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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

Section Is of Chapter 9 of the Re-
vised Statutes will read as follows:
Assessors of taxes shall include i'll
the inventory required to be taken on
April LIST, the number and value of
all sheep in excess of the number of
50 and swine in excess Of the NUMBER
of TO- yearlinSs and two year old neat
cattle stated separately, Of sheep and
swine and at every fifth year after 1918
of domestic fowl, and of the eggs
and poultry stated separately. pro
duced thercfrom during the year pre-
ceding. They shall make return there
Of TO the State Assessors Who shall
tabulate the returns and publish them
in detail. Said property shall not be
included in the tax list
So that the proposition as it now
stands is that sheep in excess Of So
in number and swine in excess Of ten
are not exempt from taxation, but shall
not be taxed-a propagation which it
will be very simple for the ordinary
municipal assessor to understand. II
is extremely proba BILE that the drafter
of this bill intended to amend Section
Is Of Chapter Nine by inserting the
words less than IS in number and
swine less than ten in number
The IS Legislature. however. has
placed him on record and that record
Will have to stand until tho Solons
or the - come to his rescue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

away Wednesday wanted 20 take hl'
cornet, but the Exemption BOARD was
not sure If this was advisable ny
knowing the demand for musicians
at that time, and told the lad to notify
them at Aver he could play and n they
said so. he could send for his corne'
Weld-News from Orland Marsha
member Of the L. s. Amhulanr'
Corps. now I'm active service r
France states that they have passs,
through one successful cnCaGcwsn'
which occupied their attention ic'
several days.
Arthur J. Colder Of Manlry stree,
Auburn. who has been stationed A.
pumpkins Island in Boston Hnrho'
has been granted n furlouEh To- attend
Colby college. He is in Auburn for 4
few days.
Woolwich--it is a little strange that
but one man has been called from rms
town and he was exempt while ir ts'
small town Of ArrowsiC three have
been called.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

There are, approxima tely, 14.20o,000
acres Of forests in the State of Maine.
OF this territory. about 100000 acres
are in the Forestry District. IN All.
there were but % fire wardens en-
ployed. At the present time there are
So active chief wardens IS patromen
ana 30 lockout stations. practically
the same number in use since 1911.
These are the men on regular pay
and the expenses given in the tables
above are what have been paid to
men outside the regular force who
have been needed in fighting fires.
The years preceding 1915 We're re-
markable for their dryness in tho
woods and forest fires were prevalent
on all sides. While there have been
very vet spring since that time,
the summers have been comparative,
ly dry. The spring of 1917 was I'M
usually wet and this fact contributed
imme nsely toward the reduction of
fire causes.
But the wet spring was not. by
any mean, the sole cause of the re-
ouction in the number of fires for
1917. The Legislature Of 1915 passed
what is called the slash" law.
measure that requires the burning
or removal of all branches and 9th.
er debris resulting from cutting down
tree" by roadsides and railroad tracks.
, This law has been enforced during
the part summer most stringcntly.
Forest Commissioner Colby, in aldi-
ton to giving personal attention to
the enforcement of this law, has re-
puired the patrolmen to he busy at ali
times on this work Federal aid mas
bean granted on this work and special
ratrolmen have been on outside the
Maine Forestry District since Sep
, TENDER first
Or top Of this has been the renewed
and intenefled campaign Of educa-
ton to safeguard the forests. More
warning signs than ever have been
posted all through the woods. These
have greeted the eyes Of visitors AZ
every point and tho caution to beware
of throwing lishted matches. cigar
and cigarette stubs into the woods
has been needed better than before
as a result
The wardcns generally begin their
duties the first Of May and stay "on
the lob" until the middle of October.
Ir 1914, however, because of the almost
unprecodo Mt dry condition Of the for
ests, the men We're retained until
Oct %. the latest on record. In adj
dition to the precautions taken by
Commissioner Colby such as have been
mentioned, rev watch towers have
been erected at several look out sta
tons so that a more effective survey
of the surrounding country has been
possible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
GUARDING AGAINST
WATER POLLUTION

