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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29
Light and Airy
Intellectual Outlook-

The economic trend points out
A state Of health complete,
With lots of things to think about
And not too much to eat
WASHINGTON Star
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

IS. O. S." wireless call means "Sus-
pend other service"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

When the new submarine LIS goes in
commission at the navy yard at Kittery.
Me-, her commander will be Lieut.. James
Parker. Jr. Lieut.. Parker. who is only
30 years Of age. will have the honor Of
being the commander of the first under
water craft built by the government at a
navy yard. The young oflcer is the son
Of Gen. James Parker Of the United
States Army and q relative Of Hon. Alton
b. Parker, former Democratic candidate
for President. He Is a native Of Arizona
and was appointed from New Jersey.
Lately he has been attached to the sub
marine base at New London and will act
40 inspection officer at Kittesv in connec-
ton with the LIS until she is commits
stoned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

The Bangor city authorities are con-
sidering the adoption Of the Lebiron
highway guide boards for, next sea-
son, a system which has been adopted
in other cities and states as sort of
standard in that line. The boards are
of permanent castiron construction,
with baked enamel finish, having bril-
liant white raised letters and give de-
pendable information for the travellers.
With the great increase of<the tourist
travel by automobile to and through
Bangor highway signboards are more
and more necessary and it is consid-
cred a matter Of real economy to pur-
chase something of the nature men,
toned, as they should endure for a
great many years. there being no paint
to wear or become blurred.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29
Maine Gossip
A Birthday

This is your birthday. On the calendars
OF those who know you it is marked with
gold,
AS both a holy and holiday.
You make US happy, and you make US
good,
BY simply being with you. You bestow,
And you think you are receiving; ike
rose
That marvels at the fragrance of the
breeze.
We are most glad, since you were sent to
earth,
Il was while we are here: not hastened
down
To shine amidst the splendors OF the past,
Nor kept to grace some joyful, future
day,
But come to share our present as it is,
And leave tomorrow better for your stay.
Annie Douglas Robinson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

st. Cecelia's Boys Band Of Lewiston. has
been reoreanized. has new instruments
and q fine membership. The boys recent
ly presented Leader Grenier with a hand
some baton in appreciation of his SER
vices for them as an organisation.
Ephraim Wescott Allen Of Canton.
Me-. who on Wednesday. Dec. ~. cele-
brated his 84th birthday at tho home
Of his son. Wallace L. Allen, at his
home on Main street, Lewiston. is one
of the three men now living in this
country. 20 far as records are known.
who are actual sons Of Revolutionary
soldiers. one Of the other two being his
brother. Osborn Allen Of Massachusetts
and the third . Mr.. Brown whose home
is somewhere in the West. Mr.. Allen
Is the son Of James Allen. who was
born In New London. Conn. in 1862.
When only II years old he entered the
army Of General Washington as a
drummer boy. He lived to be los years
old and was 70 when his youngest
child was born. Ephraim Allen is a
stone mason by trade. AS a young man
he taught music and writing in the
country towns about Canton. For 40
years he was q choir leader In the Bap-
fist church. He passes his summers at
his home in Canton and his winters
with his son in Lewiston. He is a men,
Der of the Anasagunticook.L Lodge, I. o.
O. F.. Of Canton. OF Canton Grange and
Of the Odd Fellows Encampment and
Rebekah Lodge ct Livermore Falls. He
Is a member Of the Maine Division, Sons
Of the American Revolution
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

Both of you had better go home
and behave yourselves. I am going to
ask the prosecuting officers to mol pros
this case and l want to see if you peo-
pie can't get together and live in har-
mony. If this case comes in here
again the court will dispose of it in a
manner that may not be satisfactory
to the parties" This was the way
Judge Bates disposed of the case
brought before him at Portland We'd
nesday morning charging Jacob Lam
port with assault ON his wife, Fanny
Lamport. : e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

Mayor Brann returned last evening.
says the Lewiston Sun of Dec. 20,
from Boston, where he negotiated a
loan Of $4,000 from the First Nation
al Bank Of that city. The loan bears
interest at All per cent. and the notes
are due and payable March 1917. This
brings temporary relief to Lewiston's
financial situation and will, so it is I'M
derstood, make it possible for the city
treasurer to pay the State tax which
this year amounts to about $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-29

