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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-25
Governmental BUSINESSES
SUSPENDED FOR CHRISTMAS

the birds to White House employees is
a long established custom.
All of the executive departments
had arranged to close at noon for the
holiday and the thousands of en-
ployes Joined in real Christmas cele-
brations.
AT the Capitol plans had been COM
pleted for the community Christmas
celebration there tonight. A large fir
tree stood in the east entrance to the
capitol, above the doors of which
there appeared in large letters. set
with electric lights. the words Peace
on Earth, and Good Will to Men,"
Thousands of persons planned to at
tend the exercises there.
President Wilson went golfing early
today despite a heavy snowstorm
Children living along the road he
takes to the Golf Club, were made
filled with presents from the White
House. They watch for the President
and wave their hands to him when
ever he goes by.
The President had no callers listed
for the remainder of the week and
planned to go to the executive offices
as little as possible.
With the exception of Secretary
Garrison, who will spend Christmas
at Atlantic City. all the members OF
the cabinet will be here tomorrow. The
President has exchanged gifts with
each of them.
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Review of Trade

New York, Dec 24.-R. G. Dun & Cos.
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say:
The railroad rate decision, the contin-
ued big exports of wheat and other pro-
ducts and the colder weather, which
stimulates retail distribution, exert the
most important influence on the markets
this week. Reports from the leading
centers while indicating no important in
crease in sales this week are of one &C
cord in foreshadowing improvements att
er the new year opens. In iron and steel
the actual output Is reduced by the hol-
iday interruptions, but there are num-
Der of favorable developments including
prospects of larger railroad buying. Re-
tail dry goods trade in many OF the lead
ing centers is estimated to be about 10
per cent. less than a year ago. The pri-
mary markets are steady, however, and
a fair amount of new business is being
received from jobbing circles.
Inactivity is general In footwear trade
and the plants are scarcely running at
more than one-half capacity, while some
are operating at an even lower rate.
Failures in the United States are 3I6
against 449 last week and 2S9 the CORE
spending week last year. Failures in
Canada number 60 against 81 last week
and 26 last year.
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Cash Prizes FOR
BOYS and GIRLS OF
AGRICULTURAL CLUBS

Orono. Me-, Dec. 24.-Cash prizes
prizes amounting to more than $3.50
were distributed to the boys and girls
of the Agricultural Clubs of Maine,
whose first annual session closed We'd
nesday at the University of Maine.
About 20 exhibits of potatoes were
shown by the boys and rs of canned
beans by the girls.
Arnold Ross of Littleton won prizes
amounting to $41.40 and Malfcrd
Blackstone of Washburn, s39.40 Misses
Ernestine Coburn of Macwahoc and
Annie Lunt Of Cherryville won tho
most prizes for the girls.
First country prizes for boys were
awarded as follows:
Aroostook County-Arnold Ross OF
Littleton, for the highest score, besr
yield and highest profit; Ivan Craig
Of Pressure Isle, best essay.
Washington County-Archie Mccar-
lie of Dennysville, highest score and
greatest profit; George Elwell of Ma
chias, highest yield; Albert Lincoln
of Dennysville, best essay.
Girls winning first county prizes
were:
Aroostook County-Ernestine Coz,
burn of Macwahoc, highest score
highest profit and the highest yield;
Stella Smith of Macwahoc, best essay;
Fay Smith of Macwahoc, best ex-
hjbit.
Washington County-Annie Lunt OF
Crerryfield, highest score, highest pro-
fit and best essay; Emily Morse OF
Cherryfield, best exhibit.
The first State Prizes, $40 in gold,
were won by Arnold Ross of Littleton,
John Hobbs Jr of Brooks, RichartI
Libby of Scarboro. j. Harvey Thomp
son of South China, Maiford Black
stone CT Washburn Cthree) Ivan Craig
and Ralph J. Kempton of Presque Isle.
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WAR RESULTS IN LIFTING OF
EMBARGO AGAINST CANADA'S FISH

moval of this handicap. but without
avail until after the war began, when
the desired alterations were made.
One reason for the discrimination
was the objection of Portugal to the
custom on this side of the Atlantic of
applying to certain wines not pro-
duced in Portugal the name of port
wine The Portuguese government
claimed that the word port could be
applied properly only to wine from
that country. Reciprocal concessions
have been made, Canada and New
foundland agreeing to Portugafs
terms in this respect.
The imports of wine to Newfound-
land last year amounted to only about
5000 gallons, valued at $4,000, whereas
the exflports of dry Goldfish from New
foundland to Portugal amounted to
100000 ouintals, valued at sl,250,Vo.
Next to Brazil, Portugal is the largest
purchaser of the Newfoundland COM
modify,
It is expected that similar conces-
sions will be secured from the Spanish,
Italian and Greek governments in the
near future and that the foreign trade
in Goldfish will be greatly increased
next year.
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SURPLUS CANADIAN
OFFICERS RETURN To
AGAIN VOLUNTEER

