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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
WAR REFUGEES
MAKING LONDON
COSMOPOLITAN
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence.

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London, Nov. 9.-The word refugee
has taken on a new meaning in Lon
con, where the presence of many
thousand Belgian and French fami-
lies of means has given to the city a
cosmopolitan aspect which it never
wore before. Many of the continental
visitors are here because their homes
have been destroyed or occupied by
the Germans, and there are thousands
II refugees who know neither poverty
nor real distress. All the better class
hotels in the West End are filed with
Belgian families, the restaurants are
Ia mem. and they throng
the haunts of sight seers.
The portly father of a family, with
the mother and three or four children,
are the most familiar figures on the
London streets. There is no mistaking
their nationality because all of them
display. conspicuously the Belgian or
the French tri-color somewhere on
their clothes. In addition to the publi.-
cation here of the Brussels newspaper
Independence Beige several London
papers print page of war news in
French or Flemish for the benefit of
the visitors, and signs in foreign lam
guages are abundant in shop windows
The personal columns of the newspa-
pers are crowded with inquiries re-
garding the whereabouts or fate of
missing Belgians from husbands,
wives, parents and children and no.
tees of the whereabouts and safety of
others.
Small parties of peasant refugees
arrive from the continent every day,
but the majority of them have been
scattered throughout the United
r~dom in homes provided by the re-
lief committees. Each party is met by
members of the committee and taken
in motors to the headquarters where
Lord Gladstone presides, and is then
forwarded to the Alexandra Palace or
Earle's Court. In these big exhibition
halls they live a barrack life until ar
have been made for quar-
tering them in private houses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
ANOTHER "EYE WITNESS" STORY
FURNISHES MUCH OF INTEREST

Smelling. In the center We scored a
local success. Some of the trenches
and houses lately captured by the
Germans were heavily bombarded by
our howitzers with the result that the
defenders bolted from the position and
were caught by the fire of our machine
guns as they retiredy losing about
half their number.
ION our right all was quiet. The
weather on this day was about the
worst we have yet experienced. 1t
was bitterly cold and rain fell in tor
rents. Nevertheless, in spite of all
difficulties, our aviators carried out a
successful reconnaissance. For some
time they lowered over the German
lines. observing the emplacements of
the batteries and searching the roads
for hostile columns in the midst Of a
storm of driving snow and sleet which
was encountered at high attitudes.
Further information has recently
| come to hand regarding the enemy's
method of sniping and spying. Nom
commissioned officers are offered iron
crosses if they will penetrate our lines
at night. Those that attempt this
work, having discarded boots, hea-
NETS and other impedimenta crawl as
close as possible to our defences and
try to attract the attention of one of
our. sentries by throwing a stone in a
direction contrary to that which they
are crawling. This generally causes
neighboring sentries to fire, thus be-
traying their positions and that of our
line of trenches.
These spies or snipers often wear
khaki uniforms and wooden caps SIM
liar to those worn by our men, and
thus disguised, sometimes succeed in
getting right behind our lines to fav-
orable spots from which they shoot
men passing to and fro Many Of
them speak English we'll and display
great affrentery in getting out of tight
corners
Another reason for penetrating our
lines is the cutting of telephone wires,
and behind one section of our front
breaks have often been very frequent.
That the damage has not been entirely
due to bursting shells has now been
proved by the capture of one of the
enemy's secret agents. carrying wire
cutters and a rife. The man was
known to have been on intimate terms
with the Germans before they retired
from the area now occupied by u.s."
The ..eye witness" concludes with an
eulogy of French doctor who, with
several nuns, remained in Ypres dur
ing the bombardment, nursing SO Ger
man wounded and was finally killed by
a she'll The day after his death the
nuns and wounded were removed to
place of safety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
BUSINESS AS U.s.
UAL" IS THE SIGN
But London Shops, Restaurants,
Theatres, Hotels and Other
Places Are Actually Strug-
Cling for Existence.

