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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-31
Writing Message

The President, having decided upon
the principal features Of the address
to be delivered to joint session. OF
the House and Senate, is putting the
document in writing, and today he had
a final discussion with his cabinet.
The meeting lasted only an hour and
a half but with conclusions quickly
made known, time vas fotnd for at
tention to individual departmental
matters Later the President confer
red briefly with Secretaries Baker and
Daniels, heads of the war and savy
departments. <
T.. No Difference Of opinioe
There is said to have been no diff
ference of opinion in the cabinet On the
great question. The Presidents ad-
visers as wen asSSfhcial Washington
generally hayn longa since accepted it
as "a fact that VIZ actually is being
waged against th&Jnited States. Off
Gals believe that Germany is making
war on this nation because she has
DESTROYED American ships by the
wholesale, because millions Of dollars
worth of damage has been done as a
result of German plots in the United
81, hnc NJ
set on foot a conspiracy with Mexico
and Japan and to dismember there
public and finally because of the pc
lief that Germany triumphant Will con-
stitutf future menace to the peace
of the world in general, and OF the
United States in particular.
Responsibility on Germany
The. United States, it is emphasized
il OFFICIAL quarters, has not in the past
and does not now desire war with the
German$people;. but. on the German
responsibility is placed for
terrorism on land and sea which now
il has been directed against American
citizens and American interest must DE
activsely combatted
Just what part the United States
will play is a question the government
has vet to determine. The subject mas
been discussed generally within the
administration. but the broad policy to
he pursued will be developed only at
Ter the nations status has been defined
by Congress and urgent defense steps
After the President has delivered his
address, Congress is expected 10 take
under consideration promptly the
granting of a large credit to the gov
and to provide for the raising
of an army of perhaps one million men.
Other measures such as censorship
bill, a spy bill the regular army appro-
nriation bill and emergency legislation
for the army and navy also will be sub
mitted.
The government, so far as is known
no plans for a political alliance with
the Entente Allies, although a degree
of military cooperation of course will
no essential. Always in the Presidents
mind il is believed will be the ultimate
peace for which he already
has outlined his program league OF
nations backed by moral and military
force
AS summarized today everything that
the government believes can be done
without congressional action to arm
against Germany either has been done
or has been planned. Every govern
ment department is engaged in some
work of preparedness. Lessons taught
by the experiences of Europe are being
70
What day the President will appear
before Congress to deliver his momen-
tous message will not be fixed until It
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-31
SUFFRAGE FOR
WOMEN

Montpelier, VT, March Ex-Governor
| Graham today signed a bill which per
mits property holding women to vote
at town meetings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-31
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Weather forecast for northern New
England: fair. warmer Saturday:
Sunday, rain or snow.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-07-16
Bates County Registration With
Serial Numbers.
MOUND-NORTH, Continued

