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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05

The Waterville High school baseball
team is hard at work for the game
with Cony on Saturday. On the dope
based on the result of the games be-
tween Waterville and Lawrence and
Cony and Lawrence, Cony should be
able to take the Waterville boys into
camp. but Coach Fraser's charges are
not letting that work them in the
least and will go to Augusta prepared
to give the down-river boys a good
fast contest. 1t is felt by the boys that
they were OF form in the Lawrence
game and that they will be able to
como back in good shape for the Cony
contest. The pupils Of the school are
planning on going down in a body and
It Is probable that a special electric
car will be obtained to take them back
and forth. A number of the townspeo-
pie will also take advantage of the
opportunity to see the boys play.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05

Although the country roads are dry
ing UP rapidly there still continues to
be bad holes through which it is i'm
possible to drive an automobile A
number from the city have started out
during the past week but practically
without exception they have had to
be hauled out sometime on their jour-
ney. The holes are open short and for
the remainder of the way car can
get along without trouble. A large car
from the Belgrade lakes succeeded in
getting as far as the foot of Penney
hill on Wednesday where it had to be
hauled out. The car finished its trip
into town and the owner started back
with 1t and was again stalled in the
same place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05
SAMUEL COHEN'S
MURDERERS GET
LIFE SENTENCES

Boston, May 4.-Life sentences in
the State prison were imposed today
upon Frank ]. Tracey and Delavan J.
Rogers. who were found guilty last
Monday Of second degree murder for
the killing of Samuel Cohen, a junk
man. Cohen was shot after being lured
to house in the South End for pur-
poses Of robbery. Tracey was captured
later at Jersey City, N. j.. and Rogers
at Fort Madison. la. At the trial each
accused the other Of the shooting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05
POLL TAXES
ARE EARLY

Tax Collector Sanger N. Annis is
sending out the poll tax notices to the
men Of the city. the poll taxes this
year being committed on May l in
stead OF later and with the real and
personal estate taxes. The new date
for commitment is expected to result
in many more Of the taxes being paid,
as the collector is now in position to
go after the people who there is doubt
about staying in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05

Washington, May 4.-The Hollis
farm loan bill, embodying the admin
istration plan for establishing a sys-
TEN of rural credits, passed the Sen
ate tonight by a vote Of So to 5.
Senators Brandegee, Lodge, Oliver.
Page and Wadsworth, all Republicans,
voted against the measure.
The bill after almost two weeks OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05

When a poplar plank from Tennes-
Sc was split open by Junius F. Bishop
Of Binghamton. N. Y, it was found to
contain eighteen bullets. which, from
their shape and caliber. are thought 20
have become imbedded in the tree dur
ing the civil war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05
Hollis Farm Loan
Bill Passes Senate

debate passed the Senate virtually as
reported by the banking committee.
A somewhat similar bill has been re-
ported by the House banking commit
tee and, it is said, will be brought up
for consideration in the House soon.
Like the Senate measure. it would cre-
ate a chain of farm loan banks. but 1t
differs in means Of operation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05

Waterville baseball fans who are in
League team for this city are asked
to meet at the city council rooms Fri
day evening at 730. when the PROPOSE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05
GERMAN REPLY

Continued from Page One)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-05
Manifesto of Feb. 8

The German memorandum Of Feb
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-03-22

y Shoes are going higher 1t is predicted
that big rise in prices will be effective in
a short time. The offers made in this de-
partment are especially good at this time. :,
Child's $500 Tan Button Shoes 49,. ST 80
Child's $3.50 Box Calf Butcher shoes ST 90
Child's 1925 High Top Shoes ...... ST So
Child's $3.50 Kid Button Shoes ..... $1.15
Misses SITS Box Calf Butcher Shoes ST .25
Misses $3.50 High Tops Shoes ..... $1.S5
Misses 1925 Tan Button Shoes ..... $1.7O
Youths sits Heavy Shoes ....... ST 40
Boys SITS Wei Kid Butcher Shoes. 81. 40
Ladies' $500 Chocolate, Button, low "
heels Observation-Disclosures. 1925
Ladies' $2.75 Tan Button Shoes 49,. $1.95
Ladies' $3.50 Tan Button Shoes go. 1915
Ladies' $3.50 Patent Leather, lace ~. $3.50
Ladies' Kid, button, cloth top ...... $3.50
Ladies Kid, button, cloth top ....... Sits
Mems Tan Shoes lace, English toe. $29j
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-21