Some Of the attractions Of tho lower
Kennebec: Ice fishing for pickerel; smelt
fishing at winnegance creek. 20 cents per
pound; tourmaline gathering from the
Georgetown Quarries; J. H. Haley's 15
hens at Popham. which on Tuesday laid
166 eggs, and they're worth to him IS cents
per dozen.
Rev. Clarence NJ. Fogg Of Cherryfield
has accepted call to the pastorate OF
Corliss Street Baptist church at Bath and
will preach his first sermon Feb. 4. MI.
Fogg has been pastor In Cherryfeld for
the past two years. Rev. A. E. Tarbell OF
Lewiston will supply until Mr.. Fogg ar
rives.
Bath has been much in tho same straits
Is was Plymouth in 1871 when the Pill
grim Fathers sent an expedition to
Boothbay to obtain corn, for there has
been no corn in Bath for from 10 days to
weeks until Tuesday morning when local
dealers received four carloads of corn
from the West, thus relieving the local
shortage.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28

signed to dissuade her from her eX- pressed intention of being os good as gold"
 By midafternoon the witness plain ly relaxed as one of his lawyers ad mitted in an aside. At one point for instance, the subject under discussion related to an apology Orpet made for not writing sooner to the girl.
 But you won't care" he wrote
 Was it just sarcasm?' demanded the lawyer as one of a fusillade of questions. '
 Orpet was plainly worn out. almost smothered mentally by the vigour and rapidity with which the lawyer pur- sued every phase of it's last shade of meaning and then cast back as a contradiction which must be explained. For fifteen minutes the boy had tried to extract himself to the satisfaction of MT. Joslyn from statement as to whether he or Marion loved the more at a certain period of the year.
 q guess it was sarcasm," Orpet finally replied, almost in a gasp al though his previous testimony had shown that it was merely a plaintive
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28

out in that drug store every day, knew everybody and everything in it and never noticed that skull and cross bones on the only bottle in the row that carried it?' demanded MT. Jos lyn in manner so menacing that Attorney Ralph F. Potter of the de- fense put it an objection.
 No repeated the witness.
 The young collegian's letters to Marion numbering forty-four and covering period of more than q year abounded in expressions which were not clear when read to the jury last week. This Orpet explained was be- cause in many cases they were re- sponses to things said in her letters to him or were used as a precaution against their reading by some person other than the recipient.
 Most of the cross examination was devoted to these expressions. MT. Ioslyn, with a persistence which knew TO bounds sought to trap the witness into admitting that they yelled a liaison which the girl was anxious to terminate or were de-
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
CARRANzA DEGREES
 TAX ON BANKS
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MEXICO CITY, June 27-General Carranza has decreed a tax on all banks Of issue in the republic, pay able in Mexican gold coin, The tax will begin July l. and will range from 300 to 5000 pesos, according to the importance of the banks
 Another decree levying a tax on foreign ships in the coast trade was also issued tonight Under the de- cree cotton growers are allowed 10 sell their products in Mexico but are forbidden to export cotton The de- cree places a tax of ten pesos national gold on each bale aggregating 250 kilos
 The tax on foreign shipping and the coast trade in one peso gold per gross ton. The following articles are exempted from this tax: Crude pe- troleum, maize, beans rice, sugar molasses, potatoes. lard, salted meat cattle and flour.
 A third decree established an export tax of fifty centavos on every hun- dred kilos of fresh fruit. one centavo per hundred kilos of fresh garlic and two centavos on dried garlic.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
OFFICERS GONE: MEN
 ARE D|SHEARTENED
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FIELD HEADQUARTERS. Mex, June 27-(Via wireless to Columbus, N. M)-Majors Jenkins and Howze, returning today from their relief ex- petition towards Carrizal gave it as their opinion that the negro troopers of the Tenth cavalry would have beat en the MeXicans had they not lost their officers. The death of Captain Boyd and Lieutenant Adair, and the wounding of Captain Mercy took the heart out cf the soldiers they said
 Lieutenant Adair charged com pletely through the town. He had only five men with him when he returned, but he got these safely back to the irrigation ditch before he fell
 Major HowZe's command to date has covered upwards of one thousand miles of horseback riding since enter ing Mexico and in addition has marched $50 miles in order to save the horses.
 The men of General Pershing's com mand drill briskly every day, The American camp, is on a hot shadeless plain, but the men, hardened by cam paigning, stand the intense heat with ease.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
Mexicans Are Released

