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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-09-05
BUSINESS GROWING OPTIMISTIC.

Evidences of reviving CONNER
cial and industrial ACTIVITY are
steadily multiplying and business
optimism is becoming widespread
-Dun's Trade Review for week
ended August 80.
With solid prosperity in the ba-
sic industry of agriculture, man.
ufactures are on the eve of per-
Tod Of unprecedented activity. and
the money market is in a position
to afford credit for this expansion
of industry. Augmentation of rail
road earnings will naturally con-
tinue at faster pace and will i'm
prove credit of the roads to the
point where they can obtain CAPT.
tai for extensions and better
ments. Other development enter
prises will also be undertaken, and
the whole country will stride for
ward the faster and more conf
IDENTIFY for the long period of
marking time.-Portland Oregon
ian.
There is the business situation in a
nutshell.
Two newspapers-one on the Allan
tic Coast and the other on the Pacific
widely known for their conserva-
tiveness and scrupulous care in edi-
tOrial statements, agree that business
conditions are constantly improving
and that the prospects for the imme-
diate future are more than usually
bright. Other newspapers, large and
small the country over, have voiced
and are voicing the same sentiment;
bankers, manufacturers and other bus
mess men are making similar asser-
tions in public statements; the finan-
cial reports of the large industrial cor
pOrations, as carried in Eastern news
papers, set forth the same opinion.
Nowhere is there a discordant note
heard, nowhere in any form of public
expression does any one of authority
or prominence dispute these optimistic
statements.
Assuredly, then, this fall upon whose
first month We are now just entering,
will see, according to this universal
opinion, considerable advancement
in business and prosperity. Just why
this seems assured is told in the fol
lowing editorial from the Oregonian:
Business has taken an upward turn
Throughout the world. Europe has re-
covered from the Balkan war scare,
investors and bankers are loosening
up as the money held in reserve for
war contingencies is released and Eu-
rope is again buying American securi-
ties. A leading London banker is
quoted as saying the recovery will be
as rapid as the fall was.
The effect of this improvement is re-
fiected in rise of seven points in the
average price of stocks above the low
level of June. which forecasts a re-
vival to actual value. The action of
the treasury department in providing
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-09-05

progress in a business way, and, provi-
dentially, we are turning now to pull
up our government boot straps and
get squared away in the right fashion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Crime and the Brain.

some years ago number of cases
were reported by medical authorities
III indianapolis, where surgical opera =
lioIs performed on the skull TO relieve
pressure on the brain had been fol-
loWed by most beneficient changes in
the character of the patients One of
these cases was that of a patient in
the Indiana Central Hospital for the
Insane, where, by trephining. a spicula
OF bone which had pressed on the brain
was removed. This patient who had
been confined for honlicidal mania,
was returned to the world cured.
burglar serving a long sentence at
pannemora, n. Y. after undergoing
surgical operation was set free on
parole. There was every reason to hope,
from his good conduct, that Il useful
clt1Zen had been restored to society in
place of the criminal that had been
taken from ii. 1t seems that this
ehange was only temporary. The Grim
maj mas reverted to his old ways and
mas been arrested for a series of bril-
liant burglares.
ile journal of the American Medical
Association says this is only what
might be expected; that there is no
trustworthy evidence to show that
changes in moral character, indepen-
deht OF mental deteriora lion, result
| from pressure of the brain. Sensation
al announcements of improvements in
such cases after surgical intervention.
IKE those that used to be made after
various surgical procedures in epilepsy,
ieed to he controlled by the subsequent
history of the case Immediate inn
pfoVement in such cases is usual?
mental rather than physical and sue
cessas reported before many years have
tested their permanence are liable To
produce false Impressions. -Indianapo-
Lis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Should Guard the Peoples Rights.

