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The Washington herald., 1913-03-28
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
LOSS, SAYS GOVERNOR

In response to a telegram OF sympathy
from Secretary of Commerce William c.
Redheld to Gov. James NJ. Cox, OF Ohio,
the following reply was received last
night:
Columbus, Ohio, March 27-Your
welcome telegram just at hand. The sit
uation in Ohio is bad. indeed. Our rail-
roads are paralyzed. Property loss will
amount to hundreds of millions Two
hundred and fifty thousand people are
homeless tonight We need financial
help
The Washington herald., 1913-03-28
UNAUTHENTICATED LIST
OF DEAD TOTALS 4,014

The death list in the flooded
districts, as compiled from the
meager and contradictory re-
ports received yesterday, II ss
follows:
The Washington herald., 1913-03-28

Detachable heels for shoes, which can
be replaced with fresh ones without the
use Of tools when worn. have been
patented.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-28

A number of prominent scientists are
members Of German society for the
elucidation Of the divining rod
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

missioner later by Division No 281. Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, asking that the order be amended so that the decree be directed against the public, or that the decree be directed against the company call ing upon them to refrain from using running boards for the purpose of car rying passengers.
 The commission replies that it has no Jurisdiction to direct such an or der against the public and does not be- HeVe the latter drastic action is de- manded. It further declares that it believes that a reasonable enforce ment of the conpany's rule can be maintained, if diligent effort is made on the part of the officers and em- p1oyes of the various companies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
IS CHILD GROSS.
 FEvERISH,, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give California
 Syrup of Figs

Children love this fruit laxative ,'' and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
 A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is, they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then. your little one becomes cross, halflsick, feverish. don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonfu1 of California Syrup of Figs and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have well, playful child again.
 Millions of mothers give 'Califor- mia Syrup of Figs because it is per fectIy harmless; children love 1t, and 1t never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels.
 Ask your druggist for a soc bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Beware of commercials sold here. Get the gen. uine, made by "Californfa Fig Syrup Company" Refuse any other kind with contempt-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
Deacon Al 66, Weeds
 Woman Of Twenty

Hampstead, L. l., Dec. 3.-surprise was expressed here when it became known that John s. Dor1on, sixty"six years old, a deacon of the Hemps tead Baptist church, was married on Thanksgiving day to Miss Caroline Cooper Marsh, twenty-seven years old, organiSt of the church.
 They were married by the Rev. c. F. Ahrens, pastor of the church. John T. Dor1on, son of the bridegroom, who is as old his new steprno other, was best man at the ceremony. The br fdesmaid was Miss Emma Bunror, of Ridgewood, l.. I.
 The bride obtained a, divorce several weeks ago from Charles Auchterionie, of this place, on the ground that he had a wife living when he married her in 1909. He defended himself by say ing that he had forgotten that he had been previously married. His first wife also obtained a divorce from him recently.
 A few days ago he married Miss Ella Mae Turner, of Roosevelt, L. l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
Egg Prices Slump
 As Boycott Crows

Chicago, H., Dec. Acknowledgements ts in the great commercial drama, of the egg here are:
 The Northern Egg Company, whole saIers, conducted retail counter, cut eggs to 31 cents-a cent under the de- mands made by the boycotting women and found no buyers.
 Farmers proposed that women deal directly with them on the egg ques- ton and guaranteed prices below g cents all the year round.
 Mrs. Scott Durand, social leader and proprietress of a dairy, offered fresh eggs cheap to those who would call for them at her Lake Forest farm,
 The boycott movement reached larg- CT proportions than ever and caused a general slump in egg prices.
 Government authorities made fur ther preparations to prosecute a suit against the Chicago Butter and Egg Board. The latter did not cut prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
MOsIem Woman Will
 Brave PeriIS Of Air

