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The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
DAM
CONTRADICTS
GRAND JURY
WITNESSES
Excavation Shows Main Street
Bridge Abutment is 9 Feet
Below Water Level.
CONSTRUCTION is EXCELLENT

= There is a decided variance .
= between the testimony before =
the grand jury as to the depth =
y of the east abutment Of the =
Main street bridge and the eyi- .
dence disclosed by the eXcava- y
tion now being made by w. A. .
= Lynch at the behest of the coun- .
. ty. Nine feet below the level of .
= the water in the river the con .
= crete is still solid, and there =
= are, as yet. no evidences that y
= the abutment does not extend .
. down the full | 1 feet called for y
. in the specifications. .
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Testimony by alleged experts be-
fore the grand jury was to the effect
that the abutment set but four feet
under the water level, and that the
first high water would carry it out
and take the bridge with 1t.
The excavation is now some twen-
ty feet below the level OF the bridge
floor and the concrete can be easily
seen to the bottom of the pit. One
man works in several inches of wa
ter and alternately digs and pumps
water. An electric motor is attached
to the pump, and with its aid the
work is progressing very satisfac-
torily.
1t is believed thar with ordinary
luck the excavation will be down
fourteen feet, or to the bottom of the
concrete work before the end of the
week. OF course. it cannot be con-
iectured now as to whether or not
the concrete is up to specifications as
to the full depth, but 1t is evident
that the testimony that the concrete
was only four feet down was decided
ly in error.
Commissioner Snyder examined the
work today. He proposes to call "a
conference of the commissioners, the
county and district attorneys, and the
county engineer some time the latter
part OF the week to officially inspect
the abutment as exposed in the exca=
vation, both as to depth and the char
acter of the concrete. The wooden
forms will be cut away in order to
expose the cement work.
The charges before the grand jury
that a bridge trust exists and that
the bidding for the construction of
the bridge was made farce because
OF the existing pool will be investi-
gated from other sources. The pres
ent examination refers only to the
safety of the structure and charges OF
graft made before the grand Jury.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Enforce Civil
Service Rule
in Postofice

The civil service rules will be en-
forced strictly in connection with ap-
pointments for fourth class offices,
to a letter received today
from Washington by Postmaster
Walker. Announcement was made at
the same time of examinations for
fourth class postmaster to be held in
this city May 16.
The postmaster general in his let
ter says that politics will not be con-
sidered in appointments. but that the
man passing the best examination
will be selected.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Says Wife Naggeo;
He Couldn't Sleep

Charging that his wife "nagged'
him both day and night. SO that he
couldn't sleep c. T. billiard today be-
gan suit for divorce from Ethel Hil-
lard. They were married here Oc-
tober 21, 1904. and have one child
aged four. The husband charges his
wife with cruelty and asks that she
he given the custody of the child. as
he has met with an accident and is
unable to care for it.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
DENIES STORY OF
EDITORS SLAYER

. Associated Press.
= Paris. April Madame Call
. lauX's testimony that Madame
= Gueydan, former wife of Joseph 4
= Caillaux, read to him letters
= which the present Madame Call
= laux feared would be published,
= was declared false today by 4
= Louis Barthou. former premier, 4
= at hearing before Investigat-
= ing Magistrate Henry Boucard. 4
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The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
WILSON PLAN
IN MEXICO
RIGHT
Bishop Mcconnell Says Inter
VentiOn May be Necessary
in Southern Republic.
IN CENTER TWO WEEKS AGO

Just back from the heart of Mex
leo. where he spent many weeks, saw
a number of engagements. interview
ed military men, politicians and cit
izens generally, visiting Mexico City
and many other cities and towns, as
well as rural points, Bishop Francis
j. Mcconnell OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church. delivered an address in
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Easement Home

Dan D. Easement, prominent
Whitewater cattleman, returned this
morning from a several weeks trip
to Colorado Springs and to his large
Kansas ranch. He expected to go on
tn Washington in the interests of the
grazing bill, but the death Of a friend
on the eastern slope detained him.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
STORES WON'T
CLOSE THURSDAY

