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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
Dog Taxes Unpaid

Notices are being sent out from the
office of the City Clerk as final warn
ing that unless some people who have
been delinquents do not pay their dog
taxes a long threatening will come due
and many will lose their favorite ca
mines. The taxes should have been paid
before April but there are still dog
taxes unpaid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

which Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford left for
Lake George.
Alton Savage has been visiting his
mother Mrs. J. E. Hoxie.
Charles varnun and son Lindsay
were in this place Saturday.
Mrs. Bert Hubbard Of Millinocket
and Miss Edith Ellingwood Of Caribou
have been recent visitors at F. E.
Does. s
Fred Tufts of Cernv1lle was a re-
cent caller in this place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
Members Augusta Board Of Trade Re.
ceive Communication

ITO the Members Of the Board Of
Trade Augusta. Maine;
The Board is in receipt Of the fol-
lowing communication from the Treas
ury Department at Washington. which
is presented for the careful consider
alton Of yourself and others who may
be interested.
Very truly yours,
(signeD W. S. wYMAN,
President"
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Washington.
August 21st, 1917.
BUREAU OF PUBLICITY
Liberty Loan Of 1917.
Dear Sir
Your Government is at war in de-
Tense Of American honor and American
rights. 1t is a war in which the
United States must be successful if
your Liberty and your Freedom are to
remain untrammelled. To carry it on
your Government must have funds.
Our men at the front must be sup
piled with food and all the things so
essential to victory. The Second Lib
rounced by Secretary McAdoo. Its
proceeds will be used to purchase sup
plies for our men on the firing line and
for those of our Allies with whom we
have made common cause. 1t is the
duty Of every patriotic American to do
ali he can to make the Second Liberty
Loan an overwhelming success.
Many of the members of your or
ganization are employers of labor
Herein lies a field where much good
can be accomplished Every employer
should begin at once to urge his en-
p]oyees to save as much as possible
from their wages to invest in the Sec
ond Liberty Loan. Employers, in
many instances, can arrange with
their employees to deduct a certain
amount from their wages. each week,
the sum so deducted to be applied to
the purchase of Liberty Bonds. 1t
makes no difference how small or how
large this saving may be. The larger
the number Of subscribers the greater
the moral effect upon those countries,
the rulers Of which have forced the
United States Government to take up
arms to defend American honor and
American rights. Any bank will be
glad to cooperate.
Liberty bonds are the safest invest
ment in the world. The money thus
derived will be spent IN this country.
The purchase Of Liberty Bonds affords
every one an opportunity to demon
strate his patriotism in a substantial
way. He lends his money to his Gov
eminent at a good rate Of interest and
will receive his principal back after
fixed number Of years. A Liberty
Bond may save a soldier. II will help
to shorten this conflict by providing
your Government with sufficient funds
to conduct the war in an efficient man
ner and hasten the advent Of peace
There should be a Liberty Bond in
every home.
You will be performing a patriotic
act by urging upon the members Of
your. organization the necessity Of saw
ing for the Second Liberty Loan in
order that your Government may OBJ
tain fthe money necessary to conduct
this war successfully. 1t will be ex-
tremely helpful if you will read this
letter at a specified meeting of your
organization.
Very truly yours, 40
(Signed) OSCAR A. PRICE,
Director of Publicity -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs Alton Covel were cal
lers in this place Tuesday.
Ethel Murray Is visiting her brother
H. NJ. Murray.
Mrs. Annie Oulton 10 i'll At the home
Of her mother Mrs. Annie Clifford.
The Misses Averil and Avis vafnuna
spent the past week with their grand.
mother Mrs. Elvira Varnum.
Mrs. ]. Madison Clifford has besn Q
recent guest Of MrA n G, varnuA -
waterv1lle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. Alice Merrill and daughter Miss
Kathryn. who have been enjoying a
several days visit at Wiscasset with
friends and relatives. have returned to
their home on Arsenal street. TIrs.
Merrill resumed her duties Monday
morning at the Journal Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

A party of young Augusta ladies
made an auto trip to Westfeld. Mass
this weekend where they visited
friends and relatives who are with the
Second Maine regiment. now stationed
at Camp Bartlett. The party left Au-
susta aoout mdnicht. Saturday. ar
irving at Westfleld early Sunday ana
starting their return trip Sunday night
reaching home Monday morning They
report a most enjoyable time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Miss Sadie Jordan Of Pearl street
resumed her work Monday morning
after enjoying a two weeks vacation,
which she passed at Freedom and Pa
lermo with relatives and friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Miss Nettie Wagg Of the Central
Maine Power Co. passed the week end
at Windsor where she was the guest
Of Miss z. A. Balentine. Miss Gertrude
Malcolm was also at Windsor over the
week end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. Ernest A. Lunt, cashier at
Hayes restaurant is confined to her
home on Higgins street. Mrs. Ernest
L, Johnson who is employed at the
same place, started Monday her annual
two weeks vacation from her duties.
Mrs. Ethel Lynch of this city is acting
as substitute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Miss Marguerite Pierce Of Argentine,
Kan, who has been visiting relatives
for few days in this city, returned
Saturday afternoon to Portland. where
she will visit with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ. Pierce and the
family IF her uncle, a. D. Pierce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

