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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

James Morang, who has been visit
ing in Boston, returned on the boat
Tuesday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23
HALL0WELL.

Gladys J. Kilgore is visiting friends in
Beverly and Boston for two weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Wednesdays Trolley League game
Will be called at $50 sharp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Judge VIII c. Atkins was in attend
ance Tuesday at the Superior court
in Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Miss Estelle Mason is ill at her home
on Middle street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Harold Ballard left Tuesday 70,
Portsmouth. n. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Harold Reed Of Lewiston is a guest
at the home of Hon. A. L. Perry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Warren Blair Of Dresden is visiting
friends in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Mrs. Henry n. Bates went Tuesday
TO Portland to attend the State Relief
Corps convention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Mrs. c. C. Clark of Blaine is a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. a.
Gosline, Highland avenue, West Gar
diner
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23
LOCAL NOTICE

Dance al Pittston Grange hall Thurs
day evening. Troops orchestra. juneeed3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Mrs. Purnell is in attendance at the
Bates Commencement. Miss Peacock
Is substituting for her at the Rest
Room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Galen Davis has entered the employ
Of the Wakefield McNaughton Co. at
the shoe store.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Dance at Perry's hall Thursday eve
ming. jupeo3 "a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Mrs. Alice Wing, Farmingdale, left
Tuesday for a few days visit with
friends in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

Mrs. Ralph H. Homer viii leave
"Wednesday for Portland TO attend the
wedding Of her friend, Miss Lena
Wing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23

James A. Jones. River avenue, left
Tuesday to attend the State Encamp-
ment Of the G. A. +. at Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23
SOME THINGS ARE
EVEN WORSE Than
THE GERMAN GUNS
Frank Goodrich Writes Of
Wearing Siege Of Two Lone
~ and Wounded Canadian
Soldiers in a Hospital in Eng
land.

The following letter was received
Saturday by Mrs. A T. Goodrich of
Hallowell Me. from her son Frank:
Nharnclife Hospital,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23
GARDINER LOCAL ITEMS
SQUARE s7w

Warren Blair of Dresden is visiting
friends in this city.
=
Miss Helen NJ. Merrill arrived Tues
day from Fairfield.
Miss Dora Norton left Tuesday to
attend the Bates Commencement.
Wednesdays Trolley League game
Will be called at $50 sharp.
Miss Carolyn Shepherd has returned
from few days visit in Westport.
Harold Reed Of Lewiston is a guest
at the home of Hon. A. 1. Perry.
James Morang, who has been visit
ing in Boston, returned on the boat
Tuesday.
Judge Will c. Atkins was in attend
ance Tuesday at the Superior court
IL Waterville.
Mrs. Henry n. Bates went Tuesday
10 Portland to attend the State Relief
Corps convention.
Galen Davis has entered the employ
Of the Wakefield McNaughton Co. at
the shoe store
Mrs Alice Wing, Farmingdale, left
Tuesday for few days visit with
friends in Portland.
James A. Jones, River avenue, left
Tuesday to attend the State Encamp-
ment Of the G. A. 4. at Portland.
Mrs. Ralph H. Homer viii leave
"Wednesday for Portland to attend the
wedding Of her friend, Miss Lena
Wing.
Mrs. PCrnell is in attendance at the
Bates Commencement. Miss Peacock
Is substituting for her at the Rest
Room.
Mrs. c. c. Clark of Blaine is a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. a.
Gosline, Highland avenue, West Gar
diner
Miss Grace Littlefeld of Dresden
avenue left today TO attend the Com
mencement exercises at Hebron Acad-
envy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
A SHINING Life.

one OF the strangest estates ever
known was left by the late Miss Wiz
lex, a missionary of Tokyo, in Japan.
IL consisted Of loving cup that had
peen presented to her by the Emperor.
and of eight thousand letters and post
cards that had been written to her nv
men ard women who wanted to know
about Christianity.
Inc Record of Christian Work tells
something of the service that won her
the loving cup. 1t began at the mill
tary hospital at Toyama, at which
there were seven thousand patients
during the Russo-Japanese War, On
one of her visits Miss W-irick found a
soldier whose face had been crushed
ana whose eyesight had been de-
stroyed by bursting shell. The man
was IN despair, and meant to commit
suicide. Miss Wirick went to the
school for the blind learned the Braille
system, and taught it to the blind SOL
der They began on the gospel accor-
olns TO st. John. Other men in the
ward became interested, and took
turns in reading and debating to the
bnnd man. Four months later ne and
tWenty-fnur Of his comrades had deci-
ded for Christ.
Inc blind man himself went to the
school for the blind, and there he put
four hundred hymns into Braille point.
put that was not enough; he wanted
to learn the music as we'll 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
ihe 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, "Wilick 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 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
lal 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 bv
countless people: Has Christianity
failed?'
Is life like that a failure? 1t is
Christianity.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
NATURES CONCLUSIONS.
Some Very Interesting Facts About
the Speed Of Earthquakes.
AnsWerHl

