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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
A Curious Ball Cams.

Theodore Roosevelt, writing IN Serb.
ner's of. his Brazilian journeys. de-
scribes a curious game Of ball played
by the Parcels Indians. In which the
head alone Is used.
There are, Of course" he writes, ma
such rules as In q game among civil
lied men. and I saw mo- disputes.
There may be eight or ten or many
more players on each side. The ball Is
never touched with hands or feet or
with anything except the top Of the
head. It Is hard to decide whether to
wonder most at the strength and dex-
terity with which it Is hit or butted
with the head as it comes down through
the air or at the reckless speed and
skill with which the players throw
themselves headlong on the ground to
return the ball II 1t comes low down.
"Why do they not grind OF their
noses cannot imagine. Some Of the
players scarcely ever failed to catch
and return the ball If It came in their
neighborhood and with such a vigorous
toss Of the head that it often few In q
great curve for a really astonishing dis
tance."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
Women and Golf In OIden Days.

Clark, in his "Golf, Royal and An
cient Came" printed a few decades
ago, recounts how strangers at the old
st. Andrews course abroad were given
q trial on the famous holes, and If they
proved to be of the tribe Of turf dig
gers and sand lifters they were igno-
miniously thrust into the outer dark
ness Of the "women's green" The ac-
commodations accorded to women in
the old days were in the nature Of a
sop to Cerebus, merely to keep them
quiet and satisfied while the men in
dulged in the more serious pursuit Of a
serious business with a better equip
ment on a finer course. In the annals
Of one old golf club it is recorded that
since a certain green was habitually
flooded and generally useless it was
recommended that new hole be built
in its place and the old green given
over to the women.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
MEETING
SILENCE HOWARD
HAYDEN CHAPTER

The Easter meeting Of Silence How
ard Hayden Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, was held Friday
afternoon with Mrs. A. B. Green, As
Burleigh street, with Mrs. Green and
Mrs. A. A. Heald as the hostesses. The
ladies of Fort Halifax Chapter of
Winslow were present as the guests Of
the local chapter. The roll call was
answered by each lady quoting from
her favorite poem in response to her
name. This feature was greatly enjoyed
by all present. The only thing of i'm
portance at the business meeting out
side of the regular routine business
was to vote to add $50 to the fund for
the placing Of the marker on the Ar
mold trail, which will be done at an
early date the coming summer Follow
ing the business meeting there was an
interesting program consisting of a
paper by Mrs. Inez Hooper Of Wins
low on the Life OF Silence Howard
Hayden" two readings by Mrs. Carl
Green, which were greatly enjoyed, ami
piano solo by Mrs. George Johnson
which closed with a medley in which
was introduced the National Anthem
and America" both of which were
sung by the ladies present. Refresh
ments were served. Mrs. Lewis G.
Whipple presided at the coffee table
and Mrs. Herbert Emery at the sher-
bet table. They were assisted by Mrs
Carl Green, Miss Elizabeth Whipple
and Miss Pauline Pulsifer. The house
was beautifully decorated in daffodills
and pussywillows.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
GERMANS ADOPT
new RESOLUTION
SUBMARINE WAR
Must Use Sharp w eapon S
Against England to Bride Ar
rogance, Says Member of the
Reichstag

, Amsterdam, April c. via London,
April Z. 2.40 p. M.-The German
Relchstag today adopted the commit
tees resolution on submarine war as
we'll as the budgets of the Imperial
chancellor and the foreign office.
The correspondent quotes Dr. Gustav
Stretzmann, National Liberal. as fol .
lows:
Against the more stringent block
ade of Germany which was decided
upon at the Paris conference we must
use our sharp weapons in order to
bride Englands arrogance.
Just interests of neutrals must be
respected, as has hitherto been done
by the government, in the strictest
manner America has interpreted the
idea of neutrality in manner incom-
patlble with the German conception.
1t is an unjustifiable demand that
armed merchantmen should be permit
ted to sail unhindered within the war
zone.
Every month brings records for
american trade, obtained by taking
lull advantage of the situation in Eu-
rope. The result of this interpretat ton
OF American neutrality is to cause
great excitement among u.s.
There was an uproar in the Reich
stag yesterday, the correspondent saws,
when Hugo Haase, leader of the newly
'ormed Socialist minority group. de-
ciared that his party was strongly op-
posed to partition of Poland. and de-
manded the restoration of Belgium.
The Baltic peoples, Lithuanians and
Let's, did not desire union with Ger
many before the war;" said Herr
fiaase. THE injustice done to Bel
gum, must be compensated for by her
restoration. In 1894, Herr Won Jagow
'toreigr niinister) declared Germany
would uphold the neutrality of Bel
sum. Thus all the more astonishing
was the chancellor's announcement on
Aug. 4, 1914, that German troops prob
ably had crossed the Belgian from.
tier"
Herr Won Jagow said in reply:
Herr Faase has :'ished up again all
felslan stories. When made the dec
iaration about Belgian neutrality I
considered her neutral country. I. has
been thoroughly proved that the re-
sponslb''ity for what has happened lieS
on Belgium's side.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
Clever Reasoning.

