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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-26

"Inasmuch as but a small proportion
of our people can have the opportunity
to serve upon the actual field of battle,
but all men. women and children alike
may serve and serve effectively by max
ing it possible to care properly for those
who do serve under arms at home and
abroad
And inasmuch as the American Red
Cross is the official recognized agency
for voluntary effort in behalf of the
armed forces of the nation and for the
administration of relief;
Now, therefore, by virtue Of my au-
thorty as President of the United
States and President of the American
Red Cross, l, Woodrow Wilson, do here
by proclaim the week ending June rs,
1917, as Red Cross Week. during which
the people of the United States will be
called upon to give generously and in a
spirit of patriotic sacrifice for the sup
port and maintenance of this work of
national need.
(signed) WOODROW WILSON"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-26

night. But I'll be here often during
Your training and will do lot of
talking. There are some military mat
tiers about which l shall speak to you,
but / shall wait until you are all here,
for | am determined that everyone
shall hear me.
ION the battle line it's character that
wins-not ability or knowledge so
much as character. You know what
mean. You have only one life to live
and one life to give. and it does not
matter when a soldier leaves this life,
but it does matter how he leaves it. A
soldier must think only of his duty
and must do it in a way that all who
survive him will be proud of the way
he gave up his life.
Gentlemen, you sang 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner tonight as have
hear it sung few times before. From
you will be selected part Of our first
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-26
NORTH ANsON

Mr.. and Mrs. Augustine Simmons
have sold to c. Guy Hume their wool
lot comprised of both the Aver and
Moore lots so-called and including
buildings, which are located near this
village between the Campmeeting and
the Houghton roads.
TIE memorial day exercises for
North Arson will begin Sunday, when
at 10 o'clock the veterans Of the Civil
War Will meet in Grange Hall and
march to the Congregational Church
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-26

10000 officers and 1 want you to take
1t upon yourselves as a duty to see
that every company Of our army has
its marching tune, and that the men
learn to sing it, You don't know how
much further men can march when
they sing. Any rousing air will do. A
Hot time in the Old Town Tonight
has a swing to it that will put ginger
and cold storage in the hearts of men.
Go to it. Sing and fight"
In lnaugurating the Association
work at the Plattsburg Camp Major
General John F.. Organ of the New
York National Guard, in paying trib-
ute to the military service rendered by
the Army Y. Nj. G. A.. said, Military
morale IS difficult to define, because
so many factors enter into it's make
up. 1t means more than zeal and en-
thusiasm. In a substantial manner it
is dependent upon confidence, and con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-26

Everett Pretle will rebuild the saw
mill at the lower village which was
burned last week. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Prehle has taken the contract
to saw several thousand feet Of lumber
for the Great Northern Paper Co.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
OUR MEN AT FRONT PUT
BAN ON NAME SAMMY"
Officers and PrivateS In France
Resent Use of Name and Urge
1t Be Forgotten.

American Training Camp In France
Not until the recent arrival in camp of
certain American newspapers did the
soldiers of the American eXpeditionary
forces become aware that efforts were
being made in certain quarters to FIX
upon them the name Sammy"
That name never is heard on this
side. Within the past few days the
newspaper correspondents have been
approached by great numbers of the
officers and men asking that something
be sent home telling the people there
how the standard bearers of the Amer.
lean army really resent what they con-
slider an inapt, undignitied and irritat-
ing name.
1t can also be stated that the resent
ment does not rest alone with the off,
GERS and men of the army, but that It
extends to all Americans resident In
Paris and other parts of France, many
having written in to say that they con-
slider SAMMY most unsuitable for
men who have come to France serious
ly and earnestly to fight for the liber-
ties of the peoples of the world.
please hit the Sammy propaganda
as hard as you can said an officer of
distinguished rank to a correspondent.
THE men and officers would be proud
to have an appropriate nickname. but
there is not one among US who thinks
Sammy is in any way suitable, and 1t
certainly is not desired.
The name does not in any way suit
lighting man. We recognize. Of
course, that it is an effort to play upon
the name of Uncle Sam. But who
would think of calling Uncle Sam I'm.
Gle Sammy? 1t is ridiculous"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31

