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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
OPPOSITION TO VALIDITY OF REFERENDUM
PETITIONS IS STRENGTHENED BY TESTIMONY

Hearing on State Paper a n d Inland Fisheries
and Game Petitions Shows Much Light on
Manner in Which They Were Gathered and
Verifed-Attorney Crockett Sets Forth Clear
ly Classes of Observation-Disclosures of Blank
Petition Testified to-Lewiston City Clerk
Says Advised by Mayor Lemaire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

Forecast: Increasing c~loudinesG on
Tuesday: snow or rain at night and
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
AMERICANS ARE
SAFE IN MOSCOW
and pETR0CRAD

Washington, Nov. 1o.-Mcssagcs
from Ambassador Francis at Pctrograd
and Consul General Summers at Mos
and received today at the State De-
partlment said Americans in the two
principal Russian cities were safe.
Conditions in both places were reported
as ouieter. but as still chaotic.
Transportation for Americans
Ambassador Francis reported that he
had obtained transportation from Pet
rograd to Hardin over the trans-Sibe-
rian Railroad for Americans who wish
ed to depart from the capital. He
recommended that all unattached
women and men cave. Officials here
estimated there were about 200 Amer
leans in P~etrograd.
No suggestion was made of moving
the Americans from Moscow although
Tic bSIlfiS III AioS lily dPpNolCo ~
have been more general and sanguin-
AIRY than that in Petrograd. During the
~fiercest of the street battling, many
Americans were gathered in the Hotel
Metropole.
Ambassador Francis dispatch said
the Petrograd city Duma had not rec
.oGnized the Lcnine-Trotzky faction
and that many of the government de-
lpartmcnts were closed while others
were operating under subordinate Of
flciaIs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
EVERY RAvINE
Every Obstacle n
Every Hole Contested
Desperate Character Of Fighting on
Piave Emphasized in Rome Gable
Received at Observation-Disclosures
Compelled to Withdraw to Rivers
Edge

Washington, Nov. 1a.-The desperate
character Of the fighting between the
and the Austro-Germans on
the Piave river is emphasized in an
cable dispatch received here to-
day from Rome.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
Starting the Hearing


The hearing before Governor Mill
ken on the question Of the validity of
some of the signatures on the four ref
c1enGum petitions recently submitted
TO him. asking for the suspension of
certain acts of the Legislature at its
last session opened at 10 O'Clock Mon
day morning at the Executive council
chamber and was Immediately adjourn
cd to the nall Of the House of Repre-
sentatives 10 accommodate the crowd,
which though lot of extreme size,
vas too large for the Council cham
Der.
Governor Milliken presided, with At
tcrney General Guy II. Sturgis seated
with him as legal advisor. Ralph w.
Crockett Of Lewiston conducted the
case for the remonstrants to the petit
lions Secretary of State Frank w.
Ball OBLIGATED as clerk of the investiga-
non sessions. Four experienced stem
oGraphers were in attendance, Fred II.
Wilson. Cecil Clay, John A. Hayden
and Fred A. Hayden, all of Portland,
working in relays and furnishing the
press with copy in short order dur
irg the day and evening.
Opening Proceedings
Governor Milllken that
the referendum petitions having beer
fled with the secretary of State with
in nfc 20 days provided by law on GER
tain acts Of the Legislature, he had
though it wise to ask the opinion Of the
supreme court justices as to the va
iidity of the signatures and the jus
tees answer had been received and
would be read by the secretary. This
something Of a task, as the opin-
ION contains something like 10, 900 words
and Secretary of State Ball was near
~ 40 minutes in its reading. In it was
stated that the signatures on the vari-
Gus petitions we're as follows: State
PAPER. Hasa; inland fisheries and
game, II 1850; Lewiston police commits
sion. 1920; sea and shore fisheries, r.
geo,
Counsel Croek.tt's Opening
Ralph w. Crockett OF Lewiston
the ease in behalf of the re-
monstrants to the acceptance of the
referendum petitions, speaking as fol-
lows: .
article -four Of the Constitution Of
as amended, provides that no
act of Legislature, with certain ex-
ceptions which have no applications to
the matters to be considered at this
hearing, shall take effect until 80 days
the adjournment Of the Legisla-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
Mind Temporarily Affected

