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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
UNvEIL STATUTE OF FRANKLIN
PIERCE, 14TH PRESIDENT or THE
united STATES, AT CONCORD N. H.

Concord, n. H., Nov. ga statue OF
Franklin Pierce, 14th President OF the
United States and the only native of
New Hampshire to reach that office,
was unveiled in the State House
grounds in this city at II o'clock this
morning. Miss Susan H. Pierce of
Hillsborough unveiled the statue and
its sculptor, Augustus Lukeman Of
New York City, was introduced. The
remaining exercises were held in Rep
reseneatives' nall in the State House
where Clarence E. Carr of Andover
acted as president of the day and the
invocation was given by Rev. DR..
George H. Reed of Concord. Formal
presentation of the statue was made
by Frank p. Carpenter of Manchester,
chairman of the Pierce Statue Com
mission, and Governor Samuel D. Fell
ker made an address of acceptance.
After remarks by Judge Edgar Aid
rich and former United States Sena-
tor William F. Chandler, members of
the commission. the grafton of the day
was given by oliver E. Branch of
Manchester. The closing address was
by William F. Witcher of Woods
vile.
Opposition on the part of many Cit
liens who believed that President
Pierce showed too active sympathy
with the South in the days immedi-
ately preceding the Civil War frus-
trated several previous attempts to
provide such a memorial. Last year
the Legislature appropriated $4,000
for the purpose. The statue is execu-
ted in bronze on a granite base with
an inland bronze border of laurel
haaves 1t shows President Pierce in
civilian garb with the exception of a
military cloak, limiting at his service
in the Mexican war.
Tribute to the character and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

achievements of President Franklin
Pierce was paid by Former United
States Senator William E. Chandler in
an address at the dedication of a me-
mortal statue of President Pierce In
the State House park today.
1T would be impossible" said Mr..
Chandler, for me to fail to speak of
him in words of deep tenderness, for
the simple reason. that to me as boy
he was kind and helpful
Mr.. Chandler recounted his personal eff
forts, beginning in 1888. to secure the
erection of a Pierce memorial statue. Re-
ferring to the objections raised because
of President Pierces attitude toward the
subject of slavery, Mr.. Chandler said
that the same objection might reasonably
have been made to the erection of statues
of two other New Hampshire men, Daniel
Webster and Lewis Cass.
You all know he continued, 1.-THE ami
mosities aroused In those days. But they
did not continue to prevail against Cass
and Webster. They ought not longer to
prevail against Pierce The real reason
why we should not at this late day
longer refrain from erecting statues to
such men is that their hesitancy to make
efforts for the abolition of slavery, their
willingness to make compromises in be-
half of slavery, arose from their deep
devotion to the union of those states
which 1t was believed would be endan-
gered If controversy over slavery contin-
ued.
Franklin Pierce was scholar of supe-
rior knowledge. an orator of captivating
eloquence, a lawyer of acute learning,
trial advocate of unsurpassed skill and
force. brave soldier on the battlefield
of his country, public official of ability
and fidelity and president of conscience
ness and patriotism"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
ALUMNI VS.. C0NY
AT 10 A. M. TODAY
REUEL WILLIAMS FIELD

Once again squad of old football stars
will strive to uphold the honor OF their
past performances. and again the dull
srunt of the pigskin will be music TO their
ears as. with courage and grim deterni-
nation, the alumni of Cony High school
will attempt to wrest victory from the
crimson-clad players of the Gony High
eleven itself Once, in the days gone by,
these same players who will today fight
SO valiently against the present Cony
eleven upheld the crimson banner of Cony
high above all corners ana kept it there,
passing through a season VIGOROUSLY and
successfully.
1t has been rumored that team picked
up of about-town stars would tackle the
alumni. but that is not SO. and the reg
ular Cony High eleven. the team that
was beaten by Gardiner after season
of revelations. will play. 1t is conceded
that Cony did not play up to standard in
that game and 1t stands to reason that
they will make an overwhelming effort to
retrieve that lost victory by taking it out
of the alumni.
Following Is the lineup of the two
elevens and how they compare in weight.
The game starts at 10 A. NJ. sharp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
ALUMNI.
HARD DRILL and
SCRIMMAGE FOR NAVY


