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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-09

said commissioners have assumed au-
thority to direct the action OF the po-
lice officers Of the city of Lewiston and
have, in short, assumed the control
and management Of the entire police
department of the city Of Lewiston.
Seventh. And your complainant
herein are acting illegally and con-
trary to the constitution of the State
and are usurping the powers and priv
leges, rights and duties which belong
to this complainant and by the rea-
son thereof great confusion to the city
of Lewiston will result and will take
from this complainant the rights
which he enjoys by virtue OF his Of
flee.
Therefore your petitioner prays:
First. That this court will enjoin
the defendants and each of them, both
temporarily and permanently from in
any way interfering with, controlling
or directing the police force of the city
Of Lewiston.
Second. That this court will declare that
because more than ten thousand electors
of this state addressed a petition to the
retary of State within ninety days after
the recess of the Legislature requesting
that said police bill should be referred
to the people that these commissioners
were illegally appointed and have no right
to exercise any pretended power or duty
as police commissioners of the city of
Lewiston.
Third. That this court will declare that
the defendants have no right to act or au-
thority to control the police force of the
city of Lewiston. and that all appoint
ments made by them should be declared
invalid.
Fourth. And may it please this honor
abs court to issue its subpoena to the de-
fendan Ralph w. Crockett. Alfred w,
Anthony and Francois Y. Narcotic, ccln-
handing them to appear before this court
and answer to this bill of complaint a.
rules following. and abide the orders and
degrees of court thereon.
Fifth. And that this complainant may
recover his costs in this action.
Dated Lewiston. Me. Jan. Sth, 1918.
tsgned CHARLES p. LEMAIRE.
McGillicuddy & Morey, Solicitors for
Complainant.
The police commission has advertised
for applications for police officers, the
time to close being five o'clock Thursday
afternoon, The commission was appoint
ed, qualified and took office in May, ap-
pointing a police department, Arthur II.
Field as chief. July 8 the commission
gave up control of the police on the re-
ceipt of rescript declaring the mergency
clause illegal.
+ Then came the ngdrawn-out contro-
versy over the genuneness and sufficiency
of the petitions for referendum The
petitions We're declared not to have a
sufficient number of legal names and the
commission reappointed 1t organized a
few days ago.
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HERMANN AGAIN
HEADS NATIONAL
BASEBALL BODY

Cincinnati. Jan. S.-August Hermann
was reelected chairman and John +.
Bruce was reelected secretary of the
National Baseball Commission at the an
rual meeting of the commission here to-
day.
To all appearances the much talked OF
deal whereby the Chicago Nationals
would get Hornsby of st. Louis has fall
en- through. President Weeghman of the
Chicago club offered four players and an
amount of money reported to have been
$4,000 for him CHornsby), but this was
turned down by the st. Louis manage
ment Weeghman announced that this
was his very best offer, and that he was
through trying. The names of the four
players that Weeghman was willing to
give were not divulged.
At the meeting of the national commits
sion a committee from the National Asso-
citation of Professional Baseball Clubs
headed by Secretary Farrell waited upon
the commission and discussed ways and
means whereby the minor leagues could
be benefited by the active cooperation
with the major leagues. No definite plans
were made but the national commission
assured the committee that the ma iors
would Cooperate in every way possible
with the end in view of encouraging th-
minors in 1915
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SWEEPING REDUCTION
PASSENGER SERVICE
BOSTON and MAINE

Boston, Jan. S.--With a view to fuel
conservation and to relieve locomo.
tiveS and crews for the freer handlrp
of war traffic. the Boston and Maine
Railroad tonight ANNOUNCED a redur.
ton in passenger service. Beginning
January 20. 40 week day trains on All
divisions will be discontinued Is Sal.
urday- only trains will he cut off. Il
other trains will be affected in some
measure and three new weekly trains
will he added to the schedule. Twenty.
nine Sunday trains will be taken Of
four will be discontinued in part, three
will have their schedules changed and
two new Sunday trains will he added
Except the Saturday only trains ana
such cases as will be affected by the
removal Of through trains. commW-
in: service in and out of Boston will
remain as at present. The morning
train to Intervale, n. IT,. via Ports
mouth will not run but the connection
will be maintained at Portsmouth
through a change of cars. THE Keene
express" will be discontinued The
service will be protected, however, b.
a change of cars at Springfield and
by allowing sleeping cars from the
North to lay over n little longer in
Springfield before being carried
through to New York. The greater
part of the changes are on remote
branches where passenger traffic has
been light.
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OPEN GRAND CIRCUIT
RACING week JULY 8

