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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
CHAS. B. lands
IN A STATEMENT
ON EXPLOSION
Very Forcibly Scouts Theory of
Outside Plan or Inter-
ference

Wilmington. Del, Dec. "A lengthy
statement was issued by the DUPONT
Powder Co. tonight through former
Congressman Charles B. Lands, one
of it's officials, denying that the explo-
sion Tuesday was the result Of "out-
side planning or interference" The
statement also says that no suspicious
fire or explosion has occurred in any
Of the company's factories in any part
of the country since the European war
began. The publication Of what are
termed sensational and utterly
groundless reports" was the reason as
signed for the issuance of the state
ment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
INTERNATIONAL
LEAGUE ISSUES
MEETING CALL

New York. Dec. 2.-President Z. G.
Barrow has issued a call for the an
nual meeting of the International
League to be held at the Hotel Meal
pin here on Dec. IS. The board of d.
rectors will meet at II o'clock and the
league meeting will be called to order
at o'clock
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
Mrs. Annie Roberts

Mrs. Annie Roberts passed away Tues
day at Portland hospital after a sew
eral weeks illness. The remains were
brought to West Benton Thursday after
noon to the home of her son. Edward E.
Roberts. where burial will be held Friday
afternoon at o'clock. Rev. c. o. Perry,
pastor of the Fairfield Methodist church,
will conduct the services. The deceased
was aged A years. She is survived by
two sons, Edward e. Roberts of West
Benton and Robert Roberts Of Sabattus
also two sisters of Orland. Me. She was
a resident of Portland. The burial will
be at the Ames yard at West Benton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
RICHMOND WINS
FROM kUGUSTANS
AT BASKETBALL

Richmond. Me, Dec. 2.-(SpeciaD. y
One Of the best basketball games ever
seen in town was played tonight at
the Opera house between the Rich
mond Athletic Club and the Augusta
Independents. Richmond winning by a
score of So to &c. The game was full of
thrills at all times and the passing of
both teams was excellent.
Gardiner, who is taking the place left
vacant by Libby at left back, showed
wonderful ability. He is a High school
man and this is his first showing in
fast company.
Stilphen and Grenier starred for the
visitors, while the work of the Rich
mond team left none for choice.
In a preliminary game the Richmond
second team won holly contested
game from the Cedar Grove team by
score of Is to :.
The score is as follows:
RICHMOND AUGUSTA
A. L. Terrell, IF 80. Id. Cooper. Thyng
A. C. Terrell, If .......... RIB. Grenier
Malley, RIB ................ II, Stllphen
Gardiner, lb .............. RI, Brown
Score, 80. Richmond A. c.; Augusta
16. Goals from floor A. L. Terrell G.,
Cobb 4, Malley 3, Gardiner /; from
fouls. Gardiner /. Goals from floor,
for Augusta, Cooper 1, Thyng /, Gren-
Ter 4, Boardman /, Stilphen /. Referee,
IT Turner Scorer Milligan: timer
Milligan. Time. 2O-min. periods.
RICHMOND IND - CEDAR GROVE.
Pinkham. IF ..... ID, Stewart
Adams. If ..;............ RIO. Morrill,
flerCe, '...'..-' ~ AicUiS
Brann, lr ............... RI, 0. Gardiner
Griffin, rb .......... II, c. Gardiner
Goals from floor. Pinkham 2, Adams
2, Pierce 1, Brann 1, Griffin /, o. Gar
diner 1, Preble l. from fouls. Preble g.,
| Pierce /. Time, Ism. periods. Timer,
Milligan; scorer, Card. Umpire. Turner.
Score. Is to {.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
The Charge to jury

1t was lawful. Judge Howe had
charged the jury for the defendants to
send supplies to the German fleet, with
this important condition attached
That in so doing they make no inten-
tional attempt TO deceive port collec-
tors and untruly state the nature of
the cargo and its destination.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
WINTHROP
LOCAL NOTICE

Florence Shaw will be in Winthrop
at the Bluebird Gift Shop from I to
P. NJ, Saturday to DO manieuring.
dec2d3ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03

ENTER PICTURE PUZZLE
PAsTlME AND WIN ONE
or THE eIo CASH PRIZES
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OFFICIALS GUILTY
(Ccntinued from Page one)

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Starts On Time

Starts on Time
i was O'clock and as sharp a the
tolnt on the hand of $50 Swiss watch
when the band played the opening
aGmher-and from that moment until
Tie grand finale there was discus and
'rous but no delay. The Grand Pee
fade' came swinging into the big tent
thP audience room of City hall--a
lew minutes later and did the once
around tho ring act while the crowd
gave the show the once-over act
There never was parade like it in
NE history Of the world and crcuses.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIoN-ISo-
LATED TRACT.

