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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION.
r. 8. Glenn, Ex-Governor OF North
Carolina

Having been requested 70 give my
reasons why / believe that Statewide
nrohibition is the most effective meth
cd of curtailing the liquor evil, de-
sire to make a few statements which
believe viii convince any fair, i'm
partial reader that state prohibition
does more to prevent the evil than
any ether plan vet tried. There are
three views on the liquor question;
First. high license. second. local OPP
ton; third. Statewide prohibition.
Now the one that lessons the drinking
habit most must certainly be cohsld-
cred the best No one will contend
truthfully that the open saloon does
this. even though operated under hlgH
license. for the higher the license. the
more strong drink has to be sold III
order to make il paying invest
ment: and therefore the owners OF sd
looms have to make their establish
ments as attractive as possible III or
der to insure them enough cash TO
mako their Investments pay HE sec
ond method, local option, is an M
proqement on the open saloon, ana is
to a town or community what state
wide prohibition is to the entire State;
and as it abolshes the bar, with IT'S
enticements and mixed drinks, and
does away with place where men
can meet for social drinking ana en-
joyment. il does a great deal to pro-
mote the cause of temperance ana
may be e stepping stone 10 final adop-
ton of prohibition in the State. be'nS
confined however, to Il community or
town, which community or town Is
often surrounded by other counties ana
cities where the open saloon Is sun
retained, persons from the dry ter@l-
tory easily go or send into the wet
section and bring back their supplies
OF liquor for personal use in their
homes. or for distribution among
others. Even the most effective laws
which are not very prevalent in the
States-forbidding the shipping from
wet territory into a local option COM
muatE. do not always avail; for the
law can DC evaded by bringing the
liquor in valises, wagons, etc, and
when shipped. it is often disguised
under another name than that of
strong drink Any thinking person
viii admit that the farther you re-
move temptation from individuals,
lllc ctisiti ~ 10 ioi tlieii " iSSASt N't'Ne
temptation. This is embodied in the
prayer of our Master. when he said,
Lead us not into temptation, but de-
liver us from evil" A man will not
&c out of his State. or even solicit a
shipment from another State. in or
dor to get strong drink, as quickly as
he will go around the corner to an
open saloon. or from a dry place to
an adjoining wet one. Transportation
from state to State has to be made
generally over railroads or through
steamboat facilities, and has to be
handled by various agents. thus max
ing it more conspicuous than when
one. goes lin person, or sends by a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31
TOBACCO AND LIQUOR.
What You and | Ought to Do to OYER
throw Them.


BE a total abstainer, and sign the
abstinence pledge.
BY personal effort seek to lead others
10 sign the pledge
Educate the people by distributing
anti tobacco and anti-alcoholic liter
allure.
Speak against the habits whenever
opportunity presents itself.
Appeal to our lawmakers for aid in
prohibiting the manufacture and sal
OF tobacco and liquor TO minors.
Endeavor to secure officials that will
demand the enforcement Of law
Since tobacco is no real benefit 10
the adult, but is generally, If not a.
ways, u positive harm to ln since It
produces very grave injuries to the
growing youth; and since boys are
largely influenced to smoke and chew
by the example of their elders, hold the
same standard of abstinence for teach
ers and students, for minister's and
laymen. for men and women, for father
and son. for business and laborin@
men for Sabbath school teacher end
pupil. tobacco to be eschcWed alika
by all sexes and all classes of man
kind.
Cast our vote always With the dry.
Refuse to sign any mans petition for
license
Refuse to rent property to be used
for the manufacture or sale Of liquors.
Cease arguing that the beer drinking
habit aids sobriety bg reducing tie
consumption of distilled LIQUORS
Remember that man drunk frohI
gallon of beer Is as drunk as man
drunk on 4 halfpint OF .whiskcy.
Refuse to deal with stores that sell
liquors as part Of their business.
Refuse to laugh at stories Of drunk
ell debauch
Refuse to apologize Ter the drtah.a@
habit.
Personally acek to encourage young
men just forming the habit to become
total abstainers.
DO not regard the inebriate as pa
reformation until We lave tried II lii,
him up.
Be on tin right side Of tire debate
Whenever che question Of the use 81
these atimtlants comes up in oar Circle
Of acquaiutaue".
Encourage eyer effort that looks To-
ward the overthrow of this traffic
Cease being intoleraut Of the vie#5
held BY others as earnest in this cause
as ourselves.
Support every Effort toward celacat-
Ing the Young 10 sentiments that viii
be actively AMI ntetligeutlE hostile 20
the business OF lifeeg making and aeH-
ing
Refuse a5.splately 50 touch fermated
wire when offered al the communion
table. as we'll as elsewhere.
Study the question in all its aspects
till We have some fair notion OF what
remedies To use for the cerc OF these
national diseases.
Pray daily for Cots blessing - III
efforts IN opposition to intempcrance.
10 our part toward securing a 9rae-
teal enforcement Of the law for tenn
perance instruction in the public
schools.
Make earnest efforr 10 arouse pnbltc
sentiment to demand tug cessation 81
the expectation Of tebaeco and liauer.
A1nerica is charged. aud NC would 1t
we're uniustly. with turning the entire
west coast of Africa into one long bar
room. from which no fewer than two
million savages so forth 10 die every
wear as a result of the traffic. Ac-
cordfut. to DR.. Reichel. of the Moravl-
an mission, "a cry of horror rises FROM
all mission fields at the ruin wrought
by Intoxicating liquor from cIFiiized
lands.-Childs Instructor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31

