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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Whitman Denies He
Wants Deputy Atty.
Gen. Appointment.

New York, Dec. 22.--District Attorney
Charles S. Whitman denied Sunday nigat
that he had sought a designation as a
state deputy attorney general and SAID
politics had no place in the inquiry ne
was making.
The suggestion that he be appointed
deputy attorney general with state-wioe
i,,r;sd,ct,on came up during a talk with
iIames w. Osborne at the whitman
home last Wednesday night. when MI
oshorne visited him by appointment, said
Mr. Whitman. ,I,.
.Mr osborne stated" Mr.. Whitman
continued. that his investigation was
ukelv TO blow up; that he was court
.,,.ho,t LAWYERS. officers or witnesses,
ord that his investigation OF state de-
partments was very unsatsiac'ofs'
told him that would render MIN any
na,n that 1 could and the subject OF eA-
,,,,r,ne witnesses before him came up
. .h,nt 7 suggested that unless empo"-
~, the attorney general or Governor
81 ,Ia not be done outside OF Ne"
o,ntv and stated that II the Low
- ar the attorney general SO oes,, ou
SIM ,,a accept such a designation MI
! 49, responded enthusiastically Ina.
o,,,d have it done THURSDAY, .na.
,,,a Ae ave him from very o,see,ee
Wou'u ,',.t,or I have not seen MI Us
horne since that time oo wn.+ever
"Politics have had no piaee 49, car.
iss,ost,qations we have been car
.,,,ny on and such a sueses.v
anv source is entirely un"or'"'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23

Donald Is of Bangor. and Ellsworth a.
Stone Is of Lynn, Mass.
Hand Severed at the Wrist.
Oscar Mason was seriously injured
while at work at the factory of the Paris
Mandatory Co at South Paris Satur-
day afternoon. The machine at which he
was working was a four-sded planer
In some way he slipped and in endeavor-
ing to prevent himself from falling he
threw out his hand, which was caught
by the knives of the planer and drawn IN,
cutting the hand off at the wrist The
hand was drawn into the blower and car
ried through the blower pipes to the en-
gine room. where it was found so man
gled and cut it was hardly recognizable
as human flesh Mr., Mason courageous
ly started to walk TO a physicians house
but he Paris Manufactory's auto arrived
and he was conveyed to DR.. D. NJ. Stew
arts house, where he was attended by
DR.. Stewart and DIR. B. F. Bradbury. Mr.
Mason is about 65 years of age. He is
staying with his sister. Mrs. Hasting
Bean. at her home on Gothic street
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Killed While Playing
Tag with Chums.

Beverly, Dec 22.-While two boys were
playing tag around a pile of railroad ties
on the main line of the Boston & Maine
Railroad in the rear of the Winslow es-
tate at North Beverly Saturday after
noon, revolver in the hands of George
Olsen. Il, of p Mason street, was dis
charged and bullet went through the
forehead of Edgard Elliason, 10, of 435A
Cabot street, causing instant death.
The boys had left home for Jaunt and
were playing around the pile of ties.
There was but one cartridge in the gun
and as Elliason tried to grab it the re-
volver was discharged.
The body was viewed by the medical
Examiner, DR.. G.. A. Stickney, and remov-
ed to a local undertaking establishment
Olsen took the revolver, which belonged
to his father, from a bureau drawer. No
arrest was made by the police, the af-
fair being regarded as purely accidental
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Change in Bristol
America Defender.

Bristol, r. L, Dec. ga departure
from the original plans Of the Ameri-
cas- cup defender candidate unoeF
construction here developed today
when orders were given to add another
foot Of lead TO her keel which was cast
Dec. II. 1t is understood that the
change means merely the carrying OF
ballast outside, instead of inside, ana
that the wsterline will not be altered,
Tho weight of the keel will be IN
creased from 81 to IS tons. A coiIef-
dam to permit the pouring of the extra
lead is to be built at once A NUMBER
of bronze castings which were to have
formed the keel plates have already
been received from the mills. Ihese
will have 10 be discarded and new Keel
ulates made while a number OF other
changes in the specifications will be
necessary.
While work on the boat may be de-
layea two weeks on account or the
change, the builder says the Will be
ready for delivery on time next spring.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Stopping the Leak.

