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The Irish standard., 1917-03-10
Food Shortage in ireland
and Great britain--Sub
marine Real enace

Dublin, Feb. 4, 1917.
The food problem is uppermost in
the minds of the people. There is al
ready shortage of foodstuffs and the
war bread or black bread is not popu-
lar as an article of food. This bread
came into use on New Years Day and
since then flour, which is under gov
eminent control, has been still further
diluted. The proportion of wheat has
been reduced and that of maize, bar
ley or rice has been increased. At
first the war bread was of darkish
cream color, but the new dilution has
changed the color to jet black.
While the rural population of Ire
land has not as yet felt the pinch of
privation there is considerable want
in the cities and towns where the
working people find their wages en-
tirely inadequate to procure food at
the present almost prohibitive prices.
In the city of Dublin eggs are ten
cents apiece and everything else is
equally dear. To make matters more
uncomfortable it is stated that the
supply of wheat is very limited and
the danger that the renewed activity
of the German U-boats will to large
degree isolate England and John
Bulls Other Island" has created an
uneasy feeling. This uneasiness as
to coming danger is particularly preva-
lent in England where the people
are grumbling at the many privations
which they have already endured.
The submarine menace is keeping the
English awake of nights and the more
intelligent portion of the population
see in the new activity that has actu.
ally commenced, not threat, but a
danger to the very existence of the
British Empire.
AS the "nibbling' Of the submarine
has already created food shortage
in England, it can readily be under
stood that if this activity is to be
doubled or trebled that starvation will
in few weeks BE staring the. people
in the face. Already sugar has almost
disappeared and the people are muir.
muring that worse privations are in
store for them. That the government
is alive to the danger of the cutting
The Irish standard., 1917-03-10
Order for Hearing Final Account and
Petition for Distribution.
M 1dEk2

Order Tor Hearing Final Account and
Petition for Distribution.
State of Minnesota, County Of Henne-
pin. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary,
A. Sumner, decedent.
On receiving and filing the final &C.
count of the executor Of the last will
and testament Of said decedent, and
his petition praying for the allowance
signing the residue of said estate to
the persons by law entitled to the
same.
It Is Ordered, That all persons in
terested in said estate appear before
said Probate Court on Monday. the 18th
the forenoon, at the Probate Court in
the Court House at Minnee polls in said
County, then and there to show cause,
II any there be, why said account
should not be allowed and said estate
should not be distributed as prayed for
in said petition.
:. And It is Further Ordered. That no.
tice Of such hearing be given by pub
fishing this order. once In each week
for three successive weeks, prior to
said day Of hearing in the Irish stand
ard, a newspaper printed and pub
lished in. said County. and by mailing
na% Of t thu 9Eder a1 9S I'll the
said decedent when their address is
known or can be ascertained by due
diligence, at least fourteen (14) days
before the date of said hearing, unless
Dated at Minneapolis. this 18th day
of February, 1911: &c.
JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge Of the Probate Court.
Feb. 17-24; Mar 3.
The Irish standard., 1917-03-10
B0YC0TTlNG OF CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS

masters of the agents of the Carnegie
and Rockefeller Foundations.
This attempt to control the Normal
schools has evoked strong opposition
in the western states. Western Sena-
tors, who were conspicuous in advocat-
ing the resolution freeing the Federal
Bureau from Foundation influences,
voiced the views of their constituents.
The language used by President Crab.
tree of the State Normal School, Wis
consin, in an address at the latest ses-
sion Of the National Education Asso-
citation, is suggestive of the strong
opposition aroused against few null
ti-milliOnaires becoming the country's
educational dictators. This question,
put by President Crabtree, furnishes
food for serious thought: whether it
is not possible, even now, that tradi-
tional aristocracy, personal prejudice,
professional and commercial interests
have larger share in shaping public
sentiment and in directing public
school policies than we are aware Of"
Such are some of the results of the
expenditure of the millions Carnegie
and Rockefeller have set apart to re-
make our educational institutions in
accordance with their own educational
standards. Culture is to give way to
utilitarianism. From the primary
school to the University there is to
be inculcated the Importance of get
ting on in a material sense. Carnegie
and Rockefeller have piled up millions
by methods that will not bear close
investigation, and yet neither of these
multi-millionaires has had classical
training. Therefore, such training is
not necessary and should be elimi-
mated from our system of education.
The advocates of the new departure
i'll educational matters do not defend
it in this bald manner. But their ar
guments, when carefully analysed, re-
solve themselves into such defense
How different from this conception
of education is that set forth by the
late Archbishop Spalding in these
noble words:
"The secret of power lies in educa-
ton, in the education which strength
ems and illumines the mind, which
purifies and enlarges the heart, which
forms and confirms the conscience.
To educate rightly we must touch the
depths of mans being;. we must speak
to him in the innermost recesses
where faith, hope and love are born,
where God is present and appealing.
We may not lay the chief stress upon
practices, however commendable; on
usages, however venerable; we must
address ourselves to the mind and the
heart more than to the senses and
the imagination; to the reason rather
than to the memory; to the whole
man, if you will, but never to the
logical faculty alone"
What world of difference between
such an ideal of education and the one
that the millions of the Carnegie and
Rockefeller Foundations are trying to
popularize in this country. The action
taken by the United States Senate, to
which we have referred, shows that
the character of the danger of allow
ing the educational institutions of the
country to fall under the influence of
Foundations financed by multi-million.
aires is beginning to be understood.
n . m ~ n VHY
The Irish standard., 1917-03-10

off Of the food supplies is proved by
the order enforcing compulsory till
age. Compulsory tillage in Ireland is
to be enforced under the direction of
the Department of Agriculture which
has placarded the country with in
structions to farmers and landholders.
The circular emphasizes the import
ance and necessity for more tillage as
owing to the effects of the war the
people must be safeguarded against
the danger of starvation. It is also
announced that the government has
guaranteed the tillers of the soil a
fixed price for wheat, oats, barley
and potatoes Of the 1917 crop.
All occupiers of land, who hold ten
acres or over, are required to cult
vate one-tenth of the arabic area of
their holdings, in addition to the till
age area of last year. A farmer who
holds 40 acres of which, say, 80 are
arabic, must till the same amount that
he titled last year and three acres in
addition-three acres being one-tenth
of 80 acres, the arabic area of his
farm. Failure to comply with this
regulation will be dealt with under
the Defence of the Realm Act. What
the penalty for failure to comply with
this order will be has not so far been
revealed, and it is matter of con-
lecture whether it will be punished
with confiscation of the holding, fine
or imprisonment.
To anybody who knows conditions
in this country it is evident that it
will be impossible to cultivate one
tenth of the arabic land of the coun-
try, owing to the scarcity of labor.
Ireland has lost her agricultural Ia
borers-the exodus of 1882 the last
of them. The sturdy Irish laborer is
to be found in America and in Aus
tralia, but to use the words of the
London Times he is nearly as rare in
Ireland as "a red Indian on the shores
of Manhattan" How the Irish farm
ers can cultivate ten per cent of their
holdings is problem which is
puzzling the ingenuity of the Irish
people. For nearly generation, ow-
ing to the scarcity of labor, the Irish
farmers had only facilities for tillage
sufficient for their own wants, and this
was not an easy task when the other
duties of life on "a farm are taken into
consideration.
Lord Davenport, the Food Control
Ter, is urging on the people with all
his energy the practice of the strict
est economy. 1t is pointed out that
this years crops will not be available
before the middle of July and that the
people must prepare for the worst.
Even then the harvest will not suffice
to feed the population for three
months and this is taking for granted
that one-tenth of the arabic area of
! the country will be cultivated. In
Ireland people are asking the question
"Will England be undone by the same
weapon which she has used so sue
cessfully against all her enemies and
| victims-st
The Irish standard., 1917-03-10

Is w. 26th St. Minneapolis, MINI.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-22
YOUR SICK CHILD
IS CONST|PATED!
LOOK At TONGUE
If cross, feverish or bilious
give california Syrup
of Figs"

No matter what ails your child, a
gentle. thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts
half-sick. isn't resting. eating and act
ing naturally-look. Mother. see If
tongue is coated. This is a sure sign
that it's little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross. irritable. feverish, stomach sour.
breath bad or has stomach-ache. di-
arrhea- sore throat. full Of cold, give a
,te%aspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs and in a few hours all the con-
stipated poison. undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out Of its little
bowels without gripping. and you have
a well, pla yful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
it never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and sweeten the
stomach and they dearly love its pleas
ant taste. Full direct ons for babies,
children of all ges and for grown-upS
printed ON each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask
your druggist for a bottle of "Califor-
MIA Syrup of Figs" hen see that it Is
made by the "California Fig Syrup
Company."-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-22

