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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
STATE HOUSE
Next Council Meeting. $50 A. NJ 7uesday' Ap''

The Public Utilities Commission
Thursday ordered a hearing to take
place at its offices at Augusta Tues
Gay, April ?. at 10 A. NJ, on the APP
plication Of the MattawamkeaS &
Northern Railway Co. for an extern
sion for years of it's corporate ex-
istencc and powers.
The route of the proposed street
railroad lies wholly within the town
Of Mattawamkeag in the county Of
Penobscot, the town of Midway.
Township a, Range :. East Mill:-
nocket and the town of Millinocket,
Ill in Pennhscot county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
MARYLAND

Evangelist E. a. Davis of Lewiston
will hold special evangelistic services
every night at 80 and during the day
Sunday for two weeks beginning
Wednesday night. March q There will
be no service Saturday nights. Special
music has been arranged. A piano and
a violin has been secured together wit,
loo new Billy Sunday song books entitled
Awakening Songs" Other special
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
Public Utilities

The Public Utilities Commission
Thursday ordered that a public hear
ing he held at it's Office at the Sta6e
House, Augusta. Tuesday, April at
10 A. NJ, on the petition of the Oquos-
soc Light and Power Co., to issue
$4,000 worth Of common stock and
$4,000 first mortgage per cent.
bonds of the face value of $500 each,
for the purpose IT liquidatir. the:i
indebtedness, extending their lines
and to buy new wheels and a genera
tor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29

Augusta started on their return trip
home Thursday morning. going via
Mount Vernon, Mrs. Charles home.
Grace Biokford has been passing a
few days with her mother, Mrs. VIM.
Hughes.
Frank Lawrence and family passed
Tuesday with Mrs. Julia Charles.
William Buzzell passed examination
and was accepted for military serv-
. ica
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29

features will appear occasionally. Each
Sunday afternoon At. 8 o'clock Mr.. Da-
Wis will give series of Billy Sunday
Song Stories of the Saw-Dust Trail. ;.
to the young people and children to
which the parents and workers for chill
dren are invited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
These New Spring
Dresses
Are Exceptionally Decorative

advice those high Fashiondom predict
still
anywhere becoming these, No
who will
There diversity that choosing
We can't describe
model distinct blends
happily to the STYLES.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29

iston. About 300 delegates were p
ent, representing lodges Of Aub1
Lewiston, Lisbon and Lisbon Fl
Grand Master Harold Toward Of n
terville officiated. The third deaI
was worked on five candidates by
degree team Of Golden Rule Lo(
Of Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
The New Spring Waists
Charming Indeed Are


replensh a
sure you lay your eyes
surplice front in one some
back which
with blouse which sets the
waistne Some
collars with
peplums Of the
all the Wash Satin
Sheer Silk Crepes Linens
Of
e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
M. r. Hammond

Willard F. Hammond who has been
ill for long time passed away early
Wednesday morning. Thus Albion
loses another good citizen and the
family kind husband and indulgent
father
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
Beautiful
UndermuSlinS
To Wear Under Spring Gowns

: There Is a surprising amount
Of newness to our late arrivals
in Undermuslins for this sea-
son, especially in their particu-
A}av<st yles. and in the fabrics
themselves. In these times of
CON ervation one may look for
warfi to pleasing innovations
and we direct your attention to
the special features IN our
Suriltg lIndergarments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29

She will also visit her son, Fred of
the 10th Engineers Foresty Unit, who
expects to start overseats at an early
date.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29

Stale cake crumhs ican.he, very well
used in fruit pudding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
New Styles Plentiful In
Charming Spring
MILLINERY

The hard to- please type will easily
find her individual model this season
for there seems to be no limit to the
styles. Practically every style one
can think of is happily represented in
our displays at this time.
Unusual beauty is shown in the
intricacy of line to the shape of each
Hat. yet every one is in keeping with
simple lines of the season. Small
high hats predominate. Pokes and
turbans are numerous. yet the wider
brimmed hats have their place.
The fancy hemp. lacquered lisere,
and chenille straws are so attractive
in themselves as to require but little
trimming but the trimmings used
show the hands of the artist in their
placements and posings. We are
proud of this display of new hats, and
await your decision.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
These New Gloves
for Spring

