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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-27


Benton Grange met Wednesday eve-
tine business was carried out. The
chief topic Of conversation among the
Patrons is the advance in the building
Of the new Grange hall, over which the
members are very much pleased.
Ernest Avore of Skowhegan was in
town Tuesday and called on DR.. w. H.
Walters, Main street.
Miss Fannie Hunt, who has been ill
or several days at her home at Ben
ton, is improving slowly. Miss Hunt,
who is aged about so years, is one Of
the few women of that locality who re-
ceive a teachers pension. She taught
in the schools of Portland for fully So
years and also in other places for a
number Of years.
Miss Minnie Gibson Is employed at
the local Office of the New England
Telephone Co., during the absence of
Miss Helen Burrill, the regular oper-
ator, who is passing the week with
relatives in China.
A son was born Thursday, May 20.
to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ware. Both
mother and child are doing nicely.
The Priscilla Embroidery Club will
be entertained Thursday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. Willis ireland, West
Benton. The managers Of the Central
League baseball teams will meet
Thursday evening at the Sacred Heart
Club rooms. The Christmas Club will
meet Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. VIM. Barney, upper Main street.
All traffic over the road between
Benton and Fairfield was held up at
several intervals Tuesday and wednes-
day while q large crew of men were
engaged In repairing the bridge near
ct ~ BeutoA Side. Tho heavy tim
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The Long Islands plan provided for
the connection Of the rapid transit line
with It's tracks In the Flushing meadows
near Nhitestone Junction. The city was
to extend the elevated line terminating
AT Corona to make the connection with
the railroad. The service was to extend
thence over the Long Islands tracks to
milestone Landing and to Little Neck
via the North Side division.
Tracks. stations and facilities OF the
Long Island Railroad were To bc used
jointly and the cost Of operation and
maintenance was to be charged pro rata.
The rental was to I've $4,000 a year.
with s per cent. added each year.
Under the dual system contracts the
leasing companies. that is the INTERIOR
ough and the Municipal Railway Cor
poration. are obligated to equip and
operate such extensions as the city may
make to the rapid transit railroads. Mr..
Coleman holds that the scheme proposed
by the Long Island does not constitute
an extension OF the present system within
the meaning Of the law.
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TESTIMONY ENDS IN
NEW HAVEN TRIAL
william Rockefeller, I'll. De.
MES Conspiracy Charges in
Agreed Statement.
TO JURY NEXT FRIDAY

The taking Of testimony for and
against the eleven former directors Of
the New Haven Railroad ended at ~ 40
p. NJ. yesterday. and after four DAYS
Of summing up by counsel on both sides
next week and Judge Hunts charge the
Governments case will rest with the
jury.
The proceedings yesterday were
marked AZ out OF the ordinary by the
reading Of an agreed statement by Will
lam Rockefeller, who IL III with the
grip and could not come to the United
States District Court to testify. II FOL.
lowed the cross-examination Of Charles
NJ. Pratt and short rebuttai testimony
by Charles -. Meilen and Arthur II.
Clark. secretary OF the railroad.
Under ordinary circumstances II would
be difficult " not dangerous for Mr..
Rockefeller to cndeavor to speak for any
length Of time. With influenza a. Q
complication. Frank NJ. Swecker. chief
representative of the Government
agreed with Richard v. Lindabury as
to the testimony Of the hnancier. and
this Mr.. L%.indabury read 20 the jury.
There were six points
I. That he never entered into q rom
spiracy either with the New Haven a.
rectors or any other persons 10 attempt
to m~onopolize the transportation facili-
ties Of New England.
.. That the different properties Of the
New Haven, however acquired. were &C
auired on account Of the special circum-
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SERVICE BOARD BEGINS
GAS OIL INQUIRY
investigates Complaint Of
Kings County Company
as to Prices Paid.

