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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
MADISON,
Joe Knowles May Be Prose-
Cuted by S. P. c. A.
His Funny Bear-Ki|Iing Stunt May
Prove a Boomerang.
Christmas Observation-Disclosures
Trade Above Average.-Personals.

Somerset county officers of the law
have taken measures to investigate
the reported cruelty to animals in the
recent killing of the bear by Joe
Knowles near the King and Bartlett
camrs. E. E. Gould of Arson, agent in
this county for the Society for re-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, has
been in consultation with County At
torney l.. r. Folsom and if evidence
warrants, action will be taken.
Christmas entertainments were held
in the Congregational and Methodist
churches Wednesday evening, with
good audiences present at both places
The entertainments at the Free Bap-
tist and Arson Baptist church We're
held Thursday evening. This is one
Of the few days in the year when all
the mills in the place shut down and
all other places of business were clos
ed at noon. A Sunlight hop was held
in the afternoon and a dance in the
evening in Union hall, music being fur,
nished by Pullen's Orchestra. There
was also a matinee at the Pastime
Moving picture theater, with special
features afternoon and evening Among
the arrivals for the day We're Floyd
Adams of the Lowell Textile school;
Walter Witham of Bangor Miss Agnes
Vose of the Maine Conference Deacon
ess Home in Portland; Wilbert Brown
of Portland; Misses Mary and Annie
Brown of Greenfield, Mass; DIR. Ray
n. Randall of Lewiston; Everett Gar
land of Augusta Tarl D. Merrill of
Stonington; Carl d. Gray of Bowdoin
College.
Miss Marion Gilman and Miss Doris
Gilman of Boston arrived in Madison
Thursday, to attend the funeral of
their late uncle, F. L. Powers.
D. L. Churchill is acting as substi-
tute carrier of r. F. D. Route No 2
this week. John Chandler the regular
carrier, is assisting as clerk in the
post office during the Christmas rush.
The funeral of the late F. L. Powers.
who died Wednesday morning, will be
conducted Friday afternoon by Rev.
c. d. Boothby of Augusta, at the home
on Maple street
Owing to the heavy snow Vednes-
day the cars of the Somerset Traction
Co. only run to a point opposite the
residence of c. o. Small. Main street.
until late in the afternoon
Madison merchants report a little
larger than the average Christmas
trade. Owing to the lack of snow the
trace was very light until within less
than a week
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Automobile Is Pressed into
Road d-breaking Service.
Skowhegan Grange Elects New
OftiCerS--C. H. Gardner Master.
Christmas and Birthday Of Son OBJ
served by Mr.. and Mrs. Savage.

Skowhegan Grange Wednesday night
elected officers as follows: Master,
Charles H. Gardner; overseer Pere-
grine White; lecturer, Mrs. Ella H.
Crowell; steward, Charles Chase; as
sistant steward, George Parker; chap
lain, Mrs. Matilda Buker; treasurer,
S. H. Bradbury; secretary, S. F. En-
erson; gate keeper, Horace o. Hoxie;
Ceres, Mrs. C. H. Gardner; Pomona,
Mrs. Peregrine White; Flora, Miss
Beth Parker; lady assistant, Mrs.
Nellie Emerson; chorister, r. F. Par
ker; pianist, Mrs. Emma Dunton.
A double celebration took place at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Saw
age Thursday, that of Christmas and
the observance of the sixth birthday
of their son, Linwood Savage. His
schoolmates of the first grades were
the invited guests and enjoyed
Christmas tree. A birthday dinner
was served, with birthday cake.
An unusual novelty in snow road
breaking was seen Wednesday, when
William eSibald with an invention Of
his own was cleaning the streets at
the rate of about Is miles an hour
with an automobile and a snow plow
attached to the forward end.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
ADULTERATION
HABIT GROWING
Oils of Birch and Winter
green Particular Favorites
of the Dealers---Tw
Shipments of Such Recent
ly Seized by Food Men.

