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The daily morning oasis., 1918-11-12
WHAT DOES THE KAISER THINK NOW?

With signing of the armsce agreement which done
yesterday morning Marshal lochs headquarters the military
and naval of Germany broken and the hideous
that has denched in blood of the arest portions of the
Earth effects the world has end
There doubt that is ended for 10 open secret
that the submitted by the Allies for armistce will
due Germany such condition that she cannot the
if she attempts object the of peace that will be
sented at the peace conference to follow
The of the arme sufficiently drastic but they
the upon which hostiles would be stopped Com
pete disarmament including surrender of large part of the Ger
the Allies and what is not surrendered under guard
disarmament Reconsideration the army surrender
to the Allies of strong foresse and naval bases in Germany
which it understood among the provisions precedent
granting amstce would be cleaning the job pref
ty we'll
council table will be many questions
that will have be settled No doubt Germany will have to make
complete adequate reparaton for all the destruction she has
wrought She pay for the cities destroyed the homes
ed the farms ruined the destroyed the railways wrecked
the shipping SUNK the cagoe lest the noncombatans drowned
and murdered most wantony the and girls raped
the prisoners orued cash reparaion will be exacd for all
those things.
If Germany collectively thinks by breaking up the empire
and establishing lot of republics she will the payment
the vast she will be called for eparaon she will have
coming another guess The republics will be assessed their
full share of the damages and made to pay
BY their escape Holland taking refuge neutral
soil the Kaiser and his deectabe the Crown Prince
think they have found haven but they will be fooled The AL
lies will have them custody they have to declare
Holland go get them" 1t likely however, that Holland may
be forced to deliver the august pair without firing shot
Declaration of and proclamation of blockade enforced
strictly and would Holland subsection
within few weeks
The poltoonery of the Emperor of Germany the
Pce others may slipped into Holland with
Them remarkable yet just what might have been expect
High minded heroes leading great and nation
army they have proclaimed themselves, would have remained
defeated armies accepted the fortunes
The problems that be settled and the details of carry
ing effect their solution will keep the allied armies intact
for long tme 1t will be months before the two million
the other side of the Atlantic will return America
the outcome of this great America surely
for pride Her people have shown world wide scale the
self abnegaon they manifested twenty years ago
The daily morning oasis., 1918-11-12

Cuba And her armies have proved nvnc against the great
EST machine constructed Moreover
product of a democratic system
Wonder what the Kaiser thinks about whether America
will fight and whether Americans fight not?
Before election each party busy explaining why
inevitably carry the election After the party busy
explaining why did carry the election The other party
Just simply busy
The Kaiser reported to have purchased estate Nor
He might have done better island somewhere
the far SEAS where could remains monarch all
veyed"
The pumpkin certainly has dual personality 1t make
The alarming Halloween spoo then with equal readi
adapt itself to becoming the and domestic pumpkin pie
---o---
Norway spobaby not greatly pleased at his selection But
What country the face of the earth would welcome him
nhabitant2
other words Cotton King it should be kept in mind
hat in those days customary for monach to abdcae
It impossible any orecasting events moving
apidy. So are the United States armies ~
Everything comparative. Three pounds of
on per month seems like luxury
yocate of abdication.
Cotton is climbing high that anticipate it will fail.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-11-12

Cotton is climbing so high that anticipate it will fail
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
THOUGHT he WAS DIPL omATlc
-. ...h.. a. Reeiis cssldn't ysse
a.. Point About HE een's ~
" nancIaI Condition..

m. other day q rookie, just out OF
college. married q girl who lived N .ne
town where his company was 10 tlsn
Inc. The young man knew be mus. =.
form his family Of the event, ana s,so
that he must do 1t In the most sootn
Ing way possible. .,.,.
Dear dad" he wrote. IVY
thoueht that when ! married ! woulo
choose a girl who could support ne..
self if necessary. and then II anytMnS
wonld ever happen to me. you wonldn'
h.va IN he burdened With her. now
MARION is that kind Of . GIL sne
Knows all about my financial eon@uon
and =.
n.used here to reread It. SFfnapcal
condition" he snorted. THAT young
cnh hasn't any financial condition.
Whv he doesn't own the clothes on nis
hacf. Nor did he ever own tne@.
Financial condition-well. I'll b
hanged"
Another rookie had likewise married
. Girl who was q stranger to his moth
az who boasts Of Irish descent. He
too wrote home-a letter to mother
~ have told Frances all about my
family. 80 that now she feels that ene
really knows you. So I'm going to ten
you all about her. She Is now On or
nhen Init when her father was alive
he was big railroad man.
Her mother commented to the res'
Of the family. "Dont be excited ~
that" she advised them. "Youf n
Their and I used to know Q very Ia
fireman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
REQUISITE HOURS OF SLEEP
Acknowledges Fact That Brain Wesse'
ere Need Less Than These s@
oaued In Manual labsn

