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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04
PALMYRA

WEST-John Emery is very sick
with the grip.
Harry Randlett is sick with pneumo-
MIA.
Mrs. Harry 1. Allen has been very
sick with the grip. but is better at
this writing.
Clarence Allen is weaving in the
wooden mill at Hartland
Hattie Farnum is on the sick list.
School closed in the Gale district Feb.
2, with Ada McCrillis as teacher She
had a treat Of candy and peanuts and
fine program was carried out, con-
sisting Of poems, dialogues and singing
by the school, which was carried out
fine. The scholars did fine with honor
able mention Of Priscilla Foutier, age
seven. and Edith Lenfest, age five,
Those getting prizes for not missing
a day were: Vernon Lenfest, Mervin
Wyman, Arabelle McCrillis, Jean Cor
son, Rebecca Pennell and Priscilla
Foutier. Mrs. McCrillis is one of the
best teachers in the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04
UNITARIAN CHURCH
Holds Annual Meetine-Supper &
joyed-Officers Elected

Inc annual meeting of the Unitar
ian church of Augusta was heb
Thursday evening in the parlors Y
the church with an unusually sTr
attendance. A delicious supper Es
served at 6 o'clock by the Chanrla
Guild and the tables were prettily De-
GRATED with flowers and candles. AZ
ter the supper the business meetTs
was held at which Frank E. Snh
presided. The reports of the stsS
ing committee, the trustees. the trss
urer and the various organizations \
the church were presented. The nE
lister. Paul S. Phalen presented "
port, which was very much en]ess|
and was enthusiastically recens
The church is showing great progs
The following officers were elecl'
Clerk, Norman L. Bassett; treasu%
Hiram L. Pishon; auditor j. heD
Sturgis: trustees, Gen. Selden Conas
Leslie c. Cornish: standing con1rnhas
Leslie G.. Cornish, Allen Par@nus
Frank E. Smith. Elmer E. Ne""''
and Sylvester J. Beach. IA
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COLLIER SUNK AT SEA
Continued from Page One)

We all went under with the ship. When
l came up again l caught hold of a life
belt. After swimming for some time I
came across the chief engineer and the
steward, who had also managed to get
hold of lifebelts. By their aid we kept
afloat for an hour.
1T was pitiful to hear the cries of
some of the other men who had come to
the surface after the disappearance of
the vessel, but soon their cries ceased
and we concluded they were all drowned.
Meanwhile we continued shouting for
help. When we were almost exhausted a
Belgian steamer heard us, lowered a boat
and picked us up. Subsequently we were
transferred to a mine sweeper and land
ed
Asked how the Zeppelin managed to
locate the vessel in the dark, Hitler said
the collier was riding at anchor and her
anchor light must have been seen by the
men in the Zeppelin. AS the vessel was
stationary it was easy to drop a bomb
on her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT At
BANGOR SPEAKS TO BUSINESS
and PROFESSIONAL LEADERS
Delights with His Mastery Handling of Latter Day Bus
mess and Political Conditions of the CountryP
Guests Present

the main electric lights in the ceiling
and the guests sat down in very op-
timistic and cheerful mood.
Combined Subjects
Mr.. Taft's subject was Organization
and Combinations in Business and Pol
itics. and under these heads. he discuss
ed the enormous material growth Of
the United States since the Civil war;
the evils that have come with pros
perity and expansion. affecting four
classes, capital in general, which form
ed monopolies and trusts; the railroads.
which granted rebates unwisely; and
labor. which grew overbearing and ask
ed for privileges according to no other
class; and politics. which combined too
closely with capital so that the safety
of the Republic was endangered.
That the former president is big
man in the best sense Of the word was
the opinion of all who heard him.
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$4,000 HEAR THE
WILSON SPEECH
w..
. AT ST. LOUIS

