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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Democrat National
Committee Renews
Agreement Charges
continues Allegations and Attempts to Prove
compliance with Demands" Despite Denial
by Officials of American Independent Confer
ence

New. York, Oct. 23.-The Democratic
national committee tonight issued
what it termed the second install
ment" of charges that a secret agree
ment exists between Charles E. Hughes.
Republican presidential nominee, and
the American independence confer
ence of which jeremiah A. O'Leary is
one of the heads.
Tonight's statement, the Democratic
national committee announced, sis,
based upon the official records of the
organization" and attempts
to show by excerpts from Mr.. Hughes
speech what is alleged to be a compli-
ance with the demands said to have
been made upon the Republican NOM
inee by O'Leary and his association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Field Service Work
Monday at Camp Reyes

what is called butterfly
one Of the rare sights which
occasionally occur in Texas and Mex
of butterflies Of all sizes and colors
swept down on their camp. the mass Of
insects being several miles in length.
and that after they had passed great
numbers of them were found piled up
against the sides Of the tents and cook
houses. killed by the force of the wind
which was driving them, and that i'm
mediately after they had passed, a
heavy rainstorm followed.
The chief topic of conversation all
over Camp Reyes at present is natur-
ally enough the question as to whether
they are really going home Wednesday,
some of the boys thinking that it is al
most too good to be true, but SO far no
word has been received to contradict
the report. Practically all of the men
are very uneasy under the continued
restraint of the camp life, which ex-
plains the number of prisoners under
guard on Monday. The regimental
parade, which was held at P. NJ, was
quite we'll attended, and was very
pleasing to watch.
1t is understood that the regimental
parade to be held this afternoon VIII
be the last that will be put on at Camp
Reyes this year, ahd it is expected
that a large number of visitors will
come to the muster field to see it.
Nearly all of the companies are plan
ming for demonstrations Of one sort
or another when they get to their own
barracks, and the latter part of this
week there will in all probability be
some lively times in some Of the towns
and cities of this State, for there are
still many of the young soldiers who
have not seen their parents since their
arrival from Texas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Heard by Hughes

The statement issued tonight by the
Democratic National committee was
read over the telephone to the secre-
tary of Mr.. Hughes at Montclair, N.
]. Mr.. Hughes declai ed he had moth
ing to say tonight concerning 1t.
jeremiah A. O'Leary in statement
tonight said in part, in reference to the
Democratic committees statement of
Sunday:
Governor Hughes has stated cor
rectly what happened at our interview
with him. In order to prevent any pos
sibility of misunderstanding or misrep-
resentation, we had carefully reduced
to writing what we wished to say to
Mr. Hughes. Our statement speaks for
itself. The man who attempts to find
fault with any portion Of it, particu-
larly with the question We asked,
whether or not Mr.. Hughes would ad-
minister the presidency of the United
States in accordance with the spirit OF
the fathers and the whole American
people is not a true American"
Mr.. O'Leary said there was nothing
secret about the conference and ask
ed, why should there be?' He said
the interview was given by request.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
-FOUR MISSING
THOUGHT LOST
FRENCHMAN'S BAY
Motorboat Missing and Thought
Wilcox with Three Children
Took It Out

Bar Harbor, Me-, Oct. 23.-French-
mans Bay was being searched today
for William Webster. aged rs. Of Deer
Isle. and three Bar Harbor children.
who, it was supposed, went out late
Saturday afternoon for a short trip in
a motorboat and have not since been
seen. 1t was feared that the boat was
capsized.
The children were Eddie and Cora
Robbins, aged IL and 10, respectively,
and children Of Mrs. Carrie Robbins,
and Everard Hillgrove, aged II. They
were last seen about o'clock on the
small schooner Brilliant, on which
Webster was employed. Soon afterward
the 12-foot motorboat was missing from
the davits and it was believed Web,
ster took it out for a run about the bay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
VOLUNTARY MESSAGE RECEIVED
IN SUPPORT OF HUGHES DENIAL
SECRET PACT WITH ]. A. O'LEARY
Frank Seiberlich Sends Telegram to National
Committee Making Plain the Absurdity Of Ac-
cusations of Democratic National Committee