DR.. and Mrs. r. A. Derbyshire and
Mrs. Belle Weber of Madison were
callers on Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chap
man Of 69iA Green street Saturday
afternoon,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

The Amos H. Higgins Agency has
sold one of the farms in West Gar
diner owned by Harry Hinckley to G.
A. Hunter Of Portland. Mr.. Hunter
will move to the farm in the Spring
Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Considerable repairing is being done
around the City Hall. Just now a
crew is at work on three weeks job
releading and pointing up the brick
work Of the exterior.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Lieutenant and Mrs. Arthur s. Mer-
rill who have been enjoying camping
trip have returned to the city being
/ here Monday calling on friends and
relatives
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Merrill with
son and daughter, Milton and Mad
cline passed Sunday at Cedar Grove,
where they were guests of Mrs. Mer-
rill's sister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

H. G. Barker has gone to New York
on a several days business trip. He
was accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Maud Barker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. John Burke, Oak street. has
gene to Skowhegan. where she will
visit her neice, Mrs. Jesse Wheelock
for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Miss Ethel Springer of Bangor street,
who has been employed In the local
exchange of the New Eng. Tel. &
Tel. Co. has completed her duties in
that capacity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
Mr. and Mrs Clifford Jewett AM

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jewett and two
children Of Skowhegan who have been
visiting relatives in town have gone TO
Rumford Falls where they will visit
their aunt and uncle. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robinson, before returning to their
homo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. Brown and daughter Miss Ruth
Brown, have returned to their home on
Maple street. after enjoying a visit
with relatives to Mattapan. Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

! G. A. Royal has returned from a two
weeks vacation which he passed at
Old Orchard. He resumed his duties
at Barker's store, Monday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

A fine granolithic walk is being
placed at the home Of DR.. W. H.
Harris. corner Of Grove and State
streets. Swift and Anderson are doing
the work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
Miss Josephine Cyr has returned to

Miss Josephine Cyr has returned to
her home on Court street after a
months stay at Old Orchard where she
has been enjoying part of her vaca-
ticn. She will leave soon for Moose
head Lake where she will remain for
two weeks and then Miss Cyr plans to
go to Boston to attend the fall style
oDen;ngs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Albert Gay started Monday morning
his annual vacation, and has gone to
East Vassalboro where he plans to
pass some time with relatives and
friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. j. p. Hutchinson or Augusta,
formerly OF Auburn, is very i'll with
pleuro-pneumonia, at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Nathan c. True, Iitch-
field.-Lewiston Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Merton Delano Of North Vassalboro
was IN the city Sunday. the guest Of
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Josenh
Delano. Maple street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

HON. Ira H. Randall passed the
weekend at Squirrel Island. The
Randall family is passing several
weeks at that favorite summer place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. Emma Huntoon Of the Cape
shore has gone to Augusta where she
Is being entertained at the home of
Mrs. Meade Wilson.-Portland Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Inc preaching service at Manchester
FORKS sept. I'd will be conducted by
Rev. F. G. Merrill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

MRS. Lena r. Pierce, Mrs. Z. j.
LARK ana Miss Sherwood went to
Heaoneld Saturday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

MIS-. Frank Ward and son, Master
Guy OF Fairfield, were callers in the
city Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Mrs. Belle Weber of Madison is
VISITING her nephew. Frank Chapman
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Liberty Loan Bonds Important Notice.
Last payment on Liberty Bonds must
Ia made not later than August Zsth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
LOCAL NOTICE

Quality IL the first consideration IN
tho making Of our Bran Bread. Weo-
Ter 4 Hewett aug. ~saol
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

Miss Althea Heath and Ella Merrill
PISSED Sunday at Readfeld where they
visited relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
Local Matters

A box Of Beech Nuts" will solve the
vacation 'smokes."-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28

so surprised that they forgot to ques-
ton him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-28
ADJUSTMENTS
COLONIAL

