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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-11
sERvIANs CAPTURE oiBRA.
A Town In Enthusiastically Captures
Dajran-Severe Fighting.

Belgrade, Nov. Zebra. DO miles
south southwest of Pristend in AL
bania, was taken by the Servians, yes
terday, after severe fighting, accord
ing to private advices. The remnants
of the Turkish Macedonian army had
assembled there. The same reports
say that Monastir has surrendered.
Major Popovich, in command of the
Seryian cavalry, has captured Dajran,
with a thousand Turks.
The third Servian army is well on
its way towards the Adriatie, but pro-
gress is slow. on account of the bad
roads. 1t is expected that DuraZo will
be taken in a day or two. Durazzo
is one of the ports which Servia has
announced her intention of Selling and
holding.
This determination to occupy one
or more Adriatic ports, against the
desire of Austria, is absolutely earnest.
All political parties have announced
their readiness TO support the govern :
ment. come what may. The politicians
are convinced that the Powers, in
GLIDING Germany, will be able to con-
, vince Austria Hungary that Servia.
with an outlet on the Adriatic, will
not be more dangerous to her than
without an outlet.
Servia desires peaceful economic
development.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-11
British Athlete
Has Hot Shot for
English Sports

Not all of the English athletes are III
sympathy with the efforts of ii portion
of the English press to arouse anlfnes-
itv and bitter feeling over the outcome
of the olympic meet this summer al
Stockholm.
In a recent number of the outlook,
Mr.. Philip J. Baker. a long distance
runner. we'll known not only in Eng
land but in the United States. for two
years president of the Cambridge Atm
letic Club ard captain of the track
team. has much TO say which is OF m
terest as showing the source of English
criticism of American athletes
In part mir. Baker writes;ETl want
TO show, if / can. why a part OF the
English press has written as it mas
done; why it has urged that England
should shake the dus. Of the olymplad
from its feet, and should compete no
more; and why it is possible for Amer
loans to mistake this kind of talk for
the opinion of any considerable section
of the English peple.
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DENouNcE AUSTRIA.
Russian Newspapers Take Austria to
Task for Action with Servia.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 1o,-Newspapers
widely differing in politics as the Move
vremya and, the Rech denounce Aus
trials effort to prevent Servia from
taking the fruits of her victory. The
Move Nremya says:
I'VE are reluctant to believe that
Italy and Germany, with their own
traditions of struggles for freedom, are
supporting the Austrian threats. But
if Rome and Berlin have forgotten the
histories of Italy and Germany, one
cannot suppose that they are ignor-
ant of the existance of Russia, FRANCE
and Great Britain"
The Reeh urges the allies immedi-
ately to confront the Triple Alliance. 1t
thinks that q compromise is possible,
although a port in the Adriatic is in
dispensible for Servia. even though
not fortified.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-11
LIFE.s BEST ASSET
is Good Health.

with sound health anything and
everything is possible. With sick
headache. indigestion and consequent
poor nourishment and lack of proper
sleep, the whole of life's effort is at
odds.
The True L. F." Atwood's Medi-
cine begins with digestion, puts the
stomach right, acts on the bowels, re-
lieves the-system of its impurities and
brings back normal condition.
81 have been using your Il. F. At
woods Medicine for the last two years
for biliousness and liver complaint l
have found that it is the one medicine
vrlficaY meets my case in every way;
Were the price $500 per bottle. would
rather have it at that price than any
other I could buy, as / know 1t means
GOOD health to me, something l DID not
know until / commenced TO use the Ii.
as Atwoods Medicine"
Mrs. Napoleon Beaudry, Lewiston, Me-
SAMPLE free on request.
al. F." MEDICINE CO.. Portland. Me
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Not Taken Seriously.

