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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
NEW ENGLAND
TOTAL NEARLY
TEN MILLION

Roston. May G.-New England LIB
scribed over ss,sl3.cVo to the Second War
Mercy fund Of the American Red Cross.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
THE WEATHER
SHOW RS

Washington. May 27.-Woather
forecast for North New England:
Showers Tuesday. cooler in YER
hont; Wednesday partly cloudy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

Washington. May E.-Nsvy depart
ment officials said tonight there was
nothing to indicate the presence Of enc
my submarines on this side of the At
lantic. They thought the British ship
which reported at Newport News firing
at submarine $50 miles off the VIZ
sinia Cales probabl, had slightly Bit
Of wreckage or some other floating OBJ
Ject.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

OTTO EIDLITZ, Director of
Governments Activities in
Providing Living Facilities
for Industrial Workers 9th
er than Those Employed in
Ship Yards
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
AT TWO POINTS

London, May 21-Gcrmanys long
awaited offensive on tho battle front
i'll France opened this morning At
two points where it had been OK
pected-betwen Rheims and scissors.
and in Flanders. In the latter re-
siOn, of course, it is another attempt
to reach the hill positions west nf
KENNEL and to pinch the British
army holding the Ypres salient. The
attack in the Rheims Scissors sec
tor doubtless is formidable blow
ter the French army. a similar az
tempt against the British further
north having failed.
That Gen. Foch. the Entente allied
supreme commander. anticipated
Field Marshal Won Hndenburg
plans in the Champagne was dis
closed in yesterdays German official
statement which announced that
British troops had been captaurcd in
a raid In this region.
The confidence with which Pro-
mier Lloyd George spoke at Ed:n-
burgh on Saturday gives the British
public hope that the German often-
sive will fail as did the previous ones,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RATES RAISED
!, ON ALL ROADS BY DIRECTOR GENERAL
TO MEET HIGHER COST or OPERATING

Freight Rates to Be Raised Is Per Cent. Eff
fecti,e June 25-Passenger Fares Increased
TO Three Cents a Mile and Effective June 10
Estimated Program Will Bring Between
SSO0,O0O,OOO and $9OO,0OO,00O More Rev.
cnue to Railroads Within Next Year
STATEMENT PREPARED BY CHAIRMAN
CLEAvES OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COM,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
Attack Not So Extensive as Last

London, May 27.-Germanys often
sive on the new front in France IS
not on the extensive scale of previous
Teutonic attacks, the Evening Stand
ard says it understands. At one
point in the neighborhood of Rheims,
the newspaper says. tho Germans
pressed back the British troops for \
short distance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
TUESDAY: Showers

PUBLICITY IN THE CLASS.
FEED COLUMNS is "first
aid to crippled business Of.
soe staff-brineins the worker
4. for the emergency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
wednesday,: Cloudy

PUBLICITY IN THE CLASS.
flied COLUMNS decides the
"where to move" problem for
rent-payers every day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17

best in the clubs history are the entire
mandolin and glee clubs Of the Penn
Charter School, consisting Of 1O2 mem
bers led by Roger Il. n. Clapp: triple
quartet and 100 women from Straw
bridge & Clothier's chorus: the COM
bined symphony orchestras from the
Stanley Victoria and Palace Theatres.
hfty-two pieces under direction Of Harry
W, Meyers Conroy and Lo Marie, from
keith's circuit, I'm blaCk-face comedy
Elsie Janis, from Eeith's; De Wolf Hop
per and thlrty-tive members of the
Passing Show Of 1911" from the Chest
nut Street Opera House four members
Of Dumonts Mnstrcls, and the Philo-
patrian Society in tw0-scene play.
The Court of Time" especially written
by Richard \. Foley, vice president Of
the Club.
The alumni association Of the Frank
lin Institute School Of Mechanic Arts
will observe the birthday of Franklin
with banquet and entertainment at
Hanscom's restaurant next Saturday
night T.. j. Cattell. city Statistician.
will be the principal speaker. Henry
Howson, vice president Of the Franklin
Institute, also will speak The entertain
ment and music will be furnished by Isa-
bella Galbraith and Allan Moore. vocal
lists; Mac Dale. comedienne: Gus Bohn.
magician, and the Cotter orchestra.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
ITALIAN ORGANIST GIVES
WAR BENEFIT PROGRAM
Pietro A. Yon Soloist at Second Con-
cert of American Organ Play
ers' Club Series

