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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
HOME OF AVERAGE MAN.

But America Is not simply a
land for the man of special tai
ent or of distinguished aptitude.
This Is the home of the average
man, the ordinary man who is
doing his best, whatever, by tai
ent or aptitude and in our large
industrial occupations where
thousands are gathered together
in one service, We want Il recog
milton of human brotherhood In
providing for the welfare of
those who make the wealth of
this great country.
I'VE want workingmen to be
safeguarded from every injury
that can be prevented. We
want the health of the work
ingmen looked after; every
means provided which conduces
to the proper standpoint of liv-
ing; every means provided for
proper recreation; appropriate
means for education, for voca.
tlonal training. In short the
workingman who Is on the job
and expects to continue in that
job ought to feel that he is doing
something worth while for
community that appreciates II
and gives him fair chance to
lead a happy and decent life.--
From Mr.. Hughes speech at
Detroit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
ATTRACTS BUSINESS MEN.

Mr.. Hughes has not tried to scare
anybody, but has merely portrayed
the errors Of the present Administra-
tion and set forth certain principles
on which the affairs Of the country
should be managed in the future.
There is political logic In this por-
trayal, the elimination of which In the
mind of the voter Is expressed by the
frequent remark:
"He is the kind Of man we want to
steer us through"
This has been said by many busi-
ness man. The qualities seen In Mr..
Hughes are poise, strong, sane mind,
sincerity and willingness to sacrifice
life, physical or political, to the good
of the country. Nor Is there any Ques-
ton as to the quality Of nerve to meet
the emergencies of the four years be-
ginning March 4, 1917.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
THAT FULL DINNER PAIL.

Relying foolishly upon the full din.
ner pail to accomplish for them what
1t has so often accomplished for the
Republican party, the Democrats pro-
coed to pile extravaganza upon ex.
travagance and to make flabby claims
Of being at peace, even when we are
at war; says the Detroit Journal.
For the dinner pail has been filled
with munition money, which presently
must be supplanted by the true coin
age Of protected American industry
after the war.
And while the dinner pail is FULL
observe with what inflated foods
This administration promised the
worker a lower cost Of living. But
as 2 matter Of fact, to the worker
Democratic prosperity Is false pros.
perity. 1t Is mirage.
Every man with dinner pail
knows that, unless his wages have
been increased 20 per cent. under
Democratic munition prosperity, he Is
poorer than he was four years ago.
For Wilson rents are from 20 to 10
per cent. higher; the Wilson meat,
the Wilson sugar and the Wilson wool
are 40 per cent. higher, and the vii.
son steel and tin and household goods
are from 20 to 40 per cent. higher.
The Wilson bread has advanced
faster than the Wilson wage, and the
Wilson taxes have risen higher than
the Wilson prosperity.
Democracy may have enriched the
munition manufacturer, but has 1t
enriched the worker, whose cost Of
living has increased faster than his
earnings1
II the Administration can re-eiect
Itself on the ground that the worker
is obliged to move out Of his home
into an inferior one, or has to double
up In tenements and to take In board
ers to make up for his loss of eco,
nomic advantage under the present
increased cost Of living then there is
no reason why the Administration
should not be as extrava CANT In its
taxes as II choosed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
FARMERS SIZE UP HUGHES
"PRETTY GOOD FELLOW"

Fargo, N. D.-Charles e. Hughes
campaigned for the first time among
the sturdy farmers Of the eastern part
OF North Dakota end left behind him
the reputation Of being a "pretty good
fellow"
He was forced to undergo q critical
scrutiny before the verdict was given.
Mr.. Hughes preached the doctrines
OF government efficiency, American
ism, tariff as protection to the farm
ers and preparedness, and In each in
stance won applause, despite the fact
that the farmers are not the strong
est advocates Of the last named issue.
They cheered for preparedness the
loudest when Mr. Hughes told them
that It meant not militarism. but abil-
ity to uphold national honor.
AS they cheered for Mr.. Hughes,
one broad-Shoudered old farmer said
ITS because there's something about
him that makes you believe he's tell
ing the truth"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

