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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
Lithuanians And Let's
Ask independence And
Support OF Wilson

Stockholm, Oct. 3.-Dr. John
Ezlupas. who has been in consultation
with L~ithuanians and Let's in various
parts of Russia, arrived yesterday in
Stockholm and requested Ira Nelson
Morris. the American minister, to
transmit to President Wilson a me-
mortal setting forth the national pro-
gram of these peoples and begging
him to support il.
They demand complete indebend-
ence. the right TO establish their own
government and representation in the
eventual peace conference. Thir ter
ritorial program includes the re-es-
Ia Adjustment of a greater part Of the
territory lost in 1895. which would
take in 100000 Lithuanians. Let's
and other races.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
WOMEN NOW
ARE HELPING ALLIES

Tsuruga, Japan. August 30.-Strong
bodied coolie women are carrying the
burden of keeping Russia supplied
with the products of the United States
and Canada.
At the docks here, the principal port
Of exchange between Japan and Rus
STA, and the halfway point between
America and P%etrograd, thousands Of
tons Of freight are moved by the wo-
men every time a ship docks.
They smoke cigarettes and sing as
they work. Bare-legged, with short
skirts. they wrestle with huge boxes
and packages that would seem certain
to bear them down.
Many of the supplies for Russia's
armies pass through this port and the
women dock laborers add one nor
picturesque touch to the natural seen
ic beauty Of the harbor Of Tsuruga.
Now that the Russian frontier is
open and the day Of the dread Of
Siberia passed, exiles by the thousands
are returning home to Russia. Many
Of them pass through this port. They
are Of all classes. all types, and main
tain in Tsuruga a chatter so complete
lily Russian that the Japanese mer-
chants now print their signs in dupli-
cate, Russian and Japanese.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
CORN BEARlSH
ON BELIEF BIG
CROP IS SAFE
Oats Comparatively Safe
Cash Houses Buy Liberal
ly-Provisions Down.

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Warmer weather
and a prospect that an unreasonable
cold would be experienced for several
days had q moderate bearish influence
today on corn. Virtual certainty that
a big crop was now safe. and that
would be an ample supply seemed to
be generally assumed. Estimates,
however, that the yield was 6o,ooo.-
900 less than wal expected a month
ago led to a rally from early weakness
Opening quotations. which ranged
from 1-8 of to a like advance at
119 Ia to 119 1-2 December and 11e
Ia to 116 So May were followed by
n general downturn and then q reac-
ton to slightly above yesterdays nm
ish.
Oats held comparatively frm- Rains
counted in : favor of the bulls. and
there was liberal buying on The part
Of the cash houses
Realizing in which yesterdays CHIEF
purchasers INDUCED led to a down
turn in provisions. Strength In the
hog market was ignored.
Subsequently, other experts inquired
the yield as 66,000,0 600 bushels short
of the government forecast a month
ago. As a result the bulls had an ad-
vantage in the late trading. Prices
closed frm. 3-8 to 6-sc net higher at
1.20 December and 1.16 "a May.
Open High Low Close
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
SAGE TEA DANDY
TODARKEN HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Bring Back Color and
Lustre to Hair

You can turn gray. faded hair beau.
tifully dark ana lustrous almost over
night ifsyou'll get q 60-cent bottle Of
'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound at any drug store. Millions of
bottles Of this old famous Sags Tea
Recipe. improved by the addition OF
other ingredients. are sold annually.
says q well known druggist here, be-
cause Il darkens the hair 20 naturally
and evenly that no one can tell It has
been applied.
Those whoss hair 10 turning gray or
becoming faded have . surprise await-
Ing them, because after one Or two
applications the gray hair vanishes
and your locks become lu~xuriantly
dark and beautiful
This 10 the age Of youth. Cray
haired, tnattractive folks arenst want
led aronnd, 70 set busy with Wysth's
GAge and Sulphur Compound to-nfeht
end you'll b delighted with your dark.
AAndsoms hair and your youthful ~.
El1AFAnco within . few SAAys. s-'l
ThS0 sprepAraHon u astoilot aFenufI ~
tand3 = not Intended for thSscdfv :
NkaeeIS Drevsnt1en ~ lle618I1ElIH
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
WOMEN GIVE OUT

