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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

construction. Either we are not in dan
ger or the President has been negH-
gent in this regard"
It is evident that the Presidents
Washington policies have not kept
pace with his honeymoon lecture trip
policies. While he has been carrying
q message Of alarm to the Central
West and urging haste and an ulti-
mate ''ircomparably greatest navy in
the world" the work on naval units un-
der construction partakes Of the policy
OF year ago. 1t was just year ago
when the war had been raging several
months-that the President, in a mes
sage to Congress warned against mill
tarism." He wrote:
More than this carries with it a re-
versal OF the whole history and char
acter Of our policy. More than this,
proposed at this time. permit me to
say, would mean merely that we had
lost our self possession. that we had
been thrown OF our balance by a war
with which we have nothing to do,
whose causes can not touch US
That was the administration policy
Of a year ago; since that time the
President has "lost 9this) self possess
sion," but the business Of navy build
ing has not yet been thrown off Qts)
balance"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
And the Clerk Smiled.

There recently went into a fashion,
able shoe shop the daughter of man
whose wealth has been acquired within
very recent years. The young woman
was disposed to patroniZe the clerk and
rejected a number Of classy" slippers
he produced for her approval. Finally
she said. Il think, perhaps, 1 shall
take these two pairs. But Louis XIV
heels are too high for me. Give me a
size lower-or, stay-perhaps Louis
XIII will be high enough"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
JOICE

On account of illness Mrs. Gordon
will not be abe to entertain the Kings
Daughters Thursday. Feb. TO- The Cir
Gle will meet at the home of the pres
ident.
Mrs. Joseph Moore, who passed last
week with her mother at Lewiston, re-
turned Saturday.
Friends of Miss Geoygie Dunton are
very sorry to hear Of her illness at the
hospital at lewiston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
China Grange.

China orange.
China Grange held an all day session
"Wednesday, February ?. with a soou
attendance. Worthy Master, ConS
Weber in the chair. Three appllca-
lions were received for membership.
One candidate was instructed IN the
last two degrees of the order 1t was
voted to accept the invitation given by
silver Lake Grange, to visit them the
Goth of this month, at an all day ses-
sion. fill the chairs and furnish the
nroeram. The usual routine or bust
ness being over, the lecturer presented
the following program: Roll CALL an
swered by quotations from Lincoln $
life: patriotic songs, by Grange; sketch
Of Lincoln's life. Nina Leach; piano
selection, Florence CARL; reading
"Ogradus Coats Mrs. Weilman;
question, What are Farm Demonstra-
tions Doing to Increase Farm Prod
ucts." opened by Percy Austin, fol-
lowed by Harvey Mosher. Edward
Dudley, Robert Reed and Charles
Leach; piano selection. Florence Carll;
patriotic song by Grange. a fine dim
ner was served to all. Closed in form.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
Monmouth Grange.

The day meeting of Monmouth
Grange on Wednesday was opened in
the forenoon by the Master w. J.
Leavitt. Graphophone music was fur
nished by the lecturer Mrs. Annie
Bates; topic for discussion, "Are the
Producers and Consumers Coming
Closer Together" D. NJ. Benner and h.
G. Clough disputants. AS the State
Master could not be present as eX-
pected the entertainment after din
ner was as follows: Graphophone Sc
lections and several readings by Mrs.
Lottie York Of Winthrop, which were
greatly enjoyed by those present. Mrs
York was called again and again by
the audience. Visitors present, j. Nor
ris Of Wayne, Ernest Ham and Mrs.
Nellie Ham of Wales. There were 6s
members of this Grange who attend
ed Winthrop Grange on Tuesday, they
we're most cordially welcomed and
good time was enjoyed
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Solid Rock Grange.

