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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31
ALMA.

Omar Stevens, who has been quite
ill., is able to be out of doors.
J. T.. Jewett made business trip
Tuesday to Gardiner.
The supper given by the Red Cross
Society Saturday evening was a fine
success both socially and financially.
Twenty one dollars was cleared for the
work
Mr.. and Mrs. +. f. Jewett went to
South Pittston last Thursday to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Jewett's cou-
sin, Mrs Myra Powers.
At recent meeting of rHe Willing
Workers Club the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. c. ID. Houdlett: first
vice president. Mrs. d. +. Mathews:
second vice president. Mrs. c. ]. Che
ney: secretary. Mrs. J. f. Heath; treas
urer, Miss Grace Blinn.
\ goodly number were present at
the Red Cross meeting Tuesday aft
ernoon. \ large amount of work was
accomplished. Mrs. Glen Jewett was
appointed delegate to attend the meet
ing which is to he held in Wiscasset
Court house next Friday for the pur-
pose of forming a chapter 1t is ex-
petced that number Of the active
members of this auxiliary will attend
this meeting to learn more of the work.
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ITALIANS TAKE
$500 CAPTIVES

Rome, Jan. 30.-More than 1000 DIS.
oners have been taken by the Italian,
in their successful attacks upon The
Austrian lines on the Asiago plateau
the war office announced today. SI
guns and 100 machine guns also hae
been captured.
The Austrians have been bombam'
ing with extreme violence the postiQR
captured by the Italians. The ltala-
fire has been powerfully centered o.
points behind the enemy lines.
Extremely heavy losses were sufe
ed By the Austrians, two Of their 4.
visions being almost completely wipta
out.
Col Del Rosso was taken on MondaA
the statement adds. and the Italian
success was extended yesterday by hs
capture cf Monte Di Val Bella.
The text OF the statement reads:
Our gallant troops in the plateda
zone successfully crowned YESTERDAY
the action begun on the eastern Aslaso
plateau on Sunday by wrestling from
the enemy his positions west OF III.
Frenzela vallery.
Col. Del RoSso and Col. de Cheh
which are on the descent towards tu'
western edge of the valley, having beer
taken on Monday and since held VIII
Nalor, the enemy in the region OF Sass
ROSSo was naru pressed and. his NJ
merous counter attacks being repub
ed with bayonct the success was yes
terday extended by the capture o
Monte Di Val Bella The enemy sutieFe
very heavy losses and two Of his d
Visions were nearly completely destfp!
ed.
The war booty captured has not "
been completely specified. but inciuat
so far more than 100 officers and ~
men, six guns of various calibres. aboA
100 machine guns. very numstc
trench mortarS, several thousand y
fics and very large quantity of an
munition and war materials Of ~
kinds.
The reaction of the hostile artlllei
on the positions taken is violent. W
fire was rapidly and powerfully con
centrated on the most distant opF
tiVes.
"The enemy aircraft attempted man
accommodating and offensive actp"
but were effectively met by our H.
chimes and anti-aircraft fire which GU
ing two days accounted for I, eAe''
machines
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CONTROL SHIPPING
Continued from Page One)

c.ogged the port Of New York, and ia
coming vessels will he directed by wire
less to proceed to the ports to which ma
terals of the most importance await
shipment. The plan yet has to be APPROX
Ell by the British government and by the
other Allies. but officials today received
the assurance OF Sir Cunop Guthrie and
Sir Richard crawford Of the British EN-.
bassy that this would be forthcoming.
In connection with the action officials
attached particular significance to the
decision 10 dispatch abroad Raymond B.
Stevens vice chairman of the shipping
board, and George Rublee of the board s
legal staff, to sit in London and Paris as
permanent representatives OF the United
States in shipping matters The repre-
sentatives on the other side will seek TO
accomplish the same aims sought by Gre
alton Of the control committee In addi-
ton they will represent the United states
HI the ALLEGATION of neutral tonnage OBJ
tanned by agreements between the Allies
and neutral countries.
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FINAL INSPECTION
OF scope S Not
Made by the Man
Charged with Tam
pering with Parts

