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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
Pomona Feb. g at Madison

Somerset Pomo Grange will meet Feb.
with Madison Grange. With an object
of booming potato growing, Somerset 20
mona Grange will devote an entire meet
ing to subjects relative to this idea, the
program being in charge OF the new lee
turer, Mrs. Kate B. Ellis Of Fairfield.
The proram prepared is as follows: Ad-
dress Of welcome by master OF hennebec
Valley Grange, Madison; response. Ear-
~ Head master of Pomona; music by
Pomona, singing America" Story Of
the Potato" by A. H Ellis, Fairfield;
Products Of Potatoes and Their Uses"
Mrs. S F Emerson, Flora of Pomona
Different and Attractive Ways OF Cook
ing Potatoes" Mrs, Harry Head, Pomo-
ma: 'Nutritive Value Of Potatoes" Mrs
Fred Dinsnore Of Madison. Ceres; orig
inal poem, Eat a Potato" question
Resolved, That Potato Growing Is
More Attractive Proposition for Central
Maine Than General Farming or Other
Special Crops" opened by Charles H
Gardner of Skowhegan, George c. Ilb-
belts of Fairfield and HI B. Ellis Of
North Arson, followed by others from
Kennebec Valley Grange. Music and
readings will be furnished by Kennebec
Valley Grange.
Mrs Morrill, Hamlin will lecture before
the Skowhegan Woman's Club in the
Congregational parlors Wednesday after
noon. The Town Improvement Society
and Sorosis will be guests Of the club.
The subject Of Mrs. Hamlin's lecture is
1.-THE United States as a Neutral Ma
ton" Hostesses will be Mrs Kathleen
Oak, Mrs Mollie Stewart, Mrs. Emma
Smith and Mrs. Daisy Merrill. Miss
Blanch Pollard has charge of the meet
ing. There will be some fine musical
numbers and altogether very Peasant
meeting is anticipated.
Bethany Guild met with Mrs. r. F.
Homestead Monday afternoon
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02

Capt. c. T. Hilton Of Pasadena, Cal,
and D. Manley Hilton Of Damariecctta,
Me-, survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
PALMYRA
Attempt at Suicide by
Frank Sinclair with Paris
Green-Thought That He
VIII Recover
OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST
ABOUT TOWN

Frank Sinclair. who resides in the
north part OF this town near the St. Al
bans line, attempted suicide Sunday
morning by taking a dose Of paris green,
Ii seems that Mrs. Sinclair with her son
and TWO daughters left home Jan. . DUR
ing Mr., Sinclairs absence, taking the
household goods with them and moved
il is said. 10 Tittsheld.
When Mr.. Sinclair returned after the
days work he found the house deserted,
and 1t is thought the shock. together
with lack Of food and sleep, caused him
10 commit the deed.
Mrs J. F Williams with her son and
daughter Of Plymouth went 10 the Sin
clair home sunday morning for q visit,
not knowing Of any trouble in the family,
and found Mr.. Sinclair alone and suffeI-
ing from the effects OF the poison. They
Immediately called the neighboTs and the
doctor. who soon relieved him. He was
carried TO the nearby home Of Mr.. and
Mrs Sidney Weeks who are caring for
him. Monday morning the doctor pro
nounced the symptoms favorable to his
recovery.
Wallace Robinson and Henry Cookson
Of Newport We're visitors Sunday at Mrs.
V. z. Thompson's.
Willie M;lett, who has employment in
Lewist on. Obed Miller, who is working
in Cerinna, and Ellen MiIlett, who is en-
ployed in Har1land. We're ali together
Sunday at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs S. B. Millett
Ivan Southland has purchased a motor
cycle.
Mrs Sherman Brown Of Exeter is visit
ing at ] NJ. Taylor's.
at the home Of Mrs. z. c. Leavitt for an
all-day meeting. The ladies tackled two
comforters and report a good meeting
Palmyra Grange held young folks
meeting Saturday evening, followed by
a sociable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
Ruth Wright

Ruth Wright passed away Saturday
evening at her home on Perkins
street, after a weeks illness with ty-
phoid fever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
Assistance for Mothers and Deepen
dent Children.

