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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21

Maine editors have achieved fame.
not to say notoriety. in many ways.
One holds the pole against the field as
a writer of pungent political editorials
his editorial responsibilities. -Biddeford
Journal.
We're gonna guess It's Gloomy Gus
cause he saves matches and gets in
on all the Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Gus: who's that?-Bridgton News.
1t is perhaps not true that not to
know Gus is to argue ones self I'M
known, but-well. we'll let the Is. J. 10
the explaining Biddeford Journal.
Honest. We haven't seen Gus since
that new Obadi' weekly Democratic
philosophorum was started over at
Rockland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
Other Serious CHARGES.

This is only one Of the MANY
activities of the War Department
which is due for investigation and
publicity. Charges OF the most seri-
GUS character have been made against
the conditions of the debarkation
camp at Brest. France. from which
port practically all of our return
ing soldiers must debark. These
charges have been made by officers
and privates in the army, but thew
have been excused by the War De-
partment upon the ground that peace
found the War Department wholly
unprepared to bring the troops home
and with no plans for their debarka-
ton and rehabilitation, and that
therefore conditions which may exist
at Brest are unavoidable. The Sen
ate military committee is now in
vestigating this.
Some time since. there was a series
of articles in several of the metropol-
itan dailies. showing the breakdown
in the ordnance department. The
general charge made in these articles
was verified In General Pershine's
report at the close of hostilities. in
which he said that among our most
important deficiencies in material
we're artillery. aviation and tanks"
and that even at the close of war.
there was no heavy artillery Of Am
,rican make upon the battle fields Of
France. AD1uthe American troops had
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
OPEN N0STRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed UD.

@@@$@%@@@9G@ @@o<aaxs4ss:1e.
Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogccd
nostris will open. the air passages of
YOU. head will clear and you can
breathe freely. No more snuf1ins.
hawking. mucous discharge, dryncss
or headache: no struggling for breath
ut night.
Get q small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply n
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. 1t pcnetrates through
every air passage of the head, sooth-
ing and healing the swollen or in
famed mucous membrane. giving YOU
instant relief. Head colds and catarrh
Yield like magic. Don't stay stuffed
NJ and miserable. Relief is sure -
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
WHY SOCIETY WOMEN WAS
THEIR OWN HAIR

They do. not because II Is
but because they wish to oo''-,
greatest possible hair beauty d..
sure they are not using am!
harmful. They have found "a
washing the hair it is never W.,
use makeshift, but is aIWN, a
visahle to use a preparation 'l'al' =,
shampooing only. ManS "
friends say they get the best IVA
from IL simple home mad ''""
mixture. You can use this al w
about 3 cents a shampoo ~ "A
some canthrox from your vi
and dissolving n teaspoonfl! /" .oId
of hot water. This makes {, ;, II
shampoo liquid to apply To ~ u
hair instead OF just the top I'D
head. as with most prepa'" iii
Dandruff. excess oil and dirt al.
solved and entirely disappear, ;.
rinsing water. Your hair WI,
fluffy that it will look mnch rrsA
than it is. Its luster fnd
will also delight you.-ydv'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
Worms Make
Sick Children

Signs of worms in children are: De-
ranged stomach. swollen upper lip,
sour stomach, offensive breath. hard
and full belly with occasional gripings
and pains about the navel. pale face
Of leaden tint. eyes heavy and dull,
twitching eyelids. itching Of the nose.
itching Of the rectum. short dry cough.
grinding of the teeth. little red points
sticking out on tongue, starting during
sleep, slow fever.
The safe method for Kidding the child
of worms is to use Dr.. True's Elixir.
Mrs. William G. BONN, OF Caddo, Okla
Elixir, I'VE used it for our children for
the last twelve years and certainly
know the value Of it," You can buy DR..
True's Elixir wherever medicine is sold.
Pleas mt tasting-genue acting. The
family laxative and worm expeller for
children and grown folks.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21

the agricultural stimulation bill $3.50
was provided for Market news serv-
ice on grain, hay, feeds. and seeds"
The intent Of the Democratic man.
ayers of the bill was to appropriate
$4,000 for that purpose, and the
proper correction in the text Of the
final law print has been made. The
opinion is hazarded, however, that the
country is surfeited with government
news" of various sorts. and that the
typographical mistakes in this in
stance might we'll have been left un-
corrected.
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Watchful waiting ruled our prepa

