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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
WRESTLER C0TCH IS
DEAD after ILLNESS

Des Moines. Ia, Dec. 16.-Frank A.
Gotch, retired champion heavyweight
wrestler of the world, died at noon to-
day at his home, Humboldt. Iowa. of
Iiremic poisoning. lie had been i'll
failing health for two years
Gotch was Al years of age lie was
born April -. 1876, on a farm three
miles south of Humboldt. The first in
timation that his health was not per-
feet was il. the summer Of 1916, when
he was making a tour of the country
with 4 circus, wrestling with Bob
Maganoff, and others. It was only q
short time before he was compelled to
return to his home because of stomach
trouble. He never regained his health
fully.
Gotch built up a fortune in wrest-
ling and invested his earnings in Iowa
farm lands. His estate is variously es-
timated at between 5000 900 and $500 900.
all Of which represents money made
through his ability as a wrestler.
Gotch won the championship Jan
-, 1904, from Tom Jenkins after one Of
the toughest matches ever seen III this
country. The bout was staged at
Belllngham, Wash. Gotch Won the
first fall and was awarded the second
after Jenkins had fouled him repeated
ly by applying the strange hold and
by striking him.
Four years later lie Won the undis-
puted championship of the world by
defeating George Hackenschmidt THE
Russian Lion" at the Dexter Park Pa
vilion, Chicago in q forfeited match
after two hours of gruelling wrestling.
There was no fall in the match, but the
invader quit, exhausted.
Wrestling enthusiasts called it the
greatest mat spectacle of history. Gotch
lost nine pounds before his opponent was
beaten and his tongue was SO badly
swollen that it was week before he
could speak plainly. lie wrestled with
Hackeuschmdt in the White Sox ball
park in Chicago again in 1911, winning in
short order. After the match it was made
known that Gotch's opponent had enter
ed the contest with a badly sprained knee,
1t was in his match with Hacken-
schmidt that Gotch introduced and per-
fected the toe hold. against which no man
was ever able to stand. The hold caused
great anguish to the opponent and soon
made the strongest of them weak.
The Only man who. ever publicly threw
the champion was Fred Beell of Marsh
field Wis. who in 1905 in New Orleans
took the first fall to Gotchs second and
third in three-fall match. Gotch later
won from Bell with little effort.
The champions wrestling weight was Us
pounds, but in the last year he had lost
weight until he tipped the scales at less
than $50. Gotch is survived by a widow
and a four-year- son.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
DUTCH SOCIALIST ORGAN
TO Ale DOLSHENIKJ

AmVerdam, hcc l6 The Tribune.
Whic'l is the organ OF small Dutch
party Ct revolutionary Socialists. an
nounces that it has been officially in
Vited by the Maximalists to under
take teiesraplIir correspondence with
t@e reNolnti"naries in retroerad on the
subject "i peace movements among
the EohrseolHe IN Europe and Ameri-
"a ana To keep the Russian revolution
airy movement informed regarding DO
lticai events in the Central Powers
ard Entente countries. The Tribune
has accepted the. fash ~
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GERMAN PLOT
Continued from Page One)

aided in the transmission of these
messages, and also to have advised the
German government OF the sailing
time Of Danish vessels from here and
elsewhere. The diary hints at a plot
to stir up revolts in China against the
British in furtherance of which guam
titles OF arms were supposed to have
been secretly buried in Shanghai and
Manila. It also reveals supposed or
der from the German embassy at
Washington following the destruction
Of the I.usitania to destroy German
vessels IN America as war was feared.
The diary says the orders We're can
.ccllcd subsequently by Il certain
"GiNB,' presumably Won Bernstorff, but
such cancellation came only after the
machinery in these vessels had been
destroyed.
Orders 70 the sailors of the GER to
return 10 Germany through the use of
false passports also were issued, the
article states.
The article says that Grashof was
court martialcd after the discovery of
the diary, and is now in solitary con-
finement pending his removal to Fort
Douglas. Utah.
ON February 4, 1917 the Geir was
set attire by her crew and badly dam
aged. Afterward she was towed to the
Pacific coast for repairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
HENRY CLAY BARNABEE,
POPULAR COMEDIAN, DEAD
Seriously Injured by Fall Few
Months Ago-Had Played The sher-
if of Nottingham" 1900 Times
Cheerful to the End

