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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Coming Events

May IF. Somerset Pomona, Hartland.
May 1-Knox Pomona, Appleton.
May 1--Androscoggin Pomona, East
Hebron.
May 2--York Pomona. Hollis Center.
May 2-Hancock Pomona, So. Bluehili.
May 2-Cumberland and oxford Union
Pomona. So. Bridgton
May 7-Waldo Pomona, So. Montyille.
May T-Oxford Pomona. Bethel
May S-No. Waldo Pomona. Troy.
May S-Kennebec Pomona, w. Gardiner.
May l1-Cumberland Pomona, Wind
ham.
May feast Piscataquis Pomona. Sc
bee.
May 25-Knox Pomona, f. Warren.
June 6-6-Division Encampment, sons of
Veterans at Gardiner
June 5-6-Maine Division, Sons of Vet
Grams, Bangor.
June 12-Patriarchs Militant. l. o. o.
F.. Brunswick
June 17-Primary elections In Maine.
June 1S-National Republican Conven-
ton, Chicago.
June 26-2S-Maine Pharmaceutical ASS n
Convention. st. Andrews. N. b.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Editorial Comment
A Harassing Belief.
lNem York Pnsl.f


The captain of the Californian tells 4
straightforward story, and yet the
doubt remains, FOR it is apparent that
though efforts We're made to answer
the unknown ship which fired rockets,
no one took the trouble to wake the
Californian's sleeping wireless operat-
or. Nineteen and a half miles is 4
long way to see rockets. even on Il
very dark night. and it may be that it
was another ship which was in trouble.
SO the statement of the member of the
crew who contradiets the captain may
be out of whole cloth, induced by hope
of financial reward. But the truth is
that distress signals We're seen on the
Californian. and that some persons on
the Titanic saw. or thought they saw,
the lights of another vessel. There must
remain. whatever the facts, the har-
RAISING belief that there was steam
er near enough to have rescued every
perse on the Titanic had her wireless
operator been awake; that the Califor-
MAN, as her captain admits, was near
enough to have saved every soul had
he Dit known of the distress This and
the experience of the Carpathia's ope-
rator in hearing the Titanic's call for
help only because he thought he would
listen Just once more, are reasons
enough for requiring that there shall be
two operators on every ship and AN
auxiliary plant to run the wireless
when the main engines are shut down.
Meanwhile, there must remain the per-
rianent regret that Rostron was not
on the deck OF the California TO follow
up the distress signals, even at the risk
Of his own Messengers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

plentiful supply of useful and beau
tiful birds than the people of the
United States; and in no country have
the little creatures been slaughtered
more recklessly. Many persons are
now living who remember when all
the markets of the East were glutted
with partridge, quail. prairie chicken
and Wild water fowl, An official re-
port of 1864 states that one dealer in
New York is known TO have received
twenty tons of prairie chickens in one
season, and that some of the larger
poultry dealers were estimated TO
have sold from $4,000 to 100000 game
birds in six months
The bin reported by the committee
is intended TO combine the best fea-
lures of all the protective bills intro
dueed in Congress 1t does not stop
at the protection of migratory game
or song birds, but includes every kind
of bird that is regarded as useful in
consuming destructive insects. The
bill specifies wild geese, wild swans,
brant. wild ducks, snipe. plover, wood
cock, rail and wild pigeons. but ii
includes within the scope of it's pro-
lection all other migratory game and
insectivorous birds which are not
strictly local TO any state or territory.
These are deemed by the bill to be
within the custody and protection of
the Government and may not be de-
stroyed or taken contrary to regula-
tons prepared by the Department of
Agriculture.
Section of the bin reads that the
Department of Agriculture is hereby
authorized to adopt suitable regnla-
tons to give effect to the previous sec
ton BY prescribing and fixing closed
seasons. Having due regard to the
zones, of temperature. breeding hab-
its, and times and line of migratory
flight, thereby enabling the Depart
ment to select and designate suitable
districts for different portions of the
country within which said closed sea-
sons II shall not DE lawful TO shoot or
by any device kill or seize and capture
birds within the protection
of this law. and by declaring penal
ties by fine of not more than one hum
dred dollars or Imprisonment for nine
ty days. or both, for violation of such
regulations.
Columns could be filled with the sto-
ries of devastation of the great food
crops of the world by insect attacks.
and of the final rout of the invaders
by the bird legions. 1t would seem
that the bill now before Congress,
with powerful public opinion behind it
and that opinion backed by undenia-
BILE and unforgotten facts of insect
raids upon humanity. stands pretty
fair show of enactment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
The Canny Scot.

