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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
Redfield's Secretary a Witness.

L. G. Smith secretary for Representa-
tive Redfield was sent for and Mr. Red
field interrogated him. Smith said hc
had talked With a man named Gilbert
Clark yesterday.
He spoke Of this investigation and
said:
- i don't think you folks have anything
to fear nthis Investigation. Why, even
Mr.. Johnson's brother is ii stockhoider.
is he brother of Allan Clark, a dl-
rector of the Commercial"
Il believe he is.
The witness added that Mr.. Clark had
said Mr.. Redfield is ''in the center of th'
stage and that everything is being
investigated, except the insurance depart
ment; that Mr.. Redfield is in the en-
ploy of Mr.. Stellwagen and others To
get Mr.. Stellwagen out OF a big hole.
Mr.. Johnson asked him what Mr.. Clark
had meant by saying Lee Johnson, his
brother. had stock.
'Oh. nothing" said Mr.. Smith, except
to intimate that the insurance companieS
are all right, and that even Mr.. Johnson's
brother held stock In it
Mr.. Douglas asked him if he believed
that remark of Mr.. Cark's was a re
Election on Mr.. Johnson or the committee
Mr.. Smith said he had made several
heated remarks and had resented tn.
imputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13

SCSOAo4 09udIC W11cS = 4OOOeus
LOUISVILLE. KY. January 13.-Police
and fire department employees working to
move families from districts menaced by
the Ohio river flood We're cheered this
morning by news that the rise was less
rapid than registered last night. While
nearly 1000 persons had been driven
from their homes today and the outlook
was that this number would be doubled,
yet it was believed property damage
would not be as heavy as in previous
record floods.
Train service was being restored as
tracks were repaired in western Ken
lucky.
When the river broke over the '.cut-
off, embankment east of Louisville this
morning it began to flood an area of sew
eral square miles. out of which some 3OO
families already had been moved. At IL
O'Clock the river touched thirty-eight feet
and was rising at the rate of 4 an hour
The weather bureau predicted a maxi
mum of Al feet by Tuesday night. ol
Wednesday morning. six inches lower than
the high water of 1907.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
Loss in Livestock Heavy.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. January 13.-With
the rise increasing at three-tenths of a
foot an hour on the secondary swell after
Saturdays heavy rains, the Ohio river
here today passed 49, feet. Hundreds
of square miles i'm the bottom lands be-
tween Lawrenceburg. Ind. and Cave-in
Rock. ILL.,, are inundated three to twenty
feet and property loss will run into a
high figure because Of the inability of
lowlanders to get their livestock out in
time.
No loss of life has been reported and
1t is believed all persons in the flooded
territory are accounted for.
The local weather bureau today de-
clared that the crest stage of forty-six
feet would reach here Wednesday morn
ing.
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Continued OF Second Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13

The Star is the only afternoon
paper in Washington that prints
the news of the Associated Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
SK0WHECAN.
Business Transacted al
The Probate Court.
Canaan's Oldest Woman, Mrs.
CIarlssa Goodrich, Dies.
Scouting Party from Belgrade Lakes
Passes through Mere.