Wallace Reid and Anita King in "The
Squaw Mans Son." "No. 10 West
Bound" A kaIem Comedy, "a
Day Out of Jail" Pathe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

u. Benjamin Dimmick is work.
ing to get Colonel Roosevelt to make
a Liberty Loan speech in Scranton.
Judge II. III. Cummings, who
decreed no liquor in Northumber-
land county on Regist' alton Day, has
advanced ideas on the subject for
his county
Lewis Emery, Jr., former sena-
tor, is one of the incorporators of a
big brick company in his home city
of Bradford.
Governor Harding, of the Fed
eral Reserve Board. will speak in
Pittsburgh next week in behalf of
the big loan.
Chaplain Charles Schall, of the
Tenth Pennsylvania, has worked out
a plan to place the names of those
who go to war on tablets in their
churches in his city of Connellsville.
DR.. John B. Lowman, chief sur
geon of the Cambria Steel Company.
will go to France with a hospital
unit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
ON WITH THE DANCE

khaki. What a soldier he would be.
With a gorgeous bass voice he sings
a modern music hall patriotic song.
A troop of chorus girls, also in
American soldier uniforms, troop out
to sing the refrain. With little mine
ing steps they follow the siX-footer
in war evolutions. Then all present
rise and sing The Star-Spangled
Banner" Great applause and cheer
ing. 1t is a real patriotic revival.
The World at War
Somewhere that night an Ameri-
can destroyer patrolled little space
in the North sea. 1t was moonless
night. Anxious watchers scanned the
darkness. The searchlight! No, that
flash of white was only the crest of
a breaking wave, not the wake of the
lightning beneath the sea. Hark!
Was that the wind or the whirr of a
propeller? Will the dawn never
come?
Soon our sons, our brothers, will
be in the trenches of France with
Pershing. They will be huddled in
bombproofs awaiting the end of the
German drum fire. for its cessation
will mean that the attackers, ad-
vancing under its cover, are only
fifty yards away. Will the artillery
never end and let us fight? Hark,
the curtain of fire is lifted!
At night in our shipyards, our
munitions plants, our steel mills,
men and women were toiling till
dawn to complete government or
ders.. At Washington anxious de-
partment chiefs planned all night
long how the Nation might be saved.
in a Presidents study light burned
till the sun rose.
These are the days that try what
nations are made of. These are the
days when nations call for all the
energy. all the time and all the funds
that their citizens possess. Rome
would not cease her play. The bar
barians at her gates heard the shouts
of her revelers.-From the New
York Mail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
CENSORSHIP DEAD

TINE House by a decisive vote
yesterday killed the obnoxious
censorship clause of the espion-
age bill, so strongly urged by Presi-
dent Wilson. Dispatches from Wash
ington reciting the debate preceding
the ballot by which the censorship
provision was voted down indicate
that the House interpreted the Pres
ident's demand as indicating both
an attempt to compel the newspa-
pers in dealing with the govern
ment's activities in relation to the
the President should himself author
ize and to publish them in form sat
isfactory to the President. In brief,
they regarded it as palpable move
ment by the government to prevent
the people from obtaining any real
knowledge of the manner in which
the war is being conducted.
All the influence the administra-
ton could bring to bear upon the
House membership was exerted in
behalf of the measure. The highly
successful fight against the proposed
muzzling of the press was led by
Representative Graham, of Philadel-
phia, a Republican, to whom the
thanks of the newspapers of the
country are due.
This action of Congress will not
cause the newspapers to break any
rules of censorship they have laid
down for themselves. Not a word Of
aid or comfort" to the enemy will
be published. and If any rash editor
should overstep there is law enough
on the books now to punish him
The failure of the censorship clause
simply means that the newspaper
will not be prevented from criticis
ing the President and the govern
ment In general In such manner ant
upon such occasion IS the condition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
Benefit to Posterity

Congressman Kitchin says he
would feel like a miserable coward
"to impose. a burden on my chill
dren, and on my children's children.
to pay for something for which they
were not responsible, and yet refuse
to take out of my pockets money for
my share of the burden" All of us
feel the same way, but there is room
for debate as to the proper share OF
the taxpayers of the coming fiscal
year. They have got to pay a great
deal, and they know it; but to make
them pay half of the current cost OF
war is to put more on them than was
ever put on taxpayers anywhere be-
fore. Mr. Kitchin's posterity will
reap the benefit of the destruction OF
autocracy and the reign of peace In
the world, and the interest on large
public debt will not burden them
very much.-Philadelph Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
The Present Crisis

Once to every man and nation comes
the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with False
hood, for the good or evil side.
Some great cause, Gods new Mes
siah offering each the bloom or
blight.
Parts the goats upon the left hand,
and the sheep upon the right,
And the choice goes by forever 'twixt
that darkness and that light.
Then to side with Truth is noble
when we share her wretched
crust,
and 'tis prosperous to be just
Then it is the brave man chooses,
while the coward stands aside,
Doubling in his abject spirit, till his
Lord is crucifed,
And the multitude make virtue of
the faith they had denied.
'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the
idle slaves
OF a legendary virtue carved upon
our fathers graves,
Worshippers of light ancestral make
the present light a crime
Was the Mayflower launched by cow
ards, steered by men behind
their time?
Turn those tracks toward Past or
Future. that make Plymouth
Rock sublime?
New occasions teach new duties:
Time makes ancient good un-
couth
They must upward still. and onward.
who would keep abreast of
Truth;
Lo, before us gleam her campfires;
we ourselves must Pilgrims be,
Launch our Mayflower. and steer
boldly through the desperate
winter sea.
Nor attmept the Futures portal with
the Past's blood-rusted key.
james Russell Lowell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
Amid the hotCEtHg Wintry sea,
We are In port II zoe haze Thee.
-KEBLE.
THE HOME GUARD