Sir Thomas Upton. having made his
fortune out of tea, tells some good
stories about the beverage One of
them, illustrating the ''canniness' OF
the Scotch, is as follows:
An old farmer of Dumfriesshire was
the guest of a fine lady in that coun-
try. When the afternoon tea was
served the hostess observed that the
old man gulped down his before she
conld serve the other guests. Again
and again the farmer passed his cup
to be refilled. At the ninth cup the
lady becoming uneasy as to the supply
OH hand yentured to ask:
How many cups of tea do you take.
John2"
How many do We gie?. asked John
warly.-The Popular Magazine.
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ling experience. Passengers say that
on the morning of April a. MIDI fore
noon, while the steamer was moving
slowly because of a dense fog. an i'm
mense iceberg suddenly doomed up
ahead. The lockout rang for full
speed astern but in spite of the
prompt action the steamship struck
the berg a glapcing blow causing in
slant panic among the passengers.
The steamer suffered little damage
but the scene on board was one of
terror and Undesirable confusion for
time until the passengers could be
treasured. The scene was only $50
miles from where the Titanic went
down.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

Anvil Sparks.

Love keeps no ledger Of its services.
The dover never cares who shall in
hale it's fragrance.
1t is possible to sacrifice many vir-
tues on cross temper.
When you enjoy the pity Of others
the soul is i'll and needs cure.
Ii God planted you for primrose
you can never bloom as petunia-
very large army of evils can enter
a very small gate of compromise.
The grass just out of reach looks
good to the sheep that grazes along
the fence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Let Us Laugh a Bit.
The Return of the Market Basket.

The Return of the Market Basket.
The old oallen bucket no longer may
greet us
For science has robbed IT of half of its
charm.
But once more economy brings forth 10
meet us
The old market basket that hung on the
arm.
How sweet TO behold 1t with grub over
flowing
Though far from the place that its
owner may dwell,
And, oh, how ecstatic it is to be know
ing
Its fatness will fatten our purses as
well.
But here is question with import deep
laden
For it is a phase we must view with
alarm.
Will men on the cars give UP seat s
to the maiden
Whose big market basket is hung on
her arm?
New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Easier Capital for Farmers.

Some sort of a rural financial sys-
TEN. is the suggestion offered in an
editorial in Hampton's for May which
should cause farming communities and
those Interested in agricultural ad-
vaneement to sit up and take notice
One of the things which farmers need
most and first is capital for The de-
velopment of agricultural resources
which they see, and which muse come in
response to popular clamor for bigger
crops and lower cost of living. The
farmer has been driven into and steep
ed in conservatism in past genera
lions that is felt in this generation and
is bound to he in the next. But the
farmer is awakening TO his 0pportuni-
ties and would promptly take advan-
tage of any system established which
would make it possible for him to Sc
cure money as easily and upon as adj
yantageous terms as can the merchant,
the manufacturer or the contractor. 1t
is true that the farmer cannot increase
the productivity of his acres without
the cash or it's equivalent. no moro
than can the mill man increase the
product of his factory without the
hacking of the necessary capital.
AS suggested by our exchange the
best of all securities is farm mort-
gage and it is just as true that the
very highest rate of interest for bor-
rowed money is paid by the farmer.
Offering the best and most certain Sc
curity the farmer obtains a loan only
under the most disadvantageous cir
cumstance-
When the railroad builder pays four
per cent, the farmer pays six per cent
When the manufacturer pays five per
cent. the farmer pays seven per cent.
When the merchant pays six per cent
the farmer paws eight per cent. In some
states he must needs pay ten ard even
twelve per cent. TO raise the money
needed to improve his land. And the
speculative risk is not nearly so great
as in the case of the railroad, the fac
tory or the store.
The trouble is that the individual
farmer needs capital only in small
amounts. The only remedy lies in co.
operation and united credit. as has
been proved in Germany, in Belgium
and France.
The State of Nebraska has taken up
the problem by appointing state
commission TO deal with it. A bill for
a national commission has been in
PRODUCED in Congress. recent con-
ference at Nashville took UP the ques-
ton and discussed it at length. Some
thing win come of the agitation, let us
| hope.
1t Is high time that the farmer was
being considered as the most import
ant factor in production. Until this
fact is recognized all treatment of our
economic troubles will be directed to-
| ward the symptoms and not toward the
disease.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Cor TWO Wireless Operators.

