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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-17

for corns. Here's some Gets-lt. it's Just
wonderful how easy. clear and clear il
makes any corn come right off. Takes
but few seconds to apply 1t dries at
once. Put Your sock on right over it,
there's nothing to stick or roll up, form
bundle Of your toe or press on the
corn. It's painless. simple as rolling off
log. Now put away those knives. ra-
Zors and scissors, use Gets-lt' and, YOU II
have . sweeter disposition and no more
corns ana caliuseS.
"Gets-lt' is sold by druggists every
where. PC. a bottle or sent direct by
f. Lawrence d Co. Chicago Ill-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-17

''l"u'' from i"-e one
opponents of the Foot resolution fouy At
Was tina an endorsement of Mr. Root
would p""rI:d" t!:r possibility IF New
York putting forward Suprcm" Court
justice Charles l.. Hughes as The STATE
candidate for the presidency.
Ni"h"laS Murray Butler. chairman of
tie r"mmltt"" issued a f"rrlal state
mont in Wtj"h u" said tina: Nv Roo;
VAS himself opposed t" the uso of his,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-17
WEEKS NOT A CANDIDATE

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-17

Rallies clothing store on Spring street
also were destroyed.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
WIGKERSHAh ID
 SWEEP FIELD

". B. Stout booster and pio- ueer oI Haines, is a visitor ln the Garden City unta the arrival O. the Alameda, at which time he will leave for Cord0gz, wnere bee wiu visit with his daaghse-. Ars- F. E. Hauley. who lives la me westward city. MT. Stout wl be absent rom Lls Haines business for three oC IOur weeks
 In casting a resume og the DO lIt.ca. oo1aiuouz la he Flames ans ChilOOOt precincts. he predicts "a big walk away for James WicNeeT. sham for delegate to congress. The Haaies precinct wlL almost 10 a man, be Republican and tue Halnes .Repu0rCSa Club IS OuganlziGg and working tor the suppolt oI the par U,
 h divisional politics .J R. Heck man seems to be the pvTular maa Tor divisional senator. gASre can be uC question about these i've pre- c.uts going strongly Republican. Wlckershan has the undivided sup DOT. Of all Of the RepUbGoaa yOt- CTS and many Democratic voters have slgDified then intentions Of voting for Mr- WicEersham and re tuning him to office. Majority sentiment in Haines seems to favor the returning Ot a man who has done things fo- Alaska h prefer ence tG sending e man about whom thev know little, reEaTdless of the abilities and sincere wishes or that man, wnomever he may be
 Speaking oG the general busi- ness conditions ot our neighbor city. NJ. Stout represented rhem as beiag above normal. Haines Is anticipating and anxi0usly looking for ine opening Of the Rainy Eoi- l7v district. "f that district ever op2us up and roads push up the va,le- and proper development of ,he dstrict is maintained, then Eaiues will be one of the mOst important towns ln southeastern Ak aska, I, has the location, the people md the right spirit, all ~aat Is lacking Is the development Of the rich district which lies behind i.-su' that Is rapidly coming"
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
TOWN TOPICS

The Prince Rupert Is scheduled to make this port Friday morning at o'clock. It sailed on the minute from southern ports and with this good weather should be iu Ou time.
 L.. s. Hewitt of Juneau is regis yered at the Golden North Hotel.
 AIr. aud Mrs Thomas Green Of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are stop ping iu Skagway for a few days.
 ". B. Stout, pioneer of HaineS is waiting to make connections w!t the Alameda for the west ward. -.l-A.
 Joe Beauchemp took Q number of nlmrods over to Burro Creek to- day. .-L IA.A
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
WAGON ROAD
 NEARING END

Workmen are busily engaged pushing thru the wagon road from Skagway to Liarsville, Mile A The s'umps have all been pulled from the right Of way and the grad or has been run over the way. The men are now laying a fine coat Of gravel on the road When completed the r5ad will be twenty feet in width and cover distance of over four miles up the skagway River valley.
 People in the Garden City hope that this is the beginning of read which has been advocated for a number of years to tsp the sum nit. Plans advocated call for the construction or a wagon road up the valley and over the Summit to the boun iary line, where the Canadian government will then take up the IrJposition and push the road into the interior. By carrying to com pletion this scheme it would be possible for automobiles 10 go from Skagway to Dawson and other in terior points of interest
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
HUMBOLDT GOES
 BACK T0SEATTLE