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London, Nov. 8.-After three months
of war London, as a neutral sees it.,
seems conflict between the two COM
monest sentiments of the PERIOD
Business as Usual and Your King
and Country Need YOU" These signs
confront you everywhere. In August
they were on the houses and motor
cars; now on the bill-boards, empty
walls, hotels. theatres, monuments
everywhere that paste will hold them.
Contrary to the expectations of ear
lier weeks, none of the big hotels are
closed, but even at the height of the
evening crowd. there is slim attend
ance. nearly half the men being off,
GERS in uniform. Americans are very
scarce, none being en- route to the Ri
yiera or other European resorts.
There has been a revolutionary
change in staff at all these hostelries.
Manager, clerks, doormen, walters of
German or Austrian blood having
been sent to the detention camps. No
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
NO. 72-BARROWS


terpieces have been taken from the
walls to places of safety.
In the streets recruits in companies,
battalion and regiments pass along
daily, many of them without uniforms.
These are the men the country calls
for, but Englishmen rarely stop even
to look at them. Even the women who
knit socks or muffiers as they ride to
their work In buses do not lift their
eyes to watch passing troops. Some of
the papers complain that there should
be bands and that people should stop
to look at the volunteers but people
do not. 1t is evidently not the British
way. 5 so
Leicester Square at night is not
/ what tourists are wont to consider It,
center of gayety and amusement.
The Belgian influx has added some-
what to its population, but the cafes
and theatres simply cannot overcome
the impression Of gloom. Two thirds
of the street-Iights are out and the
other third have the upper part of the
globe painted black, while no electri-
cal signs are allowed. 1t Is as If
Broadway were set back to 1860.
Regent and Oxford and the adjoin-
ing shopping thoroughfares lack their
customary number Of buses, some
lines having been taken off altogether
as the army Communicated them.
All the shops have reduced the num-
Der of their employees, but make a
brave show of Business as Usual
their window placards showing how
many of the staff have enlisted or
that certain proportion of the re-
eeipts will be devoted to The Prince
of Wales Fund or that gifts for sold
iers or sailors can be obtained with
a discount from regular rates.
In the city itself, the Stock Ex-
change men stand in Throgmorton
street at monday from force of hab-
it, and talk Of business that may come
sooner or later. Figures show that
unemployment is below the average
the rush of hundreds of thousands to
the colors accounting for that. At an
auction sale at the Wool Exchange
this week, the seats were crowded
but the bidding was brisk only for
grades of wool that could be used for
khaki.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
GERMAN COPPER MINES
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence.1
Berlin, Nov. S-The famous Mans
field copper mines, near Eisleben are
now working day and night shifts to
turn out all the copper possible for
iermany's military requirements. In
der normal circumstances Germany
produces only one-fifth as much copper
as it consumes, the mines at Mansfield
yielding nine-tenths of the $4,000 tons
annual production. This, it Is thought.
Will be almost doubled by pushing
the mining at Mansfield to the utmost.
These mines have been worked for
more than 500 years. The ore is of
very low grade, seldom running above
three per cent. and the ore vein is not
quite two feet thick. The ores would
normally not even pay the expense OF
mining but for the fact that they con-
tain small percentage Of silver,
Germany In times of peace Is the
largest consumer OF copper In Europe,
importing more than 100000 tons a
year in addition to the home supply,
and ranks next to the United States
In world consumption. Forseeing the
interruption Of imports from the Unit
ed States and other countries. the Ger
man government at the beginning of
the war preempted for military pur-
poses all the copper in the country
but now, Notwithstanding the British
attitude on contraband, sees It's way
clear to liberate small quantities. for
commercial consumption, giving first
consideration to such, enterprises as
are dependent upon supply Of copper
for the continuation Of their opera. Il
lions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
BLOOD WILL TELL"
The Heroes Of the War.