The Public Service Commission began
yesterday it's investigation OF the prices
paid for gas oil by the various gas COM
panies within It's jurisdiction. The n
v~estigation follows the complaint of the
Kings County Lighting Company that
the price of gas oil is becoming almost
prohibitive. a most important constiera-
ton. as the price OF gas runs In direct
proportion to the price of gas oil. an in
crease of ! cent in the latter meaning
generally AN Increase of 4 cents a
thousand cubic feet In the price for gas.
commissioner Hayward read into the
record Il report OF the commission show
Ing that during the so cent gas litigation
the gas companies involved were paying
at least | cent a gallon more for their
oil than were other companies. The re-
| port read by the COMMISSIONS held that
TO have taken oil at a lower price at
that time would have reduced the cost
Of producing gas from 4 TO > cents a
thousand feet and so would have justl-
fed the recommeIrlat ton of the stevens
committee for 40 cent gas instead OF so
cent gas.
1t was also brought out that DURING
the litigation the Consolidated Gas Com
pany paid 400 cents a gallon for oil,
while the Brooklyn Union Gas Com
Ihi B'Ni III ~ shi1Nl NV S' 'Cul
gas rate had been affirmed by the United
States Supreme Court the Consolidated
Gas Company got it's oil for 3.27 cents
a gallon. while the Brooklyn Union COM
pany paid only 3.la cents.
The only witness called yesterday was
W T.. Hine. the gas engineer of the
commission. He said he knew OF no
such thing as a standard rate for gas oil
and hat oil contracts contained no
specifications rs 10 the oil which would
influence It's price.
The hearing was adjourned 10 January
:. All Of the gas companies in the city
have agreed 10 produce on that date
their contracts for oil made during the
last ten years. Robert y. Livingston OF
the Consolidated Gas Company made
this statement after the hearing
This question of oil prices was gone
into thoroughly at the time OF the so
cent gas cases. The cityis witnesses
testified that they, as Independent oil
producers. could not supply gas oil al
the figure charged the gas companies
by the Standard Oil Company. The in
Standard when Il came to making de-
~liverles. lighterage. carriage. &c. The
matter OF the contract prices for oil at
| the time OF the so cent gas hearings
| was thoroughly explained by witnesses.
| The price was not lacked up TO maintain
"A higher rate for the purposes OF the
hearing. A gas company must arrange
for its oil supply from those h will
| not fail TO max deliveries, On the sup
, ply OF oil depends the supply OF gas"
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admitted he had talked u the Federal
aspect of tho case.
why" asked Mr. Stepr-nsO'.
Though | was n seller and not a
buyer" was tho answer. yet the trust
and combination question was then ~
prominently IN the public mind that We
talked about g."
Mr.. Stephenson wanted to know about
various acquisitions and the witness an
swered almost invariably that they were
for reasons.
The defence will. file its requests 10
the court to charge this afternoon and
the jury will return Monday morning to
listen to the final arguments. The Gov
crnmen. Will omen he argument with
three speeches by Mr.. Swacker. James
W. Osborne and Mr.. Stephenson. This
will take two days. Their the defence
will have two days In which to reply
and sum up II is not known how many
speeches will he made on that side. II is
safe to say that Mr.. L%indabury will
speak for Mr.. Rockefeller. Delaney
Nicoll for Lewis Cass Ledyard. Michael
Kenealy for Edward D. Robbins and
Royal c. Victor for Charles r. BROKER.
1t is thought that Judge Hunt will
take Friday for his charge and that the
case will 20 TO the 1iry thai night.
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stapcee which i,,m.d,, ,c,v induced the
acquisition.
a r,,., ..
n. ...... v,u y NJ uo."'
cs.. 80 800 80 W. yu'sn -"
ali a.. 49," ~ oone' ~. g..
H.. VI" "' "'''S !" WV w"
Thst the View Haven board was al
ways adSised ~ To legal ana'rs OF the
oinpsf ny Iawyers OF standing IN the
various states. and that from and after
wv. the chief counsel was Edward ID.
ROBBINS. who. BY his learning and great
experience In railroad matters. was sup
posed by the said Rockefeller to be
peculiarly we'll qualified 10 advise the
BOARD with respect to the various trans
actions proposed to II from time TO TIME
mat In addition there were always on
the board u number Of lawyers OF dis
Junction to whose judgment on questions
OF law the lay members Of the board
were accustomed to defer"
0. That he knew nothing OF the Grand
Trunk matter except that which was
from time TO time reported to the board
by MIR. Mellen. and hat he regarded u
only as a negotiation for a traffic agree
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CO.. OFFICIAL
SAYS WOOD GAVE HINTS
but Public Service Commissioner Never Asked for
Money to Award Contract, Cade Insists in
Thompson Committee Testimony.

