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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
CHAMP CLARK
DECIDES TODAY

Washington, April 25.-After a day
of congratulations from Democrats
and Republicans of both houses and
of many conferences with his politi-
cal and personal intimates, Speaker
Clark announced tonight that he
would resign the speakers chair to
accept Gov. Gardeners proffer of the
senatorship to succeed the later SEN
ator Stone of Missouri
Senator Reed and others told the
Speaker his acceptance would assure
in Missouri at the fall elections.
Yesterday Mr.. Clark indicated
somewhat emphatically he did not
propose to leave the House, but to-
day under the pressure brought to
bear he evidently was seriously con
sidering the offer. He expected 20
make q statement today. but finally
deferred it to await the return of
Mrs. Clark from New York tonight
and in order to talk further with his
friends
Republican Leader Mann. who has
been in feeble health for months.
went to the Capitol and with Acting
Republican Leader Gillett had a con-
ference with the Speaker to assn, c
him that he would not hesitate 20
become senator for fear of the Re-
Tpublicans trying to upset the House
organization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
GERMAN DEAD
1HEAPED ABOUT
TOWN OF VILLERS.
RRETTONNEUX

With the British Army in France,
Success in the southern sector of
the battle front and a long. fierce
struggle in the north have fallen to
the lot of the allied arms in the con-
test for vital pisitions which the Ger
mans have been trying at heavy cost
of life to secure. The latest informa
ton from the South is that Eillers-
BretonneuX has apparently been re-
taken as a result of a brilliant Brit
ish counter attack, and not only has
the town been virtually cleared or the
enemy, but large portion of the
original positions north and south OF
it have been reclaimed. German
dead are heaped about the unhappy
town and some seven hundred pris-
oners are in British camps.
In the north Mont KENNEL has
been attacked desperately by a great
force of German troops especially
trained for mountain warfare. The
attempt on Mon. KENNEL is another
move in the Garmans' obvious
scheme to get control Of chain Of
hills running east to west in this
sector and including such elevations
as Wytschaete. KENNEL, Scherpen-
berg. Mont Rouge. Vidaigne and Mont
Descats. This pretentious program
has as it's object the forcing Of the
Allies to pull back their lines to the
north still further.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
PROF. emery FREE
Released From Impris-
onment By Germans
Is Prof. Henry Crosby Emery, A
Maine Boy and Son Of Former
Chief Justice Emery-AIl Amer
leans and English Made Prisoners
With Prof. Crosby on Aland Is
lands Will Soon Be Set Free

Stockholm, April % Professor
Henry Crosby Emery has been re-
leased from Imprisonment at Dantzig
and will shortly be permitted to leave
Germany.
American Minister Morris has been
informed by Finnish Minister Grip
penberg that the Finnish minister in
Berlin reports that negotiations for
the release of all American and Brit
ish citizens made prisoners on the
Aland islands with Professor Emery
some weeks ago, are proceeding salts
factorily. With the establishment
of Geographic communication be-
tween Helsingfore and Stockholm
after a fortnight's suspension, Ameri-
can Consul Haynes at Helsingfors
has sent the following message to the
American legation here:
The past has been terrible. The
present is bearable. The future is un-
certain"
NJ. Orloffsky, the Bolsheviki minis
ter at Stockholm, has declared his
Willingness to wise pass ports Of all
properly recommended Americans for
trips to Russia, He still refuses
however, to wise French and British
passports. The only route to Russia
is by way of Narvik, and IS days are
required to make the trip TO Petro-
grad, at an expense of more than $3.50.
Prof. Henry Crosby Emery mem
toned in a dispatch from Stockholm
is a son of Former Chief Justice
Emery of Ellsworth. Prof. Emery is
q graduate of Bowdoin college and
studied economics at Harvard, COLI
umbia and University of Berlin. At
the beginning of the European war
he was professor of political economy
at Yale University.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
READ Journal Wants
USE Journal Wants

