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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
AT THE SEAT OF WAR
WITH MAINE DELEGATION.
The Kennebec Journals Special Cores
pOndent Writes of Hotel Life on the
Eve of the Great Republican
Convention at Chicago.

Chicago, ILL.,. June 14.-(SpeciaD.-
All the arrangements are complete at
this end of the line for the coming of
Names twelve delegates to the Ma
tional convention. National Commit
teeman f NJ. Simpson is stopping at
the Auditorium Hotel, looking right
out on the lakefront. and that is the
hotel where the Maine delegates and
alternates are to have their rooms
with headquarters in No 130 Mr.
Simpson has gone over the arrange
ments for housing the Maine folks and
believes they will be very satisfactory.
The Auditorium Hotel one of the
landmarks of Chicago and the homes
of many n state delegation to National
conventions, is convenient to the Coli
scum. The political throngs do moi
swirl in its Hobbies. but they are to be
encountered in the Hobbies of the Con
gress Hotel just across the way. The
Maine delegates will really be in the
heart of things and that is what dele
gates to a National convention like.
Roosevelt shouters, as the Maine
delegates are, they will not lack for
sympathetic company at the Auditori-
UNI ftOlel. / ne hdisdS uSlC5itioi 10
| to be housed there and no more ar
dent shouters for the Colonel are To
| he found anywhere across two CONT
nents than these Kansans. Gov. Wal
| ter Stubs, red-headed and Virulent
| one of the seven little governors,
who brought the colonel out as can
| didate. is at the head of the Kansas
| contingent. He preceded the delegates
/ by several days and has been making
/ things lively around the convention
city.
The Massachusetts delegates to the
H convention will also be housed at the
Il Auditorium and that fact will make
II the Maine folks feel at home. Massa-
Il chusetts will be about equally divided
between Taft and Roosevelt. The Bay
| State usually has it's headquarters
| during Republican National conven-
| ton at the Auditorium. 1t was thus
/ four years ago. There are always
some Maine natives in a Massachu-
sets delegation and that helps the
Maine people from feeling homesick
F,x-Gov. John D. Long, one of Names
grand sons, was here as delegate
four years ago and has been elected
/ this year as an alternate.
Vermont, with just sprinkling o
Roosevelt delegates, will also have
| headquarters at the Auditorium. which
will add to the New England congen
} iality. The Vermont delegation is no
very large-only eight MEMBERSHIP
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
GOOD VOTE EXPECTED
AT THE PRIMARIES.
Greatly Improved Conditions, with Sen
timent Daily Growing for Gov. Bur-
leigh for US. Senate RepubIi-
cans Ra||ying to His Support.

Bangor, Me, June 14.-(SpeciaD -
With the work all done but the vot
ing, il is believed, today. that a bet
ter vote will be polled at the primaries
than would have been considered pos
sible two weeks ago. Contrary 20 usual
conditions. if it is a fine summer day,
Monday, the rural vote is likely To be
smaller than If it rains pitchforks. If
fair. the farmers feel that they must
improve each shining hour The spring
is discouragingly backward and ev-
erything SO late that every moment is
precious.
II the farming communities do come
to the POLLS, there is little question
who VIII be the choice in Penobscot
county for senatorial candidate on the
Republican ticket-it Will be Burleigh.
Governor Burleigh has many strong
friends in this part of the State and
the daily newspapers here favor his
candidacy. Both the News and tie
Commercial have shown their friend
ship.
The old soldiers To a man, are for
Burleigh. and the Patrons are con-
WINGED that the former Governor and
congressman is nearer to them and
their interests, and has done and can
do more for them than any man Maine
can send 10 the United States Senate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15