The question habit grows. You
should the dear old public escape?
Here are few from The New York
Sun for the man In the street:
DO you approve Of the Rivers and
Harbors Ioot7
Do you want four years more Of watch
ful waiting with the National
Guardsmen undergoing military
training in a tropical climate In mid.
summer
Do you hold that the duty Of the
United States Is to serve humanity
and let its own citizens be killed
and outraged2
Do you feel proud Of notes with moth
Ing behind them7
What do you think Of the Vera Cruz
adventure7
Would you like to have been an Amer
lean soldier at carrzal7
Do you love carranza2
Do you believe in financial regime
conducted largely In the interest Of
one section Of the country2
Do you desire to cut the Philippines
loose in order that Japan may gobbIe
them7
Do you want four more years Of
Danleis2
Do you approve Of wreckino the diplo-
matte service to provide Jobs for
deserving Democrats2
Are you In favor Of infIationf
Do you believe In preparedness for
flood Of cheap European wares IA
soon as peace comes7
Have you noticed the significant In
crease Of imports In the past year,
despite the war;
How did fool free trade hit your line
of business before August, 1s147
And your friends7
Were you all cheered up by the Un.
derwood tariff bIII7
Do you think the doubling of the
income tax is fair while millions
worth Of competitive imports come
In free?
Where are you going to be when the
war babies die and business slips
back to the cold, hard, normal basis7
Can you conceive of any possible
good to you or to the country from
another Presidential term like the
present one7
Will you perpetuate sectlonallsn,
greed, ignorance, stupidity-oenerai
ineptitude In Congress2
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

"When we contemplate Industrial
and commercial conditions" says Mr..
Hughes, 1--WE see that we are living
in a fools paradise" This Is the con-
dtion to which the administration and
its supporters have deliberately closed
their eyes When the war cloud broke
over Europe, this country was expert
encing the most serious depression 1t
had known since 1893, when the Demo-
cratic party and its policies were In
full control Of the United States.
Suddenly there came from over the
sea demand for munitions Of war,
clothing, food, supplies. everything
needed by vast armies and by coun-
tries whose sons were taken from the
field and the workshop. never to re-
turn.
AS result our exports and the bal
ance Of trade in our favor have reach
ed figures far surprising any ever be-
fore known. Temporarily, especially in
the East there Is no lack of work at
high wages, for Europe must pay
whatever price America asks. No
thoughtful person would imagine that
this condition Is anything like real
prosperity. How false 1t Is, we In
Oregon, who have the clearer vision,
because not clouded by the smoke
from munitions factories, have fully
felt and fully appreciated.
What the Republican candidate for
president says about 1t the Democrats
know to be true:
"Our opponents promised to reduce
the cost of living. This they have
failed to do, but did reduce the oppor-
tunities of making living. Let US
not forget the conditions that existed
in this country under the new tariff
prior to the war Production had de-
creased; business was languishing; ;
new enterprises were not undertaken;
instead of expansion there was cur
tailment and our streets We're filled
with the unemployed"
The suspension of these conditions
is not nationwide, only sectional, and
depends upon the duration OF the war;
Those who think otherwise are, In.
deed, living in FOOLS paradise.--Port.
land (Ore.) Telegr' 4.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
k<].%.FHNHN
THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS DO NOT STOP
AT THE COAST LINE.

"When say that am an
American citizen. ! ought to
say the proudeSt thing thai any
man can say in this world. But
you can't have that pride If
American citiZenry is cheap
thing. II 1t is not AHorthy of
protection this wide world over.
There is no man who could sue
ceSStully present to an Ameri-
can community the platform
that an American citizens
rights stop at the coast line
and that beyond that American
life is to be the prey of any
maraudcr who chooses to take
it."-FrOm q speech of Mr..
Hughes in the West.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
DENIES AssAILINc MR.. HUGHES.
Percy Mackaye Writes He Never
Saw "Authors' Letter" With
His Name Amended

