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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
COATS OF MAIL.
Ancient Protection is Used in Mod
ern Times.

Many who fear the black hand wear
coats of mail, according to the New
York police. Amanda Buonomo, re-
Gently shot to death in Harlem, had
worn jacket of chain armor for
months because of threatening letters
he received from money demanders.
The day of his assassination he left
Off his metal protection, which covered
MIN from his neck to his hips. Five
minutes later he was shot at and killed.
Although it is centuries since armor
was worn openly for protection of life
ard limb in combat, it is nevertheless
fact that coats of mail have been a
use off and on secretly by thousands of
men who hoped to escape knife and
bullet. At the present day it is said
that scores of such protectors are daily
worn in New York. During the Civil
War, according to subsequent reports,
thcre was many "A coat of mail in use.
Fearful wives, mothers and sisters
often sent these contrivances to the
front to help save their loved ones.
Some of the soldiers to whom they were
sent laughingly displayed them to their
comrades In more than one instance
they were placed against a tree and
shot at to test their protective value
Col. Mosby Of The famous Mosby COM
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Police and Militants
In Lively Scrimmage.

London, Oct. "A lively scrimmage
between the police and the Militant
Suffra gettes occurred Wednesday,
when Mrs. Beatrice Saunders, financial
secretary of the Womans Social and
Political Union, and Miss Harriet Rob-
erts Kerr, the secretary, were re-arrest
ed at the headquarters of the militant
organization in Kings way, under the
provisions oil the cat and mouse" act.
Mrs Saunders is under sentence of i
months Imprisonment, and Miss Kerr
OF y months for conspiracy. They We're
condemned at the London assize court,
June II of this year. but We're later lib
Grated after a hunger strike.
The two women had resumed their
duties, Wednesday morning, for the first
time since the raid on their offices, April
30. When the police arrived to arrest
them, the office staff rushed to their
leaders, rescue and briskly assaulted
the policemen. Four other women were
arrested for obstrueting the pcliee i'll
the execution of their duty.
The Suffragettes We're holding an ''at
home" in honor Of the return of their
leaders when the police raided the
building and interrupted the demon
stration of welcome.
One policemans tunic was torn to
shreds before he succeeded in escap-
ing from the clutches of the women.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

yas attracted by Fabre's writings and
Opened a correspondence in search of
knowledge from this superb observer
They were drawn, by common love of
truth. into real bonds of friendship;
and yet. strange as it may seem
Fabres discoveries have done perhaps
more to overthrow Darwins theory of
natural selection and gradual evolution
of life forms than those of any other
person.
Fabre demanded exact knowledge. He
was willing to give years in search of
il, even as 10 minute points. And he
knew that even his own great knowl-
edge was but a step, and modestly
said: Because | have stirred few
grains of sand on the shore. am l in a
position to know the depths of the
ocean" He had no love for controver
sy. and would not interrupt his search
for truth to indulge in it He merely
his facts and his conclus
ions. and left others to accept or reject
them as they liked. But to those who
rejected intelligently he has left a
flighty task in the refutation of any
thing he has set down as fact.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
MADAGASCAR ONCE CONTINENT
Scientists Believe Part of Land Sunk
Beneath Ocean.

Many scientists have believed that
there was once Il continent in the In
dian ocean which has sunk beneath the
waves and Of which Madaga scar the
Maldive and Laceadixe island, Ceylon
and Sumatra ere surviving fragments.
A name, Lemuria has even been sug-
gested for this lost continent. One of
the strongest arguments for its exist
-ence is found in the extraordinary
plant and animal life of Madagascar,
cur;oisly related to the animals and
plants of India, Ceylon and the Malay
archipelago.
The island of Madagascar is esitasaiii /
In area to oregon and California taken
together equal to them also in north
and south extension. possessing, like
them, bands of mountain, forest and
plain. Madagascar is only $50 miles
from the east coast of Africa, yet It
contains not one of the most charac-
teristic and conspicuous African ami
mails; neither elephants nor rhinocer-
oses, lions or leopards or hyenas, gil
raffes, zcbras o. antelopes, apes mon
keys or balloons. though all these
abound in Africa, and most of them
are found on the mainland opposite the
great island.
Instead OF these familiar African ami
mails, which include some of the biggest
and most conspicuous animals on the
globe, the forest of Madagascar contain
enly small and insignificant mammals,
sixty-six species in all, and of these
Just one-nalf, or thirty-three species,
belong to the family of lemurs, sucil
animals which suggest an unequal
blending Of monkey and cat which live
in the thick tropical trees and are
rarely seen because they hunt their
prey at night, eating insects, fruit,
birds eggs and young.
The lemurs fill lowly place in the
scale of animal life and date from a
very remote period of geological his
tory. Lemurs. more or less close cous-
| ms of those of Madagascar, are found
on the African mainland, in India, in
Ceyion and in the Malay archipelago
And it is their presence in these wide
| ly separated regions that suggested the
existence of a former continent includ-
| ing these places, and in their honor il
was called Lemuria.-Harper's Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
THE AMERICAN IN ATHLETICS.
Advantage of the Melting Pot as d
Creator of Champions.

