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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-01-01
Collectors Notice ana Advertisement
Of Sale Of Land Of NONRESIDENT
Owners.
STATE OF MAINE

STATE OF MAINE.
Unpaid taxes on land of nonresident
owners situated in the City Of Augusta.
in the County Of kennebec, for the
year 1915.
The following list of taxes on real es-
tate of nonresident owners, situated in
the City of Augusta aforesaid, for the
year 1915. committed to me for collection
for said city, and on the 2lst day of
June, 1915 remain unpaid, and notice is
hereby given that if said taxes, with in
terest and charges are not previously
paid, so much Of the real estate taxed
as is sufficient and necessary to pay the
amount due therefor. including interest
and charges. will be sold at PUBLIC
AUCTION at the Office Of the Tax Col
1ector IN said city, on the FIRST MON,
O'CLOCK a. NJ:
Name of Descrip-- Amount of
owner tion of Tax Due In
Property Guiding In,
tereSt and
charges
Beale. Arlington: Land and build
ings. Allen St. s2.97
Blackman, Ruben: Twenty acres
land. Mud Mills road, 400
Clark. f. B.: Land. 8 Bridge St. 3.3O
Crawford. Hannah: Six ocres land.
part Of Lot 43. 1872
Emery. Mrs. Marshall: Land and 90
buildings. 10 Noyes Place, AS.
Flnton, John: One hundred and
fifteen acres. Wade road. 36.4i
Harlow. George A.. One-ha.f Int
in lot. Arsenal St. 40
Harvey ,,;. Mrs F. g. W,; Land and and
and buildings. Cross St: 80
acres land. So. Belfast Rd.. 1876
johnson; Henrietta: Land and
Lathrop william: Ten acres land.
Mud Mills Rd. .95
Longfeilow. A. p: Fifty-eight
rods near HalIowell line, l87
Marble Fannie, Mrs. Est: Land,
21-2 Blaine Ave. 400
Merchant. A. A. Heirs: Land near
,,,,, Sidney line. -. ,... 5s5
Morrill,. Wesley A.: Two lots land
Murray St. 400
ouimby. NJ John: Lot land. Muir
ray St. 2.6l
Reynolds. Chas. E.: Seven acres
Smith: 3. H.; Forr acres land. 80
and buildings. Oakland Rd.:
S5 acres land, Middle St. 34.15
Stevens. w. w: Four acres land
Stevens. W $. c.: Eight acres
Sylvester. NJ. r.: Six acres of ''
land, Church Hill Rd. 20
Spear & Webb; Land and build
ing, ls-is-2o Davenport St. 1Flo
StuOleF, 1HdS. W.. LOT lana,
Murray: lot land. Quimby, 1872
Toward. j. w. Est: One-half Int
brick house, Il Chapel, 1890
Taveares. Antonio: Lots 56-57,
Munroe St, 5.35
Welman. ]. H.: Ten acres land
Mud Mills Rd.. 1.O7
Wilson. Otis D.: Land. Leighton
Rd.. el.@
ROY l.. WARDWELL
Collector of Taxes of the City of Augusta
Augusta. Me, Dec. "a, 1915.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-01-01
TURNER'S
Public Market

Fresh, clean stock and good values
always.
FLOUR-6uy now for your future
demands. II will surely be higher
soon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-01-01

Saturday, January I, 1916.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

washed out, the roots are cut off with
sheep shears, the sponges are sorted
according to variety and strung in
punches of ten to thirty each. There
are a number of varieties. The WOO
sponges are the most valuable, others
being grass, yellow and wire sponges.
Sponges of all kinds are becoming
scarce and the prices they bring are
surprising. Wool sponges bring from
two to four dollars a pound. A little
ragged heap of sponges that you could
cart away in wheelbarrOw often sells
for several hundred dollars. The
sponges grow in banks upon the bot.
tom CT the gulf and the great object OF
the fisher is to discover new bank,
for a large one is veritaDle bonanza.
When a sale is held the sponges are
carried to the water front, where they
form great heaps, divided according
to kind and quality. The buyers are
Americans, most of whom live in Tar.
pom Springs as representatives of va
rious northern firms. The Greeks, who
own the sponges, are on hand tn "a
hibit them and extol their value, but
there is no haggling. Sealed bids are
made upon each lot, and the highest
offer gets the sponges.
Tarpon Springs is an absolutely
complete and independent unit in the
sponge business. There is local sup.
ply house which deals in all the PEI
aphernalia of the divers, and the br>ss
helmets which they wear are made
by local machine shop. For the rest,
the outfit consists of a rubber SUIT,
iron shoes weighing IL pounds, rub
Der hose to connect the diver with the
pump on deck and the rope By which
he is lowered.
From Tarpon Springs the spoIses
go chiefly to New York, Chicago and
Cincinnati, where they receive the
final process Of bleaching, and are thss
placed on the retail market.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

