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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

George Partridge OF Bowdoin Col
lege was in the city over Monday as
the guest of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis r. Partridge on Sewall. street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

E. H., Witham of Dexter arrived
in the city on. the 4.06 express Mon
day afternoon for a brief stay over
night while on his way to Portland
on business matters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

Ernest F. Prime Of the L. S. S.
Eagle is at home on a seven day fur
Tough with his parents at 10 Capitol
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

Hon. Frank L. Dutton left on the
$50 train Monday morning for Ban-
gor on matters of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

The regular meeting Of Queen Tenn
pie. Pythian Sisters, will be held at
100 this Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

Francis Freeman OF Portland passed
Monday in Augusta as the guest Of
George Partridge, his roommate at
Bowdoin College.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12
CLINTON
J. M. Jewell

John NJ. Jewell. an aged and re-
spected citizen passed away at his
home on Pleasant street, Saturday
night.
He was formerly sheriff Of Kenne-
bee county and for number of years
postmaster of Clinton.
Mr. Jewell has been in failing
health for a number of years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12

A recuperative diet In influenza An
liek's Matted Milk very disestlO'e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-12
NEWPORT
RueI G, NichoIa

Ruel G. Nichols died Nov. : at the
home of his son Clyde Nichols in
Newport. aged almost so years. Mr.
and Mrs. Nichols have made their
home in Newport for the past three
years. having moved here from De-
troit. Mr.. Nichols had been in feeble
health and unable to be about town
to any extent. A widow and one son
Clyde Nichols, survive. The funeral
vas held at l p. NJ. Saturday at the
Nichols home on Water street, Rev.
J. w. Reynolds officiating. The in
terment was at Detroit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
One Cent Letter Rate Campaign Being
Carried on by Negligible Num-
Der of Business
Houses.
OTHERS OPPOSE MOVE
Saw It's Poor Time to Create Senti-
ment Against Taxation With
Country Engaged at
War.

a few business houses in Keokuk
are still making appeals in the form
of red stickers on letter heads seek
ing to create sentiment which Will
lead to a campaign for one cent post
age.
The National One Cent Letter Post
age association of Cleveland, OHIO, Is
distributing these stickers. AT the
top of the sticker are the words,
"Two-thirds of Your Letter Postage
is a Tax"
Such a stamp was distributed sew
eral years ago when the two-cent
stamp was used. The sticker pointed
out then that half the postage was
tax. It's object was the same, to try
to bring about one-cent postage.
Though a few of the business
houses have continued to use the
stickers, other firms express opposi-
ton to the movement. They say that
such a tax imposes no hardship and
is easy to meet in war times. It's
bad time to try to lower 1t, is the
opinion given.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
EASTGETTING
ALL CONTRACTS
Secretary Of Iowa State Manufacturers
Association Decrids Ooctored
Methods Employed.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. S.-Dfs-
elimination in favor of larger eastern
companies in the securing Of war
contracts, by means Of doctored speci-
fications and doped contracts, Is al
legged by G. A. Wrightman, who has
lust returned from Chicago where he
has been investigating war industries.
"A large percent Of war specifica'
tons are prepared with view to
having them met by certain com
panies only, Intentionally adding
items that will eliminate the smaller
producers" Mr. Wrightman stated.
"The plan of transferring labor out
of the state to manufacturers in the
east who have landed more contracts
than they are able to produce with
their immediate labor supply is also
seriously threatening western labor
ers." Mr.. Wrightman said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08

