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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26

Elizabeth Russell on Friday afternoon.
The hostesses for the afternoon were
Mrs. Russell and Miss Elizabeth Par
ker. Music was furnished by the
Victrola. The following program was
given: Music, report of secretary;
music; roll CALI quotations; music;
paper, THE Passion Play" Miss Eliza
beth Parker; music; reading, "Jim's
Christmas Present" Mrs. Wood; mu-
sic; Henry Van Dyke. The Very Best
Christmas Tree" Mrs. Elizabeth Rus
sell; music: America. The house was
prettily decorated for the occasion, a
large Christmas tree with gifts for the
guests being a prominent feature. Re
freshments of tea and waters were
served by the hostesses.
The o. E. s. held meeting in their
hall on Friday evening with a salad
supper at six o'clock. Four candidates
were initiated and the following Off
GERS were elected: Worthy Matron,
Mrs. Esther Carr; worthy patron, Fred
Jewett; assistant matron, Mrs. Harriet
Blaisdell: secretary, Mrs. Annie Bur-
CESS; treasurer, Miss Florence Jewett;
conductress, Miss Belle Haines; assist
ant conductress, Mrs. Laura Lockwood.
The other officers will be appointed by
the Worthy Matron. The installation
which Is to be private, will occur in
January and arrangements for It will
be In charge of the first three incom-
ing officers.
A very pleasant party was given on
Saturday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Bonnie Smith to celebrate
the birthday of Mrs. Smith. A number
of friends were present and the even
ing was very pleasantly passed until
a late hour in playing games and in
a social way. An oyster stew was
served Mrs Smith was presented
with an old ivory chocolate set as a
birthday gift.
The most successful sale ever held
by the Baptist church was given on
Thursday afternoon and evening in
their chapel The decorations for the
booths were unusually pretty and the
articles for sale were many and varied
Following Is the color scheme of the
various booths: apron, red and green;
Larkin, dark and light green; veget-
able, yellow and white; ice cream
green and white; mystery, brown and
orange; candy, pink and silver; fancy
work, green, red and white. A six
o'clock delicious chicken pie supper
was served in the dining hall under the
direction Of Mrs. S. X. Boone. AS a
result of this sale over $3.50 were
cleared for the church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26
eczema ITCHED
FOR 20 YEARS.
RESINOL CURED

Dec. s, 1913: 81 had eczema for 20
years. 1t started on me when was
but Is years old and am now "a, and
have suffered all these years. 1t started
with small pimples all over my face,
arms and hands. My hands would
swell up SO that l could not shut them,
and | was almost blind. 1t would itch,
then burn, and had to keep the af-
fected parts wrapped up SO that would
not scratch them. I couldn't sleep al
adjust walked the floor whole night.
81 have tried many different remedies,
and spent a large sum of money, but
had no relief Resinol Soap and Resinol
Ointment were recommended to me.
They gave me great relief after the
third application, and after using four
jars of Resinol Ointment and three
cakes of Resinol Soap, am completely
cured" (Signed) Mrs. II. Z. Fleager.
Box ID, Dauphin, Pa.
{ Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap
sold BY all druggists for 10 years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26

prepare a recruit for the service. The
idea seems to prevail generally that a
young man ought to be drilled sutfi-
GENTLY and taught how to shoot &C
curately enough to enable him to go
to the firing line in about two months.
there TO keep bis head and his heart.
Lord Kitchener, and the generals of
the French and German stats also,
doubtless will say that much more is
to be done with recruits than to teach
them to wheel by tours, by platoons
and companies, to march a few miles,
and to shoot fairly straight.
Even the athlete has to be trained
for the army service, says the Chicago
Post. The fatigue incident to long
marches and uncertain hours OF sleep
and of food play havoc. The recruit
has to be built up" to the peculiar
duties which are ahead of him. 1t is
one thing to be able to run 100 yards
in 10 seconds and to recuperate rapidly
from the effort, and it is entirely an
other thing to stand the constant
strain of campaigning under awful
weather conditions. under night alarms
and under wars hard conditions
generally.
At all the large Government military
schools of the world the cadets are
trained as athletes. They sleep eight
hours and they eat plain food at prop
er times of the day. They undergo the
hard exercises of artillery and cavalry
drills and they execute infantry ma
noevres in the hot sun of the parade
ground; and yet when they come out
of the schools they are not entirely fit
for the field. The conditions will out
last the young soldier.
This is why it is that in England,
France and Germany today the raw
recruits are being held back from the
fighting line until they have had at
least six months OF conditioning. OF
course, under stress of circumstances
some of these recruits will be sent to
the front before the proposed half year
of their training is up, but the adoption
of this source win be dangerous
Army men have said that six months
of training and about three battles
are necessary to make a real soldier
out of a civilian.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26
SPECIAL OFFER
TO READERS OF THIS PAPER