ization since it started, and we now
can mobilize woman's regiment num-
bering between 1900 and 1,600. At the
beginning of hostilities we put our
services at the disposal of the govern
ment. Our league has twelve branches
fully organized and headquarters in six
statesmen York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Ohio. Wisconsin and Califor-
MIA.
And as to the amount OF military
training the women of the regiment re
ceive, they have the infantry and
cavalry drill in uniform under officers
of the United States army. and they
have gun practice" General Priest ex-
planned. "You should see the rife
scores made by some of our girls. We
have not yet given them bayonet drill.
but that will come if necessary.
"Tbe discipline of our organization is
strictly military, and members are sub
jeet to court martial'for infractions OF
our rules or for any act committed in
uniform that merits comment or ad-
verse criticism"
ment," Colonel Boardman emphasized
when asked about the membership Of
her force. mo woman is allowed to
join unless she is an American citizen
or can show her first papers. She must
take the oath of allegiance to the Unit
ed States and sign allegiance to the
American Woman's League For Self
Defense.
Every girl in the regiment receives
military training and military disci-
pline. In addition. she may take a
course in wireless telegraphy. first aid,
motor driving. motorcyclng. signaling,
swimming or jiujitsu. A number OF
members of our regiment already have
been detached on special duty in France
with the Red Cross and the United
States military forces"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
WOMEN FIGHTERS
Valiant Americans Who Would
Go to War With Men.
COMPLETE REGIMENT READY.

Colonel N. J. 6oardman, One of the
Leaders of the Woman Warriors,
Thinks if They Can't Go With Our
Men to France They Should Help
Their Sisters In Russia.
New York.-The American Woman's
League For Self Defense has organized
an American regiment of women and
plans to send it to the eastern front to
serve beside the Russian women's Lee
gion of Death.
IF the government is sending our
men to fight in France Wen go and
fight in Russia" valiantly declares
Colonel n. j. Boardman of the wo-
mans regiment.
ut would not surprise me If as time
goes on American women did the same
thing. American women are just as
capable and noble as those of Russia.
And when the call comes, and | would
not be surprised If 1t should, we, too,
will see women giving their blood on
the field of battle"
American women are as patriotic,
as brave and as physically fit for the
trenches as are the women of Russia"
General Ida Powell Priest, leader Of
the league. said. IF the need arises
our woman's regiment is ready to go to
the front and endure all the perils of
the battlefield. My sister said to me
the other day. You won't go abroad,
will you, when have nobody but your
| answered, 4 have offered my serv-
Ices to my country. and If l am called
shall CO.
cat least 2, 900 American women have
been given war training by our organ
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
EAGLE MEDAL PROPOSED.
To BE Bestowed Upon Heroic American
Soldiers.


Soldiers.
Washington.-Congr Is now being
urged to establish a medal to be
known as the American eagle med
al to rank in American deeds OF
valor with the Victoria cross Of Eng
land. 1t is the purpose OF the support
ers Of the measure to bestow this
medal only upon those American SOL
diers whose herolsm stands out bril-
liantly. A bill to this effect has been
introduced by Representative O'Shau-
messy.
A tentative design shows a medal
about the size OF a half dollar, the
front adorned by the figure Of Liberty
crossing the ocean, the American flag
In one hand, a sword in the other Be-
meath the figure the inscription sp-
pears, "Pacem Arma Teuntur'-peace
is preserved through arms.
The reverse side shows an American
eagle with outstretched wings within
an olive wreath. Above is a cloud eff
feet In which appear two clasped
hands, signifying the union of the
United States and her allies. The rib
bon supporting the medal is of red
white, blue and black. the latter one
of the enemy's colors and by custom
always included.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
VIII Train Girl Farmers.

Canton, O.-Mrs. Will C. Green, wife
Of Canton merchant. is planning to
turn her large estate. Glen Ardens,
near here, into a school farm. where
Canton girls will be given intensive
training in farming that will enable
them in a few weeks TO hire out as
farm hands. Overals and straw hats
will be adopted as uniform, and the
girls will work in squads. with a cap
tain over each squad Most OF the girls
are about sixteen. They will work four
days a week. seven hours a day. The
girls will don their overalls at their
homes and be taken to and from the
estate in autos
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
MEANING OF MARINES RIBBON
Mysterious Particolored Strips Worn
on Breasts.

