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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-20

A farmer living outside the city Of
Gardiner says he gets Is cents a
dozen for green corn when he sells it
to grocers. who are selling it to
their customers at 40 cents. Why
should they make a gain Of is cents
per dosen for merely letting the corn
lie in their windows a few hours i?
tThe farmer has to carry his goods
into the store himself.) There seems
NO excuse for so per cent rate of
profit.
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Editorial Comment
In Justice 70 the Army.
(Boston Transcript

NygsS~S AA0AA8~~ @E~S
Widespread economic disconteni
among the commissioned personnel
OF the regular Army due to station
airy salaries amid . world Of soaring
prices. and resulting In resignatious
by the wholesale. are disclosed in a
report to General March. made by a
special committee Of the general
stan. whose conclusions have just
been made public. Correction Of the
causes of this discomfort among
regular officers by providing 20.
them adequate compensation. should
be one Of the first duties Of those re.
sponsible for the welfare Of the regu.
lar Army and the maintenance In Il
OF Q high state Of professional EFF.
ficiency.
This discomfort. 30 universal as tc
have caused during the last nine
months the resignation Of one Officer
out OF eight in the regular establish.
ment, n ascribed to two chief causes
The hrst. and more obvious one. Is
the enormous increase in the cost OF
living. and salaries paid in the out
side world. since 1908. when the pres.
ent rate Of pay for Army officers was
adopted.
1T 10 interesting to note" says the
report OK the General Staff Com
mittee. that the War Department.
through the Construction Division. Is
now paying a hod-carrier per eight
hour day (sss0) about as much as !:
lays second lieutenant ($5.72) Cor
all his time. including both paw and
allowances Of the latter.
The second leading cause Of ,hs
general dissatisfaction is ascribed re
the necessity for demoting regula,
officers from the temporary high ranL
held by most Of them during the war
The promotion to higher rank. witt
correspondingly increased pay, seryeS
temporarily to offset the increased
cost Of living. Eighty -one per cen,
OF regular officers enjoyed such tenn.
porary increase In rank for the period
OF the war. The return of these OF.
ncers to their previous rank bring.
them face to face with an economi,
situation Of the gravest character
The result is that regular officer.
have resigned by the hundreds t.
seek in civil life the economic return
for their talents refused them by til.
parsimony Of Uncle Sam.
The remedy for this situation, ad
mittedly alarming. is obvious. Tn,
salaries Of regular officers. unchanged
since 1905. should be increased on =
scale commensurate with the in.
crease in living expenses The small
size OF the Regular Army forbids tn;
retention Of regular officers in tn,
grades made necessary by the Gre
alton Of an army Of 100000.
Great Britain and France hay.
both. in their plans for their peace
time armies. recognized the claims q
officers to an increase in pay. Tn,
United States should do the same
The Army can never. and SHOULD
never. offer a career to money-mak
ers. National pride and interest
however. demand that it offer a de
cent and respectable career to thos.
Americans whose talents best fl
them for public service in the pro
fession of arms. To make such a:
appeal. Congress must grant a rea.
sonable increase in the pay of Ann,
officers.
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MT. VERNON

SOUTH-Misses Ruth and Doris
Reynolds Of Dorchester. Mass.. arc
guests Of Mr.. and Mira. r. A. Walker
at Albion Farm for few weeks.
Mrs. c. A. Hutchinson and Mrs.
F. A. Walker visited recently Mrs.
Ruth woodman and Mrs. Enc
Rafhsdeil. at their homes In WIN
throp.
Or. J. A. Remington ana party. Of
Central Falls. r. L. arrived at Ma
pie Grove farm Sunday evenirg.
making the trip by automobile and
coming by way Of Vermont and New
Hampshire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-20
HE COULDN'T RIDE
lon the Street Cars,
| Says This Man
Three Years Trouble Overcome
"TanIae 10 Worth Ito Weight in
Gold"