Our hrst displays OF them.
allowing the styles which are
very much In evidence at the
present. and which will con-
tinue TO be from this beginning
to the end OF the season, have
Just been received and now
patiently wait to make your
acquaintance.
These styles are in the wrist
anu .-button lengths. fash
toned with kidskin, leather.
fabric. chamois. suede and
chamois isle. in white. black.
gray. green. brown and tan.
Also in many OF the contrast
: ing shades. which dwell in per
y feet harmony.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
10. o. r. District Meeting

district meeting Of Odd Fellows
was held Wednesday evening at Lew
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
The Trim Lines in the Womens and Misses
New Spring Suits
Make Them Especially Charming

effect of newest arrivals in Spring Suits for
Those wish
slender silhouette will these made
for
makes wonderfully
radng
They
truly called Conservation the
wordas hut quality they priced really
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29
You Must Agree That
Smart Hosiery is Essential

Spring brings low shoes to the fore and
Them all
all the tan
within be
!: : WV
M i N II
arc n
so VfTakX[ EsA VEY
we has " V4e IVA
and hee NTvbW ~ AN2 ~
has MI ia n
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
Good Books Needed By Our Soldiers

MlITHO is so poor that he cannot w give at least one book to a soldier? Already nearly 2000 vol- umes have been contributed by the people of Birmingham since the cam Ipaign to provide reading matter for Jour soldiers was started Monday
 morning. The American Library as- lsociation, through the Birmingham public library, appeals to us to re-
 member the boys in the trenches and
 training camps by sending them a gift worth while, something that will brighten the dull routine of soldier's life, for there isn't much romance in war as. it is being fought today in France.
 The true lover of books does not need to be told of the pleasure they bring. To him book hunger may be some thing he has never experienced, be- caused he has always been well sup piled, but he can understand what it means to our soldiers. There are all
 sorts and conditions of men in our
 army and there will be not one reader, but dozen maybe, for every
 worthwhile volume.
 There are few persons in this pros-
 porous city who cannot donate sev- |eral volumes. He who merely gives the books he doesn't want is not mak- ling real sacrifice, but he who gives
 the books that he volumes that are part of himself-may justly
 feel that he has done a patriotic thing.
 If unable to deliver the books
 yourself, call Main 403S, and they
 will be sent for. Birmingham should
 be able to collect 10000 books. They
 may be read by 10 times that many
 soldiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Marriage is a great institution But
 married man can't hope to look for
 ward to pay day with the same Joyous
 expectancy as a single man. There isn't much wrong in the homes Tn which old-time married couples call
 each other mother" and father" After girl gets through praying at night she evidences a great lack of faith by looking under the bed for a burglar.
 Any dub can get job. but it takes a real genius to manage to live well without working. Elaborate refreshments at hen party usually mean coffee and two thin slices of bread with lettuce leaf between them to make a sandwich If we were in the clothing business we imagine that we could soon get rich. Our big seller would be a suit for boys that contained no less than 40 pockets. are so cheap that it is easy for a society dame to rent a E baby as a playmate for her s2Oo 6podle. When welhan joins lodge she is So enthusiastic that she has the lodge em- blem engraved on her baby's safety pins.
 A man wants the Lord to do heap more for him than the man would do for some other man. Before we die we would like to get another look at the old-fashioned girl who used to part her hair in the middle. She would be good for sore eyes. A lot of people knock the billboard But we have discovered that the bill. board is a heap more artistic than what | it conceals.
 Nature knows her business. She made women to be plaintiffs and men to be defendants.
 Luke does not know everything Bul Luke has been married more than 2 years and he does know that a good husband has to be a good listener. One reason why you do not set any CT edit for your good intentions Is that there are not enough angels and index 'card systems in heaven to keep tab on
 them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
The Angelus of Today
 And Yesterday