Yes, 1t is true that Supreme Court
decisions leaked in the old days re-
marked an old time broker. Il re-
member certain important suit about
20 years ago. 1t was the great case
OF those days, as big in its way as the
Standard Oil and Tobacco suits of the
present. A week before the decision
came down the son of one of the
judges came into my office and | told
him that of the nine judges, one would
decide so and so,' one would refrain
from any opinion and the remaining
seven would make a decision SO and
so'
HE smiled and went way. Shortly
after the decision was rendered, and
the matter had turned out as l had
foretold, this young man came back
to the Office. He said his father was
greatly worried over the leak in the
court and asked me if l could help
them trace the source of my informa-
tion. / told him what / knew. That
one of the official Supreme Court
stenographers had been selling ad-
vance copies of the decisions to very
prominent broker of that time. What
this broker paid for his information,
l. of course, do not know: but it was
established that l was correct as to
where the weak spot was in the Court.
Since then every decision by the
Supreme Court has been written in
long hand zone copy), thus making 1t
absolutely impossible for any outsider
to get the news In advance. This ex-
plains, in part, why it now takes so
long for the Court to announce it's de-
cisions. wall Street Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
THEY LAPSE IN REAL LIFE.
Artists and Authors Can Create Ideal
Lovers, but Can't Act the Part.

One might suppose that the writer's
authors and poets-who nave lmmor-
talized women's charms from the pegin-
ming of time would provide the ideal
lover, but in actual fact it is often their
interest in women in the abstract Whieh
spoils them for the one woman. To her
they may appear more engaged in the
expression of life than in life itself, and
she feels in their company that she runs
the risk Ca very genuine one) that the
tenderest emotions will be used as
copy"
Even to be the heroine of book has
disadvantages nowadays, since heroines
ara GENERALLY faulty creatures and the
antbor Is SO engrossed by the study or
human nature that his love nerseh may
fancy she is under the dissecting knife.
Then the writer of Inauguration iVihs
with the creatures of his fancy' Is nee
essarily somewhat detached from the
outside world. IT feel terribly JEALOUS
of nv husbands heroines," SAID the "he
of a well-known author. Il am sure ne
is az fond of them as ne Is Oh hho'
often the creator of a world OF MS own
ia rather ineffective in the actual Worio.
1ra seens in such hurry to get away
.roro the latter and resembles the womSn
- h.s cooked the feast and, In conse-
,,ance has no appetite for It, Lile win
hin, ia apt to be tame. because MS
s-aoms have destroyed his interest III
asI,.;as and there seems almost lack
~ sincerity about his human reiatiors-
r,a artist. with his eye trained 10 hotiee
and analyze external loveliness Oh lorn'
- feature. has similar faults ana some
~,.oo,aI ones of his own. For instance
.houeh a woman likes man VINO hoeees
49, dress. she prefers him to be appre-
.,a.,ya rather than critical. NShe ls apt
e. ha annoyed by a meticulous at,en.ioh
.s,,,;a,,tias in the house and IN her
" .,,raarance, which she imagAnes
nart of her province. and unless sne nas
srt;st,s point of view, with its na.ieo
% oonformity, she is more bothered thah
fattered. ,s with
girl engaged to an artist salo, win
s;ob. "Before he kisses me, FREQ ioohs
- see If my draperies hang IN Classic
so,a. He can't bear modern fashlons'
do feel such an object when try
to n,ease him. To be beautiful III pio-
.,,ra Is not nearly so gratifying 10 the
..;a. az to be we'll dressed in drawing
ROOM" roh-
roth artists and authors have' prop-
ahIy TOO much of the feminine IN theii'
- he ideal lovers, and are often suo'ee'
,oods and nerves. accounted feminine
nrivileges. Mary Boazmah' AZ
Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Hunting the Hippopotamus.

AS hippopotamus hunters the Shul-
las of the Sobat region, North Africa,
stand alone. A native hippo hunt is
an exciting and dangerous sport.
The hunters are in dugout canoes:
two or three paddle while one man
ages the harpoon or barbed spear,
to which is attached a stout
rope and float of ambatch.
When the hippo comes to the surface
to breathe. an attempt is made to
steal upon him with the harpoon;
when this is accomplished the hunters
make hasty retreat from the enraged
beast, and in turn engage his atten-
tion while attempts are made to spear
him by those in the other canoes.
When severely wounded hippopota-
mus goes ashore to rest or to die, and
not to attack its assailants, as has
been SO often reported. The native
hunters wait for this and when the
animal goes up out of the water a
volley of spears is thrown into 1t, and
slowly the huge beast bleeds to death.
The hunters do not always escape.
Sometimes the life or limb Of .one OF
them is sacrificed to their daring. The
hide of the hippopotamus is cut into
strips and dried to be sold to Arab
traders who, in turn. sell it to the
whipmakers of Omdurman and Egypt.
Certain portions of the hide are much
priced as shields. The flesh Is cut
into long, narrow strips and dried in
the sun; its taste resembles that OF
coarse beef.--Southern Workman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
FINANCIAL DANGER
IN MEXICO CHECKED
Continued from Page One

