Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
Name GOSSIP
A u. S.

A U. S. Volunteer.
I'm Just an everyday soldier, friends.
And I've been here Just one year;
But of this one thing I'm certainly proud
I'm a L. S. Volunteer.
When we left our homes in the Pine Tree
State,
And the folks we loved so dear.
A cheer went up from the gathering
For the {. :. Volunteer.
But it seems to me at present
That the people from far and near,
Are giving a hand to the drafted man
And forgetting the volunteer.
The papers say they select them
But of papers we have nothing to fear,
For Uncle sam will be a friend
To the l.. 5. Volunteer.
But none Of us are kicking
But 1t does seem mighty queer,
That the credit all goes To the, drafted
And none to the volunteer.
But when we cross the ocean
And the slaughtering Hun draws near.
Twill be a safe bet that the man in front
Is a L. :. Volunteer.
| ofttimes read the papers
Blu they always seem to sheer
anu give Il COlOlnn 10 inc dfllteu men
But none to the volunteer.
But when | grow old and feeble,
And the end is drawing near.
With pride I'll look back yonder
On my youth, as d volunteer.
SO take this tip from me. friends,
Don't wait till the end is here,
Don't wait till YOU have to be drafted
= Be a L. S. Volunteer.
Portland Express.
The Maine committee on public safety
Wednesday sent the following telegram
to the National Security League in reply
to an urgent request that the committee
send delegates to the meeting of the
League which will be held at the La Sale
Hotel at Chicago. Feb. 21. % and %:
The public safety committee of Maine,
the second to be organized in the union,
sends greetings. AS our Revolutionary
fathers stood guard with committees o.
safety, so we today, unfolding the prln-
cipies of your league, guard against enc
mes from within, and foster and main
tain among our people that %unconquer-
able spirit by which alone this war can
be won, and its Just and holy purpose he
AOI lie SAVING OF our loemOc-
racy and civilization ITSELF
ltunlfords new post office will be
ready about the first Of March for oc-
cupancy.
Judge Donahue in the probate court at
Portland Tuesday granted the petition
of Monkey B~lumenberg. we'll known thea
tflcal man and manager of the Para
mount Pictures eastern interests. 10
change his nam to Monkey Hill. There
was no opposition to Mr.. Blumenberg's
petition. He explained that his only mo-
tive In asking the change was that he no
longer wished himself or family to bear a
German name. Attorney w. G.. Eaton
brought out the facts that Mr.. Blumen-
berg was born in San Francisco, that he
IS a Congregationalist by religion ana
that both his father and mother before
him We're of that religious denomina t,on
Prospects Of an ice shortage next sun.
mer in Bath, says the Times. are becom-
ing more and more apparent. Ice is 60
ing TO be in greater demand than ever
owing TO the Increased population of the
cl'y and yet only about 80 per cent. ofthe
normal supply is being harvested.
The tri-weekly train of the shumor-
lists will become a reality shortly on the
Canadian Pacific Shore Line, between
st. John and st. Stephen. y. b., which
being just across the International
boundary, is p~atronized by Calais and
Eastern Maine people. 1t is announced
that on account of the weather condi-
tions and scarcity of coal. trains from
Feb. II will be operated for the rest
of the winter. leaving st. John on Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays. and re-
turning Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat
urdays. This line is 81 miles long and
the present service is one train a day.
The two wrecked cars. the pas
senger coach and the smoker, which
were hauled into the &. & A. yards
early Wednesday of last week, have
been visited by hundreds of people,
and many photographs were taken,
says the Republican of Caribou.
The universal comment. after n
views the two cars. with the smoker