ID USHNELL, in one of his recent @0 cartoons, depicts the modern Angelus. Everyone is familiar with the famous painting by Millet. Two French peasants, farm laborers, stand in a reverent attitude as the church bells ring out their summons to prayer.
 Today the church bells ring in France to warn the people of ap- preaching gas, that fiendish device first used and perfected by the Ger mans, which stays soldiers and non combatants alike, men, women and children. Behind the lines those who toll, as we'll as those who rest awhile from the business of war, are pro- vided with masks to save them from the deadly fumes.
 The cartoonist pictures two peas ants, man and woman, who have dropped their farm implements to ad- just their gas masks, for somewhere in the distance bells that used to sig nifty spiritual things now proclaim the barbarity of this world-war.
 Yet, there is something sublime in the way French people, despite the horrors all about them, perform their accustomed tasks, working on their little farms within earshot of the big guns. It is even related that peasants have frequently been seen calmly blowing in fields where they were exposed to the fire of German batteries, paying no heed to an occa- sional shell.
 As soon as mile of ground is wrested from the Huns, it is put in cultivation, they are no sooner driven out of shattered village than the work of restoration begins. That is the spirit of France--the spirit that checked the Germans at the Marne and will eventually bring victory to the worlds democracies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
East Lake Park.

East Lake Park.
 T have never seen any park in the country start off with a more brilliant outlook than the city of Birningham's s recreation and amusement resort at East
 Lake park" said James L. Carey, who has charge of the construction now go- | ing on at that place.
 That Manager Hugh Hill has already secured the backing of the people and has aroused their interest was demon- strated last Sunday, when over 1000 poo pie came out to the park to see with their own eyes just what was being accon- plised in the way of construction work. deal had been said through the press about the new buildings going up and imagined that they wanted to see whether the truth had been told or not. Sunday was rather pretty spring day, and I was out at the park all aft ernoon. I heard many complimentary remarks about the house cleaning which is now going on, and I am sure that East Lake park will thrive as a municipal park. The citizens will take a greater interest in it, for they feel that what is being expended is being done for their oeenfit and pleasure. Not only are all the old buildings and riding devices be- ing cleared out and new ones erected Tn their stead, but Manager Hill intends oeautifying the park from one end to the other with hedges, rustic bridges greenery, flowers and the like"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
ALWAYS AFTER MARY.

From the Peoples Home Journal They were having lesson in history
 a. public school The teacher was examining the pupils on the subject oi
 British soveregns
 Who came after Henry the Eighth:,
 asked the teacher Edward the Sixth" answered pu- pill. Right. And who succeeded Edward the Sixth?" Mary answered the second little bright-eyes. Correct; and who came after Mary?r There was puzzled pause. Then a puril who had heretofore not contrib |uted much to the progress of learning, had an inspiration. He raised his hand, and. being called on, answered trium- phantly "The little lamb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
x F x Government s Aid to Agriculture

l1E EW executive departments of the U government have rendered greater service to the country than that of agriculture, ably presided over today by Secretary David F. Houston.
 It has been developed gradually from theoretical activities to practical demonstrations. While it is essential fly scientific, it's laboratory work is lapplied in such practical way as to enable every farmer and orchardist to profit directly by it.
 In recent years the department of lagriculture has aided immeasurably l in stimulating food production and as a result of it's educational campaigns | in soil building, in crop diversifica- tion and in animal husbandry, land values have enhanced in every state of the union; and especially marked has been the improvement in the south.
 A few years ago many faultfinders 1 there were who referred to the ap- lpropriations which Congress made for
 agriculture as wasteful. They saw no
 good in anything that was done by the
 department, but now only the chronic
 objector has aught to say against it
 as an institution. There is no man
 of breadth of view who fails to ap- lpreciate the wonderful achievement
 that stands to it's credit.
 The genesis of the department is Interesting. It had it's beginning as liar back as 1862. It was then a com mission or bureau of the department lof state-a somewhat curious associa-
 tion. Isaac Newton of Pennsylvania
 was the first commissioner of agri-
 cnlture, and the appropriation at his disposal the first year was exactly
 one thousand dollars.
 l In the seventies the bureau had lbranched out to the extent of requir- ling from fifty to hundred thousand dollars for its activities, but little was
 heard of it, even by the farmers themselves, for whose benefit it was established.
 In 1889, the last year of MT. Cleve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
- T ~ Highways Needed for Auto Trucks