A decree was prepared and the
search for the President was begun.
He was located shortly before noon
and affixed his signature without hes
itation. An extra edition of FL Dtario
was published carrying the decree
and with this posted conspicuously in
and about the building the doors OF
the bank were opened in the after
noon.
President Huertas right to issue
the decree was the result of the ac-
ton of Congress prior to adjournment
when it vested in him extraordinary
power over the three departments OF
the government, including the depart
ment of finance. The decree reclted
that 1t was issued in accordance with
this extraordinary power and that the
holidays were decreed ION account of
the difficult circumstances In which
the country finds itself and in order to
give sufficient time for unfounded
alarm which has been created among
the public to subside and to prevent
the crisis from becoming general"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
MON M OUTH.

I. w. Pike and son have returned
| from a hunting trip to Moosehead
lake with four deer.
Farmers are quite busy picking
brown-tail moth nests which are
plenty Most of them are planning to
spray their orchards another year.
Harold and Florence Packard are
passing the Christmas recess at their
home.
Roy Packard, Bates IA, is visiting
his parents during the Holidays.
Mr.. Litchfield has completed his new
set of farm buildings and now has
one of the most up to-date and con-
ventent set of buildings in this part
of the State.
The town schools and academy have
closed for a two-weeks vacation.
Rev. Mr.. Green of the Congregation
alist church and wife are the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ. Benner.
Christmas trees and exercises will
be held this week at the churches.
Christmas was observed Sunday in
the churches with special music and
appropriate sermons.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
| church will serve supper in the chap
ell to the children of the Sunday
school at 5 P. M. Wednesday, follow
ed by concert exercises and a Christ
mas tree in the church. The Congre-
gational church and Sunday school
will have a Christmas tree in their
! church on Christmas Eve.
| Ralph Gilman sustained a severe ac-
cident Saturday, while driving a two
horse loaded team. The pole broke,
throwing him out on the frozen
ground. He was taken up unconscious
and carried to his home. Medical aid
was summoned, and it was decided no
! bones were broken. a speedy recovery
is hoped for.
Mrs. Cora knight Clifford of Win
throp, county president OF the w. C.
T. u, gave an interesting and helpful
address at the regular meeting of the
local Union Friday afternoon at Cum
ston hall. She gave an account of her
attendance at the National and
Worlds conventions Her address was
illustrated with fine pictures and
souvenirs. Refreshments were served.
Miss Ella Rice of Bath is the guest
of Miss Blanche Cook.
Miss Frances Thomas of New York
is the guest of her parents at Cob
bossee Colony. Miss Thomas is a grad
uate of the New York City hospital
and will soon enter Columbia Univer-
sity, where she will take the hospital
administration course.
Among the teachers who are pass
ing their vacations here with their
parents are Frank Richardson, pro-
fessor of mathematics and science at
North Yarmouth Academy, Miss Edith
Haynes of Saco, Miss Louna Cochrane
of Augusta, Miss Viola Roscoe, Bel
grade, and Miss Geneva Little, Hodg-
don.
I Leo Moody, Harold Leavitt and Har-
/ old Andrews of the University of
Maine are passing their vacation with
their parents.
| Roy Packard of Bates College Is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B.
/ Packard.
1 Walter Emerson of Orono is visit
4 ing friends in town.
Monmouth Academy closed Friday
/ for a two-weeks vacation.
| Bert Merrill has sold his residence
/ to Eli Adams.
Miss Fannie Niles is at home from
Pennington Normal school for the
| Holidays.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Named by Mistake.

It Is not often that town Is named
by mistake, but about $50 years ago
this thing happened-not to one town,
but to three towns in Vermont. AT
that time a grant of land was made by
New Hampshire to some Connecticut
settlers. This tract then, as now. was
divided into three Notwithstanding
ton, on the hillside of Lake Cham
plain; Colchester, just north and Will
liston, east. The three towns were
chartered on the same day, and it was
at this time that the names were
mixed.
The Burling family took up their
land in the north section (Colchester),
and it seems to be true that their
name was to have been given the
town, so that it should have been
called Burlington. Other settlers took
up the eastern portion (Williston) and
the rest remained in the part by the
lake (Burlington). Among these last
was the Willis family and there is
evidence that they expected to call the
city Williston.. However, there was
so much confusion in the entering of
the records that the town where the
Burlings settled was called Colchester,
the town of the Willis family was
named Burlington, while the town to
the east was called Williston. And
so they have remained to this day
Ladies' Home Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
ETNA.