Annapolis, Md, Nov A-Practicing
again in secret, the navy's football squad
was given nearly two hours OF hard drill
and scrimmaging this afternoon. The
practice was marked by many shifts. dur
ing which all the men likely to get into
the army game were given work.
The uncertainty regarding the tackle
and guard positions is settled. Bates VIII
start fullback. and 7. Harrison right end.
After a meeting Of the coaches, Head
Coach Hoard of the Navy tonight gave
out the following lineup tina twill face the
Army at Philadelphia Saturday:
Captain Overes and T. Harrison. ends;
McCoach and DeRood or Ward, tackles;
Mills and Jones, guards; Ferry, center;
Mitchell, quarterback; Blodgett and Fail
ing, halfbacks, and Bates, fullback.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
WARN YOUNG
GIRLS AGAINST
CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-"Keep young girls
away from Chicago" This is the sub
stance of warning letter planned to
be sent today over the country by the
Travellers Aid department of the Chi
cago Young Women's Christian Assoc
citation.
Difficulty OF obtaining employment
has augmented the dangers to which
young women, strangers in the city,
are exposed.
There never was a time in the
history of Chicago, said Mrs. Will
helmina Barr. secretary Of the Trav-
elers' Aid, when it was so difficult to
obtain employment for strange girls.
This condition necessarily increases
the dangers to which they are ex-
posed" \
Six classes OF girls are named In
the letters of warning which the or
ganization plans to send to newspapers
in the principal cities of the country.
They are:
Girls afflicted with the wanderlust.
Employed girls who seek better
wages.
Immigrants.
Girls coming to visit relatives or
friends whose places Of abode they
do not know.
Show girls.
Runaways.
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U. S. REFUSES
CONTINUED from Page one)

recognized in a general way the spirit of
the declaration, some of the belligerent
powers intended to Insist upon great mod
action upon the fact that they had not
formally ratified the convention.
Since the declaration was In fact
compromise between the extreme views
of the several governments which partic-
ipated in the conference. high official
here pointed out today that it would have
been neither just nor fair In the opinion
of this government to consent to any
modification without the agreement of all
parties. On this theory the state depart
ment felt obliged to withdraw from its
adherence to the declaration even before
the German protest was received.
In the course of his conversation
with Ambassador Won Bernstorff to-
day, Counsellor Lansing made it clear
that in the absence Of general rules,
such as the declaration to which all
parties subscribed, the United States
government could deal only with spe-
cific complaints which the German,
government might wish to present
where at felt this government had
been rcmiss in the fulfillment OF its
duties as a neutral state. The Ger
man bin of protest, presented today,
contains several specific declarations,
but the state department has, as yet,
made no reply to these. 1t is said, how
ever. that the German position is that
the British have violated the spirit Of
the Declaration OF London by seizing
or OBTAINING food supplies carried in
neutral bottoms and consigned to
German ports, directly or indirectly Is
recognized by United States officials
as entirely sound. The same is true as
to the complaint against the removal
of German citizens not yet in mill
tary establishment from neutral ships
and also the extension by Great Brit
ain Of her contraband lists far beyond
the limits fixed in the London conven-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
CHEROKEE WARRIORS DESCENDANT
IS TO MARRY "BIC CHIEF" CROKER

