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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
State Prison Will Need
$34,375 for Each Year

The Maine States prison at Thom-
aston. according to statement filed at
the Office of the State auditor. today.
will ask the coming Legislature for an
appropriation of $34,375 for each of
the years 1917 and 1918. The last
Legislature made an appropriation Of
100000 for each of the years 1916 and
1916.
The appropriation asked for Is d.
vided as follows: Salary of warden,
$4,000; salaries of subordinate officers,
$4,000; school, 500; books for library,
SIS; medicine and operations. $500;
water supply. $4,000: printing and
binding reports. 5000: criminal insane,
5000; sacred concerts. 5000: retiring
and pensioning prison officials. $4,000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
How Ballots Are Canyassed
By Governor and Council

The matter Of calling special meet
ing Of the Governor and Council OH
certain date on account of the election
returns seems to puzzle many people,
as well as many other laws passed by
our General Court, mention of which
Invariably bring an inquiry as to what
it may be or mean. The session of the
Governor and Council of last evening
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1916, was in accord
&nce with a Statute law, which pro-
vides as follows:
Chapter los, Public Laws of 1913
AN Act to Amend Section 124 of Chap
ter of the Revised Statutes, Relative
to the Canvass of Votes by the Gov
ernor and Council
Section 124 of Chapter of the Re-
vised Statutes is hereby amended by
striking out the word Thursday in the
fourth, fifth and ninth lines Of said
section, and by inserting in place
thereof the word Tuesday; so that as
amended the section shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 124-The votes shall be sort
ed, counted, declared and recorded !;
and the returns of the number of bal
lOtS, anu VI inc NOteS given lOI each
elector shall be made according to the
constitution and laws, to the secretary
Of State. on or before the second Tues
day after such meeting; on the third
Tuesday after such meeting, the Gov.
ernor and Council shall be in session
and open, examine and count the re.
turns of votes SO made, and the secre
tary of State shall forthwith send G
messenger TO every city and town fron
which a return has not been received
! at his office: and the Governor ant
Council shall again meet on the Tues
DAY before the first Wednesday in De
cember, and examine and count all thu
votes received from the several cities
towns and. plantations, and the vote
OF citizens in the military service law
fully returned into the secretary's of
fee; and they shall forthwith send i;
certificate OF election to each person
who has received the greatest number
| Of all the votes returned to said office
not exceeding the number to be chos
en."-Approved March 25, 1913.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

, also devoting their best thought to the
problem of the better protection Of
crossings.
Zone result was the appointment OF
a committee by our national associa-
ton. and sipilar action by the national
association Of the railroads. to urge
upon our several state legislatures the
enactment Of a law requiring the erec-
ton of uniform crossing signs certain
distance from each crossing. Last
February a representative of each New
England commission met the railroads
committee in Boston, and one result
will be the presentation by us to the
Maine legislature Of a law requiring
the erection Of proper crossing signs.
These will be, in form, the same as
those to be erected in every other
state, SO that no matter where the au-
toist may come from he will see in
Maine the same sign he sees in his own
state, and whenever he sees it, it will
mean danger" The careful driver or
traveller will thus be warned and will
exercise care.
I'VE shall still have with us. those
careless persons who, knowing that
SAOSSAh6 40 uCdAs WILL hCN CI luSlcSS
guess" that no train is at the moment
coming. Those killed are usually of
this class. 1t Is urged, however, that
they must be protected, partly because
they usually carry one or more passen-
gers who can be as thoroughly killed
as they would be if personally operat-
ing the car or driving the team. The
only method Of such protection seems
to be gong for day use and a red
electric-light signal for night use which
operates from the time train ar
rives within 1000 feet Of a crossing
Several such have been installed. and
others will be ordered as fast as cir
cumstances will permit.
Several grade crossings have been
eliminated under the provisions of
Chapter lat, Laws of 1915. Some are
in process Of elimination, and we have
pending petitions relating to others.
And we are led to make a suggestion
as to TIE $4,000 appropriation men
toned in Chapter lat. In accordance
with the provisions thereof, the state
pays Is per cent Of such elimination
and the amount appropriated by the
state each year is but $4,000 and all
that is not expended lapses on the first
day of each January. We do not criti-
CHE the amount Of the appropriation
but we do not think that it should
lapse each year. It should be allowed
to accumulate. as will appear from the
following instance:
During the present year ~we have
authorized the elimination Of a very
dangerous crossing in Bath, known as
Blind Crossing" The amount the
state will be called upon to pay will
be from $500 to $60O0 The work will
not be completed this year, hence the
states contribution will be made in
1917, reducing the appropriation Of that
year from $4,000 to about $4,000, and
leaving the last named sum the total
amount available for full years work.
This circumstance is only illustrative
OF the situation. and we respectfully
recommend that this appropriation be
made cumulative"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

