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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-21
Married.

In South Paris, May ls, by Rev. FIR. Drolet,
Mr. william Belanger and Miss Evelyn Evans,
In Bethel. by Rev. B. F. Pickett, Mr. Frank
Maker Of Berlin, N. H., and Miss Veda Bodwel,
of Jefferson, n. II.
In Byron, May Is, by Rev. Stephen Taylor, Mr.:
Alya D. Virgin and Miss Edna Cragin. both OF
In Peru, May u. by Howard Turner. Esq,
Manley Farrar and Salma Brown.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-21

IN the hundreds at the district meeting
OF Rebekshs, held with Mt. Pleasant
Lodge Friday evening. OF the four
lodges in the district, the home lodge
and Mt. Hope of Norway each had a
large representation, and there were a
small number from COlfax of Mechanic
Falls, but only few on account OF the
weather and travelling, and for the same
reason, none from Good Faith of Buck.
field. Mrs. Young Of Calais, vice-presi.
The work was done by the degree team
OF Mt. Pleasant, and refreshments were
served. 1t was nearly midnight when
the visitors left for home.
Some stable steel bridge material be.
longing to the Grand Trunk arrived here
last week and was unloaded near Myrtle
Street. There are four girders, eigh'
feet high and about seventy feet long
and weighing twenty tons apiece more oil
less. Two cars were required for eact
pair OF girders, and steam crane had to
come here 10 unload them. They are tC
De used in the railroad bridge across shs
Little Androscoggin River short dis
lance south of the village. Although
not apparent to the ordinary observer, !,
is said that the north abutment Of this
bridge has been getting out Of shape fo
year or two, and an extensive job vii
be done on II this sum mer.
A meeting of the trustees Of the Ok
ford County Agricultural Society wa
held here Tuesday afternoon, to com
plets plans Tor the work to be done a
the fair grounds this season. Only on
change Of importance will be uiade
Some of the fence at the portheas
part of the grounds will be set back s.
a. to take in more land, and the toile
building and restaurants In line with
will be moved back and set at q righ
angle with the other row of restaurants
THIS will give the crowd the use Of prac
ucally all the level ground in that diret
ton. The track fence will be comple'
Cd, and general repairs made on th
buildings a. may DO necessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
FACTORY SAFETY.

The Republican Assembly has passed
eleven Of the eighteen bills drawn ana
recommended 10y the investigating com
mission appointed as result OF inc
Uholosale loss of life in the Washington
Place factory fire Why Is the senate
failing ia take action on these measures
The control of the Senate machinery is
in the hands of Tammany legislators,
men from this city, where the demand
for safety legislation is kcencst, men
who must number among their consult
uents tho relatives and friends of the
Washington Place victims. The COM
mittee i'm charge of the hills is made up
mostly Of Tammany Senator's Why do
they fail 10 act? What influence pre-
vents them from passing bills whose pur-
pose is to protect thousands OF their
constituents from the fate Of the TRAN
gle Waist Company's employees?
There Is no open or apparent oppoSi-
ton 10 these bills. Legislation 10 pre-
vent repetition Of the Washington
Place holocaust IS demanded by public
opinion Up 10 the present the record
of the state in this case has been dis
crcditable The dead were the victims,
in part at least. of the states neglect; or
bad laws and worse law enforcement.
The protection they got from public au-
thority was a sham. The laws have
failed to punish any one for their slaugh-
fer And the state has done little TO
make another slaughter like theirs i'm
possible or to render the punishment of
those responsible for another slaughter
likely. If the Senate fails TO protect the
worker in the factory it is TO be hoped
that responsibility for his neglect will
he brought home to each individual Sem
atOr at the polls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
ACCIDENTS ~ MINES.

