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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-07
Bear River Grange

Bear River Grange observed Satur-
day afternoon, Aug. p, as Children $
Day. The committee in charge. con-
sisting of Mabel Bailey, Earl Davis,
Ray Parker, Gwendolyn Goodwin and
Selma Smith presented the following
program Music, Harold Taylor; reel
tation, Ruby Gaudet; recitation. Lola
Gaudet; recitation, Blanche Bartlett;
recitation. Alice Smith: recitation,
Hazel Smith; recitation, Agnes Foster;
recitation. Ruth Emery; recitation,
Selma Smith; dialogue, Agnes Foster,
Ruth Emery and Enoch Foster; music,
Harold Taylor; recitation. Genie Saun-
ders: defamation, Wallace Saunders.
This was followed by games. after
which ice cream and cake were served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-07

Miss leila Bachelor LETT on the -
lander Saturday morning for Capl'oi
Island, where she passed the MONDAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-07

The Philippine islands produce approx
mately 100000 gallons of alcohol yearly
Almost all of this is made from the SAP
o fthe nipa palm thatg rows in great
abundance in various swamps of the
country.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
Defend Americans and Foreigners
Mexico to Settle Own Problems

The presidents plan still is to let
Mexico settle her own problems with
no further outside action than rec
ognition and financial support Of
such factions as get together, and a
general boycott and embargo on the
shipment Of arms against any group
(meaning Carranzaistas) which tries
to exercise arbitrary unconstitutional
authority.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
CITY FINANCES
TOLD IN REPORT
CITY TREASURER L. T. HAMMOND
SUBMITS JULY STATEMENT
TO CITY COUNCIL
Shows the Amount in Various Funds.
the Receipts and Disbursements
and the Operation of Funds

The city council Monday night ex-
mined and placed on file the monthly
report of L. T. Hammond, city treas
urer, which gave detailed information
concerning the city's financial con-
ditiOn. The figures compiled by Mr..
Hammond for the month of July show
the total receipts to have been $8626.54.
The amount was credited to the follow
ing funds: Salary, $88060; water,
$13S774; general, l,$199590 cemetary,
$2OS.67; light, $595OS; library, ,$176.12;
warrant redemption, ,$161874; interest,
S147941; park, $105.67; fire depart
ment, S70.74; band, $105.67; school,
$3.50.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
RAILROADS WIN
RATE INCREASE
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION GRANT 20 PER CENT RAISE
TO WESTERN ROADS
Increase Granted on Most COmmOdi-
ties, But Not All Asked FOr-War
Curtails Freight Traffic
BY the United Press Associations.

By the United Press Associations
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE in
terstate commerce commission in 6
second decision concerning request
of western railroads for 20 per cent
general increase in freight rates, to-
day confirmed an increase in some
rates but not all.
Most of the rates were increased
The ruling goes into effect not later
than September Goth. The ruling OF
the commission is a distinct victory
for the railroads. They had petition
ed the commission for the increase
on the grounds Of the falling off in
freight traffic due to the war in Eu-
rope and bectuse of the water rates
through the Panama canal The fall
ing off of business is regarded as the
most serious.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11

The total cash paid out on warrants
as presented during the month was
$345273 and the call for warrants
the amounts of which were paid out
totaled $2876.14, a total of $632S.7S
The payments in cash came from the
following funds during the month !:
Waterworks, $3051.18; general, So;
cemetary, $1365; park, $685.; library,
$275.05.
The report shows that the balance
on hand at last report was $10,698.S0; !;
received since the last report $862654; !;
disbursements $632S.87; total on hand
$12,996.47 The balance it distributed
in the following funds
Waterworks, $1004.39; general
$3620.23 cemetary, $211.13; light,
$45.17; library, ,$268.88; warrant re
demption, $652.06; interest, $2094.15;
park, $3.50; school, $52.15; fire de-
partment, SOCIAL; sinking, $4,000; sew
er, $4,000
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
FIRE DESTROYED
Big GRAIN CROP
SIX HUNDRED SACKS OF GRAIN
DAMAGED In SMUT EXPL0-
SION AND SEPARATOR
DAMAGED
Expectations For Bumper Grain and
Bean Yield Realized in kendrick
SectiOn-The Fall Fair

