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Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Demand for a general increase in
wages has been made to the Northern
Pacific by the conductors and train
men through the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen and the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, according to an
nouncement made at Tacoma, Wach.,
Wednesday night by George T. Slade.
vice president of the Northern acific.
A fire which broke out Thursday at
Montreal, in the st. Vincent De Paul
penitentiary, a state institution, de-
stroyed the hospital annex and did ex-
tensive damage to the surgical de-
partment The patients in the hos
pital were all moved safely to the
main building and no lives were lost
There are 399 prisoners in the insti
tuition, which is outside of Montreal
According to a report received at
Halifax, N. S., Thursday the steamer
Lingan which it was feared had been
lost in the heavy ice off the coast, has
been picked UP by the steamer Nor
vienna, from St. Johns N. F., for
New York, and is being towed to Bos-
ton. 1t was said that the Lingan had
broken her propeller. She was due in
Lclisburg, c. B.. from Boston week
ARa.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
BODY FOUND AT
PARIS BELIEVED
TO BE THAT OF
AN AMERICAN

Paris, Feb. 26-The police are in
vestigating the death of an American,
who is believed to have been Henry
Collett of Worcester, Mass, and who
left New York some time ago as a
passenger on the steamer Cleveland for
a cruise around the World
The body of the man was found to-
day in small hotel in the Rue Aux
Ours, low quarter of Paris. 1t was
lying on the ioor with a bullet in the
head and a heavy revolver by its side.
Two empty whiskey bottles were on
table nearby. No pocketbook or
bank notes were found on the body.
The man came to the hotel Tuesday
night with a chance acquaintance. an
unemployed clerk named Eugene Du-
bois. Dubois said he was hired to
show the man the city.
To the landlord of the hotel, Dubois
said his employer was always drinking
and that he had been put out of an
other hotel in the center of the city
and came to the Rue Au Ours because
he wanted to see the under world.
The man returned alone to the hotel
Wednesday night. Repeated knockings
on his door remained unanswered and the
landlord at noon called the police. who
forced the door and found the body.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
MAYOR ENFORCING IDEAS
AGAINST MANUAL TRAINING

Newburyport, Mass, Feb 26.-Mayor
Hiram H. Lanford's belief that man
ual training should not be taught in
the public schools was put into prac-
tical effechtoday when the mayor sent
dray to the quarters occupied by
this department and had all its work
ing paraphernalia removed and placed
in storage in City hall. He announced
that he would refuse to sanction bills
for maintenance of the manual train
ing course after March l.
The mayors action is the latest step
in an involved dispute which is to be
brought before the supreme court by
attorneys for the committee tomorrow
when a petition will be filed asking
for writ of mandamus to compel the
mayor to furnish quarters for the
school
Under his Interpretation of a recent
law Mayor Landlord submitted TO the
city council a detailed budget of pro-
posed school expenses making no pro-
vision for the manual training school.
IT is his contention that he has the
power in this way to abolish the
school. The school committee claims
he can govern only the total amount
expended for schools
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
RICH M OND.

Mr.. and Mrs Chas. w. Howes en-
tertained friends at whist Wednesday
evening.
Amos Turner returned to Gardiner
Wednesday after passing a few days
with his family in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hewitte were
visitors in Augusta Thursday.
The supper at the Congregational
chapel Wednesday evening was well
patronized.
Earl Preble was business visitor
in Gardiner Thursday.
A daughter arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Speltan Wednes-
day.
An electric elevator is being Install
ed in the store-house of the Johnson
Seed Potato Co, on Kimball street.
Thomas j. Southland was in Bath
Tuesday.
Capt James Hathorne, who was call
ed to Boston Saturday, returned home
Wednesday He brought the steamer
prince Arthur" to Bath, where repairs
will be made.
Two telephones have been installed
this week, one in the residence of Chas'
Darling on the Alexander road, tele-
phone No 51-31: the other in the resi-
dence of Mrs. Frank E. Dicky on the
County road, the telephone number is
4-22.
Mrs Burton Brown and daughter
Ruth of Medford, Mass, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Ha-
ley, on North Pleasant street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
Hats Off Ladies'!
SaysChief Justice