The tragedy in a West Virginia mine
and other recent incidents of similar
character will doubtless be used to
strengthen the demands of miners FOR
higher pay and other improvements in
the conditions Of service. They are
scarcely needed to show that the min
er's trade Is dangerous. To what extent
ats perils should determine the amount
of wages to be paid is an open question.
Some men may he unwilling to work IN
mines unless they are paid. in compen-
eation for their risks, wages when
would be practically prohibitive from a
commercial point of view, while at the
same time many others might he willing
TO work for much lower pay. II is not
clear that the latter could properly be
restrained from working for the lower
pay, or that mine owners could be re-
strained from employing them.
What may and should be required is
that all practicable care be taken to pre-
vent accidents and make the mines as
safe as possible. Modern inventions and
scientific knowledge since the days OF
Sir Humphry Dayy have happily af-
forded means Of securing the safety OF
miners which i'm many cases are eff
cient. and which should bc made obi
gatory wherever they are needed. Yet
apparently In spite of such safeguards
grave accidents occasionally occur. Note,
for example. this mine in West Virginia,
In which eighty-two miners were killed
this week It is not deep, il is said TO
have been equipped with modern appll-
anccs and To have had the most expert
supervision" Yet this appalling tragedy
occurs
The explanation of such calamities Is
probably twOfod. One part of it is
the careessness, if not the perversity
of the workmen. engendered in them
through familiarity with danger. 1t Is
well known that it is often difficult to
get men to observe the precautions
which are prescribed for their own safe
Nv. They break or misuse their safety
lamps. or surreptitiOusly use naked
flames in gaseous mines for lighting
pipes or other purposes. No matter how
strong may be the admonitiOns and how
severe the penalty, there are and pr0ba-
bly, always will be some men who will
thus perversely cndanger the lives Of
themselves and their fellows. The other
part Of the explanation is that there are
forces and processes in nature which will
now and then malignly triumph over all
the precautions of science and cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
Taxpayer Says Tribune Cartoon Shows
Way to Eliminate One.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Some months since you had a car
toon depicting the nuisance who walks TO
the left on the sidewalks. Is II not ABOUT
time that this practice was corrected ana
the proper method Insisted upon?
No more timely opportunity presents IT.
self for such necessity than now, when
our authorities have decreed that cncroach-
ncnts must be removed from numberless
atrcets-many OF which arc not thorough
fares in tho sense Of shoppinS-or tulI
cav travelled ovcr-but such as are III
play for some one hour or so day during
rush hours from the ferries or factories
alone and which so far as the properties
affected are concerned derive no more bene-
ft ttan the smoker who lights his pipe daily
at the corner tobacCouist.
Sncondlv-in loft distrIcts-could not eF-
treme Congcstions he somewhat relieved
n. alternately. weekly. each other building
employing large numbers OF operatives
would agree to close at 5:i5 and 615 In
stead Of all at i p. m? The morning
crowds arc notiCeablv less acute, because
the workers do not move In one collective
body. lA-Nfhl ElN'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
FIGHT FOR EDDY FORTUNE
Court Battle Opens with Attack
on Christian Science.

Boston March 27.-Alany Of the questions
which have arisen over the settlement Of
the estate OF Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy
tho founder Of the Christian Science
Church. were argued before the Supreme
Court to-day One OF these questions was
whether the statute limiting the amount
OF income which a single church can re-
ceive to 5000 a year applies TO the Chris
tian Science Church. As a similar situa-
ton exists in the settlement of the os
tate in New Hampshire, 1T is expected that
the highest authorities Of the two states
will pass on the application OF the statues
during the next few months.
The case appeared before the full bench
on the reservation OF Judge Braley in the
lower court that, in case the GIFT OF Mrs
Eddy TO the Christian Science directors Is
barred by the statute. the gift shall he
administered by new trustees. who shall
carry out the intentions of Mrs Eddy.
II the court not only bars the gift under
the statute, but prohibits the administrd-
ton of the estate under the cy-pres doc
trine, the estate must revert TO Mrs. Eddys
next OF kin. George w. Glover OF Lead,
=. D., her son, and DR.. Ebenezer J. Foster
Eddy, of Waterbury, VT, her adopted SON
The right of the heirs to intervene will not
he established in this state until the court
has passed on all the questions involved
Samuel ]. Elder argued the case for III"
Church. holding that the statute in question
has no application. az the Church does not
take the gift except for UNCONVENTIONAL
purposes. Mr.. Elder also claimed that tine
religion as taught by Mrs. Eddy was not
against public policy, but that Christian
Science was a real religion. Mrs. Eddy, he
said. did not deny the existence of DEATH
but taught that knowledge OF Christ heals
the sick, and urged her followers to obey
the law.
Arguing for the commonwealth, former
Assistant Attorney General Fred I. Field
claimed that the statute made the gift or
Mrs. Eddy imperative. He said that this
was the only question involved and that
whether the estate should be administered
on the doctrine OF cy-pres or revert to the
heirs should be determined through other
proceedings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Burcsu.l


