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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
Will Demand Adequate Ma tionaI Preparedness and
 Tariff Reform
NO INSTRUCTIONS TO
 CHICAGO DELEGATES
Attempt to IndOrse Root Is Defeated. Whitman Precipitates Bitter Fight In Attempting to Have His
 Administration Indorsed

New York. February 16.-The repub- lican campaign will be fought on de- nands for adequate military prepared ness and tariff reform, opposition to granting early independence to the Philippines, insistence on a vigorous stand for American rights both in Mex ico and in relation to the European war, according to the keynote" platform convention.
 The outlines of the platform, which were approved unanimously, were pre- scented last night in the speech of former Senator Elihu Root. There was no diff ference of opinion apparent among the S32 delegates to the convention in re- gard to the platform, but a bitter fight was precipitated by the attempt of the supporers of Governor Whitman to se- cure an unqualified indorsement for his administration and to force his nomi- nation as chairman of the delegation to the national convention in Chicago
 TO GO UNRESTRICTED
 The net result was that New York state will send an uninstructed delegation to the national convention if the action of the convention is upheld by the voters at the primary election in April
 A determined fight. led by Henry L. Stimson. to obtain a resolution recom- mending MT. Root as New York's favor te son for the presidency was defeated by the committee and a counter resolu- tion that no presidential candidate be in dorsed was passed unanimously
 The principal ground upon which the opponents of the Root resolution fought was that an indorsement of MT. Root would preclude the possibility of New York putting forward Supreme Court Justice Hughes as the states candidate for the presidency. Nicholas Murray Butler, chairman of the committee, is- sued a formal statement in which he said that MT. Root himself was opposed to the use of his name
 The big battle in the convention was fought out between the ''old line' organ ization republicans under the leadership of William Barnes and the supporters of Governor Whitman. The Barnes men en- tered the convention with the avowed purpose of refusing an indorsement of the Whitman administration and pre- venting the governor from heading the jNew York delegation to the national convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
WILL SEE DELEGATION TO-DAY

Washington February 1e,-(Special) } President Wilson will receive the Ala bania delegation. desirious of obtaining the appointment of Assistant Secretary of War for Bibb Graves of Montgomery tomorrow at 10 o'clock It Will not be known before that time whether or not the delegation will be solid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
THIRTEEN FRENCH
 AEROPLANES RAID
 BULGARIAN TOWN
Allies Renew Pact Not to Conclude Separate Peace and Guarantee to Stand By Belgium Until King dom Is Restored

PetrOgrad. February 16.-(Nia Lon- aon. .)-OfficiaI announcement is made that the Russians have occupied Erze- gum.
 Grand Duke Nicholas has teIegrnphed Ehe Emperor as follows:
 ssGod has granted the brave troops of the army of the Caucasus such great help that Erzeruln has been taken after five dnys of unprecedented assault. ! aIn inexpressibIy happy to announce this victory to your imperial majesty"
 Erzerum has been the objective of the recent campaign of the Russians in the Caucasus. It's possession is of com siderable strategic importance, as it is 1he chief city of Turkish Armenia and the center of a system of roads,
 1t has been understood that the Turks had concentrated at Erzerum an army of considerable size. Press dis patches recently said German Field Marshal Baron Von Der GOltz was in command there with SO,0OO men, that they had provisions for only fort- night. A relief expedition was sent hy the Turks. but 1t was reported these forces had been defeated by the Russ sians with heavy losses.
 Erzerum is 50 miles west of the Rus sian border. It has belonged to Turkey for four centuries and has played a prominent part in previous wars The Russian Caucasus campaign is counted on to relieve pressure on the British il Mesopotamia, and it is assumed on this account that juncture with the British is hoped for
 The fall of Erzerum, which had been confidently awaited since the news of the taking by the Russian forces Of nine of the IS forts guarding the gateway to Asia Minor, is the cause of great ela- ton in Petrograd.
 Controlling the roads through Armenia, with access to Trebizond, Tabriz and Mes opotamia, the capture of Erzerum is cal culated to have immense strategic i'm portance in the Russian campaign in the Cauca sus.
 COULD BE THANKED
 The conviction entertained by all Rus sian military observers that Erzerum would ultimately be forced to capitulate was based on the fact that the remain ing nine forts were of considerably less importance than those already in Rus sian hands and could be readily fianked or even ignored, in forcing the evaeua- tion of the Turkish stronghold.
 The taking of the first fort is believed to have destroyed the plan of defense, since the impregnability of Erzerum rested on the assumption of the German engineers who constructed the Notifications that the position was safe against assault from the south.
 STARTED BY RUSSIANS
 In spite of the intense cold and deep snow, the Russian troops took Kop noun
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
ITEMS FOR ALABAMA