1t was decided late this afternoon
that it would be impossible to Sc
cure a general agreement among the
business houses to close up during
the hours of the White Sox ball game.
This is the first time in several years
that the stores have not closed for
this event.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
REBELS ARE
FLANKED and
T0RREON HAS
NOT FALLEN
Fighting in Streets Of City and
Thousands Are Killed and
Wounded in Battle,
TRAIN OF WOUNDED LEAVES

y Associated Press. 4
= Juarez. April AT O'Clock 4
= this afternoon General Car Z
y ranza gave out the statement 4
y through Roberto V. Pesqueira. (
y that the federals still hold the I
. general barracks and two small Z
y barracks in Torreou. 4
. This indicates there has been 4
= no material change in the mill I
= tary positions In the city in the Z
= past several days. 4
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

Washlngton, D. C., April DO
layed reports to the state department
concerning the reported capture by
rebels and the sinking of the Spanish
steamer Bonita indicate that il was
a Mexican and not Spanish vessel
No mention was made of the sinking
of the ship. These reports say the
federal governor of Lower California
has revolted and seized the Bonita.
and with volunteer crew and S50.-
600, taken from business houses, has
sailed to An unknown destination.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Mrs. Mary E. Wishon has sold her
five-room cottage on Park avenue o
Olive Wilson. w. w. Wilson gave in
part exchange a 22-acre tract of land
located near Cameo on the other side
of the river. Part of it is under the
Orchard Mesa di,ch. 1t is unimprov-
ed. The deal was made through the
Olsen Realty company.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
COAL MINERS IN
EASTERN STATES
QUIT WORK TODAY
Contract Expires in Ohio and
Pennsylvania and $4,000
Men Are in IdIeneSS.
Associated Press.

Chicago, April 1.-Nearly fifty
thousand Ohio bituminous coal min
ers were forced into Indefinite idle
ness today, and $4,000 Pennsylvania
miners may be thrown out OF work
Friday, because of the failure of the
recent Chicago conference of mine
operators and officials Of the United
Mine Workers of America TO reach
new wage agreement to take the
place of the one which expired at
midnight Pending negotiations.
thousands of union miners of Indi-
ana. Illinois and Iowa will continue
to work
The agreement which existed until
yesterday was made at Joint con-
ference held in Cleveland in 1912.
Several weeks ago another joint con-
ference was held in Philadelphia to
make new agreement which would
have become effective today.
The operators refused to grant the
wage increase and the other conces-
sions demanded by the miners. The
conference adjourned to Chicago, and
there the miners modified their de-
mands. but an agreement was not
reached and the negotiations were
halted. The policy committee of the
United Mine Workers then decided
to allow the men to remain at work
under the old agreement while new
conferences, the plan TO be ratified
by referendum vote of the miners in
the affected districts. t
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Manley and
daughter leave tomorrow for RAN
dolph. n. Y. Mr.. Manley has ac-
cepted position with large eleva-
tor concern in that city and expects
to locate permanently in the east.
Many friends will regret to see them
leave the city.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
KEEP UP MINE
COPPER STRIKE

= Associated Press.
= Calumet, Mich, April L. =
= The Western Federation of
= Miners at their district meeting .
= today voted to continue the =
. copper strike Indefinitely and =
= will supply tents to any of the =
= families evicted by the COM :
. panies. =
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Engenberson
of Dragon. Utah, are the proud par
ents of a fine eight-pound baby boy.
who arrived early this morning at
St Mary's hospital.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

John A. Pearson of Palisade was a
local visitor today. Mr. Pearson
plans on leaving Saturday Tor SOUTH
ern California.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
REBEL ACTIVITY m HAITI.

Washington. April 1.-Continued
rebel activity in Haiti is reported to-
day in advices to the war department.
The town of Hinche is reoccupied by
the government.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Mrs. George Britain. who has
been visiting friends here for a week,
left for home yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
COUNTY TO NAME
NEW JUSTICE

The county commissioners will
probaly appoint a justice of the peace
at their next meeting to succeed
Judge j. P. Sweeney, who has been
too i'll to perform his duties for
several months. D. N. Sperry and
G. w. Armstrong are reported to be
candidates for the position.
Justice John H. Hill expects to
leave in a few days for Idaho for the
benefit of his health, and this would
leave Grand Junction without JUS
tice. hence the decision to appoint.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

