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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
VASSALb0R0

SOUTH-Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Eabin
and daughter were calling Sunday on
relatives at Cross Hill.
Andrew Weber attended the funeral
Of the late A. w. Chadwick which was
held at Weeks Mills Wednesday.
Miss Ethel Miller was an over night
visitor Saturday of Mrs. Alton Porter.
Daniel Weber is assisting his father
with his farm work.
M. L. Sabin was a business caller In
Augusta Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Fuller and children, formerly of
Rhode Island. who have been visiting
her mother, Mrs. Will Dutton for sew
eral weeks, left Monday for her future
home in Washington.
o. d. Nelson was much surprised one
morning recently on going to feed his
hog the number had Increased fromone
to Is. At this writing II are alive and
smart.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
SEARSPORT

The committee of the Searsport
Branch Of the Surgical Dressings Com.
mittee met at the Congregational YES
try last Wednesday evening for the
purpose of counting, asserting and
packing the dressings. Three large
cases were packed and shipped to the
Boston COMMITTEES. These cases con-
tanned: lamentations GAO; eye-dress-
ings 45o; comfort pillows 400; knitted
bathSmitts &c; serviettes 6S: eye
bandages, knit As; fracture pillows q:
ring pillows %; drap, Corporations. 40;
l wooden hospital stocking. Besides
these there are several dozen articles
that could not be shipped, because of
lack of room in the cases. These were
reserved for the next shipment. This
shipment adds up to 1448 dressings.
There have been but four meetings
since the surgical work was taken up,
though large quantity of work has
been done on the outside, and in that
time over 5000 articles have been COM
pleted. The amount of work done
here IS astonishing, and the women, as
we'll as the men. who have helped
financially. are responding nobly. Both
the meetings, as well as all the clubs
and societies in town. The women's
clubs have GENEROUSLY given up every
other week to surgical work, and II
later it seems necessary, more time
will be devoted to this work. So much
has been accomplished that it has not
seemed necessary to meet oftener than
every other week. Too much can not
be said of the work of the committee in
charge of the work Of this branch.
Their part has been to solicit money,
work and materials, and they have
faithfully canvassed the town with
great success. There are several knit
tiers at work on wooden things now.
and as soon as more money can be
raised more yarn will be purchased
and more knitters needed. The bath
mitts have been beautifully made and
when shipped were cleaned and
pressed by Miss Lucy Sargent and
Mrs. James Parse. The committee re-
ports that while the people are re-
spending nobly, there is still great need
of materials. Old cotton, flannel,
calico. etc. Here's hoping that the
good old garnet will be again raided.
Tags are all ready for Tag Day. All
school children are asked to help by
buying a five cent tag at school on
Friday. Mr.. Donald Hight, principal,
has asked the teachers to be ready to
supply them to the pupils. Saturday
all day-tags will be sold Help the
cause. Do your bit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Editors Letter Box
Agrees With Ua

Editor Kennebec Journal:
Allow me as one more Maine man, to
say that / heartily believe with you In
your fight against rum.
In late editorial you were discussing
whether the amount OF food stuff" con-
verified into rum was only" S. million
bushels or whether 1t was more. And
In today's editorial whether the cash
value of food SO converted was "on-
ly' the insignificant sum of 145 million
dollars as claimed by the Secretary Of
Agriculture, or whether it was 245 mil
lions of dollars. as claimed by you.
Either way, it is every bushel Of grain
and every dollar too much. And you
probably both in your estimates over
looked those six cargoes or more N. E.
rum. shipped from Boston this last win
Ter to the coast Of Africa, totaling ''on
ly' some 100000 gallons. Can you
touch pitch and not be defiled?"
Through the making and selling and
| using of rum, every commandment of
the Decalogue is violated and broken
And how can the aiders and abettors
and upholders Of this accursed traffic
escape sharing in its sin and guilt?
Surely every such person becomes an
! accomplice or an accessory, in the evil
and crime caused by the rum he helps
make and distribute.
| was going to stop writing here-but
after reading in this mornings Journal
your reference to the advertisement"
OF the rum makers, for consideration
and compensation wanted to say, that
l was very glad of their statements, as
they showed how great was the part
nership of our paternal government in
this unholy rum traffic. by that show
ing maintaining a Safely Trust De-
posit' for ell million gallons Of rum on
which this is waiting the convenience
of the rum side of the partnership to
pay 232 million dollars blood money"
And that it has received up to now
from that same criminal wing Of the
partnership the great sum of 5000 mill
lions of dollars. blood money!. certain
ly if the assassin and the incendiary
all are compensated when their career
is stopped, the rum maker and rum
sellers should be compensated, when
their equally, or more, wicked business
is broken up,-but not until then.
l am writing only in my feeble way
to say that I agree with you In your
fight against rum and its crowd, high
or low.
WARREN HILL
| Machias, Apr. 20, 1917.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect October I, 1916.
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA:

