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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-24

Washington, April 23.-The pack of
American sardines during the past sea-
son was improved 80 per cent. in quality,
according to the food specialists of the
United States Department of Agriculture
who have been conducting an experiment
tai laboratory at Eastport, Me-. during
the past two packing seasons. This has
been brought about by the fact that the
demonstrations in the laboratory have
shown the Maine Gamers the advantage
of improved methods and of striving to
make quality sardine to meet the de-
mand for a better class of goods which
the wars interference with imports has
largely increased. Before the laboratory
was established the Maine packers were
competing bitterly amongst themselves
in an effort to produce a can of goods
that could be sold at some profit for the
low prices then offered by the jobbers
and the wholesalers. Under such cond-
tons the packing establishments natur-
ally had a tendency to work for speed
rather than quality in packing.
Under the old form of competition some
of the packers paid very litrle attention
to the character or size of the fish and
some at tlIleS pdChcu dleWlNeS, Silver
hake and smelts as we'll as the small her
ring which is the American sardinc.
They also frequently packed what were
known as "feedy" fish. These were fish
that had fed plentfully on a microscope
crustacean and small shrimp. When the
fish were packed with their bodies full of
this feed, changes in the food had a
tendency to soften the fies.. of the fish
with the result that they broke before
placing them in the cans. After the
packers began to compete on a quality
rather than cost basis a simple way
of doing away with "feedy" fish was en-
ployed. All that is necessary is to leave
the sardines for a short time in the
weirs in which they are caught, until
they can digest the shrimp and small
crustaceanS.
Another tendency under the former
hurried methods of packing the fish was
to over-salt them or to leave them too
long in brine in the boats which bring
them from the weirs. In other cases the
fish were mutilated by bad handling or
kept so long before cooking that they
lost much of their flavor. EXCESSIVE
sailing also destroyed the delicate favor
of the fish and made them salt fish,
rather than oil-canned fish. Under the
new methods the boats are equipped
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trebled. Through this plant the Ger
man government transmits most OF
it's official communications to the
United States government and the
German embassy communicates with
Berlin. Many official war bulletins from
the German capital are received at
the Sayville station.
The electric plant has been increas-
ed from IS kilowatts to 100 kilowatts.
Three 500-foot towers to support the
wireless aerials are at Sayville ready
to be placed in position and it is eA-
pected that before the end OF next
week, the new and powerful apparatus
will be in operation.
Virtually all the equipment. 1t Is
said, was manufactured in Germany
since the outbreak of the war and was
shipped here by Dutch steamship.
The new plant has been inspected by
agents from the department OF COM
merce at Washington and it is under
stood that license will be asked for
when the plant is ready.
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COLORADO STRIKE HEARING
TO Be RE.0PENED WITH JOHN
ROCKEFELLER, JR., WITNESS

of political affiliations-to force for OFF,
ces to come out in the open and declare
their attitude toward the rights of en-
shop We all know that the politicians
have been giving organized labor sops
for the purpose of securing their votes.
l believe there is no man in ither the
Republican or Democratic party who
would dare come out in opposition to
tho open shop"
Another amazing revelation in the
correspondence Is that contained In
letters exchanged by Mr.. Rockefeller
and Mr.. Lee, his publicity agent. at
the time Gov. Ammons was acting in
the strike adjustment. The letters deal
first with the desire and plans of the
Rockefellers to get their side of the
question before President Wilson. THE
correspondence further discloses,' Mr.
Walsh said, 1.-The fact that Mr.. Rock
efeller had a plain for publishing a
string of daily newspapers and f1nanc-
ing the official organ of the National
Chamber of Commerce"
Concerning the alleged knowledge Of
Mr.. Rockefeller Of the conditions in
the coal field, Mr.. Walsh quotes from
a letter from Mr.. Bowers to Starr J
Murphy, personal representative OF
John D. Rockefeller, senior. 1t is con-
corning report of an interview which
Mr. Murphy had with Ethelbert Stew
art of the bureau of labor statistics in
which Mr.. Stewart was instructed to
try to avert the impending strike. He
quotes from the letter:
your favor was read by both Mr.
Welborn and myself with greatest
satisfaction. You handled the matter
raised by Mr.. Stewart with exception
al skill and it leaves us unhandicappe :,
in case there is a strike.'
"Mr. Bowers then followed with a
letter of sixty typewriter pages ex-
planning the entire situation in the
coal fields and the matters in contro-
versy between the miners and operat-
ors," Mr.. Walsh said.
Another telegram from Mr.. Rookie
Teller to Mr.. Bowers is dated the day
of the strike and contains effusive
praise Of Mr.. Bowers thanking him for
the showing the company had made
during the fiscal year and containing
no word of concern for the eight thou.
sand miners who that day were de-
prived Of their LIVELIHOOD Mr.. Walsh
added.
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FRENCH COMPLAIN OF
ASPHYX|ATINC BOMBS
WHICH GERMANS USE