Boston, Dec. 16.--Henry Clay Bar
nabce, familiar to thousands Of play
goers as the SHERIFF of Nottingham
in De Kovens Comic Opera Robin
hood" died at his home in the Jamaica
Plain district today after a long ILL
ness. He was "a years old.
Mr.. Barnabee was seriously injured
by a fall a few months ago. For some
time he lowered between life and death
in a private hospital but recently his
condition improved and he was able
to return to his home.
Even during the suffering of his last
days the famous operate comedian
never lost the spirit Of cheerfulness
that marked his career on the stage. A
newspaper reporter who interviewed
him a few weeks ago found him in a
jovial mood.
Sitting upright in bed with his heal
thrown back and his eyes closed Mr..
Barnabee singing the rolicking song:
Il am the sheriff of Nottingham
with much of his old-time zest, tTle
deep sonorous tones achoing TIN ough
tha1bospital.
nc xt Tuesday. The burial will lie at
Portsmouth, y, ii.
4 number Of years ago Henry Clay
Barnatce was one of the most popular
operate comedians on the American
stage. His career as an entertainer
@panned practically AL of his long life
time. but his chief work was in Tie
70's as a leading member of the Boston
Ideals, a company which became ia
nous all over the country in the pro-
Guction of light opera, and its success
OF, the Bostonians, which he helped to
organize. Barnabee appeared in innu-
merablc roles, serious as we'll as comic,
and for two decades after the Civil
War period his name was always one
Of the ''headliners.' Past 70 years of
age he continued to exercise his fun
making talents IT. vaudeville.
Il have played the Sheriff of Not
tinsham' nearly 1900 times" he said re-
Gently in recalling the phenomenal run
which the Bostonians made of DeKo-
ven's opera, Robin Hood. This role
was one of the most notable in his ca
reer and perhaps next to it his earlier
appearance as Sir Joseph Porter in
"Pinafore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
TWO Die IN FLAMES
AS CUARDHoUSE BURNS

Harrisburg, Pa, Dee. 16.-E. +. Gala
CHER, Munhall. Pa; w. J. Kramer, De-
troit, Mich. and w. l.. Wiley, Rockford,
H., all members of the 18th Aero Squad
ron, L. S. A, were burned to death when
the guardhouse at the government aero
farehouse at Middletown. near here, was
destroyed by fire early today. The fire
was caused, it is believed, by gas gen.
Grated by burning tar roofing paper which
the, men, the only inmates of the small.
frame structure that served as a camp
prison. were using to heat the stove in
the building
The men were confined for minor Of
lenses. Kramer was rescued alive but
died later in the post hospital. The others
were dead when comrades dragged them
from the burning building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
zIzANIA RELEASES
BARGE 767 FROM ICE

Bath, Me, Dec 16.-Lehigh Valley
coal barge 7s7. imprisoned in an ice
pack in Merrymeeting Bay, was releas-
ed late Friday night by the lighthouse
tender Zizania and Saturday was
brought down the Kennebee to this
city.
Capt. Carl f. Sherman, inspector of
the LIST Naval District, arrived in this
city week ago and took charge of the
attempt to break the ice embargo at
the head of navigation. The Zizania
and Hibiscus were assisted in this
work by the tug Seguin. They suc-
ceeded in releasing the barge Pequest
the first day. Then they went back
for the No 767.
They got her as far down as Mer-
rymeeting Bay on Monday and have
been all the rest of the time getting
her to this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
FIRST Steel SHIP
OF EMERGENCY FLEET
OVER AT LOS ANGELES

WASHINGTON. Dec. ia telegram 10
the Shipping Board today told of the
launching at Los Angeles of the first
ateI merchant ship contracted for by
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The
vessel was one Of eight of $500 tons
capacity oach ordered May j. from s.
l.. Napthaly.
Turning ont the Ncsset within seven
months, when tho yard in which it vas
built bad to be constructed after The
contract was let, was hailed by Ship
ping Board officials as demonstrating
what American industry can do in an
emerge ncN.
one vessel contracted for by the fleet
corporation already has been launched
but il came from a ward at Seattle
which had been in operation for many
years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
ABUNDANCE OF Deer
Have Been In
spected at Bangor
Increase in Bears

