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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
BRITISH BLOCKADE SPURIOUS
Illegal Rule, Which "No Self Re
spectine Nation Can Accept"
New York WORLDLY

No lawful blockade has been estab-
Nshed. What Great Britain, France and
Germany are doing under the guise OF
blockades is in conflict with all law and
precedent.
The declaration OF London, in 1909,
has never been formally accepted but
il stands as the most authoritative ex-
preston of international law ever pro-
muigated. Its first article declares that
blockades must not extend beyond the
ports and coasts belonging to the
enemy"
Great Britains spurious blockade eH-
tends to the ports and coasts Of Hcl-
land, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. 1t
assumes to prohibit traffic in noncontra-
band goods between these countries and
the United States.
Even if it were to be admitted that
the Spurious blockades now in progress
were legitimate in their methods and
scope, they violate the law OF nations
in two other respects. They have not
been duly proclaimed. Their geograph-
ical limits have not been specifically
stated.
Great Britain's excuse for its spuri-
Gus blockade of Holland, Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden is that goods shipped
from the United states to those coun-
tries may find their way into Germany.
If such goods are contraband, there is
nothing in law to prevent their passage
into Germany.
To interdict all commerce between
neutrals on the ground that some of 1t
may benefit belligerents is proposition
that no self respecting nation can &C
cept.
True, blockades are regulated by law.
They are exceedingly formal. Those
who disregard them know the penalties
in advance. The spurious blockade of
the present day pretends to be friendly
to some people while hostile to others.
What the belligerents have attempted
is to drive our commerce from the seas.
Germany menaces with submarines all
of it that attaches to Britain and France.
Britain and France menace all Of it
that, whether attached to neutral ma
tions or not, and whether contraband or
not, may by any chance prove Of service
to Germany.
We must denounce ms lawlessness on
both sides. We must insist upon the
recognition of law. SO far as we are
concerned by nations that are ignoring
law as to each other. AS neutrals W.
have important duties which will be
faithfully performed. We also have
rights which will be resolutely MAIN
tanned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

An Al 20 regulate tho taking Of frogs
from Big Fish lake, Portage lake. Square
take, Eagle lake, Long lake. Soldier pond
and in the tributaries to said pond and
lakes, In Aroostook county.
An Act to confirm the doings OF the
Forest Avenue Congregational church OF
Bangor. =,
An Act to incorporate the Central
Lowell Cemetery Association.
An Act to amend Section four OF Chap
ter thirty -four of the Private and Special
Laws Of nineteen hundred five, entitled.
IAN Act to authorize the Houlton Water
Company to generate, sell and distribute
electricity, as amended by Chapter one
hundred six of the Private and Special
Laws of nineteen hundred seven.
An Act to authorize the construction OF
q weir In the tide waters Of the Cobscook
river in the town Of Lubec.
An Act authorizing the Clark Power
Company to construct a dam across the
Saco river between the towns of Buxton
and Dayton.
An Act to amend Section two of Chap
ter two hundred ninety-seven, relating
to the Fort Kent Village Corporation.
An Act relating to the appointment OF
harbor masters for the harbor Of Port
land.
An Act authorizing the Mousam Water
Company to increase it's capital stock and
to contract with the city of Biddeford
for hydrant services.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

