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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

Looks now as though D'Annunzio
might be able to get out Of the scrape
gracefully.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

Villa the human flea, or his press
agent the modern Munchausen; take
your choice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
Justies Leads to Low

Do justice to your brother (you can
do that. whether you love him or mott
and you will come to love him.-Ruskin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
Mrs. William corden.

WtBs WutJ0" 00S08us
Friends in town regret to hear of
the death Of Mrs William Gordon,
aged So. Of Arson Valley, which oc-
CURED about midnight Sunday ni9ht.
The funeral was held on Thursday
morning at 1880 from the home.
On Saturday night Dec. 6, 1t the
local Grange. the third and fourth
degrees are to be conferred upon
Spoonef Davis and Glenwood King.
1t il expected that Carrabassett
Grange Of Kingdeld win be the
guests Of Fernwood Grange on that
date and will work the degrees upon
the candidates.
Friends in New Portland win be
interested to learn that Mr.. and Mrs..
William Parsons and little daughter
Elsie. formerly OF New Sharon. are
now living in North Anson. having
rented a place there Of Silas Moore.
Mr.. Parsons 10 numbering for his
brother Fred.
A little sugar appeared in town
lately. e@3ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

When the days lengthen will the
coal strengthen?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

The right to strike is inviolate,
says the President, but we presume
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
And So On

We have to acknowledge receipt Of
a map of the Irish Republic, but as
yet no specimen of its bonds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

A large number of people have been
to see the beaver dam on the Otter
Creek road, reports the Bar Harbor
Times. This work of the beaver is
something that many local people
have never seen before and they have
displayed much interest in it. This
particular gentleman beaver is one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
Maine Gossip
Friend Or Fee

FRIEND Or Fee
Ethel Ward Stfickian6l
Give me one friend whose heart il true,
Who trusts IN me WhAteer do,
And ] hold that within my heart
That depth nor height nor death may
part
Give me one foe whose honest hate
WIN ever by my pathway wait
And / have that within my life
That calls me to unending strife.
Frtaad or Soe-eAch serves his turn.
And from both We mortais learn.
We aip our dll from the chaiiee sweet.
Or-gather strength our foe to meet;
No soul that Il truly great. tits said,
Can reach its goal If on honey fed,
For the sweat Of toll. the din of strife
Fun often lead to the gates OF life.
Where the clouds Of pain are swep,
And Ne glimpse the dawn Of the perfec,
day.
Then give me a friend
To I'LL my hearts need.
And give me foe
10 prove my creed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

Rev. Walter s. Rounds. formerly
Of Portland, has been called to the
Congregational church at Rockland.
He returned last September from
France, where for a year he was sta
toned at Marseilies as T. II. c. A.
secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

These days all coal is hard-to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

Two Bailey Island, Casco bay.
lobster fishermen in four hauls of
their traps netted $685. Whole
saiers are paying 81 cents per pound
at the boats. They report falling
on in demand. but are holding their
supply and also their prices. expect
ing a big call as the holidays ap-
preach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
A New Sharon correspondent
writes as follows:

A New Sharon correspondent
writes as follows:
People of Maine need not go out
west to California to earn a home.
Charles Turner was born in Rome.
His father was a poor man and lame.
being obliged to use clutches. He
had a bench and made shoes for peo-
pie. as that was the system in the
olden days. Charles Turner when q
young man went up to Dead River
to work in the woods and there he
found a good companion, who became
his wife. They went to Aroostook,
having one bed, one table. three
chairs and S. in money, and bought
a small place. In a few years they
sold the small place and bought a
larger one and raised potatoes and
cattle and now pays taxes on $4,000
worth Of property
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

The following accidents may be
added to the list already published
Of hunting accidents during the sea-
son Of 1919 in Maine:
Guy Lord of Brewer was on Nov.
% burned about the face by powder
grains when his old gun backfred,
while he was out hunting. He
closed his eyes as he saw the fash
and they escaped injury but powder
was imbedded thickly in his face.
Arthur Pooler, son of Mrs. Have
lock Walker of Winslow, while out
hunting for woodchucks during the
last week Of November was shot
through the breast by the accidental
discharge Of his gun. He was taken
to the Sisters hospital in Water.
vile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

The big game shipments through
the Bangor inspection station up to
Thursday night included 1851 deer;
IS bears: and 81 moose.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
EASTERN STfAHSR LINES h.