The following are the business transac-
lions at the July term of the Somerset
probate court:
Wills presented for probate in the es-
tate of-John +. Clark, late of Skowhe-
gan, Helen G. Wing and Edward r. Dam
forth. executrix and executor; Amos
Gerald, late Of Fairfield. Caroline Gerald
executrix, Esther G. Roberts, late OF
Fairfield, Mabel Grant exeeutrix; Frank
lin S. Burns. late of Arson. Mark l..
Hutehins, executor; John w. Wentworth
late of Skowhegan, Harold j. Phillips.
executor; Maggie +. Giraffe, late of Jack
man. Rev Joseph Forrest, executor;
George McCoilar, late os Scion, Alma
McCollar. executrfx; Sarah j. Lashon
late of Skowhegan, Chas. l.. Lashon ex-
eeutor.
Wills allowed in the estate of-Julia A
Reed late of Harmony: Forrest Good
win. late of Skowhegan; Sarah E. Taylor.
late of Norridgewock
Administrations granted in the estate
of-Thomas Il. Rowell, late of Hartland
Orlando Cobb, late of Harmony; Stephen
w Shelly. late of Jaekman: Philena c.
Shorey, late of Norridgewock.
Petition for license to sell real estate
presented in the estate of-Albert l.. Sea
yey, villa Jackman of Westwood. Mass
Hanna c. Cowan. late of Palmyra.
Petition for license to sell real estate
granted in the estate of-Charles H. and
Matilda Holden of Madison.
Accounts presented In the estates Of
Castina NJ Page GinaD. late OF Fairfield
Helen Colt, late OF Madison dnaD; Phys
trim G.. Wentworth, late of Madison; Ad-
da p. Parkman, late of Cornville OfnaD /;
Alton A. and Alice l.. Clark of Madison,
minors.
Petition for widows allowance present
ed In the estate of-Stephen Shelly late
of Jaekman; Orlando Cobb. late of Har-
mony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
The British La India.

A note OF alarm under the title "Fht
Coming Catastrophe in India" is sound
ed in London Everyman. Tie artlcI5
shows that British rule in India is un-
sympathetic and unjust, harsh and ty-
rannical politically, ruinous economi-
c2liy, and that it has done all that was
possible To crush Indian initiati Il
destroy Indian culture. IL stunt Indian
agrieul IRE and manufacture and 10
drive the wealth of the peninsula to
Great Britain.
The article charges that the British
as a nation since 1851 have looked down
upon these peoples and treated them as
inferior mortals. not recognizing that
Hindustan is a land of noble races that
have led the world in many depart
mentS of art. science. finance, morals,
religion and industry. and are capable
of even greater achievements in the
future.
india says this article. has been
bled. and is bled today, by a drain of
commercial produce to pay interest,
home charges, remttances. military de-
pots. etc. To- Great Britain to an extent
to account fully for the frightful i'm
poverishment. for the plague and for
the disease of poverty. The object Of
the British in India is to bride as many
capable Indians as they can by govern
ment posts and in other Ways to
support the system which is running
their fellow countrymen. "-Iadianapo-
lis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
Financial Operations Of
New York Central Lines.
Proposal in Resolution Passing
The Senate, Thursday.
Interstate Commerce Will Conduct
Observation-Disclosures Agreeable.

Washington, July 10.-An inyestiga-
ton oil the financial operations of New
York Central lines by the Interstate
Commerce Commission was proposed
In a resolution PASSED by the Senate.
today. This action was taken without
debate when the resolution was intro
dacnd by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
The resolution concurred in by the
House would direct the commission
first 20 investigate and report upon the
issue by the New York Central & Hud-
son River Railway Co., of $1e1, 1o2, 100
worth Of 4 per cent. mortgage bonds
for the purpose of taking up 3l2 per
cent Michigan Central bonds amount
ing To 1896, coo: 81 per cent. Lake
Shore e Michigan Southern bonds
amounting to 500 57s, 400. and New York
Central debenture bonds amounting to
$54,1SS, TOO.
The commission would be asked to
report whether the issue OF the per
cent. Eonds FOR 312 per cent. would not
be an Gnwarranted and Illegal capital
ization OF the railroads concerned,
whether the purpose Of the consohda-
ton Of the New York Central, the Lake
Shore q michigan Central would not
be unwarIhnted and unlawful; and
whether the increase in interest Is
necessary, even if the consolidation is
anebjeetionablet
Senator Norris was prepared to adj
dress the Senate in spite of his reso-
luton. He did not do so because no
ore opposed it. He had preared data
which he declared showed that the . y
per cent. bonds in question do not ex-
pire for 81 years. and that the ex-
change of per cent. for 81. per cent.
dollar for dollar would saddle onto the
lines as an additional permanent debt
upon which shippers must pay rates. a
sum equivalent to 1918, 620
He was prepared to call attention to
tine recent request of the New York
Central upon the commission to be al
lowed to increase freight rates, and
had figures to show that the fixed
charges of the New York Central
amounted to SO per cent of the road 5
income as compared with about 26 per
cent. for the Union Pacific and 20 per
cent. for the Pennsylvania.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
DINNER BY PARCEL POST.