7 would not take one thousand
dollars for the good Taniac has done
me- said Arthur Bars. employed BY
the Milwaukee Paper Box Co.. and
residing at 1907 Eighteenth St.. MIL
waukee. in telling the Tanlac repre-.
sentative OF his improvement since
taking the medicine.
Yes. sir. this medicine has put me
in shape so I can do more work than
I've been able to do before In years.
and you can just tell the people
think it il worth its weight In gold.
continued Mr.. Bars. al he went on
with his statement.
my trouble started three years
ago when / had a collapse caused by
overhead. ] was down In bed three
months from this spell. and it left me
in an awful fix; in fact I became al
most a nervous wreck. I couldn't
work regulariy-was up one day and
down the next. Actually. I was 30
nervous I couldn't ride on the street
cars, and being in q crowd or
amongst a little excitement would
completely upset me, and I would
shake like a Leaf and It would take
several days to get over II. had
such terrific headaches at times my
head felt like iron bands were tied
around it. Some nights would
have to sit UP in bed and get my
wife to battle my head to get q little
relief. and many times couldn't
get TO sleep until four or i've o'clock
| in the morning on account OF these
headaches and nervous spells. This
! il just the shape was in when one
] of the men at the shop suggested
to me that take Tanlac, and I
agreed to do It, but had little faith
in it or any other medicine.
by the time the first bottle was
gone the headaches had disappeared.
and my nerves began to get steady.
! To make q long story short, this
| Taniac made me feel like different
man, and now I haven't a sign Of
/ nervousness or the other troubles
that had been pulling me down for
| the past three years. I sleep fine. get
up Of mornings feeling refreshed and
rested and ready for my days work.
eat three hearty meals every day
something I couldn't do Beforehand
what I eat agrees with me. and am
gaining in strength and weight ev-
cry day. This Tanlac certainly beats
anything ever saw in my life"
Tanlac proved of great oeneft to
Mr.. Baars because 1t contains certain
medicinal properties which enrich
the blood and promote a healthy ap-
petite for nourishing food. Tanlac
has been very successful in over
coming nervousness and sleepless-
ness. not from a quoting effect on
| the nerves. for it has no such effect.
but by strengthening the nerves and
body and bringing the normal state
OF health through its effect on the
appetite and nutrition Of the body.
Tanlac is sold in Augusta by Bow
Glitch Webster & Co., and the lead
ing druggist in every city and town.
ADV.
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Philadelphia

From Philadelphia has come
the astounding story that in the
last three months over 100000
pounds Of meat, fish and poultry
have been permitted to rot in Phila
delphia storage houses because the
owners were keeping UP the prices.
The entire amount of meat, fish and
poultry thus allowed to decay was
sold at a trifains figure for fertilizer.
Nothing in way Of punishment to the
offenders has been melted out under
federal law though the existing law
L. ample to meet it.
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Wednesday, August -, 1878.


The Republican publicity associa-
ton. through its President. Hon
Jonathan Bourne, Jr. has given GU:
the following statement from rs
Washington headquarters:
In their appeal to the public for
support Of their measure reorganiz-
ing the railroads the four brother
hoods assume . most benevolent at
titude Fun Of sympathy for the
abuses they claim capital has forced
upon the poor people they invite sup
port for their legislation. stating
that 1t 10 to benefit the consuming
public, Of which labor At present u
the audible part But an Gamma
ton Of the bill itself shows that tina
brotherhoods have taken care first of
themselves. Under its terms the
Government will buy the roads from
the present owners. issuing bonds In
payment therefor. They will then
be operated by the newly created
National Railways Operating Cor
poration.' After providing for the
payment Of operating expenses.
maintenance. renewals. and sinking
fund. the measure designates what
remains IS net earnings One-half
of the net earnings are to be paid
into the Treasury. in other words viii
be given to the people. The other
half will b paid to the employees
themselves in the form Of dividends
in the proportion which each in
dividual's compensation bears to the
total compensation.
In plain English that means that
the railroad employees will take the
money Of all the people out Of the
Treasury and buy the roads. After
that is done they propose to give
1oo.ooo.ooo people half of the profits
Of operation. 100000 people will
keep the other halt. assuming that
there are 100000 employees and that
each represents family Of i've. In
other words each member of the
brotherhoods will receive in profits 20
times more than any other citizen,
and. in addition will get hts share as
a member Of the total population.
After confscating the roads with
out cent Of expenditure on their
part except as they form about i've
Per cent Of all who contribute taxes
to the Treasury. these economic high.
waymen propose to give each Of the;l
membership 20 times as large a share
OF the profits as any other person wi,
be permitted to receive. That i.
what the so-called Plumb plan, re.
.duced to its lowest terms. means
and . yelled threat is held over tn,
country that unless their demand,
are complied with by Congress tn,
railroad employees win effect a com
plete tie-up Of our transportation
systems. with its attendant paraly
sis Of the nation.
'Bolshevism in Russia has nothins
On this"
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Germans Plan Another
Move on Mexico

Mexico City. July 2S-(MatD-Le.
onoldo Ortiz. for the past three years
conservative of Mexico in Germany
and Austria. has returned to this
country and in an interview with FL
Universal declared that great prepa-
rations are under way In Germany
for wholesale emigration to Latin
America
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Housewives Combat High Coz
Living.