KENDRICK, Aug. 11-(Speccial)
Fire caused by smut explosion de
stroyed about 900 sacks of threshed
grain on the Hupp Brothers place on
Little Bear Ridge, shortly afternoon
yesterday. The separator belonging
to Olson Brothers, was damaged to the
extent of two hundred dollars The
grain was fully insured
While the farmers expected large
yield of grain to the acre in this Sec
ton, the threshing operations to this
time has not dissipated them in the
least Reports in yields of wheat run
from As to so bushels per acre. Bar
we'll. 1t is hard to remember when
the Potlatch country had better crop
than at present. The outlook for a
bumper bean crop is most encourag-
ing.
Committees appointed by the exec
utive committee of the Kendrick Fair
the fair which is to be held September
% to 80 grand success. The follow
ing department supervisors have been
named, with the power to appoint
their own superintendents: Livestock,
Nick Brooke; poultry, ]. Long; agri-
cultural, horticultural and floricultur
al, J. F. Brown; domestic and fine
arts, together with the juvenile depart
ments, Mrs w. NJ McCrea; baby show,
Mrs. J. E. Hoyt; sports and amuse
ments, Gao. P. Barnum. The follow
ing working committees have been ap
pointed: Printing and publicity, E. H.
Damerell VIM. Chalmers and j. Long;
N E. Walker, Thos. Nc
Dowell, Frank Chamberlain; finance,
B. G. Johnson, L. G. Peterson and Chas
McKeefer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
Oliyiera Train Attacked

Oliyiera Train Attacked
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE train
bearing Brazilian Minister OIiyiera
from Mexico City to Vera Cruz is de-
layed at Apezaco as a result of an
attack by a Zapatistas train preceding
it, Special Agent John Silliman re-
ported to the state department today,
1t is impossible for the minister to
reach Vera Cruz before noon. 1t is
reported that the minister is bringing
a strong appeal from Americans in
Mexico City for speedy relief from
the intolerabe conditions existing in
the city.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
CANNING CLUB
WAS ORGANIZED
At Demonstration Yesterday at High
School Building, Officers We're EIec-
ted-Miss Dewey Named President
Next Meeting be Held Soon.

At the first meeting of the Moth
ers' and Daughters Canning club held
Tuesday afternoon in the high school,
a great deal of interest was mani
tested by the representative group of
women. A permanent organization
was effected of which Miss Dewey will
be president, Mrs. M E. Lewis, vice
president and Mrs. o. G. Carssow, sec
retary. There was an interesting and
successful demonstration of the proper
method of canning peas and beans
The next meeting will be held soon,
and those who expect to attend are
urged to watch for the announcement.
The demonstrations were conducted
by T. w. Potter and Ezra Fjelsted.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
JOINER WILL
in NOW FILED
Attorney H. r. Smith Was Only Gus
tOdian Of Papers For w. H. Shaw
Estate Left to George 0. Join
er, the Husband.

On the order of the probate court
Attorney H. R. Smith filed the will
and last testament of Harriet Joiner
which showed the property of the de-
ceased to be left to George 0. Joiner,
the husband, who is to have the proper
ty and it's income during his lifetime
after which the property is to be di-
viGed between three children Of the
deceased
The Joiner will had been placed in
the hands of Attorney H. R. Smith,
who merely acted for w. H. Shawver,
a son of the deceased, and had no in
structions or authority to place the
will to probate without the consent OF
Mr.. Shawver. The order Of the court,
however, made it mandatory for him to
do so.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
SLAYS SOON QUIT KOYNO

SLAVS SOON QUIT KOVNO
PETROGRAD, Aug. 11.-Govern-
ment documents are believed to
have been removed from Koyno to
Bobeynsk, according to dispatches re-
ceived here today. This fact indicates
that the Russians are prepared for an
early evacuation and retirement to
Valna.
Four Vessels TOrpedOed
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE sudden re-
newal of activities of German subma-
rines was announced today. The
British steamer Oakwood, the Norwe-
gian bark Norma the British steamer
Rosalie and the Russian bark Balls
ter we're sunk during the night.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
Transports Ready for Troops