Public Land Sale. Department of
the interior, L. S. Land Office at Lew
iston, Idaho, July %, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that, as direct
ed by the Commissioner of the General
Land office, under provisions of Sec.
Pass, R. s., pursuant to the application
of Nellie L. Campbell, Serial No. 05360,
we will offer at public sale, to the
highest bidder, but at not less than
$3.50 per acre, at 10 o'cock a. m, on
the 8th day of September, next, at this
office, the following tract of land:
SEA NWA Sec. Il, T. 81 N, R. |
E., B. M.
This tract is ordered into the market
on a showing that the greater portion
thereof is mountainous or too rough
for cultivation.
The sale will not oe kept open, but
will be declared closed when those pres
emit at the hour named have ceased bid
ding. The persons making the highest
bid will be required to Immediately pay
to the Receiver the amount thereof
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described land are advised to file
their claims, or objections, on or be
fore the time designated for sale.
Henry Heitfeld, Register
LIS Blair E. Hoar, Receiver.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12

and the Gray Eagle Fraction Quartz
Mining Claim are one and the same; ;
that the DeLamar QuaFtz Mining
Claim and the DeLamar Fraction
Quartz Mining Claim are one and the
same, and that it was intended 10
mortgage and convey and the said
mortgage does mortgage and convey
the Gray Eagle Fraction Quartz Min
ing Claim and the DeLamar Fraction
Quartz Mining Claim and that said
mortgage be corrected accordingly;
And for such other and further relief
as may seem proper to the court.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
said District Court this 18th day of
July, 1915.
(SeaD John p. Eimers, Clerk.
Harold Harris, Deputy.
w. n. Scales, Attorney for Plaintiff,
residence and Post Office address,
Grangeville, Idaho. sc
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12

RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF
LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST.
Notice is hereby given that the lands
described below, embracing 65.49 acres,
within the Idaho National Forest Idaho,
will be subject to settlement and entry
under the provisions of the homestead
laws of the United States and the act
of June II, 1906 (34 Stat, 233), at the
United States land office at Haley,
Idaho, on September 80, 1918. Any
settler who was actually and in good
agricultural purposes prior to January
/, 1906, and has not abandoned same has
a preference right to make homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appica-
tions of the persons mentioned below,
who have preference right subject to
the prior right of any such settler pro
vided such settler or applicant is
qualified to make homestead entry and
the preference right is exercised prior
to September 30, 1915 on which date
the lands will be subject to settlement
and entry by any qualified person. The
lands embrace tract within what will
probably be when surveyed, Sec. II, t.
90 N, R. IL E., B. M, described as
follows: Beginning at Corner No. J.,
identical with Forest Service Monu
ment, consisting of a granite boulder
marked F. s. M. Ill., extending thence
N. so deg. E., 10 chs; thence S. So
deg. T., chs; thence N. A deg. E.,
16 chs; thence N. 10 deg. 80 min. E.. !,
81 chs. thence S. 81 deg; 80 min. E.,
% chs. thence s. So deg. 80 min. W.,
II chs; thence s. 5 deg. 80 min. E.,
4 chs. ; thence S. SO deg. A min. W.,
42.7S chs; thence N. II deg. W., 5
chs, to the place of beginning, contain
ing 65,49 acres, application of R. A.
Wallingford, Warren Idaho; List
4-1747. June 30, 1915, G. NJ. Bruce,
Assistant Commissioner of the General
Land Office. 104
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLIcATIoN-Iso-
LATED TRACT.