Constantinop1e, Dec. 3.-A Moslem woman, Belkis Shefket, may make an aeroplant flight today. She belongs to the Ottoman Association for the De- fence of Female Rights in Turkey and contributes to the Turkish weekly newspaper, the World of Woman.
 Mime. Shefket has arranged to fly with pilot from the aerodrome al San Stefano to Adrianople, weather permitting. She declares she is doing so to encourage Moslem women to take an independent and courage view of life.
 Her spirit and independence are much ahead of existing feeling in Tur- key and the orthodox majority of her sisters are said to look upon her as shameless imitator of the barbaric West.
 It is inter esting to add that the SuI- tan recently sent an automobile to the E1nir of Mecca.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
TROLLEY COMPANIES MUST ENFORCE RULE
 OF RUNNING BOARDS

Hartford, Dec. 3.-The public utilities commission, in a finding handed down yesterday, declines to uf!ke any modi- f1cation of it's order issued some months ago regarding the custom of passengers riding on the steps or run ming boards of street railway cars. The order referred to called upon all electric street railway companies oper- ating side entrance open cars in the state to adopt and issue a rule forbid ding passengers to ride on the steps or running boards of the cars.
 A petition was filed 1tth the om-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
ZELAYO TO GO FREE.
 WILL LIVE IN SPAIN

Washington, D. C.. Dec. 3.-The re- lease of General Jose Santos ZeIaya upon the understanding that he return to Spain and never again come to the United, States or go to any Central American country is practically a cer- tatnty. Attorneys for the Nicaraguan government and General ZeIaya have agreed to this settlement, and the Mic araguan Minister, General Chamorro, has cabled to the President of Mica ragua recommending that he grant the necessary authority to his attorneys to dismiss the extradition proceedings. It is expected that the Nicaraguan gov- ernment will consent to this.
 The demand that he stay out of Cen tral America comes from the Nicara- guam government and his exclusion from the United States is asked by the State Department. Formal authority to enter into this agreement will prob ably be received by the attorneys for the Nicaraguan government today. General Ze1aya's release will then be ordered by the State Department and he will leave for Spain immediately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
Have Color in Your
 Cheeks Be Better Looking-Take Olive
 Tablets.

If your skin is yeIlow-complexio pallid-tongue cOated-appetite poor you have bad taste in your mouth "a lazy, no good feeling-you should take Olive Tablets.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tab1ets-a sub stitute for caIomel-were prepared by pr. Edwards after IT years of study with his patients.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a, purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color.
 If you want a clear, pink skin, boa5ht eyes, no pimples. g. feeling of buoyancy like childhood days, you must get at the cause. Dr. EdwarGs' Olive Tablets act on the liver and bowels like ca1omel-yet have no dan gerous after effects. They start the bile and overcome constipation. That's why millions of boxes are sold an nua1ly at 10c and 25c per box.
 Take one or two nightly and notes the pleasing results. The Olive Tab let Company, Columbus, O.-Adv. Erar.rrnen. Want AdS One Gent Q Huc..a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
GERMAN DEVICE WILL,
 SHOW UP SPEEDERS

Berlin, Dec. 3.-The police are con- sidering the adoption of a device which, it is claimed, would put an ef- fectual stop to violations of speed reg ulations by automobiles.
 It is a glass disc, the upper half white, the lower red, attached to the front of the car. The moment the auto begins to exceed the limit the mechanism turns the disc so the red comes to the top, warning both the chauffeur and police.
 The disc would be illuminated at night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
B. H. s. NOTES,

The matter of forming a bowling league for high school fellows has been taken up with MT. Matthews, of the Y. M c. A., and it now rests with the fellows to either form it or not. A meeting of all fellows interested will be held soon and then the deh- mite plans will be formulated. All those who have any intention of en- tering should attend this meeting which will most likely be held Thurs day afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

Robert whelan, '15; Hugh Lavery, '15; Ernest Doehrer, '15, and Gustav Gleason, 14' were among the members of the Athletic baseball club to at- tend the recent social and banquet given by the club at it's rooms on street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

Quite few of the fellows witnessed the basketball game last evening at Colonial hall between the Blue Rib bons and the Knickerbockers. Ed Lynch, '14 is one of the staunchest supporters of the Ribbons in the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

Boston, Dec. 3-Purchase of $40, GOO of the Veitch collection of lilacs was announced by John K. H. L. Farquhar on his return from London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
ROB POST OFFICE

Niagara, N. Y., Dec. 3--Robbers Monday night entered the postoffice at Youngstowns, blew open the safe, took $2,OOO worth of stamps and es- capped.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

Jacob Di1Iod, '16' has accepted a po- sition in the notion and gents fur nishing store conducted by his sister on Stratford avenue, for saturdays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
SAILS FOR ITALY.

