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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Dec. 25-The storm that
has been central near the mouth of the
Mississippi river Wednesday night NOV
ed rapidly northeastward, gaining great
intensity, and Thursday night its center
was near the Virginia capes. whence it
will follow the coast une northeastward.
Storm signals are now displayed on the
entire Atlantic coast. During the last
"a hours the storm has been general and
heavy rains throughout the Middle At
lantic states The storm is now central
near the Virginia capes, which will cause
cloudy weather with snow or rain Friday
in the middle Atlantic states and snow
in the North Atlantic states and will be
followed by fair weather in these districts
Saturday. The weather will be colder Fri
day and Saturday in the Atlantic states
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Pres. Wilson and Party Has
Quiet Day at Christian Pass.

try" said the President. It's very
Kind of you to come over"
The President bought two 25-cent
books of stamps and in her confusion
the postmistress forgot to give him
so cents in change. This, however, will
be dispatched to him tomorrow.
l" wish he had said something about
letting me have three years more"
Mrs. Simpson. who is candidate for
re-appointment, later told her friends.
They are fighting me hard for the
place"
AS the President stood at the door OF
the post office, several little children
walked shyly up to him and grasped his
hand The President stopped, playfully
asked their names and wished them
merry Christmas. His attention soon was
arrested by the arrival of the town mail
carrier, who drew up proudly with his
sacks of mail, climbing out of small
canvass covered cart attached to which
was a peculiar looking animal of shaggy
limbs, in color a reddish brown.
ITS part dog" volunteered somebody
in the crowd and the President smiled at
the diminutive horse. Originally the viii
lager said, it was a well groomed Shet-
land pony, but since carrying Uncle
Sans mail the animal has grown a
thick unkempt coat and acquired a hes
itating gait.
The President continued his walk. The
mercury touched 40 degrees early in the
forenoon and remained thereabouts. all
day To those of the Presidential party
who expected warm and balmy tempera-
lures the winter capital did not come
up to expectations, though Mayor Sau-
cier and other prominent weather fore
casters in the vicinity maintained tina
the cold spell was but temporary.
The President set his seal of ap-
proval on the climate, however, by
scorning an overcoat, as did DR.. Cary
T. Grayson, U. S. N. his physician.
The President wore a heavy woolen
sweater under his coat. He walked
Home" in apparent enjoyment of his
stroll. Earlier in the day Mr.. Wilson
had taken short walk with Mrs. Will
son ON the beach road that runs for
several miles along the Gulf coast.
They also took a motor ride to Gulf
port, the nearest town, but passed
most of the day in the square shaped
cottage which will be the Winter
White House" for the next three
weeks They exchanged presents, read
Holiday greetings that came. For
complete change from the city of
Washington, where he has been over
Continued on Page Two.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
West Buxton Boy Defending
Mother, Knocks Down and Shoots
Drunken Father=--PrObably Die.

but before he had caught the boy, the
little fellow turned on him and freo.
The shot took effect in the right leg
and Rowe fell in his tracks.
TIE boy notified an uncle, who lives
nearby and between them they got
the wounded man into the house. They
were unable to get a physician ana
their efforts to stop the bleeding were
of little avail.
In the morning Deputy Sheriff Mar
tin was notified and he had Rowe
brought to the hospital in this city
Here it was found that he was SO
weak from the less of blood that 1t
would not be safe to operate on him
and his recovery is doubtful
Rowe is 81 years old and is black
smith, being employed at Buxton Cen
ter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
For Competition in Business
Are To Be Issued
By Supreme Court, Which Has
Been Reviewing Many Gases
Where UnscrupuIous Firms Have
Taken Away Others Business.

