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person in authority has moved to
bring It up to the number provided
by law.
An army Of untitled regiments, day
light machine guns, aeroplanes that
keep the ground; a wireless that Is
either non-existent or lit only to be
the toy Of n child: are there more
disclosures like these to he made?
The navy, ship for ship the peer
OF any? With not a battle cruiser de-
signed. building or authorized with
the Admiral Of one fleet established
in a tender as his flagship; with
undersea boats that must he lowed.
that cannot submerge, or. having sub
merged. reach the bottom and stay
there until the wreckers have crossed
u continent and lifted them to the
surface with chains and tackle; with
submarines equipped with electric but.
teries giving Of dangerous explosive
gases. and no ventilators provided to
clear the air: with battleships doing
the work Of cruisers with evolutions
and target practice neglected; with
its enlisted men undergoing literary
training in the hours that should he
, devoted to seumanship. recreation or
rest: with d%readnoughts Of problem.
atical value In competition with the
modern vessels OF other Powers /:
| hpdlam In its civil direction. disgust
among its professional commanders.
and unrest among its enlisted men?
The fatal defect of the defence sys.
ten Of the nation is not shrouded in
mystery. II springs from political
control Of technical subjects. The
educated and informed men. the Spe.
~cinli>ts whose advice deserves respect.
are subordinu,ed to the ignorant poll.
ticIan. the clown in office. \ Daniels
pushes aside II Dewey. and muzlles II
Fiske. and publ, opinion j. directed
not by the facts. hut hy the special
appetites and the job seeking nmhi-
lions parochial Headers" harbor.
Where n general stan Is needed I"
harmonize and coordinate tw" rom
Elementary services. II volunteer band
OF civilians is introduced. inevitably
breeding discord and jealousy. COM
plicating still further Il situation of
extreme delicacy. and offering Il fer
tile field for chickering's and dl>tru>t.
\ system incapable Of any results eX-
cept u continuation Of prohigiou>
waste without fruit. Incompetence and
failure Is fastened On us. and until
IL Is recognized that without coherent.
responsible, expert guidance progress
Is impossible. we shall blunder ON in
the costly and futile course In which
our feet are now set.
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"OH GOD! OH MONTREAL"
Who Can Direct q Literary Pilgrim
to Samuel Buffers Poem:

To rHE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir: In
Rupert Rrooke's Letters From Amer
lea | ind ID passage reading:
I made my Investigations In Montreal 7
have to report that The p-rubo'us is very
well. and nowadays ,ool.- i1o whole vbr j
IN the tsce. almost quite Gaahl-hsd.
And with regard - Ina; part .culsr
reference 20 Discobolus there is AN edi-
tors footrot", see samuel Buffers
poem, oh God Oh Montreal
Can some one SCI forth that poem or
say where Il may he found? \ friend
tells fne u was reprinted in the Mon
trsal star Years ago. hu' that %reproduc-
ton IL not accessible. and a late pursuit
or the question has failed IN No less "A
reservoir Of intelligence than the Ros-
ton Public Library. ions NoLTHY.
NEW YORK, March -.
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Old associates stunned him. He was
In rnnnp1oto NcljOco |

