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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

neht j, being House Document
No 500.
Mr., SANBORN of South Portland:
Mr. Chairman. this IS still another
amendment of the same sort and to
make the act uniform this also should
be rejected. This is applied in the
paragraph defining water companies,
in line 1877. The amendment would eX-
clude municipalities and water dis
tricts. The committee recommends and
| move that we reject Amendment u"
Mr.. EATON of oxford: Mr. Chair
man. | would like to say that the OBJ
ject of this amendment is to except
municipalities. | understand that
there are great many municipalities
in the State of Maine, today, which
have a very low water rate, and | be-
ieve that they should be allowed to
| have their own rates, and have them
as low as they possibly can. | would
! like to have the privilege of asking
! the committee. through the chairman
| If the bill as drawn would not allow
| the commission to assess uniform rates
| all over the state in regard to what
| might be charged for water.
Mr.. SANBORN of South Portland
Mr.. Chairman, l think / can set the
mind of the gentleman at ease on that
point and | am very glad that it was
raised. Each public service corporation
! WHOM it is treated by the commission
will be treated as an individual, on it's
own oasis. Its rates will be determined
| solely with reference to its own ability
to perform the service, and its own re-
quircments in the way of return. In an
earlier part of the bill the directions
| are laid down for determining the
rates, based upon the value of the
property, and their income considering
their depreciation. etc. 1t would not by
any means he expected, and it could
not be true under this act that hori-
| zontal set of rates should be imposed
all over the State. either in water COM
panies electric companies. or anything
else. For instance, an electric light
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-22

The CHAIRMAN; The Chair next
lays before the committee Amendment
Il" House Document No. 55S.
Mr. SMITH of Presque Isle: MI.
Chairman, that amendment becomes
ineffective. we having rejected the pre-
vious amendment, the purpose of
which was to carry out the details
provided by Section |. and therefore
Amendment r. should be rejected in
order TO be consistent and l move the
the rejection of Amendment Il
Tile question being on the motion to
reject Amendment Il,
A viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was agreed to, and
Amendment Il" was rejected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

THE NEW YEAR.

Strictly speaking a sircle has neither
beginning nor end. Also, III strictncss
of speech, for whatever travels around
the circumference of a circle, each point
III it is the beginning and end. Thus, in
that vast orbit which our earth describes
around the sun during three hundred
and s~ixty-fve days, five hours, forty
eight minutes and ~forty-eight seconds.
every mOmen is the end of a year and
every moment begins a year. If we could
fix upon the exact point in time when
our earth first started on its journey
around the sun, we should have the be-
ginning of the scientific new year. AS it
is our divisions of time are arbitrary.
We can not be sure of the date in human
history when men began to divide time
into years and all the minor divisions Of
years. We only know that today is the
beginning of the new year as men meas
IRE time in America, and in European
countries. The old year. like other old
years, has been full of great and memo
rable events; full of notable achieve
ments; full also of great calamities.
Considered through long periods of time
the years do not show marked difference
in this respect. This new year will be
like the old. For the world at large it
will mark great achievements and great
disasters; great men will die and great
men will be born in it: for the average
man among us it will perhaps bring
the average amount of sorrow and joy.
victory and defeat; to some it will bring
death. Nevertheless, it is the new year.
and our duty and our work for the next
three hundred and siXty-five days will
lie in it. 1t is the sunrise for us all.
Let us keep our faces bravely to the
front, let us acquit ourselves like men.
casting no regretful Chances on 1912, nor
on the other dead years. May it be a
happy year for all of us: or rather may
it be n year of faithful, honest e%ndeayor,
cheered by the approval of friends and
the approval of our conscienceS. If death
shall claim us, may we so TO our rest i'll
peace
Till the Master of all good workmen
shall set us to work anew
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01
TELEPHONE
318
THE ALAMO LUMBER COMPANY
CASTRO AND THE S~TAR-EYED.

