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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
"TOMMY ROT"

British soldiers are quite generally
spoken of as Tommies. In Europe our
troops are hailed as Sammies. We notice
a suggestion in some American news
papers that they be christened Samsons.
We object. Samsons offensive equip
ment was the jaw bone of an ass. This
weapon is still used in making laws,
rules and regulations, but its use is en-
tirely obsolete In trench fighting.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
LETTER TO THE JOURNAL.

Mr.. EDITOR: In the last issue of
The Republican journal your Stockton
Springs correspondent in referring to the
suffragist meeting addressed by Miss
Ramsay in the square Saturday evening,
states that no enthusiasm prevailed and
the meeting was practically without in
terest to our citizens. Although the
meeting was not advertised until Satur-
day afternoon goodly number attended
and gave the speaker most respectful
hearing. After the meeting l had an OPP
portunity to hear many expressions of
approval. Very few votes are changed
by stump oratory, and many leading men
all over the country believe it foolish
expenditure of money. The average
voter is intelligent enough to decide the
matter himself how he will vote without
any argument, and l firmly believe that
Maine will take no backward step the
10th day of September next by denying
the right of suffrage to women. The
Washington incident referred to by your
correspondent is deplored by all decent
and fair minded suffragists, as were the
acts of Carrie Nation denounced by hon
est temperance people, believing her
methods wrong and a hindrance to the
temperance cause. Yet Prohibition is
nearer world wide today than ever be-
fore, and it is only a matter of few
years at most when the great question of
universal suffrage will be settled and for
the right. JOHN H. WARDWELL.
Stockton Springs, Me-, Aug. Is, 1917.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
TROY.

A son was born Aug. 18th to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin B. Carleton.
o. R. Bagley is spending a week in
Boston, the guest of his sister, Mrs. Eta
Bagley.
Mrs. Addie Piper of Rockland is pass
ing week with Mrs. T. w. Halves, visit
ing and calling on old neighbors and
friends.
The church services will be at Cooks
Corner next Sunday, Aug. 10Th, with
Sunday school at 1 o'clock, The Sunday
schools in Troy are planning a picnic
Aug. goth.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilton Elliot of Line oln
visited Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Halves last
week. Mrs. Halves sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Hopkins of Plymouth, is now spending
a week with her.
Mrs. N. E. Danforth and daughter Nell
lie spent last week in their cottage at
Windermere. Mrs. George Woods and
family also took weeks vacation at
that beautiful summer resort.
A large company spent Aug 18Th at
Windermere and listened with deep inter-
est to an eloquent address by Rev. Will
liam Snow, which was followed by a
bright and conclusive lecture from Miss
Ramsey of South Carolina in favor of
equal suffrage.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Hillman were IN
Pittsfield Sunday, to witness the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Florence, to Mr..
Clyde Folsom of Pittsfield. Rev. Mr..
Pilley performed the ceremony at the
Methodist parsonage. Best wishes from
Troy friends.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23

of the best of the season t.-
extended to all who helpei .a
affair the great success it ga.
Work is progressing rswa.
shipyard. The wharf IS beng P.
the bed for the spur track u.r.-f
is being made and several . u
completed. About IS mel a.. EN-
Iron and other materia.
daily. The last vessel b.
point was the bark Caritm -
Capt. Melvin Colcord of This .
40 years ago.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
WOMEN SUFFER
MOST OF ALL

From those conditions Of the blood
and nerves in which the combination
treatment, Hoods Sarsaparilla be-
fore eating and Peptiron Pills after
eating, gives so much satisfaction at
so little cost as compared with other
medicines or physicians fees.
These two great medicines are
especially effective in cases of physi-
cal weakness, nervous irritability,
rundown conditions in which there
is iron deficiency. Price of each 81.
* Your druggist for them.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
State of Ohio. City of Toledo.

State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo.
Lucas County. S.
Frank ], Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co. doing business in the City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS CA
TARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence. this 9Th day of December. A. D.
1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public
hall's Catarrh Cure 10 taken pally and
acts through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System. Send for testimonials,
free. FL, CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold BY all druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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STANDPOINT.