Washington, Feb. 26.-The ban of
the United States supreme court was
placed upon mortal boards worn by
women members of the bar when Sec
retary Bryan appeared in the court
room Wednesday to move the admis-
sion of Miss Maud Kelly, of Rirming-
ham, Ala. Miss Kelly wore the aca-
demic cap and gown when she enter
ed the inclosure reserved for members
of the bar. She had scarcely seated
herself, however, when at a nod from
the chief justice one of the marshafs
deputies observed the mortar board
cap and a page was sent to direct her
to remove it.
Thus was the establishment of a
new custom in the supreme court pre-
vented. Many years ago, when Miss
Belva Lockwood, the first woman
member of the bar of the District of
Columbia, appeared III the court of
claims to argue a case the presiding
justice shouted:
Take off your hat, sir"
From that day to this women praeti-
TONERS have with some dissatisfaction
adhered to the custom OF appearing with
out hats. The adoption of Portals CO.'S
tune as a solution of the problem might
have been effected today had it not been
for the watchful eye of the chief justice,
After Miss Kelly had removed the cap
she was admitted to practice. Secretary
Bryan left conference with the Senate
foreign relations committee TO act as the
sponsor for her
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
SUGAR CROWERSLO
FIGHT TO keep DUTY
ON NPRODUCT OF SOUTH

Washington, Feb. 26.--Louisiana su-
gar growers lost the second round OF
their fight to keep up the duty on SUI
gar today, when Attorney General Nc
Reynolds handed down an opinion that
Cuban sugar is entitled to enter the
United States at all times during the
life Of the present reciprocity treaty
on payment of duty of 20 per cent.
less than other sugars.
The Louisianans contended vigor-
ously that there was conflict in the
new tariff law between its re-affirma-
ton of the Cuban reciprocity treaty
which provides for a 20 per cent. pref
erential for Cuban sugar and that part
of the law which provides for gem
eral reduction of the duty of sugar
of 90 per cent. beginning March l.
They hoped that the attorney general
would find that there could not be a
re-affirmation of the treaty and re-
duction in sugar duties. The attorney
generals opinion, however, will re-
suit in an almost immediate reduction
in the rate on Cuban sugar keeping II
as now 90 per cent. under other SUI
gars. After March 1, Cuban "295 ped
cent" sugar will be admitted to the
United States on payment of duty
of about / cent per pound.
Any further action by the sugar
growers probably will be in the su-
preme court. Suit might be brought to
determine judieially the question Of
conflict on which Mr.. McReynolds
has ruled.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
WATER SUPPLY OF OAkFIELD
CONTAMINATED WITH TYPHOID

Oakfield, Me-, Feb. 26.-Infected
drinking water, pumped from the East
Branch of the Mattawamkeag river, is
responsible for the outbreak of ty-
phoid fever at Oakfield, according to
the conclusion reached by the State
Board of Health Aft an investigation
of the conditions there. There have
recently been a number of cases of
typhoid taken from Oakfield to Houl-
ton for treatment. They have been of
a particularly malignant type. A rep
resentative of the State board of
health was sent there and the various
sources of water supply examined. As
a result, drinking water pumped from
the East Branch of the Mattawam-
keag river was found to be infected
and the disease traced directly to a
water tank filled with it.
Leonard Grant died Monday night
from typhoid fever. Mr.. Grant was
employed at the Bangor & Aroostook
round houses at Oakfleld. He leaves
a wife and four children, the oldest
not ten years of age. He was 40 years
old
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
URGES NEW BANK LAWS.
Van TuyI Commission Recommends
Further Safeguards.

Albany. Feb. 26.-The Van Tuyl
Commission, appointed to revise the
banking laws, submitted its report to
the governor Wednesday. Recommenda-
tions based on complaints made by the
depositors of the failed Union Bank
of Brooklyn constitute an important
chapter in the report. Legislation urg-
ing the extension of the statute of linz
itation from three to six years, the
prohibition of banks purchasing sec
ond mortgages and the prohibition OF
loans to xecutive officers of banks In
cities of the first class is recommended.
One of the important features is
recommendation for the incorporation
in the penal code of this state of Sec
tion 5000 of the national banking law,
under which all banking cases are pros
ecuted in the United States courts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
Wool Manufacturers
Banquet Held Here

