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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
GERMANS SHOOT
THREE SISTERS

London. July 15.-The Echo de Beige
is quoted in Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam to the effect that SO
persons were condemned to death at
Antwerp and Is Of them were shot on
July 5. Among them. the newspaper
says. were three sisters who were ac-
cused of smuggling letters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
UKRAINE TO STAY
WITH RUSSIA

Petrograd. July 15.-The Ukranian
National Assembly does not desire sep
aration of the Ukraine from Russia, ac-
cording to official word received here to-
day 1t was brought by n. V. Nakrasoff,
the minister Of ways and communica-
| lions. who has Just returned from con-
ference.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
SENATOR HALE
PRAISES M AIN e
FOR ENLISTMENTS

Washington. July Ex-senator Fred
erick Hale has sent the following tele-
gram to Governor Milliken:
'Hon. Carl E. Milliken.
Augusta. Maine.
"On account of her splendid enlist
ment, Maine has a smaller proportion
of men to be conscripted than any other
State in the Union except Oregon
Heartiest congratulations to you and
the State.
(Signed) FREDERICK HALE"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
COSSACKS C0VET STYR
After Gain of Halicz They Wan,
Railway Center

Petrograd. July l5.-Now that H,,..
is in Russian possession. the eve, :.
Korniloffs cavalry Cossacks are ,u-..
toward the railway center OF s,v,
town of $4,000 inhabitants. Q junc,,o, :.
the line from Lemberg to Lawaczn. A..
of branch line to Chodorow Mil,,..s
writers describing the defensive saw T..
chief strength is on the east and no-,,
east. but weaker on the south tn
is widespread expectation Of an ,rr,..
tant counter-attack on the no,,h.,.
front.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
Brother Benjamin New
Head st. Xaviers College

Danvers, Mass, July 15.-Brother
Benjamin. founder and first principal
OF st. Johns Preparatory College, has
accepted the principalship Of st. xa-
vier's College. Louisville. KY, it was
learned tcday. Brother BENJAMIN
founded st. Johns College here 10 years
ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
CHAMPAGNE FIGHT
Continued from Page One)

Reichstag will reassert the desire of the
people of Germany for peace, and that
the Reichstag 'labors for peace and a
mutual understanding and lasting recon
Citation among the nations"
1t is unoffically reported that Count
northumberland will replace DR.. AL
fred Zimmerman as foreign secretary.
At present he is German minister to Den
mark
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Organizer James H. Dwyer, who has
been In the city most of the time since
the strike started, left Monday morn
ing for Massachusetts, where he is to
be for a time. He was uncertain on
Sunday whether he would return to
Waterville again or not before the
strike here was over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
BRAZILIAN PATROL
Entire Coast Line to Be Work of
Brazilian Fleet

Rio Janeiro, Brazil, July 15.-An
agreement has been reached under
which the Brazilian fleet will assume
the responsibility for patrolling the en-
tire Brazilian coast line. from the
Guiana border to the southern boundary
OF Brazil. Foreign Minister Pacanha
conferred with the marine minister to-
day in regard to putting this program
into immediate effect
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

A committee from the local strikers,
one from the Portland strikers, and Or
ganizer HUMPHREYS will meet with Gov
ernor Milliken Monday to talk over
some phases of the strike situation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Announcement was made in Washing
ton on June 80 that the Brazilian navy
had begun to cooperate with the Am
erican warships in South American wa
tiers in hunting for German sea raiders
and submarines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
RUSSIANS ARE
IN NOVICA

Petrograd, July 15.-After hard fight
ing. Russian troops forced their way
into the village of Novica, southwest OF
Kalusz and occupied the town. the Of
fetal statement Saturday declared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Mrs. c. c. Berry, Mr.. and Mrs S.
L. Berry and Mr.. and Mrs. W. w.
Berry went to Vienna Sunday to attend
the funeral of a relative.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Harry c. Prince of Madison was call
ing on friends in the city for a time
Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Charles B. Reed, driver at the Cen
trail fire station, passed Sunday at
China Lake as the guest of Frank
Esty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Dr.. and Mrs. F. E. Stevens Of Bird
ton are visiting with Justice and Mrs
Warren G. Philbrook
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Train No. 1873, the New York-Bar
Harbor express, was over two hours
late Sunday morning. not arriving in
the city until nearly noon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Norway was greatly stirred by ar
rest of Rautenfeld and five other spy
suspects several weeks ago at Chris
tiania. 1t was then asserted that Ger
many was planning deliberate cam
palsn OF destruction Of Norwegian
shipping and that RautenCeld's job was
to seek sailors who would plant infer
nal machines in Norwegian ships. A
big store of these Internal machines
was found in Rautenfeld's baggage, for
which he had previously claimed ex-
emption from examination. on the
ground that he was a German dplo-
matte messenger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