That her lawyers will try 10 show
that temporary mental impairment,
born Of love for her four ear old son,
caused Mrs. De Saulles to do the
shooting, was evident from questions
which they put to prospective jurors.
These were intended to bring out
whether the talesmcn could give prop
CT consideration 10 any testimony
which might be introduced showing
that Mrs. De Saulles, on the night Of
the shooting was mentally unbalanc-
ed"
When the court recessed late today.
Henry A. Uterhart, counsel for the de-
PENDANT, said he would introduce no
testimony relative to his clients san
ity through %alienists, but that he would
place on the witness stand Lewis G..
Thompson, whom he described as a
physiological chemist" What Thomp-
son will have to say Uterhart dntinat-
cd, will have an important bearing on
the defense.
Tonight it seemed probable that most
OF tomorrow's session will be occupied
with the selection Of the other eight
jurymen and that the examination of
witnesses will not be begun until We'd
nesday. When Mrs. DC Saulles, tic
23-year-old defendant, will take the
witness stand to tell her story Of
events prior to the shooting. was not
indicated by her counsel.
AS a basis for the insanity plea, it Us
known, however, tina the defense will
maintain she became mentally de
ranged wten De Saulles violated Il
promise which she declares he made
10 return their son to her custody early
the night of the shooting; that she mo-
tored to Dc Saulles' home and further
aggravated by his refusal to lot her
see Little Jack" drew a revolver from
a pocket and shot him.
The Jurors Selected
The four jurors selected today are:
John c. Buckcn, aged 81. bookkecper.
Philip III. Ohm, 63, 4 retired grocer.
Edward X. Pietsch, IS, an electrical
engineer.
Lewis II. Comellas, 81. a real estate
dealer.
All Of them are married and have
children. Bucken. the first juror sworn,
was the 18th taiesman examined. Con
sc1enticus scruples against capital pun
ishment. prejudice In favor of the de-
PENDANT resulting from the reading OF
newspaper accounts Of the shooting,
and business dealings with members
of counsel were the reasons for the
discharge Of most of the So vcnirt men
questioned during the day.
District Attorney Charles r. Weeks.
who is conducting the prosecution. laid
much emphasis on two points during
his Interrogation OF prospective jurors.
These were intended to show whether
if selected they could withstand any
appeals which might be made to their
sympathy and whether they believed
q as amenable to the law as a.
man.
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Enemy Forces H a
Been Swept Clear
Western Bank
Of River
E DROWNED
OR BAYONETED
Bolsheviki Threaten TO Make
Peace on Own Terms-kaiser
Will Deal only with Successor
to Imperial Russian Govern
mept or Constituent Assembly

While TIE Italians are holding the
middle anu lower ftdtieS " ~
.r.,.,
river SutoIe94"iE
.u,od dcre and even have thrown
lach Inc greater portion Of those VINO
a.,
tlaSscu INC stream ~" @"n'' '
,.h
"NSt''" '"'"' -
.., i, tI,e nortn ia hea, back
the troops Of Gen. DiaZ, pierce the inc
anu i"r'o = t'lhEi'"'
a.. .., r,,,o INC ,c,ion Of Nidor TO
tho Adriatic sea.
~
'"'Soe's '""9 oeS ~
IN This cndeavor tho invaders have
'aPltrco SeItrn' '"IP"' NV 49, nnor,
tho Italians under a heavy h"mbard-
mont 70 %eVaCuatc their strongly tort'-
fed position ~ Monte Iornba' Almost
the last stronghold barring thc way &c
The northern Gig" OF INC \chetlaA
piansl lhcSe captures ATS rcpo'tou ~
TIE GERMAN war ounce hut t"c ""''''-
SION ihu hecu hld"' f'eN lou''A -
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evator shat, and stairway.
Uniforms Manufactured

Secret Service men made an investi-
cation and found that on the fifth and
saith floors of the building is a factory
where uniforms for the army ana navy
are being manufactured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-20
FOUR CHOSEN
Of IL Who Are to Try
Mrs. Blanca De Saulles
Question to Be- Decided Whether
Woman Was Mentally Deransed
When She Killed Her Divorced Hus-
band Near Westbury. N. j., on Aug.
3-cIaim He Violated Promise to Re-
turn Son

