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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
How countsrfeits Are Detected.

The hand is quicker than the eye
in detecting fraudulent bank notes,
says the February Popular Mechanics
magazine. The feel of the distinc-
tive paper used by the government
is the first signal warning that the
money rendered is bad. This paper Is
distinctive not alone because of the
introduction of silk fibre in the bill
itself, but because of the treatment
the stock receives in printing. The
silk threads are sometimes initiated
by pen and ink lines, but these do not
bear close examination. The engrav-
ing has been the greatest protection,
for even photo-engraving fails to bring
out the proper color values, and re-
touching by the craving tool makes
the lines heavy and irregular. Pho
Biography also fails in reproducing the
color of the seal, which must be wash
ed in with water-colors. the black
lines Of the engraving showing through
in counterfeits. The most dangerous
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

counterfeit is that in which genuine
bill of lower denomination is bleached
out and false plate showing high
denomination placed upon 1t. Here is
genuine bank bill. 1t has the feel
The silk threads are present. If the
engraving is fairly well done and the
color of approximate correctness it be-
comes a dangerous counterfeit, and
bankers are at once warned to be on
the watch for it. In this connection
the "check letter. often comes into
play. All government notes are print
ed of one denomination, four on a
sheet, and are lettered respectively A,
B. c and D. Each note bears a treas
ury number. If when that number IS
divided by four there remains one the
check letter should be A: if two re-
mains the letter should be B; if three
remains the letter should be c, and
if there is no remainder d. If the re-
suit shows otherwise then the num-
bering is wrong and the note is a
counterfeit All denominations from
81 to $1,000 have been counterfeited, as
well as all coins. The most usual way
of defrauding when gold coins are
handled is to saw the coins in half,
extract the interior and fill with base
metal,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07

called a paradise, and that the native
bows down to the god of things as
they are" and has no wish to change
them?
Copra and vanilla are the great
staples of the export trade. The copra
of commerce is merely the meat of the
cocoanut,t cured by the simple process
of drying in the sun. The cocoanut,
when cut from the tree green, supplies
It's food products-the delicious milk
and the white fibrous meat. To pro-
duce the copra 1t is allowed 70 ripeh
upon the tree and fall to the ground.
Twice a year the heavy, brown husks
are collected along the beaches, split
open with the blow of an axe, and the
NEATLY this time partly dried-ex-
tracted and placed upon boards to dry
in the sun. 1t is then packed in bags
and is ready for shipment. AS the
cocoanut tree brings in an average in
come of 80 cents to one dollar a year,
and as they grow without cultivation.
the. valuable crop practically produces
itself, the drying of the product repre-
senting but few weeks of labor dur
ing the entire year.
II is to the vanilla culture as well that
the wealth of the islands is largely
due. They produce substantially one
third of the worlds supply of this in
valuable commodity. It grows upon a
vine closely resembling the lima bean.
and can only be raised upon the mar
row strip of land already described, be-
tween the mountains and the shore.
Poles, usually some six feet in height,
hn
the vine, and the native coffeetree
provides, in most suitable form, the
half shade which is absolutely essen
tial. The plantation once set out, and
this shade provided, the heaviest labor
Is the semi-yearly incubation of tbs
flowers, which must be done by hand,
owing to the absence of bees or other
pollen carrying insects. For every
flower inoculated, a bean appears in
due course, and when these have
reached their full growth of from six
to eight inches in length, they. are
picked and delivered to the Cinnamon
for the somewhat arduous labor of
curing. +
Both copra and vanilla have hereto
fore found their best markets in coun-
tries other than the United States.
This is so, because we have as yet
found no great need for the cocoanut
oil, which is the product of copra. and
which in France, for example, has long
formed the basic ingredient of soap
and ether toilet articles. OF vanilla, on
the other hand, we have obtained our
supply from Mexico and the West In
dies, which, besides being in the ma
ture of home market, yield some
what superior article. With the great
increase in the demand for both prod
ucts, a demand becoming increasingly
evident, the Society islands will find
an opportunity awaiting them which
should be too valuable to be lost.-New
York Evening Post.
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FARMER" kern
RESCUES MAN
DROWNING AT
OLD ORCHARD
John H. Wildes, Jr., of
Portland Saved by
! v,is ~ Football Star

