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New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

this work that bluff does not move me
to action any more.
As soon, as this is reported to me
as fact will proceed to collect this
evidence, and will file it within thirty
days from the time tho. check is de-
posted. Some of the witnesses that
will be placed in evidence are the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Prince A. Morrow. Sir Victor Horsley,
Jacob Riis, the reports of the Inter
national Prison Congress during the
last ten years, the statistics OF the
"World Almanac" and plenty more. 1t
was this array of evidence that led the
Supreme Court of the United States
to declare in the case of Mulger agt'
Kansas:
sIt is not necessary to array the
apallng statistics Of misery. pauper-
ism and crime which have their
origin in the use and abuse of ardent
spirits, for we cannot shut out OF
view the facts within the knowledge
of all that the public health, the
public safety and the public morals
use of Intoxicating drinks; nor the
fact established by statistics acces-
sible to all that the idleness, dis
order, pauperism and crime existing
in the country are in some degree at
least traceable to this evil"
1t is understood that by the express
sion "chief factor" used in Mr.. Kalten-
bach's letter is meant the largest
single factor. Whether that factor ap-
pear alone or in combination with
others it shall be admitted as a cause
and credit be given to the evidence.
As soon as l am informed of the
deposit of this check l will name one
of the judges of higher court in New
Jersey as one Of the judges. Mr.. Kali
tenbach can name whoever he desires.
and The Tribune can name the third
or leave it to the two chosen to name
the third.
This will be splendid chance to
enrich the Red Cross and also to settle
this question in the mind Of those who
are still in doubt about It.
WILLIAM PARSONS,
Associate Secretary, Board of Tenn
perance, Presbyterian Church.
Radiant With Hope
In the Kingdom of Youth
"There are two kinds of human
hunger" writes D< David Orr
Edison, whose comment captioned els
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

ly, he makes the assertion that most
or all Of the belligerent nations have
adopted laws Or regulations reducing
the use of alcohol as a war measure
and that in some Of them, including
Canada, there is practical prohibition.
AS matter of fact none of these ma
tions have adopted it as war measure
except to save alcohol for explosives.
Five of the provinces of Canada have
gone dry, three of them before war
broke out and the other two had it
under consideration at the time. Rus
sia abolished the national monopoly Of
vodka, not the manufacture of vodka;
France prohibited Misunderstanding
centage of alcohol, solely to save it for
explosives. EDWARD J. SHIVER.
On Temperance
In Europe
A recent criticism of the wartime
regulations on liquor in Great Brit
ain is resented by woman in Up
per Montclair, N. j., who writes:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is time, think. that check
should be put upon overzealous criti-
cism. Total abstinence is the proper
thing for the most Of us-human
nature being what it is-but if the mag
nifcent conduct Of Great Britain dur
ing the last four years is the outcome
of drunkenness, as has been suggested,
make the most Of it,
BY all means let US scarify ourselves
for our own shortcomings and let Great
Britain alone! She has proved that
her spirit can surmount all faults.
One contributor lauded the wonderful
progress made by the Hun because the
German nation is temperance nation.
We all know how temperate they were
in Belgium. He forgot to mention the
fact that Germany is blood-drunk all
the time.
I, as loyal American woman-from
generations of Americans on both sides
bow my head in shame, that now, at
the very crux of the mighty struggle
| for freedom and lasting peace on earth,
J worn and torn Britain should have this
insult flung at her. c.. L. r.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
lntoxication Yields
To Explosions

The real reason for wartime re-
strictions on alcohol is given as fol-
lows by Edward J. Shriver, of New
Brighton Station, Staten Island:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In a communication from Pro-
fessor Irving Fisher, published recent
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Calls Prohibition
A Leap in the Dark

What the proposed amendment
to the Constitution will mean and
how it may work out is suggested
by an attorney of Waterbury
Conn.,, who writes:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The great problem before the
American people to-day is not prohbi-
ton, but the winning of the war, the
preservation of liberty, democracy and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24
LAST HOUR SHOPPERS
FLOOD CITY STREETS
TContinuea nom Flrat Pagc. l

