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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-16
The News of Belfast.

aries Written of Montville, broth
emf Mrs. B. C. Dinsmore of this city, is
-.4a Waldo County Hospital for medi-
ia treatment.
liter Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
~ Mitchell of Belfast, who has been
-urIoved as bookkeeper in Gardiner since
--4aating from the Shaw Business Col
Ley. n Augusta, is now with the PeJep-
..- Pulp and Paper Co. in this city.
Man M. Howes who recently enlisted
.r p Maine Coast Guards, returned
ta last Saturday having failed to meet
ehvsical requirements in the final
-,.r.inations. He has returned to his
..uss in the grocery store of A. A.
HIVES & Co,
<:r and Mrs. Earl L. Curtis who have
sa.. living in the Boulter house at the
-rer Of Miller and Congress streets
move the last of this month to the
r.--inson house on Charles street, for
- v occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Lynwood
hompson.
Tie large ash tree on the Church street
.-,. If school common was cut down last
rsday night. 1t was practically dead
s, aaly few leaves had appeared this
,eason 1t was wedged between large
-.r and fine formed maple and was an
...rv to both.
r-ank D. Hazeltine, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Hazeltine, a medical student at
B-q ioin recently enlisted in the reserve
at lie training camp in Plattsburg Bar
K, N. Y, was in the honor list of
Name boys to receive commissions Aug.
10Th. He is second lieutenant of the in
.autry section of Company Six.
.3lss Charlotte Knowlton received a
-,ar Friday from her brother Stanley
Na. S in the Red Cross Hospital at Man.
lester, England, stating that he is ra-
alF improving under the very best of
t-satment, that he is still confined to his
1+ but is wheeled into the open air by
l.- nurses every pleasant day He thinks
.- vii be at the hospital at least four
weeks more.
he damp weather of last Thursday
rening kept many from attending the
Band concert on School common, but
Wat was lacking in numbers was more
han counteracted by the enthusiasm
ia which an excellent program was re-
e. ed, Mr.. Elbridge S. Pitcher, one of
The ,eading musical men of the city, has
oeen engaged to direct the Band and this
concert showed how fortunate this ar
Eahgement is. Mr.. Pitcher has examined
The Bands music library and says it is
o8e Of the best in the State and the Quail
ts IS excellent. Charles F. Hammons
sang unusually well the short selection
hen You and Were Young Maggie"
M The selection of Songs from the Old
folks in the following program:
be Star Spangled Banner.
March, Washington Post, Sousa
selection, Songs for the Old Folks,
A., Arr. by Lake
tt .-tth' Glaolator, Sousa
altz Ell Colibri Vanegas,
ss Arr by R. P Chase
March, Semper Fidelis, Sousa.
Grenade, The Soldiers Dream, Ripley
NaFch, Battleship California, Crosby
}merica.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-16

POOR'S MILLS. Stella Daggett is at
home slck.,.Mr. and Mrs. Orrin /.
wentworth are receiving congratulations
on the birth of son.. Mr. and Mrs. NJ
y. Wilson spent last Sunday with Mr.,
ana Mrs Ned Wilson at Quantabacook,
MIS- j. A. Hartshorn returned home last
FRIDAY after spending two weeks in Lin
colnvllle. Albert Wentworth of Gin
ton' who has been helping his brother
Henry hay, returned home this week.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
ONLY A DAD.

Only dad with tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little gold or fame
To show how we'll he has played the
game,
But glad in his heart that his own
rejoice
To see him come and to hear his
voice.
Only a dad with brood of four,
One of ten million or more,
Flooding along in the daily strife,
Bearing the whips and scorns of life
With never whimper of pain or hate,
For the sake Of those who at home
await.
Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,
Merely one of the surging crowd,
Toling, striving, from day to day,
Facing whatever may come his way;
Silent whenever the harsh condemn,
And bearing it all for the love of them.
Only dad, but he gives his all
To smooth the way for his children
small,
Doing with courage stern and grim
The deeds that his father did for him
This is the line that for him pen,
Only dad, but the best of men.
Anon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07

