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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

Mary-Why don't you prefer Harold
to Tom? Harold is capable of big
leeds. Maude-Yes; but Tom owns
some.-Puck.
A Deep Rooted Business.
Nov, dad, I'm through college and
ready for work"
Good enough"
II want to learn this business Of
yours from the ground up"
"Tush. boy. have men In my sub
Easements who have been working up
steadily for FIVE years and haven't
reached the ground noer yet."-LouS
vile Courier-Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
Miss Rankin,s Arrival

The entrance Of Miss jeanette Ran
kin. the first woman member to the
House was signalled by uproarious
cheering and applause. Every member
on the floor and everybody in the
crowded galleries rose as. accompan-
led by Rep. Evans of Montana, she
walked to her seat.
Miss Rankin carried one of the
scores of bouquets of flowers which had
come to her office. She wore no hat
and was attired in a dark dress. Mem
bers rushed from all parts of the cham
Der to congratulate her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
Faithful Cook,

Did you ever hear Of Il cook stay.
ing with the same family as long as
twenty years."
"Oh. yes"
Il presume she was called a jeweIH
She doubtless was considered one,
but the family called her mother
Birmingham Age Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

The people of the United States con.
sumo fully twice as much meat per cap.
ta as do the people Of Europe Dried
beans, peas and Ientils may replace
meat in the diei to a large extent to
he advantage OF outdoor workers espe.
.ially,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
The canny Scot

The latest story of the "out went
saxpence" series: There were two He
Ian men, an they were at the front.
An yin O. them cotch a hen, an the
ither yin was jist goin' to thraw its
neck
NO the noo.' says the first yin; let
her be till the morn's mornin. She
MIGHT lay an egg."-London Tit.Bits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

This critic describes your new book
as drool'
Guess ] must be improving. He al.
luded to my last book as utter rot
Louisville Courier-.Iournal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
BODY OF ONE OF
IS YOUNG Men
FOUND MONDAY

Hull. Mass. April 1.-THE drowning
of 13 young men who have been miss
ing since they left Nahant in a power
boat Thursday night was virtually es-
tablished tonight when the body of one
of their number, Martin F.. WEIGH of
Lynn, was found on the beach at Nam
taSket
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

Detective-So I've caught Won I'm the
financial district. have /? Crook-Yes,
Bill, but l can't slip you nothing. Just
got away from a broker.-New York
Globe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

bill as amended was passed to be en-
crossed.
H. d. Co., Resolve making an appro-
rriation for the support of the bureau
of inspection of the department of ag-
ricultUre.
H. D. 699. An Act to amend Section
los 6f Chanter 16 OF the Revised Stat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

Sir Ernest Shackleton, the explorer
who is now at Sydney, Australia, SAYS
he is going into active war service. ac-
cordlng to a Reuter- despatch from
that place. He says that this is the
only course for any man who is free
and able to fight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

1t is said that custom peculiar to
Buddhists is that of wandering about
the country with hammer and chisel
and carving holy symbols upon rocks
by the wayside.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
Similarity.

Contracfor-Then you won't sell me
carload Of bricks on credit: Dealer
NO: me an my bricks are very much
ailke-were hard pressed for CASH
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
Finally Passed

