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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Ten-lnch Lobster Bill
Is to Be introduced

sun another lobster bill is to be in
troduced into the Maine Legislature.
when may nave bearing of much i'm
portance upon the entire situation
nile the bill OF course will not be in
readiness Tor the big lobster hearing
on tuesday of this week the confer
ence of New England commissioners
at which the plan was endorsed and
what will be accomplished by the new
law II adopted by the several states
will be explained in detail at the bear-
ing by Commissioner of Sea and Shore
lsherles oscar H. Dunbar. 1t is
thought possible that the understand
ING mat uniform 10-inch law. such
20 PROVIDED Tor i'll the new bill. wouId
become operative when approved nv
the several states would become tho
law OF Maine might result in tho loa,
ing OF the present 10 IL inch law M
I'll the change could be made notuith
standing the present strong sentiment
especially on the part of the west GOA
lopster fishermen, for a change To y
9inch law. q
Inc new bill. which will be presented
10 the legislature by Rep. Hartman of
otonlhston, lobster dealer and mem
Der of the legislative committee on ca,
and shore fisheries. provides for a bodv
measure of 5-S inches as the legal stand
aru' "hlch Is the equivalent to a 1O-inch
looster' The bill further provides that
TINS standard shall become a law when
the states of Massachusetts, Rhode ISL
and, Connecticut and New York shall
nave convinced the Governor and Coun-
Gil of Maine that such a law has been
operative in these states. These four
states are named because all of them
were represented along with Maine at
the conference of commissioners of fish
cries and game at Boston Feb. II. called
by the Massachusetts commission, at
which resolutions were adopted in favor
of uniform 10-inch law. If these four
states and Maine should agree to such a
law and it should become operative there
would be little doubt say its advocate
but what New Hampshire, which now
has a nine-inch law, would adopt the
same measurement.
Rep Hartman in discussing the lob
ster standard situation said: Il have
been in correspondence with a great
VI loDSiSI HSflSTIIef1 ali over
the State and while a great many of
them are in favor of 10 1-2 inch law
as at present on the statute books a
considerable number Of them say that
If violations Of the law are to continue
they would prefer to have a nine-inch
law.
AN insufficient warden force is not
the only reason for violation of the law.
Mr.. Hartman went on, the present high
price of Holsters. from As to 55 cents
a pound being paid to the fishermen
being a big temptation in many in
to dispose of the shorts at this
time. Holsters from 9 to 10 IL inches
in the neighborhood Of a pound
each.
While fishermen generally admit that
a 9-inch law would ruin the industry in
five years there are still many who
want the present benefit with the high
prices and are unwilling to look ahead.
This feeling is intensified from the
fact that when three miles off the coast
shorts cannot only be disposed of but
taught and there are a considerable
number Of fishermen who fish on the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Charities and Corrections

The following letter has been sent to
the boards of selectmen of all the towns
in the State by James F. Bagley, secre-
tary of the Maine State Board of Charl-
ties and Corrections:
The State Board of Charities and
Corrections believes that the overseers
Of the poor Of any town should be Sc
lected because of their special fitness
for Office that their experience is val
liable and that they should be allowed
to serve for a longer term than for one
year; that the policy of the overseers
of the poor should not be subject TO
abrupt changes and, therefore, that not
more than one-third of the membership
of the board should expire in any given
year.
IF your town is now selecting its
overseers of the poor annually Tor one
year terms It is recommended that you
include it's overseers of the poor for
three-year terms as authorized by Sec
ton 10, Chapter A, Revised statutes,
1916, formerly Chapter ITO, Public
Laws, 1905; and to take such further
action in relation thereto as may be
necessary"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27

