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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
HARD FIGHTING NOW
IN PROGRESS ON RIGA
SECTOR IN THE EAST
Petrograd Reports TeutonS
Have Been Unable to Follow
Up Successes Won Recently
in That Section
BY Associated. Press. }

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The heaviest
fighting now in progress in any of the
war areas is on the Russian front in
Gently took the offensive and drove back
the Russians a mile and half in the
region of the great Tirul marsh.
Berlin announces today that the at
tack Melted the Germans strong Russian
positions on a front of about six miles.
with more than 100 prisoners and 13
machine guns. Russian reserves were
unable to check the advance.
Attempting again to advance over the
frozen ground which has made the eff
fort in this swampy region possible, the
Teutonic army has sustained reverses.
according to Petrograd today. North
west of the marsh they opened heavy
artillery fire and then attacked. but fail
ed to make any Roadway, A similar re-
suit met attacks between the marsh and
the river "A, and here, in counter at
tack, the Russians dislodged the Ger
mans and drove them back.
The fighting extended TO the south
east of the river IA, near Kalnzen, which
lies twenty miles southwest of Riga
Here the Russians, after taking the Of
fensive, were caught in a counter-of-
fensive of the Germans and compelled
to retire northward a third of q mile
Elsewhere there has been little but
artillery, patrol, and air fighting. En-
tire quiet apparently prevails all along
the Rumanian front, where the severi-
ties of the winter weather have check
ed all operations except sporadic bonn
bardments and SkirmiShes.
Greece has formally apolozfzed to the
entente, in compliance with the demands,
for the events of last December when
Greeks fired ont he entente forces at
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
VICTORY Of ENTENTE
ESSENTIAL To PEACE,
SAYS BRITISH PAPER
Westminster Gazette Says If
Germans Come Out of Pres
emit War Unbeaten They Will
Resume Old Methods
rRn Assoeiated Prssa.l

LONDON. Jan. s5.-The Westminster
Gazette today expresses the opinion that
last nights speech Of Andrew Bonar
Law. chancellor OF the exchequer. is the
best answer Yet made 10 the address OF
President Wilson
President Wilson. says the newspa-
ger. .shas described his ideals in terms
which as nearly as possible correspond
with our aims, but speaking as a neu-
trail he has suggested that neither SIDE
ought TO score a victory He, having 70
Keep the balance poised between the bel
HRerents. may say that TO his own peo-
pie without offense. We. in the middle
Of the conflict. are Obliged 10 reply that
there is no possibility Of realizing our
aims or his unless we succeed IN de-
feating the enemy"
Arguing that the Germans, il they
come out OF the conflict unbeaten VIII
after recuperztion take up their old
methods the Westminster Gazette cen
tinues:
1T is our business that this does not
happen but meantime we have nothing
hut good will for President Wilson or
any other neutral who attemts here and
now 70 work out methods whereby. when
this war is over. peace may be finally
The negotiations between the bellig-
erents NAV be greatly facilitated when
the time comes IL the neutrals. under the
lead OF the United States. have clear
IDEAS of the manner in which the ideals
proclaimed by President Wilson can be
nut into practice. II they can show
Us the framework OF a new international
structure. guaranteeing nations against
aggression and securing a free. peaceful
existence for nationalities, il Will be
much easier to adjust the details at the
peace conference"
The Westminster Gazette expresses
the opinion that the presidents speech
should receive an official reply from
the allies
The Globe in its comment says3
The only league OF peace which can
be effected until mankind in general has
ceased TO contemplate the possibility OF
war is a league which has an over
whelming force behind it. That is the
league which the allies are fighting 70
establish. and to which the great ma
ton which Dr. Wilson rules will, we
trust. some day give its powerful sup
Tort"
The Pail Mall Gazette invites P-esi-
dent Wilson TO visit Europe and talk
with wounded prisoners on both sides.
the Inhabitants OF invaded provinces
9nd survivors OF torpedoed merchant
men
such a tour 81 inquiry" il adds
would lend an authority TO his next
deIiverauce upon the war such as can
hardly attach itself To conclusions form
- in his remote eyrie"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Peanut Dislodged After
Three Weeks IN Boys
Lungs; Child May Live
Especial Dispatch to The Journa19

