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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-22


friends to Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Arey. who were
married in Brooks April 9Th. Mrs. Arey was
Miss Glenice Littlefied of Whites Corner
Winterport, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
Gus LittlefelG. and is very popular in wide
circle of friends. She is a member of Loyal
Rebekah lodge and Morning Light grange of
Monroe. Mr.. and Mrs. Arey are in Thorndike
where he is engaged In his business as tonsori-
al artist. Many friends wish them felicity and
prosperity.
Mrs. c. C. Pineo, little daughter katherine,
and sister, Miss katherine C. Quinby, left
Havana, Cuba, by steamer last Saturday for
New York and are expected to arrive in Bel
fast the last of this week. They are coming
earlier than planned because of the transfer of
Mr.. Pineo from Havana, where he has been
one of the managers of the branch bank of the
Royal Bank of Canada, to branch bank in
Costa Rics, Central America. Mrs. George A.
Quimby who has been with her mother, Mrs.
George s. Chase, since Mise Quimby left to
visit her sister in Havana, will return to her
Miller street home.
Rev. Ashley A. Smith. pastor of the Univer-
salist church of Bangor, is to be the Memorial
day orator for the exeI cses to be held this
year under the direction of B. H. Beale Post,
e. A. R. For the next few weeks Mr., Smith
will be unusually busy. He has many speeches
to make in various cities Of the State and will
give the vespers commencement sermon at the
University Of Maine. June g. On May 80, he
will deliver the memorial address in City hall
Thursday, April 20, he will 60 to Portland to
address the Maine Council of Deliberation, his
theme being. The Modern Means of Chivalry
His last important speech, at present booked.
will be given during the graduation exercises
Of the CAstine Normal school, June go when
he will preach the baccalaureate Sermon
j Commercial.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Roman, Mont, April %, 1915.
School Notes

Tonight the debate between
the Roman high school and the
Mission high school will take
place at the Methodist church, at
s o'clock. The question is: Re
solved, that Germany was justi-
fed in violating Belgium Neutral
ity." A nominal sum of fifteen
cents will be charged to defray
the expenses of the visiting
team.
A large delegation is coming
from the Mission to hear the de-
bate.
In the preliminaries held at
Roman on the 18th, Norma Price
and Elsie Hooper of the North
Moiese school took first and Sec
ond place in the Senior spelling
contest, and Margaret Mcconnell
of Roman took third. In the
Junior contest, Gladys Rieves
and Hazel Shelter of the Grand
view school took first and second
place and James Orchard of Mud
creek, third. AS there was no
competition in the declamatory
contest, Thelma Brown will rep
resent Roman in the Senior con-
test and Alice Sheen in the Junior
contest.
Prof. Frye's zoology class
went out to the timber Wednes-
day afternoon to collect speci-
mems for their zoology cabinet.
Remember May 1st- Roman VS.
Poison.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Luke McLuke SAYS:

1t wouldn't take the average woman
long to make a selection if she had Il
choice between a clear conscience and
a clear complexion.
One day father resolved to try and
treat mother as he used to when they
were first married. So when he got
home that night father tried to put his
arms around mother and kiss her And
mother got highly indignant and bawl
ed father out for coming home drunk
and acting like dern fool in front Of
the children.
A fat woman will sit down and wor
ry all morning over whether she would
rather be a perfect thirty-sx or have
naturally curly hair if she could have
either by wishing for it.
They say that the devil never takes
vacation. But he does. Every time
he sees Il bunch of hypocrites assem-
bled he lays off and takes a good rest
He knows that business will be good
while he is away.
A man hollers murder if his wife
asks him for money for clothes or hats
Allu lutH lie VIII tllSS II Dlle SlIouk II
her clothes or her hat looks shabby
when she goes ont with him.
The man who goes to church because
he is afraid to stay away never hears
much OF the sermon.
The old fashioned woman who used
to fill eight lamps and clean eight
globes every afternoon now has
daughter who is too tired to walk
across Il room and push Il button when
it gets too dark to read.
a lot of men who are strong for an
eight hour day for themselves always
get mad if the stores are not open at
night so they can do their shopping
The graduates of the barber college
may have their faults. But they are
not always standing around cheering
their dear old alma mater.
Every man has the ability to make
a fool of himself, and the opportunity
is seldom lacking.
Once upon time man invented
glasses with which people could see
their own faults. He starved to death
If there was as much kissing after
marriage as there was before marriage
a lot of perfectly good divorce lawyers
would be selling insurance for living
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Then He Landed.