There will be meeting Of the board
of aldermen Monday evening at IS
clock to act on two insane cases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mears Of Au-
gusta were calling on friends in the
city Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
KAISER MAKES
APOLOGIES

Chrlstiania, July 15.-Germany made
formal apology to Norway Saturday
for the recent plots discovered here in
the arrest Of Baron Rautenfeld,
whose baggage contained Internal ma
chimes supposedly designed to destroy
Norwegian shipping.
The German note declared that the
foreign office forwarded Rautenfeld's
trunks without examination at request
o. the military authorities, whose ac-
ton in permitting the explosives to be
carried therein was strongly disapprov-
ed. Hereafter, it was stated, all cour-
iers trunks will be examined Rauten-
field has been dismissed from the dip
lomatic service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Company H. passed Sunday with rela-
tives in town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16

Montreal, July DISCRIMINATION of
the rescue of all passengers aboard the
Norwegian steamer Kristianiafj ord,
ashore near Cape Race, N. F., was con-
tanned in message received here this
evening from Halifax
Three of her holds are full of wa
ter. but it may be possible to save her."
message said
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-16
1900 IN DANGER
Continued from Page one)

German ambassador, who was deported
to Norway under orders from the state
department. He was placed on the
steamship by agents of the department
of justice a few hours before she de-
parted. With Schauffhausen were mr..
and Mrs. Fritz Bern and their daugh-
ter. Elsie. and son, William. a German
family who also were bound for Nor
way.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
SELLS AUDRA|N FOXES
FOR $4,000 A PAIR
II. L. Smith, Who Conducts a Black
Silver Fox Farm in This County is
Realizing on Investment
HAS RED FOXES ALSO
Says Warm Summers Are Hard on
Animals - VIII Let No One
But Him Come Near Them

H. l.. Smith, who resides near Rush
Hill, in this county, and who estab-
lished a Black Silver Fox farm here
several years ago, when he paid $4,000
for a pair Of Canadian foxes, recently
contracted to sell pair of his rails
ing for the same sum. These foxes
will go to Michigan.
AT present he has on his farm, six
head of Black Silver Foxes, two half
breeds and % Red Foxes. Mr.. Smith
says that the foxes will allow no one
to come near them but him. He
finds the warm summers hard on the
Black Silver Foxes and last summer
lost one of his most valuable animals
because of the excessive heat.
Each year his stock grows in num-
Der and he says there is no question
but that his investment is proving
profitable. With $4,000 foxes and &c.
900 hogs, Audrain is certainly climb
ing to the fore in live stock circles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
AuxyAsSE ITEMS

Mrs. Sam McCue, south of town, who
has been confined to her bed for sew
eral months, dut to a fall, was able to
walk to the kitchen on her birthday
this week; she was also treated to
birthday postcard shower, receiving
fifty. - E. J. Bruton, of Bowling
Green, spent Sunday here the guest
of friends. - The revival meeting is
still in progress here, led by Rev. Mr..
Smith, of Canton, Mo. = Mrs. Carrie
Tyler, who was operated on at the
Mexico Hospital last week, is improv-
ing rapidly. Mrs. Jim Moss, who
died in st. Louis, after an operation,
was buried at Concord Wednesday. -
Rev. Frank Dudley visited his par
ents here this week en- route to CAL
ifornia, from a visit to his wife and
baby at Canton, Ohio; he is doing Y.
M. c. A. work in the army and gave
talk on his work at the Methodist
Church here Sunday night. = Clifford
Overfelt and Prof. Baker, from Ft.
Sheridan training camp, will spend
Thanksgiving here; also Jack Mos
ley and Clayton Hook, from Camp
Funston. - Miss Minnie Richards, of
Palmyra, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
j. Ward Tyler. - Miss Kate Wood
entertained ten of her Synodical girl
friends at the home of ]. J. Garwood,
one mile south Of town, Sunday. -
Miss Orlyn Rood, Of Synodical Col
lege, visited her parents here over
Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
X. OF P. ELECT OFFICERS