Paris, April 23.-Via London. 1856 P.
M.-(Sub French Official Report).-The
French war Office this afternoon issued
the following statement:
Yesterday evening there were fairly
lively engagements in Belgium In tn
bend of the User to the north of Dix
nude Belgian troops repulsed an attack
against the chateau of Vicoque and in
tlicted heavy losses on the enemy. To
the north of Ypres the Germans by en-
ploying large quantities of asphixiating
bombs, the effect Of which was felt for
a distance of two kilometers behind our
lines, forced US to retire in the direction
of the User canal
Edwards the west and in the direc-
ton of Ypres. towards the south, the
enemy's attack was checked. Vigorous
counter-a.tacks enabled us to regain
ground and make many prisoners.
I'm the wooded valley near ST. Mihjel
by an attack to the east and west of
the positions previously captured, we
took 700 meters of trenches and made
about 100 prisoners including three
officers
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Kansas City, April Authorization con-
tanned in letters and kilograms passing
between John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and
officers of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.
made public here tonight by Frank p
Walsh, chairman Of the Federal Indus
trial Relations Commission, caused Mr.
Walsh to announce that the hearing con-
corning the coal miners strike in Col
orado would be reopened and Mr.. Rookie
Teller recalled to the witness stand.
Some of Witnesses
Besides Mr.. Rockefeller there will be
called to testify ]. F. Welborn, president
of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.; L. NJ
Bowers, chairman of the companys eX-
ecutive committee, and Ivy Lee, Mr..
Rockefeller's publicity agent. The hear
ing will open in Washington on May L.
Mr.. Walsh said. The correspondence
was obtained by Mr.. Walsh from Mr.
Rockefellers New York Office, in COM
pliance with a demand of the commits
sion. It was not forthcoming, Mr.. Walsh
announced. in time for its contents to be
used at the recent hearing in New York
and he considered the information con-
tanned in it of a character to warrant
the reopening of the hearing.
RockefeIIers Prepared
1.-The commission has today mode as a
part of it's record Mr.. Walsh said to-
night, "a mass of correspondence show
ing not only that the Rockefellers were
in constant touch with every phase of
the Colorado coal strike situation, but
that they knew the strike was coming
and were prepared for it.
Mr.. Rockefeller testified at the hear
ing of the commission in New York and
also before the congressional investiga-
ting committee that he kept his hands
off the strikG situation and had no
knowledge of conditions in the coal
fields
1.-The letters and kilograms which we
have today filed in the record make
it plain that every step taken by the
Rockefeller agents in Colorado in the
strike was taken with the knowledge
and assent of Mr. Rockefeller's Office in
New York"
Political Speculation
In other letters Mr.. Bowers INDUCES
in some political speculations that are
Of Importance. In letter to Mr..
Rockefeller he writes:
1.-THE strike has brought to the front
an issue which will secure the attention
and I believe the cooperation of the
business men of the country regardless
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BRUNSWICK HIGH AND
EDWARD LITTLE LEAD
IN DEBATING LEAGUE

