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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
RUPTURE OF ST. haIHIEL"
SOLDIERS NAME FOR GER
MAN WEDGE IN French Line

trenches. most of them blown up be-
fore being captured. Now on both
sides of the angle they are finding
trenches already made fer them. All
they have to do is to repair the blown
ur sections and throw the bank Of dirt
from their side TO that OF the Germans.
Behind and in front of the battle
front, and between the many lines Of
trenches that have hashed the land
scape of the Woeuvre, little mounds,
most of them sur1nounted by crosses,
show how dearly each gain was
bought and how desperately opposed.
In many places they are 50 thick as
to assume the Importance Of town
graveyard. In the Mont Mare Woods,
where the Germans resisted the slo1-
French advance most vigorously, every
foot of ground has seen bloodshed.
Under a continual storm Of shot
and shell for seven months, the forest
presents a fantastic aspect. The
trees seem TO have been hacked with
a sort Of deljrious rage. The des
. truction is everywhere, but not uni
form. Many tree trunks are split as
ly a stroke Of lightning, some have
/ been pierced Trough and through by
shells. In places the tree tops look as
If they had suffered from a cyclone
that didn't reach quite to The earth:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
WHERE STRAWBERRIES
COME FROM=HARVESTING
AND PACKING THE CROP

box, which holds full quart; the &C.
tagon box, and the square scale-board
type OF quart and pint boxes. The
American type il the one that is most
generally used: II il fun size, strongly
made. and packs well in the crate. The
octagon box is Objectionable on ac-
count OF its shape and the raised bot
tom. A long. narrow boz 10 not sat
ssfactory, because it is announcement to
PICK up without grasping the sides ~
tween the thumb and finger, and when
handled In this way the berries are
likely to be mashed. Moreover, the
SIDES OF boxes with raised bottoms
often split off below the bottom, caus-
ing the boxes to tip over. The scale
board boxes are cheaper than splini
boxes. but as the latter are more sub
stantial they are preferred in nearly
all markets. The type of crate de-
pends on the boxes that are used Any
crate that Is substantially built and
well ventilated is Satisfactory, but
cost is an important reconsideration, as
they are not returned to the shipper.
The largest crate that can be ham
died conveniently isthe one TO use. as
the large ones are cheaper in proper
ton to the quantity Of berries trey
carry. The q OF 3z-quart crates are
generally used, though in some sec
tons the 6o-quart crate is employed.
Crates with hinged lids have an ad-
vantage over others in the. they pro-
vide for the inspection Of the fruit to
better advantage. The hinged lid crate
invites inspection. and this is a point
In its favor.
A large part OF the straw berry crop
grown i'll Florida is shipped to north
ern markets in refrigerator boxes.
These boxes, or pony refi1gerators,
hold "a or SO quarts OF berries. After
the boxes Of berries are placed in tie
refrigerator a metal tray is put In
place above the berries and filled with
ice. The main advant ,ee in using
these refrigerator boxes is in long
distance express shipments where re-
frigeration is necessary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
BRITISH POOR HARD
HIT BY INCREASED
COST OF LIVING