In reply TO the letter of j. ID. of Pa
lermo, Me. published in Monday s
Kennebec Journal, entitled, should
Guar6 the Peoples Rights. l am
very GLAD of the opportunity of
advising J. d. of Palermo and my
many friends in the Sheepscot valley,
whose suspicious have been aroused.
and who have been msinformed, in
regard to the Sheepscot Valley Power
CO., and the supposed large company
that is back of it trying to get posses
sion of our ponds and water powers
through the Sheepscot Valley Pow
er Co. that / am a native and resi-
dent OF the town of Jefferson, the
treasurer and principal owner of the
Shaepscot Valley Power Co, that all of
the mills, dams and privileges in Coop
er's Mills. and all the appurtenances
thereto have been bought by me. and
with my money, and / hold title to the
same
Neither the Sheepscot Valley Power
Co. or any of its members except my
self. have invested any money or own
any real estate in the valley to my
knowledge.
i lit tiiNihdStl'tii liStl one III INC q
power companies of the State. is using
us as tool 10 get possession of these
privileges and franchises is without
justification. There is no trade. ar
rangement or understanding with any
other company.
have never been approached by the
Central Maine Power Co, which is
probably the large company" re-
fcrred to.
II The Legislature grants us a char
ter. ii is our desire and intention to
have as much of the power used local
~ as is possible, and nothing but the
surplus is to be sold to go out of the
valley, and | state definitely that cleo
tricity will be sold as cheap in this
valley as in any other place where our
product may be marketed
Arrangements are already being
made for a large up-to- date wood
working mill 10 take the place of the
three old mills at Cooper's Mills.
1t Is our intention through the me-
dunn of cheap power to encourage the
building of an electric road between
the cities ON the Kennebec and Knox
county and To establish industries
along the Sheepscot river.
Trusting that this statement of my
position rs representing the Sheepscot
Valley Co, will meet with the approval
and cooperation OF u. D" and the
Inhabitants of the Sheepscot valley.
! am, with best wishes,
Very truly yours,
HERBERT w WEEKS.
Coopcr's Mills. Me, Feb "a, 1918.
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MONKEY EXPERT osTEoPATH.
simian M. D. Has Cured Every Case
Turned Over to Him.

Pat Keenan,, keeper OF the monkey
house In Central Park, is the authority
for the statement that he has discovered
i'm his collection OF some 80 members or
the simian family one old South Ameri-
can monkey. Pete, who is entitled TO have
the letters NJ u. placed after his name.
1t was three weeks ago, keenan, said.
that he first noticed the strange actions
of Pete, and it was not until after STEADY
watchfulness that he came to the conelu-
sion that the old fellow was following to
a certain extent the practice of oste-
opathy.
~ did not know all this at first, having
only gone so far as the second class I'M
der Schoolmaster Sheridan in County
Mayo" keenan, explained but one day
when a doctor came to the monkey house
/ talked the matter over with him, ana
then / learned what osteopathy meant
These osteopaths believe that the body
carries certain fluids or drugs necessary
to check all diseases. and all ii is neces-
sary to do is to bring this fluid to where
the disease has gained hold and so
bring health. This is done. the doctor
explained to me, by manipulating dis
placed DOHtS tildl FAUST uiSth9Nf ~ tiiti'
the bones will set back in normal posi-
ton and the fluids or drugs flow freely
through the body. DO you get that?
Well. I'm glad to get it out Of my sys-
ten"
Keenan, said that he thought the theory
must be al right, because on the strength
of it he started in to study the queer be-
havior of Pete. 1t began when Gauge, q
Japanese monkey and cagemate of Pete.
was taken desperately ill, and Keenan,
was about to remove him to the hospital,
when he noticed Pete grab his sick mate
and begin going through the movements
of a rubber in a Turkish bath. He was
about to interfere when he decided that
the older monkey intended no harm. and
so he stood back to watch proceedings.
For 10 minutes, he said the massage con-
tinued, and though at first Gauge resent
ed the attention with his teeth, he soon
grew rather submissive. In the end he
appeared to be soothed and benefited.
Pete continued his massage treatment
and bone resetting for several days. and
in the end Gauge recovered. All this set
me thinking, and when another monkey
got sick / determined to give Pete 4
chance to work cure
Keenan, detailed with many words the
cure of this patient The third sick mon
key was treated with equal success. This
last patient was larger and stronger than
Pete and the treatment was resented
In vain Pete attempted to manipulate
the bones OF the third patient Every
time he attempted it there was pitched
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
We Hope They Elect Him.