else can live without fixed nitrogen.
There is an unlimited quantity of nj
trogen in the air. about us. We are
not impressed with the high impor-
lance of fixing it, until we need it in
order to blow each other to pieces.
You'd think that all of mans study
and effort would have been devoted
to fixing nitrogen for years past. No,
they've studied this Hfe-giver with
the view of destroying life. But,
really, the fellow who puts cheap nj
trogen next to our radish or beet is
greater than he who throws a 2-ton
shell 25 miles and wipes out town
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-21

FtEAR Us WHOOPs-At the risk
of a shower of bricks from the peace
anyhow folks, we're going to whoop
it up for that part of the administra-
tons army bill providing for nitro
gen-making plant, making this coun-
try absolutely independent Of all 9TH
-ers in the manufacture of gunpOw-
der. .
Our whoOp is not wholly a war
whOOp. We hope that that plant will
have time, between wars, to turn out
nitrogen for feTtiIzing purposes.
We have in hand pkt. Tadish seed,
1 pkt. beet seed, 1 spade, 1 hoe, 1
rake and II circulars declaring that
all fertilizers containing much nitro
gen have become so high-priced that
it's a shame to put them in the
ground. Yet, to our eager, frost-bit-
p ten nOstrils there cOmeth (occa-
siOnany) the breath of the glad
spring. The lawn steameth in the
balmy sunshine (nOw, and them and
the first robin cocketh one eye and
grabs at the early worm And the
spirit to dig and plant boileth over in
our soul
If there is a successful government
nitrogen factory there1l be others.
Our atmosphere is loaded with nitro
gen; it's free, and we cannot lay it
beside our radish and our beet. It
must be fixed. More power to the
administration or the bill that fixes
it, is our whoOp.
We mankind are funny creatures,
aren't we? Neither we nor anything
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-21
CLOSE TO 1T

At the University of California a
freshman was asked by one of the
professors whether he had proved a
certain proposition in Euclid. well,
sir" said the freshman, proved is
a rather strong word, but will say
that I have rendered it highly prob
able Argonaut.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-28

riment of schools and children.
Well rounded, fully developed
communities find the following
factors worthy of consideration
and i'm the work of the commun-
ity growth these can set a stand
ard we'll worth following:
1. Productivity of the soil.
2. Market and Transporta-
ton Facilities.
3. Good Roads and Streets.
a.. Good schools and churches
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-28
WAS 1T EXCUSABLE?