Maine is estimated at $se.s16 for each
of the years 1917 and 1918. exclusive Of
the amount to be received from the
United States government contingent
upon appropriations by the State.
The estimated income is divided as
follows: Income from students. includ-
ing tuition, laboratory fees. dormitory
charges, ETC., $4,000. income from
rents. $4,000: income from funds held
in trust by the State, the Coburn Fund
and the U. S. Land Scrip Fund, $9.915;
income from sale of sundry products
OF the farm, garden, Conservatives.
poultry department. ETC., $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
Matter of Equipping
Electrics With Tenders

| THE Legislature of 1915 passed 6
law requiring all street cars to be-
equipped with tenders on or. before
November 1, 1915. unless the time
should be extended to a date not later
than March l, 1916" say Hon. Benja.
min +. Cleaves of Biddeford,. Hon
William B. Shelton of Lewiston anG
Hon. Charles w. Mullen of Bangor, the
members of the Public Utilities Com.
mission, in their annual report which
has been presented to the Governor
and Council.
Touching further on this question
the commissioners say:
I'm the early fall of 1915 we called
the managing officers of the various
electric roads to our offices for con-
ference and interchange of views. 1t
Immediately became apparent that the
experiences in other states could not
be absolutely controlling here, and that
State of Maine conditions must be
studied and met. To illustrate:
"A fender on car in Aroostook for
summer use could be easily devised;
but in the winter. with four or five feet
of snow to be ploughed through, that
same fender would become a menace
for the reason that it might be torn
off, flung under the wheels and cause a
derailment.
''In the case Of freight motors. the
ordinary basket with apron type of
fender would have been worse than
useless. because the bumper and draw
bar extended in such way as to
make a projecting fender merely an
a n fri ha <ro
and hurl him to almost certain death
upon this draw-bar.
Each railroad operated its cars
over a route wherein were pavements
and macadam, level with the track,
part of the way and the balance con-
sisting of T. rails. the tops of which
were five inches above the sleepers
with no filing between the rails. On
this part of the route if a person was
lying between the rails no fender or
wheel guard would do the slightest
good.
"As a result of a full investigation,
in the course of which we made vari-
Gus tests with dummies examined
many types of tenders and studied the
elaborate report of the New York
Commission issued at the close of a
long series of tests of more than SO
types of tenders and wheel guards, we
reached some pretty definite conclu-
sions, among them being the follow
ing:
Il. A fender to be of any use must
project from 80 to SO inches, otherwise
the body of the person tripped will fall
off and go under the car.
"2. A fender must have an apron to
prevent the falling person from strik-
ing some part of the head end of the
car.
49, Nm fender is effective II the car
striking the person is going more than
II miles an hour.
-. No fender will surely pick I'D a
person lying PROSTATE on the track.
IS. In the case of cars used in
interurban service where speed is de-
manded, a projecting fender is a men
ace to the passengers for the reason
that if a projecting fender on swiftly
moving car struck an object. the
fender would be broken. parts thrown
under the car and the car derailed.
rs. Winter as well as summer con-
ditions must be taken into account.
with these and many other matters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
Auto Registration

