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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-04
SkOWHECAN {
Public Records Show the Towns
Death Rate for 1914 To Be
lin Every 1000-The
Real Estate Transfers
DOWNS-VARNEY WEDDI N G.
LOCAL JOTTINGS

According to the town clerks record
there were 10S deaths during the year
1914 in Skowhegan. Twenty-three
persons died out Of town Of this mum
Der. There were Is eighty years and
more; past ninety and one 96. OF
this number seven died of pneumonia;
seven Of tuberculosis; Is of cancer:
eight Of old age. The death rate per
thousand in the town was II, about
the same as last year. There were II
who died between go aid 20 years. The
number of births shown for the year
was ia and marriages 6S. The mar
riages are less in number than in 1913.
The marriage intentions of Thomas
G. Lessard and Miss Annie Coran were
recorded at the town clerks Office.
Miss Grace Russell, a teacher in the
Lewiston High school, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Nellie Copp.
Mrs. Albert Bowman who has been
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
A. Dascombe returned to her home
in Charleston, VT, with her son, Lee,
Saturday.
Jacob Goodwin Of Scion has been
drawn to serve on the traverse jury
at the supreme court and Eli Steward
Of Pleasant Ridge.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Collins OF
Bingham was in town on business Fri
day.
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TO BED AND
EARLY TO RISE IS
RULE IN WAR ZONE
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Nancy, Nov. 30-Strict conditions
obtain within the zone Of military
operations. No street arc lamps
lighted and all houses are closely
shattered so that not a CLEAN of IL
Elimination may reach the outside. No
traffic afoot or awheel is allowed be-
tween 8 o'clock at night and 8 o'clock
in the morning. Sentinels, with load
ed rifles and fixed bayonets are post
ed at all exits to prevent ingress or
egress from the cities between sun
down and sunrise.
Rank is Of no avail to pass even an
officer through the lines. A personal
permit Of the staff, with full details,
is an absolute essential, and this, as
we'll as the vehicle occupied is sternly
scrutinized at every post. The slight
est informality entails an appearance
before the officer Of the guard TO
whom the traveller is conducted under
armed escort.
Civilians experience almost insur
mountable difficulties in obtaining
passes to proceed from one district to
another, and intercourse is virtually
at a standstill.
Even soldiers and nom commits
stoned officers, except when forming
part Of the escort of the staff, are not
permitted to learn the position of the
headquarters, usually far from the line
of fire.
Despite all these restrictions, the
people seem contented and confident.
In the afternoons the cafes and res
taurants are filled with customers in
the same way as they are at ordl-
nary times after the closing of the
theatres. In Nancy, with its 10000
population, the citizens have become
accustomed to retire to bed at 9
o'clock or before and to rise CORE
spondingly early. Gas has almost
disappeared, owing to lack Of coal,
while Oil is almost unobtainable ami
the candle of half a century ago has
again become the common illumina
ton.
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B. G A, REDUCES
SEMI-ANNUAL
DIVIDEND TO
ONE PER CENT

Bangor, Me-, Jan. 3.-The executive
committee Of the board of directors Of
the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad has
voted to reduce it's semi-annual divi-
dend to l per cent, President Percy
X. Todd announced Saturday. This
action. he said, was taken because the
passenger service. which at best has
never been profitable, has suffered
from the increased use Of automo-
biles." Other reasons given for the re-
duction are the decrease in freight
shipments and the burdens imposed
by the parcel post and insufficient pay
ment for carrying mails. together with
the great reduction in express rates.
Conditions. according to President
Todd would justify reduction in
train schedules, but the committee de-
cided it would be better temporarily
70 reduce the dividend. The last divi-
dend was on a basis of per cent. an
nually.
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DIR. CLAYTON, AMERICAN,
STUDYING DANISH SCHOOL

