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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

Mrs Daniel Murray Of Rumford,
who went to her home few weeks
ago from the Augusta State hospit-
al, has returned to the hospital for
further treatmen ~ @,ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

H. H. Carey of Pittston was
business caller Thursday at the pro-
bate court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12
ATS and RAINCOATS for Friday ONLY

Hatch One Button Union
Suits, Athletic or regular
style, regular price S1.25 and
$3.50, Friday. -. :. ..95c
Rocking Chair and B. V. D.
Unions. =. =. -. .S1.Oo
3 prs SOC quality Fiber Hose
for. -. =. -. ....S1.00
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

Children's Wash Suits, regu-
larly sold for s125, $50,
$500, to close out at. S1.O0
Mems or Boys 75c Sport
Shirts, for Dollar Day,
2 for s1'oo
Athletic Unions 20 for s1.OO
SOC Balbriggan Shirt or
Drawers. ;. ...,a for s1.O0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

Miss Margaret Small has recently
been visiting her grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. /. NJ. Witherell at Wales.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Charles Atchley Of Waterville was
in the CITY awhile Thursday on le-
gal business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

Miss Alice Larkin. stenographer
and bookkeeper for the burlington
Rros. CO. is enjoying vacation OF
two weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

Mems and Youths Norfolk
Suits to close out at special
discounts, regular price $40 to
$50. Price for Dollar Day,
$3.50 to s14.50
One lot of Mems Eagle and
Hathaway Shirts. slightly
soiled, price. -. =. .s1.oo
jlyll-1A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

One lot Stiff Bosom Shirts,
plain white, blue chan1bray
and fancy stripes, all Hath
away's, price. ;. ..,... s1.OO
S1.OO off on all Straw Hats.
$3.50 grades up to $500, Fri
day only.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

Heavy weight Middiesex Hose,
black or tan, 6 pairs for s1.OO
Notaseme, interviewer, Black
Cat, Shawknit, 35c Lisle Hose,
black, tan, navy or grey. 4
pairs for. -. -. ...S1.00
- prs Mems Black Cotton
Hose for. =. -. :, .S1.00
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-12

road station. Old Orchard. for 80
Years, died early Wednesday. She
was born in Rochester n. H., So
years ago. She leaves one son, Dr.
A Leon Jones Of Old Orchard.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Used Wireless in School Davs

The Tribune printed on March 4 an
account of the discovery by officers of
the state policc of wireless apparatus
on the estate of A. X. Woodman. near
Hortonville and the contiscation of the
equipment by the Naval Intelligence
Bureau. The article said that Mr..
Woodman "is at Palm Beach" and that
the caretaker of his estate is w 7
Roemer, said to be German"
Mr.. Woodman, writing from his Palm
Beach home, explained that his SON
had some parts OF the wireless outfit
tor experimental purposes in his school
days and small e lectric plant used to
charge automobile batteries. He stated
his confidence that there was no com
plete wireless equipment on his estate
and mentioned his American ancestry
and patriotism. He said that he was
unaware of the requirement that pri.
sealed. ~
The Tribune is assured by Mr.. poa.
mer's counsel, Guernsey T. Cross. Of
Salllcoon. that cit is true that Mr.
Roemer is cnretaker of the Woodman
farm and n laborer IN the mill md
knew nothing Of the wireless. he is -
young man Of this community, we'll
known and respected by all who know
hlm and Is true and loyal American
citizen"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
EGG NEWS

The price the Consumers Clubs for the first grade of cam
died eggs A ozen You may look at the market ouo
think that this doesn't you much that YOU can
get 45-cen eggs from the retail markets. Ascent the chain
you also pay much SIS cents in the market for
white leghorns 81 CT in the hglg grade stores
will find in the chain stores that different grades ara
offered varying price AZ to 40 cents We could offer
the clubs seconds" at CENTS less than the price
quoted the canded first grade could the
eggs, uncandled you taking the risk, for AZ cents.
The point that want to make is that gradng" and its
resultant losses much part of cost the actual price
paid for food arrival its cost Of production Setenee
cases of eggs cared for the Consumers Clubs of 5le
dozen eggs proved contain dozen rots dozen smashed
eggs seconds and 459 dozen of the best quality The
last named are the club members get but tma
them cost Ia cents dozen to acquire that quality
Our slogan Wholesae cost plus cents for handling and
profit has changed but grading and losses Just
much part of the cost the price actually paid for the
case of eggs These points that it worth While
every one to understand Cooperave buying you
are in the business with and is good for every
know all the that into the cost of fooda
ect too often approached with ignorance entirely surrounded
by acrimony.
The butter has gone down cent, while the eggs have
gone up and pasterzed fancy grade print butter be
had for 81 cents pound
Telephone the Club Service Station at Moningside 1894
7795 877 place order to get help in ornga club
A STATEMENT IN TYPICAL STORES
TIES CIarch Is, 1879
prices in cents roand unless ofher79se stated)
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Townley Baked
AT Alliance With
National Party
Most Suspicious Politician
in Public Life" Latter
Found