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London, April 2l.-War falls heavily
on the poor. Food and coal have
steadily advanced in price and many
husbands and fathers have given up
comparatively fair wages for a shill-
ing a day and the Kings uniform
with only small government allow
ance for the support of those left be-
hind.
Typical examples Of the struggles Of
soldiers dependents have been pub
lished in one of the London newspa
pers. In one case a soldiers wife says
that where she previously paid out
1918 for living expenses for one week
she now pays nearly So. ReHH now
costs her IS cents a week food S1.75
and the remainder goes to various
benefit clubs and for other expenses
But between the government allow
ance, her husbands commuted pay
and the work she gets from the
Queens Needlework Guild by making
shirts for soldiers, she is able not only
to put a shilling a week into the bank
but another one aside as a clothing
fund
Among this woman's weekly items
Of outlay is shilling to a feather
club, which she explains as follows:
II am in a feather club TO get
lancer plume which will cost 10 shill-
ings II pence (s4). If you don't wear
a good hat in Whitehorse Lane they
say you are coming down in the
world. and don't want them to think
that. Also, nice hat makes you feel
young, and really / am only very
young. / always try to look clean and
decent"
Another story comes from labor
ers wife, who has one son in the
army and two sons, aged respectively
10 and two years at home. Her in
come is Is shillings a week from her
husband. two shillings sixpence from
the Soldiers. Association and the same
from the thirteen year old boy when
working and four shillings earned by
herself at shirt making, altogether "a
shillings or six dollars.
Bread, she says, is their heaviest
expense. since they use four loaves
day costing $500 a week Rent
comes to s1.25 altogether and mere
cost Of living leaves only a few pen
MES out Of the weekly income. Meat
in the form Of stew is luxury for
Sundays. Bread and margarine is the
main food Of the family. Her story
continues:
Il spend nothing on myself. l don't
remember when l had any new
clothes. ! don't belong to any feather
clubs. ! am too old for that-I'm 40
Some times the children run errands
and so get penny to spend on the
moving pictures. They like the COW
boy films. My husband works very
long and very hard, but allows himself
only three pence tsix cents a day
for outside meals. He has no money
to go anywhere. so he goes to bed. l
have plenty of work to do. / don't
know what business means. My we'd
ding ring went a long time ago for
bread, and now ] wear brass one
But the hardest thing TO bear is when
a lady visitor asks me why l don't
put something away for rainy day"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS
FINELY PROVIDED FOR

their utmost to keep the Dominion con-
tingents supplied with clothing of the
above description.
In Sydney the whole Of the mutton in
cold storage within the metropolitan
area-a supply variously estimated as
numbering between $4,000 and So, coo
sheep-has been taken over on behalf of
the Imperial authorities at prices already
fixed at from S to 10 IL cents pound by
agreement between the owners and the
home and the overseas authorities. AL
though the New South Wales Govern
rnent is simply acting as the agent OF
the British Government. this is the big
gest transaction OF the kind that has
ever been carried out in Sydney. The
State Government is acting under a
direct request from the government in
England which was recently translated
into an act of Parliament. The first
consignment will consist Of about 5000
refrigerated sheep. but much heavier
censignments will be forwarded before
long. The Imperial Government has en-
gagged to provide the transportation.
Meantime the state abattoirs at Home
bush, near sydney, will shortly be in
full swing and sheep will be slaughtered
at the rate Of 5000 daily. The New South
Wales authorities have been advised that
the demand for the British army and
navy is practically lirnitless.
A shoe company in Melbourne is nego-
tiatinc with the Russian Government to
supply il with q million and half pairs
of soldiers shoes within u months al
the rate of 10000 pairs a month. The
contract. # entered into, Will involve
nearly $500. $50. TIE matter IS not Yet
settled, however
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
LITTLE INTEREST IN LEAGUES
TOFAN ANTI-cERmAN FEELING
BEING SHOWN BY THE BRITISH

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London. April 1s-The attempt to
start movement to keep up antagon-
ism to Germany after the war has
failed to make any Roadway or even
TO interest the British public. There
are two of these movements. one call
ed the Anti-German League and the
other the British Patriotic League
The anti-German League aims to get
signatures to this promise:
I'VE, the undersigned, agree togeth-
er to use our best efforts to combat
German trade and influence In Grc1l
Britain and undertake to employ no
German labor in our Offices or homes
nor handle, knowingly. anything which
is Of German make or origin. We will
deal with no shops. banks or hotels
where German labor is employed or
German goods Sold
These movements have little press
support. The following comment is
made on them in the Weekly Dis
patch:
1T is, OF course. all very foolish. but
the deplorable thing about this league
is that the promoters conscientiously
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04

believe they are serving . great public
purpose, whereas they are doing moth
ing more and certainly nothing less
than bringing ridicule on the country.
II they were not 90 terribly serious
nd were not so full Of born Ger
man hatred they would see to what
absurdities they commit their intend
ing members
The whole thing is An outrage on
common sense and on national dignity.
We want no anti-German league or
leagues to prevent Englishmen from
doing business with or talking to Ger
mans. We want leagues to get SOL
d1ers to defeat Germany. crush Prus-
sian militarism, and allow the subdued
common sense and humanity of the
German nation to reassert itself. We
want leagues to accentuate the mag
nificent impression made by the Kings
example in banning the consumption
OF wine. spirits, and beer in the royal
residences. We want leagues to en-
courage the workmen in our ammuni-
ton factories to increase their output,
leagues to deepen the national eff
cheney for the purpose Of the war on
which our whole future depends"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
DECREASE IN MORTALITY
AMONG THE WOUNDED