It is understood that the steam CT Humboldt, which smashed into the steamer Providonce in a dense fag afg Port Townsend yesterday, has put back Jo Segue-. It vii. go 10 the dry docks to be repaired and as soon as t can get off the dry docks it will be placed back up ou it's Southeast ern Alaska run.
 The freight will be transferred to another ship and nnd It's way north just as soon as it can be un- loaded and transferred to another ship. It was heavily loaded with freight for this port IL Is the orcInion Of transportation men n this city that damage was not as bad as represented by the finst flash which was sent out yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
MAIL BOAT IN TONIGHT

The Santa Reta the gas mail beat which conveys the mail be tween SkaEway-Juueau and way points Is scheduled tc make this port tonight at 10 o'clock. II carries a heavy djspatchmeut Of mail from the Gast.neau Channel cities to the Garden City. small cargces of merchandise and parcel post packages are abord. It will clear for the south at l o'clock in the morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
CITIES CLAh0R
 FOR CAR SPACE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30-Rai1- way traffic to and from New York city showed a feverish activity this morsing- Merchants are rushing orders with the railroads - con tracts are being made for all of the avalablie space that the roads can handle. Auto truck convey dnccrs are being purchased by big business concerns and business Is trying to store goods in -anticPa- tioa oE the approaching strike.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
DOG TAX DUE SEPT. 1st.

After September 1st, old Rover mus; bear a Hceense receipt or go to the pound. The Ordinance pro yidiug for the assessment and col IeeCucn of dog taxes by the city officials will be strictly enforced. Legal 9otice of the dog tax appears elsewhere in today's issue. The receipts from this avenue go into the cofters of the general fund of the city
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
NEW MEMBERS AT
 BAND PRACTICE

Fifteen members of the Skagway band turned out for practice in the Fire Hall last evening. The boys warmed up to some snappy playing before the closing hour swung around. Lealer Smith an uouuces that several new members have been added to the band during the last fortnight. 4 band dance will be staged in the near future by the 5oys.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30
RIVER REPORT

WHITEHORSE, Aug. 29-Daw- son arlIved S D. m. on the 27th. Dawson sailed noon on the 2Sth. Canadian sailed S ?. m
 Casa in Dawson,
 Dawson down Biz salmon 6 a. -.
 Sc klrk in sight of Yukon Cross ing.
 White Horse up SelEirG S ?. m Selkirk sails Thursday night.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30

Gerald Cloud and wife, accom- panied by Mrs. Jas. Louttit left for Lower Lake Dewey this afternoon to do a little fishing and hold an outing picnic. They will be joined this evening by MT. LOuttit.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-08-30

Joseph Edgar, well known Gar den City resident, left for a gen eral recuperation and outing at Sitka Hot Springs on one of the last bO&ts.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
Cigarnakers
(By ]. W. Sanford.) }

With the addition of several more
states to the dry column by vote of the
people at the last election it may mean
that many of our good citizens that left
here for that reason Will return, for if
the dry movement i to prevail all over
the land one place will be as good to
live in a any other from a business
point OF view.
Cigarmakers in the various shops col
lected by voluntary contribution over $50
for the assistance OF the striking cigar
makers in Detroit which will be for
warded in a few days.
Frozen water Yipes last sunday, due
to the sudden cold snap, mterfered with
our attendance at the Trades Assembly
last meeting.
Bert Sherry, an old member who has
been out OF the business for several
years, contemplates returning to the
trade again soon and share in the pros
perity which prevails in our line now.
Several travelling members have Sc
cured jobs in the last couple of weeks
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

mantown, y. Y, at the age of 90 is
still setting type, making up forms and
otherwise actively following his lifelong
trade as a printer He is supposed to
b- the oldest working printer in the
United States. His career began on the
Newport Rhode Islander a year before
the war with Mexico. OF course, he
worked on the New York Tribune when
Horace Greeley WAS editor. The story
would be incomplete without that fact
Harry \. Scholton, former president
OF Colorado Springs Typographical I'm
ion and now an active member. was
elected commissioner OF Fl Paso county
for term OF four years in the election
held Tuesday, November !. The term j.
for four years and pays 81 500 per an
mum.
I. j. Copenharvc of Omaha Typo
gra phical Union, as president Of the Ne
braska Trade Union Anti-Boozc League,
was prominent factor in winning that
state for the drys.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