Blood will tell,' is an axiom that
in all the ages has never been gain
said. Every man who does a brave
heroic act carries within his veins a
quality Of blood that urges and sus-
tains him. No matter whether he in
herits 1t from long line of famous
ancestors or from the sound and
healthy constitution of his immediate
parents. whose only distinction is hon.
orable toll and a simple, virtuous life.
1t matters little where or how you
obtain 1t, but 1t matters all the world
that by some means you possess good
blood. Good blood II FIRST, last and
always the making OF manly men and
womanly women. It Is the source of
all courage. virtue and happiness.
A new man can be made out of one
that's "used-up," bilious and dyspeptic.
It's done by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. 1t starts the torpid
liver into healthful action, purifies and
enriches the blood, cleanses, repairs,
and strengthens the system, and re-
stores health and vigor. AS an appe-
tizing, restorative tonic, 1t sets at work
all the processes Of digestion and nu-
strength. It's the only Blood and
Liver Remedy that's guaranteed, in
every case, to benefit or cure. If 1t
doesn't do all that's claimed for It,
the money is promptly refunded. But
1t keeps its promises-that's the rea-
SON 1t can be sold in this way.
1t is not a secret remedy for its in
gradients are printed on wrapper.
You only pay for the good you get.
Discovery" strengthens Weak
Lungs, relieves Shortness Of Breath,
Bronchitis, Severe Coughs, and kim
sdred affections.
FREE. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
MEDICAL Adviser, bound in cloth, Is sent
FREE on receipt of 81 one-cent stamps
to pay expense of wrapping and mailing
ONLY. Address: Doctor Pierce, Invalids
Hotel, Buffalo. N. Y.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
ROYALIST UP
RISING IN PORTU-
GAL A FIZZLE

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Lisbon, Nov, 10.-The facts concern
ing the recent fsoyalist uprising have
now come to hand and it appears that
the prompt suppression of the revolu-
ton was due partly to the quick action
of the Republican forces and partly to
the discouragement Of Royalists in
certain towns where the expected rev.
olution failed to materialize
Braganza and MARIA were eenters of
the uprising. Captain Constant, who
led the Ro%alists around MARIA. es-
capped supposedly on an outward bound
vessel. Colonel Bessa, who led tho up
at the very outset. and this. it is sup
posed, is what discouraged his parti-
sans at many other points.
An immediate result of the attempt
was an assault upon the Royalist
newspaper Offices which were destroy
ed The official organ of the socialist
party Vanguarda also was sacked
All kilograms in regard to these events
were stopped by the censor. The gov
eminent has decreed that all persons
found with arms in their possession
shall be brought Immediately before
court martial: all assemblages and
all public manifestations of any char
acter are prohibited
One explanation of the participation
in the revolt of many soldiers of the
army is that they are unwilling to go
to the seat of war. 1t is declared that
while the government papers an
nounce that Great Britain has asked
the government for the cooperation
of the army, the proposition comes
really from the Portuguese govern
ment. which feel that the position of
the Republic will be strengthened by
it's cooperation with the Allies
It is reported here that the night of
Oct. 20 when the revolution broke out,
the deposed King Manuel awaited
news of the progress of the revolt.
with the Queen and his secretary in
an automobile on the frontier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
NO. 71-CENTER

restaurant or hotel can remain open
with any chance of making money un-
less it can announce that mo alien
enemies are hired here" One of the
largest hotels on the Strand was re-
Gently the target for much newspaper
criticism because it's orchestra never
played God Save the King" That or
cfestra now plays the national air ev-
cry evening with frequent repetitions
of "Tipperary." "Marseillaise" and 9TH
er favorite songs Of the allies.
The theatres are having a hard
time of it. War was blow enough. but
the darkened streets with their ae-
companying gloom and the closing of
restaurants at ten o'clock, whether
they be Piceadilly grade or mere
pub" was a harder blow. Rates have
been reduced, soldiers and nurses in
uniform are admitted at half price,
patriotic melodies are the chief roper
toire of the orchestra-but 1t is all
uphill work.
The theatrical profession is in de-
spair. Since Drake" was put on by
Beerbohm Tree, nothing new has
been attempted. Old plays are the
oruei u the udy. But LOT one OF Two
American importations. Londoners
would have nothing new to see. Even
"The Country Girl" THE Earl and
the Grip and 1.-THE Belle of New
York." have been revived. George Ed
ward, who recently returned from a
detention camp in Germany, has no
heart for new musical shows"
Most of the galleries are open-the
fear of the suffragette having depart
ed-but many of the best known mas
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
Samples Free by Mail

