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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-02

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
DiUorce Queues Haze
Sprung Up In London
Due TO Var Weddings

London. Eng. May e0.-Divorce
queues are the latest. During the war,
when the people got accustomed first
TO food queues. then train queues and
very often restaurant queues. the
population likewise got in the habit
.of standing in lire and patiently
waiting for things. So the divorce
queue is looked upon as a natural
evolutionary development Many has
ty Marie ses were made during the
war. some OF the brides evidently be-
LeviuE their husbands might get
done iu" az the front and. perhaps.
many or the husbands wishing as
much. Now. with the war over. and
husbands and wives finding they must
really live together. they are seeking
the solace Of the disjOiner Of nuptiai
ties Then. too. three or four years
absence made considerable difference
In the lives Of many couples. and the
new dear has manifested itself IN a
rush for divorce.
says Harry Wilson. wei known
London divorce lawyer
There have been more deeds Of
separation drawn up In the last two
years than in any previous 20 years
he says the women are croWllnE
legal waiting rooms en- almost as
great numbers as attend spring sales.
And where one woman consulted her
lawyer about 60" before the war now
six seek advice and action
The Evening News points out that
during the war there developed a
type OF woman who reveled in the
chance that had never before been
hers Of -oinE about and enjoying her
self eEtr1Va sanity and reeklesslv and
"this type has resented the return 20
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
MORESERIOUSNO NOW
Than Ever Before Because Of War
Rednced Reserve sfrenEfh.

The war has been far-reachlng fin
its effects. IL has caused worry and
anxiety in every home. and has af-
fected the health Of every family. IL
has aggravated chronic troubles. in-
creased their teuacity. and made all
Spring ailments more serious.
AS a result. blOod-nurifylug
stomach-toning Spring medicine IS
more necessary this year than ever.
People stiu take Hoods Szrsana-
rilla because 20 is an old family
friend, has proved its merit TO three
Eeneratious-as Spring and ALL
the-year-round medicine in purify
ing the blood. expelling hum0rs. re-
storing appetite. relieving rheuma-
tism, banishinE that tired feeling
IL combines roots. barks. herbs. and
berries often prescribed by physi-
clans for spring ailments Of the
blood, stomach liver and kidneys.
Hoods Pins are a good cathartic-
Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

for they DO not take into account the
. colonies which are taken from her.
Homework other nations, as man
/ dat0ries, viii administer kamerun-
ToEOland, German Southwest and Ger
man East Africa. Tsingtau. German
Marshall Islands. Samoa and Pleasant
Island.
Loss Of Population.
"On ner pre-war area equal TO
Texas minus Michigan, or Texas minus
all the New England states except
Connecticut, Germany supported some
90, 00O, 600 people. nearly two-thirds
the total population OF the United
States Of America How much OF this
population is removed from her &c is
difficult TO say because the splitting
Of territory does not correspond TO
units Of census measurement
But IL is possible 70 arrive at
fairly accurate estimate Of her re-
duced population For Germany's citi-
zens were distributed wei over her
former empire, and countless small
cities and towns, and a dense rural
population, rather than numerous
large cities. made her average density
Of population high
This average density vas about
800 to the square mile in 1914. and
the total number OF square miles
either lost outright or subject 70
pleblscires at some future date ap-
nroaches 5000 square miles. There
fore It IS net far from the mark TO
estimate that Germany loses q num-
Der Of persons equivalent to the com
bined populations Of New York state
and NASSAU husetts. including those
giant new world cities. New York and
Boston
A Heavy Price.
'GrieVous. as may have been the
uartfue TO her Germany eWuected 10
lose AIsace and Lorraine II she lost
the war But TO pay for her capital
crimes against civilization with the
Saar valley area must seem q heavy
price. For in that region. not so large
as Rhode Island. were contained coal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
What Peace Treaty Terms
Mean to Germany in
Real Losses.