Washington, Dec 25-More clearly
defined rules for competition in bus
mess are to be promulgated by the su-
preme court Within the last few
weeks the court has directed lower
tribunals to send up cases involving
alleged unfair competition for deci-
sions which are expected to be sec
ond in Importance only to the court $
antitrust rulings.
The law as to patents and trade
marks has been regarded as compare
lively settled but few cases involving
the domain of unfair competition IN
business has come before the court
The gravity of the absence of definite
rules in that sphere was brought out
in bold relief before the supreme court
recently when a st. Louis shoe firm
complained that it's entire profit from
the manufacture and sale OF a certain
line of shoes for four years was about
to be turned over to Cincinnati rival.
The sum amounts to almost half
million dollars.
The ST. Louis firm had been guilty,
according to the lower courts, of put
ting out shoe with name resem-
bling that of a competitors shoe That
was alleged to be unfair. For the pur-
pose of argument, the st. Louis firm
admitted the unfairness of the trans
action, but contended that the amount
of its punishment should only be the
amount of business that Its rival fail
ed to get by reason of its act. The
lower court held that was not prop
er rule for melting out the proper pun
ishment; but that the erring COM
pany's entire profits must be taken
away. The supreme court decided to
review the case.
Many business concerns are said to
be anxious over the outcome of the
case Carelessness in adopting trade
names is said to threaten them with
loss of all profits for many years. A
rapid change of trade names would
probably follow ga decision affirming
the decision of the lower court.
Another case the court has decided
to review involves the question of
whether a flour mill that unconscious
ly adopted the same name for a brand
of -four as used by another mill must
turn its profits over to the mill first
using the name. The point has arisen
in the case of an Illinois flour COM
pany that developed a trade for a
brand of flour in the Southeastern
states only to have a demand made in
court that it's business be condemned
as unfair competition" because an
Ohio firm had for years been using this
same name for flour in Ohio.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Portland Woman
Asphyxiated==May
Have Been Suicide

Portland, Me, Dec. 25.--Mrs. Mar
garet TAYLOR, aged 35, cook employ
ed at local hotel, was found dead in
her room at Cumberland avenue
boarding house early this evening,
having been asphyxiated by illum-
mating gas. The woman lay in front
Of a dressing case clad only in union
suit. The gas jet was about two-thirds
turned on.
There was nothing to show whether
ii was a case of suicide or the woman
had left the gas turned on accident
ally and in attempting to cross the
room had been overcome. The hls-
band is alive but the couple had not
been living together.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

Brunswick Me-, Dec. 25.-(SpeciaD.--
Escaping death and a horrible death
at that by only "a inches, will probably
cause a Brunswick man who had been
celebrating the night before Christmas
the shivers every time he recalls his
adventures on Christmas eve, 1913.
Ths s o'clock car on the L., \. & w.
Long line, bound west, had reached
a point near Merrymeeting park when
the motorman, Dan Bowie, noticed
ahead what he supposed to be a tuft
of grass close to the rail No snow had
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Sent to Mcmillan Party in
The Far North.
Wireless Message, Which Un-
fortunately Cannot Be Answered.
Contents Of the Wonderful Christ.
mas Box Is Now Made Public.

New York, Dec. 25.-Through the
Arctic regions last night, unless the
aurora horealis interfered a wireless
message from the sponsors of the
Crocker Land expedition sped to its
leader, Donald B. Macmillan. and his
companions at Etah, Greenland. 1900
miles away. 1t was Christmas mes
sage from the American Museum of
Natural History, the American Geo
graphical Society and the University
of Illinois, and was signed by DR.. Ed
mund o. Hovey of the museum, di-
rector of the expedition.
It was looked on as good gamble
that it would reach its source, and
though the wireless outfit of the party
is expected to have caught it, it is not
powerful enough to send an answer,
which is tantalizing to those who want
to know about the expedition.
The message to Macmillan sent on
Tuesday night to G.. j. Desbarats, dep
uty minister of the naval service at
Ottawa, and then to be forwarded to
the wireless station for its leap of
1900 miles TO Etah, reads:
"Heartiest greetings and best wishes
from Museum, Geographical Society
and University of Illinois. and from
family and personal friends of your
self and all your party. We are well,
and are confident of your success in
spite of all difficulties. though no word
from you has come through yet.
"E. o. 1OVEY.'
1--WE We're encouraged by the re-
ports of Roy Andrews, Museum ex-
plorer," said Professor Henry Fairfield
Osborn, president of the Museum, Ito
send wireless message to the ex-
pedition, because Mr.. Andrews, who
was on the Adventures in the Arctic
last summer, was enabled to get even
Continued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Too Merry Christmas Brings
Death Very Near to One Man.