Washington. February 16.-(Special. ) The rivers and harbors committees bill dealing with surveys for new projects, to be reported tomorrow, will contain rec ommendation secured by Representative Huddleston, for a survey of plans to put the Warrior river in Bessemer
 The rivers and harbors bill reported Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
FRANCE IS SECOND

France holds second in the place with purchases last year of above half a bil- -lion Canada is third with $Sz4sooo.co0, and Italy fourth with a quarter of a billion.
 Great Britain's 1915 purchases were double in value those of -914, France S tripled, and so did Italys and those ot Greece. Exports to European neutrals increased anywhere from 50 to 75 per cent. Sweden bought $So,OOoOO0 worth or three times as much as the year be- fore.
 Exports to Mexico grew from $3s0Oo, COG in 1914 to $41. .0OO,oOO Argentina, $27Oo0,OoO. to s52,oOO.OoO; Brazil $2s sOOoOOo to $34,OOO, ,OOO Chile $13,0O00O0 to $17,O000OO.
 Chinese purchases decreased from $20, 0Oo000 to $1900O, 600; the Japanese bought $45, ,O0000O in 1915 compared with $41.o00,00O the year before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
MUNITIONS TRAFFIC IS 100000 DAILY. Figures Swelling b
 ductiOn Ineg ARE MOS SHELLS Hundred Million Dollars Worth Sent Out-Powder Comes Next-Brit-
 ain Gets Three Times As
 Much As Others

Washington, February 16-American- made war munitions now are pouring into Europe at the rate of nearly s2,oOooOo worth daily, with the figures swelling rapidly as production increases.
 Department of commerce estimates to- day put total munitions shipments since Europe began to purchase for the pres ent war close to a quarter of billion dollars. At the rate shipments are going now, the next four months would see this total doubled even if production re- mained at standstill, but production is declared to be growing faster now than at any time since American manufactur- CTS began conversion of their plants into munitions factories.
 SHELLS COME FIRST
 A great part of the munitions output has been in the form of high explosive which have left American shores Pow der comes next, with shipments esti. mated at nearly $1O0OO0,OOO, and small arms cartridges are third, with s3OOOO. GOO. Firearms, including ordnance exports, are put at less than s20,OOOOOO, with small increases shown. The heaviest month g firearms shipment was in January, 1915, when more than s2,OOo,OOO worth went to Europe.
 Great Britain is using three times as much ammunition products as any other foreign country and is absorbing more than one-third of all American exports. Export trade figures made public today by the department of commerce show that British purchases of all kinds in the United States last year amounted tc S1. .19I, ,OO0 00O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-17
$2Oo.OOO FIRE

Fall River. Mass, February 16.-Es- imates made by owners of property
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
Railroads and Steamboats,
Trains Leave Augusta as Follows
In Effect June 26, 1916.

GOING WEST-21s A. NJ.
daily. and 800 A. M. Tex
VY1NQc cept Monday. Portland
nl:llAl. and boston: 6.26 A. M,
IY03v61.l\ul lewiston, Pennington,
13A4yAt 13{! ..ocKlano, Portland. sos
~ 1Al3iysa.1 ton, Montreal and Quebec;
s.3S A. M, Brunswick,
Lewiston, Pennington. Bath. Portlano.
Boston; 1888 r. NJ. Aaliowell. Garalner
and So. Gardiner; 3.0 2. NJ. local TO FORT
land and Boston; 4oS ?. NJ. (expressl:
5is p. NJ Hallowell, Gardiner and So.
Gardiner: SIS P. NJ. Portland. and N: X:
1910 =. H.. Brunswick. Lewiston. Bath,
Portland, Boston. Sundays. 2.lS A. NJ, S.0J
4. NJ, 1919 A. NJ. 6.H 7. IA. and ~ " + NJ,
GOING EAST 1.03 A.. NJ, Bangor
Aroostook County. St John, Halifax
SZ A. M, Bangor. Aroostook county, 3n
Calais and Bar Harbor; 6.ss A. NJ, local
to kineo via Oakland. Belfast. Foxcro1t
and Bangor; Sos = 3soS Nj local a. 1S %assr- ssl-
Vile, Bangor, b. & A. r. r.. Calais,
St John and Halifax; 2.ss p. M. ex-
press to Waterville. Bangor, Malta
wamkeag. Bar Harbor; 3.N +. NJ. water"
vile, Skowhegan and Bangor, 7W +. M
Waterville, SKowhegan anu Bangor. sun
DAYS l03 A. M, 3.zl A. M, 2.5l Z. NJ, for
Waterville and Bangor; sos A. NJ.
Waterville for bangor and Skowhegan. :,
Trains leave Augusta for RalloWell
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 6.2o. s:ss
A. NJ, 1898. 3.o7. 5l5. az. 1910 T. N.
Gardiner week days. 405 p. NJ.
H. T WALDkON, Genl Passenger Agt
d. C. DOUGLASS. General Manage
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
Editorial Comment
Prohbition-A Benefit or Menace?
[By the Associate Editor Of THE
EDITOR.1