Rather an original lesson in political
economy was that once taught by the
Japanese nobleman Awoto and thus
translated by Sir Edwin Arnold in
"Seas and Lands:'
One evening as he was going to the
palace to take his turn In keeping the
night watch he let 10 cash drop out OF
his tinder case into the stream and
then bought 80 cash worth Of torches
to search for the lost coin. His friends
laughed at him for spending so much
in order to recover so little, and he re-
piled, with frown:
"Sirs, you are foolish and ignorant Of
economics. Had not sought for these
10 cash they would have been lost for
ever-sunk in the bottom Of the Nam
erigawa. The so cash which I have
expended on torches will remain in the
hands Of the tradesman. Whether he
has them or is no matter, but not q
single one Of the sixty has been lost.
and that Is a clear gain to the country"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
MADISON
Word of Death of ]. B. Noble in
California Is Received Here
Schools Open on
Monday
ALL DAY SESSION GOLDEN
GLOW SOCIETY HELD

Word has been received by friends
in this place of the death Of J. B. No
BILE at Monrovia. California, on March
%. Mr.. and Mrs. Noble were formerly
well-known residents of Madison.
All grades of the Madison village
schools will open Monday for the spring
term after a two-weeks vacation. The
primary grade which has been held in
the vestry of the Universalist church,
will be moved to the Weston avenue
building and consolidated with the
grades already held there. taking one
less teacher.
A very enjoyable all-day session of
Golden Glow branch of the Internation-
al Sunshine society was held Thursday
at the residence of Mrs. Fred Davis on
Blackwell Hill with about 40 members
and friends present. A baked dinner
was served at the noon hour. In the
afternoon there was a fine musical and
literary program. A number of the
members were met at the Blackwell
station on the line Of the Somerset
Traction Co. and carried to the resi-
dence of Mrs. Davis in a double team.
Mrs. Morris Moore presided in the alb
sence of the president, who was i'll.
Miss Alice Weston, who has been
passing a few weeks at Southern Pines,
North Carolina, and Washington, D. c.,
has returned to her home in Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Holt, who have
been in ST. Petersburg. Palm Beach. and
other well-known winter resorts in Flor
ida for the past seven weeks. returned
home Thursday night
George Rushworth moved his family
Thursday from Pine street to the rent
recently vacated by Mrs. Myrtle Lister
on Weston avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
Tho Early Circus.

Leaving out of count the great cir
cuses of Rome and Antioch and COM
ing down to something Of modern
times, the first circus in England was
on a footpath known as Halfpenny
Hatch, in the Waterloo road, London.
There, in ITO, Astley's first perform
ance was given, with the aid of
drum, two fifes and one clown. A
charge Of sixpence was made for the
front standing places. There was no
building and not even tent, but mere
ly a ring of ropes and stakes. Primi-
tive as were the arrangements, Ashley
soon attracted good audiences and was
able to add to his program conjuring,
transparencies, vaulting and tumbling,
with displays of fireworks. In course
Of time he was able to hire an inclosed
ground and erected seats under sub
stantial roof. He called the place Asst
ley's amphitheater riding house.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
Movjno Picture Shows.

