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Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
FAIRFIELD.
Funeral of Mrs. H. 3. Ham.


The funeral of Abbie, wife of Howard
B. Ham of Hinckley, was held, Sunday,
from her late home. Rev c. w. Hincl-
ley OF Good VIII Farm officiating. AMI
the remains We're taken to Maplewood
cemetery for burial. The house was
filed with relatives and friends and there
was a profusion of flowers. Music was
furnished by the Wood VIII Quartet.
Mrs. Ham was born at Parkers Head
and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Crosby. When about II years of
age her parents moved to this town.
where she was married to Mr.. Ham.
Seven years ago Mr.. and Mrs, Ham
moved to IIinekley from Brooks, where
they had since made their home on a
large farm. Mrs. Ham suffered a para
lytic shock. two weeks ago, and this
caused her death, Thursday. Her age
was IS years She was a woman of 4
quiet disposition and one who loved her
home. She was Il member of the Free
Win Baptist church and also the Grange.
Besides the husband, daughter, Mrs.
Lolo Jones of Brooks; five sons, William
Ham of this town, Benjamin Ham of
Winthrop. Mass. Herbert Ham of River
side, Cal, and Earl and Clyde, who
lived at home; u sister, Mrs. John Cur
tis Of Hinckley and three brothers. Al
bert. Herbert and w. a. Crosby OF Port
land. ore. survive
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

Gardner S. Taylor, aged a. years,
died, early Sunday morning. at the
Augusta general hospital. He had not
been in the city for the past three or
four Years. He was formerly paint
er' and papcrlanser here. He had been
at the hospital about five months. The
remains were brought to this city by
Amesbury s. Wakefield The funeral
viii fake. place, at =. NJ, Tuesday,
at the residence of Fred Bredo, Me-
elanic street. The remains will be
placed in Oak Grove tomb.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
FIRE AT BoWDOlN.
Farm Buildings of Greenlaw and Cor
dus Destroyed-Loss $500.

Bowdoin, Me-. April 21-(s (speciaD.-
The house and barn of NJ. a. Greenlaw
and 4. L. Gordius were destroyed bx
fire at. an early hour, this morning to-
gether. with the greater part of their
contents. Occupants of the house say
ed some of their clothing and also
succeeded in getting the horses from
the barn. The cause of the fire is un-
known but is supposed TO have been
due to a Kerosene lamp which had
been left in the dining room. The loss
on the buildings is about $1,000, with
$500 insurance. The contents was in
sured for $500.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

For more than a year workmen
have beeH building an addition to the
Bath post office and custom house,
and the work is still in progress, al
though the contractors expect to have
the rooms on the street floor complet-
ed by May l. An appropriation of S35,-
000 was secured from Congress and
the work commenced. In the large
amount OF additional space provided
there viii be rooms for the United
states law library, the storage of
books and records a private office for
the collector and special deputy on
the street noor there Will be u room
for the postmaster. the assistant post
MASTER, the money order and register
% letter department and Postal. SAY
1ngs Bank. working room for the
carriers ami clerks, a general delivery
room and large public corridor, In
the basement there viii be a lounging
room for the carriers, shower baths
and ttre-,lfk
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
BAIL OF $4,000
Fixed for strsusneider, Caught on
Charge of Robbery.

Boston. April 2t.-"Big Lem
StrausneItler. who was arrested in
Petersburg. Vi, last week, was
brought Ia Boston by inspectors, to-
night, and was booked at headquar-
ters on the charge of conspiracy in
connection with the robbing of Sam
uel Butter of RoXbury of a bank roll
of $75W. Bail was fixed at $4,000 by
the district attorney.
The Indictment of Suausneider resulted
from trip to Providence, r. l., last
July, made by Butter, dealer in metals
on Atlantic avenue, who claims he LOST
$500 at the hands of swindlers who first
tried to induce him to enter bogu,
wire tapping game and then when he re-
fused forcibly took the money away from
him
Strausneider was arrested through tho
work of detectives who followed his wife
from her home in Flatbush. n. y, to
Virginia
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