How may the successive American
victories over our British kinsmen. who
have heretofore been deemed the lords
of sport, be explained? AS a race we
have been so variously described as alb
sorbed only in business, as lacking in
the virility of our fathers. as having
our dogged Anglo-Saxon virtues les
sened or corrupted by the infiltra ton
of other peoples. as losing our never
saydie spirit in the :nelting-pot of aces
which we keep ever boiling, that it is
something of a surprise to find that we
ale so much better athletes than we
had been led to believe. Is ii not, pei
haps exactly the cosmopolitan charac-
ter of our people which is in great part
responsible. The name of the new
champion, with his French Canadian
ancestry. suggests it. But before this
We have had Firms, Indians and Neg
rees among our best runners and foot
ball players; far California has taken
all our tennis honors: Kiviat, the Slav,
is our greatest mile runner; Hjerts-
berg, the Swede, and Kraenzlein, the
Pennsylvania .sDutehman,' were
among our best all-arcund athletes, as
was Thorpe, the Indian; and Kahana-
moku, the Hawaiian. holds our swim
ming records. If we turn To profess
sional baseball, what dc we find? Al
metda, the Cuban baseman, Hans Wag-
ner at shortstep, Lajoie on second base,
Marquard, the French pitcher and
Zimmerman, the third baseman-what
a team these immigrants would make if
they all played together; Surely we
have the most wonderful natural re-
sources in human beings from which
to draw our athletes What would be
more natural than 10 find that to the
sturdy Anglo-Saxon virtues there had
been added an unusual versatility and
adaptability? Or to put it another
way, do we not take this foreign ma =
terial, with all its natural talent, and
inject into I what the crowd calls our
American punch? Something of the
freedom, vitality. and dash of our Wig
orous young nationality certainly gets
into these athletes whether their i.anses
be pronounceable by Americans or not
New York Evening Post.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
FIND GOLD i'm COFFEE POT.
Workmen's Picks Strike Nuggets Hid
den by Dead Miners.

The moving of a building 30 years
cid in breckenridge, yesterday, result
cd in Workmen finding rusty coffee
pot containing gold nuggets worth
more than 81 800 The building was be-
ing rnqved to the rear of the lot on
which it stood by Henry Evans, who
intends to erect a modern brick struc-
ture on the lot Immediately after the
report Of the find hundreds of persons
rushed TO the scene and, because of
their activity with picks and shovels,
worsmen viii not he needed te finish
the excavation.
The landmark, one of the old
est buildings in Summit county, was
built cf logs. In the early days it WAS
occupied by Edward j. Collinswood,
who has since moved to Denver Since
then it has been occupied by various
individuals and firms as a store. among
them being G.. b. Watson, of Brocken-
ridge.
Evans was advised to tear the an
cient structure down, and thus save
expenses, but because of sentimental
reasons, he decided to move it to the
rear of the lot ana to use the space
WHICH IL nau Formerly OCcupitu lbI HIS
new building. The moving of the build
ing entailed much digging, and a force
of laborers was put to work. One OF
the workmen unearthed the pot, and
cast II on pile of dirt. When it struck,
the lid flew off, and yellow gold mug
gets rained over the ground. The con-
tents were weighed and placed in To-
cal bank.
Evans says that unless some one
claims the find, the proceeds will be de-
voted toward building his new store
Enthusiastic fortune hunters crowded
the site all afternoon and Evans, after
watching them for a while, decided to
dispense with the services of the work
men.
Various theories have been advanced
to account for the treasure, the most
popular one being that of the Old tim
ers, who declare the gold was hidden
there by high graders years ago. whG
afterward either died or were afraid to
return for their loot. In the opinion OF
the old miners. the character of the
gold indicates that it came from Farm
comb hill, which in the early days pro-
duceG hundreds of thousands of dol
lars-Denyer Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
A Patient Jumps
To Death from
Maine General,

