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The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Shadows.

There is no gang in Washington
seeking to plunder the United States
Treasury" vague reference to which
was made on the floor of the House of
Representatives yesterday by Ben
Johnson, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee. Neither is there any
movement on the part of individuals or
organizations seeking to bring about
the defeat for reelection of those
members of the House who favor the
enactment of the Crisp bill. or other
measure intended to shatter the foun-
dation on which the Nations Capital
rests and tax the citizens of Washing
ton beyond their ability to pay.
Chairman Johnson in his speech yes
terday intimated that those Represent
atives who have been fighting the first
gang" were to be hunted down by the
second gang and punished at the
polls in their Congressional districts.
He urged the adoption of resolution
introduced by Representative Prouty,
providing for an investigation by the
House OF the statement that members
were to be opposed for reelection.
1t required the services of Repre-
sentative Underwood, majority leader,
to clear the atmosphere and pave the
way for the reference OF the resolution
to the Committee on Rules. Mr.. Un-
derwood summed up the situation de-
lightfully when he said:
Il would dislike to see the House
put itself in the attitude of running
after shadows, which would be ridicu-
lous."
Shadows is the word. Representa-
tive Johnson is the undisputed discov-
crcr OF the shadow of the "plunder
gang while some misguided and over
jealous friend of the District saw,
probably in dead of night, the shadow
of the gang preparing for bloody
work at the ballot boxes-next year.
What's the use of chasing any such
shadows? This is Christmastide. The
archives of the Committee on Rules is
the very place for the Prouty resolu-
ton. Let's forget it, and when Com
gress comes back in 1914 let's put on
our ro,e-colored glasses.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

been sung through three administrations
If it is to be taken off the list OF
national anthems shouldn't the choris-
tiers be given notice? As for the rest
of the program, we can't believe the
Carabaos meant disrespect, and GER
tainly not disloyalty.
We can appreciate President VIII
sons view, but we hope the penalty
won't fall too heavily on a few.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH THINGS?

n
have been deserted of the
N. bushes
distribute he
the
William Iiodson
Norwich Conn., Dec I killed
the blame
Paterson. J.
Ihe ty-acre farm year
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Representatives johnson and Crisn
may not like Washington. but they will
plead mighty hard to be sent back here
when they go before their constituents
next summer
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
In Stock.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
There is a proprietor Of shop in the
city, a man Of most excitable tempera-
ment, who is forever scolding his clerks
for their indifference in the matter or
possible sales.
One day, hearing a clerk say to a Gus
toner, mo, we have not had any for
long time" the proprietor, unable TO
countenance such an admission, began
TO work himself into the usual rage.
Fixing CLASSY eye on his clerk, he said
to the customer:
I'VE have plenty in reserve, maam;
plenty down stairs"
Whereupon the customer looked daz-
ed; and then to the amazement OF the
proprietor, burst into hysterical laughter
and quit the shop.
What did she say to your" demanded
the proprietor of the clerk.
I'VE haven't had any rain lately"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
A Frozen Christmas.

Butler Glaenzer, the poet and essayist,
wrote from his Bermuda eyric to crony
of the Players Club:
II shall battle on Christmas day, L
shall pluck lilies and eat Strawberries
and all the while shall long for one or
those frozen Christmases that bring the
girls to grief.
A girl, you know, slipped on a strip of
ice one frozen Christmas morning, and. as
her escort took her hand and helped her
up she gasped:
oh. that was awful! Everything
turned black
Blue, too, later on, eh? said her
escort with a giggle."
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

The goose bone weather prophet has
not been heard from this season. We
suppose the price of geese is so high that
he can't afford one.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

We don't suppose the sale Of a Titan
portrait for $4,000 the other day has
had anything to do with the price of
eggs
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Chicago claims more unemployed men
than any other city in the country, but
We don't know why any unemployed per-
son should stay in Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

What sort of cattle does Senator As
hurst think the Mexicans are? He wants
a barb-wire fence along the border.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Uncle Joe Cannon says the elder Adams
taught him to play poker. We thought it
was Benjamin Franklin.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Bryans Mt Winter Homs

Miami, Fla, Dec. 22.-Secretary and
Mrs. Bryan and their small grandson ar
rived here this morning for st--y of
several days at the new Bryan winter
home, Villa Serena
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