The nomination of Wilbur c. Oliver
for Mayor by the Republican caucus
last evening was the expected and
natural outcome. Mr. Oliver failed by
only few Votes of election last year.
he has announced platform which
appeals TO the decent and law abiding
portion of the community, and he Will
doubtless be elected, if only as a pro-
test against the outrageous wide-open-
ness of the town. This is a condition
for which the Mayor who is also chief
OF ponce must accept responsibility Ii
is the one thing which a candidate for
Mayor can promise 10 deal with and be
expected 20 carry out his promise re-
gardless of the attitude of other mem
bers of the City Government. It is the
one case in which the Mayors power is
unshared and unmudifed Mr.. Oliver
has declared over his own signature
mat he Will Vigorously enforce the law
against all houses of i'll repute. gambl.
ing and booze joints, and win give a
BOND to secure his performance. He is
known as man of action, a man of
decision and man of his word. In his
case, we believed this promise may be
accepted at its face value. and that
the disgraceful condition existing in
TINS city will be promptly and effec-
lively dealt with upon his entrance in
TO office
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Editor S 7 able

Wolfson's outline for Review in Civ
les Ply Arthur Mayer Wofson, Phi. D.,
First Assistant in History, Dewitt
Clinton High School, New York City.
Cloth, l6mo. so pages. Price, rs cents.
American Book Company, New York,
Cincinnati, and Chicago. This booklet
offers in condensed form. all the ma
terial needed for a rapid review of civ
les. II has been thoroughly tested in
the classroom, and covers the require
ments of the New York State Board of
Regents and the College Entrance Ex-
animation Board. The pupil will find
mere brief and clear statements of the
essential facts of the forms and in
| struments of government in general
and of local. state, and national gov
eihmcnts Division into sections and
paragraphs. numerous cross references
and n complete index render reference
easy. list OF typical questions taker
rom actual examination papers is in
cluded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Editorial Comment
Bad Advice from the Professor.

(WOman World.l
When a college professor lays down
his CAP and gown and dons the motley
he can usually make a professional fool
look like a funeral mute
Many weird notion has sprung
from the strongholds of erudition.
When the world wants competent
case Of plain, thorough. 22-karat, ST.
mon-pure, unadulterated asininity the
place 10 search is the impractical era
Mum of hectic high brow.
OF all the irresponsible drivel that has
ever reached our eyes, the theories OF a
University Of Pennsylvania professor
(recently enunciated at a Philadelphia
church address, transcend the achieve
ments of his most ridiculous predeces-
SOrS.
This brilliant gentleman advises
working girls to squander all their
earnings and TO borrow money if need
be, SO that they may be better dressed
for business and social purposes.
He confesses that he tells his stud
ents to spend all they have and to
involve themselves in debt.
He considers ii folly 10 scrimp and
save, and advances the ingenious the
DRY that "a woman wants the best
things that money can buy. And that
she is simply following the laws of Ma
ture when she resorts To other meas
ures to obtain the things that other
better dressed women have and that
she will make home happier because of
The influence her fine feathers exert
over the other members Of the family.
In the words of Mr.. chuck Corners,
the we'll known low-hroW, Can YOU
heal il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