Fire of unknown origin, early Fri
day. caused loss of $4,000 in the
Guild and Hall blocks in the heart of
the business district of Attleboro,
Mass. The Guild building was prac-
tlcally destroyed and Hall block was
damaged on only one side. Several
business concerns were burned out by
the fire and others suffered from
smoke and water damage. Starting
in a bakery in the Guild block, a
three-story wooden structure, the
flames spread rapidly and for time
seemed in danger of spreading to oth-
er buildings nearby. Tenants in the
Guild block who suffered losses We're:
J. III. Gaskin & Co, bakers; j. III.
Ashworth & Co., grocers; d. Price.
drygoods: and Miss f. F. Rogers.
millinery: William e. Hall, hardware
dealers; and MeDonough Council, K.
of c., were losers in the Hall block.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The honers of the Coaching Mara
thon. in connection with the Rich
mond Horse Show, London. We're di
vided. Friday, between Alfred G.
Vanderbilt and Judge William II.
Moore, who took first prizes for road
and private coaches. respectively.
Twenty-three competitors started,
Friday morning, from Hyde Park,
London, and drove TO Richmond and a
large crowd of spectators gathered all
along the route to see the four-in-
hands pass. MIR. Vanderbilt was also
awarded the second prize for private
coaches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15

Record breaking low temperatures
for this time of year prevailed in
Northern Maine, Thursday morning,
with the mercury nearly down to the
freezing mark Snow fell in many
parts of Aroostooll county and farm
ing has received a serious setback.
Hundreds of acres of potatoes must
be replanted as the seed has rotted in
the ground from long continued wet
and cold weather. Hundreds of acres
more have not been planted. Other
crops are suffering except hay, which
will be exceptionally good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
OFF FOR SWEDEN.
Olympic Athletes Leave
On Steamship Finland.
More Than Thousand Persons
See Them Otf--1O8 Athletes
And Only 81 ReguIars-.Steamer a
veritable Gymnasium.

New York, June 14.-What Ameri-
can experts consider the greatest
gathering of track and field athletes
ever assembled in one team sailed out
OF New York, this morning, on the
steamship Finland, bound for Stock
holm, TO represent the United States
in the Olympic games The vessel
has been converted into a veritable
floating gymnasium so that there will
be opportunity for all hands to keep
in trim en- route.
Each member of the team had sup
piled to him uniform consisting of
blue blazer. with the American
shield on the left breast; white
trousers, white shoes and white caps
with the shield. Each is also supplied
with a black cap band decorated with
an interviewer shield.
Col Robert NJ Thompson, president
of the American Olympic committee,
addressed the athletes, last night. en-
phasizing that they were going to
Stockholm. mot as sports, but as
sportsinen Barlow s. Weeks, chair
mai of the transportation committee,
supplemented this with an explana-
ton for all men to bear themselves
as American gentlemen on and off
the field.
More than a thousand persons
mothers, sweethearts and friends
gathered at the Finland's pier to see
the athletes The band played martial
music and the crowd was allowed
aboard for a few minutes for final
farewells Shortly after $50 o'clock,
the ship was cleared of all those not
in the Olympic party and soon after
Q O'Clock the ship steamed down the
bay.
Counting noses showed that the
track and field contingent alone num-
bered los athletes. AS there are only
"a among the regulars" this Indicated
that II of the supplementary list We're
in the throng. All told there were about
$50 in the party, including those listed
for contests other than track and field
events. John Paul Jones, CorneHs SEN
sational distance runner, was one of
the last track men to put in an appear
anee.
Several women, principally wives of
committee members or their guests.
accompanied the team and there was
one bride on board. She is the wife of
Vaughn $. Blanchard. captain of the
Bates College track team. They were
married only two days ago after his
graduation. She insisted upon accom-
panying her husband abroad.
As the Finland passed the Battery
the athletes on board waved the city
good bye with American flags which
had been distributed among them.
White streamers on the flags wished
them good luck and bore the slogan
Don't fail to bring home the bacon.
Rear Admiral Richard w Vain
wright and Mrs. Wainwright were ON
board as guests of Colonel Robert NJ
Thompson, president OF the New York
Athletic Club, who contributed so sub
stantially to the Olympic fund.
Continued on Page Seven.)
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CAPITAL JoTTlNes.