n n EN- beyond the age of military
lVI conscription, but active enough
to shoulder a gun and render
very effective service in an emer-
gency, will meet at the court house
tonight to discuss the formation of
a Home Guard, to be called into be-
ing when the National Guard is sum-
moned to the war camps.
These men are not imbued with a
desire to don a uniform and parade
at home while their younger broth
ers do duty on the firing line. They
do not imagine that it will be neces-
sary to meet an invading German
army. But they do know that no
community should be left, especial
ly in war times, without an armed
force ready to respond for public
protection should internal disorder
of any kind arise. German sympath-
izers might use the absence of the
National Guard to stir up trouble.
The very knowledge that a we'll
drilled, well-armed Home Guard
stood ready for instant call would be
a deterring influence in such circum-
stances.
Besides, nobody knows how long
or to what lengths this war may go.
Men now beyond the age of con-
scrption later may be called upon
to serve. 1t is better that they should
be prepared. The Home Guard will
give them their first lessons in army
life. Every man who has received
an invitation should be at the court
house at 8 o'clock tonight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
America, Come On!
E Hun strikes quick.

The Hun strikes quick.
The Belgian lies oppressed.
The Turks sword drips,
Drawn from thy mothers breast.
Thou promisest thine aid
To martyred babe and maid.
Why tarry in thy tent,
Till all our strength is spent?
America! Come on! Come on!
Our ranks grow thin,
Our lands are stript and bare.
1t rains iron bombs,
Our breath is poisoned air.
Why doest thou lie asleep,
Across the ocean deep?
'Tis not from fright or fear,
'Tis not the price, though dear.
America! Come on! Come on!
Thy land stands free,
We grind beneath the heel,
And yield life's blood
To autocratic steel.
We gave thee liberty,
Our bondage set thee free.
And now our aged back
Must bear the yoke, the rack.
America! Come on! Come on!
When thou dost rise
The tyrant to withstand,
They all fear thee,
Who tyranniZe land.
But why art thou so slow,
Whose power can lay them low?
And why does freedom lag?
oh bring! oh bring her flag!
America! Come on! Come on
Meroz accurst,
Came not to help the Lord,
Against the might
OF Sisera's cruel sword.
And shall ye guiltless be,
This day of tyranny,
If Caesar sceptre wields
Ger freedoms battle fields?
America! Come on! Come on!
r. NJ. RAMSEY,
Newport, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
Warns Against Dictatorship
New York Sun ]

The proposition that mere election
or appointment to an important OIL
flee does not give a man any intel
lectual superiority is illustrated by
the promotion of a lawyer from the
bar to the bench in Missouri. In the
course of his speech against a food
dictatorship Mr.. Reed, who Is hlm-
self a lawyer, said:
Mr.. President, we are funny
set of creatures in this world.
have seen an ordinary, lawyer
practicing at the bar VINO, wnen
he was called into consultatlon
with lawyers at the same side OF
the table, they would express
great doubt as to whether ne
knew anything about his own
forum as antagonists. they unhesi-
tatingly attacked him with su-
preme confidence in their own
power. l have seen. that man
seen his friends peddle il. to have
him appointed to a judicial posi-
ton. l have seen the disgust
written upon the, faces OF the
preme impudence. of the fellow
asking for a high judicial posi-
tion. l have seen him appointed,
and twenty four hours aiterward
call him Judge; and two months
everything he said from the bench
as though it were said by the LORD
God of Hosts. Yet he merely
knew no more upon the bench
than he did before. He merely
had little more authority.
So 1t will be, our breezy Missouriar
predicts, with the appointment of 6
food dictator. He can hardly be
more than an ordinary man:
He may be a smart man, but
there are thousands of smart men.
He may be good man, but there
are thousands of good men. He
may be an energetic man, but
there are thousands of energetic
men.
Whatever he is, he cannot attend
to the business of the one hundred
and four millions of people in tn
United States so we'll is they can at
tend to that business themselves.
1t is delightful in these days o
overwrought anxiety to find pub
lie man who is an optimist and Il
willing to trust the people to taxi
care of their own affairs.
Congress should consider his warn
ing and look askance at proposed
relationships. The institutions of tn,
country need not be revolutionizet
because we have a war on ou
hands.