was suggested as presidential elector.
But there were protests. Arizona was
quite new state and must be very care
ful of its dignity. \ Mr.. Webb who pro-
tested most said il was a mans job. IN
due time he himself started forth WIN
the electoral vote in his pocket whlle
Mrs. Munds stayed at home. When the
moment came to deliver the vote OF
Arizona Mr.. Webb was peacefully enjoy
ing himself in New York He did not know
that he ought to be in Washington on
that particular daS until he read IN the
newspapers next morning that everybody
was wondering where he was. Suffragists
are not saying very much about it, eN-
cept to emphasize the fact that Colorado,
Washington and Utah all sent women as
presidential electors and that they all ar
rived on time; also they are wondering
whether. If Mrs. Munds had been the
elector from Arizona. and if she had been
in New York shopping when she ought TO
have been in Washington, any woman
anywhere would ever have heard the
last of il.
Miss Lavania Dock. known as Little
Dock on the recent Albany like is
now making pilgrimage through New
Yorks East side. Three times week
she starts forth from Henry street Set
Element. where she lives. wearing huge
sign. one side of which announces 10 all
voters who read Yiddish. Every man
Will have to vote yes or no on woman
suffrage in 1915" The other side Is for
the women: New York state will give
in If
demand it And tie East side is strong
for suffrage. Miss Dock made this dis
covery on her first trip. The only on
lection is thai two years is too leis TO
wait A push-cart man voiced the SENT
ment of the crowd when he protested:
"1gl5 ah. mine Colt Dat iss too long. Ne
au be dead by then. One month is
enough"
The Cook county civil service commits
sion has decided that Illinois women are
eligible to the position of assistant TO
nrohate Judges. \ Chicago woman law
Yer. Miss E'ranees Il. Spooner. OF 1903
CITY Hall Square Building appeared pc
fore the three attorneys for the commits
sion. and made 50 convincing plea
that all opposition was withdrawn. ana
women will be allowed to take the eN-
animate
The Portland Oregonian says OF the new
state legislatures: Neither senators nor
representatives are opposing any measures
which will tend TO be of assistance 70 the
women. There is a noticeable tendency
at this session to vote aye for MI sueh
bills. They all now have n new class o.
constituents at home. from whom they
are beginning to hear. and they are heed-
ing the new voice nobly.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
"No COMPROMISED"

No compramise' is the Progressive
party slogan of defiance To the coun-
try, put forth al a gathering of more
hapgneted in Boston, Saturday night,
ON ire same occasion more than $40, :
ooo was subscribed as The beginning of
a 100000 campaign fund which the
leaders declare they intend to raise
The subject Of amaigamatine with the
Republican party met with hostile
demonstration. when touched upon
briefly by Chairman Matthew Hale OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
The Use of Saccharjne.

In the majority of countries the use of
saccharine is prohibited. except as n
therapeutic agent. There are, however.
u lew exceptions, such as Egypt. In such
cases we have means of observing what
would happen if the use of the substance
Were generally permissible
In Egypt saccharine is employed espec-
iaiiy in the manufacture of aerated wat
efs. The consumption of lemonade ana
similar drinks at Cairo Is enormous.
reaching a million bottles a year. In or
der to obtain the requisite sweetness -
centigrammes of saccharine per litro
must be employed. Hence. Cairo alone
consumes over 300 kilogrammes (66i
pounds) of saccharine, which takes the
place of $4,000 kilogrammes t363. OOo
pounds) of sugar. that Is to say, $50 times
the weight of saccharine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Tell the Children the Truth.
(Woman's World.l


The Maryland Society OF Social Hy-
giene at 1911 Cathedral street. Balti-
more, Maryland, regularly issues cir
culars of vital importance TO women
and girls. This literature is supplied
to the public without charge. We quote
several paragraphs from Z recently
published leafiet of the society.
Referring TO the two most dreaded
of sexual infections:
These diseases are also transferable
by means of discharges and sores upon
the fingers, the body, the tonsils and
lips; through the kiss, by means of
clothing. pipes. cigarettes and other
utensils of daily use. They are the
direct cause of more than one fifth OF
ali the blindness in the world. y
large percentage of all the abdominal
operations performed upon women. 3
The Sirl or woman who ignores these
facts in choosing her male acquaint-
ances or friends or her life partner in
NiteS her future moral degradation,
physical incapacity, the probability CT
grave surgical operation the posi-
bility of permanently diseased children
CT complete sterility and the imminent
risk of broken and unhappy home"
The writer has from time to time
directed attention to these truths. Few
parents possess the courage of their
responsibility and consistently ignore
their ohlisa tions to teach truths upon
the knowledge of which physical well
fare and happiness depend.
The wise surgeon does not spare the
knife. He cuts in time to save
Tell your boys and girls what they
ought To know before they acquire sex
aal education at the peril of their souls
and bodies
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

