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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-13
QUEEN TEMPLE, NO. 70, PYTHlAN
G. A. r. THE REGULAR MEETING

of Seth Williams Post No. 10, second and
fourth Thursdays of each month.
ALFRED b. PERKINS, Commander.
WIN. McDAVID. Adjutant.
o. o. STETSON, Quartermaster.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-13
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
ODD FELLOWS HALL
JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO.


Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at s O'Clock. Tuesday. Dec. 16, nominal
ton and election of officers. Inspec-
ton of Canton. Work in p. NJ. degree.
Full dress. Refreshments
c. S. PEASLEE, Capt.
RA NJ RIP NS clnrlk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-13

A public haunt they found her in;
She lay asleep, a lovely child;
The only thing left undefled
Where all things else bore faint of sin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-13

THE kOVERHEARER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02

puzzle to the VermonterS, holding
them to three singles
The sporting writer of the North
ampton Herald hands out the dope
that the Twin State Larks will con
tain many new faces this wear. He
predicts that Jack Ryan won + be
back for the reason that he and Man
ager Burns never pulled we'll together
but expects that Rube Sager viii re
turn and that partenhe}mer viii wear
4 Northampton uniform. He says tur-
Their that Tommy ParIe has signed ny
with a western club and that Freddie
Robargc is trying to hook up with .
faster outfit that the Larbs expect t,
be. 1t is expected that Manage
Burns viii visit the Meadow city with
in few days to begin thc-work OF
organizing the team.
What Bellows Falls thinks OF
Brattleboro's choice of baseball
manager is expressed in the follow
ny item from this week : issue of the
FINES: - Last season Bellows Falls mad,
an effort to get Breckenridge bat be
vas tied by n contract to South Man
! hester and could not come. 1t wa,
noped that this town could at least
| bid for his services this wear hut a.
! he future of baseball here is uucer
/ ain nothing was done by the presen'
BOARD of directors. 1t is well known
! hat if Breck could have gotten
away from Connecticut last year h,
/ would have come here and it is prob
able that a bid from this town woul,
/ nave ut least resulted in his not sign
u2 with Brattlebore so soon.
Bellows Fails IS to have "a neetiu.
ouight to consider the question o
-aisjng money for the support of
cam in the Twin state league thi
.ummer. The Times puts the proposition
hus 90 If Bellows Falls is to have q team
n the league this wear it means tina
1T least 1920 win have to be raisee
There is a deficit of almost $500 lef
over from last year. and II weeks
DIaving season at $223 a week vii
uu up to $2f75, and incidental eE
penses will add at least 5000 to that
asst year the gate receipts amounte
% $685.. 90. There is no doubt as t
She lovers of the game wanting I
nave team here this season. if tat
S any criterion, and it should not b
I difficult matter for somebody to 9
nut and collect "a little more thai
$1,000 for the team. With team
Bellows Falls Will he on the map thi
ummer without it, the town will dro
ntO inuocuOus desuetude.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
Sporting Notes.

Cobb vet fails to spell ''victory.
Detroit lost the seventh straight
game yesterday.
Breck's navy team beat Carlisle
yesterday. ) to >.
That was some battle yesterday be
tween Alexander and Tesreau.
Stengel of Brooklyn made two home
runs off Otto Hess of Boston -yester-
day.
Extra inning games appear to be
quite the proper thing with college
mines.
Pittshurg hopes that Wagner viii
needs him badly.
The Indian pitcher, Johnson of Gin
cinnati, has won all three games won
by that team to date.
Harvard needs a victory over Co
lumbia at soccer Saturday TO give the
Crimson one more championship.
I Mann, the Braves new outfelder,
is Leslie Mann. the former y. NJ. c. A.
college star of Springfield, Mass,
Strahan, the Amherst college first
string catcher, is out of the game for
/ the season with a badly broken finger.
/ Cough of the Pittsfeld team yester-
day made two singles, a double and
two home runs and he only had five
chances.
/ ST Mcdonald, captain and manager
Of the Hartford team, is out of the
game probably for the season with
two fractures of his ankle.
! Young Heating lost his first game
Yesterday out of the three he has
pitched, but holding the Athletics to
five hits is no small job
Everyone knew that Tinker's Red>
would get sick of losing games by one
run. Yesterday they whanged ont
eight at the expense of the leaders
Itvers Cubs.
The National baseball commission
has severely condemned Ty Cobt
for holding out and emphasized tina
condemnation by imposing the awful
fine of fifty dollars.
Walter Johnson pitched IS consecu
tive innings in 1907 in the Snak
Valley league in Idaho without run
being scored on him. Now in tn
American league he has gone 80 Inn
ings without a run chalked up agains
him.
The following appeared in las
Thursday 5 Boston Journal: d" Williar
J. Dwyer, first baseman of the Don
chester team in the Greater Bosto
league last year and later captain an
: first haseman of the fast Jamaica 4
: A. team, has been signed to play frs
base for the Bellows Falls team in tn
new Twin State league.
Harvard beat University of We
mont Al at Cambridge yesterday. tn
crimson batters landed on Malcolm {
opportune times and one of the drive
was a homer by Clark. Last yei
Il Malcolm held Harvard scorele:
+. through il innings. Hitchcock was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
SwantOn Man Charged with
Administering Poison to
His Children
HIS WIFE INDICTED
ON SIMILAR CHARGE
Prisoner Will Face Jury in the Frank
lin County Court Next Monday
Mrs. Wells. Will Answer to Charge
of Murder After Husband is Tried.