st. Louis, Feb. 3.-Presnlent Wilson
today told an audience Of $1,000 which
swayed with a tumult of cheering,
that the United States should have the
greatest navy in the world.
II believe the navy of the United
States should be unconquerable." he
said, the greatest in the world"
The President declared that subma-
rine commanders aboard have instruc-
tions which for the most part conform
with International law but that the act
Of one commander might set the world
afire. including America.
Upon the ocean there are hundreds
of cargoes Of American goods" he
said. Cotton, grain and all the boun-
tiful supplies America is sending out
to the world-and any one Of those car
goes. any one Of those ships, may be
the point Of contact that will bring
America into the war;
For the first time during the tour the
President told how one set Of belliger-
ents was cut off from the world He
said this kept the United States from
helping them as it would like. He made
the statement in trying to show that
the United States was really neutral,
The strength Of America is in that
part of it which is not vocal. The voice
OF America is very still but q very
powerful voice." said the President.
These are days Of infinite prejudice
and passion. because they are days of
war. 1t is said by an old maxim that
amidst war the law il silent. 1t is also
true that amidst war the judgment is
silent. Men press forward toward their
object with a certain degree Of blind
recklessness. and they are ant. to ex.
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Louis today that he came away from
Washington thinking that the country
was with him on the issue Of prepared
ness and is going back knowing that
it is with him beyond his greatest hopes.
Apparently the Presidents conviction of
this grew with each succeeding day:
deepened in Kansas City last night when
he asked would you volunteer" and
received laundering Yes" from every
section of the great Convention hall and
reached it's climax with the demonstra-
ton today at st. Louis when he told an
audience which cheered him tumultuous-
ly that the United States ought to have
"incomparably the greatest navy in the
world"
Important Dispatches
President Wilson received from Sec
rotary Lansing today what members
Of his party characterized as very i'm
pbrtant dispatches" relating to the for
egn situation. Their exact contents
were not revealed. but it was under
stood they related to the Lusitania and
Appam cases.
1.-THE President spent the late after
noon reading the dispatches in his
vate car and through them getting in
touch with developments in the foreign
situation since he left Washington.
The lusitania Case
A final settlement of the Lusitania
case is expected soon after the Presi-
dent arrives in Washington. He is de-
termined that Germany make full dis
avowal and reparation, and it is under
stood that he will be satisfied with
nothing less. What attitude Germany
has taken or will take toward the last
suggestion sent forward by Count Won
Bernstorff could not be learned on the
Presidents special tonight.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Portland Housewives LEAGUE,


The annual meeting Of the Port
land Housewives League was held
Wednesday afternoon. The following
were chosen officers: Mrs. j. M.
Strout. president; Mrs. F. A. Stevens,
Mrs. Howard r. Ives and Mrs. S. c.
Ripley, vice presidents; Mrs. c. o.
McClintock. recording secretary; Mrs.
John c. Cobb, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Talbot Vangamee, treas
urer.
Sentences Imposed in Auburn.
The following sentences were i'm
posed Wednesday by Chief Justice
Savage in the supreme court at Au-
burn: John Keith, Auburn, aged 25,
for assault on 3-year old Gladys Pei
letter of Lewiston, from four to six
years in State prison: Phil White,
Lewiston, for attempted highway rob-
berry, from one to two years in State
prison; Jerry Trepannier, larceny OF
shoes one year in Jail; Henry Roy,
assault and battery, so days in Jail.
Fire at Farwell Mill, Lisbon.
The fire department connected with
the Farwell cotton mill at Lisbon was
kept busy by fire that started in the
waste house at about II A. nj. We'd
nesday and burned briskly and it was
not until in the afternoon that the
fire was all out. Being in the cotton
waste the fire was hard to subdue,
Just what caused the fire is not
known. The building was ruined.
The department at the mill is kept
well trained and handled the fire
Wednesday in good shape.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04

Bath Times-The Texas Company
officially confirmed Monday the news
published a short time ago that the
concern had leased the Sewall ship
yard at Bath, Me- and planned early
operation of the plant. The COM
pany's statement said it had ordered
materials for the construction Of four
9OOO-ton steamships. the first of which
will be completed in about Is months
and the second in II months. Sew
eral Of the Standard Oil companies
placed orders for ships in other yards
last year.
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THE
BANGOR PUPILS
OF HIGH SCHOOL

Bangor, Maine. Feb. ~3.-Ex-President
William H. Taft addressed the pupils
Of the Bangor High school in their as
sembly hall today. He took discipline"
as his subject. and sketched the ad-
vantages that the pupils of today enjoy
ed over those Of their fathers and moth
ers, and stated that to become the citi-
zens of tomorrow, they must cultivate
the art of obedience. He scored the
school strikes heavily. claiming that it
was as much the faults of the parents
whom he termed silly in this respect,
to allow it.
He continued his series Of lectures I'M
der the auspices Of the University of
Maine Law School at the City hall to
a large audience on the powers and du-
ties of the chief executive
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PRESIDENT
SATISFIED WITH
ACCOMPLISHMENT

