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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07

declined ,, and even points from top
levels Of the forenoon, the selling be-
ing the most precipitate of any recent
session, with some nominal rallies at
the close. Total transactions aggregat-
cd $4,000 shares, of which 80 per
cent occurred in the first hour.
Prior to the final period the list
showed numerous cross currents, for
mer leaders losing some ground. with
greater activity in minor rails and a
few industrials Of recent prominence
such as the sugar group, Central Leath-
er and American hide and leather, pre-
ferred fertilizers and chemicals. zinc
shares and rubber stocks.
In fact, the most interesting develop
ments. apart from the sharp reversal of
the flag end of the session. was the eX-
traordinary diversity of the dealings.
More than $50 different stocks were
traded in during the first half hour, this
number being considerably augmented
later and establishing a record for many
years.
Extreme gains in secondary rails and
some Of the specialtieS referred to
range from to points, with Denver
ana flO Grdnde preferred, western
Maryland preferred. Chicago and Alton
Chicago Great Western, Wabash and
Kansas City Southern Preferred, the
most conspicuous features.
New maXimums were supplied by
Central Leather at So "a and American
Beet at par but other stocks Of that
class and some of the utilities attained
highest quotations Of the past year. only
to be sacrificed in the sale Of the last
SO minutes.
Those who regard the foreign ex-
change market a barometer as peace
oxertures extracted little comfort from
that quarter. German remittances
which should strengthen at the first
signs of peace, were slightly heavier
and francs also shaded, with no change
in rates to London.
Bonds were strong most Of the day
but eased with stocks towards the end
Total salves (par value) aggregated S..
$4,000. United States bonds We're un-
changed on call
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Pine Tree Grange, Lisbon.

Pine Tree had a pleasant meeting
Friday evening. There was a good at
tendance. The program included read
ings by Mrs Annie Blake, Mrs. Clara
Flanders and Mrs. Eva Carville. War
rem Flanders gave an interesting talk
on the recent trips taken by him and
Mrs. Flanders in New York state and
into New Hampshire. Interesting re-
marks were made by two members,
who have not attended for some time,
Mrs. Iva Babb of Auburn and her sis
ter. Mrs. Ida Miller of Massachusetts
who is visiting her. Next Friday eve
ming the lecturer, Mrs. Youland, will
have a question box and each member
is requested to bring a written ques-
ton to deposit in the box.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Buy Real Estate?
Sell Real Estate?

There are more prospective
hone-buyers today than there
we're yesterday.
More young couples have "come
to an understanding"-and arc
or the list Of prospective homo
buyers.
Other couples, who long ago
made tho decision, but who have
never been able to carry it out.
now find themselves nearer the
goal. and SO are, in reality, pros
pective home-buyers.
Families are planning to come to
your city to make it their home.
Some Q: them will board for
time; some vii! rent for a time.
Most Of them are prospective
home buyers.
All Of these people, and many
more not thus specified, are read
crs Of tho real estate advertise
ments. They are rather more
than mere readers-.hey are hope
fLI Investigators.
II you have a home to sell, you
can make advertising pay" and
pay promptly, right now! Jour-
nal ads -each 10000 Central Maine
readers, the home makers of this
prosperous territory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Pride In the Stores

"Do you have good stores here?"
guest another city asks the question always
Any living here whom the question put
feels little thrill of pride in answering it.
And the is prompt ''yes!'
usually goes beyond the yes, species
ticular in which particular pride is felt
Fair
city fortunate in its stores is city in which it is good
live the They adjuncs
home The merchants cooperators with the
family heads their tasks of making better homes and Of
getting joy and comfort out of life
Our stores pride They new to They
never pail. They stand still They bring to >al
the of the world offer for pleasure for
comfort, good They permanent Worlds
And they good advertisers! If they not then
they would fall standard fixed good stores
They tell the They keep in touch with people,
They
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Boston Produce Market

Boston, Oct. 6.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle Is
SPRING BRAN-2S25d2ST5
BUTTER-Northern S6Q264; western 34i
35a.
CHEESE-New York twins 21022.
CORNING. 2 yellow 1929.
EGGS-Choice hennery and nearby Asa
&c; western 31d41.
FLOUR-Spring patents s75d94o.
HAY-No. / grade 2od22.
Handspring 16A.
MINED FEED-20d33.
OATS-No. clipped white So
PORk-Medium backs 1915.
POTATOES-225M2 65 per two-bu. bag.
SUGAR-Granulated. 20 Dbl. lots, 10
VEAI,-9G16
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Chicago Cattle Market