Patsy Parrott, who at one time con- ducted a number of barber shops in this city, will sail for Naples, Italy, to- morrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

Merrill Beach. "A, is now receiving the benefit of Henry Ervin's prowess on the bowling alleys, as "Henny'' is now teaching him the correct way to bowl, at the Y. M c. A. alleys
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

At the Y M C. A. yesterday after noon some of the fellows had the pleasure of hearing Harvey Hansen at the piano and Joe Clark on the violin render many pleasing selections.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

The swimming team will soon start practice in the Y- M. c. A. tank. If good team can be secured, it will be entered in the interschoIas stic meets in New York this winter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

The special meeting of the Athletic association called by Pres. Hurley was held this noon in the Assembly hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

British captain accused of kicking his wife. Probably carrying a full
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

Tickets for the basketball game Sat urday are now on sale and may be procured from any member of the squad A large attendance is looked
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03

'armer Want Ads. One Cent Word.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05
Income Tax ReeoIIeetions.

Editor Kennebec Journal:
The new income tax reminds me of the
income tax assessed in 1866, following
the close of the Civil war. In the Third
district then comprising the counties of
Kennebec Somerset and Lincoln, there
were EOS income tax payers-in Kennebec
1910, Somerset 81, and Lincoln A. The to-
tai amount assessed against these per-
sons was s16.2l1.45, The largest tax payer
in the district was Alden Sampson of
Manchester, oilcloth manufacturer, who
paid a tax of SIPS, and the next largest
was Frances c. Richards of Gardiner
paper maker. whose tax was $780, The
scallest tax payer was S. II. Willard of
Waterville, whose tax amounted to sl.45
The largest tax assessed in Lincoln
county was against Elbridge HUFF
amounting to S176.S5. and the largest in
Somerset was against Abner and Phil
ander Coburn, amounting to s457.90 each.
Allen Lambert paid the largest tax In
Augusta. amounting to S52l.15. The larg
est in Waterville was paid by Edwin
Noyes, s1S6. 20. George Sampson paid n
tax of $3.50, the largest in Hallowell. C.
NJ. Bailey of Winthrop paid a tax of
s5S960. yassalboro had only four tax
payers, the largest, 1884, being paid by
Ira D. Sturgis of Riverside, farmer and
lumberman, who died few years ago in
Augusta. Charles Osborne, a prosper
Gus farmer; George Wilkins, who was
connected with the wooden factory at
North Vassalboro, and II. r. Butterfeld,
an extensive manufacturer of shovel
handles at East Vassalboro, and who
died some two years ago in Waterville
The Hon. Lot NJ Morrill, paid a tax of
only SIS. The only survivor of the 265
to my knowledge is Benz. F. PARROT of
Augusta. The number of tax payers In
Augusta was rs and the total tax paid
by them was $S,693S0.
The tax at that time was assessed on
little different basis than the one just
enacted. All persons having a net in
come of over $1,000 were assessed five per-
cent. on all over that amount, but this
did not always include their total in
come. as tax on bank stock, manufac-
turing and railroad stock and bonds was
collected directly by the government
and deducted from their account
Neither was there any tax on the SAL
aries of government officers.
w. a. AUSTIN.
Vassalboro, Me-, Dec. 4, 1918.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05
POPULARITY.
James Fenimore Cooper Died a De-
spised Citizen.