Juarez. April Interest in the
situation at Torreon, where the great
battle of the revolution is undecided.
became acute today with the news
that villa was called upon yesterday
to meet the new enemy in the force
of federals coming from the east. The
new column reported marching to the
relief of General Vslasco is said TO
be under command of General Joa-
quin Mas and numbers between
four and five thousand. II Is re-
ported that General Moncloyia Her
rera was sent east to meet Mas.
General Carranza today informed
American. British and German con-
suls here that reports of the fall of
Torreon we're premature.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

Chihuahua. April Official
statements were given out this morn
ing at the rebel military headquar-
ters that the constitutionalists oc-
cupy Gomez Palacio. Lerdo and some
of the outskirts OF Torreon. The
federals fortified themselves in some
of the strongest buildings in Torreon.
the report adds.
The federsls occupy a hotel in the
plaza while the rebels mounted
guns are few blocks away. In the
market house. Whether the fight
ing continues today was not stated.
Numerous supply trains leave here
daily for the trent. The hospitals
are full. That the fighting at Tor
reon is the most sanguinary OF any
modern revolution is admitted.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Hobson are up
today from Fruita.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

FL Paso Tex. April IA telegram
today from George c. Carothers.
American representative at front at
Torreon says, all foreigners are safe.
The telegram was sent last night.
and did not mention the status of
the battle.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Judge Sullivan is hearing the case
OF A. C. White under the lunacy stat
ute this afternoon.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Jack O'Neil left this afternoon for
DR.. Shaw's copper mine in the Una
weep canon.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

DR.. A R. Craig is here from Mesa
today.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

T. F. Dice arrived this morning
from Eagle for a short visit.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

John Fry is expected here tomor-
row from Denver for visit.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Mrs r. W. Todd. well known
local woman, left this morning for
six-weeks visit with her mother,
Mrs. McCulloch of Salt Lake.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

f. A. Sherman left to inspect his
ranch in the Big Park yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Lon Hill, Dolores rancher, is here
today.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Cyclone. Thompson is down from
Clifton todayso on business matters.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
JAMES GORDON BENNETT I'LL

. Associated Press.
. London, Eng, April l. .
. A news dispatch from Cairo =
= says the condition Of James =
. Gordon Bennett causes consid =
= cradle anxiety. =
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

Washington. D. c.. April NO
official dispatches reached here to-
day in regard to fighting at Torreon.
Officials are inclined to doubt that as
large federal reinforcements are
nearing the besiesed city as was re-
ported News of definite character
is eagerly awaited. Word came from
Tampico and Mazatlan that condi-
tions are unchanged.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press

Juarez. April IA telegram from
Gomez Palacio to General Mauel
Chao at chihuahua. copied here.
said train bearing the wounded left
Gomez Palacio at ? O'Clock this morn
ing, aad added that at that hour
fighting continued.
Manuel DieboId. Mexican federal
consul at El Paso. made public a
telegram from General Mas, who
is reported advancing with reinforce
ments for the federals at Torreon. as
follows:
THE reported fall of Torreon is
untrue. Deny all such statements"
This message was dated today and
purported TO come from Saltillo. 1t
was rumored that one Of the Mas
troop trains was dynamlted Mt San
Pedro de Las Colnias.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Judge Cavender has been occupied
all day today in the hearing of the
suit j. W. Osborn VS.. Cornelius Ma
lone. 1t is a dispute over water
rights This afternoon he found for
the plaintiff, awarding sixty-two
shares in the Salt Wash ditch, but
denying the claim for damages.
The body of Mrs. j. J. Cottrell will
arrive here tonight on Rio Grande
No. from San Diego. Cal.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

Associated Press
Eagle Pass, Tex. April i.-Dis-
patches from the American consul
at Durango. forwarded to Washing
ton via this city. are reported today
to announce that the federal com
mander at Torreon has offered to
surrender to villa: that a truce was
granted and that the federal and
constitutionalist commanders met
today to arrange the terms of the
capitulation.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01

Lem t. Stewart has returned to
De Beque.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Associated Press.

Associated HresS-
Washington, ID. c.. April Late
today Secretary of State Bryan had
not received any dispatches from
the Durango consul. as was reported
from Eagle Pass.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
THE WEATBER.

