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Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

Progressive city in Maine'D have in
| dulged in practices as reprehensiole'
as Illegal, as much in violation of law
as any charged against the officials Oh
big cities According to the Lewiston
Suns report of Judge Webber's ad-
/ dress, he said:
| Mayor Fowles in his inaugural ad-
| dress made the followiEs statement:
We are pledged to the principle that
no member of the board of Cover nment
| should participate in contracts with the
city / have been informed that this has
| come to be regarded as good in theory
but not in practice. | ask you therefore
to stand with me and show our citizens
that we practice what we preach.
Now doesn't that sound fine, almost as
good as stainless integrity. pure patTlot-
ism, etc? Now that was preaching, let
see how they praeticed, and incidentally
open your eyes to the system which Is
eating up the taxpayers good money IN
elected Progressive alderman in Ward
four. If you will go to the city treas
urer's office and turn to the book OF ac-
counts you will find in the month OF April
the city contracted with this alderman
10 the amount of s6S0S as shown by
voucher 800 in the Public Works depart
ment This was only few days attef
Mayor Fowes made the splendid talk be-
fore noted If you turn over the pages
i'm the book you will find that in May, he
contracted $93.0S, voucher 569. Pubic
Works; in June. $3.50 in July. $125 Is; in
August. s196 81: in September. Ss3,36; in Oe-
tober SOS Is: in November. Sl6-Oo; IN De
cember. $500; in January. S29.65. Not only
this but j. II. Chase constituted one oI
the committee on accounts to approve
these bills and you will find his own sig
nature approving his own bill. ! under
stand that there are many more suppies
which he has furnished the city Indirect
" to other contractors who were WORKING
for the city, but these accounts quoted ap-
pear on the books in his own name.
Now. we took OCCASION to INSPECT some
of these bills as TO the items We hnd
on the bill in August for instance a
charge of four gallons gasolene al 20
cents per gallon. We find sl12o worth OF
galvanized iron at cents which Is the
regular retail price when sold in small
quantities. We find Is lbs. Portland ce-
ment % cents, when whole bag con-
tanning leo lbs can be bought for 10 cents
We find plain pipe which ordinarily SOD
for four and five cents foot at nine
cents foot. -,
Now. taken separately these are small
matters but we have not taken the time
to look at all the bills. There Is enough
shown on these two bills alone to show
the voter where his money is wasted
when YOU take into consideration the eN-
penditure of nearly 100000 under these
methods
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
That New Sentiment.

The Sentiment" being nursed and
encouraged and whispered about, then
talked out loud and finally shouted
about. in Bangor and Portland, re-
veals it's originators in the localities of
proclamation. This so-called "senti-
ment' is something that by stretch of
consuming desire on the part of rich
rum clubs and secret organization
high jinks," is delightedly put forth
as something to side-track Gov. Haines
because he has enforced the law-and
proposes to enforce the law, after he
is reelected.
This pretense, circulated TO feel the
public pulse, has not seemed to meet
ivith the uproareus applause which its
instigators apparently expected. We
have been waiting for the wild en-
tfusiasm' TO have enforcement down
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
The Grange.
Canaan Grange.

Canaan Grange met in regular ses-
sion Thursday evening with a good at
tendance. Seven applications were
balloted upon and four applications re-
ceived. The First and Second degrees
will he worked March 5th. The fol-
lowing program was presented: Music,
choir; reading, "Washington's Birth
day." Mrs. Susie Jewell; piano solo,
Mrs. Fay Burrill; question, Resolved,
That Washington was a Greater Gen.
eral Than Grant, which was ably
discussed: song, Mrs. Millie Tolman,
Gladys Nelson, Ola Maxfield, Mrs. Vim
ME Bibber, accompanist; reading,
What Saved the Union, Mrs. Nellie
Goodrich.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

