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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
VERMONT RETURNS.
All the Amendments Adopted-Gains
For License Reported.

Montpelier Vt. March 6.-Apparent
majorities in favor of the constitu-
tional amendments submitted to the
voters, Tuesday, including one to
change the date of the state election
from September to November, indi-
Gated by early returns, were increased
as other towns reported, Wednesday.
The unreported towns were mostly
small places and their vote was not
expected TO change the result materi-
ally.
-Four counties, Grand Isle, Orleans,
Washington and Windham were plac-
ed in the dry column by the returns
at hand, today.
A net gain of five towns for the Ii
cense forces throughout the state was
recorded by the practically completed
returns, today. Twenty-six cities and
towns voted in favor of license, as
against 81, year ago. Nine towns
changed from wet to dry" and IA
turned from dry" to wet.
In the elections in the five cities
three mayors were reelected: one, J
E. Burke of Burlington, known as the
blacksmith mayor" was chosen for
fifth term. The three executives re-
elected were:
Montpelier, j. b. Estey; Rutland, H.
c. Brisley; st. Adams, S. S. Green. In
Barre, w. II. Ward was chosen mayor
Except in the case of Mayor Burke,
who was elected on Democratic tick
ct, all the mayors bore the designations
of Citizens" parties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
RABBITS AND BALLOONS.
French Visitor in New York Relate
Interesting Experiences.

Ten million French rabbits are an
nually metamorphosed into mole ano
otter muffs, scarfs, and coats, accord
ing to NJ. Albert Omer-Decugis of Par
is. who is stopping at the Waldorf
and NJ. Omer- Decugis ought to know
for he is one of the French manufac'
turers who turn the trick.
1.-THE rabbit skins are clipped and
dyed the appropriate shade he ex-
planned yesterday The poor skins
that are not good enough for coats
and stoles are made into these fur
hats that are so popular now. ] am on
my way to Canada, where we sell the
bulk of our imitation mole and otter
Just then a fashionably-attir dow
ager came sailing down Peacock alley.
nmffied in magnificent furs.
Rabbit exclaimed NJ. Decugis, Of
ter one professional glance at the wo-
man. A few seconds later a young
woman topped by a fur turban fiut-
tered up to the informa tion desk.
Rabbit" he whispered, laconical-
~ About so per cent of the fur-clad
women who possed during the inter-
view were Haunting the fleeces of
French rabbits, according to the eX-
pert.
NJ. Omer- Decugis is better known in
France as an amateur sportsman,
however. and especially as a daring
aeronaut He has made over so bal
loon voyages from Paris with his wife
and has made ascensions from London
Frankfort on Main, and elsewhere.
MY most dangerous ballooning ex-
| perience?" he echoed. My most
| thrilling experience was in the Swiss
Alps. Accompanied by a lady of "a. g
friend of my wife's, 1 assembled from
Paris on Sunday evening, and on Mon
of Switzerland 5000 meters below us
Then clouds enveloped us, and we saw
nothing more. At 9 o'clock in tn,
morning ! said to the lady:
you slept in the night; now let M
sleep a little. But " hen you see tn
balloon go down let me know; wax
me up without fall
Two hours later my companion
woke me up and said.
She is going down FAST
Presently it began to snow; an,
when we were under the clouds l say
by the Paragraph that we were at al
altitude of $500 meters, and then 1 oh
served that the balloon did not descen
any more. l had not looked beneat
US all this while, but / did now, an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
Clark of Commerce Commission to
Stay-Marbe to Succeed Kern.

Washington. March 6.-President Will
son will reappoint Edgar +. Clark of
Iowa a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Mr. Clark was reap
pointed by President Taft but his noml-
nation failed of confirmation in the Sem
ate contest over other Taft appointments.
John II. Marble of California, secreta-
ry of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and formerly its attorney, win be
appointed a member of the commission
to succeed Franklin x. Lane. who be-
comes secretary of the interior.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07

Sherman antitrust law to recover ST.
92l SO from the National Fire PROBING
Co. of Pittsburg, Pa, were filed in fed
eral court here. Wednesday, by attorneys
for the Great Eastern Clay Products Co.
of South River, N J.
The Great Eastern claims to have been
damaged to the extent of S640, 1898, and
under the Sherman law may sue for
triple damages. 1t is said this suit of
private corporation against another cor
poration as trust is the first notable
instance of its kind in the country.
The petition alleges that a decree of
dissolution. signed in 1902 by the Nation
al Co. at the instance of the attorney
general, has not been observed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
Saved
$4,000, 900 During
FOur=Year Tern.