and manufacturers are calling for more
men.
John Zeis, an old time member of Ia,
is reported as having lost his eyesight
and Is otherwise disabled. Altho John
allowed his membership to lapse a mum
Der OF years ago, We regret to hear of
his disability. He was one of our char
ter members.
Card from our friend, Henry Kessier,
who is travelling with the Hippodrome
road show and Sousa's band in the East,
informs US that he is doing we'll His
next engagement Will be five weeks in
Boston at the Grand opera house
Communications have been sent to 4
number of the local unions in the city
requesting them to ask the manage
ment of the Denver Baseball association
to feature the home cigars at their park
the coming season
Ray Lowderback OF the Bakers Union
paid us a visit one day this week and
we compared notes on our organizations
and use OF our labels. We found by
comparison that there are more bread
and cigar labels used now than ever be-
fore. Call for all labels, il helps more
than you think.
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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
Mdchinists

Businc-. Agent W +. Evans reports
tina, work in the contract shops is be
coming more quiet and several men have
been laid off during the past week. How
ever he has more calls for railroad ma
chinists than mon to fill the jobs. most
Of the requests coming from out of
town points ON the ID & r G., Burling-
ton and Rock Island roads
Harry johnson. well known member
II No AZ. IL confined at st. Joseph
hospital whcrr he was operated on this
week for appendicitis. His condition i
rsported favorable.
business Agent Evans and Financial
Secretary Charles Ahlstrom give a. an
irdirat ton Of the continued growth and
prosperity OF No. Il that their Office
has been forced to install a Burroughs
adding machine to keep account Of mi
iiation fees and dues paid in.
7. T. Mclaughlin. who was injured
last week at tho ID. 6 X. G. shops. haz
gone to his old home in Pennsylvania,
where he will recupcratc for few weeks
benjamin Franklin Perry, business
agent Of the Federated Railway shop
men, has returned from trip to Grand
Junction. RidgcwAy and other points on
the Rio Grandc
Charles +. McIclland Of the d. & II. @.
shop. accompanied by his wife and baby.
left this week for New Orleans to spend
a vacation. He will probably visit Cuba
before returning 10 Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

non-union stereotyPer or electrotyPer
in the whole Dominion of Canada 50 far
as We know. Between % and % pei
cent OF the trade in the United States
Is unoin and We are constantly increas-
ing the thorone>s OF our work in win
ming over the Others
-Our wages. while not the highest in
industry. compare favorably with the
best. and considering the fact that our
members are almost entirely steadily
employed, Their average annual earn
iugs are perhaps as high as any craft
in the American Federation OF Labor.
During the past year thirty-two OF our
l22 local unions have successfully nego-
tiated new scales"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
By Sigmund the Ad Man Denver, Colo

Twas the night before Christ
mas. and all thru the house.
excitement was rampant, while
Dad and his Spouse, were ar
ranging the tree, and good
Santa Claus was ready TO start,
but why does he pause-'causc
his JOY is not real. and the
gifts that were bought. in a
hurry and furry, without
proper thought, We're sure 10
displease, and sorrow would
reign too late now to change
regrets are in vaiu--ris
very long story, can't tell it
all here. how chagrin took hold
where should have been cheer,
But let us take heed and do
better this time. and make
Santa cheerful and cheerful my
rhyme. Shop early, shop wisely,
show now, don't delay, the
safest, tho surest, the sensible
way.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
PRESS ASSISTANTS.

The twenty second annual ball and
reception OF Denver Printing Pressmen's
Union No, Il will be given Thanksgiv-
ing eve. Wednesday. November %, at
Nichols Dancing Academy, l247 Broad
way. These functions are always at
tended by large and joyous crowds, who
look forward to the Press Assistants
annual ball as an occasion for a rare
social good time. Tickets are 80 cents
per couple, and extra ladies - cents
each. Tickets bear 4 coupon which are
good tor $40 cash drawing on the
night OF the dance.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
STEREOTYPERS.

