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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
Man MUCK HELD
After Being Examined
by U. S. Officials
Swiss Minister to Y. S. Says Claim
Of Muck That He Is Naturalized
Citizen Of Switzerland 10 Correct
No Action Unless Muck Claims
Protection

Citizen Of Switzerland 10 Correct
No Action Unless Muck Claims
Protection
Boston, March 26.-Dr. Karl Muck,
conductor of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, arrested last night as an
enemy alien, was locked up in the
East Cambridge Jail tonight after be-
ing examined by officials of the de-
partment of justice. No decision as
to the final disposition of the case
was reached.
1t was said that Dr.. Muck would
The officials continued to maintain
silence as to the specific reasons for
his detention.
For six hours the orchestra con-
ductor was the center of interest at
the Federal building. From mid fore
noon when he was brought from the
Back Bay station. where he spent the
night, until late in the afternoon
when he was taken to jail. hundreds
Of persons including many women
walked to and fro in the corridors
outside the office Of the United States
marshal hoping to catch a glimpse of
the distinguished prisoners. Few of
them were successful.
1t was not deemed necessary to
keep DR. Muck in the prisoners cage
in the marshal's Office. prior to thu,
examination although when he first
arrived the iron door of the cage
clanked behind him. 1t was opened
fter short time and DR.. Muck was
allowed to pace about the detention
room. While apparently calm, the
ness. for in less than three hours lie
had smoked several packages of ii
garettes. u
This is the biggest predicament
have ever been in in my life" he said
when asked by newspaper photogra
piers to pose for a picture. Il am
! not inclined to pose for anything
Assistant District Attorney Judd
Dewey gave orders that DR.. Muck
was to see no one but an exception
was made in the case OF Charles A
Ellis. manager Of the orchestra. and
Mrs. Muck. Husband and wife greet
ed each other. affectionately and they
chatted together briefly. Mrs. Muck
/ impressed those who saw her as very
confident that DR.. Muck would soon
be released from custody. She ac-
companied her husband to the eleya.
! tor before his departure for the jan
| and threw kiss to him as the ca,
descended. -
Mrs John L. Gardner was another
visitor at the federal building. but il
was indicated that she camel in quest
| Of Mr.. Ellis to confer about the or
, cheStra concerts. Although Mrs
| Gardner did not converse with DR.
Muck she waved her hand to h:n
| from the corridor.
| Assistant District Attorney Dewey
and other justice department agents
who talked with the prisoner said that
he was fully acquainted with the pres-
dental act under which he was held.
Or. Muck claims to be Il citizen of Swift
zerland although Of German birth He
did not register as enemy alien
Federal agents said that government
had ruled that anyone living in this
country who was born in Germany and
who had not become a citizen of the
United States was an enemy alien. The
fact that Dr. Mucls father moved to
Continued on Page 5-CoIumn ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
OLD BATTLE LINE
'SOMME CROSSED

Berlin, via London. March 26.-The
night report from general headquarters
announces the capture of Lihons. Rove
and Noyon and declares that the Ger
man forces have crossed the old Somme
battle line at many points.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
Big DRIVE LOSING FORCE
AFTER SIX DAYS OF TERRIFIC
FIGHTING PROGRESS OF ENEMY
IS MATERIALLY SLACKENED

Form of Dent Made in Allied Line west "
Cambria Begins to Resemble the Famil'ar
Wedgelike Salient Instead of Broad Straight
Forward Movement of Offensive When Gar
ries All Before tat Its Apex Wedge has
Gone Beyond Albert and Reaches the Olse
River
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
TEDDY THURSDAY
Will Address the Re
publican Convention

At Portland Against Advice of His
Physicians But Promises Will Make
No Other Address and See No Dell
egations
Oyster Bay, N. ~, March 26.-col.
Theodore Roosevelt will leave tomor-
row for Portland, Me-, where he will
deliver an address Thursday nigh:
before the Republican organization Of
the State. Physicians refused At first
to give their consent, but finally he
decided to go even against their ad-
vice. The Colonel has promised the
doctors, however, that he will make
no other address and that he viii! see
no delegations. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Forecast: Fair Wednesday and
Thursday: little change in tempera-
~ure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
All WeafherS

e Classified advertising wor, n YOU
time; fair weather or "a; can dc
have a task a want 70 WORK
on that task.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-27
WEDNESDAY,: Fair
Ready Reference Book--2c