There is naturally a great deal of talk
about the proposed dissolution of the
telephone trust.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

The wild and woolly" West is fast
disappearing. Houston, Tex, has uni
formed her police force.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Silence is golden-but not for the Chau,
tauqua lecturers.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

The fellow who tries to keep right uu
tc the minute doesn't worry about hard
times.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Wouldn't it be fine thing if somebody
would cut the telegraph and cable lines
between this country and Mexico?
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

A physician says brunettes eat more
than blondes. Sure; there are more of
them.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

AS soon as they pass the currency bill
President Wilson is going to Pass Chris
| tian.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

But the crisper the celery the more
noise it makes when you eat it.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Representatives Hobson and Donovan
just don't like each other nohow.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

'All that goes up is bound to come
down." New Haven stock, for instance.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

We just can't help wondering If Col
Roosevelt didn't write the Carabao song.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
Original POEM written for Ths He1d
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

Original POEM written for The He1d
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
GIFTS.
Copyright. lsl1l
II you have the gift of song,
Use it, use it, all day long!
If you have the gift of mirth,
Let 1t gladden. all the earth!
If you have the gift Of cheer,
Let it echo loud and clear!
II you have stores of content,
Be its joys on others spent;
And your Christmas dividend
VIII be good will without endi
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
How 1t Happened.

How 1t Happened.
Frum the New York TiDeA
His wife had made a quiet little in
vestigation of his coat Henry" she
said in no pleasant tone, you never
mailed the letter I gave you last week.
can feel it right in the corner OF your
coat
Her husband brought out the coat
in a rather shame-faced way. There
was no doubt that the letter was just
where she said. Reaching into the in
side pocket he groped down and down
until he at last grasped the envelope.
Yes, my dear" he replied. You see
it slipped down through the torn lining
you promised to sew up more than a
month ago.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Felt He Ought to Know Her.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Il am very glad to meet you again,
Miss Dowsley," he said when they had
been introduced to each other.
"Again?" she replied. Why, have we
ever met before?'
We'll, perhaps we haven't exactly met
before, but you tickled my chin with
your feather for about an hour one even
ing in an elevated car"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Morning Smiles
In the Torture Chamber.

From the Columbia Jester.
Dentists wife-"why do you open the
door OF the patients room when 1 sing?'
Dentist-"want to let the walters know
it isn't the patients
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

John c. Spooner. not so long ago a
powerful figure In the Senate from Wis
consin. dropped into Washington this
week almost eager to remark that he was
hard working lawyer in New York
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23

Victor Murdoch has been telling this
tale about the colored pastors speech
Il purpose now" said he, Ito try TO ex-
plain the uneNplainable, to solve the in
soluble, and to unscrew the inscrutable." "
(Copynsht. 1913. By Fred G. Kelly. All nshts 70
serTed)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
Road Work on Trunk Lines
Commences in Earnest.
Decision by the State Board
OF Railroad Commissioners.
Androscoggin Holstein Breeders
Assn. Holds Meeting at Auburn.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Thursday, April "a, 1918, at
10 A. Nj.

State road work has begun in
earnest. and the many miles of trunk
line TO be repaired and otherwise i'm
proved will soon be the scene of busy
operations. Two contractors are now
hard at work completing the old con-
tracts, covering the trunk line be-
tween Kittery and Portland a dis
lance of 10 IL miles when completed,
with its concrete Another contractor
is expected to start work. today, lay
ing the concrete.
Arrangements Throughout other
parts of the State. have been complete
ed for an especially early start on road
work. The open winter has retarded,
To a certain degree, the possibility of
an extra early start, because Of the
deep frost. which has been later than
usual in responding to the warm
spring sun. and the conditions of the
roads such that it was almost lmpos-
eihle to commence read work SIS early
sc was hoped for.
rhe King drag. made from logs plae-
cd 50 as to form a diagonal drag and
invented by a Missouri man for whom
ii is named, has been Gsed IN this
State almost universally, and has been
Of great ala in clearing the roads from
mud and greatly improved tie other
wise almost impossible roads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
MODEL MARRIAGES..
Washington Board of Trade to Frame
Regulations.

