The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-01-16

| their copy to the Secretary, +. b. Gllchresf,
on or before January 25th. Prices $40 whole
page, Sc half page, 81 quarter page.
The W. C. T. U. will meet, tomorrow. Friday,
afternoon at 230 o'clock at the Home for Aged
| Women on Cedar street. The Loyal Temper
ance Legion will meet next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock in the Baptist vestry. All boys and
girls are invited.
The first in the series Of Military whist
parties for the benefit of the Unitarian church
will be given in Memorial Hall Tuesday even
ing, Jan 21st The committee in charge is
Mrs A. c. Burgess, Mrs. George A. Quimby
and Mrs James H. Howes The hostesses of
the evening Will be Mrs. VIM. II. Quimby, Mrs.
Ralph II. Howes, Mrs. R. P. Chase and Mrs. c..
H. Walden. Admission IS cents.
BOARD OF TRADE SUPPER. The Belfast
Board of Trade will give supper in Memoir
ial hall Thursday JAM 23rd at $50 p. m.
Tickets so cents. Reyes orchestra will fur
nish music. All men who are interested in
the welfare of the city and in the coming food
fair are urged to attend. Messrs. Ray Haine s
of Ellsworth and L. N. Littlehale of Rockland
will be special guests and tell what the food
fairs have done for their home cities.
The Misses Field entertained the members
of the North Church Guild at thimble party
! at their home on Primrose Hill last Monday
afternoon as a benefit for the de orating fund
of the church, each guest contributing dime.
Refreshments were served and an enjoyable
afternoon was spent. Misses Margaret Craig
and Annette Holt assisted the hostesses in
serving tea. The Misses Field gave a similar
party to the ladies' of the Circle last week.
NOTABLE NUMBER. The Journal is not
given to blowing its own horn, but it may be
! excused for saying an occasional word con-
corning the contributors who give variety and
interest to its columns, and regard this
weeks issue as notable one. Mrs. Annie L.
McKeen writes on "Christmas in Boston; Mr..
! Alfred Johnson on "Christmas in Virginia"
Mr.. Henry J. Woods pays personal tribute to
the late Augustus Perry; Mr.. Allen Goodwin
furnishes interesting sketch of The Oldest
Man in Freedom" Miss Dora Newell contrib
utes some old-time stories; Capt. Albert NJ.
Rich, formerly of Searsport writes naviga-
ton Delaware Bay and of some of the old
square ringers; and in addition we publish The
Journals review of the local events of 1912.
| All this in addition to the local and general
news of the city, county and State.
A LARGE SIZED BUSINESS. The work of a
life insurance company is done in SO quiet and
unobtrusive way, unless it be when a can
wasting agent is undertaking to interest a
prospect, that it attracts little attention. and
few realize the good that is SO steadily and
frequently being accomplished. A broader
idea upon these matters, however. comes from
an examination of the annual report of an in
stitution like the Union Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, which is printed today, and
which shows the payment Of nearly eight hun
dred thousand dollars in death claims the past
year, and two hundred thousand dollars in en-
dowments. These are large figures and indi-
cate that stable business is being done by
this Maine company. now sixty three years
old, which has an annual income of more thar
three million dollars, and writes more than
million dollars of insurance upon the
lives of Maine people every year. Altogether
it will be seen that the Union Mutual is
of Importance in the business of the State, anG
that the transactions which it handles, cover.
ing millions of dollars annually, and including
the loaning and investing of substantial sums
in Maine. aggregate a heavy volume. From
the standpoint of reciprocity, considering the
large business which the Union Mutual brings
to Maine and the impetus which this adds to
| ercial affairs there ho tn he
considerable inclination on the part OF citizens
Of the State to patronize the home company
when taking life insurance, which shows in
the fact that eleven and one-half millions Of
insurance are now in force upon the lives OF
Maine people.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Representative McGilli-
cuddy is championing the opposition to the
bill, now before the National House committee
or merchant marine and fisheries, to permit
vessels that have been wrecked and are re-
paired to a considerable degree in American
yards to be admitted to American registry 1t
IS charged that if the bill becomes law hun
dreds of foreign hulks will, somehow or other,
get into American yards for repairs and show
up later with American registry. An extend
ed hearing on the bill will be conducted short
ly before the merchant marine and fisheries
committee. The two-masted Rockand
schooner Lena White, struck on Fdders ledge
at the southern entrance to Fox Island thor
oughfare Jan. 9th and foundered The crew
reached shore in the yawl boat with great
difficulty. The schooner bound from
Whiting for New York with 207O bags of Do
tatoes, valued at more than 81, ZOO. The cargo
and freight were insured. The schooner.
which was owned by F. Cobb & Co., is valued
at 81 OOO and was uninsured. Her commander.
Capt. William J. Ward, says: 1--WE were to
the eastward Of Monroe Island when the sauall
struck. 1t was impossible to handle the frozen
sails and we kept off toward Fox Island thor
oughfare for harbor. mistook the Northern
Red Sector of Browns Headlight for the
Southern Red sector. and when we saw the
beacon we were SO near that we could not
haul to without capsizing." The crew remain
ed aboard for three hours, the schooner pound
ing heavily. and then launched the yawl boat
and land about quartar of a mile to the
westward of Browns Head light. Their cloth
ing was frozen SO that they could not stand
erect and they crawled on their hands and
knees until they reached the lighthouse, where
Capt. =. +. Burgess, the keeper, provided the