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The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31
THE WARS STRIKING LESSON
IN GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP

From the New York American.
Owing to her own telephone and
Telegraph lines. England has taught
this country an important lesson in
the practicability of government
Ownership.
England does not own her rail-
roads. But with the declaration of
war came an order placing every
railroad In the United Kingdom un-
der the absolute control of the gov
ernment.
Time tables will be made by the
government. trains will be run as. the
government says that they shall be
run; every railroad employe. from
thenew Long Island general manager
of the most important line down to
the humblest guard on \ passenger
train. will take his orders from the
government.
The purpose OF this Is obvious,
The interests of the English people
are at stake In this war. Private
gain must be sacrificed to the COM
mon good. 1t ,is not for boards OF
directors but fpr the representatives
Of tho people 70 say how Ensland'a
means Of TRANSPORTATION are to be
conducted in this crisis.
The process of taking over the
railroads is necessarily long and cum
bersome. 1t will take some time be-
fore government officials, unframed
in the management OF railroads, can
NOr okc
perhaps months. they will be large
ly dependent on the railroad opera
Itors themselves.
But had England owned and oper-
ated her own railroads, as she owns
and operates her own telegraph lines.
no change would have been neces-
sary. .+
The railroad department. operat-
ing In complete harmony with the
war department, would have been
responsive to the demand
upon It..
| In the event of war in America an
order like that enforced in England
would have to be made. Here II
would take weary time to bring the
railroads into complete harmony with
the government. Clashes Of ideas and
opinions would be bound to occur,
A condition approaching chaos would
exist for the first few months, at
least.
Here is an important lesson fol-
1.-The people of America. The worst
calamity that can befall a nation II
4 great war. The next worst calam-
ity is the inability of a nation to de-
Efend itself, to protect its people in
time of great war.
With railroads under hundreds OF
different private managements. the
Immediate transportation Of troops
would be a manifest impossibility
There would be shortage of cars
here, a lack of facilities there. diff
ference between employer and EN-.
rloyes at another place.
Under government ownership the
railroads would be as responsive al
the army and navy. the telegraph
System would be part of the gov
ernment. and as available at the pos
tai service is to the government now
In time of peace. the government
control OF railroads and telegraph,
and telephones would be boon Il
the people. In time Of war 1t woult
he an imperative necessity.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31
BRITISH NOBLENAN Held
PRISONER IN GERMANY

Wright, who has been prominent in
the administration, has been arrest
ed by the Germans at Neuremberg,
where he was taking the cure. and
is now held prisoner of war. The
high commander Of the Union of
South Africa, in London has appealed
to the American ambassado" in Der
lin to obtain Sir James release.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31
McL0UaHLlN WINS
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

Newport, p. l., Aug. 31.-Naurit"
e. Mclaughlin of San rFancisro de-
|feated William j. Clothier of Phila-
delphia Ca. GA. 6-3 and r. Norris
Willis II of Philadelphia heat E.
Fott:ell of San Francisco GA. 6-3, 6-2
lin re semi-final round of the allcom-
ers tournament for the national ANA
|teur tennis lawn championship IN
singles today.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31
MANAGER BROWN NOW
ASKS REINSTATEMENT

st. Louis. Aug. 31.-Mordecia
Brown, deposed manager of the st.
Louis Federals, who refused to pitch
for the local team after Fielder
Jones was appointed manager. has
applied for reinstatement with the st.
Louis federals.
1t was announced by an official of
the club today. Brown now is In
Chicago. ..-s-.,-.-..s
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31

Moreover he must remain the job that the redneck
Colorado not further oppressed by the
He must do the bidding Jshn Mceanan Lawson
and Others who keep the wires hs soaag about this
thing and that. ~
As far Colorado concerned Eddie Warrington
Tmbuctoo Congo any place he
be succeeded anyhow this fall and he might make the
best his ourn and stuff the congressional record With speeches
Colorado getting along wen without him hinder the
1t has had along the best could with the
Of the Edward Keatng Washington
years. eN A'-
So the people Of this and his congressional district
to Eddie Don't hurry back Stay long you
and then somewhere and the your life
be all with us" !
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31
FUNSTON ADvIZES VERA
CRUZ PORT Is CLOSED.

