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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-02
s72,130.14
Loan and Building Associations,

The total amount of taxes assessed
against the loan and building assoeia-
lions of the State is s4o4.s2, the largest
tax being assessed against the Sanford
Loan and Building Association. with the
Ellsworth Loan and Building Association
second. the Dexter Loan and Building
Association third. and the Cumberland
Loan and Building Association fourth
The following shows the taxes assessed
against the loan and building associa-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-02

lions DONG business In the State:
Auburn Loan and Building Assn. S1.n
augusta Loan and Building Assn. 1116
Bangor Loan and Building Assn.
Bar Haroor Loan and Building
Assn; .,.................. 557
Bath Loan and Buildings Assn. =. 693
Belfast Loan and Building Assn. 413
Brunswick Loan and Building
ASSN. .......................... IL 10
Bucksport Loan and Building
Assn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4O6
Casco Loan and Building Assn. SIS
Central Maine Loan and Building
Assn. .,..................... 277o
Deering Loan and Building Assn. 2053
Dexter Loan and Building Assn. So Sc
Ellsworth Loan and Building
Faimouth Loan ana a;,,,aino Assn o'0s
Forest City Loan and Building
Assn. Observation-Disclosures. 2S2
Gardiner Loan and Building Assn. SIG
Guilford Loan and Building Assn. IS
Hallowell Loan and Building
Homestead Loan and Building
Assn. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. AS
Kennebunk Loan and Building
Assn. Observation-Disclosures. $40
Madison Loan and Building Assn. 2.75
Maine Loan and Building ASSN. $50
Mechanic Falls Loan and Building
Assn. Observation-Disclosures. 314
Old Town Loan and Building
Penobscot Loan and Building
Assn. Observation-Disclosures.
Piscataauis Loan and Building
Portland Loan and ' Ruiidine Assn
Rockland Loan and Building Assn.
Sanford Loan and Building Assn. 92.35
Somerset Loan and Building Assn.
South Portland Loan and Building
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BILE Nv BOSTON.
Wrath OF Celestial Mind at the Colo
nels yIrtuOus Sent inents.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sr: One
OF the best examples OF STUFF from the
stump Is In Mr.. Eoosevelts speech at
Lewiston, Maine. the other night. Speak
ing of the farmer he said:
lie does not want any special favors
Above all he does not want to be pRtronized
for tn. purpose of keeping him still or get
ting his vote
What he wants Ia full Justice for him
self and his occupation He has relatively
few spokesman In Legislatures. lie does
not wish more than his share. but hs does
wish his full share OF tho common good
coming to him directly as a reward OF his
labor.
lie does not wish TO shirk his work nor
to have any one else do It for him; but he
wishes to feel that hls interests are being
considered and safeguarded because he
earns the right 20 such consideration and
because his welfare Is fundamental to the
welfare OF all OF US.
II would be OF interest TO know Just
what variation or modification OF these
platitudcs he would use in addressing an
audience of manufacturers or merchants
or laboring men or doctors or burglars,
He should have these sentences stereo-
typed. to be used for all BosToSIAS.
BosToN, August 20.
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England Safe From Overhead.

1t cannot be said that there is an
airship scare In England, hut there Is
considerable discussion as to what the
Germans may do in the way of aerial
raids. On the whole, the tendency OF
expert opinion is to minimize the dan
ger. It is doubtful II there will be any
serious ralding. The risk to the in
vading craft is held TO outbalance any
mischief they might inflct.
According to British calculations the
German aerial war fleet consists Of
thirteen rigids and five non-rigld air
ships, All the rigids are Zeppelins ex-
cept the one known as s l. ., which
Is Il Schiitte-Ianz ship. 1t Is of sub
stantially the same type as the Zeppc-
Inns but its framework is OF wood in
stead of metal. All the rlglds are
armed with one pound and Maxim
guns, which are mounted not only in
the ears but on top of the envelope
The non-rigids are Parseyas, but they
are eliminated from the discussion as
they are available only for local
scouting.
The best OF the riglds are capable
OF making dash across the Chan
mel striking blow OF some sort and
making the return voyage to Germany
l. 3, the most powerful of all, has a
speed Of fifty miles an hour and a
fuel endurance of thirty hours, thee.
reticnl possibility of l,5OO miles con.
tinuous flight She has done better
and can again In emergency, She is
stationed at Hamburg. which Is only
400 miles from London, air line. SIP
mas fifty mile speed and twenty
hour endurance, and three vessels
have forty-eight mile speed for twenty
hours. These might take the air ut
points much nearer 10 London than
IIamburg-Cologne Is only 300 miles
distnnt-and make the round trip with
Il margin of safety. The remaining
vessels are all inadequate to the
voyage.
The question, then, Is what could he
accomplished by such an expedition
and what would be the risks that the
raiders would incur. In England itself
there Is no strategic or other informn-
ton OF any value TO be picked up from
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Black Republicans.