u CONNECTION with the accom-
1 panying map. prepared by the Ma
tional Geographic society. showing the
territorial losses Of Germany. as indi-
Gated in the official summary OF the
peace treaty and in the subsequent Of
fetal statement indicating the boun-
dairy delimitations, the society has is
sued a bulletin explaining the extent
Importance and peoples OF the areas
Germany must forfeit This bulletin
s-ates-
TO visualize more clearly what
Germany lost in territory take a map
Of the United States and from the
area Of Texas deduct that Of Michigan
This may be done, roughly, by elimin-
atlnE the panhandle and that west
ern rectangle beyond the Rio Grande.
which has FL PasO in the northwest
corner. The result will be an area ap-
proZimarely the size Of the CONT
mental German empire before the arm
istice was signed
Prom this area Germany loses out
right her il-gOrteu Alsace-Lorraine
parts Of Silesia- POseu, and West
Prussia the Danzig area, Eupen and
lalmedy. This aggregate loss in ter
ritory is about equivalent to the area
Of the state Of Maine.
The PIehiseite Area.
But that is not all In addition
there are areas in which a plebiscite
is to be taken. Their total extent is
about equivalent TO the area Of the
state Of New Hampshire. They in
c7uide the southeastern third Of East
Prussia, part Of SchlesWig, and the
-lar valley Even before the war IL
IS likely that a plebiscite would have
found strong anti-German support IN
each Of these areas. After the war.
when the choice is between taZ-bur-
dened Germany and some other power
there would seem TO be little doubt
but that the Saar regions VIII prefer
france, SchlesWig viii revert to Den
a-F- and the East Prussian area 10
Poland.
ga course these comparisons do not
mars the complete losses OF Germany
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
Dazzle Boys" Daddy Returns With
A Wound He ReceiDed Just After
Penning Wonderful Letter To Son
Penniinq-

I lAIot--htsIEE Mass. May 90
W "Davie Boys Daddy is home
from the war.
"Davie Boy knew the odd man.
the moment he saw him. despite the
gashed cheek. which told the story
: OF how high explosive shell tried
I TO take a brave father from his wife
and six youngsters.
I Bloodshed and trials Of the battle
fields OF wartorn Fr1nee are only a
memory and win soon be forgotten
Z by Mai. Frank w. Cavanaueh. 1Oad
field artillery, United States army.
But Caves letter to his Davie Boy
I aged six years. written just before
the famous Dartmouth college football
coach went into battle. never viii be
lorgotlen by those who read IT, Here
it is.
Dear Davie Boy:
our good mother writes me that
you nave chum, and she SAYS he is
q Ilne boy who lives next door Isn't
( tnat fine- ] wish ] had chum You
and your mother used to be my chums
and sometimes Joe and Billy and
even dear Rose Marie and Phil. too.
when he was home; but now that is
all changed and 7 have no chums en-
all the world. I think it's rather sad
/ sometimes don't yOu2 But have
your pictures, which 7 take down and
talk % when am lonesome.
am happy 70 know that you like
your new school and home. and Pm
sure y0ul only play with clean boys
VINO don't do anything very bad and
who also Ike 10 so 20 school Didn't
we used TO have great times together.
and wasn't il fun when you'd come up
10 the car 10 meet me2
when Dad Went Away.
Lhen when you saw me getting off
40 You remember how you'd hide be-
nina a tree and run up behind me
and scare me after I had passed. Ana
do you remember how sometimes you
and I would race and you were get
ting so you could run pretty fast fof
you were getting TO be a big boy2
and then we'd all go down To- see
the cirrus and the parade and hold
. hands 50 we wouldn't get separated or
lost aud then Christmas Oh, wasn't
that a wonderful day. Early in the
morning how you'd an rush down
stairs 70 see your presents And then
poor, tired mother would work and
work 20 give an you boys and girls
( Christmas dluner-turEey. cranberry
sauce and dressing and plum pudding
and caniy and nuts and everything.
"Oh. Dave, did any little boy ever
nave such good mother as you. I
WONDER And now soon you are to
nave another Christmas and Old cav
won't be home. But I want you to
have the finest time you ever had on
that day so that I may be happy over
mere, thinking Of you all 4 wish /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

tricts, but which has a naval value re-
lariug 20 both the North and Baltic
seas Moreover Germany priced this
region because 10 was so hard TO ac-
quire. No Balkan problem is more
complex. nor did the Aisace-Lorraine
issue cause more irritation than did
the so-called SchleswiE-H olstein Ques-
tion in years gone by. one historian
remarked that only three men ever
understood the points at issue and one
was dead, another insane, and a third
had forgotten what 10 was all about"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