haa, the most violent have been tne
most restricted in actual range OF earth-
n,ovament Take the recent olsaSteF.
Although the Avezzano disaster WAS
telling it's story on that delicately-sensi-
five instrument known as the seismo-
graph in England long before the news
Of the latest earthquake had reached
the country by cable the writing on the
tablets of the seismograph was less
pronounced and definite in character
than are many records made by shocks
of which you and the rest of the news
naner-reading public have never even
heard. since they cause no damage
either to life or property.
But the earthquake shock which was
felt in 1896 in London and In many
parts of England and Wales. though
nowhere so severely as In Hereroroshire
and Observation-Disclosures crocKery
ware was broken and people were
thrown out Of their beds-had the extra
ordinary travelling power OF extending
over an area of 100000 square miles!
There are, you must know. such things
as earth-waves as well as ether-Waves.
But while the ether-waves have. by the
genius Of a Marconi, been harnessed into
the service of mankind. no scientist has
vet discovered any uses for earth-waves,
or even any means Of utilizing them.
The shock of seismic disturbance
travels In waves at the rate Of two miles
a second in the actual vicinity OF the
disturbance, and this rate rapidly dimn-
ishes as the distance Travelled by the
earth-waves increases.
The deeper the originating movement
happens to be the farther the shock
travels but the deeper the movement.
on the other hand. the less extensive.
and usually the less serious. from the
point Of view of loss of life. Is the Visi-
Bile effect on the earth's surface.
Thus we have the apparent contradic-
tion that the Herefordshire earthquake
of 1850 called because it is believed
to have originated in that border county
if not in the bowels OF the black noun
tains of Wales-was, from a scientific
point Of view, a bigger affair than the
Avezzano, or even Messina.
The largest recorded displacement or
land surface was that consequent upon
the Indian earthquake of 1897, when an
area as big as this whole Of Yorkshire
was turned, 50 to speak, completely up
side down.
Yet who can give name TO tnat
earthquake today though every school
boy has heard of buried Pompeii, OF the
Lisbon and San Francisco earthquake!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
NATURES COMMISSIONS.
Some Very Interesting Facts About
the Speed Of Earthquakes.
(AnswerS)

Now, there are two curious points
we'll worth noting about earthquakes
which are not generally known.
In the first place, the more over
whelming the consequences of an earth
quake may be in q human and material
sense the less interesting is it usually
to the chronological expert: in the Sec
ond place. the range OF the shock is in
inverse ratio to the amount of destruc-
ton which it causes on the earth's sur
face.
For the scientist who has specialized
in the investigation Of seismic disturb-
ances will tell you that the really biz
earthquakes occur most frequently, npt
in populous countries like Italy and Ja-
pan. but in desolate regions far from
the familiar centers of civilization or
down in the depths Of the ocean.
The fact that so many thousands Of
lives have been lost in an earthquake
has less significance for the expert-who
is concerned with the scientific rather
than the human consequences Of the
convulsion-than the effects which may
have been made on the transformations
Of the earth we inhabt.
Then the shocks which have yisibly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
GHOST LEADS SOLDIERS.
Russians Declare They Say Spirit Of
Skobeieff at Head Of Troops.
CLondon Globe)

Some Russian soldiers have declared
they saw the figure of Skobeleff on his
white horse, leading their forces. as
Of old, into battle. To those who
know the profound impression that
wonderful man made on the Slavonic
mind there is no improbabiity in such
a suggestion. Drawn so largely from
a primitive peasantry, the vast host
marshaled by the Car must contain
multitudes whose childlike magma
lions are quite capable Of conjuring up
their legendary hero in visible form
once more, warding off defeat and
pointing to victory. Even with the
less simple there may well be long
ing to have SO famous a fighter at
their head in that great struggle he
predicted would happen, and in which
he would so dearly have loved to play
his part.
1t was while the Russo Turkish War
OF 1877 was raging that, from the midst
Of official incompetence and corrupt
favoritism, Skobeleff emerged as the
magician to whose wand victory was
ever obedient. Entirely by his own
merits, without the advantage OF IL
lustrous birth and against the oppo-
sition Of a prejudiced court, ne had
won his Generals epaulets before be
was SO. After the fall Of Plevna, his
rapid passage Of the Ralkans in mid
winter brought about the surrender Of
Turkeys last army in the field and
this was speedily followed by the
capture Of Adrianople. He was al
ready at the gates Of CdS3tantinople
when Lord Beaconsfield intervened to
prevent its occupation, and in the Ber-
lin treaty that ensued Skcbeleff ever
professed to see the seeds Of the har-
vest we are gathering to-day.
AS a soldier he created among lis
men an enthusiasm for his leadership
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
A Shininu Life.