) Washington. u. c.. Aug. 81.
-Brigadier General Funston
; has reported to the war de-
partment that Provisional Pres
; ident Carranza has declared
; the port of Vera Cruz Is closed.
Funston states this will have a
serious effect on the city's food
supply.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-31
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Calling cards, wedding invita-:
tions, booklets, pamphlets-iot
printing of all kinds neatly and
quickly done at the Chronicle
News Job Rooms.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
H,znanity Aided by
the Hypocrite
By AUGUST WEsTMAN. IT.. Chicago


cepon to the general There his being
Most OF have taken decidedly this bugaboo
estimation OF not based scientific of the
his he accused of exertng bad influence this
never been the vocation of hpocrtca acquaintance
hypocre does not show his bad points
contrary he makes it his business constantly hide
the best that him. fact making believe him perfect
specimen OF humanity In doing this he produces good effect for he
pointed out model and people to be like him possible
Because he has hidden his mpeon dgenerated faculties
and only his better SELF although deep his heart
ne wretched poroon making better and all
because his best side copy his polite manner cordial
frendiness his religious professions becoming
we become vastly different
Because only his good side failing the bad
wholly good while he partly bad Therefore unintenona
factor mankind for by his designs he meads thinking him
step toward progress
let judge him by the evil his heart but rather
the good effect he has others Let give him least little
credit for doing something the welfare
let us the ypoe his due The only that
better ourselves by refusing deny the and und
serving the privilege knowing that he has lived his
life in
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
LOCKED AMID 1925 MELONS
Quite a Few Are Left When Young
Negro Boy In Freight Car
Reaches New York.

New York.-Literature and art
record many exquisite versions of
what heaven may be like, but realism
stepped In at Jersey City and offered
this:
A small colored boy locked In with
carload Of watermeIons! Surpris-
ing1y enough, when a Baltimore &,
Ohio freight train pulled into Jersey
City and Fred Mitchell, thirteen, the
colored boy referred to, was found,
there were of the 1925 melons
shipped in the car quite a few left.
Fred. who thinks the trip lasted
fully three days, doesn't remember
how he came to get in the car, but
there he was when somebody at VIII.
mington. N. c., locked the door. His
father, Wesley Mitchell, OF Whining.
ton, has been notified.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
Disease, Like Vice,
Cannot Stand Publicity
By RALPH H. FORESTER. Chicago

health 1t true and all the beginning
demand knowledge and prevention better meth
DDS of sanitation and right that public health
conserved prevention
housing choking off congon before spreads doing
to draw healthy protection babies naturally
and logically lower mortality But such efforts than hat-t
the brth-breath of efficiency are encouraging!
There's the keyword Efficiency! Poverty health surely
poverty OF efficiency and who the light shabe
through life shouderng the additional
fects We take the child and search for defects have them
they must be cleaned early
and the beautiful results of qcened mentality with
better physical condition Immediately prove
efficiency.
Scence-cod analytical sciencehas joined the ellis
Keeper by much the
efficiency 1t continues PROBE search make efficient
for the Holy Grail Health and disease like
publicity.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
SEEING HOLLAND BY WATER
Once the Dutchman's Tyrant, He Has
Tanned 1t and Made 1t His
Servant