The answer, then, lies, / think, in
the fact that athletios-track athletics
have not for long time held what /
believe should be their proper position
in the out of door life of England. 1t is
hardly an exaggeration TO say that OUT
side the universities and apart from
the inter-varsity sports the track has
not been taken seriously by the Brit
ish public in the sense, in which cricket
or football is taken seriously. Public
opinion in general is not educated 10
understand and appreciate the track
as it Is to understand cricket and foot
ball. And of course this has affected
the press There are hardly any sport
ing editors in England who know the
first thing about running; and the re-
suit has naturally been that the news
papers have published and the public
has accepted comments and articles
about athletics in general. and about
the Olympic Games in particular
which any one who knows anything
about il can recognize at once TO %
complete nonsense.
But the nest unfortunate result OF
this public and journalistic ignorance
is that very few people in England
have realized either the meaning or the
vital Importance of efficiency in the
successful organization of athletics
They have no idea how hard II make.
it for the runner when his manage
ment, 50 to speak, goes wrong. They
have no idea how much easier 1t Is to
get ready fer a big race when you
don't have to worry about the details
OF meals and lodgings and entries and
SO on. Above all, they have no con.
ception of the futility and incompe-
tence of tile existing organization o.
the English Amateur Athletic Associ-
alton. And. not realizing this. nor tht
results which it inevitably produces il
the performances of English athletes
they go ON talking about the splendid!
sporting rough and ready way il
which the Englisiiman always used t
take his running simply not recogniz
ing inefffciency and wasted effort whei
1t stafrs them in the face
gafe Summed Up.
'I;ecause, in the last resort. the at
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70 the discontinuance of work on the
Southern New England Railroad Co., i
message received here from President
Charles s Melen of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, VINO
is now in Stockbridge, Mass. says;
He has no knowledge of the discon-
tinuapce of the work on the southern
New England about Providence and
that if the work has been discontinued,
it has probably been for some local
reason--the weather. financial or some
other reason of that kind, and of which
he is not advised.
Nothing can be learned from rail-
road officers here, but ii is said that
the continuance of work would be one
logical result of an agreement between
the New Haven Road and the Grand
Trunk.
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GREcIAN WAR LOAN
or 100000 to Be Raised Here BY
Pan Hellenic Union.

New York, Nov. 10.-A war loan OF
sl.000,0o0 to the Greecian government.
will be raised in this country by the
Pan Hellenic Union. according TO an
nouncement, sunday at q meeting OF
Greek men and women in this city. A
cablegram authorizing an issue OF
bonds by the society pending flota-
ron OF Greek government bonds, was
read This message. President Angus
uno SyEadino Of the Pan Heilinic I'm
ion sad, was from the Greecian minis
ter of finance. Five dollar notes to be
paid by the Greecian government with
IN 10 years without interest are to be
issued to lenders in the United States,
President Synadino announced in tell
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Exactly the Same.

THAT is what the American method
amounts to. But the odd thing is that
every single feature of ii can be found
in an advanced stage of perfection in
the organization of English rowing on
English cricket or English football.
There is no one in the world who spec
ializes more or devotes more thine
and trouble to his training than the
English oarsman; the professional
coach was invented by the English
crjketer, every English rugger team
takes expenses for its tours: every
English country cricket club has it
paid organizers. There is no amateur
sporting event in the world over which
more trouble Is taken, more tins
wasted and more money expended
(per person participating than the Ok
ford and Cambridge boat race. 1t is
business if any amateur event eve
was, and Mr. Lehman knows it.
is not done in business spirit--o
course not--nor will the English train
ing for the next Olympiad be done in
business spirit. But time and trouble
and money are expended 20 produc'
good varsity crew. in precisel.
the same way and for precisely tn,
same purpose as they We're expended BY
the Americans before the last Olympiac
games
Mr. Baker goes further 10 throw
some illumination upon the peculiarl.
narrow notion of certain circles II
England that theirs is the only right
method on earth as applied TO certain
in in and fhf
candidness with which he takes up the
side of the Americans, so bitterly criti-
cised by Englishmen, whose method
are at variance with all of their
preaching, IS one of the most refresh
ing criticisms passed upon the Englisl
'purists,, in these many days.
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titI1de of Mr. Lehman and ms fflenos
comes to this:-=That ii is worth whlle
to do a thing badly, and il is not worth
while To do Il well. 1t is worth While
to organize athletics badly because II
is sporting and rough and ready; it
is moi worth while to organize them
We'll because to do so is TO make a
business of what should be a pastime.
They call the olympic games fantastic,
"a horrid orgy and they say that they
cause recrmGation and bad feeling,
but the essence OF their case lies in this
catch phrase about business. England
must withdraw from competition
which she cannot win without sacrifice
ing her ideal of amateurism' and with
out degrading a noble sport to the
level of commercial enterprise. as the
Americans have done.
but what do they really mean by
that phrase about business? / don't
think they could explain if they want
cd to; they haye never taken the trou-
BILE to think But if they mean any
hing at all it must be that they OBJ
iect IN general and in detail to the
American method of organizing athlet-
les Let me venture on an analysis Of
the method which they have shirked.
1.-The American athlete specializes on.
one or two events. before any race OF
great Importance he deyetes his whole
energies and time to his training: ne
has a coach--often professional-who
likewise deyotes his whole energies anc
time to his coaching; he has an organ
ization behind him which is managed
by paid organizers; where, in special
cases (as for example, at an OLYMPIC
adj there are great expenses which he
could not be expected to pay for him
self, they are paid for him. All oil
which system depends on organizing
ability and intelligence, supported by
reasonable amount of money.
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SOUTH N. e. RAIL
WAY STOPS WORK
Continued from Page one)