Negotiations were we'll under way
few weeks ago, it was learned yes1er-
day, to amalgamate the new Natlonal
party and the Non-Partisan League,
of which Charles A. Townley is presl-
dent, when everything was called OH
on account of the suspicious of Mr..
Townley that he might lose his power
full farmer following in the Northwest
if he continued the conferences.
Townley, according to one of the Ma
tonal party conferrees yesterday, re-
fused to go into any conference with
r.ore than one person at time. NOR
would he have any stenoSrapner pres
ent except his own. 1t was suggested
to him thai the year was propitIous
for an ama!gamation of all the radical
parties, and he assented to this propo 3
sition. but when it was suggested 10
him that he should send delegates to
a fusion convention, or organize nus
party with u national committee WltA
power to send delegates to convent on
like the one held by the National party
in Chicago last week, he baiked, pre- pre-,
ferrlng to go ahead with purely
farmer olGaniZation.
"lIc is the most suspicious POLITICIAN
in public life to-day" said an officer
of the National party yesterday. HIS
league sacms to be a one-nan atair,
so far as policy shaping goes, but II
is powerful ut that We have been con-
ferring With many of his followers
and they are going to support oul
rominees in many Of the districts in
the Northwest, but Townley VIII not
be party to any sort OF work'ne
agreement"
The local leaders of the National
party met last night at The home OF
J. A. II. Hopkins, vice chairman of the h,
organization, al 122 East Fifty-h ts
Street, for the purpose Of organizing
a CITY committee. John Spargo, whe
has been comforting with radicals ir
the West for the last week, is due ll
New York to-day, and the work OF or
ganizing New York and New jersey
/ will be taken up. There VIII be new
committees on finance and organlZa
ton. Mr.. Hopkins, when seen last night
said:
"The organization of the Easter
states, or many of them, has been iel'
to me as chairman of the executive
committee. Our speakers are now ap
pearing at all Assembly district meet
ings to explain the objects of the Ma
tional party where open discussion Il
invited, and this is the sort of worl
we expect to do everywhere"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Food and Fuel Payroll
Attacked in Senate

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Scnator
Reed, of Missouri. Democrat, made
another attack on Food Administrator
strations generally in the Senate to-
day during debate on an amendment TO
tho agricultural appropriation bill re-
Quring clerks in the Department of
Agriculture to work eight hours 4 day
instead of seven. as at present The
amendment finally was adopted, 90
10 %, but is to be effective only during
the war
Senator Reed said that while giving
clerks vino have grown old in the ser
vice to give moro of their time to the
government. Congress is overlooking
.he "unnecessarily high" salaries paid
in the food and fuel administrations
He assailed particularly the pay OF the
presidents and assistants of the
grain corporation, q subsidiary of the
food administration, which he said
range from $1,000 to $4,000 a year.
"Now let us get the payroll of the
national headquarters" said the Mis-
employees. "'Ben S. Allen 4,80o' Now
who is Ben Allen? He undoubtedly is
a very nice gentleman. He was a rep
resentative of The Associated Press at
London. He became the private secre-
tary to Mr.. Hoover and accompanied
Mr.. Hoover to the United States, and is
now drawing $4,000 year. I don't
know what his duties are-whether he
is still representing The Associated
Press or whether he is assistant to the
VicePresident, or whether he is just
Mr.. Hoover's private secretary. but his
salary is $4,000 year"
(Mr. Allen doesn't represent The As
sociated Press, and hasn't been con-
nected with it for nearly three years.
Turning to the fuel administration,
the Senator read long list of names
of employees and their salaries, which
ranged from $4,000 to $1,000 a year.
Closer economy by the government,
and also by Congress in making ap
propriations. was urged by Senator
Smoot, of Utah. Unless there is a
curb on expenditures. he said, serious
conse quences Will result.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16