Mineoia, \. Y, Nov. 1s.-Four of the
y jurors who are to decide whether
Mrs. Blanca De Saulles. Chilean heir
ess, was mentally irresponsible when
she shot and killed her divorced hus-
band, John L. De Saulles. former Yale
athlete at his home near Westbury, y.
y. the night Of August ) and whether
sho should therefore be acquitted of a
charge Of first degree murder selected
during the first day Of her trial which
opened in supreme court here today.
-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05

master General, dated June 20, 1917
amends Section 489 of the Postal laws
and regulations, to provide that on
and after July 1, 1917, c. o. D. par
cells shall be sent for a fee of 10 cents
when the amount to be RENTED does
not exceed $50, and for a fee of rs
cents when the amount to be RENTED
does not exceed $10O. Such parcels
are automatically insured against in
Jury or loss without additional charge,
for their actual value up to $50 when
a 10 cent fee was paid and up to 500
when a rs cent fee was paid.
The sender of c. o. D. parcel will
not be permitted to pay a fee of only
10 cents thereon when the amount to
be RENTED is greater than $50, even
though he should be willing to accept
idemnity only for $50, in case of loss,
But when the value of the contents of
a parcel exceeds $50, and the remit
lance to be made to the sender is $50,
or less, the parcel may, if the sender
so desires, have a rs cent fee paid
thereon, emitting him to idemnity for
any loss or damage sustained not in
excess of 500.
j. A. Schoenhoff, P. M.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05

1t is rumored by travelling saleman
that bus line is soon to be establish
ed between Wadena and Sank Centre.
Three large auto BUSES seating about
IL passengers each will run each way
each day, with charge of four cents
a mile. There is no author
mile each way. There is no author
i,y for the rumor as yet, however.
Because Mrs. w. F. Edgar of Thief
River Falls paid no attention to warn
ing signs on a new building, but at
tempted to save time by going
through at night, she fell, sustaining
four fractured ribs and severe bruises.
Her injuries may prove fatal. Mrs.
Edgar fell into space left for .
basement window. The distance was
ten feet.
Alexandria is organizing Girl
Scouts with much success. Mrs. A. D.
Haskell is captain and Miss Wanda
Smith lieutenant The membership
will be limited to "a at first, but after
everything is in good working order
the ranks will be opened to any num-
Der. There will be no class distinc-
ton.
Joe Naples of Minot,, the man who
was arrested at Melrose for carrying
concealed weapons and for not show
ing his registration card, was given a
home with Mark Tank a railway en-
ployee, while Naples was waiting for
his card. One night he took $25 while
Tank had gone on an errand and skip
ped. Detectives are busy, but have
not found the man.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
VALUE OF THE PORPOISE.

Oil From Its Jaw Keeps Clocks and
e,,,, Watches Running Smoothly.
In this Fastening age Of ours, when
even seconds count in business life, it
may sound paradoxical to say that we
owe our punctuality and time saving
to the playful porpoise. And yet such,
indeed, is the fact, for watches, clocks
and the still more dignified chronometer
would not run month in and month out
with regularity but for the lubricant
obtained from it's jaws. This oil has
the unique property Of being able to
retain it's fluidity summer and winter,
and there is an authentic record Of the
lubricant doing it's work at a tempera-
ture of quite 100 degrees below the
freezing point.
A variety of other oils have been
tried for the same service, but all Of
them have proved far less reliable. In
watch or chronometer the oil must
stay where putt must not 'creep"
over the mechanism and thus steal
away from it's proper post Of duty.
Therefore. it ought not to run away in
the presence of considerable heat. Nei-
Their should the oil oxidize, evaporate
or grow rancid. These exacting re-
quirements are met in their entirety
only by porpoise jaw oil, and it is no
wonder that the stuff when refined sells
wholesale in the neighborhood Of $25
gallon. There are many other mechan-
isms that are best cared for by using
porpoise jaw oil, such, for instance, as
talking machines, delicate recording APP
paratus, etc-Scientific American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
HERALD OF JULY S, 1873.

