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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

F.. O. Getchell Of the Capital Ice Co.
reports that they have a good freeze
bot:l on the ice field above the Kenne-
bee dam and on Bond brook and that
there are already several inches Of ice
IN the fields. Work will be commence
ed as soon as the ice is thick enough
and the company will house this win
ter about l20OO tons. dividing the cut
equally between the river and the
brook
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17
PHIL BALL MAY
HAVE FIELDER
JONES MANAGER

St Louis. Dec. 16.--Phil Ball, chle,,
owner Of the st. Louis tederals, san
today that if he entered organizes
baseball. Fielder Jones would manase
his team.
Interest was given to this Statement
by reports that. under the peae0
agreement, Ball is to obtain the 81
sOuis Nationals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

The work OF putting in the sprinkler
system at the mill. office and storehouse
of the Fuller-Eolway Co. has been COM
menced and a gang of men are pushing
the matter as rapidly as possible. 1t is
expected that the work of installing TIE
system will require about three weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Christmas Sunday will be observed
at the Penney Memorial church by
special music and appropriate themes
next Sunday. In the evening the ser
vice will be at O'Clock. ore half hour
earlier than usual and will consist If
of songs and recitations by the children
and an address illustrated by stereo2
tican views.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Lawrence Purinton. student at He
bron academy, is passing the Christ
mas recess with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles l.. Purinton, So Bangor
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Mrs. Zilla katon, who i few days
ago underwent surgical tr"3tllcst at
the Augusta General hospital follow
ing an attack of appendicitis, Is re-
ported to be Going Wei.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

a combination desk calendar and
paper clip Of unusually attractive APP
pearance and practical use has been
distributed by the Augusta Trust
Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

The new cash grocery at the cor
ner Of Bridge and Water streets re-
ports an increasing volume Of bust!
ness. There is another advertisement
in which low prices prevail.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

David Cloutier had the misfortune
Wednesday evening to fall IN the side
walk and strike in such a way as to
sustain a fracture OF the right leg :,
short distance above the ankle. lie
was taken to his home on Jefferson
street and his injuries attended t..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

y baby daughter was born Monday
morning at the Augusta General hos
pital to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foster Of
Hallowell. The young lady weighed
seven pounds at birth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

North Augusta Grange VIII hold it,
annual election of officers SATURDAY
evening, Dec. Is. Cake and coffee will
be served at intermission. \ full at
tendance is desired
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Miss Irene and Cecil Getchell. stu
dents at kent's Hill Seminary arrived
in the city Thursday afternoon from
Readfeld to pass the Christmas vaca-
ton Of two weeks with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. w. Il. Getchell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Mrs Gertrude Robbins OF Augusta,
who underwent surgical treatment
Wednesday at the Augusta General
hospital, was reported Thursday eve
ming 70 he doing well
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Hon Edward ". Wheeler of Bruins
wick, formerly member of Gov.
Haines' executive council, was WISH
tor Thursday in the city On legal mat
terS,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

A. 3. Church Of Boston was in tCwr
thursday in connection with the adj
Justment of losses on several auton,o-
piles which had been damaged by fire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

the management of the Lewiston,
Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
announce that after Saturday, Dec. IS,
there will be no II O'Clock car Saturday
nights up Riverside drive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Howard Davies of Yarmouth passed
/ Thursday in the city on matters con-
nected with the law court, whic is in
session at the courthouse
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

The public schools of the city will
close this afternoon for the Christmas
recess, which will continue until Mon
day, Jan. 5
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

The window contest closes Saturday
night. Have you sent in Your article
marked window Contest, care Ken
rebcc Journal"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

An illustrated lecture will be given
tonight by Capt. J. II. Zloethe. sub
Ject: The Parable of the Ten Nir-
sMs.' The public is invited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Will A. Sawyer of Belgrade Depot
was in the city Thursday, called here
on matters Of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

state Horticulturist A. K. Gardner re-
turned Thursday forenoon from Union.
where he was speaker at a pomOlogi
cal institute held Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Manager Herbert Of the Augusta dis
trict Of the New England Tel. & Tel
Co, was a business visitor Thursday At
his old home in Richmond
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Frederick 3. Simpson of Bangor was
caller Thursday upon friends in the
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Baron Dekalb OF Belgrade was
among the business callers Thursday
in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

F. c. Littlefield of Boothbay Harbor
was a caller Thursday in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17
LOCAL BRIEFS

Judge =. r Maher was in Water
vile Thursday on legal matters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

MISS Ida Witherspoon of Detroit.
Mich, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred
II. Malcolm. Oak street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Eugene c. Weeks of Sidney vas
among the people from other places
who were Thursday visitors in Angus
Ia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

c. N. Lincoln Of Winthrop was in the
city awhile Thursday on matters Of a
business nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17
LOCAL NOTICE