"A dinner by parcel post, Why
not?' said clever New York woman
when she heard of the new postal
system that was to be put in opera
ton the first of the year. There is
nothing to prevent"
And SO she planned dinner to he
shipped TO her straight from the coun-
try on the first day the new service
became a law. She wrote to a rela
tive in Connecticut and asked her to
pack up securely and mail fine, big
roasting chicken; and she sent out to
a large farm on Long Island for a
market basket full of vegetables and
fruit to complete the dinner-a few
choice potatoes. winter caulihower,
cold frame lettuce and large selected
apples for dessert. She gave the
farmer minute directions, taken from
the postoiiice circulars, for packing
these products safely, and for labelling
them ''perishable' in order 10 get them
forwarded without delay,
Everything arrived in first rate con-
dition, just as she had anticipated,
and to make up his IL pounds of al
lowed weight the farmer had even
eggs for her breal1ast-veritable
jewels in the month of January in
New York.
The luxurious part of this trial If
the parcel post said the pleased
recipient of the dinner, lis not SO
much what l received as the fact that
| know Just where il came from, who
handled it and how long my food was
on the way"
Doesn't this incident suggest hither-
to unthought of possibilities to you?
If you are city dweller, would you
not appreciate farm products direct
from the country? Would you not
like to know exactly where your but
ter. for instance. was churnesl, and to
be able to state beyond a doubt
| These beans cor these Strawberries
We're picked only yesterday morning
at the Grange farm in u plsinds;
had them sent especially to me By
| parcel post"
Do You pass your city fruit stands
! with sigh, thinking 81 the long way
its apples and pears and peaches have
travelled before they are offered te
you for purchase? Do You not some
| times think with shudder of the
street dust that has gathered on them
| after an hours exposure on the stand
or, worse still, of the dirIy fingers
that have handled them repeatedly
| the unspeakable cloth that has been
used to polish them up from time to
time? Would you not rejoice to know
| where everything came from-to find
a way of supplying your table with
| less questionable food?--McCalls
| Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
PleW and Woman
Held Responsible

New Haven, CT, July 10.-James Plew
of Middlebury and Mrs. Bessie j.
Wakefield of Bristol are held criminal
the death of William o. Wakefield,
the woman's husband, in his finding
in the case filed. today. The coroner
finds the death wounds were inflicted
by Plew and that Mrs. Wakefield was
an accessory To the commission of the
crome.
Wakefield's body was found in a
He had been shot and stabbed and
strangled to death, the coroner says.
Plew and Mrs. Wakefield We're ar
rested subsequently,, the woman hav-
ing confessed to the Bristol police
and TO the coroner that she had plot
ted with Plew to get Wakefield cut of
the way, SD that they might live to-
gether.
1t had ben planned to make away
with Wakefield at his home in Bris-
toll the coroner SAYS in his finding.
but this plan failing, Plew induced
on false pretexts Wakefield to take a
walk with him. When they reached
the Cheshire woods Plew slew him.
The grand jury. this afternoon.
handed down indictments charging
first degree murder against PleW and
Mrs. Wakefield. 1t was stated that
bench warrants may be issued soon.
to bring them before the present term
of the superior court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
UNDECIDED.
Clarence n. Flood May Not
Take SUPPLEMENTARY
Offered Him by Bath School
Board WiII Ask Advice.
Is Now Supt. Of the winsIow and
Benton District at WatsJyiIle.