Resolve, making appropriation to sup
port the bureau of horticulture.
Resolve, making an appropriation for
cooperative agricultural work between
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Maine and the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Resolve in favor of Arson Academy.
Resolve in favor of Sisters of Char
ity of Waterville, Maine.
Resolve in favor of Calais hospital.
Resolve making an appropriation for
the Maine Seed Improvement Association.
Orders Of the Day
On motion by Mr.. Chick of Kennebec.
the vote was reconsidered whereby An
Act to amend Section 16 of Chapter 50 OF
the Revised Statutes, relating to COM
pensation of inspectors of steamboats,.
was passed to be enacted, and on further
motion by the same senator tabled.
On motion by Mr.. Wood of Hancock,
H. d. No. 352 An Act to amend Section
II of Chapter III Of the Revised Statutes
relating to the salaries Of the stenog-
raphers of the superior courts, was taken
from the table.
Mr.. HIGGINS of Penobscot: Mr.. Pres
dent, 1 move that we do not adopt Sen
ate amendment A.
The motion was agreed TO-
Mr.. HIGGINS: I now offer Senate
amendment B and move its adoption.
SENATE AMENDMENT B TO
HOUSE DOCUMENT NO. 352
House Document No. 352 is hereby
,1-;, q
enacting clause, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"The salaries of the stenographers
of the superior courts, to be pald quar-
terly from the treasures of their coun-
ties, in full for all services formerly
clargeablc to the counties, are as lol-
.ows: Cumberland, $500 a year; Ken
pebec, $500 a year. They shall also re-
ceive from the county IN Whlch inc
court is held. their expenses When IN
attendance upon court away from their
places of residence, but not otherwise;
a detailed statement of such expense
actually and reasonably incurred snail
be approved by the presiding JuStlce-
Senate Amendment l. was accepted,
and the bill as amended passed to be
engrossed and sent down for concur
renee.
On motion by Mr.. Gillin OF Penobscot
S. d. al, An Act to provide TOT the
establishment of district almshouses
or inflrmaries and to repeal Sections 10,
1G and Il of Chapter 20, Revised Stat
utes. Report A, ought to pass in new
draft, and Report b ought not to pass.
from the committee on judiciary. was
taken from the table and on further
motion by the same senator, Repor.
b. ought not to pass, was accepted.
On motion by Mr. Holt of Cumher-
land H. D. 653. An Act to provide COM
ron&ation for injuries received by State
employees was taken from the table
Balance of Senate and House will
be found in the Legislative Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

The British and French are knock
ing at the doors of st. Quentin, the me-
dieval town that marks the backbone of
the so-called Hindenburg line OF the
four railroads entering the city two are
in possession of the Allies and the re-
naming two are under the fire of their
guns. This means that the garrison must
depend upon a precarious supply line OPP
Grated at night and that the value of the
city as a base is gone Apparently its
fall is certain and this assumption is sup
ported by unofficial dispatches from the
front which say that the town already
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
ARMED AZTEC SUNK
CONTINUED from Page One)

Late tonight, after hearing of the
French admiralty dispatch indicating
that all of the members of the naval
guard were safe. Secretary Daniels made
public the guards personnel. 1t was
composed of Lieut.. William F. Gresham
and II enlisted men. detached from the
crew of the gunboat Dolphin stationed
here.
The Enlisted Men
Following are the enlisted men. with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03
British Within Two
Miles of St. Quentin

London, April 2.-Their latest gains have
brought the British troops to within two
miles of ST. Quentin. says the official re-
fort from headquarters in France. In
the investment Of St. Quentin several
more villages have been occupied by the
British. including Francilly-Selency, Hol-
non and Selency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-03

imagination causes more aches and
pans than all other ailments. Bah.
cock.
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MAINE LEGISLATURE

Continued from Page p
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On motion by Mr. Holt of Cumher-
land, H. D. 653 An Act to provide COM
ranaa ton for injuries received by State
employees was taken from the table.
Balance of Senate and House will
be found in the Legislative Record.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
auss Women Fiqht.

After the Russians had occupied the
German positions on both sides of
Dvinsk-Vilna railroad, the statement
says, entire units returned to their
original trenches without German pres
sure. A number of units refused to
obey commands during battle.
Rear Admiral Razvosoff has been ap-
pointed commander in chief Of all the
Russian naval forces in the Baltic.
The Russian woman's battalion
raised by the twice wounded girl Off
Ger, Vera Butchkareff, was In action
on the front at Krevo for the first
time. They are reported to have been
successful, although the battalion suf-
fered some losses, the extent of which
is not vet known. The Novoc Vreyma
correspondent at the front reports that
the women behaved in an exemplary
way gaining the respect of the male
soldiers.
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DECIDES AGAINST FARMERS
Commerce Commission Declares There
Must Be No More Car-Door
Merchandising Done.

