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The daily banner., 1917-09-14
DOES AMERICA KNOW

DOES AMERICA KNOW
That there Is a war going on in
| Europe?
That the wastage on the British
front alone is 1000 men 4 day?
That a present of 100, 600 airships
| to the Allies will do no good unless
the engines are of the sort that can
be used at the front:
That when America sends men TO
France, the men must be fed and
clothed and given guns?
That the maitenance of an army at
the front is the maintenance OF city
as big as Chicago suddenly dumped
in the middle of Il desert?
That England has had TO build her
own docks in Northern France 10 re
ceiye her transports?
That is like Offering live ele-
phant TO Z, "1by TO offer TO France
American troops without mainten-
ance?
That 1T is easy to reckon how
much tonnage is necessary TO trans
port an army from America to the
European continent and how much
tonnage is required TO feed such an
army; that France and England are
Scdl ttlN dUlt " IttNI anu supply tHSIl
own armies without influencing their
military and economic situation still
more and that the submarine var
fare is accomplishing al and more
than all. that was expected of it,
(MichaeliS in the ReichStag.D
That every day there are fewer
men living in that thin human wall
which divides Germany from New
York?
That there really are such things
as shells and bombs and poisonous
gas and liquid flame. and that when
these things strike you, they hurt?
That either it's up to America to
! strain every nerve Of every indiyid
ual and finish this war properly. or
it's up TO every Workingman in the
United States to hand over 50 much
per week out of his wage fer the rest
of his natural existence into Ger
many's pocketboOk, and pay for this
war properly?
Must war put its iron fingers on
the throat OF each small town of the
United States before America rubs its
eyes and yawns and tries-too late
to jump out of bed"
Advertise in The Daily Banner.
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
Notice to Taxpayers
Discount Notice

State and county taxes for the levy
of 1917 are now due and payable at
the office of the County Treasurer in
the Court House, Cambridge, Md.
\ discount of 3 per cent. will be
allowed on County Taxes only, IL
taxes are paid on or before Sept. l,
1917, and per cent. if payed on or
before Oct. !, 1917. There is no dis
count on State Taxes. Interest will
be charged on State Taxes from
Sept !, unless paid by that date. In
terest from Sept. l will be charged
on county taxes not paid on or before
January !, 1918.
Remittance may be made by check,
money order or registered letter and
receipt will be mailed at once.
Take advantage of the discount
and say interest and avoid embar-
raSSment later.
JAMES X. JONES,
Treasurer and Collector.
ADV. 81 li-tf. B&R.
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MITCHELL InsIey

Mr.. Edward +. Mitchell. son of
Mrs. Drusilla and the late Alexander
Mitchell. and Miss Beulah &. Insley,
We're married Wednesday evening at
five o'clock, at the parsonage OF Zion
NJ. +. Church. the pastor, Rev. :. ~
Pilchard, officiating. The bride was
attired in blue taffeta with hat and
gloves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell left on the
B.. {. x y. boat for wedding trip
TO Baltimore and Washington Upon
their return TO this city they Will re-
side at the home of the groom on
West End avenue. Mrs Mitchell is
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Wesley
lnsley. of this city.
Subscribe for The Daily Banner.
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Oh request of President Wilson after
it had first been set at that ngure
and then cut to $4,000 by the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee. The bill does not specify the
premium rate TO be paid by the sol
diers. but it is officially reckoned at
IS per ST 600 of insurance.
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FREE TWO
DAYS HANDCUFFED
Prisoner Escapes From Boat I'm
Route To Baltimore.

fredericksburg, Md, Sept. i3.-COr-
neliuS NcCarrE. arrested here for
vdgrancy and committed TO the
House of Correction. escaped the Of
ticers at Tilghman's Island, enroute
to Baltimore. Constable Charles ~.
Noble was assigned to take the pris-
Oner TO the city by boat.
The man escaped by climbing
along an iron railing OF the boat
and dropping into the Chesape2 kr
Bay where the wafer was shallow,
then walking ashore. He was hand
cuffed and was observed by several
persons trying to break the steel
bands on his wrist with stone He
wandered about the island two days
before he was captured and sent on
to the House of Correction
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
FIGHTING men
WELL INSURED