fallen and the ground and railway at
this point was bare.
Notorman Bowie decided on another
glance that it was not a tuft of grass
but a mans arm, and with prompt ac-
tion he stopped his car within two feet
of a mans body stretched across the
roadbed with head on the rail.
Had Bowie not been sharp eyed the
wheels of his car would have decapitat-
ed the man.
The man was taken aboard the car
nearly frozen and carried on the car
to within reaching distance of his
home. which he reached in safety.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
EXPIRES. Barra Dec
Grated by Mikado.

Toxic, Japan, Dec. 25-Francisco de la
Barra, the former Provisional President
of Mexico, who is here at the head of a
special Mexican mission, today took
luncheon at the imperial palace and later
presented to Emperor Yoshihito a letter
from Provisional President Huerta
thanking His Majesty for participating
in Mexico's centenary celebration. The
Emperor decorated the Mexican envoy
with the Grand Gordon of the Order of
Pasulowinia.
AS Senior de la Barra entered the car
riage which took him to the palace he
was cheered by crowd which had gath
cred about the hotel. The Mexican diplo-
mat said there was no secrecy attached
to his mission and that his visit to Japan
was purely ceremonious.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Storm Coming Up Coast.

Boston, Dec. ga warning to shipping
to remain in port to avoid storm COM
ing up from the Virginia coast was re-
ceived at the local Office of the weather
bureau tonight from the Washington
headquarters. The message said:
"Storm of marked intensity off the Vir-
ginia capes moving northeast will be at
tended by shifting gales along the Mid
die Atlantic and New England coasts
tonight and Friday. Advise shipping to
remain In port (Signed) Bowie
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
RAIN OR SNOW.

Washington. Dec 25.-Forecast for
northern New England. Snow or rain
Friday, colder at night; Saturday clear
ing and colder, easterly gales. Southern
New England: Rail or snow Friday,
colder at night; Saturday fair and colder,
east shifting to north gales. Eastern
New York: Rain or snow Friday, colder
at night; Saturday fair and colder, shift
ing gales.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A son OF Premier p. w. A. Cort Van
Der Linden and four other passengers
were killed and II injured Sunday in the
wreck of holiday train which jumped
the track near Groningen, Netherlands.
The death occurred Thursday at Me-
ran, Austrian Tyrol, of Wenzel Ritter
von Zaleski. Austrian minister of fl
nance. who had been a member of the
cabinet since November, 1911.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
RObber Pleads
Guilty of Murder.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec 25.-"I have
no friends. l will plead guilty. l am
ready to hang"
John Bostick, confessed train rob-
ber and slayer of Horace Montague, a
Southern Pacific travelling passenger
agent, made this statement today,
shortly after he arrived from San
Francisco.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Strikers Not implicated.

President Meyer decried attempts which
he said had been made to interpret .Is
statements in the catastrophe as efforts
to make capital for his organization out
of the calamity. He stated emphatically
that he had merely offered testimony of
eye-witnesses for what that testimony
was worth, and that the persons who told
him that the miscreant who started the
panic by calling fire" wore insignia of
the Citizens Alliance would be produced
as witnesses at the coroner's inquest.
President Meyer in a telegram to Pres
ident Wilson last night said, according
to his best information, no one in sym
pathy with the strikers brought about
the catastrophe.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Dec 25.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Rain or snow Friday, cold
er at night; Saturday fair and colder;
east shifting to north gales.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Former Cong. G. J. Smith Dead.