Mrs. Wells. Will Answer to Charge
of Murder After Husband is Tried.
ST. ALBANS, May ,. - julius
Wells. of Swanton, charged with muir
dering two Of his children, Marie and
Louis, by administering poison in the
form of arsenic, viii be placed on trial
for his life in the Franklin county
court before Judge W. ". Miles next
Monday afternoon ut > O clock unless
there is a radical change in the pres
ent plans of the state.
1t is all guess work as to how long
the trial Will last. Attorney General
Brown is of the opinion that at least
two weeks will be consumed. a. there
are a large number OF witnesses to be
examined on each side. Mrs. Wells. who
is also awaiting trial on the same
charge, Will he made to answer the
charge of murder immediately after
her husband Is either convicted or ac-
Quilted. What induced the state to try
Mr.. Wells first is not known by the
public generally.
The case for the state viii he pre-
scented by State : Attorney GAYLORD +.
Ladd, Of Richfosd. and Attorney Gen
eral Brown. The state expects to put
about 30 witnesses on the stand. War
rem R. Austin Will conduct the de
Tense.
The alleged murder of the two chil
dren occurred at the Wells home in
Swauton last December Vt first it
was not thought that any crime had
been committed. but rather that the
a. h- "A.
eating food which had become con
taminated by rat poison. Mrs. Wells
became i'll at the time Gradually II
suspicion of foul play became stronger
and the state began It's Investigation
which soon resulted in the arrest Of
/ Mrs. Wells. who has been in the
Franklin county Jail since January.
Not until u few weeks ago did the
state take Mr.. Wells into custody.
There has been much of the mvstcr-
IouS in this case as there generally Is
where poison is alleged TO have been
the means of committing murder. and
il Is to he expected that the trial will
develop some sensational testimony.
While Mrs. Wells was awaiting trial
and while Mr.. Wells was still mt lib
erty if was intimated that some at
tempt had been made to induce Mrs
Wells to take poison. which, 1t Il said.
had been passed in to her cell bv
someone. However that may have
been. newspapermen who before had
been freely admitted to Mrs Wells 5
cell, one day found that strict orders
had been issued that no one other
than her sister and counsel in the ease
were TO hc admitted.
The state has been actively at work
building its ease. There has been &
goodiv array OF detective talent EN-
ployed.
The first fight in the trial will come
in the selecting of a jury. Some law
yers at the court house are of tn,
opinion that this VIII I've no easy task
And if it is to he difficult to secur,
n jury for the first ease it is argueC
that it Will be doubly hard to get on,
to sit on the case of Mrs Wells.
Officials at the Jail building say tina
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
MARLBORO.

Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Bellows Of Brat
tlaboro were IN town "Wednesday.
Mr.. Carpenter, who has been teaching
the Branch school, will 60 home at the
close of this week.
Ray Hamilton, who has been with
George Hughes two years, viii 60 home
this week and Howard Taylor, who came
nome from Mt Hermon last. week, will
take his place.
George r. Person, whose body was
brought here from Dummerston Wednes
day for burian, was a former resident
here The older people viii remember
him as associated with William LyndC
in trade many years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
CHARGE IS MANsLAUGHTER
Three Men Indicted in Connection
with Drowning Of Negro Boy.

