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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-11
BIames Organization

VI these defects Capt Sims attrib-
'ed to the organization Of the depart
uni mat had prevailed for years. He
4'S'eo that general staff would
,,e rendered them impossible and
W. the committee that with the gem
al BOARD determining military char
"r's'icS Of ships. modern American
,Me craft were we'll built.
1n0tr the old system. the captain
~ The criticisms of sea officers came
ne men who designed the ships and
SnelFed by them He described his
TANK characterization" in obtain
resident Roosevelt's ear as 20 tar
n Practice.
,"s" The short range target prac-
"~ abandoned in 1909, by the de-
"e"'' SAID Capt. Sims. the gunnery
r.u and continued to go down un-
VI" when the individual practice
'''''ed. In 1915. the fleet show
=" per cent. Improvement. but the
en'en' was from the standing of
r.,. ~ IN POSSIBLE hundred and the
"s was still bad. The i'll effects
,,,r stump were being slowly but
o'efcome. he added. and he urg-
Iui' information be published
"ha' the men behind the guns
way I'D He insisted that nobody
." ignorance abroad because ev-
sh power has a definite system
..,,s out such matters promptly.
VI one case in his knowledge
Tue naval attache Of one mower
orioe Of $4,000 to get informa-
10 the naval secrets OF the
10y 70 which he was accredited.
Coast Defense
w. SIMS declared submarines could
~iehd a coas, and that the de-
VI New York should be made
es at sea. He had positive
'eose' he said. that the British
spent part of its time behind
i" sheltered harbors and the rest
surrounded by screen fleets and
.ne nets when not in rapid mo-
-, -"e only German submarine that
Yush the screens he said, had
+. ahmed by hattleship and sunk. |
oncer said it was not subma-
!, ""'eh defended Helgoland. the
'i'an base on the North Sea,
''"'nusd on Page 1o-coIumn ~ !
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16

In many public schools children are
supplied with pencils which are dis
tributed and collected each day. 1t
has been felt that infectious diseases
might easily be communicated from
n child to another by the pencils.
For boys and girls have a habit of
chewing or sucking the ends of their
pencils, and the germs of the many
diseases that Turk In the mouth are
thus transferred to the soft wood.
Thus might any Of the affections Of
the throat, nose and lungs, to say
nothing of the more serious diseases
hat manifest themselves in sores of
the mouth. be transmitted.
1t is to safeguard against this that
II. S. Matthias has patented a sterilizer
for pencils. These are put in a rack,
their points being immersed in forma-
lin gas, which kills all the germs.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
HOW RUSSELL GOT NICKNAME
Mite" Because of His Short
Stature.

Lord John Russell's diminutive stat
ure earned him other nicknames be-
sides the inevitable Johnny" The
neatest is the one recorded by Cree
vey, which was bestowed by some
wag upon him when he married the
widow of the second Lord Ribbles-
dale-"the Widows Mite"
John Russell was a frail and deli
cate child from the first, but his
physique cannot have been helped by
the hardship Of his school days. He
had to be taken away from Westmin-
ster because he could not stand the
tagging and unwholesome food. And
before that came a private school at
Sunbury, where. as he recalled in later
life. he found the mutton fat so in
tolerable that he dropped 1t under the
table. But the master, a clergyman.
made him sweep 1t up off the dusty
floor and eat 1t, dirt and all.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
HOW DOCTORS HAVE CHANGED
Fewer Whiskers and Frock Coats and
Less Mystery About Them Than
Formerly.

Formerly the doctor had to veal
sideburns or a Van Dyke, else he was
under suspicion of being frivolous. A
frock coat was a part of his disguise.
He exhaled an odor of strong drugs.
He rubbed his hands and shook his
head as a part of every bedside dag
nosis.
He was a good doctor, too, in many
ways, and his helpful sympathy and
his unfiagging service to his patients,
whom he cherished as few physicians
cherish theirs in this day when every
family is likely to ~patronize a dozen
specialists, endeared him to the COM
munity.
Patients and their troubles are now
often a matter of card indexing and
Of very exact courses of treatment.
Social medicine" is slowly doing
away with the charity practice which
every physician once carried on for
the benefit of his W soul. The pub
lie is being taken into the confidence
of its healers, and so rapidly do pop
ular magazines spill forth news of
the latest advances that 1t is an astute
practitioner who can converse on all
the medical topics brought up by
those who enter his consultation room.
The doctor is more q scientist, more
of a business man, less of a sage and
oracle. But we still have that happy,
childlike trust in him as in the days
when pneumonia was a signal for bat
tened windows and when cool water
was regarded as a deadly thing when
taken internally by a fever victim
Detroit News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
HOW EDITOR COINED WORD
The "Gerrymander" Was Born in
Massachusetts, and Is Credited to
Nal. Benjamin Russell.

