The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-15


among children. Harriet, little daugh
Ter of Mrs. Lurena Hutchins White, ha
Deen seriously ill with pneumonia ant
Tor several days Horace. the son of May
or and Mrs. C. w. Wescott, has beer
seriously i'll again and is in the care of ;
trained nurse.
Miss Annie L. Barr at the Free Library
mas received the request from the A. L., A
that they are now calling upon the Ameri.
can people for half million of books tt
De sent by July 1st to the American Forces
IN France and the Army of Occupation il
Germany. The need for books is greater
IMAM ever as our men are in enforced
idieness. Miss Barr urges that the peo-
PIE OF this vicinity respond to the call as
soon as possible
1HE SALVATION ARMY DRIVE James
n. Wlnans of Brooklyn N. T., arrived
Monday to make arrangements for the
local drive which begins with the National
and State Monday, May 10Th. Gov. Carl
Il. Mllhken is serving on the State Com
mittee. The fund asked will place this
most worthy organization on business
paSlS Tor their home service work and
eliminate all other solicitation. Belfast s
quota is 81 600; New England's 81, 285, 900
and the National Is million. The Saliva
tlon Army's war work will go into his
tory as one of the Christian influences of
the great world war and is sanctioned by
our soldiers.
The Belfast Board of Trade will hold
their second banquet of the season in
Memorial hall this, Thursday, evening
The special com nittee, Messrs Allen L.
Curtis, Ralph ] Morse and Ralph D.
Southworth, will have charge of the
supper with the ladies of the Universal
list society catering Mr.. William Mil
ton Hess Of New York, authority on all
industrial and agricultural problems, will
be the guest of the evening and will give
lecture in the interest of the State Agri-
cultural and Industrial League. This is a
State movement, is backed by men of
brains and financed for the express pur-
pose of carrying on the up-lift Maine
needs at the present time. The League
has already done good work in every
county in the State and large number
of women in Belfast have been organized
by Mrs. Florence M. Warner of Portland
to do their part in the local work.
A fierce alarm of fire from box 20 was
sounded at 20 a. N. Wednesday for a
blaze in the F. G. Spinney tailoring room
in the Mixer block on Main street. Mr..
Spinney was standing at the stove near
the door at the head of the stairs lighting
his pipe and thinks that the paper pat
terms on the wall were ignited from the
match. He gave the alarm and at once
tore down the patterns, singeing the hair
on the top of his head, The curtains on
the opposite side of the door caught. Men
near at hand came to his assistance and it
was not necessary for the fire department
to turn on the water The lack of good
stream from the pipes in the building
handicapped the first aid. Mr. Spinney lost
some of his personal clothing, but his
customers property was not in the least
injured. The door and casing and ada
cent walls were injured. The chemicals
in the room would have made a serious
fire if the blaze had reached them.
The team game at the Ward alley Mon
day evening was the most exciting of the
season, the five strings ending in a tie,
with total of 2l77 pins The Alley team
won from the factory by pins in the roll
off. Francis and Phillips will play Pinette
and French some time this week, Mon
day nights score: