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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

At CAPITOL ISLAND, ADAMS
Nits a Mr sox + Fl. Adams; Wesks.
IS ACRE FARM WITH BARN oN
Church Hill road one mile from electric
Ear line. Fl. b. Sawyer, Farm Agency,
IS Water street. Augusta Me- Tel. s9lz
SMALL FARMS ON CAR LINE
from to So acres. near city markets. H.
street. Augusta. Ne. Tel. SIR. mchl1dtf
HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE!
On Hospital street, Togus road, Eastern
Ave. Arsenal St, Middle Sta East Chest
Morse St, Pearl St. Greenief St. Quinn
by St, Bangor St, No. Belfast Ave.
Washington ST., Cumberland ST.. Lower
State St. School St, South Belfast ROAD
SAMUEL TITCoMB. Augusta. decsdtf
AT RIVERSIDE, ME-, HOUSE WITH
"a acres of land. Houses for 200 hens,
three minutes to school. church.. store
and hall, about one mile to electric ami
steam cars. Apply to N. II. Fassett,
riverside. Me. apr2sd1mo'
FARMS LARGE AND SMALL, SOME
near car line and city market: for par
ticulars see E. II. Hodges. Gardiner. Me.
Phone 1919. aprHdtf
I OFFER FOR SALE MY COTTAGE
on west shore CT Cobbosseecontee Lake
near Lakeside station; cottage has four
good sleeping rooms and flush closet up-
stairs, three rooms down stairs, lake
frontage $50 IT.; cottage all furnished.
Purchase includes launch, row boat and
wharf. Write or call at 1876. Water street,
Augusta. Me. J. Frank Dyer. aprl4dtf
THE WING ESTATE Cor"-R
Main avenue and North street in Farm
ingdale; no more attractive place on the
kennsbec river; beautiful view of river
and surrounding country; every modern
Improvement in the house that money
can supply. Electric cars pass the door
every half hour. Corner lot goes with
the estate; fruit saruen. stable and
garage; will be sold at less than half it's
cost. Apply to c. A. hngnt. Gardiner,
Maine. apr25dtf
LARGE AND EMAIL FARMS
within or miles Of city markets on
good roads. some have large list of per-
soma. property included. II. b. Sawyer
Farm Agency, 335 Water street. Augusta.
Me. Tel. So1-R. mchl7dif
DESIRABLE Hay AND ORCHARD
farm OF IS acres in Sidney. Maine. Good
house and stable. large barn, hen house
and carriage house. Farm cuts 30 tons
Address Frank A. Barnard. Augusta.
Maine. Z. r. ID. Z. may15d2wks'
LOTS FOR SALE-ON JOHNSON.
Cushman, Drew al Pike SITS. Not the
little pinched city lots with barely room,
for u house. but high suburban lots. each
ss square feet Near Nsa good
vice Of city water, gas and electric lights
available for each lot. J. r. Townsend
Augusta. Maine, 3lS Water St. House
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
CARDS, NOTICES, ETC,

LOcoMOToR ATAxiA-6ook / OF
information sent free to any address.
Room 40s, 81 Broadway, Detroit, Mich.
mayI2d1ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
e PASSENGER
STEVENS.

FIVE PASSENGER STEVENS
Duryea four, door type automobile :, ex-
cellent confAtion $500 spot cash. Win
accept small roadster in part payment.
Address o. j. Fuller, National Soldiers
Home, Maine. may11dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

SALESMEN-OF TACT, STRONG
personality, capable of earning s2W
weekly. Address Nj. Roland, Iowa City.
Iowa. ndy--u
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
70 PAY $500 TO $1,000 YEARLY Tc

no samples; no selling or collecting; call
on manufacturers, wholesale and retail
merchants, banks and doctors. Expert
esnce unnecessary. Pay every Thursday.
Such full instructions success is assured.
Rare opportunity. Write now. j.. V.
Browne, Secretary, 7A Schwind Building,
DAYTON Ohio, may22d1t'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