12O2 Dever. Elmer william
12oc Dillon, Frank L.
1900 Epley, Chester Carlton
1923 Epley. Richard William
81 Epley, Cleve Adelbert
822 Finley, Leonard Robert
S23 Garnica, Jesus (alien)
S24 Garrison, George Lloyd
626 Jenkins. Max Earless
S26 Long. william Dudley
sN Moles, Otha Cyrel
e. sI Mogsdy, Alfysa Warner .,.-
IS Schmidt, Chris Henry
9W Wagner, Oscar William
sos Walls. william Henley
900 Wilson, William Daniel
30 Whitmore, Otto Merle.
MOUND-sOUTH
s47 Alkire, Earl
$50 Alkire william L-eavy
S31 Beckett, Lee
sa2 Brandon. jerome Truman
ss3 Brown, James Eddie
S34 Christopher. Charles Francis
S35 Colvin. Roy Dabney
s36 Eichler, John William
1859 Gragg, Archie Linden
136o Mccarthy, George Emmett
1851 Mclaughlin. Charles Edward
1c9 Melton, Forest lies
1870 Mckee. Vurl Watson
131 Reid, Epli Ashley
1879 Rice, Dayton Edwin
40 Satterlee, A. j.
169 Stevenson. Joseph Edward
1Nl Thompson. Kari Manford
CO.. Welch, Oscar Cleveland
SHAWNEE
23 Alkire, Lloyd Jamison
"a Asbury. Roy Columbus
8 Biggerstaff. Benjamin Arlington
~ BBiggerstaff. Howard Pay
1852 Bonar, Clark wellington
1853 Bourquin, John Oren
1884 Burda, Adolph
1856 Christie, Walter Thurman
To-
691 Ford, Jim Clarence
692 Gepford, Jesse August
693 Gepford. Raymond Harrison
1888 Graves, Charles Frederick
78 Gotheridge, Dan
sos Hanson, Walter
592 Hanson, Tonne
TT Hartsell, James Harper
rs Hartsell. William A, Jr.
729 Hays, Leonard Henry
731 Health. John Allen
1853 Hermann. Guy Anderson
1896 Howell, willard Henry
1857 Jarrett, Roy Davis
146S Lundy, Burns r.
1881 Martz, William Duncan
1869 Moore, James William
1853 Ours, Forest Monroe
COS Pipes. Byron Clifton
81 Pipes, John Blair
Sl8 Pipes, Ralph Upton
Sl9 Randall, Omer B.
go Randall. Alva Clyde
34 Robinson, James William
$50 Schantz, Frank Leonard
32S Schantz, John Harry
32 Smith, John O.
396 Snow. Willie Jackson
39e Stevens, Josiah Harrison
M Stover, John William
366 Switzer. Clarence Earl
3@ TAYLOR. Walter Stephen
5M Thompson. Albert
5@ THOMPSON, LAWRENCE Webster
500 Timmons, Ernest Warner
6N Wackerman, Bert Franklin
1874 Wackerman, George William
1856 Wackerman. Jesse Dudney
1877 Wainscott, Raymond LESLEY
1855 Wisherd. Ray
SPRUCE-BALLARD
& Bell, Ernest Alvin
s cowsiii, wallace Ferry
e6e Cornell. Hal Denzil
SO Cook. Elmer Roy
1e23 Cook, Clyde
lxo Goddard. Mark Winifred
5e6 Hendrickson, charlie Ramey
81 Hendrickson, Carl X.
81 Herrell. Middleton Bowden
soe Herrell. Monser @.
ms Hurt, Loren Finis
xA Ireland. Grover Cleveland
m Kenney, Ninian Abraham
- Kenney, william Adolphus
- Koontx. Conn
e McClenny. James Frank
~ Morrison. Hugh Alfred
q Owens. Carl Dale
= Patrick. Jake
1e1 Pitt Ora Otis
~ schuyler. Fred Clifford
- shelton. William Stone
~ shelton, Emel
- shelton, Floyd Arthur
- epeera. Leo Thurston
~ 0peafA Roy Edward
= Merford.. Gordon Edward
The Butler weekly times., 1917-07-16
Sam Levy Mercantile Company

A3 Booi, Edward
"a Bowman, Jonathan Frederick
IS Bohlken, Bert Johnson
IS Bohlken, Rieke Gerhard
IS Braden, Mac Leech .+
683 Carpenter, Lawrence Leroy
GA Castle, Lewis
657 Cantrell, Ira Monroe
1852 Cheshier, Henry William
1166 Dale, Claude Orville
us6 Doerflinger, Alexander Augustave
493 Downey, DON D.
ass Dudley, Je,,sia Herold
2 AS6 Dumford, HeSry Robert
s510 Drysdale, FREQ 7. I.
6li Dykman, Riekus Henry t'
353 Dykman, John .yurgen
372 Dykman, Claus Johnson
373 Flannery, Charley Quantrell
1906 Gibbs, Emit Curtis
512 Graham, Lloyd Eugene
123 Hensley, John Albert
100 Hamilton, Oral Vannata
1s1 Hawk, Ollie Raymond
192 Hays, Terry Lyons
1893 Hicklin. Alfred
1874 Hoke, Clyde Everett
1856 Jones, Wiley Barton
1856 Kaufman, John Henry
1877 kinion, Claude Wilson
1873 Kinney, Orion John
1s9 Kirk. Horace Allen
1859 LaFever. Irwin Bradford
1910 Lamar, Willie Erwin
949 Masterson, Robert Elton
1890 McChesney, Harry Renwick
663 McChesney, Herbert Glenn
5S7 Mears, William Alexander
l641 Mearse, Arley
981 Mitts, Clarence c.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-07-16


YOUR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
BALLOT BILL VETOED
Governor Gives Reason for Killing the
Mack Voting Measure.