TContinued from First Pagc.l
were purchased in the last minute
rush yesterday. Not one of them
came from Germany They hailed
from the Scandinavian Peninsula,
from America, few coming from
France and Switzerland, but the
great bulk came from Japan.
Scores Of children thronged the
stores Yesterday in a last-minute
glimpse OF Christmas toys. Hobby
horses, tanks, miniature trains,
velocipedes and toy automobiles were
Worked overtime by adventurous lad
dies experimenting.
At the post office, clerks were
sTampcd with work. Many of them
worked long after quitting time 10
finish up the huge piles of mails wait
ins Transportation.
The long line of people at candy
counters reminded one Of the crowd
at a boXoHice window trying to buy
tickets for Maude Addams or Caruso.
TIN in a hurry. win you wait on
mc?" called man at tho end of the
line. You're eighth In linc!" came
the laconic reply from the clerk. 1t
is explained by confec,ioners that
people always wait until the last
minute to purchase their candy, be-
lieving it viii he lreshor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24

an additional s13.500 for the mains.
At present in tho water reserve
fund there is cash balance of less
than $3.50 not including interest
from bonds it was explained. The
iund has an investment of $1,000
IN city bonds and $4,000 in Liberty
Loan Bonds, the whole amount
drawing about $4,000 interest an
nually. Against this must be charg-
ed the water department debt which
when deducted would leave an ac-
tual net balance of about $4,000 in
the fund
At the request of Martha Van
Dyke, Warren NanDyke and Frank
lin Williamson, owners of much OF
the property along Nerbeke street
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, Commissioner IIassler in
troduced an ordinance AUTHORIZING
the laying of water pipes in that
part of the street.
An ordinance was introduced by
Commissioner Gross transferring
funds i'm the park department and
apprOpriating Sl49 from general
revenues for park contingent ox-
penses. Mr.. Cross explained the
money taken from the general fund
had been paid into tho treasury in
rentals for the use of the island.
The need for additional funds for
park maintenance was necessary, he
said, because employees were kept
working about six weeks longer than
usual
Ordinances passed finally author
lied the paving of a short section Of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24
NEWS NOTES FROM
NATIONS CAPITAL
By Associated Press

Washington ~ The War Labor
Board refused to consider the griev-
anccs OF $500 employees Of the Pitts
field plant OF the General Electric
Company as long as they are ON
strike.
Nashington-The Fuel Admins
tration announced revocation of the
ruling prohibiting the sale or deliv-
cry of coke by ocean transportation.
Washington-A zone modification
rder, made public by the Fuel Ad-
ministration to-day, provides for the
shipment of bituminous coal from
all districts of Pennsylvania TO Bal
timore and vicinity and to the Dis
trict of Columbia.
WaslaingtOn-Ride attached to
the war revenue bill, passed by the
Senate last night, include extension
of the Reed bone dry" law TO the
District of Columbia and provision
for one months pay to men dis
charged from the military forces.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AND
MUSIC AT ST. STEPHENS

The Christmas services in st.
Stephens Church will be as follows:
Christmas Eve at 6.30-The sun
day school exercises will be held.
Christmas Eve, midnight-Holv
Communion, with carols sung by the
choir
Christmas Day at IL o'clocll-Ho'y
Communion. The music to be used
will be: "Kyrie," Gloria Tibl."
"Sanctus." marks in +; anthem. "The
Lord of Glory" II. Alexander Ma
thews; carols, "Holy Night, silent
Night" shepherds, Shake OFF Your
Drowsy. Sleep"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24
COUNCIL VOTES
TO TAKE OVER
WATER SYSTEM
Riverside Mains to Be Pur-
chased Out of Depart
ment Revenues

After passing finally the ordinance
water mains in the Fourteenth ward
from the Dauphun Consolidated Wa
ter Company and directing that SI3,-
500 should be taken from general
revenue next ycarAto pay for lines.
Council this morning reconsidered
lis action and amended the measure
directing that the money should be
taken from the reserve fund of the
water department.
Commissioner S T. Hassler. super
lntendent of the water department.
voted against the change in the
measure. He said after the session
that the money should be provided
in the appropriation ordinance for
next year, but tho other councilmen
intimated that the budget measure
viii be difficult to pare down to meet
available revenues without including
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24

Walnut street from Cameron street
to the Paxton creek; AMI laying of
about 5000 feet of water pipe in the
Fourteenth ward. from Vaughn and
sixth streets, to Fourth, to Lewis, to
Front streets.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.

Following are retail prices in Ellsworth
to-day:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
NORTH ELLSWORTH.