Lieut.. Leighton w. Hazlehurst, the
army officer. who was killed in the
fan of a biplane on the government
aviation field at Washington, Tues
day, was buried in Arlington National
cemetery, Friday, with unusual mill
tary honors. Though the army reg
ulations call for only a platoon of in
fantry for an officer of his rank. the
entire garrison of Fort Myer We're
turned out. Orville Wright also at
tended. Eight other aviator officers
We're honorary bearers and the body
bearers We're enlisted men of the av-
iation school Lieut.. Hazlehurst's body
was buried besides the grave of Lieut..
Selfrdge. the first United States army
officer TO give his life for the develop
ment of aviation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
a. 10

A Maine man of some prominence
this week in the convention councils
is George l. Record of New Jersey.
He is a native of Auburn. Maine, but
has become enc of the great progress
sive lights IN New Jersey. He is stop
ping at the LaSalle Hotel with sew
eral other New Jersey progressives
and is taking a very active part in the
progressive organization work. He
goes up to the Coliseum now and then
to look in on the company in the ante
room of the National committee hall.
There is more than a possibility that
Mr. Record win be a United States
senator one of these days. He has al
most. a national reputation now, be-
cause of his ardent labors in New Jer-
sey for the progressive cause.
There has also been in Chicago this
week Chaplin Brown. of Washington
City, native of Orland. Maine, who ex-
poets to be the National committee
man from the District of Columbia for
the next four years. Chaplin Brown
is anything but a Rooseveltian. He
has been doing lots of work for the
Taft folks and came out here to put
his shoulder to the wheel some more.
1t is quite a nice thing to be Ma
tional committeeman from the Dis
trict of Columbia, although people re-
siding there have no votes and there
is little for a committeeman to do in
campaign time. But he has status
with the big ones of the committee
and when they come to Washington
for meeting he is taken into their
councils
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15

quaintance in Congress and his I'M
usual capacity and inclination for
painstaking industry in behalf of his
state, than any other man.
The recent expression by President
]. S. Hyde Of the Bath Iron Works, in
Governor Burleighs behalf and also
the fact that the Governor is the per-
sonal preference of President j. r. An
draws of the Hyde Windlass Works Of
This city, because both gentlemen feel
that Governor Burleigh, as senator,
can help these great industries of Bath
as no nther Maine man can. carry
great influence. not only with Bath
voters but the voters generally
throughout the I'd District.
Baths enrolment win prove salts
factory. some 700 new names having
been already placed upon the lists.
largely Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15

all of them are Yankees and they will
be twigging away at the Maine dele
gates to stand by that Gov. John l..
Mead vice presidential boom.
New Hampshire is going to the La
Sale Hotel but the New Hampshire
delegates are all Taft men and the
Maine delegates will not care so much
where New Hampshire goes. There
also will be some 20 odd Virginians at
the Auditorium but Maine people and
Nirginians always get along pretty
we'll together. At present the Virginia
delegates are all Taft men, although
there has been a heap of talk about
their swinging over to Roosevelt. The
twelve from Maine can do some mis-
sionary work. perhaps at getting some
converts from the Old Dominion.
New York's big delegation-always
an interesting factor in National
convention-will also be at the Audi
forum as they We're four years ago.
There is much whooping it up around
the New York headquarters and the
Maine folks will find it extra pleasant
to he at the Auditorium, on that ac-
count They will not feel a bit lone
Soult- Iue lat peoPtc VIII ilol dItioy
or harass them. But there will be
something doing every minute.
National Committeeman Simpson is
very anxious for an opportunity to
wet a line out in Lake Michigan. The
blue waters, which come almost up to
the hotel door are very alluring to
him and he thinks there ought to be
some good fishing out there. Thus
far no time has been allowed to Mr..
Simpson to ascertain. for those meet
ings of the National committee are
very exacting. They begin at 10 o'clock
in the morning and do not adjourn till
O'Clock in the evening with pros
poets increasing that night sessions
viii be imperative. How can any mar
go a fishing ON that kind of fare?
A vast deal of unimportant matters
have been logged before the commit
tee as nearly all the committeeman
including Mr.. Simpson. agree. The
members are aweary of the Ions
| drawn out contentious which come t,
naught and which both the Taft ant
| Roosevelt sides agree upon when i
| comes to voting. All the same it i
biscuit to shut off the eager contes
i tants.
Il am not trying to decide these ca
ses for Roosevelt or for Taft sal
Mr.. Simpson today. II am trying t
deal out even-handed. justice as far a
] my one vote is concerned I am pro
ceeding as though | were sitting on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
Government Forces Defeat
Rebels in Small Brush.
Several OF the Insurgents Kill.
ed and Wounded.
U. S. Makes Her Position Plain TO
Cuban Officials.