0Halifax. n. S., Chronicle Dec. 2D
Fifty-fiye surplus officers from the
First Canadian Expeditionary Force
at Salisbury Plains arrived at Halifax
Yesterday by the Allan liner Grampian
from Liverpool These officers are
from many different regiments of the
First Contingent, 1t having been found
in some cases that there were more
officers in a number of these regi-
ments than the British establishment
permitted.
A large number of the returning
officers are from the 9Th Battal-
ion. This battalion was formed at Val
cartier from a number of cavalry reg
iments, including the 18th Mounted
Rifles, the Fort Garry Horse, the Goth
Border Horse, the 32nd Manitoba
Horse and others. Though an infantry
regiment requires far less officers COM
paratively than does a cavalry regi-
ment, the surplus officers accompanied
the contingent to England. There 1T
was decided to reduce the number of
officers of the battalion to the proper
establishment. Not one officer of the
18th Mounted remained with the bat
TALON and there is hardly a non-com-
missioned officer of that regiment still
with the battalion.
All the surplus officers, of whom
there were ninety, were offered posi-
lions in Lord Kitchener's new army,
but the majority preferred to return
to Canada in the hope of being ap-
pointed to the next Canadian contin-
gent AS the list of officers for the
Second Canadian Expeditionary Force
has practically been made up. the ma
jority of the returning officers will In
all probability have to wait until mo-
Obligation of the Third Contingent
commences.
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FIRST FIGHT ENDS
HOBNOBBING OF
ENEMIES AT FRONT

ASSOCIATED Press Corr ospondence
Boulogne Dec. ia British soldier re-
lates a remarkable story of how the
English and Germans hobnobbed in the
same trench few miles south of Ypres
There We're a handful of Germans and
smaller handful of allied forces
Trenches were but a few yards apart,
and in these for more than week the
men of both sides had been bored and in
active. They amused themselves as best
they could-exehanging messages, swap
ping newspapers and tobacco. hurting
back and forth greetings and epithets.
More days passed and still neither side
received orders either to attack or to
withdraw. Some sort of cooperation
seemed necessary. Accordingly, the
Germans hoisted a white flag, and. adj
vaicing under this, entered the allied
trench for a conference. The result was
an agreement was reached that it would
be more comfortable for all to live in
one trench until one side or the other
received orders.
The Germans moved over bag and bag
gage, and for a number of days all went
well. Many of the Germans spoke Eng
lish or French. Under the strange circum-
stances friendships sprung up Both
factions dreaded the arrival of a mes
senger.
One day a messenger came, and plans
for the renewal of hostilities were hastily
made. But the messenger proved to be
only bearer of mail and newspapers
for the Germans. All gathered round
while a German began to translate the
latest dispatch from Berlin. Unhappily
for the harmony of the gathering, it re-
ferred to Ostend by its German kriick-
name "Kales''; spoke of bomb droppings
on various French towns, of contem-
plated air raids on great Britain.
The English frowned. growled; the
French grew excited Both sides had by
agreement laid aside their rifles; but
both sides stiil had their fists Both used
them. A free-for-ali fight followed, and
the unique compact came to an end.
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State House Chat.

Recent visitors at the State mu-
scum were: Alice M. Plimpton and
Axel b. Plimpton, Gardiner; Miss Jen
ME Levine, Miss Rena Dion. Edith
Schlosberg, Randolph; Nathan Beren-
stein, Lewiston; Stephen Zelpher. New
York; S. T. Riches, Winthrop; Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. G. Lewis, Richmond.
over a hundred automobile owners
of the state have already registered
for the new year and over a hundred
registrations Of dealers are recorded
at the office OF the secretary of State.
A. M. G. Soule, chief Of the State
bureau of inspections, and family left
Thursday for Damariscotta, where
they will pass Christmas as the guests
of Mrs. Soule's mother, Mrs. William
Hilton.
Miss Annie r. Bibber secretary OF
the State Highway Commission, is
passing Christmas at New Bedford as
the guest Of her father.
number of the officials nf the
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LITTLE CHANGE IN UNDERGROUND
WAR IN the WEST ARENA

