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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
The New Coal-tar Explosives.

The remarkable destructive power Of
modern guns, which are able in a brief
time to wreck the strongest forts, was
made possible mainly by the recent dis
covery of certain new kinds of high ex-
plosives derived from coal tar. They
are "insensitive'' that is, they are so re-
luctant to explode that they are as safe
to handle as corn meal or baking pow
der. Shells filled with them can pass
through the thickest armor without
bursting-withstandin both the shock
Of impact and the enormous heat gen.
Grated. Not until the shells have pene-
trated the armor are they set off by the
fuses they carry.
It Is that power to penetarate before
bursting that gives the projectiles their,
formidable character as destroyers Of
permanent structures. When they finally
do explode they cause wholesale ruin,
for the great volume Of gases suddenly
set free can make room for itself only
by a wide dispersal Of the surrounding
material, whether 1t Is stone, or cement,
or what not.
From coal tar are obtained such SUBJ
stances as benzene and toluene which,
treated with nitric acid, make explosives
Of the insensitive kind. One Of them.
called, EFT. N. T." (short for trinitro-
toluene) has been largely used by the
Germans in the present war for filing
shells.
In accounts Of the fighting that is now
going on in Europe, you read Of the use
Of melinite by the French. and Of lyd-
dite by the British. The Japanese, in
their recent attack on the Germans in
China, used shimose. All three Of these
high explosives are one and the same
thing: namely. picric acid. which Is de-
rived from coal tar and which Is melted
and poured into the projectiles.-Prof.
Charles e. Munroe, In Tho Youths Com
panion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
Harold Boyd returned Monday, after
a few days visit with his mother in
Jamaica Plains, Mass.
SIDNEY

Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon and Mrs.
Addie Keene Of Pittsfield were calling
on friends here Monday.
Dean Swift Of Norwood, Mass, is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Edna Tillson Of Waterville pass
ed Memorial day at her home here.
Miss Lillian Cowan returned last
week frcm a visit Of several weeks with
friends in Boston and Fall River. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zalmon Bacon Of Po-
land Spring passed Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Bacon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
LITCHFIELD

Miss Maud c. Bartlett Of Allston,
Mass, has been passing few days with
her brother, A. d. Bartlett.
Mrs. Pearle Dugan Of Auburn, who has
been spending week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Frost, returned home
Sunday night.
Raymond Gilman of Portland passed
Sunday and Monday with friends mere.
Mrs. Herman Small and daughter Mary
passed Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Small.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
GMND FORKS TEAM
IN NORTHERN LEAGUE
GOES ON A STRIKE

Grand Forks. N. D., June 1.-The
Grand Forks baseball team of the North
ern League went on strike today when
the management refused to refund
money paid for expenses from the play
ers' homes to this city at the opening of
the season.
The management in refusing the re-
quest actedsupon the league rules and
as a result the strike the players were
suspended
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
GRAD |! OF MAINE
SCHOOl IN CHARGE OF
QUARANTINE STATION

Boston, June 1.-The quarantine
station in Boston harbor, established
b the city in 1872 during a smallpox
epidemic passed into Federal control
today.
DR.. Samuel B. Grubbs Of the Fed
eral health serice, a graduate of Alb
bolt School Of Pennington, Me-, and
the University Of Michigan, took
charge Of the station.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02

Earned runs-Eatons l, Paper Ma
kers 2. Three base hits-Parquette
Two base hits-Carey. Goldsmith and
Silver. Struck out-by Parquette 1;
by Written 6; by Stafford II. Hits
off Parquette 4; off Written 3; off
Stafford 9. Wild Pitch-Safford. Base
on balls-Safford 2: Written 8. UNI
PREGNANCY. Time 100. Attendance
rs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
NEWSPAPER
BLDG. WRECKED
BY DYNAMITE

Sapulpa, Ok. June 1.-The building In
which the Sapulpa Herald Is located was
wrecked by an explosion of dynamite
last night. Fire. which spread rapidly,
was soon checked. The Herald has been
waging fight against lawless elements.
Officials have started an investigation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
EXTRA SESSION
CONGRESS NOT
DECIDED UPON

Washington. June 1.-Senator Kern,
the Democratic floor leader, today dis
cussed an extra session Of Congress in
October with President Wilson. The
President said ofterward that the pro-
posel was under consideration but he had
come to no conclusion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
WILL CONSIDER USE
OF U. s. ARMY POSTS
AS CENTERS FOR AID
TO STARVING MEXICO

washington. June 1-President Wilson
Will confer with Miss Mabel Boardman
of the American Red Cross tomorrow on
Red Cross plan to utilize Mexican bor-
der army posts as depots for collection
and distribution of food to starving Mex
leans. The President will confer later
with Secretary Garrison on the subject
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
SUPREME COUNCIL
OF ROYAL ARCANUM
may AMEND BYLAWS

