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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Water Powers in Maine

The plan outlined by advocates of State ownership and
development the powers Of Maine its face
plausible and harmless but when analysed and study
made of remarks of its advocates edtoraly and other
WISE the plan shown to be Sociasc in its tendencies.
The assurance given and promises made by these adj
positive and just irresponsible were the
promises made by the Boshevki the Russians Claim
made that the of powers taking natural
rights away from the people. That the public is being
Systematically robbed and that the State and will sell
light and power a much lower cost to the consumer
than charged by the public service companies and TACT
many things advantageous the public will occur the
State shall develop the water powers
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22
NORTH BROOKLYN.

A civil service examination viii be held
at Ellsworth. June s. TO make certifirsiion
to iili contemplated vacancy In the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22

than charged by the public service companies aho IN aC
many things advantageous to the public will occur II the
State shall develop the water powers.
The people of Maine have had nothing stolen from
them Even after sold the wild lands and the
water power the people of Maine have all the rights
they ever the rivers and and lakes of
Maine for business and pleasure.
Not only do the people these lakes and streams for
and pleasure but they the lands owned by
the State hunting and these lands yield yearly income
to State of many thousands of dollars from hunters Ii
That the people of Maine have lost any rights
they had is That these so-called wild lands
sold too cheapy is argument against the develop
ment by the State of the powers The assumption
State Legislators and State officials viii be better
capable business than the past matter of
conjecture
The opposition development by the State of the
powers is based on wel-defned and sound reasoning.
FIRST, The State does and develop OPP
crate any line of business as cheaply as does
private enterprise largely because "every-
body's business is nobody's business"
SECOND, The State have outlet for power de-
veoped; outlet which is in sight and
must be created.
THIRD, State ownership involves political influence, and
almost inevitably leads abuse of political
power and scandal.
FOURTH, The State afford embark
prise when private capital hesitates Private
capital always willing to embark on enter
prises when a suitable return is offered on the
investment including the risk involved
FIFTH, Private capital active in the develop
ment of Names resources; capital which has al
ready invested many millions of dollars and
which is vitality interested in the future
prosperity of the State of Maine than those
people who have assisted in the develop
men of Names natural resources and who
would commit the State to policy involving
unknown of money with uncertain results
While the plans outlined by prominent advocate of
State ownership have changed several times he still clams
the right take any developed powers that may be
necessary carry his ideas; he further says that the
State will be able furnish light and power cheaper than
furnished thereby implying that the State will
into competition with existing companies which the State
has chartered.
Will the people of Maine repudiate the contracts with
corporations which the State has chartered?
Will the people of Maine consider those charters as
"scraps of paper?
Do the people of Maine wish to give impression that
they are hostile to development by private capital?
Do the people of Maine think they likely to induce
capital to come to Maine by counenancng this hostile
agitatation2
(Signedl VIM M. PENNELL, Publicity Agent
RUMFORD FALLS POWER CO, INTERNATIONAL PAPER
OXFORD PAPER CO. ANDROsCoGGIN ELECTRIC CO.
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER CO, HILL MANUFACTURING
UNION WATER POWER Co., LEWISTON BLEACHERY & DYE
WORKS.
ANDRoscoGGIN RESERVOIRS PEPpERELL MANUFACTURING
ST. CROCK CO., BATES MANUFACTURING CO.
CENTRAL MAINE POWER co, EDWARDS MANUFACTURING
ANDRosCoGGIN MILLS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22

RUMFORD FALLS POWER CO.,
OXFORD PAPER CO.,
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER CO.,
UNION WATER POWER CO.,
UNION ELECTRIC POWER CO.,
ANDR0SCOGGIN RESERVOIR
CO.,
ST. CROIX PAPER CO.,
Z CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO.,
ANDRoSCOGGIN MILLS,
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XYa.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22

"a mailed ast."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
RAILROAD PAY.

