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Evening journal., 1917-12-18
SAM LOYD'S BRAIN FOOD
-Four Minutes 10 Digest This.
No. 10.

Let us see how many Of our puz-
zleists can solve 0nhand, that good
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INTERIOR WATERS.

The committee on Interior Waters will
give a public hearing In the land once
az the state House, In Augusta,
TUESDAY, March 6, at 2 p. NJ.
H-l43 An Act authorizing Ward and
bradbury incorporated, its Successors ami
assigns. to erect and maintain piers
piles and booms, in the ST. John and 81.
Francis rivers.
H-26O. An Act authorizing the Ameri-
can Realty Company to acquire, erect
and maintain piers and booms in the 81
John river In the town of Frenchvile ana
and In the plantation of St John.
h-l62. An Act to authorize Allan Z.
hammond and his associates TO erect
piers and maintain blooms in the 81. John
river in Hamlin Plantation.
H-l4O. An Act authorizing Stansy
Burrill and Frank w. Mallett Of Fort
Kent county of Aroostook, and Maurice
". Brown OF Dover, county Of Piscata-
gus. 10 erect and maintain piers, plies
and booms in the Allagash river.
H-l39. An Act authorizing Fort Kent
Electric Company its successors and as
signs. to erect and maintain a dam across
allagrass stream and Wallagraes
Plantation. Aroostook county at its pow
er station as now located on said Walla-
grass stream.
S-143. An Act to amend Section Of
Chapter 1874 of the Private and Special
Laws of 1888 as amended by Chapter ~
OF the Private and Special Laws of lssS
emitted An Act to incorporate the Shirley
Dam Company.
S-Iog. An Act to authorize the cree
tlon or dams and water storage basins on
Bog brook and tributaries in Dead River
Plantation in Somerset county.
ARA CUSHMAN, JR. Sec
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The senior class and others of Mon
mouth Academy, accompanied by Prin-
cipal c. II. Peaslee and the other teach
the State House and other places of in
terest in the Capital city and to learn how
, legislative proceedings are conducted In
the House and Senate. They returned
! late in the evening very enthusiastic ever
. the pleasure of the trip.
The G. K Norris Woman's Relief
Corps held a washington party at Grange
hall Wednesday, Feb. 49, The hall was
prettily decorated with flags and drap-
scheme was carried out in the dainty re-
freshments which were served. Mrs.
Charles Hall read a short sketch of the
life of Washington. A vocal solo by Mrs
Clara Frost and reading by Mrs. Lila
Flanders completed the program, after
which stunts were enjoyed. A pleasing
feature of the occasion was the presenta-
ton of a handsome casserole to Mrs.
Lila Flanders, the present senior vice
president who has held the Office Of presi.
dent for two years previously. The pres
entation speech was made by Mrs. Har-
riet Andrews, and Mrs. Flanders made a
graceful response.
At the regular meeting of the Mon
mouth Grange Wednesday evening, Feb.
2S, the First and Second degrees were
conferred on three candidates. Next
week there will be an all-day meeting,
with Third and Fourth degree work In
the morning and program in the after
noon.
Mrs Clifton Pinkham of Portland is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. O. Flanders
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PUBLIC UTILITIES.

I The committee on Public Utilities, WI.
give a public hearing in it's room, lib. at
the State House. in Augusta =,
WEDNESDAY. March Z, at +. NJ.
on the following:
"a An Act to grant additional corpor-
ate movers to Maine Title & Utility Co.
"a. An Act authorizing the town or
Cape Elizabeth to issue it's bonds Tor the
So. An Act to authorize Oxford Eiec,
trio Company to extend It's electrlcai
lines to and within the town or HEBRON,
and to purchase the electrical equipment
and franchises of trustees OF Heprohi
Academy. a.,
&C. An Act to incorporate the Grand
Isle Light & Power Company:
81. An Act to incorporate the Smy Ia
& Oakfield Water Company.
S. An Act to amend the charter OF the
Peaks Island Corporation.
80. An Act relating to railroad tracks
crossing Congress street near the Union
station in Portland for the better protec-
ton of the public.
the Brewer Water Company as EXTENDED 1.,
and amended by Chapter SO of the ri
waite and Special Laws of 1915.
61 An Act prohibiting Bar Harbor
e. Union River Power Company from
charging discriminatory rates in sale OF
electric current.
60. An Act to incorporate the Drigo
Water Company.
b3 An AT W eAlciiu TIC tii.'i - - 'iiN
Pennington Oakland Interurban Railway;
g. An Act to amend Section IA or
CHARTER IS of the Revised Statutes relat-
ing to the extension of charters of street
railroads.
Go. An Act to authorize Lewiston, Au-
gusta and Waterville Street Railway to
discontinue it's present tracks on State
street in Augusta.
&C. An Act to enable the town OF
Princeton to supply electricity and water.
61. An Act to repeal Chapter 453 of the
Private and Special avs of 1868 and all
acts additional and amendatory, relating
to the ferry across the Penobscot river
between the towns of Orono and Brad
ley. co>,
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The Last Card?