The Public Utilities Commission has
issued General Order to all Water
Companies doing business in the State
requiring them to- forward samples
from their water supply to the director
of the State Water and Sewerage Lab
oratories at Augusta for analysis.
The commission has 172 water COM
panies under its jurisdiction. and 152
of them are ordered to send samples
quarterly; four bi-lnonth1y; and four
monthly. Six companies buy their wa
ter from another company and six
others operate only during the summer
months. To these latter a similar or
der will be sent at the beginning Of
the 1918 summer season requiring them
to submit monthly samples.
This work is undertaken by the Com
mission in cooperation with DR.. H: D.
Evans. director of the Water and
Sewerage Laboratories of the State
Department of Health. and is one Of
the first steps in assisting the water
companies to maintain and furnish I'M
polluted water to the people of the
State as contemplated in Chapter 90
OF the Public Laws Of 1917.
Assistant Clerk Roy F. Leach, who
has been des grated by the Commits
sion TO have charge of this work, stat
&c that on the whole the water com
panies were furnishing an excellent
quality Of water. but that there were
some communities which We're using
water from a public supply which
could be improved upon.
A compliance Of these orders will de.
termine those companies and a vigor-
Gus campaign will be carried on look
ing to the cleaning up Of the objection
able conditions. The text of the order
follows
General Order No. 1910
To all Water Utilities doing Business
in the State of Maine
Under the provisions of chapter 90
OF the public laws of Maine for the
year 1917. you are hereby directed to
forward quarterly until further notice.
samples from your water supply to the
Director Of the State Water and Sew.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
SOLDIER BOYS

Bath Times J. H. West has
bought 29foot launch for the use of
the Bath soldiers at Fort Baldwin in
making numerous excursions between
the fort and Bath. The new boat is
named Willie f., and is propelled by
power furnished by an eight horse
power engine. Sergt. West said
something entirely welcome when he
tolds the boys of his purchase.
Bath Times-There is demand for
musicians at Camp Devens and Of
ficers request drafted men 10 bring
musical instruments with them if they
can play One of the boys who wen,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
age Laboratories, at Augusta, for an

age Laboratories. at Augusta, for an
alysis.
Bottles will be sent you each quarter
from the laboratory with full drec-
tons as to how the sample shall be
taken, and they should he returned at
orce. You will be informed as to the
result of the analysis.
To those companies who may now
be sending samples to the laboratory.
a compliance with this order will he
deemed to be sufficient 1t is not in
tended to duplicate the work.
If possible. it should be arranged that
the same person will collect and for
ward the samples each time.
superintendent in charge Of oper-
alton are to be notified of this order
at once on its receipt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
FREEDOM FROM
FOREST FIRES

Not since the creation of the Maine
Forestry district has the State been
so free Of forest fires as has been
the case in 1917. Further than that,
never has such a small sum of money
been expended in fighting fires as has
been the case during the past summer
for but 5000 was needed outside of
the sums used in the maintenance Of
the regular fire warden service. This
is striking contrast to the expen-
diture of si645.79 in 1916 and over $40
COO in 1912
While the fire wardena are not with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
New Corporation

The following new corporation, or
canned under the laws of Maine. hs-
mad its articles of incorporat ton an
proved by the Office of the attorney
general of the State of Maine:
Farm Power Company. organized q,
Iorham Capital stock, s1o,oc,; or
which $4,000 is common and $4,000 nre
ferred paid in. $500 par value. 500.
shares subscribed, s. President Nil.
ored ;, Leighton, Gorham: clerk and
treasurer William w. Johnson. Cor
nam; directors. the. above and vern,
H. Johnson of Gorham and charres
+. leighton of Portland Purnoses
70 manufacture. buy. sell and other
wise deal in all kinds of merchand,s.
ana conduct general store. 1nclud,ne
farming implements, supplies. produce
etc. Approved Oct.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
State House Chat