Castro swats us with one terrific swat.
He says that if we shut him out of the
country we must cover up the goddess
of liberty. Castro's notions of what the
goddess of liberty stands for appear
rather haZy. He is not the first for
his notions of what liberty really is
according to the Anglo-SaXon standards.
Liberty. as we understand it, is the eX-
act antithesis of most of the things
Senior Castro wishes to do and be. Lib
erty, for example, is perfectly consistent
with the protection of the American peo-
pie from annoyance by undesirable Clti-
zens. Unless the wise men at Washing
ton are greatly fooled, he is coming to
this country to use it as a base of Oper-
atoms against a friendly nation with
whom we desire to remain at peace. 1t
is nonsense to say that the state depart
ment is not advised of his plans and in
tentiOns. This country is not governed
by blind men or by fools. If the officials
desire to keep Castro away, they have
SOuilu fcdSonS- III US u dssuiou Il ehd''
As to putting muff1ers on the goddess
Of liberty, we can attend to that our
selves if and whenever it may seem adj
yiSable to do so Come to think of it,
this country has no particular reason to
love Castro. If the turning of him away
shall seem inhospitable, we shall be con
SOled to know that he does not come as
an invited guest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01
THE MARRIED WOMAN'S LAW.

The women of Texas are in dead ear
nest about having the laws of the state
relating to the property rights of mar
ried changed, and when the WON
that men have the doing of, the thing is
just as good as accomplished.
The Texas State Federation of Won
ems Clubs has taken the matter up and
is preaching a systematic propaganda i'll
favor of the measure. The bill has been
drawn by Justice Speer of the Fort
Worth court Of civil appeals, who is the
author of a standard work on THE Law
of Married Women"
The last weekly service of news notes
sent out by the federation is a very per,
~Suasive and effective piece of advertising,
because the women have right and JUS
tice on their side, and they show the hard
ships of actual cases. The present Texas
law relating to property rights of wOm-
Ell is, it is true, some Improvement over
the rigid rule Of the common law, under
which all the personal property Of the
Oilib anu y blIIS bilNl NliO
es of action became absolutely the prop
erty Of the husband. but it lacks Il whole
lot of being what the women want or
what it ought to be.
The women state the actual case of q
woman who was poor and who was badly
injured in a railroad wreck. About
Christmas she got able to creep around.
thinly clad and shivcring. to see if she
could get a settlement. She found that
her husband had settled her case for ,
large sum and spent the money. He could
settle; she could not have done so. She
suffered; he robbed her according tC
law.
If a Texas wife deserts her husband
he may sell all Of the property, including
the homestead. without her consent
fTraweek VS.. Harris, s Texas. 312: Earle
VS.. Earle, 9 Texas, 500, but if the hus-
band abandons the wife she must be
pretty nearly at the point of starvation
before she can sell a dollars worth of
community property. If she sells eggs
from her own hens, or peddles apples
from her own trees. or washes for q dol
lar a day on her own dashboard, her
husband can collect and spend the
money. or. if he invests it in property
half of it is his and he can sell it all
without her consent.
The whole purpose of the bill is %justicr
and to change a law which was enacted
two-thirds of a century ago, and which
ought never to have been enacted and
would not if anybody had ever thought
it would be construed as it has been.
The proposed bill deprives nobody of
any rights. natural or vested. 1t will
interfere with the business of the
country, and has nothing to do with
"woman's rights" in a political sense,
but is intended to deal with woman's
wrongs. too long endured already. and to
conditions which daily operate
and inexcusable INVESTIGATIONS
ton Chronicle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01
Daily Herald
Terms of Subscription.

MARTIN j. SLATTERY. ........ Manager
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

Naturally the convicted dynamiters
will appeal their cases to a higher
tribunal. They claim to have discovered
ninety errors in the proceedings of the
court hat tried them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

This. however. is a fact which any one
can find out for himself by a reference
to the calendar. The calendars omit to
state. for some reason, that the biggest
OF the big midwinter fairs for Browns
Vile and the valley country will begin
on that date.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

No one who does not own a vehicle of
some kind. from an automobile to a
~wheelbarrow, can make much of a dis
play in the flower parade-unless he can
borrow or hire a conveyance Neverthe-
less, there are great opportunities for
parade is going to be an event.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