Etst St. Louis ILL.,, Feb. 3-President
Wilson told the 5000 persons who greeted
him at East St. Louis that he felt sure
his trip into the Middle West had ac-
complished what he intended it should
accomplish. 1T has been greatly sue
cessful and highly pleasing to me-" he
said. AS soon as the President finished
his brief talk lat East St. Louis, calls
went up for Mrs. Wilson. The Presi-
dents wife stepped to the observation
platform and a huge bouquet of Ameri-
can Beauty roses was presented to her
by 17-year-old girl dressed in silk
American flag.
The Presidents train left East st. Louis
for Washington at 1926 P. NJ.
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CONFIDENTIAL naval CODE
MISSING FROM TORPEDO BOAT
DESTROYER At SAN FRANCISCO
Ensign Kirkpatrick Ordered Before
ta Island Navy Yard-f Book Cannot be Located
the installation Complete New System May Be Necessary

San Francisco, Feb. "a book
containing the secret code of the
United States navy has been lost from
the torpedo boat destroyer Hull and,
according to advices received today
from Washington the navy depart
ment has ordered the courtmartial at
the Mare Island navy yard of Lieu
tenant H. A. Jones, commander of the
reserve torpedo flotilla and OF the
Hull, and Of Ensign Robert D. Kirk
patrick, executive officer in whose
joint possession the book was.
If the book cannot be found. or it's
destruction, unread by outsiders, alb
solutely demonstrated. it may be nee
essary, it is said. by naval officers
here, to provide complete new sys-
tenn of secret communication for the
navy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04

Bangor, Me-, Feb. 3.-Masonic hall
was the scene Of one Of the most bril-
liant gatherings held in Bangor for
years Wednesday night, when the Twen-
tieth Century Club had as it's guest for
mer President Taft. 1t was the biggest
affair Of the kind held here in long
time. 275 being in attendance. Every
thing conduced to a very inspiring oc-
casion. The men present represented
the best in Bangor's business and pro-
fessional life, as we'll as some of the
leading men in the State.
Some Of Those Present
There were two ex-governors present.
Hon. William T. Cobb Of Rockland, and
Hon. William T. Haines Of Waterville;
Justice Leslie c. Cornish Of the Maine
Supreme court, Augusta; Mayor John F.
Woodman OF Bangor; former Chief JUS
tice Lucilius A. Emery Of Ellsworth;
Hon. F. H. Strickland of Bangor, Uni
versity Of Maine trustee; Dean W. E.
Walz of the L. of NJ. Law school; Pres.
r. ]. Alley of the university; former
Congressman S. w Gould Of Skowhe-
gan: William H. Looney Of Portland,
University of Maine trustee; Hon. Seth
NJ. Carter. Auburn. attorney Of the Maine
Central Railroad; Lincoln CoIcord,
Searsport; Charles S. Clark. Boston;
Judge Charles ]. Dunn. Orono; Henry
w. Cushman. DR.. D. A. Robinson and
DR.. William C. Mason of Bangor.
The spacious quarters Of the Masonic
club served as a reception room prior
to the banquet and shortly after s
O'Clock, the guests filed upstairs into the
semi-darkness of the large dining room,
illumined softly by the rays from can
dies placed in candelabra in intervals
along the long rows Of tables. When
the guests were finally seated, President
Alley Of the club announced prayer by
Rev. John NJ. Harrington, pastor of ST.
Marys church. Orono. When the short
grace was concluded the hall was sud-
denly filled with a flood of light from
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Miners DEMAND
FOR MORE WAGES
IS TURNED DOWN
Anthracite Coal Operators Pro-
pose That if Agreement Can
not Be Reached Among Them
selves, They Sumbit Case to
Arbitration

