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Evening journal., 1915-02-26
NORRISTOWN clashes
With HIGH School
Cherry and White Quintet
Meets Bitter Rivals
Tomorrow
HAVE FOOTBALL
DEFEAT TO AVENGE

On Saturday afternoon the viii
mington High School basketball team
will change passes with the strong
Norristown High School quintet az the
Friends School gymnasium This af-
fray will be the hardest of tho High
lets schedule. not barring Chester, be-
cause the main liners have the best
aggregation that has ever represented
the Blue and White school. The Nor
ristOwn five will come here with
great record. II has won twelve
straights. It's last victory was over
the renowned Lancaster High basket
ball team. The student body will gath
er and perform in spirit as 1t did on
Thanksgiving Day when tho two
clevens met on the gridiron. The To-
cal eleven won after bitter fight.
The stars of the gridiron game viii
be seen on both line-ups: For the
visitors Idc. the great fullback, will
play forward. II Is through him that
the teams has been winning 80 con-
stantly. The phonom that eXcelled for
the Cherry and White is Mat" Dono-
hue. who played quarterback. He will
try TO clear goal post as he did with
his foot in football.
lde will have Swede as his team
mate. The latter is high scorer on
the quintet, for he also throws them
in from the 15-foot line. The pivotal
position will be taken care Of by Phil
lips. new man on the team. He has
been showing up very we'll His
jumping is a great gain for his team
The defence positions will be care
fully guarded by Robson and Car
son.
The lineup that will likely start for
both teams is:
Evening journal., 1915-02-26
IRON MAKERS BOWL.
Laws Team.

The Malleable Iron Company bowl
ers made the following scores over
the Crescent alleys last night
Evening journal., 1915-02-26
swEDEs TRIM SIT. PATRICK'S.

on the Old Swedes floor the Old
Swedes five defeated the ST. Pairick's
quintet by The score of IS to 26. The
lineup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
HOLLANDS BULB Bust.
Ness HAS A HARD BLOW

as to prices. as many large buyers of
bulbs prefer to wait until later before
confirming their orders. If the war
looks as II it might continue on into
next spring. Of course many Of these
orders will be lost, and the plight of
the Dutch bulb growers viii be worse
than ever"
1t is the smaller bulb growers who
suffer most. just as it is the small
butcher baker and candlestick maker
in Holland who has. so far. had to
bear the chief burden Of wars misery.
The small bulb grower must sell to
the large wholesaler. who has the
facilities for storing the bulbs and
saler Of Hillegom. near here, recently
stated that he had received over
1000. 900 bulbs at his warehouses. Of
which he had been able to dispose OF
only 10000. These bulbs came from
the small growers.
The bulb fields of Holland are a
rare sight familiar to tourists, es-
pecially during the tulip Towering
season. Before the tulips, however.
there have been the snowdrops, the
croci and the narcissi: and after them
come the hyacinths and the gladioli.
The tulip bulbs are as rule Of five
years growth. and are sold in their
third year. They are sold while yet
in flower. in the case Of the small
grower by auction, held on the ground
by local notaries, who make a very
good thing out of il, whether the
grower does or not.
When the crop has been sold. the
blossoms are cut and heaped in a pile
in a corner of the field to rot and
serve as fertilizer. Some of the finer
ones are sold to deaierssin cut flowers:
many are given to anybody and
everybody who asks for them. OF a
fine Sunday in spring, it is great
sight to watch thousands of bicycles
sweeping in to The Hague. Amster-
dam or Rotterdam about shutdown,
their riders decked with garlands Of
the most beautiful tulips imaginable.
the bicycles themselves loaded down
with the flowers. and great bouquets
of them suspended by a string passed
about the riders shoulders.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
Training Dogs
In France for
War Service

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Paris, June 2o.-The National Society
Of Ambulance Dogs Of France now has
eight kennels where experts are ouss
preparing dogs for service at the front.
They are training patrol dogs, des-
patch carriers and trench guards. as
we'll as ambulance dogs with such sue
cess that the army is calling for more
than they can supply. Two hundred
and twenty-five patrol dogs have just
been sent to part OF the trout that
cannot be disclosed. These dogs &C
company pa:rolling and accommodating
parties at night and carry messages
back to the lines when necessary. The
dog is able to perform this duty much
quicker and in far greater security
than a man. The service is of great
value as it permits a patrolling party
that has urgent news to send back. to
use the dog to maintain communica-
tons with the main force while con-
tinuing a reconnaissance.
1t takes only 10 days for dog Of
ordinary intelligence to learn this SER
vice so that it may be relied upon to
perform it like a trained soldier.
The trench dog is taught first of
all to maintain an absolute silence
until the approach of strangers to the
trench; not until the enemy is within
200 yards must the dog make a sign.
then he gives warning by low growl.
Many attempts of the enemy to make
surprise attack by creeping up to
the trenches in the night have been
detected by their use. The service IS
quite as exposed and as dangerous as
that OF an advanced sentry or look
out and he often shares their fates.
Clarion" remarkably intelligent
sentry dog that became the glory Of
his company before he was killed by
a fragment Of a bomb, was buried
with pomp and honored with a cross
to perpetuate his services.
True" little fox terrier who
sought out $50 wounded men in con-
cealed places during the battle of the
Marine. was one Of a number Of am
bulance dogs just sent back to the
front after a well-earned rest. True
stuck to his post during the pursuit
of the Germans until his master was
killed, then in the confusion Of tie ad-
vance lost his company. He turned up
one morning exhausted and footsore
at the kennel Of the president of the
society of ambulance dogs at Maisons
Lafiette, where he had been trained.
All that dogs are doing and have
done at the front will not be known
until after the war; the censor finds
some of their services SO important
that he saws to disclose il would give
valuable hints to the French enemies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
DUTCH HOUSEWIVES NOW
WORRIED ABOUT SERVANTS
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 90
For the first time in history, the
Dutch housewife is today face to face
with a servant problem. With 10 per
cent OF the male population of the
country called to the colors. the girl
who does not wish, to be a servant
can very readily find we'll paid work
as clerk or factory hand. or in an Of
flee or even on the farm. Many are
doing so. and it is now rare to see in
the Dutch papers the customary form
of advertisement for a place in do
nestle service.
Following the Dutch custom. do
mestic servants are employed by the
year at yearly fixed wages; and in
case OF dissatisfaction on either side,
a rupture of the contract can only
take place quarterly, on the first of
February. May, August or November.
Notice by either party must be given
at the very least three months in ad-
vance on or before one of these dates.
and runs for full three months from
the next following term date. Thus,
to discharge an ill-tempered or in
competent girl the day after she has
come to work, requires six months
liberation of her. or the payment of
six months wages.
The wages, however, are not high,
though the war and the consequent
servant famine is tending to raise
them. A cook ordinarily receives
$3.50 per year with all her food and
washing paid, and one cent as COM
mission in every dollars worth of
household supplies purchased, which
the cook collects from the tradesmen.
a good housemaid received $50 per
year. all found-with the added hope
of falling heir to some of her mis-
tresseS' clothes. A footman or house
boy receives about $40 per year. al
SO all found. The housewife must,
in addition. pay workmen's compen-
sation insurance.
The tipping system is the curse of
domestic service in The Netherlands.
In addition TO the cooks commission,
each servant. at the New Year and
All Saints Day receives gulden on
every hundred of yearly wage, or 81
on every 500. But these are not all.
Eor indeed. the most important tips
in a Dutch house Every guest in
vited to dinner is expected to leave a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13

form (4o cents) with the butler on
departing. All receipts from this
source, as well from an equally in
exorable tax placed upon guests
stopping in the house. go into COM
mon pot under the guardianship OF
the butler, to be distributed at the
end of the quarter, among all the
servants, in the proportion OF their
yearly wages.
At a recent meeting of the Neither
lands Association of Housewives.
Miss G.. NJ van Oorschot. Assistant
Director of the Amsterdam Munich
pal Labor Exchange. made spirited
and frank talk upon existing condi-
tions in domestic service in the Meth
erlands.
The servant problem" said Miss
van Oorschot. lis rightfully an inter-
national question which. until now,
has received altogether too little Sc
rious attention. The principal trou-
BILE is that the relationship between
the housewife and her domestic en-
ployes is regarded rather as a pa
triarchal one than as one Of pure
business, with social and economic
aspects far outweighing the purely
personal considerations. Many a girl
today has left domestic service for
factory or shop work solely because
her personal freedom has been
abridged by the terms of her employ
ment and by the intransigeance Of
her employer. The smallest matters,
which may seem to have no funda-
mental significance. are sufficient to
make a girl dissatisfied. Many girls.
for example. object to wearing caps
as mark or service. or to being ad-
dressed as servants"
There is but one solution of the
social difficulties presented by this
problem. That is to provide for COM
petent instruction in domestic SER
vice. and to regard those who have
awaited themselves of this training as
skilled workers. pursuing trade for
the exercise of which there shall be
as many and as definite legal guar
antees as for the exercise of the
bricklayers', tailors. or plumbers
trades.
THE hours Of labor demanded of
domestic servants, their rare hours
Of freedom, and the tipping system in
vogue here in Holland all need reg
ulation."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
new GERMAN SLANG
FROM THE SOLDIERS
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

(Associated Press Correspondence
Berlin. June alderman slang is
being enriched by a number of inter-
esting expressions which have come
into use at the front. The aviators.
for instance, do not drop bombs-they
lay eggs" Soldiers no longer talk
Of the ~aviator-ohserver and of the pi-
lot. The former is always called Franz
and the latter either Heinrich or Emil
From the observers name a verb has
been formed, ''franzen,' meaning to
observe or spy out. From this the de-
rivative ''yerfranzen" has been formed,
meaning to observe falsely or poorly.
Thus ''eine Sache verfranzen" signi-
fies the rendering futile of a movement
by poor observation.
The projectiles of the artillery, both
of the German and hostile armies, bear
a number Of pet names. The German
missiles are called gifts" iron gifts''
or "old gentlemen Hostile projectiles
are termed from their development of
smoke. black sows'' or woody
bears" from the manner in which they
land, chained dogs" or blind skip
pers": from their noise, ..rowdy
Henry or trailer wagons" and those
that scatter their missiles effectively
rejoice in the name of "sprinkling
cans
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
LOUD PROTEST
TO RECENT ACT
SPANISH Govt

Paris, July -, $50 A. MA Havas
dispatch from Madrid. filed yesterday.
says:
Action of the government in pro-
limiting the discussion of Spanish neu-
trality was severely criticized at a
public meeting today by several speak
ers, who declared the prohibition was
a violation of the constitution. Pablo
A. Iglesias, a Socialist leader. assert
ed violations of the constitutions were
common i'll Spain and demanded for
each citizen the right to discuss the
question of neutrality. He attacked
the passive attitude Of the govern
ment regarding the local labor agita-
ton which, he said, might expand into
a revolutionary movement.
Rodrigo Soriano. another radical,
criticized Vasquez Mella Candida,
the Carlist leader, whom he charged
with having spoken i'll of Great Brit
ain in a public speech.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
JAPAN IS SENDING
LABOR DELEGATE TO
|NTERNAT'l CONGRESS

Toxic, June 19.-What japanese re-
gard as a significant step in the pro-
motion of a better understanding with
the United States was inaugurated by
japanese Labor delegate to the forth
coming international Labor Congress
the departure today of an accredited
at Los Angeles. This action is the
fruit of proposals made by DR.. Sid
ney L. Gulick. the American mission
airy and author, and Dean Schailer
Mathews, of the University of Chica-
so, during their recent tour of Japan.
The pioneer japanese delegate who
left today is Bunji Suzuki, founder
and president OF THE Laborers'
Friendly Society,"" which. in less than
three years time. he has built up to
such strength that it has a member
ship of over 1000, with "a branch or
CARNATIONS throughout the empire.
The object is to promote the tech
nical, social. moral and intellectual
welfare of the japanese working peo-
pie, and to bring about a better I'M
Outstanding between labor and capital.
The society keeps aloof from politics,
and it is said to be looked upon with
favor by employers. 1t supports a Ga
page monthly magazine, maintains a
free legal bureau and holds regular
meetings addressed by capable leaders
on labor and economic topics.
President Suzuki. although only 33
years old. has won fame in Japan by
settling six formidable strikes within
the year. two of them involving sever
al thousand men. The strikes chiefly
threatened the cotton. wooden and
electrical industries. Mr. Suzuki is a
graduate Of the law department of the
Imperial University. and in addition
to his labor service. he is secretary CT
the American Unitarian Mission at
Toxic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13