"Beauty is a woman's most i'm
portant attribute,' said a New Y ork
beauty doctor. "She who increases
beauty is woman's greatest benefac-
tor. Husbands, brothers, even fa-
thers-in their inmost hearts beau
ty is the thing they desire most to
see in their feminine relations. Only
the other day gray, fat old gentle
man entered newspaper office and
said:
,"'Are you the managing editor?'
Yes was the reply.
"1 suppose that on you, then,'
said the visitor, rests the response
bility for this mornings reference
to my daughter Patty as Fatty.
Take that"
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
New Fair Secretary

Pete Snelson, former secretary
of the Montana Advancement
association, has been named by
the Montana state fair board as
secretary. He succeeds A. J.
Breitenstein, who resigned to ac-
cept the position of secretary of
the Great Falls chamber of COM
merce. The directors at the
srme time announced that Sc, 900
in purses will be offered for har-
ness races, of which there will
be from three to four daily.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL OF ITALY AND
ITALIAN CAVALRY OFFICERS.

ITALIAN CAVALRY OFFICERS.
mem, each of the latter having a
cyclist company; twentysiX regiments
of cavalry. of which ten are lancers.
each of six squadrons; twentyfour
regiments of artillery, each of eight
batteries; one regiment of horse artil-
lery of six batteries; one of mountain
artillery of twelve batteries, and three
independent mountain batteries.
The garrison artillery consists of
three coast and three fortress regi-
ments. with total of seyenty-two
companies. There are besides four
regiments eleven battalions) of en-
gineers and nearly 10000 carabinieri
(gendarmerie) recruited from picked
volunteers from the army. The cara
binieri police Italian cities in peace
times.
Under the recruiting scheme of 1907
the term for liability for service in the
army was divided into nine years in
the active army and reserve two years
actual service), four in the mobile
militia and six in the territorial militia.
1 lie Waf strength OIL tle aEillS Is SuO.-
600 first line troops, 1,15O,O0O second
line troops and over 100000 available
in excess of the above so that Italy's
total war resources of all kinds amount
to 3,150,00O trained men.
Italy's army is especially strong in
two branches. the trained mountain
fighters and the cavalry. The nature
of the Italo- Austrian boundary, which
is very mountainous. lends especial
significance to the efforts made by
Italy to develop the strength of her
Alpine corps These men are highly
trained in vertical fighting" wall seal
ing, snowshoe work. etc, such as has
taken place frequently in widely sep
arated regions in the Great War.
The italian cavalrymen rank in
dividually among the best in Europe
and many of King Victor Emmanuels
officers have carried off prizes from
horse shows in New York, London and
other cities. Even the rank and ile
show extraordinary skill In managing
their mounts.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
lTALY'S ARMY IS
F0RMIDABLEFO
Especially Strong In Alpine
Fighters and Cavalry.

KA7 lTh ..t the +,t renewal ,r of the re
M ports that Italy would throw
wv her armed strength into the
European war in the effort
to "rectify her boundaries" at the ex
pense Of Austria II ungary, the atten-
ton of the military experts was con-
centrated on the Italian army, on
which the brunt of the struggle must
fall ltay's navy is powerful. but the
allies already possessed an overwhem-
ing preponderance of naval strength
The Italian army grew out of the old
Piedmontese army, with which the
unification of Italy was brought about
After 1915 Piedmont was at the head
of the national movement which agi-
tated Italy and ended in her unifica-
ton. The Piedmontese army, after
many hard fought battles against Aus
tria, then succeeded in uniting the
whole peninsula under the rule of Vic
tor Emmanuel II.
The military organization of Italy is
determined by the cOnscription law of
the kingdom of Sardinia. which made
universal liability to service the basis
of recruiting. A unification meant for
the army the absorption of contingents
from all parts of Italy. the territorial
system was not adopted and the diff
ferent types of soldiers are blended
into harmony by causing them to serve
together.
The army consists of ninety-siX three
battalion regiments of infantry of the
line and twelve of bersaglieri (ile-
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23

