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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Editorial Comment
Sobriety from War.
cortland Express.)

GARt Soc.R
The Russian correspondent Of The
London Times. Mr.. stephen Graham,
writing from Moscow this week, states
that in that city "ali vodka (spirio
shops have been closed for a month,
and Russia, at word from the Car,
has taken on the appearance or sopr-
ETY.. 1t has been impossible to obtain
alcoholic liquors of any kind, and as q
consequence drunkenness has disap-
peared from the streets and with IT
grea army of beggars who only
beg that they may gather 20 kopeks
for a bottle. The absence OF VODKA
has made great blank in the
peasants lives, but that blank has
been filled up by the war apd the In
terest of the war. Ordinarily the
peasants feel they have nothing to db
but drink, but now it is otherwise"
In a previous issue of The Times Is
given the following message from the
st. Peterburg correspondent: THE
appearance Of the streets Of st. Pc
tersburg on Sunday was remarkable
for the entire absence of inebriates.
Russia has been dead sober now for
four weeks. 1t is impossible to obtain
UcSI VI WING SntSRt Nv hASS S~'-"~ ~
taurants."
While prohibition in Russia has
worked such marvellous results, the
people of England are becoming more
and more dissatisfied with the at
tempts OF government 10 regulate the
liquor traffic instead Of prohibiting it.
More and more the feeling is becom-
ing general that unless repressive
measures are taken Immediately the
result OF having liquor constantly &C
cessible to territorial troops will in
vite disastrous deterioration in mo-
rale Mothers are protesting that they
have given their sons to fight, not to
be debauched for the benefit of pub.
licans who are trying to draw
financial gain from a national crisis
Bitter indignation has been provoked
by evidence that relief funds have In
many cases speedily found their way
to the till of the public house.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Leith, Of the
Third Gordon Highlanders. has mott
fed the people OF Aberdeen that he
will courtmartial any civilians offer.
ing drink to soldiers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
The Homeless Victims.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)


The compassion of the world has
been concentrated upon the victims on
the firing line in the great war and
upon the women and children widowed
and orphaned by the struggle. but
there is a vast multitude Of other VIC
tins, those rendered homeless by the
ravages Of war. The half million ref
ugees from the Antwerp district who
have fled towards Holland are con-
crete example But these are only a
fraction of the staggering total Of the
population affected by the warfare In
Belgium and Northern and Eastern
France, who have fed for refuge to
Central. Western and Southern
France. to England and to Holland.
Consider also the population OF Galicia
overrun by the armies OF Russia ana
the fight of the residents OF East
Prussia on the advance OF the Gar
legions. 1t is estimated that, all too,
there must have been fully 3,Uuo,Vo
people made homeless by the nghting
around their homes, the destruction OF
houses, the trampling OF crops ano
the bombarding OF villages, towns ana
cities.
The plight OF these poor people may
be imagined from the repores
Brussels. Appeal for outside help IN
the way Of provisions and necessities
for these unfortunates, who IN many
cases have lost all they had IN the
world, has been met with the oimcui-
ty that such aid Is contrapano anu
cannot be given lest 1t be diverted to
the benefit Of the enemy. That 10 the
position taken by Holland to preserve
it's neutrality and 1t also prevents as
sistance being sent from England. the
other most available resource. Win
the approach Of winter these teLr,oie
conditions must be intensihed. wne.
is to become Of these non-compataht
victims of the war? Added to the
sacrifice of life on the battlefield ana
the sorrow Of the widowed and or
phaned, the fate OF the homeless ana
penniless may well stagger humanity
anew.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
A Letter from a Cat
Detroit Free Press.)