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Petrograd, April 10.-A remarkable
decrease in mortality among insured
persons is noted by r. NJ. Corse. the
Russian manager Of an American in
surance company. Mr.. Corse is at
a loss to account for this phenome-
non, although he attributes II in part
to the cessation Of the night life" in
the large cities of Russia According
to this ingenious theory, the longevi-
ty of the inhabitants has already in
creased with the return to regular
habits Mr.. Corse observes that out
Of S35, 900 insured only 100 have died
in the months of December. January
and February. while for the cores
ponding period of the previous year
131 deaths were recorded out Of 371,-
900 policy holders, and this notwith-
standing the fact that go OF the in
sured are army officers in active ser
vice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Melbourne Australia, April l-Some
idea OF the part of Australasia as a
component OF the British Empire is play
ing in the war as a purveyor Of supplies
of a military kind for itself, Great Brit
ain and the Allies may be gathered from
the following facts and figures:
The Defence Department has requisi-
toned the entire output of the various
wooden mills throughout the Common
wealth for an indefinite time and the
mill owners and managers are undertak-
ing to do all in their power to facilitate
the manufacture of the cloth and gar
ments required by the department. Be-
sides supplying each Australian soldier
on active service with uniform when
he embarks on troppship the depart
ment engaged TO supply him with a fresh
uniform every three months while he is
at the front. At present the superin-
tendent Of army contracts, Captain j.
c. Orniston is requiring at once 1,1l2. 900
yards OF flannel to say nothing Of 200, 900
wooden undershirts and 22o, 400 pairs Of
drawers Of the same material. Australia
being country which, singularly
enough. exports immense quantities of
raw wool but has few wooden or other
textile esta blishments as yet the strain
upon the existing mills is enormous.
Meantime a representative Of the Fed
eral government has placed orders with
A. single wooden manufacturing firm in
New Zealand for 95o0e navy sweaters,
2l2,000 knitted drawers, 10000 knitted
shirts, 10000 pairs Of socks and more
than a million yards Of flannel. II is
doubtful. however, if az the WOODEN mills
in New Zealand can cope with this order
tnasnuch as al present they are doing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
Woman's Health Requires
Care

Women are 90 constituted as
to be peculiarly susceptible to
constipation, and their general
health depends in large measure
On careful regulation and cor
rection Of this tendency. Their
delicate organisms rebel at the
violence of cathartic and purga-
tive remedies, which, while they
may afford temporary relief,
shock the system and seriously
disturb the functional organs. A
mild laxative Is far preferable
and. If properly compounded.
much more effective.
The combination of simple lax
alive herbs with pepsin sold in
drug stores under the name OF
DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, is
ideal for women's use. A free
trial bottle can be obtained by
writing to DR.. W. B. Caldwell
452 Washington ST.. Monticello.
Ills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
UNITY

John Barns, highly respected
citizen, passed away "Wednesday
morning, after long illness, A widow
survives, now very i'll with pneu-
monia The funeral was held Friday,
T. M. Fairbanks having charge.
The many friends of Miss Carolyn
Fuller will be sorry to learn that she
is in a Bangor hospital, i'll with diph-
iberia
Mrs. C. T Whitaker and Mrs. ]. P.
Fuller were in Waterville Wednesday.
Mrs. Gertrude Harmon called
Wednesday in Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04
COLOGNE DRUGGISTS AND
PHARMACIST OVERWORkED

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Cologne, April 20.-Because Of the
large number of druggists and pharm-
acists who have one to war, the pro-
prietors Of stores in Cologne and its
suburbs have decided to evolve an al
ternate Sunday holiday and night
service so that their long house of
service may be cut down.
Hereafter the various stores will
take turns in shutting up at o'clock
on Sundays and at 9 O'Clock on week
day evenings. When a store does
close up at these hours. however, a
sign will be left at the door indicat-
ing where a would be-customer may
find a drug store open. The war has
left the druggists who have remained
In Cologne pushed to the limit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-04

N others careless primers seem to
lave left unfinished a job badly be-
gun. Everywhere the ground is
strewn with the awful debris Of war.
Il is in the trees also, hanging on
ia gged, broken branches in the form
Of legs, arms, other parts Of human
bodies, haversacks. blankets. torn.
shredded and hurled through the air
by the high explosives Of the French
2-inch shells
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
ALMOST MADE HIM MISS 1T
cause Opportunity Nearly Got
Away From the Man.

