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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-02

place. If one Is lost return the other
to the secretary Of State, ACCOMPANIED
by 81 cents to pay for new set and
postage.
Do not attempt to operate any mo-
tor vehicle with any registration
plates other than those issued for that
particular vehicle or with only one
plate. Do not make registration plate
to take the place of the one lost. ANY
substitute plate will get you into
trouble.
Always carry registration certificate
IN the motor vehicle for which it was
issued, it will not protect any other
car.
DO not permit anyone to operate
your car unless he or she has an oper-
ators license.
Never permit any person under 16
years or age to operate your car. AL
ways carry your operators license on
your person or in your car while op
Grating
Always display 30 minutes after sun
SET until so minutes before sunrise.
Two white lights on the front of YOUR
car and one red rear light and a white
nsht plainly Illuminating rear regis
tratlon number plate.
operate your car always in a caro-
Iul manner. Reckless driving is resnon-
siole for nearly all the accidents which
oecor' see that you are not at fault.
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State Assessors Will Attend
New Eng. Tax Conference

Hon. Bertrand G. McIntire OF East
Waterford, chairman of the State
Board of Assessors, and Hon. John j.
Dearborn Of Newburg. member OF the
board. are planning to attend the sixth
annual conference of the New England
State Tax Officials Association. MI.
Dearborn OF the Maine Board OF As
SCISSORS is a member of the executive
committee Of the association.
This conference marks the annual
gathering of the state tax officials or
the New England states and in addi-
ton professors of economies. IN the
universities. representatives OF cham
bers of commerce and kindred organ
izations, attorneys -at-law and others
interested in subjects pertaining 70
taxation and public finance are m
vited to attend.
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ment OF agriculture. was at the office on
Friday, having business Of Importance.
Volume XIII Of the Maine Historical
Society's Reports. being a continuation
Of the Baxter's Manuscripts
Prof. and Mrs. Chaffee Of Gardiner High
school were callers Friday at the State
House looking up genealogical matter.
Miss Marie Mulvahill and Miss Hazel
Beane Of the industrial accident commits
sion force have returned from Clinton
where they were guests Of Mrs. George
Osborne. Miss Mulvahill was accompa-
North street.
Miss Lena Morton, stenographer at the
Bath Iron Works. passed Thanksgiving
at her home on Riverside Drive, remain
ing over for the weekend. and on Fri
day she called at the State House, Wis
iting her former associates in the hign-
way department and others of her friends
in the various offices.
]. NJ. Mountfort Of Augusta began WORK
Friday as feed stuff inspector in this VI
cinity and will work in Augusta and
Gardiner, later going to Gardiner on
work for the department. He fills the
place made vacant by Amos Turner. who
goes to Haverhill. Mass. where he has
charge Of a cutting room in shoe shop
Mr.. Mountfort has been in the State en-
ploy before, having been employed at
the Augusta State hospital.
Miss Marion Brainerd. legislative ref
erence clerk at the State library, has re-
turned from a Thanksgiving visit to her
brother, Judge Fred F. Lawrence Of
Skowhegan. She was accompanied by
her sister, Miss Ethel Brainerd.
John A. Cunningham Of Ellsworth,
member of the Executive Council, was
visitor Friday at the State House and
was engaged in work connected with the
tabulation of November election returns.
Erastus ]. Carter. State insurance COM
missioner was in Portland Friday on
business connected with the department,
principally in relation to fire matters
Deputy Sealer Of Weights and Measures
Percy S. Edgscqmb of Belfast stated FRI
day that thus far the local sealers OF 80
municipalities had failed to make their
reports to the department as the law re-
ouires. Included in this number are fve
cities In all IA reports came IN FRIDAY
morning and it is hoped that the other
delinquents will speedily respond.
John F. Connolly, superintendent OF
nuhlic printing. is in Portland on business
connected with the duties OF his once.
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Automobile Registration