One difficulty about leaving the Bal
kan row to the arbitration of the neigh
bors is the difficulty of finding any dis
interested ~neighbors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

Postmaster General Hitchcock now
wants Uncle Sam to take over the express
business of the country as a sequence of
the establishment Of the parcels post. A
logical sequence that. perhaps, but it
would be wise to give the new expert
ment a fair test before putting the PIX
press companies out of business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

The distinguishing feature of a new
French aeropplane is a control that will
enable the machine to be driven at re
duced as well as fall speed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

Among the suspicious events in the
early days of the glad New Year. will
be the Inauguration of several democratic
governors in states heretofore republi-
can. Also Missouri will return to the
democratic fold, so that the Mysterious
Stranger may hang up his hat on his
own hall rack and be a stranger no more.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-01

Now doth the Austin lodging house
keeper get out his yard stick and HE
him to the linen closet to assure him
self that the sheets come up to the re-
quirement of nine feet each.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
INSTITUTE TO WIND
UP SEASON TODAY
THE Future OF American Agriculture
VIII BE the Subject of DIR. :. {.
schumacher at High school.

The Future Of American Agricul-
ture" will be the subject used by DR..
S. c. Schumacher in his address to
the teachers at the county institute
Friday morning. the final and big day
OF the weeks session. This is the fea-
ture lecture Of the meetings.
His subject for Thursday afternoon
was THE Cud-Chewers" He gave a
most interesting account Of the his
tory fthe cud-chewing animal fam
lily. He said that originally they were
all grass eating animals Of the plains
who for the sake Of protection were
compelled to eat quickly and then seek
seclusion, thus developing a pouch
in which their food could be stored
and afterwards eaten at the animals
leisure.
DR.. F. II. Green talked on the sub
ject steps and Devices in Compost
ton Work" in the afternoon. His
first was the collection of material by
the careful use of the eye, ear and
nature in books. to build up COM
position. Second he said the subject
should be carefully selected with a
thought to the material related TO il.
The third step is to analyze the sub
ject he said. and proportion the ma
terial correctly Reproduction he
called the fourth step in which con-
densation, combination and amplifi-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
F. HENRY WURZER
GUEST AT DINNER
Friends and Fellow Attorneys Gather
at Oliver Hotel TO Bid
Him Farewell.

Friends and business associates of
+. Henry WurZer gathered at the
Oliver hotel TO partake of a banquet
given for him as a farewell. Mr.
WurZer is leaving the city TO enter the
prominent legal firm of Cullen and
Casgrain, Detroit, Mich, of which
Postmaster General Burleson was for
merly a member.
There were about 40 present at the
banquet. most of whom had known
Mr.. WuUzer intimately for years and
who took advantage of the occasion
TO express their sentiments of high
esteem for him and to wish him we'll
on his new venture. The fact that
Mr.. Wurzer was a faithful worker in
the general interest of his profession
and that he has done more than any
other man in the state TO elevate the
standard Of requirements for the In
diana bar. were brought out in the
speeches of several during the even
ing.
The gathering sent a beautiful bou-
quet of roses TO Mrs. Wurzer, express
ing their best wishes, and regret that
they must leave the city.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
PACKAGE CONTAINED
8 POUNDS DYNAMITE
Station Keeper Didn't Know It for
Several Days and Used 1t
as Foot Rest.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Aug. 29.-For
two days Col. William Paulus. station
keeper at the central police station,
rested his feet on neatly tied pack
age which had laid beneath his desk.
For two days Mr. Paulus lit his pipe
and threw the matches beneath his
desk, and Thursday this same Official
says that he IS she luckiest OF mOrtals.
This state of mind resulted when
Mr.. Paulus investigated the package
and discovered that it contained three
hundred dynamite caps and eight
pounds Of dynamite.
a woman entered the station Mon
day and handed the package 10 an Of
ficer saying that she had found il.
The officer not wishing 10 spoil the ap-
pearance Of the station keepers desk.
placed the package beneath the dest.
IL has been impossible for Mr.. Paulus
to ascertain which one of the officers
was so kind as TO place enough dyna-
mite 10 blow the whole police station
OF the earth, right beneath his feet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
81 AND MRS. 81
VISIT THE CITY

