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Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02
CONY HAS BRIGHT
PROSPECT FOR TEAM
ON 1914 DIAMOND

Cony High school has a very promising
outlook for good baseball team this sea-
son In spite Of the fact that it has lost
it's star battery in Harvey and Mitchell.
the latter having graduated while Earle
is gaining a reputation as an all round
athlete at Westbrook Seminary. With
the exception of these two star men the
school will probably be represented by
practically the same team. Brennan, the
young southpaw who made good last sea-
son. will be the first string man. while
1t is rumored that Clinton Moore and
Wyer will also be candidates for the box.
Behind the bat there are at the latest re-
ports two crack men for that position.
Bob Calvert and Conant Gage. Francis
Hill is also a possible candidate for that
position.
The infield is made UP of some men
who can play the game and with one
years experience should show wonderful
development for the coming season. Ia
Der will be seen in all probability at his
old position at third base. This player is
very likely to be heard from before his
career ends. He is a fast base runner. a
good man with the stick and all balls
that come in his direction look alike to
him. At shortstop, in event that Wyer
should try out for the box, Purinton will
be given tryout Both men are fast
and can play the game Although Wyer
was not up to his old-time form last sea-
son he is confident OF hitting his stride
this year. Purinton has the makings,
and will without doubt make good The
center sack will be held down by Muir
ply. who played that position last season.
Cy Thyng is also a candidate for that
position. The initial sack will find Lewis
johnson and Clark striving for honors.
Clark has the advantage of having play
ed that position for two years but will
have TO go some, for Johnson is a star
with the stick and also good fielder.
In the outfeld there are large number
of candidates who will try out Folsom,
Froberger and Sampson are the Varsity
men. All are fast. hard players. In ad-
dition to these men there are a number
OF candidates from the Freshman class
who will be given tryout. The High
school team has entered the Bowdoin
League and will eneavor or land the cup
George Wyer is the captain of the team
and should make an ideal leader. cheste,
Soule will coach the team and there Is
also a runlor that Russell Smith will an
sist him In the work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02
FIELD AND TRACK,
ROWING AND OTHER
SPORTING MATTERS
PHILLIPS-ExETER
wins new ENGLAND
SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP

Boston, March Phillips Exeter
academy athletes won the indoor
championship of the New England
schools and a second leg on the five
! ye0r prize cup at the annual title
games held by the Boston Athletic AS
sociation Saturday. The Exeter boys
amassed a total of 25 1-2 points, seor-'
ing in all but two of the nine events.
Worcester deny was second with
II points; Noble and Greenough school
of Boston third, with II; Volkmann
school of Boston fourth, Z; Boston
High School of Commerce, fifth, 6 1-2,
and Lowell and Lawrence High schools
were tied for sixth place with points
eacn.
The feature of the meet was a spe-
cial event-the Harvard University
quartet breaking the worlds record
for a relay race of 1860 yards in a
match with the Boston Athletic asso-
citation. Harvards time was three
minutes, three seconds. bettering by
two and three-tifths seconds the rec
ord previously held by their oppo-
nents.
Among the school boys the only re-
markable performance was that of c.
eaualled the indoor interscholastic
record Of 4 3-5 seconds in winning the
40-yard dash.
Exeter's victory was a complete one.
Worcester academy winning their dual
relay race IN the fastest time of the
meet, three minutes, IA AS seconds.
Worcester Classical High won
three-cornered event. in which Som
erville High was second and Winches-
ter third. Dean academy defeated
Dorchester High and Morris High
school of Providence. Volkmann de-
feated Noble and Greenough, Law
renee won from Lowell, and Boston
English High defeated Boston Latin.
The summary follows:
40 yards dash-Won by c. NJ. Jones,
Phillips Exeter Academy; second, A
r. Doyle. Worcester Academy; THIRD,
S. A. Grant, Powder Point school,
Duxbury. Time, 35 seconds. Equal
ling record.
$50 yard run-Won by C. w. Smith,
High School of Commerce, Boston;
second, C. Shay. Worcester Academy;
third, L. Williams, Jr.. Phillips Exc
ter. Time, 81 seconds.
600 yards run-Won by NJ. B. Orr,
Phillips Exeter. second, H. C. Rolfe,
Phillips Exeter; third, ]. F. Ryan,
Worcester Academy, Time 1.23 2-5.
1000 yards run-Won by V. Bowers,
high; second. T. Burke, Boston Col
lege High: third, E. C. Niles, Bos-
ton English High. Time 2.34 1-5.
Mile run--Wen by Samuel Levine,
Lawrence High school, second, ID.
Hutchinson, Milton Academy; third,
]. M. shannon Phillips Exeter. Time,
4.47 1-5, q sE
is yard i1urdies--Won by E. Nj.
Pratt, Jr,t3 Noble and Greenough
school,, Boston second, l. B. Means,
Noble and Greenough: third, E. Coo
ney High School of Commerce. Time,
6 3-5 seconds.
High jump-Won by George Pelle-
tier, worcester Academy, height feet,
91s inches second, H. C. Allen, Volk-
mann school, Boston, height feet, S1a
inches; third, tie between w. A. Da-
Wis, High School of Commerce, and II.
s. Phillips, Powder Point school, at
feet, 71a inches.
Shot put-Won by w. II. Kirkpat-
rick, Phillips Exeter, distance 81 feet,
9% inches; second, j. A. Shelburne.
Boston English, distance 81 feet,
inches third, r. F. Cleveland, Exeter,
distance, SO feet, z inches.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

