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

Many of the wildly extravagant
charges which the Democratic man
agers-notably Vance Mccormick
are making against Gov. Hughes are
doing their cause more harm than
good because they are interpreted by
people generally as indicating that the
Democrats are growing increasingly
desperate. One such charge is that
Gov. Hughes is the Wall Street candi-
date. Mr.. Hughes record as Governor,
the intense opposition of Wall Street
which he incurred during the insur-
ance investigation that first brought
him to the knowledge of the general
public, and his entire course as Cover
nor. when he fatty refused to do any
thing whatever to gain Wall Streets
good will are all so we'll known that it
is hard to understand what Chairman
Mccormick hopes to gain by spreading
such cannard
The enthusiastic endorsement of Mr..
Hughes as friend Of labor by the Of
fetal organ of the Federation of Labor
in New York state, also serves. indi-
rectly, but not the less certainly. to
confound the opposition in any effort
they may fix upon Mr.. Hughes the
stamp of Wall Streets approval. From
all sections are coming reports which
clearly indicate that President Wilson
has failed to attain that support of
labor for which he strove when he
butted into the labor controversy and
procured a material wage increase for
the brotherhoods and the wall
Street candidate" cry is supposed to be
an outcome of that disappointment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
RICHMOND

Miss Gladys Peterson of Rollings-
ford, n. H. is the guest of her friend,
Miss Frances Meserve. for a week.
Mrs. Fredericene Fellows left Thurs
day for Boston. where she will visit
friends for the next few weeks.
Mrs. f. W. Connor and daughter
Ruth of Washington. D. c., passed the
week end at the home of Mrs. Alice
Weber.
Mrs. Newton Wedgewood of Lewis
ton and Mrs. Frank Toothaker of Lis
bon Falls, are guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Gardner.
Hervey Patch and family and w. w.
Gardner and family left this morning
in their automobiles for Beverly,
Mass, where they will pass the week
end.
Dr. and Mrs. Harry X. Stinson and
sister, Miss Annie Stinson, left this
morning by automobile for a trip to
Waltham, Mass, where they will visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth Reed.
Tracy n. Sedgley of Concord, N H.,
arrived in town Monday for 1O-days
vacation.
Rev. and Mrs. F. T. Nixon have
moved into the c. b. Weber house on
South Pleasant street.
Schools in town will close for the
day "Wednesday to give the children
an opportunity to attend Topsham
fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Weber moved last
Monday from their home on South Pleas
ant street into Mrs. Ida Harlow's house
on Southland street.
Richmond Lodge, No. 63, F. and A. NJ,
will hold it's annual meeting and election
day night.
Miss Clara Conner, Miss Pauline Curtis
and Miss Marion Sherburne were elected
delegates to the Maine State Older Girls
conference to be held in Saco Oct. 20, u
and o.
The Parent-Tea cher Association will
hold a meeting Monday evening, Oct g.
at the High school building. After bust
ness a fine program has been arranged
and refreshments will be served.
Among the summer residents of Perkins
who have closed their cottages for the
season and returned to their winter homes
in the cities are NJ. c. Priest and family.
Walter Humphreys and family. DR.. and
Mrs. E. c. Hebbard
Everett Hatch left town Wednesday for
North Arson, where he has secured
position. Mrs. Hatch and daughter Italy
will join him next week.
Mrs. Adelbert Reed and son Maui
rice, after passing several weeks at
Richmond campground, have returned
to their home in Medford. Mass
Miss Lena Baker was the e,1est ~
relatives in South Portland the first
Of the week
Eugene Merrifield, who has been en-
ployed at Capitol Island during the
summer, is in town this week
Herbert Baker of Somerville, Mass,
is the guest of his sister, Miss Lena
Baker Of Front street.
Capt. and Mrs. Chas. Hewitt will go
to Kittery Monday for a weeks stay
at the home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hig-
gins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
kENNEBEC LINE.
City Of Bangor