New York. Jan. 3o.-Paul c. II. Hennig.
..3turaiize1 German, on trial FOR treason
iid not make final inspection Of tor
itedo gyroscope PARTS before their ship
,uco, from the r " Bliss & Co. plant
where he formerly was foreman. as
claimed b. the prosecution. according to
testimony gwen today by Hugo K. PAU
Elm. superintendent OF the building ~
which Hennig worked. The accused Is
,'leSed 70 have tampered with certain
e. ;nesc "gyro" parts win malicious
and traitorous" Intentions
Government witnesses have declared
that Il would have been possible Tor
lIr.nig 10 effect the substitution OF mu-
t.lafed parts fer those bearing the 80 K
90 factory and naval inspectors. but no
evidence has been adduced to show Just
bow his was accomplished.
9..-ut Francis l.. shea. chief govern
iueut inspector at the munitions work,
'.stifed that after shipment from the
factory and prior To their issue. al tor
i..I,.4 are sue, ected to a test flight Of
T. "a" Yards At a naval testing station.
- the en-. oi this l25D yard course. he
~ q. n" torpedo must pass between two
|to,s stationed Gne yards apart or 1t g
b.. .cted \ gyroscope IS the instrument
which controls the course which torpe-
,ccs traveI when released. This and 9TH
Il, testS. the defense brought out, were
..adc u, government representatives AFT
~ the ,orpcdoes mad left Iiennig's hands
and an other factory inspection and as
sombl.us department.
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P|TTSF!ELD

The funeral services Of the late Mrs
Oscar Spearin were held from the home
on Hartiand avenue Wednesday after
non at l o'clock. REV. y. Il. Pearson
Of Winthrop, formerly pastor of the
Pittsfield Methodist church, Of which
the deceased was a member. OBLIGATED.
Vocal selections were rendered by the
Methodist choir. The bearers were
George Rogers. George Huff, Henry
Fernald AMI Madison Burns. The BODY
was placed in the village receiving
tomb and later will be taken to St.
Bigelow, of Abbott, was in town to at
tend the services.
The local Thrift stamp committee
composed Of 7. +. Conner. II. F. Lib
by, Clarence Bodfish, William Gray and
F. r. Smith have arranged for Il free
entertainment to be given in Union
hall Thursday evening. Jan. 81. by
Robert Smith, members Of the Pitts
field grammar school and others. A lee
ture Will be given by Hon. Edward
Merrill Of Skowhegan.
Ar interesting meeting of the Pitts
field Home Economics Club was held
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs l.. II.
Blanchard. The subject for the meet
ing was Meats Substitutes. Fish and
Vegetables: roll call. subject. paper.
"Flsh and Shell Fish Mrs. Bodfish:
article, care of Left Overs and At
tractive Ways of Serving Them" Mrs.
Drake: article. vegetables. Their
Preparation and Place in the Diet, y
Mrs blanchard. Miss Neff. teacher o.
domestic science at NJ. G. l.. was pres
ent and gave a demonstrated talk with
charts on cuts OF meat
The members Of the Junior Y. 7. G.
l.. OF the Univcrsalist church under the
direction Of Mrs. w. s. Snaulding and
Mrs Rufus Burns, are preparing to
give a Mother Goose party at the
church Friday evening. Feb. s.
Earl y. Nickery as a fourminute nar,
spoke at the Bijou theatre Wednesday
evening and will speak at Leger's theatre
Friday evening. Thursday evening Mer-
vim Ames will speak at Leger's and FRY
day evening at the Bijou. The subject
this week is The Shpbuilding Cam
pa gn.
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AUGUSTA LOCALS
AUGUSTA CITIZENS
TAKE MEASURES
FOR FUEL RELIEF

