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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
MORE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES APPEAR

Portland, Me-, Jan. 22-Outside of
the reputedly omnipresent bill col
lector about the hardest thing to keep
out of the way Of in Portland today,
is a Democratic candidate, the an
nouncement yesterday of the recon-
mendation by Senator Johnson of
Judge Merrill of the municipal court
for appointment as United States dis
trict attorney, having evidently start
ed something.
The latest rumor is that F. Wade
Halliday of Newport intends to take
up the practice Of law in Portland,
and will be a candidate for the posi-
ton Of assistant United States dis
trict attorney. Another new candi-
date appears today, James II. Nc
Cam having announced that he is a
candidate for the position. Robert NJ.
Pennell is an avowed candidate for
this office and is generally considered
the most likely appointee. The other
known candidate is Henry N. Taylor.
AS a matter Of fact it is not believed
that the appointment will be made by
Judge Merrill provided he is confirmed
ambout which there seems little doubt,
for some considerable time yet at any
rate as the present incumbent Arthur
Chapman would be of the greatest as
sitsance to a new district attorney on
account of mis- familiarity with the
workings OF the office. . -..-.
Upon whether or not Governor Curtis
appoints to the judgship of the municipal
court, County Attorney Samuel L. Bates
who is an avuw~d candidate hangs
the possibility of another considerable
scramble Jacob H. Bernan. present as
sistant equity attorney is candidate
for the job above. and Ruggles S. Hig-
gins announced today his candidacy for
appointment as assistant. Another can
didate today is George S. Murphy for
this position, while John B. Kehoe is 4
candidate for the county attorney.
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GERMAN OFFICERS CHARGED WITH
BRUTALITY TOWARD THE BRITISH

Washington, Feb. 22.-Charges of
brutality on the part of German Off
GERS toward the British prisoners. I'M
DER transportation from the battle
front to the detention camps, made by
a major of the Scottish Rifles. who
escaped from prison at Crefeld. were
made public here tonight by the Brit
ish embassy, The report of the officer
also has been put into the hands of
Ambassador Page by the foreign Of
hce in LONDON. The officers state
ment declares that from the time he
was captured at La Bassee on the
18th of December until he reached
Crefeld he was subjected to ''contin-
ual abuse and revilement,' that his
great coat was taken from him and
that he. like those who made the trip
with him, arrived at their destination
after being starved and confined for
three days and nights
A large part of the journey, he says,
was made in a closed car used for
the transportation of horses, unclean
and with so little ventilation that it
was almost asphyXiating. Twenty 1.-TWO
men and five officers, he asserts, were
subjected to these conditions for 80
hours with no food.
According to the major, the British
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

CrOmer report.
The London police received no warn
ing to call out special constables or to
take any other emergency measures as a
result of the report
Later the police at Cromer said there
NOR that Zeppelins had beer seen there.
The original statement from Cromer
was sent out by several news agencies.
all of whom evidently obtained it from
the same source ii that town.
The Daily Mail asserts that inquiries
made by it, covering Deal and Folestone,
show there is no truth in the report re-
ceived by a newspaper from it's CORE
spondent in Dover that Zeppelin had
been seen over the channel
The story reporting THE sailing of air.
ships over Cromer is published promi-
nently in virtually. all the London morn
ing papers.
The Daily Chronicles Cromer CORE
spondent says the rumor that Zeppelins
passed over the town is quite untrue. At
10 O'Clock last night, the correspondent
adds, the hum of air craft engines was
heard from the direction of the sea. The
town was in complete darkness and it
is impossible to say whether it was an
aeroplane or an airship or even whether
it was hostile machine.
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RUSSIAN ADVANCE WITHIN 20
MILES OF The GERMAN FRONTIER