Living.
Housewives are organixing to
fight the high cost Of living. They
are going at the root of the evil and
win ind out why a profit Of 500 per
cent. can be made on tomatoes. and
why they should pay 500 per cent.
profit on watermelons to the retail
dealer who handles them once only.
These women know food values and
they know foods and clothing and
shoes. They know how much a dol
lar ought to purchase. They have
had long experience with the retail
traders and they. IL anybody. ought
to quality as experts in judging
values. They, too. are the ones who
are the real iinanciers Of the coun-
try. The housewives problem is to
spread the contents Of the weekly nay
envelope over food. clothing. rent.
fuel. education. amusements, church
and incidentals. and have something
left for . sinking fund. II she can
do It and maintain her family accord.
ing to the prevailing standard. the
result = domestic psaes and content
ment. and from her husband comes
NO threat Of strike o. violence. II
the housewives OF this country could
mslsA beth ends NEST Satisfactorily
mnnh of he diseentsnt NV ahvoaa
II H. lenA would never have started
-ead prices would not hsys risen -
they have. had the iaboring man been
satisfied 70 work at the wass hs WAS
receiving.
The wemsn wAo are starting On IL
crusade against high prices have
agrssd On : very ssnsibis program
which ought to accomplish some
thing a. Il oontsmplatsi the thing
from both els. Il embraces IN edu-
cationai eamDaign 70 encourage sanss
pureAasing ana the sliminatisn of
luxuTies: IN investigated q PROD.
teering. especially oosnmission msr-
chants who ssll produces. and land.
lords: finally the eolisctioa of svi.
dence - aid IN prosscutiou q those
who un1ustiaably mulet the people.
Meantime Congress = ss,eea Tor IN
ApQeuesdak3oo - pax aecyst sesvjes'
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BENTON

BENvUN
EAST-Ars. Ella Rideout who has
been sick is able to be up around the
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. G. Randall were
callers In Waterville recently.
Mrs Bertell Martin was the guest
OF her mother. Mrs. E. A. Walker.
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Preston is at her cot
tage at Weber pond.
George Blaisdell who was thrown
from his horse rake when the horse
became frightened. Is able to be
around but IL still very lame.
Ara. Hazel CARL was a caller In
AIbten hist Tuesday.
MrA Frank Paul and Mrs. Charles
Kidder Of Waterville were guests at
The home Of Noah Paul one day last
WoG1
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ATHENS

A meeting OF Athens Grange was
held last Saturday and at that time
the first and second degrees Of the
order were conferred. Two appfica-
lions for membership were received.
It was voted to donate the sum Of
s35 toward the Wesserunsett Valley
Agricultural fair and to furnish a
dinner at noon with a dance and
supper in the evening.
F. H. Watson Of westbrook who
has been visiting his sister. Mrs.
Eugene Aver. returned Monday.
The Baptist Auxiliary. the organi-
zation which has been active In its
aid to the Baptist church in this
town has consolidated with the NJ.
e. B. Society since the disbanding
Of the Baptist church.
Mrs Edward Bailey Of Boston. who
visited with Mrs. L. n. Ellingwood
last week. has returned to Skowhe-
gan for few days longer before re-
turning home.
The william Morgan Post. G. A..
r. will meet with Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert E. Corson this week, Thursday
for an all day meeting. 1t is hoped
that all the members with their
wives will be present as there has
been made a special interest TO make
this q very happy day for old SOL
diers.
Miss Marion Holman Of New York
Is expected shortly to visit with her
parents. Judge and Mrs. ]. F. Hol-
man. She has already left New
York to 60 to Seal Harbor to visit
with her sister. Mrs. Doane Candage.
Mrs Clara Doe Of Bingham has
been visiting here with her sister.
Mrs. Ella High Russell.
Miss E. B. Dunton of Portland. has
been visiting friends in town during
the past week and was among those
here to attend the 6. A. Alumni re-
union.
The date Of September 25th has
been set for the annual cattle show
and fair Of the Wesserunsett Valley
Fair Association. Owing to the
grounds usually used for the fair and
cattle show being planted to potatoes
this year, opposite the grange hall.
the principal attractions and show
Of the livestock will occur on the
ground just west of the Tobey place
About $50 was cleared by the Som
erset Academy Alumni Association
at their annual reunion from the din
ner. supper. entertainment and ball
in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Cook Of
Marlborough. Mass. have been visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Ma
hum Cook in town.
Supt- c. T. Rhoades Of the Athens,
Cornville. Brighton and Cambridge
union has announced that the schools
of Athens will open September ex-
cept the Lincoln and Stetson schools
at West Athens. The following are
the teachers: Primary. Alice Leigh
ton: grammar. Beiva Hutchinson:
Mckinney. Vera Leighton: Franklin.
Edith Rowe; Longfellow. Lillian
Spencer; Stetson. Gertrude Weeks;
Lincoln. Mildred Conroy. The
schools at Brighton opened last
Monday with the following instruc-
tors: Village, Ethel L Warehouse:
White schoolhouse. Opal Forbus:
village school At Cambridge opens
September Is with Pearl Magoon as
Beech Grove, Leona Rowell. The
TENDER 2 with Mrs. Marie Kimball
as teacher. The Cornville schools
all open on next Monday with the
following teachers: Whittier, Alice
York: Kinsman. Ida Spaulding. SOM
erset Academy 1s: Roosevelt. Mrs.
L L. Smith: Lincoln. Elsie Roberts:
Revere. Beatrice Sidell; Cleveland.
Ida Tompson.
There win be a meeting Of teach
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being forty-six
years Of age and
had all the symp-
toms incident to
that change
heat flashes. nerv-
BUSINESS, and was
In a general run
down condition,
% 1t was hard for
me to do my work.
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
C0YnnnHfAA
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E. j. Roberts. D. D. S
DENTISTRY
TELEPHONE CALL SEW
Janl2mon-wed,n
Railroads and Steamboat,