Only a few individuals among the
ever prOtited by the power their dele
gates have had in Republican national
conventions. Marshalled by white poll
ticians, these delegates have been used
to accomplish purposes IN which they
and their race had no conceivable In
terest. 1t Is safe to say. indeed, that
the majority OF the delegates have
brought more of discredit than good
fame to the black man.
Because of this the reapportionment
Of delegates to the national convention
which was indorsed this week by the
unofficial" Republican convention at
Saratoga will have little or no effect
on the negroes as body. That the
sent 1t and that vote always cast
for Republican candidates may be allen
ated by the adoption Of the new
scheme Is obvious, however. To over
come this the Republicans ''reafiirmed
their faith in the Fourteenth and Fiji
tenth Amendments TO the Constitu-
ton" while voting to cut down the
negro representation in the national
conventions
This may reassure some nervous ne
groes, but II large number OF them
show signs Of boiling mighty little
will be heard of It. The most effective
argument to keep negroes under the
Republican banner Is the oldest: no
matter how badly the Republicans may
treat them, that treatment will be bet
ter than any they could expect from
the Democrats
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The Price OF ChamDaKne

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: A
letter signed "Epicurus" In THE SUN OF
August II In regard TO the advance In
the price OF champagne in the restaurants
OF this city has interested me sufficiently
to make quiet investigation of the sub
tcct and to learn that "Epicurus' is not
wholly right in his statements.
He II right In that n majority OF the
importers have raised the price IS to So
case. but wrong In that all the first
class restaurants have not doubled the
raise on their wine lists.
number OF the hotels and restaurants
nave increased their prices in proportion
to the amounts they have been raised by
the importers, but not all.
a man who Is employed as a salesman
FOR one OF the leading wine importing
houses Is my authority for the statement
that since prices were raised "on ac-
count OF the war" salaries and ex-
pense accounts in the trade have been
cut right and left. On this account the
advance in price OF champagne OF SIS ia
*6 case represents but a portion OF
the illegitimate profits the importers are
squeezing out OF the public, as they, per-
haps, are saving half as much again In
their reduced general expenses due 10 the
cutting OF salaries.
Thus We are robbed again and still
stand for It ION account OF the war"
NEW YORK, August 10. Il. H. MARK
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that this excuse could not be accepted.
They then made a third promise to direct
the Consul at st. Gall to pay this money
at once. l was further told that instead
OF doing what was promised in the pub
lished notice, namely. direct our foreign
consuls to Issue warrants payable by tn.
United States. they had concluded to walt
until the Tennessee could reach Europe
with the money and until the money could
be sent from that ship to the consuls.
1T was explained that no arrangement
hsd tvsn made with any banking house
to take care of any Of these warrants,
and 1t was not claimed that any attempt
had been made to secure any such ar
rangement. With this as the policy. Il
was evidently considered unnecessary to
cable to the consuls In Europe that pay
ments had been made for transmission
until the actual money could reach the
Consul. though this information might be
Of inestlmable value to those In distress.
| was told that except In some special
cases IL was not until Saturday. the 10Th,
that cable messages were sent directing
the payment of the deposits made for
transmission since the beginning of the
war. As these payments are not TO be
made through any bank. II is likely that
considerably more delay must be expected
When | made my first payment did so
by depositing the money In the Consular
Office: when ! made payment for an
other party at later date was d.
rected to pay the money to the Treasurer.
Between the two dates. the 9th and sth
OF August. this change In policy had been
adopted.
II was frankly told In the Consular
Office that this change in policy had
caused u delay Of uesk in the trans
mission Of this money; that this Uds duo
to some friction or. misunderstanding as
TO Uhdt department should handle tho
matter and thot IN the meantime these
payments had accumulated so rapidly
that great confusion had resulted"
Amateurs OF Barnaclism will recall
the refreshing fact that the Tennessee
had hardly got nose into the dock
before the War Department official In
charge of the fund was known to be
at variance with the army and navy
officers aboard of her and the destitute
Americans on the shore as to the pay.
ment in full or by instruments (the
officials idea).
Non-partlsan. immortal Circumlocu-
ton! Hail TO the ever flourlshng BAR.
NAcLEs and TIE BARNAcLEs. Lord DEC
mus, DICK, HARRY, JOHN. T1TE, TIrE.
Jr., WILLIAM, FERDINAND. BARNACLEs
parliamentary, three young BARNAcLEs,
the lively young BARNACLE, and the
most characteristic and Barnacular OF
all, CLARENCE the idiot bornl
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The American ship and the Ameri-
can Shipyard.

