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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06
COLBY STUDENTS
ENROLLED AS
.SEAMEN I'D CLASS

The following men are students at
Colby college and We're enrolled as sea-
men. second class, tor duties along
technical lines, after graduation:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06
Miss Florence Haskell is passing
few days in Portland with friends.

Gersham Rollins is employed on the
Watcrville and Fairfield electrlcs as
inotcrman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

DR. Lewis p Jones Of Oak Grove
Seminary will be the speaker at the
East Nassalboro church on Sunday
morning at 1890 o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

Mr.. CLAYTON frewelling of Angus
III is visiting friends IN TINS city ana
Fairfield for q few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

Miss Velma Briggs has returned
to her home in Augusta after being
a guest Of friends in the city over
the Fourth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

sharkie Emerson Of PIttsleld. the
famous baseball player, is Nisitins
friends IN the city for rev days
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

New York, July al. pierpont Nor
gan. Charles McNeagh and Elihu Root
are among the Incorporates Of the Re-
lief Of Italy Fund when was inc.,--
porated here today. iiSo'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

Lawrence Perry has returned 10
his home IN Boston after passing
few days IN the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06
LOCALS

Kenneth Wilson. who IS m me an
pioy of the Texas Co. at Bath. has
arrived il this city 10 pass a week )
vacation at the home Of his parents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

Henry Davies, who has been taking
course of instruction at Plattsburg
training camp has returned to his
horne in this citV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06
TO INCREASE
FIGURES ON
ICOLBY'S FLAG

On June 16 last. when Colbv's
Service Flag was dedicated with an
proprlate exercises in the Colleea
Chapel. the Flag bore the figures 342
On July ii was announced bv Pro-
fessor Libby, who is keeping the war
records for the College, that 35 more
names have been added to the lists.
so that the figures on the flag will
need to read 377. This does not in
clude the students who have enlisted
with the Enrolling Party for naval
service for the 81 amer or at the end
of the college course 1t will be q
surprise to NJ x Il. Waterville people
to know that as77 Colby boys III
7sssrrmsn' TN are 81 , dsss,
a. are volun& e asnd 49,. when
added to WI Asta a., fShnbers,
will give the1 ,TarN ut1s
roll of hong rvs slliaN d.
- 9Th tRl<
pI1RI rel 81 ts u,
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commissj I
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-06

surprise to
to know that
government
Waterville.
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New-York tribune., 1918-05-29

paint that. It is forgery without
soul Or motif"
The one genuine canvas Of the four
which. Blakelock passed on Is owned by
Charles A. Schieren, son of the late
ex-Mayor of Brooklyn, and is entitled
October" 1t is said to be worth
$4,000.
Mr.. Dooling's detectives found an
other alleged Blakelock in the rooms of
an upper West Side art dealer last
evening. It was brought down to his Of
fee and will be viewed by Blakelock on
Friday. The artist will examine eight
OF his paintings which are at. present
in the possession of connoisseur liv-
ing on the upper West Side.
The artist seldom visits New York,
although, with the exception of a few
subjects, his mind is almost balanced.
He showed great interest in passing on
limitations Of his work. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Adams.
one of the committee in charge of the
Blakelock fund which was raised to
keep the painter in comfortable cir
cumstances, and nurse from the Riv-
erside Sanatorium. At noon he went
up to Sherry's with them and had
luncheon with E. M. Knoedler, of the
Knoedler Galleries, and altogether he
seemed boyishly happy.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Many Pledged to
Abstain From Wheat
Householders Eager to Re.
spond to Food Boards
Appeal

The New York Federal Food Board
announced yesterday that fully Is per
cent of the housholders of the state
have pledged themselves to abstain
from the use of wheat. assuring the
local success of the drive, to make
abstainance from wheat statewide.
To correct certain statements to the
effect that wheat conservation is not
necessary. as a big crop is expected,
the board made public the following
telegram from Administrator Hoover:
reports have been circulated that
food administration officials state fur
ther wheat conservation not, necessary.
No statement of the character has ever
been issued. The actual position os
that our supplies until harvest allow
home consumption of approximately
one-third normal if we are to maintain
Allied supplies. The actual position
is that in farmers hands and storage
we had at the beginning of May 75,000,-
600 bushels of wheat to carry US for
three months. or with an early harvest
perhaps two weeks less. Our normal
consumption for three months would
be 120,0O0,00O bushels, not allowing
Allies ANYTHING"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Wesffeld Militia
Unanimously Votes
For Bar, on Hearst