The Progressive Spiritualist Society
will hold meetings Sunday $50 and
7.30 in G. A. r. hall, 222 Water street,
Weilman c. Whitney of Springfield,
Mass, the speaker and message bear
err. Public cordially invited. They
also will give one Of their supper Of
home cooked food Saturday night,
Dec. is, in G. A. r. hall.
dec17d2t*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Order early for Christmas. buildings,
homemade candy, soc a box: cakes,
nuts. etc. Mrs. Ernest Hall, 20 Melville
street Tel. 341-W. decl6d5t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Picture Puzzles made by Mrs. F. H.
McFadden for sale at the j. F. Pierce
store. dec17eod1w*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Grand Benefit Ball at Granite Cut
ters' hall. Hallowell. Friday evening,
Dec. II. Music Shares orchestra 1
pieces. Tickets soc. Ladies free.
dec16d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

The Augusta Wardrobe System in
addition to cleaning and repairing.
makes a speciality of fine darning and
mending. also sweater and glove re-
pairing. All work called for an deliv-
cred free of charge. Tel. $50, FOG Water
street. D. c. Metcalf, Prop. dec16d2ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Lottie S. Stafford will commence her
annual Christmas Sale Dec. and
continue until the 25th. III State st.
Observation-Disclosures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-17

Friday, December II, 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
L00TERS ARE SHOT
Erie Still Digs in Storm Debris
for It's Dead.
Five Hundred Fed at Citizens
Relief Station Today.

Erie, Pa. Aug. 6.-Troopers of the
state constabulary patrolled the flood
section today, enforcing strictly the
regulations of the Pennsylvania
health authorities and the Erie city
council, while increased forces of
workers, in their search for bodies,
dug into the great masses OF wreck
age piled along Mill Creek by Tues
day nights flood.
Sensational rumors of looting during
the night kept the police busy, and
early today it become known that Guy
Fowler, a reporter on the Erie Dis
patch, had shot a man who was al
legged to have been seen taking aru-
Giles from a house that had been adam
doned by its occupants. The man was
later taken to a hospital, where 1t was
said he had been shot in the shoulder,
but his condition was not dangerous.
Other reports of 1ooting were that
citizen had shot a man on Twelfth
street, but the police declared they had
been unable to find the wounded man.
Three hundred additional workmen
were placed on the streets with the
coming of dawn, and the piles of de-
molished buildings were attacked Wig
orously under the direction of engin
GERS.
A citizens committee has been
formed to care for those in actual
want, and more than 500 were fed in
the rescue station this morning.
Mayor Storms relief fund continued
to grow, having passed $4,000 early
today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
Baltic City Soon to Suffer Fate
of Polish Capital.
Streets Surge With Persons
Anxious to Leave.
WARSAW'S FACTORIES MOVED
Petrograd Dispatch Tells of
Early Plans for Flight.
Writer Describes Evacuation;
Analyses Military Situation.

London Aug. 6.-"The Russian war
office has set aside $25, 100000 to help
pay the cost of the removal of War
saw mills and factories to the interior
of the empire" says the Petrograd cor
respondent of the Times.
1.-The Warsaw retreat is less the d.
rect outcome of engagements on the
Blonie line and in the NOvogeorgeiVsk
region than the result of the stragetic
situation as whole.
Attempt to EnvelOp Russians.
I'm the region of Ostrolenka and the
mouth of the Skwa, the enemy threat
ened to cut our rear communications
and deprive us of the opportunity CT
re-grouping, while by their offensive
in the Lomza district, which is begin
ming to overShadow even the ViStula
front in strategic Importance, the Ger
mans are striving to effect deep en-
velopment of our forces on the Wis
tula river. Should this offensive be
further developed, it possibly will be
directed against Bialystok and Brest-
Litovsk from the north. 1t is quite
likely Field Marshal Won Mackensen
will transfer his troops from the Chelm
district to cooperate in this attempt.
Another factor was the auxiliary oper-
alton on both banks of the Vieprz
against Lukow, intended to cut the
Ivangorod Lukow line.
Fate of Riga Sealed.
"Today's news warrants the conclus-
ion that the fate of Riga is sealed.
The country on this side of the Mus
sa, where fighting is proceeding at
present, does not afford the Russians a
line capable of stemming the enemy's
advance, but is suitable merely for rear
guard actions. The river Dvina is in
a more formidable obsta-
Gle, but as Riga is situated on both
sides of the river, it does not afford
for effective defense.
1.-TWO corps of General Won Buelow's
army already have reached the Mussa
The evacuation of Riga is in full
swing. The streets are packed with
dense crowds and the stations are be-
sieged with those anxious to leave.
1.-The evacuation of Mitau was eff
fected by the postoffice employees and
the police last Saturday. German
arrival of their countrymen. They
had made no secret of their sympa-
thieS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
New York Stock Market.