Care for your hair with Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment. They keep the
scalp clean and free from dandruff. allay
itching and irritation and promote natural
hair-growing conditions when all else fails.
Although Cuticura Soap (25c.) and Cuti-
cura Ointment (50c.) are sold by druggists
everywhere sample Of each with 32-p.
Skin Book will BIO sent free upon request.
Address: "Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
BABY IN RASH OVER
HEAD AND BODY
Took Out All His Hair. ltched and
Burned So Could Not Sleep.
Used Cuticura Soap and 0int-
ment. Eruption Healed.

Sherman. Maine" When my baby boy
was about three weeks old he broke out
with rash all over his head and body which
took out all his hair and itched and burned
80 bad he could not sleep. It came In the
form Of water blisters and when he would
scratch them they would make wet erup-
lions which continued to grow worse until
they were all over his head and body. His
clothes would chafe them so that / would
have to keep him bandaged.
II tried many different kinds Of soap and
remedies but it continued to grow worse
until l obtained a cake Of Cuticura Soap
and a box OF Cuticura Ointment. washed
him with the Cuticura Soap and then ap-
piled the Cuticlra Ointment. / could see
that 1t helped him from the very first. The
sore places had taken his hair all out but
by the time had used the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment three weeks the eruptions
were all healed and his skin is as clear and
smooth as ever. He now has O. fine had
of hair and there has never been al.y sign
Of the trouble SINCE (Signed) Mrs. John
Collins Feb 10. 1914
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21

milk nor meat from the sick animals
can be sold. Sixty per cent of the
meat used in this country is produced
In the nearly 900 F'ederally inspected
slaughtering and packing establish
ments located In 240 cities. In these
establishments no animal is slaugh-
tered until 1t has passed an ante
mcrtem inspection and also a most
rigid post-mortem inspection by a
veterinarian at time of slaughter.
After slaughter its meat cannot leave
the establishment until it has been
carefully examined and stamped ~.
s. Inspected and Passed" In all these
establishments no animal showing
any symptoms whatever of foot-and-
omuth disease is allowed to go to
slaughter, and no meat which, on post
mortem inspection. shows any sus-
picious symptoms of this complaint
can be shipped out Of the establish
ment. All meat suspected of coming
from an animal suffering with this
complaint IS sent, under Government
seal, to the tanks to be rendered into
fertilizer. The Federal inspection
stamp on meat, therefore, means that
1t is entirely SAFE
: The Federal Government. however,
has no jurisdiction over local slaugh-
ter houses which do not ship meat
outside of the State in which 1t is
slaughtered. If, however, meat from
such animal did escape from one of
these local slaughter houses, which
are purely under State or municipal
control, all danger of it's communicate
Ing the disease to human beings would
be removed when it is thoroughly
cooked and sterliized. Those who are
located near an infected region and
wish to be absolutely certain of the
safety of their meat should cook 1t
thoroughly
The disease when contracted by ad-
ults is not at all serious Illness. It
commonly takes the form of slight
fever sores in the mouth and a slight
eruption on the fingers. In the case
Of small or sickly children, it may take
a more serious form, especially if COM
piicated by other illnesses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21
NO NEED TO FEAR
THE USE OF MEAT
No Cattle with Foot-and- Mouth
Disease Being Slaughtered in
Federally Inspected Estab-
lishments. Thorough Cook
ing Will Render Uninspected
Meat From Local Slaughter
Houses Thoroughly Safe.

