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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-14

For Saturday and Monday, s1.25 and
$3.50 house dresses for csc at n. Rich
mond's They are in all shades and
sizes and made up of ginghams and
percales. Warm weather is coming"
says Mr.. Richmond; Get the suit and
coat from the abundant stocks now to
be had. Open Friday and Saturday eve
nings every week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-14

Extra nice spinach at Z. w. Church's
today. Plenty brakes cake and Mis-
sens fresh-made raisin bread will be in
for orders this morning. Two pkgs.
fancy table r~aisins, csc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30

countries and to the battle line in
France. Women form the great re-
serve lines of the nations in this
struggle. Just as long as they by
words, deeds, sentiment and action,
no matter how great the toll upon
lives of their fathers. husbands,
brothers and sons, stand firm, the
war will be continued toward vic
tory, and no longer.
THE greatest danger today facing
the Government in successfully put
ting this country on q successful war
basis is that of female Spies" he con-
tinued. This is no reflection upon
the sex as such, but upon the indi-
vidual women who engage in such
work. The woman spy is much
more efficient than the man spy, be-
cause of her greater intuition, her
quicker perception and her attrac-
ton. In Washington today there are
undoubtedly women spies, or women
who are secretly friendly to the
enemy and giving them information
of vital importance. Washington Is
the nerve center now of the whole
world for this war, and it is most
important that it should be freed
from this curse. 1 hope, therefore,
that the women of Chicago will do
everything they can to influence the
Government to protect Washington,
and, in fact, the whole country in
this respect. BY women leading the
agitation the results will be far
greater than if done by men alone.
akin to this plan of guarding
against spies is the overwh Ginning
necessity of promulgating the idea
throughout the country that every
person, whether in the home, on the
streets, in railway trains or any
where, should cultivate absolute Sc
crecy as to any military information
possessed which would be of value
to the enemy. Today untold harm
is being done by men and women
who, in one way or another, obtain
inside information, say it to some
body or repeat it aloud where it is
heard by the enemy agents. There
is no question that every city and
town in the United States has its
share of persons who may be on the
lookout for news that will be favor
able to the enemy, and who must be
marked and watched. Let, there
fore the women throughout the
country do their part in watching
these enemies and in frustrating
their evil work"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
MILK AT TWELVE
CENTS A QUART
Is THE NEW PRICE
Virtually Certain Dealers Will
= Add Two Cents to
Cost

Eleven cents a quart. and six
cents a pint, is the lowest possible
rate at which milk can be sold by
the retailers, according to the an
nouncement of l. A. Sterick, retail
milk dealer, this morning, when in
formed of the action of the pro-
ducers in reaffirming their action
in fixing the Wholesale price after
tomorrow at seven and a half cents
a quart.
Practically all the retail dealers
supplying the city were seen this
morning and they all agreed that
milk can not possibly be sold after
tomorrow at the old rate of ten
cents quart. Twelve cents is the
price favored by most of the dis
tributors. Four dealers said that
the cost of distributing milk is now
one hundred per cent. more than ii
was year ago:
The retailers explain that if they
sell milk at twelve, with the new
wholesale price of seven and half,
they will make no more per quart,
than they did at ten before the
raise, ana will lose business because
of the rise in price. C. E. SheesIey
has been appointed to take the mat
ter of appealing to Herbert Hoover,
with the intent of having both the
wholesale and retail prices fiXed by
the Food Administrator. At their
meeting in Maennerchor Hall to-
night the retail dealers will decide
their prices, and dispose of the mat
ter of appealing to the food admin
istrator.
AT their meeting in Mechanics
burg last night, the producers said
that their increase is thoroughly
justified by the increase in dairy
food and handling, and that a re-
tail price of eleven cents is all the
distributors need charge. They state
that the stand of the retailers in
condemning the increase is unreas-
enable, in view of the soaring cost OF
producing milk.
On the other hand, a retail dealer
this morning stated that the raise in
the wholesale price is unreasonable
There were eighty members of the
wholesale organization present al
their meeting last night, and their
vote to raise the price to $349 rer
hundredweight was unanimous.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
WOMEN ASSPIES
HELP THE ENEMY
Importance of Counteracting
Disloyal Operations of Alien
Women Sympathizers