The advertising in the Journal Is a
ano,oy Keep posted. act accord
.,oIv and you will save a hundred
,i,nes the price Of the information.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

Now is the time that you, and you,
and you-every voter-can assist in
unfolding President Wilson's hands by
voting for Democratic members of the
next Congress. If it were true that
there was no precedent for his asking
to be upheld in this world crisis, it is
also equally true that no such a condi-
tior as the present has ever before
arisen in the worlds history. But in
the matter of wars in which this coun-
try has previously been engaged, the
then acting President has never failed
to make an exactly similar request of
the people. If, in past wars there has
been good reason for such action, how
much more reason is there now, wher
the present war has actually imperiled
the existence of the world, that Pres
ident Wilson should ask that Con-
gress be elected in harmony with his
He is absolutely right
in this, as he has been right in the
entire conduct Of the war, up to the
present time.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
HOW WE ALL PAY.

Everybody who goes to the movies
ought t. know now that all ordinary
taxes are paid by the consumer. II
the government taxes movie tickets,
the movie fans find the price of tick
cts raised. If tax is put ON tobacco,
Immediately the price goes up, or II
not, the quantity or quality go down.
And so the process goes-a tax on
commodities is finally paid by the
consumer Every consumer is tax.
payer. Don't forget that, MIR. Citizen,
This is true whether you own land
or other property, or not D..
There is only one kind of tax
that cannot be shifted-that is a tax
on land values (the single taxi. Land
is fixed quantity-commodit vary;
The more you tax commodities the
scarcer they become, and consequent.
ly the higher the price. The more
you tax land values. the smaller the
speculative selling price becomes,
and the easier it is for the poor man
to secure a home. That's why bank.
ers, landlords and spectators as a
class oppose it. That's why every
worker should be for Island and
Labor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
WHERE PEACE is MOST NEEDED

Events are moving SO swiftly in
Austria Hungary that it is impossible
to make summary of one days con-
ditions with any assurance that it will
be true the next. 1t is apparent that
the old Government still has enough
authority to hold the army together
and in condition to fight, but its au-
thority must be weakening rapidly,
says the St. Louis Republic.
There are now at least four incho-
ate Governments in the Empire. A
German Austria has been planned and
an organization formed to take over
the Government. Count Karolyi's
Government in Hungary appears to
be encountaring firm opposition, but
the Magyars in Hungary will set up
for themselves under some leader. In
Bohemia the new Government of the
Czecho-Slovaks has been proclaimed
and in the south the Jugo-Slavs are
planning federated state which King
Nicholas of Montenegro favors and
would have his country join. These
are but the widest breaks in the Aus
tro-Hungarian structure. The disin-
tegrating process is going further and
including smaller districts.
The confusion which will result
from prolonged uncertainty in this
situation may bring terrible events
in its train. Nowhere have neighbors
hated each other any more cordially
than in Austria Hungary, and no.
where is there more material out Of
which to make strife. Boundary
questions affecting new political d.
visions are looming up, and it is even
said that in the scramble for the
wreckage of the Dual Empire the Uk-
rainians are planning to take a hand
with view to annexing part Of
Austrian Poland. Etf -
The military situation, then, is not
the only one which inspires the hope
that the Government at Vienna, which
is coming nearer to surrender every
day, will write one more note with
that necessary word in it and write
it soon.
BY that means what is left of es-
tablished Government can be held to-
gethef and the distribution of terri
tory among the peoples who have a
right to lit can be carried out in peace
and good order.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
FROM PRIVATE LOREN
c, McHENRY