Bill Provides Substitute For Pension
Law And Applies New system OF
Compensation ProVidin" For De
pendents of soldiers And Sailors
And to Rehabiiitate Men tp"n
Their Return Prom War.
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
Carrier Pigeon AtFedefalsburg

fredericksburg, Md, Sept. ia
carrier pigeon with silver ring on
one leg and brass one on the other
to which is tied a tag with the fol-
lowing on it, Il. B. 25954," flew in
to the barnyard of c. NJ. Williams,
farmer, near here, today The pig
con was evidently tired out and was
attracted there by flock of pigeons
which Williams has.
Prohibition in British Columbia ar
ter October l will make dry still an
other enormous piece of the CONT
nent of North America. The pros
pect is good for bone-dry continent
in ten years. Canada being willing to
join the procession.
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
Does America Know?

Ruth Wright Kaufman. special
correspondent of The NigilanJes,
sends the following appeal from
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
c. Guy LeCompte
NOTARY PUBLIC
With Eastern Shore Trust Company
Cambridge, Md
ETs no ADJOINING TOWNS

Call up 56S or lSl for schedule
for Salisbury. Easton and HurIock.
All town calls for one person, 25c.
For more than one person. lie
Si.ACUNIS GARAGE.-Adv. 12-22-tf
The daily banner., 1917-09-14

My. aren't things getting awfuIly
high? Yes, look at dreSsgOods, al
most up to their knees
The daily banner., 1917-09-14

The man who kicks because he has
to pay more for his shoes than the
Government pays for army shoes has
his remedy He can enlist.
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
THEDAILY BANNER
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

For State Comptroller
HUGH A. MCMU1IEN
of Allegany County.
The daily banner., 1917-09-14
EAST BOUND
WEST BOUNI

T. MURDOCH. Gent Pass Agent
/. +. JONES. Div. Pass. Agent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
WINDOW TRIMMING CONTEST
Merchants Association

The Merchants Association announces
that a merchants window trimming
contest will be held under its auspices
March 80 to April 2, inclusive, when
valuable prizes will be awarded. Sec
rotary G.. w. Merrill states that the
plans already made provide that the
curtains shall be drawn during the prep
aration of the windows for the con-
test and that all curtains shall be raised
simultaneously at 1880 o'clock the even
ing of March 80. Already Secretary
Merrill has received a number of en-
tries of merchants who were invited
to join in the contest.
The members of the Augusta Mer-
chants Association fully realize that
good windows not only mean more bust
ness to the enterprising merchants that
install them. but also give the town a
brighter and more metropolitan aspect.
| More and more merchants are daily
coming to recognize the value of their
display windows for advertising pur-
poses. In the large cities thousands of
dollars are invested in the special con-
struction of store windows and in the
artistic arrangement of goods therein.
The result is countless sales directly
tfacedbie TO the WINDOW llStII. mere is
no reason why every merchant cannot
get proportionate value out of his win
dows if he gives proper attention to
their most efficient use.
It is to stimulate local interest in
what is now recognized as one of the
most powerful sales factors at the dis
posal of merchants that the local wind
dow trimming contest has been ar
ranged. During the past year a wave
of interest in the value of attractive
window display has swept the country.
Merchants everywhere are devoting
more attention to this efficient window
craftsmanship. Augusta is full of en-
terprise and progressiveness and In it's
policy of pushing forward and arous-
ing greater public spirit in its good
home city the Merchants Association
has gotten back of this contest and Of
fers as prizes five complete scholarships
in the international Correspondence
Schools of Scranton. Pa, valued at fully
$500 The scholarships also include a
set of the famous /. c. S. reference Ii
brary volumes, durably bound in Ii
brary buckram.
An invitation is extended to all mer-
chants of Augusta to participate in the
contest and Secretary Merrill hopes
that all will promptly send in their
entries to him by telephone or mail. A
group of impartial judges will be Sc
lected by the Merchants Association to
view the contesting windows and make
the awards.
In order to conduct the coi;-cst on
as fair and equitable basis as possible,
the stores of the city have been group
ed into five classes. This is entirely
new and stirs up public interest.
r. w. Grill, executive secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce at Man.
chester, N. H, after window TRIM
ming contest, thus wrote of it: There
hasn't been as much enthusiasm shown
over Merchants Campaign or so many
people on the streets in years" he
five classes are as follows:
Class A-Department. dry goods,
millinery, ladies' shops. 5-and-10cent
stores and dyers, clothing, mems fur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Miss Lima Rancourt of this city has
for the past two years been receiving
remarkable series of letters from a
young Belgian girl who is a refugee
living in the northern part of France
to which country she and her mother
fed after the destruction of the little
town of Grenoble, Belgium, by the Ger
mans. The manner in which Miss Ran
court became acquainted with the lit
tie Belgian girl is interesting.
When the German wave had passed
over that unfortunate country, leav
ing waste and desolation in it's wake,
appeals for relief came thick and fast,
and Miss Rancourt was an active
worker among the French people in
this city, and was able to send a con-
siderable amount of food and clothing
to the suffering Belgians.
Among other things, she sent a gray
coat. in the pocket of which she placed
note to the receiver which contained
her address and a request for a letter.
This was answered by a long letter
from Miss Jeanne Mallngue, who with
her aged mother had managed to es-
cape to the French village of Saint
Martin, after their home had been
taken by the invaders. The letter gives
a vivid account of the taking of the
town, and one of the touching para
graphs reads as follows: THE pride
of our little village of Grenoble was
It's famous trees (black walnuD and
the Germans have cut them all down
and taken them away to make more
guns, with which to still further in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
Effect of a Bomb Dropped from Taube a House