At the EImwood Hotel Thursday eve-
ming the Wool Salesmens Association
gave a banquet in honor of the wool
manufacturers of the State of Maine and
1t was indeed a feast worthy the name
of banquet At $50 the men--they num-
bered about 60-fled into the dining hall
and then the fun began. The table sup
piled the best the hotel could supply and
a merry time they had of it. The presi-
dent. II. w. Kendall of Boston. started
the evening with few appropriate re-
marks and that was the signal for
broadside of wittieisms at the expense OF
the various members present During
the spread an orchestra rendered popular
music and many of the songs Of the day
were sung by the gathering.
This is the third annual meeting and
banquet of the kind that the association
hasN held and each year has added to the
success and activities of the organization.
This year there was marked increase
in all the interests of the association and
a number of new faces sat around the
banquet beard. Some of the most noted
men in the State were present and prae-
ticalIy every manufacturing town and
city In the entire state was represented,
in all there were 80 cities and towns
which had one or more of their citizens
present.
In addition to the orchestra the COM
mittee had provided some up-to-date vau-
deville acts which brought the house.
down and called for repeated encorses.
At a business meeting held some time
ago the following officers We're elected
for the coming year: President, Fl. w.
Kendall, Boston; secretary. p. b. KIN
caid, Boston; treasurer, F. Gilman,
also of Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
HAVE new STORY
OF SHOOTING OF
WILLIAM Benton
SAY VILLA DID IT

El Paso, Texas, Feb. ga new ver-
sion of how William S. Benton met his
death at Juarez essentially differing
from the official account given out by
General Villa and believed by Benton's
friends and countrymen to be authentic
has reached here. The account is said
to be based in a measure on admissions
by Villa himself. They believe Villa
himself shot Benton and that.there was
no courtmartial.
According to this new version, Ben
ton went to Villas office in Juarez and
abruptly entered the latter's quarters
without a formal invitation. Villa at
once recognized Benton as an old ene-
my dating back to times prior to the
insurrection, and, slipping behind his
visitor, barred the door. Benton, they
said, did not reach for his hip pocket
or make any menacing movement and
neither did he use abusive language nor
give utterance to threats, but began to
complain strongly about repeated rob-
berries on his ranch.
Then, according to this version,
Villa pretending to walk to the door,
slipped behind Benton and felt of his
Holding Benton he Immediately called
in his guards and placed him under
arrest, charging him with attempted
murder. Benton was then locked in
another room. Later he asked for
personal interview. In this talk it is
said, Villa claims that Benton con-
fessed TO him frankly that he had in
tended to do him harm, and Villa then
admitted that he ordered Benton shot
at once. Apparently there was no court
martial or trial. None was mentioned
by Villa and his questioners did not
ask him the direct question, believing
it disposed of by his statement that he
himself had ordered Benton's execu-
tion. This version of the shooting was
obtained from Villa only after the ex-
ertion upon him of persistent pressure
from various quarters to tell the truth.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
FRANKS CONVICTION VALID.
Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Murder
Loses on Appeal.

Atlanta, Feb. 26.-The supreme court
of Georgia Wednesday refused to grant
a re-hearing on the unsuccessful ap-
peal for a new trial for Leo M. Frank
of Brooklyn, under death sentence for
the murder of Mary Phagan. The de-
cision was unanimous.
The motion for re-hearing was bas-
ed on the contention that certain I'M
portant counts in the appeal had been
disregarded by the court. 1t Is expect
ed that an extraordinary motion for
a new trial will be filed within a few
days IN the superior court.
Frank received news of the decision
with the same calmness he has ex-
hibited since his arrest last April, two
DAYS after the murder of the factory
girl. He expressed confidence that his
death sentence would never be exc
cutd.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
BLAKLEYS GOODNESS
SAVES LIFE IN AIR

San Francisco, Feb. 26.--H. F. Blakley,
an aviator, fought for his life 60oo feet
above Francisco bay today and won'
Blakley was returning from a trip to
Cloverdale and when over the bay his
machine turned almost completely over
At the same instant the engine went
dead" Blakley managed to maneuver his
biplane so as to make a spiral descent
When within few hundred feet of the
water he unstrapped himself from his
seat and leaped just before his machine
struck the water. A tug captain rescued
him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
DEFENSE IN CASE
OF MRS. BUFFUM
RESTS THURSDAY