"LCOKJNG TOR WORK" IN NEW YORK.
unemployment problem. which proveG
so serious IN the past winter. will be
lesSehed All of the big cities have
their great bodies of men seeking work
although not many Of the unemployeG
have initiated the young draftsnAu
who paratled Broadway New York
with sign affixed to his hat: II Need
Job Badly. Mech. Draughtsman Is
My Trade
In Il recent address in Chicago an of
fetal of the United States department
of labor, in explaining the plan by
which that department in cooperation
with other departments hopes to min
imize unemployment and at the same
time relieve the labor situation in the
rural districts, estimated that not 25
per cent of the men needed in the
wheat belt at harvest time could find
employment there at other times.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Not a Bit Like Cricket, Old Chap!

The catching seemed to me extraor
dinarily good, especially the judging
of the long catches by the beachers,
as the outtields, who are far from any
shade are called.-Conan Doyle's De-
scription of a Baseball Game in Corn
hill Magazine.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Huh!

''No man can serve two masters ~
said the good mission worker, who was
giving spiritual comfort to the inmates
of the penitentiary.
Tell me something new" growled
Convict No. $4,000. I'm in here for
bigamy."
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Ouch !!

"It says here that drinking beer
dims the eyesight." said the old fogy
as he looked up from his newspaper.
do you believe that?'
IL don't know replied the crouch
But | do know that drinking booze
will make you see things that nobody
else is able to see"
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
HELMET C|RDED
MEN FIGHT SMOKE
New York Adds Rescue Com.
pany to Fire Department.

The establishment OF Rescue Com
pany No. i in the fire department of
New York city marks a new departure
in fire and smoke fighting work that
will spread to other cities. The men
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23

Dear Luke You may think you know
something about names. But here is
a name | ran across on a bill of lading
of railroad the other day: Landhus-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Falleskjob.
don't know how he carries the name
Reader.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
In Bad Again.

Dear Luke-You are wrong again
You say there is no such animal as a
thin girl with a sense of humor. l.
for one, finish close second to you
And that's going some.-Beatrice Cliff.
ton.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
He Found It.

He went down cellar with light
To hunt a gas leak there.
How calm and peaceful is the night!
And, oh, the stars are fair!
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Fact.

You should not make foolish bet,
Be careful not to make one
Or you Will find to your regret
That it will often break one.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
You Know Him,

A gabby nuisance is young Pratt,
He is a tiresome gink,
For he's so busy talking that
He hasn't time to think.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
The Wise Fool,

"Music hath charms to soothe the
savage breast" quoted the sage.
"The man who wrote that never
heard a kitchen mechanic pumping a
player piano." commented the fool.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Bits Of Byplay
By Luke McLuke
Copyright, 1915, the Cincinnati
Enquirer
The Doctor.

He scribbles hieroglyphics on
The slip the druggist fills,
But he can write real plainly when
He's making out his bills.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23

ONE OF NEW YORK's NEW SMOKE FIGHT
ERS
donated smoke. ammonia fumes, chem
ical gases; bore their way deep into
the holds of burning ships and quench
fires before they have gained headway.
They are able to do this by reason Of
smoke helmets containing sufficient
oxygen to furnish proper air for breath
ing for the space OF an hour and a half
Telephone attachments to the headgear
enable the officers to report to chiefs
on the sidewalk.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Names Is Names,

Si. Skrzypczak lives at Bay City,
Mich.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
Our Daily Special.

1t takes IL wise man to conceal his
ignorance.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23

Things to Worry About.
The sun gives 600 times as much
light as the moon.
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23
ONE "OUT OF WORKS." PLAN.
Paraded UP and Down Broadway With
Sign In His Hat.

With the opening of spring it is
hoped by the federal. state and munich
pal authorities that the gravity Of the
The Ronan pioneer., 1915-04-23

EAT lTI the renewal of the re-
RNl ports that Italy would throw
wv her armed strength into the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
CHAMPION "POM" HERE
offiey Nightshade Brings Big
Reputation from England.