ingston, n. Y, Dec 25.-Word was re-
ceived here today that Former Congress
man George ]. Smith died last night at
Atlantic City, where he had gone for his
health. He was about 55 years old.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

Calumet, Mich, Dec. 25.-On the day
which throughout all Christendom is
set aside for rejoicing over the birth
of the Saviour, Calumet, stricken by
an almost unbelievable catastrophe,
stands mourning beside it's dead, the
70 victims, most of whom were chill
dren, of the frightful panic on Christ
mas eve in the Italian hall This panic
followed a false alarm of fire during
the progress of a Christmas tree enter
tainment arranged for families of the
copper strikers. All bitterness and ILL
feeling that has existed in this strike
ridden community during the past
months is swept away by one great
common affiiction. Today the people of
Calumet can see only their neighbors,
their brothers, their sisters and their
little children, staggering under bur-
den Of grief.
A great mass meeting of Calumet
citizens was held this afternoon to ex-
press their sympathy and devise ways
and means to alleviate the sufferings
of these families on whom death had
fallen so heavily.
committee of II was appointed to
visit each bereaved home and ascer-
tain what financial assistance is neces-
sary. Unlimited funds are assured and
no outside aid will be needed.
With the kindest feeling for those
who offered it, we ask no outside help, y
state the resolutions of sympathy
adopted. These men are our own peo-
pie and this is cur sacred privilege to
care for our dead and to comfort the
living"
The statement of President Meyer oi
the Western Federation Of Miners, thai
no benefits from the citizens would bt
accepted, was disregarded. President
Meyer declared that "the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners will bury its owr
dead" and that mo aid will be accept
ed from any of those citizens who a
short time ago pronounced these people
undesirable citizens. He said organized
labor will take care of the relatives OF
the deceased.
The strikers also met this afternoon
and named committee to call on the
stricken relatives and learn their wish
es regarding the funeral This commit
tee will meet tomorrow morning tC
make arrangements for the service.
Cause of the Fatal Alarm.
The authorities have so far been un.
able to trace a man who is said tc
have gone up the stairs of the Italian
hall and raised the cry of fire, which
is supposed to have started the panic
and caused the death of nearly foul
score men, women and children. There
seems to be little hope of apprenending
him.
The other theory that the cry of fire
originated within the hall, was sub
stantiated today by Matt Sari, strik-
er, who lost his son in the disaster. He
declared the cry came from a grouI
OF, men and women near the front oi
the hall.
Still another story was told by Mrs
John Meyers, whose bseivations tend {
to confirm Sari. She said she saw mar
with boy in his arms rushing dowr
the stairs. The boys cap was burning
she said, and in her opinion this spectacl,
inspired the cry which Sari said ht
heard. The boys cap, friends of thi.
theory assert, might easily have been ig
nited by a spark from one of the pipe
which some of the spectators We're smok
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Financial Business Suspended.

New York, Dec. 25.-Al the ex-
changes, money markets and banks IN
every Christian country were closed
TODAY. In England and in France the
exchanges will be closed tomorrow
also.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
1904

10c Cigar Thirty-nine years continu-
Gus increas sed sales tells its own story.
Factory. Manchester, n. H. diff
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
THE WEATHER

Rain or snow Friday, colder at
night; clearing and colder Sat-
urday, with easteriy gales.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

II your property is really
worth while" make that clear
in your classified Advertising
and you'll sell it.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABYS
SKIN

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vorite. Not only is it unrivaled In
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the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
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Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer often
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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
THE END TO A FAMOUS SCOUT
oliver Wisslns, Denver Pioneer,
Dead at Ninety Years-Friend
Of Kit Carson.