three-miie limit where there are shoals.
The law cannot be adequately en-
forced with only Is or 20 wardens and
difficulties of enforcement are greatly
intensified when with a fast power
boat 10 minutes will take fisherman
beyond the three-mile limit.
II believe that a uniform 10-inch law
for the New England states would be
the best plan for the protection of the
lobster at present as II would raise the
standard of the other states and at the
same time place the Maine lobster fish
ermen on the same level with those of
the other New England states so that
there would not be the present dis
posal of the nine and nine and one
half inch Holsters to smackmen and
dealers outside the State.
Nor do l feel that the double guage
bill advocated by Rep. Goldthwait
would be a satisfactory solution of the
problem. There are places on the east
coast where more than two-thirds of
the Holsters caught are in the neigh
borhood of 10 inches and would be re-
jected under the upper measurement
of his bill l have received a protect
from Rockland dealers against this
double guage measure.
Rep. Hartman Is convinced that all any
Of the bills now under discussion, or even
the present 10a-inch law can do is to act
as check upon the present depletion of
the lobster supply. He believes that the
ultimate solution of the problem will be
for the federal government to proclaim
the entire coast of New York, Rhode Isl
and, Connecticut, New Hampshire and
Maine a federal reserve for the propaga'
ton of the lobster supply under the pro
visions OF the act giving the United
States government authority to keep VI
a diminishing food supply. He says thai
If the United States government declared
the entire coast of these states a fedora
lobster reserve it could then establish
uniform regulations under which HOLSTERS
could be taken along the entire coast ant
the industry would thus be protected
without continual contests before the
legislatures of the different states con
cerned, as at present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27

Decisions in the following cases
have been announced by the Maine
Public Utilities Commission:
Cent. Me. Power Co. Bond Issues.
The Public Utilities Commission in
a decision rendered Monday author
ICES the Central Maine Power Co. to
issue its first mortgage bonds dated
NOV. /, 1909, payable Nov. /, 1889, in
the aggregate par value of $261 900,
being col bonds of the denomination
of $1,000 each, bearing interest at the
rate of per cent. per annum, payable
semi annually and to sell the same at
not less than % and accrued interest,
the proceeds thereof to be used to re-
imburse the treasury of the company
for short time and demand notes to
the above amount, the proceeds of
such notes having been used to &C
quire new property and for construc-
ton purposes. such construction and
such requirement of new property
having been between August first
1916. and January first. 1917. and
against which no stock or bonds have
Been issued or authorized to be is
sued.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
LongList Of Hearings
Facing the Legislative
Committees This Week
Brief Survey of Weeks Work at Capitol-In-
teresting Matters in Legislative Chan
nels or in Departments

To extend and amend the charter of
the Fairfield & Skowhegan Railway
Company.
To legalize and confirm the incor-
poration and doings of the Congrega
tional Church Society of Litchfield
Maine.
To extend the time in which the
Maine Title Guarantee Company is
authorized to commence business
To make valid the organization and
records of the Fourth Congregational
(Abyssinian) church of Portland and
to authorize said corporation to con-
Vey certain real estate.
To legaliZe and make valid the pro-
ceedings of the annual meeting of the
city of Augusta.
To amend Section /, Chapter 4, of
the Private and Special Laws of 1913
entitled An Act to regulate the takinc
OF smelts in the waters of Egypt bay,
Franklin bay, Taunton bay and river
IN the towns of Hancock, Franklin and
sullivan In Hancock county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
A GREAT MEDICINE

That most successful of all remedies
for women's ailments Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound owes its
origin to a botanic recipe which came
into the possession of Lydia E. Pink
ham about fifty years ago.
This recipe had proved so effective In
the practice Of a skilled physician that
Mrs. Pinkham procured the herbs and
stepped and prepared them in true old
time fashion on her kitchen stove for
her friends and neighbors who suffered
from woman's ailments. The fame OF
the virtues of this wonderful medicine
spread. until 1t is today recognized as
the standard remedy for womans HIS
ADV.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
N0STRlLS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Relieves Head Colds at Once.