WESTFIELD. N. j.. May 2s.-The
members of the State Militia Reserve
here, drawn up in parade formation in
the drill hall at Washington School,
voted unanimously yesterday to do all
in their power to stop the circulation
Of "The New York American" and "The
Evening Journal" in the town.
Captain H. B. Wright, comm anding
the company, read letter from the
New Jersey Defence League asking
the unit to consider the matter. Lieu
tenant c. T. Taggcrt Immediately moved
that each member pledge himself as an
individual to pursue every legitimate
means of barring the Hearst papers
from the town. The seventy-seven men
in line voted unanimously in favor of
the resolution. They agreed not to
read the Hearst papers themselves.
each member of the company" said
Captain Wright, twill interview his
newsdealer and other residents Of the
town, explaining the Hearst attitude in
the war. We will conduct campaign
of education, laying the facts and Ax-
cerpts from the Hearst papers before
those to whom we talk"
Many prominent citizens of West
field are members of the guard, includ-
ing Dr. Holden. minister of the Baptist
Church. The town has population Of
5000
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Lewis Opens Headquarters
Campaign On When Manager
Receivers From Operat;on

Attorney General Merton E. Lewis
yesterday at the Murray Hill Hotel
opened headquarters for the primaries
in which he will be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor.
Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson,
who is to manage my campaign, will
be here on Sunday nights said M.
Lewis. "But he will not be able to
start start in at once; he is going to hos
pital as soon as he reaches town for a
slight operation due to an injury re-
ceived in playing tennis. He expects
to have things running in a week or
So"
Asked about campaign plans, Attor-
ney General Lewis said:
From letters received from business
men of all kinds including farmers,
believe that there is q heavy anti Whit
man sentiment among the voters. and
my candidacy is to afford voters op-
posed to the denomination of the Gov
ernor chance to vote for me. / shall
stay in the race to the end"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Whit1nan's Aids
Expect Roosevelt
Will Support Hin,
General du Pont Pledges
His Help to Governor
in Primaries

Governor Whitman, after speeches in
Ogdensburg and Rochester, returned
to this city yesterday to remain over
Memorial Day. Among his callers yes
terday was General Coleman du Pont,
of the Republican National Committee
who told the Governor he was going
to support him.
According to the friends of the Gov
ernor, there is an understanding be-
tween Colonel Roosevelt and the Gov
ernor, and as result of the nnder.
standing the Whitman men are firm in
the belief that Colonel Roosevelt will
support the Governor for reelection.
The action of Senator Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Colonel Rooseyelt's
nephew, in becoming the CAMPAIGN
manager for Attorney General Lewis
has aroused the suspicion that Colonel
Roosevelt was hostile to the Governor.
Yesterday the Whitman men seemed to
be confident that Colonel Roosevelt
would take no part at all adverse To
the Governor.
Governor Whitman yesterday re-
eeived word from Lyons that the
Wayne County organization had in
dorsed his administration and pledged
Itself to bring about his denomination.
The Governor had conference with
the Rochester Republican leaders on
Monday, and they professed confidence
IN their ability to carry every ward in
tn city and every town in the county
for him in the primaries.
The friends of the Governor said
yesterday that the choice for Chairman
of the Governors campaign committee
was between Bertrand H. Smell. of
Potsdam, and John F. O'Brien. of
Plattsburg, with the chances now IA
voring Mr., Smell.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
4,088 Draft Men
Leave City for
Training Camps
East Side Women Cause
Confusion by Seeking
One Last Embrace