Public Land Sale. Department of the
Interior, Z. S. Land Office at Lewis
ton, Idaho, July 7, 1915.
Notice is herby given that as direct
ed by the Commissioner of the General
Land office, under provisions of Sec.
Pass, R. s., pursuant to the application
of William E. Zumwalt, Serial No.
05794, we will offer at public sale, to
the highest bidder, but at not less than
$3.50 per acre, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, on
the sth day of September, next, at this
office, the following tract of land:
Lot l, Sec. 4, T. 30 N, R. 2 W., B.
NJ.
This tract is ordered into the market
on showing that the greater portion
thereof is mountainous or too rough for
cultivation.
The sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those pres
emit at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making the high
est bid will be required to Immediately
pay to the Receiver the amount there
| of.
Amy persons claiming adversely the
above described land are advised to file
their claims, or objections, on or before
the time designated for sale.
Henry Heitfeld, Register
11-5* Blair E. Hoar, Receiver.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12
"MONEY"
I ~ POUCH or the REAL TosAcco>
CHEW HAS VANISHED -

The mint makes II and under the terms OF the
CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE COMPANY
pose on approved real estate. Terms easy, tell
us your wants and we will cooperate with you
PETTY & COMPANY
$40 Denham Building Denver, Colo.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12

decree may be made for the sale of
said mortgaged premises and the pro-
ceeds applied in payment of the amount
due to the plaintiff; that said defen-
dants and each of them and all persons
claiming under them or either of them
subsequent to the execution of said
mortgage, be barred and foreclosed of
all right, claim or equity of redemption
in the said premises, and that the said
defendants, the Evergreen Cons ida
ed Mining Company, Limited, a cor. y
ton, and J. Frank Watson as assIgnor
and guarantor of said note, be adiudged
to pay any deficiency which may remain
after applying all the proceeds of the
sale of said premises properly applica-
BILE to the satisfaction of said judg-
ment; that the above entitled court
determine whether the said Evergreen
Consolidated Mining Company, Limited,
a corporation, has forfeited its charter
Directors of said Corporation be ad
judged to be Trustees of said corpora
ton with power to settle the affairs
thereof, and that judgment herein be
entered against said Directors as Trus
tees of said Corporation by reason OF
said forfeiture if so adjudged.
That it be adjudged and decreed thai
the Gray Eagle Quartz Mining Claim
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11
Tenth of Series of Little Known Stories by the Famous
Author, Appearing Each Sunday in "The Sun"
Which Represent His Earlier Style