Opportunity knocked twice at the
mans door and was about to knock a
third time when the door was hurried
ly opened by a woman.
where is the mani" said Opportu-
nifty. Come! I've no time to lose"
You're the very one he's looking
for" said the woman. "But-he's oc-
cupied."
You're his wife. aren't you, Tell
him to come"
"He won't believe me. He'll think
I'm mistaken. He'll think you are
someone else"
"Oh, please don't go. I'll tell him.
I'll try to convince him who you are.
Give me a little time"
"That isn't my fault. I've done my
duty. Good-day."
Just at this moment the man rushed
out and grabbed Opportunity. Then
he turned roughly to his wife.
"Why didn't you let me know she
was knocking?" he said. why, she
almost got away. Just like you'll
Life.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
MILITIA TO RETURN GUNS.
Distribution to Be Made of 5000 Fire
arms Taken During Strike.

Distribution to Be Made of 5000 Fire
arms Taken During Strike.
Denver.-At meeting of the State
Military Board it was determined that
the Colorado national guard will be-
gin the distribution to their owners of
the 5000 firearms of various descrip-
tions of which the guard took posses
sion while on duty during the coal
strike as soon as the United States
ar1hy authorities finish the distribu-
tion OF weapons of which they took
charge. The regular army authorities
are now making their distributions at
Walsenburg and Trinidad.
Governor Carlson attended the meet
ing. The reports of the detail of Of
ficers assigned to make recommenda-
tions of changes in uniforms of the
guard to conform with new regula-
tions of the United States army was
received and adopted.
The board also made sufficient ap-
preparations to send representatives OF
the guard to the different army serv-
ice schools to be held this summer
The signal corps school will be at
Fort Leavenworth. the medical corps
school at Fort Russell and the school
for commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers will be at Fort Riley.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
SUBJECT FOR BILL NYE's WIT
Humorist Made Bright Verse Out Of
Question Theatrical People Come
to Dread.

Anybody connected with the amuse-
ment world will tell you that the dead
liest and most maddening question is.
Where do you go from here?" Bill
Nye. touring the country with James
Whitcomb Riley, had great many
one-night stands to visit, and came to
suffer acutely through the insistent
repetition of this boob query. At last
he wrote the appended verse. which.
it is believed. never found life In
print:
Where do you go from here?"
asks the landlord OF our hotel.
And Where do you go from here?Ip
asks the boy who answers the bell,
And Where do you go from here
Oh! Lord, and Where do you go from
here?"
Till in fancy we stand at the last COM
mand. quaking with sudden fear.
And St. Peter says, "Oh, you're those
lecturers. Where do you go from
here?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
.PAY-Up week IN MAY
BUSINESS MEN BACK CAMPAIGN
TO CLEAR DEBT.
Unemployment Committee Proposal
Greeted As Sure Herald of Flood
Of Prosperity Throughout State.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Boulder, Colo.-The pay-up week
program of the state unemployment
committee is being received with en-
thusiasm by the business men of the
state. The expressions of approval al
ready received by the committee in
dicate that it will be one of the most
successful campaigns of the kind ever
undertaken in Colorado. The news
papers of the state, recognizing the
need of some method of organizing
Colorado for prosperity, have seized
upon the idea and are booming it Wig
orously. Within a few days the news
will have gone to every town in Colo
RADIO that the state is calling upon all
debtors to meet their bills during the
week of May % to May 20.
When times are good money flows
easily. In times of depression money
Is tight" The plan Of the committee
will bring about a movement of cap
ltal which is the first essential for
good times and will thus create the
basis upon which new business can be
built.
Results from the prosperity cam
paign of the unemployment committee
are already beginning to be apparent.
Extensive municipal improvements
have been authorized by the Boulder
City Council in response to the re-
quest of the committee. Old side
walks of the city will be extended and
the city hall and fire stations will be
repainted and redecorated Proposals
- -tA, a.
pave a large section of the town are
also under consideration.
This is the sort of work the unem-
ployment committee is asking all the
cities of the state to undertake.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
FOREIGN