Washington. THE little strips Of
particolored ribbon so often seen on
the breasts Of our soldiers of the sea"
are a mystery to most civilians" says
Major General George Barnett, com
mandant of the United States marine
corps. Every one and three-eighths
inches OF the strip denotes that the
wearer is the possessor of a medal
awarded for valor or good conduct or
of badge for service In some famous
campaign.
1.-THE man with the light blue strip
decorated with white stars possesses
the greatly coveted medal of honor; the
blue, white and red combination means
service in the Philippine insurrecrion;
two bands of blue and gray Of equal
width. service In the civil war; two
bands of blue separated by yellow,
service in the Spanish war;
red, yellow, blue yellow and red Dor
dered with blue. the Cuban occupation.
One of the easiest to recognize is the
China campaign badge. band of yell
low with edges of blue"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
THE COMFORTABLE WAY.
Departs
West Bound
East Bound
The Househy.

More than ohe-third of all the known
flies belong to one family. Musea do
mestica, or the common housety. ms
fly is perhaps the most cosmopolitan in
the whole order of insects, being found
in almost every part of the world. The
eggs are laid in groups and In lie"
hours the larvae make their appear
ance.
Each female lays about seventy eggs
Though the common househy has been
"swatted" all over the world, the fly
family shows no signs of decreasing
The most approved method for its eA-
termination employ prevention and
sanitary measures Popular Science
Monthly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
E.ols Attacks Man.

Bryan, O.-Raymond Siebenaler was
attacked and injured by an eagle near
here recently. Siebenaler was on his
way to work near Six Corners The
big bird was perched on fence. When
opposite the eagle few directly at him,
losing no time at opening battle. To
ward of the attack he threw up his
arm. and the birds talons sank deep
into his wrist. Grasping it by the foot,
he threw the eagle to the ground and
killed it with a club. II measured four
feet and four inches from tip TO tip.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
HUGGED BY A MONKEY.
Swings From q Tree and Throws Arms
About Neck Of Young Woman.

About Neck Of a Young Woman.
Denver. - The lovable monkey is
loose. When he swung from the low
branches Of a tree at Twelfth avenue
and Detroit street and threw his arms
about the neck of young woman Pc
destrian there was lot of commotion.
Aside from breaking the spooning laws,
the monkey shouldn't have chosen
broad daylight.
A scream from the young woman
brought residents to their doors. They
saw her running In one direction and
the monkey In another. 1t was diff
cult for them to ascertain which was
the more frightened. the young woman
or the lovable monkey.
Patrolmen from the Capitol Hill sta
ton have been pursuing the lovable
monkey.
Where the monkey came from Is a
question. The zoo keeper at City park
says all his monkeys are lust where
they should be" and that none of them
would be ungentlemanly enough to
leave home and try to hug pedestrians.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31

A newspaper can drop the same
thought into a thousand minds at the
same moment A newspaper is an adj
wiser that does not require 10 De
sought, but comes to you briefly every
day of common veal, without distract
ing your private affairs. Newspapers,
therefore, become more necessary In
proportion as men become more equal
individuals and more to be feared. To
suppose that they only serve to protect
freedom would be to diminish their i'm
portance. They maintain civilization
De Tocqueville
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
BUNGALOW ON WHEELS.
Couple Travels on an Auto on Their
\ Way East

Marysville. Ore. - Travelling In a
home on wheels" Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Basel Of Milton Junction, Wis. arrived
here recently on their way home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Basel are comfortably
quartered in a neat little house built on
a motorcar chassis The house is by
by 10 feet, contains cooking galley
lavatory, table. chairs and bed. There
are three windows on each side of the
house and one in the rear The house
is built of Eastwood and covered with
canvas The floor Is covered with rugs
and the windows curtained. They have
Travelled Also miles In their nomadic
home
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
Hen Mothers Kittens.