Columbus, Ohio, Jan. Strand Circuit
stewards meeting here today announced
officially that the 1915 racing season Will
be opened at the North Randall track at
Cleveland the week of July 5, one week
earlier than had been anticipated. Tole-
do, Ohio. and Readville. Mass, were Off
cialy admitted to the circuit
The stewards retired honorably the De-
troit, Mich, and the Goshen, y. Y, assoc
Citations and declared forfeited the Grand
Rapid, Mich. franchises.
Dates for the coming season were al
ctted as follows:
Cleveland-Week of July s.
Kalamazoo-Week of July 10.
Toledo-Week of July 81.
ColumbuS-Week of July 80
Cleveland-Week of Aug. ).
Philadelphia-W Week of Aug. L.
Poughkeepsie-Wee of Aug 10.
Readville-W of Aug. %.
Hartford-W of Sept. q
Syracuse-Week of Sept. ..
Columbus-Two weeks following Sept. 16
Lexingtcn-Two weeks following Sept.
go
Atlanta-Week of Oct. a.
II. X. Deverux of Cleveland was re-
elected president of stewards His re-
election caused considerable surprise as
he had previously announced lie would
not serve again. Other officers reelected
were
+. w Swisher, Columbus. vice presi-
dent: W. IT, kinnan. Cleveland, secretary
and treasurer.
The next annual meeting it was decided
will be held i'll Philadelphia
AS a means of protecting horscmen
against a possible failure of any member
to meet it's stipulated agreement as to
purses and stakes. the Grand Circuit will
take out a surety bond.
1t was decided not to recommend any
particular plan of racing, but the various
ones especially the three-heat plan, will
he called to the attention of all secreta-
res.
BY unanimous vote the secretaries
agreed to become advocates of a pros>ct
for the complete merger of the National
Trotting Association, the American Tot
ting Association and the American Trot-
ting Register Association.
/ The annual meeting of the stewards
was brought to a close tonight with a
banquet.
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REVIEW INCOME
TAX DECISION
ON SECURITIES

Washington. Jan. S.-The treasury
decision that in making inventories for
excess profits and income ak returns,
dealers in merchandise or securities
might use the cost price or market
value. whichever was lower, is being
reviewed by the department of justice
and may be revised.
Millions of dollars in taxes are de-
pendent on the final ruling.
Treasury legal advisers were under
stood to have challenged the legality
of the decision which was issued sew
eral weeks ago on recommendation of
the excess profits advisers and Secre-
tary NJ .Adoo referred the question to
Attorney General Gregory. If the de-
cision is overruled, Congress probably
will be asked to amend the revenue
law to permit the International Rev
enue bureau to make such ruling.
Commissioner Roper announced to-
day that if the treasury decision is
upheld by the department of justice
the revenue bureau will define dealers
in securities who will be affected by
the action,
Revenue officials estimated today
that many millions of dollars would be
lost to the government as q result OF
the supreme courts recent decision
that stock dividends are not subject
to the income tax. Some said the loss
might run as high as 50,000,000.
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BAY STATE GUARD
FOR PATROL SERVICE
in COMMONWEALTH

Boston, Jan. S.-Upon learning to-
day that the war department had is
sued an order disseminating further
exemptions for enlistment in the Unit
ed States guard. Governor Mccall tele-
graphed Secretary of War Baker tina,
the entire personnel and equipment OF
the Massachusetts State Guard was al
the disposal of the government. The
Governor said in his message:
Have 1900 men in Massachusetts
State Guard well Differed. drilled and
equipped at state expense. whom
shall be glad at your request to cal
for service within the Commonwealth;
to guard waterfronts, alien enemy
zones and for similar service, provided
the War department will povide fol
them the same pay allowances anc
protection as would be given to federal
troops performing the same service
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TO BE HOSTILE
CONTINUED from PAGE Onel

small operations in the nature of raids.
In one of these small affairs near Bull
lecourt. the Germans succeeded in en-
tering a British trench, but later were
driven out in a counter-attack. leaving
prisoners in the hands Of Field Mar
shall Haig's men. Likewise, several
small attacks against French positions
were repulsed.
Although bad weather has fallen up
on the Italian front heavy lombard
ments are in progress on the northern
part of the line from the Asago pla-
teau to the Piave river. At Monte ASo-
lone, around which sanguinary fight
ing occurred several weeks ago, the
Italians are violently Smelling the Aus
tro-German positions.
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PALERMO