wade our country" The black walnut is
used extensively for gun stocks.
Miss Rancourt Immediately answer
cd this first letter, and has since re-
ceived many more. some of which have
been read in the French Catholic
churches, proving intensely interesting
to everyone, as they tell in a personal
way of the existing conditions in Bel
GUM during the invasion, and in
France at present. The card used in
connection with this account is one of
several which Miss Rancourt has re-
ceivcd from her little refugee friend,
who is a helpless invalid, both lower
limbs being paralyzed and the above
picture gives a fair idea of the effect
of one of the heavy bombs dropped by
the German taubes during their peri
odiC raids.
Miss Rancourt also received three
rings which were carved from German
shell fragments, and set with the
wonderful colorcd glass from the shat
tered windows OF the Cathedral of
Rheims, the work in these rings being
remarkable, and they will be on dis
pIay in some store window on Water
street in a few days. In a recent let
ter the little refugee tells of the ter
rible siege at Ncrdun, and stated that
the Allied forces shot lncendiary bombs
into the neighborinS villages. setting
fire to the houses, in order to drive
away the inhabitants, who chung to
their homes in the midst of the fight
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
HINCKLEY

The Mesdames Elliott, entertained the
r. S. Club, Wednesday, with IL mem
bers present. A pleasant afternoon was
passed.
Mrs. I. Elliott has entertained her son,
and lady friend from Lynn, Mass. for
the past two weeks. Also Mr.. and Mrs.
Putnam from the same place. They re-
turned to their home the first of the
week. Mrs. Ira Elliott severely sprained
her ankle last week, and is gaining the
use of it very slowly.
Mrs. John Walker entertained several
families from Clinton to a dinner Thurs
day.
Mr.. d. Holt is gaining in strength
slowly.
Mrs. S. Grover is on visit TO friends
by being kicked by a horse and will be
laid up for two weeks or more.
Arthur Totman of Winthrop. Mass.
arrived Wednesday evening for short
visit with his parents.
On account of the serious illness of
Willis Cane. Mrs. Cane was obliged to
give up her school work on the East
side of the river. Another teacher is
doing her work and boards at Marshall
Giffords.
Mrs. Burgess has stayed at home
this winter and been quite well for a
lady of her age.
France Palker has moved back to
the home place from SkoWhegan
where he has been for the past Is
years and will try farming once more.
The II. f. Club members gave sup
per to their families at the G. L. hall
Friday evening. They also gave short
play and invited in outside friends to
the entertainment.
Walter Hall is in this place, having
returned from Orono for a short visit
He will return there later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

