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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21
WESTERN union
AND POSTAL ARE
CONSOLIDATED
Government Combines Service
Of Two Telegraph Com
panieS, Effective De-
= Cember |.
BULLETIN.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Postmas-
ter General Burleson announced to-
day that, failing to reach an agree
ment with the Postal Telegraph
and Cable company upon compensa-
ton to be paid for its lines during
the period Of government control,
he had uade all award, which would
be enforced, though the department
would facilitate a suit in the courts
to determine final adjustment.
Washington, Nov. 20.-Consoli-
dation of the services of the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph
companies, under government con-
troll, was announced today by Post
master General Burleson, effective
December /, next. .
The following order was issued:
"In order that the telegraph facil-
tiles may be used to the fullest eX-
tent and the transmission of mes
sages expedited, the telegraph sys-
TENS shall hereafter be operated as
one, and effective December |, 1918,
all telegraph Offices shall accept for
all classes of messages
now accepted by any of them at the
prescribed tariff rates"
Cables Taken Over.
An order making effective govern
ment possession and control of ma
rine cable systems of the United
States, proclaimed by President
Wilson under date of November 2,
was issued today by Postmaster
Burleson. 1t directs that until fur
Their notice cable companies shall
operation through regular
channels and asks the cooperation
of officers and employees of the COM
panies and of the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21
Base Ball Federation Gives
Up Semi-ProfeSSionaI Plan

Cleveland, O. Nov. 20-Owing to
the sudden ending of the war, the
national base ball federation has
abandoned all plans for the proposed
semi-professional league next sea-
son, and will conduct its affairs prac
tically as in the past,
The board of directors will meet
in Pittsburgh December 3 and a to
discuss plans for the 1910 season.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21

elect Albert w. Jefferis will also
address the convention.
The delegates will be guests of
the South Omaha Live Stock En-
change at luncheon at noon. Fol-
lowing the luncheon they will in
spect the liye stock industry On the
South Side.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21
Arizona Governorship
Goes to G. O. P. Candidate

Phoenix, Ariz., Nov 2O.-With
the completion of the count in Mari
cbpa county today, official returns
from all of he counties in the state
show that Thomas E. Campbell, re-
publican, has majority of 34l over
Fred T. Golfer, democrat, for gov
eruOr.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21
Flour Substitute Rule
is Suspended for :
Hotels and All Cafes

Food Administrator Wattles was
advised from Washington that on
Wednesday the 1920 rule with
reference to the use of substitutes
in baking and serving bread was
rescinded, so far as hotels and pub
lie eating houses are concerned.
Several days ago the rule was re-
scinded as it applied to private
homes.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21
Today's Calendar of Sports.

Racing-Autumn meeting /Of Maryland
Fair Association, at Bowie Md.
Atliletics-Indoor games of the Thir-
teenth Coast Artillery, Brooklyn N. y.
Golf-Annual meeting and election OF
Western WOmen's Golf Association, at
Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21

Comparative Local RECORD.
1918 1917 1915 1915
Highest yesterday. .'.37 6S 46 40
Lowest yesterday. "a AZ 20 30
Mean temperature ...S6 55 50 40
Precipitation ....T. 90 40 90
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal:
Normal temperature ..................J 6
Excess for the day ...................O
Total excess since March l ..........9 3l
Normal precipitation .....,.. .03 inch
Deficiency for the day .,.... .03 inch
Total precip. since March 1..1S.4S inches
Deficiency since March H.. 9.54 inches
Deficiency for cor per, 1917. $50 inches
Deficiency for cor per, 1916. 12.l9 inches
Reports from Stations at p. M.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-21
The Weather

Comparative Local Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
Breaks Under the War Strain

For months il has been apparent to
the student OF International affairs.
that Austria was the weak link in
the war chain Of the central empires
and tha.. after Russia tSuffnring from
are suffering. namely dynastic pow
crty. discomfort Of cosmopolitan popu-
lation hunger and scheming against
the government 10y many factionsp
Austria would be the first to weaken
rude3 tho strain Of war. 1t has been
ndden,iy expected by some who have
W1tched closely. that Il collapse Of
,ge eation as q party to the war might
como al any time. but the tendency of
recent DAYS seems TO be a determine
'i"a On the part OF the dynastic rulers
~ save all they can out of tho wreck,
~. at least e. avoid that degree Of
tatrcd now well understood to be Ger
marys sure return from all the ma
tons OF the earth for its war brutal
itN. Austria sees and understands.
and - evidently ANXIOUS t. withdraw
from an alliance which adds only Stig--
IVA To her name and death TO her COM
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Cong. Peters Honored

