Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-25
ODD ITEMS.

Contrary TO the usual custom The
children at the Orphans Home at Bath
will hang up their stockings on
| Christmas eve and they will be filed
during the night, so that when the ey.
pectant little ones awake on Christ
mas morning they will find some little
surprises. This has been made posi-
BILE through a fund contributed hyl
Nine. Emma Eames de Gorgor2a and
others. Heretofore the children have
had their gift tree and entertainment
on New Years. The New Years pro
gram will be carried out as usual this
year.
Councilman Cornelius Boothhy shot
a hen hawk Tuesday At his farm in the
northern part of Saco that measured
four feet from tip to tip of wings d..
K. Fl. Minot of Saco recently shot q
hawk that measured 47a inches
An insurance office is the first to
start a War Savings Society in Bangor
and it is expected that the iGca viii
spread. This is the organization Of a
club or society of 10 or more who pool
systematic savings for the purchase ~
thrift certificates, the advantage over
individual savings being that intereS.
begins at once in which all share.
Large quantities OF rough lumber
are being received at the Cumberland
Shipbulding Company's yard at
Spring Point, Portland. but the plants
equipment is not completed. \ biz
crew is at work getting the shops
built and all preliminary work al
vanced. as rapidly as possible despite
the disagreeablc weather for any s)r,
OF outside work
The remains Of the late William II
NnoWlton. who died in the Chelsea
Naval Hospital Wednesday. ON IN" eel
Of his graduation from the llarvard
Radio School, was buried Saturdar
afternoon at Rockland with fun Naval
honors. Rev. W. l.. Pratt of the First
Baptist church otficiatcd The bear
ers We're DR.. Pcrlcy- Damon. I . Biz,
Howe Hall. Donald Philbric:; Iero"
Coburn and Lloyd Benner The bod
was escorted to the grave by the mea
from the Naval Training Station, and
taps We're sounded.
A bill recently passed by the Senate
reads as follows: "Be it enacted b'
the Senate and House of Represents
hVeS of the United States of america
In Congress assembled. THAT Amer
can citizens who have received since
august, 1914, decorations or medals fT
distinguished service in the armies q
in connection with field service o.
those ..Ins
the Imperial German government
snail. on entering the military or nars'
service of the United States. he per
m,tted to wear such medals or decora-
tons" An amendment was added by
the Senate, THAT any officer or en-
listed man of the military or nara'
forces Of the United States IS herein
authorized to accept and wear an
medal or decoration heretofo'a
bestowed or that may be hereafte
during the war against Germany b
bestowed by the Government Of any Of
the nations now engaged with tie
United States in war against the In
perlal German government"
Adjutant Madon of the French AVA
49, 'iSO mas just ItttlNf'i II 49,
ton in the order of the day for deel
of particular bravery. In flying owe
the German lines his machine was
damaged and he was forced
descend. Before he could get AVA
again. however, a German patrol o.
twenty men advanced toward him
stopping his repairs on his machine
ne Climbed to the seat, and turned the
machine gun on the German patrol
me Germans were almost annihilateo'
Such OF them as We're left fed back
the trenches to escape the deadly FIRE
OF the machine gun and Madon calm'l
completed his repairs. He arrived
with his machine undamaged, save fo'
Few bullet holes in the planes.