Mrs. Madge Thorpe, the well known
Judge. was delighted last week by the
arrival from England Of the English
Pomeranian winner Ofley Nightshade,
which she has just received from Mrs.
Langton Dennis, the prominent British
breeder of "Poms," who wishes TO show
the dog In this country.
Mrs. Thorpe. who vii, adjudicate at
the speciality show of the American
Pomeranian Club az the Plaza to-mor-
row. will enter her latest Importation
n the show. but will not handle the
little foreigner in the ring.
Oflcy Nightshade is a young black
dog Of extremely fine quality. and has
met with unqualified success at the
English shows. Mrs. Dennis, seeing
that the war has put a severe crlmp IN
the dog industry in her own country,
decided 10 send her pet 10 far-off
America in the quest for new laurels.
Magistrates advent in the ring at the
Plaza charity show will be watched
with keen interest by local fanciers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
WATCHFUL WAITING HERE
Bulldog Club Appoints Spe.
Gals, but May Not in 1915.

After due consideration Of the isc.s
in the case, the uBlldog Club Of Amer
lea al its meeting at the Albenarls
Hoffman Hotel on Friday night decided
to award the specials Of the club q
the Westminster Kennel Club shcS q
Madison Square Garden on feoF1ap
%.
This action will clear he siao''
phere in the canine world for the uns
being AZ least, as al the last prsyo',
meeting OF the LPlldog Club the ooa'i
of governors voted 20 withhold rs 'r'
cials at the Westminster show or n'
ground that James Mortimer, tne y.
perintendent. had not asked the CIV wv
for it's nomination for Judge o. w
breed.
This trouble had its inception !ei'
AGO. when Mortimer cast ASIDE tne cur
TOM of former years and selected Iss,
tain Beamish. OF England, lns'eaa "
the Bulldog Clubs selection. -,
Cooler heads prevailed at lsst hlsa.'
meeting. however, and after the reg
lar meeting the board OF go'f,.s.,
held a meeting and decided ,o'Is.s.ii'
its former order regarding the spec
This action was taken parteulhy ",
cause it was felt that a |itndis'a : ,
his time might be considereo - -,
slight to Arnold Lawson, VINO hAs ~, 4.
selected 70 Judge the bulldogs a. ~
Westminster show. u.,.;-s
A proviso was made that u "v 70 ~.
persist next eyar in refusing 70 :" -.
suit with the Bulldog cup POI, ts' y
Gals will be withdrawn in 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
SEVEN OF TIGERS
HOPES TO RALLY
Princeton Team to Meet
Yale on the Ice
This Week.

Princeton will make a strenuous ef-
fort this week TO remain a factor in
the intercollegiate hockey race. The
Orange and Black will play the Yale
seven here in the first game Of the
series between the old rivals.
As Harvard has beaten Princeton
the Tigers will have TO win the game
at the St. Nicholas Rink on Wednes-
day night if they expect to have much
Of a chance TO retain the college
hockey honors.
Since the defeat at the hands Of the
Crimson the Tigers have had plenty OF
practice. HOBBY Baker and several
other graduates have been helping
Peacock, the coach, whip the Princeton
PLAYERS into shape. The Tigers realize
that if they lose the first game to
Yale their hopes for a championship
will get a setback. They will put their
best team on the ice and promise TO
put up a hard fight against the Blue.
While Captain Peacock is the only
veteran on the Princeton team, Yale
has combination made up almost en-
tirely from members Of last seasons
seven. Tom Howard early in the sea
son predicted Yale would carry of the
college title this year, and many eN-
perts agree with him. victory Tor
the New Haven boys will give them a
big advantage. The second game Will
be played in New Haven and third, If
necessary. here.
While this contest viii appeal TO the
army Of college men in the city, the
game that will attract every lover OF
hockey will be that between the 81.
Nicks and the Argonauts, Of Toronto
Al the st. Nicholas Rink on Saturday
night. The result of the contest Will
show what chances Americans have OF
carving off international hockey hon
ors if a series now being planned is
arranged. The present holders OF the
Amateur Hockey League championship
will RELY on HOBBY Baker to gain VIC
tory for them over the Canadians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
ALL SERENE AT
CRESCENT ELECTION
Brooklyn Club Fills Its
Governing Board With
out Dissenting Vote.