1T is further recommended that the
! provision of law in relation to payment
for the care Of dependent or neglected
children when il becomes necessary for
the state TO intervene be SO amended as
20 make ii possible for the court to order
payments TO the mother Of such children.
when It can be shown that she is a suit
able person TO care for them. and that
such payments will enable her to do SO
in her home. In all such cases before
the pa yTnent is ordered It should be
provided that the overseers Of the poor
OF the city or town chargeable with the
cost shall be given an opportunity 10 De
heard. The present law puts premium
on the breaking UP of the family by re-
curing that the child be committed TO
the custody Of some institution or other
person in order to make the city or town
charged BILE.
Such an amendment would be render
ed unnecessary, however, in case OF the
passage Of a general mothers pension
law. so called. or a similar act for the
assistance OF mothers with dependent
children. Similar laws are now in force
in q states OF the union, including Our
neighboring states Of New Hampshire
and Massachusetts,.
Children in Almshouses.
I'VE recommend the passage OF law
against the keeping of children in aims
houses except in case OF emergency for
a neriod not exceeding 60 days, provided
that children under three years Of age
may be kept in almshcuses when their
mother is also an inmate. All emergency
~
ne reported by the overseers OF the town
TO the State Board Of Charities and Cor
reactions within IS hours OF their admis-
sion. together with the facts which
makes such care necessary.
County or District Alnsheuses.
1.-The reports Of almshouse conditions
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
In Congress Each Side
Is Striving for Ad-
vantage in the
Limited Session
0 Great Filibuster Fought Deter
acknowledgements Murmur-
ing at Crack of Party Whip.
May Pass immigration Bill
Over Veto-President's Indi-
annapolis Claim Disproyed.

WASHINGTON, D c., Feb. 1.-tSpe-
cial)-There is a mighty TODD daily AT
both ends of the federal Capitol,
where the two Congressional branch
es are housed. The senate is in the
throes Of the greatest Republican
flibuster of modern times. II is the
greatest filibuster since, in the latter
part Of the Harrison administration,
Senate Democrats hlibustered the
Force Bill" to death In the House.
the leaders are driving with whip and
spur. Then want 10 pass the APP
preparation bills in good time. II
they can get through with those meas
ures they can emphasize to the coun-
try that it is the Senate and not the
House that is holding up public bust
ness. And the Senate will point the
finger Of accusation TO the minority
obstructionists, who Will not let the
ship bin through.
1t is great game Of politics Wash
ington has been playing this winter.
The presidential contest Of 1916 looms
ahead. Both parties are striving fof
advantage.
The Presidents prestige with Con-
gress is being tested out fully at both
ends Of the Capitol OF course, III
the Senate ii is question whether
the President shall have his way with
the ship bin. He is trying there %
have his say as TO what shall become
law. In the House. on the ether hand
the President is undertaking TO say
that certain matters shall not become
law He has vetoed the immigration
bill and the test there will come as 10
whether his veto shan stand or be
overriden by a two-thirds vote.
Democrats are murmuring that the
President should not have vetoed the
immigration act, but some of them VIII
have to support him Many others
will refuse TO heed the crack Of the
party whip and will keep consistent
by voting to override the veto, even IS
they voted TO pass the bill. The in
fiuence OF the large cities upon the
President was very great and he yield
Cd TO the appeals coming TO him from
the large foreign populations. It will
pe serious blow if the White House
is not sustained by Congress. The
test comes Thursday after six hours
of debate. Indictions are that the
President will win out but by margin
not very consoLng.
The House votes first, because the
immigration bill originated there. II
the two-tRirds majority is lacking
there, it is evident there will be no
occasion for testing the sense of the
Senate.
On the other hand if the House
overrides the President, it will then
be up 10" the Senate to determine
whether two-thirds of its members
insist upon the immigration act be-
coming law
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
Funeral Of Late Mrs. Ida Paine