BRANCH MILLS Miss Dorothy
Dinsmore. who came homo for the
Christmas recess, returned Tuesday TO
her studies in Bradford, Mass.
Mrs. Alice Parmenter pleasantly en-
tertained the Sewing Circle Wednes-
day, Jan. - There were six members
present and three visitors. The after.
noon was pleasantly passed.
Miss Eva Lourain Worthing. whc
came home to pass the Christmas hon
days, returned Sunday to Augusta
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Parmenter enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. William OsgooC
and Mr. and Mrs. d. w. WOrthing anC
son, Walter, at dinner Jan. list.
Chester A. Worthing, who is In TIL
Goth Co.. at Fort Mckinley, wishes Il
express his sincere thanks to tn
friends who remembered him with ;
post card shower Christmas. He re
ceived 40 cards and several other pres
eptS
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HUB HORSE SHOW
RED CROSS BENEFIT

Boston. Jan. S.-A horse show for the
benefit Of Red Cross work will be held
here Jan. 10. in accordance with plans
announced today by a committee OF
the Boston metropolitan Chapter of
the American Rcd Cross. Many en-
tries are expected and there will be a
number Of military features including
a polo game which the committee hopes
to arrange between the team of tho
First Cavalry Troop, Massachusetts
State Guard, and team to he select
ed from Camp Devens horsemen.
Judges for the show Will be Reginald
Vanderbilt Of New York, Herbert l..
Camp of Middietown. Ct. Charles L.
Perkons of Burlington. Ia, and A. Hen
ry HisCinson Of Lincoln.
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WAR TRADITION
THING OF PRIDE

Boston, Jan. S.A statement that
methods adopted by the war depart
n.ent" in drafting National Guard troops
into Federal service have been discourag,
ing to officers ana men is given pronI-
nence in the annual report of ~Adjutant
General Jesse +. stevens. made public to-
DAY. Declaring that breaking Of Nation
al Guard ORGANIZATIONS was very severe
blow he says.
The war department has been unable
to understand that the very strength Of a
military organization is IN It's pride In its
traditions.
The report shows that the state has
given 6l,e-s men to the military service of
the nation in addition to those called in
the draft.
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Maine PRESS JAN,
.17-1S WATERv|LLE

The call for the o5th annual meeting
"i the Maine Press Association has
been issued by Pres. f. NJ. Banding
and Sec. II. L. Patten, to he held on
Thursday and Friday. Jan. 1918 at
the City building at Watervilie. the
opening session beginning at 1915 a.
NJ Thursday. when applications for
membership will be received and acted
upon: officers elected and other bust
ness transacted.
Convention will assemble by divi-
SiOnS at 100 H. NJ
The meeting of publishers of Maine
dailies and those affiliated with that
division will be presided over by Frank
Is. Nichols of Bath. Publishers of
weeflies, semi weeklies and monthlies
will hold n session with Charles II.
FogS of Houlton as chairman. Fred :
eric l.. Tower of Portland will preside
1t is believed that these division
meetings will permit each branch of
the printing and publishing trade to
hold a round table discussion of sub
jects of particular interest. 1t is
planned to have some member in each
division prepare a 5-minute paper for
presentation to be followed by a gen
eral discussion.
At $50 members will again assemble
in general convention. f. E. Nelson.
secretary of the Boston Typotnetae,
will be the principal speaker, and
there will be short papers and ad-
dresses by prominent members of our
association. Walter H. Savory. sales
Co, viii speak on Cost or an Inch OF
Advertising and the Relation of the
Wcekl; Newspaper to the Advertising
Agency"
The session will be resumed at Z
L. NJ. with a continuation of the after
noon program, among the topics to be
considered being Publicity. News
print Situation, Postal Regulations,
Advertising Rates, etc.
n Tie closing session Of the cOnven-
'Ncn will open at 0 o'clock on Friday
morning, and adjournment will be had
about noon.
Headquarters will be at the Elm
'o"d. A Linotype, latest model IA
Ii'ttiliC iiiti sott-.iiiS' III 'S SiloNil III
cre!s.tion At the Elnwood, with it's
three full listed magazines and auXil-
ialy, electric heater and all the lates,
attachments. The Rapid Addressing
Machine Co. will also make an exhibit.
The railroad excursion rate is SO
near the cost of mileage that it has not
been thought best to ask the Maine
railways to make a special rate for this
occasion.
The call says in its address to the
printers and publishers of Maine
among other things the following:
The Maine Press Association has
been eminently worth while for its
fraternal and social activities. 1t has
also done much for the financial in
terests of Maine printers and publish
ers.
1t can doubtless become much more
useful in the future if it can include
every member of the craft in this
State Waterville. because of it's CEN
trail location, is easily accessible from
all parts of the State, and with many
and important problems to be consid-
cred your presence at this, the first
meeting of the Maine Press Associa-
ton since our country has engaged in
war. Is strongly urged.
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SHIFTING OF ICE
Release Crews Four U
S. Steamships in St.
Lawrence