One OF the most gratifying re-
suits OF federal railroad operation
has been the reduction OF inequall-
ties in pay The process began with
the granting OF higher wages to
what might be called the middle
elias, employees, the "aristocracy OF
labor represented by the railroad
unions. 1t soon became evident
that there was much greater in
Justice in the case OF hundreds OF
thousands of organized laborers.
clerks and other employees.
While the trainmen were getting
$1,000 TO $1,000 q year, there were
100000 men and women getting
les. than sos per month, and thous-
ands Of them less than $50 month.
1t was the obvious thing to raise
their pay. as the administration has
recently done.
1t was no less an obvious thing,
though contrary to usual corporate
practice, to go to the other end OF
the scale and lower the pay OF the
highest-salaried employees. Mana
gers Of lines were getting, in mum
erous cases. S500C0 to 100000 a
wear. Those salaries may have been
earned. according TO the accepted
standards Of big business; but in
a system operating under public con-
troll and particularly IN system
l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
FRUIT PITS AND GAS MASKS.

The government has set ON loot
an anti-gas drive in which all Amer
leans, old and Young, may partlci-
pate. From the chemical warfare
section OF the army comes word
that carbon lor gas masks can be
made from fruit pits and nut shells.
The Food Administration therefore
asks houseNsyN. canners and users
of such fruits and nuts to save the
pits and shells.
The fruits useful in this war are
the peach, apricot, prune, olive, date,
cherry and plum. The nuts are the
Brazil, hickory, walnut and butter
nut.
1t is just as easy to save the pits
as to throw them into the garbage
can. Keep a special container ready
for them all the time and drop
them in. When there is a good lit
tie collection take them to the Red
Cross or, if some local grocery or
department store IS helping the pa
triotic collectors, take them to that
store.
Two hundred peach pits or seven
pounds Of shells furnish enough car
bon for one maSk-and one mask
means the life OF an American SOL
dier during poison case attack.
Two hundred fruit pits may sound
like a good many. Start saving them
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
CITIZEN OF MUSKOGEE,
ALLEGED PRO-CERMAN,
KILLED BY EX-SOLD|ER

Muskogee, Okla. Sept. 25.-"I
made up nv mind to report him for
his pro-Germanism but the more
thought over it, the more firmly
became resolved that he should be
killed, so | killed him" This state
ment, it is alleged, was made to the
police last night bye. ID. Freels, 4
former soldier, after he had shot and
killed Jacob l.. Shouts, well
known citizen of Muskogee, rs the
latter stood on the street talking to
two policemen.
Shouts was shot without warn
ing. According to Policeman Grady
and Winsett, they were talking with
Shouts when Freels walked up the
street and within few feet of
Shouts, pulled revolver and fired.
Officer Grady, thinking the man was
shooting at him rushed for him and
ielled him with blow from his re-
vover
The bullet had passed through
Shouts stomach and struck Off
Ter Ninsett on the left arm. His
wound is not serious.
Shouts died at hospital an hour
later. His last words uttered TO
4 physician and Il nurse were: IL
am no pro-German.' On the way to
the police station. lreels said. II
shot him for what he did and Id
shoot him again--he made pro-Gtr.
man statements" \ search oi
Shouts room failed to reveal anjI
evidence OF pro-Germansm, though
Freels, in his statement to the po-
lice. said Shouts was constant
reader OF The FatherIand now y
reck', Weekly and that he had is.
pouseG the cause OF Germany
the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
THE ETERNAL RED TAPE
BY Henry Sterling Chapin
nf Tie Nicilantes


When a man passes forty it is en-
tirely a personal proposition whether
he is in good physical condition Tor
military service or not.
There are men over fifty who can
pas, a better physical examination
than other men OF thirty.
While setting the draft limits the
authorities have made what seems
to be an error in setting an arbi-
trary age limit on volunteers.
a man OF iorty-seven years OF age,
whose eyes test better than 20-2O
standard OF the army. whose teeth
are all there and all sound, who is
big boned, OF muscular build and a5-
Solutely vigorous, has made eight
separate efforts to volunteer his
services. specifying a thorough ac-
quaintance with gas engines and
with photography; proving by the
records Of the New York state mill
tia that he is an expert rifle shot
and able to instruct company OF
infantry without reference to the
books. and in each case has been told
in official letters from various army
departments at Washington that
your age debars you from active
military service.
There must he several hundred
thousand men in the United States
who are able to render service, who
are largely trained. but are barred
by what seems 4 senseless arbitrary
limit.
For this limit there should be sub
stituted a provision for the medical
examination OF volunteers OF all
ages above the minimum, the serv-
ices OF the applicants to be accepted
upon the recommendation OF the
medical corps, for such service as the
medical corps believes the applicant
is fitted TO render in as full meas
ure as other acceptable men ire
spective OF age.
Write to your congressman and do
your part TO make the present bill
include this provision.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
THE BLACK COAT AND
THE RED
BY Margaret Widdemer
of The Nigilantes

Miss Widdemer has just returned
from 4 visit to the cantonments OF
the west and south in the interests
Of the war camp community service.
She is the author o. "A Rose Gar
den Husband" and her new series OF
Camp Fire Girls books proves that
she knows girls-in war times and
peace timeS.)
An old English proverb says:
THE black coat and the red
Turn poor woman's head.
The red is khaki now. but the
proverb still holds good. Somehow
a boy in khaki seems different. 1t is
almost shock to see a brown-clad
lad reading the same baseball maya
zine, Whistling the same tunes as he
did when he wore a business suit.
The uniform makes us feel as if there
was difference. He is at once more
and less our own-and we feel as
il we could speak to him, as we
we wouldn't have thought we could
when he wore a gray or blue suit
and was on his way to the office.
He's different, somehow.
We feel Just that way-all OF us.
Only he isn't different. He's Just
exactly the same lad he was in cit
liens clothing the one girls would
have been ashamed to flirt with.And
this i, the thing to remember, even
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26

head OF the German socialists and
party leader in the Reichstag, is
shown to have cooperated with Len
inc and Trotzky.
That cooperation, it is clear, was
not based Oh any affection that
Scheidemann felt Tor the Russian
Reds OF their program. He was not
a convert to Bolshevism, any more
than the Bolsheviki were converts to
German socialism. Indeed, he seems
to have belied his own professed
principles as much as the Trotky
Lcninc gang beied theirs. He
worked with them to betray Russia
into the hands OF Germany. While
prating OF democracy, he served the
evil purposes OF autocracy.
And when he had done his worst
to help criminal German imperial
ism rivet its letters on the tree part
OF mankind, he sought to cover up
the damning evidence by asking his
Russian coniederates to destroy
the traces OF the party's business re
lations with the German imperial
government
Thus German socialism, which has
always proleSsed to seek the world 5
economic and political regeneration,
is proved again, more cOnclusiyely
than ever, to be tarred with the same
stick as Prussian militarism. Once
the leader Of world Socialism, it has
no longer any standing among hon
est and intelligent Socialist sol 9TH
er nations. From present indica-
tion., it will have none after the
war
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
BOTTLES AND CANS.