London, Jan. %. 1885 p. M.-News
dispatches referring to the situation
in Poland set forth that north of the
Vistula, in the vicinity of Lipno, Rus
sian advance guards are within 20
miles of the German frontier, while to
the northeast the Germans have eyac-
uated Skempe, which is about %
miles from the Prussian border and
due southeast Of Thorn. If the Rus
slams follow up their success at
Skempe and continue their forward
movement it will give them an I'M
broken front, in the opinion of Brit
ish observers, menacingly near Ger
man territory
West Watching
The western allies are watching this
region just now with great interest
and dispatches from Pctrograd say
that the Russians are pinning high
hopes on this offensive thrust near
the German lines. Elsewhere they
are planning merely to hold their own,
barring Of course, the advance through
Pennsylvania. The Austrians, howev-
er. appear not to have been crushed
by their reverses in Bukowina for the
Russians themselves refer to the at
tempted Austrian offensive. Other
news dispatches tell of the movement
of Austrian reinforcements aimed to
check the Russian advance.
In the WESTERN arena of war the bat
tie at scissors still ranks as the only
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German game, and. in effect. trvir..
prevent our bringing Germany 70 y
knees and driving her out of RelgaN
The disappointment is the grea,er i
cause We, like the Americans 30 w.
ago. fancy that our flesh and NJ.
across the water are influenced Nv ~
thought of profit just as Englishm.'
We're believed to have been inf,ue,..s
in the Civil War.
so now America wants to mai. .
profit out of copper" the Specta,,'
continues, land the American COWS
ment is on the side of GERMANY -,
in effect claims the right to- prov,a.
Germany with the means of holdi,s
down Belgium and killing English a,
die-s, and freely to supply the mat.
rial required in bombs to slay mn
combatants.
"Can it be wondered at. even thouyi
1t Is unreasonable. and though. h
course, we ought to see the Americ,,
case, that we feel cut to the heart M,
America seems to reckon up the mat
ter in cold dollars and cents rath.
than in terms Of flesh and blood an
human suffering"
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SPECTATOR OF LONDON FEELS
ALARM AT DANCER OF A WAR
WITH THE UNITED STATFs

London, Jan. %, AL p. M.-The
Spectator, in leading editorial arti-
Gle entitled "A great danger" express
es anxiety and alarm at the way in
which we are drifting toward the
danger of a collision with the Unit
ed States
This article speaks in praise of the
good feeling toward Great Britain Of
many prominent Americans but re-
sents deeply the Indifference, indeed
calousness, toward Great Britain
shown by the government of the
United States
Comparing the present situation
with that which existed at the time of
the Slidell and Mason arrests Q6D
the Spectator says that British states
men were as much at fault then as
American statesmen are now, but
happily the Queen and Lincoln pre-
vented war.
Believing that the American govern
ment would certainly be on the side
of those who are fighting to restore
Belgium, the British people suddenly
find America officially playing the
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great conflict during many weeks past.
There has been fighting at many points,
but Il trench here and a few yards
there. is all that either side has gained.
II the German plan is renewed general
offensive or serious concentrated at
tack at some strategic point, it has
not yet maleria!iZed.
The Turks claim to have arrested the
Russian advance in the Caucasus but
continues to assert that the proposed
Turkish invasion of Egypt is doomed to
failure, but it gives credence to many
reports to the effect that such invasion
surely will be attempted.
The suffering in Belgium which the
help of America has gone SO Ear to re-
lieve, is for the moment in the back
ground when compared to the destitution
of non combatants in Palestine, Poland,
and the Carpathians. From Palestine
Jewish colonists continue to flee to Egypt
being conveyed as rapidly as possible
by the American cruiser Tennessee. The
destitution of Poland is said to be ter
rible and new appeal for aid has been
issued by 1gnace Paderewski and Henry
Sienkiewics, who speak for all factions
1t is said that the situation in Poland
is far worse than it is in Belgium. The
fleeing population of Bukowina are living
like animals in caves and fighting with
wolves for such sustenance as the snow
covered country affords,
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prisoners were treated with much less
consideration than the French and in
one case, he states that the English
Mere given only the scant remnants +
the provisions after the French had
finished. One British officer, tee report
declares. was spat upon by German
officer.
Irish Refuse Consideration x
According to the report, one pris-
oner. an Irisman. told story of haI-
ing been called to q gathering of his
compatriots and tolds by the COM
nandant that the Emperor knew d
the down trodden condition of Irelan
and that: the Irish were, therefore, 70
be transported to a better camp and
given better treatment and food THAI
the English received. The soldier said
that the Irish soldiers refused to ac-
cept this offer and remained with the
English.
In concluding his statement, the ma
jor characterizes German transporta-
ton conditions as Brutal in the ex-
treme' and adds that Evidence col
lected at Cerfeld by officers there show
that officers and men have been killed
after capture"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23
DEDICATION OF
B0ST0N'S new
CUSTOM HOUSE