Ri ELLINGTON. May 1.-The grand
jury has returned indictments Iu
county court against Henry Goodrich
James Sweenv and Henry McCahe.
charging them with mauslaughter in
connection with the drowning of sam
Rounds. negro. at Bolton April 10.
The trial of the cases viii probably
be held at the present term of court
Much viii depend upon the engage
meuts of Attoruey-General R. T.
Brown, who viii assist State : Attor
ney Hopkins. John Remission Is being
held ~ witness i'm the sum of $500
bail. which has not been furnished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
PERSONAL.


a., F''""'" a. h''A'' OF 9"h'eFNlI'''
' a.. '',', J." ro"' '''''''E'
MISS Madeline koeder has recovere"
IRON measles an" Is a"'' Il" be out.
MIS-. q. II. Hall returned Wednesday
after week VISIT i'm Londonderry.
Frank Smith, who came Tuesday
from Pi"tf~hurg, Is working IN town.
Brooks Mahau of keeue was i'm
town visiting his brother, Harley Ma
nan
Miss Isabel IrendaII OF Boston Is
visiting her parents ON South Main
street.
VIA ',"T's Lan''["n OF TPr'ngheid'
- -i'.'' l'"S 'u,tfea ''e employ OF the
gan o.
Mrs, w. H. MOODY, was has been IN
z1ar+for.I I C"nn VIII Ut d" 'o'"o' 10" 10
MA,
Va '..' WIS Wii3f" hehllS hoNe1
r,.i''S \I', rom ~ ''''"i street TO -
NJ and Mr.. N.son of wa.,,n,+on
street yho snrpf tba u.intar IN E2Ior.
.aa returned vestarla,.
Mis-. ,f;,..;r., ,.,....,.ta-,a:u ..>.,..,.
| HeId, Mass. is making am extended
! visit with Mrs Fred DilIback.
| Miss Mary Jovce of Adams Mass
and Mrs. James Wall of NortbfeId
! Mass. speut Sunday in town
Miss Brie NJ Bowler of Dorchester.
| Mass. came Tuesday for a visit WIN
| ler sister. Mrs. !. r. Denniug.
Allie MundeH who was emnlovad
| ,v Crosby \ Go. moved recently With
MS family to farm in Suffield, Conn.
| Miss Nellie Hager who has recover
n from measles. went Tuesday to her
| ZONE in Keene She will return to
morrow.
,t;.s In. v-.Ii-,.. ,.,.,,,,,.l ,.-o.,-
,,s+or,i,,- -, +ta IToI.+.,;,, L,,;,.':,,, -
ire aftn, tr,o ,venl.., ab.anao IN ~.
o,,nt If Illness
oab,- want ,.aa+o,'l,,, - Non- Wi,
itv IA visit Mrs W5ilcov - danqbtar
Ms Rrnea Ton,,,L,in. Two ,,nol~S
George Wells went yesterday to
Jamaica to get ready his summer
3''' Va " ,at+n "g "' ~ . - me,lS IL
Mrs. Harley Mahau went yesterday
20 CoIrain, Mass, to attend the burial
Of her mother, Mrs. Bell, whose body
had been in the tomb during the win
ler-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
We Advertise

II we had nothing we would say moth
Ing.
We have all the latest improved special
machines for laundering shirts and col
lars, which not only prolongs the life OF
your linen, but gives ease and comfort
TO the wearer. Our New Prosperity Col
lar MouIder is giving great satisfaction
and our customers are beginning to tel
their friends about it.
Do not wait to be told but try 1t out
and see what 1T does, as no one can af-
ford to have their collars Numbered in
any other way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02

both Mr.. and Mrs. Wells are In ROOD
health and each is anxious that the
trials should start. Mr.. Wells alb
along has been anxious for the day To
come for she is as confident as even
that she viii be freed. II Is also said
that Mr. Wells is rs hopeful and tx.
pectant a his wife. When Mrs Well
is pat on trial she will be defended bx
stephen =. Gushing. of this city. and
W. r. NcFeeters. Of Eno~hurg Fails.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
National League.

YESTERDAYS GAMES.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
BURLINGTON DOCTOR ARRESTED
Dr.. Fierstein Held in $500, for Tr1a
in County Court.

BURLINGTON, May pr. Mich
ael Fierstein was arrested yesterda,
On an information fled by the state >,
attorney on the charge OF performing
an illegal operation fan a Barre wo
non named Mrs B. Rossi last ,Janu
arv. Hes was arraigned in county
curt and was placed under 81 800 TO
srial later. DR.. Fierstein, who claim:
% be a graduate of a university
Buda-Pesth, has been located in Bur
ington since January, 1912.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02
WEST DUMMERSTON.