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11-Orders concentrating all
the available regulars in the United States army on the
Mexican border expected be issued today Secre-
tay Garrison wouldn't discuss the situation but conferred
with officials through whom such orders will be issued
The secretary of significantly admitted that three
transports at Galveston and New York were readv
to sail Presumably the vessels will sail for Mexico al
though the secretary didn't say So
Tells Lansing to Keep Out
General Carranza preciptated new trouble when he
sent Secretary Lansing sharp note advising him cease
meddlng in the affairs of Mexico simultaneously he sent
messages to the PanAmercan confeees notifying each he
had better keep his country of the conference Car
rama has asked the United States permit the Revo-
ton to take its Criticism of Brazilian Minis
ter O1vlera was voiced in his statement which declared
that be said he is responsible for the present status
Of the Mexican relations with the United States The note
Lansing also said that Caranza thought when the Pan
American conference started that they would decide what
faction i'll Mexico deserved recognition and then extend if
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
Pan-American Conference

NEW YORK, Aug. IA definite
agreement with regard to steps to be
taken to restore peace in Mexico is
expected to be reached by members
Of the PanAmerican conference which
resumed deliberations here this after
noon. Secretary Lansing is prepared
to lay before the conference plan
that included letter to the Mexican
factional leaders requesting them to
cease ectivities and to agree upon a
provisional president to hold office un-
til a president is elected at a general
election 1t is believed that the plan
will be endorsed without debate.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11

FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR ON THE SEA

At the end of the first year
of war not German fighting
craft, except submarines, is
known to be at large outside
the Baltic sea. The Austrian
warships are confined to the up
per Adriatic and the Turkish
fleet to the Sea of Marmora
and adjacent straits. The mer-
chant marine of the central
European powers has disap-
peared utterly from the ocean
highways. Sixty million dol
lars worth Of German shipping
lies idle in the docks of New
York, while several times as
much is bottled up elsewhere.
At the same time the German
submarines have inflicted enor-
nous losses of allied shipping.
While both sides have prob
ably concealed many losses,
the following Is a fairly accu-
date summary Of the number
of craft which have been de-
stroyed:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
UNITED STATES TROOPS WILL BE THROWN ON
THE MEXICAN BORDER AT ONCE
Indications Point to Embarkation of Troops for Vera
CruZ-Seres of Incidents Indicate that Trouble
of Serious Nature is Brewing
(By United Press)

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 11.-The Mexican bor-
der situation is becoming hourly Matamoras
advces declared that the Mexcans intend attack that
city if the United States troops occupy Vera Cruz Alarm
ed by the late raids American citizens armng every
where Posses of troops and rangers rounding up the
bandits
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11

Vera Cruz is quiet and General Car
rama has issued a proclamation de-
precating anti-American demonstra-
tions there, according to a cable from
the state department today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
PREPARING AN ULTIMATUM

CORNISH, N. H., Aug. 1.-THE
president is preparing a statement
to the warning factions in Mexico
which will amount to an ultimatum,
it is believed He departs for Wash
ington this afternoon 1t is under
stood it is to be submitted to the
New York Pan-American conference
for endorsement
Defend Americans and Foreigners
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Excepting
for the defense of the American bor-
der and the lives of Foreigners in the
interior, the administration doesn't
contemplate the use of armed forces
in Mexico despite the unusual pre-
parations, high officials stated this
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
Entente Allies.

GIllCIlC <NitiSo.
Brit Rus
ish French sian
Battleships 10 2 :.
Cruisers ......12 1
Submarines :. 4 8 :.
Auxil. cruisers 5 :. !
Gunboats, de- ,ssse:
stroyers, and
torpedo boats 6 2
Total Japanese and Italian
losses, seven vessels OF all
Teutonlc Allies.
Ger Aus
many tria
Battleships ........... l :.
cruisers 10
Submarines ..........
Auxiliary cruisers -. 10 :.
Gunboats, destroyers,
and torpedo boats 20
Total Turkish losses of YES
sells Of all classes, four.
Total tonnage en-
tente allies .376,770
Total tonnage,
Teutonic allies .224,746
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-08-11
ENTIRE RUSSIAN RETREAT
BENJAMIN0W NOW TAKEN
RUSSIANS ABOUT TO EVACUATE KOVNO ACCOR-
DING TO A PETROGRAD DISPATCH
MOVING DOCUMENTS AWAY
Reports From the Eastern Front Indicate Germans
are Making Steady Progress Against the Slavs
Germans Start Submarine War Again
(By United Press)