Ths merchant who, because Of
foresight or special enterprise, 10
able to offer economy opportunities
is in q position to win, in these
days, a large following Of now
customers. Store competition
never meant moro to tho people
than il means now-stors service,
including the fullest possible pro-
lection against inflated prices ~
necessities, will win for those NOR
chants who extend il to thsir Gus.
TONERS permanent bsnsfts and
greatly increased store prestige.
Wise merchants will understand
that conditions such az prevail
now in the matter Of uncertain
commodity. prices offer to them
special opportunities for real Ger.
vice-offer to them chances to
make their advertising Of very
wide and general appeal and value.
There has not been . time in re-
cent years when tho good store
faced such q favorable occasion
for winning new friends a. il faces
now. There has not been . time.
either, whom SERvlCE-AOVER.
Using could accomplish 90 much
for Gore growth, Of the enduring
kind, as it can accomplish right
now.
You do not experiment when you
place your ad in tho kennsbec
Journal. Il reaches tho buyers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
WHY THE ADS ARE
IMPORTANT TOWOMEN

women who have Learned things"
ABOUT buying about relative value.
OF commodities-maks a PROPER
N"A.SAI OF the interest and
value OF . store advertisement.
a woman does not read an sdvsr.
tsemsnt ITO kill tine"-but 20
GAVE time, and to save money.
a woman who has learned "a rad
the ads FOR PROFIT 10 not likely
to outgrow tho habit,
Fully half Of a woman's know.
ledge Of fashions 10 gained through
nor reading Of the ads.
a woman's knowledge Of VAL.
YES must DO kept UP TO DATE
AND 90 she reads the ads a. reau.
'ar!y - she -aads the NEWS.
Among thousand women who
arc accustomed to reading adver.
s':smsnts you might find ONE
whose interest oeoasionalIy iass.
Inc woman who reads the ads 10
no moro likely TO overlook q oood
buying opportunity than would .
man be to overlook the rssuit o. an
e'eetion--or tho issue Of q ore.t
battle. s
Mere talk" about bargain oppor.
sun'tIes in The ads Of q store do..
"o' impress q woman. Tho talk
must DO definite, giving details on
winch she may base conclusions.
70 fa'' to fully "make good" on
ivory advertised Offering would
moan DESTRUCTIVE advsrtIslna
Ver q merchant.
women read the store ads for
smsets-f.ets Of che IMMEDIATELY
NEGOTIABLE kINDi
~ soo ,.s advertising 10 good ssrvlce-
sP."y'ns tho work Of "the huvsr
WV We home" and maklno th.t
itsn x INTERESTING because orof.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
War Material Loss.
Continued from Page ons)

ing season a considerably heavier vol
ume of shells than was expended week
ly during the offensive battles OF last
year and more than double the volume
of shells fired during the terrific bonn
bardment which characterized the
Somme offensive Of 1916. They also
provided for the carrying forward into
1919 of sufficient reserves to allow the
British total to mount one step higher
in power and intensity.
I'm fact, barring unforeseen circum-
stances, our supply of munitions would
enable US 70 carry on a pattle at the
supreme pitch Of intensity until winter
without compromising our requirements
for 1919. This is despite the fact that
a hundred thousand men were taken
from munitions factories for service in
the army.
I'VE are making in q single week
more airplanes than we made in the
whole of 1914. in single month more
than we made in the whole OF 1915, In
three months more than we made in the
whole of 1916. And We are going 20
make this year several times what we
made last year.
He paid glowing tribute to the work
ers. One explanation OF the mnistry's
success was that more than three-quar-
ters of million women were employed
IN the munitions factories. More than
nine-tenths Of the whole manufacture
OF shells was due to the labors of wo-
men who before the war had never seep
lathe, he said
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RAID ASUCCESS
Continued from Page One)

account from several participant Of
ficers. The Kaiser got captured
English captain Of marines who hap
pened to be brought past. to explain
the battle. The captain admitted that
the destruction Of the installations
on the mole and the cutting off of our
U-boats from the bases at Zeebrugge
and Ostend were long prepared enter
prises, and were to be carried out on
big scale. A surprise attack had
been planned four times. but each
time it failed owing to the vigilance
of the German outpost boats. Not
until Monday night did the thicS
mist render the raid possible without
however. obtaining the success in
tended"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26

