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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-21

comes to the Isthmus to be reshipped
to points along the coasts of Central
and South America. These broken
cargoes are frequently delayed from a
month to six weeks.
1t had been thought that Balboa, the
southern terminus of the canal, would
become the most important trans
shipping port of the canal termini.
Two 1000-foot piers. extending into the
inner harbor, besides two long shore
line piers were planned and are now in
course Of construction. Officials now,
however, are of the opinion that this
will be far more than Balboa will re-
quire for some years to come.
1t was expected that the South
American steamship lines would make
that their terminal port and that prob
ably some of the Atlantic connecting
lines would pass through the canal to
deliver their cargoes at the Balboa
docks. Also. it was thought. that the
cargo which did not come through the
canal in this manner would be
handled by the Panama Railroad.
The South American steamship
lines, however, suddenly decided to
pass through the canal and pick up
their cargoes at the Cristobal termi-
nails because they learned they could
use the canal, paying the tolls on
ballast basis one way. return with
full hold and do it cheaper than if
they made Balboa their terminal. The
high tides at the Balboa terminals also
had much to do with their decision
Besides, freight rates on the Panama
Railroad are said to be very high.
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ARCONNES FOREST FIGHT
ING NOT EXCEEDED FOR
F|ERCENESS DURING WAR

narville to Vienna lie Chateau. This
preliminary attack was delivered on
June Goth. after a terrific lombard
ment of the French positions by the
artillery. The three main lines of
French trenches were all taken. A
small detachment of German troops
reached point so deep in the enemy's
lines that it was cut off and captured
Several counter-attacks Of the French
were repulsed. and night came with
the Germans in possession Of all but a
small piece of one French position.
Seven French officers and 627 men
were taken prisoners. The booty in
cluded six machine guns. Is mine
throwers and more than 1000 rifles.
From June 21st to 10Th the French
made almost daily attempts to regain
their lost trenches. The German offic-
ial report accuses them of employing
burning fluid. On June Goth the
main German assault set in, after a
terrible artillery bombardment. Pris-
oners taken from the trenches after
the storm. according to the report.
were in condition bordering on in
sanity. A great part Of the French
trenches was utterly demolished by
the bombardment. The blockhouses
were filled with their dead, supplies
Of grenades and bombs were exploded
by the artillery fire, and bombproofs
were smashed in on their occupants.
Despite this. the French held their
trenches wherever it was humanity
possible. The report speaks in high
terms of their bravery
The attack began at S.45 o'clock in
the morning. In a scant half hour the
trenches in the center had all been
taken. In other sections, however, the
fight lasted until night, and the most
stubbornly defended trench was still
held at nightfall. BY morning the
French there had so fortified the place
that recourse had to be had to artillery
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again before it was ripe for storming
The trench was taken on July End
after bitter hand to- hand fighting. A
handful Of men defended themselves
in one section Of the trench until all
were killed, including their leader, Ma
jor Remy. who died fighting after hav-
ing been repeatedly called on to sur
render.
The losses Of the French in prisoners
in the fighting from June 30th to
July End were, according to the Official
report. 81 officers and 2.51s men, com.
ing from three different divisions. Six.
teen hundred French dead were buried
The total French losses are estimated
at 1000 to 5000 men. The German
losses are not stated.
The main result Of the fighting in the
Argonnes was to straighten the Ger.
man lines and at the same time drive
the French from positions strategicall,
important from the very nature of the
terrain.
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ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Berlin, Aug. demonstrating the
comparatively limited extent of the OPP
erations, the fighting in the Argonnes
forest from June 20 to July IA, in
which the Crown Princes army sue
ceeded in wrestling from the French a
number of highly important positions
barring the way to a siege of Nerdun.
takes rank for fierceness with any bat
ties of the great war. Much of the
fighting was hand-to- hand. and in the
main attack, on June Goth, the Ger
mans advanced to the charge with
their rifles slung over their shoulders,
carrying grenades in their right hands
and small steel shields in their left,
and wearing respirators to protect
themselves against poisonous fumes.
Even the official communique writer
was thrilled by it. Describing one of