The New Republican Congressional
Committee consisting Of one member
Of Congress from each State. which
las q Republican representative, has
just been selected. Hon. John A.
Peters representing the Third District
Of Maine, has been elected a member
for Maine succeeding former Rep.
Frank f. Guernsey. resigned.
This committee has special charge
IF the congressional elections and, as
the membership Of the House is almost
equally divided between the two great
PARTIES, will be a big factor in the
coming elections this year. The make
up Of this committee has been noted
with great deal of interest. The
New England representation on this
committee is considered exceptionally
strong.
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most pessimistic recognize that the
peace topic has come to status trans
cending every other topic. Every ma
ton is considering peace while piling
up its preparation for continuation of
the war, except, perhaps, in the case
Of Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey, where the end Of the rope
has been reached.
Now is the time for the leader Of the
entente allies, President Wilson. to
step out in front and prove the quality
of his world leadership. Austria has
significd her Willingness. even deter
mination. to end the pitiful waste of
life and treasure. She has had enough
and turns to the United States for eX-
trication from the net that is strang-
ling her.
Austria has signfied her renuncia-
Ition Of the war aims of Germany as
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You Get Better Cough
Syrup by Making
IL at Home
What's more, you save about 81 By
it. Easily made and costs little.

You'll never really know what a fine
prepare this famous homemade remedy.
the readymade kind. but YOU will also
have a more effective and dependable
remedy in every way. It overcomes the
"a hours-reiieves even whooping cough
quickly.
Get 81. ounces Of pinex 100 cents
WORTH from any good drug store, pour
It into pint bottle and fill the bottle
with plain graduated sugar syrup.
Here, you have a full pint--a family
supply-of the most effective cough
syrup that money can buv-at a cost of
only 50 cents or less. 1t never spoils.
The prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant tasting cough syrup
have caused it to be used in more homes
than any other remedy. It quickly
loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough.
heals the infamcd membranes that line
lac throat and bronchial tubes, and re-
Lief comes almost Immediately. Splen-
did for throat tickle, hoarseness, bron-
chitis, Group and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is highly concentrated COM
pound Of genuine Norway pine extract.
and has been used for generations for
throat and chest ailments.
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for '21a ounces of Pinex' with
full directions, and don't accept any
!hlng else. A guarantee OF absolute sat
lsfactlon or money promptly refunded,
goes with this preparation. The pinex
Co., TT. WAYNE, Ind.
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Dunn for Associate Justice.

The nomination by Governor Mill
ken on Monday, of Charles J. Dunn of
Orono. as an associate justice Of the
Supreme Court of Maine, to fill the
vacancy caused BY the death Of Justice
John B. Madigan Of Houlton, will meet
with strong approval wherever Mr..
Dunn is known.
The nominee is at the prime of life
and height of his mental powers and
legal preparation. about as years of
age. He has served at least two terms
in the Legislature and was judge Of
the municipal court of Old Town for
several years.
judge Dunn holds the confidence Of
men in his common sense and spirit Of
justice. He is of the "indiciai tenn
permanent" 1t is a splendid nomina-
lion
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Americas Opportunity

II is possible. even quite probable
that the next move On the war peace
checkerboard. now UP TO Uncle Sam
viii be conducted with more or less
diplomatic secrecy. for it is beyond
conception that President Wilson viii
permit this opportunity To go by with
out pursuing it 10 the utmost. \ sep
arate peace with Austria would re
lease the pressure upon Italy Al once,
and eventually. should Germany per
sist in her determination to force the
war to military decision, ltaly's
powerful my might be transferred 10
the west front.
With all these things admittedly
TOO good to be true" Yet even the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29

