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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-11
BAD CHECKS DRAWN
ON STOLEN BLANKS

Checks numbered from 1868 to 1868
inclusive have recently been abstract
ed from the check book at the Office
OF the R. w. Soule Emporium Co.,
Market square. this city, and on Tues
oay morning one Of them appeared in
the course of business at the Granite
National Bank, on which they were
drawn The amount was for $25 and
drawn by William Mann, endorsed
py him and also by John Blake. 1t
mad been cashed and deposited by
Arthur Tetreault, the druggist
Mr.. Soule says he is confident that
a stranger. to him, who was in his
store last Saturday was the party
who distracted the checks. The man
entered and inquired if his wife was
there, saying she was to meet him
there for the selection of some goods.
Being told that she was not there, the
man asked permission to use the tele-
phone, which was granted and the
man apparently talked with some par
ty. He later, during the noon hour.
returned and again inquired for his
wife. She had failed to show up and
AN "SSNtAi 'ShCu " use TIE phone.
Again it was granted and again he
apparently talked with some unknown
party. He finally left, saying he and
his wife would be in at 5 o'clock.
That was the last seen of him.
The cashier was in the Office dur
ing the first visit and the man prob
ably located what he wanted on the
desk while using or pretending to use
the phone and during his second visit
secured it. The page of the check
book was torn down across diagonal
~ but giving him three or four, as
Mr.. Soule thinks. good checks to use.
Mr.. Soule saw enough of the man
to be able to identify him, should he
have an opportunity to so do. He
promptly made known the loss of the
checks, when discovered, in order to
prevent. if possible. any other parties
being victimized by the holder. The
man who is thought to have accepted
the check at the drug store is at pres
ent out of town
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WHITE SLAVE TRAF-
FIG SAID TO Be IN
CREAS|NG on ISTHMUs
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

N-SNA1SCN ASSo OOAANSPSAAuCuSCJ
Panama, Aug. 3.-Extraordinary ef-
forts are being made by the American
authorities on the isthmus to break
up the increasing white slave" trade
in Central America.
The traffic has increased because Of
the war in Europe and the fact that
a large number of American soldiers
are being stationed on the Canal Zone
within a short distance from each Of
the two Panama towns of Colon and
Panama. Both of the night life dis
tricts in these cities have been greatly
extended until now they cover very
large restricted areas.
1t is difficult for the traffickers to
bring girls into the Canal Zone be-
cause Of the strict laws and the vigil
lance Of the Canal Zone Police. This,
however, is not the case in the repub-
lic
1t has been learned that a central
agency has been established in San
Jose, Costa RIGA. The girls come
into Panama by way of the island city
OF David in the province of Chiriqui
which borders on Costa Rica.
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DANA C.. SANBORN
TO LEAVE CONY

LANA c. Sanborn, who for the past
Two years has been head of the sci
ence department of the Cony High
school of this city. has resigned his
position and will become a member of
the New Bedford, Mass. High school
FACULTY at the opening of schools. He
was born in Monmouth and received
ms education from the public schools
OF Augusta and Hallowell. He grad
uated from the Cony High school and
tnen worked for year. following this
oy year spent at the University of
Maine where he was a member Of the
Ineta Chi fraternity. He then taught
school two years and afterwards went
TO the Scientific school at Yale, grad
uatlng in 1913. AS head of the sci
ence department of the Cony High
school Mr.. Sanborn has proved very
eniclent and his many friends in the
city wish him success in his new DO
sition.
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WINDSOR