Any person desiring a copy of The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser before the edition is exhausted
should send this notice together with
20 cents in stamps to DIR. Pierce, In
valids' Hotel, Buffalo. n. Y, and a
copy will be sent by return mail, all
charges prepaid.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26
Awards for Milk and Cream

The premiums awarded in classes y
XI and XII of the milk and cream ex-
hibited at the State dairy conference Dec
Sill at Bangor were announced Thursday
at the State department of agriculture as
follows:
CLASS X-MARKET MILK (RAW).
On PRO Rata
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26

Hard Catastrophe whose blood is
pure are not nearly so likely to take
hard colds as are others. Hoods Sar-
saparilla makes the blood pure; and
this great medicine RECEIVERS the sys-
tenn after a cold as no other medi-
cine does. Take Hoods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26
Highland Park. Mich. Dec.

Highland Park, Mich, Dee. 49,
1t is so long since / left Maine, and
SO much has happened in my new
world, that it hardly, seems that any
one is now saving wood in the same
old yard. Perhaps even The Courier
Gazette print shop is no more doing
business at the same stand. But never
mind. My good will and kind regard
toward all persons in my native State
God bless her-abides with me for
ever and reaches out even to possible
generation since poor old Sam was en-
franchised in the days of Aud Lang
Syne. God has been and is so good to
me it doesn't seem possible that any
one else can be Indifferent to my hap
piness and content of mind. Tell your
constituents that my heart goes out
to them at the Christmas season In
love and good will as between friends
and fellow travellers along life's path
way.
AS a matter Of fact / left Thomas
ton half reluctantly. l felt safe there
with little corner" of my own in
which to shine" In going out into
a larger sphere of action, and I'M
known eventualities to look forward
to, 1 felt weak and afraid of what
might happen to me.
No temptation to do wrong has
come my way that l have not found
strength to resist.
Since July 3 / have had employment
with the Ford Motor Co. The people
for whom l work know all about my
past life, and seem especially anxious
to make things easy for me. My pay
envelope gives me a jolt of joy every
two weeks, with it's $40 in good, clean
money. After working 30 years in
Thomaston at 25 cents per month my
present wages seem like a good joke,
and place me in a class with those
"bloated bondholders'' whom less fort
innate persons envy, but speak of with
some measure of contempt and sus-
picion.
Mr.. Haynes address Is AZ LaBelle
avenue, Highland Park. Mich. He
will doubtless be pleased to hear from
Knox county friends. who never cease
to feel an interest in his welfare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26

faulty slogan that the sooner they
have these troubles and are over with
them the better. With advancing years
children acquire a greater power of
resistance against these diseases"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26
The Maxine of a Soldier.

Some surprise has been expressed in
places at the length of time which
Lord Kitchener has said it takes to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26
SALARY LIKE A JOKE.
Samuel D. Haynes, Working in High
land Park, Mich, at S35 Per Week,
Sends Christmas Greetings to Knox
County Friends.
(Rockland Courier-Gazette.)