know" said the young man, more
impressed than ever.
He unearthed his tragedy. the title
Of which I have given. and began to
read. felt as though I were walk
ing in a dream; having been till then
ignorant Of the fact that earth held
young men who held five act trag-
edies in their insides. The young man
gave me the whole Of the performance,
from the preliminary scene. where
nothing more than an eruption OF
Vesuvius occurs to mar the serenity Of
the manager, till the very end, whvre
the Roman sentry OF Pompeii is
slowly banked up with ashes in the
presence OF the audience and dies
murmuring through his helmet vizor:
"S.P.Q. R.RIP.R.S.V.P.." or words to
that effect
For three hours and one-haN he
read to me. And then I made mis-
take.
"sr." said I, who's your Ma and
Pa?"
II haven't got any" said he, and
his lower lip Quivered.
Where do you live?" I said.
AT the back OF Tarporley News"
said he.
How" said I.
ION eleven shillings a week" said
ne | was pretty we'll educated and II
you don't stay too long they will let
you read the books in the Holywell
street stalls"
And you wasted your money buy
ing my books said I with a lump
the size of a bolster in my throat.
II got them second hand four and
sixpence," said he, land some I bor-
rowed"
Then collapsed. I didn't weep.
but took the tragedy and put 1t in
the fire and called myself every name
that ! knew.
This caused the young man to sob
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left eye, my Great and Only began to
"chuck it of his chest" Thus:
AT the back o. the Knightsbrdge Bar
rcks.
When the fog was a-gatherin dim.
The lifeguard talked TO the undertook.
An the girl she talked to i'm
"Twidde- eddie iddle -lum- tum- tum!"
said the violins.
Ling-a -ling-a -ling-a-ling -ting-iing
said the spurs of the Great and Only,
and through the roar in my ears !
fancied l could catch a responsive
hoofbeat in the gallery. The next four
lines held the house to attention. Then
came the chorus and the borrowed re-
frain. 1t took-it went home with a
crisp click. My Great and Only saw
his chance. Superbly waving his hand
to embrace the whole audience, he in
vited them TO join in:
you may make n mistake when you're
MASKING a tart,
But you'll learn to be wise when you're
older,
And don't try for things that are out
Of your reach.
And that's what the girl told the SOL
der. soldier. soldier.
And that's what the girl told the SOL
der
thought the gallery would never
let go Of the long drawn howl on sol
der" They chung to it as ringers to
the kicking bell rope. Then l envied
no one-not even Shakespeare. had
my house hooked-gaffed under the
gills. netted. speared, shot behind the
shoulder-anyth!ng you please. That
was pure JOY, With each verse the
chorus grew louder. and when my
Great and Only had beloved his way
to the fall of the lifeguard and the
happy lot Of the Undertook the gall
lery rocked again, the reserved stalls
shouted. and the pewters twinkled like
the legs Of the demented ballet girls.
The conductor waved the now frenzied
orchestra To softer Lydian strains. My
Great and Only warbled piano:
"At the back o. Knigh,sbrldge Barrlcks,
When the focs a-gatherin' dim,
The lifeguard waits for the undertook
But she won't wait for i'm"
Tara -rara- RI a-ra-ra-ra rang n
horn clear and fresh as a sword cut.
Twas the apotheosis Of virtue.
She's married a man in the poultry
line
That lives at 'Ighgate I'll,
An the lifecuard walks with the 'ouse-
maid now,
An lawful pause) she can't foot the
bill
Who shall tell the springs that move
masses? l had builded better than
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] knew. Followed yelis. shrieks and
widest applause. Then. as wave
gathers to the curlover. singer and
sung to fill their chests and heave the
chorus through the quivering roof
alto, horns, BASES drowned and lost in
the fiood-to the beachlike boom of
beating feet:
"Oh. think o. my song when you're
GOWN il strong
An your boots is too little to old yer
An don't try for things that is out o.
your reach.
An that's what the girl told the SOL
der. soldier. so-holdier!"
Ow. HI Vi. whaLhup. Phew!
Whew, Pwhit, Bang. Wang,
Crr-rash! There was ample time for
variations as the horns uplifted them
selves and ere the held voices came
down IN the foam of sound
That's what the girl told the soldier.
Providence has sent me several joys
and / have helped myself to others,
but that night, as l looked across the
sea OF tossing billycocks and rocking
bonnets. my work, as l heard them
give tongue. not once but four times
their eyes sparkling. their mouths
twisted with the taste of pleasure
felt that I had secured perfect felic-
ity, I am become greater than Shake
speare. / may even write plays for
the lyceum. but l never can recap
ture that first fine rapture that fol-
lowed the upheaval Of the Anglo
Saxon 400 Of him and her. They do
not call for authors on these occa-
sions. but l desired no need of public
recognition. l was placidly happy.
The chorus dubbed up again and
again throughout the evening and a
redcoat in the gallery insisted on
singing solos about "a swine in the
poultry line" whereas l had written
man." and the pewters began to fly
and afterward the long streets were
vocal with various versions of what
the girl had really told tae solder.
and I went To bed murmur!ng: II
have found my destiny"
But il needs a more mighty intellect
to writ the Songs Of the Peop.e.
Some day a man will rise up from
Bermondsey. Battersea or Bow. and
he will be coarse but clear sighted,
hard but infinitely and tenderly
humorous. speaking the peoples
tongue. stepped in their lives and tell
ing them in swinging. urging. ding!ng
verse what il is that their mar
t.cuate lips would express. He will
make them songs. Such songs! And
all the little poets who pretend to sing
to the people will scuttlr away like
rabbits, for the girl (Which. as you
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audibly, partly from emotion and
partly from lack OF food.
took of my hat to him before I
showed him out, and We went to a
restaurant and I arranged things gen.
orally on a financial basis.
Would that I could let the tale stop
here. But I cannot.
Three days later a man came to see
me on business, an Objectionable man
OF uncompromising truth. Just be-
fore ne departed he said: ID you
know anything about the struggling
author Of a tragedy called The Be-
trayal Of Confdences'?"
Yes" said I. lone OF the few poor
souls who in the teeth of grinding pow
erty keep alight."
AT the back Of Tarporley News"
said he. "On eleven shil.ings a week"
ION the mischief" said l.
HE didn't happen to tell you that
he considered you the finest. subtlest.
truest and so forth Of all the living
so forths. did he?"
He may have said something out
of the fulnessi Of an overladen heart
You know how unbridled Is the en-
thusiasm Of"
Young gentlemen who buy your
books with their last farthing. You
didn't soak it all in by any chance.
give him a good meal and half a SOW
ereign as well. did you?"
Il own up" said ~ did all that
and more. But how do you known"
Because he victimized me in the
same way a fortnight ago"
Thank you for that" I said but
I burned his disgusting manuscripts.
And he wept."
There. unless he keeps dupli-
cate. you have scored one"
But considering the matter impair
TALLY. it seems to me that the game is
not more than fifteen all" in any
light.
1t makes me blush to think about IT,
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MY GREAT AND ONLY