Washington, Dec. 25-The practice of
adulterating oil of birch and oil of win
tergreen, used as favors in food pro-
ducts. has grown among some dealers,
says the United States bureau of chem
istry. because these dealers thought the
government experts could not detect the
deception. The department of agriculture
specialists. however, have now learned
how to discover the presence of the syn
thetically or artifcia.ly made product.
The natural oil of birch is worth s1s5)
to s2 a pound, and of wintergreen from
s4.25 to s4.50 a pound whereas the arti-
ficially made methyl salicylate is worth
only 80 cents pound. Those who were
getting the artificial substance paid from
five to Is times the real price of the
synthetic drug. Twelve shipments of this
adulterated product have just been seiz-
ed by the food authorities in various
parts of the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

of the twenty-four hours Of the day.
Give it the climate Of arid Arizona,
with it's ten inches of rainfall every
year.
Now you have fair picture of the
Tanana valley, located almost in the
geopra ghical center of Alaska, whose
farms surpass In productivity and
wealth of yield, the best Dakotas or
the cream of the Canadian northwest
prairies, to which thousands of our
middle-west farmers annually migrate
Barred from the softening influence
of the warm Japan current by range
of high and precipitous mountains
which include such giants as Mt. st.
Elias and Mt. Mckinley latitude 20
500 feet), the loftiest on the American
continent, this valley is only made en-
durable for plant life by the fact that
thew hole region, except the surface, Is
frozen.
The moisture arising from the Japan
current in the form of clouds settles
against these mountains and is precipi-
tated as snow, forming the tremendous
glaciers in the southern portion OF
Alaska The air is then freed OF its
moisture and comes dry into the rama
ma valley The valley has no more
moisture, no more rainfall than Arlzo-
ma. The Tanana valley would be an
arid desert were it not for the 1act
that it is frozen from surface to bed
rock and every drop of water and ev-
ary snowflake which falls in that coun-
try IS conserved. 1t sinks into the
ground and is frozen there. 1t is MAIN
tained in cold storage.
When the warm spring sun touches
the ground and the plow man turns up
the clods. it begins thawing. Then the
Fairbanks farmers plant their gardens
ard as the moisture is needed II comes
from below Tie thawing continues
all summer. The Tanana people nave
a subirrigation system whieh Nature
onerates for them that beats any lrri-
cation or reclamation system IN any OIL
the western states and which Goes not
now and never will cost a cent 10
maintain
The clearing of farm lands ABOUT
Fairbanks is going on rapidly Ldse
wear the area under cultivation was
nearly double all that which had been
cleared and cultivated in previous
wears. The yield of these crops Is
matter of amazement and surprise u
the PRODUCERS themselves. because
there. as elsewhere. it had been sup
nosed that the lands were worthless
for farming purposes
The United States experimental farm
is located at Fairbanks There are
about ninety acres under cultivation.
The report of the 1912 crops shows
Red Fife wheat yielding hlty-nNe
bushels to the acre from the soil unaet
natural condition there, Roinailon'
snring wheat, planted in 1872, ana mar
yested about the 1st of septem Der
Shows a production OF sixty poshels ~
tho acre. Wild Goose wheat gre" SIX
nv bushels to the acre. ;,
These wonderful results can pe VI
.oativ traced to the fact that during
tSo whole of the growing season there
- -, darkness 1t is all dayiishe'
E,ronn May to the beginning OF sep
+aroher one can read newspaper ou'
of doors at midnight
Tba quality is another source OF sur
nriea to the uninitiated. NeSetaoles'
ench as cabbage, turnips. tomatoes
rodisbes. celery and lettuce are vastly
snnerior to those grown in the s'ateS'
.Tsqhnical World Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
DEMOCRATIC HOPE.
Say Business Conditions Will Be
Stimulated by Currency Reform.