assembled a few piratical sages and
began codifcation of the piratic
laws. Even yet the Ching code is re-
puted to be the best collection of pi
ratio laws extant.
For instance, she made 1t crime
for any pirate to leave the territory
under pirate control--a sort of a nullo
Japanese exclusion act, one might say.
The punishment for the first offense
was having ones ears split for the
amusement of the law-abiding eiti-
zens: for the second offense, death.
That same simplicity of punishments
was noticeable in all the code. There
was no haggling about the chair VS.
the gallows.
Theft from other pirates was unlaw-
full All plundered goods must be
turned into the general pot and re-
distributed il kind er cash. Each pi-
rate was entitled to life. liberty and
pursuit of happiness. And all public
services were to be owned by the
state.
Feminine law was strict, as might
be expected Thus, no pirate could
retain, for his very own, any woman
eaptive. He couldn't even kiss her
without obtaining first the superear-
COS and next the iady's consent. All
women eaptives were turned over to
the general fund, just as other goods
captured. Then. on the Saturday half
holiday the pirates were allowed to
buy whichever ones took their fancy.
The usual plan was to parade all the
women. AS one pleased Il pirate he
rl1A
then credited that pirates account
with one woman and debited 1t the
prevailing price. As soon as all the
women were chosen each pirate LED
his bride, or brides, as the case might
be. to the chaplain's office, where they
were duly and truly married accord
ing to both Chinese and pirate law.
There were no affinities in Mistress
Ching's piratical kingdom.
So piratical life hummed merrily
onward.
Now and then the Imperial Govern
ment would send out fleet to fight
the pirate They always afforded the
nirates few new guns and several
fancy uniforms. Ever and anon the
pirate fleet would sack u city, and
oftentimes it cruised the seas and
raided peaceful merchant ships of all
nations. Sometimes, just fer diversion,
a few captives were retained. Among
these there happened to be Mr..
Glasspoole, an Englishman, TO whose
careful diary most of the interesting
facts about the Eadrone pirates are
due. He was retained several months,
but finally Mistress Ching traded him
for bale of cotton cloth. a gun or
two and several thousand real dol
lars.
Much of the success of the Admir-
aless was due, Mr.. Glasspoole believes
to her thorough and efficient organi-
zation. She was orderly, it might be
said, as n housewife.
All her ships were divided into six
squadrons, the red. the black, the yell
low, the blue, the green and the pur-
pie. One notices the delicacy in leav-
ing out white. Each of these squad
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
BACKACHE IS
A DANGER SIGNAL
Kidney Troubles, Bladder Disorders,
Rheumatism, and Serious Diseases
Follow.

There are other symptoms, such as
pains in the region of the Kidneys,
nervousness dizziness, tired and worm
out feeling, weak bladder, painful,
scaldy, or urinary troubles, which are
Just as dangerous, for the slightest
kidney arrangement if neglected may
develop into the deadly Brights Dis
ease, Dropsy, or Diabetes.
If is not only dangerous, but need
less, for you to suffer, and endure the
tortures of these troubles, for the new
discovery. Croxone, quickly and surely
ends all such misery.
There is no more effective remedy
known for the cure of kidney. bladder
trouble. and rheumatism than this
new scientific preparation, because 1t
removes the cause. 1t soaks right into
the kidneys through the walls and lin
ings, cleans out the clogged1up pores,
neutralizes and dissolves the poison
Gus uric acid and waste matter. that
| lodges in the joints and muscles ana
cause those terrible rheumatic palms,
and makes the kidneys filter the pol
son from the blood and drives 1t out OF
the system
Three doses Of Croxone day, for
few days is often all that is ever
needed TO cure the worst backache or
overcome disagreeable urinary disord-
ers, and you can take 1t with the ut
most confidence that nothing on earth
will so quickly overcome the worst
case of kidney, bladder trouble, or
rheumatism
You will find Croxone different from
all other remedies. There is nothing
else like it. 1t is so prepared that it
is practically impossible to take 1t into
the human system without results. An
original package costs but trifie at
any first class drug store. All drug
gists are authorized to personally re-
turn the purchase price If Croxone
should fail in q single case.-Ady.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

rons, commanded by trusted commo
dore, ranged the seas in various direc-
tions and added what they could to
the piratical treasury. A few times
each year the whole fleet was ASSEMBLE
ed for some large and daring raid,
usually when enc of the larger cities
was sacked and burned.
How long Mistress Ching might
have ruled as a piratess will never
be known, for. after several years Of
successful operating she began to
weary. of her calling. Paou and O-po-
tae fell out. and o-po-tae surrender
ed . the Government on promise of
general amnesty. Later he became u
high official.
Mistress Ching and Paou saw the
lesser chieftain's rise to ethical fame,
and they, too, began to banker after
less bloody plaudits. So they opened
negotiations with the mandarins and
finally quit the piratical business.
Paou became a suhmandarin and Mis-
tre5s Ching, with the same sentiment,
if not the words of Ruth, the piratical
maid of all-work in the Pirates Of
Penzance,"
At length we are provided with un-
usual felicity
To change piratic crime for dignified
respectability,
took a home in Canton and lived to
be a respected and revered old lady.
Kansas City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1914