It was an early American newspa-
per editor who made the word gerry
mander." He was Mai. Benjamin Rus
sell of the Massachusetts Centinel,
which he and his partner, Warden,
founded in 1884. He was q fighting
man, and the Centinel was no tame
journal, but whacked blithely and cared
not where the chips fell, says the Mer-
genthaler Lines O'Type News.
In 1911 the Massachusetts legisla-
ture under Governor Gerry made a
neat new division of districts for con
gress elections. The most insidi-
Gus and ingenious arrangement of
districts was the n for the
county of Essex. With great glee
Russell took a mar of the county and
colored the districts to show the
Nervousness of the device.
Gilbert Stuart, the famous painter,
saw the map, and suggested that the
apportionment looked like a reptile.
He made a few marks on it with his
pencil and said: "There! it's a sala-
manderi !"
Russell jumped up, laughing. "Sala-
mander he shouted, looking at the
hideous figure: "Gerrymanderv !"
An engraving of the "gerrymander''
was made and hawked through the
state. Thus was born what probably
Is n of the most constantly used of
all manufactured words.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
EATING IMPROVED BY SOCIETY
Feeding In Solitude Did Not Com
mend Itself to Author Of 1.-THE
Spectator"

This habit of feeding in solitude
which has received the i%mprimatur OF
"Ouida"-would not have commended
itself to Addison. The author of "The
Spectator"-being a goo1 fellow-was
of the opinion that 1t was company
rather than cookery that made a good
meal.
Gas I in everything love what is SIM
pie and natural" he wrote, $50 partic-
ularly in my food; two plain dishes,
with two or three good-natured, cheer
full, ingenious friends, would make
me more pleased and vain that all
that pomp and luxury can bestow
For it is my maximum that "he keeps
the greatest table who has the most
valuable company at It,"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
No Time for Luxuries.

While Alec was playing on the
hearth rug with his toys, father and
mother sat thoughtfully discussing the
increased cost of living. The small
boy took it all in, although they did
not know.
A week or so later his father called
to him.
"Look here, Alecr he said proudly,
'isn't this a lovely little sister that
mother has given your"
Alec looked at the infant, but said
nothing.
"Don't you like her?' asked father.
"Oh, I s'pose she's all right" said
the small boy, disappointed; -"but
there we're lots of things we wanted
morev"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
Praise of the Past.

Not from ~perversity do We praise the
past but because we love II. 1t has a
life as venerable as that of the wild
things of nature, and affects us In the
same way.
New things as compared with it are
as the tree in the suburban garden Is
to the primeval forest.
The forest shade and the species that
inhabit 1t, and the sound of rivers in
the spring freshet. and the pushing up
of fungus, and the ripening of acorns,
though renewed each year, are yet
among the oldest things and have in
them the most persistent life.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
Fully Informed.

Uncle Nose aspired TO the elective
office of justice of the peace In the
'black bottom" part of town. One bar
there was TO his preferment; he could
neither read nor write. His master
advised him to go to the commissioner
of elections and ask whether he was
eligible. Nose went and returned.
'What did he tell you, Mosef" in
quired the master. Its all right, sab, .
answered Nose: dat genlemun suit
tinly was kind. vas, sub. He tole me
All was illegible TO dat ofice."-Ar-
gonaut.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
McDermitt-N National Line

Leaves Winnemucca land opposite
points, daily, except Sunday, at z a.
M, for McDermitt, National and way
stations.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
Bookshop Guides.

