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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
Graham Gets After Mann.

Washington, April 16.-For the pur-
pose of making the fiat charge that
Mann, the minority leader, knowing
iy' had uttered a deliberate false
hood in an effort to discredit him,
Graham, ILL.,, chairman of the House
interior department expenditures COM
mittee. took the floor, today, and de-
livered a bitter assault on his coll
league. The attack grew out OF
Manns allegations of few days ago
that Chairman Graham had befriend-
ed and advised Mrs. Helen Pierce
Gray, alleged by him to be woman
lobbyist. active in Indian legislation.
An affidavit which Mann had said
proved his allegations, was read by
Graham who said it was neither
proof nor even an affidavit as Mr..
Mann had alleged.
Graham, shaking his clenched fist
at Mann, declared that he was justi-
fled in the belief that Mann was
trying to get these charges before the
country when he had knowledge that
they We're absolutely false"
Graham charged that Mann virtual
~ had falsifed the records in the
case. While Mann was pilloried he
sat grimly in his seat and deigned no
interruption.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Fred Robitaille, aged Is; Romeo
Nadeau. Odilan Belimare, Rosario
Brute and Joseph DUDE. all under II,
pleaded guilty TO larceny in the mu-
nicipal court at Lewiston. Monday
morning. They We're charged with
stealing SO pounds of lead. saw and
an AK Robtaile was sentenced to the
State School for Boys. The others
were placed on probation.
John T. Gilray died suddenly at his
home ON Colder street, Lewiston,
Monday morning, Of paralytic
shock. Mr.. Gilray was born i'll Stir
ling. Scotland. and went to Lewiston
about 40 years ago For 10 years he
was employed by the Maine Central
Railroad. He was a member of the
Maine Central Relief Association and
the Pine Street Congregational
church. y wife, three step-sons, Will
liam and Robert Fraser of Lewiston,
and Donald Fraser of Waterville; two
step daughters. Mrs. p. l.. Elliott of
Auburn and Miss Margaret Fraser of
Lewiston; and a sister, Mrs. John Nc
Gregor of st. Johnsbury. Vt, sur
ViVe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
$50 To 266.
I he Home Rule Bill Pass
es Its First Reading.
Deatening Ministerial Cheers
!. Greet the Announcement.
Speeches by A. B. Law, TIP. 0'Con.
nor and Timothy HeaIy.

London, April 16,-The Home Rule
bill passed its first reading IN the
House Of Commons, tonight, by vote
of $50 to 26e. The announcement of
the figures was received with deafen-
ing Ministerial cheers and the waving
of hats and handkerchiefs.
In the debate, Andrew Bonar Law,
summing up for the opposition, saw
agely assailed both the bill and the
government. The people of Ulster, he
declared, were really in what they be-
lieVed To be the cause of liberty and
justice to lay down their lives
You will not" he said. in conclu
sion, carry this bill without submit
ting 1t to the people. If you try to do
so, You will succeed in only breaking
the parliamentary machine. The bill
has been introduced because the gov
erhment is dependent upon The Irish
votes. The prime minister gaYe,a sol
emn pledge that he would reform the
House of Lords, but that debt of hon
or must wait until he had paid his
debt Of shame
T. p O'COnnor said that in Ireland
they believed that the true democratic
road was through liberty to loyalty.
God save the King would be sung
again in Ireland when it was not de-
graded into a song for party faction.
Timothy Healy said that the bill,
instead of repeating the union as con-
tended by the opposition made it pet
petnal with the consent of the Irish
people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
DORR IS BELIEVED
TO BE IN BOSTON.
Man Wanted for Marsh Murder in Lynn
Mass, Not Located in Maine Off
GERS Now Watching Boston and
New York Docks torl Fugitive.

house, was one which overlooked the
premises of George f. Marsh, nearby
He had plenty of money. Derr remained
at this house until he engaged lodgings
on School, street, about week later.
1t is now definitely established that
Dorr is n nephew of Miss Orpha Marsh
of Stockton, adopted daughter of the
late Frederick Marsh, brother Of the
murdered man. From persons who be-
came acquainted with Dorr while he was
in Lynn, the police have learned that he
talked frequently of his travels and said
that although he had lost some money
in betting on races while in New Or
leans, he had plenty left. lie is under
stood to have brought little luggage with
him and while here always wore a black
suit and a black necktie, with dia-
mond ring and diamond scarfpin. He
was smooth-faced and, save for bit of
gold in his front teeth, his teeth APP
peared perfect.
The local police. today, recovered the
robe used by Dorr in the automobile
which he had while in Lynn and which
he abandoned in Boston. They will have
a chemical analysis made To determine
whether certain spots on the robe are of
blood. The robe was located among 9TH
ers in the Boston garage outside Of
which Dorr left his machine when he
Continued on Page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17