fields rated among the richest fin
Europe In this historic area OF nat
ural bounty the earth has borne
grapes for rare old wines since RO-
man days. Then the surface was
pierced for its yield OF black treasure.
though wooded hills, crowned with
ancient aDbeys and castles. still look
down on busy factories and bustling
towns II was the eastern Pennsyl-
vauia Of Germany-only with the
Pittsburg left out-for Saarbrucken.
metropolis Of the area has only about
$4,000 population.
Not only was the Saar coal Of in
dustrial importance TO Germany. but
some Of il was diverted to italy and
switzerland, sort OF underground
propaganda against the day when
Germany should need their support
"Danzig has been port Of major
importance since the days when IL
was one OF four principal centers Of
the Hanseatic league. Not far inland
is Marienburg, once the capital OF the
IeutOnic Order Of Knights. Formerly
the grain Of fertile Silesia and Poland
poured through Danzig, but more re-
Gently the city has been center Tor
shipbunding and manufacture Of mu-
uitiOns.
Another Hard Blow.
Ever since the armistice Germany
ms le--4A on an lSs4QuolS NE0Ia-
ganda 70 keep from losing her rich
Posen and Silesian mining districts.
Zinc, iron and potash, the very life
blood Of her Wanted industrial or
Eanism. came from the area adioin-
ing Poland, which Germany now is
called upon TO forfeit 70 that newly
created nation so long debarred from
this rightful Inheritance. Hard coal
also came from this region In con-
siderable quantity.
by granting a plebiscite TO -schles-
wig (Which Is 20 be taken successfully
in three areas as indicated on the
map), Germany is likely TO lose a
province which has not the Industrial
importance Of the Saar or Suesian dis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
See San Antonio St. Window Display of Trunks and Bag,

restraint invoked by the husbands
Homecoming.
The husbands should worry. There
are two women Of marriageabIe age
in this land 20 each male
Many OF the women have private
Incomes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

knew some little boys and girls over
mere so that 7 might talk To them
and hold their hands. and I would call
them my boys and girls names and
pretend that I was home
His Dream.
The other night / had a lovely
dream and I was so disappointed
when I awoke. I dreamed I was sit
ting in our kitchen with mother and
David and all the children. and a
chair tilted back against the wall
slipped. and I fell gently and without
hurting me 10 the floor. And then
mother and you and all the children
laughed, just like good. naughty
folks And you came over and took
my hand in yours and lifted me UP
easily. Isn't that funny. Dave2
Thinks Of any boy lifting "a big, fat
father like me from the floor with
one hand- Then we laughed some
more and suddenly 7 remembered 10
was 9 o'clock. 7 said. why children,
what are you doing out Of bed at this
hour OF the night@ And you said.
why. it isn't very often our father
eAas away to war, so We thought we
ought 70 stay up 10 say goodbT.
And then I was so surprised 90
learn that I hadn't gone away 90 war
yer that 7 suddenly aWoke. only TO
ti1l myself in my little lonely bar
racks. and the rain was coming down
-aaAa 90 N'A a.HAN anu HaAa AA'AAaaH'Alla AaA
my dear family
All I'm Bed.
And now, David, old boy. every
one is m bed but me. trying 20 get
lots OF strength and health for the big
fights we viii soon be in. So I must
do likewise and end this letter TO
YOU You must always remember
that your father came into this great
war for the sake Of an little children
and I know that you will. while ] am
gone. take good care OF mother and
all the children
"l can see YOU growing Up tail and
straight with shoulders back and
head Up, because that's what old Cav
wants. and you love cav don't you,
Davie Boy
Dave, win you do something real
nice for me2 7 knew you would Then
kiss mother and Annie and Billy. Rose
Marie and John. for cav and send
one 90 Phil IN Maine.
Excuse me, David, for writing In
pencil instead Of ink. but ink is hard
10 get
The lights are going out In a few
minutes. so good night. goOdby, Dave.
and God bless you From your old
man. Cav
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20
Von EtzeI Was There,
But Vas BUSH on the Run