GOING WEST-3.04 A. NJ?
f~1El9l except Monday. Portland
.HfslRl and Boston; 6.3S A. NJ,
lYSSNe Sal Lewiston. Pennington
NallXl4 Rockland, Portland. Bos-
RAILROAD ton. Montreal and Que
- bee; 9.36 A. NJ, Bruins
wick. Bath, Lewiston. Portland, Boston,
12.4S z. NJ, Hallowell, Gardiner and So
Gardiner; 3.O5 p. NJ, local; 47 p. NJ
(express) Brunswick, Rockland, Port
land, Boston; els p. NJ, Hallowell. Cards
ner and SO. Gardiner; 6.12 z. NJ. local TO
Portland. connects there for New YORK;
TO- 40 Z. NJ, Lewiston, Bath, Portland, Bos.
ton. Sundays 3.N and 1918 A. NJ, 500
(New York; and 1910 p. NJ, Portland and
Boston.
GOING castillo A. NJ. Bangor, St.
John, Halifax, Aroostook Co. Sunday
morning at lis A. NJ, does not connec'
beyond Bangor; 3.15 A. NJ. for WateryIiie'
Bangor, Bar Harbor. Calans; 6.3S A. NJ
local to Moosehead Lake (via Oakland
local to Belfast, Bangor and Skowhegan,
1906 noon, Waterville. Bangor. b. & A. X.
r., Calais, St. John and Halifax; 2.37 I.
NJ, express to Waterville, thence local 70
Bangor and Mattawamkeag; SN 7. NJ
Waterville and Skowhegan; 7.07 P. NJ
WatervIlle, Skowhegan and Bangor. sun
days $50 A. NJ, 2.53 P. NJ, for Watervilie,
Skowhegan and Bangor.
Trains leave Augusta for Halloween.
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 8.3S, a3s
A. NJ, 1248, 3.05, 5.16, 6.12 1910. Hallowell
and Gardiner only 4.07 P. M. Gardner
only 3.A A. NJ. except Mondays
NJ. L. HARRIS, Gen'l Passenger AT.
D. c. Douglass. Genl Mgr. Portland Mo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
1.-THE Farmer Needs Money, Not Ad-
Ssseav

"Ihs Farmer Needs Money, Not Ad.
vice."
However important the backyard
gardening and the cultivation Of for
mer unused land, the first require
ment for a greater food crop Is a
thriftier employment Of the land al
ready devoted to farming. We must
depend largely upon the farmer, the
ordinary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES farmer.
And we must do more for him than to
send him extra help and cheerful
words.
AS several farmer correspondents Of
this newspaper have said lately, farm
ing costs money. Land and labor are
not the only factors in farm success. II
farmer is to plant more Of his pasture
land, or increase the crops of his cul-
tivated land. he must have ready mon
ey to spend for labor. seed and fertil-
izer.-Boston Journal.
Amen! to that, brother.
The farmer is an every-year. every
day gambler. His calling is one of
long chances and thousand accepted
hazards.
There are no gilt-edge securities for
the farmers prospects. He risks his
investments on every venture with the
soil The elements, the insects and the
SPECTATORS combine against him. The
public growls at, and the government
bouts him.
1t is TIME for the government and
financial organizations to accept some
Of the chances and encourage agricul-
ture. The war is arousing the country
to sure misunderstanding in
creasing much faster than production.
Constantly soaring prices point the in
evitable climax.
Long winded, red tapped, impress
ive," sure-thing methods of financial
institutions should bend to the neces-
stiles Of those who feed us all. Many
farmers, perhaps a majority in number
taking the country as a whole, are
handicapped in production by lack Of
proper machinery to take the place Of
the hand labor now impossible to Sc
cure.
When a farmer asks for a loan an
impressively moderate investigation by
banking officials too often results in,
Our laws will not permit us to take
the risk
The time is coming when tine farmer
a nd not tho n, q riot ~, /, pipuJotor xo,,e<
fix the prices on the product Of his la
Dor. And he must figure into those
prices his annual "overheadJ charges,
as we'll as his losses from climatic and
pest hazards.
The present fad Of the government of
food gardens" is fine in theory, but
the every-year farmer must be depend
ed on to produce the goods
The extra help" dream Of an army
of unframed farm recruits to win the
farmers planting, hoeing and harvest
ing engagements is also very pleasing
reading from the national departments,
but practical farmers are not likely to
gamble unusually strong on the service
of those whom II will require more ef-
fort to direct than to do the work.
Assist the regular farmers to the
cash with which to procure seed, fer
tilizer. machinery and competent help
and he will gladly assume his share of
the extra risk and endeavor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
ALBION