three years spent a good deal of mon
ey for various purposes of improve
ment. Naturally. Orrs Island hotel
keepers, proprietors of stores-anybody
in fact who has anything to sell-are
looking forward to the most prosper
Gus season they have ever known. To
tear up the Gurnet bridge during the
summer season thus making the is
land inaccessible except by boat would
be decided injustice to the tax pay
ers of those sections of Harpswell who
are directly affected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
Quitting the Business.

The Bulletin of the temperance So
ciety. Methodist Episcopal ehureh,
publishes a letter from a saloon keep
er to the Kansas City Star, remarking;
oIt is too long for these columns" We
have read all that they gave of what
the writer had to say and, to our mind.
they had best devoted their whole Bull
letin to it, if need be.
This letter of a saloon keeper deals
with the problem from his standpoint
combined with the intelligence posses
sed by many of the men in the SER
vice of a commereialism fighting for
continued privilege TO rob humanity of
its money and its soul.
This man says he is quitting the
business" He asserts that his best
customers are giving up booze, that his
trade is falling off, and that other sa-
loon keepers are telling the same tale.
Social and business conditions says
this correspondent, are changed
Banquets are drying up: statesmen are
cutting out the liquor; business men
no longer treat their customers.
And here is what they give up of his
own words:
"My reason for quitting the liquor
trade is not that am old or rich, or
troubled by my conscience. simply
have decided to get out while the get
ting is good, for | believe that ! can
read the handwriting on the wall. |
believe that the finish Of the booze bus
mess in this country is in sight, and |
prefer to step from under before the
roof falls in.
~ would not undertake to say when
nation wide prohibition is going to ar
rive, but il is coming, as sure as fate,
and il is not many years away. It is
coming, not so much as result of few
erish and hystericaI agitation, as re-
suit of a majority of the voters of the
country making up their minds that
booking is criminal waste of time
and money and booze nuisance and
a dangerous drug.
"And take it from me, when that
time comes, booze will be banished ef-
fectiveIy and completely. A lot of
liquor dealers and saloon buns are
fond of kidding themselves with the
argument that universal prohibition
Logging, more vicious secret drinking
and other evasions. | know better.
When it becomes a serious offense
against the Federal law for man to
manufacture, import, SELL handle or
possess intoxicating liquor, booze
drinking will cease.
"And | don't know but every one will
be glad of it in the long run. I've never
been proud Of being a saloon keeper,
and | don't believe any other self-re-
spectins man can be. We jolly our
selves along with the argument that IL
is legitimate, recognized by the nation
al government, the state, the country
and the city, but we know in our
hearts that it is rotten business.
anyhow, good or bad, ! am going to
get out Of it before the fireworks be-
gin, and I'd advise every other man
with money invested in il to do the
same. John Barieycorn has had his
davv
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
Androseoqein Grange.

Androscoggin Grange held its regu-
lar meeting, Feb. 10. In spite of the
storm and bad roads a good number
were present, including visitors from
noighboring Oranges. among whom
were the master and overseer Of Mon
mouth Grange and the master of Leeds
Grange.
Turner Grange was expected TO fur-
nish entertainment, but on account OF
the storm telephoned their decision TO
remain at home. 1t was with conster-
nation that the lecturer surveyed the
crowd to be entertained and no pro-
gram prepared. But the true Grange
spirit that exists in this Grange was
manifested in the ready response OF
the members to the call for aid, and
the following program was prepared
at the noon hour and presented: Mu-
sic. choir: reading, Helen Keyser; solo,
Dora Hill: talks. the visitors; SOLO
Walter Mower; reading, John Wright;
music. quartet; paper. Nina Coourn;
reading. Gladys Sprague; paper Rev.
Harry Erb; duet, Walter Mower ana
Inez Mendall.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