BERLIN, Aug. 1.-THE entire Russian line from
Lomza south Novo Georgiewsk is in full retreat it
officially announced today The Germans have captured
Beniaminow fortress east of Novo Georgiewsk
The Washington herald., 1915-12-06

, New York has Grape hanger OF the
lowest possible type. He has made pub
lie an offer to thumbprint the Ford peace
envoys in the event Of the ships being
torpedoed.
Three hundred and twelve persons have
been killed by automobiles in the streets
of New York during the last eleven
months. This is 20 per cent increase
over the figures for 1914. Safety So
cieties seem powerless to stop the slaugh-
ter The killing goes on at a steadily in
creasing rate.
Police and magistrates with their her
aided campaigns have not even check
ed II.
Recruits are now being called out for
the snow army. The first heavy snow
| of the year always hits New York
unprepared and completely ties up
| traffic. Commissioner Featherson has
! decided to be prepared and is enlist
! ing men for the first battle.
The fact that it has been quite
| hard to secure laborers for the job
| indicates that there are very few
men out of steady employment in New
York. Last year the city was weeks
| and weeks clearing the streets and
unless enough men can be secured the
same condition will exist this year
The Washington herald., 1915-12-06
THE STOMACH As
A SAFETY VALVE
Woe Be To Unfortunates Who
Fail To Heed Warnings Of
I'll Health, As Offered By
Stomach.

The stomach has frequently been re-
ferred to by leading physicians and fore
most medical authorities of the country
As the safety valve Of the human body.
In nine out OF every ten cases OF Ill
health. sometimes leading to permanent
sickness and death, the trouble original
ly began in the stomach. In no single
instance Is there q case on record where
the victim was not given ample warning.
and an ample opportunity to check the
trouble in Its beginning.
Are YOU troubled with indigestion. loss
Of appetite. and a formation of gas om
the stomach after eating? Do your limbs
ache and are you in Q weakened condi-
ton and cannot sleep at night? II any
pf the above symptoms fit your case
YOU have some stomach trouble. and
the symptoms are DANGER SIGNALS,
sent out by the stomach
Mr.. Joe Whitmire, OF Sumter. g. C.. a
prominent member and officer In one Of
the large secret orders there says: Il
am now completely well Of all indfges-
tion and stomach troubles, have 4
splendid appetite, sleep fine and am rid
Of that tired. depressed feeling. I owe
my relief entirely to the new medicine
DRECO. I know 1t Is a great medicine
and am thankful for the relief ! OBJ
tained from its use. I have recommend
ed DRECO to several of my friends and
they. too. have been greatly benefited
by it,
In case YOU notice any danger signals
in your case. follow the example of Mr.
Whitmire. The Peerless Preparation
which helped him on to restored health
and strength. Is now on sale at all Of the
O'Donnell Drug stores. Mail and phone
orders delivered pfomptly.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-06

DIR. II. W. Foght will lecture this
evening at the Home Club on Den
mark"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-06
open new fight
ON CONSUMPTION
This Week Will Be Center Of
Public Opinion Against
tuberculosis Trouble.
PASTORS TO AID IN WORK
School Children Will Be Taught Of
Diseases Ravages-Victims Less
Than Half of Year Ago.