Homework is hard enough when
healthy. Every Grand Forks woman
who is having backache, blue and
nervous spells, dizzy headaches and
kidney or bladder troubles, should be
glad to heed this East Grand Forks
woman's experience:
Mrs. w. A.. McCulloch. 424 Allen
Ave-, East Grand Forks. Mimi, says.
u suffered from distreHsing pains
through my loins, accompanied by a
kidney weakness. l was unable to
rest we'll at night and az a result my
general health became much run
down. ] took Doan's Kidney Pills and
haven't suffered from backache or any
other symptom OF kidney trouble
since"
Price soc. ut all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-eet
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. McCulloch had, Fostcr-Milburn
Co., Props. Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
BAKER DENIES
HATS IN RING
Report A is in Line
for Democratic Nomina-
ton, Repudiated.

Warrington, Oct 3.-secretay of
War Baker denied that he has
launched a campaign for the prest-
dency in 1920. The secretary's' denial
followed publication Of an article in a
Washington paper which said tina, Nr.
Baker is practically an avoved cam
didate for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency In 1920"
II have no present or prospective
interest In that subject" the secretary
said.
Secretary McAdoo, whose name fire.
quently has been linked with that OF
Secretary Baker in gossip OF p~residen-
tial candidates, also was mentioned In
the article which Mr.. Baker repudiat-
ed. Secretary McAdoo's political az
sociates secuted the suggestion that
his tour OF the west for the Liberty
bonds has any relation To the 1920
campaign. They branded az "ridicu-
loua" the story that Mr.. McAdoo is
engaged in any sort Of campaign for
h 10 democratic nomination.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
TASHKENT IN HANDS
OF REBEL AGlTATORS

Petrograd, Oct. 3.-The s~emi-ohicial
news agency issued the following
statement on the Turkestan situation:
Political agitators with the upport
OF two local regiments. took over the
administration OF Taahkent capital Of
Russian Turkestan) and announced
that they no longer recognized the
provisional government. The Mugaui-
man population. which disapproved OF
the towns masters. rose in revolt and
aided by the pupils OF the military
academy. occupied the fortress.
The government has appointed the
commander of the troops at Kazan
eastern European Rugsia) General
kor0vnitchenko commigsary general
OF Iurkestan and a placed at his
pos sufficient troops to suppress
the disorders"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
NEW YORK

New York. Oct. 3.-Butter easy:
receipts 1870: creamery higher thar
extras 46@46 "a; creamery extras.
(ac score) As ga; f1rsts A 1-2@4S
IL: seconds 1904.
Eggs steady; receipts 1913; fresh
cathered extras 45@46; extra f1rstti
1904: frsts 1904; seconds 37@
IS: state Pennsylvania and nearby
western hennery whites, fine to fan
cy 5S@ 81: do Browns 48@59.
Cheese steady, receipts 2,025; state
fresh specials 26 IL; do average run
26@26 Ia.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
SWEDISH KING
URGES FORMING
new CABINET
Union of Various Parties
Declared Necessary to
Maintain Neutrality.

Stockholm. Oct. 3.-After the resig-
nation Of the cabinet yesterday King
chief parties in the Riksdag to urge
them to S their best efforts to form
a coalition cabinet.
The king told the leaders it would
be most e%xpedient to form a cabinet
representing the various parties
which would maintain Sweden's neu-
trail policy and exercise a calming in
fuence on the people during the pres
en-; crisis. Sweden's difficulties were
daily, the king asserted.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
NEW YORK

New York, Oct 3.-Mercantile pa
Pers 8 1-4@5 1-2; Sterling sixty dav
bills. All 1-2; commercial sixty day
bills on banks, All; commercial sixtv
day bills. 470 49,. demand ATS Ia:
cables as ZIG; francs demand 57s
~; cables ST. Sd; Guilders demand
Al Is: cables AZ Ia: lires demand
~ Il; cables I'll 1-2; rubles de-
mana = 10; cables Is Ia; bar, silver
30 20; mexican dollars II; govern
regular.
Time loans easier; sixty days and
3-4@6. Ae 0
Call money Arm; high S; low 4 Ia.
ruilng rate s; closing bid 4 10: of,
fered at 8; last loan s. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
IS
SEPTUAGENARIAN