Chicago, Oct. 6.
HOGS-Receipts $1,000; strong, 20 to p >
above yesterdays average; bulk 935m9Si;
light 91oa 1000: mixed 5000 loo5; heavy SEGA
1905 rough s9Oa9l5; pigs 6.5m925.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000; steady; native
beef cattle GOGGLES; western steers 6l5N
$40: stockers and feeders 415n775; cow
and heifers 350@ $40; calves So0ltl25o
SHEEP-Receipts $500; firm; wethers
66O@S35; ewes 365m760; lambs 1000 1899.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Features ct the Days Dealings in Al
the Leading Stocks

New York. oct. 6.-Rumors of a re-
neWal of peace negotiations, which
seemed to receive credence in high fl
hancial quarters, We're effective in de-
Pressing prices in the stock markets
later dealings today. after much previ-
Gus uncertainty and hesitation. Values
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
U. Shoe Mach. %,
New York Produce Market

FLOUR-Unsettled.
WHEAT-Spot weak; No. Dur,,n,
1s5 IA; No. hard 1853; No. northern
Duluth 1877 and No. northern Manitoba
1874 81 fob New York.
CORN-Spot weak; No. yellow lOr
elf New York
OATS-Spot firm; standard "a 3-4d54I.
PORK-Unsettled.
BEEF-Firm.
LARD-Steady.
BUTTER-Barely steady; receipts 1871
creamery higher than extras 36ad37
creamery extras 80 score, SO; firsts 34sd
352; seconds 1894
EGGS-Irregular: receipts 1852: fresl,
gathered extra fine 39a40 extra tirsts 81
!@3S; firsts. 1895 seconds 31@33; nearby
hennery whites fine to fancy 52@55; near
by hennery browns 40@45.
POTATOES-Firm; Long Island Dbl 40t
@425; Maine 3S5G4o0; Jersey $50; sweets
southern Dbl. 1854 225; Jersey new 90611O
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Chicago Produce Market

Chicago. oct. 6.
Peace rumors a., hearish advices re-
garding the Arcc lie trC2 outlook re-
suited today in a downward swing in the
value of wheat, The market closed heavy
q to SIS net lower with December at
157 SIS to -. IS and May at ~ Is to
157 3-S Corn finished "a to ga off and
oats down 1-sd1-4 to IA. Provisions scor-
ed gains ranging all the way from 4
shade to S50t7.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
New York Money Market
New York, Oct. 6

ANtW OI Il, OIt U
Mercantile paper 81 per cent.
Sterling: sixtyday bills ALA demand
AS Ills. cables 4.76 7-16; francs. demand
5.S44, cables 5,s3a; marks. demand 7ol. ca
bles 7os; kronen, demand IL Lilo, cables
lires, demand 646, cables 6.i5; rubles, de-
mand 3la. cables 313.
Bar silver Ssh.
Mexican dollars 523.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds strong.
Time loans firm; 60 and 80 days 3G33,
six months 33@3i.
Call money steady: high q. low q. rul-
ing rate %, last loan p, closing bid q,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Newspaper Advertisements
Tell FACTS and INFORMATION

THE Invention of the Newspaper the most important event in
the world In the 1922 French physician lin ted"
newspaper He had noted that his patients
pecay welcome when he able bring them bit
gossip about person Of their acquaintance about Happen
ings at Court"
He conceived the idea journal which would gather this
sort Of information comprehensive way, making GENERAL
LY AVAILABLE He believed that the HUMAN Mt ERESTin
such intelligence would make widely popular enterprise He
right
He secured from Cardinal Rcheeu patent for the publication of
newspaper He called The Paris Gazette It the first
paper in the modern of the term
AND THAT FRENCH PHYSICIAN RENDERED SERVICE
TO MANKIND WORTH A MILLION TIMES AS MUCH AS THAT
OF THE GREAT RICHEIIEU.
Before the advent Of the carried about from
another the which had popuaed this physician
For long time afterwards Of STORES circulated in the
same
We have of the first merchant who nvented store ad
verng but he served the people Of the world only little less de
than the old French physician had DONE For he conceived the
truth NEWS ABOUT THE STORES should also be wider
circulation than possible through persontoperson gossip
THE SAME PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH THE NEWSPAPER is
FOUNDED UNDERLES STORE ADVERTISING. 1t makes avail
able all the people the facts and information which, the old
circulated uncertainty and limited from to another
Nowadays the Journal would not be in complete
unless carried STORE NEWS quite fully other sorts OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
New York Sugar Market

New York Oct 6.
| SUGAR-Raw steady; centrifugal co.;
molasses 5l2; refined steady; fine granu-
lated 690d700.
Sugar futures opened steady on cover
ing, prompted by the steadiness. The lis-
eased off later under commission house
to three points lower Sales $500 tons
December 46S, January 430 March 405.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07

One ton Of whale hlubber will y1eld
200 gallons of oil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Auburn GRANGE.