r!ercial chances when the war is end
cd Therefore, unless Germany can
evoke some other tremendous influence
than now in sight. il break in the
Central Alliance is imminent.
once before, Austria had reached the
breaking point. WHOM the prussian
italy at tremendous cost, and fool
hardy chances to save Austrian 10y
atty to the alliance a few months
longer. Without doubt the purpose Of
the tremendous German bluff now be
ing staged on the west front is more
for its effect on Austria and the people
at home than it is expected to accom-
plish with the entente allies. 1t has
been d losing game. The war has al
ready cost Germany ana her allies
more than they can ever realize out
Of it without large requirement of for
eign territory. This. Austria Hungary
now knows 10 he impossible
Germany must as we'll understand
it. but is keeping up the pretense As
the socialist leader in the Reichstag
frankly declared the other day, even
if England and France and Italy are
whipped into submission by the mil
i,ary arm. Germany then has America
facing her with years Of conflict and
cost. ana the probability in all reason
OF being eventually overthrown by a
greater, richer and more powerful ma
ton. On the other hand. British and
French war experts are confident that
they can Withstand any force which
Germany row can bring 10 bear
against them.
Germany must be aware of all Of
these things and also OF the nearness
10 a break with her ally ana ali that
must mean TO her,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29

made plain in the separate peace con
ference fizzle at Brest- Litovsk. Aus
tria, N substance. has proclaimed 10
the world that she will have none. OF
Germanys land grabbing laid at her
door.
Months ago the financial interests
and the captains Of industry in Ger
many and Austria saw the inevitable
end. They undersf pod, as the military
power could not, the economic power
Of America. even should an American
soldier never appear at the battlefront.
Us more potent than millions Of men
ard guns.
Thus far the war masters have held
control and have fooled the masses
with promises ana cunning misrepre-
sensations. But these could not always
prevail for the promises are not full
filled; food does not come, Paris is not
taken, England is not starved, Italy
has not been destroyed, Russia is not
III German hands, the British and
French armies instead of being hurled
lack made constant gains in 1917.
Is it any wonder that Germa
statesman declares the nation on the
edge of precipice?
In another column we are publishing
4 remarkable letter from Albert Bal
lin. a friend of the Kaiser and head of
the great Hamburg American Steam
ship Go. lie is one of the biggest men
i'll Germany. as financial and industrial
minds go. He pictures the plight of
Germany as none other has set it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says Dr.. Edwards, q Well.Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. F. M. Edwards for II years treated
scores Of women for liver and bowe
ailments During these years he gave tc
his patients prescription made Of few
well'known vegetable ingredients mixed
with olive oil, naming them DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. You will know them b.
their olive color.
These tablets are wonder.workcrs on the
liver and bowels, which cause a normal
action. carrying off the waste and poison.
Gus matter in ones system.
II you have pale face, sallow look, dull
eyes. pimples. coated tongue, headaches, q
listless. no-good feeling, all out of sorts
inactive bowels, you take one of Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for time
and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as well as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sue.
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep in the pink Of condition,
1oc and Csc per box. All druggists.
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To Herr Privy Councillor. Dr fa tne:a u
Hamburg, Dec. l. 42l''
VI Dear Herr GehleInra,,
You honor me in asking me to express
an opinion regarding the probabie course
Of our economic policy after the war 6uI
I cannot do this in any satisfactory or
sufficient way within the brief compass o.
letter. All / can do is 10 jot down
thoughts that strike me as being apphc'' :
Die 20 the present serious SITUATION !
must say AT once that neither in this cry
nor in any other part OF the country 60 !
find a definite or weii-conceived plan q
action for the re-estab!Shmtnt OF alter
war economic relations. nothing adVoc2t-
ed which can be adopted without grave
misgiving as 10 its feasibility Most Of
what We read il the newspapers as 10
our pEeparedness for embar.ing On nrlsh
trade ard manufactures as soon as ieaca
has been concluded IS, / fear. written with
the manifest attention .! heartenlng our
people vino are VIGOROUSLY ignorant Of
our actua! economic conditions ana ali
that threatens them.
Take, for example. that branch o. com
merce with which I am supposed 70 De
familiar-silipping What sorry lies nave
been dished UP to our people on this sub
iect. one reads Of the resoundin2 ham
iner-strol<es of riveters they work al
the creation Of new leviarhanS for our
overseas commerce. Hamburg Bremen
haven. Danzig S:ettin. are supposed 10 be
bUzZjng with sh:pbuilding. Not long ago
one Journal asserted tina. nearly 400 0ol
tons were almost ready for launching'
And there is hardly vestige of TRUTH
il any of these statements. our yards
are only working for the navy. and as to-
other ships, we have not the material or
accommodations and. above all. We have
not the necessary labor skilled or I'M
skilled
Believe ne when 7 say that our Mercap-
tile Marine is in a perilous condition. the
bill TO re-establish and strengthen il
which is now before the Eeichstag. even
if PASSED in It's entirety, will show no re-
SUITS for al least I'VE Years, and il is in
these FIVE Years that our fate will be most
adversely influenced What vii! not our
great maritime competitors make Of these
I'VE Nears-Creat Britain the States
Japauo What viii not reutraIs make Of
,he,u-neutrals who have enormously
added Ia thcir reserve carital-EOrway =.
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Austria Turns to America

