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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-07

Fl. s. Judy, the farm loan man OF
Woodward, was a business visitor
here Monday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-07
AMERICAN RED CROSS

hauut ". InOmaS, CHAIRMAN.
Mrs. II. l.. Fickel. Secretary.
County Directory
beaver Branch
Mrs Frank Maple. Chairman.
Mrs. May Culwell. Secretary.
Forgan Branch. Forgan
Mrs. w. a. Love. Chairman.
Mrs. w. Il. Atkinson. secretary
Knowles Brnnch. knowIes
Rev. Wells. Chairman.
Mrs. w. q. Parker. Secretary.
Gate Braneh. Gate
Mrs. Frances McGinn. Chairman.
Mrs. j. A. Hopkin. Secretary.
Gray branch. Gray
Jack Sims. Chairman.
H. g. Jones. Seer stary.
Iyanhoe Branch, Ivnnhoe
Mrs. G. A. Bateman. Chairman.
Mrs. Cindia Reid. secretary
Bnlko Branch. Balko
Y. Il. Hurt. Chairman.
Mrs. " II. Hurt. Secretary.
Lakemp branch. Lnlkemp
Mrs. Ed Lehman, Chairman.
Mrs. Eva Conley, Secretary.
sophia branch. sophia
Mrs. j. Gheen. Chairman.
Joe Michel, Secretary.
Couch Branch
l.. g. Smith. chairman
Mrs. George Barr. Secretary.
Riverside Branch
Mrs J. n. McDevitt. chairman
Mrs. Jessie +. Drum, secretary
Fl0rls branch
Mrs. sam Long, chairman
Mrs. EllDean Flncher. secretary
Clear Lake Branch
Mrs. Nettie Foster. chairman
Mrs. Georgia Chockley. secretary
Twin Mounds Branch
Ben Smith. chairman
Mrs. Jennie Boothe. secretary
Hue Grnss Branch
Mrs. c. NJ. Gregory, chairman.
Miss Meta Woodward, Soc. Treas.
sunset Branch
Mrs. Arian Kellogg. chairman.
Mrs. Thompson. secretary.
ElmwOOd branch
A. A. Haskell chairman.
Mrs. X. NJ Rigley. secretary.
Madison Branch
Dell Armstrong, Chairman.
Miss Maude Birdsall. Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
New York Produce Market
New York. March 1,

New York. March is.
FLOUR-Steady; springs 1O75@1125; win
ters 10S5d1115; Kansas 109001125.
CORN-Spot easier: kiln dried No. 8
yellow 176; No. yellow 172a and No. 3
white 1861 cost and freight New York
prompt shipment; Argentine $50 nominal
fob cars.
OATS-Spot steady: natural 1O5!G1O6a
PORk-Firm; mess 5300@5350; family
$500; short clear 520045S00.
LARD-Steady: middle west 2600a2610.
BUTTER-Weak; receipts 992S; cream
cry higher than extras 4iM44l; creamery
extras, 80 score, 4S 1-4043s; tirsts AZ 1-4q
43; seconds 4lN42
EGGS-Firm, 20,422; fresh gathered ex-
tras 43: extra firsts AZ; firsts 41Ii1a; sec
onds Sy040; state, Pa and nearby west
ern hennery whites fine to fancy 47AG4S;
state. Pa. and nearby hennery brown 43Gb
"A; mixed colors 41G42
OTATOES-Steady; Bermuda bbl. 5OOG
W5: Florida late crop bbl. 400G650; south
ern 100 lbs. 150@lS0; Maine 1S0022l: Long
Island @0d225: state and western 1SO0213:
Jersey sweet basket 75@3oO; Delaware and
Maryland basket 125@150.
SUGAR-Raw steady; centrifugal 6005;
molasses nominal; refined steady; cut loaf
S9o; crushed $40; mould A 795; cubes $50;
xxx powdered 765; powdered 100; fine
granulated and Diamond A 745, confec-
TONERS 1856; No. l 740.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks

New York. March 1s.-A new and more
complicated phase Of the International
situation was infested into todays heavy
stock market. Rumors of a protest by
Holland at the proposed Communicating
of Dutch shipping by this government
formed the basis of heavy selling.
Important rails and industrials reacted
] to points and some specialtes con-
siderably more. the selling assuming
wider dimensions in the final hour.
Dealings in the early part OF the ses-
sion were nominal to the point Of in
significance. Many stocks ordinarily
classes among the leaders were scarcely
quoted until well towards the close. Ca
madam Pacific was heavy to weak
throughout, extending last weeks severe
reversal by 5 points. Other transconti-
nentals also grain carriers and coalers,
were down l to = points with shares of
eastern roads.
Among spec!alties, American Sumatra
Tobacco. which may be adversely affected
by the Dutch situation, broke y points.
Sugars and oils We're swept into the re-
ceding tide os the last hour, yielding .
to points
United States Steel was immune from
the setback most of the time but finally
treme loss of II points. Other steels and
kindred equipments relinqushed midday
gains OF 1 to q points, closing at varia-
Bile net losses. Sales amounted to ass 900
shares.
Bonds, both rails and industrials, were
sympathetically depressed, and Liberty
also reacted. Total sales, par value, ag-
gregated s2,T5,000. United States bonds.
old issues, were unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
Totals
STA, 9s,s8 $263, ,0s6, $40

Roughly Goodrich officials estimate
that the expenditures for highway i'm
proVement is approximately $235 per
capita; or. to italicize this. each man.
woman and child in the nation would
contribute this much for the building
and lettering of roads for the move
ment of supplies were taxation on such
basis. Were the expense apportIoned
out on an average basis each state
would pay $5.400,000.
Necessity for vast Improvement of
road conditions is emphasized in re-
ports from the south where unprece-
dented truck travel is reported. Loads
exceeding for size ali expectation are
reported rumbling over highways, and
the state highway commission of
Maryland points out that the millions
that have been invested must be spent
in vain unless states undertake to re-
pair as quickly as they build. TT is a
common sight" report the MARYLAND
commission. ito see loads rumbling
over our highways ,fow that would
ordinarily wreck a city street. Our
whole road fabric must be rent
through If we continue to build and not
to repair"
The only fly in the ointment is the
labor problem. Several highway COM
missioners display marked uneasiness
over the shortage Of labor and freight
cars for hauling road building material.
they expect government aid.
Road funds include building and I'm
pfnvement of bridges, ETC., but it is I'M
possible to get an estimate on how
much this phase will eat into the total.
A tendency Is manifest everywhere,
though, to do away with the narrow
road and construct only broad, Arm
bodied roads capable of heavy traffic.
No startling increases in appropria-
tions are reported from the east and
New England states because highway
commissioners there have never within
the past decade allowed anything to
interfere with a consistent road build
ing program.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
s2e3,oss,s1o TOTAL
For Highway Improve
ment During 1918

Combined forces Of the government.
states and counties will spend for high
way improvement in 1918 the amazing
total of $263,096,610. This is the an
nouncement contained in the first de-
tailed survey of the nations road
building plan issued by officials of the
touring bureau of the b. F. Goodrich
Rubber Co., who have been in contact
daily for two months with highway
commissioners of the states.
While this sum seems staggering,
eciipsing by 81 per cent the expendi-
lures of any previous year and in
money figures that of 1917 by S11S,-
797.750. road officials of the government
and states said it represented merely a
drop in the bucket" Of what should be
spent before the war was concluded,
They admit the railroad situation has
made imperative lavish road appropria-
tions-the totarof this year is little bet
| ter than half what Secretary McAdoo
has announced as necessary for the up
building of the over-taxed American
railroad system. Calculations by gov
ernment officials are that with good
highways, motor trucks and motor We
hicles are capable of carrying ap-
proximately 200 per cent more freight
than the railroads. In these same CAL
culations they estimate the value of our
highways at $6.240,0 100000.
Data supplied the Goodrich touring
officials discloses that the productive
possibilities of communities were con-
sidered above all else in determining
the sums to be allotted for road i'm
provement Thus we notice that the
South and Middle West appropriations
| exceed those of other regions by many
millions. Texas. for instance, leads all
others with contemplated highway de-
velopment, announcing the amazing as
signment Of s25.000,0O0 for road i'm
provement. Last year it spent s5,-
100000.
A remarkable feature of this years
national program is the overshadowing
Of the automobile industry by the
highway building industry. 1t is ad-
mitted that 1917 was the banner year
in automobile production. And yet
this years figures on road improvement
transcend the increased automobile
production of last year by 35 per cent.
Here are the amounts to be spent
this year by states, compared with
those Of last year:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
WALL STREET