New York. Oct. pa telegram from
Frank Seiberuch of Boston was given
out here today by the Republican nation
al committee in support CT the denial by
Charles E. hughes last night of the
Democratic national committees charse
that the Republican presidential candl-
date entered into a secret agreement WIN
the American Independence conference,
of which Sberlich and jeremiah A.
O'Leary are members. The telegram
reads
Did Not Criticize Roosevelt
1.-The statement made by Mr.. Hughes
relative to conference with committee Oh
the American Independent Conference Is
absolutely true. Mr.. Hughes saw the
committee, of which ! was a member,
made no promises, did not criticize Theo-
dore Roosevelt and made statement to
the committee that he stood for all Am
erican rights"
William r. Wilcox, national Republi-
can chairman, said in making the 'tele-
gram public, that it was voluntary
message, unsolicited by the national COM
mittee.
The Democratic national committee
made public today what were described
as additional details concerning the
personnel of the chief promoters of the
American Independence Conference.-The
secret radical organization which it is
now admitted by Charles E. Hughes and
Chairman Wilcox of the Republican ma
tional committee, has been in personal
and direct communication with both the
Republican presidential candidate and
his campaign managers"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Mrs. E.B. Palmer
Hollis Center
Dies by Poison
Young Bride Of Nearly Four
Months Mistakes Bichloride of
Mercury for Medicine

Hollis Center, Oct. 23.-Mrs. Edna Brad
bury Palmer, wife of Carl Palmer, and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brad
bury. died last night as a result of TAX
ing bichloride of mercury last Wednes-
icine and swallowed it before she real
lied her mistake. Although everything
possible was done for her, yet it was Of
no avail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer were married the
first Of July, last. and were keeping
house at Clarks Mills She was q years
of age. Besides her husband and parents
she leaves three sisters and host Of
friends who sincerely mourn her untime-
" death. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
ALLIES MI PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE GERMAN
DEFINITIONS MAKES SUGGESTIONS For NEIrTRAI Is
Reviews Cause of the
War and Says He
Would Welcome In
vestigation by indie
pendent Impair I'll a |
Tribunal

London. Oct. 23.--Another important
contribution to the discussions on
peace was made by Viscount Grey, sec
retarv for foreign affairs at lunch
given today by the Foreign Press AS
ISOLATION at which the diplomatic rep
resen,atives of the Allied countries
were present. The foreign secretary
made it plain that the Allies were not
prepared to discuss peace terms and
gave no indication Of what their terms
might be, but welcomed any efforts by
neutral countries for a combination to
prevent future wars. Some of the most
important passages Of the secretary's
speech follow:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
indictments of
Portland Men
Are MOL Pressed

Portland, Me-, Oct. 23.-County Attorney
Jacob H. Berman today mol pressed the
indictments found against Thomas E.
Fratres. Francis D. Martin and Charles
F. w. stockman. members of fthe board
of aldermen of Portland, who had been
charged with seeking to extort money
from local contractors in connection with
the awards for the new high school build
ing. The indictments were found at a
reconvened session of the grand jury last
May. The county attorney stated that
he did not regard the evidence as suffi-
cient to secure conviction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
THOUSAND YARDS OF THE GERMAN
TRENCHES ABOUT CUEUDEC0URT IN
POSSESSION OF BRITISH FORCES
French Also Report Gain - Stubborn Engage
ments But No Large Changes in Pennsylvania
Italians Bombarding Austrians

The Dobru region Rumana apparently is being overrun
by the forces Of the Teutonic Allies.
Consanza Rumanas chief seaport and fortress the Black
Sea- already has fallen into the the of the right
wing of Field Marshal Mackenzens army while the left
wing nearing Tchernavoda where the Danube
spanned by the bridge the railroad running from to
Bucharest Near the their 'front.' which extends
Dobruda the invaders have cut the
railroad Murfatar and pushed their troops # beyond
the railway line, according to Berlin.
Before the rapid advance of che Germans, Bugarians
Turks-rapd despite heavy rains and soggy groundthe Rus
slams and along entire 'front.' butc
cording to Perograd Offering stubborn resistance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24