Portland, Me, Oct. Frank II. H.
Roody. aged so years, travelling real
estate agent, who had but recently
taken up his residence in Portland.
after having spent the summer at
Peaks Island came to his death, at
an early hour, this morning, when in
a delirium he jumped out of the fourth
story window of the Maine General
hospital, striking upon his head upon
the brick sidewalk.
Mr.. Broody was taken to the hos
pital suffering with typhoid fever
about week ago but up to last night
had showed no signs of delirium.
Shortly after midnight. however. his
nurce, Miss Jennie l.. Keene, thought
she detected some symptoms, so was
about to take precautions to prevent
the man from doing himself injury
used in fastening on the bed and was
leaving the room 10 call to his assist.
ant, one of the other nurses. AS sh.
opened the door the sick man spranu
from his bed and as she turned tt
stop him he made a dive for the win.
dow. which was raised, going through
the fly screen. which covered it.
Miss keene reached the window In
time to catch him around the ankles
aRd'then followed fierce struggle In
Which the plucky nurse sought to save
the man from the fatal fall The
rought edge Of the broken screen cut
through the nurses waist and larcerat.
ed her arms and shoulders cruelty,
She cried for help but her cries fail
ed to bring assistance in time to pre-
vent the fatal accident. She held OF
as long as her strength would permit
it, and only when she found that il
would be impossible to save herself
without releasing her hold did she le
go. The man fell head foremost :
distance of 4 feet, striking upon hi.
head and shattering his skull.
Coroner Fl. IL. Rich was called bu
concluded an inquest unnecessary, ant
paid the highest compliment to Mis-
Keene's brave efforts to save the lif
u her patient.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
On the Wings of the Wind.

In Paris dweils man interested in
rare and exotic plants. A friend who
had been In the Amazin brought him
home a rare tree. In the winter he
keeps IL at the hothouse, but when sum
mer comes he carries 1t into his garden
So beautiful is the bloom that he gave
garden parties that men might behold
the wondrous flower. One summer day
he noticed a strange thing that set his
pulses throbbing: A singular fruit had
begun to set Sending for an expert
they took counsel together. They knew
that this was the only tree of the kind
in Paris, and they could not understand
from whence had come the pollen that
had fertilized the plant. At length they
published the story in the papers. and
that story brought the explanation. A
merchant wrote that years before he had
brought to Marseilles a young plant
from the Amazons. The pollen OF that
tree. nearly 40 miles away, had been
carried on the wings of the wind over
hill and vale. and found out the bios
som that awaited It's coming Christian n
Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Home for lepers.

III a recent issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association, Surgeon
General Rupert Blue. of the United
States public health service. gives re-
view Of leprosy and shows that the con-
troll of the disease is of national impor-
tance, as leprosy exists in all of our
island possesiones and in many states.
Large numbers of soldiers, sailors and
civil employees spend prolonged periods
abroad, particularly in the Philippines.
where there is great danger of contract
ing the infection, and the disease may
not manifest itself in these persons for
years after their return Nor are all our.
lepers from abroad. AS early as 1773
there were cases of leprosy in Louisiana,
and in 1856 the number of leprous beg
gars in the streets of New Orleans was
so great that the local authorities had
to isolate them in a place provided out
side the city. DIR. Blue holds there
should be established national leper
home for the care and treatment of such.
cases as may be turned to 1t by state
and local authorities. Indianapolis
News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Pure Milk.