New York City seemed to answer the
renewed Hun assault yesterday by a
record single days contribution to the
National Army, dispatching 4,oss men
to Camp Upton and three Southern
training cantonments. Thirty-one
boards in various parts of the city
inducted more than one hundred men
each into the service.
There were stirring scenes at Ex-
change Place, where hundreds of men
from East Side boards entrained for
Southern cantonments. Mothers, wives
and sweethearts who accompanied the
men to Jersey on the ferry created con-
siderable confusion by attempting to
pass the station guards for a last en-
brace. Some broke through the bar
rier, but were finally pressed back by
the police.
Not band nor flag had enlivened
the leave-taking, quite unlike the $50
long" of 1000 men from the West Side
With guitars and banjos and laughs
and jokes, with girls laughing bravely,
the West Siders left for camp. They
came from Boards 106, 113 and 119.
The last two contingents missed the
Cortlandt Street ferry and crossed
over by way of Desbrosses Street.
A band supplied by the local Demo-
cratic club and Leader Thomas Nc
Manus and Senator John J. Boylan led
the contingent from Board 116, Fifty
first Street and Tenth Avenue, on a
farewell procession through the neigh
borhood.
The Bronx was represented by men
from Boards 4, 7 and 8 in the Southern
camp increments. They marched
through streets lined with cheering
we'll wishers. The pupils of Julia Rich
man High School sang farewell to
the eighty-fve men from Local Board
154.
Brooklyn's contribution, numbering
1884 men, the borough's largest thus
far, entrained at the Carlton Avenue
railroad yards. The heat and the press
of thousands in restricted area re-
suited in disorder and caused dozens
of women to faint.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Blakelock F iinds 3 of 4 PAINTINGS
Bearing T lis Name Are Spurious

Ralph Albert Blakelock, the aged
landscape painter, whose pictures
came to be regarded as masterpieces
while he was patient in Middletown
State Asylum several years ago, went
before the grand jury yesterday and
examined four canvases bearing his
name. He declared that three of them
were spurious. The grand jury which is
investigating charges that skilful paint
ers in Brooklyn, Chicago and else
where have conspired to flood the art
market with fraudulent Blakelocks will
call the painter again on Friday.
Blakelock, who was taken from the
asylum in 1915 by wealthy benefactors.
now is confined in a sanitarium at
Riverdale, where he does some work
in studio fitted up for him by ad
mirers of his work. Although he is
seventy-four years old, his slight body
is erect and his blue eyes bright and
active. Assistant District Attorney
Dooling confronted him with canvas
parporting to be his and labelled
Brook by Moonlight"
"No, no." he quickly cried, ~ did not
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Alderman Dawson
Challenges Swami
To Prove Charges
Mount Vernon Councilman
Makes Clear His Attitude
Toward Hearst Papers

MOUNT VERNON, May 2s.-Alder-
man. William G.. Dawson, who fathered
the resolution barring "The New York
American" and Evening Journal" from
circulation in this city, to-day called
on District Attorney Swami TO make
known where he stands on William
Randolph Hearst and his policies.
Alderman Dawson defed the District
Attorney to prove his charges that he
and the other aldermen who voted for
the anti-Hearst ordinance were guilty
of Oppression" Here is his statement
in full:
II notice in this mornings Tribune
District Attorney Swami is quoted as
follows:
'Aldermen Dawson and Sheridan and
all their associates who voted for the
resolution are manifestly guilty of op-
Like most guilty persons, they seem
to be indulging in little backfire in
order to defect public attention and make
the investigation seem to take a new
turn
"Has the administration of the crimi-
nal law in New York County degener-
ated to the point where a man is tried
and convicted by the District Attorney
through the columns of the newspapers
before any charge is made against him
or anything presented to the grand
jury?
II am astounded that man who oc-
cupies so high an official position as
the District Attorney of New York
County should use such methods. II
| or any of our aldermen have been
guilty of any, crime let the District
Attorney tell lit to his grand jury. If
his own grand jury won't listen to
him let him come up here to West
chester County and tell it to our grand
jury.
THAT is the kind of talk that Hearst
has been putting out right along, but
it isn't going to frighten me, even if
it comes from the mouth of the Dis
trict Attorney of New York County.
am sure the aldermen who voted for
that ordinance did so believing that
they were doing patriotic duty.
1T MIR. Swami can prove anything
to the contrary let him lay his facts
before the grand jury. If Mr.. Swami
believes that the Hearst newspapers
did the square thing by this country
and by the Americanism for which we
q. g hShViuS III IclcTeHCSS 10 Cno
sinking of the Lusitania and when
The American cut the Presidents Me-
mortal Day proclamation let him come
out squarely and tell that to the people
who elected him.
"The Board of Aldermen in Mount
Vernon did not think that Mr.. Hearst
did the square thing in these instances.
They do not believe in his methods and
policies. If our judgment as to Mr.
Hearst and his publications was
wrong and not in accord with the sen.
timents of the American people, /, for
one, am willing to abide by the conse-
quences.
"But l do not want to go to New
York and have the District Attorney
tell me through the newspapers that
best judgment in giving voice to what
l believe to be the overwhelming senti.
ment in my community"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29