Somewhere in France, Oct. 9; 1918.
Dear Mother:-We landed safely IN
France and without any great excite
ment. We were in a storm one day
but did not get sea sick.
We left the U. S. with the expecta-
ton of seeing a few SUBS" and was
little disappointed when we didn't
see any. l understand that Kaiser
Bill offered nice little sum of money
to the Sub" crew that could sink the
ship on which we came. | saw one
ship that had been torpedoed, but had
made it to port. Would like to give
the name of the ship on which we
sailed but guess it best not to.
The French seem glad to see the
American soldiers. One town where
we stopped the people had never seen
any American soldiers. When the
children saw US coming some ran to
meet us and others ran home. They
would take hold of our hands and
just talk as they looked up in our fac
es. But it being French, very few
could understand what they said.
When the band played, most every
one ran out to hear the music. 1t
seemed to be the first band music they
had ever heard.
Things here are nothing like /
thought they would be. The women
dress about the same as they do in
the U. S. and seem to have plenty of
clothes to wear. They are sun
burned from working in the fields.
They do not raise corn---most of the
other crops look pretty we'll.
Every thing seems old-fashioned
and mostly homemade. Most of the
people cook on fire-placcs. / have
seen only one range cook stove since
we arrived. They have good roads,
both wager, and rail. Their wagons
and carriages have only two wheels
and one horse works in front of the
other. There are stone houses here
that have been built three hundred
years or longer. -' ~
The people sell grapes and nuts
along the road. Some have them in
wheelbarrows and some in little wag-
ons. / wish / could send you some
grapes, they are so nice and plentiful.
Grapes are 8 cents pound and wine
Coo quart. One French girl gave
me a can of cherries and three slices
of bread. They sure tasted good.
We do not have things as conven-
lent as in the States. The French wo-
men wash for us for almost nothing.
But few of them can speak English,
and scarcely any OF us, French, SO
most Of the talking is done by signs.
~ We, have had a weeks rain with
The sph shining vi esyrfsw minutes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
TEN GOOD REASONS

W. c. Fairweather, Superintendent
of Schools of Nashville, ILL.,, in let
ter to the Republic gives 10 reasons
why Democratic Congress should be
elected next Tuesday. His reasons
are so cogent and convincing they
should commend themselves to all
Americans who believe in helping, and
not hindering, the President in his
task Of leading the country to VIC
torious peace. Mr.. Fairweather be-
lieves in retaining the present con-
gressional majority:
l. Because it is requested by the
President as being virtually necessary.
2. Because it would discourage our
enemies and hearten our friends ov-
erseas.
8. Becaues it is favored by practi-
cally the entire Independent nonparti-
san press Of the country.
4, Because it would continue to
give maximum effectiveness to our
efforts in helping to win the war.
5, Because it would insure contin-
ued unity of leadership which is re-
sulting in the brilliant victories of our
troops.
G. Because it is recorded in history
that every one of our war Presidents
was supported by a Congress of his
own party.
7. Because it would be an express
sion Of faith in our President who is
now the acknowledged leader of the
nations fighting autocracy.
8. Because it would assure our g.
100000 brave boys at the front that
we are still united for victory and
will back them up to the finish.
/ .. Because it would lower the mo-
rale of the enemy more than great
military victory and would thereby
save many lives by Fastening peace.
10. Because it would give final as
surance to the world that we unitedly
approve the war policy of our Pres
ident and will continue to sustain him
in its realization.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

"Politics is adjourned until after
the war;" said President Wilson some
time ago. He would have been glad
to have it so, but the Republicans
would none of it. Lodge, Roosevelt
and all the lesser Republican politi-
clans began to assail his administra-
ton, and to insist that we must have
Republican Congress. Hence Pres
ident Wilson, knowing what that
would mean-a reputation of his adj
ministration and his war measures
met them at their own game and made
an appeal to the American people, if
they did not want to repudiate him,
to uphold his administration, to give
it the endorsement of electing Con-
gress in sympathy with his war
aims. And he is right, as he has al
ways been. The election of Demo-
cratic Congress will be an indorse-
ment of his administration. The cleo
ton of Republican Congress will be
reputation of it, including his peace
terms to the Germans.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

to get letter. The most disappoint-
ing thing l ever saw is for sack of
mail to come and not get any letter
at all.
Oh, will have a story to tell you
when / get back to the dear old U. S.
A. To hear the cannons roar you
would think the war would soon be
over. / must close for this time.
Write often. With love,
- Private Loren C. McHenry,
Headquarter Co., Sc Inf, 7th Div, A.
P. o. 1893, A. E. F., France.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

