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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

OF gentlemanly bearing He assert
ed that the prosecution had not proved
single count in its murder charge
against Mrs Eaton.
The accused woman he said. does
not avail herself of any. claim of in
sanity to avoid a condemnation, but
oravely demands verdict on the
facts Mr.. Morse asserted that his
client was not insane and argued that
the evidence showed that the death
OF the admiral could not have been
caused by an insane person.
The plea of District Attorney Albert
r Barker, after outlining the points
OF evidence against the accused. asked
that II the jury believed the defend
ant was irresponsible. she be found
Not guilty by reason of insanity
The district attorneys argument &C.
eupied three hours. After Judge Aiken
mad delivered his charge he gave the
case into the jury's hands at 613 an
houncing, however, that the Jury
might first go to supper and begin de-
liberation on the guilt or innocence of
Mrs. Eaton at 730.
In his charge Chief Justice Aiken
SAID there were four verdicts possible.
he enumerated them as follows:
Not guilty, not guilty by reason of
insanity: guilty of murder in the first
degree; guilty of murder in the sec
end degree
Judge Aiken explained that a var.
MOI o. not guilty by reason of insan-
ity" carried with it IAN order from
the court committing the prisoner for
life to on insane asylum"
In connection with a verdict of muir
der in the first degree the judge said
me jury must be satisfied that there
was deliberate premeditatic.. lie add
ed: IF the defendants mind is found
to be somewhat impaired, yet not so
far impaired as not to allow of pre-
meditation then the verdict should be
murder IN the second degree,
Judge Aiken warned the Jury to take
INTO consideration mis- statements of
witnesses-including the defendant.
Continued on Faye Twelve. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
GENERAL DENIALS,
Testimony in Behalf Supt.
Of Worcester Hospital.
Nurses Say They Never BruiaIIy
Treated Insane Patients.
Admit Shseiing Is Done, But Only
In Cases Of Necessity.

Worcester Mass, Oct 29.-Testi-
mony in behalf Of DR.. Ernest V. Serb
ner superintendent, and the admins
tration of Worcester State hospital
was heard, today, by the State Board
of Insanity at the second day of the
hearing called because certain nurses
charged bad conditions exist at the
hospital
Doctor Seribner put on Is nurses
whose testimony was a general denial
of that offered, yesterday, by other
nurses who made charges concerning
food, violence to patients and that one
patient died, a week after being re-
moved from a hot pack.
Sheeting patients was admitted by
the nurses, but it was denied it is
brutality done. knowledge Of any sus-
picious deaths was denied. One nurse
admitted that she had seen violence
To a patient, but said the case was not
a bad one, and consisted only of face
slapping.
Nurses said sheeting is done, but
only to prevent patients from splitting
in the face of the nurse or biting her.
Several of the nurses admitted that
they had heard of abuses but had new
exist. The nurses testified that they
talked without prompting from hos
pital authorities and every one of them
praised the administration by DR..
Scribner and the work he is doing.
The hearing will be resumed, tomor-
row forenoon, at II o'clock. Doctor
Scribner says he has at least % more
witnesses to call.
In reply to questions by DR.. Briggs
of the State Board, DIR. Scribner said
he had no idea of Furnishing nurses,
who testified against the institution
and of rewarding nurses who testified
in its favor, but he said the public
would criticize the management if it
retained in its employ confessed abus-
ers of patients.
Miss Ida A. Mcneil, superintendent
of nurses, testified that she never heard
of "sheeting' patients before, yester-
day, and she felt sure it was not
common practice. The ''sheeting'' of
patients as described by witnesses,
yesterday, consists of throwing a sheet
ing in around the patients neck until
he or she become quiet Miss Mcneil
said the confession of abuse by the
witnesses, yesterday showed they are
the poorest nurses in the hospital staff
because the good nurses do not resort
TO that practice. She said it is diff
cult to get the best kind of nurses at
the wage paid by the state, but she
tries to have the good nurses interest
their friends in the work.
Miss Jessie b. Johnson, a charge
nurse, also denied she had ever heard
of "sheeting" patients until the testi-
mony of yesterday. and she said II
had always been her custom to speak
to nurses if she saw them handling
patients too roughly. If they repeated,
she reported the ease to the super
visor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
BILL IN EQUITY
FILED AGAINST the.
new HAVEN BONDS,