Chief Harold 2. Davis of the Maine
Automobile Registration Bureau, de-
partment of State, has received the
printed matter necessary in sending
out notices and application blanks for
registration and operators for the sea-
son of 1917, and with his force is now
forwarding them by mail to every hold
err Of an 1916 license. The work will re-
quire about a week, some $4,000 bein,
the number.
being overlooked In this matter. Mr.
Davis wants the public to know that
ne Is beginning at the head of the list.
or with NO. l, and that the list will be
gone through with in order, so that the
holders of the last license number is
sued Will be the last to receive his no.
tlce and application blank.
That people are interested in being
on time in some cases is illustrated nv
the fact that already about 100 have
sent in their 1917 applications with the
important feature added-the cash.
They will Of course be the first to re-
ceiVe their numbers and licenses,
The secretary Of State is sending.
through the Registration Bureau, and
with the application blanks a card
bearing warnings. instructions. ETC.,
to all automobilists, which II observ-
ed. would do away with much of the
trouble constantly being reported from
all sections. They read as follows:
To Automobiles
Make application for your 1917 reg
istration now, dating application Jan.
1. 1917. Application cards herein en-
closed.
Attach your 1917 registration plates
to your motor vehicle after Dec. 81,
1916. at midnight. Attach one to the
front and one to the rear. each con-
spicuously placed so that the number
can be seen at a glance.
Never operate your motor vehicle
unless both registration plates are III
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Wala Mass Hunter Who Failed in 1915 to Secure License
Maine Now Pays Dearly $299 for His Forgeuness The
Application Blanks Being Sent Maine Sensible
Pointers for Auto Owners and OperatoPubic Utilities Hearings
and DesionLand Agent Mace Approves on of
Lands and ForeThe Forest Lookout Service Gov
errors Thanksgiving Assessors Attend England
Conference Dec 78 at Hartford Corporation Maers-Cha
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Aho AoiioWlAS matters were made pubJ;o
rioay at the office of the Maine pub-
lie Utilities Commission:
Ripley Telephone Co,
remission was granted the Ripley Tel.
ephone Co. to issue and sell stock NOT n
exceed III shares Of a value Of IS each.
~ each new subscriber, the proceeds 70
10 used in making extensions and bet
.erments to its telephone system. The
decision is dated Nov. %. 1916.
Next Weeks Hearing.
Hearings have been ASSIGNED for nax+
week as follows:
At 10 A. NJ. Tuesday. Dec. 5. at the
once OF the commission at the State
House. for the purpose of verifying the
reports OF the cost Of construction OF
certain extension work made in con-
formity with the commissions order of
June lS, 1916. to the Augusta Water Dis.
trict' Messrs. CLANCY and Hallett being
the petitioners in the case.
At $50 A. NJ. OF Thursday. Dec. 7 at
the supreme court room in the county
building at Portland regarding the "pri-
vate fire service rates. Of the Portland
Water District.
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Pleasant Pond GRANGE