Monday night at the regular meet
ing of Eeleadean Lodge, No. 125,
Knights of Pythias, officers for the
coming year were elected.
w. S. Geary, Chancellor Comman-
der.
V. w. Pearl, Vice Chancellor.
E. L. Cass, Prelate.
C. F. Kehl, Keeper of Records and
Seal.
T. j. Kelso, Master of Finance.
W. S. Eller, Master of Exchequer.
J. E. Lowry, Master of Work.
F. B. Kent, Master at Arms.
f. f. Trait, Inner Guard.
J. f. Blum, Outer Guard.
f. l.. johnson, Trustee.
T. j. Kelso, w. S. Eller and L. L.
johnson were elected to succeed them
selves. The meeting throughout was
very harmonious and good feeling
prevailed all through the evening.
Ecleadean lodge has well appointed
club rooms and has had very pros
porous year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
HEDGEDALE LETTER

Miss Mary Bethel of Mexico, spent
the weekend with her sister, Mrs.
George Downs. - Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Kircher left for their home in High
land, ILL.,, after spending week at
Louis Kircher's and other relatives =
The Mark Pierce family are improving
after a seige of sore throat. - Louis
Feutz and family, Mrs. Suhre and
Val Erdel and family were guests of
F. F. Witchie and family Sunday. -
Mrs. Clayton Shook is on the sick
list. - Bart Martina and wife and
Bro. Wood spent Sunday with Ru-
dolph Miller and family. = Robert
Walters surprised his many friends
Sunday night by coming home on a
two weeks furlough from Camp Fun
ston; everyone was glad to see Rob-
ert. - Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bradley, of
Rush Hill, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Downs. - Miss Ruth
Rouse spent the weekend with home
folks. - Quite a number from here
attended tthe Bazaar given by the la
dies of the Union Church in Rush
Hill Saturday night. - Mrs. Robert
Walters spent Saturday and Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Bethel, of
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

that the patience of the faculty was
exhausted and that they would make
an example of men for the soaring of
the rest by expelling me, which they
did. l went home and taught school
for two years, when the faculty gave
me a, written invitation to return. l
declined and went to Bethlehem Col
lege, Virginia, instead.
"What of my friend Webb? One
night, some 25 or 80 years after the
above described fight, lectured in
a small city in Northern Ohio. Next
morning bright young man named
Webb came to see me and said that his
father, who had been a student at
Kentucky University in 1870, when
he learned that was to lecture there,
told him to call on me and find out If
l was the James B. Clark who attend
ed that University that year. | an
swered in the affirmative and knew
that his father was my Webb. l ask
ed him where his father was. He said
he was teaching school about 20 miles
out in the country and would have
called in person except for the dis
tance. l inquired kindly after his
father and sent him greeting.
"a year or two after that my fel-
low student Webb wrote me about his
brothers disputed homestead claim in
Oklahoma, asking me to help straight
en- it out = and I complied to the best
of my ability"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
GET BUSY FOR MEXICO

TWO or three citizens of Mexico
are volunteering subscriptions to the
Shoe Factory. One gentleman this
morning, who has no goods to sell or
property to rent, told the Ledger he
wanted to give $1,000 to help Mexico
grow and prosper. If the large
property owners and merchants did
their part when it comes to pushing
an enterprise of this character, there
would be no trouble. On the other
hand, you once in while find man
who has goods to sell or even proper
ty to rent, who won't give anything
towards an enterprise Of this kind; but
even knocks it. This is discouraging,
Of course to those who want to make
Mexico a city; but the way to do is to
pay no attention to the pessimists, but
work that much harder to help make
Mexico the best town its size any,
where in the country, and to help it
grow forward instead Of backward
every year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
TAX COMMISSIONER

A0AAtp HAAs<hhhC
A REPRESENTATIVE of the State
Tax Commission was in Audrain
County this week, looking into the
question of whether any of our citi-
zcns were failing to give in their
property to the assessor. The COM
mission takes the position that the
vu6tic has had ample notice that its
assessment this year will be more
thorough than heretofore, and that
all hidden money" is expected to
come out and pay its proportional part
Of the taxes. We understand that
quite a number of citizens are govern
ing themselves accordingly, but that
there are others that don't seem to un-
derstand that the Tax Commission
means business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
.FORRMER GERMAN PIS-|
.ONER TELLS HIS STORY!
Speaker at Red Cross Meeting in Nc
MILAN Auditorium Tuesday Ev-
ening Told Of His Ex-
periences
DIR. DUcKwoRTH SPEAKS
Other Addresses Detailed the Red
Cross WOrk-Will Start Menu
bership Campaign Soon

