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The Press., 1918-01-31
Seattle Becomes Island,

They have been making Seattle look something like New York, only In the process Seattle gets a water front of more than 130 miles as against New York's 43 (that is, Manhattan's), says Boys Life. This winter you will "bound" Seattle like this: Seattle is bounded on the east by Lake Wash ington, deep fresh water about 20 miles long and three to five widess on the south and west by Puget Sound (salt); and on the north by the new deep water lock canal, completed at total cost of nearly $5,0O0,OOO, to say nothing of the cost of regarding the streets, building new bridges, and dO- ing other things to adjust the city to the change" The change includes the dredging of the new waterway to Lake Union in the very heart of Seattle. The two lakes named are nine feet above the waters of the sound at high tide. The new canal will take the largest merchant ships afloat, which Is doing enough, for it's only the ships afoat that count.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Tohacco and Food Crops.

The cultivation of tobacco in the val- ley of the Connecticut river has been said to have robbed the neighboring fields of half their growth" Many farmer in western New England who, 40 years ago, relied on this district for his cattle feed, must now pay high prices for grain raised a thousand miles away. Incidentally the giving up of so much of the most fertile land in New England to the cultivation of non-essential has materially contrib uted to the high price of milk. Now, however. the raising of tobacco in New England Is on the decline, and this year many of the fields which were formerly given over to the cultiva- ton of that product has been used for raising mure useful crops.
The Press., 1918-01-31
~MEATF" CRY BELGIAN WAITS
Hunary Children March Through Streets Shouting for Food-Fed
 by the Red Cross.

The desperate condition of the civ fllan population of Belgium and north ern France, who are being repatriated, and the work of the Red Cross In re- storing them to normal health Is graphically described In report to Red Cross headquarters from Evain, where repatriates are received. These destitute people are returning to their land at the rate of 1000 week, 60 Der cent of them children. Their hard ships have been so acute that of the adults who return 30 per cent die the first month from exhaustion.
 "There arrived recently" says the report. "a train loaded with Belgian children, 6SO of them, thin, slckly, alone. all between ages of four and twelve, children of men who refused to work for the Germans and of moth CTS who let their children go rather than let them starve. They poured of the train.
 "They had come all the long way alone. The children poured out the station, marched along the street, shouting, Meat, meat, we are going to have meath to the Casino, where they were given a square meal, the first in many months"
The Press., 1918-01-31
Speeding Up Lumber Business.


 From log to lumber is a rapid trans formation after the log is fished from the pond, hauled up the log slip and thrown on the skid, off which 1t rolls on to the carriage, where 1t is turn ed into correct position by the ''steam nigger," fastened on the car riage, and cut into shape and form for use by the big saws, of which there are three kinds, band, circular and gang, a process which requires but a few minutes. Half an hour later the lumber is in the dry kiln, or, if timberS have been cut, they are waiting on the timber docks, ready for loading on freight cars.
 Reports received at the offices of the Southern Pine association show that a majority of mills are now handling the governments war business on a six-day schedule. This Is, within a week from the time a government or der is received, the trees have been cut from the forest, hauled to tho 2ill, manufactured, kiln-dried if neces- snry, placed on freight cars and de. livered to points of destination.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Tn. Dream Q, q World Court.

The thought of an international court or conference for the settle ment of international disputes is not new, writes Oscar Hallam in Caso and Comment. Grotius suggested it nearly three hundred years ago dur ing the Thirty Years war.
 William Penn, in 1893, proposed the establishment of European diet, par llament, or estates for the maintenance of perpetual peace.
 Rousseau, Kant and Bentham fol- lowed. Sumner devoted himself to the question of disarmament the estab- llshment of congress of nations, md the abolition of war by means of an international court of justice.
The Press., 1918-01-31

Ab4 AkA 1bk<s~A gA grippe which lasted all winter and left me in a weakened condition. I felt at times that l would never be we'll again. I read of Lydia E. Pinkham's V ge- ta ble Compound and what it did for women pas in 2 through the Change of Life, sol told my
 doctor l would try
 it Isoon began to
 gain in strength
 and the annoying
 . -. ,,. w~, 1s1
The Press., 1918-01-31
To Put Ie Mildly.

There was a crash of glass out in the hall, and we went out to see what had occurred. When we arrived, the glass was there, some innocent by- islanders were there, but there was no visible victim.
 "What happened?" we asked.
 "Bill was coming along the hall, and his foot slipped, and he plunged for ward and stuck his head right through that glass door!"
 ''Well, where's BillT
 ''In the next room being plastered up."
 "Was he cut much?"
 "Ycll, his face wore an injured ex. pression. n.'-Exchange
The Press., 1918-01-31
AIO.rl.n Mined Taken Tor Army.