Brunswick, Me-, April 23.-(SpeciaD
Edward Little High and Brunswick
High are the champions in League A
and B respectively of the Bowdoin In
terscholastic Debating League. This
afternoon Brunswick High debated
against Westbrook High on the ques-
ton, Resolved. That Women of the
United States Should be Granted the
Right Of Suffrage on Equal Terms with
Men," Westbrook High had the af-
flrmative and Brunswick the negative
The Brunswick speakers were: Ernest
A. Purinton. Percy E. Graves and Will
fred T. Racine, with Leon Marshall
as alternate. The speakers for West
brook were: Donald w. Hurd, Alton
c. Chick and Reginald T. Small. with
Walter s. Hay as alternate The
judges were: Prof. Lee D. MCLEAN Of
Bowdoin College. Principal William B.
Jack Of Portland High and Principal
L. E. Moulton Of Edward Little High.
They awarded the debate to Brunswick
High by vote Of two to one.
This evening Edward Little High de-
feated Portland High on the question
Resolved: That the Jones Bill Providing
for the Government and Disposition Of
the Philippines Should Be Enacted In
this debate the negative also won, Port
land High having the affirmative. The
Edward Little debaters were Edwin H.
Purinton. E. Shepley. Paul and Jesse
c. Donahue. with Oswald K. Hammond
as alternate. The speakers for Portland
High were Donald Mcdonald. william
r. Peterson and F. Arthur Hilton. with
Philip I. Oakss Is alternate. The judges,
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THE AMERICAN SAR=
Dine PACK IMPROVES
Maine Packers Giving Attention to Producing
Quality Sardine- United States Officials
Report on Their Observations.

with better tanks and care IS being taken
to get the fish quickly to the packers
and into the steam cooker or fra
good condition.
In preparing the fish for the canS Is.
pecially in the case of small fish. there
was a tendency, because of the haste, to
null the heads off with fingers instead
of cutting them properly with shears
This pulling or ''snipping' as it is called
frequently left portions of the hard gills
of the fish in the can and these gills fire.
uuently separated from the fish, leaving
inedible portions in the oil and giving il
an undesirable look. Under the new
competition in quality, fish are being
brought to the packing houses in much
better conditions and are being handled
there much more carefully so as to get
them into the cans in as nesily perfect
condition as possible.
The most marked Improvement, how
ever, has been the interest the packers
have taken in cleaning up their factories
especially in seeing that the flakes on
which the fish are dried, the steam cook
ers, and the other machinery for hand
ton Under the old system not only the
condition of the floors but of the tables
as well, was frequently disregarded.
This year practically every factory In
Maine has cleaned it's floors and put Its
tables and other working equipment in
such shape that a clean product can be
produced. The factories are also prohib.
ting the throwing around Of refuse and
requiring the cleaning up of floors andI
other parts of the factory as rapidly as
they are soiled In the case of the flakes
or wire-mesh frames on which the fish
are dried and then sent into the steam|
room, the greater attention to cleanlness|
has had a marked effect on the appear.
ance of the canned product Under the
old system when these flakes were notI
always cleaned after each run, parts of
the cooked fish chung to the meshes. It
was found that these fragments of fish,
and the condition of the flakes made i'll
practically impossible to produce a canI
of sardines in clear, clean oil, as the
fragments on the flakes would stick to
the new fish and color the oil in the can.
During the last season practically all of
the packers paid marked attention I'd
these matters with the result that this
years product in quality of fish and oil
is held by experts and by the trade to be
far superior to the previous runs.
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GERMAN REPRISALS
AGAINST BRITISH
0RlER-|N-C0UNC||

Berlin, via London, April 22.-(SW a
Mo.-Amendments to the prize rules gov
erning the operations of the Gsrinsi
navy, signed by Emperor William anu
Admiral Won Tirpitz, published IN u'
Reichs Anzeiger, were designed as "a ie'
prisal for the decision made by Urea
Britain and her allies contravening 'l''
Declaration of London Feb. g. 1917
Under the new order field glasses hau1
teal instruments, pig lead, acceptance
coal and coke are made absolute coh7
traband
Several other commo lities to the isl II
conditional contraband, including "oo,
rubber, iron and several other ores. ih'l
regulation prescribes that these art''le,
shall be assumed conditional contraOan
destined for the enemy if consigned
order or to person whose name wv
not appear in the ships papers ="
person in the enemy's territory. In so
a case it is provided that ship s"N,
be liable to capture even If bound l0'
neutral port. -
The order directs also that con- tms
ccntraband may be confscated
regard to the consignee when 'inp
destined for neutral country
which the nations at war win 'e.h
obtain articles of the kind in qu.s''"
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NO EXPLANATION OF STOPPING
ENCL D--H0LL TRAFFIC