other contests. A clay contest, in which
each guest modelled an animal from u
piece of clay, furnished no end of fun.
Tire PRIZES in this contest were carried
of by Prof Beau and Harold Raymond.
After numerous games httd been enjoyed
thes comIsSdx vas invited to the dining
room, which was decorated most beaut-
fully IN the school colors-garnet and
white. Upon the walls We're hung BAN
ners representing many colleges and
preparatory schools. The tables were
very daintily laid. unique place cards and
faYors adding to the attractiyeness. Man
haitian pudding. gold and angel cake,
fancy crackers, punch and oranges were
served The fortune Of each guest was
revealed, and a garnet pink was present
ed as souvenir. The guests were Prof
S G. Bean, Miss Ernestine Thompson
teacher of the Intermediate school; Miss
Nellie Drapeau, Miss Esther Badger
Miss Erna Bonney. Miss Attalie Gale
Miss Violet French, Miss Josie Penney,
Miss Marion Stone, Miss Louise Foster
Miss Theresa Cobb, Miss Lorna Collins
Miss Mary Thaanum, Harold Raymond.
Clyde Benson, Parkman Collins, Win
throp Webb. Claudius White, Joseph
Moore and Ralph Putnam.
Tie Pine Tree club of the~Intermediate
school gave a very pretty entertainments
Friday afternoon. in honor of Patriots
day Tie exercises included recitations
bv Edward Parker, Scf;th. Richmond, Lii
liam Loon. Ida Maxwell. Freda Dickin-
son. aud Lena AuClair Delphia Bisson-
cite, Marian Crafts, Sprague Reynolds
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
WINTHROP,


Fire broke out at about 2,ao Monday
morning. in a wooden tenement house on
Mechanics Row. The blaze started
around the chimney and gained some
headway before assistance arrived. The
alarm was rung in at 2.40 The upper
part of the building was considerably
damaged by the flames and q part of the
roof burned through. Two families were
living in the building. those of Brnneau
Fleury and of Mr.. Simmons. The fire
was confined to the building in which it
originated with little difficulty.
\ The Senior and Junior classes of the
High school We're delightfully."- entertain
ed. Friday evening, by the assistant. Miss
Edna Robinson, at the home of Mrs. j.
A. Foster Each guest represented q
book, and the earlier part of the evening
was devoted to guessing these. and IN
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
Pastors Reference
To Titantic Disaster,

Wdieryille ministers referred. Sun
day, To more or less extent to the Ii
tanic disaster. Rev. Il. c. Whittemore,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
whose topic was For the Sake OF
Others made mention of the hero
ism of the men aboard the Titanic, in
starving behind for the sake of saving
the lives of the women aboard. The
responsibility that those who build
and run great ocean liners have for
others was spoken of, Mr. Whittemore
considering that those who. in this adj
vanced day. neglected to provide
means Of escape from modern liner
were guilty OF crime.
Rev. {. r. stimson. pastor of the
Congregational church. took for his
subject, "rhe Race is Not to the
Swift" tFceles, iX:1D. The sinking Of
the Titanic with over 1900 persons on
board. he said. reveals the criminal
cost Of unmoralized eommerciallsm
defeating both science and ciyiIiza-
ton
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

return game will be played. next
Wednesday. with South China. The
lineup was as follows:
Ninslow HigE-Chencvert IS;
Downs; e; Gullifer p; Wing, rf;
o'Connor, e; Priest, 2b Tubbs, 1b:
Bates, Ii; Williams, 3b.
Erskine Academy True. eC; Chad
wick, ss; Haskell, rf; Moore. III. Lew
is. . casey. IT. Pease, c; Wentworth,
2bi Record, 3b.
itits-3-base, Williams, Chenevert.
ulltcr, 2base hits. O'connor. Bates,
yubhs. Wing. Moore, Lewis.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
Webber- Hardinu.

William Webber and Miss Florence
Harding. both of this city, We're mar
ried, Saturday evening, in the Baptist
parsonage, by Rev. Z. c. Whittemore.
pastor Of the Baptist church. The sim
gle ring service was used and both
We're unattended The bride was beau
ttfully gowned in white. carrying
brides roses. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Fred Harding of this
city, The groom is Il farmer. and they
will live on his farm on the river road.
Friends Of the young people etend
wishes for a happy married life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

f. Burnham MeClcary Instructor of
English at Colby, and author of "Ghas-
ed b9 Queen" the chess eXtrayasan-
"a, based on the recent play between
the COLBY faculty and the Waterville
Chess Club, under the pen name, Mar
tin Suickersee. has made a heavy Wag
cr that 4o0 copies of the Colby Echo
which contains the first installment,
will De sold In order to boost the sale
he is adopting unique campaign meth
ods which included getting out the
College Band, Saturday ana going
around to the different college dormi-
tories, fraternity houses etc, and SELL
ing Echoes to The music Of the band.
The campaign is succeeding in its
purpose, and Mr.. McGleary bids fair
to win the wager
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
.Winslow High 23=-
Erskine Acad., Is.