Wall St., New York, Aug. 6.-STOCKS-
The forenoon market lacked definite tone
Stocks were poured out in quantity at the
early high levels, and professionals who
had followed the upward movement hur-
riedly reversed their position. Later ON
number of specialties gave a striking eX-
ample of independent strength. Crucible
Steel was rushed up nearly six points TO
S334. Bethlehem also added several points
to its initial rise, touching 81. Traders
shifted their operations frequently into
miscellaneous shares which had not made
an advance commensurate with the rest of
the list Pool operators obtained con
siderable commission house following by
their success in making up their favorites.
Bonds were irregular.
Although a few of the war stocks mace
further gains in the early trading today
the market as a whole was Irregular ana
the edge seemed to have been taken off the
rise. Bethlehem Steel jumpd points to
3OS, a point above its previous high: Other
high records were made by General Motors
which rose 5 points TO 1917, and WHY'S
Overland up to to al. A few other in
dustrials rose about point each but i,.t as
a general thing, price changes were slight
Steel sold at 721a on level with yester-
days high record and then reacted point
AIlis Chalmers, Studebaker and Continen-
tai Can were heavy Railroads were I'M
usually quiet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
TO ADJUST TARIFF
Penrose to Offer Bill fol-
Sweeping Reductions.
Other Schedules To Be Boosted
as Defense Measure.

Philadelphia, Aug. Omitted States
Senator Boies Penrose, in a speech at
a dinner here last night, announced
he would introduce at the next session
of congress a tariff bill that will con-
tain reductions of 5 to 20 per cent on
many of the duties in the Payne-A1-
drich bill. The senator said:
For myself, I intend to Introduce
at the opening of the next congress a
tariff bill containing a horizontal re-
duction of Is or 20 per cent on many
of the duties contained in the Payne
bill, out reinforcing some of The
schedules, like the chemical schedule,
to the extent that may be necessary
to secure these industries in our coun-
try.
This bill will protect Us from the
cola pSe which will occur on the close
of the war in Europe and will furnish
US money to prepare for the national
defense, should any nation of Europe
in arms desire to invade or assault
nS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
HOW 1T WAS FOUND.

tContinued from Page One.1
their farm, and then forgot the incl
dent until several days later when he
called the attention of Alonzo Beals
a rancher, to the place. Beals rubbed
some of the black stuff on his fin
gers. 1t was slick and grimy. Iron
and sulphur deposits surround the
place.
Will MOrtise a Hole.
Drilling of the prospect well-or to
paraphrase oil men-mortising a hole
in the ground on the Randall farm
will begin as soon as machinery can
be placed. Joe holland, an oil expert
of Oklahoma and Texas, will be in
charge of the prospect work There
will be no stock selling company
formed, say men interested, but an in
dependent syndicate of few Topeka
business men and ranchers of Va
lencia has been formed to push the
work. Guy Kiene, a brother of L L.
Kiene, sheriff, and Lon Beals, wealthy
Valencia rancher, are among those in
terested. Both own land at Valencia.
The leases are in the name of John
SwitZer, q prominent Topeka attorney.
Discussion of the oil and gas pros
pect is setting Valencia wild with ex-
element. However oil men interested
say that the venture is purely a gam
BILE with them, and explain that while
indications are good for oil and gas
there may or may not be oil or gas
ty. They cite that the only way to
find out is to 'mortise a hole in the
ground the prospect well.
The drill which will be brought to
the Randall farm will be large enough
to sink a we'll 1900 feet into the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06

similar declaration of Emperor Mich
olas promising eventual Polish au-
tonomy under Russian suZerainty.
The outcome of these events in
Warsaw probably will determine the
political status of Poland during the
war.
What the Germans will do next in
a military way, after attempting to
complete their enveloping movement,
IS matter of much speculation. If
the campaign against the Russians is
not energetically pushed there is the
possibility of the present victory be-
ing undone, while if an offensive in
the east is continued, the Germans
face the rigors and dangers of a win
ter campaign in Russia.
To Police Poland.
Conservative students here think it
will result in a compromise, in which
the Germans will withdraw part of
their eastern army, leaving enough
men to maintain and secure the de-
fensive positions when they have dug
themselves in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
HUNT FOR NEGRO
Fiend Attacked Woman at
Home Near Liberty, Mo.
Five Hundred Men in Posse
Threats of Lynching.