london, April 23.-Q2.N P. M.).-The
British forces have shown no disposition.
under the repeated rushes of the Ger
mans. to relax their grip on Hill No. 60
near Ypres, and the fighting in this To-
cality today shows signs of developing
along the wide front with increasing in
tensity, even rivaling the attempts of the
Germans to break through the, British
lines last fall.
II Inch Shells at Ypres
The city of Ypres, whose historic
structures were shattered by German
projectiles last october, again is the tar
get Of heavy shells. Huge 17-inch missiles
are now being used and unless the civil
ian population has fled or is taking to it's
cellars. the losses among the people must
be heavy.
There has been a lull in the German
counter-attacks according to the British
official report given out this morning,
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but it is assumed that both sides are
being strongly reinforced and the tone
of the British communication indicates
that the issue has not yet been finally
decided.
Purpose In North Sea
No official explanation is forthcoming
of the stoppage of traffic between Eng
land and Holland. One theory is that
this is a stroke aimed at spies and an
other that the area is being cleared for
a naval action. The latter explanation
seems incomplete, however, in that if
steps were being taken to clear ships
from a marine shell zone running to
Scandinavian ports also would be held up.
Although Great Britain is silent, Ger
many apparently is expecting extensive
land operations near the Dardanelles,
and it is common knowledge that troops
Of the Allies are being landed in Euro
pean Turkey.
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PLANS FOR MORE REALISM IN
naval WAR CAME next MONTH

Washington, April 23.-The war
game to be enacted by the Atlantic
fleet in Narragansett bay next month
will have a greater degree Of realism
than such exercises in the past. The
plans have been worked out by the
general board and the naval war col
lege, instead Of by the commander-in-
chief and his staff. as usual, so Admi-
raj Fletcher will have only such
knowledge of the imaginary enemy as
could be gained of the real enemy in
time of war.
Secretary Daniels in signing the ne
cessary orders for the war game to-
day, said the plans worked out by the
war college and general board had
been recommended by Admiral Brad
ley A. Fiske, retired, aide for oper-
atoms. Mr.. Daniels thinks the game as
played, according to the new plans,
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ST|PULAT|0NS UPON WHICH italy
and AUSTRIA HAVE NEGOTIATED

Recognition Of the reciprocal interests
of Austria and Italy to preserve the
alliance; rectification of the frontier to
give Italy more military security and
greater confidence in the friendly feel
inss of Austria; settlement of the Adri-
attic question. including Albania, in such
a way as to satisfy Italy and eliminat-
ing sources of discord with Austria;
greater racial and cultural protection
for Italians remaining under Austrian
rule. as Prince Won Buelow expressed
the personal opinion that Austria could
be induced to cede Italy the territory
inhabited chiefly by Italians.
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NEW VIEW OF SEPARATE PEACE
FOR AUSTRIA AIRED BY REPORT

London. April N.-Q.A A. M.).-The
Daily Nails Warsaw correspondent sends
to his newspaper a long statement from
a high authoritative source" in which
the possibility is discussed of an early
conclusion Of separate peace with Aus
tria.
Although the air Is full of such stories
and the indications show that Austria
Is desirous of an instant and lasting
peace" the statement says, ut must be
understood that if Austria ceased to be
belligerent her position as neutral
would mean that she would be able to
offer as great If not a greater obstacle
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ALICE PARK & T|LF0RD COMPANY
DEFRAUDED OF $4,000 IN GOODS