Watchful waiting ruled our prepa =
rations for war, and waiting without
arations for peace. Secretary of War
Baker justified his delay in war pre-
parations by saying that the war was
5000 miles away. Notwithstanding the
constant opportunities of Republic
cans, the administration ignored the
problems of peace as though peace
were 80 years away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21

been supplied with hcavy artillery by
the French governn mt, which has
always taken a most liberal attitude
and has been most anxious to give
US every possible assistance in meet
ing our deficiencies in this as well as
in all other respects
Senator Poindexter Of Washington
has introduced a resolution calling
for IN investigation Of the Ordnance
Department. A special effort is be-
ing made in some quarters to fore
stall this investigation by the prop
uganda through certain publications
and through the division Of Aims Of
the committee on public information.
which propaganda will purport to
show that the work of the ordnance
department was Of the highest char
acter and was sufficient and efficient.
Congress Is also going to be asked
to make a thorough inquiry into the
action of the War Department in
handling conscientious DIRECTORS. 1t
is alleged that evidence is in exist
ence that officials Of the War Depart
ment have practically upheld con-
scientious DIRECTORS. even going so
far as to write letters to certain Of
them at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
consoling them and assuring them
that the government would do every
thing in their behalf that public opin-
ion would stand for.
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Light and Airy
footwork

The tango is neglected.
And the two-Step'S gone its way.
The fox trot is detected
That the record used to play.
But we're keeping in condition
For the music down the line,
AS we hear the admonition
That the walking's very fire.
The street cars overcrowded.
And the gaSoline'S gone dry;
The jitney has been S:lrouded
In the gloom of days gone by.
There's no taxi to he rented
In the busy neighhOrhood,
But we try to lie contented
For the walllingS very good.
-PnilaHder johnson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21

"a bunch of sheep in every farm
yard" is a new slogan proposed to
aid in the restoration of the Ameri-
can sheep industry to it's former pro-
portions. Very good. A bunch Of
sheep in every farm yard would mean
protective tariff advocates in every
farm home, and protective tariff ad-
vocates vote the Republican ticket.
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Maine GOSSIP
6ingen on the Rhine,

By Lieutenant Grantland Rice. Third
Army. A. f. F.
When l was still a tow-head kid across
And had to do as 1 was bid or catch all
ballyel:
still recall with maudlin curse the dav
I had to rise
And kick in with some foolish verse
with terror in my eyes;
Beneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree
THE Ride of Paul Revere
Upon a Stern and bloodhound Coast"
and others just as Sere;
But from the list which stands accurst
where nightmares still entwine,
| The one that recited first was "Bingen
on the Rhine
Ach Gott. The morning I arose upon
the schoolhouse stand.
| With pallid cheek and shaking toes and
tremors Of the hand;
My heart went up to meet my mouth,
my bullying eyes grew dim.
My tongue was drier than drouti,
along Sahara's rim:
"A soldier of the legion lay"-and then
with starting tears.
! stopped without a word to say, for I
forgot AlgierS.
And that's why heart and soul still burn
and cold chills soak the spine.
Each time my morbid thoughts return
to Bingen on the Rhine
And now against the Huns abode with
steady tramp along,
The old Third Army hits the road, two
hundred thousand strong:
AS dim dawns from the eastward creep
the vanguards down the plain.
They hold their sector Of the sweep
that started from Lorraine.
1 don't know yet where Bingen stands
upon the bally map.
Nor vet which Allied army lands upon
it's waiting lap;
But while for war and all it's hell I can t
Z. |
I'd like to drop at least one shell in
Bingen on the Rhine.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The butchers of Perry are having
troubles Of their own as shown in the
following bit of news from that town:
Seven or eight veals have been re-
turned to their shippers from Boston
| markets BY the inspector because n
sufficiently marked by the local in
spector in Perry. The Massachusetts
laws require the lettering to be quar-
ter-lnch high, to be plainly stamped or
branded on the meat itself, and to be
done with indelible ink and perfectly
legible.'
The stories told Of the achieve
ments of the famous trappers of the
Northwest, and the Hudson Bay
country. are rivalled in the expert
ences Of Forrest B. Snow of Intervale
Village. New Gloucester. who. within
radius Of 25 miles of Portland. the
largest city in northern New England
has trapped in the past three weeks
81 red foxes. IS skunks and two ccons.
These pelts sold to an Auburn fur
dealer brought the young trapper
1928. and the season is but half ever.
Forrest Snow comes from family Of
trappers. His cousin Asa for many
seasons past has been a terror 20 the
fur hearing animals of Cumberland
county. and every year has netted
from $500 to $500 from the pastime.
Last year he was called to the coIors,
so that Forrest trapped alone. The
fur dealer who purchased Shows col
lection this year said they were the
handsomest lot of skins he ever
bought. In the lot there is one of
those rare skunk pelts with Just a
dab of lightning white stripe on the
black fur. instead of tho long st.caks
which usually run the full length of
the body. There Ia also one giant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
Started Something