According to the department of
commerce the disastrous storm Of last
November on the Great Lakes furnish
ed signal illustration OF the necess-
ity of eouipping lake vessels with wire
less teiegraphy. All vessels so equip
ped received warning OF the storm and
sought shelter. while nineteen Ameri-
can vessels without wireless were lost
About fifty vessels are now preparing
to add wireless telegraph apparatus
to their equipment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02
HARVARD WILL HAVE
COLLEGE MEET AGAIN
IMPORTANT RULE

New York, March 1,-Twenty-one
colleges were represented at the an
nual meeting of the intercollegiate
Association of Amateur Athletes of
America which was held here Satur-
day The most important matter de-
cided during the session was the Sc
lection of the Harvard Stadium at
Cambridge, Mass, as the place where
the annual track and field champion
ships will be held on May 29 and 30.
Syracuse Strong.
Syracuse. PENNSYLVANIA and Johns
Hopkins were the other centres which
desired to hold the big event. After
the Baltimore representatives had
withdrawn their application, Syracuse
then seemed in a. faiy way to secure
the meet. On the first ballot Syracuse
got eight votes, Harvard seven, and
Pennsylvania six; but on a second bal
lot to decide between the two leaders,
Harvard won by II votes to 9.
Four weeks ago several amendments
to the constitution, framed by the ad-
yisory committee in accordance with
suggestions made by the executive
committee, were made public and all
adopted at Saturdays meeting. Only
one of them-that of increasing the
awards of points to five places in each
event instead of four as heretofore
caused discussion, but it was finally
adopted Under the new rule the
points for places will be as follows:
Points Changed.
Five for first, four for second, three
for third, two for fourth and one for
instead of 5, 3, 2, and l, total of IL
points, which has been the rule since
1898.
In future, beginning with 1915, the
annual business convention of the as
ISOLATION will be held on the first Sat
urday in March; and on the same
evening each year an indoor athletic
meeting for which the eligibility rules
for contestants will be the same as in
the annual championship meetings will
be held but no championships will be
involved in any of these indoor CON-
tests.
Ine injecting duJouiiiSu aAeei oiASSA0 ?
for the ensuing year had been elected
as follows:
President, T. B. Crews, Cornell: sec
cretary, John F. Morris, New York
University; treasurer, E, B. Clark, CO.
lumbia; honorary presidents, H.
G. Porter, Syracuse, and w. s. Thorn
as, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
biology; executive committee, j. T.
Bryan, Yale; c. G. Squibbs. Harvard;
B. b. Heath. Pennsylvania, and c. E.
Goldsmith Princeton.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