New York, May 20.-In the sumner
Of 1917 Gen. Pershlng went 20 the
Verdun front 10 witness the smart
French attack that swept the Ger
mans back from Dead Mans hill and
firmly reestablished French positions
northwest OF the fortress city
Arriving there he found that by
good fortune the French officer com
handing the operation. and his host
was Col Corvissart- Corvissart was
French military attache with Gen
kurOkis army in the Russo-Janauese
war; PershinE was American attache,
and the two were great friends They
went 10 the front and from an obser-
Eatlon post WATCHED the progress OF
the attack and finally saw the Ger
mans late in the afternoon berin fall
ing back before the advance Of the
poilus.
by the way" said Gen. Pershine-
as they started back 20 CORPS head
quarters 'I wonder whatever became
Of Old Won EtZel, the German military
attache with Eur0kL Remember hime
We ali dislked him sor
ION EtZeL." laughed Col Corvis-
sarl- why. that's Won Etzers army NV
polius are driving back over the hill"
T-f-a r------- ,----.---..---.. 1880
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

A former conductor FOR the Unitel
States Railway company cf ST. Louis has
returned 20 the company $500 which De-
stole out OF fares On a sIrgis ye1-.-F-ou
Llsie'E
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

Courtesy W
I @ n Lorraine quue niles rsEtO France Eupa and mei eu
-
g t gd by % appoint by Uof a pndnga pie lite 15arn
n
h
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

Clarksburg. w. Va. May 2o--Re-
turned soldiers and sailors took the
law On their own hands when "a num-
Der of railroad policemen refused to
allow the citizens of Weston. near
here. 20 inspect a baby war tank and,
it is alleged, fired shots at the people.
The soldiers seized the policemen. dis
armed them and marched them to jail.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-20

The japanese government has forbidden
an unions and strikes. 1ren who Quiz
work were jailed and fined. japanese
Industry fs exceptionally rIo--sehi---
From LesIie's
The sun., 1919-09-25
STRIKE SPREADING
IN YOUNGSTOWN
Steel Fabricating Plants Are
Forced to Close Their
Doors.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. "a. - AL
though the strike in the steel producing
plants Is complete In the Mahoning Val
ley, OF which Youngstown lie the centre,
the momentum gathered during the frst
few hours has carried 1t even beyond the
goal. II has sLvead to the fabricating
plants, two Of which are closed already.
They employed about $50 men. The
Youngston Pressed Steel Company was
also forced to close to-day.
A total OF $4,000 men are Idle in the
district but how many of these are
strikers is rot Known. The claims OF
union organizations approximate 30 per
cent. of this number. Employers dispute
this claim, contending that thousands OF
their employees did not strike but were
forced to quit work because of n short
age OF unskilled labor. which Is being
organized by the unions. 1t is also
claimed by the employers that many men
quit work through fear OF bodily injury.
There Is said to be no Indication that
the companies are anticipating an at
tempt to resume operations soon.
Closing of the steel industry is making
itself felt in other lines of labor also.
Railroads serving the steel plants to-day
laid Off 100 yard crews. comprising 500
men. Railroad officials say approx
mately 90 per cent Of the 2.50o men en-
ployed as yard crews will be laid OF
before the strike Is many days old. Chief
interest in the strike here to-day was
the meeting in Pittsburg OF the national
committee for organizing the steel in
dustry. Organizers continue busy among
the strikers to get them to sign union
cards. At headquarters 1t is declared
that practically all Of the men are join
ing the union.
The sun., 1919-09-25
STRIKE BREAKER BAN
IS ON MsCLEVELAND
Mayor Issues Order as TWo
More Plants Close.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 24.-Striking steel
workers made gains here to-day when
two plants were closed, hating produo-
ton Of steel and leaving only one finish
ing plant in operation. According to
union officials 1000 men were added to
the list of idle They were encouraged
also, they said. by the instructions issued
to police to-day by Mayor Harry L.
Davis that no strikebreakers be per-
mitted to enter this city.
Quiet prevailed here tonight after
minor disorders to-day in which seven
men, including one policeman, were in
jured None OF the disturbances in
volved more than a few men.
With the closing down of the River
side plant of the Otis Steel Company
and that of the Union Rolling Mills
Company, the Empire Rolling Mill Com
pany is the only one operating. The
Otis plant was closed "out OF consid-
Grafton for the personal safety Of the
employees" a company statement de-
clares. The closing of the Union mills
plant resulted from a walkout.
The by-product coke plant of the
Semet-Solvay Company was shut down
as a result Of the banking Of the blast
furnaces of the Cleveland Furnace Com
pany yesterday.
Fred c. Keightley, secretary of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, arrived here to-day
from Pittsburg to take charge of the
situation arising out of the striking of
members in violation of agreements.
According to word received from Presi-
dent NJ. F. Tighe, the grand lodge threat
ems to revoke the charter of the Local
that struck.
The sun., 1919-09-25
BETHLEHEM LABOR
ASKS CONFERENCE
Strike viii Be Called Next
Monday If IL Is Refused.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sept 24.--Unions of
Bethlehem steel workers meeting to-
night unanimously indorsed their lead
ers request TO the company for a con-
ference ngrienvances by Thursday. Sep
teasber 25. The alternative to which is
a strike to be called on Monday next In
the FIVE plants at Bethlehem, Steelton.
Reading. Lebanon and Sparrows Point.
Word has been received here that Steel
ton and Reading unions have taken sim
liar action.
There is a feeling here among high
labor leaders that the request for a con-
feIence will be granted. At a meeting
to-day of the Bethlehem shop committee
of 100 with an official OF the company
minor matters, having no bearing on the
present situation, were discussed. The
matter of the threatened strike was not
preached either in or out OF the meeting.
Should a strike be called on Monday
one Of the first moves by the leaders will
be an effort to secure an investigation
OF Bethlehem steel by Senator Kenyon.
The sun., 1919-09-25