His Name Appended.
Percy Mackaye, playwright whose
name appeared as one of the signers
Of the so-called authors letter." pub
lished In the newspapers last week,
knew nothing about the matter until
after publication. according to a state
ment given out yesterday at Repub-
lican national headquarters. The let
ter attacked Charles E. Hughes crit-
cism Of President Wilson as mon
constructive" and propounded ten
questions for Mr.. Hughes to answer.
In letter to Mr.. Hughes Mr.. Mackaye
said:-
MY attention has just been called
to an open letter addressed to you,
printed in the New York Herald Of
August 2, signed by number of pro-
fessiOnal writers. among whom my
name Is included. beg to send you
this word. to say that did not sign
the letter and never saw or heard Of
the letter until 1t was shown to me
In print"
1t was stated at Republican head
quarters that neither Mr.. Hughes nor
any Of his staff had seen the letter
except as 1t appeared In the news
papers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The fact that the Democratic cam
paign managers have booked Secre-
tary Daniels for a speech In Maine
seems to indicate that they have aban-
doned all hope Of carrying the State
and simply don't care what happens
to the ticket in the September elec-
ton.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Senator j. Ham Lewis, a spoEes-
man for the administ .ation, In at
tempting to apologize for the Presi-
dents mollycoddle expression that we
are "too proud to fight" explains that
II Is an old Latin quotation. But the
people already know that it is out OF
date and the expression of decadent
nation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

The men and women who prefer
man who does things to man who
writes notes about them will vote
for Hughes. Government by cOrre-
spOndence takes too long to get any
where, but government by deeds Is
always on the job.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

I'VE don't want to maintain a po-
litical almshouse," remarked Mr..
and nation applauds him. Ameri-
cans are beginning to see possibility
in the near future of regaining their
self-respect
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
fLEET|NG PROSPERITY
IS FOOLS PARADISE
Don't Let Smoke From MunitIon
Factories Cloud Your Brain
With Belief It's Abiding.
PROTECTION, OUR BULWARK

Forget Not the Dire Conditions Which
Depressed This Country Under the
Democratic Free Trade Tariff
Prior to the War-They Will Re-
turn to Plague and Hunger You
Unless the Republicans Are Re-
stored to Power.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

The administration seems to have
sold everything 1t could, from the ma
tons honor down to the smallest
rural postmastershlp.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

The Democrats are finding out that
pork comes home to root out their
standing.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
)NT FREDERICK COUNTY, Md THURSDAY AUGUST 3d. 1916.
POLITICAL JOTTINCS

At that, however. from beginning
to end this has been more Of "you
kick me and I'll kiss you" administra-
ton.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Vance Mccormick says the Progress
sives are stampeding to Wilson, and
It's ten to one bet he wishes he
could believe 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Those who are concerned to know
what Mr.. Hughes would have done
had he been In Mr.. Wilson's place
may rest assured he would not have
done as Mr. Wilson has. And that
is answer enough.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Secretary Daniels says this is no
time for politics. And it's no time for
Secretary Daniels, either
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
QUESTION CRAZE
SE|zES THE COP.
Democratic WORLD Long Had
Monopoly Of This Idiocy But
Opposite Party Is Infected.
STRING OF INTERPRETATIONS
TO TEASE WILSON IDOLATERS

QUESTIONABLE No. Twill All the vii.
son Notes Be at His Notification
How Did Fool Free Trade Hit
Your Line Of Business Just Before
the Battles Began?-When the War
Babies Die Will You Weep at the
Funeral2
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
s .hedule In Effect June 18, 1916.
All trains Daily unless specified

Note-All trains arriving and leaving
Tnurinot scheduled from Western Mary
land station
Note-All trains arriving AMI leaving
Frederick scheduled from Square.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

OF Mr.. Wilson 1t may be said he
meant well, but he now finds himself
buried under the evidence of inefii-
cheney that Mr.. Hughes has brought
forth.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Mr.. Hughes is not only going direct
to the public, but the public Is going
direct to him. A genuine American
tifty-tifty!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Mr.. Wilson has made no reply to
the charges Of Mr.. Hughes. Is he still
too proud to fghti
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
DIRECTORS -