Sir Rufus Isaacs, England's lord chier
Justice, who within the last few days has
taken the title of Lord Reading, recently
1ectured on the art of cross-examination,
which incident recalls to a writer the
fact that cross examination is much less
severe today than it used TO be. Sergt.
Ballantine once cross-examined the de-
fendant in a civil action SO fiercely that
after quarter of an hour OF the ordeal
she fell down fiat in the witness box, and
could not be further questioned. Chief
Justice Erie, summing up, described Bal
lantine's eross-examination as ''an *
hihition of brute force which / have
never seen before in court of justice,
and hope never to see again.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
~ smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering il through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tiops from reputable physicians. as the
GOOD you can possibly derive from them.
Han's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
i Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury. and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc 1t is taken internally and made In
Toledo. Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Tes-
tiinonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per bot
tie. .,
tion-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 14t, r. ANc

A. NJ. Special communication at Masonic
Temple Tuesday evening. Feb. "a. Work
in NJ. NJ degree Refreshments. All
brethren cordially invited to attend
ALBERT NJ. P1NGREE, w. M.
WESTON LEWIS. Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

No notice whatever will be taken Oh
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held response
bic for the preservation or return oA
rejected communications.
Address all communications relatihs
TO subscriptions and advertisements
10 Kennebec Journal Co, PUBLISH
ers, Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
TRINITY coMMANpERY, NO. 7

X. T. Special conclave at Masonic Tenn
pie Friday, Feb. q, at 5 p. NJ. Work in
the Order of the Red Cross. Banquet at
$50 In the evening work in the Order of
the Temple and Malta. All sojourning
fraters are cordially invited to attend.
CHAS. r. GETCHELL, E. {.
THOS III. BODICE. Rec.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 20, REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 7.30. Friday
evening, Feb. 81 work in First degree.
gree.
w. F. CURRIER. N. G.
L. +. WESTON. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

Vaccination is a suffrage require
rnent In Norway.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. g..
Meetings at 7.30 O'Clock every second
and fourth Tuesday. Tuesday, Feb. ca
rehearsal of Patriarchal degree.
J. r. TOWNSEND, c. T.
c. E. STEWART, Scribe.
diff
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

Politics as it is played in Lewiston
and Auburn surrenders to the wall OF
one of Names leading statesmen:
"Oh, if there were only sufficient in
terest therein to draw the people as
will a ball game.'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9. p. M
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock.
G. s. PEASLEE, Capt.
RAY NJ. BURNS, Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24
Maine Gossip
Winter in M aine.

o no. we've not forgotten
Those grand Winters up in Maine,
When being three feet from the stove
Is actually pain.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

The popular Democratic song of the
nearing contests probably will be, IT'S
Better to be an Also-ran than Never
Ran-at-AIl!"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-24

The Lewiston Journal has elevated
the Progressive Emerson of Portland TO
the eminence of the Hon. Walter c."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-03-27

near Frederick. Mrs. Byroads was a
native OF Montgomery county.
o'BYRNE.
Miss Anna Jackson O'Byrne, formerly
of Frederick, died suddenly in her room,
Tuesday, March 10. She had been a suf-
ferer from heart disease for MANY years
snd recently was patient at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, but her condition was
so much improved she had resumed her
duties as trained nurse and took pa
tent from Hagerstown to Baltimore on
Saturday prior to her death, intending to
remain in the city,
KooGLE.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Koogle, wife of Capt
Jacob Koogle, died at her home in Hag-
erstown, on Saturday, aged 81 yeaIs. s
months and 3 days. She is survived by
her husband and the following children:
Mollie NJ, at home; Mrs Oscar Warren
telz, near Halt Way; Homer NJ, of
Chewsvile; Edward L. and George H..
Hagerstown, besides ten grandchildren.
Brothers and sisters, Cyrus Poffenberger,
Ohio; Elmer Pofenberger and Mrs. Sam
uel Pattingall, Myersvile; Mrs. Daniel
Waltz, Cavetown; Mrs. John Stottlemyer,
Wolfsvile
STOUFFER.
Mr.. Daniel Stoufler, aged 81 years,
died suddenly at his home, BROOKLYN, N.
Y, March II of heart failure. Born in
Baltimore on July "a, 1880 Mr.. Hanil-
ION was the son Of James Lewis and
Hannah Mausby Hamilton. He pub.
lished the Baltimore Journal of Com
merce in partnership with George U.
Porter. Mr. Hamilton is survived by
widow, daughter, Mrs. Chas. !. Wood,
and son, William Pinkney Hamilton,
Jr. Mr.. Hamilton was known in Fred
erick being connection of the Maulsby
family.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-03-27