officers in readiness in the vicinity of
the construction camps to suppress
any trouble that may develop.
The proposition to extend the Grand
Trunk system to Providence and thus
give the road another seaport. was first
fostered by the late President Charles
NJ Hays of the Grand Trunk Wher
President Hays went down with the II
tanic his plan was well on the way to
completion and had been elaborated I'M
der his direction SO that at the present
time the Grand Trunk has secured or is
seeking permission for extensions of its
system in Vermont. New Hampshire,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, from
the Legislatures of each of these states
| The plans under which these extensions
| were projected would secure entry for the
Grand Trunk to the ports of Boston and
| Providence and, through a steamship line
| from Providence. to New York. Contracts
for the building of two steamers to be
| used on the New York Providence line
| were let some time ago and the vessels
are due for delivery MAY H. 1919.
| 1t is estimated that more than 100000
has already been spent In the construe
ton of the Southern New England Line.
The executive council of the Board o
/ Trade, it was said tonight, Will, meet Il
special session. tomorrow, for the purpos
i of taking action on the stopping of worl
1 on the Grand Trunk. One OF the mem
i bers said that one of the matters to b
considered will probably be the sendin
of a cabIegram to the directors of tn
Grand Trunk in London. urging them t
reconsider their plans
Governor Aram j. Pothier said he wa
going to talk with Grand Trunk ohcla'
and try to find out what Is behihd IN
: stonpape -
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way of her home. The girl had just
finished clearing the breakfast table
and bod opened the door to throw the
crumbs out when the bulldog leaped
at her. The animal fastened it's teeth
in the girls leg when the terrier, a
pet in the house, came to her rescue.
The bulldog shook the terrier off and
was starting after the girl again when
the small dog took up the attack
second time. Before more harm could
be done, Mrs. Henderson arrived and
beat the big dog away.
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SYMPATHY FOR BALKANS.
Resolutions Adopted at Mass Meeting
In Boston to Be Sent to Allies.

Boston, Nov. 10.--ResoIutions were
adopted at mass meeting held in
Faneuil hall, today, calling for a ma
don-wide movement as an expression
IF sympathy with the Balkan states
n their fight against Turkey The
form which the movement shall take
is not given but committee was
empowered to proceed with plans to
spread the idea. The resolutions APP
proved THE declared purpose of the
conauering forces of the four Balkan
states. now in alliance to continue
that alliance in the form of con-
federation, when peace shall come
United States Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge sent a message expressing
sympathy with the Balkan states.
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Not from the Team.