Solid Rock Grange, South Durham,
met for their day meeting TuesdaJ
with the following pro tenn officers
filling the chair: lone Griffing, chap
lain: George Curtis, gate keeper. Al
ter the regular business nice dinner
was served in charge of Mrs. Lizzzie
Brown The lecturers program
Singing by Grange: reading, George
Curtis: roll call of officers responded
to by each telling their experience
with a dsagreeable piece of work.
question, How Can We Best Help
Our Young People to Prosperity
opened by H. T. Simpson and talked
on by others: singing by chorus
defamation, lone Griffing; question
box, closed with singing. Many mem
bers were reported sick by the COM
mittee.
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Light and Airy
Parliamentary Talk.

The Hottentot's vocabulary
Is said to be restricted very.
He can but coo
Such words as goo
According to q missionary.
But when YOU see a fellow hover
Around a girl, an ardent lover,
And murmur TN
And also yum"
Why, then you have to take to cover.
The Hottentot may be addicted
To gurgling sounds as he's depicted
But. hully gee
No boast have We
We often find our talk restricted
Il think Prof. Hibrowe is wonder
full lecturer" said the Old Fogy.
He brings things home to you that
you never saw before.
That's nothing" replied the Crouch.
Il have laundry wagon driver who
can do that. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Debutante-"He said he would go
through a raging flood just to look into
my eyes"
Chaperon-"When, last night?"
Debutante-'No; last night he phon-
ed that it was raining too hard for
him to call."-EXchange
The fiveyear-old daughter of we'll
known humorous writer appeared one
morning at the breakfast table with
suggestions of a cold beginning to man.
ifest itself
why, Kathleen" said her father,
you are a little hoarse"
"Am II" said Kathleen, resentfully.
You said l was little pig yesterday"
EXCHANGE
AT West Point they tell story of a
man known as Ginger, on account of
the peculiar color of his hair who
graduated at the foot of his class after
six years at the Point.
Ginger distinguished himself while
reciting to an instructor in ordnance
by a remarkable answer to the uues-
ton, How many pieces will twelve
pound she'll burst into?" the average
number having been determined well
by experiment. After due reflection
Ginger lifted his eyes to those of the
instructor and replied:
Not less than two.'-New York
Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
The World War a Year Ago
T0daV-Feb. 9.

During the night the French
exploded mines under the Ger
man trenches and occupied the
breach, repulsing a German
cOunterattack.
Germany claimed success In
an attack near Ban-de-S apt, on
the west slope of the Vosges
mountains, in Alsace, but the
French reported having checked
the German attack.
In East Prussia the Russians
were involved in general re-
treat.
The Russian duma met Tor the
first session since Aug. 8, 1914.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

'termined effort TO raise $4,000 to-
wards the establishment of the frs,
aeronautical coast patrol station in
this country at some point in Casco
bay.
That the per capita debt Of the
city Of Portland is s12S.s4 as COM
pared with an average per capita debt
Of $50 in ten other cities Of about
ments made recently by Hon. w. H.
Looney before the Civic Bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce. In the
past 10 years according to Mr..
LOoney's figures, Portland's tax levy
has increased two per cent, its county
tax 1o4 per cent, its state tax 1872 per
cent. its taxable property Il per
cent, and its expenditures 50 per cent.
Several weeks ago the bureau APP
pointed a committee to look into the
efficiency of Portland's city govern
ment and it was as chairman of this
committee that Mr.. Looney made the
report containing the above figures.
tanned a list Of over 20 horses eligible
for winter racing in that town which
reminded the Piscataquis Observer Of
the days when Dover and Foxcroft
had a good string of horses for ice
racing. But they were not always
raced on the ice. The Observer Of %
Years ago this week contained a no.
tice signed by Col. ]. B. Peaks on be-
half of the municipal officers threat
ening to bring certain horsemen be-
fore the grand jury if they didn't
stop racing ON the main street; and
Foxcroft had similar trouble. The
first cross walks put in caused bitter
complaint on the part of these horse
men because they had to slow UP or
get thrown off their sulky or out of
their sleigh when they crossed them.
But they didn't get any sympathy
from the long suffering public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Now Lawyer McCarty Of Lewiston
has opportunity to 60 ahead and do
something more than talk; let him
show the legal way to dispose Of this
man named by the Governor to a place
declared illegal by his attorney gener-
al
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Germany seems to be holding Presi-
dent Wilson to "strict accountability
in his use of phrases.
That last note triumph" seems to
have been terpedoed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
Grange Notes
Massapaqua Grange.

