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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
to Wreck
Newspaper Plant.

Coudersport, Pa, Oct. An attempt
to wreck the plant of the Potter Enter
prise published here, was made, today
4 heavy charge of dynamite was explod-
ed under the type setting machines. The
side of the building was blown out but
the machines escaped with little damage
No one was in the building at the time
The force of the explosion broke win
dows in surrounding buildings.
To explode the charge u tunnel had
been made from. an alleyway under q
wall There was no basement, under the
part. of the building where the machines
awere located and the fcharge sbsvs "a Large
hole IN the wall Of the bhitdins y.
The Enterprise is Published by M. TT
stokes, who was. formerly engaged ex.
tensively i'll newspaper publishing il
Ohio. The paper has been conducting 6
very vigorous campaign on local issues
A reward of $500 has been offered by the
county commissioners for information
leading to the arrest of the person re
sponsibie for the outrage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Weather Again Unsuitable for
Grand CirCuit--2 Races Finished.

Columbus, ohio oct. 2.-Weather,
toda%, was So unsuitable for racing
that the program offered by the Column
bus Grand Circuit Association did not
aaBraaeh completion. Two pacing races,
sfarted. Wednesday, were finished and
five heats If the Buckeye, $4,000 trotting
stake were decided. \ heavy wind
swept the track. all the afternoon, and
after the first heat Of the stake event
a sh sWer made the track unsafe for
more than an hour. In order To carry
cut the original plans there will be
four races, tomorrow, and three, sat
urda9.
Far. patchs ability to stand a whip
ping drive kept the Buckeye stake
from hciIe won by Lady Grattan in
the fourth heat. Tommy Horn, the ia
vurite, tsolS the first heat The Cox
mare WAS tie winner of the second
and third miles. She was beaten only
BY inches in the fourth. w. l.. Snow
getting Fan Patch to tho front few
yards from the finish
Peter Mccormick in the fifth heat
was Lady Grattan's master. He was
sent away fast and opened up lead
OF three lengths. Down the stretch he
declined to be overtaken and went un-
der the wire an easy winner This race
will he resumed. at noon, tomorrow
The 2.12 pace went to Lowando. Don
Patch, the early favorite on Wednes-
day. was thought today, to have the
best chance. nut in the fifth and sixth
beats he did not ward sof Lowando's
rushes. Princess Margaret settled the
unfinished 2.l3 pace by winning, to-
DAYS deciding heat from W0odclife
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Regulate Clocks by Wireless.

AT the instant OF noon in Washing
ton the wireless station at Arlington,
just across the Potomac, which is the
most powerful in the world hammers
IRON its towers a time signal that
goes off into the void, to be picked up
at Chicago, Galveston, San Francisco
and many other points. The flash of
it regulates many a jewelers. clock,
bringing the hands in an instant adj
justment of correct time. For an old
sidereal timepece, about which is
built great scientific institution, is
back of that flash, and the time of it's
sending is determined by the readins,
of the stars, the only absolutely accur-
ate way of telling the time of day.
- Formerly the noontime signal sent
out from the Naval Observatory al
Washington was distributed only pver
the commercial, telegraph lines. but an
The petition of jewelers. Throughout the
country the Navy Department con
scented to give for this purpose the use
of the mammoth Arlington Station.
According to officials of the Naval
Observatory, an apparatus, suitable
, for receiving the wireless time sigma
sent out from Arlington, can be pur-
chased for less than 500, whereas the
regular annual rate paid under the ole
| arrangement by jewelers. and Other
| persons to whom correct measurement
| of time is of vital Importance, aver
aged about $50 per year. The ad.
vantages of the new method over thu
old are so obvious that it is estimated
| that 10000 clocks in all parts of tn;
country. will soon be regulated b,
| wireless.
The wireless service is most desir,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03