Havana, June 14-News received. at
the capital, tonight. from the scene
of operation in Oriente province. al
though meagre and somewhat con-
fused, is regarded by the government
as encouraging and indicating the
success of the policy adopted by Cen
eral Monteagudo, commander-in-chi
OF the Cuban forces, of resorting to
guerilla tactics.
Colonel Valiente's column, after an
engagement at Jarahueoa, about .
miles north of Santiago, on June i,
in which the forces of Gen Estenoz
are reported to have been defeated,
had another brush with a small party
of rebels. Several of the Insurgents
We're killed and the remainder of the
band was dispersed. Two other coll
umns Of government troops are Coop
Grating with Col Valiente's force and
have cut off the retreat of General
E,stenoz and are now endeavoring to
force him to accept decisive battle.
There is no doubt that the first re-
ports of the encounter between the
government forces commanded by Col.
Valiente and the Insurgents under
Generals E,stenoz and Konet at lara
hueoa, We're greatly exaggerated. The
government does not claim now that
the rebel loss exceeded "A men killed.
\ rumor to the effect that Gen. Es-
tenoZ has been mortally wounded in
battle was revived, tonight. The ru
NOR is based upon the statement that
a pocket book stained with blood. sup
posed to belong to him, had been
found on the scene of the conflict.
The region around Jarahueoa is one
Of the widest and most inaccessible
in eastern Cuba. 1t is almost impervi-
Gus to the movement of regular caval-
ry and infantry, and there is no pos
sibility Of the Cuban artillery being
brought into use. The troops. however.
are making every effort to penetrate
the Businesses and to bring the insur-
gents into close quarters. The military
authorities express full confidence that
decisive battle will occur within a
short time.
Individual insurgents aggregatingl
considerable numbers are presenting
themselves to the government Off
Gals with the object of taking advan-
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
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And Seven Injured, Friday,
At Perth AmbOy, N. J.
Sharp Fight in Defence Of
S5,OOO,OOO Smelling Plant.
A Few Deputy Shsriffs Stand off
1000 Angry Strikers.

Perth Amboy. n. J., June 1.-Two
thin lines of deputy sheriffs heavily
armed, held at bay. tonight, 1000
strikers who tried TO storm the $5.
00G,0G0 plant of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Co. and the Barber
Asphalt Works adjoining. while
searehlights, at top of the acid towers
played upon rioters. Two hundred shots
or more-deadly soft-nosed bullets
from repeating rifles and automatic
revolyers-were fired BY the deputies
at the mob which gathered behind
the 10-foot embankment of the New
York and Long Branch Railroad. The
firing continued for hours. long after
the first detachment of so deputies
had reached the storm center When
it ended one man, a strike sgmpa-
thizer, lay dead and several of the
mob We're injured. These were cared
for by friends.
The result Of the days rioting stand,
tonight. nj three dead and seven in
jured. OF the dead, one was a striker
one was man at work, and the third
was the night watehman at the Perth
Amboy Tobacco Co. plant. All the in
iured are strikers with the solitary eX-
eeption of Sheriff Bollschweiler, who
was stoned by the mob as he was pa
trolling the district in his automobile.
Six men are under arrest, charged
with carrying concealed weapons and
melting to riot
Trouble which had been brewing all
the afternoon started with the arrival.
tonight. OF a squad of 50 deputies on
the roadway opposite the refinery. The
last mar of the lot had not set foot
upon the ground before a mob of 1000
We're upon them. The deputies shot
first and then investigated After
smashing as many heads as possible
with their night sticks, they fired a
volley into the cir. This was greeted
by hail of missiles and few scatter
ing shots. The guns of the deputies
spat lead the second time but still
above the strikers heads and the lat
ter broke for cover behind the railroad
embankment. From behind this breast
work, 20 times within the evening, the
members started to storm the deputies
but always were driven back by rifles
Although cheekmated there the strfl-
ers won bloodless victory at the plant
of the Atlantic Terracotta Co. where
the officials compromised upon their de-
mands Two hundred and fifty men who
were out on strike will return there. in
the morning.
While the main body of strikers was
massed at the refinery there were minor
disturbances in half dozen other scat
tered localities. In some cases the strik-
ers fired from the housetops upon the
deputies
We have the situation well in hand"
said Adjt. Gen. Sadler of the state mill
tia. late tonight. ut looks much better
now than at any time since the strike
began,
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Perth Amboy, n. j., June 14.-Three
hundred and fifty men in fighting
trim with automatic reyolvers, re-
peating rifles and many rounds Of
soft nosed bullets in their cartridge
belts We're sworn in, this afternoon.
and tonight. as deputy sherifs to
quell the mob of strikers whose ae-
tivitfes. today. took the form OF an
attack on the big plant of the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Co.
Under direction of Sheriff Bollsch-
weller, the defensive force took com
mand of the roadway leading past the
plant. Their orders were to keep the
strikers moving. and to shoot il neees-
sary Within the high paling sur
rounding the works 60 guards with
1910 repeating rifles We're stationed
at vantage points. to prevent repe-
tition of the riotlng of today. when
one man was killed and three wound
ed in an attempt to burn the fence
and storm the plant.
Just inside the paling there We're
stationed. this afternoon, Calling
gun and many hundred rounds OF
ammunition. Tile weapon commands
the roadway and its men have orders
to use 1t If the rioters gain access to
the works.
Counsel for the Barber Asphalt Co.
Continued on Page Twelve.)
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THE WEATHER.
SHOWERS-WARMER.

