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casualty LISTS SHOW
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
Pesqueria Says MeXicans
Refuse American Money

Mexico City, Feb. 2o-Roberto Pas
uueria, financial agent of the govern
ment at FL Paso. Texas. and n OF the
wealthiest financiers and mine owners
in Mexico, has been comforting with
officials at the National Palace on
means 10 avert what he declares Is a
crisis i'll the mining industry OIL the
north of the republic, due to the lack
Of food stuffs and the embargo on
gold exports by the United states gov
eminent. Mexican "orkmen, he as
serted in an interview, Will not accept
American currency; the embargo pre-
vents the importation Of metal com
and Mexican money cannot be OBJ
tanned. Food also is exceedingly
scarce, due 10 the American embargo.
He wants the government 10 remedy
the food situation and secure enough
relaxation Of the gold embargo to per
nit the workers to be paid in Amerl-
can metal currency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
HUDSON TUBE LINE
under GOVERNMENT

New York. Feb. cot became gem
orally known here today that the
Hudson and -Ianhattan Railroad
which operates the tubes under the
Hudson river. connecting New YORK.
with Jersey City. Hoboken and New
ark for passenger service, has been
undc, 2.lerrment control since Jan. i.
Attention to the change was attract
ed by inquiries in Wal street as TO Tie
reason Ton the recent strength OF tfH
company's ~refunding . per cent.
II was said this security had advanced
in comEion with chose If nary tI the
l,rger lGauS l&ken over by the gcN
with guarantees Of earnings
W. C.. Fiske. president of the com
pany. III confirming the fact that the
company was now under government
control, exhibited Il notice TO employees
pos.ed on Jan. >, containing the ON
cial communication of Director Gen
era Mc.Adoo in the matter and asking
for thor co-operation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
DR.. B0RCES MEDE|ROS
COMPLETELY CONTROLS
RIO CRANDE DO SUI

Porto Allegro. Brazil. Jan. 20.-(Cor-
respondence of The Associated Press.
On. Borges de Medeiros, who has
dent of the state Of Rio Crande do
Sui. is the man the Germans intended
to overthrow when they planned 10
take over southern Brazil as Il Ger
man protactorate. He has his state so
well organized under the powers grant
ed him by the constitution that il is
doubtful if anyone ever could defeat
him at an election Us long as he cares
TO rule the state. III spite of this. lie
has been accused many time Of favor
ing the Germans for the sake of their
votes.
DR.. BorGeS was in control of the gov
eminent during the wild anti-German
riots in the state of Rio Grande do SuI,
when property vas being destroyed
and the railroads We're tied up by
strikes, while labor troubles We're par
alyzing for the moment several other
industrial enterprises. The situation
vas rapidly getting beyond control
when DIR. Borges, without consulting
the federal government. called out his
(hooPo olAd Bul tlS u
ties under martial law. taking sucn
energetic steps that the disorders We're
soon stopped.
The federal government demanded
an explanation. HIS reply was not an
apology and scarcely ar explanation.
Dr.. BOrges was bitterly criticized by
the people of his W state. who were
bent upon driving the Germans out of
their midst and destroying their prop
erty. Il his action in putting an end
to the disorders was applauded in the
rest of the republic and the matter
was allowed to drop.
His confidence in his strength evil
IDENTIFY was warranted, for he was re-
elected BY an overwhelming bajoritv,
and is now supporting the measures
taken by the federal government for
controlling the Germans III southern
Brazil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
EUROPEAN POWERS
RECOGNIZED
F|NLAND'S ENTIRE

London. Jan. S0.-(Correspondeno
The Associated PreSs.)-FirSt SweJ
then France. then Germany and ID
mark. have recognized the indeped
ence of Finland.
Finland until 1909 belonged to Swe
en- and men of Swedish blood a
speech constitute the bulk OF the 7!
nish aristocracy and middle class
Sweden wishes to resume, though
IN the old form. her ancient intlma
There is much talk in Stockholm d
zollverein or customs union Of
Scandinavian countries, 10 cmDr
Finland.
4 keen political struggle is expec
in Finland between prO-SwedlSh
ments and the parties which Incl
rather to s~ympathies with revulut'
airy Russia. The pro-Swedish elem'
will correspond in general to
bouregoisie of Russia. while rad
elements will oppose them. Nuineri
~ the radicals are stronger and
independence will have a much gr5
power than ever before.
The significance Of Finland's tern
rial loss to Russia is very great
many ways. geographically, tof
stance. it may be noted that the
nish coast runs mp to within q
miles of Petrograd. II has always
vided the bulk of Russian seamen
pilots and in any future war woult
a formidable base against I'etrosIa
If, as Germany plans, Lithla
Courland, Livonia and Esthonia
lost to Russia, then Russia will be
with no exit on the Baltic eycef
small district around Pctrograd.
Poland also is detached, Russia
have lost in a three years war
entire fruits of three centuries
striving westward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
BRITISH COMMISSIONER
READING WAS A SAILOR