4 prominent broker Of indianapolis
was attempting to correct his child
by giving him a licking" when he
was astonished by his small son
striking back at him. The father
asked the boy what he meant by hit
ting his father, when the boy replied:
well. YOU started it, didn't you?"
Indianapolis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
SKETCHES MAINE
BOYS REPORTED
CASUALTY LISTS

Portland Jan. 1S.-Another Maine
born boy has paid the supreme sac
rifice overseas, George Howard Miller
born at Highland Lake, July IS, 1899.
Word was received a few days ago by
his sister. Miss Mary NJ. Miller Of
Kelsey street, South Portland that he
died at rest camp in France Of
bronchial pneumonia on December
18th. The young soldier went to
Maiden. Mass, with his twin broth
or. William G. Miller, following the
death Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester l.. Miller several years ago,
and made their home with their uncle
and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Miller.
He attended the Center and Belmont
Schools and in February of 1917 en-
listed in the National Guard at West
field, Mass. He was transferred to
the 1O1st Regiment, and assigned to
the Ammunition train, serving until
his death.
Indian Point, Jan. 17.-Private
Charles f. Daniels. who is listed in
the casualty list as wounded in ac-
tion,. previously reported missing in
action. is the son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Daniels. He went overseas
with the 10th Division last July and
was in two big drives. He was
wounded in the chest and neck. He
writes that he is nearly recovered, is
in convalescent camp at Beu Desert,
France, and expects to come home
SOOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
New Social Embarrassment

80. John, Nora told me today she's
going to leave
why's that, my dear? Does she
want another raisc?"
mo. John. it's not that. She says
it's no fun flirting with a policeman"
Judge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21
Soldiers Mail Atroeity

Soldiers Mail Atroeity
The most recent development Of
the breakdown Of the War Depart
ment was furnished the Senate post
Office committee on Jan. by Second
Assistant Postmaster General Otto
Praeger. He informs the committee
that thousands and probably mill
lions Of letters" addressed to men
overseas had never been delivered to
them, and that there are at present
in France from eight to ten carloads
of first class mail for American SOL
diers that are undelivered and that
this mail will be returned TO this
country and sent to the dead letter
office. Mr.. Praeger specifically stated
that this trouble was due to the in
efficiency to the War Department.
He said that the War Department
had no system of keeping names, and
that the same inefficiency which had
brought about this condition with the
soldiers mail, was also responsible
for the War Departments delay in
sending out allotments to soldiers
and their families, and in reporting
casualties.
The question Of allotment to SOL
Fo nd IN 40 Sn1Ainrc
themselves is another problem which
the War Department has not met.
and which is causing such storm of
protest to come from practically ev-
cry section of the country and from
soldiers themselves, as to warrant an
investigation of that phase of the
War Departments work.
On top of all this, the New York
World, an administration paper, has
issued a sensational expose of what
1t terms a breakdown Of the shipping
board. 1t charges that our entire
shipbuilding organization has failed
to function. and that the output Of the
shipbuilding yards of the United
States in the year 1918 was less than
one half the output that was sched-
uled for 1918, despite the fact that
the expense on these various yards
exceeded by many millions of dollars
the estimate.
In this connection, Senator Lodge,
Of Massachusetts, had placed in the
Congressional Record Of Jan. 2, re-
prints Of articles appearing in the
DAILY IRON TRADE, a technical
trade paper issued at Cleveland.
Ohio, in which it was alleged that
the Henry Ford eagle boat" plant,
which has been the show" plant Of
the Navy Department. has been a
failure from the standpoint of it's out
put, despite the fact that it has been
amply financed.
In the joint statement which for
mer Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
issued to the country, just prior to the
last Congressional elections appeal
ing for the election Of a Republican
Congress-. occurs the following
The debts which have been
created by this war the people will
be paying to the third and fourth
generation. The have right to
know how these enormous sums
have been expended. Only Re
publican Congress will have the
courage to exact detailed and ac-
curate story of that stewardship"
The response of the American pco-
pie to this appeal commissioned the
Republicans in Congress ito exact a
detailed and accurate story of tho
Democratic stewardship. All these
Investigations and activities which
are now going on would indicate that
the day has arrived when the present
Administration will have to render an
accounting to the American people
for its management Of the war.
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Necessary Qualification