Especial Dispatch to The Journa1.)
CORDELE, Ga, Jan. 25.-Wfth a pea
nut lodged in his lungs for the past
three weeks from which he developed
pneumonia and suffered scorching fe-
yer most of the time, Hardwick, eigh-
teen-months-old baby of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
II. Simmons. Of Crisp county, now has
a good chance to live. Last night after
a spell of coughing the peanut was
loosened and coughed up This morn
ing the little fellows temperature is
normal.
Pneumonia developed shortly after tho
unusual accident A peanut passed
through the baby's wind pipe and into
its lungs while it was eating a piece
of peanut candy which its grandfather
had given il by mistake, thinking it was
chocolate. Physicians thought for days
that the child could not live.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Heavily Laden U-Boat
Appears Off Newport,
Rhode Island Thursday

NEWPORT, r. l., Jan. 25.-An uni
Identified submarine, heavily laden, is
lying off shore between Point Judah
and Beaver Tail, where she arrived a
little after o'clock this afternoon.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Baron MaSham Dead

LONDON, Jan. 25.-Samuel Cunliffe-
Lister, second Baron Masham, died last
night at Masham, aged fifty-nine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Woman Is Found Dead;
Movie Actor Is Held
HRu Arrnciarad Pas \

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 25.-A1 woman
identified by the police as Mrs. Nell
Harvey, of Exeter, Cal, was found dead
today. lying face downward in a bed
in a hotel, and Harlan J. Winter, mo-
ton picture actor, was taken into GUS
tody
Winter, the police say, said the young
woman died from natural causes. He
said they were to have been married
The police say the woman's body was
bruised. The hotel proprietor said he
heard sounds which he thought indicat-
ed scuhling
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Wilson Is Considering
Traimnen's Proposals
On Railway Legislation

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The railway
brotherhood leaders today laid before
President Wilson in writing their pro-
posals for a compromise on his railway
legislation program and he began con-
sidering them.
The labor leaders propose instead of
a law to prevent strike or lockout
pending an Investigation, that provision
be made for investigation by a mixed
board of employees and employers. This,
they say, would settle every dispute.
The action of the senate interstate
commerce committee yesterday in voting
down the presidents plan a second time
was taken by some officials as the fore
runner of some sort of a compromise.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
90 Persons Indicted
For Election Frauds
by Associated Press

CINCINNATI. o., Jan. 25.-Ninety-
nine sealed indictments were returned
by the federal grand jury investigating
the election frauds here today. The
indictments were handed to the United
States marshal and the men named in
them will be brought into court under
capias as soon as apprehended.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Leaders in Dog Team
Race Hope to Reach
u. S. Border Thursday

MORRIS, Man, Jan. 25.-After
breakfast of raw FISH the husky dogs
Of the ten trains competing in the 522
mile race from Winnipeg to st. Paul,
were urged out of Norris at daylight.
1t was hoped to reach the border today
and the leaders may enter Grand Forks,
y. d., for tonights stop.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
Registration Day Tuesday.

On Tuesday OF this week, the 9th OF
June, the men OF the United States who
are between 81 and 81 years of age will
register as enrolled soldiers of the coun-
try, and from their number will be
drawn later the men who will constitute
the first army of America under the con
scription act.
No man Is to any degree the judge as
to whether be is physically or otherwise
qualified for military service. Whatever
bis condition, sick or well, able-bodied
or cripple, he must register, unless be Is
now actually in the military service Of the
United States. II he Is absent from
home, some one else must register for
him.
In Oxford County the clerks of the
several towns and plantations will act as
registrars, and the registering here "a
everyw here else will be done at the vot-
ing places. The registrars are then re-
auired, not to send the registration cards
TO the county board, but must In person
bring them to the Office of the clerk OF
courts. The county board will eliminate
those who are obviously physically unit
before the draft, and the matter OF pos
sible exemptions will be attended to
later.
As was to be expected, some opposi-
ton to the draft has appeared in differ
emit sections of the country, but this op,
position so far as seen is only occasional
and exceptional. In Maine and In New
England we believe that the duty oil
registration will be Loyalty done by our
young men, and that II the draft calls
them, they will obey the call Loyalty, as
good American citizens.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05