$50 MONTHLY AND EXPENSES TO
travel. distribute samples and take Or
ders, or appoint agents. Permanent Jap
American Co., Chicago. may2ldll'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
r OFFER FOR SALE MY COTTAGE

on west shore CT Cobbosseecontee Lake
near Lakeside station: cottage has four
good sleeping rooms and flush closet up
stairs, three rooms down stairs, lake
frontage $50 it.; cottage all furnished
Purchase includes launch, row boat and
wharf Write or call at 1876. Water street,
Augusta. Me. j. Frank Dyer. apr14dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ARE
easy to get. My free booklet Y-49i tells
how. Write today-Now. Earl Hopkins.
Washington, d. G. mayld2mos
A MAN WHO WAS BORN AT LEAST
20 years ago and who is still alive. as
solicitor for the Hrudentia! Health & Ac-
ctdent ms. Co.. Home Office. bingham.
Me- sct3dtf
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MANUFACTURERS WANTS cAPA.

BILE man to represent him. Exclusive ter
rtory. Big profits. No canvassing. On
ly those meaning business answer. X.
Modra, "a East 2lSt, New York.
mayo2dlt+
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
m WANTED EXPERT.

encc unnecessary, easy work, big pay.
Write now for large list of openings
offering opportunities to earn from $1,000
to $500 a month while you learn ADDRESS
nearest office, Dept. 431, National Sales
mems Training Association, chicago,
New York, San Francisco. may22dltf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE!

FARMS LARGE AND SMALL, SOM
near car line and city market: for par
,iculars see E. II. Hodges. Gardiner. Me.
Phone 1913. aprNdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22
Observation-Disclosures.

BOARDEHS WANTED, 10 cUSH.
man street. Phone 66l-J. may22dlw
LARGE PLACE SUITABLE FOR
sales room or auction room. Address u
Green street, Augusta, Maine. may22d3t*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE.
Cottages, hotels, stores and booths for
sale and to let also water front lots for
sale on easy terms. Write or call on w.
NJ. Davis. opposite depot. Old Orchard,
Me. eN@ rnay12dtoaugl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

DESIRABLE Hay AND ORCHARD
farm Of IS acres in Sidney. Maine. Good
house and stable. large barn, hen house
and carriage house. Farm cuts 30 tons
of hay. Good pasture and school handy.
Address Frank A. Barnard. Augusta,
Maine. 4 +. ID. L mnNlld2WksS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

Globe engine, H. P. Must be sold by
June %. Price SI25. Oak knees, cedar
pianklng and copper fastened ali through.
j. z. Packard, 4 layton street, Augusta.
may1Sd6ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

ONE SINGLE HORSE AND DOUBLE
horse jigger cart, dump cart ng. =
riding cultivator, Iron Age posa.i1
planter, / leveling harrow and l olSk
harrow, 1 double horse sled and l single
horse sled To be sold for cash; Cali at
Albert Meserve's, Richmond. Me. .o,,o.,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-22

for tiremen, brakemen on railroads. $40
monthly; positions obtained free. for
competent men. Write Railway Asso-
citation, care Journal, Augusta, Me.
may3dl MOI
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
Sporting

Cresceus, 1859 ga, whose crown as
king of the trotting world was wrest-
ed from him in 1901, is today draw
ing a commissary wagon in Russia.
Pennsylvania chess team was de-
sirous of arranging a match on four
boards with Columbia, winner of the
Chess League championship, but the
New Workers, not being sure of the
services of two of their players, de-
clined the offer.
The New York Giants will be sold
to Harry S. Sinclair, the millionaire
oil man, for the highest price ever
paid for a big league club before the
year is out, according to inside infor-
nation.
Young Pal Moore of Memphis, ban
tam champion of the South, knocked
out Young Goldman of Cincinnati in
the first round of the scheduled eight
round bout in Chattanooga.
The Brown University football
squad of twenty-one players started
for the Pacific coast for a game
against the hitherto unbeaten eleven
OF the Washington State College at
Pasadena, Cal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
War Bulletins