Boston, Jan. 2z.-The new custom
house, a tower-like structure of "a
stories. rising 500 feet above the ground
and the highest building in New Eng
land. was dedicated today by federal,
state and city officials. The exercises
were under the auspices Of the Cham
Der of Commerce
Elmer ]. Bliss, president Of the
Chamber. presided and the speakers
included Andrew J. Peters, assistant
secretary Of the treasury. Gov. Walsh,
Mayor Curley and Collector Edmund
Billings.
The white tower. with it's clock dial
20 feet in diameter, has displaced the
gilded dome of the State House as
the conspicuous feature of the sky
line of the business section of Bos-
ton. All other buildings with one ex-
ception conform to the statute limit
ing their height to 125 feet
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DEFEAT OF ALLIES IN IMPORTANT
BATTLES REPORTED BY GERMANS

Berlin, Jan. 22-(By Wireless to
London, 3.15 Z. M)-Defeat for the
allies in two important engagements
IS announced in an official statement
given out today by the War Offlce A
French attack near Pont-a- Moussou,
where the allies are attempting to
cut the German communications with
Metz, is said to have been repulsed
With heavy losses for the attackers.
In Alsace the French were driven out
of the heights near Sennheim. The
Germans were compelled to evacuate
a trench near Berry au-Bac but gain
ed some ground in the Verdum region.
There is no change in the eastern
campaign The text of the communi-
cation follows:
On Jan. u in the western theatre
of war, a continuous rain rendered i'm
possible any important fighting be-
tween the coast and the canal of La
Bassee. Artillery duels took place near
Arras. One of the trenches which sc
took on the day before yesterday. 70
the southwest of Berry-au-Bac, was
abandoned and blown. 1t had been
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of the hands of professionals and weraI
conducted by local citizens" and tia,
the mayor had given a license to h,|
brother and Sullivan with the idea
that they might make in Legitimate
way some money"
And we didn't make a kopeck on
of it," he added.
Rose was followed on the stand 5y
Frank ]. r. Mitchell, president of the
Banco Nacional at Santo Doming,
which has been accused of furtherin,
Sullivan's appointment in connection
with alleged plans to exploit ALLEGED
contracts on the island and securing
for itself the deposit of customs Re.
ceiptS.
Mitchell admitted he had asked Sui.
Ivan to help in getting his bank az.
pointed depositary Of the customs r..
ceipts. This he did not consider ask,
ing a favor he declared, because h.
thought the bank was entitled 10 i
AS a matter of right"
IF there had been an honest Amer.
ed the bank, it would have been offer.
ed to US without the asking he said
We were an American bank and thu
only bank in the country establishes
under the banking laws"
To virtually all other charges agains
the activities of the institution he pg
in a general denial.
Mitchell said it was by authority G
the dominican government that his In
stitution was made depository of tn
customs funds. Sullivan. he said
seemed more anxious to get the fund
away from a private banker than ge
ting them into the Banco Nacional.
Walter Wicker former receiver gen
eral Of customs who resigned his pc
sition and instigated the investiga
ton Mitchell denounced as disingenu
Gus, not to use a shorter and uglie
word"
1t was Wick who brought about with
draWal of the customs receipts iron
the Banco Nacional. He admitte
that he had aided in procuring an al
iiud'il ciidiSIH WICK WIN drunken
ness and disorderly conduct in SAM
Domingo. When Attorney Strong, i
behalf of the commissioner, calle
Mitchelfs attention to the fact ths
the alleged drunkenness occurred
September 1918, and that the affidav
was not made until June. 1914, aboI
a month after the withdrawal Of n
customs receipts, Mitchell said:
"Oh. that was not the reason. Vic
had told Secretary Bryan that l ha
tried to bride him. l thought thu
when q. man falsely accused me of Of
fering bride, it was time to attac
the character of this man and dis
credit him."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-23