At the last regular meeting of Mas
sapaqua Grange, No. Al, South Blue
hill, two applications were balloted on
and accepted and the First and Second
degrees we're conferred. A short pro-
gram was presented. 1t was voted TO
send the lecturer to Augusta to attend
the Lecturers Conference which was
held there Feb. 2-3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

The merchants of Presque Isle are
their mutual benefit. 1t will include
about all the traders in town, accord
ing to the indications.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
Wednesday, February 9, 1916.

Trouble and perplexity drive US
to prayer, and prayer drives away
perplexity and trouble.-Melanc-
thon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA AS FOL-
LOWS:
GOING WEST-3o3 A. NJ,
Name except Monday, Portland
(e3st7 and Boston; 6.3s a. NJ.
;9344A1s lewiston, Pennington.
@-@ ton. Montreal and Que
bee: 9.39 A. NJ, Bruins
Wiek, Lewiston. Pennington. Portland,
and So. Gardiner; $40 P. NJ. local; 4.O7
=. NJ. teNpress), Brunswick. Rockland,
Portland. Boston and New York; 5.l5 T.
NJ. Hallowell, Gardiner and So. Gardi-
ner: 6.l2 7. NJ. mot beyond Portlantp;
1910 P. NJ, Lewiston Bath, Portland.
Boston. Sundays 3.o3 and lois A NJ, 33S
lNew York; and 1910 T. NJ. Portland and
Boston.
GOING EAsT-1u A. NJ, Bangor.
Calais Bar Harbor, St. John, Halifax,
Aroostook Co Sunday morning does not
connect beyond Bangor: 6.33 A. NJ, local
TO Moosehead Lake (via Oakland), Bel
fast. FoXcroft and Bangor; 9.17 A NJ,
local to Belfast, Bangor and Skowhegan;
12o6 7. NJ, Waterville. Bangor, b. * A
X. r., Calais, st. John and Halifax; 23i
T. NJ, express TO Waterville thence local
TO Bangor and MattawamkeaG; 800 P. NJ,
Watervile and skowhegan; 7.0S p NJ,
Waterville, Skowhegan and Bangor.
Sundays 2.53 7. NJ. for Bangor; Ill, $50
A. NJ. and 2.53 =. NJ. for Skowhegan
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell.
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 63S, 9S9
A. NJ, 12.iS, $40, 4.01, Gardiner only SIS,
II. D. WALDRoN, Gen1 Passenger Agt.
u. c. DOUGLASS, Gen1 Mgr, Port
land. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES
ALL-THE-W BY. WATER
BOSTON G. PORTLAND LINE

Steamships CALVIN AUSTIN and
GOVERNOR DINGLEY. Leave Franklin
Wharf week days 7.30 p. NJ, for Boston.
Return leave Central Wharf, Boston,
week days only at 7. VI.
Day trips leave Portland Fridays 6.0q
A NJ Due RpSton 90 p NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

The will of the late Lewis NJ. Fulton
Of Bowdoinham provides for the estab-
lishment Of a fund for the High School
Of that place, the interest of which is
to be used for prize declamations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE

Between Portland and New York
Steamships NORTH LAND and
HERMAN WINTER
Reduced Fares-Reduced Stateroom
Prices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

BATH AND BOOTHBAY LINE
Leave Bath 245 p. NJ. week days only,
for Boothbay Harbor and Intermediate
Landings. Return, leave Boothbay Har-
Dor 100 A. NJ, week days only, for Bath
and Intermediate Landings.
H. A. CLAY. Supt., Portland, Maine.
NJ A. HARADEN, Supt., Bath, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
Bethlehem LODGE. NO, as. 4
osE OF SHARON CHAPTER
Odd Fellows Hall

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, REGuLI
meeting Friday evenings at 80.
L. G. HUGHES, y. q
+. r. WESTON. Ssc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect Sept. Is, 1915.

TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA AS FOL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

JEPHTRA ENCAMPMENT, NO.
Meetings at 7.3o O'Clock every second :.
fourth Tuesday. Tuesday,
l. B. PACKARD, c. p
c. +. STEWART. ScrS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Henry ST. John Smlth OF PortIand,
a Harvard graduate and athlete, who
is now taking course in aviation in
California, is the first applicant as an
aviator in the Aerial Coast Guard
and offers to contribute $500 to the
Maine Coast Aeronautical Coast Pa
troll association towards the purchase
Of Curtiss flying machine. In a let
ter sent to ex-Mayor William NJ. In
graham. Mr.. Smith says that he has
just completed the aviation course at
San Diego, and wonders whether the
authorities would like to make use Of
the $500 (the price Of the course) to
which every student is entitled in
case he buys Curtiss aeroplane
within period Of six months of the
end Of his tuition. He says that he
will gladly contribute that $500 to the
Maine AeronauticAl Coast Patrol as
ISOLATION which is now making a de-
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

he had been posing as a wealthy man
in his own right, and had been at
tempting to keep up with the pace at
which the young lady's family and
other friends lived. He had been In
the habit of spending considerable
sums in buying her flowers, in car
rage hire and entertainments OF all
sorts. and had become deeply involved
in debt. AS his father had only al
lowed him the sum of twenty-five dol
lars a month for social purposes, and
this amount was not 1.-THE OF what
he required, he had been driven to
desperation and at his wits end to Sc
cure the necessary funds.
There were couple of colored hack
drivers in Lawrence who, Mr.. Man
ming learned, had been often patron
lied by young Collins. AS soon as
received this information from Man
ming I sent an urgent telegram to u.
F. Harbaugh, a man In my employ
ment, directing him to proceed to Law
renee at once and find out all that the
hack drivers knew about John Col
uQS. MI. I1dl hoA ~ W AAA As"
renee for a number Of years before he
entered my service. He had been
hack driver in that city, and had after
ward entered into the livery business
in Lawrence. Many Of the hack driv-
ers were therefore, known to him, and
some of them had been in his own
service. On this account he did not
find it at all difficult to discover every
thing that was known about the young
man.
The men told Harbaugh that Collins
had approached them and entered into
a verbal contract with both of them
to have his father killed in return for
a certain sum of money. Part of this
amount he had paid at the time the
agreement was made, and he had
promised to pay the remainder after
the murder was committed.
They told Harbaugh that they had
never had any intention of attempting
to murder Mr.. Collins, but had prom
ised John that they would do so in or
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

had received from his father when
he came of age, it was evident that a
conviction was foregone conclusion.
It was this production Of the watch,
together with the full testimony OF
the drivers, in which they detailed the
contract which they had made with
the prisoner, that convicted him; and
their evidence was corroborated by
circumstances that we're not, and could
not be, contradicted.
The trial lasted more than a week.
Collins attorneys, two of the most
prominent men at the Kansas bar, Ia
bored earnestly and to the best OF
their ability to clear him. He was,
however, found guilty of murder, and
sent to the state prison to await the
governors action in fixing the date
of his execution. However, inasmuch
as it has always been the custom IN
Kansas for the governor never to Tx
the date for the execution of person
found guilty of murder, the prisoners
are usually kept in the prison for an
indefinite period, and thus sentence
Of death in Kansas usually amounts to
a life term in the state penitentiary.
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