reelection of Governor Haines in event
Of his health permitting him to accept
denomination as Governor, was urged
~ Dr.. Berry.
During the morning a committee OF
the BAPTIST convention consisting OF
Rev. r. j. RamsdeH Of Caribou, Hon.
'Ifofaee iPluiptfn, Of Watcryhte and
Rev. +. 4. a. KHAN Of Ellsworth
rw7Af@Y fee efasby she t1Sses fRaptist As
soeiatienf and presented a pfdH Of co
operation along advanced lines over
Those previously carried out. These
inclnde four steps, some of which are
an extension of steps already taken.
First a joint committee of reference,
a joint committee on evangelism, Il
joint committee on social service and
a Joint committee on apportionment.
The rest of the morning was taken
in the transaction of business, reports
Of several standing committees being
received At II there was confer =
encs on the subject on what steps To
take next in Maine toward the COM
plete union of the Raptists and Free
Baptists. This was conducted by Rev.
A. W. Anthony, D. u, Of Lewiston.
The business session was continued
this afternoon. During the day fra
ternal greetings from the Congrega-
tionalists were presented by Rev. DR..
David " Beach, president of Bangor
Theological Seminary. In the course
of his remarks he also praised the
work of Governor Haines relative -
increased enforcement of the prohibi=
tory law and urged the Importance OF
Christian denomina tons. through their
members, rallying to the support Of
4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Rev. W. F. Berry Praises the
Governor and Urges Reelection.

Bangor. Me. oct. I'm an address,
this morning, before the Maine Free
Baptist Association, Rev Wilbur F.
Berry, secretary of the Maine Civic
League, took occasion to compliment
Sheriff O'Connel of Penobscot county
for his efforts in enforcing the laws
while complimentary reference was
also made To other sheriTs who are
seeking an impartial enforcement of the
prohihitory law. .-r+ sE
lie stated that Maine is now having
the best enforcement of the liquor law
in the history of the State. He referred
10 Knox county as being the least
rigorous in enforcement, but added
that conditions are better even in that
county. III Bangor conditions are much
better. He also praised Judge Plaist-
cd Of the municiral court. He referred
to the recent decision by Judge Haley
in the supreme court, quoting an Off
cial Of the State, who spoke of the re-
cent decision in liquor cases in which
fires We're imposed rather than fine
and imp i.sonment. He took occasion to
contrast The apparent attitude of the
liquor dealers of Bangor in their atti-
tnde toward the anticipated action Of
SENTENCES of Judge Haley as against
these # Judge Leslie G. Cornish, stat
ing that IN TIE case or cases tried by
Judge Cornish. liquor dealers left the
city. He spoke Of the wor!. Of Governor
Haines III tie steps taken by himself
and followed mp by the Legislature in
replacing sherins WHO were not enfo4'c-
in" tire law tV those who were dispos-
ed 10 carry ont their oath of Office. The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Dancers in BATHING.

DR.. Konrad Hartmann of Berlin, q
specialist who has made a study of
bathing in the lake and ocean and its
results. believes that much illness is
caused by indiscriminate bathing.
According to DR.. Hartman. severe
headaches, indsposition, serious sick
ness violent Indigestion and even
death are some of the penalties inn
posed on the rash bather who does not
know the laws governing bathing.
DR.. Hartmann says that there are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
IN RECEIVERS HANDS.
Boston Talking Machine Co. Is on
"a = Financial Rocks.

Boston, Oct. 1.-The Boston Talking
Machine Co, a $5)0.Oa0 corporation,
was placed in the hands of receivers.
teday, by Judge Aldrich in the United
States district court on petition of Hen
ry NJ Whitney as creditor. Whitney
claims thar the company is financially
embarrassed and unable to meet its
Obligations as a result of the suspen-
sion, recently, Of the Chicago firm of
Q,Neill. James & Co. which had plac-
ed Il large contract with the talking
machine firm. Burton II. Corbett and
T.. Fred Aldrich are appointed receiv-
ers, unGer bonds of $4,000 each
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Bed Life Pres.r ~, {