Old associates Stunned him. He was
in complete eclipse.
That k~uRoPArKiN should now be
restored to favor and entrusted with
high and responsible command means
either that Russia is desperately In
need of military talent or that KuRO.
PATKrN was u victim Of bureaucratic
persecution and injustice after the
war with Japan. He Is now to be
put ~ the test again, but he will lead
m army, not a mob. and his subordi-
mates will bc competent and Jealous.
There was never any doubt Of kuRo.
rATKIN's theoretical knowledge Of
war, and in the Turkish campaign
he had distinguished himself as SKo.
REiEtr's chief of stan. In Turkestan
aud Samarkand he added to his repu.
tation. AZ ~ he was n Major.Generai
and talked Of rs the vi Of
SKoBEIErf KuEOrArKtN was always
II soldiers General and popular with
the regimental officers.
"war,' KuRoPATKIN has said, has
become the most Intricate Of arts.
No part of the campaign may be left
to accident or momentary enthusiasm
nowadays" He Is no longer young
at 6s, hut his great opponent HiNDEN.
n, Re- is us old or older. K%uROPArKIN
has n reputation to make. a chance
to redeem himself. II will be inter.
e>ting to study him In his new field
If action.
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To rHF EprTor al Tur SUs-Str. \
man has II moral right To- sci hj> prob
nets for a Ytjr proiit. and deal hun,,tlN,
When h" eN eris talrncss tud pric-
tises cStortion h" is rohhius his Gus.
toners. jesse james VIZ I poor h',Si-
ness mar. He might htN" learned
method from some of your ru6ber re-
'aurants along B~roidway. For instance.
they buy HOLSTERS for 50 and 90 ccnts
apiece. broil them. and then sell them
for s.
The question IL. when = lobster (.
sold at that price. which lobster is
actually sold" VAR PLAY.
BosroS. Mass March -
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A conspiracy Of cigar makers and
dealers covering fifteen years and
costing the Government millions Of
dollars annually In uncollected taxes
reveals stupidity Or worse in the
Treasury Department rather than
cunning ainong the laWbreakers. Re
Gently a similarly ancient fraud in the
disti.ling trade was reported. The ex-
PLANTATION OF the thieving Is 10 he found
IN the offices of the collectors and the
system followed therein. and not in
the superior genius Of the dishonest
manufacturer under their supervision.
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Congressman links has recovered his
health,
Hut his mind /. still worried by current
events;
lie looks like . man who Was trying by
stealth
To keep his mouth shut and 10 ct on
tho fence.
Hes scared and he's nervous. His people
are stirred
BY feelings old links csnnot quite under
stand.
They're writing to ask him to stvs them
hts word
Hell vote tor protecting our seas and our
Old links IL heard saying II, reell,
ain't RICH,
70 poster q man o. my sgs about that.
tn cost many millions to PIT UP Q nght,
A Ars's consumtn' the hull o my fat!"
2. JoNss.
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In Defence Of an Old and Honorable
Profession.

To THE EbIroR or THE SuN--Sir. ono
OF your correspondents ascrihcs the
spelling of the word "sundae" to the ig-
noranrc OF an "illitcrate' druggist, !
nave been IN the drug business these
twenty years ani never heard OF AN
illiterate druggist. II is, IN tact. i'm
for "A practitioner OF the an
Client and honorable mystery Of phar.
macy to be illiterate.
EDWIN w. THOMAS.
NEW York, March IS.
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The red blooded men OF this couutry
DO not demand this big military estab-
l.shment. They fear no enemy and they
do not ask that their fellow citizens be
burdeued with taxation In order that
men In the regular army may be Jumped
from corporal to Major-General-Rsp
r~esemtdttve JOHN c. MCKENZIE Of Ill.,
roiS.
Mr.. MCKENZIE 10 quite right in as
Stunning that the country would not
cheerfully pay for such Jumps in pro-
motion. Ills notions about the army
have u Woodbine Township flavor.
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Has the attention Of the Thompson
committee been directed TO the fact
that HERBERr H. NREEIASp when presi-
dent OF the Metropolitan street Rail-
way Company offered In behalf Of that
corporation to build the original sub
way without asking for any money
from the city treasury?
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The p%erniciOus advertisement league,