An observer says the reason that all
classes like motion picture plays is
that each person puts into the mouths
of the silent actors the exclamations,
words and lines that he himself would
use under like circumstances.
Incidents and situations are flashed
on the screen. but the spectator tells
the unspoken story to himself, and
there is no possibility Of artificial.
strained or incomprehensible dialogue
What the spectator imagines is the
thing that is natural to him. To one
who watches Hamlet with YOr1cks
skull the words Of the play may come.
''Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to
clay, might stop hole to keep the
wind away" To anothers imagination
Hamlet says, "Well, we all gotta come
to it."
Could explanation be simpler, yet
more profoundly true? = Richmond
Mmes-Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08

There was a we'll attended meeting
Of the Associated Charities at the city
council rooms Friday evening which
was addressed by Miss Marion Porter
Of Bangor. secretary Of the Associated
Charities of that city, and Miss Gladys
Gaylord, secretary of the Associated
Charities of this city. They gave in
teresting addresses on conditions as
they found them in their respective
cities. This was followed by a short
discussion and then the subject of a
district nurse was taken up, Harry
Brown and Mrs. F. E. Boothby speak
ing and this, too, was followed by a
short discussion. The meeting was an
interesting one and will doubtless do
much to further the interests Of the
two organizations in whose interest it
was held.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
THE AMERICAN ExPED|TI0NARY
FORCE IN NEED OF CLOTHING BUT
THE Poems IN VILLA DISTRICTS
ARE THE WORST SUFFERERS
nesnerate Conditions Among Poorer Classes in Ravaged Terri
tory where Canuto Cano Is Holding Sway

=, paso Tex, April Two Ameri-
..rs the first to arrive here from the
..,;or for several days reached Ell
wan TODAY on a train from Chihuahua
CIV They said that there was abso-
,,,o ouiet in the state capltal When
'.a,. left but everywhere there was ap
,a,t feeling that important develop
,. we're imminent. AS had been the
"oea for a week the whole Mexican sit
.,,,ion seems to be at standstlll pend
iao the outcome of negotiations between
Washington and General Carranza re-
a,di,g the use of the Mexican rail-
sooas bv the American eXpeditionary
forces.
peneated intimations that the supply
ei,uation had reached an acute stage
have received strong support by the
r.a.aments made by soldiers returning
.,o,, the front and by references in let
.e,s received here by relatives of the
,a.n and officers il General Pershing' S
advance columns.
The question of adequate clothing for
,ba American soldiers appears to be be-
oor,inp as urgent as that of food. Stor-
ioc from the front of the expedients
adopted by the troopers to repair worn
ont garments, especially shoes, gives
roint to this problem.
Mexican Poems Suffering
Put the plight of the American SOL
aers fades into insignificance when
comnared with the stories reaching here
,brouch Mexican sources of the desper-
ate condition. prevailing among the Pc
ons in the bandit ravaged regions Of
Southern Chihuahua and Durango, to-
ward which Villa is heading. 1t is said
that the unfortunate people in the dis
trict around Torreon. where Canuto
Cano is upholding the cause Of Villa
hy wholesale looting and murder are
facing actual starvation. A letter which
reached here from Torreon, dated six
davs ago, said in part:
Industry is at standstill and the
djsheartened poems in the country dis
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08

!, tricts have abandoned all efforts to
cultivate their farms. If man was
known to have little grain or beans
he could be certain that a band Of
bandits would pay him visit, take
what he had and probably his life as
we'll. General Trevino has succeeded
in bringing some carloads Of food into
the city but this relief was only a
drop in an ocean Of suffering and dis
tress. The poems do not know to whom
to attribute their sufferings, but they
are willing to join anyone who will
promise them a hearty meal. They
have been taught that Villa is their
champion and it will be hard task to
disabuse their minds of that idea"
Gonzales May Succeed Gavira
There is considerable interest in
persistent reports that General Gavira,
the CarranZa commander at JuareZ, is
about to be superseded. One story,
published in Mexican paper, declares
that General Pablo Gonzales is on his
way here from Mexico City and that
when he arrives he will take supreme
charge of all the Carranza soldiers in
the field. These reports cannot be YER
llicu Dul IL lS DtlltNeu lIldI
is planning some changes among his
field commanders.
In the absence Of definite news from
General Pershing the border has
been reduced to mere speculation as to
the whereah bouts of Villa and the stat
us Of the pursuit. What is regarded
as the most hopeful sign is that no
news has come from Parral regarding
the bandit. If he has not reached that
town by this time it is urged that there
is still a chance of the American
troops cutting between him and the
south. 1t is also argued that the alb
sence Of any news Of his movements
favors the still persistent story that
he is wounded and hiding in the hills, a
I fact that would bring his capture from
the range of possibilities into probabil-
tiles.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
Watch Your Shoulders.