Boston, Oct 29.-Fermer Governor
Morgan G. Buckley of Hartford, CT,
and Charles s Ensign Of Newton,
brought a bill in equity in the supreme
court asking that the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. be en-
Joined from issuing bonds TO the amount
of SOS, 552,0 900. and 675.52o additional shares
of stock authorized at meeting of the
stockholders, on Aug. % \ subpoena
has been issued returnable on the first
Monday of December.
The compliments, who are stockholders
alleged that it is not contemplated that
the additional shares of stock shall be
distributed among the lawful stoekhold-
ers of the corporation but only to those
stockholders, who are the holders of the
convertible bonds which it is proposed to
issue.
The appeal of Former Governor Bulke-
ley from the order of the Public Service
Commission authorizing the issue of deb
enture bonds was filed in the supreme
court. yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Probable Suggestions in New Plan
OF Pres. Wilson for Restoring
Peace--Other Governments Are
Asked to Withhold Any Action.
New Note Now Being Formed, Employing Previous
Declarations Three BattIeships 10 Mexico
DIAZ TO QUIT.

Vera Cruz, oct. 29.-General Felix
Diaz now Il refugee on board the
American battleship Louisiana, learn
ed. today that the privilege of asylum
On a battieship carries with 1t certain
restrictions not unlike prison regula-
tlCns. BY order of the admiral, Gen.
Diaz is not permitted communication
With any one from shore, without his
Permission, anG the admiral has given
Gen. Diaz to understand that such per-
mission will rarely be given.
The enforcement of this order IS rigid.
VIII you please go below, sir" said
the officer on deck, salutins the gem
cral when he had begun n conversa-
ton with n man, who had brought his
baggage aboard.
General Diaz appeared to be annoy
cd for an instant, but without hesita
ton. complied.
Admiral Fletcher explained that
while he was willing TO place his flag
ship at the disposal of Gen. Diaa as an
asylum, lie did not propose to expose
himself to the criticism of making 1t q
place for possible plotting. He assert
d his confidence that Gen. Diaz would
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Ernest Mccoy Murders Aged
Wife and Attempts Suicide at
Pelham, N. H.--Will Recover,

was found on the parlor lounge. IL
was fully clothed. Two shots had been
fired. One had entered the heart. The
second had torn its way through the
aged wornan's house dress, but had net
entered the body. The bullet was
found lying on her Undertaking over
her chest.
Mccoy shot himself above his left
eye,- but the bullet glanced off with
out entering the brain. He had wait
ed until his daughters reached the
front gate before firing. The daugh-
tiers in their alarm over his letters
had stopped at the home of William
Chase and Mr.. Chase accompanied
| them.
| The murdered woman was McCoys
second wife. They were married three
| years ago. Their farm house is on
Mamoth road, mile above the town
center.
| The inquest was conducted by Doc
| tors III. l.. Smith, Timothy f. Rock and
Samuel S. Dearborn. County Solici-
tor Patrick H. Sullivan of Manchester
and Sheriff Frederick X. Ramsey were
on the scene.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
The BUSCH WILL
GIVES S21Q.QQQ
PUBLIC REQUEST.

St Louis, Oct. 29.-The will of Adolf
plus Busch. filed. today, for probate,
makes charitable requests aggregating
$4,000 to number of st. Louis in
stitutions and places the bulk of the
estate in trust. Mrs. Lille Busch,
Charles Nagel and August A. Busch
are named trustees.
The estate is estimated at $50, 900, 600.
In addition to the charitable requests
set forth in the will. MIR. Busch left a
private memorandum requesting men,
bers of his family to make certain 9TH
or donations, most of which are pri-
vate in their nature. The attorneys,
however, made public the names of
eight st. Louis institutions which are
to receive under the memorandum, a
total of $4,000, making the total be-
quests for charitable purposes $210,00o.
The trust is to be disposed as fol-
lows: One eighth to the widow, Mrs.
Lilly Busch; seven-eighths to be divid-
ed into seven equal shares, these
shares to be apportioned as follows:
Two shares to August A. Busch, the
son and for several years active head
of the Busch interests; one share, to be
retained by the trustees LOT each VI tHc
daughters, Mrs. Nellie Loeb of Chica-
go: Mrs. Edmee Reisinger of New
York: Mrs. Anna Louise Faust of St
Louis; Mrs. Clara Won Gengtard OF
Berlin, and Mrs. Welsimine Scharer.
wife of Lieut. Edward Scharer of the
German army Before specifying the
dispf sition of the part of the estate
which is placed in trust, the VIII pro-
viaes that all household property ana
effects, including paintings, statuary
and iewelry, as we'll as carriages,
horses and other appurtenances shan
60 TO Mrs. Lilly Busch.
Mrs Busch also receives the estate
IN Germany, including villa and izoo
acres OF forest and agricultural lano'
Moreover, until the estate finally is
settled, Mrs. Busch is to take what
ever she deems proper for the main
tenance of herself and family not ex-
wedding $4,000 n year.
The Busch homes in Pasadena, Cal.
and Cooperstown, y. Y, are among the
| cnstliest residences in the United
States. These are bequeathed to the
widow. She also receives the. mansion
| In St. Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
National w. u.
At Asbury Park.

