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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

l.. Hazle Childs offers an original en-
tertainment with her beautiful cos
tunes and character songs. Miss Childs
IS assured most cordial reception
when she appears at the Cabaret in
City Hall, Thursday evening, April 49,.
-AdVt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17
Local Matters

No advance in price is the welcome
news from Swift & Turner Co. on water
glass and jars.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Foley of Wat
eryille and Mrs Ethel Cross Of Lewis
ton passed Sunday with Mrs. Bell Muir
ray at her home. ! Crosby street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17
AUGUSTA MERCHANTS.

The Association requests that all
stores remain closed on Thursday,
Patriots day
Augusta Merchants Association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

A fresh consignment of Schraff's and
Blue Banner chocolates just in at II.
A. Rupp's wholesale candy store. III
Water st Tel. -M.--Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17
LOCAL NOTICE

Progressive Spiritualist Society Will
hold q benefit circle at A. r.. Graffam's.
80 oak street. Tuesday evening at AS.
Harriet Noyce, medium. Collection loc
apr17d1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

Frank Abbott Of Sidney was among
the business visitors Monday in Angus
to for a portion of the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

All kinds of patterns of the well
known Armstrong linoleum at the Au-
gusta Furniture Co.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

Goodbye. sore 1eet, burning feet,
swollen feet, tender feet. tired feet.
Goodbye. corns, callouses, bunions
and raw spots. No more shoe tight
ness. no more limping with pain or
drawing up your face in agony. "Tiz"
is magical acts right off. "Tiz" draws
out all the poisonous exudations which
puff UP the eeet. Use ''Tiz" and wear
smaller shoes. Use "Tiz' and forget
your foot misery. All. how comfortabl
your feet feel.
Get a 25-cent box Of "Tiz" now at
any druggist or department store
Don't suffer. Have good feet. glad feet.
feet that never swell. never hurt, never
get tired. years foot comfort guar
antead or money refunded Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Woman's Missionary Auxiliary Of the
Penney Memorial church will be held
at 230 Tuesday afternoon. with Mrs.
Ida Lyford at POI Water street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

Always good. Weber & Hewett's
homemade Bran Bread. apr17d5t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-17

Adam Hughes, Miss Georgia Malcolm,
Mrs. r. NJ. Perciyal, Miss Marion
Sheldon, Mrs. George Sherman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15

NEW YORK, March ib.--Radolpb X. II.
a Chicago lawyer. ended his life here y ~
today by leaping from the window !, IA
room on the eighteenth floor of tbs m,
Belmont His body was crushed ~
10 pulp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
BRITISH ATTACK
LAST BAPAUME
LINES IN STORM
Haig's Troops Only Few
Hundred Yards From
Foes Positions
TEUTONS STIFFEN FRONT

LONDON, March 10.
British troops ars making their advance
TO the very gates Of Bapume In the race OF
a binding downpour of rain and in sea
of mud Today military experts estimated
they must be fighting before the last line
Of German defenses of the city. Field Mar
shal Haig's report last night placed them
within a few, w,hundred yards Of these posi-
tions, after a further advance on front
of approximately one and one-half miles
Immediately west Of the city.
Dispatches from the front insisted the
German retirement was stffening and that,
for the most part, what was started as a
pursuit by the British has now developed
into "a British offensive, the enemy only
leaving his positions under the terrific fire
Of British guns. instead of voluntarily
evacuatng, as has been the rule recently.
"I-he British advance" says Reuter-
dispatch from British headquarters, (which
was resumed on front of nearly four
miles directly west of Bapaume on Mon
day, resulted in developing a further stage
of that open warfare which the British
troops SO welcome after the wearisome mo-
notony of trench life
"The Germans covered their retreat with
n strong screen Of rear guards, and al
though the British patrols came into contact
with these at many places, their object
apparently was to avoid action as far as
possible This confirms the idea that the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15

Germans are doing their utmost TO husband
their strength for the future"
other dispatches from the front en-
phasize, beyond the width and depth of the
advance. the fact that the Germans have
now surrendered the ridge overlooking Ba-
paume from the northwest. the highest
ground in the region. giving the British
command of Bapaume itself and great
extent of country beyond. The Loupart
Wood in this ridge was the German artil-
lery observation post through much of the
battle of the Somme. besides masking many
Of the German batteries themselves.
Military writer's in Paris also attach
great Importance to the renewed German
retirement. The Matin says the German
retreat, at first intentional and deliberate.
has become almost a rout at some points,
due to the tactics of General Cough. COM
mandng the British troops in this sector,
who. instead of bringing forward his
cavalry, hurried forward his artillery with
great rapidity and pursued the Germans
with a tremendously destructive fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
GERMAN INTRIGUES
HOLD GRIP IN CUBA
Rebel Outbreaks Far From
Quelled and Growing in
Some Sections
y. S. WARSHIPS ON GUARD
WASHINGTON, March IS.

