; Paul S. Nickersen, Med
ford, Mass. artists. Harry A. Wood
man, Portland; Mary j. Holmes,
of Lewiston: manager. Abraham j.
Feinberg, Marshfield, Mass.
The Glee and Mandolin Clubs left,
Saturday, for Kennebunk, where they
will pass Saturday and Sunday, go
ing, Monday, to Dover, N. H., thence
to Merose, Medford, Stoughton, and
give the last concert of the trip in
Danvers, Friday evening.
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Boston Produce Market.

Boston, Dec. ID
BEEF-Dressed steady; whole cattle u
OH. o.,zoo.o.
PITTTER-Unchanged northern S5a936;
western 2aG& ,ar.
19@l9a. ~ ,,a,,on, so,
EGGS-Unchanged; choice 42Q44; west
ern 5000. =, s,r;n..
pa HAy. Firm: No grade 23@2350
I,AMBS-Firm: spring 12a@13.
IARD--Firm, pure, IA.
MINED FEED-Steady. 245o@2s a,
0ATS-Steady; No. clipped white 40s.
P0RK-Steady: medium backs 2425Q247o.
POTATOES-Stea white l40Qlbo
Observation-Disclosures graduated 5Oo
yEALS-U Unchanged, 1OQl6.
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ness upon tariff is one of the reasons
why his election to the Senate would
be regarded here with satisfaction. The
tariff battle in the Senate will be
hard and vigorous and one vote prom
Uses to mark the difference between
one rate and another in many in
stances. True the Democrats may
have Two or even four majority but
they cannot depend upon their own
men in many matters of tariff. Some
Southern Democrats are protectionists
for their own home products and will
vote with Republicans when it comes
to those rates.
Governor Burleigh, as a member OF
the House, saw considerable tariff re-
vision and as a senator would not be
a new hand at the business. He is
familiar in a legislative way with
New England's industrial interests
and could be of great help in taking
care CT those interests in the Senate
where Democratic control is of such
an uncertain character.
Washington is somewhat amused
over a report that Gov. Plaisted as
hires to be public printer under ths
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when The father was roughly handled
by his son. Then EdSar's advisers de-
cided upon the action by which the
minor crime committed without mo-
tive should be covered up by an APP
parent suicide.
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New York Cotton Market.

New YORK, Dec. tt
Spot closed quiet. Middling uplands 1910:
do gulf 1885 Sales 800 bales.
Galveston firm, II 1915; New Orleans
steady 129; Savannah firm, 12s; Charles
ton firm, i2a~ Memphis steady 49,.
Net receipts for seven days $500.
Exports to Great Britain 246.6sl to
France 1904; to the Continent l5l,357; to
Japan 6s3S.
Stock 1,2i3,690
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Astronomers in America are very
much interested in the proposed estab-
lishinent of an astronomical observ-
atory OH Grouse mountain, British CO.
lumbia.
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Chile yields to no other country in
the extent of her unbroken coast line.
which extends from Peru to Cape
Horn, distance of about four thous-
and miles. The Chilean government is
now engaged in making this great
coast safe for mariners by erecting
lighthouses al. dangerous points along
its entire length.
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New York Money Market.

New 1OFKt DEC. 10.
Prime mercantile paper per cent.
Sterling exchange 4S0.60 for 60-day bills
and at ass. 10 for demand.
c commercial bills 480l.
Bar silver 81
Mexican dollars Az
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds irregular.
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MAINE ALONE.

CONTINUED From Page one)