a total loss. In the northern and
eastern portions, prospects for. corn
were never better. The crop has ad-
vanced rapidly, roasting ears are re-
ported in all sections and the earliest
has begun to dent.
Threshing is so to IS percent COM
pleted in the southern half of the
state and in full progress in the
north. Yields are generally good to
excellent and quality good. Wheat is
being hauled to market direct from
the machines. Blight and aphis are
seriously affecting late potatoes
which will not yield as well as has
been indicated. Garden truck is suf-
fering for rain except in the north
east district and is practically a
failure in the southwest.
Pastures and new seedlings Of
clover and other grasses have failed
generally in the south and west
Flowing, In preparation for a large
acreage of winter wheat, has begun
in many sections.
The secretary of the state horticul-
tural society reports condition Of
fruit as follows: Summer apples, 26
percent; fall apples, 81; winter
apples, 20; pears, 1s; Americana
plums, %; Domestfca plums, 10; JAP
anese plums, S; grapes, SO percent Of
full crop.
The percentage of crop on eight
leading varieties of commercial
apples is as follows: Duchess, %;
Wealthy, "a; Grimes Golden, 80;
Jonathan, 30; Winesap, 10; Ben
Davis, Is; Northwestern Greening,
20; and Willow Twig, 81 percent
There will be about half as many
apples and plums, and the same num-
Der of grapes as harvested last year,
should normal conditions prevail I'M
til crops are gathered for market or
storage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
INTENSE HEAT
FOLLOWED COOL
Croas in State Suffered, But Wheat
Harvest was Not Affected
by Weather of Past
Week.

The Iowa weather crop bulletin for
the week ending August 6, has just
been issued as follows:
Abnormally cool weather with a
minimum temperature of 46 in Della
ware county on July 31st was fol-
lowed by intense heat in the south
half of the state. At Pella the tenn
perature range was 65 degrees, from
AZ on July 31st TO 112 on August 4th.
The highest temperature reported
was 113 at Clarinda on the 4th,
euualing the highest ever recorded in
the state. In the southwest one
fourth of the state, high temperature
records of 40 to As years We're broken.
Rainfall of agricultural importance
was confined to about is counties in
the northeastern part of the state.
The southwest part, which has been
deficient in rainfall for several weeks,
suffered seriously from three days of
intense heat and the strong southerly
winds of Monday, August 9Th. Corn
has been injured so per cent or more
in many southwest counties, and, I'M
less rain comes soon, it will be nearly
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
THE DAILY GATE CITY
SAMMIES SORE;
NO CHAM AND"
American Women In France Trying
to Give Boys all Comforts
Of Home, How
ever.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. s.
Ham an aigs. country style" says
the American soldier to the admiring
French waitress. He is on leave and
ready for the supreme astronomical
joy.
And, unless that particular restaur-
ant chef behind the scenes has learn.
ed something of the barbarian" tastes
of America, Sammy will receive not
country style ham an aigs as he grew
| to know them back home, but an "a
la" or an Eau" concoction entirely un.
welcome.
One of the missions Of the Y. M. G.
A. abroad has been to educate as many
chefs to the American style Of cooking
as possible in the American style in
| the large cities where they some
times visit briefly.
| Miss Heloise Meyer, sister Of George
Won Il. Meyer. secretary Of the navy
under President Taft, Is one Of the
missionaries who are devoting their
time to this feature Of the work de.
signed to furnish American fightins
men "all the comforts Of home" in the
brief intervals between battles.
Because the Frensh chefs politely
refuse to revolutionize their culinary
ideas, says the Y. NJ. G. A., even as
compliment to those dear Sammies
eating places where real American
eats are prepared are as scarce II
France as GASES In the desert.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
Cab of the Gin1per;
Speed King Of Air
Told Eddie
All American Ace.
you are led by someone who knows