and Saturdays at 800 P. NJ, Dresden
$40 p. NJ, Richmond 400 P. M. (tide per-
mtting), Bath 500 P. NJ, due Boston A.
RETURN-Leave Boston Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p NJ,
leate Bath the following morning at SO
A. NJ, Richmond $50 A. NJ. Glide permit
A. NJ.
BATH AND BooTHsAY LINE.
Leave Bath Week Days only at S.35 A.
M. and .a:45 2. NJ. for Boorhbay Harbof
and intermediate Landings.
RETURN--Leave Boothbay Harbor
Week Days only at Z A. NJ. and 1245 p.
NJ. for Bath and intermediate Landings.
BOSTON & PORTLAND LINE
Steamships Ransom 8. Fuller and
Governor DingIey.
Leave Franklin Wharf. Portland, week
DAYS at 7.3O z. NJ. for Boston.
Return-Leave Central Wharf. Boston.
week days and Sundays at 700 p. NJ.
Day trips leave Portland Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at g. A. NJ,
due Boston 200 ?. NJ
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE
Between Portland and New York. Re.
duced Fares and Stateroom Prices.
From Portland and New York. Passen-
ger service Tues. and Sat. one week
Tues, Thurs. and Sat. Leave Franklin
Wk.rf, Portland. 6. z. M. Leave New
York 5 p. NJ.
METROPOLITAN LINE.
Direct between Boston and New York.
1874 Hours.
Route via Cape Cod Canal.
Express Steel Steamships Massachu.
sets and Bunker Hill.
Week Days and Sundays at 6 p NJ
Same service returning from Pier is,
North River. Foot of Murray St.. New
York CITY.
M. A. HARADEN. supt.. Bath. Me.
H. A. CLAY. Supt. Portland. Me.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

The emphatic protest OF France and
England against Carranza's seizure of
French and British banks in Mexico
and their insistence on holding the
United States responsible has imposed
a difficult task on the Secretary OF
State. On Mr.. Lansing now devolVes
the duty of convincing these misguided
diplomats and their respective foreign
offices that theft by Carranza is not
theft, that Murder by CarranZa is not
murder and that war by Caranza is
not war, but that all these merely con-
stitute Service to humanity" which
should command the respect of every
right thinking nation"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
COMING EVENTS
Oct. 9-1l-Maine Music Festival Por

Oct. s-1l-Maine Music Festival. Por..
land.
Oct. 10-Special convocation Grand
Royal Arch Chapter Of Maine at 1870,
Bingham, to constitute Bingham Chapter.
Oct. 10-Supreme Court, Cumberland
county, civil term, Portland
oct. I-Supreme Court, Sagadahoc
county, civil term and criminal term,
Bath
Oct N-Supreme Court Kennebec coun-
ty, civil term. Augusta.
Oct W-Supreme Court. oxford county.
civil and criminal term, South Paris
field. Mass.
Oct. 12-14-Four County Fair, Pittsfeld.
Nov. ll-l9-Community Efficiency Con-
ference. Waterville.
Oct. 17-Rebekah Assembly. State Com
Oct. 17-Grand Representatives Associa-
ton. !. Q. Q. F.. annual meeting, Ban
gor
Oct. T-Bangor & Aroostook railroad
annual meeting, Bangor.
Oct. 1s-Maine D. A r. at Belfast
Oct. lS-Annual meeting stockholders
NJ. G. r.. r. and subsidiary railroad COM
panieS, Portland.
Oct. ls-l9-Grand Lodge. 1. 0. O. F..
Bangor.
Oct. A-2S-New England Sunday School
Association. board meeting for Maine at
Waterville.
Oct. 25-Maine schoolmasters Associa-
ton, reception and banquet, Falmouth
Hotel, Portland.
Oct. 26-27--Maine Teachers Association,
annual meeting. Portland.
Oct. 27-Maine Branch. National Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher
Associations, Round Table Conference.
Portland High school.
Nov. 7-Presidential election.
Nov. 14-16-Maine State Pomological So
Getty annual meeting and fruit show.
Portland.
Nov: 23-Opening night Of sth annual
Augusta Entertainment Course.
Nov. &-Annual election Of alderman
for three-year term, Gardiner.
Maine Fair Dates.
Nov. 14-16-Maine State Pomological,
Portland.
Dec. 12-15-Maine State Poultry. Port
land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
John Corners Killed at RoekIand,