BEDDING, Cal, June 27.-The re- cent rioting on the streets of Bedding. participated in by both Americans and MeXicans, resulted in the arrest of more than a score of Mexicans and a humber of Americans In the first riot, which occurred on Sunday, June IS, several Americans were stabbed and minor injuries were sustained by many on both sides of the controversy. All the Mexicans arrested on that occa- sion were released when it was foqnd by the authorities that the Americans had melted the trouble
 A second outbreak occurred last Sun day. Two Americans were stabbed and fourteen Mexicans were arrested. Of these, five were released immediately seven were released today and two are in jail charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28

consider the matter further tomorrow.
 Army officers were not greatly in- terested in any portion of the resolu- tion except that authorizing consolida-
 tion of incomplete units They feel that without such authority the work of getting the guardsmen to the bor-
 der is being delayed So far as the
 draft provision is concerned, there is no great urgency as it is intended for 1 the present to use the guardsmen only on the border.
 The house failed to reach the $26. .. 900, 900 urgency deficiency bill founded on war department estimate of what is needed for pay, transporta
 tion and equipment of guardsmen. ! This is only a preliminary measure to cover immediate needs and additional appropriations will have to follow it | if hostilites commence.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
PREPARING F0R QUICK SWEEP
 Ov[R BORDER r NAR COMES

Bisbee on special train Today there came reports of a strengthening of the Mexican garrison opposite Nogales
 but staff officers here expressed the opinion that the American force there was able to care for itself Batteries A,
 B and C of the Third field artillery
 left for Eagle Pass tonight.
 Gen. Davis reporting on the situa-
 tion about Naco said there had been
 a marked concentration of Mexican troops south of there, especially at Cananea where there is said to be 6,000 men.
 Reports to General Funston ahout the raid near Hachita i'll which Par ker and his wife were reported killed did not indicate that the cavalry pur- suing the raiders had crossed the bor- der nor did they show clearly whether the raiders came from the south of the line.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28

be considered, at least if the captured troopers were freed first.
 The state department late in the day received it's first official news of the cavalrymen prisoners from other than Mexican sources. The British consul at Chihuahua City transmitted a report through the embassy, saying that the twenty three troopers and an interpreter were being well treated and that the injuries of the two wounded men were slight. The Brit ish consulate took over American in- terests When American officials were withdrawn.
 Mir. Arredondo's note protesting against the arrest of Mexican citizens in the United States is based on re- ports from the Mexican consuls at San Francisco and Tucson, Arz
 In protesting against enforcement of the embargo. MT Arredondo points out that no official notification has been given the Mexican government of the existence of such q measure and that on the contrary, the de facto govern ment continues to promote commercial exchanges with the United States.
 While the ambassador designate continues to preserve a calm front, the possibilities he sees in the present crisis are indicated by the fact that his family already is enroGte toward the Canadian border In the event Of a break it is believed possible he will turn over the records of the embassy to the French ambassador. With ref erence to the activities of Mr. Douglas, Mir Arredondo admitted that the at torney had been re-engaged as legal advisor of the embassy.
 There were indications at the war department during the day that mili- tary censorship may be expected to tighten at any time officers showed . increasing disinclination to talk Of troop movements, even of the progress being made with mobilization of the national guard Secretary Baker eX- poets to have his army press bureau in operation shortly and through it will be given out all that it is desired shall be known.
 | Details of the national guards mo- DllILdllDilS HUN dIt III N1tIEAsAt iLi- ston's hands.
 :! The departments reports are in ] complete It was Secretary Bakers i purpose to cut out all delay through
 reference to the department when ht . issued his recent order to speed III , the entire training
 1 Congress struck a deadlock today over the Hay resolution empowerin, the president to draft members of thu
 national guard into the federal service
 Yesterday the senate struck out a pro 1 vision creating a fund of $l,000 00 for the relief of the families of mel called to the colors When the reso
 lution went to conference today tn
 house conferees stood by their orig
 inal plan and a disagreement was re
 ported. Both houses probably vii
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
Splendid Increase Shown; Exclusive of High Schools, Attendance Shows In- crease of BIT; Many More Next Year Sure