Lynn, Mass, April 16.-Chief of Po-
lice Thomas M. Burckes, today, ex-
pressed the opinion that William A.
Dorr OF Stockton, Calf, for whom a
warrant was issued, yesterday,
charging him with the murder of
George F.. Marsh. is in Boston. The
two inspectors sent To Maine 10 in
vestigate possible clues to his where
abouts returned, today, and one Of
them, Inspector Stacy r. Burckes,
was sent to Boston to watch outgoing
steamers. The inspector sent to New
York state on similar mission is
now in New York City. where he is
scanning the waterfront.
The police theory is that Dorr mo-
tored to Boston and went To Stan
curing gasoline at garage and then
driving his car to some other place
They are of the opinion that when
he reached Boston he thought that
the body of Marsh might have been
discovered led him to change his plan
SO that he abandoned his automobile
in the spot where 1t was later found.
and went into hiding in the city.
The police learned, today, that Dorr,
under the name of Willis a. Dow. on
Mrs. Richard Leary on PARROT street.
Mrs. Leary told them that the only room
which satisfied him, after inspecting the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
ONLY A FAINT HOPE.

New York, April 16.-Only a faint
hope remains. tonight. that any of the
1902 passengers and crew of the
steamer Titanic who are not reported
as having been rescued by the steam
er Carpathia have been picked up by
transatlantic liners. The sos sur
vivors rescued from lifeboats by the
Cunarder Carpathia, now on her way
to this city, are the only known saved.
The brief and meagre wireless mes
sages that came to hand, today prac
tically extinguished hope that some
of the Inflated passengers may have
been picked up at sea by the steam
ships Virginian and Partisan of the
Allan Line. Both these steamers sent
word that they had no passengers o.
the Titanic on board.
OF the SOS persons rescued by the
Carpathia, the names of 326 had been
received by wireless UP to 4.30 o'clock.
The Carpathia evidently was out OF
wireless range toward noon, for after
that the efforts to reach her with
wireless communications We're futile
and a score or more of messages from
the Cunard Co. and other sources
were unanswered.
At . o'clock, this afternoon, Vice
President Franklin of the White Star
Line said that so far as he knew, the
Olympic was still standing by the
Carpathia to relay messages. He add
ed that he had received no word from
the Olympic since o'clock this morn
ing and had been unable to get eth
er the Carpathia or the Olympic by
wireless.
Mir. Franklin said also that that the
steamship companies crossing the At
lantc had entered into an agreement
To abandon the short southern route in
'avor of the southern route so long as
iceburgs were reported in the path
way of the former course
The report from Montreal that hope
was still entertained that the Par
isian might have aboard some of the
Titanics survivors, Mr.. Franklin
characterized us a ridiculous report"
He added that. '1n my opinion. neith-
er the Partisan nor the Virginian have
any survivors aboard.
The Titanic WAS insured for $1,000
/ 000. Mr. Franklin said. ON the ship.
he added, the White Star Line would
lost about $3.000.o0o This will be the
smallest part of our loss" he added.
Capt Rostron in his last wireless
/ report to the Cunard Co, stated that
| the Carpathia was proceeding slowly
through a field of ice to this port.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
II. NJ. Heath Sena=
tOrial Candidate

Portland, Me. April 16.-Presenting
a platform of AZ principles for which
he promises to fight, speak and vote
in the Senate" Herbert NJ Heath of
Augusta, one of the leading lawyers
of Maine, tonight. announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomination.
for United States senator at the June
primaries. The principles include an
immediate revision OF the tariff,
schedule by schedule and a permanent
tariff commission: laws to compel en-
forcement of the criminal clauses OF
the Sherman law. graduated income
tax, federal control of all public ser
vice corporations doing business be-
tween states and of the capitalization
and securities of interstate railways,
a parcels post; and election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
NO UNSUITABLE SHIPS.