that was shown by the Germans in Fian-
ders
Military experts here are unable to
agree on the number of the Austro-Ger-
man troops in the east, estimates vary
ing from 1,OOo,oe9 20 100000; but it is
pointed out that Russia, unless she has
been exaggerating her resources, should
be able easily to top this figure now that
her concentration of forces is nearing
completion
Petrograd has never conceded that the
occupation of LODI by Germans had any
strategic Importance, but the German
view has now found expression from
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, who re-
marked to the representative of The As
ISOLATED Press on the eastern front that
he considered 1t the turning point of
the campaign"
All the armies are planning to spend
Christmas as best they may. Boxes and
greetings from home have been or are
being distributed in the trenches, at the
hospitals and in the camps, hundreds of
thousands of post cards to the soldiers
and sailors from King George and Queen
Mary being one feature of the British
gifts.
The Austrian attempts to crush Ser
via, which some predicted would be
abandoned In view of the recent turn of
events by which the servians reoccupied
Belgrade, are soon to be renewed in form
of final blow" according to Dispatch
es from Budapest
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found himself forced to make a hur-
ried trip to San Francisco her predica-
nent became the more pronounced.
The false Everett, George Drake, took
1t upon himself to call at the Ritz for
her mail, and, returning with word
that there was none for her, Ruth felt
a strange premonition that matters
were not progressing as they should.
Mrs. Darnell found her gazing out Of
the drawing room window, huddled In
ii pathetic little heap, detection stamp
ed on features and form.
"Dearie," purred the hostess, "you'
look as If you had lost your last friend
on earth. Do cheer up. What is the
troubleT
Ruth turned her head, but remained
in the same queer little attitude, reply
ing In plaintive voice:
81 do not understand why Mr.. Dorr
has not written or wired me. Really,
Mrs. Darnell. / am beginning to fear
that something has happened to him"
Mrs. Darnell looked at her searching
~, but recovered quickly under the
questioning return gaze.
DO not worry, Ruth. Everything
will come out all right. Supposing we
take a drive. The air and sunshine
will do you a world of good"
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Corporation Certificates Filed.

The following corporations have
filed certificates of organization at the
office of the secretary of State:
True Real Estate Company, organ
lied at Westbrook for the purpose OF
and buying. selling and exchanging
real estate, with 100000 capital stock
Of which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President, Patrick H. Connolly of
Portland treasurer, Edward T. Rich
ardson of Portland. Certificate filed
Dec. %, 1914.
Monarch Stitched Tire Company,
organized at Kittery for the purpose
of manufacturing automobile tires and
inner tubes and all parts that are ne
cessary to conduct the aforesaid bust
ness, with 100000 capital stock, of
which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President, Horace Mitchell of Kit
terry; treasurer. H. A. Paul of Kittery.
Certificate filed Dec. %, 1914.
Exchange Syndicate organized at
Augusta for the purpose of conducting
a general real estate business in all
it's branches, with $4,000 capital stock,
of which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President and treasurer, e. M. Leavitt
of Winthrop. Certificate filed Dec. "a,
1914.
The E. c. Richards Company, or
ganized at Portland for the purpose Of
buying, selling and renting real estate
and developing and improving the
same, with 100000 capital stock, IF
which nothing is paid in. Officers;
President Harold S. Richards OF
Portland; treasurer, Enoch c. Rich
ards of Portland. Certificate filed
Dec "a 1914
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-25
New York Produce Market
New York. Dec. a.

New York, Dec. "a.
WHEAT-Spot firm; No. 2 red 134A; No.
hard 134i, all rail elf track export No.
l northern Duluth 1876 and No. 1 northern
Manitoba 1879 elf Buffalo
CoRN-Spot firm: No. yellow 76a elf
TO arrive: Argentine prime 70 nominal de-
livered.
OATS-Spot steady.
PoRK-Steady.
BEEF-Steady.
LARD-Steady.
BUTTER-Firm; receipts 3455 tubs;
creamery extras, 80 score 34AGD35; cream
cry higher scoring 35sQ36; creamery firsts
32n94; seconds 2S@30; state dairy finest
33a1-2 good to prime 29Q32; common to
fair 24Q2S; process extras 25sG26a ladies'
current make firsts 23AG24 seconds 90;
packing stock current make No. 2 21Ad22
EGGS-Steady and unchanged receipts
1894 cases.
POTATOES-Steadya and UNCHANGED.
SUGAR-The spot market was firm at
401 for centrifugal and 1856 for molasses:
refined steady.
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Boston Produce Market