Prohibition-A Benefit or a Menace?
[By the Associate Editor Of THE
EDITOR.l
Whether or not prohibition is bene.
fetal to a community, a strong argu-
ment in its favor is offered by the city
Of Richmond, Missouri. During the
eight years that local option has pre-
vailed in Richmond, the voters have
elected to operate a dry town, and the
result is expressed in dollars and cents
by the Richmond Conservator. pub
lication that stands for the better
things Of civic and home life.
Under the heading, Compare Rich
mond with Saloons and without Sa-
looms" the Conservator presents fg-
ures to prove that financially the COM
absence of saloons.
From 1897 to 1908 the city of Rich
mond, with less than 1000 inhabitants,
had issued $4,000 worth of bonds.
Up to 1907, when water works refund
ing bonds were issued, $4,000 had
been paid on this Indebtedness, leav-
ing a balance to be paid of $751;
From July 1st. 1908, when local option
went into effect, until July 1st, 1916,
additional issues of $4,000 brought
the total amount of bonded indebted
ness to be paid since 1908 to $85,40O.
On July 1st, 1915, this sum had been
reduced by $4,000 and there was in
bank $10,557 to apply on principal and
interest. making total of $51,457 paid
on bonds in eight years of local option,
as compared with $4,000 paid in
eleven years of license rule.
Besides reducing the principal, the
interest on bonds has been regularly
paid, while the tax rate is lower by
five cents than in 1908. Also, the city
has been improved by the addition Of
many handsome residences, a $4,000
school house has been built, and new
$4,000 church is being erected, sew
eral miles of concrete sidewalks and
blocks of paved streets have been laid,
and the city officers are all receiving
larger salaries.
Were the experience of Richmond
an isolated instance of the benefits of
prohibition, its significance would be
only local. But evidence accumulates
from many communities, large cities
as well as towns and villages, that
with the going of the saloon has come
increased prosperity, greater wealth,
lower taxes. more home owners, more
savings deposits in the banks, better
business, and cleaner morals. The al
most unanimous judgment of those
who have tried it is that saloon pro-
hibition is one of the most potent fac.
tors in civic betterment and improve
ment of the home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES
ALL.THE.WAY.BY.WATER
KENNEBEC LINE.
Civ hf Ranoor
City Of Bangor

Leave Gardiner Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays at $40 T. M, Dresden
4.3O +. M, Richmond 4.45 p. M. (tlde per-
mitting), Batn $50 +. M, Que Boston A.
M. the Following day.
Wednesdays ana Fridays at +. NJ,
leave Bath the following morning at 5:3J
A. NJ, Richmond $50 A. NJ. ltide permit
5 'us'' x. NJ. D''S0'' Wv '
BATH AND 6OOTH8AY LINE.
Leave Bath Week Days only at S.35 A.
M. and 2.45 P. NJ. for Bootnbay Harbor
and intermediate Landings,
RETURN-Leave Boothbay Haroor
Week Days only at A. NJ. ana E4o r.
NJ. for Bath ana intermediate Landings.
eO.ION e. PORTLAND LINE.
Steamships Ransom 3. Fuller and
Bay State.
Leave Franklin Wharf. Portland. week
days at 7.3O p. NJ. tor Boston.
Keturn-Leave Central Wharf. Boston.
week days and Sundays at LVo !. M;
Day trips leave Portland Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays AZ A. M.'
due Boston 200 p. NJ
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE.
Direct between Portland and hew
York,
Steamships North Land and North
Star.
Leave Franklin Wharf Portland. Tues,
Thurs and Sat. at 6.30 +. NJ.
METROPOLITAN LINE.
Direct between Boston and New York.
1874 Hours.
Route via Cape Cod Canal.
EXPRESS Steel Steamships Massaehu.
setts and Bunker Hill.
Leave North Side. India Wharf. Boston.
Sa,on service returning from Pier Is.
Sorth River. Foot Of Murray St.. New
York Z ( i5tXyRl iA5tXyRlADEN. supt.. Bath, Me.
r = A CLAY, Supt.. Portland. Me.
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STATE OF MAINE.