posed of the wives of engineers, an
other consisting of the wives of fire
men and third made up Of wives of
brakemen. 1t is absolutely impossi-
BILE for the wives of firemen to join
the club composed of the wives of
engineers and as for the wives Of the
brakemen-they simply aren't in it.
Talking about "aristocracy" of la
Dor, there is sense in which labor
has a right to be proud because it is
producing something that is worth
while instead Of grating on the rest
Of the world-but this is the only
reason that it has for calling itself
better stuff than the parasites who
live on the labor of others.
Any sort of aristocracy that causes
workingman to look down upon an
other werk1ngman simply because he
happens to wear different kind of
working clothes, or because he earns
a few cents a day less, or works half
a day longer, or because he has job
which compels him to de something
which most of us don't like to do
such aristoeracy is curse to labor
and the workers should be ashamed
Of it.
Labor will never advance as long
as a cheap snobbishness dominates
the various groups that constitute the
working people.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
wear white shirts instead of overalls
and because they earn about halt a
dollar more day.

wear white shirts instead OF overalls
and because they earn about halt a.
dollar more a day.
And the machinists have a notion
that they are better than some other
mechanics in the same plant-al-
though they couldn't tell you ex-
actly why.
And the whole bunch Of mechanics
despise the common laborer. They
decline to eat their lunches in the
same corner with him and when he
goes out on a job with the mechanics
he is treated like an inferior being.
The strange thing about it is that
the amount Of money that a man has
doesn't seem to be the factor which
controls in the matter of making
snobs.
The average clerk in department
store regards himself as superior to
both the mechanic and the laborer.
He doesn't want to be known as a
'Workinsman"-not he. He may get
about half as much money as a tip
top mechanic but no has the notion
that he is infinitely superior to the
observation-disclosures to turn out his
work the mechanic requires twice as
much brain power as may be neces-
STATED in the case Of the clerk.
In little Minnesota town there
are three women's clubs COM
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
NOW REAL COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

There should be good team work at the city hall
for the next twoyear period. All of the commits
soners are now pledged to carry out the theory OF
the city charter, and to establish real commission
government in Duluth. One-man rule rcpudi-
ated by the people two years ago. at the primaries
March II last, and at the general municipal cleo
ton held Tuesday. The mayor and four COM
missoners pledged to the order which
should have taken place at the outset of the present
form of government
Two years ago Commissioners Farrell and Sill
bernstein made their campaign before the voters
against rule, and the big vote they received
indicated that the people took them at their word
Commissioner Farrell has lived up to this pledge to
the letter. Mr. Silberstein has not done so, but he
still has chance to recover himself It is not too
late.
Commissioner Voss declared at meeting Of
the kiwanis club that he lost friends among his
fellow commissioners because Of his attempt to get
board considerable propositions and policies
that were being determined upon by individual
commissioners, without the advice or consent of
the others. The people believed Mr. Voss and re-
elected him. They have given him new men with
whom ne can work who pledged to establish
such policy as he announced at the Kiwanis club
Mr. Magney, the new mayor, and Mr.. Phillips, the
new commissioner, to be congratulated. Thew
made splendid runs Each made clean fight, and
noth enter office with the support and good will of
the people. We expect big things from both MAG
ney and Phillips They not afraid to announce
their positions public questions before election
and this manifestation of courage would indicate
that they will be fearless in their course as officials
Mr. Phillips is member Of the Socialist party
but that need not handicap him in his work with the
other commissioners. If he is not embarrassed by
the zeal of his party organization to make capital
Tor future campaigns for that party Phillips will
make good. He has it in him. He is honest ear
nest, frank, energetic and wide awake. He was not
elected by the Socialist party, but by the progress
slve people of all parties, and largely by the work.
ing men voters. 1t is to these he is under most
obligations, and not to his party. "'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
PEACE
BY DIR. Frank Crane.