Milton, indian old hen belonging to
Mrs. VIII Huddleston. near Arlington.
wished TO sit. She found In a manger
neat nest containing young kittens
and began covering them. Now when
the mother cat comes it era wis under
the wings Of the hen which remains
on the nest When the cat goes ii
leaves the kittens to the motherly care
OF the hen.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
No Suicide.

"oh. Miss Smith" said Willie, may
| be dismissed at II? Father is going
to cut his head OFF, and want to see
him do it,"
Miss Smith was somewhat surprised
hut NOT more so than Willie was, when
he found that the teacher had not
heard a word about his fathers going
on a hunting trip and shooting a splen-
did deer.-Youth's Companion.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
CAVE MAN ENLISTS.
6sysr Cured tuberculosis by Going
Naked For Ten Years.

San Francisco.-Afterr running naked
on a secluded isle of the Santa Barbara
group for ten years, during which time
he. lived as his ancestors had lived
thousands of years before him on fish,
mussels and game killed with a stone
Ratchet, Christian |. Bayer is now a
soldier of the United States.
They told Bayer a decade ago In
Burlington, Ia. he had tuberculosis
and his days we're numbered. But
when he came here to enlist he passed
a perfect physical examination and
was at once accepted. The life Of a
cave man had effected complete cure.
He stripped down and showed body
as tanned as his face.
Bayer is a native OF Denmark, thir-
ty-nine years old.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
COLLEGE GIRL TO HERD SHEEP
Theresa Tromp at One Time Cared For
the Insane.

Ife insane.
Spokane. Wash. The theories of the
classroom applied to the practical world
is the system of education being pur-
sued by Theresa Tromp, a senior of
the University of Washington. She re.
sides at Lynden, Wash.
Some of the experiences which Miss
Tromp has sought i'll order to test her
theories OF philosophy have been OBJ
tanned in the insane hospital at Med.
ical Lake. where she was employed for
a few weeks as an attendant. Having
finished her observations there, the
young student will proceed to North
Yakima. where she expects to herd
sheep.
Il am going to devote my summer to
all sorts of strange experiences in order
to test out my theory of philosophy"
said Miss Tromp
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
GERMANS WEARING ARM0R.
stesI Protection Found to Be Vulnsr-
able TO Bullets.

With the British Armies In France
and Belgium.-At least a part Of the
German infantry is now wearing steel
armor which covers the chest and
stomach. This armor is In the form
of a sheet OF steel, which is attached
to the shoulders and gives the wearer
the appearance OF Just having stepped
out of the middle ages.
Specimens of the armor found on
German prisoners have been examined
and found to be vulnerable to rife fire.
On the whole, the armor seems a very
unsatisfactory protection, and its
weight renders the movements OF a
man so aecoutered most difficult
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
HAS A GROWING FLAG.
Red, White and Blue In His Yard Plot
Now.


Shelbyyille. Ind A growing Ameri-
can flag is the attraction which AlonZo
Leora Rice. Shelby county poet, has In
the yard of his home in Union town.
ship
The dag has been seen by hundreds
of persons from several counties, and
Mr.. Rice says it is a floral conception
which be has had for several years.
The flag is formed by three varieties
Of clematis-red. white and blue plant
ed in the order named and growing on
wire trellis. The flag is four feet
wide and twelve feet long. The col
ored flowers form the stripes and field
of blue, while the stars are formed by
the white flowers. which are shaped
similarly to the star. The clematis Is
hardy and blooms until frost.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
POILUS CRAVE FOR TANGO.
Convalesoents In France Object to Law
Which Says They Must Not Dance.

Paris. Wounded soldiers conva-
lescing at Deauyille indorse the project
to permit dancing at the watering
place and object to the authorities en-
forcing the law forbidding it. The SOL
diers enjoy the music and watching the
Parisiennes now there tangoing with
the officers who have recovered suffi-
GENTLY.
Hotel keepers of Paris assert that 90
per cent of the soldiers on furlough
sleep on the door instead of in beds, as
they find the sOftness of mattresses
and the yielding springs uncomfortable
after three years of sleeping on the
ground
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-31
Aberdeen-News street improvements
IA cost SAT COS.
Didn't Know Fear,

IA cost S47 COS.
Didn't Know Fear.
Mrs. Flatbush Why, my husband
doesn't know. what fear is
Mrs Bensonhurst-H lie doesn't?
"No. Why, last night | thought I
heard some one in the house. and 1
asked John what made his knees knock
together and his teeth chatter, and he
said he didn't really know. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-27
EthePs Note.