WYE remember of having one
w time sat in a court room
when two young ruffians were
brought before the court to
plead to a criminal charge. The
complaint recited that the two
had sand bagged an old Plan, re-
lieved him of his bank roll and
then kicked him out of the back
door of a saloon into the snow on
a zero night.
The prisoners plead guilty to
the charge but one of them
sought to excuse their crime by
saying, ooh, well, the old man
was on one of his periodical
DRINKS and if we hadn't gotten
his money he would have spent
his last nickel over the bar and
we needed it much worse than
did the saloonkeeper."
While we can fully appreciate
the prisoners excuse we could
never understand how it justi-
fled the crime or in any way less
ened the Nervousness of the Of
tense.
We are reminded of this incl
dent by an editorial in last
weeks Prosser Independent-Re-
cord, which concludes as follows:
Gin our mind there is not question
but that the board of county commits
sioners was acting within its power
when it passed the resolution bonding
the county, and there certainly would
have been no objection on the part of
Kennewick had the bonds been voted
to make the improvement in the Co.
lumbia River town. Neither do we
believe there would be any kick down
there should the commissioners decide
to bond the county to build a bridge
across the Columbia river, and in all
probability the people of Kennewick
would consider $40 bonds reason
able. Yes, it makes a great deal of
difference whose OK is gored."
Now, if the Prosser editor is
willing to grant validity to the
two ruffians' excuse and chooses
to argue that instead of being
sentenced upon their plea of gull
ty they should have been given
their liberty and the old mans
money returned to them because
they needed it and because the
saloonkeeper might have gotten
it, we will admit that his pre-
misses are correct and his logic
sound in the present contro-
versy.
Evidently some Of the Pros
ser citizens are of the opinion
that the people all up and down
the Columbia river lay awake
nights trying to devise ways and
means for building a bridge
across the Columbia river. AS
a matter Of fact, the only time
the editor of this paper ever
hears any bridge talk is when
he goes to Prosser or meets
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-28

5. An Intelligent Readin.
People.
6. Suitable Parks and Recre.
alton Grounds.
z. Pleasant and comfortable
homes.
A careful study of these far.
tors will show the ideal in rurs,
life, not the imaginary unobtain.
able, but the possible which c.n
exist under best conditions,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-28

some Prosser citizen. We have
never been very backward in
shouting the needs of the COM
munity or advocating any enter
prise which we considered of
benefit to Kennewick. We chal-
lenge the Prosser editor to point
out where this paper has ever
placed itself on record as favor
ing the building of a bridge or
has so much as intimated that it
would favor a bond issue for
such a purpose. If he will con-
suit the back files he will find,
however, that we have gone on
record as opposed to bonding the
county for building a bridge at
this time. We have always adj
vocated the building of good
roads on either side of the river
that this point might be fixed as
one of the main highway cross
ings and that the building of a
bridge might be adopted as a
part of the states road building
program.
This is where we stand and
have stood on the bridge propo-
sition and were a county bond is
sue proposed tomorrow for the
purpose of bridging the Column
bia we should oppose it. Neither
would we have favored a bond
issue a month or two months
ago that we might have gotten
the taxpayers money before the
courthouse conspirators got it.
One thing we are in favor of,
is either to discontinue the prac-
tice of electing predatory COM
missioners or the repeal of the
statute which gives them the
power to bond the county with
out the consent of the taxpayers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-28
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

- ROF. w. S. Thornber, direc-
/ tor Of the extension depart
ment of the. State College, is
publishing a series of articles
dealing with the factors of COM
munity development. In his in
troductory article he says:
The growth of a community
is a development of the largest
kind, with certain factors which
tend to make for success or fail
ure. In the first place, commun-
ity cooperation is absolutely es-
sential. It means more than the
getting together of a few bust
ness men for the purpose of
boosting the town. This is not
fair. Real community co-opera-
ton means that everyone gets
under the burden and boosts
business men, farmers, preach
ers, teachers, wives and children.
Some communities are lop-
sided - emphasizing Percheron
breeding for instance, to the det-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
YELLOWSTONE PARK
AS A LECTURE THEME

Charles Norton Hunt is to give an
illustrated lecture on Yellowstone Ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
SAYS He CAME TO
FIGHT RED SKINS
Cable Man Picked Up by Rock Island
Police Expected TO Find Rock Is
land Frontier Town.

Joe Linquist expected to find west
ern frontier scenes in Rock Island
when he set out for this city from his
home in Cable, police today declared
he had told them. So Joe placed an
old style Colt in his hip pocket as a
means of protection against Indians,
Police found today, when they ex-
amined the gun, that it could have
been put to little use as a weapon. If
was so rusty that it could not have
exploded the cartridges in its cham
bers
Joe was picked up by police Satur
day night and fined S25 and costs to-
day on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. The fine was RENTED and
he was released on payment of the
costs, when police communicated with
Gable and found that he was given
over to whims such as that of pre-
paredness" against Indians.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
FEEL yOUNC!
It's DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
For You!