Because, most emphatically, it is
not the opinion either of the BRUSH
Olympic team or of that English Olym-
pic team or of that English pubic
which, for want of better word, we
call sporting. If it were, then | agree
we should be bad losers Ii we had en-
tered the Olympic competition deter
mined to do our best, and. being de-
feated, had subscribed TO sentiments
such as these. we should be guilty OF
a lapse of craftsmanship But we nave
not: these sentiments and opinions are
not ours. They are the peculiar pro-
perty of the people with whom they
originated-that is to say, of a small
section of journalists who are. by their
own confession, not interested in
Olympic affairs, who never have been
interested in them, who have not the
remotest understanding of track attn
leties, and whose sole claim to authorl-
ty is that they are supported by no
less a parsonage than the famous
oarsman, Mr.. 'Rudie' Lehman, NJ. P.
WHY, then. II might be asked have
these people been able to masquerade
i'm the papers as representing the views
of tn British sporting public2 How do
thy even manage to hold down the
job of writing about the Olympic
Games at all? And why have their eff
fusions not been greeted with the pub
lie ridicule they merit?
1.-The answer to these questions is
not obvious. II involves a tedious ar
gument which it is worth while to
enter on only because it explains so
much both of the past and the pres
ent. / shall make it as brief as | can
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by government officials hiding in a
barn, broke down and wept. Saturday,
as she told of her acquaintance with
the Cameron girl.
Lucille Cameron came to live at
my home in July. When l became sus-
picious of her acquaintance with John
son | ordered her to leave"
What is your opinion of Jack john
son?'' she was asked.
THE same as that of any white
woman" she replied. Il never knew
of his association with white women
and never heard of Belle Schrieber.'
A dozen new witnesses were sum
mened, Saturday, by the grand jury.
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STRUCK TURKISH MINE.
Unconfrmed Report of Loss of British
Cruiser Barham.

London, Nov. IA dispatch from
Malta to the Post says that a rumor
IS prevalent that the British cruiser
Barham has met with an accident. One
report has it that she struck Turk
ish mine.
A Malta dispatch to the Telegraph,
however, says that the reports being
circulated regarding mishap to a
battleship are without foundation.
Twenty British warships are now
in Turkish waters. Ships are calling at
Malta in unprecedented numbers.
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PRESiCENT-ELECT.
Continued from Page one.)

while Princeton's church going folk
came to congratulate him.
The governor, during the afternoon.
cleared up some of his correspondence.
He admitted that some of the letters con-
tanned suggestions for his cabinet. but
further than that he was non-committai-
National Chairman William +. Nc
Combs, after two-day visit to Prince
ton, left, tonight.
In discussing his vacation Dr. Wilson
said, today. that he was going 10 be free
from callers of every kind during me
time he was away Neither Mr.. McComos
nor Vice Chairman McAdoo, nor any Oh
the other men prominently Identified WIN
the campaign, will invade his retreat lie
ie going IN he out of reach of everybody
and will summon no one.
my friends have all CONSIDERABLY
agreed not to look me up he SAID. L"
going to be alone with my family
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SAMUEL y. WENTWORTH.
Was a Leading Boston Lawyer ana
Descendant of John wentworth

Boston. Nov 1D.-Samuei ii. Went
worth. a leading Boston lawyer, LOT
many wears and of distinguished colo
nial ancestry. died. tonight. aged -
ya.rs He was a great grandson OF
I'm wentworth. who was Speaker oil
the Provincial House OF Repfeseht'-
lives in 1771 and 1a75. a brother "ao
Long John Wentworth, lorihei
MAYOR of Chicago and congressman.
Mr.. wentworth was born in saho-
wich. \. H., and graduated from Haf-
ward in 1861. He was given the degree
of A. NJ. by Harvard IN 1868 ana py
Dartmouth in 1879. He served In the
House OF Representatives of the Gen
eral Court in 1877 and 1878. and was
a member of the Boston School COM
mittee in 1871.
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The three-masted schooner r. B. White
was launched at 10 O'Clock, Saturday
morning, from the yard of Sawyer Bros.
Millbridge She was christened with
bottle of wine by Miss Martina Sawyer
and showers of flowers from her bunting,
which was broken out as she went over
The White Is All tons net is 132 feet keel
80 feet beam and IS feet deep. She has
a flush deck and is designed for the
Southern lumber trade. She is owned
principally in Baltimore, which VIII De
her hailing port, and G. c. Pauies Co. OF
Baltimore are her managing owners
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Greeks Daily Attack Arta.