Pleasant Pond Grange gave an Old
Folks ball. Thanksgiving eve. Cake ami
coffee were served at intermission.
Pleasant Pond Grange fair and sale will
be held Thursday. Dec. 1.-THE commit
tee IN charge Is Mrs. Elsie Barrows, Mrs
Minnie Barrett and G. H. Barrows
There Will be an ail-day meeting Dec. g.
election of officers and other business.
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The sessions will be informal in
character to a great extent and amin
teresting program has been arranged.
The meetings will be held at the Sem
ate chamber at the state capitol at
Hartford, Conn. on Thursday and Fri
day. Dec. and s. Addresses of well
come will be given by Hon. Marcus II.
Holcomb, Governor Of Connecticut,
and Hon. Frank A. Hegarty of Hart
ford, mayor of the city OF Hartford.
at the opening session on Thursday
morning and response will be made by
Hon. Albert o. Brown of New Hamp-
shire. Chairman McIntire. Mr.. Dear
born and Wilbur F. Dresser, the mem
bers of the Maine board, are slated to
speak at the Friday morning session
upon the progress of tax legislation
in Maine in 1916 and the outlook for
1917.
Among the subjects which will be
discussed at the conference by recog-
niZed taxation and finance experts
are: The ideal system of taxation for
New England, taxation of business
corporations, property apportionment
for purposes of insurance taxation, the
state income tax, state supervision or
local tax officials and valuation, taxa
ton of personal property, gross earn
ings taxation, the corporate excess
tax. tax Limitation laws, habitation
and occupation taxes, inheritance tax
alton, uniform public municipal ac-
counting, the manner of appointment
of state, county and municipal assess
ors.
There will also be round table con-
Quoted by Hon. William B. Fellows Of
New Hampshire, at which various tax
alton TOPICS will be discussed inform
allv. Among the speakers who will
have a part on the general program
are Prof Fred r. Fairchild Of Yale
University, secretary of the National
Tax Association; Prof. Charles ]. Bull
lock, Harvard University: J. F. Zoller.
Schenectady, n. Y, tax attorney of the
General Electric Co.: former Governor
Simeon E. Baldwin, chairman of the
Connecticut special tax commission;
Hon. Henry w. Bond, income tax dep
uty Of Massachusetts; Alfred E. Hol-
comb of New York, tax attorney
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.;
Francis n. Whitney of New York, tax
attorney Western Union Telegraph
Co.; Major F. G. Macomber, editor
Hartford Globe; Hon. George E. Hin
man, attorney general of Connecticut;
Charles J. Tobin, secretary OF the New
York Tax Association.
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State House Chat

Tne next meeting OF the Maine Highway
commission will be held on Thursday,
Dec. IL. at the Hotel Lafayette in Port
land. Important business is scheduled to
come before the board for consideration.
Assistant State Librarian VIM. F. Liv-
ingsson is passing the Thanksgiving re-
cess with his daughter in Boston.
NJ. c. Fitzgerald Of Bath, apple inspec-
tor with the bureau of inspection, depart
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The Lookout Service.

Frank E. Mace Of Augusta. State
land agent and forest commissioner. in
his annual report which was filed with
the Governor and Council Friday
speaks as follows Of the lookout SER
vice for this year:
with the heavy fall Of snow late in
the spring and the already large
amount Of snow in the woods, the Tor
ests were safe from fire throughout the
early part Of the season. AS a conse-
quence. no lookouts were manned I'M
I'll May first. During the month OF
May virtually the entire lookout force
were put on with the exception OF those
OF the Androscoggin watershed where
the watchmen were not ordered on un-
til after June first.
a few Of the more unimportant sta
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The big granite State House on FRI
day morning resumed its business ac-
tivity, although some Of the heads Of
departments and clerks did not respond
to roll call. planning to make their
Thanksgiving recess an over-Sunday
one. Business was brisk enough
throughout the building, but news"
was not real plentiful. Among the in
teresting matters found were the fol-
lowing:
Fish and Game
Report has been made to the Maine
Commissioners OF Inland Fisheries and
game by S. L. Worcester of Machias,
chief game warden for Washington
county, of the prosecution before Tri-
al Justice Henry w. Sawyer of Ma
chias on Nov. IS of f. S. ST George
of Waltham, Mass. for hunting with
out a license in the season Of 1915.
st. George was here last fall and
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The Governors Thanksoivino.