Peace is not for towards. It calls
for the highest form of courage. 1t
demands moral stamina, which is
more rare than physical bravery.
1t calls for the courage of a man.
not that e wolf. It means the ex-
altation of self-restraint above the
passion of vengeance.
1t scorns race7hate, and proclaims.
above all nations Is humanity" Its
patriotism is a ministry to the world,
and not menace.
It means the higher 1nanliness Of
the gentleman, and not the cheaper
manliness Of the bully. 1t often leads
to abuse, contempt, martyrdom. 1t
led the Prince CT Peace there.
Peace is the ally of wisdom. gener-
Gus patience, far-sighted, human con-
stderation for humble lives. War is
the ally OF egotism, anger, cruelty,
vainglory.
Peace is the unshakaple courage of
sanity; war is the, red. blind courage
of madness. -'".
The kings of earth are men Of war;
the King Of Kings. when He sent his
oohort of angels to earth, gave them
NO war-ery but Peace on earth, good
will toward mem, $.s .stlz AL: j@ !,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07

hibtion,-thc kind that will hit all classes of peo-
ple,-the poor and the rich, workngman and cap
italists. If booze is bad for workingmen and we
know that it u.s. it is equally bad for others, and it's
use should be prohibited by the same rules as we
prohibit the sale of any other poison.
When the last licensed saloon is wiped out every
club, operating under whatever name, should go
with it. The average ''cub' is but a refined name
for blind pig. The Kitchi Gammi club is no better
than the Bartenders. Indeed there is said to be-
less drinking done at the latter place, and the bev
erage INDUCED in is largely beer while the stronger
drinks favored in the rich man s club.
Public sentiment will back commissioners if they
are earnest in their effort to make Duluth a real
dry town. The big majority vote cast against the
proposed license ordinance is mandate to the city
officials to enforce the liquor laws without fear or
favor. Let us that it will be done
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
WILLIAM f.. McEWEN, Publisher.
FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD!

It's everybody for America This is no time
for oubbling. The President has spoken, Congress
has acted. and every opponent of is expected to
cast his lot with his country. President wilson
sounded NE clarion call in clear and resonant tones
He has made it plain to all who read that the future
peace of the world, and the security OF democratic
governments has forced the United States INTO the
maelstrom of the European war.
We sympathized with those who were willing to
become martyrs for peace before the declaration
Of war; It required considerable courage at times to
face the excited public opinion and impatient peo-
pie who were demanding months ago that this ooun-
try begin hostilites against Germany. Wrongs were
committed against this nation by the hundred Spies
and conspirators against peace and order moved
everywhere. Property destroyed and Amer
lean lives were brutay taken. All the rules of war
fare long ago agreed to by civilized nations were
ruthlessy and cruelty broken Insult after insult
was hurled upon our government, and while sup
posedly friendly relations between the United
States and Germany prevailed her ministers were
intriguing against us.
Now it has become evident that unless the kai-
ser is defeated and his autocratic machine is des
troyed the democracy of the world will perish. We
must either fight Germany with England,
France Italy and new democratic Russia or fight
Germany alone later There is no choice. We have
nothing in common with the German government,
and the time has come when there is no place in
America for her sympathizers. He who is not with
the United States is against u.s.
America enters the European with the flag
Of liberty flying before her armies. We are going
into the for the purpose of democratizing all of
the nations of the world and finally to insure those
nations of permanent and lasting peace for all time
ii come The results to be achieved are we'll worth
the sacrifices will be called upon to make.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
NOW MAKE DULUTH BONE DRY.

! Tuesdays election turned out as was cxpected
The voters rejected license by majority against
the proposed ordinance of nearly 1900 Duluth will
therefore be without saloons after July l. Superior
reversed its vote Of year ago and licensed saloons
Will reopen there on the day they close in Duluth
The Duluth vote was decisive There ia m nnes-
ton as to the attitude of the majority Of the bona
tide residents Of Duluth towards the liquor question
They are dry. In any event they are against the
licensed saloon. Now the big thing to do will be
to make the town bone-drM Can that be done7 Ad-
vocates of the proposed license ordinance held that
the dry ordinance would not do it, but since the
people voted the city hall dry they expect the com
lnissioners to stop the sale of liquor entirely.
IT the dry ordinance passed last June il not slf
Efficiently drastic there is nothing to prevent the
council from enactng new Ordinances hear;no or
tho question that will enable them give Us real pro
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
SN0BBISHNESS
By Rev. Charles Stelzlc.