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. o. iSpaulding and
two sons Carl and Roy B. Spauldlng,
Sunday were at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilmont Barden for the day.
Mrs. Mary A. Brown, who has been
visiting at Plymouth. has returned
home.
Mrs. Roxie Spaulding and Mrs. Eta
Russell We're at Newport Saturday Tor
the dav.
Mrs. Ella Fogg will visit her brother,
John Downs, at Etna Center. until att
er Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Graves will soon
leave town for their farm in Stetson
and will move there shortly.
Row b. Spaulding was visiting at
Ola Overs Saturday for the day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Leeds Man Badly Injured.

Leeds Man Badly Injured.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Jennings of
Leeds were returning from the fu-
neral of Mrs. jennings brother, Ste
phen Adams, Friday, the colt was
frightened by a noise. Mr.. Jennings
was thrown out, striking his head
upon the frozen ground. He was
picked up unconscious and medical
aid was summoned. His condition is
considered serious.
A $4,000 Fire at Otisfield.
The farm buildings consisting of house
and barn belonging to c. E. Nutting OF
Otisfeld, were burned late Saturday. Mr.
, Nutting was heating some linseed oil In
bottle on the stove when 1t exploded
setting fire to the whole room almost al
| pce 1t was neither possible to contro
| the fire nor save any of the contents oi
the house. The horses and some things
| were saved from the barn. The loss Ii
about $1,000 and there was some insurance
The Bowdoin Friars Meet.
| The members of the Friars, the honor,
| ary Junior society of Bowdoin College
held their annual banquet Saturday eve
ming at Riverton Casino. There was nc
| initiation. The active members of ths
society are: Horace A. Barton n o.
Greenwich, Ct. Clarence A. Brown IA o.
| Portland; Louis A. Donahue IA of Port
land; Geo F. Eaton IA of Bangor; ALFRED
e. Gray IA Of Portsmouth, N, H; Elroy
o. LaCasce IA of Skowhegan; Robert d
Leigh IA of Seattle, Wash; Edward r
Elwell 10 of Portland H. Alton Lewis II
of North Haven; Austin II. MacCormacl
Is of Boothbay Harbor; G. Arthur Nc
/ Williams Il of Bangor: Joseph c. Mac
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
PRESIDENT WILSON,.
CONTINUED from Page one)

such as the extant organized govern
ment co-partnered liquor trust OF the
United States"
Concluding, the memorial says:
1.-THE party which you have the bon
or to lead and illustrate OFFERS It's
platform of 1912 as the pledge OF JUS
tice to the people, and upon that
pledge we plant our appeal Tor the
right to have this most vital issue
passed upon by the people and their
legislation throughout the states and
at the earliest practicable OPP
pertunity"
The special committee included X.
H Spaulding, New Hampshire, ana
c. NJ. Prouty. Massachusetts,.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Northern Rebels
In Close Touch.

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mex. Dec. 22.-
Communication by rail and wire mas
been partially restored throughout
northwestern Mexico, according to an
announcement made by Ignacio Bonil-
las. This is assisting materially the
Const!tutionalist campaign by putting
the various insurgent leaders in close
touch with the general headquarters
here.
Telegraph lines have been restored
in the states of Sinaloa Sonora, Chi
huahaa and Durango, which comprise
a section in northwestern Mexico about
500 miles long and 500 miles wide. In
this territory the federals hold only
the coast towns of Guaymas, on the
Gulf of California and MaZatlan on
the Pavific ocean. Constitutionallst or
fieials assert that only the presence OF
two federal gunboats on the coast has
prevented the capture of these points.
Secretary Bonillas announced today
that within a few days telegraphic
communication would be restored be-
tween Gonzales on the Sonora boarder
and Juarez on the Texas Chihuahua
border, by way of Torreon, 700 miles
ready the border telegraph lines be-
tween Hermosillo and Chihuahua City
have been put in working order.
General CaIranza received from his
home at Saltillo, Coahuila, news that
his three sisters, Ursula, Hermelda and
Mariana DE Carran2a, had been forced
to ride on a federal troop train. Thls
followed previous reports that feder-
ais had compelled the wives of Const-
tntionalist officers to ride on patro;
trains to prevent an attack by msur-
gents in that vicinity.
Friends of the Constitutionalist COM
mander confirmed the report that ms
Saltillo residence had been sacked by
the fedorals who carried away furni-
ture and carpets and either destroyed
or appropriated library of 5000 vol
umes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Villa Waiting
He Continues to
Ext0rt Money