Chicago, Ill.-woman spies, and
what American women can do to Off
set their work, a particularly dan
gerous work, was touched on by
John Barrett, director-general of the
Pan-American Union, in a recent ad-
dress at the Chicago Womans Club.
"This war;: said Mr.. Barrett. will
be won or lost according to the at
titude of the women of the country.
I base this not alone on my own
opinion, but that or the greatest
statesmen and generals of England,
France and Italy, with whom / con-
versed during my visit to those
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
USE OF THE WALNUT TREE

Most of the valuable walnut trees
in England were originally planted
not for the sake of the fruit, but be-
cause the wood makes the best gun
stocks, being light, strong and not
easily warped. The largest walnut
grove in England is at Kempston,
near Bedford. 1t contained at first
three hundred and siXty-five trees,
one for each day of the year, which
were planted about a century ago by
the then owner of the farm, who re-
marked that wars would never cease
and the timber would always be
wanted for gunstocks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
Young Peoples Night at
Trinity u. B. Church

New Cumberland. Pa, Dec. 3d.
Young Peoples Night will be held in
Trinity United Brethren Church this
evening, in charge of the Rev. DR..
w. 2. Knapp. Services on Sunday
will be as follows:
Sunday school at 9.15, preaching at
1890 by DR.. Knapp, union mems
n ass meeting at 23O in the audi
torium of the church, woman's meet
room of the church. led by Mrs. Oil
ing at the same hour in the social
yer Arnold. The meetings have
been well attended
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30

Firmly made fibre furniture,
artistic in design and very splen-
didly finished in popular shades.
GDh0lstsGsd aad ssss. rsst sste$1n.5O
your choice of
Chair or n
Rocker ........
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
folding Tea Wagon, $3.50

Upholstered in imitation
brown Spanish leather. Frame
of oak, finished in rich golden.
Solid construction. Convertible
bed davenette, easy d -
to operate. Chair,
rocker and daven-
cite, complete OO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30

ment of the gas-bag of German
Zeppelin. Lac, which he recently re-
ceived from JOHN Erb, a Harris
burg boy. Erb rs now with the Sig
nal Corps.
The Zeppelin was brought down
near American soldiers in France
sevehral months ago. Mr.. Koenig of
thhe Maple Grove Hotel is also the
possessor of a piece of the fabric.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
MITE SOCIETY OFFICERs

Shiremanstown, Pa, Nov. 3O.-At a
meeting of the Mite Society of the
Bethel Church of God at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Frey in East
Main street the annual election of
Cficers was held, resulting as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. Jacob b. Frey;
vice president, Mrs. Frank n. Weber;
treasurer, Mrs. Robert n. Atti. .&s;
secretary, Miss Margaret Weber,; as
sistant secretary, Miss Mary Atticks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
Has Fragment Of Zeppelin
Brought Down in France

One of the most priced possessions
of John Gray, manager of the La
lance-Grosjean Company, is a frag-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30

Major-General Charles G. Treat,
U. s. A., photographed at an Attain
tic port upon his return from the
western front. He said mud, cold
and rain are the worst enemies of
our boys over there. He added, "We
are going to take our time about
getting into this fight, but when we
AA %At in va will clean up."
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-11
CASPARRI SUCCEEDED
BY TEDESCHENI AS
P0PE'S PREMIER
Vatican Institutes New Policy
Toward Germany

New York, Aug. 1O.-A cable
message from Paris received by the
official French bureau of infcrma-
ton in this city made public tonight
indicates that Monsignor FREDERICK
Tedeschini, who has been under sec
retary of state of the Vatican, has
succeeded Cardinal Gasparri as Pope
Benedict's prime minister. Previous
dispatches direct from Rome credit
ed "many Italians newspapers and
some authorities on Vatican affairs"
as affirming that Cardinal Gasparri
had resigned, partly because of i'll
health and partly because of the
Pope's desire to institute a new
policy in relation with Germany.
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BR0USSARD FIGHTS
EXCISE TAX ON
SUGAR
Ascribes Presence To En-.
enies Of Producer