Only fair sized audience greeted
the speakers in the interest of the Red
Cross at Mcmillan auditorium Tues
day evening. DIR. Duckworth, who is
a prominent Episcopal rector of st.
Louis, has an individuality all his own,
in presenting the Red Gross work.
He spoke in the interest of the Mem
bership Campaign, which will start
here the week of Dec. 18th, continu-
ing until Christmas. Details of which
will be worked out by the local chair
man, L. B. Hawthorne.
Mr.. Morshed, who spoke, had been
prisoner of the Germans 18 months
and told of his narrowing experiences.
He has no idea where his wife and
family are. He himself having been.
rescued by an American minister and
given funds to cross the content and
go home by the way of the Pacific
Ocean.
Mrs. Brown, who is director of the
women's work, next told that DR..
Murphy wanted the supplies of the
Red Cross by Feb. 1, as our boys
would be in the trences by spring.
They want to know that the United
States is with them and the Red
Cross is the institution for that pur-
pose. Several new members were
added at this meeting.
Mrs. Brown arrived at 5 O'Clock and
went Immediately to the Library,
where she spoke to a group of the in
7 terested Mexico workers. Mrs. Brown
has just returned from a conference
in Washington, and those in touch
with the front say the next three years
Of the war will be "Our War" and
that it is up to the American women
to make good. She gave pathetic il
lustrations Of the loyalty and patriot
ism of the Canadian women.
DIR. and Mrs. John W. Million enter
tanned Mrs. Brown, DR.. Duckworth
and Mr.. Morshed for dinner at the col.
lege, and Immediately after these
speakers entertained the student body
with interesting talks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
ITO HELL WITH THE MAN WHO
CAN'T BACK NATION IN WAR;
KANSAS GOVERNOR SAYS

FORT SHERIDAN, ILL.,, Nov. %. -
'sTo hell with the man who can't stand
by his Government and support the
government in its hour Of need, is the
motto of Kansas" Gov. Capper de-
clared at the commencement exer-
cises" closing the officers training
season here yesterday afternoon.
eve have no patience with Sena-
tors and people who want to hinder US
in our bounden duty. To them we
say it is time to pack up your be-
longings and go back to the kaiser and
the country where you belong"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
SPEAKER CLARK TELLS
OF SHOOTING AT COL
LEGE IN 1870
A BOyish Escapde With No Serious
Results

Speaker Champ Clark in the Sec
ond installment of his authoriza-
ply, out today in Hearsts Magazine,
tells of Civil War and feud days in
Kentucky and recounts how he was
expelled from the University of Ken
lucky in 1870 for shooting a fellow
student named Webb.
His account reads:
81 attended Kentucky University
three years and two months, teach
ing school during the summer vaca-
tions to make what money | could.
Ny father, from his small earnings,
gave me all he could spare, and my
sister, Elizabeth (wife of Rev. j. ].
Haley, of Lodi, CALI let me have
such sums as she could from her sal
ary as teacher. The truth is that she
and l helped each other as much as
possible. When she had any money
and l needed it, l got it, and vice
versa. We stood up for each other
loyalty; but all three Of us together
could scrape up only about 81 per
week for my necessities at the uni
versity. Its superfluous to state
that l did not live in luxury, but
stood at the head of my classes.
After attending the University fol-
three years and two months, | was
in October, 1870, expelled for shoot
ing fellow student named Webt
/ from Ohio. / would not mention il
save for the fact that it was greatly
magnified in the Presidential cam.
paign of 1912, very much to my det-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
CAMoUFLAGE is HERE