The poay of Simeon E. Coffin OF
Marblehead, Mass, was washed ashore
Wednesday near the Naval Training
station at Newport, r. |. Coffin. who
was mess attendant on the steam
yacht Maehigonne. owned by William
l.. Douglas of Brockton. Mass. return-
ed to the yacht on the night OF Aug 70
after an evening ashore at Newport.
The next morning he could not be
found. but his hat and coat were on
the deck. 1t Is supposed that he went
to sleep there and rolled overheard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31
KENNEBEC.
READFiELp.

EAST-Wiliam Rideout. a former resi-
dent of this town, was calling on friends
last week. Mr.. Rideout Is a resident OF
Pasadena. Calf, where he has been In
business for several years. His wile
will be remembered as Miss Augusta
Thomas of Readfield. Henry c., Thomas.
a brother is connected with Mr.. Rideout
in business. Henry Greeley is with them
and is in good health.
A very fair audience at church Sunday.
Rev Mr.. Clifford gave history OF the
several editions of the Bible. Good music
was furnished by Mrs. Sherburne, organ
ist. with congregational singing. Several
visitors We're present from the Smith
Memorial church.
w. r Mace's old barn was taken down
Saturday and will be erected on the
south end of the new barn and will be
used for cows wholly. Its removal makes
a great change in the view. as ft-iias been
a prominent feature for over 100 years.
G. II. Gordon and family visited his
former home In town Sunday. leaving
his little girl with her aunt, for q visit.
s A. Dudley. with Mrs. Dudley's two
sisters from Paris. were at church here
Sunday.
B. u. Gordon has traded for a new out
fit of machinery for cutting corn and fill
ing silos.
LlTCHFlELD.
PLAINS-The Farmers Club held :.
meeting Monday afternoon and elected
the following officers: Pres. A. P.
Berry; Vice Pres, II. w, Maxwell;
Sec f. NJ. Lapham: Asst. Sec. Mary
Q. Palmer; Treas. J. A. Chase: mar
shall. A. r. Bucklin. A committee
meeting is to be held at j. A. Cnase's
Monday evening. Sept. 4, to appoint
all other officers and committees. 1t
was decided to hold the fair on Oct.
3. Quite a quantity of oats was con-
tributed as prize to be given to the
owner of the best pulling pair of
horses.
DR.. Smith Baker of Lowell, Mass.
will speak at Litchfield Corner on
Sunday. Sept TO- at 1880 A. NJ. ana
at Litchfeld Plains at Grand Tenn
perance Rally Sunday. Sept. TO- at
go p. NJ. Everybody invited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31
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Senate Mmb o Member
a prmay n of this
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03