London, April 16.-Alexander Car
Isle lately chief designer for Harland
Il Wolff, the shipbuilders and the de-
signer of the Titanic and the Olympic,
in the course of an interview, today,
said
I never thought there was such a
thing as an unsuitable ship. When the
news first came that the Titanic was
sinking by the head, thought IL like
~ that she would reach port. The fact
that she sank within four hours after
the impact with the iceberg indicates
that her side WAS torn out"
The apparent fact that the Titanic's
boats We're not sufficient to accom-
modatc the ships personnel is caus-
ing much comment here. although the
papers are chary of discussing the
subject The law does not provide the
number Of boats the largest ships shall
carry. 1t only applies to those vessels
displacing up to 10000 tons as ii was
passed before the present big ships
had been designed or built.
One of the best known London rep
resentatives of the Standard Oil, w. Fl.
Harrison. failed to sail on the Titanic
as he had intended
ed to sail ON the Titanic, but reached
q sudden determination to take the
new liner and caught the boat train
At the last minute.
The message received by the pa
rents Of J w. Phillips. the wireless
operator on the Titanic, last night,
stating Making slowly for Halifax:
practically unsuitable. Don't worry"
was sent by an uncle of the operator
IN London, to Godalming. where the
father lives, and the parents assumed
that it had come from their son as it
WAS signed Phillips
The transatlantic lines have agreed
in consequence of the reports as to
ice in the Atlantic to cross longitude II
in latitude 1910 eastbound, beginning
TODAY, and longitude a., latitude IL
westhound beginning April Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
CAPITAL JOTTINGS,

President Taft, Tuesday gave his
views on the subject of granting Amer
lean citizenship to Porto Ricans In
letter to Santiago Iglesias, president
of the free federation of the workmen
of Porto Rico, he said; las fast as the
instinct and habit of self government
is acquired by the people at large and
no faster the fullest possible measure
of LEGAL and fiscal self government
should be granted"
The Senate, Tuesday, passed the
House bill to appropriate 100000 in
addition to the sS50,o00 already provid-
ed. to maintain and protect the levees
on the Mississippi river against the
impending food. The bill now goes to
the President, who urged this action
in a special message.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
THE Inflated TITANIC.

President Taft. late this afternoon,
directed the secretary of the navy to
order the scout cruisers Salem and
Chester to the scene at once from
Hampton Roads to meet the Carpa-
thia and send in by wireless to the
government a complete list of the
Titanic's survivors. The Chester was
caught by wireless about 10 miles off
the Chesapeake capes and by A
O'Clock was steaming northward at 20
knots an hour, aiming to get as
quickly as possible into touch with
steamers having news bearing on the
disaster The revenue cutters were
also notified to stand in readiness to
proceed to the Carpatha if necessary
In the event that che Salem had not
sufficient coal, instructions We're given
To dispatch the cruiser North Caro-
lima instead.
possible chance of obtaining news
bearing upon the disaster developed,
early this evening, when the Leyland
liner Californian came into the zone
of wireless communication with Sa-
Bile island. The Californian was re-
ported at the scene of the disaster
shortly after the Titanic Went down
and ii is thought probable that she
would have valuable information to
communicate.
Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia has
been instructed TO send full details of
the sinking of the Titanic.
All day long fearful and anxious
throngs swarmed the Offices of the
White Star l-iue and overlooked INFO
Broadway. stopping traffic at times
and keeping police reserves busy main
ti2ning order.
Col. John Jacob Astor is believed to
be among those drowned. His wife and
Isador Straus, the millionaire mer-
chant, Benz. Guggenheim, the copper
magnate and president of the Interna-
tianal steam Pump Co, and Edgar j.
Meyer, vice president of the Braden
Copper co.. are still unaccounted for.
Whether Charles NJ. Hayes. president
of the Grand Trunk Railroad was
saved, was not known, tonight His
name was not among those reported
rescued by the Carpathia. A Canadian
dispatch early in the day, gave the
! informant that Mr., Hays was saved
! His wife and daughter We're rescued.
/ The treasury department through the
customs office. has given orders to ex-
/ pedite in every way the landing of
I the survivors of the Titanic and to aid
I them IN meeting their friends upon
the arrival of the Carpathia Customs
Continued Il Page Three.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17

MR.. RICHARDSON DECLINES.
Will Not Be Candidate for County
Attorney in York.