Albuquerque, N NJ, Oct. 23-Theo-
dore Roosevelt speaking here today de-
nounced Secretary of War Baker for
his reported comparison Of Washing
tons soldiers with Mexican revolution
lists and criticized the President for
putting Mr.. Baker in the cabinet in the
first place and for keeping him after
the reported comparison. -.
This statement of Mr.. Bakers. &C
quiesced in by the silence of Mr.. Will
son." said Col. Roosevelt, shows that
Mr.. Wilson in his heart believes that
Washington was no better than Villa
or Carranza: that the men of the revo-
luton stood on a level with the mis-
creant crew who during the last three
years and half in Mexico have MUIR
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Occupying Constanza, Important Seaport and
Fortress, and Approach Town Of 1chernavoda
Roosevelt Declares
the Un6tness Of Baker
and President Wilson

dered Americans by the hundreds and
Mexicans by the tens of thousands.
These men have perpetrated every spe-
cies of outrage upon women and chill
dren and have turned all Mexico into a
hell of starvation. disease and misery;
they have done this with the active or
passive assistance of the American
government under the leadership Ct
Mr.. Wilson, and his cabinet officer now
defends them by the foulest Islander on
the men who made us a nation"
Col. Roosevelt said that the man who
professed such doctrines was whole
lv unfit to stay in the cabinet and that
the President who retained him was
wholly unfit to remain President of the
United States"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Georaa A. Pettinaiil

Lisbon Falls. Me-, Oct. 22-George
A. Pettengill, from 1871 to 1908 Maine
Central station agent here, died in a
Lewiston hospital last night. He was
born in Lewiston. Feb. rs. 1s4s, the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Pettengill. At
the age of Fl he came to Lisbon Falls
and for two years was in the grocery
business, leaving that to enter the en-
ploy of the Maine Central.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
British Advance

Aside from the operations in Do
brudja the British smash at the Ger
man line in the Somme which netted
more than 1000 yards of trenches east
of Gueudecourt and Les Bouef, is the
most notable incident of the fighting
on any OF the fronts. A gain described
by Paris as ':appreciable" is also re-
corded for the French northwest of
Morval which is just south Of the re-
gion where the British and Germans
were in contact.
German Reports.
Berlin in touching upon the fighting
against the British and French sun
day between LIE Sars and Rancourt,
SAYS the attacks of the Entente allies
were sanguinarily repulsed.
The German official communication
admits that the Germans withdrew
Sunday night from the north OF Chaul-
mes, south of the Some. to a prepared
position lying east of the northern
part of the Chaulnes woods.
On the Pennsylvania front STUBBORN
fighting is still in progress between the
Teutonic Allies and the Rumanians fof
the mountain passes and the terrltors
inside ,Rumania which has been capture
by the Austro-Germans.
The Russians having been cleared from
the Narayuvka river region of Galicla
the Austro Germans have hurled a vio-
lent attack against other forces of EN-
peror Nicholas, north of Brody, near the
yolhynia- Galicia border The attack was
repulsed, according to Petrograd
At the bend of. the Cerna river in Ser
bia. Berlin says, the Germans and Bull
garians, fighting side by side, have halt
ed the rccsensive of the Serbs. who are
now on the defensive. Bad weather is
still hampering full operations on the
Macedonian front
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24

Sixty-seven State agricultural col
leges and experiment stations are de-
voted to the development Of agricul-
tpra Their endowment, plant. and
equipment amount to 100000, 900. They
have an income Of more than $35,00O,-
900, with $500 teachers and a resident
student body of over $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Weather forecast for northern New
England: fair Tuesday and Wednesday
except probably rain Tuesday night
and Wednesday in northern Vermont.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24

: Under the Federal-aid road act.
within the next five years $160,000,000
will be spent by Federal and State
Governments in improving rural roads,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
Boston Forecast