one or the strangest estates ever
known was left by the late Miss Wir-
lex, missionary of Tokyo, in Japan
III consisted of loving cup that had
been presented to her by the Emperor
and of eight thousand letters and post
cards that had been written to he.~y
men ard women who wanted to know
about Christianity.
The Record Of Christian Work tells
something of the service that won her
the loving cup. 1t began at the mill
tary hospital at Toyama, which
there We're seven thousaIA patients
during the Russo-JapanesSW On
one Of her visits Miss Wirick found a
soldier whose face had been crushed
and whose eyesight had been de-
stroyed by a bursting shell. Tie man
was in despair, and meant to commit
suicide Miss Nirick went to the
school for the blind, learned the Braille
system ard taught it TO the blind SOL
cler. They began on the gospel accor-
ding 10 ST. John. Other men in the
ward became interested. and took
turns in reading and debating to the
blind man. Four months later, he and
twenty four of his comra des had deci-
ded for Christ
The blind man himself went TO the
school for the blind, and there he put
four hundred hymns into Braille point;
hut that was not enough: he wanted
to learn the music as well, and so he
asked Miss Wirick whether he might
come TO her house and learn the tunes
he did not know. She gave him the
use Of her sitting room, supplied him
with food, and for ten days sang her
self hoarSe. AS day and night We're
alike to him, he sang whenever he was
awake.
The blind soldier was only one of
thousands whose lives Miss Wirick
touched or moulded. After the war
closed, she still kept in correspondence
with her soldiers, scattered over
Japan, Manchuria, Korea, and Hawaii
Many Of them organized classes for
religious study, the members of these
classes became her correspondents.
Once a post card came to her on
which was written. 'Wi,ick San, To-
kyo; please send me the book that
says Come unto me all We who are
weary and heavy-laden and 1 will give
you rest" Tokyo is a city of two
million people but the post card
reached her.
Fishermen, railway workers. doc
tors, blind men, the lepers, all knew
her for their friend. The women on
the road to the leper hospital used to
watch for her passing. 1t was one Of
the lepers that prayed at the memoir
ial service after her death, 20 God, we
do not pray for her. She is with Thee
and can see Thee face to face. We
beseech Thee to hear her prayers for
u.s."
In these last moments Of awful suf-
fering. the question has been asked by
countless people: Has Christianity
failed?"
Is life like that a failureo It is
Christianity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

comparable only to that won by Ma
poleon himself. A strict discipline
rian, visiting any breach OF commands
with merciless severity. he was tho
friend and companion Of every RANK
a comrade who shared their privations,
fed from their camp pots and merrily
chaffed one and all.
He did not know the sensation or
fear, and faced the utmost dangers
with cool contempt. Yet always he
bore a charmed life. Horses were kill
ed beneath him, his staff fell shot at
his side, his sword was broken in his
hand, but no missile ever found in him
it's billet. The story grew in the army
that he could not be wounded, and
some were found to declare they were
hit by bullets that could only have
passed through him first. 1t was
facts and fables like these, losing
nothing In the telling, that made him
the darling Of the Russian people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
eRAssHoPPERs ATTACK WHEAT
Insects Believed to Have Wintered
Under Heavy Covering Of Fertilizer.
Binghamton IN. W Dispatch to N. Y.
Herald

Herald
Early spring weather has brought
a heavy loss to Jacob Smithers, a
farmer Of Glen Aubrey, near her. In
usually warm days late in February
caused % acres Of winter wheat to
mature rapidly. and, with the prices
soaring, he began to figure on nice
profit on the harvest.
Cold weather during the last two
weeks did not discourage him any, and
when the sun began to shine warmly
again this week the wheat began
again to grow finely.
Mr.. Smithers went to look at the
field yesterday and found that the tops
Of the wheat had been eaten and a
large part Of the young sprouts were
ruined. Looking for the cause he
found hundreds Of grasshoppers busily
at work.
Specimens Of the insects which he
brought here today were nearly as
large as they are in August and were
unusually lively.
Mr.. Smithers believes that they win
tered under heavy covering of rertil-
izer which he put on q newly seeded
meadow last fall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
Motives and Actions