Asbury Park, n. j., Oct. 2s.-The 10th
annual convention of the National Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union open
ed here, today, with meetings of the ex-
ecutive committee. Delegates from az
parts of the United States and many
from abroad will be in attendance until
Nov. 6. Miss Lillian M. L. Stevens of
Portland, Me-, the national president will
deliver the annual address on Friday.
On Saturday night, a rally will be held
at which Miss Amy Swankie Cameron
of London, Eng, leader in the Young
Peoples Work of the Worlds w. c. T.
T., will speak.
When all the delegates have arrived
it is expected the voting strength of the
convention will be 500 while the attend
ance daily will run into the thousands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
SERIOUS WRECK
OF BANGOR EXPRESS
BARELY AVERTED,

Boston, Oct. ga day coach on the
Bangor Express over the Boston q
Maine Railroad containing so men. wo-
men and children jumped the rails on
the North Station drawbridge, late to-
day, and hung over the Charles river.
The fact that the train was moving SLOW
ly and that the car was headed for an
other track prevented it from plunging
into the water. A man broke window
in the excitement, but Conductor Herman
Russell quickly claimed the passengers.
The accident caused a slight delay dur
ing the evening rush.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

Instantly Killed
By Automobile

Wilmington, Mass. Oct. 2s-Paui u.
Downing, prominent resident oil TINS
town. was struck and almost Instantly
killed here, tonight, by an automopile
operated by Harold Wilde. son OF w. r.
wilde. a Winchester publisher VINO was
also in the car. Downing was cross'hs
Main street. almost in front Of ms nome
and, according to the police stepped from
behind an electric car directly IN the
path of Wiide's machine. After near
ing Mr.. Wildes account of the accioeh'
the police did not detain him. Downing
was 40 years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
METnODISTS.
National Convention Of the
Methodist Men.
Meeting Held in indianapolis
Divides into 10 Sections.
Christian Missionaries Reduce the
Sale Of Opium In China.

Indianapolis, oct. 29.-The National
Convention of Methodist Men separat-
ed into 10 section meetings, this after
noon, after hearing c. A. Rowland of
Athens, Ga, representing the South
ern Presbyterians; A. e. Cory of Gin
clnnati for the Disciples of Christ, and
J. Campbell White of the United Pres
byterians, tell what the churches had
been doing in the missionary fields.
Each sectional meeting represented
the territory of a bishop in the United
States and each discussed the propo-
sitfons for the enlargement Of the
chuen. especially the new financial
plan adopted in the convention as
they affect their particular territories.
Mr.. White, who also spoke. tonight
said that If 15.0oo,000 of the 23,000.00o Of
Protestant church members in Amer
lea would give as much per member,
$3.50. as the United Presbyterians did
last year, there would be funds enough
to eyangelize the world in the present
generation.
Mr.. Cory said the reduction of the
sale of opium in China from $2-0,000,000
year to less than $20,0000e0 in five
years, was due TO the efforts Of Chris
tian missionaries in China.
The problem Of our civilization is
the problem Of the city, declared A.
w. Leonard OF Seattle, Wash, who
SPOKE, tonight, on the subject THE
summons to Civic Righteousness. He
spoke of the corruption IN political life,
insanity slums and the empeisoned en-
vironments of factory life and de-
elared I'VE are not going t. cleans, en-
tighten and uplift our cities without
Cod He said preachers in the pulpit
should lead in civic righteousness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30

ENORMOUS PROFIT.
N Small Loans Business
In Boston Is Shown.
Net Profit $4,000 on $1,000
In -Four Years, One Case.
Sworn to BY Gill Handling Business
For . Chicago Firm.