Afinsi--v High defeated Ersldne
Academy Saturday, on the Minslow
grounds. by score OF 23 to l3. The
features of the game were Wings i
hnc playing for Winslow. he getting
four hits out Of five times at the bat.
and the pitching nf Gullifer, which
was even better than last year iin
struck out T. Of the academy boys
The Ersllre lads managed TO sc; six
hits oil him Wing Winslow's right
fielder, is a small player, even for 4
High school nine, not more than four
feet III height, bat what nc lacks in
stature lie makes up in baseball abil-
ity The Winslow boys got - hits off
Scott Lewis. the Erskine pitcher. The
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
WATERVILLE.
Henry Rice RutterfieId.

The funeral services Of Henry r.
Butterfeld who passed away TUESDAY
evening, April Is, 1912. took place at
his late residence. LOG College avenue,
on Saturday afternoon, April goth, only
the immediate relatives being present
Rev. +. c. &hlttemore offieiated.
Appropriate selections were rendered
by male quartet. The bearers were
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
Very Much Alive.

Frank Albertson. formerly OF Bath,
who was recently reported dead and
whose obituary was published in the
Bath Times. has been proven to be still
quite alive. Mrs. Albertson believed he
had died in Pennsylvania some weeks
ago. but letters recently received by Bath
friends of Mr. Albertson showed that he
is alive. WELL and at work as a painter
ut Gardinef.-Portland Express.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

A Republican district meeting compris-
ing the towns Of Benton. Clinton. Al
bon and Unity Plantation. was held.
Saturday evening. at the home of L. A.
Davis in Benton for the purpose of se-
lecting candidate for representative to
the Legislature. John Eastman of Ben
ton Station was the choice of the meet
ing and he will commence at once in
having his primary nomination papers
circulated. MIR. Eastman is strong Re-
publican and has always been an active
worker for the party. He is also promi-
nent in town affairs, at present holding
the Offices of town treasurer and tax col
leetor. He has been selectman of Benton
and was deputy sheriff under ex-Sherifr
Colby Getchell.
V. II. Connor and George NJ, Chap
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

Right Reverend Robert Goldman of
Portland sunday confirmed a class of
children at the morning service in St.
Marks Mission. The bishop spoke on
tbe Resurrection rs applied to daily
life. how, through it we may be able to
patiently bear the crosses that comes
TO all Of us. The church was filed and
each one present heard the splendid
sermon with close interest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

James f. Curran foreman Of an in
terlocking crew on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
was instantly killed by the Boston,
Hartford express. Saturday morning,
at Readville. Mass. The accident was
witnessed by the members of the
crew, who were being directed in
their work by Cnrran He was 81
years old and a widow, who lives at Il
|Naughn street, Readyille, survives.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

Gardiner High % o Q q o . N4=g
Phi Delta ..........t 0 q - o 0 Is
Earned runs-Phi- Delta 3, G. HIS A..
.Two4base hits Niles Dityis stolen bases
--Cilidden Duncan, Eastman Davidson .,
Kelley Wiley. Struck ntt-BX Dagds m
10, by Bowney 4, by Hunt ]. Double ply
Duncan to Eastman to Wiley. Iit hy
pitched l-all-By Hunt, Talbot; BY David
son, Williams Ba3e on balis-Om David
son 1. oil Lowney /, off Hunt . Clapre
-----. TIme. IlQ At1endance. g00.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

The Io- Mita- Koda Club, at the am
nual meeting, at the Royal cafe, Fri
day evening. elected offficers as fol
lows: President, g II. Pulsifer; vice
president, Mrs. f. w. Noble: secretary
and treasurer. Mrs. ]. G.. Towne; e.
ecutive committee. MIR. and Mrs. J
II. Weleh Mr., and Mrs. f. n. Tib-
betts
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
GARDINER.

The Gardiner Improvement Society
win hold another meeting, Monday
evening, in the High school building.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

The Ladies, Ala of the First Baptist
church win meet, Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Wills Fish, Brunswick
avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
NOTICE!