Washington, April 23.-Marriase reg
ulations that would serve as a model
for the nation, will be framed by the
board of trade at its regular meeting,
May 9, and Congress will be petitioned
To endorse them and aid in their en-
forcement by granting added powers
to the health department of the Dis
triet OF Columbia.
Committees of the organization have
been at work for sometime framing
the various planks of the proposed re-
form. Provided The boards probable
recommendation become law, bride
erooms and brides would be compelled
to present physicians certificates as
to their good health before license
could be issued; Congress would create
a vice commission and would both in
crease the powers and add to the dis
pensaries and laboratories of the
health department and general.
widespread campaign of education in
sex hygiene would be undertaken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
corporation Certificates.

The following certlhcates pl iiieui
paration have been filed ut the once
of the secretary of State:
Lousburg Hotel Co., ORGANIZED at
Kittery. for. the purpose of conduct
ing hotels and apartment houses, with
$4,000 capital stock. of which nothing
is paid in. Officers: President Horace
Mitchell of Kittery; treasurer. II, "A.
paul of Kittery. Certificate flied April
23. 1913. "a -
Lake Rorane Coal Co, organized az
Portland, for the purpose Of dea'lng
in coal. fuel. wood. mine the same anu
manufacture products of same Wltp
So, goo capital stock, OF when ho.iins
is paid in. Officers: President ffahN
n. Marshall of Portland; treasurer, Al
bert II. Gould of Cambridge, Mass.
Cert!tica te filed April o. 1915.
c. B. Shepard Co, organized ~ 70, :
land. for the purpose of manutaetur1
ing. importing. buyins, etc, JeWei,s =.
all kinds, with $50ooo capital STOCK. o.
which nothing is paid IN. oiilesis
president. Charles H. Gilmore oil Mei-
rose Mass.; treasurer, Charles II, ,iil,
more of Melrose, Mass. Ceruhca'e NEE
April %. 1913.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
KILLED BY TARIFF CUT.
California Whale Oil Company viii
Quit Business.

Washington, April 23.-The Tyee Co,
of California a concern that operates
a plant which cost 100000 and which
expends $4,000 year in operating
expenses, is the first American busi-
ness which has gone out of business
las a result of the Underwood- wilson
tariff bill. according to Representative
Julius Kahn of California.
The Tyee Co. operates two Whaiing
vessels. and produces whale oil, which
it sells to soapmakers. The Payne Dill
imposed a duty of cents gallon on
this product. The Underwood bill re-
duces the duty to cents. After send
ing a lawyer to Washington to aseer-
tain if there was any chance of secur-
ing the maintenance of the Payne rate
and after being assured there was not
the Tyee Co is negotiating for the
sale of its plant to its Canadian com
pettors.
Mr.. Kahn does not believe the cheap
ening of the whale oil will have the
slightest effect on the price of soap TO
the consumer. but he asks: What use
| has Democrat for cheaper soap, any
lway?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
FIRE ALARMS IN MAINE.
Everything Has to Be Dropped Wne'
Your Number Is Sounded.

Dwellers in New York, Chicago and
other large cities do not have much op-
nortunitv to run to a fire alongside the
engine. If a man really wishes TO enjoy
that sort of fun he should go to Maine
where every town and city has an aux
uf4rv fire corps in addition to the paid
department.
Every fire alarm is sounded so that 1t
is heard all over the town, in order that
the auxiliary men, busy at their regular
employment may hear it and respond II
the can is for the district to which they
are attached In consequence sometimes
Il is disconcerting to the stranger TO nave
the dry goods clerk who may be waiting
ON him vault suddenly over the counter
sAid make for the front door at speed
that ~ Sobb would envy.
us that clerk crazy asked a woman
who was so deserted in a department
store
mo. madam" explained the floor
wa,ker, you see that was his number.
Ia the barber in the hotel suddenly
SLAMS the brush into your ear and does a
whirling-dervish act with his apnon as ne
springs for the door, that means that ne
has heard the fire alarm sound his num-
Der and that you can finish lathefths
Yourself and one of the other men VIII
come over and complete the shave IN
due time.
lTndertakers desert funerals, painters
Jump from their scaffolds, walters drop
their trays, drug clerks leave the soda
water squirting IL. the deep-toned whistle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24