In order to give the printers an CD.
portunity to celebrate the Herald is
printed one day earlier.
Strawberries are plenty and sell
at from Is to 20 cents a quart.
Chas. Walker of this town delivers
the Fourth of July grafton at the eel
abration this week.
The strawberry and ice cream So
clal festival on Tuesday evening was
not success, very few attending.
Postal cards have been received at
the Sank Centre postoffice and the
public can now be supplied with this
modern convenienve.
Two new houses have made their
appearance in the west end of town
one belonging to A. J. Cannon and the
other to D. A. Mclean.
The Long Hill postoffice has beer
discontinued because nobody woulo
keep it and the mail now comes te
Sank Centre.
Mr.. P. w. Hammer has bought thu
building at the rear of Moore's bloch
on Third street which was owned ane
occupied by Messrs. Lancaster anc
Boss.
The race track on the Sank Centre
driving park is completed, graded
fenced and judges's stand built and by
competent judges is pronounced the
best in every particular and secon.
to none in the sttae.
An apple tree in J. D. Cars gar
den which has good sized apples on il
is still in blossom. The squire thinks
the fine spring weather fooled it ane
is unable to distinguish the difference
between spring and summer.
The steamer Monitor" built fo,
Chandler, Fisher & Wait, at Long
Prairie, Todd county, was to b.
launched on the fourth of July. Tn,
owners intend to ply it between Long
Prairie and Motley on the Long Prai
RE river. It is differed by John Wal
captain, Mr.. Smith clerk, and I. Reich
art, steward.
Miss Della Walker, niece of Chas
Walker, esq.,, arrived in Sank Centr,
on Tuesday from Lacrosse, Wis. Sh
has many friends here who will b.
pleased to renew her acquaintance.
Married, July 9Th, by Rev. J. A
Pike, Mr.. John C. Parker and Mrs
Ann Woolford, all of Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
p y p y y y y y y y y y y q y y II
p RURAL ROUTE NO. n
II II II n X X N ~ X n y, " ~ " ~ ~ ~ ~

q p y p y p y y y y y HHnn y y II
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Morgan and Hen
ry Steir spent Sunday at the Steir
home near Brooten.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kind and fam
lily spent Sunday at the Fred Butler
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dickhaus and sen
Ed, Fred Lamphrey, and Fred Littell
from Sank Centre spent Sunday at
the home of Joe Dickhaus.
S. Mobiles is doing some blowing on
the Frank Kusba farm this week.
Frank Koterba from Drisco!l, N. D..
visited at the lager and Veeder homes
Saturday and Sunday. He was &C.
companied by his brother, Joseph, who
visited with his brother, Charlie 10
terba, north of town. They left fol
home Monday.
Joe Dickhaus sold his 1916 Ford to
George Koenig in Sank Centre. MI
Dackhaus has already put in his or
der fora 1917 model.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
Preserve the Wild Flowers.

An earnest appeal has been made by
the Kansas City Star for the preserva-
ton of one of the most beautiful Of
wild flowers. the columbine, particul-
larly along tourist routes. This appeal
will find sympathetic support every
where throughout the states in which
the columbine is a natural annual. but
It should be broadened to include all
wild towering plants that are need
lessly and often wantonly pulled up by
the roots. The conservation of wild
flowers is a patriotic duty Christian
Science Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
Record Fishing.


A correspondent asks for the record
tuna taken on light tackle in Santa
Catalina island waters. He requests
further enlightenment on what light
tackle means.
Light tackle of the Tuna club con-
sists of a wood rod. butt and tip. not
shorter than six feet over all. Butt to
be not over fourteen inches in length.
tip not less than five feet in length and
not to weigh more than six ounces.
Line not to exceed standard nine
thread.
On this tackle r. Rochester, Jr., Of
Los Angeles, in the waters of San Gle
monte on Aug. %, 1913, fought sew
enty-seven and three-fourths pound
tuna for seven hours before subduing
the fish.-New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
REAL news In EACH line
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
TERSELY TOLD FOR THE
BUSY READER

! ! ! ! !. ! x !.
Forty-four slackers are locked up in
the 1tasca county Jail at Grand Rap
ids. 1tasca county did not have a sim
gle man who did not register, but the
st. Louis county jails are so full that
they could accommodate no more.
Most of them are members of the l.
w. w. and hail from Aurora. They
were heard at Virginia and bound over
to the federal grand jury which meets
July 10. They treated their imprison-
ment as a joke.
Cattle are dying near Eagle Bend
of black leg. One man recently lost
four head of young stock through the
effects of the disease. The farmers
are all vaccinating their stock. These
cases are the first that have been
heard of for some time.
The Melrose Beacon office came
near to being destroyed by fire week
ago when an explosion of gas fumes
set fire to bundle of print paper. The
fire was in the press room, where the
foreman had been cleaning type with
gasoline and the fumes had spread to
the stove. The foreman carried the
paper outside and on returning found
the wood work near the chimney afire.
The fire alarm was turned in, but the
flames were extinguished before their
arrival.
William E. Lee of Long Prairie
says that the farmers of Minnesota
and other states are going to supply
potatoes, beans and butter in such
quantities that by fall they will sell
at almost unbelievably low prices. He
quotes the price of potatoes at rs cts.
per bushel.
Soap taken from German prisoners
at the front and said to be made from
the fats and oils of soldiers bodies,
has been brought to New York and
will be analysed to find out if all the
allegations are true. It is charged
that the bodies are taken from bat
tlefields to large factories in Germany
and boiled for. the purpose Of extract
ing fats and greases for soap and ex-
plosives, while the bones are ground
up for fertilizer.
Charles Lamberton "a busman at
Redwood Falls, was shot and instant
ly killed by an enemy of long stand
ing. Rosendahl, the murderer, en-
tered the office at two o'clock in the
morning and opened the discussion
that was their quarrel. He was in
toxicated. He persuaded Lamberton
to come out into an alley and fight.
1t was there Rosendahl shot and killed
his victim. Rosendahl ran, but owing
to his condition, was soon caught and
committed to the county Jail.
Kirch and Soderstrom, residents of
of st. Cloud and Sank Rapids have
perfected an invention which will baf-
'fe auto thieves. The device is only
three inches square and is attached
in such a way that by simply turning
little knob it disconnects all the cleo
trio wiring on the car. 1t is on the
same principle as safe and is worked
by combination. The thief would have
a hard time getting away with the
combination. Many orders have been
taken already and arrangements are
being made for its manufacture in st.
Cloud.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
romsaranasss.