One fact emphasized by the Titanic
disaster is the imperative need of
transatlantic liners having wireless OPP
orators en- duty continuously. Every
ship carrying passengers should be
compelled To have two operators on
board. with one of them constantly at
the keys. The Senate investigation of
the catastrophe shows that steamers
were ir hailing distance of the Titanic
but were unable to be reached because
the wireless operators had retired
Portland Telegram.
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Pests Cost $500, 600 600 . Year.

Estimates based Oh the crop reports
Of the L. = Department of AgricuI
ture place the annual loss to the
farmers at the startling figure of
$500, 600. 900 A Washington special
writer suggests that if all the 600
college endowments in the United
States should be destroyed tomorrow.
the insect tax for one year would not
only replace them but would leave a
balance sufficient TO endow so uni
yessit.es in the sum of sl0.0O0,000 each.
This writer for the Boston Transcript
declares that ii costs more by many
millions each year to feed our insects
than to educate our 20,o0O,0o0 chill
dren.
In spite of the fact that the pow
ers Of the world spend hundreds of
millions of dollars annually because
of the fear of war, it must be admit
ted that the most expensive enemy OF
tho human race. outside of the liquor
evil, is The insect pest. A writer in
the Christian Herald. current issue,
touches This aspect of the question in
effective manner By saying:
g'ft Is not only the farmer and fruit
grower who suffer loss from insects,
but the family which has a small veg
etablc or flower garden needs TO
know how 70 fight these minute enc
mics. Them too. domestic animals
have their insect pests, and the live
stock INDUSTRY generally suffers much
loss from their work. Forest and
shade trees, small ornamental trees,
and towering shrubs have their insect
enemies, and il is estimated that in
the great forests the loss from insect
damage is as great as the loss from
forest fires. And this is by no means
all. They damage our food, our cloth
ing, and the very timbers of which
our houses are built. They cause the
greatest physical annoyance by their
bites and stings and by their pres
enee in our food, and they even kill
us by thousands by CARRYING to US the
eausative germs of many fatal dis
eases. yellow fever and malaria are
caused solely by the bites of infected
mosquitoes; bnbonic plague is appar-
emily caused solely by TIE bites of in
fected fieas. typhus by the bites of in
fected lice, and sleeping sickness by
The bites of infected tsetse flies. And
sile house-fiv, that scourge OF human
tty. may carry typhoid fever, Asiatic
cholera, dysentery, infantile diarrhea
tubercnlosis. and many other diseases.
Taking the insects as a whole they
constitute by far the greatest enemy
81 the human race"
I'm spite Of these facts the average
human being seems to view insects
With Indifference On Friday Of last
sseeIs a bill was reported in United
States Senate giving protection to
migratory game and inseetivorous
birds. To see bin like this pass has
been the ambition of true sportsmen
and economists for many years. The
destruction Of game and song birds
and their eggs by pot-hunters and
shougbtless boys has gone on almost
unchecked, except by sporadic State
legislation, for so long that region,
titat once abounded with the featli-
cred creatures are now destitute Ne
people ever were more blessed with, a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
The unsympathetic ATTORNEY.