The Annual Meeting of the Cascade
Sayings Bank Corporation of Oakland.
Maine, will be held at their banking
rooms on Monday, May 9Th, 1912, at :
o'clock +. NJ, for the election of 1rus-
tees, and the transaction of any other
legal business
NJ a. HARRIS. Treasurer.
Oakland, Me. April 8, 1872.
apfS- -l5-22-29
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

The Gardner High school baseball
team will so to Watcrville, Wednes-
day. for d game with Waterville High
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

Mrs. Frank T. Drake read a paper
ON domestic Science" at the meeting
Of the Glonea club, held in Fairfield
Friday evening. Several members of
the Watcrville Womans club, were in
atte hdance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

A special meeting of the Sunday
school officers and teachers of the
First BAPTIST church has been called
for Monday evening at the church, to
discuss matters pertaining to the in
creasing work Of the school. \ full at
tendance is requested.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

"The old IIomestcd" will be the al
traction q the city Opera hoHse. Mon
day evening. Seats will be checked at
the ho oiiicc, Monday morning, Al 8
o'cfOck
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

to the contrary our operators use exactly
the same code as do all other ships at
sea, the so-cailed continental code.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

Fire alarm Box 50 was runE IL at
1850 Saturday noon, for Il blaze in u
feather bed in the home Of Aff. La
plant on Russell street. The bed and
Il suit Of clothes were destroyed. but
40 more.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

II =. Warren. state manager of the
Peerless Casualty Co, has returned
from a months trip to Farley and
Bradford Vi. IN tie interests Of he
compauS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22
wATERvlLLE.

Mrs Thomas Harold is visiting in
Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

The churchmens Federation Of Wa
.tervillc is making plans for its annual
banquet and rally, To be held in the
near future The date viii probably
be April 80 II Is the intention of the
Officers and members that THIS will be
a record breaker Tor attendance AMI
siguificance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

4 prize dance viii be held ia l1lks
hall, Wednesday evening. with music
by The Imperial Full orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

from u business trip TO Boston, where
he had been for the week
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

The men Of the Central fire station
have been presented with a handsome
arm chsir the gift of Dan 5. Berry
who is Il former fireman. Clarence j..
~. Walker of the Walker Clothing Co,
recently gave them Il dozen fine hath
towels. Whi,.h are appreciated.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

Stated communication Of Wateryille
Lodge, M. 49, f. and A. W. at 7.5e.
Monday eVening Work in the NJ. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

A school of instruction will be held
by Messalonsl1ee Division No. 294.
Ladies Auxiliary. order of Railroad
Conductors, Monday and Fuesday, at
Modern Woodmen hall. Among those
who win be present are Grand Pres
ident Mrs j II. Moore of Toledo, O,
and members Of Mount Katahdin Di~
vision. No. -, of Bangor and Pine
Cone Division Of Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-22

The Waterxille Chess club will ban
quct the Colby Chess Club, Monday
|evening in the Elmwood. as a result o
losing the chess tournament recently
held Pres. \. J. Roberts of Colby will
preside aud some of Waterville's
brightest. including our Gubernatorial
candidate, viii speak
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
DIRT FLIES ON
 WESTERN SOON
Grant Brothers Bid Lowest for Extension Digging on New South Side Canal; Less Than Two Weeks Before Work Starts

The bids have been opened for dig ging the extension to the Western canal. Of the five contractors who made bids. Grant Brothers Construc tion company asked the least, and in all probability will be given the con- tract. To excavate the main canal and certain lateralS, Grant Brothers ask $28.50 Although all this money is not raised at the present time, it soon will be- for, knowing how much is re- ouired. the directors can better go about collecting it.
 There will be ten days allowed for the lifting of the expense money. It was kindly given them by the compa- nies making the bids to prepare the promoters bank roll against the shock. The actual work is waiting. All that is needed is the signal that funds are available. Grant Brothers have done enough work in the vicinity to have plenty of working materials ready for use. So there will be no delay getting men and teams on the job.
 In the next few days the directors will see all the members of the com pany and those who have land to be served under the new canal and raise the small amount yet needd to make up the purse.
 The reclamation service had charge of the bids on their opening. The fig been gone over and given out as fol lows: Lewis & Tisdale, $3S,550 D. O.. Johnson 4,300; l. w. Graham, $33,- $50; R. Toohe, $3S,350; Grant Brothers Construction company, $2S,500.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

with white perch, some of them meas uring six inches. Almost as rapidly as the fish were shot onto the asphalt the were seized upon by a host of small boys, many urchins garnering strings of a dozen prime perch. With the high cost of living keenly in mind. the hydrant man threw dignity to the winds and himself secured a mess of perch. It is expected that not a few hydrants in the favored locality will be turned on with the assistance of the street cleaning department.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
SL|C|NG OFF
 0F BUILDINGS
New York City Gains Ten Acres of Valuable Land by Widening Twenty Two Miles of Busy Streets