CORRECTED TO JUNE N IN.
fniiadelphta and Washineton sx
Pm Tuesday. THURSDAY. SUNDAY Is
New York A. ,kls Pm. xo ,
! m ;,o :: "a s-m.. tss an: s az
m ipo slSa a-s oaiv ~ e. pm, q ses ;
A.; South Gsrdinef. tss mh, - 1 9 p
~ am, AS pm, fSis NJ < *
IeS Am. fs.ss am. tiaa an. - =
Pm; HalIoweii rs An E MS
e., $500. sis. .ios@ pm. H." Io m; As - 7
BAN. as M. H.. an. N sIs y m - r. !;
Pm; Lewiston f6G an. fsS
soz An. f2S pm. A0 pm, .lna ..
M: Hockland f6S am, ta& An. al =
~ a Watefxile and Bangor NOD am,
tLio Am. ia an. ~ am. fi.S n
M. rs pm. SaG pm. ms nm: Ra5.
eor and Aroostook points MO- m. .a1
IN. us pm: Vanceboro, Hsiifsx
and 81 John mo- am, fnE nm: Bar
g aSsoor IA am. mas pm, f1S En-.
XVI pm: Calais and Eastport n q I
u, uAts Pm: Skowhegan an an,
~ pm. n8 pm: Belfast fs-0 am.
~ Pm: Harmony AS pm: Dover
ana foxsroft Mo- Am, t13 pm.
.uaan passengers only west Of
'Ds,Iy e1o.D. Sundays DAILY. ,ss.
3. G DOUGLASS Fedora, x.n...,.
u L HARRIS. General Pass. Agent
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No. He Didn't Run

A colored boy named sam. while
rambling through the woods. came on
. hornets nest. with rare courage for
one 20 young he hung . stick into the
abiding place Of the little airplanists.
with the usual quick results. Sam
made a hundred yards In two-fifths Of
Q second less than nothing.
"You didn't run. ] hope. SAM" said
Q white "gemmen" to whom Sam re-
lated the episode.
well. mistah. I wouldn't say 'sactly
that run. but . man in q field cross
the road said he couldn't see nothin' Of
me FUN NAH Wais' down"
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Choosing a Mate

Kathryn-I think girls are silly to
want to marry those snipy young lieu
tenants shall never marry an onicer
below the rank Of colonel.
Kitty-You're sensible, dearie. Gen.
erals are likely to be Of q more suitable
age for you.
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THAT CHANGE IN
W0MAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Golden Tells How Il Nav a.
Passed in Safety and Comfort

Fremont. OF was PASSING
through the critical period OF l;Te
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Eastern Steamship Lines, In.
Beaen AMI Portland Line
nAAcoas - r,.,r,