You couldn't convince . woman
who had saved q dollar, through
hsr close attention to the ads, that
she had not really EARNED that
dolIar-fe,. "a dollar SAVED" has al
ways been termed "a dollar eas.,ed."
A woman 10 not "ready to 90
shopping" until she has read The
latest store news."
No woman is making the most"
Of her "house money" unIess she
studies the ads.
No woman "knows the stores"
uniess che has read THE Latest
ADS Of the stores.
No woman can mako her shop
ping trips FULLY PROFITABLE
unless she reads the latest store ads
ATTENTlvELY.
The merchant who fails TO com.
munieats his store nsws RE0U.
LARLY to the patrons Of his store
places entirely too much reliance on
"ths hold" no bellevue his store has
on ito customers.
Loyalty TO . particular store, on
the part Of . woman whose first
duty 10 to buy wisely, 10 assured
only through the storss reciprocal
loyalty to her interests.
No storO 10 "strono enough" to
venture upon Q campaign Of half.
adequate advertising. u would ~.
cult in less than half. adequate bus.
lness.
Women disouss stores. store pras.
tIess and policies, stors sales and
store Advertising, among themselves.
Advertising initiates most Of this
taIk-thus carrying on the work Of
building stors prestige.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
M. DE BILLY, JUST
BACK, BRINGS
MESSAGE TO u. S.

Washington, Alril 25.-"Send at
once as many men as you can send.
as many ships a.s your shipyards can
turn out, and we will, all together,
win the war.
Edouard De Billy. deputy French
high commissioner just back from
France, said today this was the mes
sage he brought to the American
people from the front Materially as
well as morally. NJ. De Billy said
the French army is in splendid con-
dition and the long war. with its
great losses and trying periods, has
affected neither quality.
Il want to tell YOU" he said, what
high opinion all the French officers
who have seen your boys in the
trenches, have expressed of the
American men and soldiers. | heard
this unanimous praise from COM
manders of our armies as we'll as
from the officers of lower rank,
nelghbors of Your battalions on the
battle line, and ] am very happy to
bring YOU this message from
| France"
| The action of Cen. Pershing in put
ting the American forces at the COM
mand of Gen. Foch. and the part
played by the representatives of the
! United States IN obtaining the agree
ment to coordinate which led to the
appointment of Cen. Foch as general
| issimo, the deputy high commissioner
said went to the heart of every
| Frenchman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
BRAVERY SHOWN
BY SMALL SQUAD
AMERICAN BOYS

Boston, April 26.-The story of how
Lieut.. Cornelius Beard of this CITY
led party of eleven American SOL
diers from New England into No
Mans Land. achieved an object of
vital Importance to the manoeuvers
of the French and American armies.
resulting in the awarding of war
crosses to all the detachment by the
French government. was told in a
letter received here tonight from
Sergeant Raymond B. Hemmingway
of this city
The men who followed Lieut.. Beard
were: Sergeant Malcolm D. Reed,
worcester; Sergeant Ralph H. Whit
ney. Providence: Corporal Chester L.
klnsbury. keene. n. H.; Corporal
Alfred Belanger, Brunswick, Me. !:
Corporal Thomas McAllister, Prov
idence; Corporal Gordon Lippett,
Providence; Private James p. Lash,
Portland. Me-, Private James NJ.
Faulkener, Keene. N. H; Private
Robert H Hogg, Worcester; Private
Horace B. Van Everen, Cambridge,
and Private Ferdinand Remmeli, of
this city. Sergeant Hogg was killed
in action.
Three other men Of the command
also received war crosses about the
same time for other deeds of bravery.
These were: Sergeant Leroy w.
Miller, Providence; Bugler Howard
G.. Parker. Providence, and Private
Tenlav Poalar NelroSe HIGHLANDS
Sergeant Miller was killed in the &C
ton. Bugler Parker was severely
wounded and is row in a hospital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
ATTACKS IN PICARDY
FORERUNNER OF THRUST
TOWARDS AMIENS

with the French Army in France.
Wednesday. April 24-(By the Associat-
ed ress).-Attacks by the Germans In
Plcardy today, if large forces engaged
may be taken as an indication, were ey-
| identity intended as a forerunner Of a
new thrust towards Amens. From dawn
until night the enemy threw strong a.
Sauiting columns repeatedly at Hangar,
where the fighting was of the most
desperate character
The enemy infantry battalions ar.
now coming into the fight with the light
! est possible equipment. Most of the men
40 NOT even carry hand grenades. Will,
most of their bomb-throwing apnaratus
mas been left behind owing to Difficulty
in bringing forward supplies. After ia
preliminary Commandment they anpea
10 rely chiefly on their rifles but a..
wen furnished with light portable ma
chihe guns which can be shouldered and
LOT winch great quantities of ammuni-
| toh are carried by extra men. I.arye
numbers of heavier machine guns fo1.
low closely in the rear.
mere is strong feeling of con6.
! dence among the Allies that Tie IA,
man intention will again be frustrated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
CRAVE MENACE
100000 Hun Prisoners
In Siberia
With German Organization Control
ling eoIshevki Huge Army Might
Be Raised in Siberia-Might Ne
cessitate Sending Allied Force to
the Theatre