Less than half its aim in the first
month of unrestricted" submarine
warfare, is the total credit for Ger
many's last fighting weapon" The
rate of destruction fixed by the authors
of submarine ruthlessness was 1,Oo0,-
900 tons a month, at which rate the
central allies were to starve England
into submission in short order.
The German boast was that England
could stand such havoc not longer than
80 days; but the significance of the
little more than 100000 tons destruc-
ton lies in the fact that so large a
portion of it (more than one-third) Is
not British loss but that of neutral ma
tons, chiefly Dutch and Norwegian.
Thus the onlooker is led to conclude
that at the same rate of destruction,
England with the aid Of the commerce
of the world, can keep up her snip
building and marine shipping much
longer than can Germany keep up her
production Of submarines.
These conclusions are more or less
confirmed by the manifest desperation
of Germany in her dealings with this
country.
If, as recently stated by conserva-
tive leader in the Reichstag. The order
for unrestricted submarine warfare
rs
destiny of our empire" then cold facts
and figures show that the end of the
Prussian autocracy's dream of world
domination is at hand.
1t can be assumed without reckless
disregard of possibilities, that whlie
the submarine production and activity
will be growing less, means of meeting
the menace will be developed and in
creased.
Submarine ruthlessness, in defiance
of all moral restraint and in contradic-
ton to all claims to humane attributes,
is the last card of Prussian militar-
ism, which has been lived in Ger
many until 1t HAD to burst forth, ana
which has cost Europe two scores OF
millions of it's best citizenship ma
terial
The world, listening to the spirit
voices from the Lusitania, the Laconla
and other ocean victims, from the raw
aged communities of Belgium, of Po-
land and of Serbia. and feeling the
anguish of millions of homes through
out Europe. turns from Prussianism in
its dying throes without regret. A
new world of liberty from the heel of
the oppressor is opening out to the
German vision. Let us rejoice with
them in the new hope of the outgoing
of the merciless regime of militarism
and the incoming of a new order in
their nation and the world.
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Editors Letter Box

Editor Kennebec Journal:
The remarks of Rev. Henry Hit
Crane of Gorham are of value at this
time. as they set forth in bald terms
the arlti-patriotic campaign that has
been carried or for years by many or
most of them bearing the
Christian name, and in the minds OF
MANY seeking to express in national
and international affairs the nina OIL
Christ So powerful is the grip of these
ideas on the American people that
when our foremost statesman, Charies
Evans Hughes. raised his voice against
them he was not believed, and WOOD
row Wilson. whose leaning toward such
ideas has imperiled the very life of the
nation. was reelected. The terms
used in advocating these ideas are
peace" neutrality" Cancellation.
"non-resistance." but the meaning IS
ANARCHY. If the youthful zeal OF the
Rev. Crane helps to bring this fact TO
light, it is we'll
The other day a letter came to me
from The Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Tt pleads for the moral order or
ChristenGom'' and declares that How
ever lust a cause may be, the method
Of war is intrinsically and ineurably
evil and therefore self-defeat1ng.' Such
terms are used as "a better way
"Chr!st's method" Overcoming evil
with good" I'VE are to seek to COM
bat wrong not by the punishment or
humiliation of the wrongdoer. but by
sustained appeal to conscience"
Sounds good. doesn't it?
But we who We're long ago interested
in the temperance cause. before the
anti-saloon movement began to sweep
the country, remember similar argu-
ments against prohibition. Moral
suasion" was the common term. Even
now those who beg for the life Of the
saloon say "You cannot make men
moral by law" But 1t has been shown
to the satisfaction Of all foes of drink
that moral suasion locks the stable af-
ter the horse IS stolen: that 1t diSre-
CARDS the truth that an ounce Of pre-
vention IS worth pound Of cure. Only
AS law suppresses crime does morality
and moral teaching get an opportunity.
And this is true internationally as well
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Farmers Need a Guarantee.