would always send such a distance
A lot, of course, depended on the oper-
ator. If the man at the key simply
sent and received, he would never es-
tabish any records; it was only the
man who nursed his instruments that
found out what they were capable of
doing.
Growing reminiscent, Mr.. Christy
was able to recall many instances
where wireless telegraphy had called
help, the case of the Republic, of
course, being the first mentioned,
when Jack Binns, the operator, stood
by until he got an answer to his ur-
sent call, and then gave the position
of his ship. All these cases are too
fresh to need recapitulation now, and
the advantages and uses of this form
of word transmission are apparent to
all. When a vessel of any size is APP
preaching this coast she is looked
upon as absolutely out of date if she
10 lOI SQUlppeu WIFI WlIGltSSs axe
the cases of the Persia and the Crook
There was no news of the Persia until
she was sighted by the lookout at
Diamond Head from the time that she
LETT Yokohama; while the Crook which
made a slow passage. would not have
been heard from either had not the
Sierra sighted her sixty miles out OF
Honolulu and flashed the news by
wireless in as 70 the time the trans
port was due.
The act passed by Congress will
shortly come into force making it
compulsory for all steamers carrying
accommodation for fifty people and
plying two hundred miles out of sight
of United States land to have wire
less telegraphy fitted to their boats.
Mr.. Mclean of the Inter-Island S. S.
Company, stated on Saturday that this
law will not make it necessary for the
steamers of his company to be SO
fitted, as they did not come within
the operation Of the act.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03
.KUKUI WIRELESS EXPERT SAYS
MARCONI IS AN IMITATOR

it was left to make a commercial sue
cess of the system, Hertz and Slaby
being concerned only over the scien-
tific SIDE of the matter. The United
States government sent a commission
to England France and Germany a
few years ago to test the systems on
the market, and although they con-
sidered the Marconi system an excel
lent one, the company wanted so high
a sum for the use of the machines
that the government preferred not to
touch it at all, and eventually the COM
mission reported in favor of the Tele-
funken. Two battleships were equipped
with the Telefunken, and a series of
experiments was carried out. The Ho-
nolulu naval office is still using some
of the original Telefunken systems
that were originally installed, and it
is with this office that the Kukui will
work when the installation is COM
pleted.
Mr.. Christy stated that he did not
think that wireless telegraphy would
ever GUST the cable. Companies could
control their cables, but they could
, not control the air, so while it might
be all right If only four companies
were operating, there would not be
the same smoothness about it when
more companies were in the field
Four companies could divide an hour
up into four quarters and each one
could take an allotted quarter, but
the hour could not be divided up into
minutes very well, and short distance
companies would clash greatly with
those that were undertaking to send
for long distances. This might be
better understood if he gave the illus
tration of two men talking say on the
Kukui and another man shouting out
something from the dock. The latter
would not be heard to advantage, If
at all.
The Pacific coast was much bet
ter coast to send and receive on than
the Atlantic coast was, said Christy
This was due to the former having
fewer wireless stations than the At
lantic. With regard to the proposal
| to send messages to Japan from Ho
nolulu, he did not think that this would
be a success, as so far no instruments
had been made that would send this
distance. The Korea had established
a record of over 1000 miles, but tha
was only what was known as "freal
telegraphy." 1t could be done undel
certain conditions, but no one coulC
guarantee that the same instrument
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03
The SEAT OF CANCELLATION.

At the time Colonel Roosevelt was
carrying on his simplified spelling
movement in Washington there was
meeting of educators at Battle Creek,
Mich, and they visited the great san.
itariums there. They were shown
through, and particular stress was laid
by the guide on the success that at
tended operations there on enlarged
and diseased colons, it being claimed
that here was the seat of most dis
ease. There was a banquet that night.
and one of the visitors opened his
speech like this:
Washington, as we all know, is
the seat of spelling reform; but,
take it, Battle Creek is bound to be the
seat of punctuation reform, for, as
we were told today, you come here
with colon and you depart with a
semicolon. Saturday Evening Post.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03
HONOR IN WALL STREET.