In conformity with the instructions of the minister of general supplies one-third of the wine crop of Algeria has been requlsItIoned for military pur- poses. says Consul Arthur c. Frost, Alglers. Each wine producer is re- quIred to turn one-thlrd of his vintage into table wine for army consumption. The wine furnished must be of good quality and equal at least to the aver. age quality of each producers vintage.
The Press., 1918-01-31
RECIPE roR CRAY nAm.

To half pint of water adA | Ox. Bay Rum. q small box of Barbc Compound. and M or of glycerins. Apply to the hair twice week until it becomes the desired shade. Any druggist can put tlia up or you can mix it at home at very little cout. Frlll directions for making and use come In each box of Barbo Compound. IL viii gradually darken Rtreaked, faded gray hair, and removes dandruff. It in excel lent for falling hair and will make harmh hair soft and glossy. It win not color the scalp. ia not sticky or 9reasy. aud do@a not ~1N oN
The Press., 1918-01-31

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was hup- posed to be lncurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies. and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is Q local disease, greatly influenced by constitutional con- dltiona and therefore requires constitu- tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi- cine. manufactured by F J. Cheney q Co.,, Toledo. Ohio, Is constitutional remedy. is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars re- ward Is offered for any case that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
 F, !. CHENEY & co. Toledo. Ohio,
 Sold by Druggists 7bc.
 Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Tn. .IIne.rt,lp Future.

"of course" said the girl who had accepted him, 'tt Is a serious thing for a girl to trust her happiness Co a man"
 "Well," replied Claud Reginald; "Fm taking some chances myself. It's n serious thing 10 quit sending around flowers and candy and matinee tickets and start convcrsaton about grO- ccrics. house rent and furnace coal."
The Press., 1918-01-31

The Fuel Conservation Committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense has published circular nr ing upon all househOlders the inr,o" tance at this time of studying tEC: heating problems with the object 0 saving coal. 'The results of caref study would be of great immedia benefit to the fuel shortage situation and of continued benefit to the house. holders themselves" It says. 'The shortage of coal is real and serious and is likely to continue for q long time to come. There is not enough to go around. What you burn in excess of your actual needs may make som" home, possibly yours, bitterly cold later this winter or next" The statement continues:
 "Just Because You Have Sufficient Coal in Your Cellar to Last ihI Through This Winter Is No Rrason Why You Should Not Study the Mat ter Equally With Those Whose Supply Is Short.
 Economy demands that the fire sur faces of the heater should be kept clean and free from sOot. Look at yours once q week and clean thcra carefully If they need 1t.
 "The smoke pipe leading to inc chimney should be clean of so0t hcpos ited in the interior.
 "St0p up all air leaks into the fur mace through sides of the clean out doors or into the ash pit. Air leaks into the fiues of the furnace arc as pernlciOus as partly open windows in your living room. Furnace putty is q simple remedy for air leaks, and most of them can he sealed quickly by its use.
 "Warm air furnaces should be fitted so that a portion of the air may be taken from the inside during cold weather If the furnace Is not pro- vided with this feature 1t may be add ed with little expense and with re- sulting saving of fuel by iudiciOus re- circulating of the warm inside air
 "The intake air ducts of furnace are usually too small. They should be at least equal in area to 60 per cent. of the area of all the heat pipes leading from the furnace to the several rooms.
 ''The flow of air through the fuel makes 1t burn. Learn to control it properly by the proper use of the dampers.
 elf a room is too warm shut off the heat instead of opening the windows. Realize that while you are letting the warm air escape the furnace is still burning coal to provide the heat which you are letting out through the win dows.
 "An automatic thermOstadt will of ten result fin the saving of coal IF NOT SET FOR TOO HIGH A TEMPERA- TURF.
 "Write to the Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C., for technical paper No. 07, which will be furnished free. It will be well worth your time to read it."
 The Connecticut fuel administration has issued a poster on heavy paper containing two sections, which can be torn off and pasted near kitchen ranges and furnaces Each section has spe- cial advice on how to operate ranges and furnaces economically, expressed clearly and simply. The pamphlets are being distributed throughout the state, but any who fail to receive copies can get them by addressing the fuel ad- m1niStratOr at the State Capitol, Hart rSA
The Press., 1918-01-31

appeared and your Vegetable Compound has made me a well, strong woman SO do all my own homework. l cannot recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound too highly to women passing through the Change of Life" Mrs. FRANK HENSON, 1916 $. Orchade St, Urbana, III.
 Women who suffer from nervousness, ''heat flashes" backache, headaches and fthe blues" should try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia B. Piuk- hams Vegetable Compound.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Queen Of Hearts.