Quebec, Jan. S.-Shifting Of the il.
mas enabled the crews of four Amer,
can steamships imprisoned in the s,
Lawrence river near Cape Chatte ;,
reach shore and relieve their distrss.
for lack Of food and water. accordin,
to reports from that vicinity TODAY
The four ships were identified as the
Sicoa, German, Key West and Kew.
nor. understood to have been 'requ,.
sitioned by the United States Shipping
Board on the Great Lakes for Atlantis
service. They left Quebec for ATTAIN.
tic ports several weeks ago. Each o.
the vessels has Il crew of 25 men
mostly recruited from New England
ports
The Canadian icebreaker Montcalm
is working her way to their assistance
All are reported to have been damaged
by tho ice.
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HERz0C GOES TO
BOSTON NATIONALS
DOYLE and BARNES

New York, Jan. S.-The New YORK.
National League club announced to-
right that it had traded Second Base
man Charles l.. Herzog, captain of
last years championship club. to the
Boston Nationals for Second Baseman
Lawrence Doyle and Pitcher Jesse
Barnes.
The transaction closed a big three
corncred deal involving the Chicago
New York and Boston clubs. Chicago
son to Boston in exchange for Pitch
er Tyler.
Doyle returns to the club with which
he won his greatest fame, as hn play
ed with the New York Nationals from
$50. until he was traded. near the end
of the 1916 season, with two young
players-Hunter and Jacobson-to Chi
caeo for Henry Zimmerman. Doyle
captained the Giants champions of
1911, 1912 and 1913.
Herzog has now figured in five differ
cnt deals made by Tire New York club.
He came to the Giants in 1908 and in
1910 Herzog and Outfielder William Col
Inns We're traded TO Boston for Out
fielder Beals Becker. In d-season OF
1911. New York got him back from Bos-
ton in exchange for Shortshop Al Bird
we'll and Catcher Hank Gowdy
In 1913 HerZog and Catcher Grover
Hartley were traded to Cincinnati for
Outfielder Robert Bescher. New Yorl,
got him back for the third time in mid
season of 1916 for Pitcher Matthewson,
outfielder Ed Roush. Infielder William
Mckechnie and cash
TIC New York club announced thai
outfielder BENJAMIN Kauff has signed
his contract for 1918
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.B1LSHEvIK| OFFERS
NORWAY U. S. WHEAT

London, Jan. S.--The Bolsheviki gov
eminent, the Times says it under
stands, is Offering to Norway the
wheat stored on the Thurman coast and
shipped from America for use in Pet
rograd. 1t says that as the offer is made
at time when Petrograd and Finland
are both said to be on the verge OF
starvation and the Films are appeal
ing to Sweden, the United States and
Great Britain to send wheat, IT would
seem to have been made at the lnsA-
cation of Germany, which wishes to
pose as a friend of Norway.
Germany itself is offering wheat 10
Holland and the Scandinavian coun-
tries. it is added although the only
supplies available for expectation are
those in Belgium and other occupied
territories and the food OF PRISONERS.
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FURTHER COMPLAINT
AGAINST HOOVER
BY SUGAR MEN

Washington, Jan. S.-The Senate
manufactures committee passed today
in the sugar investigation hearing,
Frank O. Lowry, secretary of the Fed
eral Sugar Refining Co, the largest
refining company, complaining against
the methods of the Food Administra-
ton.
Lowry reiterated much that was told
the committee by Claus Spreckels
president OF the company, and en-
phasizcd the statement that he believ-
ed it wrong for the Food Administra
ton to place sugar refiners on com
mittees dealing with price fixing agree
ment.
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HUNGARIAN FOOD
MINISTER RESIGNS