Mr.. JOHN WANAMAKERs patriotic
common sense not seldom goes straight
70 the front door of question about
which legislation and diplomacy are
clrcllng or spraling. This Is true Of
his remark that the purchase Of the
great ocean steamers lying idle and
useless at Hoboken would be a splen-
did business investment for the United
States Government, making the begin
ming of commercial navy sure TO pay
It's way in the future.
We assume of course. that Mr.. WAN
AMAKFR's advice about the purchase OF
the German ships Is conditioned upon
the possibility Of obtaining them at a
price fair both to the seller and the
buyer. He goes on TO say:
I'VE have spent the nations wealth on
its railroads, now let us make a begin
ming with ships
The main opposition to the idea of
beginning the revival of the American
merchant marine by extensive pur-
chascS Of foreign built vessels comes
from the American ship builders. Some
of them 20 81 far as to say that they
would he driven out of business or out
Of the country.
That would be the greatest OF mis-
fortunes hut is it 10 he apprehended?
II seems to us that when such a fleet
Of American commerce carriers as Mr..
WANAMAKER sees with the eyes OF hope
Is once established upon the seas, the
routes shaped, the habit acquired and
the business ready, new era OF pros
perity for the American ship builder Is
pretty well assured.
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Closing nineteen streets In the city to
traffic In order that children may play
may cause some inconvenience. but 1t
is almost compulsory. The problem of
disposing of New York's children when
not in school is one OF the most serious
that we have to confront. If keep
Ing them off some streets makes the
danger and obstruction less in the
Others, perhaps the average OF conven-
fence will be in favor OF the new plan,
at least until some broad policy can be
adopted. 1t Is pity, however. that the
play is to be supervised, with arranged
games and dances and such stilted. prig-
gish performances. Supervised play IL
not play at all; It Is drill, 1t Is work,
and the children get neither rebound
nor pleasure from 1t. All the super
vision needed Is OF the elementary kind.
Keep them out Of mischief and they'll
do the rest. And, by the way. why are
the play hours fixed from 2 to p. NJ?
Are these the only hours when the
children are peril In the streets?
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The death OF Father WERNz, the Gen.
eral of the Jesuits. an office which car
ries with 1t the popular title of the
BLACK Pope" almost simultaneously
with the Pope Of the Vatican, the White
Pope, Is n curious and picturesque co.
incidence. The very last ministra ton
OF PIus y. was the Apostolic benedlc.
ton which he sent from his own den tn.
bed to the dying priest, who recogniz-
Ing that his end was near sent to ask
this supreme consolation Of his faith.
The careers of the two men thus
brought by accident into sharp com
parison form an interesting study. Both
were animated by the same spirit of
devotion to supramundane ideals. Both
were conspicuous by their natural gifts
and each rose TO great height Of
power and influence. In their lives
they were almost parallel forces in
their great field OF endeavor.
1t is In death that the-difference In the
worldly goal they reached becomes EN-.
phaslzed. While PIus Y. passes into
history with all the glory Of the papal
throne upon him, Father VERNE will
live only in the memories Of few or
in the annals OF the order to which he
completely gave up his life.
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"If You Don't Take

Six years ago politician much IN
the public eye whipped certain laggard
Republicans into line for his choice for
President by Issuing a terrifying ultl-
matum to the effect that "if they don't
take TAFT they'll get me-"
The reluctant statesmen were over
whelmed by the proposed alternative
and took TAFT"
To-day the politician finds himself In
rather different position. His loyal,
If dwindllng. following tearfully ap-
peals TO him "If you don't take It
We'll get SULzER"'
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WAR ~ SECRET.
serious Consequences Of Eliminating the
COrrespOndents.