EASTERN SEAuMP LINES h.
BOSTON AND PORTLAND LINE
FREIGHT SERVICE
ONLY
STEAMER MAPLE
Effective November 24th, 1919.
Leave Portland. frankie, w,sr.
MMoNDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRI.
DAis' at $50 p. II. for Boston.
Seturn: Leave Boston. Central
Whar1: TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS aac
SATURDAYS At SEQ p. u.
H. A CLAY, Superin,endea. :.
~, Franklin Wharf.
noy2TdfS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
THE DAILY QUIZ
What Do You Know?

1. Who represents New York in the
80 Senate?
9 Who wrote The History Of Jo-
'r- seph Andrews:"
A. What two great federal victories
of the Civil War occurred
within a day Of each other.
4. Who was Zenobia and when did
she live?
5. How many books are in the old
Testament?
s. What is pushbaIl?
Z. When is planet in apogee?
s. What is a heresiarch?
2. What member of the Italian cab
met has just resigned?
0. What kind Of a beard is an i'm
periaL and why was it 30
called?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

TRINITY COMMANpERY NO. 2, K.
T. Special conclave on Friday evening.
Dec. Eth. 1918. at 80 p. N. in the Asy-
lum. Work in the Order of Red Cross
and Knights of Malta. Soiourning ma
tiers cordially invited.
EN-. CHARLES r CHASE, E c.
Sir GEORGE H BANGS. Rec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06

get.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04

From the Atlanta Journal
 IF the latest reports from Paris con- II corning the allied pol'cy toward e Russia are true-and there appears to be every reason to credit them light is at last breaking on one of the wars darkest problems. The Council of Four" has definitely de- cided, says the ever-reliable Associat- ed Press, to grant provisional recog- milton to the anti-b -bo1shevist govern ments headed by Admiral Kolchak and General Denekine. These groups, which it is assumed will work in har- mony, must "agree to convoke a real constitutional assembly and to abide by it's decisions as to the country's fu- ture plan of government" Further. they must accept the present treaty of peace "as it affects the boundaries of the former empire" and must under take to uphold those terms. These conditions being met, the allies will be ready "to recognize and assist the forces in Russia cooperating against soviet rule.'
 As an assurance that there will be no dickering with the bolshevst re- gime, these tidings are peculiarly well come. The best of reasons, no doubt, are back of the slowness and caution with which the Paris conference has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
HOW HOLLAND CHECKS UNREST

sian revolution was managed, that is tho procedure which was tried in Berlin, and that is why such very small band of extremists can so easily stage a coup.
 It does not take a person of extra ordinary imagination to picture what an rpheaval would occur in the United States if armed bands seized the principal of
 fees at Washington of night and at the same time their confederates blew up the main telegraph and telegraph centers and proclaimed all over the big cities that the social revolution had taken place Would not the rabble start trouble every. here, would not work cease if only out of curiosity, and would not the resulting great street crowds, IS on armistice day control the cities? Even that might hap pen in country so inherently orderly as the United States, and if it did it would be days and weeks before order could again be restored That is what ths Dutch see. They narrowly averted ons crisis-and they do not want to test their luck again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
LIGHT AT LAST ON RUSSIA