/ trust that all Democrats are i'm
pressed with the Importance of voic-
ing themselves by their ballots this
election. Every inducement is given
to their so doing, and there should be
no absence from the polls. A Demo-
cratic vote is an endorsement of the
prosecution of the war and gives APP
proval to our President and the Off
Gals sustaining him; to our boys now
cover there, who are fighting for
homo and country. Say what you
will, Democratic defeat would be
taken as a rebuke to the Administra-
ton under which the conduct of the
war is Immediately in charge. would
not deny the patriotism of those who
differ from US on domestic questions.
Good men and true are in frequent
controversy. Still the fact is patent
that, as the present struggle for liber-
ty and world justice began under a
Democratic Administration and under
it is being pushed to victory, change
of leadership now would be most un-
wise. 1t would give cheer to the Hun
and encourage him to continue his
warfare against humanity. l make
the same plea to our friends now that
our Republican naighbors made in
their own behalf in the midst of the
Civil and Spanish wars. If such was
good plea then, why not now
IrDnton RepiStnr '
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
We have rain-coats and plenty

We have rain-coats and plenty of
clothes to keep US warm.
Have any of you ever heard from
Leman Gideon. He was transferred
and do not know where he is. We
take a daily paper and get our mail
most every day. | suppose the peo-
pie at home think because they do not
get more letters from their soldier
friends is because they are busy talk
ing to French girls and have forgot
ten them. That is mistake. I wish
you could see how glad everybody is
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

As it is neither wise or discreet to
"swap horses in the middle of a
stream" it would be the part of wis
dom for you to vote the straight
Democratic ticket and take no chance
of doing the unwise or unsafe thing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS

Account of the increased cost of
material and supplies used in the
maintenance of the telephone plant,
and also the necessary increase in
wages of all classes of labor, the
undersigned telephone company. is
compelled to ask the State Public
Service Commission for permission
to increase its rates for the various
classes of telephone service at its
Pennington exchange as follows:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

The one safe way to avoid the
Stacker" class is to give your en-
dorsement, with your vote, to uphold
the herculean, though humane, war
policies of President Wilson. A con-
trary vote might result in the pro-
longation of the war, to your own dis
advantage and possible irreparable
loss
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

The Times is informed that Mayor
Guessing had determined to throw of
the ban against public meetings the
last of this week. This being true,
Sunday school and church services
will be resumed next Sunday. and
things generally viii assume their.
natural trend. ~ '' ~, 4;
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01

Rentals payable quarterly in arrears.
**Quarterly in advance.
One-half of regular rates.
We have asked that the above pro-
posed schedule of rates be allowed to
go into effect December 1st, 1918.
Each subscriber is therefore notified
that if there is any objection to the
increase, that such objection should
be made in writing to the Public Ser
vice Commission at Jefferson City,
prior to the effective date of the
proposed schedule.
% LEAD BELT TELEPHONE CO.,
]. E. Armstrong, Manager.
Asst.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
TRY SOME souAsAEs
IN THE WAR GARDEN
If Room Is Available, Are We'll
come Addition to Fall and
Winter Menu.

Most gardeners will feel that they
have no room to spare for growing
sauashes and pumpkins. as these re-
and development. But IL space is
available in the war garden IL may
very well he devoted to growing a
few Of these vegetables-or fruits
both of which will make welcome ad-
ditfons to the fall and winter menu.
Sauashes are of two types. the bush
or summer type. and the vine or win
ter type.
The summer squash should be plant
ed in hills four or Ave feet apart each
way and be given good cultivation.
Put forkful or two of manure in
each hill. hoe il into the ground and
plant five or six seeds. covering them
one inch deep. When the plants are
four or five inches high thin out all
but two or three. This type makes a
short bushy growth. and squashes
soon develop. Pick them before the
shell gets hard
The winter varieties are grown in
hills well supplied with manure. but the
hills are eight to ten feet apart each
way. Plant five OF six seeds one inch
deep in each hill and later thin to two
and as the squashes ripen in the fall
pick them as carefully as though you
were handling eggs and store in a
cool place.
Pumpkins have no place in the small
garden. but IL the garden is large
enough plant two or three hills at
least They are planted and cared for
just like squashes and should be
gathered and stored before frost They
must be handled most carefully, be-
cause bruising causes decay to start
When squash and pumpkin plants
are small they are attacked by vari-
Gus insects and should be covered by
some kind of protector like a light
wooden frame covered with cheese
cloth.
AS the squash and pumpkin plants
grow. throw earth over every third
or fourth joint to cause new roots to
form there so that il vine borers enter
the vine near the roots and injure II
the vine will not be killed.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
AmnuS uS@m@mtS
NEXT WEEKS PH0T0PLAYs.
Loew's Columbia-Marguer Clarl
in "Prunella" and Wallace Reid il
Believe Me, Xantippe."