The name, Queen of Hearts, was given in the low countries to Eliza. beth, daughter of James l and the unfortunate queen of Bohemia. When her fortune was at the lowest ebb she never lost her dignity of spirit, and poverty and distress only rendered her the more m object of admiration.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Connecticut Military Census
 Proves Its Value to Nation

Government Calls Upon Men Prominent in Work to Aid in Draft DetaiIs-First State ment of Results Gained From Survey.
The Press., 1918-01-31
FUEL COMMITTEE
 GIVES HINTS 0kI
 CHECKING WASTE
HouseholderS Urged to Make Careful Study of Heat
 ing Problems.
CARELESSNESS NOW MAY
 RESULT IN WANT LATE.

People Who Have Plenty of Goa! for This Winters Needs Are Asked to Be Just as Saving as Those Who's Supply Is shoFt-care Should 2 Taken to Correct Defects in Fur 1aces.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Different Methods

Many women get a red nose from shedding too many tears over a man who got red nose from taking too many "smi. i.es"-Farm Life.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Rracflca af nriVlnn.

''He is pretty good at driving truth home"
 'sYes; he's good at driving anything homo He started In early life with eowM"
The Press., 1918-01-31

List of Enemy Aliens Made Available to Authorities When Needed-0ther Uses to Which Registration Has Been Put.
The Press., 1918-01-31
5O,OOO INCOMES
 WILL BE TAXED
 IN CONNECTICUT
Estimates Made by Collector of Internal Revenue for
 This District.
SALARIES AS LOW AS
 $1,000 ARE AFFECTED

Married Men Who Earn $2,o00 or More a Year Must Pay-Payments Computed on Actual Net Income for 1s17-Law Must Be Complied With Before March Under Penalty of Heavy Fine.
The Press., 1918-01-31
Hydraulic Power.

The use of hydraulic power in Spain for mills and other business places is rapidly increasing.
The Press., 1918-01-31
WOMEN OF
 MIDDLE AGE
Need Help tO Pass the Crisis Safe H-PrOOf that Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound
 Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, m-"During Change of Life, ln addition to it's annoying symptoms, l
The Press., 1918-01-31
THIRTY-oNE YEARS AGO.
January 77, 1886

Items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty-one years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-08

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reputeI to be owned by the AnecAn Realty Co,
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n
lei Barker in 1850. said township with the excep.
tions noted is reputed TO be owned by the LINCOLN
lie Lot. twenty-five thousand Ave hundred four
= acres I@ more ., Or less mar, o, senr lot in
the southwest quarter OF said township, accord.
ing 70 sqgey and Pan Of SAD t9wn snnvn maas
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Pingree. 1t ais. and contains hve hundreo acres
80 r /: " F s. part Of being .:.d 10, in
70 surrey and Pan q s9d IT. townsp maze te by by
owned by y. Pingrce. ct ais, and contains TWO
cdIsns 3 .i + had s S9Psf asa
made ana returned TO tie Land once Of the state
township il reputed to be owned by D; Pingree e'
ais. ana contains exclusive Of Public Lot, twenty.
T NO .. r t. ". f. L. s, part Of, being the north
plan % saii t1~Hsl p made and returned :, to the
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be owned by me United states Timber Co and
,outai1~ IN thousand six hundred nnety-twe
7 30 p T. T. W =. L. $. part of. being the south
hair 0; san township, ACCORDING, to survey and
pan OF said township made and returned 10 TN t,e
Land oce Of iae ta,e Of Mane IL by rsptad 10 be-
oHreI ~ u itgr,e. Il als ana .ontains ten thou
s4R5 N ufsr IeH glef the , snr or ,o9n
ship with The EXCEPTION Of the Heron Dam Lot. sc
n ths Iar1 ono Of me State Of Maine by Noaf
noted IS rcputed 10 be Owned by the ;. f, Her,
TItuc iot tverry-one thousand two hundred sew
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ron Dam lot. called. situated on tie AiiaEas
RIVER ia the SO. thcost corner Of the west nal, OF
the Heron Lake I,am TO and contains seven hun
drsd t'qt,Sn a'ff more or f igsS entire township
with the exception OF the sawyer Farm. so allied
made H1sGr" IN Wiuam Z na<cs II >se Sad township
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-18