John Corners of Greenport, N. Y,
was accidentally killed Sunday at
Rockland while attempting to board a
barge owned by the Rockland &, Rock
port Lime Co., on which he was en-
ployed. On account of low tide the
barge was considerably below the
dock. Mr.. Corners failed to place the
ladder securely and it slipped His
head struck on the rail and he fell into
the water. The body was recovered.
Corners was ~ and not married, so far
as known
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

The Kennebec Journal is greatly
distressed because certain Democratic
members of Congress are abusing the
franking privilege through using it as
a cover for the circulation of campaign
material. For easing the pain we rec
ommend that the Kennebec Journal
procure a copy of Sugar at Glance, .
franked under Senator Henry Cabot
Lodges signature four years ago, and
read it through. We guarantee it will
have forgotten all its troubles along
this line by the time it has digested
that notable extract from the Con-
gressional Observation-Disclosures Record.
Let us mediate. Didn't you once
remark about little matter that the
exception proves the rule?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
The Reaction Looks DANGEROUS,

railway workers are already begin
ming to understand that leaders of the
brotherhoods. in their avarice and I'M
scrupulous methods. have been aided
by President Wilson in digging the
deepest pit in which labor has ever been
trapped. The country has been en-
FILTERED against them, giving labor I'M
ionism the blacklist black eye of it's
career, and promising a disastrous re-
action from the public sympathy that
has been safe to count upon in recent
years.
And the railways are shrewdly tax
ing advantage of the turn in the play
which the administrations folly gave
them. They are content because the
public has had brought home to it. as
nothing else could have done, the fact
that the people are paying all the bills
for the vilest piece of class legislation
the squeezing of the masses for the
benefit of a favored few-in the his
tory of the nation. Evidence increases
that the railways will endeavor to pro-
cure legislation whereby Congress will
continue to fix the wages of railway
trainmen and will also fix the hours of
labor and make it a misdemeanor for
trainmen to quit work without ample
and due notice to their employers.
Another outgrowth of the Adamson
bill will be an effort to have a mini-s
mum day of eight hours and single
time basis of compensation fixed by
Congress. abolishing the old mileage
Under present conditions a trainman
who makes more than the agreed limit
Of speed over his division has done his
days work and can quit when his run
Is completed. regardless OF how short a
day it has taken him. He is paid his
full mileage even should he make a run
of one hundred miles. for instance, in
three or four hours. Under a single
time basis he could be assigned to 9TH
er work for the remainder of the eight
hours or whatever other day was de-
creed by Congress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
4 MEDICINE OF MERIT

The great sale Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound all over
this land is the result of genuine
merit. The reason is that this good
old fashioned root and herb medicine
actually helps those suffering from
the ailments peculiar to women. If
1t did not, would not the women Of
America have found it out in forty
years. 80 that few Of them would
buy2-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

DR.. Young calls 1t 'infanteel." The
chairman of the State Board of Health
is q very commanding parsonage, but
he can't make US reverse the authori-
ties on pronunciation in that fashion,
Rockland Courier Gazette.
The best authorities say he's as near
right as you are. Betcha you accent
the last syllable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Income and Outgo.

Income and Outgo.
How much do You suppose it costs
Gadspur to live?"
whats his income?''
About $1,000 year
LAS Gadspur is the average type of
we'll to do citizen, l should say it costs
him between $500 and $4,000 a year to
ive"-Birmingham Age Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

If the German submarine has caused
loss of American life, has President
Wilson kept us out Of war;? That
last mote" of last April was very
definite and ought to mean" some
thing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Don'ts for October.
Massachusetts, Exchange)

Don't fail to get out into the coun-
try some time in October.
Don't forget what happened in 1892.
Don't begin thus early to long for
summer.
Don't neglect to prepare yourself to
vote intelligently on November Z.
Don't forget to talk your town and
state and section.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Where Is It?

isn't 1t strange how quickly these
war maps get out of date?"
Really. Mrs. Brunk. l had not
thought about it. Do they?"
YES indeed, bought new one only
last week, and today l loked for an
hour for Armageddon, but 1 couldn't
find it anywhere. THE Christian Her
aid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

NOTICE--Mrs. Mehek, my wife, left
me, and l don't stand for no credit. If
anybody sees her please let me know.
Mr. Andy Mehlek.-The Pueblo, (Col.)
Star-Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
The World War a Year Ago
Today-0ct. 10.

