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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16

Topsham. Me, Oct 15-(SpeciaD.=
With only the races lacking. the Saga
dahoc Agricultural and Horticultural
Society braved the threat of the skies
and the discomfort of the wet roads
ard paths and staged its first days
exhibition, Wednesday.
b "Topsham fair was set ahead one
aay because Of Tuesdays cold and
storm, and there was some argument
over the wisdom of the same action.
today. The majority of the officials
favored opening 'er up, however. see
lHS the possibility of success of a four
DAY fair. Starting proceedings, today,
necessitates an extra day to take care
OF the race program. If Thursday,
Friday and Saturday be pleasant,
with passable track, the exhibition
promises to be more profitable than
would have been possible had the
original plans been effected.
More than 1000 persons were on the
grounds despite a heavy mist during
the afternoon and found adequate en-
Nti ettOlSs Tue ANYWAY, III l1t
exhibition hall and in the poultry and
livestock departments.
The fakirs and lunch counter men
are all at work but grumbling over
the weather. They find excuse for ops
timism, however, in the promise of
the next three days. The rain drove
| many from their tents. Tuesday night
and when they went to Brunswick
| for rooms they found it impossible tc
| secure accommodations. No electric
cars We're running, Tuesday evening
and therefore they had to make ths
| best of it walking the streets or lyin1
| in wet tents.
The Stock Exhibits.
1t is a reccrd-breaking exhibit o
sheep, bigger even than that of las
| year. Hundreds of cattle are con
tentedly munching their "cuds' Will
sleek and handsome horses uphole
| their end of the show.
VIII b. Kendall is, as usual, tn
leading exhibitor of sheep He has [
head, including five different breeds
There are splendid specimens of TIL
Hampshire Down, of the Cheviot. TIL
Cotswold, the Leicester and the Horn
ed Dorset, pure bred stock. Althoug
Mr.. Kendall has been in the shee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
James F. Bagley
Secretary OF the
Charities Com.

Portland. Me. oct. 15.-tSpeciaD.--
James f. Bagley. private secretary te
General Richards at the Togus Home,
has been elected secretary of the
Maine state Board of Charities ami
Corrections.
This action was taken at a meet
ing of the board, this afternoon IN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
Conditions and General Forecast

Conditions and Genera Forecast.
Washington, Oct. 15.-Pressure con-
tinues low off the New ENGLAND coast
and during the last "A hours it has
caused unsettled weather in New
England New York, and high winds
off the Atlantic coast In other parts
of the country the weather remained
fai. except that there were local rams
in Nebraska, Kansas and the North
Pacific states.
Temperature remains near OF above
the normal in the East
With the exception Of unsettled
weather in New England, the weather
will be generally fair, Thursday ana
Friday, throughout the East rem
perature will change little in the East
during the next As hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
THE WEATHER.
CIOUDY-LOCAL RAINS.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Forecast
Northern New England: Cloudy
Thursday, with local rains; Friday,
fair brisk northeast and north winds
Southern New England Cloudy
Thursday; Friday, fair; brisk north
winds Eastern New York Probably
fair Thursday and Friday; moderate
west winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
GERMANY WATCHING.
German Foreign Office Following
Closely Mexican Developments.

Berlin. Oct. 15.-The German foreign
office is following closely new deVel-
opments in Mexico, at the same time
adhering to its attitude OF allowing
the United States government an an
solutely free hand in setting IT'S pol
lev without extraneous ADVICE
The suggestion put forward by some
Mexican newspapers that Ambassador
Gerard is faced with difficult negotia-
lions in regard to Mexico is unfeunded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16

At Time When He Was Captain OF Co.
NJ, 2nd Regt.
this city, five candidates for the po-
sition being considered. Mr.. Bagley
was given preference because his eX-
perience seemed to fit him better for
the work required
Mr. Bagley was at one time captain
of the Augusta company Of the md
Ree't and commander of Maine Com
mandery, No /, Knights Templar, at
Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
Late j. P. Morgan
Will PrObated.

London, Oct. 15.-The will of the
late j. Pierpont Morgan was probated
here, today. His estate in the Brit
ish Isles amounted to a total OF Sa,-
S99.155, so that the Budget of Chan
cellor of the ExcheqIer Lloyd George
benefits by death duties to the extent
IF "a bout $950.000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Oct. 15-Thursday. unset
tied: Friday fair; moderate westerly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-16
7-2O-A

l0c. Cigar. Thlrty-nine years continu-
oua Increased sales tells Its own story.
Factory, Manchester, N. n.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
THIS YEAR
IN BIGGER DEMAND
Thousands of Flowers Will
Be Strewn on Graves
Tomorrow.