Bath, Me. July 10.-(SpeciaD.-
Clarence N. Flood of Waterville, su
perintendent Of schools Of the Wins
low and Benton district, has not made
up his mind as to whether he will
accept the uperintendency of the
Bath schools, to which he was elected
by a divided vote, last Monday night.
and IS waiting for a conference with
State Supt. Payson Smith.
Mr. Flood came to this city, yes
terday, to meet members of the School
Board and talk over the situation. In
spite of the fact that it required five
ballots to elect him and then only by
the close margin of 9 to 6, Mr.. Fleod
received so much encouragement from
members of the board, Yesterday that
it is generally believed that he will
accept the $1,000 job.
new phase Of the situation crop
ped out, today however, that has
caused considerable gossip in school
circles. II refers to a letter supposed
10 have been written by state Supt.
Smith endorsing Mr. Floods candida
cy At the meeting of the board last
Monday night, Chairman E. W. Hyde
of the special committee on superin-
tendent was asked To read Mr. Smiths
endorsement 10 Mr.. Flood Mr.. HYDE
replied that he had received none. An
other member of the board was asked
for it and he replied by stating that
he thought IL was in his desk An
investigation by this latter member
after the meeting, however, showed
that he did not possess the letter, but
that Supt. Smiths name was included
in a list of names left by Mr.. Flood
as references. Today. the report went
cut that Supt. Smith had not written
an Enforcement of Mir. Flood and that
50 far as known no member of the
board had taken the trouble to refer
to him, although given that privilege
by Mr. Flood.
There has been considerable criti-
cism on the action of the School
Board at last Mondays session. So
far as can be told there has been no
criticism Of Mr.. Flood or his work, but
the rumpus has been created by tie
fact that MI Flood was not recon :
mended by the special committee APP
pointed by Mayor Larrabee te re-
ceive applications for superintendent
committee received % applications and
made two recommended tons, neither Of
which was accepted by the board.
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Irish Literature.

The Irish Literary Society of London.
founded in 1892, to promote the study
of the Irish language and Irish lItera-
ture, art music, history and economics,
and to provide n common meeting
ground for Irishmen ana Irishwomen,
irrespective of creed or politics, has
just celebrated its twenty-first anniVer-
sary. Some notable literary persons
are connected with this society, which
appears To have a definite purpose in
its being. Among these are Alfred Per
ceval Graves, T. w. Rolleston, w. b.
Yeats, Sophie Bryant, Eleanor Hull.
Kathleen O'Flynn, Mary Kelleher, Jean
Sterling Mac kinlay, Aileen MacMahon,
Ethel Rolf Wheeler, and Samuel Boyle.
From the initiative given by this So
ciety have come other organizations.
The irish League already in existence
GS91) reminded the Irish people that
they had native tongue. The Irish
Text Society recalls to them their an
Gent literature. The school Of Irish
learning in Dublin now places Irish
studies on a solid basis. The National
theater has met with favor. The Irish
Folk Song Society has collected irish
airs and put them into print. MIR.
Yeats, of the irish National theater,
will be remembered as a visitor to In
danapolis a few years ago, when he
spoke at Butler College. -lndianapolis
News
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Coming Events