Beware Of the habit Of constipation. It
develops from Just d few constipated days.
unless you take yourself in hand.
Coax the jaded bowel muscles back to
normal action with DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. the substitute for calomel
Don't force them to unnatural action
with severe medicines or by merely
flushing out the intestines with nasty
sickening cathartiCs
DR., Edwards believes in gentleness.
persistency and Natures assistance.
DR., Edwards Olive Tablets open the
bowels; their action is gentle, yet posi-
tive. There is never any pain or gripping
when Or. Edwards Olive Tablets are
used. Just the kind OF treatment old
persons should have.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are veg
etable compound mixed with olive oil.
you will know them by their olive color
Take one or two occasionally and have no
trouble with your liver, bowels or stomach
l0c and 25c per box All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus. @
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
ROBBERY STORIES
PR0VEEXPENSIVE
Rock Island Police Are Making Per.
sons Pay For Lying About Being
Relieved of Their Money.
RAID DIVE AND ARREST FOUR
Negro Complains That Woman Took
Sum From Him and He Is Remov-
ed TO Station With Inmates,

The popular hobby of running to the
police and complaining of being rob-
bed, when in reality no theft has TAX
en- place, is proving costly. One man
paid SIS and another IS for such acts
today.
The statement A. Carter, a negro,
made to Patrolman Berry Saturday
night that he had been robbed in a
colored dive on Twenty-second street
near Third avenue led to d raid of the
place. Maize Jackson was arrested as
the keeper and Odessa Goodlow and
Maude Southern were taken as in
mates. Investigation proved that Car
ter had had trouble with the Southern
woman and tried TO have her arrested
so that she would be incarcerated in
jail over Sunday Carter was fined SIS.
the same su mas the other inmates OF
the place, and the jackson woman
paid $25 and costs for being keeper OF
a house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
GREATEST BLOOD REMEDY
Gives Results When Others Fail
Natures Remedy For the Blood.

The purifying and curative properties
OF Natures great remedy have made as.
s. s. for the Blood" household saying.
Thousands today enjoying perfect health
owe their recovery from blood or skin
diseases TO this universally used blood
purifier. S. S. s. is made entirely from
roots, herbs and barks. which possess
cleansing and healing ingredients.
You cannot be well when your blood is
impure: you lack strength and energy
natural with health: your complexion
becomes pale and sallow: your vitality
IS weakened. When waste or refuse
matter. which Nature intends shall be
thrown off. is left in the system. it is
absorbed into the blood and boils, pim-
pies. rashes. blotches and other erup-
tions OF the skin appear.
S. e. S. goes into the circulation and
removes every particle Of blood faint or.
poison Of every character All skin dis
eases and eruptions pass away. and the
smooth clean skin. glowing with health
shows that the body is being nourished
by rich. pure blood. Rheumatism. Ca
tarrh, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poi
son, all are deep seated blood disorders,
and for their treatment nothing equals
g. s. s. Get s. S. S. at any drug store.
II yours is peculiar case write Swift
Specific Co. Atlanta, Ga
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
TANLAC ROMANCE
NOW FULLY TOLD
Its Launching and What Inspired 1t
Is at Last Explained.