Local florists declare that flowers
are in a greater demand this year
than heretofore and that by tomorrow
night there will be but a small guam
tity of flowers on hand. However, the
supply this year is far short of what it
has been. More flowers have been
plucked for Decoration Day than for
any other day, so far this year Thous-
ands of flowers will be strewn upon
the graves in Wayne county tomor-
row.
We have been compelled to resort
to artificial heat to get blossoms" said
Richmond florist today. Sunshine,
plenty of it and hot sunshine is need
ed to bring the blossoms out. There
has not been sufficient hot sunshine
the last week to make the flowers
bloom anything like they should to
meet the demands for tomorrow.
Roses, bleeding hearts and in fact all
blooming plants and shrubs which put
forth blossoms at this season of the
year are slow in doing so this year
for want of hot sunshine
There have been some reports of
flower stealing and police have doub-
led the watch for flower thieves. All
persons detected stealing flowers will
be arrested and prosecuted Last year
many beautiful flower beds were strip
ped of their blossoms the. night be-
fore Decoration Day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
MAN INJURED WHEN
CAR TURNS TURTLE
Driver Lost Control of Ma
chine-Plunged Down
Embankment.
ZELLNER IN HOSPITAL
Other Members of Party I'm
injured-Machine Slight
ly Damaged.
IN HOSPITAL

Dashing down a steep hill immedi-
ately west of Stephen Kuth's farm on
the National road, East, an automobile
driven by Carl Zellner, of Portsmouth,
O., and carrying four other men, about
10: 45 o'clock this morning, skidded and
plunged sidewise down the embank-
ment. The machine turned completely
over once and landed right side up at
the foot os the embankment. One
man jumped before the machine had
left the road, and the other four were
thrown GUS as the machine turned
over, landing in tangle of briars and
broken glass from the windshield, all
miraculously escaping serious injury.
Zellner was the only one injured.
and he was rushed to the city in an
automobile and taken to Reid Memo
rial Hospital.
The men were on their way to the
speedway races at Indianapolis. Ac-
cording to witness, they passed the
Kuth farm at a high rate of speed.
On the hill west of the Kath place the
machine skidded and control of it was
lost. The machine darted diagonally
down the embankment at that place
and then turned toward the road. The
rear wheels, however, went into a
sunken culvert, and the machine hurt
ling over backward and sidewise,
crashed through the thick bushes and
landed right side up.
Kuth and other farmers of the neigh
borhood as well as passing automobil-
lists hurried to the rescue of the men.
Zellner was lying on the ground in a
dazed condition. His four companions
were somewhat dazed, but aside from
a few scratches they were uninjured.
Zellner was placed in an automobile
and brought to the hospital. He was
attended there by DR.. King who, after
examining him directed that he re-
main there twenty-four hours until 1t
would be possible to determine wheth-
er or not internal injuries had been
sustained. Aside from this possibility
Zellner's chief injury appears to be a
badly sprained back.
The machine was hauled onto the
road by a team and towed to this city
by another automobile. Despite the
rough tumble it had sustained, but
slight damage was done the machine.
A broken windshield, dented tenders,
a smashed lamp and a bent rear axle
was the total of the damage to the
car.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
COMPANY DEMANDS
DAMAGES OF $1,000
Suit Was Filed Today BY the
Water, Company Against
Underhill.

Suit was filed today by the Rich.
mond City Water Works company
against Alfred and Ruth Underhill de.
manding $1,000 damages as a result
of the blasting of the twenty-inch wa
ter main, April 8. Richmond was
without water for nineteen hours.
The. company accuses the defend,
ants of gross carelessness, and esti.
mates the loss to the company to be
$1,000 Underhill at the time the main
was dynamited was not near the
premises though the dynamiting was
being done at his orders, it is said.
A charge was filed against him
charging him with criminal negli-
gence. The land where the main was
blown up is owned jointly by Alfred
and Ruth Underhill. Underhill al
legged that he was having some stumps
blown up at the time and did not
know the location of the main The
charge was dismissed because of the
lack of discriminating evidence
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
AFTER MONOPOLY ON
STEAMSHIP TRAFFIC
Charles w. Morse, Has Pur-
chased Four Lake
Steamers.
(National News Association)