Bangor, Me-, Dec. 16.-The deer hunt
ing season in Maine closed at sunset Sat-
urday. Up to Sunday evening there had
been inspected at Bangor $3.50 deer. The
total number of inspected here last year
was 1861 and it is likely that belated ship
ments will bring this years total close
to that Of 1916 There has been an abun-
dance of deer at all times during the sea-
son and in the last few weeks hunting
conditions have been good. 1t is gener.
ally estimated on the basis of Bangor re-
ceipts that about $3.50 deer were killed in
the entire State.
Moose, which are protected by four
year close time expiring in 1919, appear to
have considerably increased in numbers
OF late.
This year 43 bears have been brought
20 Bangor, compared with Is last year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
German U-Boat Department
Handle Submarine Plans

London, Dec. 16.-An Imperial De
cree prescribing for the duration Of
the war the formation of the new sec
ton in the German Imperial Navy De-
partment to be called the lr-hoat de-
partment, has just been published, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to
Reuters Limited. The new depart :
ment deals solely with U-boat affairs,
which heretofore have been handled
by the doclyards section of the navy
department.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17

Do not send your money 'afar-if
the thing you want is to be had in
your home city.
II the automobile thought" II
making any place for itself $n Your
mind. read the ads They will in
short time. educate you as 10
el1aG.aGt-aeriStiGS-- and pri of lara.
You'll know one from another
and that's the beginning of auto
mobile wisdom.
Store news Is home-news. Some
thing advertised today finds itself
in your home tomorrow-and the
"ad" brings about the transaction.
One Of today's ads may change
some one Of your buying plans-to
your profit
In your buying for the home II
is quite as profitable to KNOW
VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
as it is. in ether. things. to KNOW
instead of LAUNDERING through"
The bargain hunter" has
evolved into the Intelligent buyer
for the home--the woman who ex-
ercises as much ability In expend-
ing money as IT required in earn
ing it.
The woman who studies the ads
KNOWS that she is paying the
smallest possible price for her pur-
chase. She doesn't just HOPE so
The merchant who can protect
you on both quality and price In a
time when both are apt to fuctuate
unaccGuntably,@ Is rendering you
real service.
Buy at your home-city stores ss
matter Of self -protection-and Of
those home city merchants WHO
ADVERTISE, '@"' I'M
The dollar you spend in your
home city store stays in your
horne city and SERVES. The dol
lar you send away ceases 10 serve
anybody in the city where you
make your nome.
The merchant who is usin.
larger space In which % give 70
you the news of his store deserves
your interested attention. He has
"a rcason"-and YOUR INTER
ESTS are invested in that reason
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
LOMASNEY WILL
SUPPORT PETERS

Boston, Dec. 16-Martin II. Lomasney
a leader in Democratic politics announc-
ed tonight that he would support Andrew
j. Peters for mayor in the city election
Tuesday.
Mr.. Lomasney is generally conceded to
have following Of several thousand vot-
ers. but supporters of the other four can
didates said the contest this ear was so
bitter and complicated that they believed
his stand would not affect them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
1T PAYS TO READ
Advertisements

Prices" always an item of i'm
porte nee in connection with adver-
tised goods, have in these times
greater interest than usual. For
they change over highland every
change ic Of purse interest to
readers Of ads.
Not many homes fail if the.
financial management Is success
full. Not many homes are we'll
managed. as to the buying prob
lens. unless the housewife is a
Sutherland an INTERESTED
ONE Of the store ads.
The position of buyer for the
home comes to the wife by inheri-
lance" 1t is hers through pre-
cedent and through necessity. She
will fail In the work IF 1T DOES
NOT INTEREST Her. She will
make u success Of it-and OF her
home management--if her INTER-
EST inVhe task never lapses. OF
course she studies the ads.
So much Of the income Of each
home is spent in the stores that
they play q big part in homemade
ing. Some stores serve so we'll
that all stores must try to keep
pace. Some stores advertise so
informingly and helpfully that all
stores aim to reach the same mark.
The woman who studies the ads
would find nothing but amusement
IN a palpably exaggerated state
ment-it would not influence her to
buy-and il an advertiser should
fall into the HABIT of exagger-
alton she would lose all interest in
that store.
To know the stores" PAYS. To
study the ads is essential IL a
woman would properly appralse
the service offered to, her by. the.
competing stores.
Even d small shopping Grand,
may 'justify little preliminary
study Of the ads To secure the
right thing instead Of the wrong
one--even in small matters--is
worth while.
The most attractive VALUES
offered in the stores today are AID
VERTISED in this <newspaper.
That is why these ads are IMPOR-
TANT TO YOU.
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German assistance would be savagely
maltreated if not generally massacred.