Amsterdam, Oct. 3.-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg's SEVENTEEN birthday
was celebrated throughout Germany
az a national fete. The emperor and
the imperial family e greetings
to the field marshal. expressing the
hope that an early end Of the war
would crown his work.
The recipient of the demonstrations
spent the day at headquarters. He
reported slightly indisposed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03

Each bidder must satisfy himself as
to the legality Of the bonds before filing
his bid, and in the event that his bid is
accepted and he fails to take up and
the acceptance Of his bid, the amount
Of his certified check for the sum of ST.
900. 90 shall be retained by said county
board Of Grand Forks, as n for liqui-
dated damages for the breach of con-
tract on the part Of said bidder.
The payment and delivery of said
bonds shall be made at the ONCE Of the
county treasurer in sal county in the
city Of Grand Forks, North Dakota. 8
All bids must be sealed and addressed
for Drainage Bonds"
The right to reject m and all bids
shall hereby be reserved.
Dated at Grand Forks, North Dakota,
By order Of the board Of county COM
m~issioners.
Hans Anderson,
,- p County Auditor.
The board Of county commissioners Of
ing received notice from the board Of
drain commissioners of the said county
Of Grand Forks of the construction Of
Drain No. 8 in said county and having
advertised for the sale Of drainage bonds
to pay for said Drain No. 8;
Notice Is hereby given to the owners
Of lands benefited by said Drain No. 8,
which said lands have been duly assess
ed by the board of drain commissioners
section 24s4 Of the compiled eHedan laws w'e Of
North Dakota for 1918. opportunity is
now offered to owners of q lands ben
ented to pay In to the treasury of said
county the amount in full as assessed
fore the issuance of the above mention.
] ed drainage bonds a. follows:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
OF FEDERAL
WAREHOUSE ACT ARE
DISCUSSED AT WASH.

Washington. Oct. 3.-Regulations to
put the new federal warehouse act
into force were discussed here by off,
Gals OF the department Of agricul-
ture's bureau Of markets and ware
bankers, underwriters and
officers of bonding companies. Sug-
gestions advanced at the conference
will be considered in drawing the ten
tative draft Of the regulations Of
which hearings will be held In a num-
Der of cities throughout the country.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
LIVE STOCK MARKET
c..,caCO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Oct. s.-Iiogs: Receipta
Ne oaS. arm; bulk. $3.50 to $!s:4o:
,sSs s1S'i5 to $ls.s5; mixed. $lS:lb
~ 1880; heavy. $1S.15 to $lS;oV;
ssuSh. slS.l5 to $1s.s5; pigs, $l4.oo 70
'$i1.a0. - onn. strong.
native beef cattle ,$1:SV : - "a. took.
M Ne ana seders. 1925 to SLIPS; cows
and hsifers. $500 to s12.4o; calves
ss; shes 10 i Receipts, is.ooo; strong;
rethers. ss.1O to $3.50; lambs, $ls.oV
TO $lS.45.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
GRAIN.

Milwaukee, Wis.,, Oct. 3.-Whea-.
No. l northern. s2.2O@$2.24; No. =
northern, s2.17@$2.21; No. 2 harl
winter $2.l7.
Corn. No. 8 yellow, $4,000; No. 5
white $2.05@1-2; No. 8 $1.96@$1.9 +.
Oats, standard, 81; No. 8 white, CT
1-4@62; No. 4 white 81 Ia.
Rye, No. 1 $1.S8 1-2.
Barley, Mating, s1.31@$1.43; fec I
and rejected, s1.25@s1.36; Visions.
$1.33@$1.43.
Hay unchanged.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