A big bookshop always seems to us
a most confusing place. In such an
embarrassment of riches, which way
is one to turn? To guide n to what
is really worth while there should be
an announcer, as at the railway
terminals, shouting In an enormous
voice:
"This way for Emerson, Amy Lowell
and points north of Boston. This track
for Ernest Doowson and way stations
on the Decedent division. This aisle
for Joseph Conrad and the Anglo-Rus.
sian school. This train for Spoon
river, Vachel Lindsay and the Chica,
20 slum poets."-Life.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16

1t is a crime against God and mar
to speak of the sin of another, If he is
now seeking to lead a good life. God
foHgets, and so should nan In Ba-
varia, when a man has been convicted
of a crime and has by Imprisonment
paid the penalty he who speaks or
writes of that mans crime is himself
punished as a criminal. Are %repentant
men eve to have a chance?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
Wonderful Electric Signs.

The electric signs on Market street,
San Francisco, are said to be the most
gorgeous, as well as the most intricate
In design, on the American continent.
In accordance with a city ordinance,
all these signs fold up or swing
against the buildings during the day,
and their sudden appearance after
night is a bewildering surprise to the
stranger.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

E. Reinhart & Co. have taken a contract to build an armory
for the Humboldt Guards. The hall will be built o a lot owned by
the Guards opposite the Eagle drug store and will be the finest
owned by any militia company in the state. 1t will be 100 feet long
by Ss feet wide, and the stage will be Is feet deep.
%
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
Chestnut Bread.

Bread is made from chestnuts by
the mountain %peasantry in Italy and
France. After the nuts have been
blanched they are dried and ground.
From this -four a sweet and heavy
cake is made which resembles the
oaten meal cakes so popular In Scot
land.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16

WINNEMUCCA COMMANDERY No.
A, U. d. Knights Templar. Stated
conclaves of Winnemucca Comman-
derry No. A will be held at their hall
at s D. m. on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month. All Sir
knights are cordially invited to at
tend w. A. BROWN, e. c.
]. f. ABEL, Recorder
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-11-16
WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
EastbOund.
AUTOMOBILE STAGE LINES
Office and Garage, Sixth and Melar
key Sts., Winnemucca. Phone 46.
Paradise and willow Point Line

Leaves Winnemucca Cand opposite
points, daily, except Sunday, at z a.
M, for Paradise, Willow Point and
way stations. rs lbs. baggage allow
ed; &c ID. for excess.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
WOMEN PILOT CARS
ON LONG JOURNEY

Out-of-town persons here in connect.
ion with the Chautauqua are taking
advantage of the opportunity to in
spect the Starr Piano plant. Every day
at local hotels parties are organized
to make the trip to the river bottom.
Guides are furnished by the Starr
Piano company and an invitation is
extended to all out of town visitors to
visit the plant
Walter Beck OF Springfield, ILL.,, met
his brother, c. B. Beck, of Corville,
Oregon, at the Arlington yesterday.
The meeting in Richmond had been
pre.arranged
H. c. Niles, representative of the
Starr Piano firm, entertained party
OF five at the Westcott
'Mr. Ditsch was busy so took the
boys for an outing" says Mrs. o. w.
Ditsch, of Kansas City, who with her
three sons registered at the Arlington
yesterday. The party is travelling by
machine.
Mrs. S. J.. Murray, of this city, en-
tertained party Of five at dinner at
the Westcott yesterday.
Terrors of the road have no place
in the heart of Mrs. C. w. Vanderpool,
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who
drew her roadster up at the Arlington
this morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
REPAIR WORK
TO Be TAUGHT
IN CLASS ROOM

With the innovation of prepared.
ness" course of manual training work
in the city schools this fall Little
Johnny or Willie will be able to come
home in the evening and inform his
pa just how cement is to be mixed
with gravel for the foundation of the
new garage or just how much oil the
new fliyver should or shouldn't be or
namented with.
Outline of the preparedness" course
was made by Superintendent of City
Schools J. T. Giles this morning. Every
grade in the city schools will adopt
the program. Instructors Misses Mary
Williams and Stella Williams will be
in charge of the work.
According to the plan outlined by
Mr.. Giles the grade schools will offer
class in general manual. domestic
and repairing work. The young stud
ents will be taught how to mix cement,
mend household machinery, the use of
tools and other phases Of household
arts that come in handy most every
day of the year.
The course promises to be one OF
the most unique as we'll as useful ones
every inaugurated in the city schools.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
HALL CR|TIC|SES
[continued From Page one.]