4 woman on the north side who
prides herself on her social position
and always insists on having perfect
service in every way for any occasion.
was called on recently TO give 4 recep-
ton on very short notice % q disrin-
guished club woman who was passing
through the city. says the Indianapolis
News. AL three OF her house ssrv-
ants were gone that day and only the
cook was az home.
Ethel" she requested her little FIVE
year-oId daughter. you go to the door
and usher the guests In while / finish
my toilet"
AT first the child objected, but final
IL she was persuaded to 90.
The woman went on with her prepa-
ration. which was interrupted several
times by bad luck. the cook. and ev-
eryrhing else. A woman accustomed
TO a maid is rather helpless when it
comes to dressing without one. But
she heard the guests come in and take
chairs in the reception room and she
supposed all was well At last she
was ready.
Going TO the door to find Ethel she
vas horrifed 10 read this little printed
note pinned to the hack Of a chair.
sDere Ladies cum on in nam IS up
stares dressing talk and SIT dOwue
Ethel"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-27
DON'T FORGET THE HORSE!
There Was Another Hero in Wild
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,
Reminds a Writer.

Paul Revere's name was made i'm
mortal when he rode from Boston TO
Lexington and Concord, warning the
patriots along the way of the British
approach. and his fame has been Sc
curely enshrined in the hearts of all
Americans.
Historians have hoDOred themselves
in honoring him. Poets have found in
SEPARATION in praislng him. He is an
idol of childhood, an example in the
prime of manhood and a sOlaCing mem
DRY of old age.
How few characters loom up like
great peaks above the mountain ranges
of time
And Paul Revere was one of these.
He was one of the precious few great
enough to grasp an opportunity to do
an incalculabIe good TO mankind.
But while we give deserved glory to
Paul Revere. let US no longer forget
that there was another hero in that
wild midnight ride. says a writer in
the Christian Herald.
There was the horse.
ANY other horse might have done as
we'll" you think? Well. so might any
other man have done as well, perhaps.
So might we fiippantly diSparage any
here.
But the fact remains that it was Paul
Revere's horse that did it. And the
harder work fell on the horse. But for
the true horses faithfulneSs. Paul Re
we're would have been a failure.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-27
A Pzcffz

AZ three years old Reginald was al
ready g celebrated coward Pa-Cicl-
la-ly he was afraid Of aI four-to0Cri
animals. There WIS talk in the family
OF adopting q dog
Would you Ike 70 have 4 dog my
SOM" said the proud parent
No" said Reginald.
Somewhat later Reginald returned
10 his fathers side. Evidently he had
been turning over in his mind the prop
csiriou recently submitted.
I'D ike 20 have q dog" said he IF
I could have one with his mouth shut"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-27
Waited Efohteen Years for It.

Talk about the returning traveller,
and how he feels his heart beat when
he returns to his native shore from a
long, long soiourn in a foreign land !!
Here's Frederick lockwood. New Eng
lander by birth and a resident of Bo-
gotta. Colombia, for IS years as consul,
newspaper correspondent and general
agent.
He landed in this country few days
ago, perfectly tickled to death, as the
girls say, TO get back to the Z. S. A.
But did he fall down and kiss the
shores or offer burnt sacrifices?
He did not.
He had been longing for a good
sized dish Of corned beef hash ever
since he went to Colombia IS years
ago. He had been saving up corned
beef hash appetite all these years. So
when he landed the first thing he did
was to go to restaurant Snd order
five portions of his favorite foOd.-Earl
Goodwin in Washington Star.
1t is possible for q man TO be fall
ure without having ever failed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-27

Mamma" said ive-year-old boy
the other day, aren't there any other
senses 'cept hearing, seeing, feeling
tasting and smellingf'
NO. my child" answered the moth
er. ut is usually considered that these
I've are enough"
Well said the little one, with an
air Of deep conviction. Il s'pose talk
ing would be called sense IL there
wasn't 80 much nonsense about it,
PearsOn's