Washington, March 6.-The treas
ury departments committee on efli-
cheney and economy, Wednesday re-
ported to Franklin MacNeagh that he
had saved SS,000,000 for the gov eminent
during his four years term as secre-
tary of the treasury. The committee
in detailed report of the reforms in
stituted said:
The report shows the present an
nual rate of saving to be nearly 49,
5000 and the aggregate saving dur
ing your term to- be nearly $4,000, 900"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
MCCOmbS Offered
AmbaSSadOrShip,

Washington, March 6.--Presideni
Wilson made formal announcement
Wednesday, that he offered an am
bassadorship to Chairman William F.
McCombs of the Democratic national
committee.
Mr. McCombs told me he did not
wish IA cabinet appointment. / have
offered one of the principal diploma
tic posts and hope he will accept. ]
desire men of cabinet size for the
chief foreign appointments said the
President.
1t is known that the ambassador
ship to France has been offered him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
A scientist Of Amsterdam has recent

A scientist OF Amsterdam has recent
" perfected method by which he Sc
cures very excellent substitute for
rubber from sea fish. 1t is claimed
that the product has all the qualities
OF rubber at one-siXth the cost. An
other new source of rubber substitute
is the "triucall'' tree of Natal. This
plant has been Heretofore regarded as
commercially useless. but recently
about one ton a week has been ship
ped to London, where it is used as IN
sullation for electric wires.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
A WARM WELCOME
For EXPIRES. Taft on His Arrival at
Augusta, Ca, for Visit.

Augusta, Ga, March Ga welcome
as demonstrative as William Howard
Taft ever received in Augusta while
President-elect or President of the
L. s.. was given Wednesday. upon
his arrival here. One thousand school
children. each waving an americas
flag and cheering, $50 Richmond Acad7
envy cadets, drawn .up in military sfprvs
nation, and several hundred citi44n
including the mayor and memberSaM
the city council, were at the Union sfz<
ton to greet theex-P President. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
Seedless Grapefruit Next.

James H. Geggett, an orange grow
er of Oroville, Cal, backed by syndi-
cate, has gained control of two trees
which bear navel grapefruit, and will
make an effort to make the new citrus
product commercially popular.
The fruit is cross between a navel
orange and grapefruit. Steps will
be taken to propagate the fruit on a
large scale and steel cages will be
built around the trees to prevent buds
from being stolen.-New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
BARTLETT TO SECOND PLACE.
Only Change in the NJ. n. Senatorial
Vote, on Wednesday.

Concord, \. H.. March 6.-The fea-
ture of the ballot for United States
senator in the New Hampshire Legis-
lature, Wednesday. was the leap
to second place of John II. Bart
lett, Republican, with 90 votes.
Edward n. Pearson, the Republican
caucus candidate, had 10 and Henry
+. Hollis, Democrat, had 1874, four
less than the number required
for an election. Robert p. Bass, Pro-
gressive. had Ia, and there We're 16
scattering votes. one member was alb
sent and 26 paired.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
RESPITE FOR ALLEN
And His Son Granted by Gov. Mann
Of Virginia.

Richmond, Va, March Gov
Mann. Wednesday night, granted a
respite until March % to Floyd
Allen and his son, Claude Swan
son Allen, under sentence to die
in the electric chair at the penitentiary
Friday next, for their part in the Hills
vale court murders, March IA, 1912. The
Governor announced that he would is
sue formal statement, tomorrow, al
though he did not indicate what action
he would take on the pending petition
Tor Il Communication.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
white Hope" Willard Whips Leon.