Mike Kelly had been a habitue of
the court house for fifteen years and
at every criminal trial had occupied a
front seat. listening with evident adj
miration to the speeches of the pros
ecuting attorney
Ben" he said one day after the
prosecutor had ended his remarks,
I've heard YOU speak again and
again. but never on my soul have
heard YOU say good word for the
poor devil on trial."-The Popular
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
WHEN FISHES GO TO BED.
Some Observations by Kansas Of
ficial--Winter Habits.

DID you know that fish go TO bed in
the winter?
Did YOU know that q fish comes very
near alternating in winter as 90 some
Of the animals Of higher and lower
order?
II is necessary to call in Prof. i. L.
Dycho, state fish and game warden,
again as authority. Some men who
fish Tor a living know it and profit by
it, but the average person doesn't.
You have heard. no doubt. OF some
fellow cutting hole in the Ice, taking
cord with three or four or five hooks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Panic Followed Collision.

One of the first after effects of the
Titanic disaster was, as we had pre-
dicted, panic ON board an Atlantic
liner. The Empress of Britain, with
1850 passengers on board. arrived at
Halifax, n. s., on Friday after start
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
The Utility of BRYAN.

According to Colonel Bryan, election
of United States senators by direct
vote of the people is the greatest issue
of all. And the country had almost
lost sight of it, What would we do
without Colonel Bryan to remind us of
Things kansas City Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
And AGAIN Nm. j.

speeches Gov. Harmon makes the few
er Notes ne will get. There is a weak
SPOT Of this kind in oratory that MIR.
Bryan himself has been unable TO over
come though allowed three trials.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Two Views of Methods.

IN his speech before the democratic
club of Auburn, Tuesday evening, Hon.
Cyrus W. Davis laid great stress on
what some of the Republicans had
done with the liquor questions. The
Democrats didn't do much with it. or
with the liquor law at any rate, but
they tried hard enough.-Portland
Press.
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Apropos of Trinoli.

Apropos of the war in Tripoli, says
the New York Times, Colonel Henry
G. Hamilton said the other day in
Monterey,
"a man asked me this morning
whether You dispatch troops or de-
spatcn' them. l answered:
If they are your own troops. you
despatch them. but il they are the
encmy's you dispatch them. with
the accent on the di'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

The beverages used by humanity were
each discovered by someone. Tea
Beer Coffee. Cocoa, Postum. etc, etc.
Each fills its place
The makers of Postum have lately sue
eeeded i'm perfecting a process by which
that beverage is thoroughly boiled At the
factoiies--reduced in vacuum and deliv-
erred in form of coarse dry powder
1t is put up in tins and requires only
hot water 10 INSTANTLY produce most
spoonful of the powder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Have They a Press Bureau?

Venice is making such a fuss over
her new Campauile that we cant help
woraeTing what would happen II she
ever got modern skyscraper with a
real elevator in it.-Washington Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
His Star Part.

was handed by an actor to a manager
which described the presenter as an
actor of much merit, and concluded:
he plays Macbeth, Richelieu, Ham
let, Shylock and billiards. He plays
billiards best. "--Argonaut
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Voices Of the Press.
In Another Ace.

Shakespeare gave us Comedy of
Errors and the Titanic disaster has
given us a Tragedy of Errors.-Port
land Argus
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Tuesday, April 30, 1912.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, 10
he hopeful. kindly. cheerful. rev.
erent-that is to triumph over old
age.-Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

healthy nan Is king in his awi,
right an unhealthy man an. unhappy
ftr ,'nnniy- blood and sluggish
liver, use BurdoclS Blood Bitters. on
the market IS years si.ln a bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

suffered day and night the torment Of
itching piles. Nothing helped me until 7
Girard, Ala.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
cusHNoc CHAPTER. e. A.