Periodic sleeping II undeniabiy IN
essential to the continuance OF LIE, Dus
sleep Ii required more a. . means OF
recuperaton from physical WEAKNESS
than from mental activity, an exchange
observes. The best thinkers are tne
shortest sleepers, and On the otnef
hand the manual laborers require tho
longest periods Of sleep. The classic
example cited to prove that the think
ar does not need as much slssp % @e
ordinary man takes 10 Thomas 4. Ddi-
son. who during the most active years
a. his life Is said to have slept only
four hours day. Il II not 20 general
" known that Herbert Spencer. me
philosopher, In his later life did not
average more than three hours OF sleep
q day.
These instances should not lead TO
fll-advised efforts to emulate the az
treme examples. One should not At
tempt to do better thinking b. kssp.
Ing longer awake, but the effort shoud
be- made to do better thinking. which
win result In keeping longer awake.
For II the body be not fatgued OF
drugged with poison, sleep comes CHIEF
" from the slowing down Of the mso-
tai processes until consciousness
lapses. II an adult Is not tired or full
of fatigue poisons from physical labor
or II his system Is not otherwise Dur
dened with poisons from faulty diet
or overeating. II u possible IN many
instances to cut down the sleepane
period from 20 10 10 pr csns Of that
commonly INDUCED n.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
LOST SCULPTURE OF REIMs
Works Of Art o. Unfortunate City That
Rlvaisd These q he
Greek oeheol -

Four years ago the sculpture Of
Relms was one Of the three great, orig
lnal groups In France. the others BE-
Ing Chartres and Amiens. Bow they
escaped. heaven knows, but they did.
Saint Denis, Senlis and Laon, equal In
beauty and In quality. fell easy prey
to one set Of soddsn savages or an.
other until only q few precious fras.
ments are left, mutilated almost be.
yond recognition. Paris has been
further degraded by barbarous restora.
tion. and therefore Chartres remains
az the exemplar Of the high hieratic
school Of the twelfth century, Amiens
Of the supreme fulflllment OF the thir.
tenth; for the great gray cliffs Of
Reims, with their matchless fowerins
OF inconceivable, incredible statues,
have been blasted BY shell and ealcinsd
by IRE, and the exquisite sculpture OF
all the craftsmen OF France has
cracked, crumbled and fallen into IN.
distinguishable dust.
! tninK II was the greatest sculpture
Of the middle ages; greater than Char.
tres. for this was merely triumphant
detail of architecture; greater than
Amiens, since 1t was less cleverly nat.
uralistic. more Greek In its proportion
and line, and more vital and varied In
its vivid Characterization, writes Ralph
Adams Cram In the Yale Review. Ne
dieval sculpture IL often dealt with ~
inferiority. patronixingiy commended
q all very well. considefing the time.
! regard It az q school Of sculpture
that stands On the same level with
that Of Greece. Hsrs at Rslms were
many schools many masters and saeA
following had its own personal u,ah, !
deA In all. however. Ne ind q stsply
Greek quality Of ,lins md eompesftfon
. sense Of dignity ana power that = /
unique. vivid and convincing charae. !
tertzatton, and an indwelling devotion
and religious passion that And thelr |
match neither before nor sluse.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
p,u..I.n Guard Iona Famsua

The history Of the Prussian Guard
cream Of Germany's fighting msn'
which was smashed By the headlons
attack Of American troops ct the Bee
ond Battle Of the Name. datss back
to the latter part Of the Ssventsenth
Century, when men believed In the
divine rights Of kings. and The troops
Of the guard could be depended on TO
protect the sacred body Of their sov.
ereign when all other supporter tsll
away.
The Prussian Guard was once q
company Of archerA known - the
Trabant Guards. Il was transfcrmed
into q real fighting force By Frederick
william !. Drill with him was . ruling
passion and he lavished much atten-
don on his guard securing Europe for
giants, a. no man under nix feet In
height could enter bis Pct regiment
This requirement was aboliahsd By
Frederick the Great who cared only
for fighting ability. The stirring *
ample Of Napoleon's Imperial Guard
caused the Prussian organisation to be
increased In size. and It now comprises
q complete army corps. Into it, ranks
60 the cream Of each years class 0
Prussiaa yscrutk 2
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
West Sumner.