WASHINGTON, March IS.
The Cuban situation is far from settled
according to this Governments officials
While there has been no definite talk of
Intervention. IL is positively known such a
step is within the bounds OF possibilities.
German plotting and sinister German in
nuence in the Island Republic are not
broken Capture Of Jose Miguel Gomez,
insurgent leader heralded at first as
smashing the German conceived insurrec-
ton, has failed to quell the trouble.
Official reports to Washington from this
Governments diplomatic consular and naval
officials in Cuba have convinced Washing
ton officials that chances Of a return TO
peace there still are remote. Guerrilla war
fare continues In some sections it is
spreading faster than it is being stamped
out. Accompanying it is more destruction
OF property than Government officials here
will admit
Officials frankly say that they are help
less to a great extent in the matter of rum
ming down German plotters against the
United States who have made their head
quarters in Cuba Such plotters it has
been reported here have a double purpose.
One is TO give the United States trouble
to draw this Governments attention away
as far as possible from Europe; the other
is use of Cuba as the most strategic point
for secret wireless stations, perhaps, and
as ptSl SldIlDlUB BTOuHu lOT any VI
the many moves German spies and German
military workers might desire to make in
the event of hostlities between the United
States and Germany.
Gerfnany's plottings as regards Mexico
revealed IN the notorious Zinimermann-
Japanese-NeN Ncan letter--offlcials admit.
are a criterion OF what could be expected
in Cuba and in South and Central Ameri-
can countries that afford submarine bases
possibilities in the vicinity not only of the
United States. but the Panama Canal.
This Government just now is particularly
interested in what Is going on aboard the
interned German and Austrian liners at
Havana and other Cuban ports This in
terest recently has become so keen that the
United States transport Dixie has moved
toward the Havana harbor entrance and
anchored between the entrance and the
Austrian and German boats with her six
inch rifles trained where they will do most
good
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
WILL SUE TAX TAKERS BONDS

POTTSVILLE, Pa, March 15.--Unless
upwards of fifteen tax collectors make sat.
isfactory payments upon their county tax
duplicates by the first of April, their bonds
will be certified to the Court of Common
Pleas for collection. A hint of this was
given by the County Commissioners Mon
day, causing several of the sureties COM
panies to interview the collectors to ascer.
tain their delinquincies. Some of the coll
lectors are already spending sleepless
nights.
There is upwards of $25, 900 outstanding
upon the duplicates of the collectors whom
the Commissioners have selected to proceed
against
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
COLOMBIAN TREATY
CLASSED AS BLACKMAL
Minority of Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee Denounces
1t as Degradation to U. s."
WASHINGTON, March is.


Minority members Of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee submitting their views
to the Senate today on the Colombian
treaty denounced the proposed pact as "a
blackmail demand" involving IA degrada-
tion TO which the United States should never
submit"
The majority report, also made public
today as the Senate resumed consideration
of the treaty, urged prompt ratification Of
the convention in the interest of stronger
Pan-Americanism. 1t made no reference,
however. to the argument put forth by the
Administration that the treaty was nee
essary to guarantee the Panama Canal
against the danger of German plots hatched
OH adjacent Colombian soil.
Philander G. Knox, fornler Secretary of
State, newly elected Senator from Penn
sylvana, bolted his Republican colleagues
and allied himself with the Democrats.
His views, given out for publication today,
hold that the United States was justified
in taking the Canal Zone, but insist that the
need of Immediately restoring friendly rea-
tions with Colombia demands ratification of
the treaty.
MY idea of the powers of the United
States and prestige It ought of right to
have, as well as my conception of pam
American relations, impel me TO remark
that do not consider that the exceedingly
grave crisis impending is seriously germane
or appropriately to be invoked in connec-
ton with the ratification of a treaty with
Colombia" he said
Mr. Knox favored the treaty. however,
because "it will end grievance which,
whether fancied or real has grown tra-
ditional as to be unsusccptiblc of obltera-
tion in any other way"
The majority urged burying the old con-
troversy over "8oosev.lts methods of ac-
quiring the Canal Zone"
"It would be bootless TO revive a partisan
issue here or elsewhercwith respect to
past events" said the majority report
''rhe paramount idea with Us has been
y adjust this unfortunate international
differences 1t is to be hoped that the SEN
ate will now consider this treaty from that
broad standpoint"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
COMMERCE CHAMBER
TO FEED BELGIANS
Will Organize Systematic Relief
Machine Among Industries
of City