Kennebec, IS. Superior Court. September
Term, 1916.
On petition of John 2: Connor OF car
ainer IN The County Of Kennebec. for dis
charge the nssni + hs'otda is oordered s that
sus.a, a.. ~ - had on the same at the Court
House hHalses in n Augusta. in said county on On
the t. esiock IN ths forel
c Ucsocel; hat ' notice Of said hearing be given
county ssFSiSx of h faId R sssd
,th e6un'y COW Of said petition with this
s!dss eess at sy eas tas
OF saau sfora the time of said hearing.
snd Msski that said petition and order be pub. pub,
iished In the Kennsbec Journal r,h,,cs three aien
~ he at least fourteen days before the
time Of said hs hsarinsEi En EMERY BEANIE.
Justice Superior Court.
A...,t: 4 .s1: .'p'' c. W. JONES. Clerk.
IL" o. sept2o, ,wed.3 st
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20

The shortest legislative session in
80 years has Just ended, to the general
satisfaction, in Connecticut-one day
only. The special gathering had been
called for the purpose Of considering
two legislative matters. The leaders
found a full Assembly at hand, they
introduced the measures required, re-
ferred them to committees, hearings
were held, rules were suspended, re-
ports were made, ana the measures
passed. The members then voted
money to pay bills and adjourned. The
whole sitting cost the State about
$4,000. Not the least delight taken in
1t is that some political SPECTATORS had
firmly counted on a session of ten days
or>two weeks, affording scope for much
wire-pulling. Now if Maine could do
as well.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
STATE OF MAINE.

KENNEBEC. SS-Board Of County Com
missioners, August Session, 1916 Held
by Adjournment, September 18th, 1916.
On the foregoing Petition. satisfactory
evidence having been received that the
Petitioners are responsible and ought to
be heard touching the matter set forth
in said Petition, and that an inquiry into
the merits is expedient. it is Ordered,
that thirty days previous notice be. given,
that the County Commissioners will meet
at store Of Bert Hawes in Rome on Satur-
day, the 2Sth day of October next, at II
O'Clock A. NJ; and thence proceed to view
the route mentioned in said Petition, and
Immediately afterwards hear the parties
and their witnesses, and then take such
further measures In the premises as may
be adjudged proper. Said notice to be
given by serving attested copies Of said
Petition and this order thereon. upon the
respective Clerks Of the towns Of Rome
and by posting up such copies in three
public places in each Of said towns, and
by publishing the same In the Daily Ken
nebec Journal, public newspaper print,
ed in said County; that all persons and
corporations interested may attend and
be heard II they think proper
Attest G. w. JONES, CLERK.
true copy Of the Petition and order
Of Court thereon.
Attest: c. W. JONES, CLERK.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
The .psssrvins nspsndants." J"

Perhaps no suggestion In tho entire
campaign has caused more comment
than that Of Governor Milliken
Immediately following the call for tho
special session Of the Legislature. It
will be remembered that Mr.. Milliken
said most important thing
which the Legislature should consider
had not been mentioned by the Gov
ernor in his proclamation-provision
for the care Of the dependent families
Of National Guardsmen now on border
duty.
Many who have commented on Mr..
Milliken's suggestion think that should
have been the chief reason, after the
acceptance Of the revision Of the stat
utes, for calling the Legislature in
special session at this time. And there
are those who bluntly say that II the
Governor could not see his way to pro-
vide for such families, as was done by
Governor Powers in 1898, he should
have called the Legislature and urged
that body to make provision for de
serving dependents Immediately. fol-
lowing the departure Of the guardsmen
for the South.
We leave that to the sense of justice
Of our readers, but would suggest that
the contrast between the course
Of Governor Powers in the Spanish
American war and Of Governor Curtis
in the Wilson, Villa war in 1916. is
marked. We believe that if Governor
Curtis had promptly and sympathetic
ally met this need he would have won
many friends throughout the State,
and that it would have shown in his
vote. The average human being Is
strangely human in such cases, and the
coldly materialistic or the stickler for
business" principles in matters Of in
tense public feeling, quickly arouse
strong public resentment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
STATE OF MAINE

Kennebec, SIS: Superior Court, September
Term, 1916.
Your petitioner respectively represents
that he was indicted for murder at the
April Term of this Court. 1915; that prior
to the trial Of said case he was committed
to the Insane Asylum of Augusta for in
he was arraigned for trial and after the
testimony was taken out this Honorable
Court directed the jury to find q verdict a;t
the said jury then did: by proper precept
your Honor then committed your petit
TONER to the Insane Asylum at Augusta,
Maine, for medical treatment. wnere ne
n1 Your De1a petitioner H further represents that
he has recovered his sanity, and there, nnon
fore prays that your Honor nor may nayi+,oper Hne
has SO recovered his sanity. discharge
him from said Hospital. s a., 80
Dated at Augusta, Me-, this l4th day OF
september 1910 JOHN e. coNNoR.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20