Auburn Grange held a social Satur-
day evening at the hall with large
number of members in attendance. The
committee in charge of the evening
were Grace Berry, Blanche Dearborn,
Earle Houghton and Howard Marshall
During the evening a short program
was carried out consisting of piano
solos by Mrs. Evelyn Eveleth; read
ings. Elsie Waterman; vocal duet by
the Garland brothers and solo by
Vivian Mills. Refreshments were
served and dancing was enjoyed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07

Rowe's Corner Grange held bust
ness session Saturday evening and
during the meeting arrangements were
made for Pomona which is to be held
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07
Advertise Ill.

TO SELL IT-ADvERTISE IT!
make known" the facts about
that real estate. There are poo
Pile to whom the real estate lads"
in this newspaper are more inter.
es.ine than the war news. They
will read your lad" II It appeals
to them, if it describes real estate
that seems to be like that which
they have pictured in the:- minds
as WHAT THEY WANT, you'll
hear from them. And, in due
course, you'll SELL YOUR REAL
ESTATE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07

THAT SPARE RoOM7 Tho in
come it should yield may not be
Iarge-but even a few dollars each
week amount TO q tidy sum in the
course Of a year. And there are
pleasant and agreeable people
looking for rooms. Usually .
classified advertisement will put
you in touch with them-espeeiaIiy
If you offer a one-room homo IN
A DESIRABLE LOCALITY and
at q fair price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07

WANT 20 SELL A LOT? II
location and price arc right, q real
estate lad" will find your buyer.
Sometimes a little keeping at.it is
required. The first publication Of
an advertisement does not always
bring the result. lie like any
other sort Of effort or enterprise.
Perseverance always wins-and il
is not often that you will be re-
CURED to exercise a great deal Of
il.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-10-26

Evidently Mr.. Wilson has made up
his mind about something. He refers
in his acceptance speech to 1.-THE SOW
ereign authority of Mexico" He may
have decided to whom he was refer
ring. Less than two years ago he was
not sure whether it was the soldier
bandit Villa or the grocer-grafter Car
rama.
The Administration ought to be able
to take a comfortable rest. It has
turned pretty much everything over
to commissions from the Mexican
question to the tariff. The talent for
Sinking responsibilities comes handy
sometimes. i
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-10-26
HARVEY REDAOT
FOR HUGHES
EspousaI by Distinguished Edi-
tor of the Cause of the Re-
publican Candidate a
Significant Campaign
Feature.
ORIGINAL WILSON BOOSTER.

He Takes This Action Not Because He
Is the Victim of Ingratitude But
Because Wilson Stands for Wilson
First and Col. Harvey Cannot Assist
in the Betrayal of His Country for
the Qualification of Personal Ambi-
tion-A Democrats Patriotic Stand.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-10-26

Derand for Good Literature Grow;nc
The life of the average North Dakota
schoolma'am is only four years. School
teaching. for instructors of the fair
sex, is m of the most hazardous occu.
pations listed. School teaching, for
the ladies', especially the young and
wi1;some ones, is especially fatal west
oil ne Missouri. If they're young and
g~ood-iooking an Infectious malady
known as matrironitis is bound IN got
en-, sooner or later-usually sooner 10
date no preventative measures have
proven satlractory.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-10-26

III" President "has kept us out of
~" but would you like to have him
''ss ll.r joh II someone should force
On US?
The sun., 1916-11-05