Freight and Passenger Service
Leave Portland. Franklin Wharf
MONDAYS. WEDNESDAYS and
FRIDAYS at $50 p. II. for Boston.
Return-Leave Boston. Central
Wharf. TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS
and SATURDAYS at s P. II.
BATH = scoTHsAY LINE
Leave Bath rs p. II. week days only
Tor Boothbay HarboF and way lanoinss
Hstnsu-Leave Boothbay Hsr2or ~ -
a II. week days only for Bath and
way landings-
n A. HARDEN. sup... Bath. Ne
Il A. CLAY. Supt-. Portland. Ne
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some Time 6ofS
Mrs. Justwed-You wrote me only
from time to time while you were gone
and you said you'd think Of me when
everything else was forgotten.
Her Husband-But. my dear. every
thing else hasn't yet been forgotten.
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plstmbed slsep usually
comes from 0one 1or1 q
indigestion. SrenG1an
a. SfcGnach md stimuj1ee
lie liver with . couse q
Beecbams
pills
Name Gossip
Our Measure
l.se s.Is { A.vhf:4si.s {, E. -.

00T Uy080fV
Life is but one great store,
Where We can purchase. with great
sacrifice,
Such conscience clear. and peace OF
mind.
Al may seem mete. in fullest measure
To One, who long ago,
Gave to US. all release from sin ana
We know that He In Just,
And measures to US our full share;
Making the hard. the dark,
So shine, as oft to mark
The dark as light.
The hard to almost glare with bright
ness
We know that man 20 often measures:
Through Nlssses dim with use ana ruS. :,
Yet we can wait and Learn from Soo
great wisdom.
Knowing that be metes to u
The most the best. TO trus,-
Augu=. Is, 49,. Addie Dana nA"As'
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Light and Airy

When the frost Is on the pumpkin.
Say. ito winter. maybe Congress
WIN repeal the sod& tax.
-Springfisid Union.
when the frost - On the pumpkin.
Just around Thanksgiving,
1t also may, this year or next.
Reduce the cost Of living.
Portland Express.
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PLAN JUGO-SLAV-
IAN CONVENTION

Cleveland. Aug. ls-Fifteen hun
dred delegates representing the Ju-
so-Siavonian Republic Alliance VIII
meet here In September to Plan :
night against monarchistic elements
IN Jugo- Siavia and to lay the foun'
dalton OF q republican government,
Itafy's ambition in the Adriatic ana
Serbia's proposed hegemony IN tne
Balkans win be attacked. accoroins
TO L. r. ,Truger. . member Of inc
central committee Of alliance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-20

John Darcy. TOR some years yaiu
overseer of the Laeonia division y.
the PeppersIi Company. died MONDAY
az the Weber hospital Bicdetora.
He was born In Bidde.ord Is yeaS
ago. He 10 member Of the HOY
Name Society Of ST. MArys Pagisa
and leaves q wife and ave children.
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Spread Of Socialism Among Farmers.
Representatives Of labor orsaaiza-
tons and non-partisan leagues from
. number of States In q conference
held in Chicago. Monday decided to
organize . National Labor Party.
The frst step win be to cali a ma
tional convention to be held in Chi
caso in November to adopt . con-
s:itution and platform. it was an
nounced.
Quietly. insiciously the non-parti-
san league gospel Is spreading. even
in Maine. And yet selnshness. in its
endeayors to put over" stin other OF
its schemes. lends itself to the pro-
motion Of socialism among disheart-
ened and henpecked agriculturists.
Maine ought to have q great daily
newspaper with an agricultural poll
icy and editorial courage to daily tell
the truth regardless Of advertisers.
chambers OF commerce and mil
honaire farmers clubs" Such a
Newspaper should be heading OF 90
cialism BY sound policies, common
sense and continuous demand for q
| just share Of returns for produce to
| producers, for elimination of trade
and distribution swindles. for imam
ciai backing Of farming progress. for
all around encouragement Of agrt-
cultural interests The popular in
door sport of farming the farmer
should be succeeded by a more right
| eous game.
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the egg trust. etc.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
collusion.. Why keep hens?
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When It's 'just around Thanksgiving
There il not the slightest chance
To reduce the cost Of living;
Just look for o big advance.
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nm y Art pe1ss2 aad . ooIlsct
evidence against psoatesr1 The way
e reduce high pricss y 70 reduce
higA Iriess. They cannot b reduced
By making appropriations. We have
made too many already.
What have The fuei aAministra-
ton. tie food Decentralization. the
sugar board and an the other boards
and bureaus been doing these pas.
two years that they don't know any
thing? Il they couldn't collect the
information. who could?
The Housewives movement u In
the line Of direct action and at least
has the merit OF plan. They have
undsstaken this thing IN earnest and
when Ne recall their success In other
things they have tackled We feel
optimistic and wish them God -speer.