Washington, Aug. 10.-With the
opening of debate today on the wal
revenue bill Senator Robert +
Broussard announced that there
would be no compromise on the part
of himself and other senators who
oppose the provision of the bill
which levies an excise tax of one.
half cent on sugar. To single out one
of the most widely used and essen.
tial articles of food for the raising
or internal revenue is not fair, Sena-
tor Broussard contends.
He also asserts that in embodyinp
the excise tax on sugar in the bill
the committee on finance has yield.
ed to a suggestion which comes from
sources very anxious to harass the
domestic sugar producer.
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HOW THE WAR CAME
TO AMERICA
Continued from yesterday

There has been in our diplomacy
one more outstanding aspiration. W.
have constantly sought to substitute
ljuridical for military settlement Of
disputes between nations.
The genesis of this idea dates
from the discussions over the FEEDER.
al organization Of our 13 original
States, which were almost as jealous
of their sovereignties as are the ma
tions Of Europe today. The first
great step toward the League of
Honor, which we hope will at last
bring peace to. the world, was taken
when our 13 States agreed to disarm
and submit all their disputes to the
high tribunal of the new federation.
And this idea of an interstate
court, which except at the time of
our Civil War has given this Nation
internal peace, has profoundly in
fluenced our foreign policy. OF our
efforts to bring others to our way Of
thinking, an historical resume was
presented by our delegates at the
First Hague Conference. A project
was submitted there for the forma-
ton of world court. And a few
Of State, instructing our delegates
to the Second Conference at The
Hague laid especial emphasis on this
same international ideal.
The outbreak of war in 1914
caught this Nation by surprise. The
peoples of Europe had had at least
some warnings of the coming storm,
but to US such a blind, savage on
slaught on the ideals of civilization
had appeared impossible.
The war was incomprehensible.
Either side was championed here by
millions living among us who were
Of European birth. Their contradic-
tory accusations threw our thoughts
into disarray, and in the first chaotic
days we could see no clear issue that |
affected our national policy. There /
was no direct assaults on our rights.
It seemed at first to most of US a /
purely European dispute, and our
minds were not prepared to take
sides in such q conflict. The Presi-
dents proclamation Of neutrality
vas received by as as natural and in
evitable. It was quickly followed by
his appeal to "the citizens Of the
Every man who really loves
Acemican viii act and speak in the
true spirit Of neutrality" he said,
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flying to the physical fitness of 334
of 502 men examined, and deferring
final decision upon remainder. A
special examination was ordered to
be held Tuseday, August IA, 1917
for all absentees, reporting on or
before shat date who satisfactorily
account for their absence. No fur
ther time can be granted after Tues
day and all men then unaccounted
for will be certified to the Govern
ment as absentees. The official pro-
ceedings Of Thursdays meeting will
be published in the Daily Review
Monday.
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SCOPE OF THE WAR GARDEN