Washington, July 26.-The long-es-
tablished practice Of selling merchan-
dising and produce from the doors of
freight cars on sidings was broken up
by the interstate commerce commits
sion in a decision which upheld rail-
road interests in,opposition to the con-
tentions of the Nebraska state grange
and other western farming and mer-
chandising interests. 1t has been the
practice for farmers to ship produce
to cities and sell from the car doors,
taking advantage of the free time al
lowed by the railroad before the coli
lection Of demurrage. The commits
sion declared this service Is neither
the shippers right nor the carriers
duty and that a railroad is transpor-
tation agency which cannot be expect
ed to perform extraneous services Of
this character.
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Raids on Relaian Front.

London, July 26-Raids and heavy.
bombardments were reported from the
Belgian front in the official report is
sued by the war office at noon. An
exceptionally big raid was made by,
the British in the Ypres sector, and,
in addition to the Germans killed and
wounded, ia prisoners were cap
tured. In the sectors of Lombart-
zyde (West Flanders) and Monchy-le-
Preux (Arras 'front.', the artillery du-
cling Is intense. The German guns,
1t is stated, are more active than
usual. 4!
drafts of soldiers to be sent to the
front at once, are not welcomed by
the army staff. They say that not
only does 1t do damage In making
the people of the country underesti-
mate the task ahead of the nation, but
that it has interfered with bringing
the regular army and thea National
Guard IN TO war strength. Tuesdays
story that the second increment Of
the National army was Immediately
to be called to the colors was ehaTac-
terized as utterly absurd by officers
wins know the facts.
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FORTY MILLIONS EACH DAY
EnqIand's Daily War Expense VIII
Soon Be as High as That, De-
clares Reginald Mckenna.

London, July 28.-Before many more
months have elapsed the war will be
costing England $4O,O0O,OOO day.
This prediction was made by Reginald
McKenna, former chancellor of the
excheuuer and one of the foremost ex-
perts in England on fiscal affairs.
The newspapers comment at some
length upon the revelations made on
Tuesday by Chancellor Law In his
speech moving the new vote OF credit
Of $3,25O,0OO,000. The war is now
costing England nearly $34,OOO'ooo
daily, and this sum is mounting stead
lily. Despite this staggering sum
Chancellor Law declares that England
can never be beaten financially by
her enemies. especially as the United
States has come to her aid.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
BACK TO PARTY Lines
Congress Retrogrades and Is
Playing Politics Now.
New Fight Brewing over Food Bill
and There's No Telling When 1t
Will Go to Wilson.

Washington, July 26.-Partisanship
has made Its appearance In the war
congress. The unanimous action
with which Republicans have ioiaed
I ex.saesaf aas nuAs TO- Il aiaAins
men. money and everything else that
President Wilson needs to fight the
war has come to halt.
When the house met Republican
Leader Mann had his forces In line
to register party vote in favor OF
that section of the food bill which Gre
ates a joint congressional committee
on war expenditures. President VIII
sons announced opposition to this
provision as registering lack of conf
dence on the part of congress in his
ability to conduct the war, has not
deferred the Republican leader or his
followers.
Mann was ready to renew the fight
he began. He insisted the house is
entitled to separate vote on the
section creating the joint committee
on war expenditures. Declaring that
the Republicans are unanimously in
favor of the provision, Mann asserts
that the measure will have no chance
In a conference In which the majority
are Democrats.
Although the Republicans can de-
lay sending the food bill to confer
ence, Chairman Lever of the house
agricultural committee Is sure he has
the votes to put his original program
through. Fortified by special rule,
If unanimous consent Is to be denied,
Mr.. Lever has only to force a vote to
send the bill to conference disagree
ing with all the senate amendments.
This will give the house conferees
Just what Lever has asked, an oppor-
tunity to meet the senate conferees,
free from any instructions from the
house.
That the war committee provision
will be stricken out by the conferees,
Just as Leader Mann predicted, is a
foregone conclusion. But the confer
ence will have plenty else to fight
about. The hottest controversies are
due over the prohibition issue, the
minimum price Of 81 bushel for
wheat, and the increase of the food
administration personnel to three
members, thus scattering the author
ity which the president wants CEN
tarad in Herhert Hoover
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WILSON TO HAVE SAY
President Will Direct Peace
Terms of Nation.
Discussion Comes Up After Senator
Lewis Made His Talk About
Mediation.