Governor Capper has vetoed the
Mack bill repeating the Massachu-
sets ballot law.
The governor sent his veto to the
legislature with a special message,
which was received by officers of the
house and senate. Governor Capper
defended his action in refusing to sign
the new ballot law. He said in part:
PERSONALLY it is my firm and sin
cere conviction that a form of ballot
which compels less discrimination in
the choice of candidates instead of
more is not conducive to good citizen
ship, nor to good government and
good politics. Party organization and
party strength we must have. But
party health is even more vital. Not
ing a ticket blind at elections can
hardly be said to promote party
health. 1t cannot build up a virile
RepublicaniSm. nor a stronger and
better democracy. We shall best serve
our party by best serving our state
1T has been demonstrated that
there are fewer opportunities for mis-
takes in voting the Massachusetts bal
lot than there were under the old
form of straight-party tickets. Not
withstanding the great and increasing
length of tickets, the number of
spoiled ballots has beer reduced to
minimum. 1t is to be remembered
that four years ago the governorship
turned upon several thousand defect
i've ballots spoiled by reason of
straight-ticket complications. Had the
Massa chusetts ballot been in use at
that time the election would never
have been in doubt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
Mother Tried to Pour Water
Down Baby's Throat.
NeighbOrs Stopped Mrs. Del
Andrews Before Act.
UNKNOWN MEDICINE TO CHILD?
Indication of Sleepiness Is WOr-
rying the Officers.
Husband Fears His Wife Is
Mentally Deranged.

Laboring under the delusion that
her eight months-old baby was dying
of commissions Mrs. Del Andrews, a
young mother, was preparing to pour
boiling water from a tea kettle down
the child's throat when neighbors in
terfered and called county officers.
The internal scalding was avoided
but the investigators fear the mother
had already given the child some I'M
known medicine and both the mother
and child were taken to the county
detention home just before noon to-
day.
DR.. c. c. Lull. counay physician
was called Immediately and made
an examination of the baby. 1t was
sleeping soundly. He attempted to
awaken it and set it up but the child
fell over without showing any signs
sleep. DR. .Lull declined to give any
medicine until he was able to learn
what it had already been given.
The husband, a pressman at the Of
flee of the morning paper was called
/ by county officers and after recover
ing from his fright talked with Robert
Carver, county attorney
Wife Mentally Unbalanced?
He is convinced that his wife is suf-
fering from some mental arrangement
and the arrangement made with coun-
ty officers was that he should file an
necessarily mean that she is insane,
but it will call for an examination by
competent physicians and will serve
as a protection to the baby. Mean
while the child will be kept at the de-
tention home until its condition has
been determined upon by the county
physician.
Neighbors of the Andrews family,
who live at Sixth and Swigart, called
county officers and declared that Mrs.
Andrews had just been prevented from
scalding her child to death. They
stated that she had prepared a boiling
bath for it and was preparing to pour
water from the tea kettle down its
throat when they interfered.
Thinks Baby Dying.
'She thinks the baby is freezing to
death with commissions" Sid the in
formant.
Robert Carver, Hugh Larimer,
sheriff, and Kilmaurs and Miss Kate
King went to the Andrews home and
found conditions just as described
The baby did not have commissions
then but the water was prepared The
child was sleeping soundly. Mrs. An
drews admitted that she intended to
save her child's life with the aid of
the hot water.
Mother and child were brought to
town and to the detention hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
HEAP MUCH TALK
Phone Calls Increase to 100 per
Capita Each Year.
Bell COmpany's Gross Income
for Year Up IA Per Cent.

New York, March IA daily av-
erage of 29.42O,O0O telephone calls
was recorded in 1916 by the Bell
system. which was approximately at
the rate of 100 calls a year for every
man, woman and child in the United
States, according to annual statement
of the company made public here to-
day. 1t was announced that the pres
sure of business had been so great that
it was planned to spend 100000, 900
this year for improvements as against
$66, 900 last year
Total operating revenues for 1916
were 1854, 500, 900 an increase of $780,
ISL 900 over 1915. OF this, sS4,-
$4,000 was used for depreciation and
maintenance. s53.749, 900 for traffic
expenses, $25, $4,000 for commercial
expenses s11.902,000 for general and
miscellaneous and S14,916,O00 for
taxes assignable to operations
Add 1 u Million Miles of Wire
The total gross income was 49,
$4,000, an increase of 14.1 per cent
over 1915. OF this, $22,11400O was
paid for interest, rents. etc, leaving
s35,160.O0O for dividends and more
than s22,000,000 to be added to sur
plus.
The report of the American TeIe-
phone and Telegraph company sepa-
rated from that of the Bell system
showed net earnings of S44.743.376, an
increase of S3,625,SS9 over 1915
Over the entire Bell system during
the year there were added 1,344. no
miles of wire, bringing the total to
19S50315
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
FIND ELSIE REID
Husband, Baby and Father Are
With Her in Missouri.
Disappearance Two Months
Ago Caused Big Sensation.
HAS NOT been HARMED?
Mother Believes Topeka Girl
Escaped a Life of Shame.
Husband viii Have, to Explain
Disappearance.
HAS NOT been HARMED?