Secretary Bakers semi-occasional
official esumes of the war situation
cannot be classified as Scoops" For
instance. he says, in a recent outgiy-
ing, that the detectives of Sir Douglas
Haig's present drive in Flanders are
Zeebrugge and Ostend, the naval bases
which the Germans have set up on the
Belgian coast. Military commentators
in Europe told us this many weeks ago,
and Haig's advance has been pricked
off on every observers map to en-
pha3izc the menace to the German
communication with the sea. 1t would
be a pleasing diversion in the official
communicates from the Wal and Navy
Departments if they would sometimes
deal with the present instead of look
ing back SO far into the past or so
much into the distant future. We are
as deeply interested in the prosecution
and results of his war as they are.
and if they do know vastly more about
tactical procedure, they have an all
fired poor banner OF showing it.
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SEEMS EVERYONE
HEARD ABOUT IT
All want to try new drug that
dries up corns so they
lift out,

Good news spreads rapidly and drug
gists here are kept busy dispensing
f~reezone, the recent discovery of a Gin
clnnati nan which is said to loosen
any Q so 1t lifts Ii with the fingers
A quarter Of an ounce costs very
little at n pharmacy. but is said To
be sufhcient TO rid ones feet of every
hard or soft corn or caIius.
You apply just a few drops on The
tender. aching corn and instantly Tho
soreness is relieved, and soon the corn
is 50 shriveled that it lifts out without
pam. 1t is a sticky substance which
cries when applied and never infama.
or even irritates the adjoining tiss,,a
This discovery will prevent thons.nd.
OF deaths annually from lockiaw and
infection heretofore resulting frorr ~
suicidal habit Of cutting corns-Ad,.
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CUMBERLAND RESCRIPT
In Case Of Sanders Engineering Co. VS.
Fred c.. Small

The following rescript from the law
Of Sanders Engineering Co. VS.. Fred G..
Small Was received Saturday at the
office Of the clerk of courts of kenne-
bee county:
Rescript, Per Curiam.
Action to recover for labor and ma
terialS furnished in building a dam
across a small stream running through
the village of Cornish whereby a small
pond of water would be accumulated
to cover up a low and u~nsightly sec
ton and thus improve the general APP
pearance of the village.
The case is before the law court on
the defendants motion to set aside
the verdict against him OF the ground
thai it is against the weight of the
evidence.
The vital question of fact in the case
is whether the defendant directed the
plaintiff to build the dam and promised
to see that it got its pay for the work.
Upon that disputed question the evil
dence was sharply conflicting. 1t is
urged before this court, as it was un-
doubtedly urged before the jury, that
it is not reasonable to supnos the
plaintiff would have built the dam re-
lying solely for its pay upon the many
small subscriptions that had been OBJ
tanned for the purpose, the practical
value of which was uncertain. On the
other hand. it is urged that it is like
wise unreasonable to suppose that the
defendant, being interested in having
the dam built only in common with
other citizens Of the town. would per-
s~onally obligate himself to pay the
plaintiff for the work
At a previous trial Of this case. the
jury decided in the plaintiffs favor.
but that verdict was set aside be-
cause of the exclusion Of a certain let
ter written by the attorney for the
plaintiff to one Of the subscribers and
offered in evidence by the defendant as
tending to show that the plaintiff re-
lied solely upon the subscriptions for
it's pay for the work. At this last
trial. with that letter admitted. the
Jury likewise have decided that the de-
PENDANT became personally liable 10
the plaintiff for the building Of the
dam. L
There is nothing in the record TO in
dictate that the verdict does not rep
resent the unbiased judgment Of the
jury pon the disputed issues. AL
though this court might have reached
a different conclusion as to the de-
PENDANTS liability, had that question
beer primarily presented to It for de-
cision. nevertheless. il has not made
10 appear that the verdict Of the jury
in the plaintiffs favor is so manifestly
wrong that 1t should be set aside Ac-
cording the entry will be
Motion overruled.
Received Oct. %. 1917.
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Economic Dependence Dangerous.