Washington, July, 26.-President
Wilson personally will control and d.
rect any and every discussion relat-
ing to peace terms in which the Unit
ed States may be engaged.
The speech made by Senator Lewis,
the Democratic whip, indicating his
I''mtenn0n u aJffef i rgs5tution soon f0
prepare the way for peace negotia-
tions,, is attracting much attention and
some criticism in administration cir
cles.
Officials do not hesitate to assert
that the question of peace terms is
"loaded" and capable Of presenting
the utmost difficulty and embarrass-
ment.
The whole question, If the United
States seeks to participate In It's So
luton, brings this country into the
position Of interfering In European
and African and Asiatic politics; but
inasmuch as America has entered the
war avowedly as the champion Of the
worlds freedom and of the smaller
natiOnalities oppressed or threatened
by autocratic government 1t will be-
come necessary for President Wilson
sooner or later to make his position
known.
1t is not overlooked In Washington
that the ambitions Of the entente pow
ers themselves, their desires to annex
strategic territory and positions
claimed on the ground Of national Sc
curlty, may lead to wide dissensions
among them and it is possible that
President Wilson may have to play the
role of mediator between them.
At the present moment England is
the diplomatic spokesman for all the
entente powers, but it was declared
on authority today that Britain Is not
the spokesman for America.
America probably will not partici-
pate in the allied conferences called
by Russia to be held next month, at
which the war aims of the allies are
to be restated or "oriented," according
to the official Russian declaration.
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WtiAT'LL WE DO TO |. W. w.?
Governors of Eight Western States
Send Report of Serious Con-
dltions to Wilson.

Washington, July 26.-"Something
must be done Immediately about the
I. w. w. troubles" is the message
brought to Washington today by an
emissary from the governors of eight
western states where labor troubles
have been running riot. George L.
Bell Of San Francisco, obtained an au-
dience with President Wilson for this
afternoon to describe the situation and
suggest remedies the western execu'
tiyes believe will be potent If put into
effect by federal authorities. He came
as the authorized representative Of the
governors of Washington, California
Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho
Utah and Oregon.
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l ] sssssesessessssssss
second Army In 1918.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The second
incr6ln4nt Of the national army of the
United States will not be called until
1919, unless there is some change in
the war plans now in the hands of the
war department.. II have prepared the
machinery of the draft for but one
turn this year." said Provost Marshal
General CroWder.
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Dictator Kerensky Uses "lron
Policy" to Enforce Some
Needed Discipline.
SITUATION NOW VERY SERIOUS
The Germans Make Big Gains az.
Slavs Fall Back to Line Held Last
Summer--Women Fight Against
Enemy Drive.