Everett Tilton has returned from
Belfast where he has been visiting for
several weeks.
A. NJ. Stratton has gone to Boston to
purchase a carload of horses. n
E. J. Crosby and Samuel Tuton have
recently purchased new Dodge cars.
Miss Verna Gould returned from So.
China Saturday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

us and our allies in the matter OF
keeping the new Russian government
alive to it's hest interests in the prose-
cution of this war.
We trust the report that Mr. Root
will be selected as one of the commits
sion is correct. And we cannot help
thinking with regret of one certainty
as an appointee were he here today
Curtis Guild.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

The brewing Of malt liquors in the
United States during the war should not
be interrupted or In any manner be dis
couraged the Federal Publicity
Bureau of the brewing interests at Phil
adelphia.
No indeedy, But there is bound to be
something brewing for the booze inter-
ests in the next few months, and for
the government too If it refuses to stop
the converting of food into booze slop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

Hoe brother, hoe, hoe with care,
Hoe the things in the garden there;
Hoe away. with your arms rolled bare.
Hoe in the shade and the suns bright
glare,
Hoe brother, hoe, hoe with care,
Hoe for the nation, and do your share.
- Pats and Knocks, Portland Press.
Spray, brother, spray, spray with care,
Spray the whole garden. and spray
with prayer.
Spray the blamed slugs when the shade
rests there;
Spray for your life, and shirk if you
dare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

It has been claimed that the designa-
ton "Old Glory" was given to our flag
by Capt. William Driver Of Salem. When
he commanded the brig Charles Daggett
flag was given him by citizens of Salem.
which is now preserved In the Essex In
stitute. and 1t is said that he christened
it Old Glory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Editorial Comment
Root Would Suit.
~>>.A>- n~~AN

It is hard to think offhand OF any
American citizen the American people
would prefer to see head the commis-
sion to Russia than Elihu Root. Here
is statesman Of high order. = dfpio-
mat OF proven rank and an orator OF
persuasive charm. He would not only
represent the United States most ad-
m1rab1y, but would do great service TO
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

Hurrah for the Teddy Roosevelt"
gun: Now let us hear from the Bill
taft" woody Wilson" "Grapejuice
Bryan" and other big guns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

van tired end no appetite. Words
cannot express my gratitude for the
coed your medicine has done me, and
THROUGH mo to my family. I recon-
mend Lydia e. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
compound to Ill women suffering from
famale troubles, particularly to Danish
women. Mrs. META DAMGAARD-MAT-
TAN, FIST Kfmball Ave-, Chicago, III.
Il u positively true that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
helped thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacemsnts, in
Aammation, ulceration. tumors, irregu-
Iarities. periodic pains, bscksche, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervouS proetration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
gardeners

Things that amateur gardeners
should save:
Eyes Of potatoes.
Ears of corn.
Heads Of lettuce.
Hearts of celery.
Necks Of squashes.
Boston Herald.
Also the blood Of beets-and smell Of
onions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Maine Gossip
The Flag Goes BY.

Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare Of bugles, a ruff1e of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky;
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
Blue and crimson and white it shines
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines
Hats off!
The colors before US fly;
But more than the flag is passing by.
Sea-fghts and land-fghts, grim and great;
Fought to make and to save the state:
Weary marches and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips;
Days of plenty and years of peace;
March of a strong lands swift increase.
Equal justice. right and law
Stately honor and reverend awe.
Sign of nation, great and strong
To ward her people from foreign wrong.
Pride and glory and honor,-all
Live in the colors to stand or fall.
Along the street there comes
A blare Of bugles, ruffle of drums;
And loyal hearts are beating high;
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
Henry Holmes Bennett.
An energetic woman and fine poultry
breeder is Mrs. C. w. Thompson who
lives a short distance from Mt. Auburn
cemetery, in Lewiston. She has 1873
pure blooded Rhode Island Reds and
500 newly Matched chicks, These will
be raised for broilers. She brings in an
average of 100 eggs each day. Mrs.
Thompson manages her own flocks and
is making great success of the bust
ness.
Pres. Roberts of Colby College was
the chief after-dinner speaker at the
annual banquet and ladies' night Of the
Wellesley. Mass, club at Youngs hotel
in Boston, April 2S.
Harbor, over billion fiatfish eggs have
been Matched out this spring. The
stripping of seed Holsters started on
April 9 and 61,194,000 eggs have been
secured this far The eggs seem to be
more plentiful to the lobster than last
year. Cod are also being Matched and
haddock are expected later.
A resident Of Turner Center discov-
cred mud turtle, near his home Sun
day. April 20, which had carved on it's
shell several dates. Some of these were
outgrown but the newest date that
could be deciphered was 1882, showing
the turtle to be at least 35 years old.
The first herring near PASSPORT was
taken on April 20, when the independ-
ent sardine factory Of L. D. Clark &,
Son received seven hogsheads of fish
for which they paid Canadian weir
owners $50 a hogshead. This plant can
handle over hundred hogsheads daily
when fish are more plentiful and prices
drop one-haf. Ten other PASSPORT fac
tories are ready for early opening but
there are few fish about Passama-
qucddy bay. Plenty of help is ready at
present but a scarcity of men is feared
later on.
The 32nd anniversary Of Evening
Star Rebekah Lodge. I. o. O.. F. of
Brunswick was observed, Monday even
ing. April %. The members of Queen
Esther Lodge Of Bath and Beulah
Lodge Of Richmond were guests of the
evening. A banquet and an entertain
ment were features Of the occasion. A
number Of the officers of the Rebekah
Assembly Of Maine were present. Plates
were laid for 1875 at the banquet and
many compliments were extended to
The committee for the fine banquet
served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

BATH AND BOOTHBAY LINE.
Leave Bath Week Days only at 2.B T.
NJ. for Boothbay Harbor and Interme'
date Landings.
RETURN-Leave Boothbay Harbor
Week Days only at A. M. for Bath and
intermediate Landings.
BOSTON e. PORTLAND LINE
Steamships Calvin Austin and Cover
nor Dingiey.
Leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, week
days at 7.30 P. NJ. sfor Boston.
Return-Leave Central Wharf, Boston,
week days and Sundays at 100 p. M.
Day trip leaves cortland Friday at
A. NJ. due Boston 200 P. M.
NOTICE: 1t is the intent of this man
agement to operate its steamers over
each division during the coming season.
and increase Its service according to traf-
fic requirements.
CALVIN AUSTIN. President.
apr17,0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
DANISH WOMAN
REGAINS HEALTH
Tells Everybody What Lydia
E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound did for Her.

Chicago, Il.-''It gives me great
pleasure to let others know that i'm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

pIOtCu 81 uCoieh
with the first bot
tie Of Lydia E. Pink
b Q ms Vegetable
Compound; after
taking two bottles
I am entirely well.
Before taking it I
could not do any
kind Of work with
out . pain In my
back % / suffered
30 much from in
haznmation. I had
headaches, was a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
The World War a Year Ago
Today-Aprii n.

Germans captured over 5000
Russians south Of Lake Marcos.
Martial law declared throughout
Ireland.
German submarine sunk OF ne
, east coast Of England and the
crew made prisoners.
Two Years Ago Today.
Representatives Of fourteen
countries met in Z peace congress
at The Hague. Treneh reeaptured
Hartmennsweilerkopf, lost to Ger
mans on the 22d.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Now It Is ONLY $50 Million susheI,