Samuel d. Haynes who was par
doned from Thomaston State Prison
July %, 1913, is now in the employ of
the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich,
working at salary Of sS5 per week.
That he is true to his promise to live
an honorable and useful life, may be
judged from the following letter which
a member of The Courier Gazette staff
received from Mr.. Haynes Tuesday:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-26

How Nora, the italian National Game
is Played.
We are apt to look on marbles as
the most economical OF games, says
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
ENGLAND FREES OIL SHIPS
Seizure Of Other OIL Vessels May 30
Adjusted--Their Release Demand
ed by United States.

observation-disclosures arising from
the British seizure of three American
oil ships soon will be satisfactorily ad-
justed, in the opinion of the state de-
partment officials. After a short de-
tention of the tanker John D. Rookie
Teller with the explanation by the Brit
ish ambassador that the vessel was de-
tanned only because of doubt as to the
destination of her cargo, was con-
strued as an admission by the British
government Of American registry to
carry oil without molestation between
neutral ports.
The fact that Great Britain released
the ship only after it had assured It,
self that through the Danish embargo
there was no opportunity for the oil to
pass into German hands was looked
upon as concerning only Great Britain
and Denmark. The state department
has been informed that all neutral
countries in Northern Europe now
have placed embargoes upon the ex-
portation into the state department by
Great Britain, although officials here
believe Great Britain regards that oil
as covered in the general prohibition
against fuel"
It is the British contention that IL
Eliminating oil can be used for propell-
ing Zeppelins, submarines and torpedo
boats. Quantities shipped to Copen-
hagen raised suspicious that the oil
might find its way to the German naval
and aerial base at the Kiel canal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
CARRANzA WILLING
TO RESIGN OFFICE
TWO CONDITIONS STIPULATED TO
MEXICAN coNvENTIoN-zAPA.
IA DELEGATES ARRIVE.
MUST HOLD ELECTION SOON
First Chief Shall BE Permitted to Be
a Candidate for President and Ten
ure of Office Shall BE Brief.

Washington.-Indic that Gen.
Carranza had agreed to retire in def
erence to wishes of the Aguas Caliente
convention were contained in official
dispatches to the State Department.
Gen. Obregon and the committee
which went to Mexico City to inter
view the first chief returned highly
optimistic" according to official re-
ports. 1t generally is understood that
Carranza informed the committee he
would not submit his resignation a
second time, leaving 1t to the conven-
tion to reconsider, if it chose, the &C
tion taken at the recent Mexico City
convention, the minutes of which were
ratified formally by Argus Calientes
assembly.
With the arrival of twenty-eight Ia
pata delegates the convention was ex-
pected formally to consider the ques-
ton of a successor to CarranZa. No
report had been received of the result
Of recent deliberations.
Officials of the Washington govern
ment did not doubt that the two con-
ditions which Caranza was reported to
have stipulated as necessary before he
would resign, namely, that the tenure
of the provisional government be brief
and that he be permitted to be candi-
date, would be met by the convention.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
cARMAN JURY DlsAGREEs
Jury Discharged After Riotous ALI
Night session-Ten for AcquIttal.
Five Ballots Taken.

Mineola, L. latter 13 hours and
15 minutes OF the bitterest wrangling
that the little Nassau county court
has ever known. the Jury, in whose
hands the fate Of Mrs. Florence Conk-
lin-Carman lay. disagreed and was
discharged. The final and almost first
vote was 10 for acquittal and two for
conviction. The two men who
throughout the long, sleepless night
stood out against the popular cry for
acquittal were Joseph H. Ashton,
manager for publishing house Of
Port Washington, and William G.
Hovey, the brawny salesman. who &C.
cupied chair No. in the jury box.
Haggard, sullen and hopeless, the
jury gave up the fight and reported to
Justice Kelby that there was not q
chance of their agreeing. Their de-
liberations were torn by arguments
which could be heard ON the court
house steps, and the 10 men who
fought for Mrs. Carman's liberation
combined in open warfare against
Ashton and Hovey. They threatened
to throw Ashton "out OF the window"
and Ashton stood his ground, defying
them to carry out their threat. It
was said they would have done so
had not Hovey, the rugged giant,
jumped to Ashton's side and declared
that 1t would be necessary to throw
him out also.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30

Germans Left Bridges and Russian Ad.
vance Was Aided-Russina Capt.
tai Aglow Over Success.