Willard, the Kansas white Hope,
knocked out Jack Leon, the former
wrestler, in the fourth round of
scheduled 10-round bout, here, Wednes-
day night. 1t was an easy victory for
the kansan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07

and Eleanor, are guests of Mrs. Bras
sey Brierley's father, Edwin Frost,
East Belfast, and will pass the summer
here. Mrs. Brassey- Brierley was for
merly Miss Charlotte Frost.
Mrs. j. w. Frederick and son. Charles
W., win leave, Friday, for Boston ana
Florida. where, according to their an
nual custom. they viii visit Jackson
Vile. St Augustine and other of the
older cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
LEVI p. MORTON ILL.
Former Vice President and Governor
Of New York.

was made by the family, Wednesday.
that Levi p. Morton. Vice President in
the Harrison administration, and for
mer governor of New York, is serious
ly i'll at his residence here. He is SO
years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
Mrs. Thomas r. Howe, Searsport.

Mrs. Thomas X. HoWe, oearsPoT''
Searsport, Me, March 6.-tSpeciaD.-
Fliza Merrithew. wife of Thomas r,
Howe, died. Tuesday, at her home in
this village, after a lingering illness
The funeral took place, at $50 T. M,
Thursday Rev. c. E. Mckinney of the
Congregational church officiating. The
bearers were: w. p. Sargent, Charles
Eames, john Innes and Wilson Colson.
Besides the husband. one brother,
Capt. Jerry Merrithew, and one sister,
the later living in warren, survives
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
WEEKS MILLS.

Mrs. Eta Grady Mrs. Perley Brown
and daughter Reta, visited Waterville,
last Saturday.
George Crossman while hauling
wood, met with an accident by which
he broke one OF the bones in his leg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07

Pcrley BROWN is i'll with a bad cold.
Edna White of Augusta visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard White
one aay this last week.
Harry Reed is suffering with a Sc
we're cold
Mrs. Frank Hause of South China
,,fsited Mrs Hubbard White last week
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
Bronson Knocks Out Kelly.

st. Louis. March 6.-Ray Bronson of
Indianapolis, welterweight champion
ship claimant. Wednesday knocked out
Leo Kelly of st. Louis in the second
round of their scheduled eight-reund
fight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07

Harmosilo, Sonora, Mex. March g.
liquidation of Huertas provisional
national government was made official
ly here, late Wednesday, at n special
meeting of the Sonora state Congress,
which also issued "a general call to
arms for all people of the state to
prevent any intrusion of Huerta
soldiers.
Any attempt to bring government
troops into Sonora will be resented"
was the message sent by the state au-
thorities here to the party in power at
Mexico City.
Provisional Governor Pesquiera has
issued an announcement declaring:
II am prepared to defend the state
with my life" He was appointed chief
executive by the Senate when Gov.
Mayorlena, now a refugee in Arizona,
was ousted.
Cannons have been placed around
the city and entertainments are being
dug. .-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
s1,s21,o11.ss SUIT

Instituted at Cleveland Against Ma
tionaI Fire PROBING Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
Coal Deposits in China.

In consequence of the SNampy state
which prevailed in this part OF China
far back in the carboniferous period,
thick deposits of coal were formed.
These are now exposed in the deep val
ley slopes between beds of limestone
and sandstone and the circumstance
has made Shansi province the principal
producing district of China. Tho
coal is mined by very primitive meth
DDS and as there is still no adequate
system of railroads in this or any other
part of the empire. the product can
be transported only in carts or on pack
animals. Either of these modes of
carriage is so expensive that it be-
comes improbable to transport the
coal more than sixty to 100 miles from
the mine, and so the denizens of a
great part of northern China, where
fuel is scarce and the winters are Sc
we're, are no more able to obtain it than
as if the United States contained thu
only coal fields in the world. The ad-
yantages that will accrue from the
building of railroads in northern China
are many but one of the greatest will
be the wide distribution of this es
sential fuel.-Professor Eliot G. Black
welder in the Popular Science Monthly.
Sponge Farming in the Ocean.
The cultivation of sponges upon the
bottom of the ocean is accomplished by
means of cement triangles or disks, to
which the seed" sponges are attached
with piece of lead-coated copper Wire
After the seed sponges, which are OBJ
tanned by cutting one large sponge into
several pieces have been fastened to
the cement disks, these are let down
with strand of wire, or dropped down
if the water is shallow, to rest on the
bottom. Here they are permitted TO re-
main for year or two, until satisfac-
tory growth has been attained, when
they are hooked up from the bottom by
men in a boat. If the water happens
to be very deep, number of divers
are employed for putting new cuttings
on the disks as they take the full
grown sponges off. 1t is claimed that
cultivated sponges have at least one
important advantage over those taken
from their natural growing places, in
that the former can be removed from
the cement disks or triangles without
damaging the texture and wearing
qualities of the sponges-a result that
it is impossible to obtain when they
are detached from their rocky or coral
foundations. Popular Mechanics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07
IN NORTHERN MEXICO.
Sonora Rebels Repudiats Huer.a Cow
erpment.