Reports from different parts of the
country indicate how fast the suffrage
question is already dividing households
Representative Kent. Of California, who
went to Congress as an Independent, Is
enthusiastic for Wilson, but his wife is
stumping for Hughes-and her vote is as
good as his. George Middleton is out for
Wilson. but his wife, Senator La Fol-
lette's daughter, Is strongly for Hughes
on the suffrage issue. The same cause of
division exists between Mr.. and Mrs
Meredith Nicholson. ]. A. H. Hopkins Is
for Wilson. while his wife will speak In
the West for Hughes.-New York Post
1t is thus made palmer than ever
why the Democratic party and the rum
trust are opposed to woman suffrage.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
sept20, ,wed,3t

To the Honorable Board of Commission
ers of Kennebec County. State Of
Maine.
We, the undersigned, property owners
and legal voters of the Town of Rome,
,Kennebec County and State of Maine,
hereby petition your Honorable Board to
lay out a public highway three rods wide,
over the following route, viz: Beginning
at the point where the road leading to
camp of j. H. Littlefeld, known as Hill
side Camps, leaves the public highway,
and running along the old town road in
southerly direction six hundred GOOD
feet, along the line between the property
Of William Mosher and the said
]. H. Littlefeld; then westerly one hum
dred and fifty Q50) feet. across land
owned by Littlefeld to the line between
the property of Littlefield and David b.
Perkins (or Mary Perkins,; then south
westerly six hundred and fifty (65O) feet
across said Perkins land. Then running
south six hundred eighty-f1ve (6S5) feet to
the line fence running between the SAID
Perkins and the land owned by Jay r.
Burgess Danny MANN; thence continu-
ing in southerly, direction across tn, the
land owned by said Burgess to the line
fence between the property Of said Bur
CESS and that owned by the Oliver Hig--
gins Co.; then running southerly and
westerly across the land of the said
Oliver Higgins Company four hundred
Dated at Rome, Maine. September nth,
A. H. HIGGINS and nineteen others.
> STATE OF MAINE.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20

Time for corn-roasts and bacon-bats
joyously calculates the Lewiston Journal
What are Observation-Disclosures Globe
Any one who's never been on a bacon
bat has our sympathy.-Lewiston Jour
Sure enough. what are they? We have
heard Of corn roasts, of course. and OF
marshmallow toasts and clam-bakes, but
bacon-bat is a new one to at least some
Of US. It's up to the Journal to elucidate
Portland Express.
The Boston Globes reference to corn
roasts and bason-bats has got the Maine
paragraphers a-goin'. They all know
what corn-roasts are, but bacon-bats
stumps' 'em.-Biddeford Journal.
Bacon-bats are different bats than
those with which Bostonese are famil-
lar.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
CHANGE OF TIME.
Effective Monday, Sept. II, 1916.
Steamer Islander

Leaves Augusta every day at 7.05 A. M. =:
Hallowell Con signaD lib; Gardiner 7.4o:
South Gardiner (on signaD 7.50; Cedar
Grove sos: Richmond $40: Bath go. Ar
rives Boothbay Harbor about 11.S0.
Return, leaves Boothbay Harbor e> cry
day at 100 P. NJ, Bath 2.45, Richmond
345 Stops at Cedar Grove, South Gardi-
ner on signal: Gardiner. Hallowell
(signal). Arrives at Augusta about $40
O'Clock P. NJ.
Agents-Walter NJ. Sanborn, Augusta: :
Llewellyn Burbank. Hallowell; W. L. To-
zier, Gardiner. Stops at Southport, Capt.
tol Island, Squirrel Island and Ocean
Point on signal.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20
The World War a Year AGO
Today-Sept. 20.

Lloyd. George threatened con-
scription in England unless vol
unteers came to the front.
French attack continued In
France with artillery, bombs and
aeroplanes.
Austrians shelled Servian lines
across the Drina and Save rivers.
French gained a footing on the
Aisne-Marne canal and made
progress at Hartmannsweiler-
kopf, In the Vosges.
Bulgarian army ordered mobi-
lized "in the interest Of armed
neutrality"
German Official communication
announced that German artillery
had been operating against the
Servians, across the Danube,
southeast Of Belgrade. First in
timation Of German activity on
the servian front.