German forces were repulsed
on the western front and gained
ground In Galicia,
Bulgarian troops attacked Ser
VANS north Of Nish. on Serv1an
soil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
But Not a Harvester.

Teacher-Man is human machine.
Little Willie (excitedly)-Yes'm my
fathers a thrashing machine.-The
Christian Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Maine Gossip
When Pa Is Sick.

When Pa is sick. he's scared to death
An Ma an US just holds our breath.
He crawls in bed, an puffs and grunts,
And does all kinds of crazy stunts.
He wants Doc Brown. an mighty
For when Pas ill, he's awful sick.
He gasps and groans, an sort o. signs,
He talks SO queer. an rolls his eyes.
Ma jumps an runs, an all of US,
An all the house Is in fuss.
An peace an JOY is mighty skeerce-
When Pa Is sick, it's something 6erce.
When Ma Is Sick.
When Ma is sick, she pegs away:
She's quiet, though, not much to say.
She goes right on a-doin' things.
An sometimes laughs. er even sings.
She says she don't feel extra well,
But then it's just kind o. spell.
She'll be all right tomorrow, sure,
A good old sleep will be the cure.
An Pa he shifts an makes no kick.
For women folks is always sick.
An Ma, she smiles, let's on she's glad
When Ma is sick it amt so bad.
Monroe County Appeal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Some Famous Backs.

Moss Yellow
Green Kitty Gordon's
Draw Charley Barrett
Come Eddie Mahan
-R. o. W.. in So They Say, Boston Globe.
Guess you forgot Way" of the
Manchester Unions editorial para
graph department..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Sufficient Cause.

What caused Jones to resign from
the presidency of the Don't Worry
Club?
"Triplets." Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
A Phenomenal Season.

(PreSQue Isle Star Herald)
During the past ten days the Star
Herald reporter has been around
somewhat among the potato raisers
of North Aroostook. and every neigh
borhood and section showed ample
evidence of the claim that the pres
ent season will be the most success
full and prosperous one Aroostook
farmers have ever had.
The prices speak for themselves.
The fields that the reporter saw be-
ing harvested also spoke for them
selves. They showed that the crop
as a whole, while it will not measure
up to some of the bumper yields OF
previous big years, is on the average
a good one, and that no previous sea-
son has shown less waste from small
and defective potatoes. At the high
prices prevailing practically every po-
tato may be put straight from the
field into market.
The exceptional and well nigh
phenomenal conditions that have fa-
vored the Aroostok farmer from the
very beginning of the planting sea-
son sup- to the present date, when the
harvest is almost wound up, have
never been known before and prob
ably will not be duplicated again.
The season VIII put large per-
centage of the farmers OF our county
who were, in need of good year
squarely on their feet. 1t will add
greater prosperity to those who were
before we'll to do, and not few will
be made wealthy by the returns from
their potato crop this year
The bounty of this year will be a
permanent gain only if people act
wisely and hold on to what has come
to them in this good season. In that
case the surplus of this year or a
reasonable part of it, will be here
when, the farmers need 1t, and in the
course of average farming conditions
and experience in Aroostook the need
is sure to come, to bridge them over
one or several off years, as the case
may be- 1t remains to be seen how
thi:, factor in the remarkable situa-
ii, Il created for the Aroostook farmer
will work out in future developments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

Considerable discussion is rife about
Sanford regarding the proposal to add
another voting precinct. The congest-
ed conditions prevailing at the new
Town hall during the noon hour at the
recent State and county election was
noted 10y leading members of both Re-
publican and Democratic parties, and
it is the consensus of opinion that
conditions should be remedied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

Wonder if that German U-5S is leav.
Ing any fake Bremen" plates any
where.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Editorial Comment
The Maine Funds.
fRnetNn uAro1NN