proceeded in this matter; but wherever| the decencies of life are respected there will be long breath of rele q that at last the 1oathsomely criminal tyranny of Lenine and Trotzky is to| be outlawed Allied recognition anal moral support of the opponents of that tyranny should lead to it's speedy del struction. Already it's power, rotten at the base. is topping. so that few stout blows should send it crashing to ruin. It is doubtful, indeed, tha. military operations of much import ance will be necessary if the forces represented by Admiral Kolchak and General Denekine are simply furnished with food and funds to finance the sorely needed rehabilitation of the country's railroads and productive in- dustries. For starved and heart-siclz as they are, the Russian people proba
 bly, will rally to the support of a re- gime that can give any substantial as- surance of peace and livelihood and orderly reconstruction-and rally to # in numbers so overwhelming that bol- shevist opposition will be buried in the onrush.
 Dark though the future still is, thel 3 is much encouragement in this pros- pect of an apparently right-minoed Russian clements receiving the aid and comfort of the great powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04

twelve or thirteen years on road im- provement, observes the Journal, in addition to maintenance, in order to be able to serve directly 46 per cent of all the counties in the United States, with an additional 41 per cent adjacent to these routes.
 The Journal concludes by saying: "We have been talking big figures, but how much work is really under way? Until we are actually at work on a billion dollars worth of road inn we will not be in a posi- tion to feel greatly puffed up over the matter"
 But the people of this country are being fast educated to the economic value of good roads-hard-surfaced roads. Alabama must take great stride this year When the legislature passes a twenty-five million dollar road bond issue bill, as it is expected to do, this state will be distinctly in the forward-going class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04

Samuel Crowther, in Leslies.
 N NE has to be in The Hague but N few days to discover that bol-
 shevism is not an academic thing with the Dutch. It is right at their doors in Germany. Since the country has al- ways been and still is a refuge for po- litical exiles, nearly all the bolshevists who hope later to get into action some where are planning and plotting and being followed by the secret services of the of peace. In order to give the Dutch better view of the new philosophy at work it's proponents advertised an exhibition for last November. They promised then t, seize the government and start trouble all about The citizens got ahead of them, but the scare has lasted.
 Every bank in Holland is today small arsenal-being stocked with rifles and ma- chine guns. The people of the cities say that the army will fail them in need, and hence those who have property to lose are organized into a citizens guard, which drills regularly. When the alarm is sounded every one of these guards has an exact station to take, and he will be armed within a very few minutes of that alarm for rifles and machine guns are stored in various quarters. The owner of one window of his office could sweep the street in front of the Queens palace and he said:
 "It is my duty to see that two machine g!ven."
 Every bank and most of the more inn portant offices have wireless equipments and operators in their service, so that communications cannot be cut off during an insilrrection. In fact, peaceful Holland | is all ready for trouble, and is taking nc chances And I did not find anyone to suggest that the fears were groundless i the Dutch are not an easily frightened na- tion-they have been through quite toe
 much for that
 And therefore Hollands citizens may claim to qualify, if not as experts, al least as knowing something about socia I
 disorder at first hand.
 1 Bolshevism is not subject for aca' demic discussion in the Netherlands. Its persons and methods are too we'll known The country has always been democratic I in the extreme and is Mecca for DO litical refugees of all shades of opin ion. A Dutchman will not tolerate put ting man in jail for merely saying he must both say and do before he come into the view of the law. Lenine sant Trotzky laid their plans in Holland; s' did the Spartacist group.
 Holland has had the best of chances t study revolutionary socialism at first ham and they say here that, given certail
 amount of discontent to start with. 10 determined men can overturn any govern ment on earth simply by seizing tn strategic offices of the government, an Ithen cutting the means of communication Inf the people in general are fairly satisfie with conditions. the revolution is boun Ito fizzle, but if they are not satisfied land no one is in these days-then the revo llutionists can get great popular follow , ing by a distribution of money and prom
 ises of more. That is the way the Rus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
THE LAMPLiGHTER