morning the papers would write about
the progress Of the modern drama
Chat was the silver paper panto-
mime), and graphic presentment Of
the realities of our highly complex
civilization" That was the angel
housemaid. By the way. when an
Englishman has been doing anything
more than unusually Pagan he gem
orally consoles himself with over civ
il!zation." It's the martyr-to-nerves-
dear" note in his equipment.
went to the music halls-the less
frequented ones-and they were al
most as dun as the plays. but they
introduced me to several elementary
truths. Ladies and gentlemen in &C.
centric. but not altogether unsightly.
costumes told me (a) that IL I got
drunk should have head next morn
ing. and perhaps be fined by the mag
istrate; Cb) that II I fiirted promiscu-
ously should probably get into
trouble: (c) that I had better tell my
wife everything and he good to her,
or she would be sure to find out for
herself and be very bad to me: (d)
that ! should never lend money; or
le) fight with a stranger whose form
l Ulu not KNOW. NY lrseHuS vi may
be permitted to SO call them) illus
trated these facts with personal
"reminiscences and drove them home
with kicks and prancings. At inter-
walls circular ladies in pale pink and
white would low TO their audience 10 the
effect that there was nothing half
So sweet in life as Loves Young
Dream" and the b.llycock hats would
look at the four and elevenpenny bon
nets and they saw that II was good
and clasped hands on the strength OF
ii. Then other ladies with shorter
skirts would explain that when their
husbands
"Stagger home tight about two.
An can't light the candle,
We talk the broom 'anlle
An show EN- what women can do"
Naturally the billycocks. seeing
what might befall, thought things over
again, and you heard the bonnets MUIR
muring softly under the clink Of the
larger glasses: mot me, Bill. Not me-"
Now these things are basic and ba-
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John French, commander IN
chief of the British troops.
was a poet, or If he were that he had
time to write verses with the business
he has on hand. would you?' sad 70
New Yorker with English connection,
"But he is, Just the same. for a.
Christmas he sent to n friend IN Su--
sex Christmas note in his own hand.
writing. not printed card, TO o."
following ,ffe ct:
Old fellow. IL could grasp your il.l
For about minute you'd undcrstlJ.
Without any fixed up card from me
What bully Christmas l want yours
to be.
That's just like him, TO. Hos
French. all right. but he's not Fr,u o..
1t sounds "a hit like what our uv.
Teddy might have written, ducsut g."
BY the way" he went On. 'aI
you ever hear about how fine a r.ts
shot Sir John is? No? We one"
when he was Colonel he was NJ
dinner where a lot of officers We're
talking about shooting. SIR john
listened while and then quietly s4.3
he would bet any one in the company
a. boN VI t4if- DSSl tlItN ne A''.lt't
fire ten shots at 500 yards anl call
each shot correctly without waltiu-
for the marker
THE senior Major took the BET oU
the jump and two or three II III"
others wanting to come IN Sir Jp.r
took them as they came, calmly arl
with supreme confidence. Next morn
ing they We're all at the range, and
Sir John picked up the first rife %
hand and stepped to the line.
Miss he announced. as the gun
cracked. He fired again. MIS- he
promptly announced. The third time
h, fired. Miss he called ut as be-
fore.
He was going right ahead with it
when the Major broke in.
Here. Colonel he said, win are
you giving Us? You are not shooting
at the target AT all
Put French Inid no attention lI'
kept straight on shooting and an
nouncin- a miss each time the gun
cracked until it had cracked tn times.
Then he 81. Ike.
OF CourS" | wasn't shou'iu- n
the target he smil d, 1 was shooting
for the cigars"