Most OF the airs people
put on about the benefits of foreign
travel are all a bluff.
Woodson-Yes. But you've got to
travel yourself in order to be able to
call the bluff-Brooklyn Citizen.
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coon pelt. that measured within a
few inches as long as the skin Of the
biggest dog fox in the lot. Although
ne follows his line Of traps every day.
this is only a sideline and a bit Of
ings from the sale of his furs adds a
ver:' tidy bit to his spending money.
During 1918, 33 men were COM
mitted to the Franklin county Jail.
Tel. were Migrants and were COM
mitted twice. There was only one for
intoxication and there was one on
search and seizure. The year before
the workshop was added to the Jail
there We're about 100 committed.
Isse Isaacson. aged 9. Of Norway,
has a L. S. nickel bearing 13 stars
and the figure five. On the reverse
side is the shield, dated 1857. Similar
coins were common some 20 years
ago but rarely seen now.
L. j. Coburn. vice president Of the
Old Colony Wooden Mills Co.. and
agent Of the Glencoe Mills, Sanger
wooden industry are looking much
brighter. Eli Gledhill, president of
the company, who has charge of the
selling of the company's product, has
secured several weeks business and
the mills will start again as soon as
the wool can be had from Boston.
More than 100 years of age, Mrs. Mary
Christopher Taylor of Crystal is enjoy
ing excellent health and is completing
the closing years of most useful life in
a manner which bids fair &c he the envy
of all On the 9Th of December 1918,
Mrs. Taylor received joyful congratula-
items from her host of friends on the
occasion of her Tooth birthday. Mrs.
Taylor has been totally blind for over
30 years. but in spite of this affection,
her soul has become moro and more
sensitive and at the grand old age o.
100 years she sees the deep and beauti-
full truths of life. On her recent birth
day, her daughter, Mrs Lenard Ord
way, prepared the daintiest lunch for a
party which she knew would come I'M
invited. for Granny" Taylor's BIRTH
days have been an event for the pepole
of Crystal and Patten for many years.
A blocking snow storm Kept many at
home but 4 goodly party gathered to
take part in a celebration that few peo-
pie are ever privileged t. participate
in. Mrs. Taylor received her guests
very cordially and recognized them by
their voices as is her custom. Mrs.
Taylor Miss Mary Christopher was
born Dec 5. 1878, in Calais. Me. She
was married to Charles Taylor, with
whom she enjoyed so years of welded
life. They were the parents of six chill
dren. five sons and one daughter. The
children who are living are: Frank
Taylor, Seattle. Washington; Edward
Taylor, Minneapolis. Mimi; and Mrs.
Lenard Ordway, Crystal. Me-; with
whom Mrs. Taylor has made her home
for many years. Mrs. Taylor has three
gramdsons and five great-grandsons.
The people of Crystal and Patten feel
much indebted to this woman who has
not only attained such L remarkable
old age, but has retained 4 sweet cheer
full disposition. giving to all in her
vicinity an example of The effects OF
devotion TO God and Christian niety.
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His Choice