The work of sending out the auto
mobile registration notices and blanks
will continue into today, in spite of
prediction that it would be closed up
on Tuesday, but owing to a reduction
in the force at work on the matter
they will have to finish today.
Applications for the 1917 licenses
and registrations are coming in finely,
probably over 100 letters being receiv-
ed Tuesday with the necessary papers
and the fees.
One little matter that is causing no
end of bother and annoyance to Chief
Harold E. Davis of the Registration
Bureau is letter after letter request
ing that mo. 1" be assigned to the
writer Now, 1t has repeatedly been
announced that No. l has been for
months spoken for by the Governor of
the State, and Gov. Curtis car next
year will bear that number, as it has
during 1916. The number will then fall
to the lot Of Governor Carl f. Mill
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

IN mind. we went over the situation
with each railroad, made suggestions
and finally approved the type of fender
which seemed to meet existing condi-
tons best. Upon the whole, the fen
ers approved by us have been salts
factory. We know Of two instances
where the devices have certainly saved
life. and if this was all that had been
accomplished, there would have been
full justification and compensation for
the action of the legislature, the ex-
penditure by the railroads and the
time devoted to the matter by this
commission"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
RUNDOWN WOMAN
Made Strong BY Our Vinol

Fort Edward, n. TT was in a run
down. nervous and weak condition, SO I
could not do the housework for my little
oil emulsions and other remedies without
benefit. A friend told me about Vinol. I
tried It and it soon built up my strength
and made mr. well woman so now do
all Of my housework "-Mrs. Llmer Gid
den.
We guarantee vinol for all rundown.
weak and debilitated conditions.
Bowditch- Webster Co, Druggists. Au-
pusta. Vinol Is sold in Waterville. bv "
&. Hawker, and in Hallowell by GUY K.
white. Also at the leading drug store ia
all Maine towns.cAdv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

Governor Curtis and Executive Council Canvass
4 November Election Returns Automobile
Registration Starts Lively-Plate No. Is Re-
peatedly Asked for, but Long Ago Issued -
The Wisdom Of Equipping Electrics with Fen
ders-Grade Crossings and Steam a n Elec-
trio Roads Physical Connections Treated by
Public Utilities - University of Maine and
State Prison Estimates - Aquarium Notes
Corporation Matters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

Governor Oakley c. Curtis and the
Tuesday evening according to the an
nouncement of the session, it being
called by law to consider the results
of the business transacted will be
foun.! on another page.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

ken for the succeeding four years,
should he care to change from his
present number.
1t was stated late Tuesday afternoon
by Chief Davis that almost the entire
lot of the small registration numbers,
say up to the 5000's, have already been
assigned, hence those who hereafter
apply will have to take higher num-
bers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
To the County Commissioners for the

County Of kennebec:-
The Municipal Officers of the City Of
Augusta respectfully represent that the
true boundaries Of the Kennedy Road, So
tain or lost; wherefore petition is@made
to you. under the provisions Of Section
II, Chapter % Of the Revised Statutes Of
the State of Maine, that you locate and
road.
WALTER M. SANBORN, Acting Mayor.
HENRY o. PARMENTER,
ALBERT G: MCLAUGHLIN, Jr..
BURTON GIDDINGS,
OSCAR H. ANDERSON.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
Do 1t Early-the
Christmas Shopping
X-RAY
Wonderful Cures
by Electricity
Consultation Free This Week.
Engage Your Treatment
Now.