Elsie White Reid, eighteen-year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse White,
of 1900 Western avenue, for whom the
peace officers of two states have been
searching for two months, has been
found. She is in jefferson City, Mo,
with her husband and baby. Her
father is with her and the probabili
ties are that she will return with him.
Mrs. White, the mother, who
charged in the beginning that the girl
was being held by three other people
in Kansas City with the idea of fore
ing her into an immoral life, has
learned little of the girls experience
since she disappeared. But it was the
girl herself who gave the information
as to her whereab bouts.
Friday night her parents received a
letter from jefferson City stating that
she was there with her young husband
and baby. Mr.. White went to Missouri
at once and Sunday he telegraphed to
Mrs. White that he had found his
daughter and was with her. He did
not say in what condition he had
found her nor what he intended to
do.
The disappearance of Elsie White
Reid was a sensation for a time and all
efforts to locate her failed. She mar
ried Wilbur Reid about a year ago
and went to Kansas City to live. Her
parents heard from her regularly for
a time then correspondence ceased and
the parents made a search for her.
MysteriousIy Disappeared
They found trace of her at $500
jefferson street, in Kansas City, Mo.
where she had lived with her husband,
her month-old baby, Mrs. Reid her
husbands mother, and J. A. White.
All four people mysteriously disap-
peared from the jefferson street ad-
Dress in a Ford touring car.
A reward was offered by Hugh Lar
inner, January IS, and cards were sent
out to all adjoining states bearing a
picture of the girl and a full descrip-
ton of all four people Nothing came
from Nit. The mother, Mrs. White,
went to Kansas City and made an in
vestigation. 1t was upon her return
that she gave out the informant that
her daughter was being held by the
people mentioned and that they were
trying to force her into a life of shame
They did try" she said today, but
they failed. My daughter is not a weak
character and my letter from her
shows that they did not succeed in
their purpose. She has been sick and
her baby has been sick, but they are
better now.
The total disappearance appears to
have been due to the fact that Mrs
Reid. mother of my daughters hus-
band, has been living with this man
White, and did not want her husband,
who lives in Clyde. Kan, to find it out.
Nv daughter says that is the reason
she was not allowed to write to me
or to disclose her location.
Mother-in-Law Conc.
but she finally broke away from
them and went to Jefferson City, my
husbands birthplace, and from there
she wrote to me- She said it was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12

not safe to do so before. 1 don't know
where Mrs Reid and White are. Only
Elsie and her husband are at Jeffer
son City
Mrs. White does not know what
the status of her son-in-law is. She
doesn't know whether he had any
part in the alleged attempt to lead her
daughter astrsy or not.
Il don't know what to think about
him. she said, III know more about
it when my husband returns or when
see Elsie. My daughters husband
will have to do considerable explain
ing to me-
Elsie White Reid was reared in To-
peka and is known by many people.
Her photograph shows her to be an
unusually attractive girl. Her hus-
band is only % years of age. The
White family expects to leave Topeka
within a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
POISON PLOT GUILTY
Three of British Quartet Convicted of
Planning Murder of Premier.

London, March 12.-Mrs. Alice
Wheeldon. her daughter, Mrs. Wini-
fred Mason, and the latter's husband,
Alfred George Mason, were found
guilty of conspiracy to murder Pre-
mier L1oy d George and Arthur Hen
derson, member of the war council.
Miss Harriet Ann Wheeldon, another
daughter of Mrs. Wheeldon. who also
was tried on the same charge, was
acquitted.
Mrs. Wheeldon was sentenced to
ten years penal servitude. A SEN
tence of seven years was imposed upon
Alfred Mason, while his wife was
given five years penal servitude.
Mrs. Wheeldon was found guilty on
all counts-conspiring and soliciting
Mason were found guilty of conspir-
acy, but the jury recommended the
courts mercy because of their youth.
Judge Low, addressing Mrs. Wheel
don after the imposition of sentence.
said he could imagine no worse crime
than the one with which She was
charged. He told Mason that but for
the jury's recommendation he would
have imposed the same sentence on
him as he gave Mrs Wheeldon. Re
doubt her position was largely due
to the wickedness of her mother
Denies Stuff Conspiracy
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the suf-
frage leader. by permission of Judge
Low, went to the witness box to con-
trovert the statement alleged to have
been made by Mrs. Wheeldon to the
effect that the suffragists had spent
1900 sterling in an attempt to poison
Premier Lloyd George by driving a
poisoned nail into his foot. Mrs.
Pankhurst declared that such a state
ment was absolutely false in every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
Governor Capper Kills Chicken
Stealing Bill Today.
He Thought 1t Provided Too
Severe a Penalty.
FINAL WINDUP TOMORROW?
Legislature Ready for Sine Die
Adjournment Tuesday.
Guard Appropriation of $4,000
May Be Killed.