CONTINUED From Page One.
cised his attitude toward the impend
ing railway strike.
Woodrow Wilson has now gathered
up power until he is the most dog
matte president that ever occupied the
chair" said Mr. Hail. "He has even
gone to the extent of calling in the
great business heads and debating to
them. l do not say that the laboring
man or the capitalist is right. but
do say that when a president goes to
such extreme steps should be taken
to limit his authority
Wants Another Body.
1--WE have had strange disease, it
might be called commissionitis. FIT
teen men on commission control our
industries, and now Wilson wants
tariff commission, to which he wishes
to appoint all the members himself.
If the members were appointed by
Congress it would be partisan board,
he says, and claims that he will ap-
point a non-partisan board. Only a
subtle psychological schoolmaster
could have evolved a scheme like
that
Mr. Adair says the Republicans
have no issues, and he is SO conf
dent and satisfied that even now he is
consulting Tom Taggart as to the men
whom he shall appoint when he comes
to power. But there are issues and
one of them is the integrity of the gov
eminent. ~
Speaks Of Tariff.
THE industrial situation is an issue
which demands the business judgment
of the Republican party. There are
the two positions of free trade and
protective tariff. Free trade would be
all right if conditions of living were
the same, transportation rates equit-
able, and there were no modifying cir
cumstances. But the Republicans be-
lieve that it is better to have bust
ness and pay higher prices than to
have low prices, but. no money to buy
and no jobs with which to earn money.
"The Underwood tariff has not met
the expectation of the government.
The administration has reached every
where for revenue. Soon farmer
will not be able to take chew of
inspection of an accounting clerk.
Discusses Preparedness.
preparedness is another issue. Will
son has no policy on that. Today he
says there is no danger, tomorrow he
runs over the country throwing a
scare into the people; today he is too
proud to fight, tomorrow he is willing
He advocates anything that will get
him votes | believe there is more
humbuggery in all the talk about pre-
paredness than in any other Issue.
"In this state the Democrats say
that they have paid the debt. Other
administrations had paid similar
amounts, and the present adnninistra- |.
ton has raised the tax from 80 mills |
on the dollar to 40 mills on the dollar |
The Republicans could have kept the
tax as it was, paid off the debt, and |
had surplus" &n
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
RAISE APPROPRIATION
FOR WERNLE HOME

Annual appropriation of the Wernle
Orphans Home was increased $1,000
raising it to $1,000 by the Joint Synod
OF Ohio and other states, in session at
Sandusky, o.. according to the Rev.
A.. ]. Feeger, who returned home to-
day. The synod also made the num-
Der of board members conform with
the charter, which cuts off two min
listers and one layman from the body.
All the district synods of the body
will meet during the same week at
Columbus, o., next year. A large jubi.
lee service commemorative of the four
hundredth anniversary of the Reform
alton will be held in that city during
this week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
STORES OFFER
[Continued From Page One.]


