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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22

County Attorney w. H. Fisher re-
turned Wednesday afternoon from a
trip to Pressure Isle, where he had
been on matters; .of legal business
Mr.. Fisher said yesterday in speak
ing. Of his trip.sthat one feature Of
the prosperity of Aroostook county
was impressed upon him by the ar
rival Tuesday of a train Of 46 freight
cars, each loaded with Buick auto
mobiles there being lot of these
autos in all. And that was only one
SHIPMENT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22
OPERA HOUSE
Next Week Bob OFT and His Musical
Comedy Company Will Be Seen at
the Opera House

the Opera House
Next week Bob OFT and his musical
comedy company will be seen at the OPP
era house. Bob OFT is the most initial
ed man on the American stage. His style
is strictly his own-in other words, per-
sonality. Therefore his followers are only
wasting time. His personality spells orig
inality. People like him because he is
funny without being vulgar. Other come
dams gain laughs. but they are not legi:-
innate laughs-they are laughs enjoyed by
men when they are away from homo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22

Women's, boys, girls fleeced union
suits, all sizes, 5059c. H. J. Merrick.
Dec16d2w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22

Weber & Hewett's Bran Bread-al-
ways fresh Observation-Disclosures and
healthful. Also at Hallowell Branch.
Dec 19d5t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22

Smoke sale of millinery, commencing
Friday. Great bargains. Call early. l..
C. Cochrare, 259 Water street.
Dec 19d5t"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22
LOCAL NOTICE

For a Christmas Gift.
A few dictionaries at the Journal
Counting Room, Augusta, at CSC. BY
mail, $1.05. dec22-2 %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22

Clearance Sale of Christmas Goods
and Millinery. Everything in Millin-
cry below cost. M. c. CARET. 49,
Water ST., Augusta, Me, next to the
Colonial Theatre.
Dec19d5t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22

Friday, December q, 1916.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
A WARNING TO INVESTORS.

Realizing that thousands of dollars
of hard earned savings are lost every
year through investments in worthless
stocks, despite the efforts of dealers
in legitimate securities to prevent such
investment, the national vigilance
committee of the Associated Adver-
Using Clubs of the World is warning
prospective buyers Ito investigate be-
fore investing
Question which, it is urged, should
be answered with proof to the salts
faction of the buyer before an invest
ment is made, are included in a bull
letin issued by the committee. Some
of the questions follow:
What relation does the capitaliza-
ton of the company bear to the ac-
tual or reasonably probable near flu
ture value of the property"
How is money raised by sale of
stock to be used %
What commissions are being paid
for the selling of the stock?"
What, if any, promotion stock has
been giveA the promoters?"
When can you reasonably expect
the stock to earn cash dividends"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
Jayhawker Jots

Not that it matters much but the
high school correspondent of the st.
John County Capital spells it ''weeny'
roast.
AS a Decatur county paper says,
after recounting a train wreck in
which an engineer and fireman were
killed: This was certainly a fatal ac-
cident.'
And the probabilities are that so
and So" also figures prominently in
the conversation incident to the meet
ings of the Sew and Sew club OF
Toronto, Woodson county.
A woman living south of Macksville
recently INDUCED in such a yawn that
it resulted in the locking of her jaws
Physicians found it necessary to ad-
minister an anesthetic before reducing
the dislocation.
Commenting on the observation of
Vice President Marshall that in the
presence of love, science is silent the
Kansas City Journal remarks: In 9TH
er words, the fellow who hungers for
a kiss gives no thought to the germ
theory.
They tell it on a certain dignified
Newton merchant who walked home
to lunch Wednesday, says the Newton
Kansan Republican. that he suddenly
found his rotund body smashing
against the slippery walk. A Fifth
desiring to be sociable, inquired: Mis-
ter do you think the walk would be
slick enough to skate on
| More concrete proof of the posi-
| biHties of advertising, as presented by
| the Toronto Republican: Jake Hase
advertised for a lost dog, in our last
issue. 1t paid. The dog evidently got
onto it and came home before the pa
per was printed. Then, Friday even
ing, Guy Singleton phoned us that a
dog answering the description had
been at the Gus Timm place for a
few days. Jake now has chance to
own two dogs from one three-line ad-
Vertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

each case as determined by organiza-
lions of scholars who have investi-
gated. With regard to the Nearing
case at the University of Pennsylvania,
DR.. Capen says: Because of DR..
hearings advocacy of child labor laws
and his indictment of various other
forms of Industrial injustice-activi-
ties which have been sharply criticized
in the past by certain of the more
conservative elements among the con-
stituency of the university-the press
of the east and various groups of
alumni, faculty. and students have as
sumed that these activities constitute
the grounds for his dismissal. The is
sue has been interpreted as one of free
speech. The case has seemed to the
friends of academic freedom to be of
sufficient Importance to justify its in
vestigation by a committee of the
American Association of University
Professors"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
PAsTEuRIzED MILK.