The wholesale grocers, candy
makers. tea importers, etc, are en-
gagged in a novel sort OF conserya-
ton. In cooperation with the food
administration, they are reforming
simplifying the vast, complex sys-
TEN Of food-containers now in use.
The purpose is, primarily, to save
material, especially steel and tin, and
also glass, paper, etc. An important
secondary consideration is the say
ing of weight and shipping-spac
affecting valuable transportation
economy.
Goods OF almost every sort are TO
be put up in larger containers than
usual, that Is, the smallest sizes
hitherto familiar in the retail trade
are being eliminated. There are to
be fewer tiny cans Of coca, con-
densed milk, spices, etc; lever lit
tie bottles and jars and boxes ior all
sorts and edibles.
Shapes are being changed too.
Freak bottles are banned to save
glass, the idea being to make 4 given
weight OF glass hold as much oil,
syrup, vinegar, etc, 4, possible. The
value oil square or oblong cans is
emphasized because they pack bet
ter, and take up less space in iran
sit, than round cans. STYLES and
sizes oil containers are being stand
ardized as lar As possible.
All these are only commonsense
ideas that might have been worked
out long ago. They would have been,
no doubt, il there had ever before
been some central. authoritative
body TO insist on it. and if we had
ever felt the need OF conserving our
raw materials and TRANSPORTATION
facilities as we do now. There IS
bound to be a large saving. At pres
ent that saving goes into the war.
When peace comes it will go to the
consumers, ii we keep on with the
same rational method instead OF
letting things drift, a. usual, into
chaos OF wasteful individualsm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
Injured By Shells.

Washington Star: Nearly fifty
Of the Protestant churches OF north
ern France have been under fire
since the beginning OF the war. The
financial help sent from America
will be used for repair work and
rehousing the refugees in these
districts. according to Andre Mo
nod, secretary Of the United Protes-
tant French committee. 1t is stated
that the maintaining OF the religious
services OF these people is an i'm
portant factor in tahe winning Of
the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
F r A N CE

! held new ground, maintained new
rights for humanity.
The Bastille fell, freedom was
won, Napoleon followed. That
seemed the overthrow Of new wlborn
democracy in France. 1t was but
the momcntary pause before the
new advance With half the world
arrayed against her, France reform
ed the legions OF her ideals the war
legions OF Napoleon,
1t is amazing to note how through
centuries France has pressed for
ward steadily against regimes, au-
tocrats, customs and systems. pro-
tecting her national life while win
ming the rights OF man. Ideals are
ragged affairs, sending out tentacles
of value and OF error alike; when
France has paused it has been to
consolidate the trenches She has
gained, making permanent all that
was OF value, discarding the error.
Who can call France lacking in
steadfastneSs when u glance shows
her the foremost among free nations
on 4 continent where autocracy still
lives in blood and iron? TO be stead
fast TO such an ideal as France set
herself means to advance to the
realization Of that ideal. This France
has done. France is L Tree nation
OF free men.
God grant that the light France
is making today may be the last
fight against autocracy and retro
grcssion the brave nation may be
called upon to make. In such 4
light, side by side with such peo
pie, America may we'll be proud to
give her last drop OF blood, her last
ounce OF strength. And, il need be.
will give!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
MARCH TO BERLIN
WITH MARINE BAND

Philadelphia. Sept 25.-In stir
ring address to workers at the Ed
dystone Ammunition corporation
plant, Secretary OF the Navy Dan
iels reaffirmed the stand the United
States has taken that there shall be
no compromise with Germany.
"On my calendar in Washington
said the secretary. there is record
ed an engagement no date yet set,
to go with the marine band when 1t
marches in the triumphant entry OF
General Pershing's victorious army
into Berlin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
BY Ellis Parker Butler
Of The Vigilantes.

! always think OF France as going
forth OF England as standing firm.
Through the centuries the men OF
England have seemed to say: These
are our rights; we will not give
them up" while France has said !:
Mankind deserves new rights and
Liberties; we will go forth and win
them !"
The Frenchman' ideal OF liberty,
as OF fraternity and equality, has al
ways been at least few steps IN
advance Of the fact, so that he has
had to fight TO make it reality.
Tie Englishman, in nearly every
case, acquired rights by growth, as
a youth grows into mans estate.
Having grown, the Englishman
fought to maintain The l'renchman
foresaw his rights while they were
still ideals and fought to make them
real The Englishman, never yield
ing the rights he had acquired,
pushed his loot forward inch BY
inch to cover new rights. The
Frenchman pictured new rights and
leaped forward to create them.
1t was this readiness OF his to de
mand-and die for-an ideal that
gave use the erroneous theory that
the Frenchman was too emotional
to be steadlast.
Wars, battles and human rights
are won in various ways; the
Frenchman has won his rights by
long series OF brilliant charges
against autocracy and the remnants
OF autocracy. After each charge,
each uprising, the Frenchman has
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
FEEDING COTTON SEED.