A meeting of about 40 representative
men of the city was. held last evening at
the Augusta House for the consideration
of the present fuel situation in the city.
A committee consisting of Edgar A.
Hussey chairman. Q. +. Blanchette,
Charles a. Milliken and Anne Casavant
with authority to select such other mem
bers as deemed necessary was appointed
TO obtain information as 10 the availa BILE
supply of wood in the vicinity OF Au-
gusta and to take steps to procure it; also
to consider a plan for distributing the
supply and to report at later meeting
to be called within a few days.
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alleged unfair trade practices in an Ell
fort to put small competitors out of
business. Francis J. Heney. declared,
after reading affidavits from indepen-
dent packing firms ch-rging price cut
ting By the big firms.
Il have tried to make clear to all the
small firms that the commission ana
the department of justice have such
authority Mr.. Heney told the COM
mission.
Not only the power but also the de-
sire interjected Commissioner COVER
Elimination of the small packers Is
going on right now while this lnFes-
tigation is in progress Mr. Heney re-
sumed There are only two indepen-
dents left between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Mississippi River. one in
OttumWa, Ia, and the other in Austin,
MINI.
Their territory has been apportioned
among the big packers in an effort 70
put them out Of business and Wilson &
Co. have been trying 70 buy them OUT
"A a Minnesota plant. / have evidence
on that to in reduce later. Apparently
nothing will stop the big packers ex-
cept the big stick landing on them
j An affidavit from c. ". r. Thelen, gem
eral manager of the Reland Packing Co.
OF Grand Rapids. Wis, charged that the
big packers sold for III and i2a cents a
pound in competition with the Reiland
firm. the same beef which they priced at
14s TO - cents in territories where he
IRELAND firm did no business.
The big packers can afford TO stand
local losses for 10 years if necessary 10
put a competitor down" Mr.. Henev as
serted, because their profits elsewhere
more than take care of such losses.
=. memora ndum from Charles II. swift
to Louis F. Swift, dated oct. 81. 1915,
gave list Of trans shipments Of CATH
said to have been made by various oG
packers. Mr. Heney introduced this, he
said with the intention of showing that
there were more cattle at the points nam
ed than needed by the big packers and
that the existence Of other Independent
firms was justifable.
In trans shipping cattle the packers
were going IN the face of economic law
and adding to the cost 70 the consumer
Commissioner Murdoch remarked.
The name of Sulzberger g. Sons had
been changed to Wilson e Co, Mr..
Heney said because of contract which
part Of which was represented in IS car
goes seized by Great Britain and which
gave rise to a tense diplomatic situA,
ton. This was before the United States
entered the war.
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agency will benefit from the pats ~.
at the American League ean,.s ps
i'll this city. and he teleyranh.,' '"!7'
johnson. president of the league n@s
urging that the plan be adopted T., e'!
major league baseball cities 7, e
nation Mr.. Frazce said that 10 ,ho IVA
of a5-cent bleacher seat plus ~, ~"
tax Of three cents there would ho "%
two cents for the Red Cross. Tins ,u.,l e.
the price of b!eacher seats 30 cs,.s aug
plan will apply also 10 other sa,ts ,s
Frazee said it would be imnoss,,,, VI
make change if the original nr,cs :.
seat plus the few cents war ,,x
carried out, because III, banks wo,rs
unable to supply the necessary pe,,ia.
Announcement was also made ~. :.
Frazee that Connie Mack. manager a, :.
Philadelphia team. had until March :.
decide what players he would take fr,~
the Red SoN in exchange Tor "s,,--
Mcinnis. who was recently traaad
philadelphia 10 Boston,
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FOOD PLANS
Continued from Page one)

of the food administration grain d.
vision at the various terminals, stat
ing the cars required, point at which
it is desired cars should be set, char
acter of the product TO be loaded and
destination of shipment and the con-
signee.
The shippers of sugar. beans. rice,
vegetables, live stock, meat and per-
ishables generally should first apply
for cars in the usual way through
railroad agents: in case OF their not
being furnished within reasonable time
they may apply directly to the food
administration in Washington, stating
the cars required. the point where they
are to be set, the character of the
commodity to be loaded. the constgnee
and the destination.
Diversion of shipment in transit. ex-
cept for perishables. will not be per-
Initted from destination given by the
shipper to the forwarding agent of the
railroad where cars have been placed
and loaded on the specific request If
the food administration as outlined
above.
The food administration does not
undertake TO secure cars, nor can the
director general Of railroads in these
uncertain times OF billiards. and win
ter storms. undertake to supply all cars
applied for. but it is hoped the new
arrangement will give the food adj
ministration definite information which
it can give in turn to the director
general of railroads for his assistance
in the distribution of cars into the
territories and trades of the most acute
needs
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PRESS DISPATCHES
Filed by Correspondents
from U. S. Camps Not
to Be Censored

Washington. Jan. so. Press ls
patches filed from National Army ana
National Guard camps in the rnl,a,
States by accredited newspaper cor.
respondents not in the military serv!c.
will not be censored by military an,
thorities. under a War department a.,
der made public tonight. The coz.
respondents will be instructed by II.
camp commanders, however. that tn,
must rigidly adhere to the reuues,,
for secrecy with respect to infornlat,c,
of value to the enemy. as defined n
the printed card sent out by the con-
mittee on public information"
Correspondents violating this requeg
will be deprived OF the privileges q
the camp.
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ICE FL0ES sink
CEMENT SCHOONER