- DIRECTORS -
Josedh G. Miller, 0. P. Bennett,
James Houck, r. S. J. Dutrow,
Milton G. Urner, Casper E. Cline,
A. C. McCardell, Charles B. Trail,
DR.. D. F. Mckinney, Clayton O. Keedy,
George A. Deau, P. N. Hammaker.
Rates furnished on application to our
resident director, P. N. Hammaker,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

them to keep something In the dinner
pail was $1,000, ,00O,O 900 more.
At the annual meeting of postmas-
ters in Washington recently, the first
assistant poStmaSter-general lauded
the postal savings system. That must
have been bitter pill for Postmaster
General Burleson, who sat on the same
platform with his assistant. When the
postal savings bill was passed, Mr..
Burleson, then Congressman from
Texas, voted against 1t. Every vote
cast against 1t was cast by Demo
crat Not one Democratic Congress-
man voted for 1t. Yet President Will
son says the Republican party has not
had new idea in thirty years. Whose
Idea was 1t?
1t was the instinct Of a lawyer for
Hughes to support his damning charg-
es against Wilson, by calling Wilson's
own secretary Of state as q witness
to prove them.
Mr.. Hughes says there should be
firm dealing in Mexican affairs. May
be so; but we have had enough Of
the firm of Wilson, Carranza 4 Co.
The impression is growing at the
White House that Mr.. Hughes Is delib-
erately unfriendly. Look out for notes.
II those Democratic notifiers put off
their notifying much longer they may
find Mr.. Wilson in no mood to accept.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

of fiction, the Democratic Campaign
Book. the wage-enrners Of the country
received during the Wilson Admins
tration $1,000, 100000 more than they
received under Taft And all 1t cost
them to keep something In the dinner
pail was $4,000, 100000 more.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
Western Maryland Ry.
Schedule In Effect June Is, 1916
II III V
GOING WEST.

rs l5am 7lSam 8 l6am
+8 % 9l9 ii 39
+7l5 u. .55pm 3.l3pm 5.4lpm
g. l5pm l.3Opm $50 400 65i
"420 542 SO
'Daily. tDaiy except Sunday. +Sunday
Only.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

President Wilson's alarm clock ls
ringing at o'clock these mornings.
He can reach out OF bed and turn it
Off the morning of March s.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

The Democratic contingent in the
Senate is all worked up over the fact
that the terms Of the treaty for the
purchase of the Danish West Indies
"leaked out" "Pitiless publicity" you
understand, has been consigned to the
scrap heap with large assortment Of
various other Democratic policies and
promises.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

The impression is growing at the
White House that Mr.. Hughes Is delib-
erately unfriendly. Look out for notes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Senator Lewis, defending the Presi-
dent on his ''too proud to fight" ex-
preston, intimates that 1t was due
solely to the ignorance Of his audience
that the popular Interpretation that
has been put upon 1t was evolved. and
that anyway 1t didn't mean what 1t
appeared to mean. The latter state
ment can be taken with some degree
of confidence, as 1t Is quite we'll
known fact that most Of the things the
President says do not mean what they
are supposed to mean.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Postmaster General Burleson Is too
foxy politician to adopt for his de-
partment the McAdoo rule forbidding
Treasury department employees parti-
cipating in politics. Mr.. Burleson re-
alizes that postmasters are entitled
tO some exercise for the money.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Secretary Redfield has presented
another Of those living Illustrations of
the old adage that "fools rush in
where angels fear to tread" with one
important modification. The differ
ence in the Secretary's case Is that he
and was kicked right out again.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

II those Democratic notifiers put off
their notifying much longer they may
find Mr.. Wilson In no mood to accept.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31
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1t strikes one that instead of wildly
hustling for the State of Maine, Vance
Mccormick might do better work by
taking his wrecking crew to the West
to repair the Democratic bridges that
are being dynamited by Justice
Hughes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

Charles Evans Hughes Is warm pro-
position.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

There are no strings or mental res
ervations to the public pledges of ad-
ministrative reform given by Charles
Il. Hughes. His record us governor
of New York guarantees the fulfill
ment Of every promise.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-31