AS sponges become scarcer the
fleets have to go farther and farther
out into the gulf to get a good harvest
They now usually remain for two OF
three months at time, returning an
together at certain times of the year,
when tho great sales are held. Early
fall, Christmas and Easter are the
times of the most important sales, and
upon these occasions Tarpon Springs
becomes one of the liveliest little
towns up,on the globe.
The CT eek diver is a daring, happy
go-lucky chap who makes big wages
and does not believe in saving them.
When he nits town he usually collects
several hundred dollars and proceeds
zealously to spend it all before going
to sea again. He is liberal and bois
houses and movies. He decks himself
in the gaudiest and most expensive
clothes that money can buy. He rather
overruns the town, but seldom does
any harm either to himself or anyone
else.
Easter is the most important occa-
sion of all, being a great Greek holt
day. There is much feasting and can
die light professions through the
streets at night. At the time of Christ
mas sale, the Greek Cross day is cele-
brated. The whole colony gathers at
the bayou behind the town. The young
men, all expert swimmers, line up on
the bank, clad only in trunks. The
priest throws wooden cross into the
water and there is a race for it, the
boy who wins it receiving prize.
Several Kinds Of Sponges.
When the sponges are brought up by
the divers they bear no resemblance
whatever to what you buy in a drug
store, for the commercial sponge is
merely the skeleton of an animal. In
the natural state it is covered with a
thick mucus. This is pounded and
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

that his own bearers were induced to
traverse the tsetse belt.
At Ujiji, the place wksre Stanley
found Livingstone, lion-irfested terri.
tory was crossed. At Livingstone,
near Stanley falls, he visited the
church built by English residents after
conditions imposed by church authori-
ties in England had been rejected.
This church is near the spot where the
noted explorer died.
During his journey Mr.. Cox was CIV.
en- ample opportunity 10 make compar-
isons of the English, German and Bel.
gian colonial policies. The Germans.
he declares, control their possessions
better than do the administrators OF
any other European nations. Abso-
lutte, answering justice, he asserted,
is the keynote Of the German admin
istration in African possessions OF the
kaiser
Striking the sources of the Nile in
equatorial Africa, Mr.. Cox followed
the historic stream down to it's mouth
and to Cairo. From there he travelled
by steamer down the east coast of
Africa, stopping at every important
port. A map Of his trip down the coast
is continuation Of loops, with stop
ping point for every city, town or i'm
portant village on the coast line along
the Indian ocean.
From Cape Town, to which he re-
turned, Mr.. Cox went to Australasia,
where for time he lectured, though
he is not a professional lecturer.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
Huge Sum Required to Properly
Defend Philippines

Many those who favor the retention Of the Philippines
the most extreme called national preparedness Dc
they realize what would to the taxpayers of America to fo
and Philippines land Already than
million dollars have been expended in terrifying the entrance to the Bay
Who what will cost to fofy all of the important
ports the entire archipelago There only $4,000 American
islands, Who believes that 100000 will be sufficient
that be constructed and to defend the islands the
of attack by powerful nation?
will require than strong Notifications and large armies
successfully defend the Philippines against foreign INVASION To do
with hope of will necessa the constant the ORR
fleet at least equal strength to that of other
naval which attempt to the islands, and yet whatever
blood and in of defending them, shall be
consideration justice honor and national pride to under
take if it shall be determined to hold them permanently
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