Pietro 4. Yon, formerly orgauist at
the Vatican and the Royal Church.
Rome, and now practicnE his art in the
United States, was sOloist last evening
at the second of the series of five organ
recitals given by the Philadelphia Chap
ter of the American Organ Players Club
in St Clements Church for the benefit
of the Emergency Aid war relief COM
nttee.
Italian war relief was the beneficiary
of the concert. Italy was officially rep
resented by Signor Giuseppe Gentle,
consul pro tenn. OF King Victor Emmau-
ucl in Philadelphia. Mr.. Non is an or
ganist Of splendid technical powers and
marked interpretative insight and intel
ligence He opened his program with an
impressive rendition Of the "Etar Span
Eled Banner" of course minus any Of the
Dr, Karl Muck adornmcnts, and closed
it with the Italian national anthem.
The opening number of the program
proper was the Sonata Primo of Don @.
Pagella, a prominent member of the
younger group of Neo-Italian composers,
at present organst and choirmaster of
the Church of the Salcsian Fathers, in
Turin. 1t is founded on one principal
theme incisevely presented I'm octaves.
In the allegro vivace" the leading
theme makes its appearance as a toccata,
with new secondary theme in choral
form
Marco Enrico Bossi, tho father of
modern Italian organ composition and
present head Of ST. Cecilia Academy, at
Rome, was represented by "Fatima Ia
Grazia," full of delicate sweetness and
tenderness, n supplication secular rather
than religious in spirit, a lyric prayer,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
CAMERA CRUELEST
HISTRIONTC CRITIC
Verify of Movies Valuable to
Legitimate" Actors, AS
serts Eleanor Woodruff
BY the Photoplay Editor

Four years i'm the movies have proved
as valuable to Eleanor Woodruff as an
advanced course in dramatics. Miss
Woodruh is playing the role Of June
Ramsey In Mister Antonio" at the
Broad street Theatre having originated
the part, and so per cent Of her acting
is pantommic The role is one which
could be easily oyerdonc. and Miss
Woodruff is of the opinion that her sue
cess in portraying the character is due
largely to her experience gained in pic
lures
Some siN years ago. when "1he Five
Franlfurtcrs' closed its engagement i'm
New Norh, a long and idle summer
stared Miss Woodruff in the face. \
friend suggested that she visit Pathc for
film work, and that is how she first be-
came identified with the movies.
Il viii never forget the time I passed
in the studio says Miss Woodruff 1T
was wonderful training and serves me
cNccllcnuy at present Motion pictures
have great many advantages over the
stage for the ambitious actor. They
are the means Of correcting ones faults
II film actor possesses ego. repeated
appearances ON the screen will either
disgust him with himself or make him
forget his personality forever. The
camera is the cruclest critic ! know, for
It tells the truth and, what Is more, what
4 it mirrors cannot be SCoffCd at or de-
| MED by the person affected.
Pictures, too, can iujure the actor
/ If he isn't careful Unless he reads and
studies continually his memory may go
back on him and he is in danger also
of losing control Of his voice. But with
proper care a graduate from the studio
+ can accomplish splendid things on the
a...H -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
EuRYDIcE CLUB SERVICE
Musical Women Sing Memorial
Music at Holy Trinity

The Eurydice Chorus, a sterling sing
ing society composed OF number Of
Philadelphia women prominent in social
and musical circles, gave an unusual
concert yesterday in the Church OF the
Holy Trinity. The selection Of sacred
edihce instead Of the usual public
auditorium for the program was made
since the program was a memorial for
the late Mrs Frank H. Rosengarten.
long member OF the club. The inem-
bers Of the chorus were vested They
sang with fluent tone and technical skill
under the authoritative direction OF
Arthur ID. Woodruff
The numbers on the program were
chosen very appropriately for the spe-
cialized character of the memorial
service. and the religious environment
was particularly fitting for both service
and program. The numbers were.
"rhe Lord Is My Shepherd" by Horatio
Parker; "Stabat Mater by Pergoiesi: I:
"Parvum Quando," from Noel" by G.
W. Chadwick, and The Omnipotence,"
by Schubert
The soloists were Mrs. George Stewart,
soprano; Miss Mildred Faas, soprano,
and Mrs. John Jay Joyce, alto. with
Ellis Clark Hammann as organist.
The subdued religious tone OF the
music was especially well brought out
in the singing The service was a very
beautiful tribute 10 n much-loved Phila-
delphia woman Of high ideals and many
notably good deeds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
PRICE OF BROOMS
Is HELD TOO HIGH
Superintendent of Blind Mems
Home Says Housewives Are
Overcharged by Retailers