In a recent issue OF the Official Bull
,s,in the United states food admins
tration presents an extended discus
sion OF the sugar situation and the i'm
ror,ance Of our imports OF raw sugar
from Cuba. Among other things the
sta.cmnt SAYS that the total produc-
ton 81 cane and beet & in the
I rited states IS only a little over one
million tons, while our total consump-
ton ia about four times that quantity.
saws the food administration: 1T Is
evident therefore that every encour-
asement should he given to this. one of
cur mos, important domestic indus
tries"
This admission is particularly inter
e.tinz since II come. from an admin
~istration which in the campaign OF
1912 denounced the Republican party
for maintaining a tariff on sugar.
When the Democratic tariff law OF 1918
wal drawn II provided for a reduction
In the sugar duty and for the ultimate
absolute removal Of protection 10 this
industry. Fortunately. the admins
tration was prevailed upon to repeal
.ha. clause OF the tariff act which
would have placed sugar on the free
list
Commenting on the situation the
TODD administration says that aside
from the million teas there Is no
sugar that would be available for con-
sumption In the United States II our
eoAaEs were blockaded By foreign
powers, - oerrnanys now are"
n 10 % b hoped that war emer-
geaHt1. i5evs duly Impressed upon the
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The Argentine government moved
speedily in voting, in the Argentine
senate, to terminate it's diplomatic re-
lations with Germany. The %provoCa-
ton which the ~Argentines complain of
was scant, as compared 10 those which
the government of Che United States
bore with patience throughout many
months prior to our own entry into the
war. Perhaps it is the more fluid
Latin blood of our brothers in South
America which has so promptly
brought the Kaiser to book. At any
rate, it is a great pity that some such
definite and comprehensive step was
not taken at Washington when our re-
lations with Germany were in the same
stage OF irritation as those of the Ar
gentine at the presnt moment,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-22
Railroads anil Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect September 80, 1917
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA


--= GOING WEST-3.05 A. NJ,
VNT12 Portland and Boston; 6.2S
4!ii+57 i isn5 n F F 4 Bosch aSsh:
23I{SSta Montreal and Quebec ssS
Lewiston, Portland. Boston; l62 +. NJ;
Hallowell, Gardiner and So. Gardner; SUI
p. NJ. local; 4.07 +. NJ, (eNpress) Bruhs-
wick, Rockland. Portland, Boston; DO /:
NJ. HalIowell, Gardiner and SO. Gardner
$40 p, NJ. local TO Portland, connects
there COR New York; 1910 T. NJ, Lewiston;
Bath. Portland. Boston. urday 3oo ana
1015 A. NJ, $40 (\ew York; and np r.
NJ. Portland and Boston.
GOING EAST-1.10 A. NJ, Bangor 81.
John. Halifax. Aroostook Co, SundaE
morning at lis A.. NJ. does not connect
bevond Bangor, except to Bar Harbor uh-
iii Nov. p inc: 2.25 A. NJ. for WaterVllie'
Bangor, Bar Harbor, Calais: 6.SS "A. NJ
local to Moosehead Lake Vla -O~akianu)'
Belfast, Foxcroft and Bangor: 80 A NJ,
local TO Belfast. Bangor and Skowhegan'
l2l 10 noon, Waterville. Bangor, b. ~ A. n.
r., Bar Harbor, Calais, st. John ana ital-
flax; PA P. NJ, express to Matervile.
thence local to Bangor and Mattawam-
keag: FPS P. NJ, Watervile' SkewheSan
and Rangor. Sundays lis A. M. for Wa
%terville, Bangor and Bar Haroor untiI
Nov. q inc; $50 A. NJ, $40 ?. M, Tor
Waterville and Bangor.
Trains leave Augusta for Halloweii.
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 90 9"3o
A. NJ, lO2. 3.M, SIS. 610. 1910 F. NJ. Hal-
lowell and Gardiner only 407 p. NJ. Gar
diner only 2O5 A. NJ daily except Monday.
M \. HARRIS, Genl Passenger Aet,
u. c. Douglass. Genl Mgr, Portland Me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-22
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS WOMAN
TOOK v|N0l
1t Made Her Strong and
Well