One would hardly consider the
New York Stock Exchange exactly in
the light OF "a communion of saints. "
Indeed, to Judge by much that ap-
pears in the daily papers and the
muck Taking magazines, this might
be the last place to look for the very
soul and spiri of integrity. But
there it is Gin the midst of them.
Between members of that marble
mansion of trade in securities on
New York's famous Broad street no
paper writing passes certifying to the
binding obligation of a transaction
In the very fiercest rush and maddest
vortex of the wild corner a word, a
nod, the merest sign, amply suffices
Whatever it may lead to-irreparable
loss. ruin, bankruptcy, no matter
the deal is closed. | am not pro-
Tossing to be an apologist for what
ever crimes may be committed in the
name of honor. | simply record the
fact. to be easily verified, that the
dealings on that exchange are ION
honor" The COrinthian fairness OF
its pilIared and entablatured front is
not shamed by the constant and con
sistent uprightness of the traffic
within.-Christian Register.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03
STANDARD MAY
CONTINUED from page tve.)
mus Of Panama.

mus VI dudulds
AS the Standard and the Associated,
with it's contract with the Independ-
ent Oil Producers Agency, thus con-
troll the marketing of California oil,
the union of the two companies means
the unification of the control of the
fields in a single company.
It is understood that it is the in
tention of the Standard, in taking over
the Associated, to prepare for shipping
California oil to Atlantic ports when
the Panama canal is opened. While
it is reported that the Union Oil COM
pany's plan to ship oil to the Atlantic
seabOard, by way of its pipe line
across the Isthmus, has never been put
into operation to any considerable eX-
tent, it is claimed that with the open
ing of the canal it will be possible for
the oil companies to ship oil to the
East in tank steamers at a freight
cost of from to 10 cents a barrel it
is also understood that the Standard
Oil Company Will put a large fleet II
tank steamers on this route with the
opening of the canal, which will be
able to make the round trip in time
that will make the transportation Of
California oil by this route CONNER
cial success. On their return trips to
the Coast these vessel, it is said, could
bring considerable cargo of general
merchandise.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03

San Francisco Examiner, March %:
The negotiations going on in New
York by which a syndicate of New
York and London people seek to pur-
their 100000 shares of stock in the
Associated Oil Company, as publish
ed in the Examiner of yesterday, have
caused much comment in financial and
oil circles.
Associated Oil has 100000 shares Of
stock. the Hartman interests owning
a substantial majority Other large
stockholders are men like w. S. Port
err ]. A. Chanslor and Frank H. Buck
of this city. These men are officers
and directors. They do not know the
facts of the New York negotiations,
and probably will not be appraised of
them until the deal is ended.
The company has its annual meeting
at Oil City, Kern county, on April 4th.
The syndicate is said to want the
100000 shares of stock as an invest
ment. Whether, if it gets the shares,
it will want change in the present
management is something not known
It is said that at the stockholders
April meeting a financial statement
will be made showing that in 1910 the
company earned net $4,SO0,0O0.
1t is also believed that at the forth
coming meeting at Oil City the ques-
tion of a resumption of dividends will
be seriously considered. Dividends
were stopped several years before the
fire through the adoption of a policy
to devote all net income for improve
ments and extensions. This has also
served to keep the price of the shares
below so. On the other hand, this use
of income has made it possible to gel
along with a small bonded debt. The
Hartman people own most of the
bonds of Associated.
The report that the controlling in
( terest in the Associated Oil Company
owned by the Southern Pacific, is t
be sold, as reported exclusively in yes
terday's Examiner, caused the stool
to be the center of trading in the loca
market yesterday. Associated securi
ties were in good demand Throughout
the day, and advanced from SAL to $4S
J NEW YORK, March 21.-The atten
ton of Robert S. Lovett, President o
the Southern Pacific Railroad wa
called this afternoon to the repor
from San Eranciscn that thn Snutharl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03

interest in the Associated Oil Com
pany. Judge Lovett declined to com
ment on the report.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03

NEW YORK, March 21.-The atten-
ton of Robert S. Lovett, President OF
the Southern Pacific Railroad, was
called this afternoon to the report
from San Francisco that the Southern
Pacific was about to sell its controlling
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03

Fine Job Printing, Star Office.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-11
An Elusive Vision In Stripes.