Writes Secretary Treasurer Charles A
Sumner OF the International Stereoty-
pcrs Union:
Every stereotypcr and electrotypcr
west of the Mississippi river, except i'll
three shops, is member of our union.
One of these shops is the Los Angeles
Times, another the Salt Lake Desert
News, Mormon newspaper; the third,
the Minneapolis Tribune There is not
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

Parachutcs to bring an acroplanc safe.
ly to land after IL had met with mis-.
hap in flight are q French invention.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
TOLD IN A
FEW LINES

John X. Lawson was iu Trinidad this
week looking after sonic organizing work
In that district.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18
INCREASE FOR STREET CAR MEN

Motnrmen and conductors OF the Kan.
sas City Railways company Were in
formed this week that an increase of
pay OF approximately seven per cent
will be given them. starting November
10. The increase is from one to two
cents an hour and the minimum monthly
wage Is raised from S45 to S55
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

John D. Ramsey. general organizer
for the United Mine Workers OF Amer.
ic'. after visit to his home in Wyo
ming. has come to Colorado. where he
viii be stationed for an indefinite time
Ilc has been in West Virginia for the
past eight months
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

Municipal band concerts are now being
held every Sunday afternoon ia the city
Auditorium. beginning at 3 O'Clock
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

Beats them all. la Belle &c cigar;
union made in Deuver.-Adv.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

Main Line Lodge No li6, Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen. l. again meeting
every saturday night m X OF + hall,
IVAN. block. at the loop.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

Retail prices Of coal in Denver took
another upward jump this week. owing
to the scarcity OF cars for transporting
fuel from the mines. The increase
amounted to 25 cents per ton on all
grades Of coal
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

Denver experienced the coolest No
Scmber weather in many ycars last Mon
day night when the government therm.
omcter registered three below zero. In
-omc parts Of the state eighteen below
was recorded
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

I'd Anderson. secretary treasurer OF
the State Federation Of Labor, and sec.
rctary OF the State BARRIERS Association,
left this week for a business trip East
in the interest OF the latter organization.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-18

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Evening star., 1916-12-10
NAvY'S SHORE FACILITIES
INADEQUATE, HE ASSERTS
Rear Admiral Harris Says Serious
Situation Is Threatened
in Future.

The navy's shore establishment has
not kept abreast of the fleet in it's de-
velopment. declares Rear Admiral F. r.
Harris. chief of the bureau of yards
and docks. in his annual report, which
sounds warning that a serious situa-
ton will be presented within the next
three years unless there is a change in
policy.
Unless such development keeps pace
with the fleet the navy will be without
adequate facilities for the repair and
upkeep of the vessels" he says I'm
mediate steps should be taken to de-
velop the main yards and to provide the
facilities that will be needed at the
time vessels now authorized are COM
misSioned.''
Admiral Harris reiterates his state
ment before the House naval committee
recently that the development of the
the work of major Importance that
should be undertaken immediately" In
addition, he urges new structural IA
cilities for the New York yard, leaving
the question of its extension or the ac-
quirement of an auxiliary yard in New
York harb 1r to later study: preparation
of the Philadelphia yard for ship build
ing and to care for the fleet reserve;
improved berthing and shop facilities
for the Puget sound yard and the build
ing of a 1.000-foot <ry dock on San
Francisco bay as an adjunct to the
! Mare Island yard.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING.
Senator Chamberlain Will Propose
Hearings on Military Measure.

Chairman Chamberlain of the Senate
military committee announced last
night that he would urge the appoint
ment of a subcommittee next Friday to
hold public hearings on the subject OF
universal military training, using as
a basis for consideration his universal
training measure modelled after the
Swiss military system, which he intro
duced at the last session of Congress.
Senator, Chamberlain conferred dur
ing the day with Howard H. Gross OF
Chicago, president of the Universal
Military Training League. an organiza-
ton OF prominent men who are urging
universal training system. The pc
riod of training to be required is one
of the vital points to be considered. A
period of eight months was discussed
Yesterday as a probable maximum.
Among supporters of the Universal
Military Training Leagues program
are F. P. Ripley, Cyrus H. X. Curtis
Julius Rosenwald, Henry NJ. Stimson
C. H Mccormick. George w. Perkins
and Robert Bacon.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
1000 SUFFRAG|STS
At HOUSEWARM|NG
National Associations New
Washington Headquarters
Formally Opened.
LEADERS CONGRATULATED