by the Morristown Infantry Battalion,
which has made arrangements to enter
tain thousands of persons. Governor
Walter p. Edge will review the Morris
town unit of the New Jersey Militia
Reserve at the Whippany River Club,
on the grounds of which the enlisted
men will hold a gymkhana.
Mrs. Seth E. Thomas will present
the battalion with colors and the Gov
evening parade.
Major Samuel H. Gillespie has in
vited the commanding officers of all
the Home Guard units to attend the
ceremonies. There will be an exhibit
Harold E. Watson.
He will spend most of the coming
summer at Lake George revisiting the
scenes of his early work. The noon
light effects on Lake George were the
subjects of many Of his earlier inspira-
tions.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
First Concrete Ship
Proves Her Worth

A PACIFIC PORT. May 2S.-"She
acted just like any other vessel" was
the way Captain r. E. Connell, com
manding the steamer Faith, the lar
gest concrete ship in the world, com
mented on the vessels behavior DUR
ing her trial voyage from another Pa
cifc port to this port, where she ar
rived to-day.
1--WE had some very rough weather
and the Faith certainly stood the
test" said Captain Connell. "She re-
sponded readily to her helm through
out the voyage"
F. R. Mcmillan and H. II. Loeffler.
research engineers for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, and c. C. Brush. Of
the United States Lighthouse Service;
were aboard the Faith as observers on
the trial voyage.
"In our opinion the trip was verv
successful and indications are ali
very favorable toward the success Of
concrete ships" said a statement is
sued by the observers.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
T. J. Mooney Again
Is Sentenced to
Death on Gallows

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2s.-Thomas
j. Mooney, convicted of murder in con-
nection with the Preparedness Day
bomb explosion here in 1916, was re-
sentenced to-day to be hanged on an
indeterminate date not less than sixty
days nor more than ninety days from
this date. at San Quentin prison.
Sentence was passed by Judge
Franklin A. Griffin. who presided at the
trial.
The order specified that Mooney be
removed to San Quentin prison with
In ten days.
Judge Griffin did not amplify the
statement necessary to sentence,
merely saying that the law imposed a
plain duty on him. Mooney showed
little emotion.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

We were uttering loud means yester-
day concerning the temperature, when
we thought of heavily laden Germans
scrambling in and out of she'll holes
in weather like this. Then we smiled.
If Meteon Zehauskies were wise he
would pay his brother Simon salary
to steal from him..
Recently Simon, who lives with
Meteon at 43 Little Street, Brooklyn,
broke into his brothers trunk and stole
all his savings. $500. When Meteon
discovered the loss he broke into loud
walls of anguish and bereavement.
Strangely enough, he accused Simon at
once and hal him arrested.
Under cross-examination by the po
lice, the erring brother broke down and
gave up the whole $1,000, which he
had had changed into Russian rubles.
The police took them to be changed
into American money.
In the meantime, however, there had
been changes in the money market.
Meteon received $1,000 back on his
involuntary investment. Simon is now
trying to collect commission.
The party which friends of Howard
Bessemer, of 100 Union Hall Street,
Jamaica, had planned to celebrate his
departure for Camp Upton. will have
to be held without the presence Of the
honored guest. He's in Jail.
"Your Honor" said Howard yester-
day when fined $50 by Magistrate
Kochendorfer for speeding, "send me to
Jail instead. Only let me out in time
to get to Camp Upton on May 29."
you'll get out just in time to catch
the train," remarked the magistrate,
complying.
Wild phrases concerning mysterious
murders and ghostly grave diggings
sent police from the Stagg Street sta
tion on the double quick to the vacant
lot at Varet and White Streets early
yesterday morning. There they found
q group standing about q newly made
grave. several of the men insisting that
they had seen two strange men inter
human body there.
For more than an hour in the drizzle
the police worked with pick and shovel.
At last they unearthed the victim" a
large dog that was wrapped in an old
sheet. So far as could be seen, there
was no evidence Of foul play
After all, it isn't really the heat
that makes the difference. It's-now,
all together
It's the humidity!
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Mrs. Bob Fitzsiimmons
Joins Salvation Army
Widow of Pugilist Will Be En-
rolled at Meeting Tues
day Night