Time clock No. at the State House
put one over Saturday on all hands.
by its mechanism changing the reg
istering machinery back to Monday at
sometime between II and II o'clock in
the morning, instead of waiting for
o'clock at night, as the other clock
did and that one should The result
was that when the people left the
building at noon, they were obliged
to register out as OF last Monday by
the card, or perhaps next Monday.
DR.. A. o. Thomas, State superin-
tendent OF schools, will address the
mems gathering of the High Street
Methodist church. Auburn, Friday
evening. Oct. IL. A supper will precede
the exercises.-Lewiston Journal.
Hon. E. c. Ryder Of Bangor. for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

itching and burning were so intense that
some one held him large part of the
time.
I'VE decided to try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. He soon began to improve
and after a few months he was COM
pletely healed" (Signed) Mrs. Wilson
B. Foster. Weston, VT.
II is easy to prevent skin and scalp
troubles by using Cuticura Soap for all
toilet purposes. assisted by touches of
Cuticurs Ointment to first signs of pim-
pies, rashes. dandnlH or irritation. Do
not confound them with coarsely medi-
Gated soaps and ointments.
For Free Sample Each oy Return
Nail address postcard: 'Cutieura,
Dspt. r. Boston," Sold everywhere.
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ijE;i2laaNi;;i
NO CURE FOR
RIGGS DISEASE
All Depends Upon Whether You Con.
suit q Dentist or a Physician.

NEW YORK. y. ASK any dentist
and he will very likely tell you there is
no cure for riggs disease. Physicians say
there is. and that il is a germ disease OF
the gums, caused by catarrh and cold
bugs. Anyway, the following distinctive
features are Observable in the treatment
The progress of the disease is promptly
arrested and soon stopped. The color Of
the gums is restored to a healthy pink
condition in the course Of a few DAYS
Undue redness of gums disappears. In
fammation. soreness and sensitiveness
disa ppear. Gums build up and fill out.
receding stops. Separated teeth come to-
gether. Loose teeth tighten up and bleed
ing OF gums ceases Shrunken gums are
invigorated and healthifed. Pyrorigg is
a prescription specially for riggs disease
which comes in the form Of a rnedica.ed
massage unguentum which stays where
it is put. unaffected by saliva and is be-
Ing dispensed in original packages rrice
one dollar, at best drug stores, Including
Bowditch-webster Co. in Augusta.-Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Runford Falls Man Loses S,uht

Joe Boucher Of Rumford Falls whr
fell from building at the dam se,sra
weeks ago, has lost his cyesight n
operation will soon hc performed ID
an effort 60 restore the sight. T7t
many friends OF Mr.. Boucher ~'m.
pathize with him az he Mas vifo aa.
five children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

in the form of blisters
and we were given a
wash to apply. and an
ointment but they did
not seem to do any
good. These blisters
soon dried and scaled
over and then he broke
out with a red burning
and itching rash The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08


Weres2
Estimated
dSang-
of
Now CMnOra iOns-Ch
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

ner member of the Bangor exemption
BOARD is now able to be about his law
duties after an illness of several weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

The cutting in two OF the fee for
the registration Of automobiles a1ter
Oct. / made such a rush TO the Auto
mobile Bureau Of the Maine depart
ment of State that the receipts for
the week were soss1, making grand
total at the close of business on Sat
urday. oct Of s4s2 So, compared
with $3.50. sG5.75 in the same period of
las, wear. 1t was sll6,"o0 more than
the receipts Of all last year and $4,000
more than the estimated receipts for
all the present year.
The registrations exceed those of the
same period Of last year by 92I1 pleas
ire machines. l2,735 operators Ii
cense3. 1925 trucks. los dealers and -Se
MOTORCYCLES. while the dealers in the
latter were eight less. The following
tables show the comparison between
the two periods:
Total receipts to oct. 6. 1915, $780,
ss5 -. total receipts to Oct. g. 1871,
sisc.ss9.
Total registrations and licenses to
Oct s. 1877
Registrations Observation-Disclosures. @'@l'
Licenses .....,..,...'''''' 1ooil
Trucks ............'.'' ..''.''"''' o-'o
Dealers ...............'..'' ..'.'.' 80
,,o,crcycIes ..... 1901
Motor, ycle Dealers ............... -
Total registrations and licenses to
oct s. 1916
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drawn from active duty until
the middle of October, an accurate
estimate Of the number of fires ana
the cost of fighting them has been
compiled in the Office Of Forrest H.
Colby of Bingham. forest comm Gion-
er and State land agent.
According TO these figures, there
have been 103 fires reported by the
wardena during the past summer. OF
these, only - required the services
Of men outside the regular patrol and
to fight these but 5000 was needed.
The Maine Forest District was Gre
ated in 19e9 and the first computation
of figures of the work doue by the
district waS for the year 1911. The
follc wing figures therefore. which show
the number OF fires and the expen-
ses Of fighting them are Of more than
ordinary interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
A Great Responsibility.