Tuesday, when the campaign ends. To
that end we will form at least 2O,0O0
permanent thrift societies, which will
have student and teacher officers and
will hold regular meetings. The dis
trict superintendent have organized a
permanent society and the principals
and teachers will do likewise.
"On Monday morning at the special
meetings each child will receive five
blue cards. These are orders for
stamps to be delivered at certain dates.
They will be filled out and returned on
Tuesday Thus Wednesday we will
know Just how many stamps the chill
dren are going to buy. Results will be
tabulated and given out from this
Office late next week. We look for big
things from this drive.
"The children have done their bit in
the Liberty Loan campaigns and for
the American Red Cross, and this com
ing campaign will show how they can
rallv to the colors for war savings
stamps
President Somers Of the Board o!
Education and Acting Superintendent
Straubenmuller have ndorsed the
campaign plans.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Henry O'Neill Left
More Than 81 900, 900
Drygoods Merchant Willed Most
Of Estate to Family

The will of Henry O'Neill, retired
retail drygoods merchant, who died
February 28, was filed in the Surro-
gates Court yesterday. 1t disposes Of
an estate estimated at not less than
81 600. 900 The Reformed Presbyterian
Church Synod receives $30.0O0 to be
used for educational and missionary
work in China, ard $4,000 to build Il
theological school in China. To tho
Reformed Presby yterian Church Of Ok
lahoma the testator bequeathed $500,
for work among the indians, and to the
Second Reformed Presbyterian Church
of New York, S100.
Mrs. Mamie T. 0'Neiil, widow. is
to receive the income from n trust
fund estimated at $500, 900, and con-
sisting Of bonds. mortgages and other
securities. Mr. O'Meiil provided that
his real estate holdings are to be sold
and the following bequests paid from
the proceeds:
Mrs. Florencc b. Tilly, of Pitts
burgh, daughter, $l0O,OO0; Mrs. Jessie
Long, daughter. $4,000; to each Of
her FIVE children, $4,000; Elizabeth
O'Neill, eranddaugh $4,000 and
Thomas O'Nciil. son, $4,000 and $6700
in railroad bonds Mr. O'Neill said in
his Will chat he gave his son about
$t50,0O0 during his lifetime The son
shares with the two daughters in the
rcsiduary estate.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
School Children To Be Modified
For Two-Day War Stamp Drive
Every Pupil Will Be Made
Government Agent Under
Plan of DR.. O'Shea and
w. S. S. Committee

The city's hundreds of thousands of
school children will mobilize for
great war thrift drive on Monday and
Tuesday Of next week. Plans for max
ing every boy and girl in the New York
public schools an active agent of the
United States government in the war
savings campaign yesterday were made
public by the w. S. S. committee and
DR.. William J. O'Shea, district super
intendcnt, assigned to war service
work
The plan includes special rallies and
meetings in every one of the 624
schools in the city on Monday morning.
These will open the drives. Plans for
special exercises to be held in the
auditoriums of the various buildings
were made at special meeting of
school principals yesterday.
"All the principals will tell their
teachers Of the plans fer the drive" F."
said DR.. O'Shca. MONDAY morning
things will begin. Every one of the
1900 teachers mere will be charged
with the task of getting the children
interested in thrift.
1--WE will tell the children the object
of the drive and its value to the gov
ernment. We arc doing everything to
encourage thrift now. The children
have been urged to stop their foolish
habits-that of chewing gum, for in
stance. We are teaching food conscr-
vation in the domestic science depart.
ments. We urge the children to save
old newspapers and rubbers right
along. This week We'll help them dis.
pose of these waste products and buy
war stamps with the money.
owe don't want thrift to die or
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Farmer Gould
SCOTS at Weed
I'm War Garden
Impossible, He Says, Of
Exhibit at Palace
Show
Judges Uphold Him
Gorgeous Showing Made by
Roses as They Have
Their Day
Judges Uphold Him
Was it a weed?