NEW YORK, Sept 15-Tne report just issued by the city engineers that the widening of twenty miles of New York's busiest streets is nearing completion brings to light the curious fact that the anguished protests of owners of encroaching property have given way to sincere, of reluctant, ad- missions that only benefit has come from slicing of obtruding doorways. porte cOcheres, stOops, areaWays and the like. Property owners and shop keepers are being compelled to ex- pend about five million dollars to meet the city's ukase making the building line the dead line on certain streets with much resulting lamentation. The change of heart is due to the fact that dwellings and shops minus former ob- strucing stOops railings and cellar en- frances rent to much greater adVan- tage. Taken in tn eaggregate, Father Knickerbocker's efforts to secure more elbow room is of a most comprehen- sive nature From the Battery to Fifty ninth street more than fifty streets have undergone radical changes The whole work of reclama- tion as undertaken so far is equal to strip ten feet wide and eight miles long, Or about 425,000 feet. Some idea of the value of this area may be had when it is remembered that the as- sessed value of this particular eight miles is from $1,O0O to $1O,000 per front foot Sentimentalists refuse to take comfort from financial and traffic gains wrought by the city's street wid- ening program, however, and many mourn the absence of architectural landmarks. Old timers deplore the shorn appearance of TWenty-third streets high h-stooped brown stones and yards while habitues of the Fifth avenue and Broadway hotels find them sadly changed minus balconies, fla cadeS and ornamental columns. Even Tammany Hall suffered, while patrons of the famous old Academy of Music find it bewilderngly different. The power of the Standard Oil availed nothing, for the home of the octopus lost it's elaborate entrance, and the New York Life building it's huge col umns. And as though this were not sufficient. the completion Of present plans will be but the signal to begin work on a second campaign of vandal- ism or progress, according to view point
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

With the assistance of traitorous male accomplice, a New York club woman has discovered what it is men talk about in the seclusiOn of their clubs or elsewhere when foregathered with none of the opposite sex about. The traitorous male in question, ste- nogra pher. made verbatim reports of a number of club-room confabS, tota1ing 290, 117 words. The speakers included merchants butchers, coal passers and representatives of many other profes- sions and trades. In order to secure conclusive evidence. the espionage covered the untrammeled discussions of the classes and the masses. An an- alsis shows that sports was the chief topic of conversation and that other topics followed in the order given, their standing being determined by the number of words scored by each. It is worthy of note that while more conversation hinged upon N sport than upon women, the former included the Olympic games. Without this un- usual advantage, the baseball and oth- CT sports including Olympic games:
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
Tel 1910

as pointed out by a prominent dealer in securities is that the investing pub lie expects the broker to be regular encyclopedia of information on every tor formerly took either somebody's advice or acted on his own initiative, he now demands information before investing on many points which a few sfdered as bearing on the subject at all. In illustration of this new spirit C. C. Hamlin, writing in Mooiy's Mag azine. cites a striking example of the possible effect on railroad securities of a matter which the average person has heretofore failed to connect with them. 70 good illustration" he says,
 both because of the importance and because of the general failure to un- derstand it's connection with railroad securities, is the proposal to remove the tariff on raw sugar imported to this country. On the one hand we have the argument that the removal of the tariff might work a saving to the consumer of about fifty cents a year per capita; on the other hand the practical certainty that such removal would mark the end of sugar pro1uc- tion in this country" Since the sugar beet has been the means of gratly in crasing the yields of other crops grown in rotation with it, both here and abroad, thus making for increased traf- fife as well as helping the farmer, it's relation to railroad securities, MT. Hamlin points out, becomes apparent, since any agency tending to reduce production per unit of cultivated area by destroying this industry would also tend to reduce traffic. Of course, the interest of the farmer in this matter is even more important, but it affords a striking illustration of the many an gles on which a broker must nowadays be informed if he is to answer the broadsides of questions hurled at him by customers.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

WANTED-YOung man as salesman. Prefer man with some knowledge of typeWriting or who has sold insur- ance. Salary, expenses and commits sion. Give full particulars and refer ence in application. Address 41S9 this paper. bm