these charges. he wrote:
"The charge begins. Not with fixed
bayonets, as in peace-time training, do
the storming columns dash forward.
Instead almost every man has his rifle
slung over his shoulder. number of
hand grenades in his right hand. on
his left arm, like a German of old, a
buckler though of steel and not Of
bearskin, and over his mouth and nose
"a respirator for protection against
fumes from the French bombs"
BY taking advantage of the charac-
ter of the ground, the French had sue
ceeded in September in driving a
wedge into the German lines between
the troops at the west and those at
the east end Of the forest. The French
position occupied Furthermore COM
handing ridge Of forest in this section,
making it doubly important to drive
them back. During the winter months
no week passed without bitter strug-
giles, in each of which the French were
forced to give up one trench or block
house after another. During this period,
however, they erected extremely strong
positions in their rear, and finally
came to a stand on the mountain ridge
running from near the Bagatelle Pa
vilion westward to Servon. They also
occupied three strongly fortified points
on ridge running southeast from the
first line along the valley of the
Charme Brook.
The German infantry and pio-
neers worked forward with mines
and saps until. in the middle of
June, they were within attacking dis
lance. Before the main line could be
attacked. however. 1t was necessary to
take the French positions on the Ger
man right flank, on the road from BIZ
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military and semi-military organizations
allied with the Grand Army, so that all
of the proceedings held in connection
with the Encampment will be under ono
roof.
A feature Of the arrangements never
heretofore provided will be a branch
postoff1ce established in the Encampment
building to which will be assigned by the
Postmaster of Washington, a force of
clerks who will handle all incoming and
outgoing mail for the veterans, and all
correspondence intended for the visitors
should be addressed to the Encampment
Headquarters. Restroom, restaurant,
hospital and other appointments and
equipments necessary for the comfort and
convenience of the old soldiers have been
installed in the building.
The interior of the structure has been
made to present a most attractive ap-
pearance by force of decorators which
the Washington committee has brought
from New York to give an artistic touch
to the Encampment.
At this writing the Weather Bureau
officials, judging the future by the past.
have given it as their opinion that ideal
climatic conditions will prevail in Wash
ington during Encampment week, and in
view Of all the preparations and arrange
ments which have been made this is all
that is needed to make the forthcoming
Encampment, the most memorable one
in the history of the Grand Army.
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FORTY HAVE RECEIVED kA|SER'S<
"0RDER POUR LE MER|TE ;"
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Berlin, Aug. 25-Forty prominent
figures in the present war; ranging
from Emperor Francis Joseph Of
Austria to the commandment Of a Ger
man submarine. had been, up to Au-
gust /, decorated with the Order Pour
lie Merite, the highest military service
medal within the gift of the German
Emperor Eight of those forty have
received the additional gold oak leaves
with which the order is sometimes
decorated as mark of special favor.
The order is now 175 years old, but
1t has only been since 1910 that it has
been conferred exclusively for ex-
traordinary service in war. King
Frederick William III in that year
stiplated that he would not loan" it
for any other cause. and three years
later created the oak leaf complement
to the order.
The names of those who have earned
the Pour lie Merite in the present war
are almost without exception known
all over the world now though many of
them, probably the majority, had never
flict began. Many were not even known
in Germany. Here is the list:
Emperor Francis Joseph, General
Won Emmich. General Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg. General Won Zwehl.
Lieutenant Won der Linde, General Won
Beseler General Won Quasi. Lieutenant
General Ludendorff. Captain Otto
Weddigen. Colonel General Won Woy-
rsch, General Field Marshal Won
Mackensen, General Litzman, General
Scheffer- Boyadel. Lieutenant General
Won Morgen. General Won Mudra, Cen
eral Won Falkenhayn. General Otto Won
Below. Lieutenant General Kosch,
General Won der Marwitz, Colonel Cen
eral Won Einem, General Riemann,
General F1eck, Prince Eitel Friedrich,
General Field Marshal Won Buelow,
Colonel General Won Kluck, Archduke
Frederick of Austria, General Conrad
Won Koetzendorff of Austria, Major
General Won Seekt General Won Lin
singer. General Won Francois, Arch
duke Of Saxony- Altenburg. General Won
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STATES TO SHARE $850,000
FROM NATIONAL FORESTS FOR
SCHOOL AND ROAD PURPOSES