Washington. June 1.-The power of
the supreme council of the Royal Ar
canum to amend its bylaws to change
its insurance assessments, was up
held today by the Supreme Court. The
decision is the elimination of a long
and bitter fight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
JOHN ". alexander
FAMOUS AMERICAN
ARTIST DIES TUESDAY

New York, June John w. Alex
ander, artist, recently retired from the
presidency Of the National Academy
of Design, died at his home here to-
day. Mr.. Alexander was trustee of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02

quarters, to a severance of diplomatic re-
lations on the ground that the United
States could not continue intercourse
with a government which repudiated
these principles. Steps then would be
taken to inform Americans of the dan
gers to which they were exposed as a re-
suit Of this action and such measures
as necessary adopted to safeguard the
lives and interests of citizens of the
United States.
Should Germany accept the principle.
in a way that would constitute a guar
antee for the future, the American gov
eminent would reiterate its demand for
a ''strict accountability for violations
of this principle and the killing Of Amer
leans in the torpedoing without warning
of the Lusitania.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
AWARD CONTRACT
ON NEW CHURCH

Joseph and Frank Cyr, Waterville
contractors, have been awarded the
contract for building the foundation Of
St. Augustine's church in Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
TOGuS TEAM DEFEATS
HALL0WELL nine 1o-4

Togus, Me-, June 1.-(SpeciaD.-T
Home nine defeated the Hallowell team
here after the supper hour Tuesday by
a score Of 10 to 4. The score
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02

Heretofore an importer of the metal
In all its forms. Japan has become an
exporter Of refined zinc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02

The volume Of the rocky crust Of the
earth, estimated as 10 miles thick, in
Guiding the mean elevation Of the land
above the sea. is 1888, 100000 cubic
miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
Cabinet Decisions

The decision to base the American note
on the principles of international law to
obtain an affirmative or negative reply,
and not enter into technical discussion
of details raised in the German commu-
ncation, which avoided the main issues.
was the single development of the cabi-
ret council. Some of the cabinet men,
bers favored even excluding any refer
ence to the facts asked for by Germany.
settling first the point as to whether
Germany intended to disregard the Amer
lean warning of last February that It
would insist on the exercise of the right
Of visit and search with respect to YES
sells on which Americans were travelling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02

Although the eggs Of various species
Of birds differ in shape. the yollks al
ways are spherical.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
SHIPPING NEWS

Portland. Me-, June 1.-Arrived: Steam
er Norfolk, Newport News; schooner
Puritan, Bar Harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-02
RIGHTS OF u. S.

Continued from Page One.)
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-23
Excursion Rates
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August and september st one aud one
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over 40 Grand Canyon Place your
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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-23

Whereas, there viii be submitted
to the voters OF Texas on the Gath
day OF July A. D., 1915, a proposed
amendment tp the Constitution OF
the State OF Texas, amending Section
2, Article and known az Senate
Joint Resolution No three, providing
that the Supreme Court Of the State
shall consist OF Chief Justice and
four Associate Justices.
And whereas, the Supreme Court
OF this State now consists Of only
three members, Chief Justice and
two Associate Justices, which number
Of said Justices is insufficient TO keep
up with the business constantly
coming before that court,
And whereas. the said Supreme
Court. as now constituted, Is more
than two years behind with Us docket
and is constantly falling further and
further behind with the business
coming before It.
And whereas, in our opinion, the
only manner practicable for the re-
lief OF this congested condition in
said court. which condition is hurt
ful to the best interests Of the State
and to the litigants coming before
that court. is by increasing the mem
bers Of this Court
BE is resolved that We, the under
signed members Of the Scurry Coun-
~ Bar Association respectfully sub
NIT to the voters Of Scurry County
the aforesaid facts. and earnestly re-
auest the voters Of said county to
support this amendment by voting In
favor thereof on the above date.
Respectfully submitted,
Arthur Yongo.
r. p. Perkins.
Fritz r, Smith.
Cullen C. Higgins,
G.. s. Perkins. Jr.,
James l.. Spiller.
Philip Yonge,
n. VI. Boyd.
". f. Rosscr.
W. W. weems.
W W Hamilton.
r. W. webb.
W. s. Adamson.
EFF Smith.
Olln F. Hardy.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-23