Mrs Fred Kittredge and children are
at Camp Kittredge
C. F. Snow from the village was a
visitor here recently
Lawrence Patterson arrived Friday
from Lewiston for few days.
Mrs. E. J. Grant and Miss Myra Ora mt
of Lisbon Falls are here for visit.
The Castine Alumni Camp closed last
week, having been open three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul and friends of Cam
den were guests of F. F. Perkins and
family Sunday.
Miss Nellie Boyd who is summering
here, spent several days of last week
with friends in Winterport
Mrs. Clara Erskine and Miss Flora Frs
kline who have been employed at Orono,
arrived recently for few weeks.
Capt. VIM. Devereaux of Rutherford,
N. j., joined his family here last week
for vacation at Camp Rutherford.
Lieut.. Arthur Merrill and wife who
were married recently in Augusta, are
spending their honeymoon at the Merrill
Camp here.
F. S. Goodhue and family, and the
Misses Patten have returned to their
home in Hyde Park, Mass, having spent
their vacation here.
The entertainment given in Griffin's
hall Wednesday evening, Aug. 18th, by
the Searsport people, assisted by several
from here, was pronounced by all as one
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
Probate Notices.

At a Probate Court held at BE, -
for the County of Waldo, on .-e
August A. D 1917.
BERT K. MESERVEY, admins ....,
estate of Sarah E. Meservey, ale .gr
in said County of Y aldo. d-'e"s
present d petition praying for q.
sell and convey at public or prys' ''...rJ
tain real estate of said deceased ara l7' a.
in said petition, situated in ilbt.'
county. ...t,u
Ordered, That the said petit 'ne' o.
to all persons interested by causing
this order to be published three wee ,a,gst
sively in The Republican Journal, Ha
published at Belfast. in said Count ,stD
may appear at Probate Court to ,sNb
Belfast, within and for said County 5h
day Of september A. ID. 1917, at ter , rs,s
before noon, and show cause, If any .h.5 ,.. 7G
why the prayer of said petltione'
granted. .,. r,ts3
HARRY E. BANG. '"F
A true copy. Attest: t,.,t.,t.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23

Carl Whelan, of Island Falls, called on
friends here last week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
Germany Rejects Most ImpOr-
tant Russian Demands.
Armistice Is Suspended for a
Week, Asserts TrOtsky.
MUST EVACUATE MOON SOUND
Also Troops Must Not Be Trans
ferred From East Front.
Meanwhile Allies Must Define
Aims, BOIsheviki Order.

London, Dec. 8.-A Russian govern
ment dispatch dated Thursday and re-
ceived here by wireless announces
that Leon Trotzky the Bolsheviki for
eign minister has sent to all allied
embassies and legations in Petrograd,
a note intimating that the armistice
negotiations with the central powers
have been suspended for week at
the initiative of the Russian delega-
ton for the purpose of providing op-
portunity of informing the peoples and
the governments of the allied coun-
tries the existence of such negotia-
tions and their tendency.
The note adds that the armistice
will be signed only on conditions that
troops will not be transferred from
one front to another and that Ger
man troops are cleared from the
islands of Moon Sound. 1t generally
indicates the points of the negotiations
in accordance with the wireless state
ment received from Petrdgrad Thurs
day and concludes:
Demands Allies Reply.
THE period of delay thus given
even in the existing disturbed condi-
ton of international communications
is amply sufficient to afford the al
lied government opportunity to define
their attitude toward the peace nego-
tiations, that is, their willingness or
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
SUNDAY BOOK DAY
Collection ThruOut Topeka To-
morrow Afternoon.
Magazines, Also, for the Sam
mics in France.