and to have had it ready for use, with
out Mr.. Collins having discovered that
it was missing from the shelf.
My inquiries into the financial con-
dition of the dead mans estate, con-
Quoted with view to discovering who
was likely to profit by his death, dis
closed the fact that he had been con-
sidered very much better off than was
actually the case. He had met with
financial reverses, and was in reality
possessed of little more than his home
at the time of his murder. He was
carrying life insurance policies aggre-
eating thirty thousand dollars, of
which sum ten thousand went to his
wife and ten thousand to each Of his
children.
I Immediately wired to one Of my
operatives, Joseph S. Manning, to pro-
coed to Lawrence, Kan, where, as
have said, young John Collins had
been a divinity student, with instruc-
tons to ascertain quietly all that he
could as to the habits of the young
fellow and his associates. John Col
llCu lClL LILO 1Ou5AASo az AAC1 " Ol1SO
on the evening preceding the murder,
going to Topeka and directly to his
home, where, he claimed, he retired
for the night at an early hour. Ac-
cordng to his own story, he had been
in bed at the time when he was
aroused by the shot that killed his IA
Their. 1 had been making my own in
commanding him hpfOrn
sending Manning to Lawrence, and I
had learned that he had formed the
acquaintance Of a very estimable and
wealthy young lady Of that city, with
whom he had become infatuated. He
had paid a good deal Of attention to
her for several months previously.
She had informed him that her mother
intended to purchase or lease cot
tage at Long Branch, N. j., in which
to spend the summer months.
John Collins, who was thoroughly
infatuated with her, heard this news
with dismay. He surmised that she
would be sure to encounter some OF
the many fortune-hunters who frequent
that resort in summer time, and that
she might readily fall a prey to one
Of them, thus endangering his own
chances Of winning her. Accordingly
he had made up his mind to spend the
season at Long Branch also, so that
he might guard the affections of his
beautiful young friend.
The Investigations of Manning con-
firmed the theory I had formed about
Collins. In order to advance his suit,
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

The conclusion at which the police
arrived was that the murderer must
have obtained a key to the house, by
means of which he gained admission
to the premises, and that, after hav-
ing shot Mr. Collins, he escaped, going
up the main stairs from the lower hall
to the second floor, then proceeding
along the hall on this story to the win
dow at the end, cutting the wire
screen and springing out Of the win
dow upon the roof of the one-story ad-
dition, and thence to the ground, a dis
lance Of ten or twelve feet, thus ef-
fecting his escape.
On my arrival proceeded to make a
thorough examination of the premises.
I interviewed the widow and the son
and daughter. Mrs. Collins, who was
the second wife of the murdered man,
was between thirty-six and forty years
Of age, of the brunette type, rather
above the medium height, and inclin-
ed to be slender. She was very at
tractive and was considered a good
looking woman, intelligent and re-
fined. In fact, the atmosphere of the
entire household was that met with
among the best class of prosperous cit
liens.
After having spent four days in my
Investigations, | came to the cOnclu-
sion that tho murder had been COM
mitted by some member of the house.
hold and that the murderer had not
entered from without. Various rea-
sons combined to bring me to this de-
csion. The chief among them was
the fact hat Mr.. Collins had been kill
ed with his own shotgun, and that the
murderer had shown familiarity with
the manner in which this weapon was
kept, and with it's place Of disposition.
This shotgun was high-priced fire.
arm, and always kept carefully by
MI. Collins in a fine leather case,
which was usually placed on the upper
shelf Of a clothes closet in his bed
room This closet, which was unus-
ually large, extended from the floor to
tho ceiling, and formed almost an en-
tire side to the room. The ceiling OF
this room was exceptionally high, SO
that person of ordinary size could
not have reached the shelf on which
the gun was kept without the use Of
a step-ladder, which had certainly not
been used by the murderer 1t might
possibly have been reached, however.
by a tall man while standing on
high table in the bedroom.
Mr.. Collins had not used this gun
for several months before his murder.
It had always been his custom, after
making use of the weapon, to clean it
thoroughly, take it apart, and pack it
in the leather case. The murderer,
therefore, had not only to take down
the gun from the shelf, but also to put
it together and load it with she'll
which was also to be found among a
quantity Of ammunition on the high
shelf. All Of these operations could
not have been accomplished by any
person entering from the outside of
the house, even had he been acquaint-
ed with the place where the gun was
kept. On the other hand, it would
have been easy for any of the inmates
of the house to have taken the gun
from the shelf on the day preceding
the murder, or several days before,