WEST-The North Windsor Baptist
Sabbath school will hold it's annual pic
mic at the Pierce grove Wednesday, Aug.
II; if stormy, on Thursday A dinner Of
baked beans and brown bread, pastry
and other food with coffee will be served
at the noon hour. good time is ex-
pected. with games. boating, swimming
and diving races in the forenoon and ball
carry beans and brown bread are expect
ed to carry pastry food.
Rev. and Mrs. NJ. H. Wakefield arrived
at the parsonage Saturday Mr.. Wake
field filled the pulpit Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Black and son of Brooklyn.
n. Y, are expected to arrive Monday to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. e.
Carpenter. for an indefinite time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Brainard with their
son and daughter and Mr.. Shattuck mo-
tored from East Pepperell, Mass. last
the home Of relatives. Mr.. and Mrs AL
len Taber. for two weeks.
Mrs. Jennie White and son Russell Of
Cambridge, Mass, who have been visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Haskell for
two weeks, made brief visit with
friends in Watervlle and Augusta before
returning to their home Tuesday in
Massachusetts.
Prof. and Mrs. F. II. Cowan with their
children, who have been guests at Beech
Grove Farm. left for Sidney last Friday,
accompanied by Mrs. Cowan's niece. Miss
Flora Pierce, where they will visit Mr.
Cowan's relatives for 10 days. Miss
Pierce is expected home Tuesday.
Mrs. Lottie Reed of Augusta, who has
been a visitor at the home of her broth
err, Charles Morse of South Vassalboro.
the past week, was the guest Wednesday
of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Taber.
Mr. and Mrs. John Deitz of Allston,
Mass, were among the recent arrivals
Sunday for a stop Of two weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. s. p. Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Hail of Winthrop
are guests of her sister, Mrs. w. S. Bar
ton, was few days. Mrs. Hall will
spend a week visiting relatives in town.
Miss Marion Griffin accompanied her
aunt. Mrs. Hall. after a visit Of sew
eral weeks in Winthrop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lowe of Sea-
wards were afternoon callers at the home
of j. w. Lameon Sunday. Miss Alice
Smart, who is passing her vacation with
Mrs. Lamson. returned home with her
cousin, Mrs. Lowe. for a brief visit.
Erwin Stewart, an aiumnus of Coburn
Classical institute, has position as clerk
in the postofice at the National Home,
Togus.
Mervin Weber of South China, Bow
dom student, was business caller at
c. F. Taylor's Wednesday afternoon.
Archie Caswell and sister. Mrs. Harold
r. Small, and her niece. Miss Anna Bell
Caswell, and Ernest Miller enjoyed an
auto ride in Mr.. Caswell's new car. They
passed a pleasant afternoon on Church
hill with their sister. Miss Alice Caswell.
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AMERICAN NAMES
IN CASUALTY LISTS
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Sydney, Australia, July 5.-The
names of several men who gave their
home as the United States upon VOL
unteering with Australian contingents
for active service in this war, have
lately appeared in the published lists
of casualties cabled from Turkey to
the Commonwealth.
Some have been killed and some
wounded. Notable among those killed
were Sergeant Major A. L. Sherburne
who enlisted in a New South Wales
command. Sherbourne was a native
OF Indiana and was 81 years old. He
was a trolley-car conductor in New
castle this state when he enlisted. He
was seriously wounded in the first
landing of Australian troops upon the
Gallipoli Peninsula, but in recent
letter to friend in Newcastle he an
nounced his intention Of shortly re-
turning to the front. He did so and
met his death.
Sergeant Major Sherbourne served
in the United States navy in the war
with Spain and subsequently served in
the British army in the Boer war. He
was present al the capture of Santiago
IN the former war and in the latter
he earned a medal. After the Boer
war he Joined the Cape Mounted Po-
lice in South Africa and received spec
lal communication for courageous con-
Duct. Later he entered the railway
service in South Africa. He was a
man Of fine physique and an expert
boxer and athlete. He also had con-
siderable literary attainments and was
the author of number Of short
stories In letter written by him to a
sydney newspaper not long before the
Australian Expeditionary Force was
shifted to Turkey to fight he vigorous
~ defended the conduct of the Aus
tralian soldiery in Egypt. it having
been reported in some quarters that
the troops from the Antipodes were
falling into evil ways He left Aus
tralla a corporal and was evidently
promoted while in Egypt
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State HOUSE
Board Of Charities