Have 'em tied in compact bundles
and put 'em on the front porch" said
George Godfrey Moore this morning
in the last urge to the people of To-
peka before the big drive starts for
books and magazines for the soldiers
Sunday.
1t doesn't make very much differ
ence about the character or age of the
'literchoOr" as comparatively few of
the soldiers are extensive readers and
a good many of them have done most
of the reading in their lives since they
were called to the colors. Books, pre-
ferably novels, will be much appreciat-
ed, but it is expected that the maga-
zine collection will far outstrip these.
Speaking of magazines send all-all
the old magazines you have whether
they are story magazines or technical
or funny or sport or-anything. If
they interested you they will interest
the soldiers and probably the soldiers
will read them more carefully even
than you did. $50 have 'em tied in
bundles and put 'em on the front
porch where the collectors can see
them"
Volunteers of two varieties are
needed; one hundred owners of auto
mobiles are needed to drive their cars
on the tour of collection and upwards
of 200 collectors are needed to carry
the books and magazines from the
porches to the cars. Owners of cars
who will donate themselves for this
patriotic service should communicate
tonight with either n. V. Wood over
phone ass or with L. B. Holland.
phone 554.
Boy buglers will precede the collect
ing cars heralding to all and sundry
the approach of the collectors. Any
boy who can extract a noise from a
musical instrument of the horn va
riety should Immediately get in touch
with E. L. Overton or should be at
the west entrance to the state house
tomorrow afternoon at 1:45. The auto
mobiles will gather at the same place
and the drive goes over the top"
promptly at O'Clock. Any last min
ute volunteers should put in an early
appearance and they will be assigned
a territory to cover. Most of the
drives are straight trips, down one
street apd back another. A special
phone has been borrowed where belat-
ed books can be reported and col
lector sent to get them If the regu-
lar collecting car misses your house,
phone 1869 and one of the six or
seven special cars will come to get
your contribution.
+ A last admonition to you to have
your books ready when the bugle
sounds in your street. Have 'em tied
in bundles and put 'em on the front
porch where they can be seen from
the street"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
EX-CzAR ESCAPESIIN H. C. |. REVOLT
American Consul Notifies u. s..
Government of RumOr.
BOISheviki Planned to Move
Nicholas, Fearing Lynching.

Washington, Dec S.-The Ameri-
can consul at Tif1is today reported a
rumor that the former czar of Russia
has escaped.
The message contained no details,
and made it clear that there was no
confirmation of the rumor. No other
news was received here today from
Russia.
Guards of ex-Czar Disarmed.
London, Dec. S.-The guards sur
rounding Nicholas Romanoff, the for
mer Russian emperor near Tobolsk,
shevik soldiers and sailors, according
to advices received in Petrograd. The
BolsheViki leaders intend to remove
Nicholas to some other place, fearing
he might be lynched.
Has Denied He Wants Throne.
The departments advices gave no
details. merely reporting rumor at
Tiflis to the effect that the czar had
escaped.
Nicholas, following his dethrone-
ment by the revolution this spring
was spirited out of Petrograd to the
small prison village of Tobolsk in
Siberia.
He was reported to have been
housed there under guard, accompa-
MED bv his wife and their children.
Their home was set up in simplicity
that contrasted sharply with their
former splendor, in a large house in
Tobolsk-
Recently a statement, purported 20
have been made by the deposed car
through a neighboring monarchy dis
claimed any intention of seeking to
regain the throne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
Revolution Breaks Out in Three
Portugal Cities.
Pillage Bakeries; Two Killed /;
Scores in Jails and Hospitals.

Madrid, Dec. S.-A revolution has
broken out in Lisbon, the capital of
Portugal. according to a dispatch re-
ceived here by way of Oporto and
Tuy. Outbreaks also are said to have
occurred at Oporto.
An Oporto dispatch forwarded here
from the frontier, says the denonstra-
ton at Lisbon was hostile to the gov
ernment while at Oporto the trouble
was provoked by the high cost of
necessaries bakerie. and other shops
being pillaged.
In Oporto 7S arrests were made and
so persons were treated in hospitals.
One woman and one man were killed
The governor ordered the closing of
all public places and issued a decree
clearing the streets at 9 p. m. The
town is now said to be quiet.
Recent dispatches caDled from Lon
don to the United States have said
that telegraphic communication be-
tween Spain and Portugal had been
shut off, it having been intimated
that the news of the situation in Por-
tugal was bein rigidly censored by
the authorities of the republic.
In September last, a general strike
of workmen resulted in Pioting in
Lisbon and in consequence of those
disorders the entire republic was de-
ciared to be in state of siege. Sew
eral persons, including a number of
soldiers, at that time were said to
have been wounded by the explosion
of bombs. The strike lasted two
weeks
% Killed in One Riot
Five months earlier serious rioting
took place in Lisbon as the result of
the high price of food generally. An
archistic agita-ors organized disturb
ances in various parts of Lisbon and
the crowds attacked the bakeries, gro
ceries and provision stores. They
shattered the iron doors and steel
shuttered windows and sacked numer-
Gus places, among them one of the
large establishments in the center of
the capital Martial law was pro-
claimed and the military governor by
taking energetic measures restored
order. Twenty-seven persons were
killed in the rioting. Hundreds of
persons were arrested and taken on
board Portuguese warships in the har-
Dor. While the disturbances were in
progress the American flag was raised
above the buildings of an establish
ment at the POGO do Bispo and the
place was respected by the rioters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
ECUADOR in WAR
Formally Sewers Diplomatic
Relations With Germany.
eliminates Strained Situation
of Last Two Months.