By Robert Louis Stevenson My tea is nearly ready and the sun has
 left the sky, It. time to take the window and see Lee
 rie go by; For every night at tea time and before
 you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes
 posting up the street. Now Tom would be a driver. and Maria
 go to sea, And my papas banker and as rich al
 he can be-: But I, when am stronger, and can
 choose what can do. o, Leerie. I'll go round at night and light
 the lamps with you For we are very lucky. with lamp De-
 fore the door. And Leerie stops to light it, as he lights so many more; And O. before you hurry by with ladder
 and with light, o Leerie. see little child and nod to
 him tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
Peace Time Service
 For Hand Grenades

NNTE no longer fashion our swords w into pruning-hooks, because the sword is obsolete as weapon of war. There is a vast quantity of up- to-date war material, however, that Uncle Sam is finding some difficulty in adapting to peace conditions.
 The war departmentMas just about to sell fifteen million hand grenades as junk when somebody in the treas ury department had happy thought. The grenades were taken over and will be converted into savings banks for American school children. The mis- siles will be emptied, of course, and provided with a slot at one end through which pennies and dimes may be dropped. They will bear the fa- miliar slogan, Buy W. s. S."
 According to dispatch from Wash ington, every child under the age of ten who earns enough money during vacation to buy War Savings Stamp and submits story to his or her teacher when school begins telling how the money was earned will be entitled to one of the banks. Children above ten must buy two Stamps.
 Thus an altruistic government finds a practical use for weapon that was intended to create havoc in the ranks of the enemy. Instead of being sold for song, the former grenades will encourage the buying of Thrift Stamps and will put money into the hands of Uncle Sam to pay his war debts What pity that other deadly engines of destruction which cost bill lions cannot serve the nation equally as we'll in promoting thrift and patriotism!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded June I, 1893.

The London correspondent of the As- have been working for the release of Mrs Florence Maybrick will not be sur- prised to learn that she has been granted her freedom at any moment, now that Joseph A. Choate has in- terested himself in her behalf
 The drafting committee at The Hague held an important meeting yes terday, adopting articles and 12 of the Russian proposal bearing on arbitra- tion
 Diplomatic relations with Spain, broken off April 21, 1898. were formally resumed at II o'clock yesterday when President Mckinley received the Due D'Arcos. the newly accerdited minister in the blue room of the White House.
 The court of cessation in Paris rem dered its verdict in the Dreyfus. case yesterday and ordered re-trial by court martial. Crowds waited to heal the decision and Emile Zola expressed his satisfaction.
 The Confederate Veterans of Alabama are planning to hold their first state reunion in Birmingham next August Camps throughout the state favor tn, movement.
 Chairman J. D. Kirkpatrick of tn entertainment committee of the Com mercial club has called a meeting o | his committee and of all newspape men in the district at the Commercial club rooms tomorrow afternoon at
 o'clock to discuss arrangements for en l tertaining the Alabama Press associa stion which meets in Birmingham mex
 week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A good liar must have good memory It is sometimes pretty hard to remember just what you said yesterday.
 The reason furs keep woman cool in summer is because a lavalliere makes her warm in winter.
 There was time when the bridal couple was photographic with the bride standing r1 eekly behind the chair occupied by her lord and master. But nowadays the groom stands meekly behind the chair occupied by the boss.
 It takes a 17-year-old youth longer to tell what he intends to do than it takes a 70-year- old man to tell what he has dcne
 man a good start is to kick him out of comfortable home
 The reason some men never get any where is because they are always passing UT yesterday. looking forward to tomor- rcw and forgetting all about today.
 A married man gets lot of fun out of ooing what he pleases because he knows that his wife would object if she knew he was doing it. What you can't see doesn't worry some men. They worry more over their socks wrinkling at the ankles than they do over the holes in the toes of the socks. A husbands idea of practicing economy l is to tell his wife how easily she can get along without lot of things thai she wants.
 A man will cheerfuly marry woman who has been divorced three times. But 1 he would kick like blazes if he had tc wear a secondhand suit. | It is a mean thing to say. But it is a /, fact that a man who believes that al other men are suckers usually has banl account.
 | When temptation has corn-fed shape [ a man never breaks more than two ol
 tElee legs trying to avoid temptation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
RII,I. swORE
From the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
 Four witnesses, little fellows under 10 years of age, testified in the $2G- 900 damage suit of their playmate, Theron Twigg, on trial at Marion in the circuit court. When they called at the office of the county clerk for their fees. they looked mighty big and proud. Acting all the world like they had been witnesses all their life, the spokesman of the party, in the name of all. asked for the fees.
 But you must swear to the cor rectness of your claim the county clerk said
 A puzzled look crossed the brow of the spokesman. Swear, Swear" as said, ''all right" and he turned toward one of his companions. Fill you swear" Bill swore and the money was paid over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
Terrorism Menaces
 American GoVernme.,ta