Boston, Oct. 23.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Not much change in temperature;
moderate northeast win IS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
GOOD FURS
WEAR WELL

Il has always been, and always will
be the principle Of this establishment
to offer patrons the highest grade Of
.furs obtainabIe at the lowest possible
price. Every article sold by 10 must
carry a recommendation to other Gus
TONERS. For that reason everything 10
Of the best quality proeurabIe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-24
DE-DYING
II E-PAIRING
'AAE-MODELING

Old fur garments into newest styles.
Each order receives the same careful
attention as new work and satisfac.
tion 10 guaranteed. Estimates cheer
fully furnished. Write for our cat.
aloa Of styles.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

before the so.called Fargo con.
vention that Lemke had sue-
gested Frazer to Townley as the
proper man for the place, 1t al
SO develops that one of their can
didates for the supreme court, J..
E. Robinson, is Lemke's law part
ner and it must have been such
fact that landed him for person
ally the man hasn't any excuse
in the world for running for the
supreme court as was shown four
years ago when Bruce beat him
two to one. Mcdonald, candi-
date for superintendent of public
instruction, is another pal of Fra
ger, Lemke, ct. al. Birdsell is
their candidate for the supreme
court, and likewise their former
instructor at the university law
school. Truly, it does look as
though Fay Harding and his fel.
low delegates at Fargo had a lot
to do with the Non-Partisan
ticket which is to be crammed
down the Threats of the voters on
the 18th of this month.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

1t now appears that one of the
chief powers behind the throne
of the dictator of the Non-P arti-
san League is none other than
VIM. Lemke, who failed to land
as national committeeman in the
recent primary. The writer was
informed to this effect a couple
of months ago by a fraternity
brother of the said Lemke.
However, it is only recently that
there has been evidence come to
hight that such is the fact. When
the Non-Partisans gathered up a
few farmers in Traill county to
replace their candidate for repre-
sentative, D. P. Burnett, after
said Burnett refused to sign their
pet pledge, Lemke was one of the
Fargo gentlemen in charge of the
farmers. Now comes John Gang,
member of the league and dele
gate to the Towner county con-
vention, and states that the
league boss in charge of their
convention stated several weeks
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

One of the Non-Partisan can
didates is Kositzky for state au-
ditor. While we have had con-
siderable CUFF about the new
machine backing only "tillers of
the soil" and men free from all
entangling political alliances, the
fact remains that they saw fit to
put their O. X. on Kositzky. In
doing so they picked a mighty
shrewd and slippery politician,
which is the best that can be
said for their candidate. At
present he is holding down a fat
job as secretary of the state tax
commission, as we'll as filling the
position Of commissioner Of Bur
leigh county. Of course, the
duties of the two positions were
bound to conflict. When he was
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

which would fit him for governor
except that he knew chow to
slop the hogs" and that he land
the girls had come to town when
they heard that he was wanted
by Fargo and that he then
learned that he had been picked
to lead the farmers to victory,
ETC., etc"
1t wouldn't seem that a man
should necessarily have to com.
pletely subdue himself to the car.
petbaggers at Fargo simply on
the hope of spending a couple OF
months in Bismarck as a mem
Der of the legislature. There is
nothing like monkeying with
public affairs to show up the
character of a man and maybe
the farmers, as we'll as the others
in this district, will have a chance
to see just how far Mr.. Harding
could be led by the big inter
ests' or any other interests thai
might mean a little notoriety o.
advancement for Mr.. Harding.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