Tho Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
- taking active steps to put food into the
mouths OF starving Belgian children Co.
operating with the new plan of general ra-
ton clubs devised by Mrs. Bayard Taylor
Ohairman Of the Belgian Relief Fund. for
the purpose OF taking over the feeding Of
100000 children abroad, it will act as a
general clearing house for the adoption of
f'rownfuls" OF Belgian children by indus
trial and commercial firms
Mr.: Ernest T. Trigg outlined the plan
~ follows:
We come under the General Belgian
Children's Relief Committee, of which Mr..
William A Law Is chairman. We represent
the INDUSTRIAL and commercial branches of
activity and will endeavor to systematically
see that these branches do their share in
the ration club plan. Committees on BAN
ing and professional fields will probably
<work along similar lines.
& -At present committee is wording on
the division of Philadspnia commercial
and Industrial com.,afies into twenty gem
eral divisions. These are Just generic
olasSihcations. For instance, the leather
class will cover every phase of that business
After these classifications have been made
= man representing that particular line Of
business will be put at the head of a band
HE. In turn, will enter more specifically
into the work and appoint subcommttees in
hctories, mills. etc. The whole object, of
course. 10 to make companies adopt town
or part OF town and pledge themselves
70 feed the children there. BY means OF
circle committees representing the workers
"A the plants we expect to work quickly and
e1EsctiveIy."
The committee appointed by Mr.. Trigg
20 classify the city's Industries Is composed
~ w. H. FolweiI. ex-Sherin Wilson H.
DFown. David B, Provan. s. p Vaughan,
frank 8. Evans. Thomas Shallcross. Lee
y. Eastman. L.. II. Kinnard, J. w. Lucas,
Xsvid b. Kirschbaum. Charles e. Tryon,
~ J. County, Daniel Whitney. William J.
Dnrbs and Frank 8. Evans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
WELL CRAFT
|IO CHASE U-BOATS
totesbury's Stepson, With
Daring Crew, Arms Fast
Motor Vessel
|4ANKER HURRYING HOME

Af~r--
ny crew or huskies ana
tSS%.spPeu win three-pounder, one
yyunoer ana machine gun, the Nedeva III,
Soninsnoeo py Lieutenant j. III. X Crom-
W9lt stepson OF E. T. Stotesbury. banker
oo nnancier. Is being made ready today
1or q dash to the sea, where the fast motor
4AQ will become q submarine chaser and
< HG19patch bearer In. the United States Naval
1sessrve Force.
\, NJ. and Mrs. stotesbury arc hurrying
{ hack from Florida to be on hand when
ne Nedeva sails Saturday from Wharf 49,
loot Of Pine street. for a trial trip down
-. 1,.,.- a.. ....,t, 80.
" - .
SVNsiDEhED SiGNifiCANT
II is considered significant that the
ptctesburys are cutting short their stay in
Florida. Mr.. Stotesbury is known to be in
close touch with the financial situation. and
.nenc,ors mere To-Day expressed tne OPINION
tnat tne banker Is In possession OF advance
mfofmatlon that convinces MIN the craft
commanded by his stepson may speedily go
INTO real service.
Mr.. Etotesbury has taken a personal in
tsrest in the building and eauipping of the
Nedeva II, and has spared no expense in
making the craft the best and speediest of
{ It's kind in the service. II was estimated to-
day that the boat and its equipment cost
o75.ooo.
40 bat he cd I
vou,d reoeive orders from the C;oyernment
20 shoot at submarines on sight German
submarines have been reported lurking in
southern waters, and It Is certain that
sometn,ns VIII happen III any Oh these crait
sIsh.eo oy Lieutenant Nroinwei, ooae
= ~ nas Dvei A. e, ,ouu ia .ne
pCr, ~, ohe-P ouor AZ ,,io steii anu ""-
Sun y" '"o 'ooi Vi '"e 0ao'i'
Inc Nedeva Is equipped with two ZOO
noIsepower englhes ana mas maximum
s, y, W., swy-nse snoeS At VIII nave
.xo .a ,on ,.,,a, ana a,.', oi isoin ,
,r,,,h .rnat.r "N eS''s i"uiuS
ms pe.sonnei ,., nr Oh ,ne crew was completed
rsy WI u"v ehiis.heIt ut tne onted
sts'es Nava. Home, Twenty-fourth street
Axnert wireless onerator =
sy ah an-rouno man ana trained
nsn'sr Vi years o. experience lie was
e,np,oyeu III 'ne auNlIiary service
cl .no un.eo states Government. served
ZIG cn,,eu states NaVairy ana was
soidier IN the Philppines' Nearly all the
Srrt,,n. ,,,,s 49, 90 rar,.s "a sa.,r, ,,,,,,,
~. a.s,, - .ho ad,,an,,'rn- a. .sai,,a -
r,v,or pa,,s,, Iii, dananS ,,,,ch 80 ~ ,,s
~sss ~ tha SsIaxa,s t,iss,on +, ne ri,,o.
-. .Jeh,ad ha ,ri,I eash tha ,,a,,,s ~, a,a,as
az sss.t - - 80 ,s,arohon, -. oil "''"s
". ', 80 > '.,po
Another huSky Is the NedevaS s chief
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
Gas Believed Cause of Boys Death