Philadelphia Nationals at their training
camp, though the Federals declare they
hold his contract
Pick Camps.
Every one of the Federal teams will
be in training quarters By March 49, ii
was announced Saturday night. The
practice grounds are:
Kansas City, Wichita Falls, Texas; In
dianapolis, Wichita Falls, Texas: Pitts
burg, Lynchburg, Va. st. Louis, Monroe,
La; Buffalo, Danville. Va; Brooklyn,
Columbur, S. c.: Baltimore, Southern
Pines, \. c.; Chicago, Shreveport, La.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02
Future of the Boston & Maine
Rests with New England--The
Questions Confronting Officials

Boston, March six months wran-
Cling between the officials of the de-
partment of justice of the Federal
government and the attorneys of the
New Haven road have resulted in one
important agreement, and that is that
the future of the Boston & Maine road
will be determined in New England.
For some years this road has been
the football of New York financial in
terests. Today it is on the verge of
receivership. For all practical pur-
poses, the agreement proposed, as
result of the conferences between At
torney General McReynolds and the
New Haven lawyers and officials is
based on the admission of the New
Haven that it has violated the terms
of the Sherman antitrust law and is
pleading nolo.
Like Receivership.
The board of trustees to be named
by the federal department of justice
will exert practically the same powers
as would trustees appointed by the
federal courts, appointed as the result
of a petition on the part of creditors
of the road.
The difference is that the board OF
trustees to be named under the decree
of trust to be decided upon will take
immediate hold upon the affairs OF the
Boston & Maine and will be guided by
a public spirited purpose to serve the
interests of New England as we'll as
the stockholders.
And immediate action is what is
needed in the present crisis.
The affairs of the Boston & Maine
road are in extremely bad condition
and the main purpose of the Wilson
administration in the negotiations With
the New Haven has been to give the
road the best possible chance to re-
coup before the inevitable happens
Question of Best Men.
In other words, the board of trus-
tees to be appointed practically corre-
spends in its duties to receivers named
by the federal courts.
Underneath the differences which
have existed between the department
of justice and the New Haven repre-
sentatives is the question of who is
best fitted to put the road back on its
feet.
Chairman Elliott and Foorfield Sto-
rey have contended that the big bank
ing houses or their representatives
must take hold if the transportation
system of northern New England is
not to be paralyzed some fine June
morning. But Governor Walsh has
maintained in a general way that the
investing public is sick and tired OF
the Vaccinations of the financial in
terests identified with Morgan & Co.
of New York, and that the road can
only be saved if the people who have
the money can be led to believe that
their investment is safe, since in a
sense it is to be guaranteed by the
state of Massachusetts,.
Control in New England.
Governor Walsh believes that the
control of the road should stay here in
New England, and he is confident that
the right kind of men in New Eng
land on the board of trustees will act
to regain the public confidence in the
road
This view is agreed to by the de-
partment OF justice. And there is no
appeal unless the New Haven will take
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

the case to the courts, which 1t won't,
because the crisis in the affairs of the
road is too imminent. Some thousands
of stockholders, banks and other n
nancial institutions in New England,
are looking forward to June 2. when
S27, ,000, 900 of notes come due.
Already some preparations are being
made to meet these notes. Inc indications
are that they will be taken care Of II the
present plan advanced by the depart
ment of justice is accepted. AT the be-
ginning of the negotiations the New Ha-
ven practically admitted a violation or
the Sherman law in consenting to arbi-
trate with the department OF justice ana
although from time to time Mr.. Storey
has contended that the law has not been
broken, urging the differences of opinion
existing between Attorney General Bona
parte and Attorney General Wickersham
under the Roosevelt and the Taft admin
istrations his contention has had no ma
terial effect on the results to be consun-
mated next week.
New Haven Admits Guilt.
BY the very act of consenting to enter
into negotiations with the federal de-
partment of justice the New Haven had
admitted it's guilt in the merger Of the
Boston & Maine and the negotiations
have been opened on these premises.
Ex-senator Murray Crane is the real
figure in the negotiations for the New
Haven road. The insistence upon term
of five years for the disposal of the stock
of the Boston & Maine is not by any
means final and the chances are very
much better than ever that when the New
Haven directors meet next Tuesday they
will accept the terms advanced by the
federal department of justice. acting with
Governor Walsh, and submit to two
year term for the disposal of the stock.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02
Indoor Baseball