Juarez, Dec. ga waiting attitude
was assumed by Gen. Francisco Villa
and his rebel troops today. to learn
what action, if any, the federal forces
at Ojinaga intended to take. AS long
as the bulk of the federal army in
the North remains at Ojinaga, more
> than 100 miles from striking distance
of eny of the rebel strongholds, Gen.
Villa said he was eontented TO let them
remain there. While the federals have
been provisioning their commissary as
II preparing to march into the interior
they are without any train or tele-
graphic communication south of the
border. They have among them 10 gen.
erals, or one for. each 400 soldiers.
Gen. Villa, at chihuahua, began to
turn his attention toward developments
southwark. The nearest federals In that
direction are at Torreon, about 200
miles south. AS soon as he Is sufficient
ly advised of conditions Gen. Villa in
tends TO send large force toward
Torreon. Skirmishes between federals
and rebels at Gomez ralacio and Ler-
do, near Torreon, have taken place.
but they were insignificant.
leave Chihuahua still continues, ac-
cord:ng to refugees. They said Gen.
Villa required the money as a tribute
to tire revolutionary cause, and the
money had to be paid or the refugees
were not allowed to leave.
Mrs. Pedro Plreto. wife of a mer-
chant. said she had TO pay S12,5o0 in
gold, and Luis Sequeries and Pedro
Torres, merchants, said they gave $4,000
each
The home and property of Jacob E.
Teuche, native of Turkey, valued at
s5o0,o0o, was confiscated by Villa, and
Touche paid $4,000 cash for the re-
lease of a sister. Touche was reputed
to have amassed a large fortune in
Mexico, after entering this country
many years ago, with nothing more
than a trained bear. His elaborate
home in Chihuahua was one of the
sights of the city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23

The society is composed of men
from outside, acting as a board of Wis
itors. who without sentimental I'M
pulses endeavor to bring the human
touch to the isolated men. advising
them in personal matters, keeping
watch for opportunities to obtain po-
sitions for men who seek parole and
filling the places of relatives among
those convicts whose friends are un-
able to come here to visit them.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23

Christmas presents are coming thick
and fast to Lewiston and Auburn this
year. Last week there was the an
nouncement of the monster, addition
which the Lunn & Sweet Co. is to
build to their Auburn factory in 1914,
and on Monday J. w. Thompson of
528 Main street, Lewiston, informed
the Lewiston Journal that plans were
being completed for the construction
of a large box and bobbin factory on
the land back of Saunders Green
tha river.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Unknown Wreck
Off Florida Coast,

Key West, Fla, Dec. 22.-The following
wireless message from the steamship Ex'
celsior was received at the government
station here this afternoon:
December q passed wreck close te
Lat. 26.15 North, Long. $3.50 west.
The Excelsior, Capt. Birney, is ar
American steamer engaged In trade be
tween New Orleans and Havana. No oe
tails Of the reported wreck have been re-
ceived here.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
FEDERAL SUCCESSES REPORTED
Rebels Said to Have Been Severely
Punished on Pacific Coast.

Mexico City. Dec. 22.-Federal sue
cesses at Tepic and Mazatlan. both on
the Pacific coast are reported in off,
cial advices received here today.
Ths rebels are said to have been Sc
yereIy punished in a fight with the
federal troops eight miles from Tepic.
while the federal forces which had
been beseiged at Mazatlan for many
weeks are said TO have assumed the
aggressive and to be forcing the rebels
back toward Culiscan. in Sinalna-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23

During one OF his visits to Schmidts 8
cell. said DR.. Jelliffe, another physi-
clan who accompanied him, pricked MS
foreflnger with needle and showed
the prisoner a drop of blood. IN
stantly Schmidt's face became livid.
"All blood is mine" he shouted,
making a lunge for the physicians
hand and trying to raise it to his lips.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Beachy Loops the
Loop Four Times.

Fresno. Cal, Dec. 22.-Lincoln
Beachy looped the loop four times In
a biplane here Saturday. He also flew
upside down for an eighth of a mile.
Sunday Beachy intended to attempt
looping the loop with his hands off
the steering gear.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
POLO.

AT New Bedford-New Bedford 6;
Schenectady 5.
At Observation-Disclosures 2; AL
bany l.
AT Worcester-Worces z; Fall
River 6.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-23
Society to Better
Prison Conditions

Auburn, N. Y, Dec. 22.-Thomas
Mott osborne, chairman of the State
Commission for Prison Reform, an
nounced Sunday hte formation OF the
Prisoners Aid League, known among
the convicts of Auburn prison, where
II has been informally tried during the
past seven weeks, as 'The Pals"
name derived from the initials Of the
league.