Washington, Dec. 25,-Business
conditions throughout the nation will
be greatly stimulated now that cur
rency reform has become an accom-
plished fact, in the opinion of Wash
ington's representative business men,
bankers and others. Almost without
exception they express themselves as
greatly encouraged over the business
outlook and declare that the enactment
of currency legislation is a forerun-
ner of better times. Leaders in COM
merce and finance here say the new
currency law is an excellent one and
express the belief that the possibility
of a panic is now eliminated.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

In 1882. when the international con-
sress Of medicine first met in London.
Pasteur was the most distinguished OF
the foreign delegates present Wlth
his usual anxiety to avoid publicity ne
cane over, accompanied oniy oy ms
son and son-in-law, and took rooms IN
C,1orres street. For days before his ar
rial invitations were addressed TO the
famous Frenchman at the bureau OF
tha congress; but no one called Tor
these, and he was not seen till ne en-
tered st. Janes's hall to attend the
opaning meeting. One Of the stewards
was leading him to the place reserved
for him on the platform when he was
recognized, and Immediately cheers
rang through the hall. Quite uncon-
ecicus that these were meant for him,
he said. apologeticallX, mo doubt the
nrince of Wales is arriving; ought
10 have come sooner"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
pITTSFIELD.
Good Cheer at the Christ
mas Entertainment.
Retiring Principal Landman, M. e.l.,
Receives Handsome Presents.

The part OF Santa Claus at the Christ
mas exercises held at the Free Baptist
church Wednesday evening was person.
ated by Edwin Childs in a manner most
pleasing to the children. The members
of the parish and Sunday school pre-
sented the pastor, Rev. II. NJ. Ford, with
an oak study desk and chair and Mrs.
Ford with two rocking chairs At the
Methodist church John Chapman acted
as Santa Clause. A purse of money was
given Rev. n r. Pearson. pastor of the
church, by the members of the parish
and Sunday school.
A play. ",rhe King Winters Throne
was very successfully given by members
of the Sunday school at the Universalist
church Wednesday evening in connection
with a tree and social given the children.
The knights of Maccabees will give a
concert and ball in Union hall New
Years eve, Dec. 81 to watch the old year
out and the new year in. Music will be
furnished by Hunters Orchestra. After
the concert the Carmel degree team will
give a drill The Ladies of the Macca-
bees will serve ice cream and cake. The
affair is in charge of Frank A. Wagner
and John NJ Lindsey, assisted by Frank
Otis and Chester Lawrence of Carmel
Ferdinand Glidden of Newport and Fred
Loud of Plymouth.
E. S. Tucker, bookkeeper at the Wa
verey wooden mills, left Wednesday for
cherrvfield to spend Christmas with his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Hackett enter
tained at a Christmas dinner Thursday
the following relatives: Mr. and Mrs. w.
e. Hackett of Skowhegan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hackett and two sons. Ernest and
Allen, of Stetson, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Cole and little daughter Frances of Rob
inson, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Randlett OF
this town and Ronello Hackett student
at T. of NJ, who is spending the holi-
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hackett. The dining room was
resplendent in Yuletide decorations.
Hon. Llewellyn Goodwin and Miss Lola
Goodwin of Skowhegan and Mrs. A. f..
Lawrence of Danville Junction were
guests Thursday of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Briggs.
Christmas exercises were observed
Thursday evening by Waverley Rebekah
Lodge for the children of the Odd Fell
lows, a custom that has been held at Odd
Fellows hall for several years. An en-
tertainment was given under the direc-
ton of Mrs Sumner McCausland, Mrs. J.
n. Martin and Miss Alga Towle. Re-
freshments were served by Mrs. Lottie
Woodard, captain for December. and her
aides.
Harris V. Matthews left Wednesday
for Bingham to join Mrs. Matthews, who
is spending the Holidays with her sister,
Mrs Ross Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gates of Bingham
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Civ
ems.
Dr. and Mrs. ]. Norman Brown passed
Thursday in Dexter
Miss Nettie Runnells, preceptress at M
C. l., passed Thursday at her home In
Foxcroft Miss Carl, member of the
| faculty, spent the day in Portland and
| Prof. and Mrs. Brad Swift were guests
| of friends in Wilton. Miss Story visited
| friends in Brunswick.
| Mr. and Mrs. Granville Mansur passed
| Thursday in Augusta with their son, Her
man Mansur, and family.
Phlentoma Lodge, !. Q. o. F., will hold
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26