To THE EDITOR OF TuE SuN--Sir: The
elimination OF war correspondents and
the consequent suppression OF war news
Incident thereto IL one Of the deplorable
features OF modern warfare,
AT a time when the world Powers have
multiplied their activities and increased
their machinery for taking human life
In battle they have arranged matters SO
that civilization shall not witness their
barbaritles.
In the Old wars the happenings on
battlehelds were wildly described for the
newspapers by intrepid correspondents,
and there can be no doubt that the com
batnnts were restrained from many acts
OF brutality by IA wholesale respect for
an enlightened public opinion.
The changed conditions VIII Intensity
the horrors Of war and make II particu-
larry bad for those soldiers who may he
wounded on the battlefield II liz safe TO
assume that they win receive but scant
consideration when the lust OF carnage IL
rampant. and that their helplessness will
afford them but poor protection against
burial or burning prematurely with the
heCatombs Of dead that will he moved
down In the awful harvest OF disaster.
This phase of the modern world war
makes the absence Of the war CORE
spondents from the battleneids greatly TO
be regretted. The mlnistrations of the
Red Cross will probably be permitted to
continue. but these Will be no deterrent
whenever a conqueror feels the need OF
cruelty to serve his purposes
Civilization should insist upon the CON
tiuance OF the war correspondent In tho
Interest OF humanity The great Powers
may Insist on fighting In the dark, cut
ting cables sinking ships and raining fire
on the heads OF their foes from dirlgbles
and aeroplanes. but they should not snuff
out that vital torch Of civilization. to wit
the newspaper, or annihiate its useful
servitor. the war correspondent.
NED NEwcoME.
pa
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The Undiminished Sway OF the
BarnacIes and Tite-BarnacIes.