Hardin. Manchuria, March 5-(Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press) -
German and Austrian war prisoners in
Siberia are estimated to number more
than 10000 and in official circles here L
is held they constitute a grave menace
to the allied position in the Far East
While the number of released prison
ers bearing arms under the Bolshevik
| flag is not great, even small number
might prove a potent danger if they
were permitted to become the organic
| ing and directing force behind the Boil.
sheviki.
| With German organization controlling
the Bolsheyiki huge army might be
raised in Siberia. 1t is held here tina.
such force would be in a position tc
do incalculabl4 damage and might ne
| cesstate the sending of large allied
| forces to this theatre.
! The greater number Of the 1Oo, 900 pris.
| oners are in Irkutsk and other large
| towns to the west. but in Priamuria-
| that part of Siberia which abuts or
Manchuria and which has an outlet to
the China sea-there are between 1900
and 5000.
! Il is known that in Irkutsk and west
ern Siberia the Germans, especially the
officers. are working with the Bolshev.
Xxi, Some released prisoners also are
with the Bolshevik forces now fighting
against General Semenoff, the anti Boil
! sheVik leader in eastern Siberia.
| Those who have visited the prison
camps say that the officers and men
Keep themselves in excellent physica
cohdltlon and that they believe a dav is
coming when their services will be used
In the Far East and that German
ioree VIII come TO their assistance over
the Siberian Railway.
| General Semenoff is holding an in,
portant part of the Siberian railwa
between Nladivostok and Jrkutsll
HIS force. however, is small and his
supply of arms and ammunition linn
tied. Should the Germans and POL
sheVlk1 work in unity, they MIGHT
break Semenoff's hold on the railroad
| Allied sympathizers here declare
that the only way to prevent the Ans
tro-German prisoners from doing any
| lufther damage is to support any
movement that would enable the AL
lies to secure control of the prison
camps, or better still. to have the
prisoners removed to a safer local
| ity.
A large number of escaped prison
ers have come from Siberia into
China and Mongolia by using pass
pofts purchased from the Bolshevik
authorities. Some of these men have
been at work among the large Mo-
Mammalian population of the Chinese
province of Sinkiang, while in Mon
solia, Bolshevik and Turkish agents
nave been attempting to bring about
an uprising against the government
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EDITOR OF MATIN
CONTINUED from Page One)

echo editors who mistake hyster1a
and noise for conviction and thought"
comparing them to ships at sea without
rudder or sail or steam or captain.
The secretary said that the war would
be waged without cessation until "tne
menace of autocracy no longer endan-
gers the happiness and prosperity of
mankind'-that ii must be done ''if 1t
calls for all the boys under 81 or all the
boys under 20.
NJ. Lausanne, who spoke on behalf Of
NJ. Jusserand. the French ambassador,
said he brought a message OF deep at
lection and friendship to Americans
from the people of France The inter-
mingling of French and American blood
in the combats that are being waged. he
added, made between the Americans
and the French "a link which will never
be broken"
Mr. Hughes in his address discussed
the responsibilities of journalists in
time of war. He said that freedom of
speech and Of the press was a relative
freedom and that the effective prosecu-
tain restrictions in our accustomed
freedom" He added that there was
field for honest criticism which can
not be surrendered without impairing
the essentials of liberty and the preser-
walton of the nation ITSELF and declar-
ed in this connection that ''our officers
of government are not a privileged
class
The speaker condemned partisanship
in connection with the prosecution OF
the war. He also said that the country
should have facts concerning the war
Rarely will the enemy be the gamer
from our knowledge of facts, he will
thrive on our apprehensions and our
misconceptions he said.
Secretary Baker spoke late in the eve
ming. He declared that the ambition OF
the Hohenzollern family threatened to
blast the hopes of the human race. and
made an eloquent appeal to the editors
of the United States ito make the peo-
pie of the United States see the war in
its true light
Il came here" Mr.. Baker added, DE
cause l want your help. My task is to
bring back of Pershings army the NOR
al force of America
Twelve hundred persons were present
at the banquet, among them 600 women.
Charles II. Taylor, Jr., Of the Boston
Globe was POSTMASTER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26

