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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

1t happened in front Of the village
postoffice.
An old farmer was holding his
frightened team while an automobile
rushed by.
Queer how horses are so skeered of
them things" said enc of the loafers.
Queer" grumbled the farmer.
What would you do if you should
see my pants coming down the street
with nothing in them"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

Writing to Mr.. Pou the President
demanded a full and free discussion OF
the submarine question in Congress.
Arising in Congress to express tho
Presidents wishes, Mr.. Pou asked to
have the McLemore resolution laid on
the table.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
The World War a Year AGO
Todav-RpriI 8.

France reported repulse Of Ger
man attacks near Lassigny.
France. and in upper Alsace; also
progress by her own troops In
the region Of Peronne.
A German aeroplane which
dropped bombs on Rheims was
brought down by French shots
and the aviators captured.
Belgian troops were repulssa In
an attempt to recover Roster
brook Farm, which the Germans
captured March 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

Compound made her vel, 50 l took it and
now am just as well as ever was. I
cannot understand why women don't
see how much pain and suffering they
would escape by taking your medicine.
/ cannot praise it enough for it saved
my life and kept me from the Insane
Hospital: Mrs. E. SHELDON, 1857 S.
Halsted st., Englewood, Ill.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this case steadily and could
DO no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties Of the good old fashioned
roofs and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound.
II any complication exists il
pays to write the Lydia Il. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass.
Tor aDectal free advice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
ALBION

The class parts for the seniors Of
Besse High school have been assigned
as follows: Honor parts. Frank A..
Besse, valedictorian; Clarence II. Bes-
sey. salutatorian; Freda r. Libby.
class essay. elected; Norman r. knight.
history; Helen F. Davis. prophecy; Har-
old n. Davis. presentation Of gifts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

The Woman's Club of Guilford has
made formal complaint to the select
men Of that place as to the moral tone
of the moving pictures shown there
and asked that action be taken for the
betterment Of the situation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
Light and Anv


The Incubator.
Throughout the days.
Say farming men.
We ought to praise
The wooden hen.
To one small batch
A live hen sticks.
This hen can hatch
A thousand chicks.
She doesn't strike
Or leave her broods.
Say what you like
She is the goods.
Throughout the state
With tongue and pen
We celebrate
The wooden hen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
Deadlock.

Looks like a case Of an Irresistible
force and an immovable body"
whats up?"
Our star salesman seems to have
run up against man who won't buy
anything"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
Maxine Peace.

your wife and your mother-in-law are
looking for YOU
do you think they are working to-
gether, or can l see my wife first and
cook up a separate treaty."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
A Warrant Thouoht,

Women are seldom as democratic
about borrowing hairpins as men are
about matches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
4 REMARKABLE
STATEMENT
Mrs. Sheldon Spent $1,000 for
Treatment Without Bene-
fit. Finally Made Well by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Englewood, Ill. "While going
through the Change Of Life 1 suffered

Win neaQacneS, ner-
vousness, flashes of
heat, and / suffered
50 much l did not
know what I was
doing at times. l
spent $500 on doc
tors and not one did
me any good. One
day q lady called at
my house and said
she had been as sick
las ! was atone time,
and Lydia E. Pink
d n~to Va
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
One Guess Left.

Teacher-"Tommy, use the word not
withstanding in a sentence"
Tommy-"Father wore his trousers out
but Notwithstanding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
For Example

whats a boulevardier?"
See them fellers setting on crates
in front of that groggery?"
Yep
They'd be boulevardiers if they
had little coin"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES
ALL.THE.WAY
BOSTON g. PORTLAND LINE

Steamships BAY STATE and GOV
ERNOR DINGLEY. Leave Franklin
Wharf week days $50 P. M, for Boston.
Return leave Central Wharf, Boston,
week days only at Z. M.
Day trips leave Portland Fridays 600
A. M. Due Boston 200 p. M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

BETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. Is. A. i

BETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. IS, A, s
& A. M. Stated communication Mondav
April ard. at 40 r. NJ. Work in NJ. N
oegree All sojourning brothers are cor.
daily invited to attend.
WARREN D. TRASK, WIN
PEARLE E. FULLER. Soc
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER NO
ID. o. E. S. Stated meetings the frs,
Wednesday of each month at Masonic
Temple. Special meeting THURSDAY.
March 18th. Initiation. All members Co.
journing in the city are invited to attend
ALICE X. HEWINS. w. n.
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON. SEQ
aug27, m-w-fri,tf
~ S moo CHAPTER, NO. a,
r. A. NJ. Stated convocation at Mason.
ic Temple April 6 at 7.3O. Sojourninr
companions are cordially invited to al.
tend.
ALBERT M. PINGREE, H. p
CHARLES r. CHASE, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
Odd Fellows Hall

ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 80.
L. G. HUGHES. N. g.
E. F. WESTON, Rec. Sec.
GUY c. LONGFELLOW. Fin a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENr,. NO. 1
Aeetings at $50 o'clock every second ana
fourth Tuesday. Tuesday,
!. 3. PACKARD. C. p.
Z. e. STEWART. Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE

MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE
Between Portland and New York
Steamships NORTH LAND ano
NORTH STAR
Reduced Fares-Reduced Stateroom
Prices.
Schedule disturbed-Infor"ca alton upon re-
quest.
BATH AND bOOTHBAY LINE
Leave Bath 2.45 p. M. week days only,
for Boothbay Harbor and intermediate
Landings. Return, leave Boothbay Har-
Dor 200 A. M, week days only. for Bath
and intermediate Landings.
II. A. CLAY, Supt., Portland, Maine.
M. A. HARADEN, Supt.. Bath. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

Villa dollars" bring one cent each in
New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

AAs@AAA>S 0xJS <AA9 4OA-,
@%=l GOING WEST-303 A, M.
MAINE except Monday, Portland
l7 and Boston; SIS A. M,
:I4l34d: Kockland. Portland, Bos
- ton. Montreal and Que
bee; 9.3s A. NJ, Bruins
WICK, Lewiston. Pennington, Portland,
Boston; l24S P. M. Halioweil. Gardiner
and So. Gardiner; $40 p. NJ, local: 4.O7
7. NJ. (express), Brunswick Rockland,
Portland, Boston and New York: SIS p
M, Hallowell, Gardiner and So. Gard
ner; 6.E +. NJ. mot beyond Portlandl:
!o.4u +. NJ. Lewiston, Bath, Portland.
Boston. sundays 1903 and lois A. NJ. 3.3S
lNew iors) and 1910 +. NJ. Portland and
Boston.
GOING EAsT-1.n A. M, Bangor,
Calais, Bar Iiarbor. st. John, Halifax.
Aroostook Co. Sunday morning does not
connect beyond Bangor; 633 A. NJ, loca!
TO Moosehead Lake (via Oakland), Bel
last, foXcroft and Bangor; S.17 A. M,
local to Belfast, Bangor and Skowhegan;
X. H.. Calais. st. John and Halifax: 2.34
+. NJ, express to Waterville, thence local
TO Bangor and Mattawamkeag; $40 p. NJ.
Waterville and SkoWhegan; los p. NJ.
Watervlle. Skowhegan and Bangor.
Sundays 253 T.. NJ, for Bangor; Ill, 9.3u
A. NJ and 2.53 p. NJ, for Skowhegan.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 63S $3.50
A. NJ, 124S, $40, 4O7. Gardiner only Sis,
6.l2, 10.4o l.. M.
II. d. NALDRON, Gen1 Passenger Agt.
y. Z. DOUGLASS, Genl Mgr. Port
land. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

whoever may
Discern true ends shall grow pure enough
To love them. brave enough to strive for
them,
And strong enough to reach them.
though the road be rough.
Mrs. Browning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
NeighborIinsss.
Detroit Free Press.)

(DetrO1t Free PF6G4.J
The man who wants to borrow your
garden spade Is due to arrive any day
Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R, R,
IT. Effec. Sept. Is, 1915.

TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA AS Fol.
LOWS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

GOING WEST-3.O3 A, NJ.
except Monday, Portland
and Boston; 6.38 A. NJ,
Lewiston, Pennington.
Rockland, Portland, Bos-
ton, Montreal and Que
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

CANTON AUGUSTA. NO. ., p. n.
Regular meeting every third Tucsday A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

About sixty Of the young men SUI
dent, of Bangor High school have 50
far enrolled for military drill. Tne
uniforms have arrived and are being
distributed They are of the regula-
ton kahki style, similar to the UNI.
veraity Of Maine Cadets and WIN
carry the letters b. H. 8. in gun meta'
on the collar. A large increase OF the
number already enrolled is expected
80 many scholars from the town OF
Perry are attending the high schools IN
the nearby places that talk Of a high
school for Perry is being revived this
spring with some show Of success.
scholars from Perry are to be found in
the high schools Of Eastport. Red
Beach, Calais ana Dennysville and the
residents are beginning to think that it
is about time they had high school
In theif own town where their children
could b educated at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

Some more good news for the people
Coated Paper Co. will begin $780,
900 addition to it's plant. When this
is completed, it will mean quite a
number of additional men employed.
The addition to the Oxford mill, which
is being completed, will give quite A
number of men employment, it being
estimated that the two additions will
mean the employment of at least 400
men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-03

James Fulton, a prominent Bowdoin-
ham farmer had a narrow escape from
drowning Wednesday evening while re-
turning home from Bath. He was
crossing the ice on Merrymeeting Bay
and struck thin place in the eastern
channel west Of the island, and had
to make a lively move to reach solid
ice. The horse was drowned and the
pung went under the ice.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
DO TT NOW.

Christmas shoppers in the past gen
 era ton have been warned to do their
 shopping early. By dint of persever-
 ance those who advance the Do Your < sChristmas Shopping Early" slogan each year are Beginning to realize the
 fruits of their, labor. The shoppers 8are really shopping early And, there are many benefits to be derived from tsuch practice. The clerks in the 5yarious stores are saved a lot of worry }and' their strength is conserved. With ffati8ue eliminated purchasers may kexpect more consideration from those " ho serve them. Then again, there is the joy of selecting gifts from a wealth Eof material by shopping early. The Hate shopper gets the left-overs. In tthis year with the price of every arti- fele likely to rise to untold heights at any moment there is safety in pur- Fchasing before the supply dinninishes. EDO Your Christmas Shopping Early" lholds more wisdom in 1916 than it Possessed in any previous year. There safe just fourteen days remaining be- tween now and the great holiday.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11

! Instead of making use of a freight yard in remote precincts, as is the case in every other town in the coun- ] try, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company has taken possession of the territory in the inn
 mediate vicinity of the passenger
 station for this purpose. In view of
 the fact that New Britain is a great l contributor to freight business. it is easily understood that anywhere from 1 one hundred to two hundred cars a 1 day are shifted back and forth be- 1 tween the Stanley street and the Washington street crossings, with the Elm street crossing almost constantly blocked Yesterday afternoon at
 o'clock there passed out of this city a freight train almost a mile long,
 drawn by two powerful engines, train made up of fifty ponderous cars and caboose During the process of
 making up" this train it is possible that each and every one of these cars n1duS dIt SAlId trip OI oO peSoC CIlO depot, when such operations should be
 confined to the Whiting street freight
 yards. When the freight cars are
 shifted where they belong the gate
 keepers at the principal grade cros
 sings will have no difficulty in seeing
 or hearing onrushing passenger trains,
 whether such trains are on time or that the accident Saturday is attrib
 uted to the failure of the gateman to
 hear or see a passenger train ap-
 preaching. A shifting freight train
 blocked his vision, the noise dimmed his hearing, and he failed to lower the gates of death.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
COMMUNICATED.
Was the Gatetender or tho Engineer
 at Fault?

at Fault?
 To the Editor of the Herald
 Without wishing to drag before the public any more than is possible the horrors of the terrible railroad disas- ter at the Washington street surfa ce crossing Saturday morning, it seems imperative that the fault should be placed where it belongs. The gate tender says the engineer failed to give the station whistle, Gone long blast) nor did he Cthe gateman) know of the trains approach. The engineer says he did give the warning, the gateman says he did not.
 The train was twenty minutes be- hind its schedule time. Had this been reported to the gateman that he might be on the lookout for the train, or was he in his cubbyhouse perusing the morning paper, or holding conver- tion outside with passing acquaint- ances. We do not wish to intimate that he was doing either; but he says he was not aware of the trains ap- proach Did he not know how late the train was, or is such important facts withheld from the gateman as they seem to be from all other en1- ployees,-at least this Is the supposi- 1 tion when any information is asked of them. They never seem to know. 1 If the gateman did know the num- l Der of minutes the train was late (and 1 he should know) why was he not on [ the alert and have the gates down? 1 There was strong west wind at the 1 time. This was in favor of bringing
 the sound of the whistle toward the 1 gateman had it been given at the des- | ignated place. This would be much in
 favor of the gateman's staten ent, had he been on the lookout for the train. 1 lie might possibly have COnfOunded
 the sound of the whistle with that of
 freight train on the other track, or
 noises from the surrounding factor les, till 1t was too late for him to get
 the gates down in time to prevent the
 horrible tragedy
 It is noted that many of these gate
 tenders are old men, some of them
 lame from injuries received on the
 road; others decrepid, unable to think
 or act quickly in case of emergency; | others foreigners unable to either un-
 derstand the English language or
 give an intelligent reply to a question.
 Let the investigations be most thor
 ough, that the blame may be placed, 1 if possible. to precent the repetition
 of such awful accidents in the future. PRO BONO PUBLICO.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
BrOadWay'S ReDute

Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
 Is it "a gross ibel'' to say that young man spends much time in Broadway? This question was put up to MT. Justice COhO1an of the New York supreme court, who prudently reserved his decision. The case vas the suit of professional model against the author of a book on mar riage, who had published his picture as that of one who would make a woman unhappy. The plaintiff did not deny that the defendant had characterized rightly the habitues of the famous thoroughfare. Indeed, he explicitly declared that it was the re- sort of persons of i'll repute and the scene of murders and scandals That was why he was so much aggrieved at the accusation that he loved it not wisely, but too well. He and his ac- cuser were, therefore. agreed upon this point The reputation of Broad way is at stake no less than his own. Can it be cleared from the charge thus fastened upo it? Many worthy persons would undeniably answer in the negative. To them Broadway is one blaze of white lights, where deeds of darkness are done .and they who
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
3. MCMILLAN 190-2O1-2OS MAIN STIR EFT.

walk along it go down into the pit.
 view. There is 8 limited proportion of Broadway where the night life of the city centers-a life of innocent wicked dissipation. All is not gold wears a face of joy. If there are more persons of i'll repute on Broadway than on similar promenades in other cities, it is because there are more persons of every class. The stranger removed from the restraints of home is more responsible for the sights that shock the godly than the New York CT. When the white lights burn brightest he is safely in bed in Brook lyn or in the Bronx. His Broadway is in the deep canyons e the financial district or the scholastic stretch that crowns Morningside Heights. There are many Broadways, not one This fact will doubtless be taken into due consideration by the learned court before a decision is rendered.
 To regard the Broadway of the al- legged libel as constituting the whole long thoroughfare from the Battery north is it may be said, to dodge the issue. But even if we localize the name, the argument that. as Mary stewart tells Elzabeth in Schiller's play, it is better than its reputation. remains perfectly plausible It is not fatal to ones character. after all to be found in the neighborhood of Times square after dark. The plain- tiff in this case is too sensitive.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Once "The City of Joy,
 NoAv S0vr0wfui SbectacIe