globe and covering distance far
greater than would have been required
in simply circumnavigating the world
wholly at his own expense.
How He Made the Trip.
1t was while studying at the Uni
versity Of Chicago that the opportunity
offered for the journey that finally re-
suited in the Cape-to-Cairo tramp, from
the southern tip to the northern ex-
tremity Of Africa. Mr.. Cox used his
own funds in getting to Cape Town,
taking third-class passage, and ar
irving at his destination with less than
800 in his pocket.
Funds were necessary If the remain
der Of the journey was to be made.
So Mr.. Cox went to the Kimberley dia-
mond mines, where, under an Ameri-
can mine superintendent, he worked
as boss Of gang Of black diamond
diggers for a year. From Kimberley
he went to the Rand gold mines, where
he again bossed crew of negro min
ers. Here he worked for IA months,
without missing a day, often far under
ground, handling drills, experimenting
actual mining work in ar environment
such as few white men can work in
and survive, and coming out in such
physical condition as to enable doc
tors who examined him before he
started on his long trip afoct to pro-
nounce him perfect.
Wages of minc bosses il the dia-
mond mines and the gold fields are
high, and Mr.. Cox, as may be mag
ined, had no habits such as would lead
him to waste his earnings or impair
his health With the money earned
and saved in this hardest Of all phys
ical toll he financed the hike through
the heart of Africa.
Ill his tramp through the heart Of
tt, region where man-eating lions
abound Mr.. Cox and his bearers were
many times threatened with attack.
Once at Ujiii, at u time when. suffer
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

ing with malarial fever, he travelled at
night to avoid the heat of the sun, he
and his party had such an experience.
Accusing his bearers shortly after mid
night, by welding Long stick inside
the hut in which the black boys slept,
regardless Of whom it might hit, he
directed the packing Of the baggage
boxes and started the bearers off.
Just then a lion roared in the bush
near by. Another answered from the
opposite direction, and others roared
terrified. refused to proceed, but Mr..
Cox, by threats, compelled them to
move, and the nights journey, by the
feeble light Of waning moon, was
begun between proving man-eaters
only kept off by the size Of tho party.
Malaria and Tsetse Fly.
For more than four hundred miles
Mr.. Cox travelled while in the grip OF
malarial fever. Such a feat, to tho
average person, seems incredible. The
fever, however, is intermittent. and
does not waste the sufferers strength
rapidly. First-class physical condition
to begin with, the character of the fe'
yer, and the fact that during this time
most OF his travelling was done at
night, enabled Mr.. Cox to cover the
400 miles.
Part OF this journey was Through
the belt infested by the dreaded tnetse,
the fly that causes the African sleep
ing sickness, and from the bite OF
which there is no recovery. Lea cues
and leagues of the country in this in
tested zone, Mr.. Cox said, was DESERT
ed by all domestic animals. No ma
tives could or would live there, and 1t
was only by the use Of threats end
promises OF extraordinary rewards
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

~ N foot through Africa, from
the Cape to Cairo, with no
white companion-no one save
the negro bearers who car
ried his camp equipage-this is the
record hike" of Earnest Sewer Cox,
young Tennesseean, now in Washing
ton to put the results Of his wander
ings and Investigations into book
form.
A race sociologist," Mr. Cox calls
himself, modestly adding that the title
is one of his own coming and that it
better expresses the idea he wishes
to convey than any other he has yet
thought Of. King of the wanderlust-
ers" might more expressively de-
scribe those of his achievements that
may be expected to appeal most
strongly to the average reader.
Not only has he walked, unaccom-
panied by any other white person, al
most the length of the dark continent
from south to north, but he has also
performed a pedestrian feat Of greater
magnitude than even that stupendous
hike-he has crossed, afoot and by ca
noe, the continent Of South America,
from the west coast to the mouth Of
the Amazon river climbing the Andes,
striking the headwaters Of the great
river at one of it's multitude Of sources
deep in the South American forests.
and this venture, too, unaccOmpanied
by any person Of his own race, and In
the company of none but native bear
ers.
And, greatest of ALL he has made
these travels afoot and other wander
ings along coast lines for thousands of
miles, to the antipodean continent of
Australasia, the islands Of the East
Indies, Japan. Notwithstanding the
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
If Country Is Worth Living In
It Is Worth Defending
Bv WILLIAM M. CALDER of New York

world than half Of the civilized world
has brought to condition things the country that
before fully appreciated We have along for half
century without conception Of the possibility of conflict with OF
the other nations of the world
Preparing nation for time Of peace duty that
ourselves It duty that country to itse-no that
but that wish prevent and guard against it.
preparedness form of nsung national integrity
additional merit of promoting spirit of patriotism and love Of
country among people nation country worth living
in it is worth defending and maintaining.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22