That there is no valid objection to
pasteuriZation when properly per
formed and that the process makes
safer even the most carefully handled
and inspected milk, is the conclusion
Of new professional paper of the
federal department of agriculture, in
which are set forth the most recent
conclusions of scientists in regard to
this matter. 1t seems probable, says
this paper, that within the next two
years a large proportion of the milk
supply in the large cities will be pas
teurized. There is already a marked
tendency in tEis direction. About
ten years ago only per cent of the
milk supply of New York city was
pasteurized. In 1914 ss per cent was
treated in this way. At the present
time so per cent of the milk supply
of Boston is pasteurized. and there
are corresponding increases in many
of the smaller cities. Before the val
ne of pasteurization as a hygienic
measure was as well recognized as it is
today. it was practiced in secret by
number of milk dealers a means of
preserving milk and preventing it
from souring. It's commercial value
in this respect is undoubtedly great,
but its chief function is the destruc-
ton of disease-producing organisms.
Proper pasteurization should destroy
about 80 per cent of all the bacteria in
the milk, although when the bacterial
count of the raw milk is low the re-
duction may be somewhat smaller.
The efficiency of the process, it is
pointed out. can not be based on the
per cent, but rather on the character
of the bacteria destroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

Is there real academio freedom in
Anne :can colleges and universities?
Are professors allowed to speak their
minds freely. or are they merely
hired men" to be engaged and dis
charged without assigned cause at the
pleasure of the university trustees?
These and other questions affecting
free speech in American institutions
of higher learning are discussed
by DIR. S. P. Capen, specialist in
higher education of the federal bu-
reau of education in his current review
of the year made to the secretary of
the interior THAT there is always
some pressure exerted in academic
communities, as elsewhere, to keep
radical propagandists quiet and to dis
courage destructive criticism of the ex-
listing order none will deny" declares
DIR. Capen. Its extent varies with the
institution. As a rule, it is exerted
subtly, often unconsciously, in large
universities which are supposedly free.
Generally it vanishes as soon as the
right of free speech is publicly
preached. Within the past two or
three years, however. there have been
so many occurrences of disciplinary
dents of prominent institutions against
professors reputed to hold unortho-
dox political, economic, or religious
views that the question of academic
freedom has become temporarily one
of the foremost issues in university
administration. Upon it's correct set
tlement depends not only the integrity
of the universities, but. more remotely.
10 Of A oric cd
ton. The question is particularly
acute in private foundations. Are the
tru-.ees the employers of all persons
connected with the university, the
owners of the business, as it were,
whose will is law and not subject to
question? Has the faculty a moral, if
no, legal. right to be heard in mat
tiers relating to appointments and dis
missals? In state universities the
trustees are less likelJ to resort to
star chamber tactics because the pub
lie has the power to force an account
ing. Still instances are not unknown
where the governing boards of state
institutions have behaved as if the in
situations under their control belonged
to them. and neither the educational
officers nor the public had the right
to demand reasons for their acts. Are
any boards of trustees, whether OF
public or private institutions, exempt
from responsibility to the public? Is
any university even If partly or wholly
supported by private endowment, q
private institution? Does the measure
of its accountability to the public diff
fer frcm that of the state university? p
Cases of alleged breach of academic
freedom during the past s months, af
feeling Lafayette college, the Univer-
sitv of Utah, and the University Of
Pennsylvania. are reviewed by DR.
; Capen, together with the findings il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
Globe Sights
81 TIE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Money will often bring a title but no
brains.
If YOU are in the chicken business
chickens are birds.
More or less foolishness puts on a
parade disguised as ethics.
Don't be a jelly fish; the jelly fish
doesn't even make good jelly.
Some married people don't live to-
gether, but just exist together.
While a woman may not want to
go, she certainly wants to be invited.
Aside from the grub, a man isn't
greatly interested in the table decora-
tons.
1t is difficult to convince a farmer
that one can do a days work in eight
hours.
All weather is good weather, after
a man has been cooped up inside for
few years.
A lot of people are sure they are
right. without going ahead to any
marked degree.
The work habit is harder to learn
than loafing, but it is a habit that
is easier to break.
If you haven't lick of sense when
you get mad you haven't an over
abundance at any other time.
1t shouldn't be such a serious task
to read the mind of one who would
consult clairvoyant for that pur-
pose.
You like to be treated in a way that
makes YOU feel well of yourself and
makes it possible to also feel your
pocketbook.
This is the season of the year when
YOU see incubators in the store win
dows, and some fairly well developed
chickens coming from the matinees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