When standing before looking glass
notice If your shoulders are the same
height. Generally the right is higher
than the left. The reason for this un.
evenness lies in the way one sits. You
get into q comfortable chair at your
desk, and at once you rest your right
elbow on the arm Of your chair or
your desk, thus throwing one shoulder
higher than the other. This Is especial.
~ the case where one writes great
deal When you notice that one shoul-
der Is higher than the other the thing
to do is to change your way Of sitting
at your desk. Two simple exercises
will be beneficial. The arm Of the low.
er shoulder should be extended up
ward. the hand grasping dumbbell
That Of the higher shoulder should be
lowered and made to support q heavy
weight.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08

p. Inc first grass fire of the season at
ss,ia1 sqaswiek Thursday noon, resulted in
N.Y. Mus damage to the residence of
Ins, @ Ada Lowell, widow of Stephen
br,na, oh Mcclellan street. The fire
;bra", under the house and then up
s,os sh Partition to the second
bar, where it broke out. The upper
Of =, u the house was gutted. Most
loss w " furniture was removed. The
sncs vas as, about $500 with $500 insur-
,his G. Inc truck was called during
Co e 10 chimney blaze in a Cabot
seron enement on Main street. No
,ec,,,' ioss. Mr.. Lowelrs house is di-
Town. opposite the place where the last
sarn. reeting { voted to install a fire
torn >" oox and the last previous fire in
hya,.w was directly opposite where a
want is to be placed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08

The great island Of Madagascar, In
the Indian ocean, lying off the east
coast Of Africa, was officially recogniz.
ed as a French colony in 1896 after
war Of occupation. The majority Of
the natives are not Africans. the Ma.
layan element predominating in their
greatly mixed blood. OF the total pop.
ulation Of more than 2.5OO,O0O by the
last census, the Hovas, the dominant
race, numbered about $4,000, and they
are regarded as belonging to the Ma
layan stock.
The Sakalavas, whose negro afani
ties are strongly pronounced, rank next
in numbers, and besides other indigo.
nous races there are many persons Of
Arab and Indian descent. The seat Of
the government is at Tananarivo,
which has a population of about 10000
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
Nature the Healer.

The influence Of the forms and &C.
tons in nature is so needful to man
that in its lowest functions it seems to
lie on the confines of commodity and
beauty. To the body and mind which
have been cramped by noxious work or
company nature is medicinal and re.
stores their tone. The tradesman, the
attorney comes out Of the din and
craft of the street and sees the sky and
the woods and is a man again. In
their eternal calm he finds himself
The health Of the eye seems to demand
a horizon. We are never tired so long
as we can see far enough.-Emerson.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
WAITING FOR GERMANY
Continued from Page One)

would be ready to meet the United
States more than half way" was read
with interest, but judgment was reserv-
ed until just what was meant was made
clear 1t was stated definitely that no
argumentative notes would be sent to
Berlin.
Affidavits on the attack on the Sussex
forwarded on the steamer ST. Paul are
not expected to reach Washington un-
til Monday and in we'll informed cir
cles decisive action is not expected be-
fore next Tuesdays cabinet meeting.
At today's meeting point was made of
the number Of neutral vessels which
have apparently been sunk without
warning in the last two weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08

Sunday from New York. after visiting
friends there three weeks.
Miss Matte Tobie who has been visit
ing her people In Canaan during her
school vacation. called on Mrs. p. A. and
L. P. Kicker Thursday while on her way
to Augusta to visit friends a few days.
This week is Miss Tobey's sixth year of
teaching at the Normal school in Ma
chias.
Ed Cannon met with serious accident
recently, losing the greater part of a
thumb. .--
Mrs. Annie Twombly this week visited
her husband at Bridgton, where he is
working for a grain firm They expect
to move there soon.
Labon Allen visited in Skowhegan
Thursday.
George Tibbetts expects to visit friends
in Massachusetts, next week.
Friends from Massachusetts, are visit.
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Manson.
! Mrs. James Smith is in Skowhegan
working and has closed her home in this
| place.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
BASEBALL:
At Brooklyn

Brooklyn, N. Y, April THE Brooklyn
Nationals evened up the series with the
Boston Americans today by beating the
worlds champions 8 to in a pitchers
battle. Cheney and Leonard held the
opposing teams runless while they oc-
cupied the mound. Foster was greeted
with three hits and run in the sixth
inning. Then with Foster on second in
the eighth and Marquard pitching
Speaker drove the ball over the right
field wall for a home run. Brooklyn
came right back, punching three hits
and a sacrifice for the tieing and win.
ming runs. A throw to the plate by
Speaker and catches by Hickman were
the fielding features.
Boston .......0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. g..
Brooklyn .....0 0 0 0 0 2 x-3-12-
Batteries-Leonard, Foster and Thorn
as; Cheney, Marquard and Miller, j
Meyers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
The Sleep Of Seeds.