Washington, Sept. 13.-The portion
of the National Forest receipts for the
fiscal year 1915 to go to the benefit Of
the various states in which the for
ests lie, according to the computation
of the Forest Service just approved by
the Secretary of the Treasury,
amounts all told to more than $3.50,
900. The gross receipts for the year
ending June 80 We're $2,4S1. 1895, of
which under the law % per cent. is
paid over to the States for county
school and road purposes and an adj
ditional 10 per cent. is made available
for expenditure by the Secretary Of
Agriculture in building roads and
trails for the benefit of local COM
munities.
Montana gets the largest share
having contributed the largest amount
Of receipts for the sale of timber
brazing, and other uses of the forests.
or more than $318O0O. OF this amount
Montana is to receive S79.5S9.7S for
county school and road purposes
while the Forest Service will expend
$31,S35.91 for improvements of special
benefit to local communities and not
included in the regular administrative
and protective improvements. Idaho
comes second with % per cent. al
lowance of s75,651.15 and a 10 per
cent. fund of $3O.260.46. California is
third. receiving a % per cent. allow
ance Of s67,611.s7 and a 10 per cent.
fund of $27.044.74. The other Ma
tional Forests States follow in the or
der Of the size of their respective
shares:
Arizona. $50. S07.s9 under the % per
cent. provision and s23.923.16 under
the 10 per cent. Colorado, s59.21S6O
and S23,6S7.44; Oregon, S49,675.S3 and
s19,S70.33; Utah. s4S.675.96 and s19,-
47O.3S wyoming, s43,OS6.S6 and ST.
234.75 Washington, s37,445.56 and
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An Easy Way toEn1
Catarrh Foreyer
simple Home Treatment A.
Germs Of This Dano.. osstro{

NJ "serouS Oia.
The, The reason why so MANY 49,, '''.
saner from Catarrh never .s eoope vi
se. cured Is that they ara 'e ma ats
SSeening the momentary relief .oo11unua1
S Sucbbh, ,te greasy creams. ointn IVA
triis .nihes 40 open up the SUI :, 4
side s ailu Glear the head tempora ~ Y
oio"lng. hawking, spittin,' ne 9isgusi}
but they never cure. To anu chokiY
tarrh for good you have ~, I'VE out 8
10 Its real cause. Catarrfl 10 ~ GET Do,
ease. The air is always FIJI germ d
germs thrown off by one narso VI ea,ar
sorbed by another and whsn 'V IN and Al
Goes fail to throw off such s tme systs
ma permanent lodgement E; selms In
throat and head and multin,,.h .ne no1
Inc germs Of catarrh can .apay
stroyed by inhaling the pura We. y
ar OF Hyomei tpronounced ;mntsNcat
rms splendid and powerful comho-m
Oh Oh OF Eucalyptus with Other nat
aseh's mas a wonderful germicid ssali
.ion. You breathe it's air into vons
throat ana lungs by means Of no
11aro rupper inhaler. which Rn.m
Wenster Co. and other leading dnNutc1
In this vicinity supply with sr urueg}
plete treatment. This medica,aay Col
certain death to the germs of an
and drives them completely out oss'ar
system and when the gems 70
stroSed the catarrh with all its siss s
aple symptoms will stop. Even "a
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lief while if You will use it two
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remedy ADV. saru,!e
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Plettenberg. Lieutenant General Won
kreussl. Captain Kersing. Major Cen
eral Won Zieten. General Won Bothmer,
General Won Gerok, General Won Stolz-
mann. General Won Gallwitz and Cen
eral Won Claer.
The extra oak leaves already re-
ferred to have been conferred on Hin
denburg. Beseler. Mackenzen, Emmich,
Falkenhayn. Marwitz, Linsngen and
Ludendorff.
BY creation Of King Frederick Will
liam w in 1912 there now is a peace
class of this order limited to thirty
"knights.' A crown now is added, as
are the oak leaves. but this can be
given only on the 50th jubilee ami
versary Of the order King William T.,
in 1866. added a grand cross, which,
however, has been given to but two
persons-the then Crown Prince, later
Emperor F'reedrick ILL., and Prince
Frederick Karl.
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MEASURES TO PROTECT
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