was 1t weed.
George Gould says it couldn't have
been that the earth in which his war
garden was planted was guaranteed dis
infected, and that no growing thing
without a certificate of good character
would be able to grow u quarter of an
inch in it. If it grew in his garden, he
maintained, it must have been tardy
shoot of corn from kernel that had
fallen out Of the row and lodged in the
trench.
On the other hand, "Bill" the gar
dener, who waters all the exhibits ut the
Flower Show in the Grand Central Pal
ace, declares it was the rankcst weed
he ever saw, and he has seen enough in
his life to know, he thinks.
He says it was sure enough Ger
man weed, spying around in that war
garden to find a good place for bugs to
Enaw at the patriotic corn. "Bill"
plucked out the weed with his own
hands and flung it away. Later in the
day ne wished he hadn't thrown it so
sides with Farmer Gould and said there
was no such thing as a weed in the war
garden.
Model War Garden
The vegetable garden, which was the
crowning glory Of the flower show
when it opened On Thursday. boasts
every kind Of food that can win the
war, from potatoes to parsley and Swiss
chard. Commuters and back yard
farmcrettes hung over its neat painted
rails all day and marvelled at its per-
fectons. There was scarcely leaf or
blade of corn out of place, and not one
suggestion of weed to mar its beauty
Patriots of the soil forgot sutworms
and potato bugs as they gazed at it, and
one and all vowed to plant more than
ever this year.
That was why the managers were so
incensed at the weed yesterday. 1t was
rose day, too, and Mrs. Whitman, wife
of the Governor, was guest Of honor,
so they wanted things to go off we'll.
With the Columbian rose, pale
pink blossom on long stem which has
no thorns, setting the pace, the roses
did their prettiest yesterday. There
were great masses of American Beauties
on stems six feet tall and nodding
Ophelias and fragrant Killarneys. A
new custom at the show this year is to
display the prize winners of each day
on long velvet-hung stand in the mid
die of the main floor between the Dutch
tulip garden and the orchids. f. G.
Hill. of Richmond, Ind. is the grower
of the Columbia, which was awarded
the prize for the best new rose in the
show.
Mrs F. A. Constable, of Mamaroneck,
won first prize for Hadleys and Ophe-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
ruck Thieves Get
$3,500,000 in Year
Five Prisoners Are Held in
$4,000 Bail Each

District Attorney Swami said yester-
day that the Merchants Association
had submitted data to him indicating
that truck thieves have stolen $780,
o00 in the last year, and that they are
still busy. Assistant District Attor-
ney Eder, who has been cooperating
with the Police Department on the
work Of rounding up these thieves, said
last night that he believed they had
one OF three big gangs, and the men
who received the stolen goods.
Mr.. Eder arraigncd five alleged truck
thieves before Magistrate Simms in the
Tombs court yesterday. They were:
John O'Connell, Of 406 West Fifteenth
Street; Henry Hough, Of 1870 Chris
topher Street; William Clark, Of Gas
Greenwich Street; John Golfer, of SO
Bedford Street, and Morris Greenbaum,
of 1875 Rockaway Boulevard, Jamaica.
They are charged with having stolen
$1,000 worth of laccs and linens from
d truck belonging to John O'Connor.
Of II West Twentieth Street, which
disappeared on March 13 last. The
goods were recovered from a Jamaica
warehouse. They arc also charged with
completely in the theft of IS 900 worth
OF silks from truck in front of 2G
Spruce Street. Magistrate Simms held
each in $4,000 bail for examination on
Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
las, and James A Macdonald fer Ra-

las, and James A. Macdonald fer Ra-
dance roses
The Hotel Chatham wor, in the table
decorations contest, a silver cup
valued at $500.
it was British day in the Red Cross
garden. with Give Bayley as chairman.
Mrs. August Belmont. who has recently
returned from France, was the chief
speaker. She drew great applause when
she quoted General James, of the Brit
ish army, as saying that the American
troops had but one fault-"they were
too brave"
The hostesses yesterday in the Red
Cross garden were Mrs. C. b. Alex
ander, Mrs. W. H. Crocker, Mrs. John
Magee, Mrs. Astor Chanler, Mrs Law
ridge, Mrs. Charles Grcenough. Mrs.
Marshall Mrs. Edmund s. Bayles, Mrs.
Walter Maynard. Mrs. W. Bourke Cock
ran, Mrs. j. d. Prince, Mrs. George b.
Baker and Mrs. H. ?. Dawson. The
garden was in charge of Mrs. Newbod
lie Roy Edgar and Mrs. Harry Duryea
was in charge of the entertainment in
the theatre.
All the proceeds of the Red Cross
theatre are for the Red Cross. Adms-
sion is free, but visitors are given
plenty Of chances to buy roscbuds and
knitting yarn. There is small hos
tlery in one corner, where soft drinks
are sold.
To-day is French day. The pro
gramme includes addresses by Lieu
tenant Robert Flachaire, the French
aviator; Nine. Andre Bartlett, of the
Theatre Femina, and Frederick Allan
Films of the 'Women of France" will
be shown
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
TO-DAY'S MARKET BASKET