Amer1can GOVernIne--U
 A SECOND attempt to terrorize 6S the country within a period of 30 days following the May Day plots should arouse the people of America to the menace of bolshevism. We should not permit ourselves to be lulled into a feeling of false secur- Iity.
 The anarchistic element in America is admittedly growing stronger and bolder in its operations. There was sufficient cause for alarm in the May Day outrages when wholesale assas- sination was narrowly prevented. The fact that none of the perpetrators have been arrested must have had it's eff fleet on the criminals responsible for placing bombs in number of eastern cities.
 | Our secret service men and depart ment of justice agents did remarkable work during the war, but if their tal- ents and energies are not devoted to running down anarchists there may be an outbreak in this country that will lappall the nation. Washington, New
 York, Boston, Pittsburg, Philadelphia,
 Cleveland, Newtonville, Mass, and
 bomb outrages Monday. They were accompanied by the usual anarchistic
 literature and must have been con-
 TOT because most of the bombs ex- lploded about the same time, at mid
 night.
 The mere fact that there were few fatalities and the plot was not much more successful than that of month ago, may be considered fortuitous. | r was simply piece of good luck, a: : the authorities had no warning O. what was afoot. The eastern sectior of the United States has become {; 7 lhotbed of anarchy. While we are try . ing to set the worlds house in orde.
 we stand in need of a thorough house = cleaning at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
Burr Ferguson Coming

q am glad to know that my nephew, Burr Ferguson, who won colonelcy, is expected to arrive in New York on Thursday said Judge Charles Fergu- son. q knew when America got into the war that Burr would get into it if it was possible. It looked like for long time he was going to be held in camp work on this side, but at last he got overseas. His wife left Tuesday to meet him. I do not know what his plans are It is possible he may remain in the army service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
 Backwardness In Road Improvement

&VOCSNA A~~~f f>1 v v ~~~N~~S
 THE Municipal Journal and Public y Works, published in New York, in a recent issue presents facts and makes observations regarding high way progress that must give this country rude awakening.
 "When we read of the hundreds of millions of dollars that we are spend ing this year, or are preparing to spend, on road improvement" says the Journal, i've are inclined to con- placently smile and pat ourselves on the back as the greatest road builders of the ages"
 In gross amount to be spent we may be, continues the Journal, but here are figures it presents for com parison. There are in the United States two and a half million miles of highway.
 France, with Sixty-five million miles of national highway to main tain, has a fund for that purpose O. one hundred and fifty-two million dol lars. England, with about one hun dred and fifty-one million miles, hal one hundred million dollars available for the present year. The hard-sur faced roads in the United States tota only one-tenth as great length a those of France. We must spend on hundred million dollars year fo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
Man of Great Promise

"T am glad to know that Rev. J. O. Williams, who resigned the pastorate of the Sylacauga Baptist church to be- come a chaplain in the army, has land ed in this country after more than years service in overseas duty said pr. c. Ross Baker. He is a graduate of Howard college and of the South ern Baptist Theological seminary, and is a young man of great promise. l am very much in hope that he will find work in Alabama, as we need young men of culture and vision to carry out the magnificent programme outlined for the denomination at Atlanta"