Denver.-Oliver cold Scout") Wig
gins. one Of Denvers most famous
early frontiersmen, died at his resi-
dence here. He was ninety years old
Virgins came across the plains in
1898. For a number of years he was
a member OF Kit Carson's famous COM
pany Of frontiersmen and served un-
der Carson In the Mexican war, where
he was wounded at the Battle of
Monterey.
His cabin was one Of the first built
in Denver From 1s4s to 1858 he was
employed as scout. guide and hunter
for the immigrant trains across the
plains and his knowledge OF the from
tier extended through the length and
breadth of the Rocky mountains.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
TRY GIRL OF 13 FOR MURDER
A Canadian Child Accused Of Beating
Playmate to Death With an
Iron Shovel.

Prince Albert. Sask-Kathleen Oh
ka. thirteen years old. of Wakawa,
charged with the murder Of her nine-
year old playmate. Julia jennings
was put on trial here. The girl is ac-
cused of killing the other child by
beating her on the head with an iron
shovel while they were walking to-
gether about eight miles from Waka-
wa last June.
After the killing Kathleen returned
to her home and told her mother that
her companion had left her. The fol-
lowing day the body of the child was
found on an abandoned homestead.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
BUMPED HIS sELF-coNcEIT
Young Lady's Reason for Choosing
Escort Not Exactly What He
Had Imagined II to BE.

Mr.. Blank (we've got to call him
that because he's really very decent
fellow, and he'd kill us if we told
his real name) is first tenor in a glee
club. He sings in a choir, too. Every
body likes him.
The other night a bunch of young
people met for social session at a
certain house in the suburbs. They
ate and danced and they sang. And
when 1t was all over the prettiest
young woman there-she hadn't been
escorted thither by any chosen cav
alier-said:
II walk home, but it's a lonesome
walk and I'm afraid. There have
been holdups in this part Of town. So
1 choose Mr.. Blank to see me safe
home" On the way home Mr.. Blank
was considerably swelled up. Tho
prettiest girl had chosen him from Il
crowd Of personable bachelors, and
his feelings of self-satisfaction were
excusable. He couldn't resist saying:
why did you think I was the
strongest and bravest man there to-
night?"
Il didn't" answered the girl "I
picked you because l knew you could
holler the udest!"-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
DAY OF THE BUTLER PASSING
Arrogance, Insolence and ignorance
Are the Causes an English
man Gives.

Mrs. Golightly rejoices in her butler
and second inside man" She wishes
to run her household on the English
plan, or she remembers Mrs. Edith
Wharton's earlier stories in which a
butler always figures, also a bishep.
But we learn from England, writes
Philip Hale in the Boston Herald,
that the reign of the butler is passing.
A rash journalist ascribed his undo
ing to his arrogance, insolence and
ignorance.
w. Holloway, who describes him
self as butler. answers in a gallant
manner Dealing with illogical wom-
en- does not conduce to a compatibility
OF temper or efficiency A lot of
money Is wasted on finery, while a
request for the house. such as clean
ing utensils. is greeted with black
looks and Why do they wear out?' "
And Mr. Holloway remarks that If
the old type of butler has deteriorat-
ed so has the old type OF gentry. Do
mestic service is not worth the can
die; the navy is to be preferred LAS
for gambling and drinking below
stairs, upstairs sets the example,"
Is IL possible that the old family,
crnsted. gouty butler in England is
PASSING. In the old fashioned plays
he was delighted with his Il have
known master, forty years, man and
boy etc; and there are fine buffers
in fiction. One of the best is the
father OF Ethelberta in Thomas Har-
dy's romance, who Is proud of his
daughters literary fame and enjoys
the discussion about her while he
stands near the dining table. Then
there is the butler In Our Mutual
Friend" who pours out the wine with
the air OF n disapproving analytical
chemist.
We do not see how any American
who in his boyhood saw all at table
helping themselves, spearing a potato
or q doughnut with fork. or asking
neighbor to hurry up and pass the
butter. can view his butler or his
valet without a quavering voice and a
trembling of the knees. Octave Mir
beau's journal dune femme de cham
bre" is widely known. We should
like to read the memoirs of butler
in an exclusive" American house
hold.