Boston, Dec. a.
BEEF-Whole cattle Ii.
BRAN-Spring 2625Q2675.
@34 s'h 'o2
CHEESE-New York twins 16sa17.
CORNING. 2 yellow IS
EGGs-Choice 60a52; western 40Q4s.
FIOUR--Mill shipment, spring patents
HAY-No. l grade 21G22.
LAMBS-Spring l32qi4.
LARD-Pure ia
MIXED FEED-2T5Ga3oo0
OATS-No. 2 clipped white as
PORK-niedium backs 2725.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per two-bu. bag.
SJGAR-Granulated. 20 Dbl. lots. 80,
VEAL-S@15. 'AV
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Bangor Closed to Navigation.

The port OF Bangor closed Wednes-
day with the sudden drop to below
zero last night. The fishing schooner
Lizzie Griffin, discharging fish, was
frozen in, but released by the tug
Ralph Ross, which broke open chan
mel after butting the Ice several hours
The Brewer Ferry steamer was hauled
off her route, two to three inches of
ice forming in her channel. The port
has been open about the average time
In 1913 the river closed on Dec. %
Winterport will be the head Of navi-
ration on the Penobscot until spring
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-25

State Department of Agriculture
moved Thursday out of one of the Of
fees of the department, which will be
used during the session of the Legis-
lature by the committee on legal af-
fairs. The work OF that department
will be carried on through the winter
in the main room of the Department
of Agriculture.
The State House employees under
Supt. A L. McFadden were much
pleased late Thursday afternoon to
receive with the compliments and d
Merry Christmas from Land Agent and
Forest Commissioner Blaine S. Viles
a box of fine cigars, whieh-and thai
ought to go without telling-the boys
Immediately began enjoying. Their
expressions of appreciation of the re-
membrance We're as warm as the
pleasure of the donor.
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Potato Inspection.
(Aroostook Times.)