Gas fumes, 1t is believed. caused the death
of a crippled boy whose body was found
today In the rear of moving picture the
atre at 707 Christian street. The body was
discovered by Policeman Bozarth, of the
Second and Christian streets station. 1t
is believed to be that of a boy who dis
appeared from his home yesterday at Sew
enth and Carpenter streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
1SO Chickens Burn in Barn

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, March 15. - one
hundred and eighty chickens were burned
in fire which destroyed large barn on
the Eugene johnson farm, on Morris road,
In Whitpain township. owned by Ralph B
Strassburger. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20
"Dressmakinq Not an Art"

That dressmaking is not m art. but
labor. was held by Il jury in the United
States district court recently. In the
case Of Albert de Vroye. husband of
Marie de Nroye, fashionable dress
maker. Il y the st. Louis star. He
was fined $1,000 for violation OF II fed
eral statute ~forbidding the importation
of contract labor into the United
States.
The statute leaves several excep-
tionS. including actors and artists.
Shepard Barclay. attorney for De
Nroye. contended Il skilled dreSsmaker
is an artist.
The prosecuting witness a Il Bel
gian She testified that in 1911
she answered an advertisement insert
ed by De Nroye i'm a Brussels news
paper for Il premier dresSmaker, cap
able of designing and executing, dress
patterns. She testified she was hired
by De Nroye in Brussels at 375 francs
(about S72) IL month and brought to
the United States.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20
Duty Of Librarians.

O. G. Sonneck of the Library Of
Congress, writing in the Art World
on the specific subject of music in pub
lie libraries. has this to say in refer
ence to books in general:
"A librarian ought not to content
himself with giving to the public what
it happens to want. but ought to help
create 4 demand for what the public
needs; no s~elf-respccting library can
afford to be without certain cultural
documents whether they be consulted
frequently or seldom; the needs of
n solitary scholarly specialist should
weigh with librarians just as heavily
as the wants Of a hundred general
and generally superficial and unpro-
ductive readers.
after ALL" he adds, sit is not the
frequency of use that counts, but the
use to which a book is put. A costly
and rare book consulted only once in
ten years, but then by a man of far
reaching research or coditication of
research, has justified its acquisition
just as much as an inexpensive com
monplace book consulted every day
for more receptive information"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20

ents. A teaspoonful Of tar Is enough
for a peck Of corn. Mix the tar with
4 quart Of boiling water. After the
mixture has cooled somewhat but is
still hot, stir in the corn until every
grain is coated, and then spread 1t out
to dry before planting. Corn may be
immersed several minutes in moder-
atcly hot water without affecting ger
mination. The tar treatment does not
repel mice or ground squirrels.
Destruction of corn by ground
squirrels, prairie dogs, pocket gophers,
or mice is best prevented by poisoning
the animals Il few days before the corn
is planted. Strychnine is the best
poison in all cases, but to obtain salts
factory results a special formula is
needed for preparing the poison for
each kind of animal. Such formulas
have been worked out by the bureau Of
biological survey Of the department of
agriculture, and special instructions
will be furnished upon application.
Paris green and s%trychnine are poisons
and should not be placed where chill
lren or domestic animals a get them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20
AN AP0THEosls OF COFFEE
"What Wife Can Fail to Admit the
Peace and Serenity She Owes to
You7" Queries Writer.