the enemy on the high sea II accom-
plishes the coast defence by destroy
inr the encmy's navy II possible. If
II were tied TO any defence It's utility
would be decreased Just in proportion
to It's decreased mobility. Then. sec
ond. are the coast defences which fur
n!sh the points OF support and the
farhors OF refuge and the safe an
chorages for the navy, where the ships
OF the navy can at any time come IN
for repairs. And then. third. there
IL h mobile army TO meet any attack
that IL made on the undefcnded part
OF the coast. Those three constitute
a combined entity and the essential to
a complete coast defence
On the Atlantic coast we have per-
manent defences at Portland. Me.
Portsmouth, y. H.: Boston. New Bed
ford. N~arragansctt Bay. Long Island
Sound. Eastern New York. Southern
New York. the Delaware River. Baltf-
more. the Potomac. Chesapeake Bay.
Cape Fear. y. G.: Charleston and Sa-
vannah: on the Gulf coast We have
Notifications Mt Key West. Tampa,
Pensacola, Mobile, the entrance to the
Mississippi River and works building
at Galveston. and on the Pacific coast
the fixed defences are located at San
Diego. San Pedro. San Francisco. the
mouth OF the Columbia River and the
The sun., 1916-11-05

southern entrance and shores OF Puget
Sound. Al Portsmouth. Boston, Mar
r%agarsctt Bay. New York city, Nor
folk, Charleston, Key West and Pensa-
cola We have naval stations Of the
utmost Importance TO the effective
working Of our fleet.
without exception every one o. these
vital strategic points can be brought
under h fire ~ an cucny's long
range naval guns without the slightest
risk OF injury from our defending per-
manent batteries, Not only that but
the foe can lombard the cities Of Port
Land, Portsmouth, Boston, New Bod
ford, Newport. New York. Charleston.
savannah. Key West. Tampa. pensa-
cola, san Diego, san Pedro. san Fran
cisco and Astoria while lying securely
beyond the reach OF the weapons
placed In the n~eighhoring forts or bat
teries to protect them from that direct
attack.
And what about those points Of SUP
port. harhors OF refuge ard safe an
choraGes for IN" navy? Whore ave
they? They don't exist. simply b.
cause our coastal batteries have long
NICE been outranEed by the guns
mounted upon the hiCsrs, % foreign
battle craft. New York has been .iI-
vcrt!scd as an isolated example OF this
peril. but n few minutes study O. the
The sun., 1916-11-05

charts OF any Of these ports with the
known maximum range of our coast
defence guns Will show how general is
this menace TO s'ahOari cities
Nnd this being the case. let us see
what may al too easily l." tn" pro lira-
mont NJ oar battle fleet, which logically
counts upon intimate and important"
cooperation OF the permanent i"fcnccs
For example. take New Work. city. an!
~ way OF illustration Let us assume
that the enemy has been able either
through strategic cunning or by rca-
son Of a superior scouting force 10
's,rcen' his own movements and to
appear suddenly seward OF Sandy
Hook, u own fleet 1T IN" time being
in H." upper bay or "a pant of Il at the
navy yard Farther, It ma Doe th.t
III" foes squadron. composed OF capi-
tai ships, Is actually numerically in
ferior to our naval force here.
Now. take "a chart Of the lower bay
and The route cut past SANDY Hook.
because Of their draught. our dretl-
noIph,s must 'ssue ~ way Of Am
or"se channel ana in formation te,hni-
cally known as line ahead popularity
understood as single file. with tie mos
formidable N advance, TINS formi-
;lpu limits the ships to 4 minimum ~
gln'irc directly ahead or within a short
arc on either bow. The purpose Of the
The sun., 1916-11-05

Beers OF this Fedcral!zed service have
eesigned by hundreds ANA discomfort
b rife among the rank ard Hie.
benevolent neutrality" is a thing
u the past: Presiden, Wilson has re.
eently confessed rs much. In 20 many
plain terms he has told us hat the
united states could not again main
AIN Its neutrality in another great war.
Why? Because the nation that is
perong enough to fight and won't do 50
becomes an object OF contempt and a
probable target for attack. es1ecially
when other countries are battling for
what they consider right and interests
hre worldwide and none can be indlf-
Borent to the outcome. As he ex-
presses II, 1.-THE great European war
has served Mt least 10 show us this one
hing. that the world Itself has
hanged" But have We changed?
Have President Wilson and his
associates done their part to make
- ready for this change? Have they
made US strong where strength will
y vitality necessary in the near fu-
eure7 Have they realized how these
world changes have radically upset
conditions right here upon this con-
6nent Of North America?
Notes ad nauseam have figured In
tho Governments maintenance OF its
nsutrality, but this sort OF diplomatic
1emporizing will cut but a trifing part
In staving of hostilities in the days to
come. As Gen. Wood told Congress a
few months back: when a condition
commanding war comes about the en-
The sun., 1916-11-05
WILL THE UNITED STATES BE EASY PREY FOR STRONG FOE
Army and Navy Experts See New Dangers Growing
Out of the Great War and Point Out Where
We Are Weak to Resist Attack