Norfolk, Va, Jan. so.-The coasting
schooner George ". t.lsey, Jr., laden
with cement. was sunk rs ice foes in
Chesapeake bay today. Her captain and
crew of five were rescued by tug.
A northeast gale accompanied by
sleet greatly impeded bunker opera
tons al Hampton Roads today and ice
roads in the roads and lower bay ham
than "A hours.
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FIND DYNAMITE FUSE
IN BELFAST COAL

Belfast, Me, Ian. 3o-An explosion IN
his stove, heard nearly half mile away,
today and the subsequent finding Of
three-inch piece Of fuse, were reported
by Capt. \. A. Smith, a retired sea cap
tain here. He expressed the belief tna'
the coal. purchased a few days ago co"-
tan4d a dynamite use cap. Capt Smith
who was in the room, vas not injured
ana no serious damage was done 70 the
house.
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's1o,5oo,ooo CONTRACT
FOR SHIPS IS LET TO
CANADA BY THE U. s.

Montreal Jan. 3o.-The United
States government has let shipbuilding
contracts totaling s10.50o,0o0 to the
Canadian Car & Foundry Co. OF Mon
treal. which company will carry on the
construction work al its Fort William.
Ont, plant The ships will be of steel
construction and will take two years
to building, employing 1000 men for
that time. All material has been ar
ranged for through the United States
government. Work commences in May.
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Predict Carrigan to Manage
Boston Americans This Year

Boston, Jan. sO.-Thar "Bilr' Carrigan
would be manager of the Boston Ameri-
can League baseball club this season was
the prediction made by baseball writer's
here tonight. The former catcher and
manager Of the team is now a banker at
Lewiston, Me. He said over the telephone
today that he was ready to help out the
Red Sox in the war emergency. JACK
Barry. the present manager, who sue
ceeded Carrigan when the latter retired
from baseball two years ago, is a yeo-
man in the navy and will not be able to
play ball this year. Harry II. Frazee'
president of the club, said today that
the management matter was still unde-
cidet.
Red Cross Benefit Plan
Mr. Frazee has a plan by. which either
the Red Cross or some other war relec
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BATTLESHIP GOES
AGROUND WHILE
BREAKING ICE

An Atlantic Port, Jan. 3o.-"h'"
breaking ice in a channel near here "
day a battleship of the pre-dre@o
naught type went aground on 3d..
bar and tonight still was fast, but We
expected to float unchanged on "'
next high tide.
1t develops that the older battiesihrl
of the navy have been used on se.ei"'
occasions in opening up shipping chan
nels clogged with ice during the COW
weather of the past few weeks.
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CHINA

The y. u L. Club met Tuesday eve
ming with Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Rand on
Crescent avenue. The meeting was call
ed TO order at $50 by the president. Mrs.
Belle Perkins. Records Of the last
meeting were read by the secretary.
Mrs. Nellie Little. letter was read
from Mrs. Flora Taylor thanking the
club members for a beautiful plant sent
her during her recent illness. She was
reported rs improving.
l.. D. Rand is hauling ice for Arna
Little. Almost all Of the farmers have
their ice houses full. NJ. E. Ward has
been the man who sawed most or the
ice for storage In this vfcinitw.. The ice
Is about "a inches thick
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MYSTERIOUS FIRE At
W0BuRN DYE PLANT

Woburn, Mass. Jan, 2O-F'ire starting
from an unexplained explosion of a va.
OF H-acid used In dye making dam
aged the plant OF the Merrmac Chemica,
co. to the extent OF $1,000 tonight. six
workmen escaped uninjured as the va,
blew upward. The Woburn firemen. sum
moned from their annual bah. kent INC
flames from spreading to the ruInbur,c
acid plant and the factory OF the New
England Manufacturing Co, munition.
makers. nearby
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kENT'S HILL STUDENT
WRITES OF HALIFAX