The Edwards Mill indoor baseball
team, known as the Eagles, defeated
the Bright Stars in their game played
at the rink Saturday evening, trim
ming the.Bright Stars to the tune of
10 to ). The Bright Stars were handi-
capped by having two Of their men alb
cent.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

Peter Coats of the great London
threadmaking firm Of j. & c. Coats,
left an estate of s12,600.ooo. The death
duty to be paid to the state will
amount to s1,ss4.ooo The $7o.eoo,ooo es-
tate Of the late Anthony n. Brady, Of
New York, has just paid an inheri-
lance tax Of $2,5S4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

A curious magic wand has been de-
yeloped in France 1t is worked by
the action of a concealed magnet, so
that a mouse or other small animal
appears to run up and down the wand
in a mysterious way. The wand is
a square tube of light wood covered
with silk, and the animal is Of cellu-
loid and has small piece of iron
on the bottom. Inside the rod is a
small lead weight on an endless cord,
and when the wand Is turned up, the
weight falls gradually and draws
along a small magnet also fixed on
1.-The cord and just below the surface
When the rod is inclined. the rat
thus climbs up to the top, and this
can be repeated as often as one may
wish.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

1T requires courage to complain Of
a woman's hat if it inconvenience
you ever so much" says a London
Chronicle writer. Most of us suffer
silently, but l saw brave man one
morning on tramcar, who called the
conductors attention to a plume which
kept Jabbing him in the eye. The con-
ductor suggested he should move, but
the man objected on principle, and
the woman declined to stir. A scene
seemed imminent, which every one
was preparing to enjoy, when the con-
ductor whispered to her, You should
always oblige a gentleman She ap-
preciated the humor and took seat
with a vacancy on either side,"
A piece of iron pipe makes the best
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02
Sporting Gossip Of the Day.
Delta Upsilon Wins Loving Cup
And League Championship by
Defeating Zeta Psi Four Pins

One or two postponed games are yet to
be played among the other teams before
the actual standing can be announced.
The summary:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

A piece of iron pipe makes the best
support for young trees. *
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-02

T. A. DoRGAN ("TAD~
"7uxedo can't be equolled in
soothing. refreshing qualities. Its
mildness insures a pleasant smoke,
it, coolness remopes all chance of
tongue bite "
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05
ARE OF THE EARTH'S BEST
Deserved Tribute to. the Women O.
Whom 1t Is Said They Are
Agreeable to Live VITA"

81 feel of so little use ia these pro-
gresslve days" said a woman O. ma
ture years. The woman Of today is
full of stimulating ideas. She is :deu-
titled with important movements. She
makes the most of her talents. but T
I-can do nothing. II seems as If 7
have so much to take up my time and
yet | never do accomplish anything
that will ever count in the vast scheme
of things"
You have the rarest talent that the
world boasts and you make the most
Of it every day" replied the visitor
You are agreeable to live with"
Agreeable to live with, Unassum-
ing phrase. with what a powerful
reach, With domestic squalls 50 nag
rant, divorce rampant, Incompatible
ity'' a household word, the woman who
is agreeable to live with is a mighty
factor in the press Of progress. She
brightens the atmosphere about her at
a time when there seems much effort
expended to make people good but lit
tie to make them happy. Such wom-
an has the gift Of divinity. She glori-
fies the commonplace. She nourishes
the nation.
1t is splendid to uplift, to be artistic,
to head world movements, but there ia
little that so becomes a woman as to
be agreeable to live with. 1t is way
in which those who tarry at home may
keep step with their more conspicu-
ously progressive sisters.-Mother's
Magazine.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05
Austraiia's Malice Hen.

The builder of the biggest nest in
the world is the Australian malice hen,
bird considerably smaller than a
domestic turkey. The nest is used
year after year, and as many as TWEEN
ty or thirty pairs of birds use the same
nest at one time. 1t is not uncommon
to find hundred eggs in a nest, and
these are very good for cooking pur-
poses. A large mound Of earth is
scratched together by the birds, the
center being filled with leaves, and on
these the eggs are laid. They are then
covered with more leaves and earth,
and the cares of the parent bird are
ended. They do not sit on the eggs
at all, as the spontaneous combustion
of the rotting leaves generates the
required heat for incubation, says the
Strand. The chickens are able to
run about and find food for themselves
from the time they are Matched. The
small hen is very shy bird, and is
seldom seen near any habitation.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05
Peerless Geneva.