New York, Nov. 25.--Ketaw Kalun-
tuchy, whose grandfather, Chief Sc
quoy, was a Cherokee warrior and
wise man is the bride-t o-be Of Rich
ard w. Croker, who used to be the
big chief" of Tammany Hall. Her
father, Scotchman, married Princess
Sequoyah. the Indian chiefs daugh-
ter.
This developed tonight, when q
marriage license was issued to Rich
ard Welsted Croker, 70 years of age,
no occupation, and Miss Beulah Ben
ton Edmondson, 20 years of age a
singer.
Arrangements for the wedding have
rot been completed, Croker told City
Clerk Scully, who made out the IL
cense. Rumor has 1t that the ceremony
VIII take place tomorrow. but only d
few friends of the bride and groom
know what the arrangements are.
Croker and his fiancee have shown
remarkable ability for keeping auier
the details of their romance.
Besieged by friends and newspaper
men Miss Edmondson finally said to-
day that her family had known Croker
many years. She met him at the DEM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Sydney
Mason.
Neil and Matte Jenkins are spending
Thanksgiving with their grandmother.
Mrs. Dennis. Jose. at Readfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Rowell and family
are visiting relatives in Scion.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Millspaugh and
Mrs. Ellen lockwood passed Thursday
as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Rock
mond in Waterville.
Harold. Clifford, who is attending Bates
College, passed Thanksgiving with his pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. e. t. Clifford. Miss
Murian Clifford is visiting relatives in
Belgrade.
Miss Bertha Hackett is visiting rela-
tives in Bowdoinham.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Sprague enter
tanned as Thanksgiving guests Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Reynolds and family
of Monmouth.
Miss Clara Haskell went to Liver
more Wednesday and with her sister,
Miss Velma Haskell. will pass Thanks
giving with relatives there.
Leonard Thomas, Miss Violet
French, winthrop Webb and Miss
Dorothy Webb, students at Colby Col
lege. Waterville, are passing Thanks
giving at their respective homes.
Albert French, who is attending
Dental College in Boston, is passing a
few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. d. French.
Mrs. Rufina Wood of Northeast Har-
Dor is in town.
Arnold Thomas is at home from
Bates College for the Thanksgiving
recess.
Eward Bond and Ernest Delano have
returned from hunting trip to Indian
pond, each bringing out a deer.
Mrs. Asa Maxwell is visiting in
Woodfords.
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SPORT NEWS
Penn AND CORNELL
HOLD FINAL DRILLS

Philadelphia. Nov, 25.-The Pennsyl-
vania and Cornell football squads
held their final drills today in prepa-
ration for tomorrow's game on Frank
lin field. The Cornell players were di-
vided into two teams and practiced
formations at Inlet Park, Atlantic
City. Quarterback Barrett and left
Halfback Collier were both given OPP
portunities to give the signals. No
tackling or regular scrimmage work
was INDUCED in.
The Pennsylvania team held its
workout at the White Marsh Country
Club and tonight nearly half a hum
dred former Red and Blue gridiron
stars took dinner with the squad The
lineup as decided upon by the coaches,
will include five players who did not
start against Dartmouth.
Cornell rooters We're anxious to lay
wagers at long odds that the red
team would win.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

ocratic National convention in 1900
when her father was a delegate from
Oklahoma. They have met often since
that time. Since Croker returned from
abroad, after his first wife died three
months ago, Miss Edmondson has been
seen frequently in his company, but
no one supposed a romance was bud
ding.
Miss Edmonson is widely known in
educational and suffrage circles. She
was born in Indian Territory, but has
been in the East frequently Her first
public appearance in New York was
during the Suffrage parade in 1913.
when, attired in an Indian costume
and mounted on a mustang, she rep
resented Oklahoma She has sung FREE
quently in public and has written and
lectured on the Cherokees.
4 The girls father went to Oklahoma
long before it was open to homestead
ing. AS child Miss Edmondson YVES
sent to an Indian school at Tukle-
quah, Oklahoma. Later she attended
Chicago University and a school in
Boston. She has been in New York
during the last year studying.
This will be Croker's second mar
riage. His first wife died in Austria.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

London, 4.l0 p. NJ, Nov 25.-Great
Britain and France have appealed to
the United States to exercise its good
offices to compel Colombia to observe
more strictly the requirements of neu-
trality. Otherwise the allies, it was
announced in the House of Commons
today, may be compelled In self-de-
fence to take whatever measures they
deem necessary for the protection OF
their interests
Charles Roberts, under-secretary of
the Colonial department, speaking on
behalf of the foreign office, made his
announcement in the House of Com
mons. He said that information in
the possession of the government fndi-
Gated that the governments Of Colom-
bia and Ecuador had failed in certain
respects to observe an attitude of
strict neutrality and that their fall
ure to. do so was likely to be detri-
mental to the interests of this eoun-
~.
The particular cause of complaint
against Colombia has reference to
high power wireless station
The British charge d'affaires en-
deavored repeatedly, said Mr.. Roberts,
to induce the government to remove
the staff of Germans at the wireless
station and institute strict control in
order to prevent the transmission of
messages to belligerent merchantships
lying in Colombian ports. Failing in
this the charge sought to have the
station closed. The report received
from the charge leaves it in doubt
whether steps taken by the Colombian
government are of an effective ma
ture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
REVERSE RULING AND ALLOW
ROOSEVELT A CHANGE OF
VENUE IN THE BARNES SUIT