responsibility attached the preparing Of remedy for infants and children
is undoubtedly greater that imposed upon the manufacturer remedies
for adults whose system sufficiently counterfeit for time at least
Injurious drug well observe that asto prepared today it has been
past years. under the personal supervision Mr. Cas Fletcher
What makers Limitations and substitutes at ske7 What are their
responsibilities whom they anwerae7 They spring up today scatter
their nearious wares broadcast, and disappear tomorrow.
mother the pankng with which the prescription for
Feer Csoa prepared could they read the nnumerabe testimonials from
grateful mothers they listen the subtle angs and false
Of those would offer imitation Of substitute for the tried and true
Gacto
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
itching Burning
Eczema in bIiSterS
On Little Boy
Healed by Cuticura

MY little boy broke out with eczema
on his hands and face when about two
or three months old. At first it appeared
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-29
NEW PHONE EXCHANGE
BUILDING in SHERWOOD
Three-Story Structure, Costing
100000, Will Be Ready
Next Autumn

\ now exchange building for the Bell
Telephone Company, to be knoYn as "Sher-
wood" will be built on the southeast cor
ner of Fifty-seventh and Chestnut streets.
Construction. which will cost 100000. in
cluding all equipment has been started. 1t
will be ready for use next autumn. Irwin
& Leighton are the contractors
Handling of the telephone traffic Of West
Philadelphia will be greatly facilitated by
this new equipment, The growth of the
service in that section has been tremendous
in recent years. The new building will be
81" shaped, with a frontage of sixty feet
on Chestnut street and 10 feet on Fifty
seventh street. 1t will be three stories. with
basement with provisions for an additional
story and side and rear extensions.
In the basement will be the battery, en-
gine and boiler rooms and cable vault
Terminal rooms, operators rest and lunch
rooms and the operating room will occupy
the rest of the building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-29
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
AFTER SHOOTING WIFE
Quarrels End When He Fires on
Woman in Bed With
Children

After firing fusillade of shots and
wounding his wife. probably fatally, as she
was lying in bed with three children, Frank
Schifani thirty-fve years old, of 1929
South Thirteenth street, committed suicide
shortly before 6 O'Clock this morning by
shooting himself in the head.
The wife Mrs. Lula Schifani, was shot
in the abdomen. She rushed to the street
in her nightdress and collapsed almost at
the feet Of Policemen Lawless and Guda,
Of the Seventh and Carpenter streets sta
ton. They sent her TO the Howard Hos
ptal. Physicians will operate today.
According TO the police, Schfani and his
wife have had several quarrels recently.
lie returned this morning after visiting
his brother in York, Pa. He walked into
the bedroom where his wife was in bed with
her three small children Another son,
twelve years old, was asleep on nearby
couch.
Scnfani drew an automatic pistol and
started firing. only one shot took effect.
The shooting threw the neighborhood into
an uproar. Schfanis body was taken to
the Morgue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-29
MRS. YARNALL BELIEVES
SUSPECT IS MURDERER
Negro in Custody Looks Very
Much Like Slayer" Says
Widow

A negro captured today in his home at
1907 cambridge street is believed by Mrs
Harold T. Yarnall to be the mail~who shot
and killed her husband I'm their home, s22
Pine street. carly Sunday evening
The man was taken before Mrs. Yarnall
who is confined to her bed by shock He
looks very much like the murderer" was all
she would say.
AS soon as she recovers from her pros
tration she will go to city Hall and en-
deavor to make a more positive identifca-
ton of the man.
Funeral services for Mr.. Yarnall will he
held this afternoon in the Church of the
Redeemcr, in Bryn Mawr The services will
be conducted by the Rev. George Calvert
Garter. rector of the church. and the Rev.
George Pomeroy Allen, rector Of ST. Mary $
Church, Ardmorel Mrs. Narnall will en-
deavor TO attend the services.
Circumstantial evidence. the police say,
points strongly to the latest suspect IN the
case. Early today Captain of Detectives
Tate received word by telephone that a man
answering the description of the murderer
concealed in the Bainbrdge street
house Captain Tate sent Detectives Nc
Dermott and Fischer out, and, posing as
health inspectors, they gained entrance into
the house They found the man in bed.
The detectives questioned the negro. who
said he was suffering from grip and named
a physician who was treating him.
That man isn't suffering from grip" said
the physician upon being questioned. He's
suffering from some internal injury which
must have been caused by fall or jump
from high place"
The detectives are inclined to believe that
the Yarnal murderer jumped from some
high place or, even If he did run out of the
door, was kicked violently by the man he
had shot who was unusually powerful.
The negro denied any knowledge of the
crime and said hp had hIit
to this country from Jamaica and was EN-
played as a stevedore.
Robert Gipin Erwin, son of Mrs. Var.
nall, was commissioned second lieutenant
in the army yesterday Erwin was a pri.
cate in the First City Troop while It was
on the border with the First Pennsylvania
Cavalry. He took an examination for his
commission at Governors Island early II
the month and passed. He will he sent tc
Fort IeaVcnworth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-29
ElktOn Marriage Licenses