Everybody hates q snob. But the
average snob-hater sees only the
chap who looks down on him-he
scarcely ever thinks of himself as
despising the man whom he regards
as beneath himself.
Most Of us think of snobs as rich
people. The fact is, however. that
there are as many snobs among
workingmen as there are among the
rich.
For example, in the average ma
chine shop there are at least halt a
dozen different grades of society. The
draftsmen-who regard themselves
as semi-professional men-feel that
they are just bit better than the
patternmakers who wear aprons In
stead of coats while on the Job. Ill., II
, The patternrmakefa consider them
selves q whole lot better than the
meehlniste because ordinarily they
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07
Printzess Suits

A collection of the famous "Printzess" suits
for misses and ladies-perfect in fit and style
worthy materials They are excellent values in
five distinctly new models-all colors and black
at $20.75.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-04-07

Qhe ptpn1tseb mnrn
Oh Lily of the Eastertide,
We pause in strife for gain,
TO catch thy fragrance, newly blown,
AS smiles an April rain.
In purity and favor blessed,
You toll not through the day,
And yet who knows the strife you had
When trod beneath the clay.
You speak day by man desired,
morrow without night,
a home from care forever free,
Where all is glorious light,
That day gives strength to every arm,
Relieves hearts weary throb,
Plants flowers upon the wayside grave,
And gently stills the sob,
Oh lily of the whiteness fair,
You speak our hope and quest,
Thy incense bids upward look,
And in that promise rest.
William C. Markham.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-01
Note
Plunge Into Dark
Says Jap Official

International News Service:
WASHINGTON. March Japan
would instantly spurn any PROPOSE
ton looking 10 a coalition with
Germany and Mexico against the
United States-as suggested by Herr
Zimmerman. the German foreign
minister was stated authorita-
lively at the Japanese embassy here
today.
The embassy here for the time
being will issue no official state
ment or take any official attitude on
the sensational disclosures that
being. il was stated. "A matter that
is entirely in the hands OF the
Toxic government.
But. the Japanese attitude in the
entire matter was outlined today by
one of the higher officials Of the
embassy here.
We don't for a minute doubt
the truth of the changes" he said.
But we believe that the proposition
was made blindly-that Herr Zim-
norman merely struck blindly in the
dark in the hope that he might
strike something that would give aid
TO the fast weakening central
powers"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-01
CHAUFFEUR DRIVES
TAXI INTO HARBOR
Four Persons Drowned When
Auto Runs Over Curb and
PIungeS Into Waters.
lternational News Service

International News Service
BALTEMOR Md, March J. -
-Four persons were drowned early
today when a taxicab filled with a
party Of actors and actresses ran
over a curbing and plunged into the
harbor. The chauffeur was driving
through a dark alley bordering the
harbor. taking short cut to a hotel
where the party was bound.
The body of Edna Kins. 80. an
actress, of New York. has been
recovered. The body of a woman
believed TO be Gene Carroll, a local
actress, and the bodies of an un-
identified man and woman are held
In the morgue here.
william Grimes. IS years old, of
Pittsburgh. escaped and is in a local
hospital Annie L. Luce of Farm
ington. Me, went 70 her hotel and
man, believed to have been the
chauffeur escaped from the waters
and eluded the police.
In her hotel. Miss Luce said all
she could remember was a sudden
swerving of the taxa crash. a
splash and then she found herself
in the swirling waters.
Edna King cried: Good bye
Annie" and sank as Miss Luce chung
TO the wreckage and struggled to
shore.
Miss Luce and Miss King figured
in a hotel fire in Harrisburg, Pa.
last week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-01
HARVESTER CO. ANSWERS
Claims Government il Applying the
Rule OF Size"