Mr.. and Mrs. ST Stebbins. assum-
ing a sophistication that their ap-
pearance did not warrant, visited
South Bend and told stories TO the
pOpulace Of their various adventures
in towns filed with tall buildings,
trolley cars and other dangerous
things
Mr.. and Mrs. Stebbins should have
registered from Podunk Center but
instead they identified themselves as
late OF Barnum and Bailey's circus.
They claimed 10 have been the star
rubes among the clowns with the show
and they looked the part.
Mrs. Stebbins wore a full skirt OF
plain flannelette, with purple
sack. and a little velvet jacket from
which the fur edging had been torn.
Her hat was held with a rubber IN
der her tight little knot Of hair Mr..
Stebbins was no more stylish than
ma.
They visited the Oliver hotel and
several business houses and played
tricks on the folks until they got
ready to explain themselves.
MIR. and Mrs. Stebbins were ad-
vertising a brand of flour and Mr..
Stebbins carried a sack of -four about
in his arms.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
SHEEP PLACED
UNDER ARREST
Police Are Called to Home of Ernest
Young to Get the Dis
turber.

A new kind Of prisoner was cap
tured and taken TO police station on
Thursday. A large eve sheep which
was driven by dogs to the Earnest w
Young residence. 1916 Tecumseh av.,
was the guilty offender and was TAX
en- by the authorities for disturbing
the peace and maliciOusly destroying
property
Excited by the strange location, the
big sheep took possession of the
Young residence while the owner was
away Wednesday evening. During the
entire night she rahsacked the porch
es and lawns, blating and destroying
whatever came in her way.
In the morning she began her tot
let by dashing into all the cellar
windows, cutting her face and tear
ing her glossy wool When she saw
her image looking back at her
through the window she assumed a
feeling of anger and hunted into
them. The windows were small and
she was not able to get through her
self.
No trial will be given her. She was
not even booked, but unless her own
er comes Cor her she will be COM
PEELED to remain in cell, until the
police officials get too hungry for
mutton
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
ENTRY DAY IS SET
FOR FARM EXPOSITION
All Exhibits Must be Entered I'm FAN
Show Not Later Than
Sept. %.

Monday Sept %. has been desig-
mated as entry day for all exhibitors
Of produce for the big Farm exposi-
ton. All exhibits are 10 be entered
that DAY and put on display Tuesday
morning. This date was decided up
on ar meeting OF the committee
Wednesday in the chamber Of com
merce rooms
&. b. Steed was authorized to or
ganize a volunteer automobile boost
ing squad to make a tour Of the
surrounding tow advertising the ex-
position. The first trip will be made
Sept. 3.
II was found that in response TO the
letter sert out by the committee last
week that about half the manufac-
turers Of the city had indicated by
card or telephone their desire TO ac-
cept the merchants generous offer OF
window space. for the display of the
citys manufactured products. 1t is
believed there Will be little difficulty
in securing a promise to display by
the remainder.
Chairman A. H. Rice Of this COM
mittee was authorized to divide the
committee into squads for the per-
sOnal canvass of the manufacturers,
which Work will be taken up in a few
days
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
DESERTS ONE OF THE
CITIZENS CANDIDATES
Harvey RoStiSer Endorsed by
the Tribune in His Race For
City CIerkShip-LangeI is
Cast Adrift.