The usual exercises were held on Ne.
mortal Day. The graves 10 the GENE
teries were decorated In the forenoon,
the comrades and long line Of school
children marching to the music of the
Mechanic Falls Band. Dinner was serv-
ed In the N. e. vestry by the Relief
Corps. At2 O'Clock Professor Hansoom
Of Bethel gave an able and eloquent ad-
dress at the congregational church to q
good audience. Thirteen veterans were
present. Music by male quartette. The
church was decorated With flowers, hags
and Red Cross emblems.
A Red Cross Society has been organic
cd, Mrs. Malcolm MacKay chairman;
Mrs.. d. R. Farris treasurer; Mrs. Edith
Kemp secretary.
Major q. r. Farris Was ct home from
Augusta Sunday.
Miss Grover OF Gorhsm has been visit
ing her cousin, Mrs. MacKay.
Mrs. H.H. Hall and son william called
on friends here last week.
Alberta Farrls was ct home for . short
visit last week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
Junior velantssrs Of Maine.
GENERAL 1NroRxAT1oN REGARDING THE
MOVEMENT.

Purpose.-Tbe purpose Of this move
ment il to discover, enlist and train boys
and young mon to supply the extra de-
msnd for farm labor made necessary
through the increased acreage propagsn-
d. recommended by the State and FEEDER
81 Governments to provide for the War
Emergencies. !.
Enlistment-Boys between the ages OF
10 and 20, Of good moral character, Who
can pass the physical examination, and
furnish satisfactory recommendations
may qualify as Volunteers.
Dates of enlistment are on and after
June first, to and including October
thirty first, unless otherwise released by
the Governor, on recommendation OF the
Director General.
Application blanks may be secured OF
the principal Of the local high school or
academies. II not, write to headquar'
tiers. Enlistment for both boys and Lead
ers will be on the same basis as that OF
the National Guard. The boys will be
known 40 "Volunteers," and the Lead
ers as "Commanders.
All desirable candidates whose appli-
cations have been duly filed at Head
quarters, will receive orders to report at
the Mobilization Camp for final exsmi-
nations and enlistment.
Lsadersbip.-The boys will be sent
out In squads to work In different sec
lions, as opportunity may afford, under
the direction of competent adult Lead
ers, appointed by the Director General.
who will have full charge of the boys
until they are returned to the mobiliza-
ton camp, unless otherwise relieved by
the Director General.
Mobilization.-Thec camp will be mo-
bilized June first, at the Y. NJ. G. A..
State Camp Farm, Winthrop Center.
This can be reached from either Win.
throp or Augusta by trolley.
obstruction and training In general
farm work will be given at the camp BY
representatives of the University Of
Maine and other qualified leaders, be-
fore assignment to service is made.
The Volunteers will be sent out in
Companies, under their Commanding
Officer wherever aud whenever needed.
Furloughs.-Brief furloughs will be
granted to the Volunteers In cases OF
emergency, by the Governor, on recon-.
mendation of the Director General.
Compensation. Opportunity for ser
vice.
Wages $1.Oo per each secular day from
date of enlistment.
Subsistence, Board and Lodging).
Uniforms (Hat, Blouse, Breaches, Leg
gins, Shoes, Overalls and Frock.)
Medical attendance.
Transportation.
School Credits.-Full school credits
will be allowed Volunteers on both the
fall and spring terms when engaged in
service.
Parents Approval. 1t will be neces-
sary for each boy to secure the consent
and approval of either his parents or
guardian.
General Administration.-All matters
pertaining to misunderstandings, adj
justmen:s of labor difficulties, change of
location or assignment, discipline, en-
listment, furloughs, rank, discharge or
other general questions, shall be refer.
red to the Director General.
For further information, write Head
quarters, Junior Volunteers, Rooms u
aud "a, State House, Augusta, Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
Jov Of Pockets.