In to.day patriotic market basket there should be lamb and M
rather than Founders
IS to 2 cents pound with COD and tefsh 30 mack @
halbu at 20 and 80 with the ec
delectabe whoe
which should bring to the housewife pound
Speaking OF lsf the eulachon California East
large rurbers bearing enthusiastic Bureau
Flsher The wholesalers they difficulty selling them M
at or cents pound which would chat the housewife sn'
lheh at the most
nu6 nn1ue iaDoratoy and found them sweet well fTor
llogethef paIatsple !her unpopularity
on the part Of the retailers solely may
but firm fleshed - f~'
No narke basket could flag poatoe,
cnon after which lettuce and cod
added with IA conscience '' ~ saw -
f uI @ 'e seeSsy for doing growing daily We We ~
10 1ee our she men and allies ornnea
nnnd dv wth wrea @ nave all sought the eveaboot @ &
ng % 10 h 90 rs TO use barley and far as w
appetzng results mixes so ner cent With atent make
most delicate of breadstus adults who must white O
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Mitchell Asked TO Tell Leg
isIative Committee What
Has Been Done
To / estify on Monday
Agricultural Divisions Omit
ted in General Appro-
priation Bill
staff Correspondence

ALBANY, March 15.-John Mitchell,
chairman of the State Food Commits
sion, Will be a witness on Monday be-
fore the subcommittee # the joint
Legislative war committee. Elon X.
Brown, majority leader Of the Senate
and chairman Of the committee, has
written to Mr.. Mitchell asking him to
bring with him the records of the COM
mission.
This is taken to mean that the fight
against Governor Whitman by his foes
in the Legislature will be again a pub
lie matter. For a time the sub-com-
,nittec has been inactive. 1t held few
meetings to sec what could be done to
still are. loudly protesting against con-
ditions generally.
That the Farms and Markets Coun-
ell and the state food commission and
all state agencies affecting the farm
crs would be subject of investigation
by the Brown committee was manifest
to-day when an examination Of the
general appropriation plu, submitted
by Senator Henry vi. Sage and Assem-
blyman H. Edmund Machold, contained
no appropriation for the agricultural
divisions.
Assemblyman Machold comes from
jefferson County, Senator Browns dis
trict, and Senate Sage. like Senator
Brown, has never professed any love
for Governor Whitman.
To ASK Mitchell What He Has Done
In an interview with The Tribune
correspondent tonight Senator Brown
said that the subject Of the investiga-
ton was to determine what the COM
mission had done, what its policy had
been and what its expenditures were.
Il wrote to John Mitchell, as chair
man Of the state food control commits
sion, to appear before the sub COM
mittce Of the joint Legislative war
committee on Monday. asked him to
bring with him some of the records Of
the commission showing what it has
done in the way of increasing produc-
ton and conserving food, which was
the primary object OF its establish
ment."
Senator Brown was asked why the
committee was going to investigate the
expenditures of the State Food Com
mission. He replied:
Il learned through the newspapers
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Directors of Asia
Differ With Editor

The directors of the Asia Publishing
Company Of whose magazine, "Asia," F"
Frederick Moore is managing editor
announced yesterday, after meeting
that Mr.. Moore did not reflect the opin-
ion Of the magazine in the address
which he made on Thursday before the
New York Peace Society,"
"The Airectors,' said Louis D. Froe-
lick, secretary Of the company and pub
Usher Of the magazine, "emphatically
dissent from Mr. Moorc's opinion that
the war vii! end in compromise; on
the contrary. they are confident that it
will result in victory for the Allies.
The other statements Of Mr. Moore
were made without the authority Of
The Asia Magazine and cannot be tax
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Erie Men and Girls Wanted
Chance for Them to Meet
Folks From Home Town

Ever live in Erie. Penn? If you did
get in toucn with DR.. Samuel Semuel,
of 1T Nassau Street He is secretary
OF the Erie Club, an organization
formed a year ago by New Workers who
came here from that hustlng little
Pennsylvania city.
The club meets on the first Saturday
of each month. The next meeting is
to be known as Ladies' Night" and
the club wants as many Erie girls as
it can locas2 to be present. The first
anniversary OF the club Wa, celebrated
last Saturday night with dinner at
Lubold's Cafc. 6 West Twenty-fourth
Street
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16

ell as the expression of its opinions,
which are voiced only in it's columns"
Mr.. Moore is one of the directors OF
the publishing company. He wrote to
The Tribune saying that his attitude
regarding the war was misrepresented
in the reports appearing in the morn
ing papers"
My view is very defntc.' he wrote;
tive must never conclude this war with
a compromise. There is but one hope
for us, one hope for our liberty, and
one Just outcome of the conHictn y