Albany, N. Y, Nov. 25.-The appel
late division. third department. today
reversed the ruling of Supreme Court
Justice Chester. which refused a
$4,000 libel suit brought by William
Barnes against Colonel Roosevelt. JUS
tice Howard dissented from the pre-
vailing opinion.
Trial in Onondasa
The court ordered the trial TO be
held in Onondaga instead of Albany.
The Roosevelt attorneys claimed that
Mr.. Barnes, former chairman of the
Republican state committee, dominat-
ed the politics of Albany county and
that consequently, fair trial could
not heshad here. The appellate court
held that neither party should be
compelled to try the action of the
county in which the other party re-
sides"
lmpartiality Sought
Jurors are but individuals the
prevailing opinion read, "and are sub
ject to impressions and influences f
which often they themselves are un-
conscious. The fairness of the trial
should be above suspicion and the
place OF trial should be one as to which
neither party shall have reasonable
ground for apprehension as to the
strict impartiality of each juror
Statements attributed to Colonel
Roosevelt to the effect that Mr.. Barnes
activities in politics resulted from an
alliance between crooked politics and
crooked business, and that there was
bipartisan combination between
Barnes and Murphy were the basis
for the libel suit.
The prevailing opinion which was
handed down by the four concurring
members of the court, also held that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
CT. BRITAIN AND FRANCE
ALLECE COLUMBIA VIOLATES
NEUTRALITY. u. S. AID

Mr.. Roberts added that the British ma
val attaehe at Washington, who was sent
10 Colombia to investigate conditions
there, found that the wireless station
nominally was being operated under CEN
sorship, but that in reality it was entire"
ly under German influence. He consider
ed it of Importance to suppress the oper-
alton of the station. He also reported
that German steamers in ports of Colom-
bia were continuing to use their wireless
equipment, although ostensibly disman-
tied.
It therefore appeared to the British
government, said Mr.. Roberts, that fur
Their representations to Colombia were
not likely to be of any avail. 1t was
therefore decided to appeal, in co-opera-
ton with the French government, to the
good offices of the United States to pro-
cure a more strict enforcement of Colom-,
bian neutrality. It was also stated that
in the event that Colombia continued TO
maintain her present attitude the allied
governments might be compelled In self
defence to take such measures as they
deemed necessary for the protection OF
their interests.
Mr. Roberts went on to say that sim
liar communication had been sent to
Washington with respect to Ecuador,
whose foreign minister had himself in
formed the British charge and his French
colleagues that German warships had
converted certain islands belonging to
Ecuador into naval bases"
Mr.. Roberts said the government of Ec-
uador had failed to comply with the re-
quest of Great Britain and France to ex-
ercise proper control of wireless appar-
atus. VIA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

WINTHROP

Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Moultcn are visit
ing relatives in Bigelow.
Miss Josie Penney of Harrington Nor
NAL school Is spending the Thanksgiving
recess with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
H. Penney
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Woodman and
Master Dudley of Portland are the guests
OF Mr.. Woodman's mother, Mrs. E. 8.
Woodman. at the Highlands.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cooling and
daughter Doris are Thanksgiving guests
of Mrs. Godings parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. II. Maxim.
Miss Grace Gatchell of somerville.
Mass, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George TGatchelf.
Mrs.~C. M. Thompson Of Livermore ID
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