| eff you were compelled to engage
in conversation with one or the other
for an hour, which would you choose,
a woman with a mission or one who
thinks she is misunderstood"
| 1.-THE woman with a mission"
"Why?"
"She would do most of the talking.
a woman who thinks she is misun-
derstood usually wants q little conf
Dental advice.-Birmingha Age
| Herald.
THE world. is full of poetry"
fusion to the editor.
Il don't know anything about the
world, growled the editor, "but I
know that the wastebas ket is''-
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
Willie-Paw, what is meant by re-
verting to type?
Maw-That's what a man does
when his wife is out Of town. my SON.
Paw-Willic. you get to bed and
keep your trap shut.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
apa-RObby, if you had little
moro spunk you would stand better
! in Your class. Now, do yon know
wha. spunk is.
Bohhy-Yes. sir It's tho pas,
partcinlc of spank. Chicago News.
y believe boys arc like wheat in
ono respect"
What is that? ?"
ITO make them useful they ought
to be wei thrashcd.' -Passins Show.
What makes you so sleepy around
the office"
It's my sense of duty. boss
HUH"
Il lie awake too nuch at night
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21

Resolving against landing troops in
New York will show how We feel about
it, but that's about all.-Por:land Press.
That's what they used to say about
demands for prohibition.
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.Afte r.
dinner

If you teel Observation-Disclosures pressure.
heaviness. sour stomach. drowsy. head.
ache.-take a teaspoonful Of that honest,
cid-time prescription, the original IL. F."
Atwood's Medicine. 1t will relieve you
quickly and improve your general condi-
ton by cleaning your system Of impure
accumulations so you won't have any dis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-21

wick, liockIand, Lewiston, Portland
Boston; I.o3 +. Al. local. 4.U6 r. NJ. Tea.
pressI Brunswick. Portland. Boston: D. 10
+. NJ. Hallowell. Gardiner and So. Gar
diner; l0.H +. NJ. Lewiston. Bath. Port.
iand. Boston. Sundays Az and l0.u 4.
NJ, $40 and lO.45 +. NJ. Portland aud
Boston.
GOING EAsT-l.os A. NJ. Bangor. St.
John. Halifax. Sunday morning at la
A. NJ. does not connect beyond Bangor.
rs A. NJ. for Waterviile. Bangor. Bar
Haroor. Calais and b. L. A. points: $50
A. NJ. local to Belfast. Harmony. Ban.
ger. Skow 1egan; l2.42 p. NJ. for Ban
gor. Ear Harbor. Calais. PASSPORT and
Van;eboro: 80 p; 81, Waterviile
Bangor sundays ia A. NJ for Water
vile and Bangor. so A, NJ. for Wat
erville. Skowhegan and Bangor: 3.l0 r.
NJ tor Bangor.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell.
Gardiner ano South Gardiner at ga,
and Gardiner only: Acc T.. NJ. Gardiner
only 4.l2 A. NJ daily.
Nj l.. HARRIS Genl rass. Agt.: D. c.
Douglass. Federal Mgr. Portland. M,.
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Railroads and Steamboats,
United States Railroad Administrative,
VIC. McAdo,. Director General Railroad'
Corrected to Nov:1.be- Ii. 19.&
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA.

GOING WEST@.L2 A
NJ. except NJ o nua y 5
Portland and Boston
els A. A., Harrington
kockland. Portland. BoS'
ton, Montreal and Cue
noe. d2S A. NJ. Bruins,
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Sometimes Democratic errors are
on the right side. In the printing of
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thinking about my work."-Lo,is.
Vile Courier Journal
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Received by Mrs. Laura +. Cain of
Augusta whose son, Kenneth {. Jar
Wis is in Il base hospital over there:
Nov %. 1918.
Dear Mother:
Wrn. Mother this is the morning
after THANKSGIVING and my stomach
doesn't feel any different than other
mornings. THANKSGIVING started III
bad with cold drizZly rain fallin"
and bum breakfast. And then came
the much talked OF dinner. Well. I
am not wishing You any hard luck but
only wish YOU could have seen the
way that dinner was chuckcd to-
Eothcr, For ono thing 80 had turkey
and those birds In,ist h.sv" run down
IN . coal mine and ;ot black through
ana through before they were caught.
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agreeable attacks. Reckon
well the cost of things in
these war-thrift times; think
how cheap this remedy is at
only ONE CENT A DOSE.
There's no blood-puri6er or
real corrective of ccnstipa-
ton that is more economic.
al and beneficial. Prise 50
cents. Buy Of your dealer
The TRUE "L. f." made
by the L. F. Medicine Co..
Portland, Me.