International News Service
WASHINGTON. March J. - The
International Harvester company re
piled today 10 the government =
trust charges by asserting in a brief
filed in the supreme court that the
governments agents are seeking 10
apply the rule OF size instead Of
the rule OF reason" 10 the gigantic
concern
The harvester company sets forth
az length the growth of rival con-
Germs as proof that il is not exer-
cising any power in restraint Of COM
petition.
In conclusion. the brief suggests
that the dismissal OF the govern
ment's suit would protect the inter
ests of the public by enabling the
governme nt at all times promptly
and effectively 10 prevent any at
tempt 10 mOnopOlize or restrain
trade on the part OF the defend
ants"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-01
.exicdnS Protest
Utter Ignorance
OF Teuton Plot
international News Service /:

International News Service:
Ell PASO. Texas. March 1.-AIeXi-
can officials at Juarez today pro-
fessed utter ignorance of any plot by
the German government to involve
Mexico and Japan in war with the
United States. but publication of the
charges caused no great surprise in
military circles here
The International News Service
learned a fortnight ago that federal
agents here were investigating al
legged German activities in Mexico.
This investigation was begun under
orders from Washington and pre-
sumably was inspired by the govern
ments knowledge OF the alleged
German plot
Federal agents concerned them
selves first with reports that Ger
man consuls were financing the ac-
tivities of new bands of Felicistas
who began operations in the Mon
terey district against Carranza. and
were also furnishing funds that en-
abled Villas followers to renew their
campaign.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-01
FARMERS BLAMED
FOR HIGH PRICES
Feeds Market in DribbIeS
Says Federal Trade Conn.,
mission in Report.
international News Service

WASHINGTON. March L. The
canny farmer il responsible for the
present high cost Of living. accord
ing to data gathered by the federal
trade commission in a preliminary
investigation of the food situation
in the District of Columbia.
I'VE discovered" said one Of the
commissioners, that Washington
virtually lives from hand 10 mouth
insofar as its supply of vegetables is
concerned. The farmers immediate
~ adjacent to the city supply most
of its wants. This is particularly
true Of potatoes.
The farmer knows prices as we'll
as the commission man and when
he sees a rising market sells his
produce in dribbles waiting for a
higher price; only a falling market
leads him 10 unload in volume. Ac-
cordingly ne has been feeding the
local market only what is needed
I'm a systematic effort TO keep prices
up.
a boycott OF any duration on the
potato i'm Washington or anywhere
else would. in my opinion stampede
the farmer To get rid of his supply
and prices would react TO normal
Nowhere have we found inGica-
tiOns Of any organized conspiracy
TO initiate prices or to control out
put. II seems certain that the
present situation will not endure
2Hy lengh Of time and that il has
been "A passing phenomenon rather
than a permanent condition"
The commission initiated its in
vestigation i'm the district because
all trade there is Interstate com
merce and is under the Jurisdiction
of the commission. further rea-
son was that it could be conducted
neXpensively.
The commission believes il has
uncovered some fundamentals un-
DERIVING the general situation
throughout the country and Will
make public within few days a
resume of it's findings.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-01
Letter Made Public.
Half a Billion
Ready For Crisis

International News Service
WASHINGTON. March Pass
age Of the emergency revenue bin
BY the senate will place Immediately
in the hands OF the government ap-
proximately $500 100000 which is
sorely needed in this internatiOnal
crisis The bill will not go 20 con
ference. but will be presented az
once TO Pres't Wilson for his sig
nature and the funds viii be avail
able with that act.
Almost half Of the huge amount
will be raised By direct taxation OF
eight per cent on all profits OF firms
and corporations when they reach
more than eight percent annually.
Short term treasury notes. a bond
issue and approximately S22.o00.000
to be raised by increased inheritance
taxes, make Up the balance