mat time on to get the specifications al.
.erea 70 that the speed control system
wouIu ne Included. lie presented drafts
~aggrcsating s3o.500 to Simmer AZ the
price or the option and In ayment for
ROYALTIES to Simmer for the Use Of his
devices. "'
AZ the morning session. Mr.. Salmon
scored the Union Switch and Signal
ompany Officers OF this have
toid how Sidney q. johnson wa. dis
chaixed because he laid before the
directors a request for $1,000 with
which TO brlbe Commissioner Wood.
salmon said the reason the company
discharged johnson was not because he
presented this request. He said he told
the real reason to Salmon O. Levisohn,
counsel for the Union He
also denied that L.evisohn In his testi-
mony had given a correct account o.
their conversation
The point OF Salmon's testimony on
TINS matter was that the general com.
pany did not engage johnson after he
lost his job with the Union conpanv
because Johnson war expected TO use
sinister methods in getting signal con.
tracts.
The hearing will continue this morn.
ing.
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EMBARGO NOTICES POSTED.
New Haven Makes New Rules for
freight shipments.

The New Haven railroad issued tha
following embargo notices last night:
with the exception Of live stock. per-
ishables. foods,uffs for human con-ump-
ton. coal. coke and news print paper.
all freight from connecting lines
only for points on n New York. New.
Haven and Hartford Railroad south ~
the line of the Boston and Albany Rail-
road and west of the line Of the Central
Vermont Railway. will not I've received.
mo restriction is placed against traf-
nc passing over the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad or Cen
trail New England Railway i~nterchangod
bet other lines when either is the
Immediate carrier In either direction. nor
when moving via the New England
Steamship Company or it, connections"
This embargo is a modification Of the
previous embargo and unde 1t coal and
coke arc admitted through Maybrook.
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SAVES 5000 ON SUBWAY.
New Route to Queens "a Mod.
ncatiou Of Contract.

The Public Service Commission ap-
proved yesterday a modification OF the
contract for that part OF the Broadway
seventh avenue subway In Fifty-ninth
and Sixtieth street between Seventh
avenue and tho Queensboro Bridge.
Under tho original plans the tracks we re
to be carried over the bridge and tho
subway was route1 from Seventh avenue
TO Firth avenue under F~ifty-ninth street.
From that point one track continued
under Fffty-ninth street 20 the bridge
ant the other diverged and ran through
SiStieth street.
Under the changed plans the two
tracks are to he carried In a tunnel
under the East River and the inodifca-
ton of the contract yesterday provides
for the divergence Of both tracks from
Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street to
SiNtieth street. II Is aid that the
change will save about $500. 900 70 the
city.
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ELEVATED CAN'T USE
LONG ISLAND TRACKS
p. S. Commissions Counsel
Holds Rapid Transit Plan
Is Illegal.