A few days ago there appeared in
the Journal a local regarding some Of
the wireless sets owned in the city,
noting which Mrs. Lottie Kerr sends to
the Journal program of an entertain
ment given by the Penobscot Wireless
Club Of Camden, of which her son, Ju-
liam F. Beale. a former student of Cony
high is the president, and was also a
member of the cast of the comedy pre-
scented by the club at the Camden
Opera house, the title being "Won by
Wireless" The comedy was played
Feb. to a large and appreciative as
semblage and was a marked success
socially and financially. The goodly
sum realized from its presentation is
70 be used by the club to purchase a
rev one-kiloWatt set capable of send
ing messages 1000 miles. Julian Beale
has many friends in this city, and at
the time of the installation Of the wire
less set at the Cony high school was
one of its pupils and active in placing
it in operation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
BENTON

The Grange Sewing Circle meets at
Grange hall, Tuesday, March 6 for an
all day meeting to do sewing for the
Easter sale. A picnic dinner will be
served. 1t is hoped large number of
ladies will be present.
There will be a sociable and enter
tainment at Grange hall Wednesday
evening, March Z.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chase and daughter
Charlotte of Wipslow We're guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wyman.
Mrs. George Goodwin was a recent
visitor Of her brother, Everett Hunter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
DON'T Be BILIOUS,
HEADACHY, SICK
OR C0NST|PATED
Enjoy life! Liven your liver and
bowels tonight and
feel great.
Wake up with head clear, stom-
ach sweet, breath right,
cold gone.

Take one OF TWO Cas.~. tonight
and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Wake up feeling grand, your head will
be clear, your tongue clean, breath
sweet, stomach regulated and your
liver and thirty feet Of bowels active.
Get a box at any drug store now and
get Strengthened up by morning. Stop
the headache. biliousness, bad colds
and bad days. Feel fit and ready for
work or play. Cascarets do not grippe,
sicken or Inconvenience you the next
Gay like salts, pills or calomel. They're
fine,
Mothers should give a whole Cas-
caret anytime to cross. sick, bilious or
feverish children because it will act
thoroughly and can not injure.-Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

The many friends Of Charles A.
Jones, who has been very i'll at his
home on the Thomaston road, will be
glad to know that he is improving, al
though still confined to the house and
obliged to use crutches in moving
about his room. Mr.. Jones son Bur-
leigh who had been home to see his
father for the past few days. returned
Monday afternoon to Brunswick to re-
sumo his studies at Bowdoin college.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

The latest form Of activity at the To-
cal Y. NJ. G. A. is the commencement
of a Come Clean Campaign" under
the auspices of the association. OF
course. Boys Director L. T. Goodman
is one of the prime movers, and the
iGea behind the movement is to make
better, cleaner and stronger boys.
Cards which read as follows are given
to those who subscribe to the prlnci-
pies embodied in the movement: ito
live n clean life is to lead a strong
life. I subscribe to the principles Of
clean speech, clean sports. clean hab-
its and at least during my high school
life. 1 will cut cut tobacco. intoxicants.
profanity. vulgarity and dirty stories.
I will uphold the honor Of my school by
playing the game square in class room
and on the athletic field. 7 will do nv
best to line up the other fellows in nv
school for these principles" Two cr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Because of misinformation it was stat
ed in Monday mornings Journal in the
notice of the late Mrs. NJ. f. Wheelock
funeral, that the interment was made IN
Riverside cemetery, when it should have
said that the interment was made in the
family lot of her sister, Mrs. Emma
Combs. in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

The c. Z. Downing agency finds. on
making a special inquiry. that the in
surfing public today are not carrying a
sufficient amount on their dwellings or
furniture within the city limits, and
they have consequently had a pamphlet
issued which may be filled in with very
little difficulty, giving the contents of d
dwelling house. This will be given to
the public without coSt.-Advt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
A COMBINATION.
THAT WORKS WELL
Doing an immense Amount Of Good.