G. M. Trevelyan, in command OF the
British Ambulance Corps along the
Italian front, was decorated by the
Italian King with a silver medal.
Prince Won Buelow has returned to
Germany from a visit to Switzerland.
British authorities seized every par
Gel post package aboard the steamer
Goentoer of the Rotterdam Lloyd
Line, bound for New York.
More than 81, 5 0 900 for the gen
eral relief of the Jews in the bel
ligerent countries has been transmit
ted through various committees.
Russian successes on the western
front continue, according to the Off
cial statement.
Great Britain's loss of officers and
men at the Dardanelles up to Decem-
Der II was 112, 1921.
officers of the Greek General Staff
declare they have information that
the Bulgarian losses in pursuing the
British forces out of Serbia were 100,-
900.
Severe fighting is in progress on
ali the fronts in the Near East, where
the Allies are opposed to the Turks.
The British Government has prohib-
fled the importation of lilies of the
valley from Holland. suspecting them
of enemy origin.
A report from Archangel, Russia,
states that the French packet Bre-
tagne was wrecked when she struck
an iceberg in the White Sea.
With the coming of peace in Mexico,
the railways will have to rebuild more
than 10000 miles or track, and re-
place thousands of cars. Many loco
motives are also needed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
Washington

A Pan-Americanism practically lden-
teal with that advocated by President
Wilson in his message to congress
was supported by the speakers at the
inaugural session of the Second Pan
American Scientific Congress.
Administration officials realize that
the altered tone of the second Anco2a
note has caused that document to be
discounted by the press and public
opinion in Europe as well as in the
United States.
Nineteen of the highest ranking Of
ficers Of the army and navy will be
retired from active service under the
age limit fixed by law in 1916.
Less apprehension of a break be-
tween the United States and Austria
was manifested in diplomatic and Off
cial quarters.
France will not reply to the State
Departments note of protest against
the removal of Germans from Ameri-
can steamers by the French cruiser
Descartes until it has received word
from the commander of the Descartes.
Twenty-six local food dealers, in
dicted for violation of the Sherman
law in combining to raise the price
of food in the first weeks of the Euro
pean war, have pleaded nolle con
tendre and were fined $25 each.
Politicians here were again in a
daze be use of reports that Colonel
Roosevelt will be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for President.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
ORPEDOED, 80 DEAD
ATTACK ON SALONIKI
sES PRO-ALLY CABINET
as Been Dismissed by the Shah
to the British and Russian
Has Taken His Place
ENGLISH ARMY, BOTTLED UP, HOLDS OFF The TURKS

London.-Vigorous resumption of
German and Austrian submarine &C
t~ivities is evidenced by the announce
ment of the sinking of five vessels OF
the Allies, and the firing of a sixth.
Eighty lives were lost when the
French lineT Vile de la Ciotat was
Ntorpedoed IL the Mediterranean on De-
cember 24fi Two boat loads of the
crew FROM the Belgian steamer Minis
ire B~eeryIaert, sunk by a submarine,
are missing.
Although not officially announced,
it is understood that no warning was
given to either9o these vessels.
The Daily Mail understands that
David Lloyd George threatens to re-
sign from the Cabinet unless Premier
AsQuith strictly adheres to his pledge
to apply compulsion to unmarried
"slackers" if they fail to present them
selves for attestation under Lord
Derby's recruitment scheme.
Successful attacks by the Turks on
the British land and sea forces re-
naming at the Dardanelles, a battle
of some magnitude between the Turks
and the British in Mesopotamia, an
Arab assault on England's forces in
Egypt and renewed activity among
the fighters in Belgium, France and
Italy are late features of the war
news.
According to the Constantinople
official report of the G%allipoli action
the British suffered heavy losses, in
Guiding the sinking of two armored
boats by land batterfes. An ally
cruiser was hit four timSs by shells,
and a torpedo boat was struck by a
bomb from a Turkish hydIpaeroplane.
The British landing places were heav-
lily shelled.
Constantinople reported the sinking
Of two British armored boats by Tur-
kish land batteries in a Heavy en-.
gagement at the Dardanelles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
General