Detroit Free Press.)
I hereby take
My pen in paw to say.
Can you explain a curious thing
l found the other day?
There is another little cat
Who sits behind frame
And looks so very much like me
You'd think we were the same.
I try to make her play with me,
Yet when l NEW and call,
Though | see her NEW in answer,
She makes no sound at all,
And to the dullest kitten
It's plain enough to see
That either | am hooking her
Or she is mocking me.
1t makes no difference what l play
She seems to know the game,
For every time | look around
l see her do the same.
And yet, no matter though | creep
On tiptoe lest she hear
CIR quickly dash around the frame,
She's sure to disappear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Col. Watterson's Rare Mood.

e The Louisville Courier Journal has
spoken. And it is not the clean, ever
rhetoric of Col Watterson, every wore
weighing a ton, but, rather, the shrek
ing gibberish of an exasperated ole
man, who finds the atmosphere of sell
indulgence to which his habits OF q
long life have been attuned, suddenly
interrupted by discordant waves OF
Christian progress.
The old dog whose hide is baked in
tbe effulgence of the log fire blaze for
wears hates the new heating plant OF
his masters home.
The devil has fixed strong in the
hearts Of certain innocent disciples the
convictions of personal liberty"
The slave owners of half century
.apo saw not the hideous inhumdnity
of their methods of prosperity but
shed their blood freely for their own
rights
Col waterson is just as blind today,
to the demands of moral advancement
as were the shareholders of his state
in 1860. He hates violently the yeast of
Christianity slowly leavening the lump
of humanity.
Second childhood can not tolerate
scrubs" towards" fools" corrupt
incendiaries," and liars" who have
the courage to work for posterity' S
betterment in spite of the hatred and
curses of Col. Watterson's like.
The Colonel shouts his rage at the
loss of revenue thinking only of the
dire possibility of his own parched
throat. Read an excerpt from his col
umn and a half blast reprinted and
circulated by the rum trust:
The whole trend of the miscalled tenn
perance movement in kentueky-the aim
and end of its leaders-is,, and from the
first has been, statewide prohibition.
That means destruction of no common
kind.
Ii the whole of Main street should
awaken some morning to find every
house between its eastern and western
extremities burned to the ground with
out dollar of insurance the ruin would
not be greater. Virginia has few IL any
eistilleries. Hence the vote for prohibit
ton the other day cost mainly the loss
of revenue-a very serious loss, indeed,
which the taxpayers will surely and
sorely feel. But suppose the prohibit
tion had been to outlaw tobaceo-to
burn down the tobacco WAREHOUSES OF
virginiat-what might the Virginians
have thought about It? Yet tobacco is
but a step behind whiskey, and, when
the zealots have disposed of whiskey
they will of course turn upon tobacco
Some of the churches have already done
So
The Courier-Journal has spoken in I'M
measured terms of the seoundrels who
work the temperance racket for what
they see in 1t. 1t not only repeats. but
It will continue to stigmatize and de-
nounce these men as the very scrubs OF
creation. Some of them write for the
newspapers-even pretend to be editors
and they are the guiltiest, because,
whilst a few are the merest towards, or
fools, the larger number are malignant
and corrupt ineendiaries. Lying is their
trade. They began by urging local OPP
fion. Thence they advanced to county
unit All the while denying statewide,
they are now preparing for it.
When you have read such as this
from the lingual expert of the Sunny
South, can you not easily forgive such
as George w. Singer and Gus" Mer-
rillo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

Aunt Mary Everett of Fort Fairfield
suffered a bad spell Wednesday while
on the street and was taken to the
home of Mrs. Hurd. This remarkable
old lady at the age of 10S years, has
been quite smart and active until this
Illness
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Coming Events

Oct. so-Annual reunion Past Grand
Representatives Association. ut Riverton
Park at Z. Portland.
Oct. 10-Bangor q Aroostuok Railroad.
annual meeting. Bangor.
oct. 20-Grand Lodge Of RaoekAhc. an
nual meeting. Portland.
Oct. 10-21-8tAte Conferences .ot Charities
and Corrections, Bangor.
oct N-3l--State Conference 81 Chart
ties and Corrections, Bangor.
Oct. 11--Maine Division. international
Sunshine Society. annual meeting. lewis
Oct. x1-(arsud Lodge Z q 3. r.. an
nuei meeting, Portland. .
oct A-Naine Central eoHqEset and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
The Family History.