Boston, Oct. 29.--How net profit OF
$4,000 was made on a capital of $leOo
in four years in the small loan bust
ness was told on the witness stand.
today. in the trial of company on
the charge of violating the small loans
act. Miss Helen NJ. Foster of Wins
throp testified that four years ago,
she was engaged by mail to transact
the companys loan business in TINS
city. and received $1,000 as capital.
Since then she had sent back $z4,ooV
to the Chicago heads of the company
she said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Gates Funeral at
New York, Sunday

New York, Oct. 29.-Funeral services
for Charles G. Gates. son Of the late
]. w. Gates, who died suddenly at
Cody. Wyo., yesterday. will be held at
the Madison Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal church here. at 2.S0 o'clock next
sunday afternoon. The special tram
from the West bearing Mr.. Gates
body is expected to reach here, Friday
next.
Mr.. Gates will be buried beside MS
father in Woodlawn cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
More Deaths from
Cerebro Spinal
Meningitis, Orono.

orono, Me-. Oct 2s.-Another death
from cerebro spinal meningitis, which
has found several victims in Penobseot
county, was that of Miss Asenath IL.
Russell, daughter of Prof. r l.. Rus
sell of University of Maine and a men,
her of the Junior class at the university.
She died at her home here late last
night, after brief Illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
THE WEATHER.
CLOUDY AND COLDER.

Washington, Oct. 29.-Forecast for
northern New England: Cloudy and
colder, Thursday; Friday, fair; mod
crate northwest winds, For southern
New England: Partly cloudy and
colder, Thursday; FRAY, fair; mod
crate to brisk northwest winds. East
ern New York. Cloudy and colder.
Thursday: Friday, fair; moderate to
brisk northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Slogan Of Maine Woman
Suffrage Association.
Annual Convention In PyihIan
Hall at Portland.
Presidents Address...Treasurer'
Report. Mrs. French. Re signs.

Portland, Me-. Oct 29.-With Suf-
Suffragists all about us, with two mil
lion other women in the United States,
voting in the recent Presidential cam
paign, and with four more states about
to submit the Suffrage amendment to
the voters in 1914. Maine has good
reason to turn it's critical gaze, today,
on the little band of workers who are
holding in Pythian hall the annual
convention of the Maine Woman Suf-
frage Association.
Election of Officers.
The forenoon was devoted to reports
and election of officers, at which time
the convention reelected the staff
which has served so efficiently in the
last year, with one exception; in place
of Mrs. Lizzie Fl. French, treasurer.
whose resignation is elsewhere refer
red to as completing 10 years service
the convention elected Mrs. Sarah p.
Anthoine of Portland, wife of Edward
Anthoine. Esq, a leading attorney
here. Mrs. Anthoine is a Wellesley
graduate and is prominently connect
ed with the College Equal Suffrage
Club, and other Suffrage societies. The
other officers are: Pres, Miss Helen
N ates, Woodfords: vice-P res.-at
large, Mrs. Hannah j. Bailey, VIM
throp Center; Vice Pres. Mrs. Emma
E. Knight; Rec. Sec. Miss Anne Bur
CESS; Cor. Sec, Mrs. Lucy Hobart
Day: auditor, Miss Alice Blanchard;
Supt. enrolment Miss Margaret
Laughlin; Supt. press work, MISS
Ella O. Woodman, all of Portland.
From this band rings a new slogan.
voiced by the president, Miss Helen ".
Bates:
There is something of the ineyi-
table in this le-eail It has con-
vietion born Of tNsQikeIh century con-
ditions here in this country. 1t adj
fnits no defeat in this coming legisla-
tive year. in spite of the previous ex-
periences at Augusta of these persist
emily loyal worker, for suffrage in
Maine.
Continued on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Oct 29.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity; Cloudy and cooler,
Thursday: Friday, fair: moderate
northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
Conditions and General Forecast.

OCHUTlEOHS dTtu 0eTc' '' Vt voaSe'
Washington, Oct. 29.-During the
last "a hours, the weather remained
fair in the East.
The weather will be generally fair,
Thursday and Friday. throughout the
Eastern states. The temperature will
be lower, Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-30
7-zo-4

1oc. Cigar. Thirty-nine years contlnu-
ans Increased sales tells it, own story.
T sctory. Haschestsr. N. d.
The Bourbon news., 1913-04-15
Abolish The Fiscal Court.