Amsterdam, Holland.-The traveller
by the waterways In an economist.
The railways are not as cheap as they
are unpunctual and dilatory. There
Is, granted, no better way of seeing
and seeming the flower fields between
Amsterdam and Harlem than from
the light railway, half train, half tram.
Its halts at clean, bright villages lend
zest and variety, and provide a little
insight into the homeiy comfort OF the
countryside. But it is by water that
the Dutchman is best expressed. The
passive melancholy of his fallen cities
Is best seen in the empty waters and
unfrequented avenues of their water
ways. The placid aloofness and old
Worldiness Of his villages displays it.
self most openly in the unaffected ex-
element and curiosity occasioned by
an unaccustomed sail or funnel. There
Is over all the waterways the sense of
the pleasure of the race in quiet things
in neat, secretive houses gazing at
their reflections in the glimmerine
waters; in green trees along the prom.
enades, even on the busy "boomjes"
OF Rotterdam; and in the seemly dig.
nifty of streets into whose homes the
waTfarer cannot peer. At Alkmaar
one can leave the ornate weigh house
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

1t must be a cause of ever-increas-
ing annoyance for the yachting enthu-
siast to see his white-winged craft
slowly being superseded by power
driven boats. 1t is lamentable fact
that sailing in Casco Bay is on a de-
cline. Not only are the sailboats be-
coming more scarce but also the num-
Der of motor boats is increasing stead
lily. Neighborhood gossip deals not
so much with weather conditions in
regards to sailing, as it does with en-
CINE troubles. INCORPORATING is a
highly commendable pursuit, Is a
most enjoyable pastime, but as
sport and means of healthful recrea-
ton, it can not be compared with the
wet sheet and a flowing sea" by
even the most cold -blooded of gasoline
slaves. 1t is to be hoped that the
postponement of the international cup
races will not deal another blow at
what was formerly the king of all
sports. The fine craftsmanship of
Mr.. Cochran, the owner of the Van
tie" who had his yacht built princi-
pally as means for testing out the
syndicate sloop "Resolute" should in
woke sympathetic response among
all lovers of yachting. There seems
to have been a growing feeling of late
that sailing is a sport for the rich
and not for the average man. Moth
ing could be farther from the truth.
To be sure, if by sailing one means
joining an aristocratic club, investing
in a splendid schooner, etc., the cost
makes it out of reach of the ordinary
individual. But the true sailor Is not
the man who Tolls in his deck chair
while the hands sail his craft, but
rather he who, in his little sloop or
knockabout, sails from morning to
night. His craft may be little and
slow, her paint may be worn, her sails
dingy, but every bit of her is dear to
him because she is his own and he
alone has the handling of her. He is
the true yachtsman and may the time
for his disappearance in these waters
be long hence.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
German Labor Bureaus
Aid Workingman
BY ROBERT c. FURY, Indianapolis, Ind.

ton of the methods employed by who has made
"In all the cities and and in almost all
at least agent to whom
employer need of worker Each
touch with the whole SYSTEM that arriving a
worker know what direction equally
important, in what direction not to look
cat the least time and at the best
the right channel for finding work and the the right
mel for finding workers. This completeness of the system
marked features of the of the German
not commercially they free They not all alike Some them
private bureaus managed by the trade phi
anthrop by churches them municipal they
connected whole
the fraudulent and inefficient but banding the effective whole
The government neither meets the cost the local
bureau That managed financed the local
binding them together"
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

and the chatter of tradesmen and
come in five minutes to a canal side,
ineffably remote. At Zaandam the pill
grims to the hut of Peter the Great
which has collapsed under the votive
offerings of royalty-have not trou-
bled the rush-fringed waters. Water
has nodded the character of the
Dutchman. 1t was long his tyrant and
1s still, in some sort, his enemy He
has tanned it and made it his servant,
and lives beside it-having taken all
thrifty precautions-in peace. And
what Is servant to the Dutchman may
be to Englishman guide and a friend
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
Age Of Criticism
Rather Than Belief
By REV. DR. KAsTIE ODCERs
PsssoT q Epwor,h Ep;scopsi Cbureh, Cbio.ee

too great credul than too little We standing today in the light
Easter For the Christian this faith involves Hottest aspirations
Is it too great hope for mankind?
No. for believe constantly not too much but too little We
not too swift trusting hearts but too slow From all that
to heart believe Did the primitive
that be, dream2
propesy Shakespeare Milton Webster had glorious hope for
future OF the Union yet confident that wilderness
west would be forever unoccupied by civilization.
So has BEEN Who that looked forward lover
realize the joy of such pencea Who that entered friends
ship with God but found him all expecaonsH Love and
God and salvation death and there all eve through
darky We slow ourselves to the great hope and truth
Of life.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