We have purchased another ser
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one car ready for the local trade
at all hours II you desire Immediate
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SNYDER TRANSFER co.
ST.. Jim Ellis. Prop.
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All the latest magazines ON sale at
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See Ed. Bare for second hand wind
mill extras. Phone az t7ti
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The signal and Dallas ';cvs 'i75.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
The Sunken GaWe0n
By Henry James Forman, in Golfers

On every coast, in every land. are legends of hidden
treasure. Not a bay or inlet Of the sea but some sunken
galleon, some long-lost treasure ship is moldering upon the
bottom with golden doubloons and yellow ingots pouring
from her ribs. But the sea has no monopoly of hidden
wealth. Write a tale of buried riches, a Gold Bug or d
Treasure Island, y and the popular fancy rises to it as to an
allurlng bait. Scarce a grange or farmstead, scarce a thorp
or village, but a rumor of buried gold has touched it with
romance. Truly, the tradition of hidden riches is part of
the consciousness OF all the races of men and, could we but
trace 1T out, no people would be found devoid Of it. But
deeper still IN the human soul at the very center of our being
beyond the mind S material pictures of wealth, the heart con-
tains and cherishes a less tangible, a more spiritual form of
the same belief. The golden doubloons become the wealth of
the soul, the jewels and the ingots are the rich human quail
ties that transcend poverty, that transcend success. Without
them evolution from the beast had been impossible. That is
the inner kingdom of heaven that founders of religions pro-
claim; that is the treasure of the heart compared with which
all other are worthless. From every soul there shines, bright
or dim, the gold among the wreckage. And the business of
right living is in reality a kind of great salvage enterprise.
Send your will down like a diver to the foundered galleon,
and, if it be but strong enough, it will return laden with the
the wealth Of the Indies. Send it, and never will it return
quite empty handed. And-greater salvage--still-send the
diver into other hearts! Always beneath the hulk Of the gal
leon, however deep, however covered over with weeds and
barnacles, the gold lies cleaning for the seeker: and if YOU
find one his treasure, you make him rich indeed-and you are
a sharer in his riches. And surely this is a truth: If you will
raise for everyone at least a fragment of his deepincrusted,
sand-bespattered gold, will you not people the earth about
you with the grateful ones you have enriched from their own
treasures9
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try Grandma's
Recipe OF Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody VIII Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed. brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
Was TO make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" You will get q
large bottle for about SO cents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that
You darkened your hair, as 1t does il
20 naturally and evenly. You dampen
I = sponge or soft brush with it and
dray, this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morn
Ing the gray hair disappears, and
After another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark. thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

Details of a curious family complica-
tion come from ST. Gall, Switzerland.
A naturalized Swiss citizen. German by
birth, is married to a Hungarian. His
brotherinlaw is fighting against the
Servians and the husband of his sister
inlaw is fighting against the Austrians.
OF the mans two brothers. one is in
a Prussian regiment and tho other is
serving rance under General Ga1lient.
That animals are sensitive to the APP
proach of earthquakes is a fact fire.
quently observed, and the more recent
seismic troubles in various countries
give numerous examples of this singu-
lar faculty which many animals pos
sess. For instance, in Japan, horses set
up an unusual agitation whenever a
seismic shock is near at hand. In cen
trail America dogs and cats flee from
houses. and the inhabitants nave be-
come so accustomed to this that they
follow the example of the animals and
leave their dwellings,. so as to escape
danger. In Italy 1t has been observed
that birds left their nests and flew up
to a great height in the air, " this
without noise. before the earthquake
took place. However, at the time when
the earthquake shocks were produced
the birds uttered cries which lasted for
all the duration of the earthquake. It
is asserted that In Sicily cocks crow
and dogs howl just before an earth.
quake.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
Remarkable lredues.

powders of great size were recent
ly lifted bodily out of the Panama
canal by the two massive dredges
which were built to cope with the
C%ucaracha slide in the Culebra cut.
says Popular Mechanics. In many
instances rocks of tremendous weight
were handled by the steel-armed en-
CINE almost as if they we're pebbles.
Recently one Of these powders, weigh
ing 40 tons, was lifted out of the water
and swung to one side free of the
channel in II load. The bucket which
held it has a capacity OF Is cubic yards
or approximately ~ wagonloads.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
'CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 10-cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, b~iliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi-
ness and a clear head for months.
No more days of gloom and distress
if you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in.
sides need a cleansing, too. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
DEMoN|ACAL BOXERS
HAD HEALTHY FEAR
OF GERMAN SOLDIERS
Simple Tactics Cost Many of
Maddened Chinese Their
Lives.
TERROR OF TEUToN NAME
Later When a Wild Chance Shot
From BeIeasuered Christians
Killed Magician Chief, Be-
siegers Fled.
Charlest Ernest Scott in the Sunday.
School Times.