HON. Oakley G. Curtis, Governor of
the State of Maine. spent his Thanks
giving in a manner far different from
the usual public official. He attended
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no big dinners. he wasn't present at
any social function and he wasn't
making speeches.
He put in a good part Of tho day
digging dirt from under his barn.
I'm getting ready to lead the sim.
pie llfe." the Governor remarked to q
Portland Press man over the telephone
and the chief executive laughed in that
peculiarly contagious way he has that
makes everyone else laugh. 4.
But just because he was startinr a
foundation for his barn at Falmouth
foreside as we'll as laying q foundation
for simple life in the country to DO
begun after Jan. 3. does not mean that
he didn't enjoy his Thanksgiving din
ner. He did. and 1t was one to which
the Governor did ample justice.
Farmers Institutes.
The Maine Department Of Agricul.
ture had three Farmers Institutes ar.
ranged for this week in Knox county.
two for Friday at South Hope and
Glencove and one for today (Satur-
day. at South Thomaston. The speak
ers announced are Margaret Mahaney
Of Concord. Mass, who is said to be
the greatest living authority on turkey
raising. G. v. Smith Of West yelling
ton. Ct. who became we'll known In
Maine last year through his poultry
raising talk at the Farmers Institutes
and John F. Buker Of Monmouth. the
well-known cattle raiser.
Additional State House news will BE-
found on Page z.
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Public Utilities

Inc Following matters were made nuh,;o
=: liuay at the office of the Maine Pub
lie Utilities Commission:
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Farmers Institutes.

Additional State House news will bs
found on Page z. =
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Actually worth so, rs, $100, $3.50 and SITS
Another Lot worth up to $3.50. Today's Pr
ALL CHILDREN'S HATS CIR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
MANY NEW COMPANIES
BEING ORGANIZED
interpretations for Sever Months
TOtalled $4,000, 545, 100.

The September bulletin of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Of New York states
that in the first seven months of the
current year new interpretations IN
the principal states of the country,
capitalized at 100000 or more, have
reached total Of 1920, $40, 100, an
increase Of 1913 per cent over the
corresponding period Of 1915. As to
transactions on the Stock Exchange
il was noted that the number of
shares dealt in during July was g.
96l5s6. against 13,1O61OO in the pre-
ceding month and 14,O7O,76S in July,
1915.
Referring to the scarcity Of labor,
the Reserve Bank says that one man
ufacturing community feels the loss
of 600 or 700 skilled mechanics who
were called to military service.
A notable volume of new building IL
rcported at Bridgeport. Binghamton
and New York. In the latter building
permits were issued in July for $780,
526.144. against sl2,246,489 during
July, 1915. A large part of this in
crease is said to be due to the filing
Of plans in anticipation Of new build
ing restrictions.
STEAM and electric railway earn
ings and postal receipts" adds the
Reserve Banks bulletin, "are increas-
ing. The July bank clearings in New
York City were record figures for that
month. Confirmation Of the great
activity and volume OF business is
found in the 81 per cent increase over
1915 shown by the exchanges OF all
United States banks during the seven
months ended July 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Money and Credit.

At the New York Stock Exchange call
money was 2'2 per cent. That had
been the ruling rate the day before.
Time money on Stock Exchange coll
lateral was more freely offered at PA
TO 3 per cent for sixty days, to 3A
per cent for ninety days, and 81 to 81
for longer periods. Payments are due
Friday on the British loan. 1t will be
interesting to see what effect, if any,
this will have on money rates. Dow
Jones & Co. say: at is recalled that
after sthe payment of each instalment
Of the Anglo-French loan the funds
we're loaned out for short periods by
the depositaries, and the market ap-
pears TO be anticipating a similar de-
velopmcnt after Friday"
Commercial Paper The Wall Street
demand for commercial paper is rather
better than the supply. Rates were
81 to 3A per cent for sixty-day ma
turtles Of the highest character.
Yesterday the rate of discount for
sixty-day paper at Chicago was, by
authority OF the Federal Reserve
Board, reduced from Az to 4 per cent.
Official rates Of discount at each of
the twelve Federal Reserve districts
are as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
Cost of one dollar.
BRITISH LOAN
PAYMENT TO-DAY
Large Increase in Bank Loan
Item Will Follow.