THURSDAY, is Thrift Day. OF course,
the sooncfltho habit of thrift is cul-
tivated, the better it is for the culti-
ua4or. But this is one Of the activities
that it is decidedly better late than
never to undertake. And if you haven't
begun to prepare for the rainy day
that may be just around the corner
the best time to begin is now. The
longer you put off making The start,
the less you'll have when the need for
it comes. The thrift of the people Of
France, her peasants, male that ma
ton the banker of the world that she
was before The war began.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

rows of sunburst roses. A vase of
roses stood on the buffet. In the hall
was a tall crystal vase of pink roses,
and vases and baskets of pink roses
decorated the drawing room. In the
den were white roses, and red adorned
the breakfast room. Draped across
the upper hall. and falling over the
newell posts at the foot of the stairway
were large American flags. In the
suite of rooms upstairs given to the
President and Mrs. Wilson were bou-
quets of sweet peas and hyacinths.
Luncheon in Five Courses.
The luncheon was served in five
courses, and for the benefit of per-
turbed housewives who look forward
to feeding future presidents and their
brides, 1 am telling what a presiden:
may be expected to eat. There is, of
course, the caviar; then cream of
mushroom soup. fried chicken and
picked peach; new creamed pota-
toes, Brussels sprouts, mint ice, nuts.
head lettuce with pecans and Thou
sand Island dressing: sponge cup des-
sert with whipped cream, and coffee.
The Topeka people who sat at the
table with President and Mrs. Wilson,
Mr.. Tumulty and DIR. Grayson were:
Governor and Mrs. Capper. Mayor and
Mrs. J. Z. House and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Webb.
Mrs. CapperS gown was OF brown
and gold. The body of the costume
was brown cloth, edged with fur, and
draped with gold lace. In the parade
she wore a taupe velvet cloak with
beaver collar. and her hat was a gold
colored turban with Paradise trim
ming at one side.
Mrs. House wore a pretty afternoon
gown of pastel blue silk. with chiffon
sleeves, and the overdrapery of the
bodice was of gold lace. Her hat was
of gold lace and trimmed with tulle
and fur. She wore a bouquet of or
chids. mIgnonette and violets.
Mrs. Webb wore a tailored after
noon gown of chamois colored broad
cloth, trimmed with skunk fur. Her
hat was of brown satin. She wore 2
corsage bouquet of violets and purple
orchids.
Compliments the City.
The luncheon was finished and the
party ready to leave by ten minute.
before one. And this is the bouque
the presidents wife flung to the town
II have never been in any city wher,
the schedule of arrangements was 81
we'll and so promptly adhered to-"
Some Washington snobs have haS
a good deal to say about Mrs. Wilson
that disqualified her for the position
she holds. One would almost thinl
she had been tramping about peddlin.
silver trinkets and glass vinegar cruet
to read the articles that have bee
written of her "shop-keeping past; ;
whereas. the truth seems to be tina
this woman by beauty, culture an
charm might be the daughter of
hundred earls.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
RAILROADS AND PUBLIC.

In the February number of Worlds
Work. in a significant article on rail-
road regulation, Otto II. Kahn says:
There is no country where the ca
pacities of representative of business
are so little availed of IN government
al and political affairs, their views so
ilttle needed and so frequently re-
buffed, where legislation affecting
economic. Industrial. and financial
matters is framed. and the resulting
laws administered with such disre :
gard of the counsel and expert lznowl-
edge of business men as in the United
states. Fortunately, thera
have been indications within the re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

anything like it, but I've made some
swindorful resolutions for the New
Year this time"
Now listen to me and the whole
comedy" Anne curled up on the bed
confidentially. THE man you were to
marry is right down smoking with
Rolf this minute. He's Madison
Forbes, with money. position, every
thing, my dear. But he didn't think
you'd try to make the trip such a
night. so I've been 'phoning madly
everyv here to find out if you had ar
rived and where. Then 1 would have
tried to get to you. We sent out
car and it couldn't get through, and
the horses couldn't either"
Don't worry" Winifred smiled at
her reflection in the triple mirror at
the dressing table. 81 don't give a
rap about the money or position or
anything. Anna. We've been right out
into the primitive world together
lost in the snow. and I'd go with him
to the ends of the world if this blessed
old world had any ends. He said,
just as we were driving in here. it was
the most promising New Years he
had ever known."-(Copyri 1916,
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
FOR MILITIA ARMY
National Guard Delegate Urges Plan
Before House Members.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Representa-
tives of the executive committee of the
National Guard association continued
before the house military committee
today argumntS in behalf of recognize
ing the organized militia as the main
strength of the country's first line
army. Gen. w. F. Sadler, of New Jer-
sey, said that if congress would pro-
vide for the organization of the guard
on the basis of 500 men for every con-
gressional district, the force would
total 265.000 men on a peace footing
which could be doubled for war.
General Sadler said the annual total
of a militia pay bill would be about
$780, 900. Estimates on the con-
tinental army. he added. ranged from
$4O,0OO.0OO to 100000.
General Sadler insisted that guards
men went into the service because they
believed they would be sent to the
front in case of war. and if they were
now superseded by the continental
army, he was certain he could not re-
tain 80 per cent of his present force 80
DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News. ]