No. 43. Stated convocation at Masonic
Temple. Thursday evening. May 3 All
'ojourning companions are cordially In
gited TO attend.
WINFRED A. JACKSON, w, p.
THOS. II BODGE Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

Harsh physics react, weaken The how
els. Will lead TO chronic constipation.
boan's sRegniets operate easily. PIC.
box Mt all stores.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep pr. Thomas, Ec-
1ectic oil for such emergencies. Two
sizes Csc. and soc. at all stores
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

The immigration record at Portland
er arrived with Gas passengers and
another with 996, a total for the two
ships of 1914. Never before has there
been such large number brought in
a single day, and the fact that both
ships arrived in the afternoon caused
an immense amount of work for
steamship officials, immigration Off
GERS and everyone concerned. Already
this season nearly 1900 immigrants
have arrived at Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

Senator Donigan's vote in the special
beer trust session of the Legislature
costs Somerset Democratic ticket a
lot of votes. 1t was a shock to many
Republicans who voted for Donigan
because he has stood for prohibition
and law enforcement, that he should
have shown Lack of backbone i'll the
crucial test. He was whipped into line
by the machine and humbly eats the
crow he cooked in last summers cam
paign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

Dexter residents are manifesting
great interest in the Boys and Girls
Agricultural Club of the public
schools. Contests are soon to be in
order. The rules state that all con-
testants must be under u years of
age The first two classes care, re-
spectively, for the most flint corn
grown on a limited area, and for the
best ten-ear exhibit. Glasses three
and four offer awards for the best
loaves of bread. and for the best lot
of cream of tartar biscuit. Glass five
is for sweet peas growers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

C. A. r. THE REGULAR MEETING
OF Seth Williams Post No. IL. second and
fourth Thursdays of each month.
n. w. WHITE, Commander.
WM. McDaVid, Adiufant
ID. y. HANSON, Qnartermastsr.
tii-th-sat.tf
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-29

The recently passed act of Congress
providing that midshipmen shall be
commissioned as ensigns Immediately
on graduation, thereby abOlshing the
two-year cruise. has neCcsstated a re-
vision Of the Naval Academy curriCu-
lum. The changes probably will go
into effect with the coming academic
year next October. The general aim
will he to make the instruction more
thorough in the elements indispcnsa-
bic TO the training of all naval officers,
making provision for further study in
the more abstruse and special subjects
by postgraduate courses for those
who demonstrate aptitude for them.
Much interest is felt in another
change in the midshipmCn's course in
this years summer practice cruise. All
the third class, about 2l0. who will go
to sea for the first time In their naval
career, will make their cruise in the
hattlcship Massachusetts, which Ia
about the same as usual; but the first
and second cIassmcn will be distribu-
ted among the battlcships o fthc At
lantiC fleet, about ton of each class to
battlCship.
The first Classmcn will do mainly
deck duty, learning to be junior OFF,
GERS Of the watch and Of gun divisions,
boat officers, signal officers, mates of
lower decks, etc. The second class
will be instructed mainly in the en-
CINE and fre-roUms and electrical de-
partmcnt. Both classes will study
radio-tclegraphy and work navigation.
As far as practicable, the work done
by the midshipmen through the sum-
mcr will he the same on all the battle
ships, following a scheme Of insuuc-
ton prepared at the Naval Academy
and approved by the cOmmandcr-in-
chief of the Atlantic fleet.
The original plan contemplated the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-29

That not only Japan but Russia will
finally agree to participation with the
other four Powers in the S3OO,OOO,OOO
loan to China is the substance of dis
patches reaching the State Depart
ment.
This result is expected to make the
loan an absolute certainty. State De-
partment OFFICIALS are now confident
That's the negotiations between the
bankers and the Chinese government
will prove successful. This belief is
entertained despite pessimistic reports
Cmanating from the bankers confer
cnCc at London, where, II was said,
Russia had refused to cooperate fur
thcr with the United States, Germany,
Great Britain, and France in the mat
ter of the proposed loan. Reports
published today to the effect that ia
pan was about to break with Russia
on the subject of the financing of Chi
ma are now confirmed by the informa-
ton reaching the State Department,
Though Japan's position Is acknowl-
edged to be nearer one of full cooper
alton with the other four Powers, II Is
believed that Russia will ultimately
take similar action.