! Copenha gen, July 26.-7Di tor kelT
diisAy d sSrf lzEii
storing discipline and order, has found
its first expression In the passage 81
death sentences upon number of
mutinous soldiers and pro-German
anarchists, said dispatch from Petro-
grad.
Orders have been issued to all Rus"
sian army officers to deal with mutln-
Gus soldiers in the SterneSt possible
manner, as the new dictator Is con
vinced that drastic measures are nee
essary to stop the defections on the
front.
Proclamations have been posted ~
Petrograd, Moscow and other import
ant cities as well as on the firing line
announcing the new attitude OF the
government towards offenders.
every person guilty Of attempting
to thwart the efforts of the government
to restore order and discipline Will be
adjudged guilty of treason and dealt
with accordingly" said the notices.
The suggestion is being urged upon
the council Of worlmen's and soldiers
delegates that public funeral services
be held in Petrograd for the Russian
officers who perished in great numbers
while trying to rally their mutinous
troops against the Germans In Galicla
during the present fighting.
Enemy Advance on Russ.
Petrograd, July 26-The present line
of the southwestern front is approx
mately that occupied after General
Brussiloff's drive last summer, except
before Tarnopol, where the enemy
succeeded in pushing farther into Rus
sian territory The fate of the latter
town virtually was decided with the
Germans holding the suburb just
across the Sereth river, within easy
gun range.
The Germans chose the junction
point of the Seventh and Eleventh
armies for beginning their offensive,
the first blow being struck between
Zboroff and Pebako on 20-mile front.
without great effort, as Is admitted
In the Russian official communications,
they pursued their advance to the line
of the Sereth.
This uncovering of the Russian po-
sitions south of Tarnopol forced a re-
tirement all along the diagonal line
southwestward, cutting the Strypa and
Zlota Lipa to Halicz and the Lomnica.
The Russians have been obliged to re-
tire to the right bank Of the latter
river and Halicz seriously is threat-
ened, with prospect of further re-
tirement to the original Russian posi-
tionsf east of Stanislau occupied be-
fore General Brussiloff's advance.
Stanislau Is being evacuated by the
Russians. The Germans have crossed
the Sereth river in the region of MI
kulice (south of TarnopoD, defeating
Russian detachments. South Of the
Dniester the Russians are retiring east
ward. ~
War Council Meets.
Paris, July 26.-Great secrecy marks
the new allied council of war. 1t was
understood that initial sessions have
already begun. 1t was reported that
the conference was called to deal with
the Balkan question.
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Year in Iall for Radicals.

Cleveland, O., July pa year in
the workhouse at Canton-the maxi
mum penalty provided-was the SEN
tence imposed on three prominent so
cialists. convicted Of hindering the
draft by Judge Westenhaver In fed
eral court today. The men are @. q.
Ruthenherg, Alfred Wagenknecht and
Charles Baker.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
canada to Float Loan Here.

Washington, July 26.-The treasury
department has sanctioned the float
ing with the United States of loan
by the Canadian government of $780,
100000.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

Bristol.-Military training may be
added to the school curriculum of the
Bristol public schools.
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SUBMARINE BLOWS
AND 5 OF CREW DEAD

Manila, p. l., July 26.-FiVe
Ameris can sailors were killed and
7tnres injured in an explosion
Mshloh wrecked the interior of
Vie submarine AT at the cavite
alayaI station at four o'clock yes
sfArday afternoon. The cause Of
sIae explosion was the ignition
pf gasoline vapor which had COL
gected In a pocket within the
SJbmarine. The manner in
Sflct these fumes were collect
IN VI s not yet known. The men
tsiIed were: Lieut.. Cir. grade)
AtnoId Marcus; machinlst's
khate first class), H. n. Lang;
Manners mate (second CLASSY, o.
IA sfcheWeIl; Chief Electrician j.
Curry, Machinist's mate K.
Kuna. The wounded were:
gf Electrician c. schailin,
tsySrnan (second CLASSY A. M.
Machinlsts Mate (second
SLxnysha sA =. M. " ~
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War Council Meets.

Paris, July 26.-Great secrecy marks
the new allied council of war. 1t was
understood that initial sessions have
already begun. 1t was reported that
the conference was called to deal with
the Balkan question.
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america MUST
SHOW ENORMOUS
POWER TO WIN
Observers in Europe Report Ger
mans Are Too Strong
to Be Crushed.
THE Big WAR DEBT FOR US
Senator Smoot Estimates Nation viii
Have to Spend Seventeen Billion
Dollars This Year-Air
Fleet Necessary.

Washington, July 26.-Americas $
war bill, including budgets already
voted and new sums to be asked by
the administration, will reach the stu
pendous total Of $17,0O0O00,O00, Sena-
tor Smoot of Utah, one of the leading
financial experts in congress, informed
the senate.