NEW YORK, May 29.-Charles w.
Morse. who was convicted of bank
wrecking after the 1907 panic and was
afterwards pardoned by President
Taft on the ground that he was dying,
is not only attempting to secure a mo-
nopoly on Hudson river steamship
traffic, but is reaching out along the
Atlantic coast. This became known
today when it was learned that Morse
has bought four lake steamers for
coastwise trade between New York
and southern ports and will attempt
to become the dominant figure in
steamship traffic on the Atlantic
coast he was planning to become when
the financial earthquake of 1907 up
set his schemes. The ships are so big
they cannot be brought through the
canal connecting Lakes Erie and On
tario, consequently they will have to
be reduced in size. They will be en-
larged after they reach this port.
Morse will extend his operations to
the Pacific when the Panama canal is
completed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
SUBSIDY FEATURE
WILL Be DROPPED
To Be No Reduction On
Rates of Imports Shipped
in American Bottoms.
National News Association)

WASHINGTON, May 29-The clause
in the Underwood tariff bill providing
a five per cent discount on imp ports
brought into the United States by
American owned or controlled vessels
will be dropped from the bill, accord
ing to a statement made by Senator
Simmons after a conference with the
president today.
Conferences between members of
the senate finance committee and
members of the lower house who were
in charge of various sections of the
Underwood tariff bill will be the rule
until the bill reaches the floor of the
senate.
The sub committee continued work
ing on the bill today in secret session
calling in members of the house ways
and means committee to discuss de-
batable points.
If agreements can be reached be-
tween the tariff experts of the two
houses the chances of long delay in
will be avoided This is the
purpose of the new scheme of mutual
legislation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
Young Newspaper Reporter
Tells Jury That His Dis
tinguished Cousin Is Not a
Booze-Fighter.
"a ADMITS ROOSEVELT
HAS WINE CELLAR
Other Character Witnesses
Testify They Never Saw
Ex-President Under Influ-
ence of Liquor.
(Eational News Association)

MARQUETTE, Mich, May 29.-
Philip James Roosevelt, son of a cous-
in of the former president, was a wit
ness today in Colonel Roosevelt's $1O,-
600 libel suit against Editor Newett of
the Ishpeming Iron Ore.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was 21 years
old and a newspaper man, a resident
of New York in the winter and Oyster
Bay in the summer. He said his faith
er's house is within $50 yards of the
coloners residence. He also said that
the colonel.
Young Roosevelt testified that the
colonel used to drink a little wine and
occasionally a little champagne. He
said once on trip the former presi-
dent drank a glass of milk with a tea
spoonful of brandy in it, which was
given him by the negro steward.
On cross-examination the young man
said the colonel had a regular "gen-
tleman's cellar" Questioned about
Scotch whisky, he said he never saw
lar. He returned the same answer
about red wine, sherry, rye and bour-
bon whisky, MADEIRA, Russian wine
and creme de menthe. The witness
said his pay is going on while he is
in Marquette. and that he is cover
ing" the trial here for the New York
Evening Post.
Edwin Emerson, Charles Thompson
and Andrew Adele were also called as
character witnesses for the colonel.
Emerson was secretary to the colo
mel during the Cuban campaign. All
these witnesses said they had never
seen the colonel under the influence
of liquor.
Newett to Take Stand.
George w. Newett is prepared to
take the witness tand in his own de-
fense. 1t was expected that the Mich
gan editor would given his version Of
the story sometime during the day.
The testimony of the editor will deal
largely with the sources of the infor-
nation on which he based his charges
that the former president "got drunk.
and that not infrequently," and that he
used profane language. A trip made
by Newett to Florida, during which he
met a number of prominent persons
who are alleged to have spoken of
Roosevelt's alleged overindulgence in
liquor and similar statements made
by him to persons in Michigan, will
form the basis of his testimony. New
ett also will tell of various articles
which he saw in newspapers and mag
azines which Influenced him to write
the editorial now in question.
The Ishpeming editor has been in
i'll health for some months, and as
soon as the present case is ended he
will go to hospital for an operation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
Hotels Were Filled Last
Night and Parking
Places Crowded.
MANY WILL ATTEND
aMny Local People Will Also
Attend Dillon-Klaus
Battle.
Il an