1t is now claimed that the ONLY
$4,000 900 bushels Of grain admittedly
used by the distillers of the country
annually, is "only" that used by the
distillers. and that the brewers use
ONLY 65,O00,000 additional-which
makes ONLY 15O.0OO.0OO bushels, in all.
AS both reports are fat falsehoods
put out by distilers and brewers we
don't care a rap for either of them.
But can the government produce
150,0OO,00O bushels of food in the gar
dens of the country this year?
Plant brother, plant; plant with care.
Plant the garden in the suns bright glare,
A long straight row for the radish rare,
A fuzzy furrow for the lettuce there.
Plant. brother. plant; plant your share.
Plant your stuff for the family fare.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Also. weed, brother, weed with care
Boston Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

Also, weed, brother, weed with care.
Boston Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Odd Fellows Hall

ASYLUM LODGE, NC. 70. REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at 7So.
H. Fl. AUSTIN, N. g.
h. F. WESTON, Rec Sec.
r. NJ. BURNS, Fin Sac
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

Pres. Roberts Of Colby College was
the chief after-dinner speaker at the
annual banquet and ladies' night Of the
Wellesley. Mass, club at Young's hotel
in Boston, April 2S.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-01
FLOUR TO COST $1o75
 TO $11 A BARREL
According to Statements by Minneapo-
 lis Flour Manufacturers.

Minneapolis, Minn, Aug. 31.-Best grades of flour probably will sell for from $10.75 to $11.00 a barrel as a re- suit of fixing $2.20 as the price of wheat, according to statements by local flour manufacturers today They were Nnable, however, to make a def mite estimate, because of lack of in- formation as to the governments re- quirements. Fancy patents are now quoted at $12.25 a barrel.
 Until we know just what is to be required we cannot tell how the fixed wheat price will affect f1our,'' said Franklin M Crosby of the Washburn- Crosby company. "It absolutely does not warrant any statement that flour will be $10 barrel as reported unless there is to be some governmental change regarding milling standards"
 Other millers, including A. c. Lor- ing, president of the Pillsbury Flour Mills company, expressed similar opinions.
 Doubt, was expressed that four teen ounce loaf of bread could be pro- duced for five cents and still permit of a profit to both manufacturer and baker. F-.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-01
NEW HAVEN ROAD
 ANSWERS s1eo,oooooo SUIT
Brought by Edwin Adams and Other
 Stockholders.

New York. Aug. 31-An answer to the s160,000,0 900 restitution suit brought by Edwin Adams and other stockholders of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company was filed today in the federal court by J. P. Morgan, Herbert l.. Satterlee, William P. Hamilton and Lewis Cass Ledyard,s as executors of the estate of the late J. P. Morgan and William Rockefeller, Charles M. Pratt and MT. Ledyard as individual defendants.
 The answer denies that the New Haven road or it's subsidiaries, at any time, directly or indirectly purchased leased or controlled the Boston and Albany Railroad company, the Metro politan or Eastern Steamship com panies, in which concerns the stock holders allege assets of the railroad were squandered.
 Replying to assertions of the stock holders that they, as directors of the railroad, refused to bring restitution suits against their predecessors on the board of directors, the defendants say they still refuse to bring such pro- Ceedings- Recovery of funds would be impossible, they say. and the prose cution of the suits would not be for the best interest of the company"
 The answer also points out that prior to June 30. 1915. the beard of ing the suits and that the boards ac- tion was subsequently, ratified at the annual meeting of the stockholders by a stock vote of 925,124 to 14553.
 The plaintiffs in the suit besides Adams, are, Julius c. Morse, George c. Fisk. James F. Fay and Mary M. Clark
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-01

tomorrow a lengthy war profits speech but Senator Borah. a leader of the group demanding higher taxation, said tonight this would not interfere with prompt action on the Johnson amend ment.
 Spokesmen Were Divided.
 .Spokesmen for those favoring and opposing higher profits rates divided today's debate. Senators Harding and Shoot urged retention of the finance committees provision, while Senators Hollis and Gronna urged much greater levies. SThe attendance was small, but half a. dozen senators remaining on the floor at times.
 Senators Harding and Smoot warn ed that much higher taxation of war profits probably would result seriously to business. Senators Hollis and Gronna contended that the bulk of the wars expenses should be obtained from war profits. Senator Hollis op- posed consumption taxes proposed and insisted that the bill be increased to s3,000. 100000 by 1evying upon war profits.
 By a strategic move the senators making the fight for a higher rate on war profits got Senator Johnson's amendment placed in position for the first vote. The plan of the high tax group is to offer Senator Johnson's maximum levy provision first and if defeated, to follow with other proposi- tions to secure acceptance of the high est possible rate.