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Copenhagen, Dec. 15.-Dr. Philander
P. Claxton, American Commissioner of
Education, who is now in Denmark
making study Of the school system of
this country, has been particularly i'm
pressed with the system OF rural High
schools, and expects to recommend a
somewhat similar system to the con-
sideration Of the educational authori-
ties in Kentucky, Tennessee, and pos
sibly other states.
The Danish high schools make a
particular appeal for adult scholars,
and it was this feature that interested
DR.. Claxton. THE High schools here"
he remarked. ARE meeting places for
old and young alike, where national
pride is instilled and the value Of CO.
operation in all the social economic
conditions Of life is urged. It is this
kind Of culture that supports Denmark
so magnihcently under the strain
which the war has brought"
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seven terms, gives way to j. Crosby
Hops of Camden. County Atty Philiu
Howard, whose IA years in that office
established a record for Maine count,
attorneys. is succeeded by Henry l.
Withee Of Rockport.
Col. f. K. Gould, Republican an.
pointee to the office Of county treas
urer, is succeeded by Edward d. earle
ton of Thomaston. William L. Allen
retires from the Board of County
Commissioners and his place is taken
by Arthur B. Packard of Rockport
who has served one term as State Sem
ator.
The county officials who hold over
are Tyler M. Coombs, clerk of court D.
and Edward c. Payson, Judge of pro-
bate. Every office is held by a Demo-
crat, with the exception Of the registry
of deeds, which bids fair to be sub
Jected to the Supreme Courts decision,
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to discount possibilities just as the
ordinary railroad traveller does. And
the work in hand generally engages
and holds more and more Of his at
tention. Then comes a time when he
wants to go to back to the firing line,
not because it is pleasant there, but
because staying away is just i'm
possible.
while the man who has not yet
been under fire cannot safely count
upon experiencing this or that par
ticular feeling when his hour comes
this depending upon temperament and
circumstances-he can, l believe,
count upon soon achieving the second
courage which is the priceless pos
session of the veteran. Under fire he
may lose every preconceived notion he
ever cherished or Stunned, but it is
highly probable that he will find him.
self"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-04

Washington, Jan. 3-Ex- President
Taft Saturday told the Senate commit =
tee working on the Administration bill
for Philippines independence that the
people of the islands, in his opinion,
would be untitled for self government
for the next 80 probably for the
next half century.
Democratic party promises of inda :
pendenc6 he declared, had been fruit
full Of unrest, to which he attributed
ir Il measure the recent revolutionary
disturbances.
Neither President Mckinley, Foose-
Welt nor himself. he said, contemplated
turning the Philippines over to the
people before they were educated 1oe
self government. He quoted from
President Wilson's writings that self
government is not a mere form of in
stitution, but form of character.
We cannot present the Filipino peo-
pie with Il character" said the eX-
President 1T must be acquired. You
cannot make over a people in our gen.
Grafton. The time that will be n2ce5-
sary to train the Filipino people for
self government is the time that Will
be necessary to make them an Eng
disappearing people. If you give these
people independence now. or by 1920.
either a Diaz would arise in the Phil
ippines or they would get into a. con-
dition that caused the fall OF Diaz in
Mexico"
tl,ayr
We're given self-government at once:'
asked Chairman Hitchcock.
"A Filipino in whom | have great con-
fidence,'' said MIR. Taft. said to me-
your steamers would not be around
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GARDNER BLAhaES AMERICAN
PUBL FOR DEFICIENCIES OF THE
navy, ARMY AND COAST DEFENCES


Washington, Jan. 3.-Congressman A.
P. Gardner gave out Saturday the first
of a series of statements, which he
is to issue at intervals of one week,
on the deficiencies in our navy and
army and coast defences.
He reviews the history Of the hear
ings before the naval affairs commit
tee for the last 10 years.
"A more complete docket of expert
ments about to be made and contracts
shortly to be entered into and reports
to be ordered in the near future and
boards soon to be appointed cannot be
found outside the records of the cir
cumlocution Office about which Dick
ems write" says Representative Gard
ner.
He characterizes the policy of the
government to date as one Of ''dwadle,
dwadle, dwadle," all along the line,
from voter to President. But he doesn
want all the blame laid on Sec. Of the
Navy Daniels.
1T is only partly his fault, says
Mr.. Gardner, even if he did deprive
the seadogs Of their grog and enter
the sailornen in the lowest grade OF
the Kindergarten. OF course, Daniels,
with his super-peace ideas, ought not
to he secretary of the navy any more
than q liquor dealer ought to be chair
man of temperance rally"
He believes there is just one party
who ought to bear the blame, and
that is the great American public
whose exact mirror we congressman
are"
Discussing the "Crux OF the Problem
Congressman Gardner says:
First, appoint an independent commits
sion of level-headed men and see to Il
that not too many of them are imbue1
with the idea that they know it all about
the rational defence.
next, require that commission to sum-
mon the best naval experts we have ant
find out
81. What war vessels do we need te
make US safe against any nation or
earth?'
So How many Of those vessels Is II
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SECOND WIND COUR.
AGE" AFTER FEW DAYS
IN TRENCHES is BEST