Pennsylvania. and az Governor of the
state shall see to 10 that their laws
are faithfully executed. their rights
protected and their institutions upheld"
Foster Maikef n Reply.
Foster made public tonight a letter
he is sending to Gov. Sproul In reply.
Foster calls the action OF the police "a
deliberate and premeditated assault upon
peaceful ana legal assemblage OF
working men BY the State police."
"a quiet, orderly meeting was being
held" he says. with the knowledge and
consent Of the local authorities, at a
place especially designated by the latter
for the holding Of such meeting. Sud-
denly like bolt from the sky a detach-
ment of mounted State police appeared
upon the scene, dashed among the
people, clubbing them and riding rough
shod over them. Absolutely no previous
order for dispersal was given. OF these
facts we stand ready to submit proof
from scores of witnesses"
Several of the men arrested at Nc
Keesport tonight for carrying concealed
weapons gave their residence as Youngs-
town. This is believed to be the basis
for the Governors alluslon to Invasion
Of the State.
The sun., 1919-09-25
CHICAGO MILLS
RESUME OPERATION
Many Workers Return and
Fires Are Relighted in
the Furnaces.
Special p..pateA to TEE spr.

CHICAGO, Sept. 24.--Steel was beins
manufactured in the Chicago district
to-day for the first time since the
strike was called on Monday. The ex.
tent of operations was not made
known by officials of the plants, but
great clouds of smoke poured from the
stacks and activities round the yards
indicated the operations were preten-
tious.
Eight hundred men returned to duty
at the Illinois Steel Company. -Four
blast furnaces were in operation and
the slab mills were started this evening
Twelve Of the fourteen plants Of the
American Bridge Company are work.
Ing full force, according to c. A. Smith
operating manager Of the company.
Officials at the mills of the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company, at Gary
said rs per cent. of the men were al
work. The Bessemer steel furnaces
were in operation for the first time
since the strike and other departments
showed increased activities.
Labor leaders said the companies
were making a "bluff" at operating
and that the fires had been kindled and
machinery set in motion by superin-
tendents, foremen and Office clerks.
The strike leaders claimed 10000 men
were out In the Chicago district. Steel
officials said that no more than $4,000
were idle.
Three more independent plants were
affected to-day Two South Chicago
plants OF the Interstate Iron and Steel
Company and the Pollak Steel Com
pany.
At Indian Harbor employees of the
Inland Steel Company, headed by A. J.
Perkins. made a demand this evening on
the local authorities for protection of men
who were ready to return to work. Per-
Fins claimed 80 per cent. OF the men
would have reported for work Monday
had 1t not been for intimidation of
pickets
The danger OF a sympathetic strike
was not eliminated by developments of
the day. Crews of ore carrying vessels
refused to dock the ships at South Chi
caso. The lake sailors have voted a
sympathetic strike but have not been
called out.
Federal investigators at Gary reported