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 human and material
sense the less interesting is it usually
to the seismologtcal expert; in the Sec
ond place, the range of the shock is In
inverse ratio to the amount of destruc-
ton which 1t causes on the earth's SIR
face.
For the scientist who has specialized
In the investigation OF seismic disturb
ances will tell you that the really big
earthquakes occur most frequently, not
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 formations
of the earth We inhabit.
Then the shocks which have yisibly
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
Motives and Actions
indianapolis Views

indianapolis News
What a fine thing n ~ eegr
were endowed with s.rss t7sN,
them to judge the motive usr i4l
beings as correctly az JH-.r actions
sense which should be a LrI Of M
ing house for preiudices u.slads7ya]
ings and false conclusions Asthl
fine inner feelings and s1"e. sa7sI
ties must remain f0revo. ".0ee.gt Vi
man receives sentence Upon Tie u;
monplace exterior he Hs-s.as %
world. For who Is able boy lug n7y ]
tie action to express r|T-Ia. D.aeSy
purpose, nobleness NJ m.- 7.s2Sas
doing good or those s5 l-3utaI
the soul which would We ar MD
benefit to our assorlt- .7= 4
find outward interpret Tts Z,
discerning are unable 10 nwa4
unseen projections Of rho ns4-l and
willing to accord to o,T 81 I'd
of the mind which are Hn ar=
mans manners are c0H7 Il
able we leap to the cor w ..
has an unblemished n0 "-4
may effect such behavior s
selfish purpose Of aug'ur'.l- -s
favor. If he congratulats s 1rral
cent success, how are we to HT 4
his real interest in uF -+s ii@
desire of being known t. r N
est begins? On the 9th Na
success should happen ~ 5
ure, by what process II -..-tia
we entitled to suppose @ o-4'I
smiles and protests Aims 5t@'
secretly hates and lies Nfl
pity it is that we are f 0.r q
others by those uah a
which we might have lined la
similar circumstance, .-. +-5' y
has no chance OF bn--
impartially judged b" a.A
ing, His motives 81 De
sidered after his a7t.p
be measured by an
made up of the weakr I'D
of his fellow creature
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08

been the most violent have been the
most restricted in actual range Of earth
movement. Take the recent disaster.
Although the Avezzano disaster was
telling its story on that acknowledgements
tive 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
paper-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 go severely as in Herefordshire
and Worcestershire-whe 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
yet discovered any uses for earth-waves,
or even any means Of utilizing them.
The shock Of a seismic disturbance
travels In waves at the rate Of two miles
second in the actual vicinity Of the
disturbance, and this rate rapidly dimin-
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-
ton that the Herefordshire earthquake
of 1850 called because 1t is believed
to have originated in that border county,
if not in the bowels OF the black noun
tains of Wales-was, from scientific
point of view. bigger affair than the
AvezZano, or even Messina.
The largest recorded displacement OF
land surface was that consequent upon
the Indian earthquake of 1897, when an
area as big as this whole of Yorkshire
was turned, so to speak, completely up
side down.
Yet who can give a name to that
earthquake today, though every school
boy has heard of buried Pompeii, of the
Lisbon and San Francisco earthquake!
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08

An Act tp regulate the taking Of frogs
from Big Fish lake Portage lake, Square
lake, 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
a weir in the tide waters of the Cobscook
river in the town of Lubec.
An Act authorizing the Clark Power
Company to construct 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 its capital stock and
to contract with the city of Biddeford
for hydrant services.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
BRITISH BLOCKADE SPURIOUS
Illegal Rule, Which "No Self Re-
spectine Nation Can Accept"

(New York Worldly
No lawful blockade has been estab-
lished. 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
it stands as the most authoritative eX-
preston of international law ever pro-
mulgated. Its first article declares that
b1ockades must not extend beyond the
ports and coasts belonging to the
enemy"
Great Britains spurious blockade ex-
tends to the ports and coasts of Hol-
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 interdct all commerce between
neutrals on the ground that some of 1t
may benefit belligerents is O proposition
that no self-respecting nation can ac-
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
lions or not and whether contraband or
not, may by any chance prove of service
to Germany.
We must denounce THIS 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.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08

comparable only to that won by Ma
poleon himself. A strict discipline
rian, visiting any breach Of commands
with merciless severity, he was the
friend and companion of every rank,
a comrade who shared their privations,
fed from their camp pots and merrily
chaffed one and all. La
He did not know the sensation of
fear. and faced the utmost dangers
with cool contempt. Yet always he
bore 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
its 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.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
Compensation Laws.
indianapolis News.)