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London, Dec. ia medical officer
who has been making a study Of the
psychology Of courage" at the British
front. says that most men confess to
a feeling Of fear which only wears of
after several days In the trenches.
But once this physical instinct Of
terror is conquered. there comes" says
the medical man, "a second courage,
which while not despising danger, IN
able to discount it. Under fire these
men find self hitherto unsupported,
an elusive quality which for want Ut
a better title is called manhood"
He says:
THE soldier learns first to control,
then to measure. his fear. He learns
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safe to put in reserve that is to say,
with skeleton crews?
Now, if it is decided that we are aim
ing too high in taking leave to ask foi
a navy capable of swapping sho\s WITH
John Bull. why then we can cut down
the estimates accordingly; out' 1oi
Heavens sake, let us know the truth
1.-THE problem as to the NUMBER u
ships which We can safely keep In re-
serve depends very largely on two rae
tors, as follows:
Il. How long does it take to make
landlubber into a man-of-war's man:
80 How many former man-of-war
men, adequately trained. can be depenoeo
on to return to the navy in time OF war
ION the answers to those questions oe'
pends our building program, and nope
that no one is so ignorant as to ran 70
realize that very long time is required
for warship construction. So the inquiry
cannot begin too soon.
1.-THE shortage of ammunition to winch
Sec. Daniels testified before the commit.
tee on naval affairs, the shortage oi
mines. which was admitted by Admiral
! Fiske, the antiquity of the pattiesnil
torpedoes, which Admiral Strauss pointed
out. even the pitiable aircraft situation
which Capt. Bristol revealed; all THESE
facts are startling enough, but deter
mined general staff of the navy WIN
nlenty of funds could remedy them IN q
wear or two. Not so the deficiencies IN
the ranks of our fighting vessels, MOI
the DEFICIENCIES in the personnel which is
to man them.
"Dreadnoughts and crews cannot be
improvised when the war cloud appears
above the horizon. Admiral Fiske states
that 1t would take five years to get oui
navy in q condition to fight an emclen'
foreign enemy. This opinion has not
been endorsed perhaps by the public
official evidence of some Of the navy
heads; but it is most distinctly in line
with what navy men say when they eS'
press their private opinions on the SUB
ject."
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HAmN SAYS COD TOLD HIM TO
KILL MRS, WH|Tm0RE --PLEADS
NOT GUILTY IN MUNICIPAL COURT

Bangor, Me-, Jan. 3.-Charles H.
Hamm of Hudson, the 72-year-old
farmer and Civil War veteran. who
shot and killed Mrs. Marcia Whitmore,
SO years old, wife Of a neighbor, In
Hudson Friday morning, was arraign-
ed in the municipal court before Judge
B. w. Blanchard Saturday morning.
pleaded not guilty to a charge OF muir
der and the hearing was continued to
Monday. 1t is considered very proba-
BILE that Hamm will be committed to
the Bangor State hospital for obser-
walton as to his sanity
Hamm appeared in a much debilitat-
ed condition and is said to be suffer-
ing from a cancer. He served in Co. E,
18th Maine Infantry, was in service
four years, was wounded three times
and draws a pension Of SIS month.
He has an excellent 50-acre farm in
Hudson, about a mile from the viii
lage on the Bradford road and IL
miles from Bangor. His wife died
about two years ago and he has lived
alone since
Although slightly wandering at
times, Hamm told something of his
life to the sheriff and others at the
Jail. He said that after his wife died
Mrs. Whitmore used to make butter
and peddle produce for him. He
couldn't read or write, but he had
way Of keeping account with crosses
and marks on a board and knew to a
cent what was coming to him. He de-
clared that Mrs. Whitmore did not al
ways give him all the money that was
coming to him
Coming up to the events OF the last
few weeks, Hamm said:
II decided to give Marcia my farm
after | was through with it and made
out a deed of it to her, but didn't give
it to her. She heard of it apd came to
my house and tried to make me give 1t
to her. / wasn't ready to and she
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-04
YOU CAN
WRITE AGOOD
WANT AID