Christmas was observed on all lin
ers in the port, including interned
neutrality-suspicious. and North Ger
mar Lloyd steamships at Hoboken.
Reports from Yum Nun in southwes-
tern China, state that the government
troops have joined the rebels. The
rebel leader now has 10000 troops.
Thre negroes are dead and half a
dozen others seriously wounded as the
result of Christmas eve carousals in
Atlanta.
One hundred of the poorest boys
and girls of Boston were guests at a
Christmas party on board the battle
ship Nebraska.
Six members of the robber band re-
Gently captured in Mexico City were
publicly executed.
Through lapse of five years, the
term for which they were disfraA-
chised, the right of suffrage has been
automatically restored to about two
thousand men Of Adams county, Ohio,
convicted of Selling thor vStes.
More pep for grandma's toys is
styles slogan for spring, the Chicago
Garment Manufacturers Association
announced. Youthful lines are ALSO
,,ltely necessary for older women, it
was said.
The International Harvester Com
pany announced a scheme to assist
its $4,000 employees t become stock
holders and ]harers in its profits.
Wilmington, W. c.. had a snowfall
of seven and oAe-haIf inches.
Work was begun on the al repair
sheds of the Illinois Central at New
South Memphis. The sheds will cost
100000.
The ne1 oyer Jacob Jones was
slightly u when blown against
a break ives, Del, by a 10
mile ga
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
Rural Life Under Discussion.

Conservation of farm life as tie
source of the nations greatest ma
hood is the aim of New Jerseys fiat
Country Church Conference, with
was held at State College, New BruH-
wick. Clergymen and laymen rep1t
senting every rural county in til
State attended. The conference tak@
the place of the usual Farmers Wed
program, the subjects usually treatel
at the later sessions having been as
signed for Institutes and county boart
of agriculture meetings.
DR.. w. H. S. Demarest, presiden
of Rutgers College, presided, ant
welcomed the delegates. He expressed
the belif that a greater duty con
fronts the State in is attitude toward,
the rural community than merel,
teaching the farmer to grow bette
crops, and suggested that the reason
that many of the country's best fami
lies are getting away from the farm
despite the increased efficiency in croI
production, is that the social and spiri
tuaI life of the country communit,
has not kept step with material ad
vancement.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31

Foreign

Repor which are believed to be
exaggerated persise the German
Emperor Is seriously H.
An American doctor @
prediction aat his wilt7f WI
starvation ii serbia On a larger sc
than has eve before been zen
Christmas a1leay eaieb tel ~
the American t& %
P~etrograd.
A small ston2 Found near ge
Cruz, Mexico, he hesu i6entlied
the oldest known d@tej
America
Norway has prohiti is0 ~ eof g
ton of rubber and e
The Kaiser's illness n-c 1fs
serious than official repaf o
from Berlin indicate, acco. l 1es
patches from London. Re e
Berlin say the illness
slight.
Arthur Hughes, last of t.
Raphaelite painters, died at Ke
Sarah Bernhardt's physicians
mitted that the famous actress Daa
been seriously i'll but asserted s
is improving.
There have been twenty rer'
earthquakes in Guatemala Isl
two days. No serious
haan raDorted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
PiTH OF H
WAR NEWS
7, mnimmnmmnmmmummnn nmmmmmnmmmmmmunnl


The British army on the Tigris is bot
tied up at kut-el-Amara and is max.
ing a desperate last stand against
. large Turkish force.
Lord Derby's enlistment rIan has fail
ed. That at least appears certain as
Il result of the cabinet disagreement.
Great Britain withdrew one army
-nrns of Indian troops from France
cred more extensive terri
n { ssions to Rumania for
On to march armies across
fanian soil to attack Bulgaria.
ore Turkish troops arrived in Bel
GUM to reinforce those who arrived
there last week.
Germany formally guaranteed to pre-
serve Greek territorial integrity, &C.
cording to a dispatch from Rome. In
return, Greece will not protest Turk
ish and Bulgarian cooperation.
tack by a huge army of the Central
vers upon Saloniki has begun, ac-
ag to Athens dispatches. First
sitions of the Anglo-French
Greek soil in Macedonia
subjected to intense ar
tillery on the banks
2r7 10 miles north of
&c q a steady fire
Nositions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
liz
GERMANS
PERSIA CD
TeutOnic %Sympatt
and One FAY
lnteI