kent's Hill. Jan. 30.-AnotLer star
will be added to the kent's Hill ser
vice flag shortly for . letter from Can
ada brings word OF the whereabouts
Of another hents Hill boy in service.
John \. Scott, a commercial student
at the Seminary last year ana a MEM
Der OF the Ltcrati society, has enlist
cd in His Majestys Navy and has
been assigned to the "\ipbe." lie
writes quite fully OF his experiences
at Halifax during the recent disaster
when the ship upon which he was
quartered was damaged ANA % Of his
mates We're Killed. The writer him
self was severely wounded but never
theless he claims to be among the
lucky ones. His vessel was but three
docks away from the scene of the
disaster. kcnt's Hill students will re-
member John Scott as a fine appear
ing young man, we'll built and OF
strong physique, a fellow that bore
the stamp Of eligibility for military
service, He was a member Of the mill
tary company at kents Hill.
While at the school last spring, he
was enrolled as a registrar, at the
local Office and claimed exemption as
an alien. Since leaving school IT.
June he has rot been heard from But
kents Hill boys who knew him will
he pleased to learn from his letter
to the school that he is no Stacker.
Principal Newton is sending him the
assurance Of best wishes on the part
Of his Schoolmates as evidenced ny
their applause when his letter was read
IL chapel serI ices.
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HUB LETTER CARRIERS
TO SELL WAR STAMPS

Boston, Jan. 30.-Arrangements TO
have letter carriers in this postal dis.
trct omit one delivery on specified days
and spend the time selling war savings
and thrift stamps at houses where they
deliver mail We're announced by Post
master William +. Murray. at n meet
ing of postal employees last night. Upon
the 5000 postal employees in the dis
trct depends the gathering Of s5o.0oo.olo
Turing the year. the men were told.
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Ann e. Webh

Ann +. Webb died Tuesday night at
her nome IN Swanville at the age of 50
years. She was born in that town and
nearly all her life was passed there.
her parents We're Jacob and Jane
'Hoimesl Cunningham and she was the
WidoW OF Ashbel Webb Funeral ser
vices will be held on Friday at
O'Clock, Rev. j. Wilbur Richardson IF
the Belfast Baptist church officiating.
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ITALIANS CONTINIE
Continued from Page One)

Although Finland has appealed 70
Sweden for military aid, such aid y
not likely to be rendered. On the con,
trary. Sweden apparently has Show
it's desire to keep aloaf from the Con.
troversy by closing the frontier to-
vent the Red Guard from obtaip!g
weapons.
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LIEUT.. COL. McCRAE,
WAR AUTHOR, DEAD

Guelph, Ont, Jan. 30.-News OF NV
death !, E-a,o. y, t;a,, Col John i,
McCrae, chief medical officer In b'is
Gen. Morrison comma nd and author v
the war poem IN Flanders Field
received at his home here yesterday NV
died of pneumonia. Colonel McCrae We
assistant physician at the AleNahu''
hospital, Montreal. when he enlisted u
the Canadian overseas forces.
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Gen. Squires Addresses
Senate Military Committee
Report on Aviation Program Is Kept
from Publication but Was Evidently
Satisfactory to the Menbers-He'd
Secret Session

Washington Jan. 30--More encour-
aging information about the aviation
program was given the Senate military
committee in secret session today ~
Brig. Gen. Squire, chief signal officer
Of the army, and his assistants. Noth-
ing about the testimony was made
public, hut members Of the committee
expressed lively satisfaction over what
they heard.
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'BOLSHEVIkI NAME
AMERICAN SOCIALIST
AS CONSUL TO NEW YORK

London, Ian. 30.-Michael NJ. DUSTIN
of. the Russian consul general in New
York, has been dismissed. according to
a Russian wireless official statement
received here. John Reed has been ap-
pointed to succeed OuStinof.
John Reed referred to probably is the
American newspaper man and Social
list lie has been in Russia since last
November.
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British Gunboat Sunk

LONDON, jan. oa--The British TORPEDO
gunboat Hazard vas sunk H the Enslis.
channel on Jan Is as the result OF col
lision. the admiralty announced tonigh'.
Three men were lost. The Hazard was
I44i1 M tS.4 and measured 1919 tons.
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VASSALBORO

EAST-Paul Lemix. who bought the
Thos. Piper mill. has several teams
hauling lumber from the VIM. Gala
ger lot which he purchased last winter.
John Hurd and Arthur Gates have
quit work numbering and getting out
wood for n. p. Bates.
Snow is very deep.