r
Old Orchard. Me-, July 6.-John H
Wlldes, Jr., of 20 Linden street. Port
land, narrowly escaped drowning while
In bathing here yesterday noon. two
other Portland young men, Council
man George c. Kern and Douglas f.
Conrod figuring prominently in the
rescue of the drowning man. Kern. a
former football star, swan to the as
sistance of Wildes. reaching him inst
as ne was going down for the third
time and by a valiant struggle kent
the unconscious mans head above the
waves until a rescue party. under the
leadership of Conrod, arrived with a
boat 5 - =
Wlides, who is man of 30 wears
Weighing more than 200 pounds. had
swum out about 100 feet from the shore
out when he turned to swim back to the
peach he was caught in recedine tida
ana strong under-current For severa /
minutes he struggled in the waves. los
ing rather than gaining ground, when he
became exhausted in his fight against
the current which was CARVING hin, o,,.
ARQtnQt
'ne oeean Ierces he cried for help. Kern
anu Sohrod mad been swimming and pad
ailhg their canoe through the surf and
were just landing when the cries of tba
heipiess man reached them. The annaa,
Tor help was Immediately answered. h,,
heFn, who plunged in to go tn wuaos,
rescue and swan with considerable sr.as
70 MS side. Before Kern was abla -
fsacn Inc helpless swimmer Wildes bad
eoae uo"n twice and was Just SINKING
'oi t,he thlrd time with one hand cIencb-
ep ughtIy over his nose and the oth.
ieeoiy battering the waves wber -
grabbed him by the hair ana ,,,,os -
leau ABOVE the water. Spectators visu
e uie scene from the shore said ii was
d remarkable rescue. <i6
kern's strength was completely tax.
ed In keeping Wildes' head ahoy. ~.
waves and he was unable To nrocead
shoreward. Meanwhile Conrod ,,,ho
nao followed Kern into the wotar
Turned ABOUT when he saw that Kern
couio reach Wildes but that a boat
would De necessary and swimr;n :,
ashore secured the assistance of CO..
uon tushman and George Milhken in
.auhchlns boat from the sands
ineir work was hindered by the Iack
ot oars but swimming and pushing
the boat before them they fina1lv
Ieacned Kern and the man he had
rescued. who was now uncons c;o,s
ana pulled the two. who were both IN
q precarious condition, into the hos
and pushed them ashore.
"hoes was resascitated without Tho
arc OF physician after his BODY haa
neen rolled over a boat and stimu,. - :
administered IS
Kern, who. on Saturday in comnary
with Conrod. had padded from Port
iaho to Old Orchard in a canoe wa
thoroughly exhausted after his strng-
gies to save the life of wildes.
MIS-. Wildes was resting on the sand
when the shrieks for help were heard
When she recognized her husband %
the victim she became almost frantic
out was Gained when assured of his
safety - 'iis
Words Of sincerest praise for Kerr
were heard from scores of persons wbc
saw the near fatality and many
grasped his hand in congratulation OF
the courage displayed. ~
Ora ------------------------
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WHOLE FAMILY BUTCHERED BY
AXE BLOWS IN SUBURB OF
i CHICAGO ON SUNDAY NIGHT
Bloody Fngeprints Axe Handle and Rumors of Family
Troubles Only Clues Found by Police
After Murder of Four

Chicago, July ga family of four was
wiped out by blows from an axe IN their
home in the German settlement Of Blue
Island. q suburb, last night.
This afternoon corrected list of the
victims was given out as follows:
Jacob Neslesla, 72 years old, street
sweeper.
Mrs. Anna Neslesla, wife of Jacob, s.
years old.
Mrs. Martha Mansfield, "a years old.
daughter OF above. .s15
Two-year-old daughter of Mrs Mans
field.
Bloody ingerprints on the axe handle
were photographed Search was institut-
ed for William Mansfield. husband of
Martha, who is alleged to have deserted
her a year ago, and for Michael Chere-
winki. The latter was compelled TO va
cate the Neslesla house three weeks ago
by the landlord in order to make way for
the new tenants. He Is said to have ut
tered, threats against the landlord and
Neslesla. Mansfield has not been seen In
Blue Island since he left his wife The
stiffened bodies and the bloodstained axe
alone remained to outline the story when
the crime was discovered by the neigh
bors. e-. =ca
Whether the butchery was the work OF
a. maniac or of a person seeking revenge
was not disclosed in the first cursory in
vestfgation. 1t was learned that the
living away from her husband for some
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
lating around the bottom of his own