The perniciOus ant!-enlistment league,
whose members pledge themselves
against enlistment as "A volunteer
for any military or naval service. Of
fensive or defensive. in international
war" has extended its activities 20
the colleges. II there Is now no law
To- punish the authors of this I'M
patriotic enterprise one should ne
enacted: and its penalties might prop
erly include incarceration in an imbe-
Gle asylum.
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To I'VE Enron or TIVE SuN-S,C Y-.,
hurled and "deciinate'' are fne word.
but ! prefer The wal report adorned with
powerful "teoparii1e"
Has the curtain Of 0r'" anything IA
10 with the pillar Of hsm-' mentioned IN
tho rcpor, on the retreat of the Israel.
.,.s? Ino. tMEgIcAS.
WrsI UnrN, Conn Mayrh ~.
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TO rut Enron ov THE St~-Sv; Mr..
Nr.u i,rgasi IN his speech al tho most re
cont Nunau suffrage meeting. us reported
IN Tut SIS. s.,i.
''Thc battle AZ the polls lss' Sovenhcr
was Simply the Lexington ~ TIM coun.ct
for human rights, Tho people propose
that there shall hc . Yorktown
ON" naturally iuquir.s. Whn are tho
people" " not those Who fousht and won
the battle at the polls las, November"
CHARLES T., STRAtruN,
BosroN. March 20,
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Chairman PADuErT OF the House
Naval Affairs Committee In not with
out u TO provide for his peace
and comfort. When a committeeman
becomes troublesome the chairman
rubs him the wrong way until the
trouble maker flies into "a passion and
out Of the committee room.
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An esteemed contemporary remarks
that 'it will he a very democratic
gathering at Madison Square Garden
on Saturday night" Possibly. But
the cynosure OF all eycs Will be Jour
dukes.
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To n EplTon or THE srN-Sr; Is thu
frank and ingenious letter TO the telc
phone company from senator In wson o,
Brooklyn less frank and ingenious thar
queens Uorough's appreciation and rerep
ton Of the Hon, Ex.Con. Curley Joe Gas,
s.dy. lately Of sing sing? ~ A.
NV YORK. March ~
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Mr.. Wilson'S preparedness addresses.
delivered last winter. are undergoing
preparation for publication and 1t II
said they will constitute one Of the
most interesting OF the new books
when they have been finally edited.
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They Nlill SMmn IN Nnnkcclnnd.

From the Ddnhuyg foHH Ercrin0 Arura,
HaA anybody got = typewriter 10 ca.
change for "a monument or hesdstone. or
have work done Ia the cemetery" y r.
Austlr's monumen,aI works, 23s WAITE
street.
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defeat In "A club election. seized the
ballot box and tore up the ballots. Who
Jays now that the gentler sex Is not
II. to vote with man?
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- suv friends uho tauor Us Nth mona
scripts sad iNusf rotioss 70, pubicdf'o" nish
to hsre rejected articles returned they must
~ eu cases send stamps for fhsf purpose.
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noah. sprlus Time Thought.

Noah regarded the D.lugc.
"Hooray," he cried. 'th,s viii remove
the snow"
Fearing he also might b. considered .
cold proposition he embarked on the Ark.
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London once. E%ningham House. ] Arun-
del street. Strand.
Paris Once. u Rue de la Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre septembre.
Washington Office. Hibbs BUILDING
1rookIyn Once, iO8 Livingston street.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-31
WINTHROP
WINTHROP AFTER
PLATOON FOR THE
NATIONAL GUARD

Members Of the National Guard uvi,.
in and near Winthrop are interested n
and anxious to establish . platoon a,
infantry in connection wieh n Co.. st.
toned at Augusta. and are seekinr u.
support and cooperation Of all loyal an
patriotic citizens to bring this matta
about. Already six men have sisniaN
their intentions to give aid in brinrin,
this idea to a successful termination am
will be supported by one Of the lieuteu.
ants Of NJ Co. This will give Winthro.
4 distinct standing in the matter OF pre-,
paredness and there are more than IN
sufficient amount Of good American n:
triotic youth in this vicinity to NAH
it possible. Sixteen men or two squad
will be required and that means thu
men will be drilled here at home at lsas
so per cent. Of the drill periods. L. n
Higgins is the instigator OF the move
ment and reports he IL receiving som.
encouragement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-31

was called to order by l.. S. Black.
president Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
who introduced George w. Maxf1eld,
president Of the Eastern Maine r. r.
Mr.. Maxfield was enthusiastically re-
ceived and gave a most interesting
talk on the proposed Eastern Maine
railroad. He had with him maps,
blue prints and all the details on pa
per showing the vast amount of work
that has been accomplished in the past
five years and In a thorough manner
No explained everything and also stat
, ed to those present that he has rights
Of way and deeds for the road from
Houlton to Bancroft. Houlton citi-
zens are becoming alive to what the
building Of this road would mean to
the town of Houlton. Remarks were
made by L. S. Black, w. S. Levin, ".
]. Thibadeaus Selectmen Ralph Hack
EFT and F. L. Putnam. All who spoke
were most enthusiastic over the out
look of what this new road would
mean to the county. It was decided
to choose committee Of Ave to inter-
view the citizens OF Houlton in regard
to doing their part toward the building
Of this railroad and the committee ap-
pointed was as follows: Ora Gilpat-
rick. S. l.. White. L. A. Pierce, w. J.,
Thibadeau and F. L. Putnam. Mr..
Putnam was chosen chairman.
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ARREST MOST
.Sk|LFUL OF THE
COUNTERFE|TERS