What a fine thing il would be II men
were endowed with a sense enabling
them to Judge the motive of their fellow.
beings as correctly as their actions! A
sense which should be kind of clear.
ing house for prejudices, misunderstood.
ings and false conclusions. AS ii s, the
fine inner feelings and secret sensiohi'
ties must remain forever concealed Whli
man receives sentence upon the COM
monplace exterior he presents to the
world For who is able by the most SUD
tie action 10 express virtue, honesty Q!
purpose, nobleness of mind, pleasure u
doing good or those hidden beauties 0:
the soul which would be of such Infinite
benefit to our associates IL they coul
find outward Interpretation? The mos
discerning are unable to compreheM
unseen PROJECTIONS of the heart and IN
willing to accord to others those srace
of the mind which are unutterable. II Z
mans manners are consistently agree
able we leap to the conclusion that hi
has an unbemished mind whereas 4
may effect such behavior for the pTA
selfish purpose of augmenting his %
favor If he congratulates us upon ~
cent success. how are we TO kno" WAe!e
his real interest in US ceases and hi
desire Of being known TO have that inter
est begins? on the other hand, If or
success should happen to signify his fall
IRE, by what process Of deduction are
we entitled to suppose that, while
smiles and protests himself pleased.
secretly hates and lies to us? What
pity it is that We are only able to judg
Others by those unhappy reiiection
which we might have entertained unds
similar circumstances, and that ma
has no chance of being perfectly an
impartially Judged by any created pe
ing, His motives will always be con
sidered after his actions and must eve
be measured by an uncertain standa1
made up of the weaknesses and fraiaes
of his fellow creatures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
while the death of an American might
cost a considerable sum.
Comfortably Tired.
indianapolis News.)

There are few satisfactions compared
with the pleasant glow which comes
with the evening of a well spent day.
If the nerves have been driven beyond a
safe speed. and the tired muscles and
mind forced through one task too many.
rest Is out of the question. Jaded nerves
crave excitement. They are satisfied
only with a continuation Of the abuse
which had faded them. But there is a
breaking point, and when this 1s reached
a reaction sets in and total exhaustion
is the result 1t leaves the victim weak
and inert, fit only for sleep or stimu-
lant-and often the stimulant Is reSIyt-
ed to- With some persons this intefA4 N
ate use Of nervous energy becomes t4
Ritual. hence our rest cures" and the
like. Others sense the danger In time
to avert the necessity of appealing to a
physician; and still third class In
stinctively keeps within the bounds OF
moderation. 1t is this class which knows
what it Is to be comfortably tired-to
come home in the evening with enough
energy left to meet any ordinary obli-
CATION. Recreation then becomes a real
ity. The mind welcomes a change Of
persons engaged in sedentary occupa.
lions, respond eagerly TO exercise. And
the worker sits down to his evening
meal happily ignorant Of the fact tina,
ne has nerves. There is danger OF
course, that the period of being comfort.
ably tired may encroach unduly on the
period of being diligently busy. II may
even become chronic, as in the case
of youth in the springtime. One may
arise in the morning with temptation
to indulge further the comfortable feel
ing which sent him to bed in a state
of pleasant unconcern. If he yields he is
lost. for to be tired all day is TO be
stupid in the evening. and there is some
thing wrong with the person who courts
stupidity. Good rest, in order to be en-
loved, must be earned, and well earned
the better earned the better enjoyed. 1t
can not be had for the asking, nor can
if be profitably followed as an occupa-
ton. Its generosity is prodigious. how
ever. Ii properly respected it yields a
bo1ntiful return in health and mental
poise. 1t makes the eager morning face
and the cordial evening smile. In short
beitg comfortably tired and abundanty
refreshed is the fruit of labor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
Compensation Laws.
indianapolis News. }

,Workmen'S compensation laws in roanp
states present an apparent discrimina-
ton against aliens. The Connecticut
law allows an alien dependent only one
max G. the amount a citizen would re-
ceive. In Kansas $3.50 Is the maximum
that an alien may obtain while a citizen
may De paid a sum varying from $500
10 $500. In Nebraska and the canal zone
lhe relle1 II paid in a lump sum to an
amen may amount to only wo-thirds of
tne sum total of the installments; in
New York 1t may amount to only one
naif ana lump payments made to aliens
by railroads engaged in interstate COM
merce may be limited to one wears
wages. Nebraska, Oregon and Washing
ton limit dependents in the case of
aliens to the closest relationships. Now
Jersey Maryland and New Hampshire
90 not recognize them at all. If a work.
man is killed in these eastern states
mis- wife or mother in Austria or Italy is
entitled to no compensation whatever.
one OF the fundamental purposes Of a
workmen's compensation law is to make
an accident so expensive that an en-
ployer VIII find 1t cheaper to use proper
sa1ety devices. This incentive is en-
tirely nullified in the case of large alien
employing industries under such laws az
those of the three eastern states where
1t costs nothing to kill an alien, the only
possibility for damages being a civil ar
ton by dependents in foreign country
usually helpless and penniless, In
erect these laws are discriminativa
against American workmen as well. for
even II the native American is willing
to work for the same wages as the for
elgner the employer will find it cheaper
to hire the alien because his death dur.
Ing employment would cost nothing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
The Prescriptions Were Filled.
ouths' Companion.