II your nostrils are clogged and your
head is stuffed and you can't breathe
freely because of a cold or catarrh. just
get a small bottle of Elys Cream Balm az
any drug store. Apply little of this fra
grant, antiseptic cream into your nostril5
and let it penetrate through every air pas
sage of your head, soothing and healing
the infiamed, swollen mucous membrane
and you get instant relief
All. how good it feels. Your nostrils are
open, your head is clear, no more hawk
ing. snuffing, blowing; no more head
ache, dryness or struggling for breath.
Ely's Cream Balm is just what sufferers
from head colds and catarrh need. It's a
Delightfully."-.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
COMING EVENTS

Feb. 26-2S-U of NJ extension school,
Buskfeld.
Feb 27-Republican mayoralty caucus,
Bangor.
Feb 2S-Legislative Assembly, Augusta
House.
March annual meeting Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
March 5-1O-Annual Farmers week at
University of Maine, Orono.
March 6-Maine Pathological Society
winter meeting, Orono,
March 6-Supreme court, Kennebe :
county. civil term, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Signed by the Governor

The following acts were signed on
Monday, Feb. &c, by Governor Carl +.
Milliken:
To amend Section 10 Of Chapter so of
the Revised Statutes relative to title
by descent.
To amend Section 70 Of Chapter So
OF the Revised Statutes relative to the
making of false reports by trust COM
panies.
To authorize the city of Portland 20
pension Dora B Mcintosh
To authorize the Songo River Line,
Inc. to construct and maintain wharves
at East Sehago and Long Beach in
the town of SebaSo and Cumberland
county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
"T|z" FOR TIRED,
PUFFED-UP FEET
Instant relief for sore, aching,
tender, callOused feet
and cOrnS.

You're footsick. Your feet feel
tired. puffed up. chafed. aching,
sweatv. and they need "Tiz."
Tiz" makes feet remarkably fresh
and sore-proof. "Tiz" takes the pain
and burn right out of corns, callouses
and bunions. 'Tiz" is the grandest
foot -gladdener the world has ever
known.
Get 25-cent box of "Tiz" at anv
drug store and end fot torture for a
whole year. Never have tired, aching.
sweaty, smelly feet: your shoes will fit
fine and you'll only wish you had tried
Tiz" sooner. Accept no substitute
Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27

While unloading pulp from truck to
pile this employee received severe
strain to the back. causing disability
which he claims TO have been total
from date of injury. April 81, until July
5, 1916 He states in his testimony that
a severe pain took him in the back
Just before he had succeeded in placing
the piece of pulp in place on the pile
and that he dropped to the floor. DR.. l..
P. Gerrish reported the accident to the
commission as strain of the Hga-
ments Of the back and testified that
the resulting illness may be termed as
lumbago. DR.. Thomas S. Burr, who
treated this employee, diagnosed the
case as lumbago and stated that it was
brought on by an over strain from
lifting. 1t is the opinion of DR.. Burr
that this employee could have returned
to work about the middle of June. The
commissioner holds that this was an
accident which arose out of and in the
course of employment.
Alcide r. NORM, Brunswick, Granted
/, In the case of Alcide r. NORM of
Brunswick, applicant, VS. Cabot Man
ufacturing Co, employer, AID Ameri-
can Mutual Liability Insurance Co,
the commission orders a compensation
of 81 per week be paid for period Of
six weeks and three days or a total of
S26 and holds that the notice. given by
the older brother to the foreman was
sufficient.
This employe. Is years Of age, was
working as a bobbin boy and cut his
toe by pushing a metal can in place
Ito catch the bobbins as they fall from
the loom. The can was broken out
near the bottom so that a sharp edge
protruded which lacerated the toe. On
the following morning the foot
had become swollen and very
painful and the older brother notified the
foreman of the factory of the injury. AS
a result of the injury disability develop
ed within q hours from time of accident
and continued eight weeks and three
days.
The decision says that. the fact that
the respondent failed to show that a no.
tice of any kind was ever posted in the
mill or factory notifying the employees
that ii had accepted the workmen's com
pensation act would offset any alleged
neglect on the part of this employe in
the matter of giving notice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Stanley Achorn Death.