A memorial service for the Canad-
ians who have fallen in the war will
be held at st. Paul's cathedral, May
10.
The so-called War Press in Ger
many is now publishing monthly near
ly 5000 different books. pamphlets
and circulars dealing with the war.
Actual work on the construction Of
the first section of the governments
Alaska railroad has been begun at
Ship Creek, according to word re-
ceived at Seward, Alaska.
A committee from the recent inter
national congress of women formally
laid before P. w. A. Cort van de Lin
den, the Netherlands premier, the
peace resolutions adopted at the con-
gress.
Great Britain will be the first of the
belligerent nations to be visited by
the peace envoys named by the Inter
national Women's Congress to initiate
world movement for peace. The
women probably will endeavor to see
Premier Asquith.
The United States consul at Lyons,
one Of the passengers aboard the
steamship SAINT Ana. which arrived at
Naples from New York, is reported to
have committed suicide during the
voyage by leaping overheard. He was
on his way to his post in France.
Former United States Senator Laf-
ayette Young of Des Moines. Iowa, ac-
companied by a former American depu-
ty consul at Berne, Switzerland, was
arrested at Innsbruck, Austria, on sus-
picion of espionage directed against
Mr.. Young's companion. They were
both released later
Cardinal Annette, archbishop of Paris,
received a letter from Cardinal Gas
parri, the papal secretary of state.
announcing a gift by the pope of $s.-
900 to the national relief fund, to be
expended in behalf of the refugees
from the invaded departments of the
north of France.
At Nome, Alaska, the vets won in
the local option election called by the
United States District Court to deter
mine whether the people of Nome
wanted the court to license saloons
for another year. The vote was 551
for saloons and 434 against saloons.
Women voters took prominent part
in the election.
The owners of the American steam
er Wilhelmina, according to the Lon
don Daily Mail, have received what
they have pronounced to be a hand
some and generous settlement at the
hands Of the British government,
namely. full value Of the cargo at Ham,
burg at war prices. which was more
than double the prices at English
ports. as well as indemnity for delay,
altogether approximating Si3O,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
New Marshall Completes Hi. staff.

Samuel J. Burris has completed his
staff. Harry A. Mcintyre succeeds
Thomas Clark, veteran deputy mar
shal, who resigned. Mcintyre comes
from Pueblo and is former member
of the lower branch of the State Leg
islature. T. J. Mcclure and ]. p.
Foley are the other deputy marshal,
Mcclure on field work and Foley in
city work. w. II. Robinson. deputy
in the office for the last nine years.
will stay, and Earl Perry also is re-
tanned.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
Chino Copper Make. Fine Shown,

Colorado Springs. = The quarterly
report of the Chino Copper Company
has been released in this city by Pres
ldent C. NJ. MacNeill and the showing
d excellent. The gross income is
tss0.637.9o. That represents a net
surplus Of dividend requirements Of
s455.667 and shows a startling in
crease over the last quarter of 1914.
which showed a deficit of $2S5,932.
The income Of the quarter includes
SS36.932 from milling operations.
Gross production for the three months
was 11,732.50S pounds of copper,
which brought an average Of 14.37c
per pound.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
Dynamite Blow. Mans Eye Out.

Canon City.-Hidden dynamite caps
exploded in the face of Jack A. Lewis,
manager of the Deweese-Dye Irriga-
ton Ditch Company, while he was
burning dead grass along the ditch
right of way in Lincoln Park, near
Brookside. Lewis lost one eye and his
face, shoulder and arm were badly
lacerated. He was taken to Pueblo
in a critical condition. The caps are
thought to have been left there during
strike battles a year ago.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-05-14
Larimer Fruit Saved From Frost.

Fort Collins.-Fruit growers and
farmers in Larimer county are rejoic-
ing that while the temperature
dropped to dangerous point Thurs
day night, it did not go low enough
to damage the crops of cherries, apples,
peaches, plums and various berries.