Fair tonight and Thursday: not
much change in temperature.
Details and Map Page Seven.
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Church of Eng
land Threatened.

London, Jan. IA religious contro-
versy which, in the words of Lord Hal
flax, president of the English church
union, threatens the schism which
will rend the Church of England in
two" has arisen out of the new cele-
Grated Kikuyu conference. held In the
town of Kikuyu, East Africa, last June,
which sought to unite all Protestant
denominations against the increasing
power of the Roman Catholic propa-
Ganda in East Africa.
The trouble arose out of the endeavor
or the Bishop of Zanzibar to impeach
for heresy two prelates-the Bishop
of Uganda and the Bishop of Bombasa
who took the lead in the Kikuyu con-
ference and administered the Commu-
MON to the missionaries of the various
sects composing the conference The
controversy for and against the Bishop
OF Zanzibar is now going on through
the whole religious field
The archbishop of York in his New
Years letter to his diocese, says it is
obvious that this discussion will test
the power of the Church of England to
know its own mind and to take its
own place in Christendom.
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who is on a vacation for the Holidays.
is passing a few days in WILTON the
guest of relatives
Mrs G. A. Hutchinson is entertain
ing her sisters, Mrs Ruth Woodrasn
and Miss Ella King OF Winthrop.
Miss Ethel Raymond Of Winthrop
Is visiting her cousin. Miss Agnes
Ccpp.
DR. RIakeley OF Augusta was re
Gently in this place The COWS Of Ell
nest Pearl, f. A. Walker and L L.
johnson were tested. all proving per-
fectIy healthy animals
WEST@Sunday morning services
were conducted by Ansnn Williams,
his text being from Rev. XIII. The
evening services were conducted by
Deacon Butler; text, St John 1xfsts-17.
Miss Dorothy e. Smith of Belgrade
is in town visiting relatives and
friends
Mrs. Annette Carr has been visiting
her parents for a short time.
Miss Alfaretta Butler. who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Grant But
Ter, has returned to South Boston.
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Explains High Death
Rate in the Mines.

Atlanta. Ga, Jan. Lack of Coop
Grafton between mine owners and miners
and deficient state and national regula-
tons of the mining industry were blamed
for the high death rate among mine en-
ployes by DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, director
OF the United States bureau of mines, in
an address before the Mechanical Science
and Engineering section.
The death rate among miners" said
DR.. Holmes, is a national disgrace 1t
Is twice TO three times that of Euro
pean mining countries, when considered
on the basis of the number Of men en-
ployed.
For the past three or four years we
have been making progress In behalf of
greater safety and there has been a con-
siderable reduction in the death rate. We
have not made the progress we should
have made During 1913 we have taken a
decided step backward. The death rate
in our coal mines during 1913 is PROB
ably Is per cent. greater than that of
1872 Let US hope this going backward
is temporary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Brown are the
parents Of a baby, born THURSDAY
morning.
Tho ladies of Sergeant Wyman Re-
lief Corps New Years eve served a
Chicken Pie supper to the comrades
of Sergeant Wyman Post, G. A. R,
and the husbands of the members of
the Corps. About so were seated and
all pronounced it a very enjoyable
banquet. The ladies then called the
meeting to order and a special meeting
was held, to which the comrades were
invited, number remaining to wit
ness the initiation Of two candidates.
Geo. T. Benson made some very appro-
pirate remarks and gave an original
poem suitable to the occasion.
Stanley Plummer, who has been WIS.,
iting relatives and friends in Athol and
Worcester Mass, for week, has re-
turned.
Tickets for the lecture course are be
ing sold in town, the sale indicating
that the course will be financial sue
cess.
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RIcHM