Mr.. Bowsorth, says the Louisville
Courier-J ournal, addressing the con-
vention of County Road Engineers.
aptly termed the grinding expense of
bad roads the mud trust" 1t is the
heaviest of taxes. The farmer in a
county without good roads pays a
great deal more in mud tax" than he
will. ever pay for the maintenance of
peace by preparedness for war. He
pays mud tax" upon every vehicle,
every draught animal, ,Ievery bushel of
produce, every parcel bought at tie
country store, every basket of eggs
sent to market, and IAN enormor 8
mud tax" ",upon.every acre of land.
The value of land does not consist
wholly in its productivity. 1t is in a
great measure situation. Land that
sells for 500 an acre because of suit
able transportation facilities from the
farm gate to the freight depot will not
produce any more per scre than $40
land which is reached only by bad
roads.
Mr.. Bosworth has made a study of
the roads question. He knows where
of he speaks when he says that the
existing Fiscal kCourt system cannot
be relied upon, to reduce the "muC
tax"
The graft tax" the negligence
tax" the 'incompetency tax" are
added to the mud x"under the Fls
cal Court system. To get good roads
we must abolish Fiscal Courts.
The Bourbon news., 1913-04-15
Our Executive Agent.

Too much praise cannot. tbe bestowed
upon Quincy Ward. of this city. the
Executive Agent of the Kentucky Fish
and Game Commission, for his untir-
ing efforts in the enforcement of the
law. Scarcely day passed that some
of the State papers fail'to overlook the
opportunity to extend little compli-
mentary comment upon the manner in
W hich Mr.. Ward is conducting the
affairs of thisldepartment. and it can
be readily observed from the manner
in which he has proceeded since the
establishment of the commission, that
he is worthy of every item of Ipraise
that has appeared to the public. {.
Doubtless if there is man in this
state who is more familiar with the
conditions. nor ,one who. even when
not acting in an Official. capacity. gives
more study to this question. For
years Mr.. Ward has been identifed
with the sportsmen of .the State. but
of this great number there is not one,
who seeing the-game laws.openly land
secretly violated had the courage to
take. e.steps to bring order fromEchaos.
Mr.. Ward was instrumental in hav-
ing the game laws passedfand was act
i've in favor ofithe creation of game
commission by the Legislature. AS "a
reward he was given position at its
head. How well he has sattended the
duties imposed upon him is attested by
the daily reports that come from all
sections of the activity OF the agent for
the commission in enforcing the laws.
Not only is.this prominent charac-
ter in his career with the department,
but he has taken steps to establish
game preserves, greatly neglected.
although essential development. The
efforts of Mr.. Ward along this line will
be accepted for the good they VIII do
toward preserving the game, of the
state, to prevent ruthless slaughter.
to rehabilitate the Kentucky forests
and to make our.State what it should
be in this respect.
The Bourbon news., 1913-04-15
Nervous Troubles
XIII Ambition.
Tona Vita Brings it Back to
Worn-Out, Half Sick People.

One of the principal symptoms of
nervous troubles is feeling of dis
couragement.
A man or woman suffering with
nerve exhaustion feels so worn out and
miserable most of the time that they
become hopeless and depressed.
Life doesn't seem to be worth living.
iona Vita has been pronounced by
physicians to be tie most reliable and
successful tonic and nerve food ever
sold to the public 1t is building up
many thousands of rundown. nervous
men and women and restoring them to
health and happiness.
If you are sufferer from nervous
breakdown. try this great tonic. and
as you feel your health. strength and
ambiti,n return, you will be changed
in mind as well as body. Life will
seem like different thing to you in a
few weeks time.
Tona Vita is sold by Chas. E. Butler
& Co.
The Bourbon news., 1913-04-15
The Open Car Window.

The rule as to windows in passen-
ger cars in Germany has been that
they must not be opened on both sides
Of the car without the consent of all
occupying the compartment, but on
city and suburban trains in Berlin
neither window in the front compart-
ment of each car may be opened with
out such unanimous consent.
The Bourbon news., 1913-04-15
Canada's Oyster Industry.

There are no oysters on the coast
of New England, north of Cape Cod,
but they are numerous in certain
parts of the Gulf of st. Lawrence
and adjacent Canadian waters. Eff
forts are being made by the Dominion
government to develop the oyster
industry to much larger proportions
than it's present comparatively small
size.
The Bourbon news., 1913-04-15
Rural BORDERS on Ruas.

Rag rugs in two-toned or hit-or.
miss design are made now with con-
trasting borders showing country
lanes, schoolhouses, churches, hay
stacks and other rural attractions.
These are especially suitable to
rooms furnished with old-fashioned
furniture.