You are supposed to be knitting for
the soldiers when you sport gor-
geous knitting bag. We said "sup-
posed" advisely because the bag is be-
ing used to carry everything from
powder rag to a real honest-to-good-
ness knitting outfit. However, the
latest use for this discredited badge
of patriotic service is as a camouflage
for the book agents wares.
So the story is going the rounds
here, the lady bookseller calls at your
home and asks for Mrs. ------.
The maid tells her mistress there is a
lady to see her and that all she is
carrying is knitting bag. When the
lady-of-the-house walks into the par
lor the visitor draws from the depths
of her bag book and proceeds to un-
timber her battery of sales talk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

riment. We fell out about what time
we should have supper in our barracks
mess. Webb and / were both Of unus-
pal strength. He was my senior by
some three or four years, and had been
a sailor on the Great Lakes, while |
lad lived and labored on farm. One
night he came into my room and be-
gan conversation about the hour of
supper.
"He wanted it at 6 because he
clerked in a shoe store in the after
noon, while the rest of us wanted it at
half-past five. The conversation,
warm from the first, developed into a
quarrel. He called me liar, where
upon cracked him over the head with
small piece of plank and we clinch-
ed. Nothing more serious would have
grown out of it, most probably, than
blackened eyes and bloody noses had
not one of my roommates, a young gi-
ant named Thomson, grabbed me
backholds and pinned both my arms to
my body. Webb squared off and hit
me hard jolt between the eyes and
another on my mouth.
81 kept telling Thomson either to
let me loose or to knock Webb down.
He was so excited that he did neither.
Wild with rage l finally threw him
off, Webb still pounding me. Under
the head of the bed l had an old re-
volver, whose cylinder would not re-
volve except by hand manipulation
for which l had swapped German
grammar and a French grammar.
got that and fired at Webb. Thorn
son knocked up my pistol hand and the
bullet went about an inch above
Webb's head and lodged in the dool
casing. That ended the fight
"The strange part of the story is
not that two hot blooded, highstrun(
young men should get into per
sonal encounter when and where per
sonal encounters were frequent, bu
that the gigantic Thomson, who wa
my friend and who disliked Webb
should in his excitement hold me Will
Webb was free to pound me. Tha
was unwise, but in knocking up m
pistol hand he acted with great wis
dom. He thought, as | struck tn
first blow, by holding me he would en-
the fight. When two men are fight
ing it is always dangerous to hold on
and not both. l knew man who wa
stabbed to death while a friends wa
holding him.
81 went Immediately to see the pres
ident of the university, Presiden
White, who had succeeded Graham
and stated the case to him precisel
as it was, hoping that my high star
ding as student would save me froI
any severer penalty than publ
reprimapd or a short suspension. H
said, however, that there had bee
so much fighting, carousing and viola
tion of the rules among the student
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
E.. ]. DEAN TAKEN
BEFORE FEDERAL JURY
Mysterious Resident of This City Ar.
rested Here Several Months Ago
by Federal Authorities
UNDER SERIOUS CHARGE
Alleged TO Have Interfered With the
Draft-William johnson Home
From Camp to Testify

The Grand Jury has not made a re-
port on the Deane matter, according
to dispatch to the Ledger from st.
Louis Tuesday afternoon. They are
expected to hear from the matter
Wednesday or Thursday, according to
the District Attorney.
DR.. J. Z. Deane, mysterious resident
Of this city who was arrested several
months ago by the Federal authori-
ties, charged with attempting to inter-
fere with the draft, was before the
st. Louis Federal Grand Jury Mon
day. He has been held in Jail at
Huntsville since his arrest and on one
occasion the sheriff is reported to have
foiled plot in which he and another
prisoner planned to gain their liber-
ty.
William johnson, son of Wallace
johnson, who is now in the United
States army, was one of the witnesses
in st. Louis Monday. Johnson spent
Tuesday at home with his parents here
Lefore returning to camp.
Young Johnson was one of the boys
Deane is accused of approaching and
offering to 'fix his eyes" so he would
not pass the physical examination in
the National army. He made the same
statement to Henry Precht, of this
city, concerning his son.
While Dean was under suspicion
here the first direct evidence, accord.
ing to report, that was secured
against him was a code letter receiv.
ed by another Deane and turned ovel
to the Federal authorities. The result
of the Grand Jury hearing has moi
been made public yet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
CONSERVE

THE population of Missouri, sub
tracing the 59,356 men in service
from the 1910 censue, is 2SS,979.
Each of these persons saving one
slice of bread at each meal daily or
9,7O1 ,997 slices of bread, with 4,179
slices in barrel of flour, would make
a daily total of 2,3211A barrels of
flour.
Estimate the number of soldiers at
the French front and half starved
civilians who could be fed with this
amount - S16,165 barrels of flour
yearly.
What are you doing to make this
possible?