you are led by someone who knows
the lines.
Finally. lost Chambers and began
patrolling up and down to locate
him. 1t became more cloudy and
could see nothing. At length I start
ed for what / thought was home, but
it took a long time to find it. Cham
bers wasn't there when / finally came
out of the clouds, but the two Ger
mans we had chased out Of the
clouds were.
After Chambers promise to scare
up some Huns. Campbell and Wins
playing cards. Suddenly they were
called to answer an alert. They had
barely jumped into their machines
and gained some altitude when they
saw two German planes coming for
| the camp.
Both thought the Germans were
coming to strafe the hangers, and
each picked out a German to head
him off. Doug took the first one and
got on his tail. He landed the Ger
/ man right on the aviation field four
and half minutes after he had left
his cards.
"Winslow had a little more diff
Guilty, but took only a minute and a
Ialr longer TO Drlng down MS Boone
right near the field. The German
flyers were all captured, and the feat
of landing them right on the home
grounds made the victory more than
a perfect score.
eve were looking them over and
Winslow gave his man cigarette for
lack of knowing what else to do, and
then went up in the air. when Reed
Chambers, whom I had lost in the
clouds, came buzzing in.
Chambers was surprised but an
instant at finding the German avia-
tors there. Those are the birds we
promised to round up for you to
knock down. he said. Ask them If
they're not the Heinies we met up
there
Questioning the Germans revealed
they were the ones we had shot at
and driven off. In their flight they
had lost their way and were spotted
by observers, who alerted us to get
them. That opening morning was so
, successful it is still dream to US,
but 1t surely was a gimper start for
the whole escadril1le."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
DIVISION MEN
QUIT DODGE
Three Hundred and Fiftleth Infantry
Also Moves From Cantonrent
and New Troops FIJI Ranks
of the Eighty-Eighth.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Aug. Sap
proximately 5000 more soldiers, mem.
bers of the Eighty-eighth division al
Camp Dodge, have entrained and left
for the first lap Of their long journey
to Berlin.
These men comprised the Three
Hundred and Fiftieth infantry regi-
ment. under Colonel Harrison j.
Price: the Three Hundred and
Thirty-seventh, Three Hundred and
Thirty-eighth and Three Hundred and
Thirtv-ninth machine gun battalions
and division headquarters with the
headquarters detachment.
Foote in Command.
Officers designated as camp Off
Gals have taken the places Of the
staff officers who have left head
quarters. Brigadier General s. NJ.
Foote, commanding the One Hundred
and Sixty-third artillery brigade, is
acting commander Of what remains
here of the division.
Captain Ralph S. Doud is acting
camp adjutant and Captain Adam
Richmond is camp judge advocate. A
force of field clerks also remains to
take care OF the detail work Of or
ders and filing, and a detail of en-
listed men are taking the places of
memb ers of the headquarters detach-
ment.
Clonel William Newman is In COM
mand of the depot brigade.
AS the men of the division have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08

Abbot writes. 1--WE went knocking
off FTitzies and taking prisoners as
we went, but the Germans kept yell
ing "Kamarad, kamarad.' Some OF
them got away with it, while others
got the cold steel"
The letter in part follows:
1--WE received orders to take GER
tain town on June 6. The town was
in a valley and we had to go through
wheat, rye, and clover fields and so
we had no protection. We were soon
met by hail of machine gun bull
lets, but we kept advancing hun
bred to five hundred yards at time.
and then down on Our stomachs we
would go so as to rest a little.
when we were within a thousand
yards of the enemy they let us have
a taste of trench mortar, shrapnel
and one-pounders. Well we took the
town and many prisoners and guns.
1--WE took the town and our objec
tive and held it against a greater num-
Der when they tried to counter attack.
We sure did whip them, and since it's
all over it seems like q. dream"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08

copyright, 1918, by United Press.l
WITH THE AMERICAN A1RMEN
IN FRANCE, July 1O-(By MaiD.--
The "gimper squadron" had an ideal
introduction to warfare, back In the
middle of April, according to Lieut..
Eddie Rickenbacker, American ace
and former auto racer. Let Ricken-
hacker tell the story.
1--WE had finished our training, and
being the first all-American outfit
to take to the front, without previous
experience, we were allowed to ny
around until we felt more confident.
before taking over responsibility OF
patrolling, a sector.
Zone Saturday night we decided
we were ready for business. We
called up the French and told them.
They replied that we could take over
patrolling a big chunk OF the line
north of Toul, beginning the next
morning at daybreak.
Accordingly, we planned the first
gimper patrol. Captain David Peter.
son led it, while Lieutenant Reed
Chambers and l were the rest Of the
personnel Captain Peterson had
had considerable experience over the
line.
Before going up he told me to
take the leadership OF the patrol In
case he had motor trouble and had to
come down, and that we would moi
need to patrol If it were too cloudy
SO we went UP with that understand
ing.
"Just as we were ready to start
Reed Chambers yelled to Doug Camp
bell and Allan Winslow, Well go ou'
and scare the Heinies UP and yor
guys knock 'em down.
1--WE circled around for altitude
and Captain Peterson came down
He had decided it was too cloudy tc
patrol, but l had assumed he hat
motor trouble, and started off for the
lines, with Chambers following me
1T was our first trip over and we
made long one. Before long we
ran into a couple OF Huns and ma
neuvered TO fire on them. We go
couple of shots at them and they
ran. We continued our patrol, no
without apprehension, since We were
not sure of our locations, and tha
first trip is a scarey one even wher
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08

ment of Justice for action. More than
fifty have been thus dealt with since
the organization of the division last
fall.
More than two hundred conscicn-
tious DIRECTORS here who have re-
fused to enter the military service
because Of religious or other scruples
against warfare. are to be given an
opportunity to receive furloughs and
work on farms.
The order is taken to mean that
the directors who do not make up
plication for such furloughs will be
charged with INSTRUMENTATION and
tried by general court-martial. Thus
far the DIRECTORS have done nothing
more than eat their meals regularly
and sleep soundly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
MIRBACH WAS
CAUSE OF IT
cheehosloVak Uprising Started by
Activities of German Ambas-
sador, Who Was
Murdered.
IBy Joseph Shaplen, United Pres
Staff CORRESPONDENT

IBy Joseph Shaplen, United Press
Staff Correspondent
STOCKHOLM, Aug. S.-Mirbach, the
German ambassador who recently was
mysteriously murdered, precipitated
the ChechosIovak uprising which is
adding one more chapter to kussia's
bloody revolutionary history.
From the most direct sources ! have
learned the real story, now told for
the first time in America, of the cause
of this uprising.
Mirbach, as Germany's representa-
tive. demanded that the soviets at
Pensa not only disarm, but imprison,
the Chechoslovaks.
The Chechoslovaks sent a delega-
ton to the local soviet chairman, kur-
ayeff, protesting against such action.
Kurayeff insisted that the order be
carried out, whereupon the Checho-
slovaks with their bare hands literal
1v wiped out the local Bolshevfki and
red guards.
Then the Chechoslovaks called a
meeting of the representatives or all
democratic and socialist parties, re-
ported on the action they had taken,
and showed documents proving Mir
bach,s participation in the plot against
the Chechoslovaks.
The meeting closed with the Checho-
sIoyaks' promise to leave the city,
which they did, taking arms and am
ynI1nition Bolshevik achievements ar
rived the next day, and proclaimed an
altered defeat of the Chechoslovak
force. Repressions were increased
among the local population.
All Bo1shevik talk about desire
ON the part of the Chechoslovaks for
a counter revolution is but an AFRO
can't lie. These people have no desire
n interfere with the internal sltua'
ton in Russia and resorted to violence
only when maddened by the contempt
fble Bolshevik surrender to M1rDach
demand
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
PACIFIC SHIPS
MEN WINNERS
Take Prizes for Turning Out Y. s.
Ships in Quickest Time
remnants are Given
as Awards.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. g.
shipyards of the Pacific coast have
again won the red, white. and blue
pennants awarded by the shipping
board for turning out the greatest
number OF vessels during the month
| of June. it is announced.
The first prize for June, blue PEN
nant, goes to the Skinner & Eddy
Shipbuilding corporation at Seattle
/ for launching the greatest number cf
| steel ships. The Grant Smith, Por-
| ter company, of Portland, Ore, takes
| the blue pennant in wood ship con-
struction.
The red pennant, indicating second
place, goes, respectively, to the BETH
llehem Shipbuilding corporation at
San Francisco for steel ship construc-
ition. and the Grant Smith. Porter
company at Portland for turning out
woodships.
Third prize, white pennant, has
been awarded to the Columbia River
Shipbuilding company and the Supple
BALM Shipbuilding corporation, ooth
Pacific coast yards, for steel ana
wood construction.
The awards were made after care
full investigation of data submitted to
| a special committee OF inc CnAteu
States shipping board.
Among the steel yards of the east,
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock company had the best June
record, followed by the New YORK
Shipbuilding company Of Camden.
On the Great Lakes the American
plants at Cleveland and Detroit and
the Great Lakes yards at Ecorse,
Mich. had the best records.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
SAMMY GOOD
FOR THREE HUNS
German Might be Able to Whip Blind
or Armless American, Says
Marine Who
Knows.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-'Tf any
American can't whip three Germans,
he is either blind or armless."
This is the way the marines regard
the Germans, according to letter
received from Eugene Abbot, who got
his training at Quantico, Va, and
vent overseas with tie first detach'
ment to leave the camp.
Abbot was wounded in action Il
the recent drive in the Chateau
Tbierry sector, but was soon able to
on hack on the firing line.
"The towards quit like dogs when
tsev see they are whipped" young
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
start Scout Campaign.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Aug. S.-A cam
paign will be prosecuted during the
coming week to raise fund OF sls'-
600 for the boy scout movement In
Sioux City Teams have been ap-
pointed for the solicitation of SUB
scriptions, advertising is being done
in the newspapers and four minute
men are making speeches in all of
sae theaters nightly. In all of the
eNsrches of the city last Sunday the
pastors gave talks on the scout move.
I~ens Campaign managers antici-
49, ssey Viii easily raise the desired
~ Lse Laiddle OF tia yoak-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
Scatter Gun Artists.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Aug, S.-Scater gun ar
lists faced their biggest day here to-
day. Over 600 of them were to compete
in the grand American handicap-the
big 100 bird event for amateur trap
shots. The entrants, ranging in age
from 16 to 60 will be handicapped from
the 16 to the % yard line Emil J. Buck.
Davenport. Iowa won the preliminary
handicap yesterday after tying with
e. F. Woodward, Houston, Texas,
They scored 50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08