Petrograd.--An official communities
ton issued by general headquarters
says:
Our troops beyond the Vistula are
pressing the armies Of the enemy in
retreat. North of the Pilitza river the
Germans are are offering only feeble
resistance. They have been driven
back as far as Sklernievice.
South of the Pillitza, on the roads
TO Radon, we have forced the Austro-
Germ an troops to engage In serious
battle. The fighting line extended 40
versts t26 miles). At certain points
the engagements took on the charac-
ter of hand-to-hand encounters.
'In the forest around Radon sew
eral Of our infantry regiments success.
fully carried out bayonet attacks. At
other points we have taken prisoners
and rapid firers.
above the River Iljanka the Aus
trial troops are seeking again to estab-
lish themselves on the Vistula, but our
troops have crossed the river and are
offering strong opposition.
"Along the River San and south Of
Przemysl desperate engagements con-
tinue, but the advantage is with our
troops, who have here made thousands
of prisoners. In taking the heights OF
Tytchentza, south Of Jaroslau, we have
made prisoners Of five Austrian COM
panies."
Petrograd is aglow over the report
ed repulse of the Germans at Warsaw
and In the vicinity Of Ivangorod and
the retreat of the Austrians.
Military authorities, however, in
stead of magnifying the importance of
the German withdrawal are preparing
for an attempt by the enemy to re-
sumo the aggressive. Russian re-en-
forcements and ammunition trains are
streaming toward Warsaw and Ivan.
gorod.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
DESPERATE BATTLE RAGING
Battle in West Flanders and Northern
France Still Rages-5oth Armies
Are Reinforced.

Acknowledgements fighting con.
tinues in West Flanders and Northern
France between Germany's armies re-
enforced by virtually all her forces In
the occupied portions Of Belgium, and
French, British and Belgian troops.
aided by British warships.
Along the coast the Ysar river still
divides the contending forces. Neither
side, apparently, has advanced, but In
the interior, according to German
report, the allies are retiring from
several important positions.
This statement of the Germans is
contradicted, however, by the French
communication, issued in Paris. which
says the allies have not been moved,
despite violent attacks.
All along the front from the North
Sea to the Swiss border In fact, each
side claims to have repulsed the other
or to have made slight progress at va
rious points.
The contending armies seemingly
are so nearly equal in strength that
neither can force the other back,
pierce the front or get around the
wings.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
DISCUSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Reserve Board, Banks and English
Treasury Men Meet--We Can
Pay Our Debts.

Washington.--Finan forces Of
the federal government, aided by the
friendly counsel OF prominent Ameri.
can bankers and representatives of
Great Britain, were turned toward re.
adjustment of the foreign exchange
market, disturbed by the European
war.
For more than three hours the fed.
eral reserve board, Sir George Paish
and Basil B. Blackett, representing the
English treasury, and some of the best
known bankers In New York. discuss.
ed the situation In all its aspects. Ac.
cording to those present no note of
pessimism was sounded at the meet
ing, and there was every reason to be.
ueye all the problems which doomed
SO large ON the financial horizon few
months ago will be solved without
great difficulty. Here are the salient
conclusions reached by the confer.
ence:
American bankers stand ready to
pay their. obligations to England in
cash. The $10O,0O0,O00 gold pool al
ready formed and sSO,oO0,0o0 raised
by New York syndicate to meet New
York City's obligations probably will
be enough, however, to satisfy Eng
lish creditors.
The New York and London stock ex.
changes will not be opened soon. pos
sibiy not before the beginning Of 1915.
A joint committee of the two ex-
changes will consider reopening be.
forehand.
The federal reserve board is expect
ed to hasten consideration of the pro.
posed cotton loan fund plan, designed
in part to give bottom to the cotton
market.
The cotton exchanges in New York,
New Orleans and Liverpool probably
win confer through a committee with
the Liverpool exchange before such
action is taken.
A committee consisting OF BENJAMIN
Strong, Jr., A. H. Virgins. James
Brown OF New York and Gov. Hamlin
and Paul M. Warburg of the reserve
board will hold further conferences
with Sir George Paish and Mr.. Black.
ETH about details of the readjustment
plan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
GERMANS ATTACK
ALL ALONG LINE
BERLIN SAYS HEAVY FRENCH AT.
TACK NORTH OF ARRAs
T.. BREAKS DOWN.
PARIS CLAIMS A REPuLsE
Nieuport stormed by Germans--WhoI
Front Between La 6assle and
somme Say British Ships
Are Sienced.