Charlest Ernest Scott in the Sunday
School Times.
I had walked over to a village where
one of our Christians was sick-a
young graduate of our medical school
h had nearly blown out his eyes ex-
p~erimenting In the manufacture of
mine, remarked. These revolution
airy times are not as dangerous for
us here as the Boxer days" And he
added, with a humorous twinkle, you
see the German troops are known now.
bombs to use against the "Manchu
tyrants." His uncle, a dear friend of
In those days they were not" This
our Chinese dinner he told me a tale
that is worthy a place in church his
tory.
His village is heather, but his own
clan there resident is, in solid phalanX,
Christian. Though it's members have
the brains n education. the acres
and the money, the push and the
grace, they are but a handful. Per-
haps because of this fact they, dur
ing the early days OF the Boxer move
ment, We're marked for obstruction.
There vas no other village safer than
their own, to which they could flee,
as every Christian was well known,
Boxers. Everybody. apparently, had
become either a .sBig Knife society,"
brave on the warpath. or an active.
spying sympathizer.
Under such circumstances it seemed
necessary to the German government.
in the interests of law and order in
and near "Gehiet.' to send out a punt
tive expedition into the surrounding
villages. On the approach. Of the
troops to this place, the Boxer war
riors, rendered fatuously reckless by
their incantations. which we're sup
posed to render them bullet-proof
mounted the village wall there with
bows and arrows spears and clubs.
and some muskets to annihilate the
black hearted barbarians."
When but a few rods from the wall
the German captain. who understood
some Chinese, heard the command
given to fire. He Instantly ordered his
men to lie fiat on the ground in posi-
ton for sharpshooting. Just as they
dropped the venerable guns n the
wall. accompanied by the clatter of a
choice miscellany 81 medieval weap-
ons. banged harmlessly at them. And
the Boxers, seeing the rows OF SOL
diers prone and motionless, thought
their foes killed to a man. With IT,
temerity OF know nothing. fea MOTH
Ing. they forthwith sprang to their
ssst capering about in wild jubiliatioa
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21

poked the muZZie over the wall. Out
side. d jeering, tanning moi of enemies
whose faces We're lit up by flames OF
their wv kindling. He pulled at a
venture, and fired into the darkness.
The student of the campaigns of
armies needs no corroboration from
Gods Word to understand what could
happen. In View of the facts of Secu-
lar as Well as sacred history, it is not
difficult to conceive how the Almighty
can use a Very little thing to panic" IA
body of men-even so harmless uten-
sis as lamps and pitchers.
The bullet that was aimed at a VEN
ture by he ard-pressed Christian had
struck the invulnerable Boxer chief.
even the II panoplied in an apron of
magic characters. He reeled. Follow
ers leaped to him. But the man was
dead-shot through the heart. The
braves We're TOO scared to use their
weapons. Instantly through their
minds there flashed q thought that
froze their blood. Horrors, There
must be German soldiers inside. Can't
we forget them? S~harpshooters. Who
knows how many? These devils of the
second rank nave cunningly concealed
them there! No villager could shoot
like that! We are all dead men!"
But the thought that at first numbed
their limbs now numbered them. Not
even waiting to rescue their bleeding
fellow. they went pell-mell down the
narrow. dirty streets. ~shadowy now
with new t%errors. Their gait increased.
They hit it up to a dead jump. Who
knew but what the entire German army
was after them! None stopped to in
vestigate.
The flames We're soon extinguished.
The Boxers came not again. And
from that day no man dared touch
them. And thereafter throughout the
days of frece alarms and fiercer deeds,
the Christians of the big Bitter VIII
lage" rested in a security and a peace
that was the marvel of all.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-21
His Whereabouts.

A minister who recently called upon
on the loss of her husband placed con
siderable emphasis upon the fact that
the separation a only of a tenn
porary character. and painted in vivid
colors the happiness of friends re.
united after death. When he stopped
for breath the sorrowing one heaved
a deep sigh, and quietly remarked:
We'll l suppose his first wife has
got him again, then"