The funeral Of the late Mrs. Ida L.
Paines was held at P. NJ. Sunday at
the home of A. X. Butler. Rev. George
Merriam officiating. Mrs Paine died in
St. Johnsbury, Vt, Thursday afternoon
following an operation in hospital. She
was As Years old. The husband, Frank
Paine, and two children. Mrs. Laura K.
Twaddle, stenographer for Butler & But
Ter, and a son in Colorado, where the
deceased used to live, survive. She was
well known in this vicinity, having lived
about eight years in North Arson and
year in Skowhegan.
The final meeting of the Shakespeare
Club was held Monday, lunch being serp-
ed by Mrs. E. W. Marble. This was a
fitting close to the nine weeks of study
under Miss Elizabeth Olney. The histor-
ical plays of Shakespeare We're first
taken up and then three of Tennyson's
Beckett" being the one studied Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02

Republican senators have given q
good account Of themselves in recent
days. They have made an excellent
organization for carrying on the fight
against the ship bill There is great
industry in the preparation Of speech
es to show the undesirable features Of
the proposed legislation and alike IN
killing time. Democrats have been
putting on the screws" slowly and re-
luctantly There is no power within
the Senate to choke off" the protests
but the Republicans must maintain
debate, the while the Democrats main.
tain a quorum,
No one supposed the Republican
senators had so much fight left in
them. However the older men en-
tered into the contest with spirit and
the guiding spirits have been Senators
Lodge of Massa chusetts and Root OF
New York. Around them have rallied
practically the entire minority
strength, TO emphasize the unwilling
ness that there should be inaugurate1
policy Of government ownership, of
steamships and that the administra-
ton should project itself into new
complications by purchasing a quar-
rel with every vessel" Senator Root
Of New York coined that phrase in
describing the international compli-
cations that would ensue if the United
States should purchase ships tina,
have been operating under the flags OF
z belligerent nation.
1t is whispered about that a biz
syndicate in New York has already
acquired the German ships, informed
II ports Of the United States. and Is
IN a position TO sell them to the
United States government. Men sa-
that brother of Paul Warburg. the
former New York banker, now
member Of the federal reserve board.
is at the head of this syndicate.
The top question at the Capitol is
whether the Republican filibusterers
can hold out. They must maintain
debate night and day and have been
training in relays TO do this. Demo-
Gratis have big vote in favor of their
ship bill if only they can get to the
point where they can have the roll
call. Republicans are trying witt,
might and main to prevent that roll
call Some Republican amendments
have already been voted down, almost
two TO one. If the bill passes at all,
it will be the caucus text, which
Democratic senators threshed over
and agreed upon recently. Many OF
the speeches have been Of the long
distance variety but Senator Gallinge~
of New Hampshire, who will be as
years old in March, holds the record
by staying on his feet for seven hour-,
without a break and without anything
to eat save a few glasses Of fresh milk
brought to him by the Senate pages
And when he had concluded his seven
hours Senator Gallinger announced
that he could go seven hours more If
necessary
The never dying controversy as to who
carried the country last November is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02
[INUAL REPORT OF STATE
|ROARD OF CHARITIES AND
CORRECTIONS ON MONDAY

-, Expenditures for the past
~ -.a.r,ea to $159l,603.O2 Of which
;; ~, has furnished s7o6.SS0.S2, the
sg4,I34.40, the cities and
- ,sss1s3.23. the balance Of $780,
o o having been furnished by
y ". funds s.. sss,4l of which has
f'' srneoded by strictly private in
. a M. not supervised, according to
,,rgal report Of Robert Treat
.. s'. d. Portland, Rev. Thomas
..',,,car ana John (. Liggett of
w. John Wilson Of Bangor anc
race a wing Of Lewiston,
FL. ,as STATE board Of chari-
-. r--~--:4-ns. which was made
= 5,gl14g u the State funds
~. have heen used for charity
,u-sr-a. for correction. All Ct
..s-,y :uoas have been for correc-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-02

indicates the defects in the present sEs-
tenn. The unit is too small. The present
law relating to union almshouses or
town farms is entirely imperative. The
better solution Of this problem seems to
be the provision for county almshonses
in districts composed Of two or more
co1rDrips
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
south CORDIAL
TO SUFFRAGISTS
Woman Who Made Speeches
Says She Found No
Opposition.
CROWDS OF MEN LISTENED
Miss Elsie Hill Handed Glass of Lem
onade by Male Auditor in
Charleston.

