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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
Think SYSTEHS OF MEDICAL
FRAUD ABOUT TO Be EXPOSED

New York, April 22.-Police authorities
said today that one of the 81 operators
of medical museums and their assistants
arrested here yesterday in one Of the
most sweeping raids upon alleged med
ical imposters ever conducted in this city
had promised to appear in court today
and make a confession. His statement,
the police asserted, will reveal the work
ings of a system of national scope for
extorting money by fraudulent physicians
and false methods Of diagnosis.
The chief operator of the museums un-
der arrest is alleged by the police to
have accumulated fortune Of more than
H.ooo.0oo by operating a chain of medical
offices with free museums as feeders"
in many Of the larger cities Of the coun-
try. Most Of the victims. 1t b alleged,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
EYE WITNESS DESCRIBES
ENGAGEMENT over ST.
MIH|El WEDGE POSITIONS

Paris. APRIL %, $40 P. Man Off
tions by which the French are menac-
ing the German positions in the wedge
of st. Mihiel. says:
"All the ALLY woods, which consti-
tuted strong and well fortified sup
port for the Germans, is now entirely
in French hands, conquered for the
most part by troops from the center of
France, after several days Of system
attic preparations by heavy fire from
three-inch aEd big guns and by aerial
torpedces =
"Ar certain points the Germans had
constructed, in front CT meats u yards
wide, spiked barriers extending about
six feet above the level of the earth,
surrounded by barbed wire entangle-
rnents which We're SO intricate as TO
make them impcrvious TO any tools.
"A concentration of artillery opened
large breaches in this defence; para
pets were sent crashing 20 the ground
and dismembered bodies were blown
into the air above the clouds Of smoke.
The earth was strewn with overturned
trees and branches.
After five hours intense fire. fve
mines. laid under a parapet adjacent
to the principal fort holding the posi-
ton exploded annihilating the CARR
son and spreading panic in the
trenches.
IAN attack with fixed bayonets be-
gan in three lines, preceded by de-
tachment with hand grenades. En-
gineers followed with little bridges
which had been prepared in advance
to facilitate the passage over the net
work of trenches. The order had
been given not to stop in any trench,
but to pass over and take the enemy
in the rear
Three lines of trenches were thus
cleared Of the Germans. Those who
sought refuge in the underground
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
KLEIST BEGINS SECOND
TRIAL upon: FATHER
IN-LkW, new YORK

New York. April 22.-The second trial
of the $4,000 damage suit brought by
Max Frederick Kleist a chauffeur. a.
gainst his his father in-law. Edward \.
Breitung. capitalist, was begun today
in the United States district court
kleist alleges that the affections Of his
wife Juliet, were alienated by her father
who prevented her from living with him.
The jury in the first trial declared
mistrial by direction Of the presiding
judge after the publication of an inter
view with kleist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23

were poor persons and foreigners who
could not speak English.
It is charged that in some of the in
stitutes where arrests were made,
healthy detectives who to obtain evil
dence, applied for treatment, were in
formed that they were in the last stage
of tuberculosis or cancer and that $500 to
$1,000 was demanded to keep them alive.
In one instance, it is alleged. a woman
charged $500 for a two-ounce bottle of
ordinary drinking water, under the pre-
tence that it was "radium water
Included among the prisoners was Hen
~ J. Schierson. who was said by George
w. Whiteside. attorney for the County
Medical Society. to be one Of re largest
operators Of so-called medical institutes
In the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23