the allegations, in the defendants af-
fidavit, of Irregularities or acts of ia
voritism on the part of any public Off
GERS of Albany county utter
failed" But that 'justice. as far as
possible must be administered without
even the appearance of impartiality"
Justice Towards Opinion
Justice Towards opinion said
Both these litigants have grown
into proportions far beyond the limits
Of counties; their fame is wider even
than the state--it is national. That a
political leader of the stature of Will
liam Barnes, is a man of tremendous
power, welding incalculable influence
may be admitted but unless we assume
that the officials of Albany county are
willing to lend themselves to the
criminal debauchery of the jury sys-
tenn "a proposition which / do not
assume but rejecD how can this pow
ed and influence of the plaintiff enter
the jury box any more In Albany coun-
ty than in any other county?
Unless something more than sur
mise, suspicion and innuendo is pre-
scented, the citizen who has become
powerful and conspicuous should not
be driven from his home to ltigate
when he brings a suit to redress
wrong"
1t could not be learned whether Mr..
Barnes contemplates carrying the case
to the court of appeals.
The appellate division also handed
down 4 decision sustaining a ruling
by Supreme Court Justice Rudd over
ruling a demurrer interposed by Will
liam H. Anderson. superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League to the $4,000
libel suit brought against him by Mr..
Barnes. In this action Mr.. Barnes
charged that Mr.. Anderson referred
to him as the liquor end Of the Re-
publican party 5
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
COLUMBIA HAS
REVIVED FOOT

New York, Nov. 25.-ColumP
vival of football after a lapse
years was attended by $500 un0
yates and Dean F. p. .keppelg
day, when elevens represent
two upper classes and the tw'
classes played a nothing to
game. The student board wa
oouraged by the interest sho'
by the deans presence and 1t y
clared today that the board
prepare n petition to the un
authorities asking that football
store as an intercollegiate spo
year or in 1915.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

In the opinion of American officials.
however, no way is open to the United
States to require adherence by all bell
ligerents to the strict letter of the
Declaration Of London.
The department has been at work
virtually since the outbreak of war
forging out a code of it's own for the
treatment of questions of contraband
and neutrality. 1t is hoped that this
code can be devised with such fairness
and impartiality that 1t will commend
itself to all the belligerents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26
COACH OF AUSTRIAN
OLYMPlANS HOME

New York. Nov. 25.-Alexander F.
Copeland, the American athletic train
er, who went to Europe last spring.
to coach the Austrian candidates for
the next Olympic meet, has returned
home because the European war left
him without any duties. CONSUMPTION
for service depleted the ranks of ath-
letes in both Austria and Germany
Copeland said, upon his arrival here
yesterday. He questioned whether the
1916 Olympic games would be held in
Berlin as planned.
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AMBROSE BRIDGE IS ARRESTED AT
HOULT 0N--P. PELLETIER RELEASED

Houlton, Me-, Nov. 25.-Ambrose Bridge,
the young farmland who was known as
the sweetheart of Mildred Sullivan, the
Houlton girl who is believed to have
been murdered at Presque Isle on Sept.
4 after an unsuccessful illegal operation,
alleged to have been performed by DR..
Lionel E. Dudley, Alice Pelletier and
Kate o. Michaud. was arrested today at
a local hotel.
The arrest was made by Deputy Sher-
iff Martin Lawlis, Bridge having been in
dicted by the grand jury on the charge of
being an accessory before the fact of an
illegal operation. He was taken to the
county jail where the other three have
been confined since early this month.
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GERMAN LOSSES IN Poll And ARE
CONFIRMED BY CARS FOR WOUNDED

Petrograd. Via London. Nov. u.s.
C9.15 P. M.l-Reports reaching here
concerning the magnitude of the de-
featof the Germans to the west of
Lodz, Russian Poland, which in some
instances place the German losses as
high as an entire army corp, appear in
a measure to be confirmed by tele-
graphic dispatches from Warsaw.
Forty EIGHT trains have been dis
patched from Warsaw to bring in the
prisoners and wounded. This number
of trains, made up of the maximum
number of cars of the Russian wide
gauge. would, carry between $4,000 and
1000 men, it Is estimated here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-26

The grand jury, when 1t reported late
yesterday, returned a secret indictment
against Bridge. but the information was
given out to the newspaper men by mis-
take. 1t had been planned, the officials
said. to keep the Indictment secret until
the trial. which probably will begin on
Dec. 7.
Perley Pelletier, Alice Pelietier's young
err brother, who was arrested as an all
legged accessory before the fact of murder
and who was alleged to have dug the
grave in which the Sullivan girls body
was hidden within an hour or two after
her death, was brought into the supreme
court this afternoon and discharged by
Judge Haley, no indictment having been
returned in his case.