German assistance would be savagely
maltreated if not generally massacred.
1T is a matter Of history that Ger
many desired to rid the country of
these people in order that tn Berlin
&c Bagdad" domination might not have
the problems of various unassirniiatcd
nationalities to deal with. Turkey act
ed at the beginning Jude. the advice
and direction of Berlin in starting de
portations and in perpetrating the
atrocities which have shocked the CIV
ilized world. But in spite Of German
pressure, these have become less and
less during the last few months. II.
however. war should be declared by
the United States ,agains. Turkey, Ger
many Eould have a new arsimcn: To
use to rouse again tic Turks, even if
Germany herself did not take a more
direct hand in completing the work Of
destruction of these non Moslem peo-
pies.
Stir up New Disturbances
1t would be impossible for the Init
ed States under present condlti DDS 20
send an expeditionary force against
either country (Turkey or Hulgaria).
The declaration would simply stir up
new disturbances within the country
and would jeopardiZe American life
and American interests as we'll as the
lives of millions of helpless non-Mos-
lens for whose protection nothing
whatever could be done.
'on the quee-1on of declaring war
against the TN, I'd States, there was
only one member of the Turkish cab
met that was strongly in favor of such
a step. This demonstrates what has
already been said, that Germany was
eager to have Turkey declare war
against the United States, unquestion-
ably for the purpose of giving Ger
many an absolutely free hand in Tur-
key in dealing with Americans, Am
erican property and American inter
ests, and for the purpose of carrying
out her, original plan of eliminating
the nom Moslem populations from the
eastern part Of the Turkish empire.
Whatever may be the necessity for
the future, large number of patriotic
friends of our country who believe in
the necessity of prosecuting this war
to its logical and final conclusion are
of the opinion that to declare war
upon Bulgaria and Turkey now, would
be not only of no aid in the prosecu-
ton of the European war and no help
whatever to the Allies or to the cause
of America in this conflict, but would
be destructive to American interests in
Turkey, and to the innocent people Of
the Empire who are suffering at Ahe
hands of their overload almost as
much as the people of Belgium, Serbia
and German Poland suffer-"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
HUNT FOR MISSING
NEW BEDFORD GIRL

New Bedford, Mass, Dec. 16.-Mem-
bers of the State Guard and Boy
Scouts made a systematic search of
the woods of East Fairhaven today in
vain effort TO find trace of 13-year-
old Philomena Afferes, who disappear
ed from her fathers farm during the
height of the storm a week ago last
Saturday night.
The child wore no coat or hat and
nothing has been seen or heard of her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
CHRISTMAS PLANS At
DEvENS ARE CONFUSED

Aver. Mass, Dec. 16.-M Measles and
train schedules threw Christmas plans
for the 10000 troops at Camp Devens
into confusion today. The 303rd Heavy
Artillery Regiment with the exception
of a battery and the supply company,
and the 302nd Artillery are quarantined
and the men were uncertain whether
the ban would be lifted in season to
permit them TO take advantage of the
Christmas holiday leave.
Word also reached divisional head
quarters that the railroads We're not
planning to run any special trains.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
HUB MEMORIAL
FOR HALIFAX VICTIMS

Boston, Dec. 16.-Nearly 1909 persons at
tended a Memorial service for the victims
of the Halifax explosion held toda.. in the
Arlington street Unitarian church under
the direction of the Federation of Church
es Of Greater Boston The services were
arranged to afford those unable to attend
funerals of friends or relatives in Can
ada solemn and dignitied substitute.
Governor Mccall was present and de-
scribed the relief work in Halifax done
by Massachusetts and said that the ready
response to the appeal for help was one
of the bright spots of the disaster.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
Two AMERICAN filters
EACH GOT A GERMAN
.AIRPLANE LAST week