London, September-An associa :
ton of architects and art craftsmen
now does duty in protecting ST. Paul's
Cathedral. presumably in case Of in
cendiary bombs being dropped upon it
by Zeppelins. These men, who in
clude many well-known architects,
serve in addition to the regular
watchmen. Sand boxes and shovels
for putting out fires are placed in con-
venient corners, just as they are in the
museums and art galleries of London.
So far. the Zeppelins have destroyed
nothing of Importance in the way of
art or architecture in England.
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AN OVERWHELMED WIFE.

If the work that women do and the
pains they suffer could be measured in
hgures, what a terrible array they
would present! Through girlhood,
wifehood and motherhood woman tolls
on. often suffering with backache.
pains in side. headaches and nervous
ness which are tell-tale symptoms of
organic arrangements which Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made from roots and herbs-can I'M
doubtedly correct. Women who suffer
should not give up hope until they
have given 1t a trial.-Adv.
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CANAL INCREASES
SHIPPING IN THE
: PORT OF CR|STOBAL

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Panama, Sept. 5.-Since the opening
of the canal year ago the shipping
in the port of Cristobal at the north
ern end of the waterway has increased
so rapidly that already the two 1000
foot steel and concrete piers. costing
$2,50000O each. are no longer adequate
to care for the vast amount of freight
handled. A third pier is being built
and plans for a fourth have been
drawn up.
Frequently the congestion at the two
piers is so great that ships have to
wait their turn in order to get docking
room. This is cuasing considerab BILE
delay to traffic. especially that which
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I.ondon, Eng. Observer
Sir,--Today | happened to betin the
neighborhood of the Docks and saw
this notice in shop window:
To Sailors:
A Child's Caul
For Sale
AS this is a subject in which I am
much interested. I went in and asked
II there was any demand for such
things now, seeing that this old super
stition was supposed to have died out.
To my surprise the answer was that
a strong demand had sprung up, after
being dormant for so many years, ow-
ing to the great danger of submarines.
This is an exceedingly interesting
point, for it goes to show that super
stition dies out only when the causes
become modified or cease to exist. For
instance. the belief in thunderbolts
does not exist in countries where thun-
derstorms are Of rare occurrence. The
introduction of motor vehicles, and the
consequent increase Of fatal accidents,
brought into existence a host of
charms. amulets and mascots to coun-
teract such accidents; and almost ev-
cry day we read of mascots being Civ
en- to our soldiers when they leave for
the Front.
The child's caul. or veil, was of great
repute in the eighteenth century as an
amulet TO preserve the bearer from
drowning, hence there was a great de-
mand for them in the Navy. In 1879 as
much as 20 guineas was asked
for one. In 1913 the price had
dropped to II guineas and in 1s4S
1t had fallen to six. II seems
to have remained at this for some
years, and then gradually the value
fell away so much that during the last
ten years or so have bought three or
four for my collection at few shil-
lings each. This has been caused
not. as many think because supersti-
ton itself is dead, but because the
great Improvement in ships has given
a greater feeling Of security to those
who go to sea. The present war has
created a terrible danger to life on the
sea. by means Of the submarine, and
consequently the revival of latent
superstition.
The value of the child's caul is ris
ing rapidly and this Is due to German
pirates.
Yours truly,
EDWARD LOVETT
(of the Folk Lore Society
Outram road, Croydon. Aug. 26, 1915
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Mrs. Charles Andrews Of East Par
sonsfield was dangerously injured on
the crossroad near Little River Falls,
East Lebanon, Sunday afternoon.
when an automobile, driven by her
husband, in turning out Of deep ruts
in the road to allow a larger car to
pass, swerved to the right and crashed
into large tree. The car was de-
molished and all the occupants. in
Guiding Walter and Elsie Andrews of
Sanford. received some injuries. Mrs.
Andrews, who was picked up uncon-
scious, was taken to the home Of AL
yah Hanscom. DR.. S. A. Cobb Of San
ford thinks that in addition to inter-
nal injuries her spine is broken.
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FREE MEDICINE
For Stomach, Liver, Bowels