Inc regular monthly meeting of the
State Board of Charities and Corrections
was held at its rooms at the State House
on Monday afternoon.
Aside from the usual routine business
ana presentation of reports of inspection
OF private institutions, satisfactory re-
ports of the condition Of the following
public institutions were received: State
prison. oxford county jail Knox county
Jail, Bangor State hospital, Houlton town
farm, Rockland city almshouse, Vinal-
haven town farm, Van Buren, town farm
and Eagle Lake town farm. improved
conditions were noted in all of these in
stitutions as compared with year ago.
Recommendations for improvement in
various almshouses to be made to the
oVerseers of the poor were agreed to as
follows: Caribou, Eastport, Belfast.
Biddeford, Greenwood, oxford, Norway
and VIM.
A letter was received from the over
seers at Winslow saying they had INSTALL
ed a new sewer as recommended by the
board Conditions at Belfast were report-
ed as very bad but a letter was pre-
scented from the mayor promising that
conditions would be much improved in
the near future.
The secretary was instructed to bring
the resolution of the board at it's April
meeting in relation to salaried positions
held by directors Of charitable organiza-
tons within the organization to the at
tention of such organizations not SUPER
vised by the board who might apply for
license.
The board also directed the secretary,
whenever necessary. to advise directors
OF organizations applying for licenses to
solicit funds that in the opinion of the
board 1t was the duty or any person ac-
cepting the dictatorship Of such an or
ganization to assure himself that ac-
curate record was kept of the funds re-
ceived, and OF their application to the
purposes for which solicited
The board authorized the issuing of the
following licenses:
To maintain homes for children-C. F.
Symonds, Raymond, limit Is; Mrs. J. W.
Hutchins. Brewer. 6; Mrs. M. NJ. Purin-
ton, North Vassalboro, 8; Mrs. Cora B.
Evans. South Windham. 10; Mrs. Maril-
la NJ. Ray. scarboro. 6: Mrs. F. L. Ander-
son. South Windham. 6; Female Orphan
Asylum. Portland. 40: Mrs. Ellen M.
Ward, Hallowell, 4; Mrs. Annie E. Ray,
Bangor, 8; Mrs. B. M. Bigelow, Bangor,
5; Mrs. Ralph Redmond, Augusta, 4: Mrs
Sadie ]. Temple. Augusta. 4; Miss Jennie
Smith. Augusta, 8; Annie L. Kennedy,
Augusta, 5.
To maintain maternity hosptal-Dr
Adam P. Leighton. Jr., Portland.
To solicit funds for charitable or be-
nevolent purposes-Maine Anti-Tubercu-
losis Association. Bangor; Christian Civic
League of Maine. Waterville
In the case Of the Ernest Workers So
ciety Of Bangor. applicants for a license
to maintain child placing agency and
to solicit funds for that purpose. and
Mrs. Olive r. Bosworth of New Vine
yard to maintain a home for children.
the secretary was instructed to inform
the applicants that as at present advised
the board did not feel justified in grant
ing them the licenses requested.
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SMITHFIELD

Rev. Mr.. Trites occupied the pulpit
at the church Sunday afternoon. as.
sisted by Rev. Mr.. McConn. There will
be special services next Sabbath at
P. NJ. at which all are cordially invit.
ed.
The meeting at the city schoolhouse
was we'll attended and a good socia
service was enjoyed. Several from Out
of town were present.
Beulah Morrow is working at Beal
Spring camps.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Holmes made q
business trip to Waterville Monday.
Pearl Bickford is still suffering con.
siderable with his eye
Mrs. Alice Clark Is visiting in Au.
gusta and vicinity.
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CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Inc statue of Peter the Great in ST
Petersburg is the largest in existence. II
weighs 1000 tons.
". Cameron Forbes, former governor
general of the Philippines, will head a
blrd-collecting expedition in Central and
South America for Harvard university,
Large deposits of sulphur have been
found in southern Texas, and are to he
developed in manner similar to the de-
velopment of the Louisiana sulnhur
The wife Of a Bulgarian rarely goes out
without her husband. does not receive
callers in her husbands absence, seldom
appears in restaurant, a cafe or a place
OF public amusement, and never goes to
any such place unless her husband &C.
companies her.
A very noted diamond is the one of
sapphire blue tint, known as the Hope
diamond. which is valued at about $780,.
0o0. 1t is thought to have been cut from
Louis XIV, and which disappeared dur.
ing the French Revolution.
The Mexican Indians derived from their
ancestors, the Aztecs, the method OF
making the poison of Talavatchi. 1t is a
subtle drug. the constituents of which
are not known. The peculiar effect of
the poison is to destroy the mind, while
only slightly affecting the body.
An English paper says that provision
shops in the west end Of London have
"Anglicized their appearance by remov-
Ing the Westphalian hams. Brunswick
liver sausages. sauerkraut and "delica-
lessen" from their windows and have
substituted good old English viands."
A paragrapher asserts that England
can boast that no other country pos
sesses so many scriptural place names az
are found in that country. The name OF
Jericho occurs six times on the maps
Paradise I'VE times and Nineveh, Mr.
Zion, Mt. Ararat and Mt. Ephraim three
times each.
According to the London Globe, the
goldfish in the warm mineral water OF
the famous Roman baths at Bath, have
learned to ring bell for their dinner
A metal ball floats in the water with an
ingenious pivot attachment, from which
strings hang down in the water. When
the goldfish pull the string bell sounds
and cup Of ants eggs is turned auto.
matically into the water.
Emperor. William OF Germany has
decorated thirty-eight women nurses
with the iron cross since the war be.
gan.
Last year there were s,1S1,2s3 people
in the United Kingdom entitled 20
vote, or about one-third Of the male
population.
Members Of both houses of parlia .
ment in Japan receive. in addition to
travelling expenses, salaries Of about
$1,000 a year.
Sixty years. supply Of natural gas at
the present rate Of consumption has
been wasted in Oklahoma in recent
years, according to government fig
ures.
shenleld (England) cutlery and plate
manufacturers are running their works
night and day to complete war ONCE
orders for b4yonets. knives, etc.
Although the knitting industry OF
Japan il less than ten years old, q. o
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Work is progressing well on the mall
ing platform. which is in the process
of construction in the rear Of the Au-
gusta postoffice. 1t has formerly been
the custom to load the mail upon the
teams from a door in the rear Of the
postoffice building but this has caused
much Inconvenience. especially in
winter when the cold winds would blow
into the postoffice. When the new
structure is completed the mail will
be sent into the small building on a
chute from the postoffice and in the
building the mail will be sorted for
each team. On two sides Of the new
building stone courts will be built. 1t
is expected that the structure will be
finished in about two weeks.
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FAYETTE