Reported by Hayden, Stone & Co,
Members New York tx Exc. Ros,on
Stock Exc, New York Cotton Exc. CHI
cago Board of Trade Portland Rranch
office. $50 Middle ST., New England TeIa.
phone 1862 1863
VIM. H. PORTER, Mgr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19

thursday evening meetin, Grange half
Fairfield Center; Friday evening, club
work, Skowhegan: Saturday, pig-feed-
ing demonstration meeting. North New
Portland: Grange meeting in evening
at No. New Portland: Monday eve
ming, club meeting, Canaan Grange
hall; Tuesday evening. farm manage
ment meeting, schoolhouse, North
Fairfield; Wednesday evening meeting
with Boy Scouts. Pittsfield. to intro
duce club work; Thursday evening.
Starks Town hall. club work; Friday
evening, club meeting, Norridgewock.
Other farm demonstration work will
be in order during the day in towns
where meetings are to be held in the
evening.
Miss Elizabeth Leslie, who has been
one of the house matrons at the Re
formatory for Women for some time,
has resigned her position to enter pro-
baton work in Penobscot, holding the
office of county agent for the protec-
tion OF children. Mrs. May b. john
ston Of RoXbury, Mass, has arrived to
assume the duties laid down by Miss
Leslie.
Elmer f. Towne has completed lum-
bering operations on the Dennis farm
between here and Athens. having cut
all told this past winter 100000 feet.
Portsmouth shipyards, to Waterbury.
Conn. and elsewhere having been pur-
chased by the government.
Fred Tuttle of Athens, Earl L. aioui-
ton of ssmith1ield and Abner kincaid
of Skowhegan, left here Monday on the
mid day train for Kelley's Field, San
Antonio, Texas where they enter mil
! itary service in the automobile repair
ing department.
Mrs. Eugene Tarbox, who underwent
a second surgical operation at SOM
erset hospital on Sunday, was thought
| to be improving Monday.
| Mrs. George French of Mount Pleas
ant avenue left Monday merning for
a visit in Bath and Portland.
! Ermennegilde Therrien of Factory
street was reported as critically ill
Monday with little hope of recovery.
! Arno Lawrence, who now has pa
sition on the Somerset Railroad plying
between Oakland and Bingham, was
the guest the first of this week OF his
/
! An anniversary mass for the re-
pose of the soul of the late joseph
l.ambert. who died one year ago. was
offered Monday morning at 3 o'clock
from st. Mary's Catholic church by Fir.
J. l.. A. Renaud, at the request of the
widow Mrs. Flora Lambert. About
20 persons attended.
| Ray Viles of Flagstaff returned home
Monday, having been in Skowhegan for
Il brief visit with Carroll Niles, on
his way home from Portland. MI.
Viles has been numbering during the
winter upon the North hranch of Dead
River and has now accepted a posi-
ton with the American Realty Gem
pany and will probably be engaged az
a lumber cruiser for the concern.
| E. e. Fairbrother has returned to
Waterville after a visit with his FAM
lily on Cross street.
About 200 persons were at cemnaun-
ion last Sunday at st. Mary's Catholic
church. The men Of the Catholic Or
der of Foresters will participate in the
same religious rites next sabbath. In
preparation for Easter choir reheaFsais
are now being held Wednesday ana
Friday evenings. The usual Stations
Of the Cross Ceremonies will BE- OBJ
-served next Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
BELFAST
Mrs, N. G. ksatinS

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha (Co4)
widow Of Michael keatinx, who died Sat-
urday night at her home ON Congress
street after three days illness with prfev-
monia, will be held at the residence on
Tuesday at 2 o'clock, Rev A. f. WILSON
Of the Unitarian church officiating. Mrs.
Heating was IL years of age but appeared
many years younger Up to the time Of
her illness she was exceedingly well for
q person of her age, was very fond Of
young company, most remarkable wa-
man, we'll posted on the affairs Of the
times and an entertaining conversational
ist Surviving her are two sons, Austin
w, postmaster at Belfast, and George l.,
clerk of courts of Waldo county: and epe
daughter, Miss Lucy. who lived at home.
She was especially fond Of hsr three
grapdehildren. Misses Clara and Belle
Heating and Robert Heating, daughters
and son of George !. Heating. The death
Of Mrs. Heating was q srsat shock to
her many friends for few knew that she
was i'll.
Several Belfast men have taken up
knitting and some of them have really
accomplished something. One member Of
the Masonic Club has knit himself a
sweater and was not ashamed to take his
knitting to the club of evenings. whore
he would patiently and skilfuily knit And
purl and bind off while the other fellows
played cards or pool and guyed him. An
other young man employed in . Main
street store has knit helmet. The school
boys in the lower grades can knit % well
as the girls and are doing COED deaf 70
help make the afghans which are sent to
the soldiers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19