Minneapolis, Oct. 3.-Flour, fancy
patents. CSC lower; quoted at $11. 9th
er grades unchanged. Shipments 72,-
597 barrels.
Rye $1.s5 1-2@$1.S6 1-2.
Barley, s1.14@$1.37.
Bran, $3O@$31.
Wheat receipts, 313 cars, compared
with 440 a year ago.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, $1.91@1.92.
Oats-No. 3 white, So 1-2 q 80 IL.
Flax, $3.22.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
eo,-ru ct. PAUL LIVE STOCK

South st. Paul. Mimi, Oct; s..
Hogs o.4Oo, steady; range $lS@$lS.-
bulk $1S.50@$18.75.
Cattle. $500; killers STEADY 70
strong; steers $5@$14.26; cows ans'
heifers 5000; veal calves s .eaus
steady to strong: $5@s10.
Sheep receipts, $500; Csc higner
lambs. ss@s17; wethers E@$ls;
ewes $6@$11.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03
PRODUCE.

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Butter steady;
receipts $3.50 tubs: creamery extras,
43 1-2; extra f1rsts 43; frsts Al l-2@
AZ 10; seconds 40 1904.
Cheese steady: daisies rs l-4@1-2;
horns 81 1-4@1-2: Americas rs lao
1-2; twins "a 3-4@25.
Potatoes higher; receipts 60 cars;
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Dakota
bulk, $1@$1.05; do. sacks $1.05@
$1.10. :
Poultry alive higher; fowls 21@24;
springs 20.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03

II is said that Germany's railroad
carrying capacity Is only about so per
len wnat It was before the war; yet
nc erown prince took a whole train
quarters. But the c. .. must be
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03

Being efficient may not necessarily
be to ones credit A hog, for in
stance, is efficient AZ an eater
than most mon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03

Cnlcag0, OcC 3.@Cofn NO z yeIIoW
$1.96@$1.97 1-2; No. 3 yellow s1.95;
No. 4 yellow nominal.
Oats, Nc. 3 white 61@62 Ia; stand
ard 81 1909 Ia.
Rye, No. q, $1.8s.
Barley 1.20@1.43.
Timothy 6.5O@7.50.
Clover. 1902.
Clover 1900 q
Pork $500.
Lard, 24.6O@24.s0.
Ribs, 26.42@ 1851.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-03

u 1M0. 1UIaIrs ssesss q 49, ~ 80. esSs sss.Yss. Z.
S Sss.s !. ~ -. Hi 81 s.: ;..s ;
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
MYSTERIOUS
FIRES AT newark
and new YORK

Newark, \. J., Dec. 80. a mys-
terious fire tonight "A large office build e.
ing and Il storehouse of the contract e
ing firm Of Post and McChord at tile
Federal Shipbuilding Co., We're de-
stroyed. The two building were used
To house engineers, craftsmen and su-
perVsors of the construction job at
the shiplulding Yards. Information
regarding the fire was refused and
outsiders were warned from the prem
iscs.
In the office building We're two large
steel safes in which plans and records
were stored. Whether the safes with
stood the flames and preserved their
contents could not be learned tonight.
The second building destroyed was
employed as a storehouse for building
material and tools and was total
loss.
The plant has n number of govern
nent contracts to build wooden ships.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
SIX MEXICAN
BANDITS FALL
TO u. S. TROOPS

Eagle Pass, Texas. Sent. 3o--At least
six Mexican bandits were killed in a
fight between bandits and United
states troops and Texas Rangers on
Saturday at San Jose. Mexico, opposite
the Indio ranch. which is 60 miles
south Of Eagle Pass. according to an
official statement here today at mill
tary headquarters. The Americans had
Crossed into Mexico On the trail Of
Mexican cattle thieves. There We're no
American casualties.
After the bandits, said to number 80,
were routed, the Americans returned
10 the Texas side. Tie pursuit of a
hot trail across the border followed
series Of raids On the Indio ranch in
which it is estimated thousand or
more head of cattle had been driven
across the Rio Grande.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31