The funeral of the late Warren j.
Wood was held Thursday afternoon from
the home at South Pleasant street. The
members of Richmond Lodge, No. 5s, 1.
o. o. F., and also Beulah Rebekah Lodge.
No %. attended. The bearers were Har-
ry Powers, j. G. c. Farnham, George
w. Thompson and Charles Donald. Rev.
c. G. Macdonald of the CONGREGATIONAL
church offieiated. Interment was at the
Evergreen cemetery
Hartwell Weeks returned to Boston
Thursday after spending the holidays at
his home in town.
The 1nitiatory degree was conferred on
one candidate Wednesday evening by
Richmond Lodge, No. Sc, l. o. o. f. The
following officers for the ensuing year
were elected: Noble grand, Isaac F. UNI
berhind; vice grand. Z. d. Buker; Sec.
Z. b. Weber; Treas, M. G. Buker; Fin.
Sec, j. w. Allen; trustees, r. E. Wood.
G. n. Beane and o. s. Sherborne.
Mrs. II. II. Little of the Card Machine
road reports to this Office an unusual GU
riosity, pullets egg with three yolks.
The New Years dance given at the On
era house Wednesday evening was well
attended. Music was furnished by Lee
of Gardiner
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Would Welcome
Few Suggestions.

Washington, Jan. 1.-Secretary Wilson
today sent a telegram to E. C. Bright.
president of the Globe Miners Union,
Globe, Ariz., replying to a charge that
the labor department was inactive in
the face of the Calumet crisis.
The Globe Miners Union in a message
to the secretary that five months DEM
onstration of subserviency of the gov
eminent Of Michigan to the copper barons
should force the federal labor depart
ment to some action other than aca-
demic declarations as to the states juris-
diction in the matter of it's share and
suitability in the tragedy in which the
strikers, their wives and children are
the victims. and the outrage against
President Meyer and Organizer Tanner
''The department of labor has neither
been inactive nor academic" says Secre-
tary Wilson, "in dealing with the Calu-
met strike situation. If the Globe Min
ers' Union knows of anything that this
department can do that has not already
been done in its efforts to gather the
facts or settle the difficulty, / would be
pleased to have my attention called to
the same
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EXTEND MISSIONARY STUDY.
Advocate Extension Into State Uni.
versities and Higher Educations.

Kansas City, No., Jan. 1.-Extension
OF missionary study work in state uni
yersities and higher educational insti-
tutions under government control was
urged in the report of the executive
committee presented at ioday's session
of the Student Volunteer" convention
by John r. Mott, its chairman.
THE state universities and other
higher educational institutions under
government control should be made
far more largely than at present mis-
sionary strongholds, said the report.
Each should furnish an increased
number of missionaries.
Christianity has never before had
such combination of opportunities
among both primitive and cultured
races of the Far East and the Near
East. There is so much to do in the
nom Christian world today that the
task cannot be accomplished save by
vast enlargement Of native Christian
forces"
The reading Of the report and de-
votfonal exercises occupied the morn
ing session. This afternoon the various
sectional conferences were begun.
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Navy Submarines
Prove Their Worth.

washington, Jan. What is declared
by navy department officials to have
have marked an epoch in the navigation
of submarines was the completion re-
Gently of the 700-mile trip of four little
submarines from Guantanamo, Cuba, to
Christobal. at the Atlantic end of Pan
anna. With a rough sea and under the
influence of strong trade winds, the little
boats found no difficulty in maintaining
their speed and position for the five days
II took to make the trip, the longest on
record for any submarines under their
own power.
The officers and crews were in as good
IL not better condition at the conclusion
of the voyage as at the outset The YES
sells arrived with their fuel tanks over
half full and In condition for any SER
vice they might be called upon to per-
form. 1t is expected that they will re-
main In tropical waters for some time.
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FAIRFIELD,
Cupid Was a Little Lax in
Duties During 1913.
Clayton FIeweI|ing and Ettie Thi-
hedeau Fool Friends In Marrying.
Mrs. AdeIia Merrill Entertalns Dial
cIuh..PersonaIs and Locals.

According to the records at Town Clerk
William ]. Bradbury's office Cupid has
not been as busy as he ought to have
been during 1918. In 1912, "a marriages
were recorded and 1918 records showed so
marriages licenses issued. In 1912 there
were 106 births and 1903 births occurred
in 1918. An increase of deaths for 1913 is
shown by 50 in 1912 and 81 in 1913. Much
work has been accomplished this year
at the town clerks office. One good idea
has been carried out, the re-copying of
the town records, including town war
rants and meetings. vital statistics, sales
and transfers, as far back as obtainable.
A new safe has been purchased. Better
offices have been secured, with better ac-
commodations and with an efficient office
force the work is kept up to date.