He VIII seq
and treat no.
body but those
who have been
a long time
afflicted, a n d
t h o S e people
seem never to
tire of telling
how they went
to him in the
very last stage
of disease and
quickly t h e Y
were restored
to health, and
of how they
had been sick
for years and
nobody UNDER
stood t h ir
difficulty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

Factory output now upwards Of eleven
hundred thousand weekly. Largest sell
ing brand Of l0c Cigars In the world. Fac.
tory, Manchester, N. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
New Corporations

The following new corporations. or
ganized under the laws of Maine, have
had their certificates approved by the
office of the attorney general of the
State:
W. A. Mosher Company, organized
Dec. 2, at Orono to carry on the bus
mess of a merchant or merchant.
wholesale or retail in hardware of all
descriptions. tools, cutlery, guns, glass
ware, etc. Capital stock, $4,000: all
common; par value, 800; paid in, 5000:
shares subscribed g. President and
treasurer. Osgood S. Townsend Of Ban
sor; clerk, William A. Mosher, Oro-
no; directors, Osgood S. Townsend and
Frances B. Mosher OF Bangor and
William A. Mosher of Orono. APPROX
ed Doc. 5.
Corporation Changes
The department of State has heen
notified of the following corporation
changes:
The Gillette Safety Tire COMPANY At
meeting of the stockholders on Dec
at Portland voted to change the name
or the corporation to the Gillette Rub-
Der Company.
Corporation Excused
the department of State has been
notif1ed by Assistant General O. r.
Dunhar that. under the provisions of
chapter Al, Section 81, Revised Stat.
utes' ne has excused the Chase Ex-
port Company from making furthe,
annual returns to the department
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20
Forecasts In the Almanac.

While in modern times almanacs
commonly concern themselves only
with the known facts Of the year with
which they deal, for many years after
they came into general use, about the
middle Of the sixteenth century, pre-
dictfons not only with regard to the
weather, but also concerning the sup
posed planetary influences. were a vi
tai part of their contents. The ''prog-
nostication" generally dealt with "the
varieties Of the ayre and also Of the
windes throughout the whole yere,
with Unfortunate times to bic and sell,
take medicine, sowe, plant snd jour.
ney, etc." In France a decree of 1879
forbade all makers Of almanacs to
prophesy concerning affairs either OF
state or Of Observation-Disclosures Chron.
icle.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20

While timid politicians were consult
ing the cens,ulss, books ana counting. the
German vote he spoke and the country
hearkened. He is the leader in the
fight for Americanism,and we don't
believe in changing leaders when we
r going to the front.
Formerly Against Him.
1--WE are for Colonel Roosevelt in
spite Of the fact that we were against
him four years ago. No one fought
him harder than we. No one will fight
harder for him. It has not been easy
to put aside Jul pride, our sense of
resentment at what occurred in 1912
and the hundred other things that tend
to keep alive divisions. But we have
put them aside and are putting them
aside because we feel that they have
no place in a crisis like this. We come
out for Colonel Roosevelt as a Repub-
lican newspaper, intending to remain
Republican, and we feel that in doing
so we are doing the best thing not
only for the nation but for the Repub-
lican party.
Is No Other Leader.
"We might have preferred another
leader, but there is no other leader.
Justice Hughes might have spoken il
he had been free to speak. Indeed, We
feel sure he would have spoken, and
for Americanism, had silence not been
imposed upon him, and then we should
have preferred him. But the plain fact
is that he did not speak, thtat he could
not speak.
"The colonel stands for the things
the Tribune stands for. These things
will be advanced lore by his nomina.
ton than by any other nomination
that can be made. The Tribune must
support him.
eve are dong more this year thar
choosing a president. We are choos
ing which way the country shall go il
the era that is now opening, just a,
our fathers chose the nations path il
the days Of 1860"
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20
~ ssiGs. 49,. aassSs ess ISSa ~ II % - tis
ROOSEVELT
SUPPORTED. ..|R|| By !.
\. Y. TRIBUNE
BELIEVES HE IS ONLY MAN COM
PETENT TO HANDLE PRESENT
SITUATION.