farther south, where they invested S.
900 in schooner and began diving for
sponges with great success. The local
people held a mass meeting, decided
they did not want any "furriners," ran
the Greeks out of town and burned up
their boat.
The Greeks then went to Tarpon
Springs, where they received very
different reception. The people rea-
lized that Greeks could develop the
sponge industry to the great benefit OF
the town. So they purchased boats and
equipment for these men from the
Mediterranean and set them to work.
Both the Greek colony and the
sponge business grew apace. Inc
Greeks now own their own boats and
about half of the local firms dealing IN
sponges are owned by Greeks. They
also conduct all of the ice cream par
lors, barber shops and poolroons IN
"Tarpon Springs.
Greeks Have Their Own Quarter.
Although the Greeks dwell in their
own quarter of the town and preserve
their national customs, they i've III per
feet amity with the Americans. There
are very prosperous firms in the sponge
business which are conducted by
Greeks and Americans working in part
nership.
The Greek likes American business
methods, American money, American
movies and many other American
things; but when it comes to cheese,
wine and candy, he insists on having
his own. Hence there are in Tarpon
Springs many picturesque little shops
dealing in these things and in other
strictly Greek dainties which are be-
yend the appreciation of an American
palate. There are also Greek coffee
houses, where you may see the divers
in from the gulf. slipping the drink
from little cups and smoking water
pipes.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
SPRINGS, on the west
coast of Florida, claims the dis
tinctiOn of being the largest

TARPON SPRINGS, on the west
coast of Florida, claims the dis
tinction of being the largest
sponge market in the western
hemisphere. Over a hundred schoon-
ers with their diving boats sail from
its little river harbor to the sponge
beds in the gulf; and local colony Of
1000 Greeks are engaged almost
wholly in the sponge business. They
have imported their native methods
unchanged, even employing the same
picturesque boats with high prows and
brilliant colors that are used in the
Mediterranean.
The Greeks have monopoly OF the
business of Swing for sponges, writes
Frederic J. Haskin.
They go down into 100. feet of water
in rubber suits and helmets, cut the
spcnges from the bottom with knife
and bring them to the surface in nets.
Now and again man gets his rubber
lines tangled and his air supply is cut
off, or he remains below too long and
becomes paralyzed. Sometimes big
man-eating shark becomes unduly curl
GUS and makes menacing swOop at
the diver. His usual defense in such
a case is to open his sleeve and let cut
a rush of air bubbles, which almost in
variably frightens the shark away.
At any, rate. these undersea adven-
lures do not appeal to the Americans.
They are willing to take a risk for suf-
fcient cause, but not for divers
wages. Before the Greeks came to
Florida sponges were taken only by
colored men, who went out in rowboats
and "hooRed" sponges in comparative
ly shallow water with long poles. It
was primitive and Intellectual method
and all Florida did not produce a
fraction of what is now exported annu-
ally from Tarpon Springs alone.
The Greeks saw their opportunity
and went first to another Florida town
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
Use of Tobacco Entered as Debit
Item in Ledger Of Life
By DIR. HENRY JACKSON WATERS
President Kansas Agricultural College

you applying for position Of kind would deem it
mention qualifications the fact that tobacco?
you realize that prospective employer knew that smoked
and particularly you garette he would employ
you, all, spite of the fact and not because of it?
my conviction after using tobacco rs years and then
quitting smoking be entered always debit item the
ledger those you who have formed this
injurious and unnecessary habit to resist its temptation Let
those you begun the tobacco to show strength Of char
quitting Such will greatly increase respect for
give you strength meet the greater crises
of life.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
"Incompatibility" in Most Cases
Result of Imagination
BY JOHN J. FRESCHJ
Former Judge Court of Domestic Relations, New York

fact that people oppotes in physical mental or
does not by suggest that extremes everything
together Economically by that law of the attraction Of
posie their adjustments be succession of lively Skin
mshe and done WITH their married life happy
young WIVES beginning to fret about ncompb to take
they do irra their husbands instead of
their time listing of the husband about treefourth of
the divorce would 60 cut Of business
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
PLEASING Retention,

"Who is your favorite comedian?'
"Slithers of the 'Follies.
Still, he isn't as famous as some
Of his contemporaries"
"No, and as matter of fact, he isn't
as funny as some other comedians,
blu: he stands high n my regard be
cause he has never said that be would
like to play Hamlet. 4:
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
"A Little Farther" Many Times
Is Key to Success
By REV. AUSTIN HUNTER
Pastor Jackson Boulevard Christian Church, Chicago