obseryant visitors to the mens gerie
In Central park. New York, note with
amusement. a sign on one of the build.
ings. IL is the official home OF the
park department, and also the DO
lice station. On door nearest tho
police end Of the building is a notice,
mo admittance." IF such signs are
going up on the police stations" said
a visitor, I'm going to leave my cash
home and carry check book"
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

DR.. J. N. Hurry of In
diana, in an address before
the recent meeting in At
lantic City Of the Ameri-
can Medical association, as
serted that there was no
poverty other than poverty
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Ours is the age of crit
cism rather than one of con-
fident belief. We have ex-
amined, tested and duly es-
timated everything. This
attitude had to be, but may
we not oYerdo it? Better
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Although labor bureaus
in Germany are operated by
various elements they are
marked by a continuity of
purpose and action which
makes them generally effect
i've. Here is a brief descrip-
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

With avistors humping together in
the clouds, It's getting so one can't
take quiet constitutional in Germany
without a parasol
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

If the inventor Of the fireless cook
er would produce talkless diplomat
the country would be doubly indebted
to him.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Certain soft drink purveyors are ad.
vised that the fly is to be swatted, not
induced to commit suicide by over.
feeding.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

why are SO many old bachelors
fermits?' asks an exchange. Why,
that is the only way they can keep
on being bachelors.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Bermuda has strong claims on the
United States, II shipped her last
year nearly one hundred thousand
pounds of onion seeds.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

The London citizen who has Just
passed away after having lived
through six reigns would have been
p mere boy In Mexico.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Nothing was ever put on
earth without some reason.
Each thing and every thing
has some use and was Gre
ated for some purpose, good
or bad.
The hYpocrite is no ex-
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

On the other hand, no real evi.
dence has yet been produced to show
that he who hesitates in the ballroom
In lost.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Luck has come to the Baltimore
lawyers. A man has just died there
leaving an estate of $1,000,000 and no
will.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

agtime is now being advocated as
spur to equine energy; but who
Ntelts to be q horse?
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

THE man who does things" is to be
admired-provided he does the things
you like.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Somehow that old saying about 60
Ing farther and faring worse never
seems to apply to vacations.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

The news that electric current Is
bsing imported into this country from
Canada is positively shocking.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

Unfortunate, but true It is, that
many persons prefer to give Safety
First day of on Sunday.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

The dictaphone was doubtless in.
vented in community in which there
were no sewing circles.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

1t is all right to swat the fly, but
1t Is much better to destroy his breed
ing place.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03

1t is a very obscure family that has
not received college catalogue this
summer.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
Summit
House
chebe ague
Island.

Of the the
Open until Sept M
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-09-03
MINIATURE ALMANAC
Week of Septemb err 8.


*Full Moon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28
ABOUT OSCILLATION

The proposition to completely abol-
ish the gentle practice of OSCILLATION
by auti-kissing erusades and health
societies is the subject for seoE by
those of us who have a grain of SEN
timentality left in us. If. as alleged
by the instigators of this proposed
widespread movement, life is 10 be
wrecked or shortened as a direc: re-
suit of disease germs transmitted
from one person to another by the
kissing route. let us welcome our
fate. What a cold. cherries world
this would be without spooning; with
out the time-honored custom of kiss
ing Just before goodnight is .aij.
Just imagine. if YOU can, a kisSleSs
eourtship. Can one contemplate
more uninteresting predicamentl We
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28