wagon.
Ice will cool down like anything else
on a cold night to zero. or. below, what
should prevent it? On a day when
it is just freezing temperature block
of iron and a cake of ice in the open
air will stand at 80 degrees. If the
weather becomes warmer, the iron VIII
warm up with the weather, but the
Temperature of the ice will remain at
80 degrees, although in the bulk 1t may
diminish appreciably IN the melting
process. But with a falling temper
AZURE the iron and the ice will become
much colder. too and the one just as
much as the other. tsl
AS the ice grows colder it becomes
harder and more brittle. This fact is
observed by skaters on the ice on
clear night when the thermometer
stands at 10 degrees above zero or
lower. They realize there Is some-
thing out of gear when they cannot
with ease and grace describe the fig
ure eight, or the hickory bend as
it is called in the country. The Ice
has become too brittle and chips.
Those who have been in the Arctic
regions. tell us that water thrown on
the ice there will shiver it like pour
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-07
QUEER STYLES IN HATS.
The kokoschnk of Russia and
Winqed Headdress of Alsace.


In Russia the maiden who is fancy
free may dress her locks as she wishes.
But not so the wife. She must hide her
hair So, as a recompense Tor TINS
sacrifice. she dons hat when may
well be called weird. In shape 1t Is
not unlike a bishops inter, and 1t Is
adorned as theafancy or the purse OF
the wearer dictates. Gold, silver and
even precious stones have been used
in decorating this kokoschnik, as II
is called, 1
In certain parts of Spain a. hat SINH
lar to the Russian style is worn. Par
ticularly is this popular with the dan
GERS among the Toledo peasantry, al
though it must be very hot and UNI
comfortable for this purpose.
The Dutch maiden of Amsterdam
pins her falkland her head-to hat
which resembles in shape an inverted
fiowerpot. 1t may not be the style
most suited to her round, placid face
but she would not change IT for the
latest thing in millinery.
On the island of Marker, in the Zuy-
der Zee, the fashionable hat is again
of the inter shape, but with the addi-
ton of wide, Tapping wings. Farther
north, in Norway, a maiden on heI
bridal day dons a traditional erection
which can best be likened to an &C.
centric castle.
In the province of Alsace- Lorraine
the women wear huge winged head
dresses. The wonderful thing about
the Alsatian hat is-how is 1t sup
ported? Are there concealed wires
And how does it stop on in a high
wind ?-London Answers.
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CHAUFFEUR WHO
ELOPED WITH +.
HALLIAN Girl
HELD BY COURT
Louis Eisman Arraign-
., ed and Is Charged
With Abduction

Hull, Mass, July s.--Louis Eisman,
Fern Haitian, the pretty 1s-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Haitian of this place. who was brought
here from Portland on Saturday to-
gether with Miss Hallian, was arraign-
ed in the Hingham district court this
morning and pleaded not guilty, was
eieased on $1,000 bail and failing to
give bail was detained awaiting the
arrival of his sister, Mrs. Max Els
man of Boston, who it is expected will
furnish bonds.
Eisman, who was chauffeur for the
Hallian family, disappeared from Hull
on last Wednesday as did Miss Halh-
an. Police of every New England state
were wired descriptions of the couple
and they were located at Portland
Saturday. MIR. Hallian went immedi-
ately to Portland and Brought his
daughter back with him, while Eisman
was taken in hand by Chief of Police
F. M. Reynolds OF this place on a
warrant charging abduction.
The home Of the Italians here was
the scene of happy reconciliation on
Saturday night when the missing
heiress was restored to her mother
who had been under the care of ply
sicians since the mysterious disap-
pearance of her daughter, and which
fact led Miss Hallian to telegraph her
mother from Portland assuring her
of her safety there.
When seen by reporter, Mrs.
Haliian, stated that the general state
ment OF the family would not be given
out as yet but that she was glad to
say that her daughter had come to
and was herself again. While Miss
Hallian. when taken in charge at
Portland Saturday professed strongly
her love for Eisman and her desire,
II allowed to marry him, Mrs. Hal
Ian Insists that her daughter hates
and despises the chauffeur, and Won
ders that she should have ever become
fascinated. by the young man. For
myself, she said, Il cannot under
stand it, and intimated her belief in
hypnotic influence. but them" Mrs.
Haitian concluded, my daughter is
only a child ,.,.... 49,. -.-s..
Eisman passed Saturday night In
the Hull jail and was released on bail
Sunday afternoon in the sum of $500.
which was furnished by friends. The
release was granted by Herbert l..
Pratt Of bingham. bail commissioner.
AT the hearing this morning, Thorn
as III. Buttimer of bingham appeared
as counsel for Eisman, while the Hal
hans were represented by ex-District
Attorney Michael H. Sughrue.
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TEMPERATURE OF ICE.
Colder in Winter Than in Summer
Characteristics of Very Cold Ice.