sonora, Win tfutfS " sptoSSn1
Homosillo Messages from HomosiI
say that Obregon has been appointe@
commander of the troops in rebellipn$
against the Mexican City government
The former Maderistas continue mooH-s
ization of troops at Colonia Moreles. pc
low this point Rebels camped 10 miles
to the south declare they will make an
attack, tomorrow morning, on Aqua
Prieta, the Mexican border town oppo-
site Douglas. This was brought here,
late today, but a courier from the rebel
camp where 500 Maderistas under Gems.
Samaniege and Corodova are located.
Desertions have depleted the Aqua Prieta
garrison to 100 men and Gen. Ojeda finds
1t impossible to get help from the inte-
rior.
In all 100 men and machine guns of
the 9th United States Cavalry, who
have had two brushes with Mexican
troops over the line are stretched along
the border. Wednesday night. BY order
of the war department a guard of the
Negro troopers has been placed at the
Douglas water plant This was request
Ell by the local residents. Nearly all of
the Mexican population here are spm-
pithizers with the new Maderistas.
Col. Guilfoyle has received orders
from Washington only to return the
fire of the Mexicans over the line
when necessary to protect American
lives and to keep the patrol under
cover. -a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-07

Cleveland. March s.-suits under the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-26
Duck on the Window Sill Known to Many People

This is the history of the duck in
the window:
MY father, DR.. Clymer, surgeon,
u. S. NJ, on his return from the Asiat-
ic coast brought with him some very
beautifully colored ducks, which he
purchased in Ceylon.
On the trip over, whether from
change in climate or difference in
food or exposure aboard ship, all died
but one drake, and he arrived in
H street in good health. He lived
with US happily and contented for two
years, occupying the back yard, where
he had large pond filed by natural
spring.
when Alexander r. Shepherd put
in the deep street sewers our pond ran
dry, and our drake then became sad
and pitifully melancholy, and one day
we found him dead.
I'VE called in a taxidermist, had
him treated, and placed him in the
front window, always looking toward
his native home. And when he faded
out Of existence we placed another
therein memoriam. He or his rep
resentative has been in the front of
1917 H street for Al years"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-26
BEFORE BUYING YOUR TRUNK
Sore Things Which Require Careful
Consideration Before Selecting
Your Travelling Box.

First, decide what is to be packed in
it. and whether it is to be used for
journeys over land, or for sailing over
the sea. If trunk is used for what 1t
is intended, clothes alone, and they
are packed with intelligence, they will
arrive at their destination unwrinkled.
1t is the simplest necessity to put
rolls Of tissue paper under skirt
which may have to be folded over, to
puff the sleeves of a gown with tissue
and to stuff little paper into the
waists of dresses. An important pre-
caution in the art of packing is to put
the heaviest clothes at the bottom.
Tissue paper should also be folded be-
tween dark and light clothes if fresh
ness is to be expected. Very perish.
able evening dresses, especially span
gled or beaded ones, should be packed
in thin bags. The most desirable
trunks are made in wardrobe style, ex-
amples of modern wizardry with their
various compartments constructed to
hold every article of wearing apparel
and keep in perfect condition to the
end Of the journey.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-26
He Found Out What the Yellow Flag Was For