Barneveld. Visit was in a weak,
nervous, rundown, anaemic condi-
ton, so that my homework was a
burden, Ninol vas recommended,
and It made me we'll and strong. 1t
is certainly the best tonic M strength
creator have ever taken.'-Mrs
John Lewis.
Vinol is a cod liver and iron con-
stitutional remedy for weak, nervous.
rundown conditions of men. women
and children. Your money will be re-
turned If it does not help you.
Bowditch- Webster Co, Druggists.
Augusta. Vinol is sold in W~aterville
by W. c. Hawker and in Hallowell
by Guy X. White and at the best drug
store in every town in the country
adv.
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The Worst German in America

A. the present time the United
States government and RAINY patriotic
people all over the country are strain
ing every nerve 70 make OF the second
Liberty Loan a brilliant success.
There Is no use concealing the facts:
80 far the tight has been an uphill n
= dlscouraRing one. because the sub
symptoms that have been made have
not been at All commensurate with
vhat Is needed
And u Is precisely at this financial
cr.sis IN this world-war that the gam
h'ers on the New York Stock Exchange
toy with the honor. the security, the
y ell being OF their country. For the
Tas' ten days or more there has been
ir The exchange a well-defned and de-
libera'e bear raid upon the better
known securities. These gamblers. by
forcing panic prices, daily inform the
American public that they have little
faith IN the various securities which
IL = dhFl pA At'
Public and corporate stocks and
bonds are sent down with a bang. and
prospective BUYERS Of Liberty Loan
bends are asked 70 consider what bar
gains they can pick UP in this present
bear market. These disloyalists de-
press tho market when there is a ru-
-, .r.a tInntInO
from Europe. And when the false
peace rumor is dtscredited. they de-
press the market on the strength OF
war 20 a rnish.
They know no loyalty TO anything
except their own selfish and perhaps
sinister designs They are using their
c,untry's crisis as a means Of filing
TIER pockets They arc. ~engendering
n feeling 81 unrest and of wonderment
which - interfering with the success
fll Hotauon ~ the Liberty Loan.
! r Morgan not long age said the
result 81 the war may depend upon the
successful sale OF the Liberty Bonds.
other great captains Of finance have
spoken IN similar strain. But the re-
marks ~ these men. whom ordinarily
tho stock Exchange gamblers greatly
heed and respect. have this time fallen
uron deaf ears.
Ou. government rs arresting soap
box orators who get up on street cor
n.rs and spout d~isloyalty. II is sup
pressing that seek to aid
Germany by paralyzing the fighting
arm ~ Uncle Sam.
u 9 h,qh time to pay some attention
20 the New York Stock Exchange and
the ~disIoyaiists who are operating
there. " the present bear movement
continues 20 interfere with the sale OF
th. Liberty Bonds. IL the gamblers con-
ttnue 10 play the game for the Kaiser,
t',ere 10 Just one thing to do and that
% for the government 70 close down
tive exchange and shut il up for tho
balance % the war period. The plum
oers, the gamblers. the wreckers OF
values should not be considered saero-
sanot. They should not be above the
law. They should not be allowed to
plsy their rotten game with 'mpun'ty.
The American people are in no mood
60 countenance the performances that
are nov being pulled off in the Wall
street distr CT, while decent men OF all
cases " society and all degrees of
wealth or poverty are trying to do their
ful duty rs their common country.
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Recruisted in your State in 10 days
The finest men here"
He referred to the Milliken regiment,
1st Maine heavy field artillery.
Do we want these men demoralized
by the vice schools of the Bay States
liquor organization? Shall we turn
them Over to the lazar house coon
plices of the rum trust?
Rather let US aid in this movement
for fighting in communities surround
ing the war camps for our boys, whore
some of the trenches of sin and de-
bauchery are more to he feared than
the filthy cutters on the wal front.
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change. later took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and soon
felt a change for the better. / took it
until l was in good healthy condition.
/ recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as I have used them with such
good results. "-Mrs. MILFORD T. CUM
MINGs, 322 Harmony St., PENIS Grove,
N. j.
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence of
the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as a remedy for
the distressing ills of women such as
d~isplacements, Inflammation, liberation,
backache. painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.