Washington. March 1.-THE President
had a long talk with Senator Root and
REPRESENTATIVE Calder to-day on the results
Of yesterdays primaries in New YORK.
Representative Hartman introduced a
delegation OF thirty-four Pennsylvanlahs'
who invited the President to attend the
hftleth anniversary celebration in Altoona
of the meeting Of Governors called ny Pres
ident Lincoln on September Is, 49,. Inc
celebration. which will be given under the
AUSPICES OF the Lincoln war GoVernors
Memorial Association. will take place sep
TENDER % to IS Mr.. Taft Will decide later
Among the White House callers were
Civil Service Commissioner Black, Director
Walcott, Senator'S Foster and Brown eA-
Senator's Wilson and Scott, Representa-
tlycs Butler Dodds, Gardner, Trloole'
Crumpacker Mccall, Hartman Glllett'
Wedemeyer and Parran and ex-Represent-
alive Small.
A pretty ceremony took place on the Po-
tomac Speedway this afternoon, when Mrs
Taft went down in one of the Dig Whi'e
House cars, accompanied by Miss Eliza
Scidmore, to watch the gardeners plant the
towering cherry trees presented by the
Japanese government IHC odp"HN"~ 49,
bassador and ViscOuntess Chlnda ana
Colonel Spencer Cosby, engineer aid AT inc
White House, were Of the party, with
few Of the other friends of Mrs. Tatt. II
was through the efforts OF Mrs Tart thal
the Speedway became the fashionable drive
OF Washington, and after size had directed
the erection OF an artistic stand near the
river for the accommodation OF the Marine
Band 1t was arranged that one concert
week should be given there during the sea-
SON. Miss Scdmore interested herself TO the
extent OF informing the Mayor of Toxic, VINO
I'm turn caused the trees to he sent to border
the Speedway The first instalment OF trees
reached this country year ago, put were
found TO he infested with some insect wnlch
might have caused great damage, so the!
were destroyed, and those planted to-day
we're sent in their place. Mrs TAFT has
always been Interested in japanese flower
gardening. and while in New York a week
ago visited tho Japanese show, "hefe
beautiful reproduction Of a japanese garueh
WAS one of the chief features.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
THE PROPOSED REGIME
A Danger Seen in Colonel Roosevelt S
"Unfinching Minority

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: A great many people are decidedly
apathetic in regard IN Mr. Roosevelt and
dislike reading any more about his whims
and fancics. However, considering Mt
Roosevelts great prestige and colossal
ambition. he is unquestionably the most
mcnacing personally in our political life
and should be accorded thoughtful. con-
slant attention by all citizens. 1t has been
usually conceded that Mr.. Roosevelt has
inherently possessed the ability TO read
the handwriting on the wall and an intu-
Tive power of divination. The general be-
lief to-day is that he has lost this happy
faculty. made a great blunder and is
doomed to eternal defeat.
If the propensity for direct legislation
continues in the future as rapidly as II
has gained favor I'm the past, | fear Mr.
Roosevelt Is still in the rut of selfish sue
cess. The reincarnation OF popular gov
eminent according TO the short experience
this country has had with It proves that
small minorities can pass laws and elect
men not at all congenial to large indiffer-
ent majorties. 1t has proved that the
personal touch Is an indispensable requi-
site. that the people care little for concrete
propositions and cannot be driven to the
polls under the greatest Incentives. Such
conditions will speedily bring the millen-
MUM for the INSCRIPTIONS. inconsiderate
politicians. IT the people OF this country
through thoughtlcssness and hastiness
embrace this chimera of the twentieth
century they will play sauarely into the
hands of this modern Cesar. Mr., Roose-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY

IRON The Tribune Bureau.
Washington, March 21.--Nr. and Mrs
Charles Francis Adams entertained num-
her Of guests at dinner tonight.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond entertained q
large company Of the wives OF Senators and
Representatives at a tea this afternoon
which was preceded by a meeting for the
purpose of organizing a Congressional Sec
ton Of the women's welfare department OF
the National Civic Federation. The new
organization is designed so 10 educate its
members that they may each carry tho
work Of the welfare department into their
own districts. IL is said that the women
will not he asked to use special efforts TO in
fuence legislation.
one OF the most attractive entertain
ments for charity given in the Lenten sea-
son will he the tableaus at Rauschers to-
morrow night, when, under the manage
ment OF William c. Marrow, famous old
songs will be illustrated. Mrs. Christian
Hemmick. formerly Mrs. Barney, has ar
ranged the pictures, which include the old
favorites. Kitty Colamine," Drink To Me
Only with Thine Eyes" Early one Morn
ing" Kathleen Mavourneen," Last Rose
Of Summer" and Key to Heaven" Mrs.
Everett Hale. soprano. and Mr.. Neezy
baritone both in Colonial costume. will
sing the songs as the pictures appear. The
tableaus and the bazaar which accompanies
them are for the Working Boys Home.
Mrs William G. McNeir entertained al
luncheon to-day Nine. Bryn, Sonora de
Calvo, Sonora de Castillo, Mrs. Burrows,
Mrs. J. NJ Green. Mrs. Talbert Lanston and
Miss McNeir, of New York.
Mrs. Kokich Takamine and Mrs. Won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
4 NATTER or ACCENT.

Down in Georgia. where they have
unanimously decided that only "a real
Southerner" is entitled this year 10 as
pire to the Democratic Presidential nom
nation. a sharp dispute has arisen as to
what IA real SOutherner' is. Opinion Is
divided as to whether letters patent can
be issued with greater prOpriety TO
Oscar W. Underwood, formerly of Ken
lucky and Minnesota and now Of Ala
bama. or TO Woodrow Wilson, formerly
Of Virginia and Georgia, but now OF
New Jersey. In urging Mr.. Wilson's
claims THE Atlanta Journal seems III
clincd TO disparage unduIy the status of
Mr.. Underwood. who is at least geo
graphically the most Southern of the
alleged Southern candidates for the
nomination.
According TO its analysis, the chair
man of the Ways and Means Committee
is hardly a SOuthcrncr at all. II points
out that lie barely escaped being Il
"NOrtherncr, a Republican and pro-
"tectionist" His grandfather was Il
Clay in the United States Senate and
an active Unionist during the war. His
father was also Il UniOnist, and I'm 1866
removed from Kentucky To Minnesota,
taking his family with him. The son
afterward drifted to Birmingham, but
his failure 10 adapt himself successfully
10 real Southern environment is still
| evidenced by the damning fact that he
nov speaks with very slight traces Of
| the Southern accent"
Yet if Mr.. Underwood is disqualified
because he docs not talk as All oldtime
Scutherner is supposed TO talk In one OF
| Thomas Nelson Pages dialectical TO.
mances. do not DR.. Wilson's claims to
eligibility also 90 a-glimmering? Has
not long residence in Connecticut and
New Jersey corrupted his accent, graft
| Ing nasal Yankee harshness on It's
original rotund and melting intonationsi
| Would Colonel Carter Of Gainesville
recognize in the cX-president Of Prince
ton University brother in speech as
well as in blood? We fear that Gov
ernor Wilson does not "shut the do" or
travel on the kyars," and that accord
ing 10 enlightened standards he is no
more entitled TO acceptance as real
| Soutberner than is his near Northern
rival, Mr.. Underwood
If the accent is the man. why don't
the Georgians thrust both Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Underwood aside and take dp
Speaker Clark, who was born in old
Kentucky and speaks pure Missouricse:
Mr.. Clark at least knows that a hound
iss really hOun' and is not afraid to
associate his candidacy with a metrlcal
outburst in which that fine distinction
is triumphantly insisted upon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
UiRD LOSERS.