Is ice colder in winter than it is in
summer? Many persons suppose not.
To the minimizing ice is ice, and can
not be any colder or warmer. Take a
thermometer and bury it in a large
cake of ice in summer, or in house
where summer temperature obtains.
1t will indicate 80 degrees. This is
not under all circumstances the freez-
ing point of water.
Under normal conditions when the
temperature of the air is lowering
about 80 degrees for several hours, the
formation of ice may begin al that ex-
act degree on the thermometer On
the other hand. a bucket Of water ex-
posed during the oncoming cold wave
may not show thin film of ice for
sometimes an hour or more after the
mercury has passed below the 32-de-
gree mark. .-. ,s-t ~ ~
But 80 degrees Is the temperature of
melting ice. If a piece of Ice be
thrown into boiling water and left
there until it Is almost gone, the small
particle extracted will still be at 80
degrees. Ice can never be got above
that temperature.
Mixing salt with ice makes it much
colder. This is illustrated in the max
ing of ice cream. The ice in the freez-
err goes down to near zero.
For many years zero was supposed
to be the lowest temperature that
could be reached by artificial means.
For this reason the zero point on the
scale of the Fahrenheit thermometer
was fixed where 1t is. But today a
temperature of 1888 degrees below zero
may be reached by chemical processes
But while ice never can be warmed
over 80 degrees, it will become chilled
as much below that point as the sur
rounding atmosphere does.
| How would you like to be the ice
| man? 1t is all right to be the ice
| man in the good old summer time. But
ask the man who has to deliver ice on
zero day in January or February II
| the ice is any colder than 1t is in July
He may never have given 1t thought
Zero days are so few and SO fleeing
summer days so long.
| But as a matter of fact, a piece Of
summer ice, if he could suddenly pro
cure it, would be something of foo
warmer for him, as 1t would be 81
degrees warmer than the air circu
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time and efforts to find him were begun.
| The murderer according to Benjamin
Kirsch, chief of police of Blue Island,
proceeded with great elaboration
Each swing of the axe apparently car
ried death with 1t. Each of the slain
was struck in the head.
Neslesla slept in a front bedroom on
the first floor of the little frame dwelling.
In the attic the two women and the In
FAINT had their beds. The axe was found
near these beds, indicating to the police
that Neslesla was the first victim.
Nothing was taken from the house.
The crime was discovered by Jacob
Neslesla, Jr., a son of the old couple, liv-
ing in another part of Blue Island. He
is track laborer and went to the home
of his parents, which is near the tracks,
to get a pail of water. He said he found
the back door open and that he called to
his mother several times before he en-
tered. Then he found the bodies He said
that his sisters husbands name was
Hamilton. Hamilton. he said, left her
year ago.
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Short on Evidence.