washington, Oct. 3o.-Treasury secret
service agents announced today that
with the arrest Of H. r. Wilken, for
merly Of West Hoboken. N. j., in San
ia Cruz, Cal, last week as he was try
ing to pass a bogus SO note of the Min
neapolis Federal Reserve Bank, the
government got its hand upon the most
skillful and elusive contefeiter of re-
cent years. The prisoner is said to
have confessed making the three most
puzzling series of counterfeit bills en-
countered since the notorious Monroe
Head affair.
When the secret service men raided
Wilken's place in Los Angeles they
found not only plates from which bills
were turned out. but also miniature
paper mill capable of producing fine
rnn!ity of stock almost exactly like
= by the treasury for printing
its notes.
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MAY TAKE The
OFF,
new DIMES

Washington, Oct. 3o.-Tgeasury onhcials
are considering whether the initials OF
the designer of the new dime put IN
circulation today for the first time shall
be eliminated and coinage suspended tenn
porarily as was done in the case OF the
original Lincoln one cent piece. OP the
face of the dime the initials OF the art
ist A. Weinman, appear prominently in
MONOGRAM When the Lincoln cent piece
was first coined it bore unobstrusiVely
on the base of the bust small initials
of the artist While there is not law
governing the question the treasury de-
partment ordered the letters off under its
ruling that no advertisement shall ap-
pear upon any coin.
The new dimes were in demand at the
treasury department today but appli-
cants received only dollars worth each
The supply here was $4,000 and like
number was at the sub-treasury at New
York. There were 100000 at the sub.
treasury in Chicago, 100000 at the St
Louis sub-treasury. and the remainder OF
the stock was distributed to Boston. Bal
timore, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Phila'
delpl1ia and San Francisco. In all $780,
COO in the new coins have been minted
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ASK WORKINGMEN
WITHDRAW SONS
FROM BOY SCOUTS

Boston, Oct. 30.-Workingmen of the
country are asked to withdraw their
sons from Bay Scout organizations in
a resolution adopted by the State
Branch. American Federation Of La
Dor, last night. The action came after
a report that Charles c. Jackson, pres
ident of the Greater Boston Council Of
Boy Scouts, had advised scout masters
to prepare the boys under them to
Withstand politically the aggressive
ness Of labor unions" which he is said
to have predicted would be Savage
and bitter" after the war.
If this is to be the attitude Of the
Boy Scout movement" the resolution
said, sit is time that the wage earners
Of the country should take their sons
out of that movement, for the reason
that boys and young men should be
educated on liberal lines and not mar
row ones''
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DEACON BAILEY,
PREACHER AT 90,
FRIENDS CHURCH

Winthrop. Me-. Oct s9-Deacon -Chare
NJ. Bailey. following a custom of NAM
years of conducting the service at tn.
Friends church on the Sunday after hi.
birthday, preached there Sunday night
Despite his IS years. he read from tn,
Scriptures, selected the hymns and d.
livered a short sermon. At the cos,
of the service he distributed the pink
which adorned the table to the women Of
the congregation.
Deacon Bailey has given generously to
help other societies and there is hardly
Friends church in Maine which has no,
benefited by his advice and donations
He is keenly interested in the work a
Mortified, Mass. and is a trustee O
that institution. He has been a lihera
contributor to Oak Grove Seminary d
Vassalboro and to the Good Will Earn
for Boys at Hinckley.
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ARREDONDO
ILL-POSTPONES
CALL ON LANSING