counsel for William Barnes, brought
from the former President the state
nent that he knew the constitution of
the stale Of New York provides that
no man is eligible to the office of gov
ernor unless he has been a resiQent Of
the state for five Years prior to the
date OF his election and that he had
made on affidavit the year previous j"
his own election that he was and for
some time had been resident Of
Washington.
Colonel Eoosevelt's counsel made no
objection whatever to the line OF ques
tIoning which elected these state
merts
Nj WINS questioned the colonel in
a voice That was scarcely audible to
spectators in the rear of the crowded
court room. Several times the wit
ness started TO make explanatory
statements but was interrupted by the
Ct oss- examiner and Informed that an
swers not explanations were desired.
The colonel replied to his questioner
with great deliberation.
Contract to Barnes Paper
When the court was opened a copy of
the Bayne report, insofar as it related to
state printing was admitted 10 the rec
ORD. This had to DO with contracts let
to the Albany Journal. Mr.. barnes paper,
and other concerns, and the assignment
OF certain OF these contracts.
Mr.. Twins objected to the admission
Of the parts OF the report and was over
ruled. He took an exception.
The excerpts from the report were then
read TO the jury.
The Bayne report was made in 1911, by
q legislative committee appointed to in
vestigate alleged corruption in the city
and county of Albany.
The first part OF the report read had
to do with gambling, disorderly houses
and.the payment OF money to various Of
hcials for doing various thingss
The majority Of the stock of the Jour
nal Company. the report states, was
owned by William Barnes. Jr.; that the
contracts let TO the journal Company
were farned out to the Argus Company
and that the Argus Company paid the
Journal Company IL per cent. for the
contracts.
The report states that Winam Barnes,
Jr., controlled printing in Albany, prac-
tically was owner Of one company and
owned one-fourth of another company,
and collected tribute from a third com
pany. The report declares that an en-
ployee of the Argus Company testified
before the committee that the company
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
Recruiting Gratifying

experimenting the statement Of the
chancellor that Great Britain has
more than So divisions of troops on the
Continent and that the output of mu-
nitions has been enormously increased,
Mr.. Tenant today, speaking on behalf
of the secretary for war, Lord Kitch-
ener, declared that recruiting has been
most satisfactory and gatifying; that
the health of the troops was splendid
and that the wounded were in the
London hospitals "a hours after they
were stricken in France. He wished
to impress upon the country the ne
cessity Of increasing the supply Of ar
tillery ammunition, adding There Is
no limit to the amount required"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
lntimated by Reports from High Off
cial Sources==Strength Of the
British Army Subject Of
Glowing
INCREASED ACTIVITY IMMINENT
SUBMARINES IN THE NORTH SEA
GERMANS CLAIM ONE is SUNK

London April 22-9.45 P. M.-Glowing accounts of the
strength and condition of the British army of great
in the output of munitions which, it is expected, will
month rs times what was last September
given by David Lloyd George chancellor of the Excheque
and Harold J. Tenant paam entary secretary the
flee in the House of Commons have increased the enthusiasm
and confidence of the people of England in the which
they and their allies wagng the continents of Europe
Asia and Africa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
PROHIBITION IN
HALIFAX LOSES BY
A SINGLE VOTE

Halifax, April 22.-By. the narrow
margin Of one vote-that of the
speaker cast TO decide tie-prohibi-
ton in the city of Halifax was de-
feated today in the House of AS
sembly.
The entire province of Nova Scotia,
with the exception of the city of Hal
flax, is under provincial probition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
METHODIST REPORTS ARE
READ AT CONFERENCE AT
WATERYILLE THURSDAY
Unusually Large Attendance at Business Meet
ing and at Addr esses and Lectures
in the Afternoon

Waterville. Me, April 22-(SpeciaD
All the meetings of the 91st annu-
al Maine Methodist Conference were
well attended today. The business
session of the morning was crowded
with reports and other business, while
addresses and lectures in the after
noon made the day a continuous in
tellectual treat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
Bio Effort Anticipated