The monotony Of the days rauttna
a New England village drug store wa
enlivened the other day by the appe&
ance of a very small and bright-eys
little boy. bearing note from his mott
err He was evidently of foreign rae
and the note, in the round. painstaklf
script of a recently instructed immigran
read thus:
please give the bearer a box OF COZ
cream. or anything else soothing for
fierce chap"
The smiling druggist looked over n
counter and down on the small boy
bright eyes and mop of dark curls.
Are you the fierce chap he
quiced gravely.
My mother she washes. and she NJ
chap" the small boy explained. VII
equal gravity.
"NNell. but you're the chap your mot
er has, aren't you?" persisted the drug
gist teasingly.
The very small boy saw he was Se1
made fun of, and drew himself ~
resentful dignity.
MY mothers hands nave the chap :
is a fierce chap. and she wants y"
cream. Here is the money" he Ill
nounced severely.
odd. how quick these foreigners ~
hold Of American slang" commentedV'
druggist to the other customer press'
as he handed over the cold crean,
Here, sonny, this'll help your mothe''
hands. But the little fellow was 'he''
chap wasn't he?"
Quecrer requests for prescriptions TIE
that Of this immigrant washer WOMB
are often received; some of them miga
well puzzle any but the most quicA
witted of shopkeepers. Here is one ~
Gently reported by Mr.. Morris Wadk. y,
is a note from an excitaole M Y
whose nerves were apparently as nOe
in need Of treatment as the digestion Z
her infant:
MY little baby has ct up its fathe
parish plaster. Please to serd an ahe-
dote by the inclosei little girl"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

Evidence Of the backwardness Of I'm
lishmen in the cultivation of fruit a.
vegetables is borne by Fuller, who,w!'
ing in 1860, says. Gardening was m
brought into England for profit aoO1
20 years ago; before which we fetc'1
most of our cherries from Holland, y
pies from France. and had hardly
mess of ripe peas but from Hol.an|
which were handles for ladies. tn1
came so far, and cost so dear. snl
gardening hath crept out of Holland.
Sandwich. Kent. and thence to Sufi]
where, though they have given 6 pounj
an acre and upwards, they have nna1
their rent. lived comfortably. and :
many people on work.''-London Cns~
jcleA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

building a bridge across the Sandy river
IN the town OF New Sharon. and provid-
ing Tor the future maintenance thereof,
$l5,000.o0.
Resolve appropriating money to aid the
town of Forest City in repairing and re-
constructing a bridge, $4,000.
Resolve appropriating money to aid in
building bridge across the Mattawam-
keag river in the town of Haynesville.
and providing for the future maintenance
Resolve appropriating money to repair
Mopang bridge in Township Number
Thirty, Middle Division, In Washington
county, 10000.
Resolve appropriating money for the
purpose Of making surveys. plans and
estimates for new interstate bridge be-
tween Kittery. Maine. and Portsmouth.
New Hampshire, $2500.00.
Resolve appropriating money to repair
the bridge across the Machias river In
the town of Whitneyvllle. $4,000.
resolve appropriating money to aid in
repairing the international bridge be-
tween the town Of Van Buren,, Maine
and st. Leonards, New Brunswick, $1,000 CO.
Resolve appropriating money to aid In
building bridge in the town Of Merrill,
Resolve appropriating money to aid In
rebuilding Spruce Head bridge in the
town Of South Thomaston. $25Oo.0o.
Resolve appropriating money to par
TALLY reimburse the town of Deblois for
$4,000 ~ " e " '''ose'
Resolve appropriating money to repair a
bridge in the town Of Addison, 100000.
Resolve appropriating money to aid in
repairing Schools bridge in the town of
Rowland, $1,000.
Resolve appropriating money to aid In
repairing the bridge across the Penob-
scot river between the town Of Enfield
and Rowland, $50000
Resolve appropriating money to aid in
repairing a road in the town Of Columbia
and providing for the future maintenance
thereof, s500.0O.
Resolve appropriating money to repair
the bridges across the Northeast brook
and Canoe BROOK in Township Number
TWenty-uine. Middle Division Ii Wash-