The marriage of Miss Gladys Morrill,
TO Mr.. Arthur-Adams took place Sunday,
Dec. %, at 12:45 at the homo Of the
brides mother, Mrs. Arthur Chandler
The ceremony was performed BY Rev
Howard W. Collins OF East Sumner.
Several In our village and vicinity are
very sick with influenza. The epidemic
has been very severe In Arthur Bonney'i
family. His two little girls arc very
sick. Harold Hollis is very sick also.
Henry Proctor Is boarding with Mrs
George Andrews.
Mrs. Nutting, . nurse, 10 caring fol
Arthur Bonney's family.
John Heald has been very sick for thu
last two days.
Mrs. c. W. Bisbee 10 convalesc,ng after
her operation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31

Mrs. viana Hoyt and son Earl have
gone to Portland TO Gee her daughter,
Mrs. Harry Pennook, who 10 III with
pneumonia following IN attack OF In
fluen1s.
E. 8. Bennett, Robert Storey and G. G.
Linnell went to Enrol for grain with
their teams first of the week.
Tuesday W. A. Cobb, oaretaker ct
Aziscoos dam and head Of the Red Cross
unit here, called on the members Of the
association here. Nearly every ono Is
wearing the Red Cross pin, and our little
hamlet In the mountains Of old Oxford
figures up to 100 per cent.
Robert Storey had weeks vacation
from bis work at the Thurston camp,
and has returned to his work.
Mrs.. Ellen Littlebale, who sccom-
panied her grandmother, Mrs. Hoyt, to
Portland, has returned homo.
The past week must have been our
"balcyon days" the weather was 90 nm
usually flne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31

John Derocher and Archie Garrsnt,
about twelve years Of age, broke through
the thin Ice OF the Androscoggin River
ut Lewiston Monday, and we're drowned.
The seth Pioneer Infantry, formerly
the "Milliken Regiment" or First Maine
Heavy Field Artillery, is . part Of the
army Of occupation, and 10 now stationed
In Germany.
According to reports from head
quarters, the total number of members
secured for the Red Cross 10 the weeks
drive 10 Maine Was 236, 500. Last year
the total Was III 600.
Erwin varuey Of Skowhegan, 81 years
Of age, Was drowned by breaking
through the Ice when skating in the
Rangelsy Lakes region where he vas
employed numbering, on the 10th.
The ninety-one cases Of Scotch whis-
key seized st Bangor freight sheds by
Sheriff Thayer of Penobscot County on
the ed Of October. has at last been
ordered forfeited 10 the state by Judge
Blanchard in the municipal court at
Bangor. The case now goes to the
Maine law court, and very likely It or
some other case Involving the same facts
will eventually land in the United States
Supreme Court, II constitutional pro-
hibition doesn't meanwhile overtske It.
One Of the largest II not the largest
fuel oil tank In the state 10 to be In
stalled In the southern end of the big
yard of the Texas Steamship Co. at Bath.
1t will be Of steel and have capacity OF
1000 barrels. Oil 10 used largely for
fuel purposes at this big plant now and
with the installation of the new tank
will DO used almost entirely. OH will
probably DO brought to Bath In the big
ships of tho Texas Co. direct from their
loading plant, although IL ut any time
this is impracticable II can be brought
by cars ~ ut present.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
Hebron.

Word was received recently that Leon.
ard Randall, formerly Of Norway and
this place, who Was spending the winter
In Atlantis, Ga was struck by . street
car and killed on Dec. 9Th. He was
buried by the G. A. 3. In the National
Cemetery there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chss. Dryer have little
daughter born In Portland Dec. 23d,
named Clara. They have the hearty
congratulations Of their many friends.
Prof. and Mrs. Field are spending .
week ut their old homo In Vermont.
Stanley and Charles Glover and Forrest
Copaut were Ut homo for the day on
Christmas from Camp Devens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aatthews spent Christ
mas at Norway at Mrs. Matthews old
homo.
Clifford Scotborne was with bis grand
mother, Mrs. Fannie Frost Of Norway.
Norman Richardson was ct homo from
Portland for the day.
Miss Trip was tho guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Mariner.
Mrs. W. e. Sargent 10 still quite sick.
Miss Vera Bray, who 10 In Westdeld,
mass, has been very sick with tonsilitis.
There was . Christmas tree ct the
Sanatorium Tuesday evening, and IN
entertainment Wednesday evening.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
East Bethel.