In statement just issued by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Houston on the
food situation of the country, he says
there is nothing to justify hysterical
action or thinking. He advises await
ing full inquiry and explanation, and
hopes for permanent improvements as
a result-he does not indicate how. He
dwells on the Importance of food con-
servation, presents an estimate of the
food supply for the current year,
and repeats the every day complaint
against waste by Americans. He con-
sidcrs crop prospects and the meat sup
ply, and closes with the declaration
that no consideration can lead to fed
eral dictatorship. But that portion
which most interested us follows:
Il am informed that the belligerents
in Europe in dealing with their food
SITUATION have, up to this time, ac-
comphshed theit purposes more largely
through conservation Of foods, regula-
uon or the diet, limitation of courses
ana quantities, and prevention of
waste: rather than through direct
controi of production or regulation of
distribution under any sort Of dictator
snip. Only recently has England in
dlcated her intention to deal with pro-
duction, and in doing so has recognized
II as essential that she guarantee to
farmers reasonable minimum nrica
over period Of years ObviousIv IL
farmers are to be induced to increa ca
acreage. guarantee Of a reasonable
price by the nation or the communitv
seems necessary. Farmers are gov
erhed by the same thinking and mo-
yves as other people. They are natr,-
otlc: but it is unlikely that thew win
undertake greatly to increase their
output unless they are reasonahlv
sure that 1t will be profitable
for them to dc so. One could ~
more Nexpect farmer greatly to in
crease MS product without knowledge
OF the outcome. than he could expect a
manufacturer to double the production
or shoes unless he knew that he could
dispose OF them profitably. Those who
are urging that farmers be induced
greatly to increase their acreage be-
vond that which their own Judgment
dictates. know very little about the
psychology Of farmers. or of other
neople for that matter or about the
fundamental necessities Of the situa.
ton. AS a matter Of fact. farmers are
going to do their own thinking in this
matter and win not follow anybody's
dictation. They are quite alert to the
interplay Of supply and demand. and
respond quite as quickly >as other
people to the stimulus Of high prices"
Recently big Chicago newspaper
voiced its unthlnking by stating, in
substance, that not a farmer in ILL.,
nois knewsthe cost Of a single article he
produced. The writer evidently knew
not the reason why, nor could he see
any means Of relief for existing condi-
tons: he saw nothing Of the eternal
gamble Of every farming interest with
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the manipulaticns of the food monop-
olists. The Secretary of Agriculture
touched ever SO lightly upon the sore,
when he spoke of a reasonable mini
mum price,
If a farmer could be reasonably"
sure of fixed minimum return for his
product, as may the management OF
any other business when making con-
tract for it's product, he would soon
enough find out whether or not ne
could afford to become factor in the
market. At present he takes his
chances or the coups Of the speculat-
ors- Sometimes he is fortunate enough
to dispose of his surplus on an inflated
market which has been made at the
expense of fellow farmers.
AS an instance, thousands Of farmers
last fall sold their potatoes from the
field to spectators at from IS to so
cents per bushel. Many were relieved
Of their product on contracts to gentle
men of means who took over fertilizer
and other bills, at so cents to 81 bar
rel. Then the market was driven to
pinnacle, and those farmers who had
not sold realized handsomely on their
product, while spectators made mil
lions on their monopoly.
Farming the farmers is the only
wholly successful farmers union thus
far produced.
If the government really wishes to do
something for the farmers. it will I'M
hitch it's patronage team and hook it on
the other end forward. Government
banking to relieve the farmers is on
par with gargling for relief of corns.
What the farmer needs is fair show
in the markets. then he can take care
of himself. but so long as the govern
ment permits the food monopolist leech
to suck the blood of both farmers and
consumers, just so long will farming be
on the ragged edge of disaster When
the government provides means of pre-
venting the hold-up, then the farmer
can go ahead and increase acreage to
an unheard of degree
The embargo talk is as silly as is the
government banking project. An en-
barge on exports would play directly
into the hands of the spectators, and
! consumers would settle accordingly.
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CHELSEA