Word has been received here of the
death Of Miss Luett Billings. formerly
of Fayette, at her late home in Prov
idence, r. I.
Mrs. Gertrude Barron went Saturday
to Pemaquid, where she will pass her
vacation. Mrs. Jennie Mansur accom-
panied her.
A severe thunder storm passed over
this section Monday night. Except for
putting telephones out of commission
no damage was done.
Mrs. Irma Chase entertained the w.
c. T. U. at her home Tuesday.
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said that there are 1900 manufacturers
of these goods in the city Of Osaka
alone.
The vast forest areas Of Russia In
Europe which cover nearly 100000
acres. or Sc per cent. Of the entire area
of the country, are aptly termed
wooden Russia
Governor Brumanugh's first official
dinner was the first dry one in the
Pennsylvania mansion for quarter Of
century. The strongest drink served
was sweet ginger ale"
In 1870 there were few more than
1000 inns Tor the accommodation OF
travellers in Switzerland. but since then
the number has probably trebled.
The BOBBY, Bahama bird, Is so
spiritless that when attacked by other
birds it does not fight. but gives up the
fish it has caught without resistance.
In 1913, the last year for which the
official record Is in, more than 1000
changes in name were allowed and de-
creed by the probate judges Of Massa-
chusetts.
About two million natives OF Siam
are engaged in the cultivation OF rice,
but the large increase in the produc-
ton of American rice 10 having the
effect of reducing the Slam crop.
The old name Of the sunfiower was
solsoece, the sun follower. The an
Gent sunfiower. or sun follower, was
the marigold; the tall plants OF the
present day are of American origin.
The smallest cows in the world are
found in the Samoan islands. The av-
erage weight does not exceed 15O
pounds, while the bulls weigh about
200 pounds. They are about the size OF
Merino sheep.
Because of the abundant supply Of
cotton seed meal that there 10 likely
to be in this country this year. spec
ialists in the department Of agriculture
believe that the farmer mas a better
opportunity to make money by feed
ing beef cattle than for some years
past.
Dowager Queen Alexandra Of Eng
land, who recently celebrated her sew
entieth anniversary, IL showing great
interest in the war, especially In the
fortunes Of the officers at the front
whom she has known personally. If
they return wounded she visits them
in the hospitals.
The sunfower is cultivated rather
extensively in the south Of Russia.
It furnishee oil, fodder and potash.
A great Australian union federation
with q. membefahip Of $4,000 was re-
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Gently formed after a conference Of
numerous unions held in Sydney.