From the chicago News
Motto of the confidence man
Watch and prey"
Many a man who seeks fame finds
nothing but infamy.
Too many men pray for things they
are too lazy to work for.
One should learn to talk well-also
when it is well not to talk
slip of the tongue is often more
serious than slip of the foot.
Home is a bower of bliss to some
men only when it's the left bower.
Any man whose will power is all in
his wife's name is to be pitied.
But an heiress never has cause to
doubt her husbands love for her
money.
Most people would rather listen to
undeserved praise than to merited
criticism.
No, Claud, a man isn't necessarily a
simpleton merely because he lives the
simple life.
Fortune knocks once at every mans
door, but misfortune usually crawls in
at the open window
The difference between stealing and
embezzling depends altogether on the
size of the pile that the thief gets
away with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
Journal Entries

Friends are also convenient to blame
things on.
Nearly everybody who sings mud
has soiled hands of his own.
= + =
With most men the hardest kind of
job is finding another one.
+ +
Too many mems idea of justice is a
law for others that should not be ap-
piled to themselves.
+ +
At that, it is preferable to exchange
harsh words rather than bricks, or
rolling pins and frying pans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

cent past which justify the hope that
this condition of affairs is about to
change and that prejudices and an
tagonisms which have been prevalent
all too long are beginning to give way
to more suspicious relations. AS cor
porations have learned the lesson
that their well-being depends upon
their so conducting themselves as to
deserve the goodwill and support of
public opinion, so the people have
learned that their own prosperity and
the prosperity of the basic industries
Of the country are inter-dependent."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
LOCAL MENTION.

A meeting of the employers of labor
in the city of Topeka will be held at
the Commercial club rooms at D. m.
Friday evening. February 4. The re-
port of the committee appointed at a
plans for the organization of a State
Employers association will be perfect
ed. A full attendance of all employers
Of the city is desired.-Adv
Offices at the court house were
closed during the Wilson parade on
Kansas avenue this morning
Glass and glazing. call $40 x.
Jones Paint Co.-Adv.
Midwinter prices: Gold filled frame
reading glasses s1.9S. Fitted by Mr..
and Mrs. 6. E. Mcfarland, sos Kansas
avenue ADV.
Painless dental work at moderate
prices at the white Dental Par!ors,
500 Kansas Ave, Phone 71d---Adv
Glass, Glazing and Paint Miller G.
Gillespie. s3S K A. Phone ?55.-Adv.
Joseph H Davis, age %, Usage City.
Usage City were carried today by
Judge Hugh Mcfarland in probate
court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
SENATE REJECTS ADD
TO PHILIPPINE BILL

Washington, Feb. 2.-The senate re-
jected today, SO to 16, an amendment
by Senator Cummins to the Philip
pine bill which would give the people
of the islands their independence only
after they had voted in favor of being
freed from United States control.
Vice President Marshall cast a de-
Gliding vote helping to pass the Clark
amendment to withdraw the SOW
ereignty of the United States from the
islands not sooner than two years and
not later than four. Fifteen Demo-
Gratis voted against it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.l
Weeping for joy must be the quint-
essence of pessimisn.
Virtue is its own reward. All the
heroes don't draw pensions.
The man who doesn't care what
anybody thinks may get SO callous as
to develop corns on his conscience.
Nell-'Did he ever ask you for
kiss?' Belle-''No, he's the sort of
fellow who is apt to take things for
granted"
The Cynical Bachelor rises to re-
mark that the man who says he is
married and glad of it is either an OPP
tomist a liar.
Wigg-'It is impossible for a man
to be in two places at once" Wagg-
Yes, unless his lawyer is slick enough
to prove an alibi for him.
When you beg a girl for a kiss and
she turns you down it naturally makes
you peevish to see the way she slob-
bers over a 6-weeks-old baby.
Every man should be ambitious to
get to the top" remarked the Wise
Guy. Yes. there's a heap of salts
faction in being in a position where
we can look down on Others" added
the Simple Mug.
1.-The young man who has no bad
habits said the clergyman, stands
the best chance of marrying a rich
mans daughter Yes, 1 guess he is
less expensive to maintain than the
other kind unused the young man.