Oats, corn. fennel and some flower
seeds were exposed during 118 days
to a temperature of 40 degrees F. be-
low zero. Afterward, when placed in
suitable surroundings, nearly all of the
fennel. oat and corn seeds and many
of the others terminated. 1t IS con-
cluded that the protoplasm. or the prin-
ciple Of life, in resting seed is in a
state of inaction not comparable to that
of smoldering fire. but rather like
that of a chemical mixture which Is
capable of forming a combination
whenever the required conditions of
temperature and illumination are pres
ent.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day, Capt. Joseph AL
len.
Mrs. Haseltine has returned to her
home in Danvers, after visiting her
son, Frank r. Haseltine.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Varnum left Fri
day for his home in Penobscot for a
few days visit.
Frank L. Curby Of Keene, N H., late
Co. E, 18th Mass. Inf, former mem
Der, has been re-admitted
Peter Mcclure, late End Battery, VT,
l.. A., and Miles E. Poison, late Co. F,
eth VT. Vet. Inf, have been DISCHARGED
from the Home.
Religious services at the Home chan.
ell Sunday morning will be held as fol-
lows: Mass and sermon by Rev. Fr
Nelllgan at 8, and Protestant services
by Rev. c. H. Temple at II o'clock
Catholic services at P. M. and sing
ing by the choir in the hospital from G
to P. M. =
Mrs. Mary F.. Lowell. matron at the
hospital. has returned from a weeks
visit to friends in Norway.
Edward Hart has returned from a
turlough passed in Lowell.
burroughs were granted Friday tc
ROBERT w. Austin to Richmond: Mil
let w. Roberts to Milton Mills, N. H.;
Leroy L. Blackwell to Fairfield; anG
Timothy Malone to Lowell.
Benjamin F. Ryder Of Co. A, an6
Henry Irish Of Co. G have been admit
ted to the hospital.
Mlchael Hickey has gone to Bango,
and James F. O'Flaherty to Lisbor
Fails on leave of absence.
Ihomas F. Holahan has been trans
1erred from the hospital to CO. B, an6
Lloyd w. Pearl to Co. H.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
WINSLOW

The Junior Christian Endeavor So
clety gave it's entertainment, "Ye Are
the Light of the World" Thursday
evening, before a sccd-sized audience
at the Congregational church. TIE
children have been we'll drilled by
Mrs. d. C. Dav and Mrs. Fred Conant,
under whose direction it was given.
The parts were we'll filled. The cos
tunes were all attractive. The exer-
else was in two parts. The first was
slvei by chorus Of children, followed
by the Professional scng. The follow
ing took part: Addie Jewett, Stanton
Conant, Catherine Cushman, Mildred
Smiley, Celia Tobey, Gertrude Wilson,
Cecilia Simpson. Marguerite Cushman,
Elizabeth Conart, E'rna Wolfe, Pauline
Meader, Alma Glider and Ruth Rey-
nolds. The entertainment ended with
q tableauX, America" holding the
Stars and Stripes above Christianity.
who was clasping the hands Of the
child widow and orphan.
Everard. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Grindall, has been confined to the
house two weeks by illness.
Three of the Senior honor parts for
the Coburn Commence ment have been
awarded to Rhoda Dean. Henry How
ard and Robert Stewart, all of this
town.
Fred F'ortier of the Central Maine
( over Co. was a business visitor
Thursday at Skowhegan.
Among the number of D. A. r. from
this town who were entertained by the
Silence Howard Hayden Chapter, Fri
day, at the home of Mrs. Rebecca
Green, Waterville, were: Mrs. Horac &c
Howard, Mrs. Geo. Patterson Mrs. AL.
hert Chamberlain, Mrs. Frank S. Gar
land, Miss Clara FIVE, Miss Sadie
Merrow, Miss Ruth Drummond.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-04-08
How She Was Named.

A little colored girl. newcomer in
Sunday school, gave her name to the
teacher as Fertilizer Johnson" Later
the teacher asked the child's mother
II that was right.
"Yes. ma'am, dat's her name" said
the fond parent. you see, she was
named fer me and her father. Her ia
theirs name am Ferdinand. and my
name is Liza. So we named her Fer
ilizer. r."-Boston Transcript.