Hotels and garages have been do
ing rushing business within the past
few days as a result of the large num-
Der of motorists passing through the
city en- route to the auto races at
Indianapolis. It is estimated that be-
fore s o'clock tomorrow morning more
than one thousand automobiles will
have passed through Richmond, carry
ing probably 5000 persons from cities
to the east. More than one hundred
autos were housed in local garages
last night, and the hotels were flled
with guests.
Special trains are being run to Indi-
annapolis from Pittsburg and other
eastern points. Many persons are stop
ping here to wait until the last train.
in order that they will not have to
be so long in Indianapolis A special
train from Pittsburg will pass through
here this evening at o'clock. The
train is a solid Pullman. and hlled
when it left Pittsburg. The special
makes stops only for coal and water.
Richmond is the logical point for
Indianapolis bound travellers to stop
as it is the nearest city where accom-
modations can be secured. Automo-
bile parties which arrived here sooner
than they expected, are staying here
for the day, and about five hundred
autos will leave here after midnight
in order to arrive at Indianapolis early
tomorrow morning.
1t is estimated that about one hun
dred Richmond automobiles we'll leave
here for the capital city. About seven
or eight hundred Richmond people
will be at the speedway tomorrow, and
probably half that number will leave
in time to witness the Dillon-Klaus
fight tonight
The hotels will probably be forced
to close their registers before tomor'
row morning, as many persons have
reserved rooms for Friday night. Ac.
commodations for travellers have been
exhausted at Indianapolis, and many
speedway visitors will leave as soon
as the races are over.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
CAN SETH LUCAS THROW ANY
LIGHT ON THE PARKER CASE?
LUCAS CONDITION
IS IMPROVED TODAY
Wife Murderer Spends Time
in Playing Checkers
AT Jail.

If Seth Lucas is mentally deranged.
as it is believed by some of the Of
ficials at the Wayne county jail. 1t
has not affected his ability as a
player Yesterday afternoon
Lucas demonstrated his ability at the
game and defeated all the sharks"
in the institution.
Lucas is in better condition at this
time than he has been since his con-
finement in the county Jail. His men,
tai condition is improving daily and it
is believed that he will be in condition
to stand. trial without being judged
insane.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
TWO men SAY THEIR
WIVES LEFT THEM
Sylvester N. Bowers and Bert
c. Rogers Ask Di-
VOrceS.

Two men filed divorce complaints at
the offices of the county. clerk in
which they allege that their wives are
guilty of violating their marriage
vows. sd
Sylvester N. Bowers alleges that his
wife, Elizabeth J. Bowers, has been
untrue to her marriage vows in that
she has been intimate with one Pete
Goodwin, resident of. this city.
Bowers alleges that Goodwin went to
New Paris with the defendant.
Bert c. Rodgers filed suit against
Iva Rogers who says she deserted
him and went to Windsor, Canada,
where she is now living with Ward
Eckhart, formerly of this icty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
READY FOR STRUGGLE.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-Twenty.
in tomorrow's struggle for $4,000 on
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have
answered the call of the starter and
made good. Two cars already have
been withdrawn, leaving five to make
their qualifying trial today.
The Withdrawals announced are the
Deltal which Joe Dawson was to
pilot, and the Stearns-Knight, entered
by r. Pennebaker. The Deltal
smashed a crank case during work
out while Pennebaker found it impos
sible to put his machine into condi
tion. .,
Jack Tower, in his little red Mason
set the dopesters to guessing when
he made a bell drive of his lap, tax
ing the turns without shutting on
and finished int Abpst thine ef~ans
qualification round in 1|42--cr ssh
miles an hour. Although what are
supposed to be the fastest cars man
ufactured in this country or Europe
have made the required time in the
qualifying test-2 minutes for the
~ miles stretch-it still is doubtful
whether or not they will be able to
stand the gruelling 500 mile dash.
Cars Are Not Ready?
According to men who have follow
ed the racing game, since Barney Old
field plotted the original Bullet" OF
even farther back than that, the ma
chimes at the track are not ready fol-
such test as the coming event. Many
of the foreign cars have experienced
trouble ever since landing in this
country, while several of the home
machines have been kept in garages
where mechanics have worked night
and day to prepare them. Whether OF
not they have succeeded will be dis
covered tomorrow.
At the drivers meeting last night
rules We're discussed but nothing ma
terially different in the code was no
ticeable. Following the meeting pi
lots drew for their positions in the
race. The cars will be lined up in
seven rows for the blanket start, with
four machines in each row. In the
first file will be Caleb Bragg's Mercer
at the pole. Sunbeam will be No. 2
Billy Leisaw's Anel No. and the
Deusenberg special of Bob Evans in
No. 4. Herr's Stutz, Grants Isotta
Goux's Peugot and Teazloff's Isotta
will be in the second rank.
Bob Burman will have the pole in
the third rank.
Other cars in the file will be Endi
colts Case, Nikrent's Case and Null
ford 'sMercedes. In the fourth files
will be Harry Endicott's Nyberg, the
Henderson, De Palma's Mercer and
Pilette's Mercedes-Knight.
Anderson's Stutz, Haup's Deusen
berg, Merits Stutz and the Schacht
will have the fifth rank. Trucco's Is
otta, Wishart's Mercer. the Fox spec
ial and Disbrow's Case will have the
sixth rank. The rear guard will be
composed of Towers Deusenberg, Ev
ans Deusenberg and the Tulse.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
EDERMAh WANTS To
PLACE STORE HERE
Prominent Dry Goods Mer-
chant Negotiates For
Building.