Buffalo, y. Y, Jan. Civilian H.
Taft, former President. was the guest
Of the New York State Bar Associa-
ton at two sessions TO it's 3Sth annual
meeting here today, at the first of
which he was elected an honorary
member of the association and upon
the suggestion of Edgar NJ. Cullen,
former chief justice Of the court CT
appeals. At tonight's meeting he de-
livered an address on state Consti-
tutions.'
Mr. Taft in his address tonight said
that there was wide interest through
out the country in the coming New
York state constitutional convention,
an interest growing out of the hope
that the Empire State will show the
way.
I'VE have just been through dec
ade in which the most radical and
dangerous changes Of fundamental
law have been proposed" he said. Il
don't propose to discuss >the utter
lack Of wisdom in destroying our most
valuable representative system by the
initiative and referendum or taking
away courage, independence and OPP
portunity for wise planning by our
executive offices through a system
Of popular recall, or of the viciousness
of the suggestion of the recall Of
Judges and decisions because 1t is
quite clear from the high character
OF the delegates to your convention
that Of all such heresies short shrift
will he made should they show their
heads"
at seems to me as clear as any
thing can be-" Mr.. Taft went on, "a
system by which = governor elected
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RUSSIAN TROOPS IN
CLOSE TOUCH WITH
ENEMY ON VISTULA

Petrograd, Jan. 22-The following COM
munication was given out at army head
quarters here today:
"On the right bank of the lower Wis
tula from the river up to Knorjele and
further east. our troops continue to be
in close touch with the enemy. Collisions
of secondary Importance are taking
place.
ION the left bank of the Vistula and
on the Dountelz there are no essential
changes except the usual rifle shooting
and cannonading at certain points
I'm Bukowina we have discovered the
concentration of considerable Austrian
forces.
I'VE sank, on Jan. 10 an 20, several
Turkish sailing vessels in the Black sea
and in the neighborhood of Khopa and
Ria we burned and damaged Turkish,
military barracks, destroyed a lighthouse
and cannonaded a bridge"
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TAFT SPEAKER ATN,Y. STATE -
BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING AND
ELECTED AN HONORARY MEMBER

by the people shall have power to
appoint the heads 70 all executive bu
reaus in the state is likely to result,
first, in the selection of ADLER men
for these subordinate offices and men
more expert in discharging their du-
ties, and, second, that such offices be-
ing under the control of the governor.
are likely to be run better as part OF
a unified machine"
This system, Mr.. Taft said, would
tend to shorten the ballot and would
be in compliance with the sound bus
mess and political principles OF max
ing power and responsibility cores
pond He said that the new constltu-
ton provides for the appointment OF
judges by the governor with the con-
sent Of the Senate or the consent OF
the entire Legislature.
In the preparation of estimates for
each department of the state govern
mept. Mr.. Taft said, the governor
should have more to say. There is no
doubt, he declared, that bureaus I'M
der this check would be less expen-
sive and excessive appropriations
would be less likely to reach the Leg
islature.
Taking up the question of individ-
ual rights. Mr.. Taft referred to the
first amendment of the federal constl-
tuition which fOrbids the Arrangement
of the freedom of the press. This re-
striction. he said, ought not to pre-
vent the Legislature from enacting
suitable legislation, giving the courts
power to restrain the publication OF
the testimony of witnesses and &C
counts Of the prosecution calculated
to create public belief in the guilt OF
accused persons before their trial.
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Paris, Jan. %, $50 P. M.-Tile
French war office this afternoon gave
out an official report on the progress
Of the war; reading as follows:
IN Belgium the enemy yesterday
hombarded Newport with fair de-
gree Of violence. Our infantry MADE
some slight progress to the east oI
Lombaertzyde highway. Between
Ypres and the Disc successful opera
tions on the part of our artillery
against field works, batteries and de-
tachments of infantry of the enemy
took place yesterday.
From the Disc to the Argonne: The
situation in the vicinity of scissors
shows no change. Near Berry -Bac
a tench were compelled to eVacuate
following violent bombardment was
recaptured by us. In the region OF
Perthes the enemy delivered an at
tack during the night Of Jan. 2O-21, at
a point northwest of Beausejour. but
without success.
Between the Mouse and the Moselle:
To the southeast of St Mihiel in the for
est of Apremont, an exceedingly violent
bombardment made it impossible for us
to retain the German trenches occupied
by us yesterday for a distance of $50
yards. s..
ITO the northeast of Pont-a-Mousson,
in the forest of LIE Pretre. the enemy
yesterday recaptured a portion of the
trenches taken by us Jan. %, but we are
ourselves at all other points
of this position.
In the Vosges the enemy hurled
against St Die six projectiles of great
calibre. without, however. doing any Sc
rious damage.
AT point between Mount Bonhomme
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partly destroyed by the collapse OF
the wall of a factory.
"A French attack north of Verduul
was repulsed. After the battles o.
the day before yesterday to the south
of st. Mihiel, small French detach-
ments still held out in the neighbor-
hood of our positions. BY means c1
an advance the region before our front
was cleared of all Frenchmen as far
as their old positions.
The battle for CroiX-Des- Larmes,
northwest of lI'ont "a Mousson, contin-
ues. A strong French attack on the
re-captured part of our positions was
repulsed with heavy losses to the enc
my
In the Vosges. north of Sennheirl,
our troops threw the enemy out If
the heights of the Hartmann Weller
kopf hills. We took two officers and
125 men prisoners.
In the eastern theatre Of war the
situation is unchanged. Our attacks
on a branch of the Szucha made slow
progress. There is nothing new east
of the Pilica."
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CROMER REPORT
NOT CONFIRMED