Between a thousand and fifteen hun
dred men and women. the latter great
ly in the majority. representing every
state in the Union. and even from
Buenos Aires. from Panama and from
Hawaii. attended the "housewarming
and reception of the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association last
night in the new home of the organiza-
ton at 1926 Rhode Island avenue
northwest
The house, once the Washington
home of Larz Anderson. and later that
OF senators Smoot and du Pont. was
thrown open from to IL O'Clock,
when suffrage leaders, headed by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
National Association, received the con-
gratulations of a steady stream of
callers. who expressed their gratifica-
tion at the fact that the suffrage move
ment has acquired a home in the Ma
tional Capital.
Wives of cabinet members elbowed
social workers during the evening;
members of the Senate and House cir
cles and wives of Supreme Court JUS
tees danced and drank fruit punch
with soap box orators and federal
amendment lobbyists and woman
voters from the western states aired
to New England women their ideas as
to how the east is to be won for equal
suffrage.
At the head of the receiving line was
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman. chairman of
the reception committee, others in the
line being Mrs. Newton d. Baker. wife
of the Secretary of War; Mrs. David F.
Houston, wife of the Secretary of
Agriculture; Mrs. Louis d. Brandeis
wife of Mr.. Justice Brandeis; Countess
Gizycka, Mrs. Adolph Miller, Mrs. Har-
riet Blaine Beale. daughter of the late
James G. Blaine; Mrs. Leigh Hunt. Mrs
Frederick Brooke, Mrs. Glendower
Evening star., 1916-12-10
RAILWAY MEN TO MEET. <
Employers and Employees to Discuss
Plans for Eliminating Friction.

NEW YORK. December 9-'To reach
an understanding which will eiiminatas
friction and enable the traffic which II
essential to the sound health OF the coun-
try's business to be smoothly handled"
conference of railroad presidents, rail-
way lator union officials. railway lawyers
and members of commissions regulating
railroads will be held at Evansville. Ind.
December IA and Is. it was announced
here tonight by p. NJ. Whelan, secretary
Of the Railway Investors League aE
Among the speakers. Mr.. whelan said
the following are expected: Alfred n.
Thorn. counsel Of the railway executives
advisory committee on federal legisla.
tion and general counsel for the Southern
railroad: John Muir president Of the
, Railway Investors League: Frank p,
Walsh. chairman of the federal commssS-
sion on industrial relations: w. G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen; Frank Trumbull, chairman of
the railway advisory committee on fed
eral legislation. and N c. Kingsbury, vice
president of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company -
States to be represented at the confer.
ence are Indiana. Ohio. Illinois, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
BRITAIN NOT TO RENEW
SHELL CONTRACTS HERE
Canada to Make Munitions Under
Contracts for 1917, Declares
Dominion's Chairman.

TORONTO, Ont, December ENG
lish shell contracts in the United States
virtually all run out within six months
and most of them within three months
after the first of the year, and will not
be renewed. it was announced here to-
day by ]. w. Flavelle. chairman of the
imperial munitions board for Canada
This would increase Canada's RESPONSE
bilities in the future and Canadian mu-
nitions manufacturers will be expected
to fulfill their contracts for 1917, he
said.
Mr.. Flave1le has been abroad nine
weeks, consulting with the minister of
munitions and his assistants, and this
announcement was accepted here as the
message of Great Britain to the Domin-
Evening star., 1916-12-10

longing the war, she said. IL the dim
Guilty Of spreading the news. 30 that
the different nations are unaware OF
Countries which they are opposing.
The people of Germany. while not
starving, are being poorly nourished,
and infants are allowed only pint
According to the speaker, the people
of England do not realize this situation.
but think that Germany Is stronger
than ever. and that they must prose-
cute the war until the imperial empire
is crushed. Germany, she said. woul
accept peace on the basis obtaining
before the war began.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
To Get Raw Materials Here.

of course Britain will still continue
to purchase copper brass, steel and
other raw materials from the states"
he said, but she will not purchase any
more of the finished shells. The min
lister considers that two years proba-
tion is sufficient and will expect Cam
ada to fulfill the promises she made for
munitions in 1917. In fact, it would be
a grave bunder if the contracts were
not fulfilled. Canada is still behind
with her deliveries"
He added that few people realize
what a tremendous factor the Domin-
ion has become in munitions production
or the magnitude of the task before it.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
BIG GUNS ACTIVE IN TRENTINO.
Austrian Transport Column Reported
DISPERSED on Slopes of Col Santo.

ROME. December O.. via .I4ondon.-,"In
the Trentino," says todays official
statement from the war office. violent
artillery actions occurred in the Adige
valley, where our batteries dispersed
a long transport column on the north
western slopes of Col Santo.
"On the Julian front yesterday there
was rather less artillery activity.
bad weather continues in the whole
theater of war"