These organs are so important.
the bodily health, that we want
show you how 20 keep them well.
digestion, dyspepsia, 5il:ousness, ID
headache, constipation and numen
ether ills come from faulty stonx
and bowel action. Il. F." Atwoa1
Medicine is so safe and speedy, ID
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BE without bottle of it in the hon
Thousands have used it with dad
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FREE.-On receipt of a yellow sa@
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we will send one of our Needle Books With
good assortment OF high grade needles, uxij
in every family.
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Goodnight Corns,
Good-Boy ''Ge|s.A
New-Plan Corn Remedy That NJ.
Fails. The Simple, Commo,
Sense Way,

You poor corn-limpers. with q,
wrinkles and heart pains! Sit down
night and put few drops of Gets,
the simplest corn remedy in the MA
on your corns. You can apply i, In
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$560.46; Kansas. s1,357.33 and s54293;
Oklahoma. s759.77 and $303.91; Michi-
gan, $19S.37 and $685.; North Dakota
$S1.S3 and 1928; Porto Rico, 1926
and $40.
The States Of Arizona and New
Mexico receive additional shares for
their school funds on account OF
school lands included within the Ma
tional Forests. yielding them s2S.
966.46 and s9.311.s7 respectively.
On the National Forest Purchase
Aeas in the East, a total Of $3,97760
was collected in Georgia, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, Tennessee. Vir-
ginia. and West Virginia, these states
thereby sharing s994.40 under the %
per ceE. provision and s397.76 under
the 10 per cent.
The total amount to be expended
under this system Of sharing the for
est receipts with the states to make
UP for the loss of local taxes due to
public ownership of the land is about
$4,000 greater than for the previous
fiscal year, as the receipts for the
fiscal year 1915 exceeded those Of the
previous fiscal year by about $4,000
The provision Of law under which a
portion Of the receipts is turned over
to the states dates from 1906, and the
total payments reach. with this years
allotment, nearly s4.500,000. The ten
per cent provision for government
built public roads has been in force
only since 1912. and has now made
available for this purpose an aggre-
gate of S926.000.
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a few seconds, without fuss or troi
What's the use applying SAWS 4
make toes raw and sore, that masfi3
swell, bandages that make it mlaf
walk, tape that sticks. greasy osmmj
and other contraptions. Get rid iuf ed
the easy way, quick. simple, sure.
way. That's common sense Try "Ga
It. also for warts and bunions. 'Gj
1t" can't hurt.-the corn loosens,
comes right off,-clean OFF.
"Gets-It" is sold at all druggists, &
bottle. or sent direct by E. Lawrena
Co Chicago H.
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Submarines and Superstition

Iondon, Eng. Observer
Sir.-Today | happened to besin the
neighborhood of the Docks and saw
this notice in a shop window:
To SailorS:
A Chi1d'c Ca,,I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-21

COT the Folk Lore Society
Outram road, Croydon. Aug. 26, 1915
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a.. F." MEDICINE CO., Portland NJ