London, Jan. %, Las \. M.-Inquiry
in official quarters here has failed to
elicit any further news concerning the
reported passage over Cromer of
Zeppelin aiyships last night. The be-
lief is beginning to prevail here that
the noise heard at CroIner might have
come from aeroplanes or sea planes
and not airships.
A telephone message from Kings
Lynn, Norfolk. says no aircraft was
seen there last night. but that there
was much excitement when the re-
port was received from Cromer that
Zeppelins had flown over that town.
Telephone inquiries in other towns in
Norfolk county were equally unpro-
ductivc of information verifying the
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ST0RER IS NOT BEING
CONSIDERED At BOWD0IN

Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Jan. %
Speculation as to who will coach the
Bowdoin foot ball team next Fall still
continues and very recently it has been
announced that Robert L. P. Stoer,
captain Of the Harvard team in 1918,
is to be the man. In order to make
clear the situation which has arisen
Edward P. Garland '16 Of Bangor
manager Of the foot ball team, makes
the following statement: NO contract
has been made, with Storer and it is
understood here that he is not now
being considered as a candidate for
the position. A decision as egards the
new coach will be reached at an early
date.
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TH|RTY-TW0 SHERIFFS' DEPUTIES
IN JAIL AS RESUL OF new JERSEY
SHOOTING OF STRIKERS TUESDAY

said, abiding to the charge OF man
slaughter, already brought against y
deputies. were a farce, and the dep
uties regarded it as a joke. Now they
realize that the burlesque is over.
we have now done our full duty
and the action Of today will tend to
show the strikers and others that they
will have full protection. 1t will also
be lesson to the hired guards that
they cannot in the future attack with
impunity and shoot down defenceless
men"
While the identifications were being
made, Patrick F. Gill and Daniel I.
ORegan, representing the federal COM
mission on industrial relations, who
are here investigating the strike, were
denied permission to enter the COM
pany's grounds, according to their
statement tonight.
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Roosevelt, n. j., Jan. 22.-Thirty-two
sheriffs' deputies charged with muir
der were locked up in the Middlesex
county Jail in New Brunswick tonight,
held without bail as being RESPONSE
BILE for the fatal shooting of strikers
here last Tuesday. Two of the strih-
ing employees of the Agricultural
Chemical Co. died of gunshot wounds
after nearly score had been injured
in a clash alleged to have been pre-
cipitated by deputies guarding the
company's plants on that day
Mayor Joseph y. Hermann signed
tho complaints on which the deputies
were arrested late today by squad
of uniformed policemen who came
here in company Of John r. Ferguson,
a county detective.
1.-THE first arrests Mayor Hermann