New York, April 19.-The editorial
announcement today by the New York
Tribune that it will support Theodore
Roosevelt for the presidential .nomina-
ton on the Republican, ticket is taken
to mean the shelving of any shadow
of an Elihu Roote movement, for the
Tribune has been aggressively pro-
Root. It is the understanding here
that MI. Roote opposes Justice Hughes
for president, and that his ambition
would be satisfied with the secretary
ship Of state under Roosevelt, with an
opportunity to participate in the set
Element Of the European war.
The editorial in the Tribune is
headed:
"Colonel Roosevelt For President"
It says:
Colonel Roosevelt and no pussy
footing. The Tribune likes this can
didate and this issue.
Regards Root Eliminated
1T regards Senator Root, its favor
tie SO long as he had a chance Of NOM
nation, as nov practically eliminated.
It cannot interpret any more hopefully
the failure Of the oxygen treatment
which his candidacy received in the
shape of the manifesto with rs sign
ers. The party thinks that Mr.. Root
would not be so likely to win as either
Colonel Roosevelt or Justice Hughes,
and it wants him as secretary Of state
In the next Republican administration.
since it cannot have him as president.
Country Needs Him.
We are for Colonel Roosevelt be-
cause we believe the country needs
him. No one else will quicken the
pulse Of the nation as he will quicken
it. No one else will stir the con-
science Of the people as he will stir it.
No one else will inspire patriotism as
he will inspire it.
mo one else personifes the issue
which the Republican party must make
as he ~personifes it. No one else pre-.
sents so effective an antithesis to Viii.
son as he. If we are Americans, rea1
Americans, the Colonel is our man
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20
Two SHARP Tongues.

Two Sharp Tongues.
Nov, what do you want?" asked the
sharp tempered woman.
II called to sec If I could sell you
some bakin' powder, ma'am," said the
seedy gentleman with the staggering
whiskers.
"Well, you can't sell no bakin' pow
der here, and | amt got nc time to
waste on peddlers anyway"
"Come to think Of 1t, ma'am," said
the seedy gentleman as he fastened his
bag, II wouldn't care to sell you any
powder. This poky little kitchen of
yours is so low in the ceilin' that the
bread wouldn't have no chance to rise.''
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20

We will pay cash for any clean oil
cotton rags you have. The World.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20
AMUSING. Yet Pathetic.

Amusing, Yet Pathetic.
Benjamin Constants first picture to
attract attention was called '"Too Late
and represented Fortune and Glory
visiting an artist just as he had breath
ed his last. The artist was lying on the
bed. The figure Of Death stood near
the door through which Fortune, carry
ing a box Of money, and Glory, bearing
laurels, had just entered.
The artist received many letters from
those who had seen the painting. One
was written by a professor Of music,
an old man, who expressed in touching
words the emotion he had felt at the
sight Of the artists work. He asked
Constant to visit and talk to him about
'eToo Late"
The invitation was accepted, but as
soon as the old professor saw the artist
he uttered an ejaculation of surprise
and anger. why, you are quite a
YOUTH he exclaimed. II thought you
were old and, like myself, had spent
your life in vain endeavor to obtain
recognition of your abilities. I con-
ceived that picture to be the last de-
spairing cry of a man as unfortunate
as I am. I find you are quite young
and your eyes r full Of hope. You are
q humbug, sir. and I request that you
leave this house immediately"
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20
Tho National Passion.

n National Passion.
An Englishman of means staying in
New York was talking with one Of his
Yankee friends.
"Old top" he said, "I've done It!
I've done it at larst. I've bought a
section out in Australia, and I'm going
out there and SETTLE"
''That's fine! How many acres?"
"Oh, thousands and thousands"
"Great! And what are you figuring
on raising?"
"Oh, sheep; nothing but sheep. I'm
going in for sheep extensively. 'Spect
I shall raise millions Of the bally
things. 'Spect I shall get a lot out of
them. Pretty fine for mech, what?"
"You bet! There's a lot Of money in
wool the way the market is"
wool? Hang the wool, old top! I'm
thinking Of the kidneys."-Saturday
Evening Post.