London, Feb. 21.-Lord Readings Jour
uey across the Atlantic as British high
commissioner and special ambassador TO
the United States, was in strong contrast
70 his first journey in early life. says the
Liverpool Post. He went TO sea as a
common sailor in order 10 escape atted-
at Cambridge University. journeyeG
to Rio de Janeiro and. on arrival, ha3
enough OF the sea. He later tried stock
broking and managing a branch Of his
father business but did not find him
self until he took to the law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
DESIRE TO CONTRA
Destiny of Russi;a
Manifest in Rel
stag Speech

Amsterdam. Feb. 3-Durinr .
session Of the Reichstag yestrrdsu
cordins to Berlin dispatches .o
Herman Paasche, the vice preside,
cussed the Ckranian peace ava u
ny's intentions in the east. ana We
by declaring: >OHe.
however much We desire pea,s
firmly resolved to hold ont Wit vi
German loyalty until peace sso
which guarantees Us, in A froa IVA
washed by a free ocean. thu oo.
healthy development a'
The Ckranian peace. Dr. De-.
showed that the Central pono,.
earnest agreement with ,ba "e'
declaration that they wera N
war Of conquest. eAs
Blame for the resumptjo, .,
with Russia could o be N.ona
Central Powers, he assertaa '
shevihi when they found the n -s
could not be en.irad 70 "etI
dalton of civic uhcr,,. 'V! NE 4
the negotiations '"'d' 'r'k;
I'VE now shuddcr =, d.
OF the cruelties OF n, >0a'eMpia
which sunport the 'N"'ess b;
eminent OF Russia" h. S',e"l'eo
we hope that enerse,ic ''eN'
will help the races wh;,h o''
selves from old Russia n''
principle of the rjcat o.. ss,s y
ton, to return to ne2r,s,, ,..,
The honest des;r. f.
by Chancellor y,, Han, ,N'N
Paasche. had been ra,.,.n,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
RIVERS AND HARBoRs
Appropriation Asked Is
Smallest in Years

washington, Feb. 20.-The Rivers ana
Harbors bill. carrying 1922, 900. the
smallest amout in years. was intro
duced today in the House. Only one
new project was included and no pro-
vision was made for surveys.
Among the largest items ara S.. o02,-
coo for continuing work on the Oai1
river: 1900, 900 for continuing work IN
the East river at New York and ST.
100000 for Southwest Pass at the mout,,
of the Mississippi.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
Edwin G. Milliken.

Col. Edwin e. Milliken, city assessor
e. Portland. Il for his subject The
Ity Assessor and His Problem"
IN" question of payment of poll
'dNHS causes the assessors of a city
much trouble said Col. Milliken.
w had ;aN"d in Portland in 1871.
I>'@- polls. our assistant assessors,
u.n' in number. one for each ward.
make Il careful canvass. beginning the
first Of April. reporting each person in
":cry ward at that time. but we have a
large shifting population. never found
NOR" han Il few weeks at any one
iltrc, and it makes it Very difficult TO
collect such axes. We have quite Il
number of people that are returned
year after Year at the same place and
when they set their tax bill come in
AID show us that they pay their taxes
ga other towns.
i nave no doubt YOU are thinking
ihd' We all have the same trouble. and
That is true. but just what benefit does
;le poll tax confer upon the individual
IN \ city It provides police and fire pro-
lection for himself and family. provides
school for his children if he has such,
You all say W. do the samc LIE. me
give You a few illustrations. In 1916 I
man came in who we nae assessed a
poll tax and said. i pay my tax in a
coast town in Eastern Maine and want
tll3 abate3.' He showed US his receipt
ID bill. and of course we abated the
lax. In 1917. the assistant assessor re-
ported hUm living at the same address
ana | also found in the list Of automO-
bIles that he had a car. When he re-
ccived his tax hill he came in very
angry saying You cant tax me here, (
pay my tax in another town | said
80 him. i have found that you have q
daughter who has been attending
Of our high schools for nearly four
Years, who graduated last June. Now,
neither YOU nor your town has paid
any thing for the support Of this school.
X YOU see ut to pay this tax assessed.
III riGht; II you do not, | will see that
, bHi for -four Acars' tuition. $40. is
cent you which think you will pay ,
lie decided to nay.
Problems constantly presenting new
phases requiring solution and how IN
tdr1inistcr the laws Of taxation SO tina
hey shan bean fairly and justly on al
.Cyording TO THEW property needs ana
should command the services Of the
lest men in either city or country. rs
ecssors are often injustly condemned
FOR their acts when If the parties so
'ondemning knew all the facts, they
would commend them
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NUORTAVA TO r
n