w. Blair Clark of Caribou, who ID
in charge of the Potato Inspection in
Aroostook county, was in town.
Thursday on business. Z
1t is generally known that thss
money appropriated by the Federall
Government has been used up anI
since Dec. z each shipper is obliged
to pay $500 per car for Inspections
This amount is paid for by the usa
of state stamps in the denomination,
of $500 and are on sale at all thS
banks of the county in books of IL.
On account of the low price AND
the few potatoes being hauled in. q
number of inspectors have been laid
off temporarily, but it is hoped after
January l, 1915, that the price will be
such as to demand more men. ana
thew will then be reinstated. 4
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MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Dec. 24.--In its essentials to-
DAYS stock market continued to traverse
the ground of the last few days. More
minimum prices were registered in
shares or investment and speculative
value, the list including Canadian Pa
cifc, Baltimore d Ohio and the southern
railways, while United States Steel and
southern Pacific repeated their establish
ed low quotations of the preceding ses-
sion. over score of inactive and mis-
cellaneous stocks sold lower than be-
fore: Trading bore the familiar ante
holiday aspects, the volume OF business
failing below recent days.
Opening prices reflected the same de-
gree of irregularity too long prevalent
followed by rallies and carried the lead
ers ono TO two points above yesterdays
result OF short covering moro than any
thing else and when the demand from
that quarter ceased stocks fell back from
sheer inertia.
Renewed weakness in Canadian Pacific
and Southern Pacific and Southern Rail-
way preferred on extensive offerings un-
settled the list In the afternoon, with
lowest prices Of the day. In the final
dealings some buying of Amalgamated
Copper and Reading impaired a better
undertone. but the closing was heavy
and uncertain.
Weakness of the high price in the rail-
way shares indicated that the reduced
dividend declared yesterday. by the d.
rectors of the Pennsylvania company
with its resultant effect on Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad earnings was causing some
apprehension respecting the dividend
values of the other stocks in this class.
Declaration of the regular New York
Central dividend on it's increased capital
stock impaired firmness to the Wander
pilt group.
A loss OF more than SO 900, 900 gold was
the interesting feature of the Bank of
Englands weekly statement. London
brokers We're said to have expressed dis
appointment OF the terms imposed for
resumption of business on the stock ex-
change. The local bond market was
heavy on small overtures. Total trans
actions. p3y value. aggregated 81. Jos. 900
United sEtes governments were un-
changed ok7 CALI
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1t seemed to her that the rest Of the
afternoon passed In flashes of such en-.
tertainment as she had never known.
1t must be remembered that Ruth. liv-
ing In the mine nearly all her life since
leaving school, had not had the advan-
tages or the society Of trained. alert,
smart. clever women Mrs. Darnell
was very clever and she used her ev-
cry art to keep Ruth's attention. She
succeeded.
That night at dinner George Drake,
posing as George Everett. suddenly
flushed darkly and turned to the girl
at his left. Miss Gallon" be said In
a whisper, flashing his dark eyes to-
ward his hostess to see II she were
watching. 81 really hope that the trust
you put In me you won't find misplace
ed I'll do everything | can to help
you. even II 1t is funny that / didn't
know that John Dorr has red hair
Ruth looked AT him very soberly. II
don't just understand a great many
things" she said 1T all seems so
strange MIR. Everett. and. you know.
! am worried. ought to go to the
Ritz Carlton and see II there are teie-
grams for me. for that's where John
would wire me. I'm afraid Mrs. Oar
nell thinks I'm awfully impolite be-
cause | want to go and make sure for
myself that John has not wired"
III 60 myself" said the false Ever
EFT, looking at his plate. ''I'll go to-
night In fact. I'll go right now" He
caught Mrs. narnell's eve and said
apolosetieally: I'm afraid. my dear
hostess. III have 10 leave you. have
just remembered my solemn promise
TO be al the club at 8 O'Clock. and. be-
sides, I've promised Miss Gallon TO go
to the Ritz and get 'her mail and tele-
grams He turned to Ruth. and she
noticed very grave look in his eyes.
which she WAS TO understand later
He bent calamity over her hand and
lightly kissed her fingers. You may
trust me-" ne said
CHAPTER TX.
Master of the Master Key" Mine.
YAYi HEN Ruth Gallon did not call
upon him and he found him.
ISs~Ty self unable to locate her
GaS@J Charles Everett WAS at loss
what 10 do He had wired Dorr of his
anxiety about her and had received
word in reply that the young engineer
had received conflicting messages.
Unhappily for the girl. Everett was
called out of town. And SO when he
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Chicago Produce Market

Chicago, Dec. "a
Wheat showed good rallying mower to.
day after the fact became evident that
European demand had not materially
fallen off, despite Argentine advices ia
yorlng the bear side. The market closed
steady at shade decline to 3lps advance
compared with last night Corn wound
up with gain of 70s and oats of g. The
outcome in provisions was unchanged to
10 cents higher
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Chicago Cattle Market

Chicago, Dec. "A.
HOGS-Receipts 5000; unsettled; bulk
695u710 light 665m710; mixed 675@720;
heavy 6759717A; rough 6754690; pigs $500
no.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000; strong: native
steers 550611000; western 520dS10; cows and
heifers 320lS30; calves 100000.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000; strong: sheep
565G660; yearlings e7507S0; lambs 670GS70
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A New Corporation Formed.

A certificate of Incorporation has
been filed in the registry of deeds at
Portland as follows: E. C. Richards
Company, to conduct a general real es-
tate business. Capital stock, 5000, 900,
Par value 500. Paid in nothing.
President, Harold s. Richards; clerk,
Fred'k w. Hinckley; treas, Enoch c,
Richards. Directors. Harold S. Rich
ards, Enoch C. Richards and Fred k
w. Hinckley.
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This Picture Is Shown Each Week at
So-o's'N- NooOoif
OPERA HOUSE, WATERVlLLE. WEDNESDAY
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Ito be continued
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STATE HOUSE
Continued from Page y

amount of s1.397,715.46.
The number of general officers re-
ported by the railroad companies was
A and they received during the past
year the sum of $72,415.29 in wages.
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Penobscot Indians Agents Report.
The annual report of Ira II. Pinkham
of Old Town, the agent of the Penobscot
Tribe of Indians, which was filed with
the governor and council Thursday
shows that during the past year there
have been 16 deaths in the tribe, u
adults and four children. which is some
what above the average loss.
The Appropriations.
The appropriations for the past year