No other medicines possess such cura-
tive properties as these two great re-
storatives, Hoods Sarsaparilla and Pept-
iron Pills, working together.
They reach the impure, impoverished,
poisoned. devitalized blood, and the worn.
run down. overworked, exhausted system.
They awaken the appetite. aid digestion,
purify and vitalize the blood give re-
newed strength to the whole body, pro-
duce sound, natural sleep and complete
restoration to good health. Two dollars
invested in these two medicines will bring
better results than four dollars spent in
any other course of treatment or attend
ance.
1t will be wise to get Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and Peptiron Pills today. They
are sold by all druggists everywhere
Accept no substitutes. 200 doses s2.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Tho members Of the Maccabee Rifles
will commence practice the latter part
of this week for the National Rifle
match to he held the week of March 49,
A team of five men will be selected to
represent the local company after a
competitive shoot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

nishings, hat and shoe stores, tailor
shops.
Glass B-Drug, stationery, book, mu-
sic. art, jewelry, china, cigar. confec-
tiorery, florists, photographers and
opticians.
Class C-HarGvarc. carriage and
harness, sporting goods, leather goods,
automobile, furniture, wallpaper and
pant stores, electrical and plumbing
shops, mantle and tile shops. groceries
and provision stores, bakeries, meat
and fish markets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Moles and field mice do not hiber-
nate during the cold winter months, as
do coons, woodchucks and many other
fur bearers. Instead, these little ro-
dents make miniature sub-ways I'M
derneath the snow, with store-rooms
and galleys leading in all directions
from them. and once in a while a VEN
turesome mouse or mole will burrow
his way out into the sunlight and run
about for while on the surface. A
party of boys end girls who were slid
ing on the field back of the City farm
on Sunday caught one Of the star
nosed moles, which had come out on
the crust and was unable to get back
1t was a beautiful little creature with
silvery-gray coat, and after examin-
ing It. one of the boys made a hole
in the crust and the little animal bored
its way down out of sight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Miss Alice Barentzen, who for the
past few days has been confined to her
home on Bridge street with an attack
of the grip, has resumed her duties at
the Vickery & Hill publishing mouse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

The first class in the Red Cross
course at the "Y" will be held from 5
till $50 i. NJ. today, the class reciting
on the chapter on "Structure and Nc
chanics of the Body" under direction
of DR. Priest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Kate Douglass Virgins play, "The
Peabody Pew" for the benefit Of the
Augusta General hospital. will be Civ
en- in the Tniversalist church Monday
evening, March u. Tickets can be pro-
cured at Swift & Turner's and from
the committee. which consists Of Mrs.
f. c. Carl. Mrs w. f. Swift, Charles
T. Penney and Mrs. F. J. c. Little
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Another dance in the popular series
given by the chevaliers of Canton Au-
gusta will take place Wednesday evening
in Odd Fellows banquet hall. Wednesday,
not Thursday as announced at last meet
ing. Lees orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Joseph Lachans. who had for about
a month past been receiving surgical
treatment ut the Augusta General hos
pital. has 50 far recovered that he was
able Monday to leave the hospital for
his home in Waterville
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

these cards are made out by each boy.
enc is left with the organizer, and the
boy keeps the other. wearing a white
button with a red triangle as a sign
Of his membership in the campaign.
The inner Circle is being this move
ment, and it is to be hoped that large
number of Augusta boys will soon be
wearing the little button which stands
for the effort to Come Clean"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Doyle have the
sympathy of friends in the death of their
infant daughter. Virginia NJ, which oc
Cured Monday afternoon at their home,
% Bridge street, aged one year and SIX
months Funeral services will be held at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning from the
home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06

Among the visitors in this city is
Mrs. Dean Fales of Cambridge, Mass,
who is the guest for few days of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Griffith at their
home at IS Bangor street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
Stop scratching!
Resinol relieves
itching instantly

That itching, burning skin-trouble
which keeps you scratching and
digging, is a source of disgust to
others. as we'll as of torment to you.
Why don'tyou get rid of it by using
Resinol Ointment? Physicians have
prescribed it for over 20 years. In
most cases, it stops itching instantly
and heals eruptions promptly. Itis
very easy and economical to use.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap contain
nething harsh or injurious and can be used
freely for all sorts of skin-troubles even on the
tenderest or most irritated surface. Ideal for
babies eruptions and chahngs. Every drug.
gist sells them.