its annual business meeting for election
of officers Monday evening. The First
degree will also be conferred.
Prof. and Mrs. F. U. Landman and son
Bernard passed Thursday in Palmyra,
guests of Mrs. Luretta Tucker and fam
lily.
Prof F. U. Landman, who Wednesday
finished his duties as principal of Maine
Central Institute. has been presented with
a silver loving cup by the faculty as a
token of their regard. The members of
the Senior class gave a handsome desk
and a chest of silver for the table was
presented by the three lower classes.
Mrs. w. E. Spear and son Gilbert of
West Hartford, CT. formerly of this
town, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
ellyn Parks.
Lewis Sturtevant of Waterville was the
guest Thursday of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. C. Sturtevant
Mrs. Eunice Church of Canaan and Mr..
and Mrs Leslie Dinsmore We're guests
Christmas day of Mr. and Mrs. 0. F.
Parks
Harding Bryant is i'll at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Bryant.
Miss Elva johnson is spending the Ho1-
idays in Orono with her sisters, Mrs.
Judkins and Mrs. Doyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Buxton and chill
dren, Katherine and Robert, of Bath, are
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs f.
w. Buxton.
Mrs. Harry Brown of Harmony was
the guest Christmas of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter a. Taylor.
Earl Harding of this town has been ap-
pointed editor-in-chief of the editorial
board at Bates College.
Mrs. Frank I. Shaw passed Thursday
in Hartland
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
SMITHEIElD

Mrs. Lourinda Holmes is slowly gain
ing from her recent illness.
Mrs. George Crowell is reported as hav
ing a serious cold.
Mrs Lester Brown has an attack of
grip and has closed her school for the
remainder of this week.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
NO WAGE REDUCTION
BY the Amoskeas Co. on Account of
New 5-Hour Law

Manchester, N H, Dec. 25.-The Amos
keag Manufacturing Co. announced to
the 5000 operatives of its cotton mills
today that the new law limiting employ
ment to IS hours each week would not
bring any reduction in wages. The mills
now run IS hours weekly. Operations
under the new schedule will begin Jan. .
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Charles M. PuIsifer of Auburn.

Charles Nj. PuIsifer of Auburn.
a few moments after he had died,
the body of Charles NJ. Pulsifer of
81 High street, Auburn, was found
back Of a car of stock which he was
unloading at the United States Bob
bin and Shuttle Co, Auburn, about
7.3O o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr..
Pulsifer had been about his work as
usual, and although for several years
he had been troubled with heart dis
ease he had not complained of any
III feeling for some time. A widow,
two daughters, brother and seven
grandchildren survive.
Mane's Biggest Turkey, 31Ia Pounds.
The largest turkey raised this year
in Aroostook county, if not in Maine,
has been on exhibition in a Presque
Isle market. 1t weighs 31l9 pounds,
dressed, and was raised by Mrs. w.
E. Knowles from spring Matching. The
turkey was served at the Beaulieu
family reunion dinner Christmas day.
when about % of the family gather
cred around the board at Xavier Beau
lieu's residence.
Portland's Salvation Army's Work.
The Portland Salvation Army dis
tributed 250 large baskets of provis-
ions among the poor, enough to give
1850 a dinner, Christmas. A chicken
was included in each basket and the
distribution was under the direction
of Staff Capt. Guard.
Divorced, After Third Attempt.
In his third attempt to secure di-
vorce, Robert Benrett of Bar Har-
Dor was successful when Judge Con-
molly of the superior court at Port
land Tuesday granted him a divorce
from Alice Mae Bennett of Portland,
on the ground of statutory offence.
The custody of their 2-year-old boy
is given to the father. Two other lib
els in the Hancock county courts were
dismissed. This is the case in which
Judge Connolly took occasion to re-
mark on the ease with which divorce
is secured in Maine courts when Mrs.
Bennett withdrew her opposition to
the divorce upon the allegation being
changed to cruel and abusive treat
ment Judge Connolly insisted that
divorces should be granted for the
real cause Mrs. Bennett contested the
divorce when the original charge OF
infidelity was resorted to. A number
of witnesses were examined on both
sides Tuesday and several deposi-
tionS Of Bar Harbor people were read
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
Alaska Thaw Farmino.