Stanley ACIOTU OCdSis
The Public Utilities Commission to-
day handed down a decision in the case
of the accident on the Maine Central
Railroad Company near Wtnslow's
Mills at 1880 A. M. on Jan. "a, in which
Stanley Achorn of Waldoboro. %, was
injured so that he died one hour and
Is minutes later. The decision states
that no evidence of fault is found on
the part of the railroad company or its
employees. At the time of the accident
Achorn approached the crossing from
the south driving a horse harnessed to
a long bodied sled loaded with cream
cans and grain. Says the decision:
1.-The evidence indicates that the
man had ample opportunity to have
observed the approach of the train at
all times after he was within $50 feet
of the track; that he either did not no.
tice it, or paid no attention to it until
the alarm whistle was blown; that he
was then at least so feet away with
his horse walking, and that he then
tried to hurry across ahead of the train
instead of stopping. There was moth
ing to warn the train men that he
could not keep out of danger, or that
he was likely to get into danger, until
too late"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Death of Georue Armour

The Public Utilities Commission
Monday rendered decision in the
matter of the accident or the Boston &
Maine Railroad at Saco Feb. - last
resulting in the death of George Ar
mour. aged 80 years. Of Dover, ~ H..
who was struck by passing train of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
APPLES, ORANGES,
/. FIGS and PRUNES
ARE THE FOUR FRUITS USED IN
MAKING "FRU|T-A-T|VES"

RUIT-A-TIVES" is the only medi-
cine in the world that is made from
the juices of fresh ripe fruits. Thus
it is manifestly unfair to say. Il
won't take F'ruit-a tives because have
tried other remedies and they did me
no good" On the other hand. the fact
that Fruit "a tives' is entirely differ
emit from any other preparation in the
world. is just why you should give 1t
a fair trial, in any trouble OF the
Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys or
Skin. Fruit "a tives," is composed of
the active principle of fruit and the
greatest nerve tonic ever discovered.
soc. a box for $3.50, trial size, Csc.
At all dealers or sent by Fruit tives
Limited, Ogdensburg. n. Y.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27

the Boston & Maine Railroad at .ne
Maine street crossing in Saco at GOV
P. NJ, Feb. u, 1917, and received ln1u-
ries which resulted IN an instant
death. The decision reviews the details
of the accident and finds there is no
evidence Of fault on the part OF the
Boston & Maine Railroad or of it's en-
ployes."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27

In another reported case eignt ior-
eigners refused to work at HARMS eon
or Cherryfield on account OF pao camp
accommodations and the company EN-
ploying them sent them TO- MacnIas
Jail and kept them over nlgnI aiter
which they were sent to another camp
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Industrial Accidents

Several decisions have JHst been
made public by the Maine Pubic utll-
tiles, as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
STATE OF MAINE.

kennebec, SIS Supreme Judicial Court in
Equity, February IL, 1917.
Blanche stilphen of Auburn in the
Maine complains against the 5. q :.
Auto Parts Co, corporation duly ex-
listing by law and located in the city Of
Augusta. kennebec county and says
FIRST The plaintiff is Clerk of the
said S. & S. Auto Parts Company.
SECOND: At a meeting of the stock
holders of said Corporation, legally called
therefor. and held at said Augusta on the
18th day of January, A. D. 1917, the sa:d
corporation voted to dissolve said cor
poration.
/ THIRD: There are no existing assets
of said corporation TO be distributed and
no liabilities.
THEREFORE Plaintiff prays
> FIRST: That said Defendant corpora
ton may be dissolved and terminated.
SECOND: That the Plaintiff may
have such other and further relief as the
need of the case may require.
THIRD: And that such notice of this
bill may be given to the Defendant cor
poration as the court may see tit u issue.
BLANCHE STILPHEN.
STATE OF MAINE
Androscoggin, S. January 15 1917.
| Then personally appeared Blanche Still
phen and made oath that she has read
the above bill and notes the contents
thereof, and that the same is true of her
own knowledge except the matters stated
to these matters she believes them &c be
true.
Before me-
CARL F. GETCHELL.
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE
Kennebec. IS.
On the foregoing bill Of Complaint It is
Ordered:
That notice of the tendency thereof be
given by giving in hand to the Clerk Of
the said S. & s. Auto Parts Co. an at
tested copy of said bill and this order
thereon thirty days at least before the
18th day of March, 1917. and by publish
ing an attested copy of said bill and of
this order thereon once a week for three
successive weeks in the Daily Kennebec
Journal. a newspaper published in Au-
gUsta in the County of Kennebec AMI
state of Maine, the last publication to he
fourteen days before the said 18th day of
March, that said corporation may then
and there appear at said Court House I'm
said Augusta at ten o'clock in the fore
noon then and there to answer to sail
bill and abide the judgment of said Court
thereon.
Augusta, Maine February - 1917.
LESLIE c. CORNISH.
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
(SeaD
A true copy,
Attest: G. W. JONES, Clerk.
feh12 tues.3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Death Of Stephen Fraser