A large Paris factory is busy filing
an order for thousands OF mattresses
which are pronounced unsuitable mat
. tresses.
An unnamed experimenter recently
discovered vegetable substance which
IS light. supple and soft enough for
use as mattresses in berths aboard ship
ard al the same thine unsuitable.
Every passenger on ship furnished
with these mattresses-if they are what
IS claimed for them-will have an ideal
life preserver right in his bed.
Several large steamship companies
are said to have decided to replace
their present bedding with these new
mattresses York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
OUTRAGES BY
McNAMARAS RiVALLED
Continued from Page One.)

and was elected international secretary
treasurer at the convention held here
last January. The affidavit against tim
charges conspiracy to transport explosives
unlawfully and is the same charge OF
which IS of his fellow unionists Were
convicted in the federal court in this
city, last December.
James w Noel, who as n special as
sistant United states district attorney
assisted in the prosecution at the tfia
here. said, this afternoon, that the con
fession of Davis, alias O'Donnell. fur
nished many missing links in the com
plete story of the dynamite program car
ried on against the non-union contrac'
tors of the country.
Most of the explosives, regarding which
the government in its three months tria
here, was unable to prove the exact per
son who set the explosives. We're Jobs
done by Davis according to his confess
sion. said Mr. Noel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03

The great contralto sang the Adriano
Aria from Wagner's Rienzi with su-
perb effect and responded TO double
encore, while for a group of songs she
was recalled several times. The or
isfactory.
The attendance was the greatest on
record for an opening night although
the weather was unfavorab BILE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Record-Breaking Audience Hears
Stars of Maine Music Festival.

Bangor, Me-, Oct. 2.-The first con-
cert of the Maine Music Festival WAS
and an audience estimated at $500 per-
sons expressed in cordial applause its
appreciation of the singing of Mildred
Faas. soprano John Finnegan, tenoT,
and Cecil Tanning. baritone. white
Madame Schumann- Heink, contralto,
was accorded an ovation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03

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HEATS WEpNESDAY).
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
Senator Lodge on
Road to Recovery.

Nahant, Mass, Oct. 2.-Senator Hen
ry Cabot Lodge continued, today, on
the road to recovery from the opera
ton upon his stomach, last Friday.
1.-The Senator passed a comfortable
afternoon, and he still shows signs of
great improvement" Mrs. Lodge said,
tonight. DIR. Frederick Winslow, one
of the attending physicians said that
Senator Lodge was well on the way to
a normal condition.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge main
tanned throughout Wednesday night,
the improvement shown in his eondi-
ton, Wednesday. Before the physi-
Clans visited him, Thursday morning,
his nurses announced that his eondi-
ton was unchanged from last night,
when the doctors said that danger. Of
serious results sfrom his recent opera-
ton had passed. s.
& After the usual morning visit of DR..
Frederick WINSTON and DIR. +. b. Har=
rington, the former said: Senator
Lodge passed a good night with favor
able signs for continued Improvement .
The physicians remained with Mr.
Lodge about three-quarters of an
hour. Two secretaries were busy at
the Lodge home, today, answering the
many letters of inquiry and sympathy
that have been received since the SEN
ator's Illness became generally known
Later in the day Mrs. Lodge made
the following announcement:
Senator Lodge passed the most
comfortable morning since his opera
ton and is much stronger than at any
other time, since last Friday"
1t was learned that during the fore
noon, Senator Lodge Yves given 6
slight change by being moved from
one room to another.
1tH 1tf aftSXe4 @SAk& - ~ 80
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03

Melton Prior. war artist. always
averred, that he owed his life on one
OCCASION to warning dreams. When
going out to the Zulu war in Africa. he
twice dreamed thatshe was shot and
then buried. On arriving at Durham
he received letter from his mother,
telling of a dream identical with his
own. and begging him not to go to the
front. He obeyed her Injunction, and
engaged another artist to go in his
place. The unfortunate substitute was
almost the first man killed in the fight
1nE. 49,
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Elliott Will Join
In Investigation,

q Boston. Oct. "A hearty co-opera-
ton with the Public Service Commits
sion in its proposed investigation of
various expenditures by the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, was
promised, today, by President Howard
Elliott, in letter to Gov. Foss.
The letter was in reply to a COM
munica ton from the Governor calling
attention to published statements of
expenditures by the railroad for pub
licity while railroad legislation was
pending. A list of these expenditures
4 is on file with the commission.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Stole Iron from Railroad.