The pomegranate was early cultivat
ed in Egypt; hence the complaint OF
the Israelites in the wilderness OF Ain
plumbers X, 81, this us no place OF
6gs, or Of vines, or Of pomegranates."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05
A. YEARS AGO
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM
HERALD OF 1S73-J. HI.
SIMONTON, EDITOR.
HER LD 0E lime % 1879

HERALD OF JUNE 20, 1873
Wild pigeons are in thousands at
place about four miles out of Moore
head and the Cportsmen of that town
think nothing of going out on three
or four hours trip and returning with
hundred or more birds.
=
Base Ball-The members of the
Frontier Base Ball Club are requested
to be on the ball grounds on the 4th
at $3.50 a. M, to engage in a social
game of base ball. Game to commence
promptly at o'clock.
Improvements-The steam mill be-
gins to assume shape. The frame is
up and the carpenters will commence
the work Of enclosing it the first of
the week.
c. H. Hinmann Of the firm of West
& Human is making preparations to
build residence.
Rev. A. J. Pike has improved his
residence in convenience and looks by
an addition.
w. J. Whitfield contemplates build
ing front to his residence, 24x30.
+
Ira C. Johnson has completed his
store building on Third street.
=
Messrs. Lancaster & Boss are build
ing and have nearly completed an adj
dition to their factory which almost
doubles the size Of the building. The
increase in the main size of The build
ing does away with the necessity of re-
tanning the old sheds which were clus-
tered about the original building, the
removal of which will very much i'm
prove it's appearance and render it
less liable to destruction by fire.
+
The first green peas we have seen
this summer was mess picked from
our own garden on the 22d inst.
Monday was famous day for fight
ing in Sank Centre. Our usually
peaceable town was disgraced on that
day by no less than four street fights.
Music-Miss Kate Martin, having
lately procured new and excellent
piano, is now prepared to receive pu-
pills in music. We confidently recon-
mend her to those duesiring to re-
ceive instruction.
Editorial-There are numerous can
didates in the field for state officers
and we know of no better way than
for each county to send good, honest
delegates who will faithfully repre-
sent the wishes of the people of their
locality. Let the people turn out to
the caucus to choose their representa-
tives to the county convention, submit
to the majority without grumbling,
and then present an undivided front to
the enemy, in whatever guise they
may present themselves. The follow
lug RcuIlCIuCu oIC pIOllll1AOlAtiy DO1O1S
the people for places on the Republi-
can ticket: ~.
For Governor-W. D. Washburn
and J. S. Pillsbury, Minneapolis; c. K.
Davis, st. Paul, and T. w. Armstrong,
of Olmstead county.
For Lieutenant Governor the names
of Hon. A. Barto of this place, Hon.
N. P. Colburn of Fillmore county, and
Hon. w. d. Rice, Of Watonwan, are
presented. The northern counties
will 90 for Mr.. Barto and probably
enough of the lower counties to insure
his nomination.
For Treasurer, E. K. Dixie, the
present incumbent, and Capt. Grinag-
er, of Albert Lea.
For Secretary Of State, Col. S. P.
Jennison, the present incumbent, and
j. S. Irgins, of, Mower county.
For Attorney General, Geo. P. Will
son, of Winona: ]. Ham Davidson, Of
e. paul and w. w. Rillson. of Du-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-05

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Office Of the Third Assistant Post
master General, Washington d. c..
June 81, 191z-Order Of the Post