would like to get momentary peep
at the individual who would approve
of such an unheard-of thing.
While the Observer, like Dir. Wiley,
has reached that stage where it con
fines its kissing entirely to immediate
relatives and babies, it is not because
it fears the transmission of germs
Reminiscently speaking, imagine a
darkened moon on moonlight night,
with the beams playing tag around
couple idly swinging in hammock
while the midsummer zephyrs gently
watt from the distant meadow the
smell of new mown hay-let the anti
kissing society attempt to invoke the
referendum in such a case and see
what would happen. All the OBJ
structionists this side of-the azure
blue-couldn sustain it. The pair
would Immediately shift their base
of operations to more secluded
spot
Stop kissing? 1t can't be done. SO
long as good red blood courses through |
the veins of the American youth-and |
the adults and the aged, too, so far as
that is concerned-that most delight
ful sensation which is experienced
when lips touch and arms clasp, and
two hearts beat as one' will con-
tinue to exist. Disregard the edict
of the crusaders and, in the language
of the poet, go to it.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28

the champion spenders. A train de
luxe makes away with more funds
yearly than an extravagant million
aire. An Atlantic liner has more lux
uriousness than an average palace in
England One feature Of this modern
extravaganza has a political and soc
ial significance. 1t is to be hoped
that it contains no sinister implica-
tions. 1t is that this extravaganza
is universal. Millionaire and labor
ing man alike meet in the democracy
of the general abundance of good
living and possession of necessities
of life that fifty years ago were con-
sidered luxuries.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28
SPENDTHRIFTS

As notable a change aS any in
present from past manners and habits
OF society appears in the financial
and economic conditions. The poor
of today differ from those of a half
century or even of a generation, ago.
They earn more and they spend in
an increased number of WAYS. Nor
are the rich of 1914 similar to the
wealthy of 1881 or of 1864. The lux
ury of the two craS has little in
common. This spends osteuiatiously
where that spent quietly if laviShly.
Americans are credited by Europeans
with being the pioneers in modern
luNuriouSncSs and waSteful squander-
ing. Annual expenditures of Ameri-
can tourists abroad are rated as reach
ing several hundreds Of millions of
dollars, They demanded the sybarit-
ie earavansaneS Of London called
modern hotels. fourteen of which last
year are said to have enjoyed a turn
over Of Sl20OO.O0o. Catering to the
luxurious tastes of London's foreign
clients from all over the world has
become one of the modern Babylon's 5
most profitable businesses.
But railways and steamships are
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28
KILL THE CATARRH
GERM--USE HY0MEI

It's the direct-to-the-spot method
YOU breathe it. Do not delay and
continue TO suffer from eatarrh, head
colds. bronchitis or sniffles. 1t is not
only needless and annoys your friends,
but dangerous to your general health.
Begin the Hyomei treatment at
once. 1t is one of the easiest, quick
est. and surest way to clear the head
and quickly and permanently Danish
eatarrh.
Hvomei being medieated air i'm
mediately reaches the sore and irrl-
tated membrane and tissues-its an
tiseptie and germieidal healing begins
at once.
You will surely like Hyomei-its re-
lief Is not only immediate but last
ing. Money refunded by Conrad
tSafrin if you are not satisfied.
Get the complete outft-Sl-0O size
Druggists everywhere sell Hyomei
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28

From present indications the Chau-
tauqua to be held in Dallas in June
will be an unqualified success. The
talent secured for this event is of
the highest order, and Manager Miles
is extremely proud of the program
as arranged. This annual event can
not fail to prove beneficial to Dal-
las, and every citizen of the com
munity should put shoulder to the
wheel and make it even more success
full than the most sanguine eXpecta-
tions of the association under whose
auspices it is conducted hope for.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28

If the Apostle Paul could again
walk the streets of ancient Tarsus and
view the strange phenomena of elee-
trie illumination he would be non
plussed at the progress made by his
birthplace, Notwithstanding the fact
that he was a booster for TarSus-
for did he not speak of himself as
"a Jew of Tarsus. citizen of no
mean eity?" A news item says Tar
sus now has its streets lighted by
that force which has revo-
lutionized transportation, sent its
rays of light into the remote corners
Of the earth. gwen potency and power
to innumerable pieces of machinery,