Every few years someone suggests
something that will tend to better our
condition, whether it may pertain to
our business, our knowledge, convent
ence, or health, or our social state"
declared L. T. Cooper recently
ut has been my pleasure to offer
Tanlac to the world" he continued.
81 presented Tanlac on its merits,
knowing full well that it would prove
satisfactory if properly tested.
Confident as was Of the reception
Tanlac would receive, / confess | was
hardly prepared for the wonderful
popularity into which it at once
sprang. When it is considered that
just nine months to the day after
Tanlac was announced, one million
bottles had been sold, it can be IN
derstood that when the story of Tan
lac is called a romance of the business
world it is quite true.
'Tanlac appeals particularly to the
best people everywhere people who
are able to judge carefully and to
render Just opinion of its merits
Upon the thousands Of endorsements
Of such men and women Tanlacs as
tonishing success has been based
Great as is the demand for Tanlac
now, really feel that the country, as
a whole, is only just awakening to it.
"Tanlac, which is the joint product
Of Herr Joseph Won Trimbach, the
noted German chemist, and myself, is,
l believe, the most effective remedy
known for ailments Of the stomach,
liver and kidneys and for catarrhal
affections Of the mucous membranes.
1T is compounded Of roots, herbs,
barks and flowers. many of which
come from remote parts of the world,
and it is free from the mineral faint
feared by many persons.
81 have no doubht that Tanlac viii
be as successful in your city as it has
in every other in which it has been
introduced"
Tanlac now may be obtained in Rock
Island at the Riess drug store, where
it is fully explained.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
PAINTERS STRIKE
is AFFECTING 275
Only 10 In Membership of 3S5 a,
Work To-day, Majority of Contrac.
tors Refusing Demand.

Two hundred and seventy-f1ve union
painters and paper hangers are on
strike in the tri-cities today. One
hundred and ten are working for l.
boss painters who have met the in
crease asked by the union men three
months ago.
Indications were today that a meet
ing would be held soon between the
contractors and the men to talk over
the situation, and while perhaps no
agreement will be effected at the first
session, after a series of meetings it
is anticipated that a. compromise may
be reached.
The increase asked by the union
men is 10 cents per hour, from so
cents to 60 cents. This will amount
to so cents per day. The painters
say that the demand is Just and that
they will remain firm In their request
for a new contract providing raise.
The majority Of the p contractors in
the tri-cities have stated that they
will refuse to meet the demand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01
TALES ABOUT The |
EARLY DAYS TOLD.
Slim Gilbert. Former Rock Islander.
Writes Interesting Letter to
Phil Mitchell.
RECALLS MINING EXPERIENCE
Tells Of Making Overland Trip to Colo
RADIO with 800 Yoke of Oxen
in Year 1854.

J.B. Gilbert, 1906 Winnemac avenue,
Chicago, is another former Rock Is
lander, who is planning on attending
the big homecoming which is to be
the feature Of the Fort Armstrong
centennial celebration here next June.
Jim" as he is Familiarity known
among his old associates. has written
Phil Mitchell. his old school mate, the
following interesting letter, relative to
"reminiscences revived through the re-
ceipt OF a recent copy Of The Argus
telling Of the approaching home COM
ing:
Chicago, Ill. April q, 1916. My
Dear Schoolmate and Friend l just re-
ceived copy of the Rock Island Argus
which I suppose you sent me. l read
with interest, Mrs. Florence L. Gar
rott's letter TO YOU regarding the CEN
tennial celebration of Fort Armstrong
TO take place June IS to 25, this year,
I well remember the old fort on Rock
Island. l. with other boys have looked
over the old logs in that fort in search
of flint points Of Indian arrows. We
talked about the Black Hawk war and
the terrible times the white people had
on that island. The old Colonel Dayen-
port house was still there with its
history of the coloneIs death. No
other buildings that l remember.
Il also we'll remember when the
Black Hawk Mining company was
formed and the equipment crossed the
plains on wagons. l was a boy of IA
years of age at the time and was anx-
ious to make the trip to Colorado, but
my mother said No, you are too young.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-01

A. d. Kramer, claiming Davenport
as his home, rushed into the police
station Saturday night with the mes
sage to Chief Miller that he had been
robbed Of $73 He refused to divulge
details of the theft, declining to tell
where, when or by whom the robbery
was committed He insisted that the
chief follow him and and he would
show him the place and the person.
The chief ordered him searched and
$73 was found in one pocket and s.
in another When the money was laid
before him he became silent. Today
he paid $25 and costs for disorderly
conduct.