New York, Feb. 3.-The anthracite
coal operators rejected here today the
demand Of their miners for 20 per
cent. increase in wages, complete rec
ognition Of the United Mine Workers
Of America, a two-years working
agreement, an eight-hour day and
changes in the methods Of fixing wages.
The operators propose that if the diff
ferences cannot be settled by the in
terested parties themselves, they be
submitted to the board Of Cancellation
provided for in the award of the an
thracite coal strike commission Of
1902. The miners demands were for
mulated last September at Wilkes
barre, Pa, and were ratified last week
by the United Mine Workers conven-
ton at Indianapolis.
In a reply to their employees signed
by the heads of 10 anthracite coal
companies and approved at their meet
ing today, it is stated that. to grant the
wage increase would mean an advance
to the consumer Of 60 cents ton for
domestic sizes of anthracite. The OPP
orators declare that the anthracite in
dustry is being conducted ION as low
a margin Of profit as is possible if the
operators are to continue to serve the
public"
Answering the miners contention
that the cost of food in II years in
creased 40 per cent. and wages 51a per
cent, the operators present figures
purporting to show IAN increase of on
ly 16 per cent. in the miners total
cost of living as compared with an in
crease Of over 36 per cent in his earn
ing capacity.
The demand for recognition of the
United Mine Workers is declared un-
reasonable, as it would Subject the
anthracite region to the politics of an
organization absolutely controlled from
the outside"
The miners contention that the
present system growing out of the
contract provisions between miners
and operators is antiquated" is char
acterized as a misleading statement.
The arrangement, the operators say
was q part of the award of the anthra :
cite commission which provided for a
board Of Cancellation through the op-
GRAFTON of which strikes and lockouts
should become unnecessary. The work
Of the board has stood the test of IL
years and it is believed that any fur
Their departure from the rules laid
down by the commission will be de.
cided step backward and an encour-
agement to labor troubles in the an
thracite field
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Clear, Peachy Skin
Awaits Anyone Who
Drinks Hot Water
Says an inside bath, before break
fast helps US look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Sparkling and vivacious-merry.
bright alert-a good, clear skin and
a natural, rosy. healthy complexion
are assured only by pure blood. If
only every man and woman could be
induced to adopt the morning inside
bath, what a gratifying change would
take place. Instead of the thousands
of sickly, anaemic-looking men, wo-
men and girls, with pasty or muddy
complexions; instead of the multi
tudes of nerve wrecks" "rundowns,"
brain flags" and pessimists we
should see virile. optimistic throng
of rosy checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning, before breakfast, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards Of bowels the pre-
vious days indigestible waste. sour
lamentations and poisons, thus
cleansing, sweetening and freshening
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bill
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds. and particularly those who have
pallid, sallow complexion and who
are constipated very often, are urged
to obtain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at the drug store which
Will cost but trifle, but is sufficient
to demonstrate the quick and remark
able change in both health and ap.
pearance. awaiting those who practice
internal sanitation. We must remem-
Der that inside cleanliness is more i'm
portant than outside, because the skin
does not absorb impurities to con.
taminate the blood while the pores in
the thirty feet Of bowels do.=Ady,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04
ARREST WOMAN
WITH LETTERS
FOR PRESIDENT