The pocket has to be lacked before
1t is properly appreciated, the London
Chronicle says. This writer had taken
bis pockets as a matter of course until
one evening he attended q fancy dress
ball In costume which, he discovered
when too late to remedy the defect,
was absolutely pocketless. The Ques-
ton at once arose what to do with
pocket handkerchief, money, cloakroom
ticket, and so on. The handkerchief,
Of course, went up his sleeve, but IL
took some minutes to devise recepta.
cles for coins and other necessaries In
the lining Of the cap, the heels Of the
shoes and the cuff Of the coat. All
night long, however, he felt lost
through having no place to thrust his
hands into. Since then he finds him
self frequently putting his hands into
his pockets to experience the sheer Joy
Of knowing that they are there.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
North waterford.

Mrs. Catherine Grover OF Norway ID
visiting relatives and friends here.
M. and Mrs. Ed jackson have moved
to Bryant's Pond, whore he will work IN
the spool mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Haxelton visited
her cousin, willard Abbott, at South
Waterford Friday.
Mrs. Will Yates and children, who
have been stopping the past week With
her mother, have gone to their homo q
West Paris. m h
Mrs.. Annie Holmes does not seem 10
gain - her friends would Ike 70 sse her.
The moving pictures are here every
Hr. sud Mr.. W, @. Ward were a
Chss, Asrstop's few days last week
planting them garden. % .'is@
Will NcAllistsr has bssn ploughing
Tor several 10 this paloe. b 4
Ernest NcGrsy has bssn 70 Norway
and Paris . few days. .e
Nrs. Hattie Lord was called to Bridg-
ton Monday. q her mother wss very
oiok. ~, S. tef
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
Maine News Notes.

Theodore Caddell, eleven.year.ol son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William 81. Caddell, was
drowned Tuesday In Portland by slip
ping of the end Of wharf on which he
was playing.
Dumb Animals states that Q robin will
eat while yet q nesting, every day Its
own weight in insect food. They devour
greedily cutworms, inchworms, meal
worms-almost any soft bodied non
hairy caterpillsrs.
b. Clifford Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Smith OF North Gorhsm, who en-.
listed In the navy In April, died from
pneumonia and measles at Newport, r.
l., on the 28th nit. he was q member
Of the graduating class In Windhsm High
School.
While working on jam of logs In the
Machias river, Willis Roberts Of Wesley
was drowned Saturday. The jam gave
way suddenly and he was carried under
the logs by the swift current.
Col. Hume has asked the commander
of the northeastern department to have
members of the Second Maine regiment
relieved from guard duty 30 that they
may be concentrated In camp for drill.
This is especially desirable on account
of the many raw recruits.
Baua or men who have returned from
trips Into northern Maine state that
there is q great abundance Of water
everywhere, the lakes, ponds and streams
being full and the great storage system
OF the Great Northern Paper Company
trimming over everywhere. At Ripo.
genus the great dam recently com.
pleted has been over1o wing for three
or four weeks, for the second time since
the hinge structure was completed.
1t might reasonably be supposed that
the following mentioned males would
be excused from army service by, the
national government, though probably
most of them would be rather glad to
stake q hance:''-"Frank j. Ham,
warden of the State Prison, says that
there are 108 inmates of the State Prison
between the ages of 81 and 81 years who
are subject to the provisions of the selec-
tive draft. These men will appear on
registration day before Henry NJ. Nc
Gunnigle, clerk at the institution, who
is justice OF the peace, and sign the
necessary papers. Warden Ham said
there were about % prisoners on parole,
but these may enroll wherever they
happen to be on registration day,
June 9Th"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOsN0s OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris RIM.

Firss Baptist Church, Rsv. g. W. =. Ml. pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday q l0ao A.. y.
sunday School at - sabbath evening service
50. Covenant Meeting the last Friday befo y
the lst Sunday Of the month q so r. =. AL
| not otherwise connected arc CORDIALLY mVseo'
The juno meeting Of the directors Of
the Library Association will be held ct
the library Wednesday, June 9, at4
O'Clock.
The annual election of officers will DO
held at the Parent Teacher meeting
Friday evening, June 8. There will DO
an entertainment and social, and u the
weather permits there will be . lawn
party, with ice cream for sale. Every
body come and make It the best meeting
of the year. -,
Prof. Maynard Maxim of Newtonville,
Mass, was . recent guest at 0. A. MAY
im's.s
Admiral and Mrs. William W. Kimball
arrived here Saturday and opened their
home after spending the winter In Wash
ton.
Can you remember q Memorial Day
when the season was 90 cold and back
ward, when many of the early flowers
had not yet made their appearance?
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Atwood spent
the week-en with relatives In Dixdeld.
The recent rains coming Immediately
after the repair Of the road between this
village and South Paris have kept 1t In
something the condition OF plowed
ground.
The directors of Paris Hill Library
Association were delightfully."- entertained
at dinner Saturday by Mrs. z. q. Jack
son.
At the Five Hundred Party In connec-
ton with the Universslist Circles,
which meet every Friday afternoon, 1t
was decided at the last meeting to use
the collections for the National Women's
Service League. which 10 making hospi-
tai supplies. The work will be consid-
cred at the next party, which meets with
Mrs. Herbert L. Scribner next Friday
afternoon at 2:30. Ali ladies interested
in the Red Cross work are cordially In
vited, and 1t has been suggested that We
form knitting squad.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
EIsphants' Fear of Mice,