Thiee hundred and seventy seven more children attended the graded schools of the county -Eis year than last according to the school census. TLe report compiled in the office Of tho county superintendent of schools shows that 11,05G children were in at tendance not including tEa students o- the high schools. Last year the num- per enrolled reached 10679
 Thc increase while not as large as anticipated was at least cncourag- ing and tho superintendent believes that It will be even larger next year judging from the inquiries he has received relative to the schools from
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
ORPET CHILLED
 BY STATE IN
 MURDER TRIAL

fContinued from Page One)
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28

note of reproof, because as Orpet viewed it, Marion was not sufficiently demonstratiVe for q girl who pre- tended to be in love.
 During the forenoon and part of the afternoon the witness succeeded in sticking to his original statements by Ndeclining to be led into conjecture when the inquisitor not satisfied with his frequent failures to recollect, pur- sued him. Later, however, he tried to answer everything, even the grater love qustion, on a given date. At first, he said he thought he loved the more, then he thought it was Marion. And so, if you know that Marion loved you more than you did her, that line was just sarcasm?" the lawyer demanded and the exhausted witness made the reply previously given.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
NAR|COPA AHAD I ,Q56 SCHOOL
 CHILDREN IN 1915-6, REPORT

famihes planning to make their homes n this county, The number of cen gus children exceeds the gumber at ter. iias scnocls in being 19,735 but tHis is claimed to be due to the fact that the census age is given at from si2 Co twenty one while many do not enter sctool until they are seven Waile many axe in nigh school CT nave coarIcted their education be- fore ;hev are twenty-one.
 There are nearly five hu1dred more boys than girls in city and country schools
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
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SAN ANTONIO, June 21-While the quartermasters department was work ing out details of caring for more than 35,000 additional men of the national guard, General Funston and his staff today were engaged in revising and fixing the long list of troop stations with a view to starting a big, sweeping army across the border if necessary. The strongest garrison Carranza still has is that at Eagle Pass, although few men were still held at other points.
 The apparent intention of Sonora commands to send a force of 1900 through Naco to Bisbee presumably to raid the copper plants there, ap- peared today to have been abandoned
 When the report was received last night the Twenty ysecond regiment of infantry was sent from Douglas to
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
CONFERENCE REPORT ADOPTED
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TF1tpUDEICdT TN' r' CSdScu FVFFCI
 WASHINGTON, June 27.-A con- ference report on the rural credits bill was adopted by the house today, 313 to 12 It now goes back to the senate and then to President Wilson
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
FRANCIS SHAW ARRivEs-Fr

eis A. Shaw, Jr., arrived in Phoenix from California last evening The pur- pose of his visit will he explained full ly in The Republican tomorrow, to- gether with the brides name and oth- CT particulars.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28

chair was varied only by shifting to the other side as he returned a low, "No.'
 ! Do you want to say that you hung
Arizona republican., 1916-06-28
WILSON TO CALL
 JOINT SESSION
 PERHAPS TODAY