MRS. Robert Fitzsimmons. fourth
wife and widow of the great "Lanky
Bob," has become a member Of tho
salvation Army. Next Tuesday night
she will put on the blue bonnet and
uniform Of the classic" and will be
enrolled for service at public meet
ing to be held at Metropolitan Tenn
pie. Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth
Street.
At this meeting Mrs. Fitzsimmons
VIII relate the story of her life. and
explain how she came to enter the Sal.
vation Army Before she married The
one-time worlds champion she was
NJ lie. Temo Zillon, of Paris. She mar.
RED Fitzsimmons in Washington in
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
8-Year-Old Tries Suicide
Girl Jumps From Palisade vi.
aduct in Front of Trolley

Eight-ycar-old Antoinette Quinto, Of
23l Spring Street, West Hoboken, at
tempted suicide yesterday afternoon
by jumping fifteen feet from the Pal
isade Viaduct to the roadway beneath.
She fell directly in front of trolley
car, the motorman Of which applied
his brakes and escaped striking her
by few inches.
She was taken to ST. Mary's Hos
pital. Although severely injured,
physicians think she will recover. She
would give no reason for her act, and
the doctors believe she is suffering
from q mental derapgement.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Mother and Son Die in Fire
28 Other Roomers Routed Out
by Blaze in BROOKLYN

Mrs. Rebecca Chairman, of 1909 West
Third Street, Brooklyn, and her son
Samuel. six years old, were burned to
death last night when fire DESTROYED
the three story frame house where thew
roomed. Twenty-eight others were
driven to the street and two were car
ried from the burning building.
Patrolman Maloney discovered the
blaze, and after turning in the alarm
went through the house to awaken the
roomers. Battalion Chief William
Rogers discovered the bodies after the
fire was under control.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
New MASSES" Indictments
Defendants Held in $4,000
Bail for Trial on June II

Max Eastman and his associates in
the Masses Publishing Company were
arraigned before Judge Hand in the
Federal District Court yesterday to
answer an indictment which charges
them with obstructing the draft. All
pleaded not guilty, and the case was
set for trial on June II.
The new indictment is a superseding
one, which covers points not contained
in the original indictment on which
the men were tried last month. The
defendants, in addition to Eastman, are
Floyd DELL. managing editor of "The
Masses; Merrill Rogers, business man.
ager; Art Young, cartoonist, and John
Reed, contributing editor. Bail in each
case was fixed at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
What Is Going On To-day
wHEATLEss DAY.
WAR SAVINGS STAMP DRIVE.
DEPARTURE OF DRAFT QUOTAS.

WHEATLESS DAY
WAR SAVINGS STAMP DRIVE
DEPARTURE OF DRAFT QUOTAS.
HEALTH WEEK.
Garden ouAio
Free admission to the American Museum OF Natural
history. Metropolitan Museum OF Art New York
1oologscal Park. Van Cortiandt Park Museum.
American Museum Of Safety and tho Aquarium
Public exhibition Of mezzotints. Grolier Club. ~
East sixueth Street. 10 a. m. TO s p M
Luncheon Of the American Association Of Woollen
1880 p. IN. "'
Meeting Of the BOARD Of Education. hai Of the
oosra. Park avenue and Fifty ninth Street. 1
Meeting OF the Playground Association. Waldorf
Meeting OF the board Of directors OF tne Fed
Irving High School. 4 p M
Dinner Of the New York Boat (,vners Association
fiotei McAipn. p. m.
n,srtainmen, matn t. for soldiers and ssilor. Young
Avenue. $50 y. M
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Held as Ranger Will Plotter

District Attorney Swami Was iu.
formed yesterday that Carl W. Meyer;
under indictment for conspiracy anu
subornation Of perjury in eonnecuesn,
with the alleged plot to upset etstne wiz
of the late Henry w. Ranger. the artist
so that his sister. Miss Edith Ranger.
would get the bulk of his estate, mas
been arrested in Pittsburgh and wouia
waive extradition. Detective John epnv
niff will bring him to New Yerk es.
Swarm said he will ask that bail pc ses
at $26.0f0
New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
War Bread Leads to Jail
Man Suffers 6 Months Term
for ReviIing u. S.

Thomas Carter. forty-two years old,
who was arrested in restaurant at
584 Ninth Avenue. was arraigned be-
court yesterday, charged with revil-
ing the United States government.
Carter is said to have protested be-
cause he was served with war bread
in the restaurant, and is quoted as
saying that the United States was "the
catspaw for EnglAnd.~ He was sent to
the workhouse for six months.