The board Of governors and the new
nominating committee of the Crescent
Athletic Club were elected last night
without opposition. The balloting
passed off quietly, in marked contrast
to the heated strife which marked the
election of a year ago.
Frederick G. Meacham, William f.
Haggarty. David II. +. Jones, Robert j.
Wall Edward ". De Knight and Au-
custin s. Hart mt-e up the new gov
crning board, and if the complexion OF
that body is a criterion, the policies OF
the club will probably be progressive.
The new nominating committee Will be
Sam Drummond, George Bartlett.
George Hewlett. John r. Ryon and
Henry c. cambridge. go
The executive officers Of the club will
rot be named until Friday night of this
week, when the newly elected governors
and the nominating committee will
meet in joint session 20 elect presi-
dent. vice president. secretary and
treasurer The standing committees
are appointed by the president OF the
club.
". X. Cleverley, the retiring presi-
dent. stated in his report he was graft
fed that. notwithstanding the unusual
and depressed condition OF business
generally. which would naturally be re-
Aected in the finances Of the club, that
organization had a most successful
year.
During the year 1914 264 new mem
bers we're accepted, and there were 215
designations. The total membership
now is 2.449.
The report Of Robert J. Wall. the
treasurer, was pleasing TO the members.
He reported net profit for the year
amounting TO $14,112 So. The entire
expenditures for running affairs, both
in the city house and the summer home
at Bay Ridge, reached S235,42 o., while
the income totalled S2i9, 53S 90.
To promote sports the last year il
cost the club S8,04l or. Lacross proved
the most costly sport OF the fourteen
that the members partake of. This pas
time drew 1888 IS from the treasury.
Baseball was the next most expensive
diversion, draining the resources of
S1.773 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
BULLDOG BREEDERS MEET
G. R. Wood Named as Head of
Their Association.

The Bulldog Breeders Association
Of America held a meeting az its head
quarters. at 29 East 10Th ST., on Thurs
day evening. when the election of OH
GERS and other official business took
place. The reports of the various COM
mittees showed that the association is
in a fourishing CONDITION, with many
new members coming IN.
Matches Will be held on the second
Saturday OF each month al % East
20th ST.. beginning on February Is at
) O'Clock p. M. with Thomas Grlsdale
al the Judge. The club has voted eley-
en- trophies TO be competed for begin
ming at the Westminster Kennel Club
sho won February -. and ending with
the same clubs show IN 1916. In ad-
dition, there are eight club medals 20
be won outright for members at the
Westminster show in the Palace.
Following is the list Of officers
elected Cor 1915: President, c. R..
Wood. Philadelphia; first vice-presl-
dent. r. Z. Littlefeld, Gardiner, Ne;
second president, II. Rushton, As
bury Park. y. j.; third president.
Dr. Roy H. Peck. Springfield. Mass;
treasurer. W. +. Oakley, Bayonne. y.
j.. and secretary, J. L. HorrsX, 80 East
2Otn 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
A LOSS TO DOG WORLD
Death of Miss Mary Henderson
Weakens Breeders Ranks.

The death Of Miss Mary Henderson,
treasurer Of the Toy Spaniel Club Of
America, recently removed one Of the
most prominent dog fanciers in this
country from the ranks Of the kennel
proprietors and the breeders Of valua-
bic dogs.
Resides her position as treasurer of
the Toy Spaniel Club, Miss Henderson
was part promoter, with Mss Parlett,
of the famous Rosemary Kennels, at
Mount Vernon. \. Y. from which many
of the most noted English toy spaniels
in America were sent out on victorious
show ring careers
Miss Henderson. who was taken i'll
suddenly at the recent Waldorf-Astora
Hotel show. was to nave Judged at the
coming Philadelphia show. She was
well known 20 almost every breeder
and fancier i'm the East, and many
friends attended the funeral services
In this city.