The right of a city to demand the
tuberculin testing of cows from which
its milk supply comes. and to estab-
lish such other regulations as Will
insure that the identity of the source
of the milk may be known, has been
upheld by the United States Supreme
Court in a decision sustaining the
Milwaukee milk ordinance. The court
holds with the state court that the
ordinance is not discriminatory, that
1t is reasonable requirement, and
that the court cannot question the
purpose and the, necessity for it, The
police power of the state must be
declared adequate to such a desired
purpose; and the city ordinance in the
section providing for the destruction
of milk not conforming to its re-
quirements, is not an arbitrary and
unreasonable deprivation of property
in wholesome food, but a regu-
lation having the purpose of and
found to be necessary for the pro-
lection of the public health.-Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa-
tion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

Il have made over a hundred right
here in Atlantic CITY," said Jones.
Have a cigar. ! cleared $4,000 on
tour through the West on a begging
trip and paid off the balance on 3
$4,000 ranch 1 own at Yankton. MY
trip this time is to get $4,000 to buy
some new stock. I'll get ii. He paid
his fine and was helped to an out
bound train.
For five years a blind man sat on a
corner of Madison street in Chicago
and begged. The police purposeiy
overlooked him. A runaway horse
dashed upon the sidewalk one day and
struck him. He was six weeks in the
hospital. When he was discharged
he began suit for damages against the
owner of the horse. He almost had it
won when the opposing lawyer asked
him what he was doing when he was
struck. He said he was engaged in
his usual occupation Pressed for
reply, he owned up he was begging.
The only defense the opposing lawyer
had had before was that the blind man
had no right on the street without an
attendant He was not making much
headway on this defense.
The blind man lost when it became
known that he was soliciting aims.
Going out of court he evinced a most
ungovernable temper. He spat in the
direction of the opposing lawyer and
in a loud voice declared he could buy
and sell him. He showed great rolls
of bills and boasted that he owned real
estate worth $4,000. The judge de-
tanned him and refrained from punish
ing for contempt of court only by the
greatest effort. 1t was afterward
learned that the man had paid up for
a life home in a blind institution when
he should decide to quit begging.
There was man in St. Louis who
could comfort and tie himself up in
such shape that he had every appear
anec of paralytic, barely able 10
shuttle around. He frequented ths
busiest streets and begged most profit
ably. Several women answered an ad
vertisement on Sunday which offered
a place to good housekeeper. 1t was
the "paralytic" who inserted it. He Of
fered good wages, but one of the con-
ditions was that his housekeepor
should bring him his lunch every day.
Inquiry revealed to the startled appH-
cants that they We're expected to bring
the food to street corner where their
would be found begging. He
laughed at their indignation and
boasted that he had made $4,000 at
that corner and did not propose to
abandon it.
An armless man up to a short time
ago frequented the toughest sections
of New York begging. His habit was
to beg a few cents from even the
sangsters. telling them some wild
story of how he had lost his arms.
Having no means of changing money
of any description into smaller coin
because of his lack of arms. he was
able to accumulate sums at one beg
ging that another beggar could not
gather for heurs.-Detroit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
PASSES THE CONFERENCE.
Continued from Page one.)

House should take formal action, tomor-
row. to reeede from its cotton futures
tax amendment. Such action will elimi-
nate the subject from the bill and the
completed measure can go to President
Wilson at once.
It was thought at the Capitol, tonight.
that the bin would become law. Satur-
day Anticipating such conclusion to
the tariff revision fight, the treasury de-
partment was busy, today, making final
preparations to put the new rates OF duty
into effect on all foreign merchandise
on the day following the signature of the
bill by the President. 1t is expected mil
lions of dollars worth of imported goods
now held in bond win be Withdrawn for
distribution in this country within two
or three days after the new tariff rates
become effective.
The eight and one-half hours of debate
in the Senate. today, produced but little
real criticism of the tariff bill or the con-
ference agreement.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
BRYAN STILL TALKING.
Celebrates the 2eth Anniversary Of His
Wedding by Public Speech.

Fairfax, Va, Oct 2.-Secretary Bryan
and Mrs. Bryan came to Fairfax.
Wednesday, to celebrate the 10Th ami
versary of their wedding. They spent
the day with Mrs. John s. Barbour, Mr..
Bryan's cousin. and attended the county
fair where the secretary was the princi-
pal speaker. THE Signs of the Times
was his subject and he discussed the eff
forts President Wilson is making to curb
the power of great private interests.
Virginia should be proud" he said
that she gave birth to man who is Ia
take the country out of the grip of men
who are endeavoring to make the gov
ernment a private asset"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