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Patterson of
Augusta are staying with. Mrs. Pat
terson's mother Mrs. G. II. Watson,
during the absence of Miss Searles
who is with friends in Clinton.
Wednesday George Morgan secured
/ his last fox of this season as close
time goes on Thursday.
James Hayes is at home from the
Augusta General hospital where hN
spent several weeks for eye treatment.
The families of VIII Cunningham
and Chester Cooper have recovered
from the prevailing grip colds, except
the young son of Mr.. Cooper who is
still unable to attend school.
George Henry who recently under
went a surgical operation is getting
along nicely.
Mrs. Emma Allen who has been car
ing for Mrs. Eldridge in Gardiner re-
turned home Thursday.
Mrs. Laura johnson is taking care
of Mrs. Polly Lawrence who is ill at
her home in North Pittston.
Sara Collins is caring for w. S.
Preble at Gardiner.
Chelsea friends of Frank McGugin
are sorry to hear of his illness at his
home in Randolph.
The paper which is being circulated
for James Hayes to help replace the
horse recently lost by him is a worthy
object and it is hoped a tidy sum may
be realized. Mr.. Hayes has been very
unfortunate not only by losing one Of
his team but by being unable to do
any work for several months and being
obliged to pass many weeks Of suffer-
ing in the hospital
Mrs. Bessie Cain and Miss Matte
Morrill, were Tuesday calling on friends
and collecting the G. M. A. votes for
the Grange All those who have such
votes please remember the contest
closes March g..
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as at home. But for the wars tnat nave
Gained American freedom and acted as
a law suppressing the crime OF tyran-
~ these people could not circulate
their literature and make their appeal
IA conscience. They cannot do 1t In
Germany. Austria or Turkey.
These people deny that war ever Ola
good. When Emperor Leo Ill resisted
the Arabs, defeated their attack on
Constantinople and saved eastern CIV
ilization for seven centuries longer,
until Europe was ready for the modern
Renaissance, it did no good! When
Charles Martel defeated the Saracens
and saved Christian civilization from
Mohammedanism, it did no good! When
John Sobieski broke the Turkish power
before Vienna and again saved Euro
pean civilization from the fate of Ar
menia, it did no good! When the young
American navy put down piracy, more
than a century ago, 1t did no good!
When Abraham Lincoln called out the
manhood OF the North, and by means
of war saved the Union and freed the
slaves, it did no good! Their warfare
was intrinsically and incurably evil
and defeated its own purpose!
The trouble is that we have but one
word war" to designate two things
Numerically different War as inter-
national brigandage Is crime--foul,
brutal, fiendish, devilish, hellish crime,
so unspeakably villanous that all
language fails in the attempt to char
acterize it. War waged to resist and
suppress that crime is as different as
police duty is different from the crimes
which 1t seeks to destroy. Neutrality
dlsreeards this difference. AS no cit
izen has right to he neutral between
the police and criminals, so no nation
has right to be neutral between those
who are resisting and those who are
committing the crime of war. In either
case. neutrality upholds crime and is
itself crime.
Every student knows that 1t is Ger
many. Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria
that are committing the crime Of war
international brigandage. And the
peace and neutrality talk is openly or
covertly German. It is the pro-
German press, from the Hearst paners
down to Otto Koenig's Christian Ger
MANI Herald. that show the greatest
concern about the peace" and "neu-
tralitN" Of America Hypocricy, They
ore rrholding and furthering the crime
of war.
r r. HARRIS.
HOultOD Me
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Just as we were getting intensely in
terested in THE Confessions of Roxane. !"
in the Boston Journal, Roxy I'D and quit.
That's usually the way with confessions
and we do so love em,-Manchester
Union.
Roxy hesitated for day or two and
then disappeared. We fear she was
one of those 1900 girls who drop from
sight every year in New York-but
mebbe if she comes, back she'll con-
TESS some more. -.
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IN It's room at the State House, in Az
gusta. on
I ESDAY, March 6, 1917. at JPN
S-ls3. An Act relating to health insur-
Ance.
H-2so. An Act to incorporate the Lewis
ton Burial Insurance Company
H-3O4. An Act to amend Sec Of Chap
So Of the Revised Statutes, relating 10
proceedings In case parties fail to agree
as to amount Of llss.
+. G. WILSON, Sec
II. b. DINSMORE, Clerk.
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Oh, but the booze crowd are taking
it hard. Some of the country's biggest
newspapers Chose enjoying a big
revenue from booze advertising) are
wailing pitifully over the loss of per
sonal liberty" They kaDw nothing
about the personal iberty" of others
to protect themselves from boozers
and boozer makers.
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Maine Gossip
When the East and the West.