Gently formed after a conference Of
numerous unions held in Sydney.
The flesh Of the camel tastes like
beef, but has the appearance Of veal.
The Baltic has the greatest wreck
record Of all the seas, averaging one
a day.
The edition of the New York tele-
phone directory has reached more than
| 100000 copies.
The personnel Of the British navy Is
about double that Of any other navy
in the world.
Collins are being made of paper in
France, cheapness and ightness being
their advantage.
To teach rife shooting a Japanese
has invented a cross-bow with rifle
stock, trigger and sights.
Milwaukee has 90 receiving and ship
ping docks where coal can be loaded
and unloaded
One Englishman is said to have
named his Oldest son Lyulph Yderallo
Odin Nestor, Egbert Lyonel Toedmag
Hugh Erehenwyse, Saxon Esa Orme
Cromwell Nevil Dysart Plantagenet.
and another to have named his with
one for every letter Of the alphabet,
"" being represented by Zeus.
The Mexican minister Of the fnte-
rior, now travelling in this country,
predicts that soon we shall buy most
Of our flowers in his country. He says
that when the transportation problem.
now we'll on it's way to solution, is
definitely settled, roses which now cost
81 in New York. can be bought for
cents or SO.
The seed pod Of the devil plant Of Per-
sia kills droves Of animals by getting it's
four-i,ch "claws' secured in the nostrils'
Of grazing animal and setting up a
fatal Inflammation.
During the last ten years the number,
Of students taking the full four-year
course in agriculture in American agTi-,
cultural colleges has increased from
about $500 to 1880. or 500 per cent.
The lowest temperature ever recorded
in New York since the establishment OIL
the weather bureau was six below zero.
This was recorded on January 10. 1851
December a. 1880: February II, 1859, and
February II. 1909
Mrs. George F. Hanscom. age 81. OF
Fitchburg. Mass. IL said to be the young
est grandmother in the United States.
Her daughter. Mrs. Mildred Hanscom. of
Lynn. Mass. age Is. gave birth % al
daughter recently.
India contains At leaat twenty mine
cities swith. populations e: feeding loa.ooA
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DIED..

DIED.
vasss.asoA-Ausust 9, William s
eeea ~ aged 81; Burt E. Gilman
CUMBERLAND.
,,r ns0'E,aland-Ausus. !, Ann;a s+.,-
August Aug pas'd H; Watson. aged 6 years.;
w ss,,sasnaish-August ! 'ae sndrau, D
years. . months. I d days, aged 81
PENoBscor.
IS ySsaasr9 s' $ mas,ss Flanagan, aged
rons, sAGADAHoc.
er, 1aapps sS m 6, Herbert Turn.
p, n,ash-Ausust 5. Mrs. ro,o
''an' aged about 50 years a'ace A.
WALDO.
aged da77ssp oss-: 6. James Patio.
YORK.
man, mes !. s sus Jane n.r.v
AA' ~ years. months. ' Is .. serry-
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Walter Humphrey and family Of
Boston, who are passing the summer
at Richmond, called upon friends in
the city Tuesday, coming up the river
in their gasoline launch, the Mink"
AS the visitors left the city on their
return trip they were given a cannon
salute from the Augusta Yacht club
house. Mr.. Humphrey is a member of
the University Yacht Club of Boston.
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The trea sure train which passed
through Augusta Tuesday morning
loaded with a few hundred millions of
dollars in gold was drawn by an en-
ginc at whose throttle sat Daniel Cony.
Even it the train went right through
Augusta with its treasure Of gold worth
many. many times as much as the
whole city of Augusta, an Augusta
man had the fun of working the throt-
tie Of the engine.
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The following employees of the Au-
gusta post office are enjoying their
annual vacations: Main floor, day
crew, j. Maurice Arnold, George E
Jones; night crew. Herman r. Man.
sur; newspaper mailing room clerks
Willis E. Blanchard, Thomas L. Fox
Frank 8. Murphy, Edwin F. Weston;
laborer, Honore Baudette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-11

Louis Paquin, steward of the Au-
gusta Yacht Club, has sold to George
Hill of this city the cabin cruiser
formerly owned by John McKern Of
Randolph. The boat is 80 feet in
length, measures feet at the beam
and is equipped with a 1O-horsepower
Kennebec engine. Mr.. Hill intends to
run the boat on the river and it will
make fine addition to the fleet Of
the Augusta Yacht Club.
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Only one match was played Tues
day in the Kennebec Valley Tennis
tournament, Dunnack winning three
straight sets from Taylor, 60, 6-1, 60
Poole is given his match with Little by
default 1t is expected that two matches
will be played off in the first round to-
day: c. Rabbit VS.. P. Hill on the Nash
court, and Nash VS.. Allen on the Nash
court. Referee, Dunnack.
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Mrs. L. J. Marden and daughters,
Florence and Helen of Swampscott,
Mass, arrived in the city Tuesday af-
ternoon for a weeks visit with rela-
| tives in Augusta and vicinity. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-11

The Misses Harriet and Margaret
Ohler, daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Ohler of Portland, are the guests
for a few days of Miss Ida L. Noble, II
Flagg street.