It's recommendations II sets forward unlonism as one OF
the Of improving the labor situation.
Without further the report than to call at
tention TO its onedednes must be apparent to every
reader of the newspapers that the government is
sstent in its labor policy. The Presidents mediation
commission headed by secretary of labor W. B.
Wilson and its acts may be considered practically those Of
the department of labor When therefore, secretary VIII
son. himself a union man. and his associates out
strongly in favor of unonism and have word for
ployers condemnation, their sentiment must be
sidered almost that of the administration.
But how is this pro-unonism to be reconced with the
marked antagonism of the government toward unonism
in the postoffice department? It is fresh in the peoples
minds that when overworked and underpaid postal
poyes recently attempted to organize and present requests
for wage little commensurate with the tremendous
advances in the cost Of living they sterny suppressed
BY postmaster general S. Bureson He would have
Of it Postal employees understand that union agta-
ton is equivalent to the loss Of job The most rigorous
of private employers drastic in opposition
to unions than the postofce department has proved to be-
And this attitude has brought word of condemnation
from president Wilson Therefore it must be considered to
bear his sanction
is this to be regarded? Merely as evidence that
secretary of labor Wilson favors labor unions and that
postmaster general Bureson is against Them while pres
dent Wilson regards both sides with benevolence? Or is it
that organized labor excellent thing when it affects
other employers but the government refuses to be affected
the way2 Does it make difference whose is
gored?
It would relieve certain confusion in the public mind
the government would clear up this Discrepancy least
to the extent Of treating its civil servants well
poets private employers to treat their labor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-18
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Won Hindenburg says he VIII be IN
Paris by next May. Won HindenburS
should stick to strategy and leave
prophesy alOne.-DetrOit Free Press
Anyhow. Gen Hoffman sounds like
an honest autocraL He furnishes the
Bolsheviki a map OF the Russian ter
ritory which Germany intends to have
and TO hOld--Waco News.
It is said there are II 900 post
offices in Germany. Then there =
bound to be the nucleus OF a great
democracy there whenever IL can ffnd
observation-disclosures Post
Now that the German popuIace Is
wearing clothes made OF scraps OF
paper they should realize that IL Is
time for the kaiser to make some
more treaties--NeW York Telegraph
The food situation among the allies
is grave yet in America there Is food
enough and to spare Food VIII win
the war" Whose food. German or
American The world awaits your
Observation-Disclosures County News.
Uncle sam. in caring for the hun
dreds Of thousands Of workers In the
various war industries. is going on
the principle that pleasant. comfort
able living conditions is one Of the
necessities IN producing and main
tanning a hundred percent worker
That is why the administration IS
preparing 10 spend millions IN the
construction OF housing for the indus
trial workers.-BroTnsTill Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-18
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
By LIEUTENaST FITzHUGH GREEN. I. 5. n
An Electrified Navy.

A., Special trades were saved for their
own work Carpenters remained car
penters. Mechanics were given pref
erence for engine room and repair d.
visions. For dynamos and radio were
needed practical electricians
Experience is valuable. but an ex-
pert wire man outside must more or
less start all over again when he en-
lists. Thus when a certain Jones
was assigned to the job as striker
(apprenticel for electrician his first
job was to learn the ship go round
and make a list Of all the uses OF
electricity yoG can find aboard, was
the orders he got.
A few minutes on deck were suffi-
Client 10 show that the boats are
hoisted by huge electric cranes, that
winches and capstans have their own
motors. That coal is hoisted aboard
by electrically driven drums.
He climbed up into a turret and
discovered that II was practically all
electric The shell and powder were
hoisted by heavy motors. Even more
powerful armatures were connected
to the elevating and training gear
The ponderous breech could be IN
screwed and swung back by the ever
ready Juice"
Passing out OF the turret he fol-
lowed his nose and discovered din
ner cooking on electric ranges. In
the bakeshop a patent dough mixer
and just outside an ice cream freezer,
both electrical, filled him with won
der He fingered longest at the po-
tato peeler. "spud skinner" its oper-
ator called It
He found the laundry electric, and
practically the whole machine shop.
Searchlights, telephones, bells. deck
lights. and buzzers had their own
wiring. The engine room was half
full Of electric pumps blowers. air
compressors, and further aft a steer
ing motor.
Jones's note book was almost fun
when he reached a storeroom in
which a man was changing his shirt.
Jones stopped. That's a queer, CAD
get you've got around your waist"
ne remarked.
The man gIared at him. ''Who the
devil are your" was the rude an
swer. Jones explained. In detail he
described where he was going ana
what he was after
Well" said the man-anyone
could have seen he was an old hand
Just add to yer list that electric
belts is also used by them as would