st. Louis. Mo-, Feb. 3.-Mrs. Lumena
Ernest Sciaroni, wife of a hotel waiter.
was arrested as President Wilson was
leaving the Union station today for the
hotel, when she pushed her way to the
Presidents automobile and tried to hand
him two letters. She was released later.
The letters which she tried to hand to
President Wilson asked him to simplify
a religious faith that everyone could &C
cept it and understand H. She said that
while hospital patient recently she had
a vision in which she was commanded to
write the letters.
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''by a dominant will,' after Brown
could no longer endure the constant
hammering" of the police questioning.
Brown and Spellman did not COM
init this foul Decd" declared Mr. Lew
Is. 1T was the act of an apache. The
beginning and the end of the states
case is George W. Healis." He assert
ed that Heals alone had the opportu-
nifty to shoot DR.. Mohr and his COM
panion, Emily G. Burger. The testimony
Of George Rocks, brother-in-law of
Miss Burger and of Florence Ormsby,
Office girl in the employ of DR.. Mohr,
was bitterly assailed in the argument
Of counsel. whether Brown goes free
or not; exclaimed Mr.. Lewis, "he will
have the satisfaction of knowing that
he was not one of those who combined
to railroad an innocent woman to pris-
on to separate her from her loved
ones-Charles and Virginia Mohr, her
children"
Mrs. Mohr broke into tears as coun-
sci made this reference to her and
continued to sob for some minutes.
After Mr.. Lewis had finished, John
b. Edwards. counsel for Henry H.
Spellman. the other Negro defendant,
took over an hour in summing up the
evidence. He commended that the police
theory was entirely based upon a sus-
picion voiced by George Rocks, when
he charged Heals with having FRAN
ed up" the murder with Mrs. Mohr.
Heals did not sell the life of his
master for so pieces of silver" said Mr..
Edwards. He did it on the promise Of
money. if you believe his story"
The entire day tomorrow will be &C.
cupied with the arguments by John +.
Fitzgerald for Mrs. Mohr and Attorney
General Rice for the prosecution. Judge
Stearns will not charge the jury till
Saturday morning.
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FEAR THAT BOOK
IS IN HANDS OF
FOREIGN AGENTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Naval officers
frankly admit that they are alarmed
at the mysterious disappearance OF
the battle signal book from the de-
stroyer Hull of the Pacific fleet. Ad-
miral Winslow today reported that all
efforts to find the highly confidential
code have been unavailing and navy
officers said that it probably would at
once be replaced by another to make
useless the one which has disappear
ed. and which they admit they fear
may fall into the hands OF some 1or-
eign government.
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RIVERSIDE

Rev. c. H. Temple, chaplain Of the
National Soldiers Home at Togus. will
speak at the Riverside church Sunday
evening, Feb. 6, at Z o'clock. This
meeting is held under the auspices Of
the Community Club. All are cordially
invited to attend.
Miss Ella Crowell arrived home Tues
day to remain for several weeks.
Mrs. ). S. Emery and Miss Hester
Smell attended the funeral OF F. H. E.
Bragg at Augusta Tuesday afternoon.
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|WATERv|LLE WINS
BY Three POINTS
FROM GARDINER

Waterville, Me-, Feb. 3.-(SpeciaD.-
The Waterville team Of the State
Bowling League won in the league
match here this evening by taking
three points from the Gardiner team.
Some excellent bowling was done on
both Sides. Ivers made a record in
the State League here this evening by
rolling 143 in the second box and rum
ming up the handsome total of 351. The
summary
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WINTHROP CENTER

The regular sessions Of the quarterly
meeting will be held here, beginning at
10 o'clock Saturday morning and contin-
uing over Sunday. The regular session
of the Sunday school will be held as
usual Rev. L. D. Painter from the theo-
logical seminary at Hartford, Ct, will be
present.
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ENJOYABLE WHIST PARTY
Given Thursday Evening by the 8
Side Association

An enjoyable occasion OF the w.
was the whist party given by the n
Side Association Thursday evenine
the aldermen's rooms at City ha.. =.
which proved as successful as
enjoyable. The attendance was 70
35 tables being filled. and e'ei. .,s
was much pleased with the occa' \.
At the close of play ice cream
cake were served. ,,,e
The association under the au' 80
Of which the party was given III I'd
posed Of ladies who live on inc N
side of the river and it's purposes ~
largely Of a benevolent nature. ID
members meet every week ID ~, ,a
dermen's room and work for ths u N
pose of helping the needy women ar
children Of the city. They nav ID
piled many children with sno. ~
have also suprSeed 300 Children A.,
garments. In a quiet way the'
lot of good.
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ST. JOHN RIVER
INTERNATIONAL
CO M NJ | S S l O N
MEET AT HOULTON

Houlton, Maine, Feb. 3.-The st. John
river international commission went in
to session here today for the purpose Of
putting the final touches on it's report to
the Canadian and United States govern
ments. 1t is expected that the work
will he completed by Saturday.
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DECLARES NO DOUBT
ABOUT INDIANA STATE

Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 3.-PreSident
Wilson was cheered by several thousand
persons as he passed through here late
today. He addressed the crowd briefly.
You know my errand," he said, and
added: ''There is no doubt about In
diana" =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-04

C. s. Hassell of Sebec has a Shrop-
shire sheep that is worthy of mention
as for four years in succession she has
dropped the first lamb in his flock and
in the month Of January, the dates
being the 2Sth, 18th, cath and 14th.
All have been large white lambs until
this year when it was q large black