The high cost Of cleanliness" is laid
directly at the door Of the retailer by
Superintendent Frederick Mills, of the
Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind
Men, at 351s Lancaster avenue who
declared today that housewives paying
ninety cents and dollar for brooms are
paying too much profit to the dealer,
Mr.. Mills is presiding over a convcn-
tion Of Superintendents Of Working
Homes for Blind Men, which has for
its object the standardizing Of broom
production throughout the United states.
The convention, which is being held in
the Pennsylvania home. will adjourn
today.
There was a timc-bcfore the war
when the housewives common weapon Of
health and defense could be purchased
FOR twenty-five and thirty-lvc cents
These same classes Of brooms are being
sold today at ninety cents and 81. re-
specttvely, which has caused many COM
pllints. When asked the cause for the
airplaning prices today. Mr.. Mills said
we used TO buy broom corn for $50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
How to save wheat yet have
delicious satisfying food

nF Course, you wish to save wheat for our soldiers
~ in France. But you realize the Importance of
giving your family food just as nourishing and whole
some as wheat Barley will solve your problem.
For breakfast serve Cream of Barley-the delicious
new cereal that builds blood and bone 1t is just the
food your growing children need. 1t contains high
percentage of protein and of energycreating ee,
ments. It Is also rich in the mineral salts that
strengthen your childrens young bodies
By serving this cereal that the whole family will love,
YOU can do your patriotic duty without any hardship,
with great deal of pure enjoyment even. Serve
Cream of Barley on wheatless day and see how
your children will beg to have this creamy delicious
breakfast food every morning,
When,yous see syour children eagerly scraping the
last bit of Cream of Barley from their dishes, when
YOU see them growing stronger and surder each day
YOU will say that you have been richly rewarded
for doing your share in saving your countrys wheat.
American Barley Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17

and 500 per ton. The drought year
before last. however, cut the production
in half. and the quality was inferior.
Then the price went up 10 StOO It has
since gone TO $3.50, the price we paid
last year.
Handles, because Of the great de-
mand for lumber, have jumped from $50
TO sSj per 1000; wire. from three and
oue-haf to six and one-half cents per
pound linen twine. from twenty-elght
to sixty-fivc and seventy cents per
pound, and labor has increased 40 per
cent The cost In production, there
fore, has increased from 100 to $50 per
cent
I'VE now actually sell good b.ooms
at S72j per dozen, or about sixty cents
each to the retailer. when the con-
sumer pays ninety cents she is paying
an eNorbitant price. Seventy-five cents
is q fair price to pay,
"a good broom gives more value
than any other household commodity
compared with its cost. one broom,
properly cared for, will last six months /.
two brooms, used alternately, will last a
year and half The housewife must
learn to conserve her brooms by stand
ing them on the handles or hanging
them on the wall"
The Pennsylvania home is the fourth
largest broom shop In the world and
employs 1tG blind men. whose earnings
last year aggregated S35,733. Sixty-siX
per cent Of the men are more than fifty
years of age and 25 per cent are more
than sixty. Last year the plant used
500 tons OF broom corn and manutac-
tured 10000 dozen brooms Eleven
thousand dozen brooms have been fur
nshed to the Government since April.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17

and "Schcrzo,' a fine example OF its
type, playful and effective.
r. Renzi, the present senior organist
Of the Royal chapel Of the Vatican and
teacher OF Pietro A. Non. was repre-
sented by "AmiCa Stella Naufragis." a
charming programmatic piece, the second
Of series of three "Njsions PoctiQucs." ="
depicting a storm at sea, followed by
quieting Of the angry waves subsequent
to the mariners soul-felt prayers.
The Theme and Ten Variations OF
Angellelli was a fine, formal medium for
displaying TIE rich tonal variety Of the
organ and a mastery exposition of In
ventivcness and ingenuity. The "Melo-
dia" Of NJ Cottone, organist of St Igna-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17