F1f7 HE Alabama Good Roads associa- A tion will soon start campaign for better highways. A special meet ing of the association is to be held io Mobile in May, and later special session will be held in Birmingham. As proposed legislation will be dis cussed at both meetings appeals will be made to all owners of automobiles, as well as active advocates of good roads in general, to attend.
 Two questions relating to good roads are now recognized as of chief Importance. One is that of mainten- ance after a good road has been built, and the other is that dealing with the economic value of concrete or brick roadways.
 If Alabama is to keep in line with other states our roads must be hard enough and wide enough to accommo- date motor truck traffic on a large scale. The financing of such a sys- tenn as that contemplated will be a problem for the legislature to solve. With public sentiment thoroughly aroused the ways and means will be found.
 There are now about forty thousand automobiles in Alabama and the num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20

Der will be largely increased within the next two or three years. It may be that the state will be asked to make a large annual appropriation for the building of trunk highways, and it has been suggested in prospect of such an appropriation that the money to pay interest on bond is- sue and to create a sinking fund for the retirement of the bonds at ma- turity be raised by a small special tax on auto cars and trucks.
 The better the roads the greater the saving in the cost of operating an automobile. It is estimated that it would be cut one-half on a smooth road as compared with rough road.
 There is considerable truck haulage on the present highways, but it will never attain a great volume, such as would be substantially felt in reliev- ing railroad congestion, until we have the right kind of highways. Give the state paved roads and the bulk of the short hauls will be by motor trucks.
 The Alabama Good Roads associa- tion can be counted upon to "agitate" for practical legislation and leave undone to get results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
JUSTLY INDIGNANT

She needn't put on no fine airs with me-" sneered Bertha, the shoplady.
 Whats the matter, hun?" asked Til- lie, at the next counter.
 One of them new-riches was in here just now. She ain't got nothin' on me, s'far's grammar's concerned, an I've got her beaten to a pulp when it comes to figure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20

hundred workers who had been notified of cut without saying a word went
 to a ..eighboring machine shop and had their shoves cut smaller, whereupon they returned to their work and when thelr astonished bosses got their breath sHf-
 ficiently to ask them what they meant by
 such a scurvy trick, were told: Small
 wages, small shovels.' Please remember
 that this was long before the efficiency experts had begun to experiment with
 the size of shovels. Who knows but what
 this revolt was the starting of an inves- tigation that has increased the furnace output all over the country in loading where shovels are used?
 am bit afraid to publish some cx- tracts from Bulletin de la Bourse du
 Travail de Montepelier,'' which came out in 1900 But here goes: If you are machinists. it will be easy with cents worth of e-,erv dust or even with a little sand to clos our naeine and cause loss of time lS costly repairs to the boss. If you an cahsne- maker, nothing will be easier AaA to dateriorate piece soi furniture witaout your boss noticing it
 at first shs< 4 tailor does not have to think lorg how to spoil suit or piece of cloth store clerk or salesman with d skillft stain oa ciothes eAnd other ar- Iticles os wearing wiil provoke their sale as dams sed aud ianperfect" But not sat- isfied th tFying to get machinis.s, workers in wood cutters. and clerks to sabot tneir bosses it unblushingly en- deavors so corfnpt he farm hand by call ing his attention } the fact that "once in a while he Airtt make a mistake with | his hoe or scNthe or SOW bad seeds ln the fiea aha so on" Can you heat it. And tpen the serNe of putting it in print. One of the ie crest bits of sabotage ccoy 1if.g to ts0se who are expert sabut- | CTS. i'd whr ey in 1t, was pulled off i in u ecpng Here it is as vouched 1 for M topa "A clever system of sabd ~@i w topted in Philadelphia fby ssls eS bf a great fur factory. Befos so3 work the cutters were instructed leir union to alter the 1 size nf skssI ms on which the clients tfur cessS$ssia D be made. Every cut Iter foiiowtI l advice and reduced by
 some enc A. pf an inch all the pat
 4N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
CHAMPION MEAN MAN