service of Belgium, but a year later he was brought back to Antwerp to continue his work of fortifying that city and inspecting the defences throughout the kingdom He contin- ued to take an interest in Roumania's s defences, however, up to the time of his death in 1903.
 'In contemplating the resistance of which Bucharests ring of forts is capable it should be remembered that the same conditions do not obtain here as existed at Namur and Liege, for, the rugged mountain passes through which the Austro- German ar mics are descending from the north west would make 1t extremely difficult if not wholely impossible, to trans port to the vicinity of the Roumanian capital the gigantic 16-inch Krupp guns which wrought such amazingly quick destruction at Namur and L1ege. Neither could such heavy guns be transported readily by way Of Bull 1garia across the marsh -bordered Dan ube and over the Wallachian plains.
 "For the purpose of comparison 1t may be recalled that Verdun has SIX teen major forts where Bucharest has eighteen, and the perimeter ot the fortified area of the former fortress is about thirty miles, whereas Buchar- est's is nearly fifty. Verdun's de- fences, however, have the very dec1d- ed advantage of being disposed upon mum erous heights surrounding the town and commanding the Mouse, which flows at the foot of the citadel. Bucharest lies in a plain, on both banks of the River Dimbovita.'
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
HER HERO.

Name Watson was a H1oVle lah Of thirty-third degree; Each night at least one film she'd scan And sometimes two or three. She called the actors by their names She read their lips and knew The things they said when loves warm
 flames
 Leapt up and thrilled them through. Name caught the points that others
 missed,
 A close observer she, She knew just how the heroes Kissed, It filled her heart with glee. Each night she'd sit before the screen And chew her chewing gum And say, That guys the best I've seen, You bet he's going some! I'd like to have handsome couz, Or any South'rn gent Who'd make love just like Bushman I'd pay his board and rent Her thoughts ran ever in this strain Each night at movie shows, She prayed someone to wreck train And save her from her woes. Her heart was ever filled with prayer, She held her hero's hand And painted him a millionaire With homes in ev'ry land. The years went by, at last he came The hero of her dreams. He was no figure known to fame His gold cast off no gleams. His name was plain George Ramey And he wasn't much on talk; But he won the heart of Mamie With his Charlie Chaplin walk.
 TOM JACKSON.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
"The heaviest migration of neeroe.

I "The heaviest migration of negroes ! has been from those countries in 1 which there have been the worst out breaks against negroes. It is devel- i oped by investigation that where there have been lynchings. the ne 1 groes have been most eager to be- ! lieve what the emigration agents have told them of plots for the removal or extermination of the race. Compara- lively few negroes have left Dough- erty county, which is considered sig nificant in view of the fact that this Is one of the counties in southwest Georgia in which lynching has never occurred"
 These statements are most signif- cant. Mob law such as we have known in Georgia has furnished emigration agents with ali the lever- age they want; it is a foundation. upon which it is easy to build with a well concocted lie or two. and they have not been slow to take advantage of it.
 This loss of her best labor is anoth- CT penalty Georgia is paying for her indifference and inactivity in sup pressing mob law. It is one of maR4, but serious one. Tn fact. so seri>- ous is 1t that the general assembly has several times legislated against emil grafton agents and put heavy license taxes upon them.
 IL is only within recent years that these emigration agents have used and built upon the lynching argT- ment. Lynching for causes less seri- ous has been the outgrowth of mob execution for the one more heinous
 
 have felt there was justification for it. &@
 Mob activity has fed upon itself-and> grown from bad to worse, until it has become not only a social and mogal but serious business problem. It@s imperative that we get back to a basis of law and order, not half heartily nor halfway, but wholly and determinedly. Georgia courts will convict and indict prompt pen atty in case Of guilt. and particularly have they shown that purpose in deal- ing with those charged with assaults upon women.
 "Pack to the law Is a slogan thaF should appeal everywhere upon pure ly moral basis; but if it will not in sufficient force, then we are confront ed now by the pOSSlDlllty or serious industrial calamity which must follow upon the removal of Georgia's best and most satisfactory farm labor.
 The southwest Georgia movement to stop the exodus of negroes is movement in the right direction. 2. They are better off here than thew could possibly be anywhere else and those who have been tricked into gn- ing have discovered it to their Sor- row.