NJ. ]. Federman, one of the most
prominent dry goods merchants in this
county, is contemplating establishing
store in Richmond. Mr.. Federman
was here yesterday and conferred with
several business men relatives to To-
eating in Richmond.
He is a resident of New York city.
and owns a number of stores in va
rious places in the United States.
1t is probable that Mr.. Federman
will erect a three-story building He
is trying to secure the Aldine Block.
now occupied by Allen & Co, which
firm intends to move to the new build
ing to be erected at the corner of
Tenth and Main.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
Parker's Former Wife, Mrs.
Burleson, and His Step
father, d. Dullhagon, State
They Accused Him. go
WINFIELD PARKER
MISSING 5YEARS
Left Home One Night and
Has Never Been Heard of
Since-Two Motives For
Suspecting Lucas.

Can Seth Lucas, self-con-
fessed murderer of his wife and
suspected fence" for horse
thieves and counterfeiter, shed
any light on the disappearance
of Winfield Parker, the Center
township farmer, who has been
missing since June %, 1908?
Mrs. Ralph Burleson of Cen
terville, Parker's former wife,
his mother, Mrs. ID. Dullhagon
of Center township, and his
stepfather, Mr.. Dullhagon, be-
lieve Lucas can. In fact Mrs.
Burleson and Mr.. Dullhagon OPP
enly charge that they suspect
Lucas of having murdered Park
er. The former states her be-
lief that Lucas was employed by
an enemy of Parker's to do away
with him as a result of q contro-
versy, and she even went so far
as to name the man she believes
was the instigator of the alleged
crime. On the other hand Dull
hagon bluntly states his belief
that Lucas got away with"
Parker because the latter knew
too much about him" What this
knowledge might have been,
Dullhagon volunteered no state
ment when he was seen at his
farm today.
Mrs. Dullhagon stated her belief that
her son is still alive, but added that
she believed Lucas knows OF his where
abouts. :
Broken-hearted Woman.
81 am a broken-hearted woman" ex-
claimed Mrs. Dullhagon. Il am sure
IL could talk with seth Lucas he
would tell me something Just think,
We have never heard a thing OF my
boy since the night he disappeared" {"
The disappearance of Winfield Par
ker. a prosperous young farmer resid-
ing two and one-hah miles northwest
Of Centeryille. is still the topic OF
conversation in the countryside about
Centerville and Greensboro. and Seth
Lncas. a native of that part OF the
county. has for years borne an un-
savory reputation among his neigh
bors, who have long suspected him OF
dealing unlawfully in horses. and with
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-29
CHARGES OF FRAUDS
In Imports Against John
-Wanamaker.
(National News Association)


WASHINGTON, May 90 Attorney
General McReynolds today announced
that the charges of differentiation of
imports against John Wanamaker of
Philadelphia will be laid before the
federal grand jury.
The attorney general conferred with
President Wilson today after receiv-
ing full reports from his agents in
Philadelphia, which, he said, fully JUS
titled the proposed action of the de
partment.