Guayaquil. Ecuador, Dec. S.-Ecua-
dor has severed diplomatic relations
with Germany, according to an Of
ficial announcement made by the gov
ernment today.
Ecrador has been on the verge
of breaking diplomatic relations with
Germany since early in October last
when Peru, Ecuador's neighbor on
the south, dismissed the German
minister at Lima, Doctor Perl. After
receiving his passports from the Peru
Wan government, DR.. Perl, who also
was the accredited minister to Ecua
dor capital, intimated that he would
take up his residence at Quito, the
Ecuadorean capital. The Ecuadorean
secretary of foreign affairs, however,
announced that the minister would
not be received officially by the gov
ernment of Ecuador
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

currency issued a call for a state
ment from the national banks giving
their condition at the close of business
November "a. The Kansas bank COM
missioner, Walter E. Wilson, issued
a call to the state banks of Kansas
for their condition on the same date.
The statements have now all been
printed in the newspapers and have
produced some interesting figures.
The Central National bank leads
the entire twelve banks in Topeka in
total of deposits, amounting to $3,-
917,S94.50.
The Bank of Topeka stands first in
loans which total $3,374,Q75.S0.
The Kansas Reserve State bank,
the newest one, celebrating its first
anniversary last month, ranks fifth
in deposits with a total of $1,480,
32350; and third in amount of loans,
aggregating $1,198,3 ,309.03.
The Central National bank stands
first in assets, the Bank of Topeka
second, the Merchants National third,
the State Savings fourth and the Kan
sas Reserve State bank fifth.
The following table gives the de-
posits. loans and assets of the twelve
banks in this city as shown by their
statements to the comptroller of the
currency and the bank commissioner:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08

and secretary of the association to
name the chairmen of the twenty de-
mental sections. Five chairmen
will be named for each section, which
included the college, high school,
grade school, rural school and primary
sections After this year these chair
men will be elected by the district sec
tions.
]. o Hail. who was elected presi-
dent of the association by the direc-
tors. is a widely-known Kansas school
man. He has been director since the
boards organization four years ago.
He has always enrolled 100 per cent of
the teachers in his schools for the an
nual state meeting. He was formerly
superintendent of Beloit schools.
The election of a secretary did not
come. up. E. L. Pinet holds the office
for a term of four years.
Members of the board of directors
who attended todays meeting include-
w. D. Ross, Topeka: NJ e Pearson,
Kansas City; c. A Deardorff. Lyn-
don; E. B. Allbaugh, Clay Center; W.
A. Lewis, Hays; ]. o. Hall. Hutchin-
son, I. c. Meyer. Mcpherson; ". S.
Heusner, Salina; L. A. Lowther. EN-
poria; Lillian Scott, Baldwin, and L
w Mayberry, Wichita
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
DEFENSES BUILT
BY HINDENBURG
PROTECT BRITISH
Intricate Trench and Tunnel
System Now Anglo Refuge.
Germans Occupy Devastated
Regions Before Cambrai.
BRITISH GUNS DOMINATE ZONE
Huns Pursue Effort to Dust
Enemy From High Ground.
Shells Find MObiliZing Point,
killing 1900 Germans.
Huns Pursue Effort to Dust
Enemy From High Ground.
Find Mobilizing Point,
killing 1000 Germans.