munition. and they would attack the
main lines Of communication running
between the principal Eastern cities
and from the Eastern cities to the
West"
Celebrating this evil picture, Gen.
Wood continued: "He would probably
hold New York and Boston: possibly
the entire arms and munitions area
from Boston to Baltimore, and exact
such tribute as he wanted: then take
whatever action might be necessary to
prevent us from longer asserting the
Monroe Doctrine. lie would take any
thing he wanted. 1t would be Just a
question of how much he wanted"
And how may a foe effect this in the
quickest way and whence would II be
possible for n OF them to strike from
within the continental limits to
achieve this very end? The answer il
IA startling one. RS military strategists
put II. for IL shows how conditions
have changed about us while we have
grown to look beyond the seas for u
possible antagonists. In the popular
mind Germany M Japan have ,oomed
large persistently as the likeliest Of
our foes.
Our neutrality has lost us friends. II
1t hasn't actually made enemies for us.
and the bitter commercial struggle
that Is bound to come will strip us Of
vi gains IL we are not strong enough
to fight for them. Indeed there are Of
ficers In both branches of our defen-
sive services that do not hesitate to
gn,, Chat "a, Ia, -
come within the next two years. and
England may he the first to call us to
account as h settles back grimly to
win again her dominance in the world
Of trade. Heretofore 1t has been the
custom to enlarge upon an invasion
from oversee. n those satisfied with
our defences-afioat and ashore-have
pictured the difficulties Of Transporting
anywhere from $50, 900 to $50, 900
troops across the Atlantic. As a rule
our battle fleet has been proclaimed
strong enough to efYectually interfere,
and We have been treated with imagi-
nary sinkings OF scores upon scores of
heavily laden. %defenceless enemy
transports. Conditions have changed;
We may be Inundated and defeated
without a single troopship venturing
across the ocean.
According to the dictum OF our mill
tary strategy Of the past, Canada is
a hostage against England could
ahord 10 strike us because we
overrun and dominate the Do
Thai was "A fact until Cam
ada. thrilled with the call TO arms.
with the fiower nj ber ~,n-
The sun., 1916-11-05

lar army short OF officers and prob
ably likewise lacking in enlisted men.
what could we do against a force such
field? Our opposition would be Of lit
tie avail, and the stronghold OF our
thews of war would o o be in the Arm
grip OF the foe. Our seacoast de-
fences would thus be taken In the rear,
n some OF our most vitality necessary
naval stations brought under the fire
OF the enemy's guns and our ships and
our forts impOtent to aid.
With this done. Great Britain could
bring her battle fleets to bear at leis-
ure. True, her ships would prob
ably have to fight and fight hard. As
Gen. Wood has expressed 1t: II do not
think our navy would be driven from
the sea until they had done all posi-
BILE. | think many would be found at
the bottom of the sea and the rest
bottled up. when asked II that meant
at the end Of sixty days, he answered:
within hat time" And within two
months. so it would seem. our army
and u navy would be hobbled and
the Zoe. pursuing the dual method OF
attack described, would be able to die
tate his " terms. And yet, the
administrations military spokesman,
the Secretary Of War, speaking Of the
army bill, says: Taken in conjunc-
ton with the navy bill. the United
may pursue its destiny in tran
Quillity. assured of a defensive strength
meet FOR any emergency"
And If Great Britain be not hostile
and canadian trn.pg ~, mol, ~ A..
10 n us. what is our military
readiness TO meet an oversee at
tack assuming our Atlantic coast
menaced and the fleet forced to
seek shelter behind our coast de-
fences or surprised in harbor behind
those supposedly sheltering guns?
In other words. how far is the army
able to cooperate effectively with the
navy to the end that the latter may
do the best expected Of II? Com
monty, II has been the custom in dis
cussing this INTERPOLATION to consider
the action Of the two arms to be
largely independent. That Is to say.
the function II the navy Is to inter-
ccpt the foe far seward and either to
bring him to action or to prevent the
landing OF an invading army. Failing
In this. then the burden OF defence
falls upon u seacoast batteries and
our mobile army. But his only tells
half the story. The effective work OF
the navy may hinge primarily upon
equally effective work on the part OF
our fixed coast dcfenccs.
Brig Gen, Erasmus Weaver. chief
OF the Coast Artillery Division. tells
us that: THE coast Notifications.
the fixed Notifications. are placed
at certain strategical points where
they defend certain ~anchorages and
bodies OF water and GER
am cities or valuable proper
ties. They are intended TO de-