A new arrival in a certain town has
put up the following sign on his lawn:
My name is Piffie Wombat.
This is my first wife.
We get along together pretty we'll.
My income is $500 per year.
My wife makes her own clothes.
She has never left me.
The piano is nearly paid for.
Some of the neighbors think this man
is a plain nut, but others claim that he's
public benefactor, considering all the
trouble he has saved the local gossips.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. SATURDAY, OCTOBER H. 1sl4

The Sentinel has been issued contin-
uously since 1878 and is one of the
Oldest weekly newspapers in the State
and had been owned and edited by
the late N. B. Mutt and heirs for
the past so years without change in
ownership. In 1855, j. Woodman En-
cry, an uncle of the present owner
was editor and proprietor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

economy in the expenditure of the peo-
pies money.
There has been no systematic at
tempt on the part of either Congress
or the Administration to observe an
economy which would have made the
deficit tax unnecessary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Making Sure He Wouldn't Testify.

crack auto driver from Spain
Ran over gink in the rain.
And he said: Goodness gracious!
To life he's tenacious
And he turned back and hit i'm again.
Milwaukee Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

nurse. she will. of course, wear a Red
Cross band on her arm.--Boston Globe.
1t will indeed be a cross to Mary
but perhaps she can stand it through
the cold weather.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

"One of the most gratifying fea-
lures" said Miss Alice Paul. chairman
of the Congressional Union for Wo-
man Suffrage, in commenting upon the
reports received from the election
ton which is given to our organizers
by the women voters. We were warned
many times before entering upon this
election work that the women voters
would refuse to listen to our appeal
and would regard with hostilitg our
entrance into their states. On the con-
trary they have shown an enthusiastic
readiness TO help, far beyond oui
| greatest expectations"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Not So Terrifying.

"I eat only roasted chestnuts on ac-
count of the worms.
But roasted chestnuts have their
share of worms
"oh. don't mind worm SO much If
it is well cooked"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
The Call of Autumn.

Golden autumn days,
Mystic falltime haze.
Landscapes seem
Like a dream -.
To our thoughtful gaze.
Purple shadows Turk
Calling prince and clerk.
Woods aflame, ~
It's a shame
People have TO work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Mothers Advice.

THAT young Teller has been calling on
daughter for several weeks, hasn't hep"
Eyes, pa"
'I think I'll ask him what his inten-
lions are
"Give him time, pa. He probably
doesn't know himself yet"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
heraPart.

shes fond of acting, isn't she?'
Eyes indeed. She plays the mischief
with a fellow."-Judge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Heavy Investor.

"Wombat says he wants to bet on the
worlds SERIES
what does he want to bet?"
amy part of a quarter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

The young woman who declares she
will marry no man who has any bad
habits can find him easily enough-in the
cemetery. -Portland Express
What, Where's Deacon Norton?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Very Helpful

A little wife is nice in life
To help affairs along.
Also the dame can take the blame
Whenever things go wrong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
We're Extreme.

Say. she does dress in ludicrous
fashion"
Eyes. even the women grin at her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17


Tax.
Four facts to remember about the
special deficit tax of s100,000,O00 the
Democratic Congress is about to levy
on us:
j. The falling off in revenues is not
due to the reason given by the Demo-
Gratis for isvying the tax-the war in
Europe--but to the failure of the I'm
derwood tariff law to produce income.
2. The extravaganza of the Demo
cratic Congress has plunged the coun-
try into an expense that cannot oe
paid unless special measures are TAX
en-.
8. President Wilson has never sug-
gested 10 Congfess the necessity OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
1915.
MAINE FAIR DATES

Dec i5-I7-F-eaport Poultry Associa-
ton. Freeport.
Jan. 5-7-western Maine Poultry Asso-
citation, South Paris.
January first week)-Bangor Poultry
Association, Bangor.
Jan. 5-S-Passamaquoddy Poultry AS
ISOLATION, Lubec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
In Mexico.