Inc much Wanted opposition OF
southern men to an amendment to the
United States Constitution for woman
suffrage, seems. to those workers who
have recently been speaking on the
amendment in the South, to be a chimer-
zeal imagining of too fertile brains. and
also an invention of certain Southern
politicians in the United States Capitol
saws Emily X. Perry. of the Congress
sional Union for Woman Suffrage.
Miss Elsie Hill, daughter of Repre-
sentative Ebenezer Hill. herself from
Connecticut. a few weeks ago ventured
INTO the very midst of the opposition
camp to all things federal namely,
charleston, s. c., to find objections van
lshins into thin air at the first sound of
a Uoman's voice heard on the street
corner in sedate and decorous Charles
ton. Miss Hill walked down the street
alone, the first day in Charleston, with
soap box led gently by the hand, TO
the most public corner of the business
section. and there she stopped, deposited
the box, amid the wondering of the
crowd and. mounting it. began to talk
II an avalanche had dropped into the
midst of the quiet. unoffending city, il
could not have attracted moro atten-
ton. Men crowded around Miss Hill,
sdmiring and interested. They were too
astounded TO offer any objections to her
arguments. that first day. perhaps, even
had they felt any
young man in the crowd on this
nrst appearance of Miss Hill on a warm
day. was seen to leave the crowd hastily.
Miss Hill supposed he was one of the
fan-famed Southern ants and forgot all
about him, Suddenly. from a nearby
drug store, the Young knight reappeared
and proceeded straight for the soan hox
q gam, hearing in his hands glass of
setter lemonade. He made his way
the crowd. and presenting his
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

average woman with the cause" Of
woman suffrage.
To the woman who thinks, who know,
that within the power OF women today
rests the destiny Of our nation CONNER
cially, economically and morally. the
proposition that she should forsake her
own duties. or attempt to solve her in
dividual problems in collective political
action, 10 absurd. The former Director
Of the Census says that the high cost of
living Is strictly up to the women OF
America; Ida NJ Tarbell. our greatest
woman journalist, says that American
manufacturers would and could produce
as artistic and well-made clothing.
styles. and materials as Europeans-if
women would patronize home industries.
Fortunes Of millions made In America"
have been wasted on undemocratic wom-
en- who traded them to foreigners for
tiers ladies
Plain, Common sense Needed.
The great servant girl problem" in
volving the economic and social status Of
Is per cent Of all the women who labor.
Is altogether In the hands of women. and
has never been met to the satisfaction of
either mistress or maid. The question
Of better babies" has lately been shown
to rest more on motherhood and nat
ural nourishment than on dairy inspec-
ton. as the, bottle-fed infant, no matter
how much pasteurization is given to his
food. dies seven times as frequently as
the child raised as nature intended.
At the child federation exhibit. it is
shown that cleanliness and common
sense in the homeland not community
In the butcher shop
grocery store and town council-deter-
mine the health and happiness Of a fam
ly. The''collective mother"can achieve no
more for the nation than the individual
mother can for her own family, just as
In army can march no faster than the
who compose it-and every
hing that detracts from the efficiency of
he individual mother In her own home
will set back the progress of the race
ust as the weight of additional accou-
rements that burden the individual SOL |
lier are bound to reflect on the efficiency
" the army as q whole.
On the Fourth of July. parents will |
lave an opportunity TO exercise control
'ver their own children's playing with |
ireworks that they cannot expect the |
orner policeman to undertake for them. |
he doctrine of Individual responsibility /
nd duty. instead Of that Of State care
nd laws-for-everything and mothers
nindins every family but their own.
Individual home-'the isolated house.
old" suffragists call it-and keep the
mother in it-and State and nation will
AXE care. of themselves and woinens in.
erests.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