Biddeford, Me-, April ia letter
from Asa A. Richardson, the deposed
county attorney of York county, was
read at a meeting of the Republican
county committee at Saco, this after
noon, in which Mr.. Richardson states
that he will not be d candidate for
reelection. His candidacy was unan-
imously endorsed by the committee
and resolutions We're passed express
sive of the committees favorable at
titude toward him. No other candi-
date was indorsed The committee
was organized by the choice of Lee
roy Pike of Cornish as chairman,
Aaron B. Cole of Eliot, secretary;
William s. Mathews of Berwick,
treasurer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
NOT SAN JOSE SCALE.
Br answick Infestation Proves to Be
the European Fruit Scale.

Orono, Me-, April 16.-Dr. o. A.
Johanson of the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station, who visited the
farms near Brunswick. Monday,
which were reported infested with the
|San Jose scale. finds it is the Euro
|pean fruit scale, Castidiotus Ostreag-
|formis, not previously reported in
Maine. The young OF the two species
|are frequently confounded in the alb
|sence of microscopic examination.
|scale is not regarded as so serious as
1.-THE San Jose.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
Tuesdays Doings
In Old Congress.
IN THE SENATE


Passed House bill appropriating
$3.50, 600 more for flood work
Lakes To Gulf Waterway delegation
urged immediate action on project be-
fore commerce committee.
Senator sutherland spoke in support
of the workmen's compensation bill.
adjourned, at 52S p. NJ, until . p.
NJ, Wednesday.
IN THE HOUSE.
Hobson bill to establish a council
of national defence ordered favorab bly,
reported by the naval affairs commit
tee.
The House unanimously adopted a
resolution extending sympathy to the
relatives of those who met their
death in the disaster of the Titanic.
Adjourned, at $50 P. NJ, until noon,
"Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17

That the final roll of the rescued
from the Titanic disaster had practi-
cally been made up was the impress
sion that grew almost into a eonVie-
ton last night as the hours Wore ON
without the revision of lists adding
measurably to the total of known sur
vivors.
OF definite news of the disaster the
night added little. Down the Atlantic
coast fog developed in many places
as the reports showed crept the Gun
ard Carpathia bearing on her the sos
lives that lad been snatched from the
waters before the Titanic took her
fatal plunge. But although the rescue
ship was reported within wireless
range OF the Sable Island station at Il
comparatively early hour and every
wireless ear was waiting to catch the
snap of ain which might mean that
the great secret of the liners death
was about TO be given up midnight
came and went and the night began
to grow old-and still the word had
not been SPOKEN.
Carefully compiling the available
lists the record of the named surviE-
ors ot the disaster stands significantly
thus:
Men-79.
Women-23S.
Children-16
OF the remaining $40 known surviv-
ors it is estimated that ret more than
loo were seamen required to man he
boats. This would leave approximate
~ 440 and in the ordinary proportion of
women and children i'm the Storage,
where the passengers in the Fttanic's
care numbered 10, ii seems probable
that the greater part of these 4iD We're
women and their little ones
Nothing could show more plainly
the heroism of the crew and the men
passengers who stood by the doomed
ship. facing practically inevitable
death and sent the women and chill
CONTINUED on Page TweIve)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
THE WEATHER.
FAIR AND COOLER.

Washington, April 16.-Forecasts
for Northern New England: Fair and
cooler, Wednesday,; Thursday fair:
moderate north winds. South New
England: Cloudy and cooler Wednes-
day; Thursday, probably fair; mod
crate variable winds becoming north
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The income tax amendment To the
federal constitution was adopted in
the Massachusetts House, Tuesday, by
vote of 116 to IS. If the resolution is
favored in the Senate, Massachusetts
will be aligned with many other stat as
in the Union in favor of this act. The
same amendment was adopted by the
House, last year, but was lost in the
Senate by one vote.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
Cars Capsized==
None of Is Hurt.