It is probable the state legislature
will adjourn sine die Tuesday night
one day earlier than provided in the
joint house and senate adjournment
resolution. Following conference
with legislative officers today, Gov
ernor Capper stated that he expected
to act on all bills in time to message
them to the legislature Tuesday even
ing.
Governor Capper today exercised his
fourth veto-cutting the number of
new legislative enactments to 1872
Four of the 337 laws passed at this
session have been vetoed. while a fifth
measure has been held unconstitution-
al by the state supreme court
The veto today killed the bill by
county, providing a minimum sentence
OF three years in the state penitentiary
Tor persons convicted of stealing
chickens. Governor Capper thought
the penalty too severe in view of the
penalty for other forms of larceny.
minimum sentence of one year is
provided for a man who steals a car
of cattle or robs a bank This proyi-
sion is not harmony with the reform
by the Shawnee county senator, Gov
ernor Capper believes, and he vetoed
the measure which provided SO months
yellow legged rooster.
Veto Guard Appropriation?
Plans for Tuesday night adjourn
ment of the legislature were freely
discussed today in state house circles
Governor Capper declared that he ex-
pected to be able to dispose of all en-
rolled bills in time to message them
to the house and senate late Tuesday
afternoon
1t became known today that the
governor is considering the use of the
veto on an item in the national guards
appropriation bill Under the federal
law providing for increasing the
strength of the national guards. the
state was this year called upon for
increased appropriations. An item of
$50, 600 for 1919 has not met with IA
vor and it was reported today that
the item might be cut from the bill.
The anti trading stamp bill has not
been signed. The bill reached the
governors desk today. but had not
been properly enrolled and was re-
turned to enrolling clerks for correc-
tons Both the Kent and johnson
of Wallace, amendments as injected in
the house and removed in the confer
ence committee report, We're included
in the bill sent to the governor for his
signature Protests have been sent to
Governor Capper against the signing
of the bill The governor has also
been requested to approve the meas
ure. He has not indicated his plans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
Edict Includes Both Passenger
and Freight Vessels.
Date of Sailings and Guns Car
ried Kept Secret.
LONG tied UP BY U-BOAT FEAR
Run More German Plots to
Earth at Philadelphia.
Interned German Sailors Plan
ned to Damage Navy.

New York, March 12.-An an
nouncement posted today in the offices
of the International Mercantile Ma
rine here, carried the information that
the American line passenger and
freight vessels will resume sailings.
No date for the resumption of BUSH
ness was given. 1t would be a viola
ton of a request from the navy de-
partment to give such information.
The four passengers ships. the
New York, Philadelphia, St. Paul and
st. Louis, already are fitted with su-
mounting of guns and they
could be fitted in short
time.
The Finland and the Kroonland.
freight carrying vessels, will have to
go thru longer process. They are
guns mounted aboard.
Issue Official Announcement.
Washington. March IAN arm
ed guard for the protection of YES
sells and lives of persons aboard, will
be placed on all American merchant
ships sailing thru Germany's barred
area, the state department today noti-
fed all foreign diplomats in this city.
The following statement was pre-
scented to the foreign diplomats for
their information:"
In view of the announcement of
the imperial German government on
January 81, 1917. that all ships, those
of neItrals included, met within GER
tain zones of the high seas, would ne
sunk without any precautions being
taken for the safety of the persons on
board and without the exercise of
visit and search, the government of
the United States has determined to
place upon all American merchant
vessels sailing thru the barred areas
an armored gun for the protection of
the lives of the persons on board.
Struggled Goods Off Ships
= Philadelphia. March l2.-Govorn-
ment agents today continued their in
vestigation of the activities of persons
under arrest charged with smuggling
ships chroEometers from the German
auxiliary cruisers interned at the
Philadelphia navy yard and of persons
suspected of having had a hand in the
alleged violation of the customs laws
There are reports that the federal
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