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Eliseo Arredon-
do, Mexican ambassador-desi ar
ranged today to see Secretary Lansing
tomorrow for the purpose of repudiat-
ing the statement attributed to Luis
Cabrera, assailing the administration
Of American neutrality and immigra-
ton laws. The ambassador expected
to make the call today, but postponed
it because of illness. His explanation,
which will include Mr.. Cabrera's dis
claimor of responsibility for the state
ment, probably will close the incident
Mr.. Arredondo also will take up with
Secretary Lansing published criticisms
of the American administrations deal
ing with Mexico attributed to Generals
Carranxa. Obregon. Gonzales and 9th
err high officials of the de facto gov
eminent. 1t has been stated at the en-
bassy that Mr.. Arredondo has been in
structed to deny the authenticity of the
alleged quotations..
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PR|NCELY sum.
FROM WOMEN FOR
THE HUGHES FUND

Washington. Oct. 30.-Women Of the
country contributed $101,944 to the cam
paign fund of the National Hughes
Alliance Women's committee, according
to the financial statement filed today
with the clerk of the House by May
H. Brumsey, treasurer. Expenditures
of the womens committee up to this
month were $4,000.
Among the largest contributors were
Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim, New York
and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, $4,000
each: Mrs H. H. Hartman, $4,000; Mrs.
Willard Straight, $500; Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Felix Warburg, Mrs
Alexander Smith Cochrane and Mrs
w. H. Croker. Burlingame, Cal, $25OC
each.
Women who contributed $1,000 each
were Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, Mrs. r
Coleman Du Pont. Mrs. Cimon Gug-
genheim, Mrs. Charles Stoughton
Wood. Mrs. John D. Archbold, Mrs. A.
A. Anderson, Mrs. Clifford Pinchot:
Mrs. Tiffany Blake, Mrs. r. Living
ston Beeckman and Mrs. Helen Prick
Various other amounts have been
pledged among them $4,000 by Mrs
Coils P. Huntington Of New York
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Bankruptcy Proceedings.
Petitions-Alfons Pelletier of Water
willie. Liabilities, 1898. all unsecured
claims; assets, nothing. Attorney. c. A.
Blackington of Waterville. Gogan G.
Scott, merchant of fremont. Liabili-
ties, 34Ss7O, of which $477.s0 is unse-
cured claims; assets, $50. Attorney, D.
E. Hurley of Ellsworth.
Discharges-Fred/ Thompson of
Brighton plantation, Alexander G..
BRYANT Of Lewiston, Albert Morrow of
Pennington, Arthur w. King of Au-
gusta, David c. johnson Of Fairfield.
Reuel II, Bates Of Littleton and Frank
J. Clark Of Easton.
United States District Court.
Upon an indictment returned In 1914
by a Federal grand jury on the charge
of selling liquor without Federal Ii
cense James Gerro was arrested few
DAYS ago in Bangor and was Saturday
arraigned before Judge Hale in the U.
s. District Court at Portland. He was
held in $500 bail for the February term
OF court In Bangor and bail was FUR
nished. Gerro was represented by At
torney Edward Murray of Bangor, who
waived reading and hearing. Mike
Adams and John Adams. brothers, OF
Calais, were fined $25 and 81. respect
lively. upon pleading guilty to the
charge of smuggling beef across the
border by Judge Hale. Through their
counsel, Attorney Terrence B. Towle OF
Bangor, both men entered pleas OF
guilty and paid the fines imposed.
The Eastern Maine Railroad Plans.
A rousing meeting of the Houlton
Chamber Of Commerce was held at the
Engine room on Water street on We'd
nesday evening. Oct. rs. The meeting
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CLAIMS THE
REMARKS were
''D|STORTED''.

r. New York. Oct. 30.-The attitude of
the Boy Scouts of America is not that
which WAS made the basis of the res
olutions adopted by the Massachusetts
branch of the American Federation of
Labor, it was stated here today by
James E. West, chief scout executive
of the National Council of the scout
organization. Mr.. West said that a
message received here today from
Charles C. Jackson asserted that the
latter's remarks had been distorted as
he had not alluded to labor unions but
had appealed "for a larger and more
intelligent participation in CIVIC at
fairs
The resolution evidently was based
upon an incomplete and misleading ac-
count of what Mr.. jackson actually
said" MIR. West added. 1.-THE Boy
Scouts of America has had the official
support of the American Federation of
Labor for years."