TT is notorious that street railway
/ companies in Washington, as in 9TH
err cites. have a good deal to trouble
with rail joints and with the street
paving along the rails. The pound
ing wheels and the vibration of the
track seem able to break down or
break up almost any kind of pave
ment which the railroads lay. The
result is that repairs are made fire.
Quently necessary.
For several weeks repairs have been
making to the tracks of the Mount
pleasant cars along Connecticut ave-
nue.. Yellow clay has been piled high
up on both sides of the track. Strong
men have been working there with
crowbars, sledges, picks and other
tools. At the ends and along the
sides of the repair work has been
quite a procession of flags. mainly
red to warn of danger, but some of
them green to indicate safety, and
marking where teams or machines
might pass.
At each end of the construction
work by day futters in more or less
harmony with the red and green flags
yellow flag, and at night lanterns
with yellow globes let their light
shine there. The question was put
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-26
TWO CLEVER FRENCH TRICKS
How Partisan Woman Makes Her
Homemade Gown Look Like
Hiah-Priced Model.

Here are one or two clever little
tricks by means of which a French
woman accomplishes the chic" of the
famous artist and makes her home
made gown look like the work of the
world-famous house instead of her own
nimble fingers. In looking at Pa
quin, Doucet or Poiret model, French
woman does not try to copy the en-
tire gown In fact, she steers clear of
intricate draperies and folds. She no.
tees the sleeve, the cut of the neck,
whether high or low, V-neck or square;
whether the waist blouses at the
girdle or is drawn in snugly; whether
the fullness is gathered in the center
Of the front or back, or whether 1t is
pushed to the sides, leaving the cen
ter plain. Then she remembers If the
skirt be gathered or gored into the
belt, If it appears narrower at the foot
than the knees, and If this effect be
accomplished by inverted plaits held
in at the foot by buttons or stitches,
or if it be cut and gored narrower. All
these details are easily observed If
one has them in mind, and they are
the important items that make or mar
the style of a gown.
The bead work that is being used so
much on the important gowns may be
copied by the home dressmaker if she
will just study the kinds Of beads that
are used on these gowns and buy that
kind. String the beads on double
thread and sew them onto the gown by
taking stitch between each two
beads with another thread Do not
try to string and sew the beads with
the same needle and thread, or the
work will look very amateurish.
A very clever French trick is to form
. design on chiffon and outline it in
embroidery silk in one or two colors;
then, instead of embroidering the CEN
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-26
What Middle Statue Of Buddha Said to Teacher

rHREE Chinese students entered the
l Y. M. c. A. Educational institute
not long ago to study, among other
hings. English, American history and
geography. They are young men IN
whom the Chinese government is tax
ing an interest, it having sent them
,ere to acquire the English language
in the shortest possible time. They
haven't been here very long, but
they're strong on English already, as
will appear from this exclusive story
told by Myron Jermain Jones, director
Of education of the Y. M. G. A.
DR.. Jones took the education OF the
three boys as a personal matter. He
gave them all the time possible, and
mingled his plain language teaching
with several highly polished courses
in ethics. philosophy, philology, apollo
getics. etc. He dipped into the Gospel
of ST. Mark for some of the great
social teachings there. and gave the
three Chinese students lecture that
thew would scarcely be able to get
anywhere else in months Journey
The BOYS listened attentively while
Or. Jones went over and over and
over this big subject. Their faces
were as i,lmobile as Buddha statues.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-06-26

to many fellow-travelers: What does
the yellow flag mean?" Day after day
the answer was: "Give it up" you
got me now," or "It stands for small
pox."
Those yellow flags were getting on
the scribe's nerves, and on one OF
the few pleasant days in early April
he got on a car determined to pay an
extra fare to find out the significance
of those strange flags. He walked
over to a stalwart colored laborer,
who was cracking concrete in the
excavation, and asked him: What
does that yellow flag mean?"
The man looked amused. There
was pity in his eyes and his voice as
he replied
Boss, dat am de sign fo' de kyars
to go slow"
Simply crushed!