The first popular novelist in Ameri-
ca was James Fenimore Cooper, yet be-
fore he died this same James Fenimore
Cooper was perhaps as unpopular as
any American who ever wrote. That
sounds like a paradox, but it is truth
anyhow.
Cooper achieved very real success by
the publication of his first six or eight
novels. Beginning with THE Spy" his
books, as they appeared one by one,
were real events" and people all over
the United States looked forward to them
with as much eagerness as we now wait
for new book by some of the most pop
ular novelists Of the day.
Yet within Is years of his first success
Cooper was hated and misunderstood
by large number of his fellow country
men and denounced by Wing newspap-
ers all over the country He had become
an unpopular popular novelist"
Cooper, as your school teacher prob
ably told you back in the days when you
We're reading Misunderstanding stories,
began writing them when he was about
80 years old, and he was impelled to do
so by reading very feeble novel of
English society life
Il could write better novel than
that myself he exclaimed. f1inging
down the despised volume, and shortly
after he set about to 90 it.
This first novel was by no means a
bowling success. 1t was called Pre-
Caution" and it, like the novel which
had excited his scorn, dealt with Eng
hsh society life. Cooper didn't know
anything about English society life, and
naturally enough "Precaution' wasn't
bell ringer Then after some hesitation
he wrote novel dealing with American
life.
1t is curious enough to read that Amer
lean literary taste was so seryiie at that
time that Cooper had grave doubts as to
whether anybody would be interested in
reading a book about Americans. How
ever, he went ahead and wrote it, and
when 1.-THE Spy appeared it was sue
cess from the-start.
1t was an adventure story dealing with
the Revolution, and 1t was a good one;
not only was 1t we'll received in America,
but English reviewers gave it favorable
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05

Recent trading figures have plunged
Wall Street into deep gloom. There are
700 firms represented on the Stock Elk
change. with LOO members listed. The
business transacted on November "a
Melted each firm an average or SA2l--
the average earnings of each member
being s1.40. Opposed to this it is esti-
mated that the overhead charges OF
exchange firms range from s25 to $1,000
per day, and that the individual mem
bers of the Stock Exchange pay from
$50 to 5000 a day for living expenses.
Their seats cost from s30,0O0-the low
est record-to s96, 000-the highmark.
Experts have figured that the business
transacted on November "a netted the
exchange firms in commissions s2,952.62.
If days like this occur frequently, it is
said that many firms and individuals
will retire before the first of the year,
following the rapidly increasing num-
Der of failures and those who have al
ready fed the gambling atmosphere.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05
"To Our Stenographer."

Who else knows us half so we'll?
She has heard all that we have said
and then made notes of it, She has
read our incoming letters. She knows
who pleads with us for help and what
we do about it. Do we write frank
~ or evasively, she follows the
straight hewed line or the curve OF
our deviousness. Are we courteous
only to the powerful, or is our treat
ment even to all who come seeking
The woman at our elbow, hammering
out our paragraphs, is a clear-eyeu
witness. over the telephone voices
drift in from the world, and the tone
of each is caught and judged before
orr presence is acknowledged. She
knows whether our friends are wor-
thy. Is the home happy she
knows it. She notes all our Tricks
of person. Our good temper. our
clean speech, fly further than we
guess. She is familiar with the stale
nhrases we scatter over the thousand
routine letters, and is gladdened when
we light up the languid page with
an unspoiled turn. She is aware
whom we have tumbled out from
laden desk TO a Worlds Series ball
game. She, too, would enjoy MI
Raker.s versatility. but she wades
through our debris till twilight. she
could keep our tardy correspondence
IN 70 the minute, but she has to time
bar efficiency to our limitations. New
or outpacing us, she is as loyal III
the background as our shadow.-coi-
lier's.
If the writer of the above is an I'M
married man there maybe wedding
In the ofTiing. 1t is said that many
level-headed business men have fall
en- in love with their efficient ana
..cIear-eved" stenographers. How
ever. there's a splendid sermon in the
reference to our presence and example
before our associates, in the rush Oh
business. Our stenographers are not
the only ones who know our natural
hearing toward the rest of the world
and our family ties. Some men are
courteous to, and before, their pretty
"clear-eyed" stenographers, who are
;nsultingly curt and even brutal TO-
ward some of the dim-and- hazy-eyed
old fellows who have loyalty toiled
with and for them down through the
years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05