"a little the difference between failure and
Many stop just little too In their fevesh haste to begin work.
many young people far they should in their educational
preparation the thousand "Who Who America "a
graduates colleges and universities; 10 per only attended
the schools.
ga little fuer marks the difference between ordinary and heroic
lvng hero is ninetenIs like all other
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
Provisions of the Bankruptcy ] aw
Encourage Dishonesty
By KENESAW MOUNTAIN lands
Judge Of United States District Court, Chicago

There provision of the bankruptcy law that dishonest and
based on That the based the proposition
that man puiate his debts such law
is bound to produce corruption and dishonesty.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-26
ne was charged with being an unde
sirable allen.

he was charged with being an unde-
sirable allen.
Medinaveitis, according to his own
testimony. ordered the arrest a month
ago of Peter Keane. bookkeeper on the
Hearst ranch At Chihuahua The ar
rest took place ut. MADEIRA. Keane was
turned over to other Villa officers.
Since then, according to local reports,
the American has been murdered. Eff
forts to connect Medinaveitia with the
Americans death were not upheld at
the hearing. though the officer himself
admitted having arrested Keane.
Thirty-nve thousand dollars Of Amer
lean property was destroyed by fire
yesterday at YoQuivo. Chihuahua, by
Mexican bandits, according to confirm
ID reports received here today. The
mining plant Of the Yoquivo Company,
owned by Joseph and Charles Qualey.
of New York. was destroyed by flames,
The ofiicia1 Carranza report of the
confiagration stated that the fire was
accidental. but private reports stated
that the blaze was started by bandits
Yoquiyo 10 q short distance west OF
MADEIRA, Chihuahua
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-26
PEASANT GIRL TROUPE
D|SDAlDs AFTER SHOW

Following ths performance -
night. the Peasant 0irr' Company
which closed = two dayS eu9A0aune
at the Academy Of Music, diseAn0o6
and the members Of the Organl111toM
will leave this morning fof thear
homes. Manager Biumenthal aeclaf-
ed last night the disbursement 49, nct
ccntsntment on the part ~ the mem-
bers Of the company. but that the &C
zion taken wa duo to he recall - Mis-
Ndith Thayer, tha& delightful little OPP
era singer. ~ ths management Of the
Hammorsteinss TheAter, Of New York.
Mis- Thay~r II II said. win sign : oon~
tract for ! long period with this corn.
pany.
The company had only two more
engagements booked for this aeAson,
and Il was to have disbanded Hatnr@
day following performances IN NO.
port News and Old Point. The slIu
Saturday was to have been g1von fct
the veterans 1t Old Point Hou1a.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-26
POLICE WOMEN ARE
URGED BY MRS. JOBSOM
Finance Committee Hears From Vsri-
Gus Citizens as to Needs OF
Community.
LARGER EAST END PLAYGROUND
Captain Myers Asks For Funds For
Enlargement OF Howitzers' Armory
For Care of Horses Supplied BY
Government.

The Finance Committee or City
Council last night heard several citi-
gems regarding public matters and
then went into the completion OF the
Administrative Board budget.
Commissioners Hirschberg And
Beck were on hand to explain the
budget as presented by the Adminis-
trative Board, and the various heads
OF departments. including City En-
gineer Boiling. Superintendent of Gas
| Works Knowles, superintendent of
| Water Davis and Building Inspector
Butler explained the wants of their
respective departments.
| Prior to the presentation of the Ad,
| ministrative Board budget, Mrs. J.
Tyler Jobson, representing the social
service association. asked the commit
| tee to recommend in their budget the
appointment OF at least two female
| policemen, If the request OF the Police
Department for twenty-five additional
patrolmen Is recommended. She stated
that female policemen could, do much
| in aiding the department by patroiins
moving picture shows and department
Fstores.
| the continuation of the Church Civic
| Association at the lot now held, and
stated that the Luck property farther
| out toward the north would be better
and that the Fairfield propery would
be still better.
| Captain w. H. Myers, of the
Howitzers. spoke in favor Of an appro.
| priation for the enlargement OF the
| arrnory so the horses which the It. 8
government Is giving the city may be
taken care OF. His appeal appeared Il
! have its effect.
| Then the budget as recommended
/ by the Administrative Board was pre-
sented by Commissioner Hirschberg.
The committee win meet again in .
! few days in executive session, for the
| purpose of framing the budget