ELkTON, Nd, March 29.--The following
couples were granted marriage licenses in
Elllton today: Albert Hafer and Mamie
Gibbons, Edward Thornton and Isabelle
German, James NJ. Wolff and Dorothy II.
Walker, all of Philadelphia; Edward r..
Miller and Mae Furcron, Butler, Pa. Will
liam Corcoran and Sarah Scott, Whining
ton; Claude Engle' and Ruth Lachman,
Reading Reggie T. Ryder and Rose Har-
kns Ardmore Charles w Keith, Newark
DEL, and Myrtle Z. Eklund, Principle Fur
mace, Md. Charles w. Moffett, Belwood,
and Helen NJ. Eyer. Tyrone, Pa. ALVIN Nc
Gonigal and Frances Corners, Whining
ton: Leon Ress and Adelaide Wilsey Haz-
Teton, and Ramona J. Basso and Miriam
Fegley, Reading.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-29
WOMEN SEE SUFFRAGE
BOOM in BRITISH SHIFT
Will u. S. Need War to Show
Justice of Ballot Claims?
Is Question
Rv M'LISS

VIII the American man have to be
Shown? Or will he profit by the situa-
tion In England? Will the American
woman have to wait for war to demonstrate
her capabilities OF filling the requirements
of citizenship. like her English sisters? or
will the American man act now?
These questions and few others. equally
pertinent are being asked in Philadelphia
suffrage headquarters today as the result
of the suffrage situation developed in the
British House of Commons yesterday.
In that debate all the old reactionaries
eX-Premier Asquith, Bonar Law Chancellor
of the Exchequer; Premier Lloyd George,
Walter Hume Long, the Secretary for the
Colonies, and the erstwhle greatest enemy
of the Cause all reversed their attitude
in regard TO the enfranchisement Of
women.
Mrs j. T.. owen Philips an English
woman in Philadelphia actively engaged as
an organizer in the PENNSYLVANIA Mems
League. who did suffrage work in England
when Long and Asquith were the chief op-
ponents, was particularly gratihed at the
developments.
'It is but the logical outcome of evolu-
tion,' she said. but, of course, the war
helped the evolution along. 1t gave the
miitants a chance TO do constructive, in
stead of destructive work. They estab-
lished homes for war babies instead of
smashing windows and throwing bombs
They took mems places in every line Of
work. Now, it is to be hoped from the
expression of sentiment in the House of
Commons yesterday they are TO be re-
warded.
American women should have the vote
now. They should not have to wait for n
war to prove themselves"
Tn oh
of suffrage, Mr.. Asquith, who. in the old
militant days, was the prime target at
which suffragettes threw their missiles,
verbal and otherwise, said:
The fact that for three years there
has been no recurrence of the detest-
able campaign which had dshgured our
public life would make it impossible for
any one to say that in changing his
position in regard to suffrage he and
his assistants had yielded to force what
they had refused to yield to argument.
| With the exception of the actual bear
| ing of arms in the field. there was
hardly n service which had contributed
! to maintenance of the cause of the AL
lies in which women had not been as
active and efficient as men.
| Wherever one turned might be seen
| women who, without detriment to the
prerogatives of their sex, were per-
! forming work which three years ago
would have been regarded as falling
exclusively within the province of men.
| After the war questions would arise
| with regard to women's labor func-
tions and activities in which the women
must have a voice.
On Monday Mrs. j. o. Miller, as Penn