Kansas City, Kan, Aug. ga Sec
ton seven miles square in the south
west corner of Clay county, Missouri,
across the Missouri river north from
here is surrounded by armed men to-
day in the search for the negro who
ford, wife of a young farmer near
Liberty, Mo.
The posses have followed the ne
gro's trail from the Stafford home into
the wooded hills of the southwest cor
ner of the county and the leaders be-
lieve he has had no opportunity to
escape from the district surrounded.
About 800 of the searchers have
been beating the brush southwest of
Liberty since the middle of the after
noon yesterday without sleep and with
little food. When relief was sent out
from Liberty and nearby towns early
today the men who had spent the
night in trail refused to leave. The
newcomers Joined the search, swelling
the posse to fully five hundred men.
New lines were formed including
all of the southwest corner of the
county and the men began closing in
toward the bend of the Missouri river
at Kansas City. Bloodhounds are be-
ing used.
Sentinels have been placed along
the banks of the Missouri river All
roads leading out of the surrounding
territory are good ard all trains pass
ing through are being searched. Sher-
iff Seth White declared today he ex-
pected the negro to be captured be-
fore noon.
The posse is excited to a high pitch
and talk of lynching is heard fire.
quently. Mrs. Stafford was found
strapped to a bed in her home. She
was said to be in a dangerous condi-
ton TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
IVANGOROD CAPTURED

CONTINUED from Page One.l
ing point for the Russians is Brest-
Litovsk. Thus the Russians are men
aced by General Won Buelow'S col
umns bending southwark and by Field
Marshal Won Mackensens southern
army bending northward.
The fall OF Ivangorod proper, fore
the west of the city, is officially re-
ported today in bulletins both from
Berlin and Vienna.
The occupation of Warsaw now is
centering attention on u series of i'm
portant events that are being ar
ranged. First will be the selection
of a German governor. Reports in
dictate the appolntee will be Il German
prince, possibly sen of the German
emperor or an Austrian archduke.
To Emulate Napoleon.
The governor will be vested with
authority akin to that which Napoleon
gave to his brothers and to his mar
shals as kings of occupied territory.
Berlin reports council to be held on
Sunday will formulate a proclamation
declaring Poland to be a semi -auton-
omous state under joint Polish and
Austro-Hungarian rule. This con-
forms with a recent decision of Pol
ish congress held at Piotrkow, Rus
sian Poland, which proposed a joint
Polish and Hungarian rule,
with a separate Polish army and the
fullest Polish autonomy consistent
with the strategic interests. of Aus
trian-Hungary.
Bid for Popular Favor.
The German offer of autonomy is re-
garded as bid for the support of the
population of Poland as against a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
kAISER'S next BLOW.

CONTINUED from Page One.1
fleeing garrison was being hotly pur-
sued. This was taken 20 mean either
that the Russians had not succeeded
in destroying all the Vistula bridges
in their hasty flight or that the Ba-
varian prince had held pontoons in
readiness and had quickly bridged
the stream.
Great Army Is Threatened.
At least 100000 Russians fighting
in the angle whose apex rests at Novo
Georgievsk fortress are believed to be
threatened with capture by the fall of
the Polish capital. Retreat for them
was possible only over two railways,
both leading to the eastern suburb of
Warsaw.
To take either of these after War
saw had fallen was to deliver them
selves into the hands of the Germans
To retreat over the plain in a north
easterly direction along the Bug river
was to face the danger of being cut
off by a German advance over the
Warsaw-Petrograd railway.
Russians i'm Rout.
Before nightfall the Russians who
escaped from Warsaw are expected to
have begun arriving at Novo Minsk,
81 miles east of the capital. 1t was
not expected that the Slavs would at
tempt any serious stand directly east
of Praga.
Capture of Riga, of almost equal
Importance from a military stand
point as the taking of Warsaw, is ex-
pected to be announced before tomoT-
row night. German troops already
are within artillery range of the city
and German aeroplanes have dropped
circulars in the heart of the town an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-06
BUYERS ENRICH STATE
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page OneD
motorcycle license. In the year total
of $3O,702 had been retained by the
state from license fees for cars and
vehicles Of all types, descriptions and
makes.
Added so Per Cent.
In the year just cIosed-June 80,
close of the fiscal year-the state
added sixty per cent to all the thou
sands of cars she had previously pur-
chased The styles and models
changed. The little one lung chain
drive of yesterday, was sent to the
scrap heap and a new six or eight
cylinder car took its place. And in
this reckoning the state lost a point
For where a man junked a poor car
and bought a new late model, he still
continued to buy but one license. Yet
in the face of all of this, the re-
ceipts jumped sixty per cent in a
single year. Returns, reported by
the state auditors office, show that
received as it's share of the license
fees $4s,959.25, as against $3O,7O2 the
previous year.
Receipts for July this year, as re-
tanned by the state. were $23,733.25, as
against sS,267 for the same month
last year. Except the money retained
by the state, the fund is used for per-
manent road building in the counties
in which the cars are owned
Shawnee county last year paid to
the state s1,566.25.
BY Counties.
The sums retained by the state
treasury from the payments from the
va rinr1G counties woro.