Athens. Nev. 10.-An Arta dispatch
reports that the Turks have attacked
the Greek forces daily since. Nov. s..
Last night, the Turks retreated from
positions which they held around PEN
tepigedia. which the Greeks now oc-
cupy. The Turks suffered severe losses.
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Turkish Crew Mutiny.

Saloniki, Nov. 10-The crew of the
Turkish paddlewheel dispatch boat Fuad,
at which the Greek torpedo boat fired
when she sank the Turkish battleship
Fetb-i-Bulend, has mutinied and shot the
captain The other officers then fired at
the men, many of whom were killed.
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Manchester, N. H.. Greeks Celebrate.

Manchester. " H., Nov. 10.-Nearly 1850
Greeks celebrated the fan of Saloniki
here. tonight, marching through the prin-
cipal streets and burning fireworks. They
were addressed in a public hall by lead
ers from New York and Boston. Money
to the amount of 5000 was pledged at the
meeting for the use of the Red Cross In
Greece.
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AusTRo. sERviAN TROUBLE.
Thought Differences May Be Settled
AmicabIy Between the Twos

Paris, Nov. 10.-Despite the critical
nature of the Austro-S ervian differ
ence in regard TO the Balkans. it is
believed In orncial circles IN ot. re-
tersburg, according to dispatch to
La Liberte, that Austria and Servia
will reach an accord without jeop-
ardizing the peace of Europe.
1t is thought that King Ferdinand
of Bulgaria and the Russian govern
ment are likely to bring influence to
bear on Servia to restrain her terri
toria1 demands.
Austria is sending IS battalions into
Bosnia and Herzegovina. or. in other
words. toward the Servian frontier,
according to a Belgrade dispatch TO
the Temps 1t is believed at the Ser
Wan capital, the correspondents adds,
that Russia and perhaps the other
Powers will ask Austria for an eXpla-
nation.
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Mrs. Alice NJ Devine of New York
CITY shot and killed herself, late Sat
urdav afternoon, at the grave OF her
husband, John Devine, in a Milford.
Conn, cemetery. Her husband was
buried three years ago. Grief at his
death is believed to have unbalanced
her mind. Among her effects was a
letter directing that she be buried be-
side her husband.
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the south of Monastir. which will have
the alternative Of surrendering either
to the Servians operating in the north
or the Greeks in the South.
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UNREtENTlNG ATTACK.
Continued from Page Nine.)

charge Of the embassy pending the ar
rival Of the neyly appointed ambassa-
dor. Marquis Di Garroni.
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British Cruisers Arrive In Smyrna.

Smyrna, Nov. 1O.-The British pro-
tected cruiser Yarmouth and the
Dutch cruiser Gelderland anchored in
the harbor, today.
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PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS
U. S. Revenue Unaiga Receives Rush
Orders to Sail for Scene.

Washington, Nov. 10-The United
States revenue cutter Unalga, now at
Port Said en- route from Baltimore 10
Alaska. has been ordered to proceed
Immediately to Beirut and smyrna
Asia Minor, to protect American clti-
zens and their property. Fear OF a
Moslem uprising against Christians
caused the,United States to take this
acton.
The Unalga will remain at one OF
these ports until the arrival of the
cruisers Montana and Tennessee, or
dered TO Turkish waters from Philadel
phia.
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PRESIDENT MELLEN IGNORANT.

Has No Knowledge Of Action of South
ern New England r. r.
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Portsmouth. n. H.. Nov. Thirty
marines from the Portsmouth navy
yard left for Philadelphia, Saturday.
They have been assigned to. duty on
the cruisers Tennessee and Montana,
which win soon start for the Near
East.
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Kew Haven. c.. NOV. io.--In regard
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TROUBLE GALORE.

Continued from Page one.)
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BRITISH STATEMENT.

CONTINUED from Page one.)
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qHeea,se, in the last resort. the at