c,,oneI Roosevelt's campaign man
aoors fail 10 appreciate the fact that me
american public has little respect FOR a
Lad loser. Americans favor fair ngh'
and do not like TO have the weaker con-
to.taut taken advantage Of. But INV!
,aui to see n man who is palpaDIE
hoaton take his defeat with grit ana
GOOD nature. No great amount OF syiu'
nothy can he aroused here by pleading
the baby act.
Colonel Roosevelt is reported as tell
ing audiences in the West that the re-
sult of the vote in the primary III this
comfy should not be accepted as rep
preventative Of or binding on the hc-
"DubJiCau party" Mr.. Dueli. the chair
man az the local Roosevelt committee
has appealed to Governor DIX 10 II"
what no can 10 secure n new primary
election here. on the ground that ballots
yvore moi furnished TO the voters III
many election districts-a pure accideh''
Yct the indisputable fact remains tha'
moro than half Of the enrolled voters III
Now York County did 60 To the poliS
and register their wishes. and it is SVl'
dent from the totals cast for TAFT ana
Roosevelt delegates that the failure TO
deliver ballots in any part of the county
could not have contributed materially 10
Mr., Taft's victory or Colonel Roosevelt
Jefeot The colonel carried no Congress
district and only one Assembly diStricl
out of thirty-fye.
TUESDAYS vote was thoroughly repre-
sentative Of the sentiment Of the en-
rolled Republicans of this county. Inc
| Roosevelt forces did as well as there WAS
any reasonable expectation that they
would do. They probably did much bet
! fer than they would he able 10 do IN a
second primary. Unfortunately TOT
them, they seem utterly unwilling 10
| accept adverse results either here or ID
Indiana. where they have lost the state
convention and most Of the Congress
district conventions. Had the RooseVei'
forces been in control at indianapolis
! they would have done exactly what The
Taft forces did They would have stood
| on their legal rights. sedted uelesd'''
who possessed the better credentials ana
| elected delegates instructed for their
| candidate.
The Roosevelt people never complain
| of the misuse Of the convention system
when it turns out delegates for them. as
II did in oklahoma. They are against
| If and against the primary also only
when they lose. Colonel Roosevelt has
several times received the support of
delegates from this county chosen In an
even less representative manner than
were the delegates to the national. con
vention of 1912. The charge that the
latter were chosen by outrageous ano
fraudulent methods Ia merely the self
delusion and decentralization of hard
losers The public will take such I'M
justified manifestations Of irritation al
| their real worth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS,

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: That boy who shot another boy with
4 rifle is a typical young American. Per-
haps TO be fair, | should say a typical
young New Yorker His demeanor In court
showed that, and now | see that efforts
are being made to belittle the affair, so that
the boy may go free. No wonder Commits
sioner Waldo says there is too much senti-
mentality and gush in dealing with youthful
offenders A sound thrashlng would do the
majority Of them a whole lot OF good
The boys of this city are impudent and
aggressive, defiant OF authority. sangy and
blasphcmous In their speech. The trouble
Is that their faults are encouraged instead
of being checked by their elders. 4 good
deal Of the so-callcd American spirit" OF
which one hears so much is sheer impu-
dcncc Where in the world except in New
York. will you see office boys lounging
about with their hats on, sitting on the
desks, smoking cigarettes and reading
newspapers during business hours? Loud
talking, profanity. inattention and slipshod
work are permitted In tho Offices of many
high class firms in this city. I speak from
experience.
Foreign Views Of the lawlcssness that pre-
walls in New York often seem to he eXag-
gerated The newspapers ridicule them and
ascribe them to ignorance. Az matter OF
fact one may find I'm these same news
papers almost every day of the week more
than enough to justify the worst that uu-
travelled foreigners believe about this city.
Although not native. I should be glad IA
see New York become the best city In the
world TO live IN, and I believe that con-
scientious criticism is ono Of the things
that will help to make II so.
LONDONER.
Nam NnrIr March oh 1nl0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Winthrop Ames SAYS he has opened his Lhu'
Theatre in Sew York for 'iutelieent people
He has put in 600 seats. Why so many?-De-
trot News.
New York IL experimenting with new Sose'-
car which Is easy to enter instead oi o''"'
ADAPTED to the uses of ballet dancers ava WV
high steppers. Chicago News.
New York cabmen have demanded pro'e',o"
by The police during the small hours.
wouId that Mark Twain were alive. lie a'o"e
Of all we have known possessed the aoiIH ="
treat this subject as It's merit deserves
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hetty Green finds New York life dulL 50
is going back to Hoboken. Maybe Heuy u'u"
get in with the right crowd I'm the meuopo",
We understand that In some circles OF Ne" ~.
society there is quite little good h''u'
jollity. Syracuse Herald.
The city Record" OF New York Is 10
into" the field occupied by The Police "aA'
and publish all the news OF the roooer''s
the great city. Al last there Is an Up
coming municipal newspaper. Boston 'fu'
tiser.
There is only one consolation about the -,
nl state OF overwork and nervousness
a. icb Now York has fallen. New YORK LING
a. IA tho CITY sits st the lobster pots snos ,,s,
cigarette and slipping cocstalb i'm, her
loves to have everybody worying u 1c,rs =
nerves and the amount OF work she %
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