Continued from Page One) that plan which did not involve a military status quo in Mexico and the consequent hampering of GeneraI
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22
Il ElzC<S Old YzRGZNA IL4lNS0YC

have been uup and Jest around the hospitable
board. Love affairs begun and harmless jealousy
be easily discerned. The "lancers' is the next
figure. couple steals off after the set is over,
secluded lounge in the hall offers opportunity for
the "sweet nOthings," or maybe true love calico
forth by the propitious time and place.
The negro servants stand around the hall door
and watch with fascinated gaze the many couples
as they go through the dances. Happiness fairly
CLEANS on their dark faces
The night is waning. already the ROSTERS have
crowed for three o'clock" From now oil until de
brek er day. the dancing keeps up, and when the
first red streak appears the horizon the volins
play Home Sweet Home" 1t seems that the fid-
dlers fairly excel themselves they draw their
bows for this, the last waltz. The dancers swing
to the steady rhythm Of the music. The music
ceases. The dance is over and one more old-time
Virginia Christmas gathering is memory. The host
and hostess speed the parting guests. and pres
emily the great house. is quiet
The Customs Inherited
The customs inherited from English ancestors
will never be forgotten in this section of "Ole
Virginny" where the plantation owner was very
king, where the smaller farmers had their own
peculiar pleasures, and where the negroes
following the example of "de wife fokes) have
always made merry in the Yuetide season, fol-
lowing the time-honored customs which have ex-
listed so long that like the common law, "the men,
DRY of man runneth not to the contrary"
Changes have taken place in this favored Sec
ton, many of the Oldest families have sold their
ancestral homes and moved to the cities. The
numerous well-known estates have passed into the
hands of wealthy persons from the North and
West but in spite Of changes, the spirit of Christ
animates the natives of all classes and is
caught by the strangers within the gates" for
the Northern and Western folks that have settled
and made their homes with us in nearly every
case enter into the social life of the communities
I'm they sea-
son join hands with the natives-all in humor for
the week of frolicking.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

universal you will hear the baying of the hounds
and the cheering of the mounted hunters as they
pursue the crafty fox through fields and woods on
Christmas morning.
The Christmas dinner is more or less formal
function and it is likely that the family and the
guests will be in place when the blessing Is asked
by the host Even the allurements of the hunt will
not make the men overlook the time-honOred Gus
tom of being in place when the stuffed gobbler is
served.
The Country Dance.
In the evening all join in the old-time country
dance The very name suggests quadriIles, Ian
GERS, two-steps, values and even perhaps, the
schottish. These delightful recreatons still OBJ
served come from the mother country" and have
fourished in east Virginia for three centuries.
Nothing is more joyous than Christmas dance
on Virginia plantation, where observance Of the
season is inherited, where the servants are ne
groes, the hddlers are negroes and thoroughly IA
miliar with the dear old dance music fondly re-
membered by those of ante bellum days. Invita-
tons have brought out the countryside, whose
social position deserves the courtesy. The great
house" is decorated with all the evergreens Of the
season. Bright fires burning and the servants
on hand to wait on the "wite foxes"
The night is a starry one, and rime Of frost
has settled over the landscape. Outside there Is a
rumble of vehicles over the slightly frozen road
leading to the house, bugges carriages perhaps
four-mule wagon, with its gay crowd Of young
people, the black jehu guiding his team and COM
ing in a rapid trot There may be one two au-
tomobiles.
The big front door is thrown open, a blaze Of
genial light welcomes the incoming guests who
shake hands with the host and hostess standing
within the portals Upstairs go the "gyrls' to the
ladies ROOM" while the gentlemeRgo to the room
assigned them. All is hustle and happy prepare
ton for the coming dance.
Nine o'clock chimes from the timepiece on the
parlor mantel. The lively bevy of maidens are
trooping down the broad stairs. What visions of
loneliness these highbred Virginia girls land
they charge the very atmosphere with coquetry.
Young gentlemen offer hurried requests for the
dance. Then the real revelry begins with the
fiddlers call of Choose yo' pahdhahs TO de fus'
quaddril."
Turkey In the Straw"
There is a graceful sweep of skirts across the
well-waxed floor, a clasp of hands the couples
fall In place. The scraping of vions to the tune
of Turkey In the Straw" and the head fiddler
calls "fohwud fo'." One dance follows another
with short intermission, until supper is announced
at II o'clock. Then the musicians play march
for the couples as they make their way to the
big dining ROOM
Around the heightened mahogany table is
spread feast At for the gods Cold turkey tur-
key salad, picked oysters, cold ham, celery
olives, beaten biscuit thin waters. fruits, cake and
black coffee. AT 1 80 dancing Is resumed. There