1t was thought for awhile that
the Non-Partisans were going to
win by default so far as legisla-
tive candidates from Emmons
were concerned. However, one
OF the present representatives
will be up for denomination: G.
H. Naramore, of Braddock. This
is particularly fortunate, for there
are many farmers who will not
want to vote for Fay Harding to
represent them in the legislature
after seeing how easily he can be
handled by the big interests" of
the Non-Partisan League. While
the other candidate, C. A. Ward,
is also running on the Non.
Partisan ticket, we have a bunch
that he can be depended upon to
kick over the traces when things
don't look just right to him.
Naramore's entrance in the race
would appear to mean "finis" to
the political career of Townley's
Emmons county representative.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

attending to one he couldn't be
attending to the other. As par.
tial reparation the gentleman has
made much publicity Of the fact
that he was refundine the salary
of one office when engaged with
the duties of the other. How
ever, it has come to light just
how he was doing it. As state
official he draws a salary of 1886
a day. AS county official he
draws the usual SIS. The rec
ords show that he has been re-
funding to the state SIS for every
day he acted as county commits
sioner. In other words, for
every one Of the days he has
been engaged in other duties
than those of the state he has re-
funded SIS. But as the state pays
him $6.66, he has been shrewd
enough to pull down the differ
ence of $l.@ per day, without do
ing anything whatever to earn it.
For every day that he was en-
gagged in the affairs of Burleigh
county as commissioner he has
seen fit to make the state pay
him the sum of $1.66 for doing
absolutely nothing for them.
And as the Burleigh county
commissioners are a pretty busy
bunch the state has had to pay a
pretty tidy sum to Burleieh
county's commissioner for which
nothing whatever was received
in return in the way of service
Incidentally, while Kositzky is
hiking hither and yon around the
state at state expense, he is get
} ting the voters we'll organized tt
land him in a still better state
job. AS an example, Kositzky
was down this way recently OF
an Investigating" trip and wher
: he left it looked like a circus hat
been billed with Kositzky the cir
Gus. The present auditor is ;
practical Office man rather thar
! a politician. He has passet
from clerk in the Office to tn,
head Of the department. Thu
| best interests of the state Cal
only be the best cared for in thi
; case by casting a vote for Car
Jorgenson, present state auditor
for the position the coming tw'
} wears.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

Perhaps when Townley gets
his bunch into office he can ar
range some way to bond the
state for an additional half mil
lion to pay off all his bunch of
unpaid debts. 1t wouldn't take
much more. along with the NAM
moth program he has outlined to
the farmers.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

Last week Fay Harding, nom
partisan candidate for the legis-
lature, published in two of the
papers of the county a letter pur-
porting to explain the conven-
tons of the Non-P artisans where
by they picked a state ticket that
is certainly a thing of beauty and
a JOY forever. Harding, who it
must be remembered, has much
to gain and nothing to lose by re-
tanning the good will of the
league, states that there was no
undue influence used by the self
constituted leaders at the conven-
ton and that they all voted alike
simply because the discussions
were thorough and they were de-
termined to stick. So much for
Harding, who received his au-
thority to help pick this ticket
from the leaders at headquarters
who represented no one but
themselves. Now, here is what
John Gang, of Towner county, a
member of the league and a del
egate to the district convention
just the same as was Harding,
has to say: Gang says that at
their district convention one
Griffith was present from head
quarters; that Griffith had been
elected by no one and that he did
not vote. He simply watched
proceedings and whenever the
delegates seemed about to do
something not satisfactory to this
self-constituted boss he would
take the floor and delivera bunch
of oratory that would do the bus.
mess. In this way he headed of
resolutions demanding that the
farmers be given a right to select
their own president and other Of
ficials, and that have a real &C.
counting of the finances. In this
way he also headed off the en-.
dorsement of some of the former
representatives from that district
who appeared to be quite salts
factory to their neighbor mem
bers themselves.
Here is. another statement by
Delegate Gang, of Towner coun
ty: Having seen and heard what
have related above, ] am con
strained to believe those quoted
in the Leader as having partic
ipated in the endorsement Of
candidates of state offices and
maintaining that there was not .
fixed slate, are either dense O,
false" Gang makes a signed
statement that eight days before
the Fargo convention one of the
representatives from headquar
tiers stated that they had alread,
asked Fraser if he would accept
if chosen and that he had said he
would. How we'll this goes dowr
with the statement of the gen
tleman who stated from the plat
form that he had no experience
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-06-01

Harry Hauese has hired an
auto expert and installed a line of
tools and is now prepared to do
your repairing in first-class
shape.--Adv.