or The resonant bell sounds the combiua-
ton that denotes that there Is a fire in
the district 10 whica they are attached.
And the populace! Almost everybody
in town knows the numbers of all the
alarm boxes near their residences and
in the localities where a nre Is likely to
be a big one. People start as soon AZ
the engines do. for they get the alarm
AT the same time. And those who can
not go call up the telephone operator
and ask what building is burning
In the largest city in Maine this prae-
tice actually became 50 general directly
after the sounding of an alarm that
business communications over the tele
phone wires were seriously nterferea
with. The telephone company wrestled
with the problem for some time and
finally printed haIf-page advertisement
for a week in all the daily papers asking
that subscribers refrain from making
Inquiries regarding lire alarms unless
they actually resided in the district con-
ecrned.
But the Gen list viii still leave you
with a gag in your mouth, the taxieab
driver will leave you stalled in the mid
de eff the street, the butcher leave YOU
standing he,plessly in front Of the chop
ping block. and the grocery boy will
way between heaven and the ash cans.
"lt was MS number. is all the explana-
ton necessary. York sun:
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Indictment Against Russell
G, HamIin Is Quashsd.
NeighbOrhood Row Is Aired in
Municipal Court Fined.
The Judge Imposes II, After Plea Of
Guilty, to Determine Degree.

Belfast, Me- April 23-tSpeciaD.-
The Indictment by the grand jury
against Russell G. Hamlin Of Jackson.
for compromising fe.ony, was quash
ed, this morning Ruel W. Rogers APP
peared for the respondent. The indict-
ment was found contrary To the advice
of the county attorney and he refused
to sign it, as there was no evidence
that a crime had been committed.
Judge Knowlton was called upon in
the Belfast municipal court, this
morning. to referee a row between
Lincolnville neighbors, neither side
having counsel and but for the inter-
vening OF the Judge would have con-
tinued the differences in court. The
row started, Friday, when the respond
|ent Willard Pendletsa, a Lincolnville
farmer, went to the home of the COM
plainant. Mrs Lizzie Thomas. a neigh
Dor, and according to the writ. was in
toxicated and disturbed the peace, by
Interfering with the five men the com
plainant had in a field saving wood,
making fighting talk and refusing to
go home. The respondent plead guilty.
Int in order to determine the degree of
his guilt Judge knowlton heard the
story Judge I<nowlton fined Pendle-
ton IS and costs, which he paid and
was discharged.
Mrs. Elon b Gilehrist will leave.
today, for Madison. Wis. where she
Will he the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Charles Dean Cool formerly Miss
Edith Dunton. The young ladies are
daughters of Hon and Mrs r. F. Dun
ton of Ceoar street.
Mrs F. B. Knowlton and daughter
Louise left. Wednesday, for Boston
from whence Mr. Knowlton off on thu
is. S. Mattapan for the Chamber OF
Commerce trip to Panama and Soutf
America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
WELSH RAREeiT DEADLY.
carnivorous -Det--c ia3med 70 Be Best
for Human Health.

Welsh rarenit is the most injurious
substance person can eat, accord
ing TO DR.. Francis G. Benedict, direc-
tor of the Carnegie Nutrition Labor
atery. He believes it is even worse
than small quantities of benzoate of
soda and borax and bcric acid. TIL
only difference is thai one can achieNe g
Il weird dream on Il rarehit, whereas
benzeate of soda does not spur the
sleopefs imagination.
DIR. Benedict ridiculed food faddistS
from Fletcher down. He declared
vegetarians, although they might not
indulge in meat diet, We're doing
their best to initiate the taste and
smell of it,
Man is carnivorous. and is at hi;
best only when he lives on meas
Diet said DR.. Benedict, ''notwith-
standing the fact that here are keep
tons TO this rule. OF course modera-
ton in a meat diet produces the besi
results. We are becoming a nation q
cranks."-New York Sun.
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Eureka Grange. Durham.