Tuberculosis claims a victim in the
United States every three minutes.
The disease causes one Of almost every
seven deaths in the country.
Thirteen people in the District Of Co
lumbia die every week from the disease.
These arc the outstanding facts in the
propa ganda to educate the public in the
prevention Of the white Prague. which
campaign will become conspicuous today
in public affairs with the start OF Tu-
berculosis Week.
Three days are to stand out prominently
in the weeks program. Wednesday has
been designated as Medical Examination
Day." when persons are urged to be ex-
amined Dy their physicians and learn
whether they are free from the disease.
Z. /. ,Thurston. superintendent OF pub
lie schools, has set aside Friday in the
schools as ..Children's Health Crusade
Day." Teachers will lecture on the dis
ease and the pupils will recite the health
rules compiled by the National Associa-
tion for the Prevention Of tuberculosis.
and distributed in the schools by the Dis
trict branch Of the organization. Spe-
cial efforts for the sale of Red Cross
seals, part Of the propaganda, also will
be made on Friday.
A warning from the pulpits of
Washington will be sounded next Sun
day by clergymen. All pastors Of the
District have been asked to preach tu-
berculosis prevention on that day.
The effect of propaganda against
the disease and of the fight of physi-
clans and nurses is shown in figures
contained in pamphlets issued by the
District branch Of the National Asso-
citation for the Prevention of Tuber-
culosis.
From 1881 to 1855, the percentage
OF deaths from tuberculosis among
colored people was 6s7.2. on a basis
of 100000 people. Figures for the
death rate of white people were
1858 in 100000 population.
From 1911 to 1918. the figures had
been reduced to 3ss.3 among colored
people and 124.S in the white popula-
ton.
tuberculosis Week. or National
Health Week" is to be observed
throughout the country. Motion pic
ture theater proprietors have Joined
the campaign and will show reels
from technical standpoint and
dramas based upon the disease. issued
as propaganda
The Washington herald., 1915-12-06
Nbw'oRE;pA1-h-DAn: X
O.O.MsNTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The Washington HenA.
New York, Dec. b.-Henry Oyen. the
novelist, blew into Gotham the other
day to stay a week-and left in two
days. He upset a kettle of theories
that New York is the only place for
writing men. Oyen used to migrate
between New York and Chicago as a
newspaper reporter and then he began
to write stories of the underworld.
He picked out one of those dank.
gloomy studios in Washington Square.
so he would be in the proper atmos-
phere. He played the French and
italian table d'hotes at night with the
rest of the fringe-those who starve
in the literary attics and knock edi-
tors who wear horn-rimmed glasses.
One night Oyen went to his favorite
cafe. Three stories had been returned
to him that day. At the fag end of
the evening he rose from the cigar
ette-littered table. took a good look at
the table cloth, stained a water red
from the win ordinaire and covered
with sick-looking demi tasse cups.
He casually bade his friends good
night.
Forty-eight hours later he was dip
ping a paddle in a pine-ringed lake in
wilderness $500 miles from New
York. He began to write of the
great. sinewed, naive children of the
forest-men with hair on their chests
instead of the sickly pale cocaine
shifting misfits of the underworld He
says he will never return. He has
found life.
Oscar. the far-famed manager of the
Waldorf, has been courting the muse
on the sly. Oscar is known by his
first name because no one can spell
his last name and if they could they
couldn't pronounce it-that is unless
they were able to sneeze three times
in succession and wind up with a hic-
cough.
Most people think of Oscar as the in
ventor of sauces and as a stately maitre
d'hotel. Here is his first poem:
Little children learn to serve
Hearts within and God above
Fiery spirits fitting by
Toll for beauty and for love.
He wrote the poem for a book Of verses.
the proceeds of which go to the milk
funds for New York children. He writes
on the same pages with Arnold Bennett.
James Whitcomb Riley and other nota-
bles. without single. solitary blush.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-06
A Chinese Jawbreader.

big boss that he can say without having
to look 1t up in the dictionary or founder
through 1t like Diamond" Jim Brady
trying to talk French. | gathered that
president in Chinese is about as hard
to say as onomotopoeic is in English
and doesn't mean much ither. To put
lit learnedly. Just as Senator Ham"
Lewis would. president" is not an ono
motopoeic word. For that matter. to
the American mind. no Chinese words
are.
And so they are going to call their
president an emperor again and be
happy. 1t makes me think of a San
Francisco actress 1 knew who dyed her
hair a Titan red and did not like the
effect at all. SO she switched it to a
straw-colored yellow to match her blue
eyes. and said nature knew best.
That they are going to change the
title Of the Chinese ruler there is lit
tie doubt. Many people in this coun-
try who are best informed about
China say SO. To be sure. DIR. Koo.
the incoming Chinese minister. when
he arrived from England last week,
said he had heard nothing about it
He wouldn't be likely to. The out
going minister. however. Mr.. Chang. 1
fancy. could confirm the news of the
forthcoming change if he would say
anything at all about it, which. of
course, he wouldn't.
There is still another reason for the
change. and a much more important
one to Chinese statesmen. but which
they keep pretty well TO themselves.
George Bronson Rae, the owner of the
Far Eastern Review of Shanghai and
the official railroad adviser to the
Chinese government, who is now in
this country. explained IT to me.
A Menace by Example.
IF China" said he. with her vast