Portland. Me, Dec. 30.-All records
for cold since the establishment of the
Portland weather bureau in 1871, were
iroken today wien minimum tenn
perature of Il degrees below zero was
recorded at : A. NJ. The previous cold
est was Dec -, 1872. when Il below
zero was reached,
The highest point touched during The
the day was zero at 4 O'Clock and the
mercury had dropped to eight below
at o'clock. The City hail was kept
oIen all day for the relief OF those who
were suffering from cold at thei,
homes and from % to 100 people passed
parts Of the day there. Action was TAX
IN TO supply homes with coal whicI,
We're without a supply.
THO fire department was called out Il
uoZen times to eXtinSuish fires caused
by thawing pipes but no serious dam
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31

,n,r,nrI,,, \, ~, n0 r,lo pul,nria n
,io ,a.ii ,a,oe,,,.,s ooor1
u..e.. ,ist,.,,, ,,,,s can, ,,,os-
nc
sage 20 an tiie PROV liiclai p'elec'7 ~
The effect that bulgaria has accepted
the Russian proposals-first that the
.,.or t,o,,.oc,, r,,,,,ri, and pussia bo
fH"eN' S''o""' 'I"' ''ic ''"'"" f"0
ante bellum with respect to CONNER
,ial treaties and consular and other
Conventions 1o ro-ast,bl;shed. third
,t.;.. ho doc;dad +,,r,o,.,.o,, ~ nIor.
ara. ruootinq, ,r an tI,o de1erations Rul-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
EIGHT KNOWN DEAD
NORTH VERNON WRECK

North Vernon. Ind, Dec. 80 The
work of removing the wrcckaee Of pas
Sen-er trains 40. ,. st. Louis to New
York, and No. %. Cincinnati 10 st.
Louis. which collided hCad-on near
here last night. was nearing compile
tion tonight. Eight persons arc Known
to be dead. but only seven bodies have
been found.
The body OF Harry French of Sey-
mour, Ind, engineer of the west bound
train. has not been located.
The injured. of which there are
about 20, are being cared for III this
city, at Seymour and at Cincinnati. II
is thought that Silas Huckleberry, of
North Vernon. mail clerk on the cast
bound train, whose sarms and legs were
broken and who received internal in
jUrieS, may not recover.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
GERMAN PROPOSALS
ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE
TO BELGIAN MINISTER

London. Dec. 3o.The Belgian min
ie,er at rctrograd is quoted by the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent there
- having declared the German peace
proposals to ho unacceptable. n return
II the status quo ante bellum would
not solv" a single problem of the war
ln The minister's opinion He added, the
dispatch saws, that tho proposed terms
t;iltI To Indicate. any means for the
,,foycntion of future conflict or for the
]. novaI of the causes which brought
r- thc present war
NS fpr the indcmniticatiOn of Bel
f.Gm. the minister pointed out that this
lad been promised by the Allies.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
$4,000 FIRE
At TROY, VT.

Troy, Vt, Dec 3o.-A general store
u the village of North Troy was de-
stroyed and two adjoining buildings
damaged today by fir which caused
loss estimated at $4,000.
Starting early in the morning in the
basement Of c. w. Seaver'S store. pre-
H;mahly from the furnace, the flames
We're spread through the building by
the explosion of a gasoline tank. A
residence on one side and business
Nulding on the other side ocr Ipied NY
a drug store and the TOW clerks 5 Of
lice were badly burned.
Valuable records n the clerks Office
We're saved and the townspeople pre-
vented the flames from spreading TO
other buildings nearby. The tempera-
tire was 40 degrees below zero.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
NEGROES PLEDGE 10y Atty
TOT. S. GOVERNMENT IN
IT'S CONDUCT OF WAR

New York, Dec co.-Kesolutions pledg-
ing the loyalty of the Negro population
Of the United States to the government
in its conduct Of the war were adopted
at mass meeting held here today under
the auspices of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People.
The resolutions also condemned lynch
ings and German propaganda designed to
stir up feeling between white and Negro
soldiers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
100000 fire AT
.CLACE. BAY BURNS
CHURCH BUILDINGS