Workmen'S compensation laws in r,apy
states present an apparent discrimina
ton against aliens. The Connecticut
law allows an allen dependent only one
half Ct the amount a citizen would re-
ceive. In Kansas $3.50 is the maximum
tnat an alien may obtain while a citizen
may be paid a sum varying from $1,000
to $500. In Nebraska and the canal zone
the relief if paid in a lump sum to an
alien may amount to only two-thirds of
the sum total Of the installments; In
New York 1t may amount to only one
half and lump payments made to aliens
by railroads engaged in interstate COM
merce may be limited to one years
wages. Nebraska, Oregon and Washing
ton limit dependents in the case of
aliens to the closest relationships: New
Jersey, Maryland and New Hampshire
90 not recognize them at all. II a work.
man is killed in these eastern states
his 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 will find it cheaper to use proper
safety devices. This incentive is en-.
tlreiy nullified in the case of large alien
employing industries under such laws as
those of the three eastern states where
1t costs nothing to kill an alien, the only
possibility for damages being civil ac-
ton by dependents in a foreign country
usually helpless and penniless. In
effect these laws are discriminative
against American workmen as well, for
even II the native American is willing
to work for the same wages as the for
eigner the employer will find it cheaper
to hire the alien because his death dur
ing amnlnYnant mould cost rofIi,,er
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
GHOST LEADS SOLDIERS.
Russians Declare They Say Spirit of
SkobeIeff at Head of Troops.
1ondon 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 improbahility in such
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 a long,
ing to have so famous 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.
It 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 Balkans 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 fhA OafoC nf cfoy
when Lord Beaconsfield interviewed to
prevent. its occupation, and in the Ber-
lin treaty that ensded Skcbeleff ever
professed to see the seeds Of the har-
vest we are gathering to-day.
AS a soldier he created among his
men an enthusiasm for his leadership
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
eRAssHoPPERs ATTACK WHEAT
Insects Believed to Have Wintered
Under Heavy Covering Of Fertilizer.
Ringhamton IN. W Dispatch to N. Y.
Herald

Ringhamton IN. " Dispatch to N. Y.
Herald
Early spring weather has brought
heavy loss to Jacob Smithers, a
farmer Of Glen Aubrey, near her. I'm
usually warm days late in February
caused 25 acres of winter wheat to
mature rapidly, and, with the prices
soaring, he began to figure on a 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 a heavy covering of fertil-
1zer which he put on a newly seeded
meadow last fall.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08
while the death of an A.
cost a considerable sum
Comfortably Tired
Tndfonopo1g W.

There are few satisfactt
with the pleasant glow n ny s'hh
with the evening of a wei, Sa
If the nerves have been dr,y,s s'ehI
safe speed, and the tlrsd :" osyMt|
mind forced through one tasE
rest is out Of the question 10 "a
crave excitement. They are 's
only with continuation =, AID
which had jaded them. pn, -, s
breaking point and when tbi, ,uSe i
a reaction sets In and tota, 'a's
is the result. 1t leaves tho WIZ a0',
and inert. At only for slasp a, s'.~ u
lant-and often the stlmular, W
ed to. With some persons THE 'es7
ate use Of nervous energy hso. 7'p
bitual, hence our rest corAs' IS
like. Others sense the dang., loO
to avert the necessity Of aDpesp
physician; and still a third Aug
stinctively keeps within tbs
moderation. 1t is this class ws,-s
what it Is to be comfortsblv a. 40
come home in the evening vI,A
energy left to meet any ord,ns..
cation. Recreation then Bec5r..s
ity. The mind welcomes a .1,
occupation. The muscles esr..'.s
persons engaged in seder,.r- '''
lions, respond eagerly 10 eysroi.'
the worker sits down 20 a.,
meal happily ignorant Of Ina a,,
he has nerves. There Ia daog,.
course. that the period Of being s1,.,
ably tired may encroaon lndH. -.
period of being diligeulv has,
even become chronic, us Ia t.
of youth in the spring .ue. oo.
arise In the morning with 4m,,,
to indulge further the com IoYisss :,
ing which sent him to bed va
of pleasant unconcern. j. be- ,=s,a,
lost, for to be tired ST ia Fl. +,
stupid in the evening, and Tiers 4, ..
thing wrong with the person wr9 +,
stupidity. Good rest, in order B, 4,
joyed, must be earned. aud We'll s,r
the better earned the better elygai
can not be had for the asking nm.
it be profitahly foiluw-f rs aa g-
ton. Its generosity Is prodg.ols
ever. If properly respected Il yei
bountiful return in health and N,
poise. 1t makes the eager no-r.7,
and the cordial evening smile Ind
being comfortably tired and aY4zi,
refreshed is the fruit ot labor