In no spirit of criticism, but simply
to illustrate the Circumlocution ONCE
methods that are so precious TO or In
evitable in officlallsm. the extension
OF remarks OF the Hon. ANDREW J.
voLsrEAD, n Minnesota Representative,
on August Is Is worth reading.
August 3 Congress appropriated
$250,OOO to relieve Americans abroad.
August President WILSON asked for
e2,600,OO0 for the same purpose and 1t
was granted at once. On the same day
a notice. apparently authorized by the
State Department. was printed in the
Washington papers:
Sending money to relatives and friends
marooned by the war in Europe Is a sim
pie procedure. Explained by WILBUR j.
CARR. Chief of tho Consular Service. this
Is the how:
"1Send 30 the state Department a
certified check, draft. or postal money or
der payable to Chief Bureau OF Ac-
counts. State Department" State plainly
the name OF the person tfull name). city
and address, II any, abroad.
"'The money will be cabled Immediately
TO the nearest American Consul. who will
issue local currency or a draft Omitted
States warranty upon the State Depart
ment payable to the payee, who calls at
the consulate"
August u Mr.. NOLsTEAD paid as d.
rectcd II sum To be sent to an American
then at st. Gall and was told that It
would be cabled that day. Two or three
days later he called at the State
Department; the money had been trans
mlttcd hut no reply had been received.
Couldn't they repeat that message
They would ana on that very day. The
night Of August 10 Mr. VoLsTEAD tele-
phoned the Consular Office. Learned
that II had no record of any money
sent by him. August - he called at
that office, 10 bee told again that there
was no record and that the office had
no'iirs 10 do with the case: the Treas
urer W the United States was 60 mike
ne payments, 10 the Treasurer. Not
his funeral Transmission of the money
WV MS '"N'''"N' NV 'oHHulhI StTNlte
had turned tho money over to him; he
had certified the receipt to the Secre-
tary Of state for transmission. Back
10 the Consular Office goes the indie
faNgable 'VoLsTEAD. Hear him
defeated in their evident effort to get
rid OF me by claiming that they were not
charged with the duty of Transmitting
this money to Europe, I was told the
cables We're so congested that they could
not reach ths Consul at St Gail; but
finally convinced them private cable mes
sages had gone through very recently, and
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NEW IMPOSTS.
Protest Against the Proposed Revival OF
Stamp Taxes.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. In
various news articles recently published
have seen II suggested that the Govern
ment OF the United States Is considering
a stamp tax as a nlpans OF raising revenue
during the progress OF the European war
believe that such Il source OF revenue
would be "A serious mistake,
know OF no more vexatious tax or one
that falls more unevenly upon different
citizens Of the republic. | remember well
the vexatious effect OF the stamp tax
during the war with Spain and the many
serious questions that arose especially in
regard to tho recording of instruments
affecting reaI estate.
1t is In my opinion the last expedcnt--
not the first. | would suggest as the re-
suit of considerable thought and expert
ence In these matters that the first eX-
pedient should be an extension OF the In
come tax; secondly, the issue OF short
term obligations in the nature OF Gov
eminent notes, and thirdly, an increase in
the internal revenue on liquors and to-
bacco.
These provisions would tend TO an
equalization OF taxes, while the impos-
ton OF the stamp tax would be almost, or
quite, rulnous In certain kinds of bus,
ness, while II would not AFFECT many OF
our citizens at all.
Tho present income tax In discrimlna-
tory. Why should We add to that dis
elimination
Every person, however humble, should
feel 1t a patriotic duty, If not a privilege, 10
add his mite to the general fund, and the
active business man should have no more
burdens added to his present crashing
load He Is the manor the corporation
who keeps the wheels moving and the
mass OF its people employed. ! do not
think so meanly of tho mass OF the people
OF this great republic as TO believe that
they wish to shirk entirely their fair
portion of the public burdens; nor do I
think so poorly of their intelligence as to
believe that they can think such thing
can be done without reactlng upon them
selves, KNIcKERBocKER.
New YORK, August 90.
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IL seems that even perfection can be
amended in these progressive days.
Even the charmed and popped slumber
familiar TO those who Journey In those
storchouses of ease, comfort, privacy
and simplicity of decoration, the Pull.
man, Is to he dcepened. A Southwest.
ern perfectionist Of n railroad man Is
going to abolish noise along the steely
path of sleep The bells are not TO
jingle, the steam Is not to pop, the
splitter and the Kisses OF the engines
have to stop. No more the fiend switch
engine shall shrek and spit and toot !;
the train crews and the yard crews,
hcnceforth they must be mute.
A silent road. In the hushed car
seeping DER mufiled miles no other
sound than the romantic music of the
nose. But perhaps the company will
provide sanitary clothespins. The por-
ters will not while away the hours with
fierce discourse OF politics and war.
Come, Sleep! o Sleep, the certain
knot OF peacev'
VIII the car wheels he mufied? Some
insomniacs. unworthy Of Pullmanlzed
repose, hear all night and all the hours
Of 1t those Internal Gathering bawlers:
Accident tonight! Accident tonight ="
And when was the entrance of Pull.
man train into city or town unaccom.
panied by an ironic welcome of bells,
the mothers Of discord and daughters Of
dissonance, more bells than ever clam
ored in Cologne and oxford and l'Isle
Sonnante?
But all this IL no more. Henceforth
there shall he sound mandragora sleep
for the prisoners Of the Pullman.
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the air. The only object Of a raid
would be TO damage the enemy. The
only means of doing this is to drop
bombs, and the amount of destruction
one or all of the ships could inflict
would hardly be serious.
Presumably the approach would be
made ut night, when the assailants
would have to run the gantlet OF hun
dreds of searchlights. But bombs
could not be dropped with any degree
OF accuracy In the dark, nor yet from
any great height. Thus, at the mo-
ment OF the real attack, the raiding
ship would be exposed to fire from the
ground level, which Is said to be effec-
tive TO height Of 1000 feet. The
bombs being dropped, her power Of Of
fence would be gone and she would
have to run for life, pursued by aero
planes Of much higher speed. Her
chances OF getting safely away would be
very small.
As to whether the results would pay,
one guess Is as good as another. To do
certain amount Of mischief in Lon
don or some other English city would
be OF no military profit whatever. ON
the other hand, to attack army nr
navy posts and do such damage as to
cripple them would involve flying low
and slowly in broad daylight. in short
would bring the airshlp into such peril
that the chances OF her destruction
before she could carry out her work
would be preponderant.
On the whole, the British feel pretty
confident of immunity from aerial at
tack, on the ground principally that it
wouldn't be worth while.