4 record financial operation will take
place to-day, when payment will be
made in full to ]. p. Morgan & Co. for
the $3.50, 100000 two-year per cent
loan, which was publicly oversubscribed
in two days. 1t is expected that the
Clearing House bank statement to be
issued tomorrow will show large in
crease in the loan account because of
this payment. Estimates in banking
circles yesterday placed the gain in the
loan expansion item as high as $780,
1000.
When the S5OO,OOO,OOO Anglo French
loan was offered last year payments
were made either in full on October 20
or, at the option Of the purchaser, 50
per cent on that date and the balance
on December 3. In that instance pay
ment was anticipated to considerable
extent, so that between October 10 and
October 30 the Clearing House loans
increased about s22O,OOO,OOO.
The last British loan has been one of
the most successful undertakings of its
kind ever negotiated in this country,
particularly because it was so quickly
sold to the public. To-day's payment
for the notes representing the obliga-
lions allows Great Britain from this
date to draw upon the $25o,OOO,OOO thus
realized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
ERB OUT OF MINN.
q ST. LOUIS ROAD
f [. Brown Elected to Succeed
Him as President.

The passing of Newman Erb from the
management Of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis Railroad was officially announced
Yesterday in the statement that r. l..
Brown, formerly vice-president and
general manager of the Denver & Rio
Crande. had been elected TO succeed
him as president. The retirement OF
Mr.. Erb was presaged early in the year
when Hayden, Stone & Company and
]. s. Bache & Company undertook the
reorganization of the property.
This plan, declared operative last
April, called for voluntary assessment
of $50 a share and raised more than
S4.OOO.OO0 in new money. From this
sum S2.5OO.0 900 was used TO pay OF an
issue Of notes which had been extended
to August 1. About 100000 was left
for working capital.
Newman Erb is best known in the
railroad world as one who has made II
his object to obtain control Of prop
critics with a past record for poor earn
ing power and later build them up.
Mr.. Erb declined yesterday to comment
on his retirement from the Minneapolis
St. Louis. In addition to resignlng
as president he is no longer director.
Charles Hayden, of Hayden, stone
& Company, has been made chairman
of the board. Announcement IS expected
soon Of the designations of directors
who have been associated with Mr.. Erb
in the management of the road.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01
PLAN GENERAL MOTORS
REIMBURSEMENT
Nav Issue Five Shares of New
Common for One of Old.

A caoital readiustment Of the Cen
oral Motors Company is under con-
sideration by the directors calling TOT
the formation of new slooooo'Voo
cornoration. which may issue five
shares Of new common stock for every
one of old. The new shares. accord
ing TO modern financial methods, may
have no par value. A readjustment
Of the preferred stock will also prob
ably be part Of the plan.
Following a meeting OF the board
Yesterday it was officially admitted
that the proposed plan was discussed
but further consideration was post
poned until meeting on September l.
At present General Motors has SOL
100000 capital, divided into sl6'5oo,-
600 common and s15,OO0,O0O preferred
The new arrangement, as reported
would result in making the company
the largest in the automobile heid
and one Of the largest American IN
dustrial concerns in the country IN
point of capitalization.
This is understood TO be another
Of the ambitious plans Of the Durant
interests who now, through the
Chevrolet company, control the Cen
craI Motors Company, having &C
ouired their present position by fore
inc ont the bankers who reorganized
the company in 1910 to save it from
receivership.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-01

In any outcome, spectators will
find very little enthusiasm for rail-
road shares. 1t is probable that
speculation more and more will tend
to leave them and run to industrial
issues. The reasons are obvious.
Although railroad earnings now are
larger than ever before, they are,
like other high earnings, in some de-
gree abnormal; but whereas indus
trial corporations may do as they
please with their profits, the rail-
roads would not be likely to increase
their dividends or even to declare
extra dividends, with the prospect of
having to appear presently before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion with a plea for higher rates, on
the ground that they had been
obliged to increase wages beyond
their means. This need not detract
in the least from the attractiveness
of railroad issues to investors. In
fact, the moral responsibility of the
government for seeing that railroad
securities receive a reasonable in
vestment return is obviously in
creasing.