Washington, Nov. 20.-According to
the specialists of the Department Of
Agriculture people even in States
quarantined for the foot -and-mouth
disease need have no fear OF eating
meat, provided they cook it thorough
ly. The foot-and-mouth disease is
not easily communicated to human be-
ings through food, although milk from
a diseased COW might transmit the
disease to human being. In the case
Of milk, however, pasteurization will
render it entirely safe. Human beings
who do get the disease commonly get
1t from direct contact with a sick ami
NAL 1t is wisest, therefore, for peo-
pie to keep away from all animals
having the disease, unless they are
properly provided with rubber gloves,
coats and bnOts. and these are thor
oughly disinfected after each visit to
the animals.
In the case Of meat, as in the case
Of milk, 1t must be remembered that
all herds which actually show the dis
ease are quarantined. and neither
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21

Bayside Grange held its first meet
Ing on the new change Of meeting
night on November IA. with 81 mem
bers present. After q short business
meeting, the lecturer pro tenn furn-
ished program Of quotations, read-
ings and Rotations. Next Saturday
evening Thanksgiving program will
be furnished. and a week later a red
tat social will DO held.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-22
Ton Of Iron BY Mail

Spokane. April 1S.-Parcel post EN-.
ployes at the local postofice received
a shock yesterday when the United
Iron works delivered a ton Of iron for
shipment to Pierce. Idaho. The iron
was prepared in 49-pound packages,
thus keeping within the 50-pound par
Gel post limit.
1t a stated at the iron works yes.
terday that the iron was to be used in
a flume operated by the Pierce com
pany of Pierce, Idaho. Owing to the
bad condition of the mountain roads
parcel post is the only service to the
mine.
A charge of $22 was imposed by the
postal authorities for the shipment,
which "a valued at $120. Postmaster
Dana Child stated that. although large
shipments of food products had been
handled before, this was the first large
shipment of iron to be sem from the
local postofice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-22
Diet Affects Health

Now past his seventy-ffth birthday,
William Andrews Clark, former SEN
ator from Montana, gives these rea-
son for mis- enjoyment of good health:
"Generally speaking, l find what is
termed the simple life very conduc-
tive to maintenance of good health
that is, temperance in eating, observ-
ance Of full quota of sleep, particular
" up to eight hours; plenty Of exer-
else in tho oren air and freedom Of
mind from disturbances and annoy
ances. This can often be secured BY
exercise Of the volition and mental
control, If properly exercised, is avail
able. l think, every hour in the 0ar,
and may be made c%ontributary AMI
conducive to a happy freedom of
mind, and unpleasant actions can gen.
el ally be avoided.
Il believe that SO out of 100 per-
IONS living eat a great deal more than
is necessary for sustenance, thereby
overburdening the organs, resulting
in their becoming diseased and there
fore unable to perform their proper
functions. think that as a rule the
amount of food consumed by persons
can easily be cut in two, and, by prop
err choice of food that is %nourishing
one "a retain his physical energy arc
at the same time avoid b%urdening the
organs"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-22
Interesting and Instructive

Montana is the third largest state
in the union, the ares of the Treasure
state being 1861 600 square miles. Tex
as is the largest state and California
the second largest.
With an annual output of oS. 200, 900
barrels, California leads all other
states in the production of petroleum.
Next in the order named come Oklu-
hOma, Illinois. Texas, Louisiana, West
Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Wyom-
ing, Kansas and Indiana.
The library of congress at Wash.
ington is now ranked as third among
the great libraries of the world. The
library was first established in 1900.
1t was almost totally destroyed when
the British burned Washington in 1914
and the private library of Thomas
Jefferson a purchased by congress
to start the collection anew.
To keep iron and steel goods from
rust. states the Mechanical World,
dissolve half an M of camphor in
one pound of hogs lard; take off the
scum. mix as much black lead as will
give the mixture an iron color. Iron
and steel goods rubbed I'VE with this
mixture and left with it on "a hours
and then dried with a linen cloth, will
keep clean for months.
The humble potato is put to some
surprising uses. Under one process
the outer skin is removed, the white
flesh treated with sulphruic acid and
other chemicals. pressed by powerful
hydraulic machinery into blocks which
are carved and cut into various shapes
and sizes and sold as ivory. The key.
boards of cheap pianos and organs are
often made from this "ivOry."