A Yankee attorney was addressing a.
jury on behalf of prisoner.
Gentlemen" he said, witnesses
have sworn that they saw the accused
fire his gun; they have sworn they
saw the flash and heard the report;
they have sworn they saw Pete jack
son fall fiat; they have sworn that
this bullet was extracted from Pete
Jackson's body; but, gentlemen. in the
name of justice, l ask you, where is
the evidence that the bullet hit Pete
Jackson New York Globe.
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The kingdom Of Saxony, with 500
inhabitants to the square mile, is not
only the most densely populated state
in the German empire, but is also first
in industry. It's industrial develop
ment began with the utilization OF
domestic raw material. AS early as
the twelfth century the silver mines
near Freiberg attracted immigration,
and consequently stimulated commerce
and manufacturing. Because of the
decrease in the price Of silver, the min
ing industry, once so prosperous, has
been carried OF at a loss for many
wears, and it was decided gradually
to decrease operations from 1903 to
1914, which will, 1t Is said, mark the
end of Saxony's silver mines.
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Factors of ProfitabIenes. in Farming

/. Low real estate prices.
2. Farm products of classes de-
ficient in supply.
3. Magnitude of the farm business,
measured either by land farmed or
amount of labor required.
4. High quality in products.
5. Reputation of the producer: APP
plies especially to the production of
pure bred breeding stock IA
6. Advantageous marketing.
Z. Productiveness of animals kept.
s. Largest yield with relatively lit
tie labor and fertilizer s.-.5--....,
9. Low cost of production. Un-
wolves good farm organization.) #
10. Stability of profit depends on
the staple character of the products.
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while out in motor boat near here
recently one of the women in the par
", said to be auburn haired, had
threatened to XIII DR. Carman when an
opportunity presented. An auburn
haired woman, said to have been much
excited, was seen boarding a car here
early in the morning after the murder.
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Twenty persons have been murder
ed in the last three years in Missouri,
Kansas. Iowa, Colorado and Illinois, by
axe blows The details of almost all the
murders are similar and in most of the
cases the murderer's axe has wiped out
entire families. The crimes were COM
mitted at night while the victims lay
asleep In their beds. In each instance the
murderer left but Slight clues.
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MURDER MYSTERY
Continued from Page y

clared by District Attorney Smith to be
the most important information brought
out during the days proceedings.
The maid, who admitted that she had
long talk with George Levy, counsel
for Mrs. Carman, the morning after the
murder, appeared TO be troubled with a
serious loss OF memory. The many vital
Questions she answered ''I don't remem-
her,
When asked IL she knew what perjury
meant she asserted that sometimes she
could remember events and sometimes
she could not.
No matter whether the inquest is con.
Guided on Wednesday, the grand Jury,
u was announced today. will begin an fin.
vestigation of the murder of its own &C.
cord when IL meets the following dav
copy of the testimony taken 40 far bv
the coroner win be turned over 10 the
grand jury and several witnesses NAV he
called before It at the same time.
An important Clue
County detectives were tonight in
yestigating a story told by DR.. Car.
man that former resident of Free.
port, now living in Pennsylvania, hae
notified friend Of DR.. carman thai
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is. He is handsome man. tall, we'll
formed fine featured. black. yet who'll
ly unrelated to the Negro. His wife
and children are pretty, and no pref
tier than when, leaving the town be-
hind, they don their simple white
kimonos, and, barefooted and bare
headed, become a part Of the rural
simplicity about them. They cultivate
their vanilla in the cool of, the day:
they paddle to the reef to fish in their
outrigger dugout canoes: they drive
along the shore to visit their friends.
Sunday finds them in the nearest dis
trict church for morning service, and
in the afternoon they sing their weird
songs in the "hAnini-house" adjoining.
The native Is the merest child and it
| is unfair to Judge him in any other
| light.
Under the cocoanuts along the beach
he has his dining and living room of
thatch or bamboo, with his simple
open-air kitchen adjoining. Here his
little pony nibbles at the short grass,
| his chickens cackle contentedly, his
diminutive black pigs wander through
the underground. Flaming tropical
| lloWeTS SuTTOuilu the vegetable SdTuefi
with it's fringe of sprouting pineapples,
and the banana stalk shoots from the
ground at every turn. Upon the rising
| ground beyond the road the rows of
! the vanilla are visible under the cool
shade of the coffee, the orange tree
and mango, each laden with its par
ticular fruit. Back of all, upon the
higher ground, stand the sleeping
quarters, the coo, and airy bungalows
usually situated close to some brook
or shaded pool The yam, the bread
fruit, the paw-paw, the fei-a dozer
other vegetables grow in as great a
profusion as do the fruits. With all Of
this-with fresh water streams alive
with shrimp, with crayfish, and lob
sters; with a sea teeming with fish-is
1T any wonder that the Islands art