Tuesday night T. j. Judkins, the
veterinary, informed Deputy Sheriff
Cole that he had seen man in striped
prison clothes in the woods near his
place in East Oxford. The man wanted
him to get him some clothes to wear
Judkins refused, and attempted to detain
the man in stripes, but did not succeed
in doing so. Judkins then went to his
house and got a rifle and went back.
The man in the woods was armed, il
seemed, and took shot at him, which
Judkius returned with his rifle, but
neither shot took effect.
Sheriff Cole went there at once, but az
it was nearly dark, and the man wanted
seemed to be armed and in hiding, and
would have the advantage, did not con-
slider it worth while to make an ex
haustive search.
Wednesday morning Judkins came
from Oxford to South Paris by train to
testify In hearing in the Norway court.
On the train he was relating the oc-
curreuce stated above, and a man who
overheard said that he saw a man in
stripes that morning near the road lead
ing from South Paris to Oxford village.
Judkns told the sheriff about this on
arrival at South Paris, and Cole and
others went down the Oxford road after
the hearing in court. On cross road
one of the men found some tracks which
might indicate something and might
not, but could not be followed fal
enough to amount to anything.
As no prisoner has escaped from the
Jail here, and the clothes worn at Au.
burn, the only other Jail within forty
miles, are not stripes but parti-colored, II
would seem that the man must have
come long distance without being able
to find clothes to wear, even though be
had managed to arm himself.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-11
Siocum's Tours.
EAST SUMNER, June %.

EAST SUMNER, June %.
In the interest of creating a substan-
tial and msrited "boom of Grand Old
Maine" "Slocum" made the tour of the
popular "Sebago Lake and Songo River"
line recently, also visiting Naples, Harri.
son, Bridgton, and other towns reached
by tho Bridgton and Saco Valley and
Maine Central Railroads.
Later he made the trip via Brunswick
and Bath to Rockland and up the lovely
Penobscot Bay to find material for . de-
scriptive sketch for some of the pa
pers for which he writes which will ap-
pear later. The Pine Tree State is filled
with grand natural scenery and all other
features desired by sober, intelligent,
summer visitors and tourists, and only
needs more judicious advertising to
swell the twenty million dollars estimat-
ed to be left by them annually, to fifty
millions. Who will help?
The vast amount Of money thus left Ia
not boarded up by "bloated bondbold-
ers," but Is widely circulated all over the
state and some of 1t must reach the peck
ets Of our farmers for the choice prod
ucts demanded to feed the thropg.
"The farmer feeds them all" Is grange
song. Our state and local papers render
willing service, our transportation lines
are potent factor In making Il easy and
possible to visit any part Of our big tor
ritory, and every local citizen should as.
sist In preserving our attractions and
making It moro widely known. 1t will
surely pay. SLocUM.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-11
A Quiet Fourth.

Except for tho wrecking Of length of
fence by dynamite In front of the house
of Henry Fletcher on Maple Street, no
really malicious mischief was done on
tho night before the Fourth. And the
act referred to was not done by boys.
Some minor tricks which did no real
damage were perpetrated. but the streets
were we'll policed, and there WAS not
much riotous conduct. The bells on the
Congregational church and the brick
school 6ouse were rung at intervals, and
there was about tho usual amount Of
noise-some were disturbed by 1t and
some were not.
Doubtless more people than usual
celebrated the Fourth by staying at
homo and keeping As quiet as possible
in tho fearful heat. Travel by train or
team was very light. The only public
Affairs In this section were the ball
games and horse races at the fair
grounds, and attractions at Central Park.
Rockets and other fireworks which
shoot into the air were barred from the
village by order of the FIRE wardens, or
account OF the dry condition, and the
evening, like the day, was one Of the
quietest We have ever had.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-11
DR.. G. A. Coolidge.

DR.. Charles A. Coolidge, formerly OF
Canton, died July lat at the home of his
BOD, DR.. C. NJ. Coolidge, at North Water
ford. He was 81 years of age, and since
suffering paralytic shock short time
ago had been confined to his bed.
DR.. Coolidge has lived the greater
part OF his life In Canton, where he was
practicing physician for more than
fifty years. he leaves q host of friends
in Canton and surrounding towns. Since
the death Of Mrs. Coolidge few years
ago, lie has spent considerable time with
his children and last summer owing to
III health went to North Waterford to
reside with his son permanently. he ID
survived by two sons, Henry E. Coolidge,
ESQ, of Lisbon Falls, and DR.. Chas. NJ.
Coolidge of North Waterford, and an
adopted daughter, Mrs. Tena Dolloff OF
Livermore Falls, and several grand.
children. He was q member Of Whitney
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, of Canton, and his
funeral at Canton on the Sd was In
charge OF that lodge.