tBy Elizabeth Powers Merrill)
When the East and the West shall meet,
When the West and the East shall be-
one,
On the sounding waves of the so,,nd;n,
IN Peace shall their galleys run.
When the East and the West shall meat
Gasp their hands DER the running tide
WIN the JOY of earth come back again
And the Dreams of those crucified.
When the East and the West shall me t.
When the veil that hides is withdrawn.
Their eyes will behold the self same
truth
The same good from dawn to dawn.
Wnen the West and the East shall meet
feel the pulse of each others heart.
Ihey will catch the deeper meaning Of
Know that Each is of Each a mart
When the East and the West shall meet
When they look into each others eyes,
Ihere VIII be no longer an East or Vest
but one Love and one Paradise
When the West and the East shall, reat
AND their Purposes like become,
Inere Will be no war, nor rumor of war
Nor the sound of trumpet or drum,
When the East and the West are One,
The Oldest man in Paris. Silas p.
Maxim, observed his s0th birthday
wednesday, Feb. 81. and in honor of
the occasion a reception was rendered
to him in the afternoon under the
auspices of the Seneca Club of that
, town. In spite of his advanced years
and the fact that he has had within
lew years two or three serious illness
es, Mr.. Maxim is still remarkably ac-
tive and In full possession Of his men
tai powers.
More than $4,000 automobiles have
been ferried across the Kennebec river
at Bath during the past year by the
Hockomock.
1t was announced the other day at
meeting of the Brunswick Chamber of
Commerce that $4,000 of the $4,000
necessary to secure box factory for
Brunswick was in sight
Her remembrance Of noted men she
had met was among the choicest
"reminiscences of Mrs. Mercy Ann
(Pinkham) Boynton, who died recently
at her home in Lexington at the age Of
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LABOR.

The committee on labor will give n pub
nc hearing in room No. So at the State
House. in Augusta
WEDNESDAY. March z, 1917, at r. NJ
on the following:
HISS. An Act to amend Section Of
Chapter $50 of the Public Laws Of 1915.
entitled. An Act relative to the hours OF
employment of women and minors.
HENRY DESCOTEAUX, Sec.
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Act relating to bonds in probate cours
given by executors and adminisea'oi
ct TO amend Sec. %, Chap. rs K. s..
fixing fee for motor cars registering IN
Act to amend chap ga. entitled An a
Act to provide charter for city Oh uaiu'-
ner" of Laws of 1913. c.
RALPH o. BREWSTER, Sec.
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A visit to the State House now and
then reminds one how easy tits to get
disgruntled wnen one really goes ous to
get something to become disgruntled
over.
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YORK COUNTY DELEGATION.

The York County Delegation will give a
public hearing in the Senate Chamber
Continued on Pare 7-coIumn 81
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COMMITTEE NOTICE
MINES AND MINING.

The committee on mines and mining
will hold its regular meeting every Fri
day In the State House at u o'clock.
VIM j. DRISCOLL, Sec.
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MERCANTILE AFFAIRS AND IN.
SURANCE.

The committee on mercantile affair.
and Insurance will give public haa r;ns
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March hill'' starts off at an easy
grade.
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Augusta Lodge Directory
BETHLEHEM LODGE. No. as FSA y

stated communication Monday, March !;
at 80 +. NJ. All sojourning brothers a., ~
cordially invited to attend. a'e
CLAUDE c. COLE. W. M
PEARLE +. FULLER. Sec
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The committee on Judiciary will give
public hearing in it's room at the State
House, in Augusta, on
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LEGAL AFFAIRS.

The committee on legal affairs will give
a public hearing in its room at the State
House, in Augusta,
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MONMOUTH

Houlton, Me.
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= The committee on Public Utilities VIII
give a public hearing in it's room, ll3, at
the State House. in Augusta,
WEDNESDAY, March Z, at r. NJ.