The war garden is no longer a
joke even in the mind of the lowest
order Of jokesmith. A good farmer
told the writer that he could not af-
ford to sell roasting ears in the mar
ket. The price and demand for corn
were too great. His mules, cows and
horse needed it more than man.
Here is where the war garden shin
ed. This farmer will probably have
the amount he failed to sell, as a
surplus: if twenty million farmers
made this surplus and twenty mil
lion war gardens supplied the tables,
feed corn will be q little cheaper,
probably.
The war garden has placed on the
market more conserved food stuff
than was ever dreamed of in the
past. A great surplus was made in
the spring and summer, and the re-
suits will show up this winter, at a
time when it will be impossible to
have fresh food stuff from the gar
den behind the cottage.
In short, the war garden has crea-
ted q surplus and filled want that
no, other agency could make; every
branch Of industry is now exchang-
ing produces which heretofore did
not and could not exist. 1t has helped
to feed and to employ labor which
could not otherwise be had; it helped
to supply soldiers and sailors.
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which is the spirit of impartialit,
and fairness and friendliness to al
concerned. = It will be easy t,
excite passion and difficult to ALA,
it." He expressed the fear that oul
Nation might become divided il
camps of hostile opinion. "Such di
visions among US might seri
ously stand in the way of the proper
performance of our duty as the one
great nation at peace, the one peo
Pile holding itself to play a part Of
impartial mediation and speak con
sells of peace and accommodations
not as partisan, but as friend"
This purpose-the preservation OF
strict neutrality in order that later
we might be of use in the great task
of Observation-Disclosures all the
Presidents early speeches.
owe are the mediating Nation of
the world" he declared in an ad-
dress on April 20, 1915" "We are
compounded of the nations of the
world; we mediate their blood, we
mediate their traditions, we mediate
their sentiments, their tastes, their
passions; we are ourselves COM
pounded of those things. We are,
therefore, able to understand them
in the compound, not separately as
partisans, but unitedly as knowing
and comprehending and embodying
them all. It is in that sense that
mean that America is a mediating
Nation"
American neutrality, in those first
months of the great war, was beyond
any question real.
But the spirit of neutrality was
not easy to maintain Public opinion
was deeply stirred by the German
invasion of Belgium and by reports
of atrocities there. The Royal Belgi-
um Commission, which came in Sept.
1914, to lay their country's cause
for complaint before our National
Government, was received with SYM
pathy and respect. The President in
his reply reserved our decision in the
affair. It was the only course he
could take without an abrupt de-
parture from our most treasured ira
ditions of noninterference in Old
World disputes. But the sympathy Of
America went out to the Belgians
in their heroic tragedy, and from |
every section of our land money
contributions and supplies of food
and clothing poured over to the
Commission for Relief in Belgium,
which was under the able manage
nent Of our fellow countrymen |
lbroad.
Still, the thought Of taking an ac-'
i've part in this European war was
'ery far from most Of our minds. !
The Nation shared with the Prssi- !
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dent the belief that by maintaining
strict neutrality we could bes,
serve Europe at the end as impartial
mediators.
But in the very first days of the
war our Government foresaw tina,
complications on the seas might pu,
us in grave risk of being drawn into
the conflict. No neutral nation
could foretell what violation of its
vital interests at sea might be at
tempted by the belligerents And So
on August 6, 1914, our Secretary of
State dispatched an Identical note
to all the powers then at war, calling
attention to the risk of serious trou-
BILE arising out of this uncertainty
of neutrals as to their maritime
rights and proposing that the De-
claration of London be accepted by
all nations for the duration of the
war.
But the British Governments re.
sponse, while expressing sympathy
with the purpose of our suggestion
and declaring their 'keen desire to
consult so far as possible the inter
ests Of neutral countries" announ.
ced their decision "to adopt gener-
ally the rules of the Declaration in
question, subject to certain modifi-
cations and additions which they
judge indispensable to the efficient
conduct of their naval operations. '
The Declaration had not been indor-
sed by any power in time of peace,
and there was no legal obligations
on Great Britain to accer. it. Her
reply. however, was disappointing,
for it did nothing to clarity the sit
uation. Great Britain recognized as
binding certain long accepted prin-
ciples of international law and
sought now to apply them to the
principles were often vague and
therefore full of dangerous possibil-
tiles Of friction.
Controversies soon arose between
Great Britain and this Nation. In
practice their ruling sometimes
seemed to our Government inconsist-
ent with the spirit of international
law, and especially with the estab-
lished precedents which they invok-
ed. But painful as this divergence of
opinion sometimes was, it did not
seriously threaten our position of
neutrality, for the issues that arose
involved only rights of property and
were amply covered by the arbitra-
ton treaty signed only short time
before by Great Britain and the
United States.
And this controversy led to a
clearer understanding on our part of
the British attitude toward our ideal
OF the freedom of the seas. They
were not willing to accept our classi-
fication of the seas as being distinct
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-11
FLASHES FROM The
PARISH SEAT