THAT man yonder is peon."
"And that beautiful girl?''
"Well, you might call her peony."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

: The worlds production of pig iron in
1913 is estimated at 76,500,000 tons, a
new high record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
BETHLEHEM LODGE. NO. as. :. q
ODD FELLOWS HALL

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 1c. REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 7.30. Friday,
Oct. 10, work in First degree.
w. h. CUkktER, y. G.
E. L. WESTON, sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Maine Gossip
The Frosty Day.
r.t1I 1900 - hara

Qt'll soon be here.)
/.
Frosty feelin in the air.
Weather gettin' chilly;
Rose has now no clothes to wear,
Shiverin' leans the lily.
II.
Now we miss the summer days,
Wintry rains are pourfn;
Fan the fire to a blaze
And set the chimney roarin'i
Cant have summer all the time
Yet, in frosty weather,
Sweet the story and the rhyme
Round the hearth together.
".
Patterin' of children's feet;
Hear their voices hummin';
While the question they repeat:
when is Christmas comin'?'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Washington County Railroad Companies

Washington County Railroad Companies
annual meetings, Portland.
Oct. 21-22-.Maine Council, D. A. r.. an
nual meeting in Portland.
Oct. 22-National Anti-Tuberculosis As
ISOLATION, district meeting, Bangor.
Oct 22-orant Encampmeat. patriarchs
Militant. annual meeting. Portland;
School, annual convention. Bangor.
Oct 2s-3o-Maine Teachers Associa-
ton at Portland.
Oct. 29-se--Formal opening OF the Long
fellow Birthplace. Portland.
Oct. 9e-ouarter Century Travelling
Mems Association, Bangor.
Nov. Moose hunting season opens in
Maine closing Dec. /.
Nov. -Maine Eye and Ear Inffrmary
annual meeting. Portland.
Nov. Maine Pathological Society.
annual meeting. Bangor tdate to be
Nov. 17-1s-Maine State Pathological
Nov. 2-l3-f4-i5-state- wide Community
Efficiency Conference, Augusta.
Nov. l2-ls-14- 15-state-wide Community
Efficiency Conference (plaee of meeting
not fixed.l
Dec. 7-Portland City election.
Dec. S-supreme Court law term con.
venes, Augusta.
convenes. Portland.
Dec. S, 9, 10-York county Poultry Ass n
show.
Dec. H-Westbrook city election.
Dec. 15-Deer hunting season in Maine
closes
Dec l5-17-State Grange at Lewiston.
Dec. 15-17-Freeport Poultry Associa-
| ton.
1915.
Jan 5-7-western Maine Poultry Asso-
citation, South Paris.
Jan. 6--Maine Legislature, biennial ses-
sion. Augusta.
March 22-27-Lewiston and Auburn au-
| tomobfle show
April s-Grand Castle. Knights of the
Golden Eagle, annual session, Carmel.
| May Interpretations Conference
J and Missionary Society of Maine, annual
meetings, South Parish church. Augusta.
/ May 4-6,-Masonic grand bodies, annual
meetings, Portland.
June s-1o-Maine Division, Sons OF
Veterans and Ladies' Auxiliary. annual
| meetings, Bangor.
| June 27-30-New England Typographical
Union convention. Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
Erudite Baseball.

Some say those Boston Braves give sig
nails in Latin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
AUGUSTA LODGE. NO. 14t. r

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 141, T. AND
A. NJ. Special communication Tuesday
evening. Oct. 20, at $50 o clock. Work in
f. &. degree. All sojourning brethren
cordially invited TO attend.
ALBERT NJ. PINGREE, w. NJ.
WESTON LEWIS, Sec'y.
BETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. IS, r. &
a. NJ. Special communication Monday,
Oct. 10, at 80 o'clock. Work in f. c.
degree. All sojournlng brethren are cor
daily invited to attend.
PEARL L. FULLER, Sec
ORIN Is. FROST, w. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17
JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. ;

meetings at $50 O'Clock every second
and fourth Tuesday. Tuesday, Oct. q.
work i'll Patriarchal degree
j. X. WNSEND, C. p.
C. E. STEWART. Scribe.
DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

If Mary Garden is to be Red Cross
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