Zurich. Jan. S,--The Hungarian food
minister, Count Hadik. has resigned ow-
ing to differences between Austria and
hungary over supplies of Hungarian
foodstuffs for the Austrian civilian popu-
lation, according to advices received here.
The Hungarians assert that Austrias
demands are eXtravagant and that they
are far in excess of their peace time re.
quirements. They also plead that lack
of coal and a shortage of cars renders i'm
possible the transport of greater quanti-
ties of supplies to Russia. The coal fam
Inc in Hungary has paralyzed many indus
tries and is seriously restricting the pro-
duetion of flour.
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BIG JAPANESE GOLD
LOAN TO CHINA

Pekin. Jan. S.-Japanese 1inanciers
have signed in the name of the inter-
national group of bankers a 10000, 900
yen gold loan to China. The terms of
the loan are that it shall run one year
with interest at seven per cent and
banks commission of one per cent.
The security given is the surplus OF
the salt revenue, The proceeds of the
loan will be used to increase the value
of the bank notes of the Bank of
China.
The negotiations We're carried on
with the knowledge of the American.
British, French and Russian banking
groups formed before the war to
finance China.
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CORN SHOW
AT WORCESTER

Worcester, Mass. Jan. S.-A corn
show with special attention to devel-
opment Of varieties adapted to New
England conditions was feature Of
the three-day mid-winter public meet
ing of the state board OF agriculture,
which opened here today. An unusual
number of exhibits was attracted by
the addition of new classes and the Of
fering of increased prizes.
Among tho new prizes was one for
90-day corn, tie desire of the board be-
ing 20 encourage the raising Of short
season crops which would not suffer
from spring and fall frosts that make
corn growing hazardous in New Eng
land
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GERMANS NOW SAY
WILL TREAT AMERICAN
PRISONERS KINDLY

Amsterdam. Jan. S.-The following
statement has been issued by the
Wolff Bureau, the semi-otticial news
agency in Berlin:
The report is published from Am
erican headquarters that the Germans
intend to treat American prisoners
Systematically worse than British,
French and Italian prisoners. and is
based allegedly on an official German
statement that Americans are hard Of
understanding and unable to conduct
themselves like gentlemen. Such an
official statement was never made
American prisoners will be treated
Just as kindly and CONSIDERABLY as all
other prisoners
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PROHIBITION PARTY
CENSURES WILSON

cial national convention Of the Pro-
hlbltlon party in Chicago March 5 was
issued today by Virgil G. Hinshaw,
chairman. The call contained an APP
peal to the governors of dry" states
and to those likely to 90 dry for spe-
cial legislatures to ratify the prohibit
ton constitutional amendment
Censure of President Wilson in re-
lation to his stand as TO the liquor
question marked the appeal to the
states.
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CHINA

SOCTH-A joint meeting 81 the ".
+. NJ. $. and of the W. G. r. L. will bs
held with Mrs. Alice Welman at go
+. NJ. Tuesday.
The all-day meeting Of South China
branch of the Red Cross will be held
with Mrs. Lizzie Mosher Thursday
Jan. 10. Picnic lunch as usual. All
members having finished socks on hand
are asked To send them to Mary "
Jones on Wednesday to be forwarded
Thursday to Augusta.
Friends in this village were saddeued
by the report of the death Of Frank
Starrett of Athol. Mass, while on duty
in France. He was for a number Of
years a student at t1rskine Academy in
this place and was a very promising
Young man.
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Appoint Won Tarpow

Amsterdam. Jan. S.-Count Adam
IarnoWski Won Tarnow, according to a
dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt. mas
been appointed Austrian delegate 10
the peace conference at Brest -LitoH 81.
tie was named ambassador TO the Unit
cd states last spring but was never Oh
hcially received by the American gov
eminent
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BANARIAN KING FOR
DEFEAT OF AMERICANS

Amsterdam, Jan Skiing r,dvig Of
Bavaria is quoted in a Munich disna,cb a.
shaving sad yesterday at a reception on
ms plfthday that the terms Of Germany's
enemies were exorbtant.
Not an inch Of German territory will
be given up, he declared. I'VE must try
to safeguard our frontiers
Asserting thar the Bavarians. like the
other Germans. We're victorious eyerv-
where, the King added. May We succeed
also in defeating our latest enemies. the
Americans