Eva Marion Bean was ut home from
her teaching at Harrington for tho
Christmas holidays.
Mise Elsie BARTLETT 10 tho guest of rels-
tives at Cambridge and Lowell, Mass,
for the holidays.
Willis Bartlett with two heavy teams
has gone to Byron to work. Floyd Cool
edge goes with him to drive team.
Miss Ethel Weber, primary, and Miss
Saunders, grammar, closed the school
here Dec. 10 and have returned to their
homes. A very interesting program
with Christmas tree WAS presented at the
close of the school, greatly enjoyed by
many mothers and invited friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Bean entertained
% Christmas guests, Mr.. and Mrs. W. b.
Bartlett, Mrs. Lucetta Bean, Miss Eva
Bean and Mr.. Robert Rich.
Christmas trees With entertainments
were held at several homes here. Mr..
and Mrs. Freedom Bean entertained ut
Christmas dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G.
Bean, Mr.. and Mrs. 81. q. Hutchins and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Holt dined with
their son, Vim. g. Holt, and family. =
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Swan motored 10
Nswry for the day.
B. ]. Russell and family we're Christ
mas guests Of M. and Mrs. Porter Far
we'll and family.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
New County Officers.

With the first Of January thsre viii be
some changes 10 the county officers OF
Oxford County. Hon. w. II. Eastman
of East Sumner, who has served ten years
~ County Commissioner, four years 20
All a vacancy, followed by irregular term
Of six years, completes his service. De
will be succeeded by Charles w. Bowler
Of South Paris, who Was elected In Sep
TENDER Tor q six years term. Mr.. Bow
ker is q widely known citizen Of Paris.
he has served on the board Of sslectmen
OF the town Continuously for nearly
fourteen years, has been one OF the as
SCISSORS Of the South Paris Village Cor
porztion for . shorter period, 10 chief
engineer Of the Village Corporation, and
superintendent Of the municipal water
system. His resignation from the board
OF selectmen takes effect with the end of
the year.
George L. Sanborn OF Norway, who
has been the efficient Register Of Deeds
for four years, completes his term. Mr..
Ssnborn has q position as deputy col
lector for the revenue service for Oxford
County, with headquarters at Norway,
and has already begun upon his duties.
In the Office since that position was pro-
vided for by law In 1905, and who began
her work &C the court house twenty
years ago, also completes her service,
but will complete the indexing OF the
records up to the first Of January. Mr..
Sanboru 10 succeeded by w. q. JENNIE of
South Paris, we'll known as . land sur
veyor who Is familiar with the real estate
OF the county and the records In the reg
istry Mr.. Jenne's daughter, Miss Har-
riet e. JENNIE, will be clerk in the regis
try.
Ernest J. Record of South Paris COM
pletes four years. term as Clerk Of
Courts, and all who have bad anything
to do with the Office bear testimony that
his service in that position has been
highly satisfactory. he Is succeeded by
Donald B. Partridge of Norway. Mr.
Partridge 10 native of Norway, attend
ed the schools Of that town, and grad
uated from Bates College In 1914. For
the next three years be was principal Of
Canton high School, and also substituted
there for portion OF the past year, when
the principal was called into the service.
During the past year be has read Law In
the Office of Alton C. Wheeler. he lives
In Norway, and has wife and child.
Frederick r. Dyer, who was appointed
County Attorney to complete the unex-
pired term of Lucian w. Blanchard when
the latter resigned upon entering the
United States service, continues In that
Office for the next regular term, having
been elected In September. Dean A.
Ballard, Register Of Deeds for the West
ern District, Harry d. Cole, Sheriff, and
George NJ. Atwood, County Treasurer,
begin new terms 40 their own successors
In their respective offices.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31

Over one hundred horses have been
sold here at auction since September.
They were mostly Boston horses shipped
here by Elmer Faunce, the Mechanic
Falls stable keeper.
Master Richard Verville, who 10 attend
ing Sherbrooke Seminary, 10 ut homo
through the holidays.
James Harvey Pratt, whose death was
reported last week ut Trap Corner, was
for many years . resident Of our town
and occupied farm In the east part now
owned by Albert Silver. Mr.. Pratt
served from Woodstock 10 the 7rh Maine
Battery, William B. Lapham Of the same
town being its frat lieutenant.
The new Advent church 10 nearing
compilation. The ceiling and walls will
be Of steel.
Fred Keith 10 visiting bis sister. Mrs.
Abner Benson. Mr.. Keith has been In
France for the last thirty months, whore
be has been employed In railroad con-
struction work with the Canadian units.
Repairs are being made on the station
here, where new sills and floors are BE-
Ing put In. Ora Monstt has charge OF
the work.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
kept PLEDGE
TO send Bread
American Nation Maintained A.
lied Loaf Through Sell
Denial at Home Table. 9.
AvERTED EUROPEAN DESPAIR.
with Military Demands Upon ocean
Shipping Relieved. World 10 Able
% Return TO- Normal White
Wheat Bread.