Norris Morton wears the belt of
champion fox hunter of North Farm
ington section with about 80 shots
ahead of the hounds. Arthur Staples
has had around 40 pelts but quite a
portion were trapped by Henry West
and himself. Mr.. Staples. however,
made good record with his two fox
hounds. Harry Pierce of Pennington
has shot eight foxes ahead of the
dogs. and Leigh Barker of New Vine
yard about the same number. No
such number of foxes have been
taken in this section in years. which
may indicate an increase in foxes or
more hunting as a result of higher
prices Of the fur.
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STR STR ST. PAUL
Continued from Pace One)

several men were injured by being
crushed between the overturned huII
and barges made fast to the pier.
1t was also reported that i. was
necessary to cut holes with gas
torches in the exposed side of the
vessel in order to lberate some men
who were caught below decks. Men
on the deck Of the St. Paul claimed
that they heard tappings from work
crs entrapped inside.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
ONE ARREST IS MADE
IN CONNECTION WITH
FIRE AT LIMA, OHIO

Lima. Ohio, April 25.-Federal agents
today investigated the three fires which
started simultaneously in the Lake Erie
& Western Railroad shops here last
night and practically destroyed the
plant. valued at $5O0,OU. One arrest has
been made and it is said others may be
made during the day. Property loss in
cluded 10 locomotives, urgently needed
| in war work: a train Of troop coaches
just completed, and score of other
coaches. Ten thousand dollars worth
Of Liberty Bond subscriptions were
burned in the Office OF the shops "A
large part of Lima was threatened.
The man under arrest is Will Pan
thus, who says his home is in Cicero,
Ind. He was an employs Of the shops.
Oficiais decline to say why he 10 held.
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Youngsters get some peculiar and
original ideas. Some of them have
heard so much about Hoover and
Hooverizing that they don't know
whether to consider him a great man
or a bogie man. One young hopeful
ats Bath who kicked because ne did
not get what he wanted for breakfast
was told by his mother about the
necessity for saving wheat and other
foods and closed her remarks with:
You must eat what is given YOU and
eat 1t all for it will help the soldiers
win the war" The Bath boy looked
| up, thought for a minute and then
seriously inquired. will Mr.. Hoover
get me if l don't?'
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OVERMAN BILL
Continued from Page One)

charged Congress with lacking cour-
age to oppose the Presidents policies,
asserting that onc-third of Democrat
ic senators do not in their hearts APP
prove the Ovechnan measure He
added that he would not be Like a
white poodle running between the
capitol and White House obeying or
ders."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26

LonSfellow's birthplace was opened
for the season Tuesday evening at
the historic house on Hancock street,
Portland. Mr.. Arthur G. jackson,
president Of the International Long
fellow Society. was in charge of the
meeting. which was attended by a
number of local admirers of Port
lands surprising master of verse.
Mr.. Jackson called attention to the
tact that the date for the evening was
selected owing to the day being the
double anniversary Of Shakespeare
and Edwin Markham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26
u. S. TROOPS
CONTINUED from Pace Ono)

was pastor of St. Francis de Sales
church in the Roxbury district, was
cha plain of the old Fighting Ninth Reg
iment of the National Guard before the
army reorganization and was with the
regiment on the Mexican border.
Rev. Father Osias Boucher of New
Bedford has been mentioned several
times in dispatches from France for
GOODNESS while under fire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-26

A Washington despatch to the Bos-
ton Globe says that the Drama
League of America on April Il an
nounced that Miss Doris F. Halman
of Brookline, Mass, had been award :
ed the second prize of $3.50 in q
patriotic play competition. No
first prize was awarded Miss Hal
man presented three-act play, The
Land Where Lost Things Co" A
total of 140 plays were entered in
the competition. by aspirants from Is
states. Miss Halman is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. /. L. Halman OF
Rrookline and Ellsworth.
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Constable II. A. Spofford of Booth
bay Harbor last week found one of
his hens had laid an egg which meas
ured eight inches around and nine
inches the end way. 1t weighed a
quarter of a pound. Mr.. Spofford
says the hen that laid it is a Blue
Rock. And the Register calmly in
auires: Can you beat it,"