The frankness Of the cabinet minis
tiers in making known the number Of
men at the front, and the reports that
have convinced the people that at last
the big effort against Germany and
Turkey is about TO commence. Both
in the Aegean and North seas there
are signs Of increasing activity. FROM
today all steamboat communication
with Holland is stopped by order Of
the British government
Taken in connection with the news
from Berlin that British submarines
have been in the Blight of Holgoland
where the German admiralty lays
claim to have sunk one and perhaps
more, this is believed to foreshadow
some movement in the North Sea-
while there is no longer any endeavor
to hide the fact that big Anglo
French force is prepared to go, as Gen
D'Amade, the French commander has
said, ITO any point where it is re-
CURED"
A German report says that part Of
this force which is under command OF
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton. mas been land
ed at Enos a Turkish town near the
Turko- Bulgarian border on the north
ern side of the Gulf of Saros under the
support Of the Allied fleet. At the
same time tn ere is news of transports
loaded with troops passing the Island
of Lemnos, not far from the entrance
of the Dardanelles and of others be-
ing sighted off Smyrna, on the coast
Of Asia Minor.
This makes uncertain where the
blow is 10 be struck. There are An
slo- FRENCH troops in the Aegean sea,
including Seneealese, who were trans
ferred from France. the British Tom
mics" from the outposts of the En-
pire, which, with the disappearance Of
the last German raiders, are consid-
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LAWYERS
SEEK C. hMuTAT|CN
OF Death SENTENCE

Leo NJ Frank today filed a petition with
Governor Slaton and the Georgia prison
commission asking that the sentence of
death imposed upon Frank for the muir
der of Mary Phagan be committed to life
Imprisonment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
FAIR FRIDAY

Boston. April R.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Fair Friday. Saturday I'M
settled, probably local showers. Warm
or Friday; moderate southerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
Protests ColoneFs Manners

Protests ColoneFs Manners
Ny. WINS. regarded in legal circles as a
~Aster at the art of cross-eXamination,
alternately stood and sat in front of the
witness chair, a great pink carnation
~'etully placed in the lapel of his coat
ad a little black skull cap upon his
Aead. Once after the colonel became
enthusiastically emphatic the gray-haired
"uhsellor remarked that the witness was
utaang him as a mass meeting, while
Va another occasion he said he had no
3eslfe TO be eaten up here
however. while lengthy letters between
w Roosevelt and Senator Plat and
~ Roosevelt and Mr. Quigg altogether
eng read to tire jury. Mr.. WINS stepped
p the stand and engaged the witness
The letters had to do
" the relations between Col. Roose-
VT and Senator Platt in regard to leg
1--we and political affairs before, while
go after the former was governor.
Inc colonel remarked during the day
Ia' he believed he had written Isl. oo1
'"efs upon various subjects while he
rs governor and President.
ms was only the first day of Col
~0osevelts eross-examination. He will
sumo the stand again tomorrow. At
conclusion of the proceedings today
~ ~ Barnes attorneys piled up on the Ia
III front of them stacks of books. pa
pamphlets, letters and kilograms.
icy mad questions to ask Col. Roosevelt
-O'n each Of the documents.
oufing the first part of his cross ex-
! uon OF Theodore Roosevelt today
rh., ,He trial of the damage suit for
D. brought against him by William
Aes' Jr, William NJ. WINS, chief
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
Was characteristic"

7 don't remember the telegram the
colonel replied. Then he made grim
ace, smiled. slapped his thigh with his
open hand and added:
But it is characteristic"
On several occasions Col. Roosevelt
vas more cross-examiner than cross-eX-
amined. His eyes sparkled behind his
Classes, he would snap out a monosyl
abie as an answer to a question put TO
Mn, then proceed to make a statement
upon his own account and conclude with
4 query 10 William WINS, chief counsel
10Y William Barnes, Jr., who is suing to
recover $4,000 from Col. Roosevelt for
alleged libel. Mr.. WINS nearly always re-
aaed TO the questions Of the witness be-
i9fe assuming his examination in a soft
voice that was scarcely audible in the
rear Of The court room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23
Platt Conferences

e testified he did confer with Mr..
Il, the so-called easy boss" But
kadded, he did so with regard to the
hterests of the party, with genuine
Iisre to keep the Republican party
kgeiher and minimize the centrifu-
t:a influences" within that party and
|y-event il from flying asudner.
The Colonel stepped from the stand
Ia the end of the day amid roars Of
|huchter he had caused. He had been
answering questions and incidentally
asking few of the attorney cross-ex-
aiming aim, about Mr.. Platt's opposi-
|ron 10 a bill in the New York Lcgis-
Nature providing for tax upon fran
|chises The witness told how he had
finally secured the passage Of the bill
against the wishes of Mr.. Platt and
ether l4aders Of the Republican organ
|zaticn Then he was asked whether
upon the final passage Of the bill
which caused the break between him
|set and Senator Plat he had sent to
The senate in Washington a telegram
containing nothing but the two words:
EIhree cheers -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-09
THE APPROPRIATIONS
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS
PASSED BY THE LEG
STATURE.