1t Is gratifying, indeed to find that
Mr.. Wilson still stands on the suffrage
question where he stood at the begin
ming OF his administration. He has
changed on about everything else.-
Philadelphia Evening Ledger
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-17
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS, John J. Jones of Ca.
naan in the County of Somerset and
State of Maine. by his mortgage deel
dated August -, 1912 and recorded
in Somerset County Registry of peed,
in Book 307. Page 290. conveyed to
Maud B. Chadbourne a certain lot or
parcel of land situated in Canaan
aforesaid it being the South han ot
the East half of Lot No. l. In thr
first range of lots, according To d
plan of Canaan Gore, made by SamBe.
Weston, Esq. Also all of the North
half of the East half of said Lot NJ.
leading from the County Road south
ly through said Lot No 10. contain
ing seventy-tiYe acres, more ar less
being the same premises this day
conveyed to me by the said Maud
Chadbourne and Arthur NJ. chad
bourne, which said mortgage was dG-
ly assigned by said Maud B. Chad
bourne to Skowhegan Trust ComtaaN
by assignment dated August q. lel-
and recorded i'm said Registry Baak
1886, Page 267 and said SkoWhega'
Trust Company assigned said mort
gage to the undersigned by assign
corded In said Registry Book 81.
WHEREAS. the condition of sti
mortgage has been broken, NoH
THEREFORE, by reason of the bra
of the condition thereof | claim %
foreclosure of said mortgage.
Dated this Fourteenth day of il
gust y. y. 1916. -...
CECIL NJ. LANCASTER.
by Butler x Butler,
3w39 his attorneys duly auih"fizs1
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-17
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors

In the District Court of the United states
for the District OF Maine in Bankruptcy
In the matter OF
the partnership OF Cham
berand Il Beaudry, the
individual co-partners In :, ,,,.-.,.,.,.
which are Joseph ID. III baHNi 'f'''
Chamberlain and Napo-
leon Beaudry and they
individually, Bankrupt
To the creditors of the partnership Of
Chamberlain Il Beaudry, the indy iduaI
co-partners in which are Joseph y ham
berland and Napoleon Beaudry, and they n'
diV1dually OF Jack man Plantation IN Inc
County of Somerset and District AFORESAID
bankrupts
Notice is hereby given that on the lth
day of August, A. p 1915, said partuershll
of Chamberlain & Beaudry, the ndi'lduaI
co-partners In which are Joseph u. Cham
berland and Napoleon Beaudry, and they
individually, were duly adjudicated hahh
rupt, and that the first meeting OF thtH
creditors will be held at Daniel Lewis Office
in Skowhegan, Maine, on the End daf OIL
September, A. d. 1916 at ten O'Clock ~ tht
forenoon, at which time the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims, appoint
trustee, examine the bankrupts and transact
such other business as may properly eame
before said meeting.
August Is, A. u. 1916.
DANIEL LEWIS
Referee in BANKRUPTCY
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-17
NORTH ANSON

There will be no services next
Sunday at the Congregational church
on account of the Methodist Camp
meeting.
Mrs. Bailey and Miss Gertrude
Bowman of Sidney were the guests
of Herbert Mitchell and family the
first of the week,
The name of the Newcastle Lum-
Der Co, has been changed to the No.
Arson Manufacturing Co William
+. Robinson, formerly with the Union
Iron Works at Bangor will represent
the sales management.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Emery and
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Parsons and
daughter Dorothy arrived home from
Portland Wednesday.
Stephen NORM was called to Scion
Tuesday morning by the serious
condition of his mother Mrs. Celestia
NORM, who passed away few min
utes after he arrived.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Mitchell and
Mrs. Mitchells sister Miss Helen
Taylor were guests of the Mitchell
and Bailey families over Sunday.
Ira Bailey of Worcester. Mass, and
his daughter Miss Bertha Bailey are
visiting Miss Ellen Bailey at the old
homestead in this village.
On account of his heath, Horace
Bickford is taking an enforced va
cation from the meat department of
Porter & Marston's store, and Ira
Durgin is taking his place.
Mrs. Lila Webb of Lowell. Mass.
is the guest of her sister Mrs. o. ".
Counce
Mr.. and Mr.. W c. Robinson are
taking an extended trip to Quebec,
Montreal and will visit Mr.. Robin
sons old home at st. Thomas
Mrs. Dorothy Dudley came down
from Bingham Saturday night to
spend Sunday with her father Har-
rison Holbrook.
]. P. Murray has bought of Will