Loew's Columbia-Margueri Clark
in "Prunella" and Wallace Reid in
Believe Me, Xantippe."
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dalton in
"Tyrant Fear" Constance Talmadge
in "The Lesson" Viola Dana in Riders
of the Night" and Anna Q. Nilsson in
THE Trail to Yesterday
Strand-Rita Jolivet in Lest We
Forget
Crandalrs- Marguerite Clark in
Rich Man. Poor Man." Constance
Talmadge in up the Road With
Sallie" and Dorothy Dalton in "Tyraht
Fear"
Garden-Grace D'Armond in 'The
Seal of Silence" Gladys Leslie in
The Little Runaway" and Bryant
Washburn in "Twenty-One."
Savoy-Douglas Fairbanks in "Mr.
Fix It," Mabel Normand in Joan of
Plattsburg: Tyrant Fea,:" Montagu
ness and Dispatch" and Charles Ray
in Playing the Game"
Avenue Grand-clara Kimball Young
THE Landloper," Masks and Faces
and Billie Burke in Lets Get Di-
vorce."
with Neatness and Dispatch" THE
Face in the Dark George Beban in
"One More American" THE Cross
Bearer" ''Headin' South" and w. S.
Hart in 1.-The Fugitive"
Apollo-Pauline Frederick in La
Tosca," "A Leap to Fame" The Face
i'll the Dark" "Playing the Game"
Lets Get Divorce and With Neat
MSS and Dispatch"
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Avenue Grand.

Mae Marsh is pictured in THE Face
in the Dark" photoplay Of Irwin s.
Cobb's story. will be shown at Gran
dalrs Avenue Grand today. 1t con-
Germs the secret service. and Miss
Marsh is seen as Jane Ridgeway,
daughter of lifelong member of the
service. who seems to have inherited
her fathers ability for solving per-
picking mysteries. "Thebie,' fea-
turing Elsie Ferguson, will be shown
tomorrow. Other attractions sched-
uled for presentation during the week
are: May Allison. in Social Hypo-
critics." Tuesday: Vivian Martin, in
"Unclaimed Goods" Wednesday; WV
ian Reed and William Garwood, in
The Guilty Man." Thursday: June
Elvidge: In "A Leap to Fame" Fri
day, and Jack Pickford. in His Mai.
esty, Bunker Bean." with a keystone
comedy. Saturday.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Feed Chicks Often.

Young chickens should be fed from
three to five times daily. depending
upon ones experience in feeding. Tn
doubtedly chickens can be grown
faster by feeding five times daily than
by feeding three times daily. but it
should be borne in mind that more
harm can be done to the young chick
ems by overfeeding than by under
feeding. At no time should they be
fed more than barely enough to sat
isfy their appetites and to keep. them
exercising. except at the evening or
last meal, when they should be given
all they will eat.
Young chicks that are confined need
more attention to avoid overfeeding
than those that have free range, as
leg weakness is likely to result in
those confined
Evening star., 1918-05-19
The Farm Land Bank.

From Farm Life.
The December borrowings from the
federal land bank on farm mortgages
amounted to about 100000. Loans
to the amount of nearly two hundred
and fifty millions have been applied
for. These figures show that the new
system is success SO far as the farm
ers are concerned. There is a demand
for money on these longtime govern
ment mortgages. That demand will
probably grow. AS the war further
disturbs the investment world it will
become increasingly difficult in many
sections for the farmers to obtain
money at low rates. There will be
greater need for the federal land bank.
We think the present critics of the
system are unfair. Conditions have
been extraordinary. We cannot con-
sistently say that the new plan is in
any sense failure until 1t has been
fairly tried out under normal peace
conditions -,