Washington. June 14.-Forecast for
northern New England: Unsettled
weather. probably showers, Saturday and
Sunday: slowly rising temperature. mod
crate southeast winds Southern New
England: Unsettled weather, probably
showers, Saturday. Sunday, showers;
slowly rising temperature; moderate to
brisk east winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
Second District for surIeiob.

Bath, Me-. ,June 14-(SpeciaD.-
Speaking of Cd District politics just as
the primary ballot is to be cast, the
prophecies from both Republicans and
Democrats as to the preference for
the nominee for United States senator
has been that Governor Burleigh would
undoubtedly win the poll For success
ful work for his constituents it is
well understood that Governor Bur
leigh is better adapted for the Wash
ington position, from his large &C.
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jury and I am not trying to put
through program by which a given
number of Taft delegates shall be
seated and Taft be assured of a ma
jority in the convention. | have not
even tried to figure how many dele
gates Taft needs at the hands of the
committee. But it gets very weari-
some listening to the character of evil
dence which is put in in some of these
contests. 1t seems as though the COM
mittee should have been spared some
of the work to which ii is being sub
jeeted.
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ELECTION STATIONERY SHY.
Fourteen Thousand Ballots But Nc
Blanks for Returns.

The town clerks of West Bath.
Woolwich, Arrowsie and Phippsburg
and City Clerk Grassy have not yet
received blanks from the secretary of
State on which To make their returns
of the primary election, which comes,
Monday. If they do not receive the
blanks. there viii probably be de-
lay IN receiving the official returns in
Aueusta-Bath Daily Times, June H.
1912.
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DastardIy Attempt
To Kill Roosevelt.

Albany. y. Y. June IA large
boulder in the path of the train which
is Tearing Col Theodore Roosevelt to
Chicago brought his journey to an
abrupt halt less than an hour after it
began. at $50 p. M, today The train
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
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surleish to Carry Cumberland Co.

5urIeIeh to Carry Cumberland Co.
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Democrat
ic, IN a Portland dispatch giving So
called impartial review of the political
situation in Cumberland county. says:
For United States senator, Governor
Burleigh is looked upon as more like
ly to carry the county. Bur
leigh people like the Augusta man be-
cause of his genial ways and his long
experience in Washington"
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Gotch Defeats Americus.

Baltimore. Md, June 1i.-Gotch got the
first fail from Americas in CO minutes,
10 seconds. with a toe hold. Goteh won
the second fall from Americas in "a Sec
onds, with the toe hold.
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Boston Forecast.

Boston. June 14.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Saturday, unsettled; prob
ably showers. Sunday, showers; slowly
rising temperature; moderate TO brisk
east winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-15
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