In the district court at Greenfield.
Mass, Wednesday. A. p. Bowen of
Thomaston, Me-. was fined $50 on a
charge of larceny of copper wire from
the Boston e. Maine Railroad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03
SULZER DEFENCE GRANTED.
ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY

attempt to change their books in order
to protect the governor.
The statement was read at the opening
of the days session, and Mr.. Kresel
said. was made gladly on the part of
counsel for the managers in order to re-
- z ,anll4eA-Ss ~ - x
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-03

Boston. Oct. 2-Chief Justice John
A. Aiken of the Massachusetts SUI
perior court will himself preside al
the trial of Mrs. Jennie May Eaton al
Plymouth, Oct. IA. for the murder OF
her husband, Rear Admiral Joseph G
Eaton. Chief Justice Aiken announced
today, his assignment
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
COLUMBIA

Mrs. Fiske will conclude her en-
gagement at the Columbia theater
with next weeks eight performances
of Edward Sheldon's play. The High
Road" in which she runs the gamut
of artistic accomplishment and in
which the young author again demon
strates his strong sense of the teha-
ter, his appreciation for the effective
in scene building. his vein of poesy
and his gift for Photographic pre-
Eenment
In this her. newest Offering Mrs.
Fiske finds an amazingly wide scope
for her compelling art, and during the
pilgrimage of Mary Page from IT to
40 and from farm drudge to presi-
dents wife she has number of mo-
ments which, in their keenness of ap-
probation and intellectually, are
alone of greater value and gratifca-
tion than many whole evenings at the
playhouse afford.
The supporting cast is headed by
Arthur Byron, Eugene Ormonde and
Kenneth Hunter.
Matinees areg iven on Wednesday
and Saturday.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

1S7 persons from drowning and has
been awarded a medal by Congress.
the Andrew Carnegie medal. a Massa-
chusetts state humane medal and a
y. S. v L. S. corps medal. will. with
the assistance of two girl swimmers
who are recognized as champions. pre-
sent series of beautiful and artistic
poses and a series of dives forward
and backward, single and double SOM
ersaults and combination dives, where
all three enter the water together.
Ed Gallagher and Bob Carlin will
contribute u nautical buriesque en-
titled Before the Mast" which is said
TO be side-splitting in its humor.
Bert Levy. the famous artist and
entertainer who was the original illus
traitor of Israel Zangwilfs great novel,
The Children of the Ghetto" will,
with the aid of an apparatus of his
own invention, draw In full view of
the audience on a small disc portraits
OF celebrities which. by an arrange
ment of lights and lenses are en-
larged and thrown on screen
Nonette. the greatest of all singing
violinists; Muriel and Francis, Just
Two Girls" and Bollinger and Rey-
olds. wire walkers. comprise the other
new acts.
Next week will positively conclude
the engagements of Lyons and Yosco.
the 'Harpist and the Singer and Tay-
lor Granville. Laura Pierpont and their
company of fifteen in The System
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

single playgoer in the city who has
not seen this remarkable example of
what modern musical play. designed
purely for fun, ought to be. but if
there should be, this is the last call
before the Gaiety jollification leaves
for Los Angeles.
In many ways the new production.
The Girl at the Gate will prove an
unusual offering. Apart from the
show itself, which is replete with
agreeable novelties and plenty of
tuneful music and engaging dancing
the appearance OF Irene Franklin in
It. with all her wonderful specialties.
accompanied. of course. by her hus-
band, Burton Green. stamps the en-
terprise as something away above the
ordinary
1t is said that the gowns Miss
Franklin will reveal in The Girl at
the Gate" will cause plenty of ex-
cited comment among the ladies. par
ticularly her final appearances In a
thousand dollar creation toward the
finale.
OF course. the Gaiety prices will be
in vogue. and another big SO worth
for 81 is the motto OF the new piece.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
cORT