phone Company suffered heavy losses
n the conhagration on Wednesday.
More than dozen telephones were
! put out of commission and II or fifteen
telephone poles were consumed by the
flames.
/ The Frederick firemen fought valiantly
to stem the tide OF flame In crews OF
four and five they tugged at long lines of
unwleldiy hose and covered every part of
the hire with a smashing stream. Had
they been notified of the fire sooner,
they might have saved portions of the
ruined district.
The Mount AIRY people were power
less to render any assistance and the
whole blaze was fought by the Fred
erck fire laddies. Praise for their eff
forts was heard on every side
Mount Airy is becoming heartily sick
OF having fire come along every once in
while and burn up thousands of dol
lars OF good, hard-earned money. simply
because there is not enough water laying
around to put 1t out
A strange coincidence about Wednes-
days catastrophe was the fact that early
IN the morning two delegations left the
town, for Annapolis, one to urge the
passage Of bill giving the town electric
light and power, and the other delega.
ton to oppose the passage of the bill.
The same delegations have been fight
ing each other for wears on the question
OF water power for fire fighting. The
contingent that does not want electric
light and power does not want the town
to have adequate protection. The other
and the progressive delegation wants
ti,of g.
progressive Mount Airy = electricity.
power, water and anything else.
Mount Airy citizens on Wednesday
pointed to the black, smouldering hole,
several acres square, as the fruits of
years Of petty squabbling over town i'm
provements.
The United Fire Companys automo-
bile engine was the first to the fire, but
the last to come back. On the way over,
1t sped at rate of forty miles an hour,
leaplng depressions in the road. and at
times with all four wheels off the ground.
SO great was its speed and so severe the
Jolts as it jumped across the eighteen
miles between Frederick and Mt. AIRY
that chemical tank. weighing at least
twenty-five pounds, fastened to the rear
OF the machine, was thrown clear into the
air and landed on the road with its han
dies bent out of shape
Coming back-ah, coming back The
engine sped past farmhouses and fields,
red in the brilliant sunset and the brave
fire ladies, grlmy with dust and tired
with the fire struggle, waved to the
pretty country girls as they whizzed
along
Coming back, just beyond Bartholows,
a horrible knocking noise proceeded
from beneath the hood of the engine, and
the driver got down to examine. Some
sort OF casting or box had been COM
pletely worn away. There was nothing
for the boys" to do but Chamber down
and rest themselves on the bank while
two or three hours were consumed in re-
pairing the damage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-03-27
Want the City to HAYS A White
Way.

II the idea and suggestions of several
business men i'll the city materialze,
Frederick will have White Way that
will transform the commercial section
and the central part of the city into YER
table New York Broadway According
to rough drafts about one hundred light
standards of five cluster lights are sug-
geSted TO carry out the scheme.
This move has the hearty Endorsement
of Mayor Lewis H. Fraley The Mayor
says that the city would certainly co OPP
crate in this movement and If the plant
permitted, the city would furnish the
electric current for this White Way. The
Mayor is enthusiastic and claims that a
white way is Just what Frederick needs.
The plans do not stop at the inStalla-
ton of approximately one hundred light
standards, for it has been suggested that
the merchants and the business men
hang out electric signs of unique design
The lights and the signs combined would
transform Frederick from a semi-lighted
city to one of the most brilliantly ilumi-
mated towns in this section of the State.
Not only would it beautify the city, but
it would draw thousands OF people to the
commercial section of the city it is be-
lieved This would naturally mean a
boom for trade. Market street has be-
come famous for its hurrying and bust
ling pedestrians on Saturday nights, and
there is every reason to believe that this
huge crowd would turn out every night
of the week if the streets were brilliantly
lighted,
The Mayor also contends that it would
mean business for the merchants. He
claims that any plan to draw the public
has tendency to increase the daily re-
ceipts of the merchants.