that McGraw did not put Larry in with
the rest of the regulars during the frs
game, when Shafer plays second and
Herzog third. The combination work.
ed WELL both at bat and in the field.
But Shafer was back at third at the
start of the latter encounter and work
ed a while in that position with
Fletcher, Doyle and Merkle-the infield
that all along has been expected to
man the inner defence for the Giants
in their battle with the Athletics and
their notable infield combination.
1t was in the first encounter that Ma
thewson and Marquard, one or the other
of whom is likely to twirl the opening
worlds series game were tried out.
.Matty" probably has been in better
form. but in the four innings he work
ed. the heavy hitting of the Philadel-
phians were able to score but one run
and would not have counted then had
not shafer made bad throw to first on
Magee. who later crossed the plate on
Luderus' double
Marauard had fine speed and control
in the five innings he pitched and the
only run scored for which his pitching
was responsible for that in the sixth
when Lobert tripled and counted on Ma
gees sacrifice fly to Jim Thorpe
1t was Thorpe's muff of an easy fly in
the eighth that was responsible for the
Phillies' third run of the game.
With another double header tomorrow,
McGraw will have plenty of opportunity
to tune up his other box men. Tesreau
and Demaree are expected to show in
these games. The little manager was
encouraged at the lively assault his reg
ulars made on Chalmers, today, the
Giants hitting being hard and epportune
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Alienists Again
Examine Schmidt.

New York Oct. 2.-Dsheveled, without
collar or tie and with the neckband OF
his shirt thrown open. Hans Schmidt,
the confessed murderer of Anna Aumul-
Ter. was taken from his cell in the Tombs
prison, Wednesday, for an examination
as to his sanity. Conducted by four alien
lists, in the office of District Attorney
Whitman. Schmidt was ctoseted with
the alienists for Two hours, after which
he was returned to his cell.
Another examination by the alienists
will be held, Friday, after the coroner S
inquest into the death of Anna Aumul-
Ter. On the report they will make to the
district attorney will rest the course to
be taken in the prosecution of Schmidt.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Aviator Volplanes
500 Ft. to Safety.

Binghamten. n. Y. Oct Eighteen
thousand people at the Binghamton
Industrial Exhibitions. Wednesday, were
horrfed to see the crank shaft of the
engine in an aeroplane driven by Earl
V. Fritts of Onento blown to pieces
with a loud report, followed by the
smashing of the propeller, as that part
thrashed itself to pieces against the
guard while the machine was 500 feet
high in the air, directly over the fair
grounds.
Fritts volplaned carefully to the
ground, running into the wire fence at
the northern end Of the grounds. and
suffered no injury.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

room where he despatched his en-
ployer's mother in similar way and
then followed this deed by killing three
of Mabit's children, who We're sleel,-
ing in the same chamber. For some
unknown reason he spared fourth
child, aged four, lying by their side.
After the completion of his series
of crimes, Redureau went to bed and
slept till Wednesday morning, by which
time the bodies had been discovered by
the villagers. After the arrest he made
q complete confession.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Benny Allen Billiard Champ.

New York, oct. Benny Allen of
Kansas City, tonight. repeated his per-
formance of last night, winning the
second block from Alfred DeOro, the
worlds champion, in their match for
the pocket billiard title, by score Of
200 to 1874. The play now stands; Al
len 400, DeOro 312. The high run: AL
len 29 and "a; DeOro 81 and Al.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
BEGGING AS PROFESSION.
Fortunes Made by Imposing on Sym
pathetic Public.

At Atlantic City recently e. l..
Jones, a one-legged man, was arrested
and fined $40 for begging. He had
been ordered away from the famous
board walk, but had Immediately TAX
en- station on Atlantic avenue. He
took his arrest nonchalantly, produce
ing a roll of bills and Cancelled mort
gare for S10.00A.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

mand las told of finding a metal pro-
lection on a dead Unionist, but the wife
of the Unionist later declared this could
not have been as her husband was not
that sort of a man. Armor would he
little protection against some of the
rifles and revolvers manufactured now
adays-BoSton Herald
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
SPECIAL SESSION..
FoSS ULTiMATuM.
CONTINUED from Page one.)

"when employees even of public service
corporation appear to have "a just griev-
ance, the public is sometimes willing to
submit to the inconvenience of strike
but if you precipitate a strike upon the
seniority issue, you will invite the con-
demnation of every fair minded man in
New England and the nation"