New York, April 23.-Alleged
wholesale grocery frauds, totaling
355O,OO0 in . goods obtained illicitly
from the firm of Park and Tilford
during seven years, resulted today in
the arrest and arraignment of three
mon on charge of larceny. Many
leading restaurant men of New York
City, detectives asserted were involv =
ed.
The three men arraigned were Mil
Hard Cadmus, for 20 years a salesman
Of the firm, and Joseph and Henry
Levy, brothers. The Levy brothers
conduct a restaurant in West 18th
street. According to detectives who
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Rome. April 22.-1125 P. NJ, Via Paris,
April 1880 A. M.-What purports to be
the stipulations upon which an agree
ment between Italy and Austria was
originally proposed are printed today
Crhursday) by the Avanti, the organ of
the intransisent Socialists favoring neu-
trality' which gives as it's authority an
unnamed former minister who said he
participated in the original negotiations
with Prince Won Buelow, the German
ambassador.
The following are said to have been
substantially the provisions of the agree
ment suggested:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-24
CABOT Will
IS SUSTAINED
BY THE JURY

Dedham, Mass, April 3-The will of
Louis Cabot Of Milton. who left $4,000, 900
in trust for his seven grandchildren, was
sustained by jury in the Norfolk supe-
rior court today after trial lasting 10
weeks. The jury debated q hours before
hnding that the testator was Of sound
mind, and then took two hours more in
deciding that in making the will he was
not innuenced by his daughter, Mrs John
". 6artol; Her. husband. pr. 1Bartol;
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RUSSIAN BLACK SEA
FLEET BOMBARDINC
THE TURKISH COAST

Petrograd, April 90, 1910 p. m.-The
Russian Black Sea torpedo squadron
bombarded the Turkish coast between
Archava and Artaschin on April 10.
This fifteen mile strip Of coast, in
which was located the quarters Of the
Turkish army operating in this region,
was swept with shells and the barrack
and provision stores were ignited and
destroyed. A large number Of Turk
ish coastwise vessels laden with am
munition and supplies were sunk.
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will be more instructive and will mark
the beginning of new policy in de-
velopment of strategic studies and ex-
ercises Of the navy.
A collateral and very important eff
feet of the plain" said the secretary
tonight, will be that the general board
and especially it's planning section will
become more and more experienced in
the making Of war plans and plans of
campaign SO that not only will their
plans be more comprehensively laid
and have a greater consistency and
sequence, but the experienced gained
by the board will develop to a higher
degree of skill a body Of officers who,
if war should suddenly come, will al
ready have the training to make them
skilled advisers to the secretary of the
conduct Of the war;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-24

his valet, E. B. Woodward, nor his
nephew, George E. Cabot, one of the eX-
ecutors.
After hearing evidence for 10 weeks
the jury took the case early yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. L. Vernon Briggs, a daughter of
the testator. contested the will, which
was defended by her sister. Mrs. John
w. Bertel. The will divided the estate
equally among Mr.. Cabot's seven grand
children, one of whom was child Of
Mrs. Briggs and the others the children
of Mrs. Bertel.
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have been on the ase for months, the
of seven years and involved at least
alleged frauds extended over a period
100000 each year
Detectives employed as walters by
the Levy brothers obtained the evil
dence on which the charge was based.
They allege that the Levys had receiv-
ed illegally every week goods valued at
$3.50, meeting Cadmus at intervals for
settlement. Cadmus. the police as
sert, has confessed and given the
names of other restaurant men to the
police.
The specific charge against the de-
PENDANTS was the larceny of goods
valued at Sc.
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II new YORK F|REMEN IN HOSPITAL
FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FUMES

New York. April 2s-Nitric acid
fumes, inhaled yesterday by a squad
of firemen and at first unnoticed, OPP
Grated like slow poison during the
night, with the result that today II
firemen were in hospitals or confined to
their beds in fire houses, some Of them
critically i'll. One of the II lost his
mental equilibrium during the night,
Jumped from his bed and ran in his
night clothes through the street.
This occurred five hours after the
firemen mad inhaled the fumes and was
the first indication of illness. One by
one the men became stricken thereaft-
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Won BERNSTORFF'S
SUMMER HOME TO
BE AT CEDARHURST

New York, April 23.--Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador at
Washington, it was learned today, has
leased two cottages at Cedarhurst.
Long Island, as the summer home of
the German embassy this season. In
previous years the German ambassa-
doris have passed their summers at
Newport, r. I.
One Of the two cottages rented at
Cedarhurst will be used as a residence
for the ambassador and the other as
the office Of the embassy.