Written on a theme that is abso-
lutely crying for discussion is Cosmo
Hamiltons dramatic sensation, The
Blindness of Virtue" which will be
presented at the Cort theater for one
week beginning Monday night. with
matinees on Wednesday and Saturday,
the Wednesday matinee being held for
women and young girls only.
The Blindness of Virtue" is be-
lieved TO be strong, gripping. vital
drama, and is a powerful Indictment
against the modern fashion of bring
ing up children in ignorance of GER
tain problems and impulses.
The play tells the story of the
daughter of a vicar in small parish
near London. A young man has been
sent to study with the vicar. The
young people fall in love with each
other. The girl reared in an atmos-
phere of purity and without play
mates, having had only grown people
for her constant companions, and not
understanding her emotions, can see
no harm in following her impulses.
She goes to the young mans room in
her wrapper and he is sorely tempted.
The vicar discovers his daughter in
the young mans room. The boy is
accused of a great wrong and falsely.
The girl does not understand she has
been guilty of an impropriety. and
later the vicar and his wife realize
that for her own protection they
should have taught their daughter
something Of life's problems.
The cast includes Frank Elliott.
Rutherford Herman, Harley Knowles,
Vera Fuller Melish. Alys Rees. Pollie
Emery and Marjorie Allen.
The final performances of the Alice
Lloyd company will be given tonight
and Sunday matinee and night.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
ALCAZAR

There will be a mixture of melody
and mirth at the Alcazar theater next
Monday evening and throughout the
week, for Evelyn Vaughan, Bert Ly-
tell. the stock company and several
specially engaged artists. including
Myrtle Dingwall, are announced to
appear in THE Girl in the Taxi" one
of the three biggest hnusical-comedy
successes recorded in this country
during the last five years. 1t was
adapted from the French of Anthony
Mars by Stanislaus STANCE. who skill
fully managed to make it fit for the
American stage without sacrificing
any of its original brightness. Con-
temporary with THE Chocolate SOL
dier" and Madame Sherry" 1t has
equaled either of those famous offer
ings as a money getter, and is still
touring the eastern circuits as a high
price attraction. During the run at
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
PANTAGES

THE Priestess of Kama" gorgeous
scenic spectacle written by a promI-
nent local society girl, will receive
its premier production in the new
show which opens at the Pantages to-
morrow. The act has been judged by
competent critics who have witnessed
rehearsals as being one of the most
pretentious offerings ever booked over
any popular vaudeville circuit The
leading role has been entrusted to
the niece of one OF the highest Off
cials in the state, who is masking her
Identity under a stage name
The five Juggling Nornans. quin-
tet of nifty college lads, in an athletic
act; Kathryne Miley. whose efferves-
cent mannerisms keep an audience in
an uproar: Vincent and Raymond in
Names Don't Count; La Tell broth
ers, the 'Apollos of Vaudeville. in
artistic poses. and the Romero family.
Spanish singers. dancers and instru-
mentalists, besides the Rodeo quartet.
complete the new bill.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
GRAUMAN'S IMPERIAL

The picturing of Les Miserables.'
the crowning masterpiece of the
greatest writer France has ever pro-
duced. Victor Hugo, and which will be
presented for one week only at Grau-
mans Imperial theater, commencing
with the matinee Sunday. was UNDER
taken in a thorough and conscientious
manner. Actors of pre-eminence in
emotional lines we're contracted to
play the leading roles. The characters
secured. the producers spent time in
studying locations and views for the
proper settings of the scores of scenes
that were to be enacted. This COM
pleted. the company was weeks visit
ing the various locations selected, TAX
ing scene here. a scene there. often
travelling miles to secure a picture
that would last but few seconds on
the screen. but In which certain de-
tails were essential to the proper rem
dering of the drama
1t Is claimed that this tour entailed
an expense of more than 100000 and
covered the greater part of France.
The scenes of street rioting and car