Fitchburg. Mass, Feb. 2c-sah.s
Nuortava editor of Raivaaja. the .
nish socialist paper of this city .
been appointed the representa-
the revolutionary Finnish proVis'o
government in America to take cAa
of the food supply and other NC.
affecting the Finnish people anu '
leave for Washington as soon as re
ceiyes the necessary credentials
He will continue TO be a memoe'
the editorial staff Of RaivaaJa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
William J. Thompson.

All the New Englanu states eAGepl
Maine and Vermont have a uniform
poll tax. The Maine law requires a
poll tax to he assessed by each city or
town but leaves it optional with the
city or town to place the amount be-
tween 81 and 50.
While The constitution of our State
does not provide for a pot tax, 1t as
suules hat such a tax is assessed.
From time TO time, there has come
un among tax officials and others in
terested in taxation The discussion Of
the desirability of having a uniform
poll tax law in our State so that the
amount should be fhe same in each
city and town. At the last session or
our LEGISLATURE a bill was introduced
providing for a uniform poll tax
throughout the State, but like many
good bills ;hat had few active sup
porters ana no aroused public interest.
it failed to become a law.
Those supporting the belief that the
poll tax should be uniform have
claimed. first. that It is unjust for cit
iZers Of adjoining towns to "a differ
ent amounts for the same privilege Of
t'liLtLIsIIibs S1tctiu- Lao A'S a." -
temptation for unsettled or floating
persons TO claim residence in the town
having the smaller poll tax: third,
persons or parties seeking support Of
the poll taX-payers might be tempted
to favor the reduction or oppose the
increase of such q tax, even though 1t
might be Gust and desirable; fourth.
thai as so many Of the functions once
performed ny the town are now wholly
or partially performed by our State,
the burden rests more uniformly and
consequently the poll tax payer who
receives many more uniform benefits
should pay a uniform tax: fifth, that
many of the objections to any local
option law applies to u present poll
tax law.
While many individual reasons may
lie given in support of the present
law. there are only two that seem to
have much weight; and at the time of
the adoption of the law they were of
sufficient importance TO justify the
present form, but conditions have so
radically changed that neither of these
reasons seems to justify the aw to-
day. The reasons that have been Civ
en- are first, it takes away local self
government second since towns
make up their budgets some may have
a large budget and some a small
budget and consequently the tax rate
may vary in different towns.
Last Spring the Board of State
Assessors sent out to the local assess
ors of the various cities and towns. a
blank calling for answer to certain
questions:
440 favored a uniform poll tax law.
IS favored the present law.
6 favored a two dollar poll tax.
253 favored a three dollar poll tax.
40 expressed no preference as to
amODut
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
PORTLAND BOYS HUR1
AS STORE C0LLAPSES

Portland, Me-, Feb. 20.-Noel MAJ
ton, aged 8, was seriously injured =
two companions had narrow esc~
today when the upper two floors =
roof of a condemned building on "
gress street at the corner OF ia
street, formerly occupied by a lui'
ture concern, collapsed in a high WI
The Marston boy, who with the our
was playing in the rear of the bull'a
was covered with debris. Partlal "
lection, afforded by an old s!ed, pr0O'
ly saved him from death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
POTATO PRICES HIGHEST
IN NEW IL CITIES

Boston, Feb. 20-New England e"-,
are paying from on~e-quarter 70 ".
half cent a pound more for pota.s'
than in other large cities east o. ~
cago, reports Of the United Sta'e' :,
reau of markets here showed "r,
Grocers and provision dealers Wv
selling potatoes on a small mafsm
3 IA cents a pound, the bureau Ier,
but small supplies coming INFO !.
LEGAL market prevented any reo'S'
in the price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
RUSSIA'S REHABILITATION
SEALS DOOM

Paris, Feb. N.-The capitalization of the
Rolsheviki to the Central Powers has
caused regret here but 10 surprise.
All the newspapers agree that Russia
ca pitulation seals the doom Of Rumania,
which will have no choice but to make
the best terms possible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
Bertrand G.. McIntire.