Miss Harriet Frost is visiting her sister
in Bangor.
Mrs. Harold Maddocks went to Bangor
last week to consult an oculist.
Gilman Biektord of Boston is spe nding
few days with his family here.
Elaine Msddocks OF Bangor is with her
grandparents, II. F. Maddocks and wife.
Mrs. William Nevells, with daughter
Hazel, visited her sister, Mrs. Eugene
Moore, last week.
Daniel Richardson and wife entertained
as Fourth Of July guests their daughters,
Mrs, Mary Floyd of Belfast and Mrs. Addie
Strout, Mr.. Strout, Miss Alice Cunningham
OF Auburn, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Parker and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Haslam, Mrs. AL Parker and son, MIR.
and Mrs. Amos Salisbury OF Brewer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
MERRY WIDOW TO DIE
French Woman Found Guilty by
Court-Martial.
Sold Military Secrets to the Germans
In Letters to Her
Children.

Paris, France.--Brief announcement
has just been made that Paris court
martial has condemned to death as
a spy Nine. Nj. thirty-seven years
old. Her son, Noel, sixteen years old,
who was accused of being her accom-
pllce, was ordered to penitentiary
colony until he comes of age. The
court believed he was too young to be
held responsible for his acts.
AS the case was not heard In public
only few details have become known,
such as that Nine. Ms husband was
killed at the front in March, 1916, and
that the wife soon started life that
earned her. In the circles she frequent
ed, the name of 1.-THE Merry Widow"
She soon ran through the money she
inherited, and, to obtain more, commu-
nicated with Greek living In Spain,
an agent Of the spy bureau established
In Barcelona by the Germans.
When mother and son were arrested,
the boy was just about to engage In
the aviation service In order to obtain
information to be supplied to Germany.
A writer In the Paris Midi Identifies
the Greek as the head Of German prop
uganda In Spain and director In par.
ticular of the service for arranging ex
plosions In factories. He was a reg
ular visitor to the girls school at Bar
celona, where he went to see three
little girls whose guardian he wal
supposed to be. One Of the youngest
about eleven years old, handed over
to him. on each visit. several letters
which he carried away.
These three little girls were French
being the daughters of Nine. M. The
MERRY Widow" used to pass on any
information that she obtained to her
son. who wrote 1t 20 his young sister
placing It In the middle of his letters
which were never really examined
when 1t was seen that they were let
tiers from brother to a little sister
at school.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
OLD RAILWAY is DISMANTLED
Rails Once Used for Carrying Freight
In Mine District are Sold
for Junk.

Redding, Cal.-The railroad from
Cuargo on the Southern Pacific to the
osartz Hill mine on the east side Of
the river. near the Gid Diggins, four
and onS-hah miles long, has been sold
as old Junk by the Mammoth Copper
Company Of Kenneth which built 1t In
1907 at cost of 100000. The mine
was shut down in 1918, for then the
Mammoth Copper company was able to
get the fuxing ore at a better profit
elsewhere. The bridge across the river,
made Of steel. Is 700 feet long.
The wrecking company bought the
railroad steel. ties, bunkers. tresties
and bridge. Acetyiene gas will be used
10 cut down the steel bridge.
The railroad was In active service
for seven years. The Mammoth COM
pany took 10000 tons of ore from the
Quartz Hill mine In a single year and
made use of 100000 tons OF ore In all.
The Quartz Hill mine, a great body
Of low grade quartz. 10 owned by
company composed Of Polish priests in
Chicago. The Pope was said to be Q
large stakeholder.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
AUTO TURNED TURTLE.

A Ford car owned and driven by John
E. Rabbit OF Brewer, "turned turtle" on
the Bangor road few rods south of New
halls corner, opposite the home Of Harold
Maddocks, ON the afternoon of July 4. In
the car were Mr.. and Mrs. Rabbit, his
step daughter, Miss Russell, and friend,
Miss Hardy.
At the time OF the accident the car was
proceeding at moderate speed, and con
trary to reports current since, there was
no other car in sight, so there was no col
lision. The car ran of over the shoulder
OF the road. Mr.. Rabbit became con-
fused and lost control, giving it full speed
and at the same time putting on his brake,
causing the car to turn over.
Miss Russell and Miss Hardy were
thrown clear of the car as it overturned,
and escaped with a few scratches. Mr..
Rab bitt and his wife were pinned beneath
the car, the side OF the tonneau resting
across Mrs. Rabbits head, while Mr.. Rab b.
bits foot was caught between the steer
ing post and one of the gears.
Olin Sargent and Harold Maddocks,
who were nearby, hastened to the over
turned car, and with the help OF two men
who had just reached the spot in another
car, soon righted the car.
MIR. and Mrs. Rabbit were taken into
the home of Mr.. Maddocks, and received
prompt attention, while physician was
Immediately summoned. DIR. Lewis
Hodgkins responded and was soon at the
scene of the accident. Mr.. Rabbits left
left leg badly bruised and wrenched
Mrs. Rabbit was bruised and cut about
| the head and face, and it was feared that
she might have suffered internal injuries
The wrecked car was taken to a garage
in town, and the people were taken tc
Brewer by Joseph Mason.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
The Opium habit.