Little Valley, n. Y, Feb. 26.-Swearing
no witnesses in rebuttal the defence late
today rested its case against the charge
of murder on which Mrs. Cynthia Buffum
is being tried
Mrs. Buffum's attorney closed his proof
by calling but four witnesses. From
them he ELECTED further statements that
Willis Buffum. the alleged poison victim,
before his death had threatened the life
of his wife and himself. DR.. William
Leslie of Phoenix, n. Y, testified that
12 years ago Willis Buffum came to him
for treatment and on leaving said:
II guess ! will get rid of the whole
family"
Under cross-examination Mrs. Buffum
never wavered in her general denial of
her alleged confession which. she said.
had been forced from her by private de-
teetives
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fire destroyed the Home Ice Co.
plant in Washington Thursday with
a loss approximately of 100000.
After a long illness. Allanson S. Hall,
multi-millionaire. and for many years
prominent in South American AFFAIRS, died
Thursday in Colorado Springs.
Five Republican and Democratic
election officers accused of falsifying
tally sheets in the election of Novem-
ber 1912, in Chicago, were found not
guilty by jury Thursday
The draft of a treaty establishing
a Peace Commission at The Hague,
recently submitted to Great Britain by
tie United States government is re-
garded by the British foreign once
as generally acceptable.
Former President Taft. as president of
the American Bar Association, VIII De
heard Friday by the House committee on
judiciary in reference to the proposed re-
form and simpliication of procedure IN
the federal courts
Miss Alma Gluck, the prima DONNA
Thursday announced in Kansas City, NO.
that she is engaged to marry Efrem Zim-
balist, Russian violinist and protege OF
the late Joseph Feis Zimbalist who is
now touring Russia. Miss Gluck said the
marriage probably would be in June at
the Fes home in London
The snowfall in Columbia, S. c., and
vicinity reached total of III incnes
Wednesday night. SURPRISING all records
of the local weather bureau. BUSINESS
was suspended Thursday, schools were
closed and not a street car moved SNOW
is reported from nearly every section Oh
the state, the heaviest fall in 20 years
being reported in some localities.
Confirmation of the capture in Albania
of two American citizens believed 10 De
of Albanian extraction. has been received
by the Austro- Hungarian foreign ONCE.
The dispatch does not give definite infor-
nation as to where they We're taken pris-
oners but the affair is attributed to IN
trigues between the various factions IN
Albania.
The tangled affairs of F. NJ CBoraD
Smith, including the United Properties
Co. a 500, 900 New Jersey corporation.
will not be financed along the lines pro-
bankers who have taken them IN haho'
until the state railroad commission mas
looked into them more thoroughly. Ihis
was made plain Thursday by PRESIDENT
Ishelman of the commission
]. N. johnson and w. G. Cole, who
pleaded guilty to robbing the Bank OF
Logansport, at Logansport La, or
$4,000 several weeks ago, were SEN
fenced Wednesday to IA years each in
the penitentiary. They locked the
cashier and his assistant in the BANS
vault while they operated. All but ~
of the money was recovered.
Twenty nine. days out, light, from
Cardiff for st. John, N. B., to load
for South Africa, the British freight
steamer Kaduna, Captain Purden, ar
| rived at st. John at midnight, Wednes-
day, in a badly battered condition.
The matches and part of the bridge
| were torn away and the mems quar-
ters were flooded.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
THE RED SOX MEMBERS
ARRIVE AT HOT SPRINGS

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. 26.--Man-
ager Carrigan of the Boston Ameri-
cans arrived here today with the first
section of the team for spring prac-
tiee. Besides Carrigan todays ar
rivals were Cady, Thomas, Wagner,
Hendrikson, Counbe, Carlow, Kelly,
Johnson, Radloff, Zeizer, and Mulre-
non. hey were delayed nearly day
by snowbound trains. The remainder
of the team will reach Hot Springs
March 8, when active training will be-
gin. Tomorrow the first practice game
of the season will be played here by
teams of players from the New York
Americans, Boston Nationals, Cleve-
land Americans and Newark Interna-
tionals.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
SUPREME COURT ASKED
TO FIND USE FOR $500, 900

Boston, Feb. 26.-The supreme court
will be asked to determine what may
be done with fund Of 100000 be-
queathed 10 years ago to the city of
hospital purposes by George l..
Thorndyke Former Governor Bates.
one of the trustees. said tonight that
he and his colleagues have been un-
able to agree on the use to which the
money shall be put. The will, he said,
reads that the fund shall be used for
building a hospital. but it is not re-
garded as large enough to build and
equip a new institution. Mayor Cur
ley is anxious to have the money ap-
piled to save the city from large ex-
pendtiures contemplated for a new
children's hospital.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
INVESTIGATION pRAGs
ON AT HANCOCK, MICH.