Kinglield, Me-. April 16.-Four coach
es of 4 Maine Central passenger train
We're taraed bottom side mp "ith Is
persons inside. without injury to oc-
cUpants or cor:5. late today. \ wusEout
on the road was the cause Of the a.
cidcut. Several Boston travelling sales
men We're among the passengers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
Believed That Nearly Every Man on Steamer Gave His Chance Of
Life TO Women and ChIdrenOny Officers in Charge Of Boats
scapeNeaby Steamers Who Report, Say Made No Res
cueS-The Known Survivors on Board the Carpathia.
THE VERY LATEST.

Cape Race, NJ. E., April 16.-A wire
less message, tonight, from Capt.
Haddock Of the steamship Olympic,
reIayed by the Celtic, reads as follows:
"Please allay rumors that the Vir-
gilman has any of the Titanic's pas
seneers. Neither has the Tunsan.
believe that the only survivors are on
the Carpathia. The second, third,
fourth and fifth officers and the second
Marconi operator are the only officers
reported saved"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
An Ocean MaryeI'S
Maiden Voyage.

In the descriptive matter sent OUT
by the White Star line for use of
the press Cto be released after the
Titantie's arrival at New York, April
Continued on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
Boston Forecast.

Boston April 16.-Forecast: Tn
settled. probably fair. Wednesday ard
Thursday; cooler, Wednesday; mod :
crate variable winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
HAiLsToNEs BIG AS MARBLES
Fall at Portland, Tuesday Afternoon
During an Electrical Storm.

Portland, Me-, April l6.--Hail stones
las large os marbles fell, this after
noon, during an electrical storm in
this city and other parts of Western
Maine Many greenhouses were dam
aged.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-30
CAMPAIGN MUD
Anglers VETERAN
"Comrade" Editors Effort to
Distort Democratic Position
on Pensions Rebuked.
CIRCULAR TO G. A. R. POSTS
Souaht "Mean" and "Harsh" Ex-
pressions by Wilson Supporters,
but Finds Facts the Reverse.

Ignoring the fact that the Democrat
ic house passed the most liberal pen
sion bill in the history Of the United
States and that it was the Republican
senate that reduced the appropriation
the editor of the National Tribune Of
Washington has appealed to grand
army posts all over the country to sup
ply campaign material for use against
the Democratic party.
Colonel (Sergeant) John McElroy, the
editor, has not met always with the
cooperation he desired. This is evi-
denced by the fact that indignant
grand army men have forwarded his
circular letters to Democratic national
headquarters in New York with their
protests against the playing of such
politics within the old soldiers organ
ization.
Quest for "Mean" ThiRas.
Editor McElroy's appeal was sent
out, mimecgraphed, on the 1etterhead
of the National Tribune, with his own
name at the top. The letter read:
Sept Is, 1912.
Comrade-We are anxious to get the ex-
preston Of editorials on pensions from
the papers supporting Wilson in your
neighborhood. VIII you kindly look over
the files Of your local papers and send us
anything particularly harsh and mean
which they have published. We want to
show 1conclusively the attitude Of the men
who are supporting Wilson and who will
fn{c al
Please send these at your earliest con-
venience. as the time is short. Fraternal-
Iy, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
One of the replies sent to the Trib-
une was:
Headquarters Gushing Post. No. IA, G. A,
r.
Astoria, Ore. Sept. 2S, 1912.
National Tribune. Washington, D. c.:
Gentlemen Your communication ad-
dressed to me as adjutant Of Gushing
Post. No "A, of the 18th inst. found to-
day on my return from the national en-
campment at Los Angeles, Cal. Thus the
delay in answering.
You wish me to look over the files Of
our local papers and send you anything
particularly harsh and mean" which they
have published regarding PENSIONS AS
you have specified that these "harsh"
pers supporting Wilson I must inform
you that the papers supporting Wilson
throughout the state. so far as I have
been able to learn, are friendly toward
the interests OF the civil war veterans
and indorse the action of the Democratic
house of the United States congress in its
passage Of the pension bill in the special
and last session Of congress and have no
fault to find with Senator Kern for his
eloquent appeal in the senate In behalf OF
the civil war veterans.
II you are really looking for mean
and harsh editorials along this line, if
YOUR object in this search is for the In
terests Of the old soldiers. you will find
enough mean" and harsh" things in
the papers that are supporting Mr.. Taft.
And If you wish to prospect away out
here in oregon politically for other than
pure gold please excuse the adjutant of
Gushing Post, No. II, department OF Ore
pon. G.. A. R.. In assisting.
B. F. ALLEN.