Since the advent Of the latest wheat
crop the only Limitation upon Ameri-
can exports to Europe has been the
shortage Of shipping. Between July l
and October 10 we shipped 6o,9SO,SOo
bushels. II this rate should continue
until the end Of the fiscal year we Will
have furnished the Allies with more
than 2S7 SOC. 900 bushels Of wheat and
-four In terms Of wheat
The result Of increased production
and conservation efforts In the United
States has been that with the cessa'
ton Of hosdlities we are able to re-
turn to q normal wheat diet. Supplies
that have accumulated In Australia.
Argentine and other hitherto inacces-
sible markets may be tapped by ships
released from transport service, and
European demand for American wheat
probably will not exceed. our normal
surplus. There Is wheat enough avail.
able to have Q white loaf at the COM
mon table
But last year the tale was different
Only BY the greatest possible saving
and sacrifice were we able TO keep
steady stream Of wheat and -four NOV
ing across the sea. We found our
selves at the beginning Of the harvest
year with an unusually short crop.
Even the most optimistic statisticians
figured that we had bare surplus Of
10000, 900 bushels. And yet Europe
was facing the probability Of bread
famine-and In Europe bread is by far
the most important article In the diet
ALI Of this surplus had left the
country early In the fall. BY the first
Of the year we had managed to ship a
little more than 60,000.0 900 bushels by
practicing the utmost economy at
home-by wheatless days, wheatless
meals, heavy substitution Of other
cereals and by sacrifice at almost
every meal throughout the country.
In January the late Lord Rhondda,
then British Food Controller. cabled
that only II We sent an additional 76,.
00000 bushels before July could he
take the responsibility Of assuring his
people that they would be fed.
The response Of the American peo-
pie was $4,000. 900 bushels safely deliv-
cred overseas between January 1 and
July L Out Of harvest which gave
us only 100000 900 bushels surplus We
actually shipped Ia. 000 900 bushels.
Thus did America fulfill her pledge
that the Allied bread rations could be
maintained, and already the American
people are demonstrating that with
an awakened war conscience last
years figures will be bettered.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
Her Beau Was No Adonla


A girl with a stunning figure, big
brown eyes, peachlike complexion and
wavy black hair. lovely enough to be-
come the bride Of a prince, stood
around the Union station recently
watching and waiting. relates the To-
peka Globe. Finally her face became
illuminated; spindly, weak-eyed urr
dersized young man slouched In sight,
homely enough to stop a clock. The
two talked. and every once In . while
the princesslike girl dabbed her eyes
with a handkerchief. At last q train
pulled In under the station shed The
young man waved an Indifferent good
by to the beautiful creature. who
chung to him sobbing until he moved
away. Il he her brother, her cousin.
or her uncle1 No; he Is her beau.
Girls are the funniest things In the
world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
Joe BIN Gets q Pardon.

The governor and council last week
granted pardon to Joe Bill, who ID
serving life sentence In the state prison
for murder. The usual condition 10 ut.
tached that he shall obey oil the laws OF
the state.
Joe Bill, % he was commonly known,
or Ignsxio Albanese, which 10 his Italian
name, was IN italian fruit merchant ut
Rumford we'll known 10 the region. In
May, 1911, he shot and killed his wife,
Rosie Bill, and then gave himself mp to
the officers. Az appeared In evidence,
the wife had not unjustly been accused
of infidelity, and divorce proceedings
were pending. The only evidence - to
the shooting was the testimony Of Joe
Bill himself. According TO this, the
wife tainted him with her infldelity and
the fact that her last child was not bis,
whereupon in bis rage he shot her.
At the trial he was convicted Of mur.
der. Hon. r. A. Aorey OF Lewiston, his
counsel, argues that In view Of the evi.
dence tho conviction should have been
for manslaug One previous petition
for pardon had been denied.