British Headquarters in France.
Friday, Dec. 7.-(By the Associated
Press. 1.-The Germans today contin-
ued their work of reoccupying the
devastated area bequeathed to them
by the British when General Byng
made his withdrawal from the Cam
brai salient. 1t was an unsavory task
that faced the enemy. The Bourbon
wood still was reeking with poisonous
gas Graincourt, Anneux Cataing.
NoyeIles, Marcoing and Masnieres
were a waste of ruins and the lowlying
ground on which the Germans appa-
rently had planned to dig their new
trenches was overlooked by the Brit
ish positions.
Into this desert the big guns were
chine gunners were whipping con-
stant stream of bullets into the ranks
of the enemy sent forward prospect
ing for desirable points available for
defense. Meanwhile the major por-
ton of the British army was sitting
comfortably in their new home, their
consolidation virtually had been com
pleted before they started to retire at
midnight Tuesday.
As a matter of fact, part of their
work was done for them by the Ger
mans in the famous Hindenburg
trenches. The wonderful German
dugouts and network of front line and
communication trenches were all at
the disposal of the Tommies, who look
out with unconcerned satisfaction at
I e former occupants now laboring
miserably to build underground habi-
| tations.
Digging in Under Fire.
Fighting continued today at many
| points between advanced patrols OF
the British and the Germans. In the
region of La Vacquerie the Germans
gave no Indication that they had aban-
doned their attempt to oust the Brit
| ish from the high ground just north
of La Vacquerie village. The advance
of the Germans into the evacuated
terr:ory has been much hampered by
the harassing methods of the Brit
| ish. The British who held Bourbon
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LID DOWN ON TEUTONS
sharp War Measures i'm Brazil to
Stamp Out German Trade.

Rio Janerio, Dec. S.-The Brazil
ian cabinet at a meeting last night de-
cided upon the following regulations
with regard to German subjects in
Brazil:
tions. direct or indirect, between for
eign nationals resident in Brazil and
enemy subjects in foreign countries.
To suspend the exportationb of all
kinds of goods belonging to the
enemy
The authorities will be given es-
pecial powers to control enemy en-
terprises and to put an end to such
operations.
To intern in concentration camps
or elsewhere suspected enemy sub
jects-
To cancel all public land contracts
and concessions with due regard to
the rights of settlers and proprietors
already located.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
GOING TO CHURCH?
Take Enough Along. Please, to Give
to the Sammies.

Universal Bible Sunday will be OBJ
served in some manner in every
church in the city, according to the
Rev. c. w Maggart, president of the
Topeka Ministerial union
Offerings will be taken from the de-
partments of each church and win be
turned over to David Bowie, treasurer
of the Topeka federation of churches.
1T is highly important that a real
Topeka offering be given to obtain
khaki covered testaments for each
man in war service" said the Rev. Mr.
Maggart. .tOnce again may the
churches do their duty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
u S. SENDS AID!
Navy Dispatches $4,000 Blan-
kets and 500 Stoves.
Warships at Disposal of Red
Cross to Help Halifax.

Washington. Dec. S.-Twenty-five
thousand blankets and six hundred
stoves from Portsmouth IN. H.) navy
yard were today ordered sent by Sec
retary of Navy Daniels to relieve the
suffering of blizzard-swept Halifax.
He also dispatched a hospital unit
from Provincetown, Mass, and in
formed the Red Cross that everything
the navy has available for relief work
is at the disposal of Halifax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
GERMAN.

Berlin, via London, Dec. Son both
sides of Graincourt, the British have
been pushed back 100 meters, an off
ciaI statement announced today. At
Lavacquerie. many British attempts
to regain ground broke down.
On the Cambria front during two
days fighting, two guns and three ma
chine guns have been captured. the
statement added
On the Italian front, captured posi-
the enemy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
OFFICIAL WAR
STATEMENTS


Paris, Dec S-''There was active ar
tillery fighting last night on the right
bank of the Meuse. particularly in the
sector between Bezonvaux and BeaIf-
mont, and in the region of Hill 344,"
says todays official announcement.
In the region south of Senones, the
Germans attempted to raid one of our
small posts. They were repulsed
completely.
The night was comparatively quiet
on the remainder of the 'front.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
ChiId Gets sis. 600 Auovance

New York, Dec. S.-Jean Stuart. 8.
will have $4,000 annually to spend
on living expenses The child's guard
ians got that allowance following the
statement that the child's father
lived at the rate of $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
EVACUATE HOLY CITY
Americans in Jerusalem Removed as
British Close in on Turks.

London, Dec S.-AlI American cit
liens resident in Jerusalem have been
removed to the north and east, ac-
cording TO a Reuter- dispatch from
British army headquarters in Pleas
tine.
Jerusalem are Jews. of whom there
are about six hundred in Palestine