Hancock, Mich, Reb. 26.-Prelimi-
nary TO a trip tomorrow into the cop
per mines. the congressional commit
tee investigating conditions in this
district spent today in visiting vari-
Gus settlements and learning at first
hand how the mine workers lived.
-Four congressman expect to don the
rough garb OF miners tomorrow and
journey into the depths of the earth.
On a trip through the Calumet and
Hecla machine shops today the con-
gressmen stopped frequently to talk
with old employees and to inquire into
their wages and their working condi-
tions. They next visited the public
bath house maintained by the COM
pany for the benefit of its employees
and watched several miners off duty
disporting themselves In the swimmin S
pool.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
New York Begins
War on Fly Pest

New York, Feb. 26.-While the mer-
curry hovered about zero the snow lay
deep in the street the committee on
pollution and sewerage of the New
York Merchants Association today be-
gan its annual campaign against the
house fly. It's first bulletin urged that
flies that had hibernated in the warm
corners of dwellings be sought out
and killed "One fly now means in
Vulnerable billions later on SAYS the
warning. "The time to destroy the fly
is before it has had chance to lay
its eggs"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
MINERS AND OPERATORS UN-
ABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT

Philadelphia, Feb. 26.-Unable to
reach an agreement on new wage
scale to take the place of the present
one. which expires March 81, the joint
conference of operators and miners
from western Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois today adjourned sine
die. 1t was announced that this action
does not necessarily mean strike, as
it was pointed out that five weeks re-
main for the two sides to get together
in another effort to reach an agree
ment 1t was predicted that another
conference would be held before April
1, in a city within the the central COM
petitive field.
The break came on the demand which
provides that local differences be set
tied within local districts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
AMERICAN BASSo PUTNAM
GRiSWOLD DIES IN NEW YORK

New York, Feb. 26.-Nathan Girls
weld. American basso. died today in a
private sanitarium here. He was op-
Grated upon for appendicitis on Feb.
10. Mr.. Griswold was born in Mime
apolis in 1876. He made his first ap-
pearance as an operatic star in Lon
don in 1901. He was a great favorite
in Berlin and was twice decorated by
the German Emperor, before whom he
had sung at the palace. His death
came at time when he was consid-
cred at the height of his operatic ca
reer. He made his last appearance
in New York Feb. s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27

Oldest Brunswick Farmer Dead.

Oldest Brunswick Farmer Dead.
Franklin Towne, one of Brunswicks s
oldest and best known farmers, dled
at his home on the Rocky Hill road
Wednesday afternoon. aged rs years.
Mr.. Towne was a native of Brunswick.
AS boy of IA he went to sea and
sailed before the mast until he was
25, when he went into business in
Boston. After Is years of city life MIR.
Towne returned to Brunswick, where
he had since conducted a large farm.
He Is survived by two daughter, Mrs.
George Dunning and Mrs. Harry Will
Iiams, both of Brunswick, and sis
ter. Mrs John Giles of Stoughton,
Mass. Mr.. Towne was a member of
Domhegan Tribe of Red Men.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
ALL-AMERIcAN TRACK
TEAM Wins CHAMPIONSHIP

San Francisco, Feb. 26.-The cham
pionship of Australasia was won by
the AH-Ameriean track and field team
at Melbourne, Jan. 26. according to
mail advices just received from the
Antipodes. OF the Is events in the
Melbourne championships, the track
classic of the Antipodes the Ameri-
cans won five first, tied for one first
and took a second and O third. They
broke three records of the state or
Victoria
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
GERMANY WILL SURVEY ITS
OIL LANDS IN NEW GUINEA

Berlin, Feb. 26.-A promise to with
draw all the oil lands in German New
Kuinea from private exploitation pend
ing investigation of their nature ana
extent was given today by DIR. Wilnelm
Solf, minister for the colonies at the
instigation of the budget committee.
An appropriation of s125,00O was
nassed by the committee for the pur-
poses of survey.
It was pointed out in the lobbies that
the discovery of oil in German New
Guinea might lead the government TO
enter into the business of producing oil
in order to facilitate the establish
ment of the proposed oil monopoly in
opposition to the Standard Oil Co.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-27
A 12-story building to cost s1,2oo.ooo

A 12-story building to cost s1,2oo,ooo
is soon to be erected in West 4sth
street, New York, for the League for
Political Education. The new struc-
ture which will be called the Socie-
ties Building, will also be the home of
many other societies working in the
interests of social service. This build
ing will contain an auditorium with
a seating capacity Of 1900. A social
science library will add to the attrac-
tions Of the building. the top floor OF
which is to be utilized for elnh n"r-
poses.