Lyman H. Nelson, chairman of the
otner Of the leading speakers at the
Dairymen's meeting at Lewiston. In
his address Mr.. Nelson sounded q
warning likely to be brought home to
many states within a short time: Bad
roads" declared Mr.. Nelson, mean the
distribution of your products within a
less radius and at greater expense than
will be the case under better roads. No
one will challenge the statement that
the cost of transportation is an import
ant factor IN the cost of living, and
that road conditions are a large part
of the cost of transportation.
In fact this subject has become al
most g mania with some, and / venture
to predict that if the enthusiasm in
this direction is not soon tempered
with prudence, this country and every
municipality in it will be overloaded
and sunk, not in the mire of bad roads
but in the mire of good roads debt.
There are thousands of people in this
country today who are advocating
schemes for government and local bond
issues of enormous amounts without
any real regard as to how those bonds
will ever be paid, and without care
fully worked out financial system. No
less man than James j. Hill In a re-
cent address delivered before the
Bankers Association, while he did not
mention the good roads movement in
particular, did foresee the dangers
ahead in the constantly growing in
crease of municipal Indebtedness. Many
states and counties throughout the
union are borrowing money right and
left, for sinking the bonds or for MAIN
taiHing the highways after they are
built. They are going headlong into
this matter without regard and care
as to the form of construction. and
without regard to the great general
principle that bonded Indebtedness
should be for permanent results.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05

uap, and eggs are now being classed
among the luxuries of the Gothamlte
breakfast table, owing to the advance
in the price Of eggs. which reached the
highest mark several days ago when
The wholesale price of fresh eggs was
40 cents a dozen. The retail price was
something 10 make Hetty Green ana
John D. Rockefeller turn pale. AT the
office of one of the largest restaurant
oomnanies an order has been issued
whereby the patrons will be compelled
to nav twenty per cent more per order
~ tbc., insist upon having their usual
morning meal of ham and eggs. 1t Is
feared that other restaurant keepers,
h,e and little, will follow suit. The egg
dealers claim that not more than 900 OF
the 4.s14 cases received several days
aeo could pass for table use. The mem
hers of the executive committee OF the
Housewives League have ordered
boycott on eggs until the price drops
4 member of the League claims that
they are sure that almost a million
homes in the United States will be egg
less within a few days and it is hoped
that in this manner the dealers
throughout the country will be forced
TO lower the price to a figure within
the reach of people who are In ordi-
nary circumstances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05

Thomas Fieklin, of Stanberry,l cas-,
lily holds the title of bluegrass king OF
the world. Each year Mr.. Ficklin en-
ploys many men and teams, ard with
his numerous headers gathers the seed
from thousands of acres of bluegrass
that covers the hills and valleys OF
northwest Missouri. The bluegrass
harvest has just closed, and Mr. Flick
lin has on hand more than ten thou
sand bushels of seed. He has been Off
cred so cents a bushel for it. but is
holding it at a 81. His mill at King
City has been thrashing steadily since
last February and still is thousands
of bushels behind. This years. crop
while gathered. is not yet cured, and
it will take number of men several
weeks yet 10 cure and care for it,
Stanberry (Mo.) Sentinel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05
FAYETTE.

An entertainment will be given az the
pant,st church at Fayette Corner
i,ridav evening. Dec. IL. Mr.. Nan
bennett, the popular reader from
ton, will furnish entertainment
The Ladies' Aid will hold Christmas
sale on the afternoon and evening OF the
above date.
RAYMOND e. Randall, who spent the
THANKSGIVING vacation at the home OF
Fl. ]. Bamford, has returned to the y,
of NJ.
r.. T.. Gile is attending the stock ex-
hibit in Chicago.
Mrs. Gertrude Barron has returned 70
her school in North Fayette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-05

Kennebec Journal readers in this and
adjoining counties will be interested III
the letter in another colmun by W. A.
Austin, of Vassaiboro. mir. Austin tells
Of income tax assessments In lSe6-Who
the taxpayers were and amounts
against men wen and widely known in
those days, and whose names are Ia
miliar to many in this generation.