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The Journal does not knowingly
.sot any fraudulent ad'e'.,sins
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I,v claim from any person VINO
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NV is readers to bring to its
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
Mrs. Katheine F1ayfleId Of Portland

Mrs. Katheine FYayfleId Of Portland
has brought q $4,000 damage suit in
the supreme court against DR.. Henry
P. Merrill Of Portland. alleging NAL
practice. The husband has instituted
a similar suit for the loss Of his
wife's services. setting the ad dam
mum at $4,000. The alleged nalprac-
tice occurred during a period of six
months medical attendance In 1917.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
eoston Stock Market
Boston Produce Market

Boston. March Is.
BEEF-Choiee whole cattle ls
RUTTER-Nerthern 47aa; western 45a
@t7.
cHEESE-New York twins 2Q2.
EGGS-Choiee hennery and nearby 451
~: western ssG4s.
HAY-NO. / grade 30dSl.
LAMB-Spring SAB.
PORK-Medum backs Sc.
PQTATOES-Maine 17om175 per 100 lbs
Bermuda new per bbl. 10.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
New York Money Market

New York, March IS
Mercantile paper, four mouths, 6; six
months, g.
Sterling exchange steady; 6l-day bills
412a commercial 60-day bills on banks
Az; commercial 6o-day bills f713. cables
4.76 7-16, demand 47530 ,--
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
sUGAR-Granulated. 20 Dbl. lots, 49,
VEAL-13d17.
CHICAGO cattIa Market

Chicago Cattle Market
Chicago. March Is.
4.uGs-Receipts sAoOo; weak; bulk leSoa
heavy lSOdl7a;, rough 1sOO0lsoo; pigs 1850
a1700
CATTLE-Receipts 21.Ooo: firm: native
steers 9ONls56: stockers and feeders SA
Q,2l5 cows and heifers 710a1zl5; caves
io50GIsS5.
sHEEP-Reveipts 1900: weak; sheep
ilOu11450; lambs 1450HlSs5.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19

Case Against Town Of Nordgewock for April Term-Deahs
Exceed Births and Marriages Various Parts of COUNTY
Third Liberty Loan Chairmen Appointed Applications for
Naturalization Three Women Brought for Commitment to
ReOrmatory-Stae County Work for Bows and Girls Aor
cultural Cubs-Anniyersary Mass at St. Mary,s
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19

BAY STATE Fill N

Will sell any part 100 shares q $3.50
NJ. S. Winslow, $40 Stevens Ave, Portland.
mchl9d6ts
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-19
Cards, Notices, Etc.

". CRAM, MEDIUM, READINGS
y; Capitol ~ Augusta, Me. Tel.
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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-06-27
CHAPTER III.
Captured BY the Huns.

L shall not easily forget the 18th OF
August, 1917. / killed two Huns In
the double-seated machine in the
morning, another in the evening. and
then | was captured myself 1 may
have spent more eventful days In my
life, but l can't recall any just now.
That morning, in crossing the line
on early morning patrol, 1 noticed
two German balloons. / decided that
as soon as my patrol was over 1
would go off on my own hook and see
what a German balloon looked like
at close quarters.
These observation balloons are used
by both sides in conjunction with the
artillery. A man sits up In the bal
loon with a wireless apparatus and d.
reefs the firing of the guns. From his
point of vantage he can follow the
work of his own artillery with a re-
degree of accuracy and at
the same time he can observe the enc
my's movements and report them.
The Germans are very good at this
work, and they use a great number of
these balloons. 1t was considered 4
very important part of our work to
keep them out of the sky.
There are two ways of going after a
balloon in a machine One of them is
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-06-27

CHAPTER IV-Discovers that German
hospital staff barbarOusly neglected the
fatally wounded and devoted their ener-
eles 10 restoring those who might be
death in fight of his best chum, Lieut.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-06-27
PREFACE.