1t was ali right for Ex-President
Eliot of Harvard to lead the fight in
barring automobiles from Nit. Desert
but 1t was in very poor taste for him
to drag President elect Wilson's name
into the fight-Biddefor Record.
Poor Woodie! The victim of DR.. Eli
OTIS selfishness, OF course President
elect Wilson, being Democratic fig
ure head, could have no opinion of his
own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

Last winter the city council of Potts
horo. :. G., rescinded an order prohib-
itins shooting within the city limits,
so that people might shoot robins that
had been driven by severe storm in
TO inc town To seek food and shelter.
AS result Of this action about fonr
thousand robins were killed in the
town The mayor Of Pittsboro, who
Ras absent at the time. learning on his
return what had been done, resigned
his office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

Here's hoping that Mayoralty
Candidate Oliver is elected and fully
carries out his plan to clean up Bath
Would that few more candidates for
public office had the moral courage 10
throw off all political nose-ropes and
go before the people on an honest
platform. without reservations ana
dodge corners, trusting to the desire
of the majority for honest govern
meut and not caring to be elected
with anything but free hand!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

There are undeniable signs OF spring
in eastern Maine. # the verae:ty of
some of the country correspondents
may be relied on. According to one of
them, Frank bradbury of West Frank
lin found live butterfly fitting about
in a quarry there the other day. Leon
g. Lewis. instructor in the manual
training department of the Bar Har-
Dor high school, is credited with pick
ing Mayaowers in full bloom on Dry
mountain recently. Unless signs fail.
ripe Strawberries should appear en-
Mount Katahdin within the next ten
days or fortnight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

"Only a fool makes a mistake with
ont learning something says an ex-
change. How about the fellow who
drinks wood alcohol by mistake?-
Portland Press.
Why, he doesn't have time to learn,
but that doesn't take him out of the
first classification. The fool who drinks
any old alcohol learns less. every day,
TO the end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Maine Gossip
That Car.

That Car.
He owned a handsome touring car.
To ride in il was heaven.
He ran across a piece of glass
Bill-$1i.97.
He took his friends out for a ride,
Twas good to be alive
The carburetor sprang leak.
Bill-$40.95.
He started on little tour.
The finest sort of fun. -
He stopped too quick and stripped ms
gears.
Bill-S90,51.
He took his wife downtown to Shop
To save car fare was great
He damned into a hitchlng post
Bill-s27S.
He spent his little pile of cash
And then i'm anguish cried
"I'u put a mortgage on the mouse
And take Just one more ride r..,o.
Oklahoma Banker
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Editor S Letter Box

The publication of a letter in this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of its views by the
Kennebec journal. This column is
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of reason
and not of a libelous or abusive
nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

The proposition 10 change the name
OF Kansas City back to Wyandotte. the
name it bore when it was mere
steamboat landing, will be received
with varying emotions. Wyandotte was
the better name, but it is as Kansas
City that the community has achieved
the greater fame.--Christian Science
Monitor.
Yes, but hens have kept the other
name famous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

That Webb law--where's the joker in II
If one there be?. Let's hope and pray
that under il the liquor dealers IN the pr o.
hjbition states and districts Will be gwen
an extremely hard row TO hoe'-briastoi
News
Statesmen who should know what
thew are talking about declare that
the bill is unconstitutional, TOT one
thing. This may not constitute
Joker or a joke, but it does seem foiiV
to enact more laws when the ola ones
are so poorly Observation-Disclosures
Journal
That is where the enforcement rub
comes-Uncle Sam helping the booze
trust to resist our State laws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Had You Noticed Ii?

Mrs. Frances Munds of Prescott, was
president of the State Equal suffrage As
ISOLATION last November when Arizona
enfranchised its women: therefore she
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25

MISE Mary Hildreth, of Butternut
farm' n H.. and Plymouth. Mass,
believes that there is no real reason
why any woman should be lonely. Miss
Hiidreth has adopted fourteen babies.
ten OF whom are now alive and give
every indication of becoming useful
men and women.