The Public Utilities Commission Mon
day rendered a decision in the matter of
the accident on the premises of the Ca
madam Railway which resulted in the
death of Stephen Fraser. aged As years,
Of Presque Isle. an employe in the yard
Of the Canadian Pacific Railway at
Brownville Junction. who was struck by
a yard engine Feb. 6, 1917. and receive
injuries from which death ensued almost
Immediately.
There Is no indication Of fault on the
part Of the railroad company or of its
employees"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Public Utilities

have been announced by the Maine
Public Utilities Commission:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
PARTY IN HONOR
MISS COWLiNG.

McDavid, Fla, Dec. 2o.-Mr. and
Mrs. Ollie Brewton threw open the
doors of their attractive country home
last Friday night in honor Of their
sister, Miss Margaret Cowling OF
Montgomery, Ala.
She has visited here several times
before and is one of the most accom-
plished young ladies Of the time. This
little entertainment was given in hon
or Of her twenty-first birthday. Cup
Jinks'' and Victrola music formed the
evenings amusement, after which the
guests We're invited into the spacious
dining room to enjoy cake and hot
chocolate; Mrs. Brewton presiding
over the table.
At eleven o'clock the guests re-
turned home, leaving Miss Cowling
scores of beautiful presents and good
wishes for many more such birthdays.
Among those who enjoyed the occa-
sion were Misses Eva, Ina and Emma
Lee Bowman, Ruth and Aggy Brew
ton, Eppla Harrington, Carrie and
Adele Bowman, and Nell Grant
Messrs. Arthur Bowman, Cuyler and
Grady Brewton, Joe Nicholson, Chip
ley Harrington, DR.. Cline and Mr.. o. x
Bowman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
People %zSR EVENTS
Edited by EMILY c. LAMONT,
Telephone $50 a. M to p. IN.
AN ODE TO THE AvIATORS.

Re lavished our praise in the olden
On the soldiers of land and sea,
Is they fought and fell in the throea
Of hell
For the cause Of Liberty.
md rightly we should, for their
deeds withstood
The powers that sought to stay,
The rights that were worth richer
treasurer of earth
Than kingdoms or thrones could
pay.
but our song today is loftier lay,
To the soldiers clad in brown,
Who have sought to soar where the
thunders roar
And the lightning's crash resound.
BY what wondrous skill and what
daring will
Do they make their upward flight,
Past the eagles home meath the
starlit dome
Through the endless sea of light.
Ind we stand and gaze, through the
sunlit maze
Of air. on their bird-like ship;
Vow silver fold, now shield of
gold
With each upward bound and dip.
And we pray and pray for that
golden day,
For which they have risked their
all,
When strife shall cease, they as
heralds of peace,
Shall answer the Nations call.
And their white-winged fleet, shall
our visions greet,
With banners of peace unfurled,
Proclaiming on high sweet victory's
cry,
Of peace throughout all the world.
Then We'll blend our song with the
countless throng,
Of earth, who will sing the praise
Of each royal knight, who from the
fields of light,
Have fought in these awful days.
Annie Going Taylor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-21
WEEK END PROGRAM FOR
WAR WORK CLUB ROOMS.

The War Work Club Rooms, 1872
N. Palafox street, upstairs, will be
open as usual during the coming
weekend, and the following program
will be carried out:
Saturday, $3.50 to o'clock-Open
house for service men and their
friends. Refreshments and music.
Saturday, 7:3O to 10 o'clock-In-
formal entertainment. Christmas
music. Come and bring the other
fellow if you do moth care to attend
the dance.
Sunday, $3.50 to 10 o'clock-Open
house At 4:30 on Sunday afternoon
there will be Christmas carols by
children, especially planned for the
service men.
Class work at the War Work Club
rooms will start Thursday, December
9th. Details can be secured at the
rooms, 1872 N. Palafox street.