There is a common idea that the age
Of miracles is past. Perhaps it Is, but
If so, the change must have come about
within the past few weeks-after es.
capped into Holland. For If anything liz
certain in this life it is this: this book
never would have been written but for
the succession of miracles set forth In
these pages.
Miracles, luck, coincidence, Provi-
dence-it doesn't matter much what
! you call it-certainly. played an impor-
( tant part in the series Of hair-breadth
escapes in which 1 figured during my
short but eyentful appearance In the
great drama now being enacted across
the seas. Without it, all my efforts and
sufferings would have been quite un-
availing.
No one realizes this better than I do
and want to repeat it right here be-
cause elsewhere in these pages / may
appear occasionally to overlook or
minimize it: without the help of Provi-
dence 1 would not be here today.
But this same Providence which
brought me home safely, despite all
the dangers which beset me, may work
similar miracles for others, and it Is 10
the hope of encouraging other poor
devils who may find themselves In stu
atoms as hopeless apparently as mine
oftentimes were that this book is writ
ten.
When this cruel war is over-whtch
/ trust may be sooner than expect 1t
to bel hope 1 shall have an oppor-
tunity to revisit the scenes of my ad-
ventures and to thank in person in an
adequate manner every one who ex-
tended helping hand to me when 1
was a wretched fugitive. All of them
took great risks in befriending an es-
capped prisoner and they did it without
the slightest hope of reward. At the
same time hope 1 shall have chance
to pay my compliments to those who
endeavored to take advantage of my
distress.
In the meanwhile, however, l can
only express my thanks in this ineffec- {
tive manner, trusting that in some .
mysterious way a copy of this book
may fall into the hands of every one
who befriended me. 1 hope particular
ly that every good Hollander who
played the part Of the Good Samari-
tan to me so beautifully aftersmy es-
cape from Belgium will see these pages
and feel that am absolutely sincere
when l say that words cannot begin to
express my sense of gratitude to the
Dutch people.
1t is needless for me to say how
deeply l feel for my fellow-prisoners
In Germany who were less fortunate
han I. Poor, poor fellows-they are
he real victims of the war. hope that
every one Of them may soon be re-
stored to that freedom whose value /
lever fully realized until after I had
lad to fight so hard to regain It.
PAT O'BRIEN.
Momence, Ill, January II. 1918.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-06-27

causing the machine TO breaR apaYS
Although spins are made with the
motor on, you are dropping Ike 4 ban
being dropped out Of the SKY and the
velocity Increases with the power of
the motor.
This spinning nose dive has been
frequently used In "stunt" Tying In
recent years, but is now put to pr,c-
dcal use by pilots in getting away
from hostile machines, for when 4
man Is spinning it Is almost impos-
sfble to hit him, and the man making
the attack invariably thinks his en-
envy Is going down to certain death
In the spin.
This is all right when Z man Is
over his own territory, because he
can right his machine and come out
of 1t; but if it happens over German
territory, the Huns would only follow
him down, and when he came out of
the spin they would be above him,
having all the advantage, and would
shoot him down with ease. It Is
good way Of getting down into
cloud, and is used very often BY both
sides, but 1t requires skill and cour-
age by the pilot making it If he ever
expects to come out alive. A spin
being made by a pilot Intentionally :,
looks exactly like spin that Is made
by a machine actually being shot
down, so one never knows whether 1t
Is forced or intentional until the pilot
either rights his machine and comes
but of it, or crashes to the ground.
Another dive similar to this one Is
Known as just the plain dive. As
sumo, for instance, that a plot flying
It a height of several thousand feet
S shot, loses control of his machine,
md the nose of the plane starts down
With the motor full on. He Is going
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-06-27

scure corner of 1.-THE little town Of
Momence, ILL.,, where 1 was born-not
very much the worse for wear after all
I've been through, and, as I write these
words not eight months have passed
since my seventeen comrades and
sailed from Canada on the Meganic.
Can 1t be possible that ! was spared
to convey a message of hope to others
who are destined for similar trials7 I
am afraid there will be many of them
Years ago 1 heard of the epitaph
which is said to have been found on a
child's grave:
"If I was so soon to be done for
What, o Lord, was ever begun forr'
The way it has come to me since I
returned from Europe is:
'If, o Lord, was to be done for.
What were my sufferings e'er begun
for?"
Perhaps the answer lies In the suS-
gestion l have made.
At any rate, If this record of my ad-
ventures should prove instrumental in
sustaining others who need encourage
ment, l shall feel that my sufferings
were not in vain.
1t is hardly likely that anyone Will
quite duplicate my experiences, but I
haven't the slightest doubt that many
will have to go through trials equally !
nerve-racking and suffer disappoint-
ments just as disheartening.
1t would be very far from the mark
to imagine that the optimism which I
am preaching now so glibly sustained
me through all my troubles. On the
contrary, l am free to confess that 1
frequently gave way to despair and
often for hours at time, felt so de-
iected and discouraged that 1 really
didn't care what happened to me. In
deed, 1 rather hoped that something
would happen to put an end to my
But despite all my dependency and
hopelessnsss, the worst never hap
pened, and 1 can't help thinking that