es into which the contestants have
been divided
Nicholson Bros. (prize announced
later)
Neff & Nusbaum. pair baby shoes.
Lee B. Nusbaum store, fine lingerie
dress.
Greek Candy Co., large box select
candy for mother winning baby (baby
with mothers persission is preferred
recipient.)
Holthouse Furniture Co., choice of
any chld's rocker.
Ed. n. Wilson, dry cleaner, 81 in
trade in dry cleaning for the winning
white baby and winning negro baby.
rank Fa?son. photographer, one
dozen photographs to best pair white
twins.
Fred Grothaus, furniture dealer,
high grade taby's high chair.
J. F. Ratliff, jeweler, choice child's
jewelry value $500.
John F. Alderman Dry Goods Co.,
baby bath set.
Dickinson Trust Co., bank pass book
and credit of 81 account
Foster Drug Co., So in articles for
baby
Bachelor Dairy free milk service
for 80 days.
Walk-Over Boot Shop, pair high
grade infants shoes
Fred Kennedy, jeweler, for third
best baby. sterling silver spoon or
knife, fork and spoon.
Geo. H. Knollenberg Dry Goods Co.,
tprize announced later)
J.. E. Bender Ice Cream Co., one-half
gallon ice cream Tin care of mother.)
Sample Shoe Store, pair of baby
shoes.
Arthur Bundy. photographer, one
dozen any style photographs.
Charles Haner, jeweler, jewelry to
value of 5000
Quigley Drug Stores, first prize),
$3.50 in baby foods or medicines. Sec
ond prize. $3.50 in baby articles. Third
prize, 81 in baby toilet articles
Teeple Shoe Store, pair infants
shoes.
Weiss Furniture Store, high grade
baoy yard.
John Zwissler, bakery. fancy birth
day cake for winning baby, presented
on next birthday.
In addition to the list herewith CIV
en- for the city baby competition, the
S. H. Reed Furniture Co. has offered
a SIS prize to the highest scoring
baby in the county. The Richmond
winner will be entered in compe-
tition with high scoring babies from
all parts of the county. A silver low
ing cup also is offered by The Pallad-
ium Printing Co. as one Of the prizes
for the winner in the city contest.
Romey Furniture Co. offers $25
Reed baby cab to most nearly perfect
baby.
Feltmans Shoe store offers / pair
of boys $500 shoes.
German American Bank offers $500
credit in savings department as LIST
prize to most nearly perfect baby.
Grand Leader offers $3.50 baby
dress.
Roy Dennis offers $1.00 in cleaning.
Brehm's toy store offers $1.00 In |
Miller's Harness store offers $1.00 |
in merchandise.
o. e. Dickinson offers prizes to the |
value Of $500 to twins. First prize.
Austin's Millinery store offers pretty |
set of baby ribbons
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
GOOD BILL OFFERED
BY MURRAY MONDAY

After being closed for some time
while the interior was being redoc-
rated and repairs made, the Murray
theatre will open Monday. September
4, with five acts of "big time" Keith
vaudeville as the offering.
Announcement of the opening per-
Torrance was made today by o. G..
Murray. manager Of the Murray and
Murrette. The headline attraction for
the first half OF the opening week
will be the Four Marx brothers and
their company in the petite musical
comedy. Home Again" This act alone
lasts over forty miutes and presents
a cast of fifteen persons. In addition
there will be four other acts and a
reel Of travelogue pictures.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
KAYSEES CAIN
LAP ON FEDS
IN FLAG RACE
kaysee, s; Feds, 5.

N0yOSSt W VSOOS ~
Staging Garrison In its part OF
the final, the Knights of Columbus
baseball faction in the affair with the
Federals at the lot last night, man.
aged to take close majority and
thereby retain mighty good chance OF
eventually overhauling the erstwhile
almost certain pennant winners of L.
Newcomer & Co.
II was rafting good game. featur.
ed by a neat slabbers' duel between
Spike Lawrence, Kaysee, and Don
Long, Fed. The Fingers broke on a
par. the break going to Lawrence and
his knight aids.
Clouting feature was the stick work
Of Pink Kinsella. Knight, who har-
vested Is per cent OF the grand total
of bingles accredited to the Kaysees.
AS a result Of the win, Kaysee Is
now but half game to the rear OF
the leading Postfeds, and the Bankers
in the basement. still have an earthly
chance to cop the flag.
The score.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
NO MAIL DELIVERY
ON next MONDAY

September 4 will be the first full
holiday which has been observed at
the postoffice this year. Orders have
been issued as follows:
There will be no delivery OF mail
by city or rural carriers on Labor day,
September 4. tAs
The money order office and regis
try window will be closed all day.
Box mail will be put up. and general
livery and stamp windows will be open
until 10 a. m. s4v
Special delivery matter will be de-
livered.
Early morning collection will be
be made on Main street, and regular
evening collection will be made
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
MIS-SPELLED WORDS
FEATURE POSTERS

Unique advertising seems to be the
rule at the Chautauqua. AS a result
the audience has invented a new game
which can be played while waiting for
the program to begin
Hon. e. 7. Morrow. who was to have
spoken at the Republican meeting yes
terday, is described as being the candi-
date for the office of governor" Of
Kentucky. Louis Williams. who lee
tured on the wonders of electricity,
flashes into publicity qualified as an
electrical wizard"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-31
ONLY FEW DAYS
LEFT FOR ENTERING

Parents are asked to remember that
September 2, which falls on the com.
ing Saturday, is the last day on which
they may register children for the
Richmond Better Baby contest. AL
ready the entries are far more mum.
erous than anticipated when the con-
test was first announced.