Imagine a great bowl of ice. three
hundred miles long and fifty
miles wide. Sprinkle it with a layer of
dirt Light it with sun that beats
down with tropic intensity twenty-five
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
TO Comfort Sick Folks

Mrs. S. j. Kelsey. Trained Nurse of
Barre, VT, says Comfort Powder
cannot be equalled for cooling and
comforting the skin of fevered pa
tients and for warding off bed sores"
The genuine has the signature of E.
S. sykes on the box.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-16
AGAINST
CHINESE MAY
CAUSE TROUBLE
Residents of Panama VIII Come Un'
der Ban-Will Legislate Chinese
Out of There.

PANAMA, July 1.-THE Chinese
situation which has arisen in TINS re-
public rivals the Japanese question OF
California and is quite likely to. IN
yolye the United States more or less
seriously before it is settled. This is
the belief today of Panama govern
ment officials.
New laws, directed against the Chi
nese residents of Panama, recently
passed, together with official DEGREES
issued by President Perras, Will prac-
tically legislate the Chinese out OF TINS
section of Central America, spot
where they have been steadily grow
ing in numbers for many years. Fall
ing to get any satisfaction from the
Panamanian government the chinese
Republic has appealed to Washington
for help and holds that the United
States must see that the Chinese res
idents of Panama are given CONNER
cial protection.
The new laws come pretty close to
taxing everything and anything Chi
naman in Panama does. The Chinese
merchants claim that they pay nearly
10 per cent of the import customs du-
ties of the country, yet, under the new
law, their chamber Of commerce mere
is to be taxed $1,000 in gold a month
which will drive it out of existence.
The social and religious organiza-
tions are heavily taxed, the Chinese
stores are restricted as to the class
of goods they may sell, the members
OF the race are required to register
freauently-and pay a fee each time
and other restrictions are placed
almost upon their every move.
The Chinese claim that this is in di-
rect violation of the Panamanian con-
stitution which guarantees equal
rights to the citizens of all nations
They also charge that when American
Minister Dodge. acting on instructions
from Washington, appealed to the
Panama government he was promised
that the laws would be made less
drastic. but the matter was then al
lowed to rest.
The laws of Panama do not permit
of test of the constitutionality of an!
new law unless the president and his
cabinet disagree on that law. There
has been no disagreement on the Chi
nese situation.
The Chinese of Panama and Cen
trail America are thrifty. industri'
Gus lot. They never mix up in an,
of the political affairs of the nations
and their dollars have done much tt
put many OF these nations on firm
er financial footing. The credit o
the Chinese merchants of Panam;
ranks very high with the wholesaler
OF the United States from whom the!
buy heavily.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-16

SKATERS TRIPLE GOOSE
EGG; VICTORY CLEAN CUT
Score to Tells Story of Game at
Roundup Park Yesterday in Which
the Walla Walla Bears Go Down to
Defeat-Berger in Form Pitches Il
Great Game.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-16
STAHL OUSTED =
FROM RED SOX 4
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CHICAGO, July 16.-"Jake' Gar
land Stahl was ousted as manager OF
the Boston Americans by James Nc
Aleer, president of the club. Though
differences amounting to a serious
misunderstanding" with McAleer
were rumorej, causes of Stahl's re-
lease, both manager and president in
sisted that the demand of the latter
and other stockholders for playing
manager" was the motive.
StahIs release was unconditional
and he will give up baseball as bus
mess, although retaining his red sox
stock, devoting his time in the future
to his banking business in Chicago.
He has played few games this season,
an injured foot keeping him off the
field, though he has managed the team
from the bench. He was grieved ap-
parently at McAleer's decision to re-
lease him and declared he had done
his best to sustain the teams reputa-
ton as worlds champions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-16
10000 Men on Strike.

D HAMBURG. Germany, July =
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. are now involved in the =
. strike which started in the ship .
= building works here. The walk =
D out has extended to several 9TH .
. er trades. with no immediate =
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