Following revelation Of the fact
that Alex. Langel. the citizens nOmi-
nee, is a bartender and that he was
active in herding in voters in the west
end 10 work for Fred Keller and 9TH
ers 10 which Dixon W. Place and
John A Swygart took vigorous eXcep-
ton. the South Bend Tribune has
thrown him over and will support
Harvey ROstiser the democratic nom
inee.
After the anti-liquOr attacks on =.
A. Joyce. Il was admitted that the
exposure Of the citizens candidate for
clerk had left the leaders Of that
party IN a hole and the endorsement
Of ROstiser followed naturally.
In announcing it's position the
Tribune after telling OF the clerk s
various duties and the qualifications
needed by him said:
THE type Of man required for this
service appears TO have been found in
Harvey II. ROstiser, democratic nomi-
endeavOred 10 carefully investigate
Mr.. Rostiser's record for ability, his
reputation and his character and as q
result OF that investigation has no
hesitancy IN saying 10 the voters Of
South Bend that IL believes Mr.. Ros-
tiser ought TO be elected city clerk II
they desire as the governing head of
that important office a man who is in
every sense competent and who, as
the present deputy, already under
stands thoroughly the duties Of the
Office"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
CHARLOTTESVILLE DRY
BY A 189 MAJORITY
Two Men Released Wednesday Night
Arrested When They At
tempt to Vote.
CRAWFORDSVILLF. Ind.


CHAMPIONSHIP Ind, Aug. %
The city OF Charlottesville voted
dry by a majority of 1S9 i'm a local
option election held here Thursday
While the election was supposed TO
be close. the result was no surprise.
Three arrests were made.
Thomas O'Neall and Harry Con-
molly, both wet" supporters, who
were alleged To have been released
from jail Wednesday night, a day be-
fore the expiration Of their sentence,
were taken in custody when they at
tempted to vote. Charles Lewis was
arrested charged with buying a vote.
He was released on $1O0 bond.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29

by the seller, caused the latters ar
rest on a charge OF petit larceny
ThursdsH
Justic,s Brumbaugh acquitted the
defendant. Mrs. Victoria Hazzack Of
No. S07 Indiana avenue. Mrs. Annie
Bolts OF No. 701 Wagner avenue was
the signer OF the affidavit.
The story told by Mrs. Bolis is that
she bought five chickens Of Mrs. Haz-
Jack. who was TO leave the city this
morning with her husband; that one
OF the chickens escaped and when she
looked for it she found that il had
returned TO the Hazzaak place and
had been killed and cooked prepare
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29

PORTLAND. Ind. Aug 29.-Penn
township this county. voted to re-
main dry by 152 majority at an OPP
ton election held Thursday. The
vote was lis ut.
The elect I was practically unnec-
essary as Ar, n Rigby. the only appli-
cant for a saloon license. withdrew
his request at the August meeting Of
the commissioners but having called
the election, il was necessary TO go
through the fOrmality.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
ARE LICENSED TO WED.

BENTON HARBOR, Aug. 29.-
Ernest Pare. %. and Amy Shore, Is.
of South Bend were licensed to marry
here. Charles SigerfoOs, 81, Beatrice
VanDOran, 30. Elkhart, were given a
license.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29

cation should be judiciously used.
Original work was his last step. He
urged teachers TO impress the pupil
with the importance OF letter writ
ing, saying that it is something that
is used by all during life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29

Rev. r. Stubenvoll II Allison, Ia.
in praising Or. Kings New Life Pills
for constipation, writeS:-"Dr. King S
New Life Pills are such perfect pills
no home should be without them"
No better regulator for the liver and
bowels. Every pill guaranteed. Try
them. Price a5c at all druggists.
-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
MrRDER Is NIYsTERY.

MADISON. Ind. Aug. %. - The
body OF VIM. Adams. young farmer.
was found in n -cOrnfield THURSDAY
with a bullet wound In the head. The
murder is a mystery. Adams started
through the field on his way 20 spend
the night with a sick neighbor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29

HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is
Natures own tonic, because it's purely
vegetable and its use is not followed
by devitalizing after results. Nothing
like it for debility, anaemia, NAL
nutrition or poor appetite. Tea or
Tablets, 35c. COonley's Drug Store.
AdVt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29

tory to furnishing lunch for the Haz.
Jacks on their journey When Mrs.
Bolis went 10 the Hazzack home, she
says. she met Mrs Hazzack carrying
the feathers from her chicken out Of
the door.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
CHICKEN COMES BACK
HOME TO BE COOKED

ELKHART. Ind. Aug. "a run
away chicken, which il is alleged had
been sold and then escaped from its
new owner. 10 return to its former
abode there 10 be cooked and served