Not little interest in Maine. and
outside. has centered in the size and
use of the campaign funds that
helped materially to bring out last
month the largest vote in the history
Of the State. First the Republican
State committee filed its sworn
statement with the secretary Of State
and the Democratic critics had their
little day Of joy. Now that the
Democratic statement has been filed.
it appears that those who laugh last
are really having the most fun out
Of the situation. OF course these
statements do not tell the whole
story. but they are at least the index
of some Of the things that happened
behind the scenes. The Republican
committee confessed to fund of
$4,000. of which $4,000 was contrib
uted by the national committee. The
item that gave the Democrats their
chance was an item of $4,000 paid
Halbert P. Gardner. the former Pro-
work." The Democratic editors cried.
See how the Progressives were sold
out by their leaders,"
Now comes the Democratic state
ment, which shows larger fund
than that of the RepuIicans-s57.35 1852
of which the national committee sent
along an even $4,000. And the item
that tickles the Republican editors
is one that shows $1971.4S paid to
progressive campaign committee"
Since the returns showed the former
Progressive to be back in the Repueli-
can ranks with virtual unanimity, 1t
looks as though the unnamed PRO
gressive campaign committee" got al
most exactly as much as the Republic
cans handed over to Mr.. Gardner-and
failed utterly in delivering the goods!
The largest sum that the Democratic
committee handed over to one per-
son was $1,000 to L. ]. Brann, who
has been at the same time both
mayor and municipal judge of wide
open Lewiston, and also the chief
engineer of it's very effective Demo-
cratic machine. They play the game
in Maine for all it is worth-and the
reason for clinging to a September
election are not wholly apart from
the practical needs of the war chest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

Japan obtains more than 2,ooo, 600 horse
power from its streams by nearly 400
hydro-electric plants.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Light and Airy
Takes No Chances.

A travelling elephant never
Loses his trunk-and why?
The sagacious animal ever
Keeps it under his eye.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

Howard G. Head Of Georgetown Just
sold two little cucumbers for seed that
weighed respectively pounds and IA
ounces and pounds and Is ounces.
Haven't heard yet what the big fellows
will weigh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

Rockland Courier Gazette They
Say" in a time like the present en-
joys it's most tremendous vogue. If
all the rumors that They Say" is re
sponsible for promulgating could be
eliminated Rockland would be very
quiet and commonplace community.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

Ripe, red and delicious raspberries,
picked fresh from the bushes. were in the
morning mail of Wednesday morning.
Oct. 4. Accompanying them was a note
from Mrs. Abbie Appleton of Belgrade,
containing the explanation that the ber-
ries were picked from some of the many
branches of raspberries. She tells US
that she picked them in a pasture while
visiting a relative in Belgrade. She con-
cludes by saying: please publish in
your paper and ask if any one can do
better"-so we ask, Can anyone do
better?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
Tuesday, October 10, 1916.

II a man does not make new ac-
quaintances as he advances through
life he will soon find himself left alone.
Samuel Johnson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
When Ma Is Sick.

Allen Littlefeld Davis of Springvale
at Is is the youngest student at Bow
doin College. Davis, who is the only
student on the campus wearing knick-
erbockers, is the son of DR.. Ansel S.
Davis, a graduate Of the Bowdoin
Medical School in the class of '01. The
boy was born in North WATERFORD
April 10, 1901. At the age of six he
entered the district schools of Maple
wood, where he studied until he was
II, when he entered the Somersworth,
N. H, High school. He attended that
school until the middle of his Sopho-
more year, when he was transferred to
the Sanford High school, from which
he graduated with honor last June.
During his High school course he spe-
cialized in mathematics and will pur-
sue that branch during his college
course. He plans to graduate from
Bowdoin in 1920 and then to study
medicine. He has affiliated himself
with the Bowdoin Club and has room
at the chapter house of that society.
He Is extremely popular.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10
A Movable Birthday.

Eugene was not quite four. but his
mothers habit of deferring pleasures
he wanted to enjoy Immediately was
inclining him to pessimism.
when are you going to the movie
show" he was asked.
II am going on my birthday" he re-
turned promptly and decidedly, but I
s'pose they'll keep putting that off,
The Christian Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-10

The new dam being built at Hiram
Falls on the Saco river will not be
completed for two years. A small por-
ton of the immense concrete dam is in
place. A cofferdam has been built to
hold back the water while the con-
struction work is in progress. Houses
for the engineers and workmen have
teen built and the work will be con-
tinued both winter and summer until
the task is completed. A suspension
bridge has been built across the river.