forts will be made. it is stated, to per-
suade the factories to use the summer
seasons to overhaul their plants, thus
permitting mill employees to take a
profitable vacation on farms instead
Of losing time in the winter season
when another work is difficult to find.
The opening of federal lands or the
buying in Of idle districts under bond
issue has also been considered by the
department in Washington. This would
permit the large number Of skilled
farm workers who have left the coun-
try districts in unsuccessful attempts
to find city jobs, an opportunity to
get back to the soir' and eventually
own their own lots on easy payments.
The creation of an inter-related Ia
Dor exchange between the states
which will secure the necessary CO.
operation for efficient transportation Of
labor il . sound consideration. This.
it is pointed out. would assure the dis
tribution Of immigrant labor where it
would be most effective
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TABLET ERECTED
AT SULLIVAN HOME.
- STEAD, BERwn|

Berwick. Me, July 1.-THE .,..
the old homestead Of the f,.
schoolmaster of the colonial n.
John Sullivan, father Of Mai q.
John Sullivan of Revolutionary n,
Gov. James Sullivan Of Massach,...
and other sons who won dis,inc,,.
was marked with a bronza ..,,
set in a slab of Berwick granite ~
afternoon by John A. Logan, Jr. w.
mans Relief Corps in the presencs vi
a large gathering which came ~,
three states to attend the unvs;I,.
The tablet is not erected on
site OF the house itself, which 10 -.
eral yards back from the road
on the brink Of the spring bv ~
roadside on Pine Hill road, where y
Sullivan family used to draw r..
for their household. The table, I
inscribed:
"On This Farm Were Born r..
Daniel Sullivan. Maj. Gen. John 81
livan. Gov. James Sullivan, Can, n
enezer Sullivan. Revolutionary Pa
OTIS. Children of Master John and NJ.
gerry Sullivan. Erected by John !,
Logan. Jr., w. r. c., No. 7s."
The exercises opened with pr.r..
by Rev. Wilbur f. Homes folloss.
by selection by a quartet. The v.
eran judge. Alvin B. Spencer. re.i,.,
unveiled the tablet. Town Clerk WS
bur d. Spencer then gave an hi,tos
cal address, which included shor, II
ographies of Master Sullivan and Il,
illustrious family.
Mrs Natalie Clement, president n
the Relief Corps, presented the tans
to the town, and Hon. Edward ;
Gowell accepted it on behalf Of ~
town. Mrs. Annie NJ. Mathews n
corps patriotic instructor, had chan,
of the program.
The Relief Corps was aided in mi,
ing the fund for the tablet by menhs,
of the Sons Of the American Raw
luton and the D. A r. Arthur H,,
rington OF North Adams, Mass. a,
sisted the corps in the matter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
SEC'Y WILSON CONSIDERS BROAD
PLAN FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY OF
LABOR AND AIDING UNEMPL Dyed

Washington. July 12.-Secretary
Wilson today has under consideration
plans for further cooperation Of the
federal labor authorities and the in
dustrial departments Of the various
states outlined in a conference with
Commissioner Caminetti and j. T.
Fitzpatrick. secretary of the Associa-
ton Of Governmental Labor Odicials.
These plans. which had for their
purpose the promotion Of the efficiency
Of state labor laws and which dealt
chiefly with the unemployment ques-
ton. will be discussed at the congress
Of the state commissioners in San
Francisco Aug. 2. Secretary Wilson
and other members Of his department
are planning to attend.
One Of the most important questions
concerning the means Of securing work
for the unemployed was the matter
Of transportation OF seasonal laborers.
Steps win be taken to coordinate
the slack periods In the factories with
the harvest sseason in the West. En-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
ZONE OF SILENCE"
ON ARTILLERY Firing