Pierre, March 9.-Following is a
schedule OF appropriations passed by
the late legislature:
For common schools in lieu OF
taxes on state lands, $4,000.
Sewer tax at State university.
$436.40.
Equipment gymnasium at training
school. Plankinton. $4,000.
United States land office fees,
$1,000.
New building at Madison Normal.
$4,000.
Heating system at reform school.
$1,450.
Drainage tax on school lands.
$46.38.
Printing for board of charities and
corrections, $S1.
Tax refund to Stanley county,
$500.
Deficiency for capitol building
maintenance. $1,000.
Deficiency board of health,
$378.25.
Maintenance free library commits
sion. $500.
ANAANASh " ifaAh nutA0llks AUGI
deem Normal. $4,000.
Water supply. school for feeble
minded, $1,000.
~Smokestack, soldiers home. $1,634
Legislative expense. $74,606.
Addition. training school, $S,700.
Additional boilers and equipment,
university heating plant. $4,000.
Improvements capitol grounds,
$4,000.
To purchase land for school for
deaf, $1,000.
For extra senate journals, SAT.
Additions to chemistry building,
university, $4,000.
For expense Chicago land show,
$576.19.
Office Of food and drug commits
sioner. $4,000.
To Lawrence Patterson, refund OF
lease money. $3.50.
Conservation of artesian water,
$500.
Deficiency national guard. So
l147.33.
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Extending tax in unorganized ter
ritory, s1,444.66.
Fees, bee inspector, $1,000.
Deficiency for conveying ~convicts,
s238.40.
Deficiency livestock board, $34.
Burial soldiers, $50.
Deficiency regents, $3.50.
Glandered horses, $3.50.
Deficiency livestock board, s530.56
Deficiency photographic survey,
s1,616.60.
Deficiency national guard, clearing
up all old debts, s~5,478.18.
Deficiency maintenance statehouse,
s6,096.72.
General printing appropriation.
1915-1916, $4,000.
Adding machine. state treasurer.
1899.
Burglar proof safe for treasurer.
$500.
Deficiency executive accountant.
s3S2.25.
Deficiency attorney general. 3d.
900.
Special for state fair expenses,
$4,000.
For laundry building at Gary
School for Blind, $4,000.
For machinery shed and granary
at Vivian experimental farm. $1,000.
To pay claim of j. III. Rummel
contracted by former immigration
Commissioner Deets. s151.21; also
S10.S4 contracted by Deets.
Witness fees before 1914 legisla-
tive investigating committee. 1929.
To Anna Davis, for g~landered
horse. $47.50.
To Samuel Robinson. for %glander-
ed horse, $500.
For artesian we'll at Springfield
Normal, $4,000.
For supplies at Spearfsh Normal.
$500.
To John Kimmett. for ~glandered
horses, $3.50.
On superintendent cottage. s4,-
900. and for additional land at Red
field Hospital for Insane, $4,000.
For reference library for attorney
general. $1,000.
For deficiency fund, railroad COM
missioners, $500.
For legal services in case of State
VS.. Rich, SIS.
For stone quarry at penitentiary,
$500.
For salary OF timber scaler, $4,000
For stock and barns at peniten-
tiary farm, $1,000.
For extending wall of penitentiary,
$4,000.
For supplies by state engineer, $5t
For livestock at Cottonwood sub
station. $4,000.
For extra legislative employees
S1,1S0.
Constitutional Amendments.
Lease of school lands for agricul
tural purposes.
Statewide prohibition.
Permitting Legislature to fix com
~pensation of public officers.
Equal suffrage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-09