From the Houston Post.
 All paragraphers--s greeting: The most promising contender for the meanest man trophy has just pulled his stunt in Beaumont He stole IS bolts of diaper cloth the Red Cross ladies were preparing to cut and hem for the little Belgian babies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
ORIGIN OF THE LIBERTY CAP

Richard Le Gallienne, in Munsey,s
 Magazine.
 IL was not for nothing that the god- dess Libertas had that temple on the ATentine. the hill that was the prn- ciral abode of the Roman plebs. Nor Is it without significance that all sub sequent "caps of liberty"-the red cap of the French Jacobins, the blue and white one of the English Chartists- originated in the cap which the god dess was represented as holding in her hand, a reference to the fact that in ancient Rome, when slave received ms freedom. small red cloth cap was placed on his head
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20
Ernest DeFuniak Back.

Tt seems like old times to be back at work in Birmingham,'' said Ernest De. funlak, who came here in the eighties but moved to Montgomery in 1904 to as. sume responsible position with the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 Fourteen years has worked a great change not only in the city and the dis trict but in the people Fused to feel that I knew nearly everyone. but now. while still meet many of my old friends, can hardly get used to seeing so many strangers My wife and I have taken the Jack Bowron home in Moun- tain Terrace, but our son is off at school in Virginia ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-20


 raised to departmental rank and Nor man J. Colman of Missouri was ap- pointed it's first secretary, with seat in the cabinet. The appropriation then placed to the departments credit was about one million dollars. In 1910 it had been increased to $12,995, ,036. The appropriation for the fiscal year '1s17-1s was $25,92s, ,113; and it is not "a dollar too much. 1 pr. Talcott Williams, veteran news paper man and now at the head of Co., lumbias school of journalism, says the time may yet come when German air craft will lombard Chicago. If they ever get a whiff of gas from the stock yards they1l beat hasty retreat. x $: < | Two soldiers who shot each other at Camp Logan, in the hope of escaping military duty, will have l5 years in the ILeavenworth penitentiary in which to ponder whether or no discretion is all ways the betterspart of valor. # < # With due respect to John Philip Sousa, as composer, conductor, patriot and all-around good fellow, if his poem m II last weeks issue of Life had been signed
 John Philip Jones', it never would have been published. a; * :. The statement that two New Workers cleaned up a large fortune in the hat checking business is no surprise. What we wonder at is the fact that 1t took | them seven long years to do it. < <: # l Department of justice agents seem to l think that mysterious foreigners who occupy suites in fashionable hotels with out any visible means of support will bear watching.
  | Who wouldn't travel through rural A.a- bama, delivering speeches on food con- servation, if chicken dinners were served at every stopping place? # :s x | Judging from the glowing statements given out by Secretary Baker in France, his eyes none too strong, are getting wider every day. < # < A recent photograph of King George shows him to be looking hale and hearty, despite the shortage of margarine in the royal larder.
 It must be rather difficult for candi- date to feel the public pulse when the public won't even shake hands with him.
 A contemporary heads an editorial on spring, Moist Melody" which might also be used to denote a drinking song. < # # If the Teutons don't start their much- heralded offensive before long. the allies may be compelled to goad them into it. * * q MT. Bryan celebrated his birthday by lreturning to Nebraska and launching a statewide prohibition campaign. i + x S. Delaware is such a small state the liquor interests may not lose any sleep because Delaware has gone dry. * * + l Holland is in the unenviable position i of being damned if she does and damned ] if she doesn't. * * * After a week of mustard Shells, Ameri- can soldiers doubtless feel like seasoned fighting men.