If you can write a letter,
or a telegram, or a message
of any sort-and MAKE
YOURS ELF UNDER
STOOD, you can write a
want ad-:of any kind for
any purpose.
The one rule to follow is
the rule of the two "D's"-
Directness and Definite
ness! If your want ad tells
your quest, or your selling
story, CONCISELY and
EXPLICITLY, so that every
phase Of it states a definite
fact, and not a generality,
then you'l write winning
want ads all the time.
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made jab at me with a knife, but
drew my revolver that I always had
handy and she went away after told
her I'd kill her if she didn't.
God came to me and told me that
couldn't get any money out OF her AMI
I couldn't get the law on her. You take
and kill her. He said to me. and I'll
take care Of YOU So did it.
Il went up to her house and l asked
her for the money. She owed me alto =
gether something over 5000, and I ask
ed her to pay me- She said she didn't
owe me any money. l went out ana
went down to my house after my
revolver. didn't have any words with
her husband. When l got back she
was in the kitchen with her brother,
George Lyshorn, and I went in and
said: Marcia. I'd like to speak to you
separate and she wouldn't do it,
"You won't, won't YOU 1 said to
her. Well God told me to shoot you
and I am going to do it.
That's when l shot her. 1 was
standing pretty near her right then. l
walked out of the house and went
down to the village to tell them what
I had done"
Hamm seems to have no concern as
to himself, but worries much about the
care Of his livestock and poultry.
Coroner Ralph 3. White of Bangor
held an inquest at the house where
the shooting occurred. The jury
brought in a verdict that Mrs. Marcia
Whitmore came to her death by re-
volver shot fired by Charles Hamm.
An eyewitness Of the shooting was
Addie Whitmore, the 14-year- old
daughter Of Mrs. Whitmore. Her sto-
~ was similar to Hamm's account @of
the shooting. George Lyshorn, Mrs.
Whitmore's brother, who was in the
room, said that he made an attempt to
interfere, but was too late. All said
that Hamm held the revolver close to
Mrs. Whitmores head when he fired.
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.Varney

John Booth Downs Of Springfield
Mass, and Miss Ethel Bicknall Varney
were married Saturday forenoon at the
home of the brides brother, Allen Var
ney on the Middle Road. Rev. George
Merriam, pastor of the Bethany church,
off1ciated and the single ring service was
used. Following a wedding lunch. the
couple left on the noon train for Spring.
field. Mass, where they will make their
home, the groom being employed there
as assistant superintendent of manu-
featuring plant. The bride was edu-
Gated in the Skowhegan High school and
hos lived the most of the time here
The groom was employed at one time on
the big Ayrshire farm of DR.. E. H.
Stevens and while here he became &C.
quainted with Miss Varney.
The new school in the municipal build.
Ing, which will be a part of the fifth
grade will be opened Monday with Miss
Doris Rayner as the teacher. The
room that was used for some time AZ
the Armory hos been fitted up. the walls
and ceiling whitened and school seats
moved in. Miss Edna Lovejoy of Ches-
terville. who has taught four Years at
Rumford Will begin teaching on Leavitt
Street to succeed Miss Ethel Parker who
resigned to accept a position at South
west Harbor. At the meeting of the
school board it was voted to change the
one-sesson signal to 1880 A. NJ, which
is ten minutes before the shoots usua1-
~ let out in the grade instead of ton
minutes after. the usual time that thu
schools let out.
Harry Palmer arrived here Saturday
night from Brooklyn. ". Y, to visit his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Palmer.
Hon. Leroy r. Folsom Of Norridpo.
"ok' saturday. announced his candidacy
FOR the nomination Of senator for Son.,
erset county for the next camnaign
Mr. FOLSOM, on Dec. 81, retired as co,,n.
" attorney after serving two terms. H.
mas represented his district in the Ma,na
Legislature and has been, prominent in
,Repuelian politics for the MAST e.,
years he was former principal Of
the Norridgewock High school ana e.
a graduate Of the University Of Maina
with an NJ. A. degree.
The directors of the skowhsran
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GEN. RICHARDS RESIGNS
Continued from Page One)


siton in this little battle that may soon
be waged in the name of Democratic pat
ronage, and without a doubt the position
will not be surrendered until his last gun
Is taken He Is not the type of soldier
that gives over a battle to argument; If
unfairly attacked he will fight till the last
moment of possibility. Just who de-
mands his resignation he refuses to dis
close, but it is plain enough that some.
thing more than a request or a demand
for it will be necessary, for he believes
he has a right to his Republican prefer
ence, is above reproach by anyone on the
ground of political indiscretion, and is en-
titled to the office he now holds for life
or until he becomes incapable. He has
such beliefs and he will back them up
in the true spirit of a trained soldier.
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DEMOCRATS WILL FICHTF0R
KNOX COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS

Rockland. Me-, Jan. 3-Unusual con-
ditions attended the incoming Of the
new administration at the Knox coun-
ty courthouse. chief among them the
uncertainty as to who will hold the
important office of register of deeds.
Edwin o. Heald,. who was elected to
that position in September, died last
week, and although there was no &C
tual vacancy until Saturday morning
Gov. Haines FASTENED the nomination
Of Republican so that the appoint
ment could be confirmed before DEM
Ocratic Council was elected. Herbert L.
Grinnell Of Union, who was Mr..
Heads opponent in the election, was
named.
While the Democrats are undecide
ON the course that will be taken, they
promise to fight the matter out in the
courts. The Democratic candidates for
the position are Clarence Z. Paul of
Rockport, whose third term as register
has just expired; John L. Donohue OF
, 1SOChtdnu, city Clerk anu tdA COlleCtOh,
and F. Eugene Gilchrist of Thomaston,
who was the unsuccessful candidate
for the register Of probate nominal
ton.
Fully as peculiar is the position Of
Henry H. Payson of Hope, who en-
tered upon his duties as register Of
probate. Clarence D. Payson, who was
elected in 1912 for a four-year term,
died soon after he took his seat and
the Governor appointed Frank H. In
graham of Rockland, a Republican, to
serve untilthe county election Of 1914.
Mr.. Ingraham was defeated at the
polls by Mr.. Payson of Hope, who. as
many persons supposed, was to serve
the two remaining years of Clarence D.
Payson's original term. The new reg
ister's certificate reads for four years
and, acting on advice, he has begun
to serve what he hopes will be a full
term
Sheriff A. J. Tolman, after serving
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WOMAN AND TWO chill.
DREN LIVE ON SIS WEEKLY

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence.)
London, Dec. 15.-Some Of the Eng
lish women's journals have been dis
cussing with their readers the best
way in which a soldiers wife can live
on her allowance" while her husband
is at the front Here is the way one
woman provides for herself and two
children on q total income of S. a
week: House rent, $165: insurance
lSc; coal and wood, 40c; oil and can
dies, lie; bread and flour, Csc; butter
and lard, 20; tea, jam and sugar, 35c:
milk, Csc; meat. soc; vegetables, 12c:
other foods tic; postage. &c; newspa-
pers, &c; clothing, etc. 40c: Total 81.
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EX-pRESIDENT TAFT SAYS THAT
PHIL IPPINES ARE NOT READY FOR
INDEPENDENCE FOR so YEARS Yet

Corregidor Island before the throat-cut-
ting would begin [ verify believe that
is true. We find the same condition
in Mexico. The man who loses a polti-
cal fight has his head for forfeit.
That's what developed when Aguinaldo
was in power.
I'm describing an actual condition
that exists there. I'd be glad to have
the United States get out of the Philip
pines and | have Il great regard for the
poor people out there. They don't like
me because I've told them the truth.
But the trouble with a great many
peorIe is that they don't like to be told
the truth
The ex-President. while disavowing
any intention of spea king as military
expert, said in answer to questions, that
the obligation of the United Staes o
defend the Philippines might be a
source OF weakness In time Of war"
But" he continued, 81 do not believe
that any of the Nations now engaged in
the European war would look on the
possession Of the Philippines as a
Naval base as a source Of weakness"
Mr.. Taft declared that in his opinion
Japan had no desire to take the Philip
pines.
Il twice visited Japan and conferred
with the authorities on that very point
he continued, "and it is my opinion that
their experiences in Formosa have been
quite enough in that direction"
While the Democratic platform prom
ised self-government to the islands. Mr..
Taft said, action at this time was not
necessary.
The fulfillment Of platform pledges
without regard to the good of the
country has not been the consistent
course up to this time he said.