Mrs. +. j. Slocum, who has been i'll
with gall stones, was taken worse at
the railroad station Saturday and DR..
y. II. O'Connor was sent for, also her
husband, who has worked at the Brat
tleboro Retreat farm. She is more
comfortable, but not able to sit up
or to undergo an operation. Mrs. Taft
has cared for her part of the time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-02

No infectious Disease in Greenland.
Owing TO the dry. cold atmosphere
not a single infectious disease is
known in Greenland.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
EDWARD LEACH IS
MOST EXALTED ELK

ROCHESTER, n, Y. July SD
ward Leach, OF New York city, de-
feated j. Goodman Boyd. of Balti-
more. for the office of grand exalted
ruler of the Elks at the election this
afternoon. He obtained l,1l9 votes
against 394 for Boyd. Leach was the
candidate OF the regulars. and Boyd
of the insurgent element There were
so many contested offices this year.
the first time in fifteen years that
there has been any serious opposi-
ton to regular candidates, that the
counting of the ballots for the offices
below that OF ruler was carried on
well into tonight. and the official
count will not be announced until to-
morrow morning
1t is understood Fred Robinson, of
Dubuque. Iowa. has been elected grand
secretary, and Charles A. White, Of
Chicago. fell short Of a majority vote
for grand treasurer. He was opposed
by three insurgent candidates. 1t Is
rumored tonight that IL the regulars
make a clean sweep of the rest Of
the ticket, to appease the insurgents
the once OF grand treasurer will be
given to George d. Locke. Of Rogers
Ark. Whites most powerful opponent
Leach's election was announced to
the Elks by the firing of presidents
salute of twenty-one guns.
Denver, Cot, won the fight for the
1914 convention
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
BEDFORD CITY MAN
MISSING IN MEXICO
STATE DEPARTMENT SEEKS IN
FORMATION ABOUT FATE
OF W. III. DENT.

Especial to The Richmond virginian. }
WASHINGTON. June she infor-
nation has been received ny the state
department in reply to kilograms sent
To the United States consul at Durango
Mexico. inqairing az to the fate 81
w. Fl. Dent, Of Bedford City, Va.
whose wife came 20 Washington last
Thursday and through Congressman
Carter Glass had the department make
an investigation
Dent has been engaged In lumber
business at Durango for several years,
and for the past four or five months.
during which time Durango has been
hesieged by the Mexican rebels and
munication. no word has been received
from him.
Immediately upon request from Mrs.
Dent, the state department wired the
consul for information regarding
Dent but expressed doubt that any re-
ply would be received inside of week
The latest advices are that Durango
In still cut off from communication
and that kilograms go through San
Diego and thence by circuitous route
by mail and messenger TO the consul
at Durango. who will require several
days to locate Dent and make reply
The department sought to allay the
fears of Mrs. Dent that her husband Is
being held for ransom and expressed
the belief that he is safe as no Amer
leans were reported killed in the cap
ture OF Durango by the rebels.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
WILSON To STAY
At SUMMER HOME
BALANCE OF WEEK
Receives Assurances from Tu-
multy that Ais Well
In Washington
REPORT OPTIMISTIC
ON ALL QUESTIONS
Presidents Secretary Says Out
look for Tariff Is Bright.
Wilson Pleased With
Resting Place

WINDSOR, VT. July s.--President
Wilson will probably remain at
Harlakenden house until Sunday He
Is thoroughly delighted with Mrs.
Wilson's choice of a summer home.
and is determined to spend as much
time there as possible.
His tentative decision to stay the
week out was made possibly by the
action of the senate caucus on the
tariff bill yesterday. The president
was pleased at the advices he re-
ceived from Secretary Tumulty today
on the outlook for the measure as
indicated by the adoption of the eau
Gus resolution. which made the tariff
bin a party measure. subject to
amendment by the finance committee
sloRe, . Eurauisss'a report ar. sshe
tariff situation was highly optimistic.
That part which related to other
things than the tariff was equally so.
Need Not Worry.
1t was the secretarys opinion that
the president need not worry about
the situation growing out of the
charges made against Secretary of
Labor Wilson for his alleged partict-
patton In labor troubles. or about any
other Developments with regard to
administrative affairs that have come
since the presidents departure last
week.
The president has discovered many
things that please him about the
section In which he Is sojourning.
First Of all and most important he is
among "A people who do not stare at
him because he Is the president. but
leave him severely alone to do as he
pleasea
For another thing, the bracing
climate which fr~-ha- been enabled to
appreciate In the last few days OF
comparatively cold weather. has
proved Just what he needed for a
relaxation after the strenuous weeks
Of work en- the tariff and currency
bills. and the drudgery of fixing on
appointments since las. March.
In Good Health
The presidents complexion In rudy.
He eats heartily at every meal. and
enjoys his food. He has taken on
several pounds in weight since his
arrival here.
The roads in the radius of some
thirty Ave miles from Harlakenden,
which the president has explored
pretty thoroughly in the last three
days. have proved excellent in the
presidents opinion. A rain Sunday
night settled them we'll, and there
has been TO dust since then to deter
Mr.. Wilson from motoring to his
hearts content
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
| ADY SACKVILLE
ILL AT HER HOME