Clerk of Court Kramer is keeping
careful check of each person called
for service, being able to give
at glance each mans Serial Num-
Der, Call Number, Date Summoned,
Date Examined, and whether claim
for exemption has been filed and on
what date, and if supported by affi-
davit and when filed All persons
claiming exemption or discharge
from military service have been fur
nished with proper affidavits.
Franklin is now filled with men,
their wives and relatives appearing
before Public Notaries, establish
ing proof in support of their exemp-
ton claims. The seriousness of this
call has been driven home-there
being few families from which some
man is not now being considered by
the Board as available for military
service.
The general impression is that not
many exemptions will be granted
and only to those, furnishing the
strictest proof of the dependency Of
their families in the event of their
service. Every man exempted means
another man called to take his place.
The Local Board has therefore more
than the individual man before it,
when passing upon his claim.
Hon. w. T. Peterman, former
Sheriff of St. Mary Parish, and Hon.
w. P. Foster, Attorney-at-Law, have
been accepted by the government as
candidates for commissions in the
new National Army Unit. They will
report to the Officers Training Camp
at Leon Spring, Texas in a few
weeks
Miss Rosemary Lobdell, daughter
of Mr.. Albert Lobdell, Superintend-
ent of the Franklin and Abbeville
Railroad, who has been very i'll at
the St. Mary Sanitarium is improv-
ing, according to the latest reports
from Franklin.
Messrs. Wilbert of Plaquemine,
and McCardell of Franklin, promi-
nent planters Of the Third District,
were hosts at Fish Dinner in Char
enton yesterday. Among those pres
ent were: Sheriff Charles Pecot,
Messrs. w. T. Peterman, W. P. Fos-
ter, and Boudreaux.
Mr., R. E. O'Niell, Secretary of the
Police Jury, motored to Cypremort,
yesterday on business.
Mr.. Matthew Loustalot is attend
ing the Fortnight Training Course
Of the Boy Scouts of America at
Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas.
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DR.. B. ". SMITH RE-
PORTS 334 MEN FIT
FOR MILITARY SER
VICE
Local Board Has Remaining
1868 Men Under Consid-
Grafton; No Official List
Made Of Those Rejected

Office of the Local Board, st.
Mary Parish, Franklin, La, August
10th, 1917.
The Local Board, St. Mary Par
ish, Louisiana, met this day upon
call of the Chairman. Present. Chas.
Pecot, Sheriff; DR.. B. w. Smith,
Coroner and Wilbur H. Kramer,
All present and waving notice of
call.
Charles Pecot, Sheriff and Chair
man, reported to the Board that he
had taken up the problem of locating
those absent from previous exami-
nations, and had found that quite a
number had not received their mail
notices due to change Of Post Office
address since registering; that q
number had reported to him in per-
son, notifying him to this effect and
Of their willingness to submit to ex-
animation, and that he recommend
ed that the Board grant a general
extension of time for being examin-
ed to all men, who had failed to re-
port at the examinations Of August
lth, 9Th and 9Th, 1917.
On motion of Wilbur H. Kramer,
Clerk, duly seconded and unani-
mously carried, Tuesday, August
l4:h, 1917, was fixed as the day for
holding Of examinations for all men
already called to appear and who
had failed to present themselves for
the purpose Of being examined, on
August 4th, 9Th and 9Th, 1917; that
public notice be given of this extern
sion Of time, and notices mailed to
oil absentees whose changes Of ad-
dress had been made known to the
Board.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried, the Board adjourned, subject
to the call Of the Chairman.
CHARLES PECOT, Chairman.
WILBUR H. KRAMER, Clerk.
B. T. SMITH, Coroner.
franklin, Aug. 9.-The Local
Board met Thursday and received
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The following were among the
visitors to Charenton Friday even
ing: Mr.. and Mrs. F. Talbot of Nor
gan City, Mr.. Falteman of Patter-
son, Miss Una Comeaux of Berwick,
Miss Eunice Berwick and DR.. ]. C.
Berwick of this city.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH

CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday School every Sunday q,
80 . m.
High Mass every first Sunday al
9:3O a. m.
Low Mass every other Sunday at
TOO q. m.
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Daily Review delivered to your
home for 40c per month.
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Franklin, Aug. e.-The Local
Board met Thursday and received
the report Of Dr.. B. W. Smith, Coro-
ner and Examining Physician, certi-