The reason why one tiny mouse Il
capable Of soaring a whole herd Of ele
plants half to death Is found In the
fact that in the elephants native land
there are little animals known as cha
canas, which feed on small, sour Der;
~ Of which elephants are very fond
They live In settlements, something
after the manner Of prairie dogs, under
the berry bushes, and sometimes when
feeding the elephants trample upon the
little towns, and the chacanas in their
fright frequently run up the tubes OF
the elephants trunks. Their long
sharp claws catch in the flesh, and they
cannot be elected. The more violently
the monster blows through its trunk
the more firmly the hooked claws OF
the little animal become imbedded in
the flesh, and Inflammation and death
are the result. In captivity, therefore
the elephants think they are In danger
Of the deadly chacanas when they see
q mouse.-New York American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
A Gigantic Meteor Stream.

One Of the most accomplished ana as
siduous students Of meteors, DR.. Den
ming, is Of the opinion that the August
meteors, which radiate from the con-
stellation Perseus and are sometimes
popularity called the tears of st. Law
renee" belong to stream so broad
that the earth, travelling between eight
cen and nineteen miles second, occu-
pies seven weeks In crossing 1t.
This would make the width OF the
stream, If the earth traversed it at a
right angle to It's course, nearly &c.
100000 miles. These meteors are so
scattered all round the orbit In which
they travel that some Of them are WIS.,
ible every year. They are believed to
be connected with a bright comet
which appeared in 1862 and is sup
posed to have a period Of about 12O
years. The outer end of its ellipttcal
meteor stream is situated far beyond
the orbit of Neptune. - Los Angeles
Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
Hebron.

Rev. Mr.. Griffiths gave fine memorial
sermon Sunday. The church was pref.
tily decorated.
The exercises Memorial Day were call.
ed the best ever held here. There was q
large delegation of veterans and Sons OF
Veterans from Mechanic Falls. The ad.
dress was by Prof. j. F. Moody, and all
fully appreciated Its excellence. The
children took part In the exercises as
usual. The graves were decorated, and
many students marched in the process.
sion. After the exercises dinner was
served by the W. R. G.
Hebron boys won at the Brunswick
Track Meet Saturday, also at the ball
game with Kent's Hill Wednesday, 20.
We wish there might be an end to all
ball games and other sports Memorial
Day. 1t is hard that one day cannot be
kept sacred to the memory Of our dead
soldiers. We do not blame the present
generation as much as the older ones,
who should have taught their children
that the civil war was something besides
history.
Miss Ellen Glover was at home from
Mechanic Falls Sunday.
Fred Sturtevant is at home from Port.
land to do bis planting.
Frank Moody has returned from flsh.
ing trip to Sumner, where he met with
good success.
Prof. Dryer leaves this Thursday
morning with the ball team for Massa.
chusetts, where they will play with Dean
Academy and then With Gushing Acad'
envy.
Mrs. Henry Pinkham, Miss Louise and
Harry, who have been spending few
days here to look after their garden, left
for their home in Newton Thursday
morning. They came through In their
car, and in few weeks will be here for
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ramsdell of East
Hebron were at Miss Trips Wednes-
day.
Leonard Randall of Poland 10 at Fred
Sturtevsnt's helping plant. Mr.. Randall
is one of the oldest veterans, and usually
gets here for Memorial Day.