Paris, Dec. 15.-Leo Benoit, an avla-
tor of Attleboro, Mass, fell with ms
machine on Thursday while making
flight over the grounds at French
aviation school. Both his legs We're
broken. lie was taken to a hospital
where he il; reported to be resting
comfortably.
Charles j. Biddls of Andalusia, Pa,
and Phelps Collins of Detroit, Mich,
both members Of the Lafayette Flying
Squadron, have each brought down a
German machine within the past week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
FOR DRAFTED MEN

Washington, Dec. 16.-Creation of a
war training department to administer
a system of special vocational train
ing for drafted men was announced
tonight by the federal board for voca-
tional education. The department win
cooperate with the war. department
and the Shipping Board in supplying
shortages of skilled men for essential
war work.
The department will establish free
vocational schools and classes to train
men in large numbers for special army
work and for government construc-
ton. Already the federal board is
training $4,000 radio and buzzer opera
tors for the signal corps.
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TWO DEAD. ONE HURT
OVERSEAS CASUALTIES

Washington, Dec. l6.--General Per-
shing advised the war department to-
day that FIRST Lieut.. H. G. Boyle. Med.
ical Officers Reserve Corps, attached
to the British forces. was severely
wounded in action Dec. :. Royle's next
Of kin, Mrs. Marsa:et Boyle, lives at
Luzerno. Pa.
General pershing also reported the
following deaths from natural causes
BueIer Herbert J. Wolfe, headouar
ters troops, Dec. II. scarlet fever. SEQ
ticaemia; father Norris Wolfe, RoA-
bury. Mass.
Private Clarence NJ. Mnk.er. f,,d
hospital. Dec. II, scarlet fever. ,.~plr;I
lis acute; next Of kin, Ira Il. Mini,,cr.
Proctor, Vt.
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SEIZE COAL FOR
MICHIGAN CITIES

Detroit. Mich, Dec. 16-W. X. Pru-
den, state fuel administrator, who yes
terday seized $40 tons of coal passing
through the Detroit river on the steam
Ell Thomas Bartum. today took pos
session Of three more coal-laden lake
freighters. One was seized in the lower
Detroit river and two at Port Huron.
Ihe coal on board the two taken here
will be distributed in Detroit while that
on the vessels at Port Huron will he
sent to other Michigan cities.
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KAISER TO MAKE FINAL
PEACE OFFER TO ALLIES

London, Dec. 16.-Emperor William
III ms Christmas message, proposes to
make final peace offering to his enc
mics ION whom in case of rejection,
will fall the responsibility for blood
shed in 1918" according to an unofficial
Berlin telegram forwarded from Cen
eva by the Exchange Telegraph GO.
Saturday.
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GORGAS WARNS AGAINST
OVERCROWDING OF TROOPS

Washington, Dec 16-Renewed warning
against over-crowding troops in barracks
or camps az the prime cause in the spread
of virtually all diseases, particularly
measles, mumps, tuberculosis, scarlet re-
yer. pneumonia and epidemic meningitis
was made in the annual report of Sur
geon General Gorgas OF the army, made
public tonight.
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NOT WISE
Continued from Page One)

60 have been for years an agent of
lierln.
There has been almost a universal pro-
test against the Mohammedan " Turkey,
against the alliance of Turkey with Ger
many and absolutely universal protest by
the non Moslems of Turkey. The intelli-
gent Turk is quite aware of the fact that
Il Germany wins all that she contemplate
ell at the outset of the war, Turkey
sovereignty would be sacrificed. We all
know that Germany began the conflict
with her eyes directed to the East and
not to the West. and that Berlin to Bag
dad did not mean simply mail connec-
ton between Berlin and Bagdad but it
meant German Sovereignty. across the
whole area
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-17

.After a man has invested IN ope
OF your get-rich-quick schemes, do
you keep on sending him literature for
your new enterprise?" Certainly
not, answered the promoter. What's
the use Of wasting postage stamps on
man who is breke ?"
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PERSHING PROCLA|MS
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

With the american Army in France,
Dec 16.-(By the Associated Press
General John ]. Pershing, commander
in chief of the American forces in
France. in general orders issued today,
proclaimed Christmas and New Years
day holidays. The orders said that no
work is to be performed on the two
holidays unless absolutely essential.