Public Service Commission. rendered an
opinion yesterday that the commission
cannot without the acquiescence OF the
marlborough Rapid Transit Company
and tie Municipal Railway Corporation
enter into an agreement Will the Long
Island Railroad for the Joint use OF It's
tracks In connection with the Q%ueesboro
Rapid Transit railroad to and through
Flushing TO Whitestone and Little Neck
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w. W. Salmon, president OF the Cen
eral Railway Signal Company. which
got the Fourth avenue contract after
the specifications had been changed. was
on the stand most OF the day. He tes-
tifed tina before the bids were opened
his had been experimenting
with speed control devices and that the
option on the Simmer patents vas
obtained on September s. 1914. two
days before the original bids for the
work were opened.
MFR. Salmon described how he and his
engineers and lawyers had labored from
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or the excise tax the Mayor said:
TN the past all such taxes v been
divided by the State with tho localities
where collected. This year for the frst
time an additional excise tax. amounting
to $4,000, 900. was imposed. and all of
the proceeds appropriated by the State.
New York city contributed at least
$4,000, 900 Of the total tax. II the tax
Is continued as the State Comptroller
suggests. the State should divide with
the city, as in the past"
After the Mayor mad presented his
recommendations Senator Brown ques-
toned him regarding the existence Of l1s
city departments.
81 have already indicated that several
should he consolidated" said Mr..
Mitchell.
with the national Government oper-
atlng with only ten departments, and the
Constitutional Convention suggesting
that the State transact its business with
seventeen. ] shall be glad II o will
prepare to discuss this question at our
next session." said Mr.. Brown
senator Brown questioned the Mayor
al length regarding the practice of issu-
ing SPECIAL revenue bonds when the bud
get amount prove inadequate to meet
~" needs Of city departments. He asked
particularly bout an issue OF sos. 900
Tor police salaries in 1914. The Mayor
Explained that there arose conditions
which could not Ia We been foreseen when
N" budget was prepared. making neces-
safy the ftlling OF vacancies. Unemploy-
m"nt gave rise to unrest. and public
sentiment demanded the assignment OF
more men to outlying districts.
conditions are always uncertain here.
due partly To the international character
OF our population the Mayor added
THE Police Commissioner wanted a
nHuHI lATUar .llnyE.r. &c., tntA tha,
'no Board OF Estimate was willing TO
give HIM. Yet ne member OF the board
~ prepared 10 say that before the next
year ends the necessity OF raising more
money fo- the department may not
arise"
The committee adjourned. TO resume
us inquiry Monday, January 10.
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Portland. Me, Dec. 3O,--The largest
monthly shipment OF wheat in the his
tory pf the port left here during Deem
her Twenty-Five steamers. carrying
<3no, 900 bushels TO Europe. left In that
Tine, according to figures announced to-
day, The January movement Is expected
70 In ls large,
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SugaestiOns for state.

The Mayor also suggested three
methods by which, according to his eeti-
mates. the state could Offset both the
siggested decrease In TIA revenues and
new expenditures to the extent OF $780,
100000. His proposals we're:
'Bv supprcssing local appropriations,
which hav averaged at least $3.0o0.0 900
y year in the past. and by amending the
inheritance tax law. the state can In
crease its by $500. 900 by
extending the new excise law for another
YEAR, the State will derive additional
revenues of 81. 900. 900. oven after allot-
ing half to tho localities where the tar
u collected by amending the secured
deht law as suggested 10y the state
Comptroller in his report, 5000, 900"
we mo put the Legislature on
trial" said Chairman Zion II. Brown
when Mr.. Mitchell proposed to designate
certain local bills. which lie described as
the pork barrel measures OF kgisla-
tors" The committee. however. con-
scented 10 receive "a written list Of several
examples of state appropriations made
for purely local benefits. Among others
included in the list was the State aid
law. carrying All Appropriation OF ST.
$50 600. which provides that the State
shall pay TO small towns a percentage
Of amounts raised by the towns for the
repair of local dirT roads.
In explaining the county expenditures
item in his programme for the reduction
Of budget expenses. the Mayor said that
with the salaries Of county officers liked
By the Legislature. duplicating occur
and unnecessary functions are eetab-
lshed. lie asked that the Board Of
Estimate he given authority 20 review
the expenses of county officers.
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Normal

The Mayor objected to the range
mcnt by which the State pays the cost
OF maintaining eleven normal schools
outside New York city. but compels the
municipality 10 bear the cost OF those
within the city.
lie again called attention to the fact
that while the State pay all expenses
OF the upstate Public Service Commits
sion. the city Is burdened with the entire
expense of the commission in this dis
trict.
He asserted that New York city must
pay two-thirds of the $3.50. 900. 900 neces-
sary to retire the State highway bond
issues. though not n single mile Of the
roads is within the city.
"unless the city find some source of
revenue outside Of taxes on real estate
said the Mayor. ownership of real es-
tate in this city will become a liability
instead OF IN asset. Real estate is car.
Tying more taxes now than Il can we'll
stand. Smaller communities In the
State exact a license fee from tradesmen
for the privilege OF doing business.
THE Stock Exchange Is located in this
state not because OF any State oppor-
tunity but because of the opportunity OF
selling securities afforded by the great
population and wealth of New Fork city.
The city is entitled to tax stock trans.
fers within its limits because Il 10 ex-
pending vast sums 20 continue M In.
crease the opportunities and convent
ences of his tax centre"
FIFTY per cent. of the State motor
vehicle tax Is collected from automobiles
owned in New York city, the Mayor
said. and the city's streets suffer most
from the operation of these vehicles. He
believes the city should receive at least
81 per cent. OF the tax collected from
city owned cars.
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HOW CITY Can SAVE
S25,275,O0O SHOWN
Noyor Tells Brown Commit
tee Of Ways to Cut Tax Rate
1885 Points.
WANTS STATE TO SHARE