1t is a violation of the L. S. food
administration rules to feed cotton
seed, l45 lbs. linters from each and
every ton seed raised is requisition-
ed for making powder and the oil
must be produced to manufacture
greases and nitroglycerine for the
allies. 2Y- I'm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
THE SHAME OF SCHEIDE-
MANN.

An interesting detail OF the Shame
full revelation OF Bolshevik crooked
ness, as revealed in recently pub
lished documents, has been the ad-
ditional stigma put on German So
cialism. Not only have the bolshevik
leaders been proved to be in the pay
of the German government and car
rviny out its orders from beginning
TO END, but Philip Scheidemann,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
Formal Vote By Santa Fe

New York, Sept. 25.-Directors OF
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad have voted to recommend to
stockholders the acceptance of the
governments compensation contract
for use of the road by the railroad
administration.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
Absurd Conclusion.

Boston Transcript: Mary Cat the
seashore)-I hear that you are going
to marry Jack Harkins.
Madge-Why, no: who told you
that; I'm merely engaged to the
man
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
Groves Tasteless chu Tonic

restores vitality and energy by purify
ing and enrching the blood. You can
soon feel its Strengthening. Invigorat,
ing Effect Price 6Oc-Adv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

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a. tI1,;a ';l' Va,,da ~ W-rom;n~ I'tab
and Fior;da
C,moo;u, a>.oo,ses of Senator
,yIflo,. u,bo y,a. defeated nv Ioseph
w Eoil, for rho Democratic nomina-
t;o, for Irnited states senator from
lI;.sa,r; ,re estimated at S35.OOO
49, S5O00O The Iau. forbids a can
didate for senator TO expend more
than $4,000
A1,bouoh tb. term of Senator
Sherman OF illinois does not expire
until March j. 1921. his enemies in
his own party are planning to defeat
him for denomination. Early signs
indicate a bitter fight among Repub-
licans for his seat.
Republican party leaders in Kan
,a, claim that the party will send a
solid Republican delegation to the
next congres. To do that the Repub-
leans must re-elect Representative
Ed Little OF the Second district, who
voted against the war and against
conscription.
Being only iorty-five years old,
Senator Henderson OF Nevada falls
within the draft age limits, and he
has registered. being the first mem
Der of the senate to do so. Mr.. Hen
derson was appointed to the seat OF
the late Senator Newlands, and his
term does not expire until lV2l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26

Campaign expenses of Senator
Whitley, who was defeated by Joseph
w. Folk for the Democratic nomina-
ton for United States senator from
Missouri, are estimated at S35,OOO
to $4,000. The law forbids a can
didate for senator to eXpend more
than $lO.OOO.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26

Being only iorty-five years old,
Senator Henderson OF Nevada falls
within the draft age limits, and he
has registered, being the first mem
Der of the senate to do so. Mr. Hen
derson was appointed to the seat OF
the late Senator Newlands, and his
term does not expire until 1921.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-21
COMMUNITY KITCHEN
WILL DEMONSTRATE

In an effort TO try to bring home to
the city housewives tho values of con-
servation In food, COMA Aity soup
Kitchen will he established in the very
near future under the auspices Of the
extension department OF the Virginia
Agricultural college Miss Mary r.
Prayer and Miss Laura ]. BryaA. are
TO have charge of this new war work
which has been quite successful In
other cities.
Miss Bryant stated that while this
activity was not under the direct
supervision of the food administra-
ton, 1t is working under it's advice
and IL cooperating with the food adj
mtnistration in every way possible.
Advice of every nature Will be given
the housewives who apply for Il. and
In this way the rules and regulations
Of the federal food administration
Will be spread by the soup kitchen,
which is to be located at Third and
Franklin streets.