July l4-York Club Entertainment At
July 15-Third District Progressive Con-
vention, Waterville.
july 1E-lS-CienetaI Conference Free
Baptists, ocean Park.
July H-25--Joiut Coast Defense Me- neil
vers, Fort Williams. Portland.
july S-Prmary Election In Third
Maine District.
Aug 4-ls-Annual Encampmsps 81 "a
Maine Regst.. Augusta.
Aug. G-Eaton X Norridgewock n. $.
Alumni Assn NorridgeWock.
Aug. T-s-Bath Carnivai.
Aug TO 14-Annual reunion of the i4th
Maine Reg. Association at t,aIap golan
Long Island Portland llarbor.
Aug. u-22-Christian Enoes,sr SUNNI VI
School. Charleston.
Aug. n-Levanfs Centennisi Cslshra-
Aug. 1s-as-Ths Allen campmsetlng
august is-ao-2l-waide County Fair. at
Aug. 1s2l-cernish Agricultural Assoc
Aug. 2o-Pierce Family Reunion al
Aug 2o-The Tuttle-J ohonnett Families
Reunion, at the home of IL. @. Jehonnett
Aug. 21--Annual Reunion First Maine
Heavy Artillery Association. Bangor.
Aug. 2-3l-East Liyermore campmeet-
Aug. % 28-Androscogsin County Fair,
| Livermore Falls
Aug. 26 % -H0ultop Agricultural soeie-
| ty, Houiton.
Aug. 26-2s--Eastern Maine state Fair.
Bangor.
Aug. S7--Annuai Reunion 18th Maine
Reg't Assn, WaterVille.
Sept. IL Maine state Fair Lewiston.
| Sept. 2.3-0rrington Fair. Orrington.
Sept. 2-4-Northern Maine Gair Asao-
citation. Pressure Isle.
Sept. a-4-ilaneock County Fair. Blue.
| hiil
slept ss-CaIais Fair Association. Ca,
, lais.
sept n-Is-Androscogein Valley Fa;r
/ Canton
| Sept. e-Popular vote on two proposed
Amendments to Maine Gonstflutiem
Sept. s.ii - North penohscot Fair
! Springfield.
Sept ssit-oxford County Agriculture
Society, South Paris
Sept. s-12-Centrai Maine County, Wa.
Sept. 1o-n-Reunion nth Maine. Ban.
| eor
Sept. 10-ii-Reunion of Fifteenth ReEi'
! mental Association at Lewiston.
Sept. lS-Embden Fair. Emhden.
Sept l4-1e-Maine Women's Christian
Temperance Union Annual. RumfoTd.
Sept 1G~fS-West Washington Asricui-
tural Association, Cherryfieid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11
Shipping News.

Bangor. Me-, July 10.-Arrived: Sch.
James w. paul, Jr, Newport News,
Morris and Cliff. Rockland.
Sailed: Schooners r. l.. Tay. Boston;
Eagle, do; Wesley Abbott, Scituate.
Searsport, Me, July l0.-Arrived
Schooner Northland, Norfolk.
Stockton. HE, July 10.-Sailed: Sch.
Susie +. Oliver. New York
Rockland, Me, July 10.-Arrived
Schooner n. f. Aver New York; Grace
c., Maehias for Boston: Sarah Barnes,
Bangor; Alton +, Minor, Calais.
Portland, Me. July 10.-Arrived
Schooner Jospiah tBD, Parrshoro. N
s.. for Vineyard Haven: Harold G.
Beecher Stockton for New York: sun
light. Windsor n. s., for do. Henry r.
Haven, Noel n. s., for do. leaking.
Sailed: Schooner Easington (Br)
Parrsboro, n. s.. Appenine, Chatham
n. z.
Boston, July 10.-Arrived: Schooners
Katherine V. Mills 6Br). Annapolis. N
s.; Eta Vaughan eBr), Liverpool. n. S
Sailed Schooner Ruth L. Merrill
Newport News.
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The Smith Wooden Co. to
Start Mills Again.
Farm Buildings al North New
port Burned 10 Ground.
Extensive nayIng 0psratIons..i0 1000
Acres Standing 10 Be Cut.