Roscoe G. Emery, one of the WE'LL
known young residents of PASSPORT,
assumed charge of the Eastport Sen
tinel with Wednesdays issue, having
purchased the entire plant this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

Blessin's on the frosty day.
Now no flowers are sprfngin',
An the birds have flown away,
But the fire is singini
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

1t was so years ago that Charles
Bennett of Bridgton, graduate OF
Bowdoin ga, and drafted, was ap-
pointed second lieutenant of the 5th
unassigned Infantry. Rev. w. W.
Haywood, former pastor of the Ken
dalls Mills Universalist Society, was
appointed chaplain of the 18th Me.
Reg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

CANTON AUGU5TA, NO. 9, p. NJ.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
y oil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

The school boards of Wayne and
East Livermore at a meeting held
Tuesday elected Elmer Weber of
Lewiston, superintendent of schools
for these towns Mr.. Weber had
two years in Bates and one in Univer-
sity of Maine and has taught in sew
eral grades.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

Portland wholesale grocers report
that molasses is considerably higher
than it has been for some time. While
it can not be said that the product
is particularly scarce it is announced
from producing points that the heavy
and best grades are higher. with the
outlook that the prices will be main
tanned for some time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

G. 8. PEASLEE, Capt
RAY NJ. BURNS. Cie<k.
DIT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-17

GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN CIRCLE.
No. 5, Ladies of the @. A. r.: Regular
meeting in G.. A. r. Hall every Tuesday
at go p NM.
MRS EMMA A. GANNET, Pres
MRS ADA NJ. HAYES. Sec.
!anSeofIyrs
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-04-14

~ New York, April 1.-THE four gun.
saen will have another day in court.
Nustice John w. Gon, who sat at
i'aheir trial and who sentenced them
60 death, signed an order whereby
~The district attorney is directed to
.aAppear before him and show cause
2 why a new trial should not be grant
S@d TO the four. who are sentenced to
: Mio next week.
The backbone OF the last hour plea
made by Charles G. f. waple, coun.
@ei for Lefty Louie Rosenberg,
fsWhitey Lewis, Gyp the Blood and
~Dago Frank is formed by the affida-
vita OF two men whose names have
veAover figured in the case before.
One of these men. william E. Bur.
well. an exhibition billiard player,
Mw0re that he was on West 43d
= street the night that Herman Rosen-
AhH1 was killed In front OF the Metro,
gpOie; that he saw man fire two
Whots and run and Jump into the gray
murder car; that Immediately after
dAe heard two more shots behind
MIN; that he could pick the man who
yhe saw fire the first two shots out OF
ANY number of men; that he has scru-
fainized the pictures of the four gun
amen sentenced to die during the
yWoek beginning Monday and that the
fsnnn he saw was not one OF the gun
ansa.
The other new hope Is a former
~, -
t@as In the Garden restaurant three
Nights before the murder. He swore
phe saw Rosenthal and his wife com
Ang along, and he saw Jack Rose,
fHaTTy Vallon and Bridgey Webber
Nstanding near the entrance to the
W8staurant. He swears that he heard
Prose say to Webber and Vallon
Now go and put II over on him.
NlreBner started across the street, he
NSwears, and no crime was committed
But still more important than this
91Art of Dresner's affidavit is his
thtRtement that he was on 43d street
tEhe night of the murder. He had
4salied on waiter friend of his who
tWOrked at the Elks' club. He had
Ttiaft, and was near Sixth avenue when
she saw the murder ear speed past
@im. He saw and recognized In the
Aaar Shapiro, the chauffeur; Harry
WALTON and Bridgey Webher, and on
ahe running boards he swears he saw
nsnm Schepps,
II this stands the proof of cross.
Examination, IL will be highly impor-
SAINT in the trial OF Former Police
WAeutenant Becker especially the
statement that Sam Schepps was on
nhe running board. II was Schepps,
aated in court as not being an accom-.
Hhce, who accomplished the convio
tsion Of Becker and the four gunmen.
sas he oorroborated the testimony Of
: ssdmitted accomplices