Paris.-The following official com
munication was issued by the French
War Office:
"In Belgium, Newport has been vi
olently bombarded, and the effort of
the Germans has continued on the
front between Newport and Dixmude,
without, according to the latest ad-
vices, may result whatever having
been reached.
"All the front comprised between
La Basee and the Somme has been
equally the object of violent attacks
ct night, all OF which have been re-
pulsed.
ION the remainder of the front there
is nothing to report"
Berlin, via Amsterdam and London.
A report from general headquarters
says:
West of the User Canal, between
Newport and Dixmude, which is still
occupied by the enemy, our troops at
tackled the hostile positions, which are
obstinately defended.
"The British fleet co-operated, but
was forced back by the heavy artillery
fire. Three ships were hit.
Near Ypres the battle Is stagnant.
Southwest of Ypres and west and
southwest of Lille our attacks are pro-
crossing. During severe street fight
ing the English suffered great losses,
leaving about 500 prisoners.
North of Arras heavy French at
tack broke down, the French losses
being severe.
'In the eastern theater Of the war
our offensive on Augustowo is pro-
crossing. The battle near Ivangorod
is favorable, but till now there has not
been decision"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-10-30
RUSSIANS PUSHING
HEGERMANSHARD.
CAMPAIGN IN EAST BEING WAGE0
FURIousLY-HAND TO HAND
ENCOUNTERS REPORTED.
ALLIES REPULSE GERMANS
German Submarine Sunk OFF Dutch
Coast-5erlin Reports Germans
Have Crossed User Canal.
Warships Used.

New York.--The situation along the
North Sea coast and for many miles to
the south appears to have changed
little. A continuation of the great
battle that has been In progress since
the Germans essayed their advance on
the coast toward French seaports Is
reported In official dispatches, and ap-
parently the fire of the opposing forces
is becoming more desperate than ever.
with charges and counter-charges on
both sides.
Germany is said to have many thou
sands of re-enforcements to aid the
right wing in forcing its way through
what is, from strategic viewpoint,
the most important piece Of territory
in Northern Belgium, The Belgians
are fighting hard and there is no doubt
that French re-enforcements, and pos
sibly British, have been brought up to
aid the allied armies.
The latest French official commun-
ication declares all attacks of the Ger
mans from the North Sea to the south
of Arras have been repulsed, which Is
a more optimistic view from the
French standpoint than that expressed
in an earlier announcement that the
Germans had made Roadway at GER
tain points.
In addition, the French have occu-
pied the important position Of Melzi-
court, which commands the roads lead
ing from Varennes, around which there
are strong German forces, to the val
ley of the Aisne.
The British and French warships
continue to pour shells into German
ranks, and the Germans are guarding
points along the coast to be ready for
a possible British landing.
A German submarine has been sunk
off the Dutch coast by the British de-
stroyer Badger. The official announce
ment Of this incident gives no details.
but says the Badgers bow was dam
aged when she rammed the submarine,
which is believed to have been attempt
ing a torpedo attack.
Berlin officially reports that Ger
man forces have crossed the User
canal, where for several days past the
Bergians had offered strong opposi.
ton.
Berlin also reports that German
troops are advancing east Of Ypres
and southeast of Lille. There has been
very severe fighting for a long time
past in this vicinity.