Let me make my husbands coffee
and l care not who makes eyes at
him!
Give me two matches a day
One to start the coffee with at break
fast and Il for his cigar after din
ner.
And l defy all the houris in Chris.
tendon to light a new flame In his
heart!
Oh, sweet, supernal coffee pot!
Gentle panacea Of domestic troubles.
Faithful author of that sweet nepen-
the which deadens all the ills that mar
ried folks are heir to.
CHEEKY, glittering, soul-soothing,
warm-hearted, inanimate friend
What wife can fail to admit the
peace and serenity she owes to you?
To you, who stand between her and
all the early morning troubles
Between her and the before-break-
fast Crouch
Between her and the morning-after
headache
Between her and the cold gray dawn
scrutiny?
To you, who supply the golden nec-
tar that stimulates the jaded mascu-
line soul.
Soothes the shaky masculine nerves,
stirs the tagged masculine mind. in
spires the slow masculine sentiment.
And starts the sluggish blood a-tlow-
ing and the whole day right!
Give me a man who drinks good, hot,
dark, strong coffee for breakfast!
4 maj who smokes a good, dark, fat
cigar after dinner!
You may marry your milk faddiSt,
or your a%nticoffee crank. as you will.
But | know the magic of the coffee
pot Helen Rowland in the American
Grocer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20
Found the Man at Last.

Won Blumer-"I had the most sir
gular thing happen to me the other
day. Did you ever 60 into Il mans
place to pay a bill you owed him, and
find him out?
Plankington (emphatically)-No, sir.
Did that happen to you?
1T did. l had a notion, or rather /
nerved myself up to it, to settle up
some bills that / owed. So on my way
up from the Office l dropped in to
see my fishmonger.'
and he was out?"
Correct. Then l tried my grocer
"He q Out!"
Right. Plenty of shopmen. but
no proprietor. OF course. / left word
that | called in to settle up, but wanted
to see the proprietor first. Dispute
about bills. Do you twig!'
"Oh, yes, that strengthens your
credit"
Exactly. Then I called to see my
butcher, and I'll be hanged if he wasn't
out also
by Jove, but you were in luck"
mo, l wasn't"
"Why not?'
when l got home I found them all
waiting for me !'-London Tit-Bits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20
Her Great Comfort.

Donald and Charlie. two Muncie
boys Of eleven, went for u hike" the
other day, and when the Q 0 lunch
con hour arrived failed to appear after
an absence of two hours, causing Don
AIDS mother to become worried, fear
ing an accident had happened to the
boy, who is always prompt at meal
times, even if not on other occasions.
But the father ate his luncheon calm
~. being wise to the ways and wan
behring's Of boys Of eleven, and unwor-
riedly started for his Office at n
o'clock, when the wife remarked to
him, her brOws furrowed with care,
what shall l do If Donald doesn't
Gomez"
I'll tell you what you do" said her
CONSIDER. "Now, If that boy doesn't
get back in an hour from now, you call
me up ut the office and I'll tell you not
to worry.'-Indianapolis News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-20
KEEP YOUR BREEDING STOCK
Because Of Increased Demand and
High Prices for Feed Hens, Sows
and Cows Are Sold.

Don't sell off your breeding stock be-
cause of high prices of feed and the
demand for live stock. Large num-
bers of hens, brood sows and mich
cows are being sold. Already there
Is a scarcity of poultry in the country,
and In some dairy sections there has
been a marked decrease in the number
Of mich cows.
There are two sides to this business.
Milk dealers and contractors in their
effort to hold trade and placate their
customers have refused to pay farmers
a price for milk which would leave
them a profit. AS a consequence,
many farmers have found that their
cows are worth more dead than alive.
They have been forced to sell the cows
because they could not continue in the
business which was running them
deeper In debt each month.
Advancing prices for meat, milk,
dairy and poultry products will bring a
profit oversthe high cost of feed and
labor, and the farmer who has kept a
good stock of breeding animals Is
pretty sure to receive handsome re-
turns.