thus Loyola Church, New York, proved
directly and sincerely lyrical
Mr.. Non was represented by three
compositions The Christmas pastorale,
"Gesu Bambino," with its chime effects,
and closing unConStraincd development
Of the "Adeste Gdelis" melody against
the pastoralc theme (after a Nativity
folk-sonE Of the mountaineers Of the
Aosta Valley, is one OF the most en-
gaging numbers for organ program that
could he imagined
The Second Concert study" is a bril-
liant "etude de concert" built up on the
ChromatiC scale
His most ambitious offering was the
"Chromatic Sonata"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
AMERICAN STORES COMPANY
BEST MINCE MEAT, h., 15c

Made by Atmore Son, from the very choicest ingred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
SONS OF FRANKLIN
HONOR HIS MEMORY
Birthday Of "Poor Richard" Is
Observed by Club Bearing
His Name
LAY WREATH ON TOMB
Secretary of War Baker to Be
Among Speakers at Round
Up" Banquet
MAxMs OF POOR RICHARD
Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.
PIow deep while sluggards sleep.
God helps them that help themselves.
He that goes a-bOrrOwing goes n-sor-
rowing.
IL is hard for an empty bag TO stand
upright.
Never leave that till tomorrow which
YOU can do today.
Experience keeps n dear school. but
fools will learn in no other.
A man may, IL he knows not how to
save as he gets, keep his nose 20 the
grindstOne.
Early to bed. carly TO rise.
Makes q man healthy, wealthy and wise.
vessels large may venture more.
But little boats should Keep near shore.
Benjamin Franklin, who was born 2l2
years ago this very day, probably did
not know on that memorable day when
he landed here and ate huge bun on
Market street-IIigh street It was then
what an annual Philadelphia institu-
tion his birthday would be.
However It is As the years roll by
luster is added to his name and the
day Of his birth is commemorated with
increased devotion i'm the city Of which
he was the foremost citizen.
Feastlng and merriment and the more
solemn placing of a wreath on his grave
mark the day.
The wreath of laurel and flowers will
h elaid on the modest grave at Fifth
and Arch streets this afternoon by mem-
bers of the Poor Richard Club, whose
patron saint Franklin is,
Tonight the spirit of optimistic patri-
otism will break loose when the MEM
bers of the club hold their annual
roundup" in the ballroom of the Belle
yue-Stratford Hotel
Inose scheduled to speak are Secretary
of War Baker, Herbert +. Houston, pres
jdent Of the Associated Advertising Clubs
of the World; Isaac f Marcosson, the
author. and David Warfeld, the actor.
Simple war food will be served at the
martial dinner, which is the noted adj
vertising clubs first birthday party since
the nation plunged into war. Plenty OF
optimsm and patriotism will be the
theme of the entertainers, headed by the
United States Marine Band from the
Philadelphia Navy Yard. Others who
have joined in to make the affair the
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-23
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Anyone gathering up and having III
notify the Western Slope Wool Grow
ers Association at Rifle, Colo. For
such sheep adequate compensation will
be paid Anyone failing to notify the
above association of estrayed sheep ia
their possession will be prosecuted
is punishable by fine and Imprisonment
in the state prison.
WESTERN SLOPE WOOL GROWERS
ASSOCIATION.
By E. McLEARN, President.
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-23