moved out, the soldiers Of Colonel
Newman's command have moved up
from the south end of camp and now
occupy the buildings that for the
past eleven months have housed the
men preparing for overseas service.
Regimental headquarters now house
the headquarters of the various bat
talon and training groups OF the
brigade.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
ALIEN HUNS
TO BE HELD
Those Who are Found In Enliste d
Ranks to Be informed Until
War Ends, is
Word

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. s.-AIien
enemies found among the enlisted
personnel are to be interned for the
duration of the war. according to an
announcement by Camp Dodge Off
Gals.
1t has been the practice in the past
to discharge these men from the SER
vice and report them to the depart
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
Two More stars on Flag

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
CHICAGO, Aug. SC. c. ComsBey
can sew two more stars in his ser
vice flag today. "Swede" Charley Ris-
berg and Fred McMullin left for the
coast to join the army and navy re-
spectively. Risbergs parting salute
was a home run in the first game yes
terday with New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-08
Manner in Which Situations in Wash
lngton are Obtained Told
Some Applicants
unsuited.
MUST HAVE GRADE OF 70
accuracy and Speed In Performance
of Five Subjects Required
Notice Comes Soon
After.

What do Keokuk and other girls
have to do to secure a civil service JOB
In Washington for war Work? The
I question has been asked often.
Suppose Minnie Jones wants to
II become a stenographer in Uncle Sans
service. Her first step in securing
4 position Is to take a civil service ex-
4 animation, here. Five subjects are in
4 volved. She will be examined in spell
!: ing, letter writing, arithmetic and
Il stenography by the secretary of the
civil service commission. This ex-
animation can be completed in five
4 hours.
The examination papers are put IN
4 an envelop, which is sealed and regis
4 tered. The letter is forwarded to the
civil service commission in Washing
I ton, where the papers are graded.
Miss Jones is required to pass
4 grade OF 70. Accuracy counts much in
4 the rating although speed too is con
4 6idered.
placed on List.
In the meanwhile If she has passed
the examination her name has been
placed on the eligible register, accord
ing to the grade she has made. The
person making the highest grade gets
Of names.
1t may take week or two for an ap-
plicant to hear how she came out with
her examination. She Is notified then
directly from Washington that posi-
ton is open to her. She is given three
or four days to make ready for the
trip
The notice tells her that she will be
met at the train in Washington by
someone from the commission and in
forms her to whom she should apply
tor the position, when she comes to
Washington.
When she arrives in Washington,
this representative of the commission
escorts her to the person who will
supervise her work.
She viii be Housed.
The government is building hotels
to provide more rooms at washington
for the girls who come in to the posi-
lions. These rooming places will be
ready by September /. Uncle Sam will
set a reasonable rate of charge for
the same.
Civil service officials say that some
young women take examinations with
out any practical business knowledge
in reserve. This makes it hard for
them to pass the grades or to make
good in a position if they secure one