oa.lsrlns that New York city real -.
,,,c ,s overburdened with taxes and pre-
,uc,iug tina, the burden will grow until
all phases Of business arc affected. un-
,ess the state comes ( o the oity's relief.
us,or Mitchell outlined TO the Brown
legislative committee yesterday a pro-
sramn,e under (which. he eaid. the city's
,ax rate might be reduced 3l.625
poruts and the 1917 budget decreased
s?5.215.noo.
The Mayors Recommendations were
supplemental to those made before the
committee Wednesday. The following
summary showst the suggested legislation
and it's estimated effect:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-18
RECEPTION TO TEACHERS

CONTINUED from page one.J
uted by John g. Kilpack Of Portland,
A half hour Of departmental work
completed the program for this morn
ing.
The afternoon session Yesterday
opened with music. followed by an
address on "Thc Teachers IFS" by NJ
S Pittman of the Oregon State Nor.
nal school at Monmouth
Departmental work followed Mr
Pittmans address The teachers sep
arated into sections repairing to
various rooms Of the building to re-
oeive instruction in special lines OF
work
Upon the teachers returning to the
auditorium, F. L. Griffin Of the ore
eon state Agricultural College out
lined club work. for the coming
school year
Scotch songs by lock Coleman were
vigorously applauded. Mr. Coleman
was eucored again and again
f. j. Klemme, superintendent W
the schools of lllensburg, Washing.
ton. delivered an address on The
First American the title being a
quotation from James Russell Lowell
and referring to Abraham Lincoln.
MI Klemme enumerated the quail
tiles that man regarded as the first
American should possess. and The pur.
pose Of his address was to show that
Lincoln possessed these qualities.
This, said he was an age Of tre-
mendous intellectually but We had
only begun the age Of intellectual
achievement and development Lin
coin belonged to the intellectual
class, The first American must be
also great statesman, a man Of
faith and a great soldier; and such
was Lincoln Numerous examples Of
men of genius were cited to Illus
trate these qualities
The speaker narrated many inter
esiing incidents in Lncoln's life and
reproduced many Of the Lincoln
stories" with pleasing and humorous
effect His delivery was easy fluent
and forceful
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-18

scenic effect. The dam that APPEL
built consumed the labors of one
hundred men working day and night
shifts for a solid month. II was as
soldily constructed of stone and con-
crete as II destined to be a perma-
nent structure. 1t was therefore a
severe set back to the director when
after all his labors a freshet swelled
the Cuddebackville Creek across
the retaining wall had been construe
ted and swept it out OF existence rs
if it had never been
Nothing discouraged however. the
director set his forces to work as
soon as the flood subsided and the
task resumed with renewed energy.
Further difficulty was then encount-
cred when It was discovered that
faithfully as the dam had been built
there was yet leak at its base which
threatened its existence. still un-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-18

daunted Mr.. APPEL sent posthaste to
Port Jeryis, the nearest large town
for five hundred yards Of stout cot
ton cloth and sacking. out Of these
bags were made and filled with sand
and sunk to the bottom Of the dam
The plan succeeded and when the
great dam scene-conceded to be the
most thrilling and wonderful effect
vet constructed for the pictures IS
beheld upon the screen there is nc
doubt but that it will be hailed as an
achievement which will go down in
photo-dramatic history as a triumph
of the producers art-adv.