A. c. England, employed for the past
several months in the Glenwood land
office, has been granted a'leave to Jan
uary l and leaves tonight for Califor
MIA where he will spend his vacation.
Phil Gallo was here few days this
week from Camp Macarthur, Waco,
Texas, visiting his father and sisters.
He received a short furlough to see his
wife, who was recently operated at
Salida.
Mrs. j. W. Cummins this week ia
ceived word that her grandson, VIM.
Dozier, who is at the officers training
camp at Hancock, Georgia, has re
ceived his first commission and is now
lieutenant.
y - -
Mrs. ]. W. Cummins returned home
Tuesday from Palisade where she has
been helping care for her son, Harry,
who broke his leg several weeks ago.
She reports that Harry is improving
very slowly.
D. c. Weyand and workmen are busy
Mr.. Weyand S invention, and very soon
we may expect to be invited to witness
a demonstration of the new machine of
which much is expected.
Alfred Miller returned home Thurs
day morning from trip to Denver.
Mr.. Miller will soon establish piano
and phonograph store in the building
Forth of the Orpheum theater which
was recently vacated by F. A. Mechau.
y - y
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Ralston received
the glad news Thursday from their son,
Ira, who has been stationed at Camp
Macarthur, Waco, Texas, stating that ne
had been mustered out of the service
and would arrive home Saturday (this)
morning.
= - II
1t was reported here this week that
Mr.. and Mrs Harry E. Oyster had both
died from the flu at Grand Junction
When the Oysters heard the story they
didn t believe word of it, although
they admitted that they had both been
quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. French this week
received word from their son, Jerome,
at Waco, Texas, that nearly everyone
at that camp had been mustered out
and would soon be sent home. The
French family are expecting jerome in
this morning.
For lifting coal from a ear in the
Rio Grande yards, one of the Mexicans
employed by the company on the sec
tion was given hearing Thursday be-
fore Justice Rice, and the evidence
| against him being clear, he was fined
| $40 and costs.
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The local Red Cross chapter this week
received another shipment of yarn
which must be knit by December 81.
Anyone who can knit please go to the
Red Cross headquarters in the Citizens
bank building for yarn so that this al
lotment can be sent in at the required
time
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-23

Fl. R. Rhone of Grand Junction,
father Of Miss Laura Rhone, the domes-
tic science teacher in the schools here,
was in town Wednesday.
! y =
c. R. Keck left Tuesday morning fcr
Denver, driving the big Pierce Arrow
belonging to Jack Brunton of Aspen.
He went via Cottonwood pass.
= i -
The county commissioners this wee X
appointed Charles Hearing as justice of
the peace, to fill out the unexpired term
of Charles NJ. White, deceased.
i - =
Miss Ruth Drumm, physical director
in the Glenwood schools, left last even
ing for Denver where she will spend
next week in a visit to the home folks.
- y -
Miss Betty Brown, teacher of mathc.
mates in the high school, left last
week for St. Joseph, Missouri, to visit
HeT parents LOT a snort time before
school re-opens.
y = y
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thompson and
children came up from their ranch near
Silt and spent Sunday at the home of
Mrs. Thompson s parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. E. Hamblet.
Mrs. VIM. Roedman and little daugh-
ter, Anna May, returned home Tuesday
from st. Louis where they have been
for the past few months visiting Mrs.
Roedman' s sister.
Lester Soule has purchased the Hotel
Glenwood barber shop of Tom Llewellyn
who has gone 10 VernaI, Utah, with
Clayt Hill o iuilJ some spur lines for
the Cintah railroad.
j. l.. Church of Clinton, Indiana,
stopped off in Glenwood last Saturday
for a visit with his cousin, c. C. Canady.
-'' Sh"ish 10 VII MS way W Jail OTnii
to spend the winter.
- = =
j. L. Weaver, of Denver, district
manager for the United War Work
campaign, was in Glenwood and sur
rounding towns Wednesday in the inter.
est of this laudable work.
y - II
Another pretty quilt was donated to
the recuperation hospital in Denver this
week by some of the Glenwood ladies.
This was patchwork quilt made out
of samples of men IS clothing.
- y -
Glenwood received another snowfall
Thursday night and yesterday which
looks as though it will stay on the
ground all winter Several inches of
the white flakes fell to the ground
u - -
Mrs. V. R. Sharp this week received
letter from her daughter, Mrs. Beesley
of South Bend, Oregon, saying that the
late casualty list contained the name o.
Maxwell Sievers, son of Henry Sievers
Of California. The young man was
born in Garfield county and was q
nephew of George and Tim sievers of
Carbondale.
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our many friends fo,
their many offerings at the death OF
cur son and brother, Milton Bellm, and
to Father J. p. Carrigan for his words
of comfort and to Company L, N. G. c
for their giving Milton military fun
eral. Milton was born the 4th of June
1s99 and died the 4th of November
1918. His mother died the 18th Of
March, 1917. He leaves his father, five
brothers and two sisters.
N. II. BELLM,
IDA STEVENS,
LEO BELLM,
HERMAN BELLM,
RAMON BELLM,
HARVEY BELLM,
KATIE DECKROW,
ROY BELLM,