q On Saturday evening, April ~, Eure-,
Ea Grange, Ne. 1.=4of Durham, held ats
irregular meeting. With forty members
s1lreeent Herbert a. Libby, Overseers
Julius Eyeleth. gate Keeper, Laura
MI Merrill, secretary; Attic Sewaii,
Hnmona. and Olive Gale, Ceres. We're
the pro tern officers. The following We're
Elected To become members of the ord
III, and after their election We're
initiated as brother and sisters of the
ffst two degrees: Clinton +. Parker.
~ Leon Merrill. Eta Parker, Marion
Warren, Ruth Gale and sylvia Stack
pole. II was voted To invite Rowe's
Corner Grange to be present as guests
for the day meeting TO be held the
first Saturday in May. Oscar Davis
and wifh Harry Davis, Elizabeth
Parker. Gertrude Holt and Ethel
Davis We're appointed to serve as a
linnerycommittee for the day meeting.
The fIIlowing program was given: Re-
rmari5s and song. Samuel Libby: duet,
Gale sisters. recitation. Mildred Dow;
uuartette. Mrs. Sewall and Mrs. Libby
and Mr. Sewall and Mr.. Hascall. WISH
tors were present from Solid Rock and
Granite Oranges.
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After the social dinner hour was
ever the Lecturer, C. V Knight. intro
dueAd Walter H.. Sawyer, Civil Engi-
neer of the firm of Sawyer and Moul-
ION. lewiston, who gave an interesting
account of the work done by the water
power company for storage at the head
of the Androscoggin river Mr.. Sawyer
is a pleasing speaker and with his
many slides illustrated the progress of
the dam in its construction to the sat
isfaction of all that it was bull to stay
there and store an imense amount Of
water to be used when needed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24

to prevent their losing half their fra
granee.f His chief theme was, ho@
ever. of the wild flowers Of Bulgaria,
from the erecus growing in the bleak
mountains around Sofia to the profuse
geranium, much loved of the peasants.
In the mountains right among the
granite spurs he had found masses %
gentian. of slender campanulas with
bells all the way down their stems.
and of vivid for set-me- nots. The:c
were also miniature rhododendrons
with blooms of many shades Phil
lippolis. he said. was afife with
sumach. and in marshy meadows pur-
PIE primulas grew in abundance.
Christian Science Monitor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
ICEBoRo.

Melville y. Brown of Portland re-
Gently passed few days with his
mother, Mrs. Jennie sylvester
Ernest Brown. who has been con-
fined to the house for some time with
4 diseased knee. is able 20 he out
again.
George n. Edison has bought the
Viola Leavitt farm and is moving his
goods into the same, this week.
Miss Emma Galusha is clerkins in
Vests dry goods store ut the village.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph GalGsha made a
business trip to Gardiner. Wednesday,
TO purchase aNhorsa to replace the one
they recently lost.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
Turner Granoe,

RTurner Grange held a large meeting.
Saturday. April 10, There We're over
20 candidates voted on to take the first
degree next meeting v. p. DeCoster
Of Buckfield gave paper ON The
Poultry BUSINESS for Profit which was
listened to with much interest as he
makes a success of the business. Out
of 1910 chicks Matched in March. there
are now over 100 ike and we'll grow
ing To make broilcrs for Poland Spring
at 40 cents per pound. They sell eggs
for Matching and hatch and sell small
chicks at Is cents each and they cam
not supply all that are wanted.
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CEDAR GROVE.

The Nichols home was burned Tuesday
afternoon, catching from brush fire
Furhur Flvnt was at Cedar Grove.
Monday.
Mrs. Edward Turner has been quite
sick for a few days past.
Warren Hatch of South Dresden is
very poorly.
The supper and entertainment given by
the Ladies' Aid at Pownalboro. Satur-
day evening, was q success.
Orrin Ham and Fred Weeks are getting
ready to stake their weirs
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NORTH VASSALSORO.

O. L. q. Ward of Ward Hill is
building large and commodious sta,
bile and carriage house, connecting his
shed and barn. The building is 81 by
65 feet. This will be much needed
improvement and will give Mr. Ward
a fine set of buildings, both roomy and
convenient. j. n. Richardson of Cross
Hill is doing the work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24

Henry Chick went To Lewiston. Mon
day, 20 attend the funeral of his
aunt, Miss Deliie Chick Miss Chick
died at the home of her niece Mrs.
w. b. Moody of Lewiston, Friday aft
ernoon, after a brief Illness
The Ladies Auxiliary held . meet
Ing. tuesday afternoon, After a bus
mess session a social hour was en-
joyea, The date of the next meeting is
AiaN Il