chronicled by both the Russian
and Austrian war offices.
The Dardanelles forts continue to
feel the shells of the allied warships.
but Turkey asserts that they have as
yet suffered no great damage.
British troops have had a clash
with Turkish forces. reinforced by
tribesmen. al the head of Persian
gulf. London reports that heavy
casualties were inflicted on the Otto
mans, but adds that the British also
suffered considerably.
According to a newspaper dispatch,
the Rumanian parliament has en-
powered the government to proclaim
a state of siege until the end of the
wal il necessary.
The American steamer Pacific,
which sailed from Falmouth Friday
evening for Rotterdam. has not since
been reported.
Fifteen small submarines for use
in accommodating home coasts, are
said to be building at Kiel.
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TWENTY YEARS :
AGO TO-DAY I:
Items Taken from The Daily:
Leader Files


w. III. Huxford returned from
Lake Benton, MINI.
Mrs. Joseph Gilbert was an arrival
from the east on the evening pas
senger.
Ed p. Grinager returned from
Howard this morning, having been
at Pierre the past few days.
Senator John A. Johnson returned
from Pierre this morning and has
been taking a most needed rest at
home during the day.
The local delegation to Pierre ar
rived home this morning. In the
number were Representative Shirley.
F. ID. Fits, A. Frizzell, j. w. Goff.
There were also a large number OF
legislators for Sioux Falls and other
points.
Roadmaster's Brennan's household
has been increased by the advent OF
a young lady of delicate proportions.
Rock Brown started at s o'clock
this morning for Clay county, Iowa,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-09
STATE NEWS.

Nankton-Recently Yankt0n voted
favorably on an issue of 100000
school bonds for the purpose of erect
ing a modern schoolhouse in this
city. The board of education has
sold the bonds TO a Chicago firm at a
premium OF 1880. Supt. T. A. Har-
mon, at the head of the city schools
for a number of years, has been re-
elected superintendent for another
year.
Roslyn-This new town, establish
ed but a few months ago., when the
Paramount A. Veblen railroad built
into this section of the state, is cele-
brating the arrival of the first babies
born In the town. There are two of
the little strangers. twins having been
born TO the wife of the station agent
of the F. & v. road.
Yankton-Capt. Richard Smith of
the Samaritan Army. who has been
doing great good here in Sunday
school relief work for a year. is vio-
lently insane. according to county
and city authorities. Smith insists
he lis Christ himself: will not YEA
clothes nor eat. as he says he is in
heaven. Mrs. Smith is apparently
backing her husband in his claims
and Is also before the insanity board.
Lake Preston-While respondent,
Percy Koehne. the 1s-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Koehne. promi-
nent residents of Lake Preston, end
ed his life by shooting himself. He
lived about thirty minutes after fir
ing the fatal shot and was conscious
TO the last. Before breathing his last
he expressed regret at his rash act
He was a senior In the high school
and was of a quiet disposition. APP
parently OF a cheerful nature wher
In company OF friends, it appears hs
was subject to fits OF d~espondency
and IL was during one of these thai
he went TO the upper floor of hi!
home and fired the shot which ter
minated his career.
Woonsocket-The vigilance OF
housemaid saved the life of Franz
Kogel, q Woonsocket man. when h
was overcome during the night b.
gas escaping from a hard coal stove
He was sleeping near the stove witt
the children, his wife being away
The housemaid was aroused in tn
night by sounds coming from Kogel'
room. and instead of paying M hee'
she made an investigation, which dis
closed that Kogel already was in
semiconscious condition. A neighbo
was summoned and by hard wor
Kogel's life was saved.
Fairburn-Relenting after hayin
had a young man arrested on tn
charge of theft, Moses Holley, a res
dent of Fairburn, had the charg
against the prisoner dismissed. pay
ing all costs OF the case and then TAX
ing up a subscription to pay the rail
road fare OF the young man to hi
home town. Chadron. Neb. Deput
Sheriff McClelland was summoned t
the scene by Holley. who had tn
young man arrested on the charge O
burgiarizlng his home and carryin
away a silver watch. a pair of ne,
shoes. a gold nugget stiekpin an
other articles OF value. During tn
preliminary hearing OF the accused
so much sympathy for him was ex
pressed by the spectators that Hole
withdrew the charge.