North sydney. \. s. Dec. 24.-t'ire
swept over Chapel Hill at Glace Bay
today. destroying the Roman Catholic
church. convent. schoolhouse and Glebe
House. For four hours firemen fought
the flames with the temperature at 12
below zero and with four feet of snow
choking the streets and delaying the
bringing up of apparatus. So far as is
known, no lives We're lost. The prop
erty loss is estimated at from sl50ooo
to 5000 900 The buildings we're all OF
wood.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
COLDEST WEATHER IN
~ YEARS AT BOSTON

Boston, Dec. 3o.-Thc coldest wealth
er since the government began keeping
oIIlcEI temperature readings A. years
ago 9ripped New England today. in
TINS city the mercury sank 10 its low
est ollCial mark, II degrees below zero
AT ) O'Clock in the morning. For three
hours, II stuck at that point and then
began Using gradually until at noon, it
was three below. BY this time the sun.
from cloudless sky, forced back the
1roSt king and from l O'Clock in the
AFTERNOON until o'clock the readings
were above zero. but at no time more
than two degrees. BY O'Clock it was
zero again and within the next three
hours the weather bureaus thermome-
ter recorded drop of five depreeS
The lowest official record previously
was made Jan. "a, 1882, with a reading
Of - degrees below zero The lowest
previous December reading was in
1885 with a mark of IL below.
40 Below at NorthfieId, VI.
Mortified, VT, retained its winter cham
pionship title with 40 below, the lowest
official temperature reported at the
weather bureau from New England TO-DAY.
AT the other extreme OF this district.
Block Island had a temperature Of be-
low, Portland Me, broke its extreme low
record with 81 below. AS compared with
these readings, Halifax \. s.. where the
explosion Of Dec s wrecked and damaged
countless homes. had less frigld condi-
tons, with a minimum of degrees below
zero.
Suffering Acute Among Poor
Throughout New England the suffering.
particularly among the poor, was acute.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
S125,0OO FIRE BURNS
SOLDIERS CLOTHING

New York Dec. 30.-A quantity #
clothing and army shoes destined for
the soldiers AT Camp Upton was de-
.troycd by fire which broke out late
tonight in a Long island freight ware
house in Long Island City. The build
ing and its contents. as well as two
lnaded freight cars. also were destro:-
ed II was estimated that the loss
would reach $4,000. The origin Of the
fire is undetermined.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
Average Milk Cost

- -,-
The committee computes The aver
age cost to the New England farmer
of producing a on3~: o: milk at .o6l9
.,,a .o,.;,o,.,,,,. j., +be
'''' ''S '''o' >''' ''i-7
d'1efcnt 9G'''S- II 'eC'''''''e'iu9 liz
tho price paid the producer should
cover IN addition t. the average cost
,,r,ro, froi.b1 ana can charges and
o,. ma, tarpars
q
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
bESSARhbIA HAS
REv0L TED FROM
THE b0L SHEvIk!

Petrograd, Saturday. Dec. %. .-Bessa-
rahia has declared its independence as
the MoldaVian Republic, to form part
of the Russian Federated Republic
Bessabaria is Il government Of south
western Russia adjoining Rumania.
About half fthe inhabitants are Ru-
manians. Tho population is in the
neighborhood of 2.000,00o kishinev is
the capital of Bessarabia Which has an
area of about 5000 square miles.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
over SIX CENTS
A EZRA G e Production
Cost Quart of Milk
Boston Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Urges operation on the
Part of Milk Producers, Dealers and
Consumers

Boston Dec. 80 Suggestions to pro-
mote operation between milk pro-
ducers, dealers and consumers are Civ
en- in the report Of a committee of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce on the
milk situation in New England, made
public today. The report was submit
ted to the Federal National Milk Com
mission for use as evidence in deter
mining a tair price for milk delivered
to consumers
Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-31
SACO ELECTRIC CAR
KILLS PORTLAND FIREMAN

Portland. Nc, Dee 20 David Gibson.
aged s. Years, was struck oy saco elec-
tric car late tonight On Congress stree;
arl his skull fractured. He died Instant
l., lie was former member of the Port
land fire department.. lie is survived by a
son.