The first actual step toward peace
tria.
I, came in the form Of courteous
h.nc from the Austro- Hungarian min
ister Of foreign affairs TO the Presi-
Dent Of the United States--a hint that
the dual monarchy was ready to cx-
hange views with America and, il
may be understood. with Americas al
hes. looking toward an ending of hos
tlities and the arrangement Of peace
terms. al least 50 far as Austria is
.orcerned, with the allied nations
In Count Czernins address 10 the
foreign affairs committee Of the
Eeichsgath, on Saturday, he said that
BE found less If incompatibility in
gress than might have been expected :;
that. In substance, the II terms laid
down BY President Wilson might form
the basis Of a discussion Of peace
terms finally acceptable 20 an.
But to as the significance Of Count
rzernins utterance lies in the fact
that IL was sent to President Wilson
before il was offered to the Reichsra TIL
committee
II is also significant that the Aus,ro-
Hungarian minister Of foreign affairs
admits. even frankly states, that there
is a difference in. the Austrian and
German war aims.
While Count Won IiertIing declared
lied by President Wilson could not be
considered by Germany. the Austrian
foreign minister found none OF them
beyond tho realm Of discussion, and
even Of hope.
II would seem that Austria is ready
foi discussion with America, at last.
81 the terms Of separate peace. 1t is
quite probable that the temper of the
masses in Austria Hungary in the last
lew Weeks has ldu fnuCll 10 90 WIN
the present frank avowals Of the for
eign minister. The Austrian people
are more than ready for peace. For
more than year they have becl,
clamoring for peace For two years
their hunger has been Increasing. For
three years ard half they have been
held to a VAR they did not want. For
ten years they have been driven
steadily toward the war which they
could not avoid, by the dominant wal
power in Germany and the bank
ruptcy Of the Hapsburg dynasty.
At last the inevitable break between
the dynaatic rulers and the masses
of the dual monarchy is at hand-un-
less the rulers can save their skins by
an arrangement Of peace that will frs,
bring food. and with il high hope OF
commercial prosperity in the early
months TO come.
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Keep in Training

Get your share of outdoor exercise
every day, rain or shine.
Ii bit run down, tired-if an occa-
sional sick headache professionalism
ton or biliousness retards YOUR
eflciency-if you wake up feeling as
tired as when you went to bed-your
digestive system may need a tonic.
For more than 60 years The True
Il. F." ATWOOD'S Medicine has
Helped thousands to keep in training.
i "ill help YOU. The large bottle is
50 cents. Remember to cali for
Il. f." Sold by druggists and store
keepers. The T. F." Medicine Co,
Portland. Maine. 12,n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
GERMANY lOATHED BY WORLD
FACES ECONOMIC DISASTER
Head of Hamburg American S. S. Co. Sees
Doom of Progress in After the War Condi-
tions-America's Entry to War Ended All
Hope.

In
personal financial that
The
il
what commercial giant
ureT TIE
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Too Busy to Work

Is your new stenographer indus
trious:"
Il can't deny that She is Industrious,
but she is too busy knitting to do any
thing around tile office. From the
Louisville Courier-Journai.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29
Tuesday, January %, 1918.

Just laws are no restraint upon
Ii. freedom of the good, for the
good man desires nothing which 8
iist law will interfere with
FrUude.
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Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R.
In Effect January 20, 1918.

TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA
r-....=5z.,l GOING WEST-3.0o A. .
vHINRl Portland and Boston.
4t445At7I A. NJ, Pennington, B,i
KU3,hlsI{ Rock,and. Portland, DO
RAILROAD ton, Montreal and Q1eot
80 A. NJ, BrunsEl'
Portland, Boston: 80 p. NJ, local; u; ~.
NJ, (express) Brunswick, lie vision. ~ g.
land, Boston; J.15 +. NJ, Halloween, os
diner and So. Gardiner; 1852 L. NJ, Lev ,',
ton, Bath. Portland, Boston. >unoal
3.c5 and lVi5 A. NJ, $40 and lo,52 T.
Portland and Boston. 9
GOING CASTILLO A. NJ. Bangor :
John, Halifax. Sunday morning al !,
A. NJ, does not connect beyond baHfo
rs y. NJ. for WaterN'ille. Bangor .
Harbor, Calais and Aroostook Co.. ".
NJ. local 10 Belfast, Bangor and Sso"S
gan; 1.c2 noon. Watervilie; 2.41 t. ~ ,
press 20 Waterville. thence loca! 70 =
fast, Harmony, Dover and FoXcro,t .
Bangor and Mattawamkeag 7H r.
WaterVille and Bangor. sundays lls
NJ, go A NJ. $40 y. NJ, for WateN'
Pittsfield and Bangor.
Trains leave Augusta for HaIio"s
Gardiner and South Gardiner at eLs :,
A. NJ, 3d. Sis, 1852 T.. II, Halloween . :
Gardiner only 4.o5 +. NJ, Gardner "
3.o5 A. NJ. daily except Monday. 4.
VI. l.. HARRIS. Gen'i Passenger =
ID. c. Douglass, Gen'l Mgr. Portland
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Light and Airy
4ymS of Hate
Not a M

Nam ! nate is sour-face Flower
Says he's GLAD Christmas is over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29

She: You're a wastev. Very few
girls would marry you"
He: 'Well, very few would b,
enough"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-29

How deep is the snow Vel. ii
depends on where YOU take the meas
urement, as some places are blown
larry clear of snow, while others
nave pig drifts. What We mean is
~ me deep woods, where the wind
mas iit'ie rake. You can have a lot
- amusement by asking this ques-
Ion as one person will tell YOU one
ln'hs' ana then in five minutes an
o'her person viii tell you something
en''IeF different. II is apparently
an depths to suit all men-Fort Fair
neio Review. AS a matter of fact
however, the snow is abou. three. ,n,a :.
haif or four feet deep in the woods
Aroostook Republican,
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And the artist at Great Works per
petrates the following in the same is
sue:
A very successful chimney fire was
held at the Pond homestead on lower
Main street Monday afternoon. The de-
partment came down in record time
and after a still hunt of half an hour
decided that they would have to
flood One of the firemen at grca
peril 70 life and limb. climbed on the
roof and heroically pointed the nozzle
Of the exterminator down the chimney.
-. II must have been success. Much
credit is due one Of the firemen. who
missed the hose pung and had to run
all the way from Hartwell He as
sisted in putting the ladders back ON
the pGng and was allowed 10 ride back
10 the hose house.
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Maine Gossip

zone of the largest and most pleas
ing Of the society events held this
season in Portland, was on last
Wednesday evening. when the mem
bers Of the Portland Legislative Cluo
gave a dinner party, followed by an
entertainment and an auction sale OF
ted pictures Covers We're laid
for 25 at the dinner. Miss Mabel Cat
cheI, daughter OF Brigadier General
and Mrs George W. Gatcheli OF Fort
Williams, soprano gave several solos:
Miss Anna Cecilia Carey rendered sew
eral nianu solos; Jean Sherman Murk-
land sang very acceptably; and other
artists added to the evenings pleasure.
The legislative Club was organized
this winter by a group of the wives
of members of the Legislature, VINO
were in Augusta last winter. The pur-
pose of the organization is to help the
Red Cross in every way poSSipIe, eS-
pecially by, supplying knitted gar
ments. The club includes the follow
ing ladies' and few Of their intimate
friends: Mrs w. l.. Bonney, Mrs
George w. Norton. Mrs Freeman
Grant. Mrs. George Fl. Allan, Mrs. En-
cry G. Wilson, Mrs. Fred Newcomb,
Mrs. Harry Merrill, Mrs. Frank ID.
Marshall, Mrs. Alexander Speirs. Mrs.
Leroy D. Moulton, Mrs. Ralph O..
Brewster, Mrs. Guy Sturgis.
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