1t will be very gratifying to the
citizens Of the town to know that the
Smith Wooden Co. mill, which has been
shut down, for time, started up. on
Thursday Elmer ID. Smith was in
town, Wednesday, when a new WOODEN
company was organized, which took
oyer the business Of the Smith Wool
en- Co. The firm will be known as
the Smith Textile Co. Incorporated
Fred r. Smith will be retained as
manager A fun crew viii be at work.
next week, and Mr. Smith expects that
the orders are sufficient To run the
mill night and day in side of two
weeks.
1t was learned here, Thursday that
Arthur Osborn. son of William NJ.
Osborn of this town. lost his farm
buildings in North Newport. about .
A. NJ, Thursday, by fire which start
ed In the barn. horse, cow and
flock of hens We're saved. With the
exception of some dining room furni-
ture, all household effects We're burn
ed. including clothing and wedding
presents. The cause of the fire Is II
mystery. The family retired, about 10
o'clock. AT II they We're awakened by
an automobile party, who We're badly
under the influence of liquor. Ghe
men claimed to know Mr.. Osborn and
wanted to trade horses. They were
strangers to Mr.. Osborn and he went
intosthe house, thinking they had NOV
ed on. 1t is thought they may have
entered the barn afterwards. Mr.. and
Mrs. Osborn are young people and
/.
has been employed by the D. Whiting
& Co. Creamery in this town and in
Winterport. The buildings were par
tally insured
+ A. L. Green of Katahdin Iron Works,
who has bought about 1000 acres of
grass land in Burnham, about five
miles from this village, has crew of
six mem from Milo with six horses
and all necessary implements located
ON the ground To cut the. hay. Tents
are pitched for living purposes. Part
Of the land was bought of the estate
Of the late d. NJ. Parks of this town
and adjoins pine grove which Mr..
Green bought.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Frank Walker of Troy will be held,
Saturday. at the home.
The many friends OF Mrs. Porte"
B. Soule We're panied to learn of her
death, Thursday afternoon. in Palmy
Ia, after an illness of five weeks. Her
maiden name was Miss Lettie NJ.
Brooks. She was born in Palmyra and
with the exception of number of
years passed in Lynn, Mass had liv
ed the greater part of her life in
PALMYRA Her
years. She was a member of the
Methodist church and of Pttsfield
Grange The funeral will be held, al
1880 A. NJ, Sunday. Interment will
be in this village Besides the hus-
band, brother, Fred Brooks of this
town, survives.
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New York Woman
Robbed of Jewelry
Valued at $50, 900.

Paris. July 10.-Mrs. John f. Martin
of New York, was robbed, last eve
ming, of jewelry valued at $32. 600 at
a hotel on the Place Nendome where
she is staying.
Yesterday, Mrs. Martin changed
from the room she had been occupy
ing which overlooked a side street, to
one on the Place Fendome. She car
ried her smaller belongings to her new
partment herself and placed her
jewels wrapped in a handkerchief.
on the table. When the time came to
dress for dinner the jewels were no
longer there. An exhaustive search
was made, but they We're not found
and Mrs Martin, today, informed the
police.
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PROGRESSIVE DELEGATES
Chosen at Vassalboro to Attend the
Third District Convention.

Vassalboro. Me, July 10.-tSpeciaD.
The following delegates and alter
mates have been chosen to attend the
Progressive Third district convention
July Is, at Waterville: Delegates-E
II. Cook, w s. Rradley, A. +. Hussey
II. Ford Burgess, John Kennedy and
Clinton j. Bragan. Alternates-Cseorgs
S. HAYES. Herbert r. knight, WILDER
F. Crosby, Fred G. Perley, Petel
Travis and l.. S. Coombs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11

Deaths of trespassers on the property
of, the New York, New Haven * Hart
ford railroad have increased To such am
extent that the railroad has sent an
appeal to the cities and towns along its
lines for active cooperation in efforts
to prevent trespassing. The interstate
commerce commission reports that 152
deaths. more than 80 per cent. of all
deaths On the railroad for the year
ended June SO, 1912, were of persons
who had no legal right on the railroad
premises.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-11

Two brothers from Belgium, who are
farming in saskatchewan, recently re-
turned temporarily to their native
country and married two sisters, who
had been courted by correspondence,
after being introduced through a mat
rimonlal bureau. The brothers knew
that the older girl WAS named Georg-
cite, and when the time came to go
and seek their bride they matched
straws to determine which one should
take Georgette.