There are three different forms OF
taking opium. Some people, for exam
pie the Turks, eat IT; others. like the
Chinese, smoke 1t. while the inhabf-
tants of more civilized countries usual
ly drink 1t as laudanum. The drug Is
obtained from the unripe fruit OF the
common white poppy. Incisions are
made In the heads of the plant, from
which a creamy juice exudes, harden
Ing on Its exposure to the air. This Is
scraped on and made up into small
cakes, In which form It Is sold. the
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
duces himself to an indescribabiy
wretehed state of mind and body, and
very seldom lives to be forty II the
practice has been acquired at an early
period In Life.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
MONK FIRST TO USE CORK
Discovery That 10 Universally Made
Use OF Was the Result Of
Chance.

The discovery Of cork for shoppers
Is ascribed to the monk Don Perignon.
who managed the cellars Of the abbey
Of Haul villiers In 1878. One day he
ran short Of the usual stoppering,
which was pads of hemp or cloth
stepped In oil, and being something Of
a botanist, he had noticed that the out
err layer of the bark Of certain species
Of the oak tree was Of comparatively
soft wood. He procured some Of this
porous material and shaped It SO that
II would fit into some partially fer
mented bottles of wine.
Later on opening the bottles he
found that the effect of the confined
carbonic acid gas which this new stop
per did not allow to escape acted on
the wine so as to make 1t effervesce,
From then on for a long time II was
supposed that this phenomena was due
10 the action of the cork on the wine,
and efferyesclng or kissing wine be
came the rage. Enterprising mer-
chants saw the possibilities OF this
wood. and they introduced 1t for gen.
eral purposes as shoppers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
Evolution Of Wheeled Vehicles.

When the world awakened from Its
apparent long sleep of the middle ages,
during which the art Of vehicle con-
struction. like all other arts, sank into
oblivion, manufacturing was revived
and from this awakening. about 400
A. D.. marked improvements are found.
Emperors and kings We'd with each
other In the effort to outshine and out
class one another. and through this
rivalry we note substantial advance
ment. In 1850 A. d. 1t is said there
were only three coaches in Paris, and
within the next century we find the
feudal lords throughout continental
Europe supplying themselves with the
most extravagant and luxurious Of
eQuIpages, some costing more than
$4,000 each.
The artists skin was employed
poets sang beautiful songs in their
praise, and the epidemic spread, Gre
ating an eager desire upon all to OUT
rival their nelghbors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10


Federal Food Administrators Leon s.
Merrill announced Sunday that begin
hing Monday, July s, retailers in this
state who are not using sugar cards must
Keep an accurate account OF every sale
u sugar made and must report every sale
tothe food administration every Monday,
'of all sales made during the preceding
week. The reports must include the date
Oh each sale, the name and residence OF the
consumer to whom the sugar was sold,
he amount OF each sale.
"Fhis regulation will be rigidly en-.
ioreed," says Food Administrators. Merrill,
and the reports of all sugar sales by
ueaiers who have not adopted the sugar
srd system must be made to the local
1000 administrators. In cases where
mere is no local representative of the food
administration, the dealers VIII make
.ner weekly reports of sugar sales direct
'oFood Administration, orono, Maine"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
RAINS HELP INDIAN VILLAGE
Good Rice Crops Grown 10 Abundant
Moisture and Region Is Noted
for Good Cattle.