Bertrand q. McIntire Of East Water
ord. spoke on Taxation of Intangible
rupcrty'. and said. in part:
our understanding of taxation is to
, great extent vague, and in many
asses the taxpayer is suspicious, if
~ actuallr hostile to those who have
% do with tax matters. This is to a
:Ieat extent caused by u lack of
;rowledge in regard to what we re-
live in return for taxes paid. as OBJ
lously We have no method of deter
mining just how much is returned to
- in the way of privilege and pro-
'ction, whereas. IN the purchase of
ood or clothing we receive a certain
'ctuItc amount. for n fixed price paid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21

Richmond, Va, Feb. D.-Colonel john
Murphy, a Confederate veteran and one
of the b~est-known hotel men in the coun-
try. died here today. He was proprietor
OF Murphy's Hotel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
The Afternoon Session

Addresses by Hon. William j..
Thompson of South China, master Of
the State Grange. upon The Uniform
Poll Tax" and by w. S. Townsend,
chairman of the Newport Board OF AS
SCISSORS, upon THE Rural Assessor and
His Problems featured the afternoon
session and both addresses We're gen
orally discussed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21

the speaker. DR.. Bristol explained the
functions of the various branches of
ms department and summarized the
things already accomplished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
Assessors Close 2-Day
Convention at Capital
Continued from Page One)

sors to do their whole duty to their
towns and the State as this owen
ton"
The delegates, or most of them, We're
grouped at the northwest corner by
Mansur, the photographer. Wednes-
day and a fine picture taken. Some
Of the delegates left during the after
noon for their homes. while others
stayed over until this morning.
Morning Session
The local and city assessors Of Maine.
after a good nights rest In unfamiliar
but homelike places. were on hand
promptly Wednesday morning for the
opening session of the second day Of
The Assessors Convention in the hall of
the House Of Representatives at the
State House. The attendance was even
better thar at the Tuesday session. rs
a number Of them had arrived late
Tuesday evening or early Wednesday.
Chairman Stetson Of the State Board
Of Assessors was around bright and
early to greet the newcomers and TO
receive the congratulations on the sue
cess of the meetings, and they came
from all sides.
Patriotic Speeches
Tn morning session was prefaccd bv
short speeches by two able men, on pa
tr:otic subjects and they were literally
a%pplauded at the conclusion of theil
talks.
Halbert P. Gardner Of Portland. sec
rotary OF The Maine Committee on Pub
TIC SAFETY. who made an eloquent ap-
peal! for the assessors and others pres
ent to put their shoulders to the wheel
ana help along with the gigantic load
The government Is now carrying. He
sad The assessors could help get ont
the ~s!ackcrs. work to build up the right
sentiment in their communities and
take hold personally in many ways. to
help win the war.
Norman l.. Bassett of Augusta fol-
lowed with an eloquent plea for tie
Thrift Stamp. He explained in simple
Terms what 1t was. what it would do
Tor the small investor and what it
meant Tor the government 10 have an
enormous amount of these stamps pur
chased by the people-it will help win
The war and coming grandchildren If
the Investor of today will show the GER
'lhcate and say: MY granddad helped
WIN the war with Germany"
Each Of the speakers were literally
'~rplauded at the close Of their speech
cs. The regular program was then
reached. with every seat in the spa
cious hall filed and many standing up
'he hrst two subjects We're so closely
""lated that discussion OF Mr.. Milliken's
ddiess was deferred until after NJ.
Mc!ntire's, when questions were asked
ma answered on each. Abstracts fol-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21
w. S. Townsend

on the subject The Rural Assessor
and his Problems" W. $. Townsend.
chairman of the board of assessors of
Newport. spoke in part as follows:
1t IS commonly said that taxation
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21

Mealtime Conferences

rural assessor Of today said Mr.. lo"h-
send, us to find the property to assess
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21

which we may assume to be mutually
satisfactory.
1t would seem that we can readily
agree that but d small part of AK
able securities are really taxed in
Maine, and this is true of other states
where the general property tax meth
cd prevails. Provided we SO agree,
we can surely meet on n common
ground, seeking a better method than
now in vogue. with the only point ON
which we can probably differ, being as
to whether we favor d state income tax,
or the classification of intangibles.
Personally 1 believe classification to
be the better method, particularly in
view of the national income tax, and
the possible complications arising
from methods somewhat similar, also
the burden would be more widely dis
tributed Judging from the experience
OF states where classification has been
given a fair trial, a striking illustra-
ton being furnished by the result in
Minnesota.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-21

The closing address of the forenoon
session proved one of the most impor-
tart n interesting of the meetings.