Paris.-A diplomatic vi55TeerSy won ny
the Allies in Persia is a leSding feat
r of the war news.
1t was announced from TeheraR that
the Cabinet had fallen and that Prince
Firman Fdrma, a strong sympathi2er
and supporter Of Russia, had beep
named as Premier by the Shah. Ger
man agents are said to have been
bringing strong influence to bear on
Persia to cause a clash between the
Teheran Government and Great Brit
ain and Russia.
In Artois a terrific artillery duel was
fought to the south Of Bailleul and in
the region of Blairville, south Of
Arras.
The French shelled with success
German works in Champagne, in the
region of the Navarin farm.
A munitions depot of the Germans
to the northeast Of R~egnieville was
blown up by the French artillery fire.
Shells were dropped on a German
munitions train in the railway station
at Hachimette by the French, and the
fire was FOLLOWED by a heavy explo-
sion, indicating great damage.
The Germans lost in tx regent
fighting between Ypres anA Arrten-
tiers more than 5000 men witt out
gaining any ground.
The Turks report that their enclrcl-
ing movement at Kut-ElAmara in
Mesopotamia is progressing on all
sides.
They have renewed their offensive
at the Dardanelles and have bonn
barded the Allies positions effectively.
In the Russian theatre the troops
of the Gear have shown evidence of
preparations for a resumption Of ac-
tive operations. In the Dvinsk dis
trict strong detachments of their pat
rolls when accommodating have come
in contact with the Germans.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31

passenseIs anu crew ana ianueo
them at Port Said. The company
provided hotel accommodation for
them and is arranging to forward
them to their destinations. On the
passenger list were 81 men, 81 women
and Is children, most of whom were
British subjects.
= W. j. Leigh, the American citizen
on board the liner, wal born in China,
His father was a Californian. Mr..
Leigh has spent most of his life in
China, but recently has lived in Eng
land. He was returning to China on
the Yasaka Maru to take a position
with a business house. His family is
in London.
Toxic, Japan.-News of the sinking
of the Yasaka Maru reached Toxic
and caused great excitement. Ad-
vices received by the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha state that the ship was tor
pedoed without warning and that she
sank in forty-nine minutes.
The Yasaka Maru was a new boat
and was insured against val risks
by the Japanese government. The
ship and her cargo were worth S.
100000 and the sinking of the vessel
is the biggest monetary loss since
the Lusitania went down.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31
CIVIL 81 BEAT
Commission Convinced r
Is SUP -rior to Old I

Commission Convinced T.
Is Sup .rior to Old
Admitting that civil s
operation in New Jerse!
feet, the Civil Service
in its annual report subm
eInor Fielder declared i
superior and preferable
called "spoils system"
vogue. Inadequate Apr 7
is claimed, have hamperI
mission in various direcd
Suggestions as to Wild
done if more money wei
include the establishment
partments for the inv
character of candidates al
ton of effective means I'll
ing efficiency.
In the absence of a wd|
deficiency system, the repdl
fine use OF charts cont
names of all employees il
partment, with markings a
tity and quality of work, al
capacity of initiative, pund
attendance, character and h
mendations, fines and pei
each employee. The c
would have these charts &C
ly posted in the departm,
effective barrier to favoriti
stimulation to friendly riv
Ter the present system an
'ecord is open for inspectio.
Ter supervision. The commi
here should be no secrecy G
n such matters.
Another suggestion was tn
70 amended to require the
1ent of the candidate alta
ighest average for each DO
resent the commission Gel
ames of the three highest c
S eligible and the departn
taking the appointment n
election from these. The CO
as found that this system {
lscourages competent men
The report says it is "a m
'sert that high positions, or
large administrative
mot be filed by competiti
Open examinations
ms coming within this d
en- held with entirely sa
suits. Hence, it is rece
at the number of exempt
minimized.
the year PAT CONT
linations have been held
candidates particips
mmission has held 80
aminations of candidates
ms for which there was nj
n. N~on-competitive
ards appointed by the {
conducted 1851 examin
3 laborers have been re.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-31

When arraigned in Mercer CoIrt for
forging a check, Ernest Roger said
he was led to commit the forgFy to
buy Christmas toys for his Children.
This romantic tale however was Iome
what discounted when DetectivdC Cap
tain Clancy said that Rogers had
attempted to pass a worthless heck
on Walter F. Leedom, a coal daler
at Bristol. The mans wife san he
was "insane on checks"