Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-27

that the beautiful flowers grown there
. ad the well-kept lawns are the charge
ef a sevenyear patient, a clergyman.
y he has the haliueinaton that he is
Christ. He. with one man helper, cares
for tie principal grounds and the
,lants. At the hospital now in full glory
o. the northwest lawns are two of the
handsomest Mountain ashes in the
state.
Bath Schools and Present Progress.
The Traveller notes that in addition
10 the establishment of a night school,
Bath is progressive above most Maine
cities in the generous manner with
which its school yards are being pro-
vided with apparatus for outdoor
athletics and recreation. Ring and
seat swings. slides, teter boards, lad
ders and spring and horizontal bars
are included in the apparatus provided
the public schools.
Bath is also progressing in ship
building, the new destroyer at the
Bath Iron Works alone costing three
quarters of million. The Iron
Works president lind manager. Hon.
John S. Hyde. by the way. is employ
ing an army of more than 200 work
men in the construction of his palatial
mansion to be the largest and most
magnificent private house in Maine, !,
Elmhurst, the estate of his father the
late Gen. Thomas W. Hyde. The
bricks for the structure are coming in
by lots of 100000, and the fences and
wallis around the estate will cost OF
themselves small fortune. In it
there will be a large swimming pool |
for one item. On the estate is Il |
great park, portion of the Five Mile |
Swamp, heavily wooded. through |
which will run miles of roadway In
addition to a park the estate will in
clude great farm on which blooded |
livestock will be raised. The new
mansion has for its site a knoll near
the former Elmhurst residence, which
has been torn down the past summer,
and the view of the broad blue Ken
nebec from the new house will be SUI
perb. 1t is expected that President |
Hyde and family will be able to occupy
the mansion by the fall of 1914.
Maine Women Must Vote!
Maine women will be given suf
frage and will have to vote, whether |
they wish to or not was the startling |
declaration to the Journal Traveller |
by Bangor statesman one night this |
week. He went on to explain that |
votes for women were possible now N |
eight states of the Union. which gives
those states an unfair advantage over
states in which women do not pos
sess the right. In these states it has
been found that the more refined Wo
men are discovering that they have to
register and east their ballots on pub
lie elections in order to protect them
selves and their homes. 1T has been
found said this Maine statesman,
lin these states that certain classes Of
women prove a ready prey to I'M
scrupulous politicians who purchase,
Or in other ways obtain such women's
votes 1t has also been found thar
these votes of women are being
bought at surprisingly low figure
Therefore, the better classes of wo-
men, who once vowed they never |
would vote, are finding it necessary TO
register and vote. 1T will be the
same in Maine concluded the states
man.
Recount and Official Agree.
The Traveller, Friday, dropped into
he Basement Committee Room of the
capitol and found Messrs. Shorey and
Townsend of the State department
and Editor Mccarthy of Waterville
busy inspecting Third District Con-
sressional ballots. Those from Orland
we're being paved over and some Curl
'usly defective ballots turned up. All
hree gentlemen agreed that. so far as
hey had gone, they had found the Off
,ial count essentially correct.
The ballot boxes are taken as they |
ONE, not in alphabetical order
Testimony by Tons.
Behind the counter of the office of /
he Augusta House, Friday noon, was
big bundle. In that bundle" said {
n official of the st. John River Com !
lission are 5000 type written pages
f evidence and testimony regarding /
he matter which we have to consider
nd. in addition, we have a carload of I
laps and other evidence and refer
nee material" d
The commission, Friday, held a brief
fternoon session and departed. The h
members left for home, Mr.. l.