pass 800 yards distant. the British open
ed fire and inflicted great damage On
the enemy, who were in close forma-
tion- Maxim was brought into action
by the Germans, but well-placed shot
killed the officer working it. \ very
hot engagement ensued. and firing wac
continuous for six hours, the hands of
omcers and men being burnt by the
overheated rifles
The enemy made series of PUSHES.
nut never got nearer to the block
houses than 800 yards. and at sunset
retreated. They threw away their Max.
I'm. out left behind strong resrsuard.
The British force. for the first time un.
der rifle fire, was wonderfully steady,
ana one native corporal expressed his
anxiety to charge the Germans by him.
SELF The enemy suffered heavily in
killed and wounded, but not one of
the defending forces was hit.
At sunset drenching rain began
10 faI, but is 1t was feared that the
enemy would be REINFORCED, the British
oficers ordered a retirement on the
river in order to defend hi. This was
accomplished in the darkness. the Brit
ish, who had been without food for
twenty-six hours and with no water for
eighteen hours. marching in single file
through swamps and rivers. often i'm
mersed to their necks, until six hours
later they reached the river
Here a position was entrenched. and
arrangements were made to destroy the
bridge after the British had crossed.
From this point orders were sent for
the British to be REINFORCED from Yola.
md the new troops arrived four days
alter. Contrary to expectation. how
EVER, the Germans did not pursue the
'etirinS forces, and it was learned after
ward that the German officers had re-
attempted to take Takum. but
hat their native troops refused again to
ACE the "Jujar" at that place, which
hey had found already too formidable
or them.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
British Open Fire.

When the Germans were seen ap-
preaching in strong force through
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

Mrs. Brooke explained gently. I want
you to stop and listen to what this lady
has to say on came the gentleman 8
hat when he was first accosted, and now
with 1t in his hand he said. Why, GER
tainly. nam, with pleasure and he
stopped and listened most attentively to
the speaches that followed. and after
ward came up and gave Mrs. Brooke his
card and asked her to let him know any
time there was anything he could do to
help the women In their work for en-
Reimbursement.
Opposition is not on the streets Of the
South. nor from Southern men In this,
the Capital of the Nation. Politicians
will have to look within their own ranks
for that"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
\. Y. State Woman's Club
Holds Election.

At the regular monthly meeting of the
New York State Woman's Club the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President. Mrs. Mary C.
Chase: vice president. Miss Mary Black:
recording secretary. Miss Stella Wilson:
corresponding secretary. Miss Marsue-
rite Sammons: treasurer, Miss Mabel
Doris
The meeting was held at the home Of
Miss Blanche L. Langford. 2Tls Thir.
teenth street. The next meeting will ne
held in September with Miss Ella
Purdy. A vote of thanks was rendered
the re- firing president. Miss Emily Nor
rison. Communications from Absent
members were read. and letters f.,:l
Miss I.Gith Kelsey and NIIc.s Sc mincns
were enjoyed. The writer's were OH the
way to San Francisco. A social hour
was followed by refreshments.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
NIGERIA BRITISH
DEFEAT GERMANS
Outnumbered, 5 to |, Plucky
English Successfully De-
fend hi.
TEUTONS USE MAXIM
Lucky Shot Silences Rapid-6re Gun.
Native Corporal Wants to Make
Single-handed Charge.

London. July "A skilful and plucky
defense on the part of small British
post in Nigeria, which, outnumbered
by five to one. defeated a German force
and afterward effected an orderly re-
tirement in drenchinS rain and often
shoulder deep in water. has just come
to light.
The object of the enemy was to cut
on the river route of the British, to
capture the important town of hi. on
the Benua. with its large quantities
OF stores, and also to destroy the tele-
graph junction at that place for the
purpose of isolating the British COL
umns operating against the Germans to
the north OF the Cameroons.
Maj. Churcher who was in charge at
Ibi. was especially detailed to watch
the German frontier and obtain news
of the enemy's movements. The Ger
mans spread the report that they had
abandoned their post at Kentu, with
its hill fort near the boundary. and that
they were retreating, but Mai. Church.
er, who had already acquired valuable
information of their doings, heard that
on the contrary. strong force of the
enemy was ready to cross the frontier.
a day or two previously Lieut. Waters
had arrived at Takum with a force
OF fifty Nigerian police, and the garri-
son at once stood to arms. six of the
eight blockhouses which had been hur-
riedly erected around the place be-
ing manned. The time was an anxious
one. there was no maxim at Takum
and none of the police had experienced
rifle fire but for the sake OF reassuring
the natives the two white officers had
to pretend that the position was really
safe.
British Open Fire.
When the Germans were seen ap-
preaching in strong force through q