The most glowing tribute to Geneva
is Mr.. Frederic Harrison's. 81 hold
Zurich, Basic and Geneva to be the
model cities of our age-the fine type
Of what cities will one day be in a
regenerated age-the true type of civic
organization. having sites of rare beau
ty and convenience. spacious streets
and avenues, noble public walks and
gardens, perhaps everything short OF
grand antique buildings" Geneva in
particular is ''the finest type of a "a.
tional city that Europe posses
ses a true city where. as in
Athens. Florence. Venice, Antwerp or
Client, or old. men can live a whole
some civic life, not in huge, amor
phous caravanseries such as London.
Paris or Beriin-not in suffumigated
barracks such as Manchester, or Ly-
ons, or Glasgow-but In beautiful.
well-ordered, free. organic city"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05

pit. ! thought that it showed wonder
full Intelligence.
The nuthatch is gray an. black
bird, about six inches j1 leus,h The
top OF his head and the front e. his
back Is a shining black, Will t.e rest
OF his upper parts are OF b...sh gra..
There is white on his wings. and t1o
sides of his head and under ;ar,s are
white. Just under his tail. .tg ps
noticed dull rufous color.
We do not often see the rurhatch
about our homes in summer uaie., wa
are fortunate enough to live OF ia the
country districts. They build their
nests in the hollows of trees. vhere
the entrance is particularly small. II
1t Is too large, they build II up with
mud or clay until it is Of the desired
size. They are great fighters for a.
bird of their size, and II is q brave
bird that tries TO modest the nest Of
the little white breasted uuthatch.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05

pened, the head OF his bed was
against the very spot where the feath-
cred youngsters took their maps, and
oftentimes in the middle of the night
the little boy was rudely awakened by
the cries of the babies who tumbled
out of their bed. When the little boy
learned what the noise was, he
watched the parents going in and out
Of the hole, until one day they all flew
away and a piece of tin was placed
over the entrance to keep them out.
Last summer during a gale of wind
an old apple tree in our orchard was
blown directly in two. l found that
starting nest was laid bare, and in
the nest were four youngsters almost
ready to fly. The nest was securely
fastened to the side of the tree which
was left standing. fortunately. and so
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS
HOME FROM VERA CRUZ
Army Transports With Over 5000 Sol.
diers and Refugees Reach Calves
ton on Thanksgiving Day.

Galveston, Tex.-Nosing into port
through the fog and mists of a rainy
Thanksgiving, four United States
army transports were moored at the
wharves of Galveston Thursday. They
bore more than three thousand Amer
lean soldiers, comprising the United
States expeditionary forces. back from
the occupation of Vera Cruz, headed
by Major General Frederick Funston.
Infantry, cavalry, field artillery, Off
GERS, noncoms and enlisted men all
stood upon the rain-sluiced decks of
the big floating barracks, needless Of
the driving sheets that drenched them
to the skin. And when the wharves
on which welcoming umbrellas sprout-
ed mushroomlike came within their
vision, cheer after cheer rose and rang
across the oily gray waters of the
channel.
Marked was the contrast between
the homecoming and the memorable
day In May, when the sun sparkled
menacingly upon blued steel or CLINT
ed DULY upon gunmetal insignia But
while on the day of departure the
brightest weather In the world could
not stem the rising of sobs that rack
ed throat after throat. the day Of re-
turn proved that all weather is good
weather when the heart beats In tune,
for rain gusts that swept the piers
could not drench the laughter that
dubbed to the surface.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05

insectivorous bird, as one will learn by
watching the bird industriously
searching the barks of trees for larvae
and insects.
Their bill is very strong and the nut
hatch will push nut into a crevice
and hammer away at it until the shell
breaks.
One day in November l saw a nut
hatch on the roof outside my win
dow. He had something in his mouth
and without noticing my near. pres
ence. he hunted about for a place to
hide his treasure. Under a loose
single he pushed it, and then / saw
that 1t was cherry stone. He cooked
his head on one side and then on the
other. for the place did not seem quite
secure enough. He made a dive for a
leaf, and poked that in after his cherry