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent
Berlin, June a0.-Interesting ligh, on
the question how far heavy artillery
fire can be heard is given BY Dr.
Doerr, a German scientist, writing in
the intercollegiate Zeitschrift" From
observations made at the Dutch
Meteorological Institute and from 9TH
er sources of information. this writer
shows that the Germany heavy NOR.
tars used in the attack upon Antwerp
We're heard to distance Of 13s to Il,
miles, but that at distances OF only q
TO SO miles nothing was heard. III.
zone of silence" extended 10 abow
100 to 106 miles. Where the de.
donations could again begin TO Il
heard. however, they were deserted
as especially violent. so much so ths.
the ground seemed to tremble
The existence of such a zone d.
silence" appears not to have been sci,
entifically demonstrated previous d
the present war. 1t is mentioned. ia.
example. that in the wars Of 1866 and
1870 German commanders on severi
occasions received instructions d
march 10 any point where they migE
hear a cannonade; but they failed i,
render the expected assistance. anl
their explanations were discredits
when they reported that they had
heard nothing. although the guns hai
been heard by other troops at stu
more distant points. When Fredeftet
the Great defeated the Austrians near
Liegnitz in 1860 the main body Of u
Austrians failed to hear the arrfl
fire there and did not come to the q,
sistance Of their comrades, where's
other Austrian troops much farthe
removed heard it and began the.
march toward the scene of action
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13
The TRAGEDY OF
MAIDEN CLIFF AT
CAMDEN RECALLED

The opening TO automobiles OF the IA
nous Meguntcook turnpike, Camden,
which is being widened and otherwise
made safer. will make it a popular thor
cughfare for tourists, as it is most
picturesque stretch between the cliffs of
Mt. Megunticook and the shore of the
lake. 1t will also renew interest in the
famous Maiden Cliff. which rises almost
100 feet perpendicular above the road
way, and along the base of winch consid-
cradle blasting has been done to make
the road wider.
Nearly at the top of the cliff is a large
wooden cross. which has been there
many years to commemorate a tragedy
OF 50 years ago. when little Elenora
French. II years old, fell over the cliff
to her death. Many fanciful stories have
been written about the accident-one 10
the effect that the victim was about 10
be bride: another that the maiden
made the leap because of disappointment
in love. and other attempts have been
made to give a romantic touch to what
was pure and simple accident to a
little schoolgirl.
Mrs. Frank Cassens. sister of the
victim, lives on Knowlton street. Cam
den village. and was an eyewitness, as
much as any one. To a Globe CORE
sponoent, she told the story, rather re-
iuctantiy, but anxious that the true
facts be recorded as matter of the
correct history of Maiden Cliff.
Mrs. Cassens told the story ahou. no
follows:
Ny fathers name was Zadoc French
and l was the eldest of the u children.
We lived at what is now Lincolnville
Beach. That day myself and the schoo,
teacher. Miss Hartshorn, were getting
ready to drive to Lincolnville Center to
see some friends when little Elenora
coaxed her mother to go with US.
After dinner young man, Randall
Young, invited US to go up on the mopn.
tain and the four of us climbed Mesun-
ucook from the Lincolnyille side. We
did not realize that we were over the
boldest cliff on the range until Mr.
Young told US so. and he said he vould
find big rock and roll 1t down over
While he was looking for a rock Miss
Hartshorn and were sitting down and
little Elenora was rambling about us. 7
remember exactly how she looked. Her
hat had blown of, and with IL the ne,
and when last saw her she was sitt;n,
on rock near the edge of the cliff n,,t.
ting on her net.
turned to speak to Miss Hartshorn
heard scream. I looked where EIe-
nora was sitting and she was gone. We
were dazed for moment and then ran
to the edge Of the cliff. but could no,
get near enough to look over. Mr.. Youn.
climbed down the face Of the Cliff n
where Elenora had landed. nearly an
feet. they say. from where she fell. She
was stili alive and not bone was brok.
en-. but she was injured internally ava
died at 1910 that night.
Il don't know how my sister cam. =,
fall. shall always think that a nun a,
wind took her hat and she fell over in
going after It. The cross was put mn
some years later"
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COMMANDMENT OF CUAYMAS IS
AvERTED BY STRONG PROTEST OF
ADMIRAL HOWARD ON COLORADO

Guaymas. Mexico. July II. by Radio
to San Diego. Calf, July ia gen.
eral bombardment of Guaymas by the
Carranza gungoat Guerrero. planned
for Monday. has been prevented. After
a strong protest by Admiral Thomas
3, Howard Of the United States cruis-
er Colorado and foreign consuls, the
Guerrero commander agreed to fire
only upon southern Pacific trains en-
tering or leaving the city and upon
the Mexican steamer Bonita, anchored
in the inner harbor.
The commanding officer Of the Guer-
zero said the trains and steamer Bon
ita would be fired upon because they
have been used by the enemy in the
transportation of troops. He agreed
not to open fire upon any other part
Of the city. Many Of the Mexican and
foreign property would have been en-
dangered by a general bombardment.