LONDON, July s.-Lady Sackville,
who won her case in the Sir John Muir
ray Scott will suit yesterday. in very
III at her town house in Hill street.
Mayfair. She refuses TO. see any In
reviewers. In the matter of costs the
Scott case ranks next to the National
Telephone arbitration matter. when
the government took over the tele-
phones from private corporations. The
costs of the Scott case are figured at
&12s.00o. Sir Edward Carson's fee
as counsel for Lady Sackvilie was $10.-
500. with an extra daily fee of $1,o50
r. e. Smiths fee as counsel for the
Scots, was $7.s75. with a daily fee of
$7s5. The fees of the junior coun-
sci averaged two-thirds of those of
the senior ones.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
M|uTANCI STILL
ALIVE IN ENGLAND
AS SHOWN BY FIRE
Country HON e Destroyed
Causing Loss Of About
$4,000
POLITICAL UNION
BADLY NEED FUNDS
Subscriptions Cease and Force
Is Cut Down7-A Of vi
oIence Mostly By In
dividual Fanatics

LONDON, July g. wednesday,. -
Although the kneHSof the Women's
Social and Political union may be
sounding. the fact that militancy it
self Is still alive. waa again made EVIL
dent yesterday BY the destruction of
one of Sir william III. Levers country
houses, involving loss of about s125,-
600. The loss IL ~ heavy owing to
the fact that the house. which was un-
occupied contained valuable tapestries
and embroiderieA
This and other outrages which have
occurred recently and may continue to
occur in the futures8 can be easily acl
counted for al due ~ the fanaticism of
individual. hystericM mili,ants.
%. Failing ~ Pieces. -
1t is noteworthy that the Women's
ssoctaf and Fsoifticxl anton. .evefi in the
palmy days when Il avowed with i'm
punity responsibility for some of the
outrages disciaimed any connection
with others although 1t rejected at
them.
If further Information secured by
the Daily Mail. which 1t prints this
morning. IL accurate II may we'll be
fdoubled IL the Women's Soial and
Political union In any longer able to
organize any extensive system of out
rage. It Is claimed that the army
of women who formerly smashed win
dows and befouied letter boxes has
disappeared and milftancy Is now con-
fined TO the leaders and a semi-iun-
atics who number less than forty.
Fifteen months ago goa militants
were undergoing. or lodging. prison
sentences for various outrages. At
the present time there are only TWEEN
ty-one OF these cases and twelve of
these militants are mice" that is,
women who are gow*~cn license until
they recover from the effects of hum
ger strikes. Seven Of the nine who are
in jail are facing the music. and TAX
ing their medicine. while the other
two are on hunger strikes.
Money Hard to Get.
According to the Daily Mail the flow
OF subscriptions to the Women's So
ciaf and Political union has dried up
ened to prosecute any such subscrib-
expense OF the organization cost when
II was in full blast. has dwindled TO
such an extent that the headquarters
officials are now only able to employ
forty to fifty persons instead OF two
hundred. as formerly. Desperate ap-
peals for money have been issued, but
they have been responded to by only
few wealthy people.
The trial of Mrs, Flora Drummond
fthe generaD, for conspiracy. which
was postponed because she had to un-
derEo a surgical operation, was re-
opened at Bow-Street Police court to-
day, but a certificate stating that she
was still in bad health was produced
and the case was again postponed for
three months.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
SHADY TRANSACTIONS
OF BANK SUSPECTED
Real Estate Valuation Raised and Worthless Checks Shown
Examiner for Bookkeeping Purposes
Is the Allegation

PITTSBURG. July s.-The investi-
cation which the national bank exam
liners have made thus far into the af-
fairs OF the First-Second National
bank Of this city indicates that trans
actions of a doubtful character were
put through in the days just before
the bank closed It's doors. Some of the
transactions may receive the atten-
ton of the federal district attorney
here.
One transaction uncovered related.
It is understood, to an effort on the
part OF the bank to raise the value OF
It's Office building, and other property.
by about $1,00O.0O0. This was done
in order to increase the showing Of
the banks assets when II was about to
submit its last report to the comptrol-
Ter OF the currency. When the federal
onicials inquired how tbs bank had
happened to jump the value Of IT.
properly BY about . million dollars.
oncta11 ~ The bank ropseoented thea