Sylhet fl city In the most curious
part Of 1ndia-the great, low lying,
tungiy, flooded, tea and rice districts
Of the far Southeast. Syihet tea is
known all over the peninsula.
SO low do these regions lie that the
heavy rains of the rainy season result
in their being flooded for many months
Of the year. Though far inland, after
the rains this IS literally sea, where
all travel is by boat and even ships of
some size can navigate. The torren-
tial downpours flood the lower parts of
the country to depth Of many feet.
There is one little village at the base
of the Khasia hills which had a meas
ured rainfall of 60 feet in one year,
an exchange says.
The villages of this curious district
about Sylhet are set on the crest of
hills. After the rains fall they are Is
lands. The people are very expert
boatmen and the children can swim
almost as soon as they can walk.
This is probably the only part Of In
dia where the canoe is In use. A craft
not unlike the American is manufak-
tured by following out a tree trunk
very thin. Larger canoes. propelled
by 20 paddles, are made In the same
way, and canoe racing Is one Of the
principal sports.
The villagers Of these island villages
keep dlminutive cattle which they feed
largely on marsh grasses cut from
boats. As a result Of abundant feed
and lack Of exercise, the cows grow
fat and sleek to degree unusual
among the lean Indian cattle. Their
milk. butter and cheese are known as
delicacies in the nearby cities. These
same villages raise unusually fine rice,
by planting before the rains begin.
As the country is flooded, the stalks
Of the rice grow with the rising sur.
face Of the waters, so that rice stalks
ten feet long may be seen when the
foods recede.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
DIED.

ARCHER-At Bangor, July 9, Bracket Gill
man Archer, of No 81 plantation, aged SO
years.
ALLEY-At Bar Harbor, July 8, Albion p
Alley, aged 81 years,
BONZEY--At Bucksport, July 5, Mrs Mary r
Bonzey, aged II years, "a days.
COoMBS-At Prospect Harbor, July 2, Capt
John S Coombs, aged 81 years.
DOYLE-At Ellsworth, July 5, Mrs Margaret
Elizabeth Doyle, aged 90 years, l month, 8
days.
GILES-At Bangor, July I, Mrs Phoebe T Giles.
aged 40 years, IL months, days.
HOOPER - At Castine, July 7, Mrs Laura
Hooper, aged rs years, 10 months, % days.
JOHNSON-At Bucksport, July 8, Mrs Bertha
E johnson, aged 81 years, months, Ia days.
JOYCE-At swans Island, June 2s, MILFORD L
Joyce, aged II years, months, IL days.
KENNEY-At Bucksport. July 4, Albert w
Kenney, aged SO years, 10 months, II days.
RICHARDSON-At Mckinley, July 1, Perry
W Richardson, aged Is years.
SWEET - At Brewer, July Z, Linwood
SWEET, formerly of Ellsworth, aged 81 ears,
II months.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10

u. s. Food Adninistra ton.
AFTER de wise oil owl spit on de
bait he say, seq ee-"I gwine ter
sprize you all wild a mess err fishes
cause you alls mus save de meat
en- eat sumpin' else instid en- jes git
out dat OF game bag en- make 1t
work, too" seq ee. Den he kotch
q big fish and say, seq ee, "t-hoot--
t-hoot--t-sub-sti-t seq ZEE. Wen
he say dat he means dat when you
alis make riz biscuits jes don't make
'em--use corn meal ter save wheat
nour fer de aojers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
EMBELLISHMENTS.
DOING GREAT GOOD
AT THIS SEASON

A superlative blood-purifying
medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla,
combined with a superlative iron
TOME like Peptiron, makes the ideal
an-roand treatment. No other medi-
elnes possess such curative properties
as these two working together. /.
Two dollars invested in these two
medicines will bring better results
.nan four dollars spent in any other
course of treatment or attendance.
4 " viii be wise to get them today. ).
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
YiddIsh.

Yiddish Is a term used to designate
language which is spoken at the pres
ent moment by some millions Of PEG
pie. Strictly speaking. Yiddish u not
a language. nor a dialect. but a jargon
the jargon used by Judeo-German
communities dwelling chiefly In Ger
many and Russia. and BE- the fmmi-
grants coming from those countries to
the United States. Yiddish owes its
existence to the persecution to which
the Jews were subjected In Germany
at the time Of the Reformation Its es-
sential basis Is high German. with an
admixture Of Hebraic and Slavic sls'
ment&
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-10
MARRIED..

AsTBURY-CARL1sLE-At New York. Y.
June ~, by Rev Henry G Dyer, Miss Amy +
Astbury, of Sedgwick, TO William L Carlisle,
of Ellsworth.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bluehill, July
Z. by Rev J J Martin, Miss. Edith Louise
Hinckley, of Bluehill, to William Tapley
Blodgett, Of West Brooksville.
LEIGHTON-WOOSTE Sullivan, June
30, by Rev p Sparks. Miss Ruth Ethel
Leighton to Hollis Alton Wooster, both of
Sullivan.
WORCESTER-DOLL IVER-At Bangor, July
!, by A l. Blanchard, esq, Miss Elizabeth
Worcester to Merrill 5 Dolliver, both of
Southwest Harbor.