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The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
Castine Man Met Death Brayelv.
Major Harrison Briggs Webster Killed
While Rescuing a Wounded Soldier.

Major Harrison Briggs Webster of Cas-
tine, well known in Belfast and the son
of Andrew G. Webster of 191 Common
wealth avenue, Boston, who was killed in
action on Oct. 18th, met his death at
bois de Sept Sarges, north of Verdun,
while carrying a wounded doughboy
away from the firing line. The story of
the majors death has just been conveyed
to his father by Lieutenant William M.
Fay of the Forty-seventh Infantry, Reg
ular Army, who has just returned to his
home at 426 Mount Auburn street, Cam
bridge, not yet completely recovered
from the effects of gas attack on Oct.
25th, says the Boston Transcript.
Major Webster was regimental surgeon
OF the Forty Infantry, and, ac-
cordlng to Lieutenant Fay, had been rec
commended several times for the Distin-
guished Service Cross for exceptional
bravery. AT the time of his death, the
lighting was being carried on in the open,
and the Forty seventh Infantry was un-
der heavy bombardment. While as
slstlng the wounded man from the place
where he had fallen, Major Webster was
hit by piece of high-explosive shell
and Killed instantly. Lieutenant Fay
was about fifty yards away at the time
Major Webster fell and he hurried to the
spot, finding him dead.
Major Webster was graduated from
Harvard College in the class of 1905, and
in 1909 was graduated from the Harvard
Medical School. For two or three years
following his graduation he worked with
DIR. Wilfred T. Grenfell's Labrador mis-
sion, and subsequently settled in Castine,
Me-, where he established hospital.
He attended Plattsburg in 1917 and
1918. and after being commissioned
lieutenant was detailed to Fort BENJAMIN
Harrison, Indiana, in charge of an am
buance company. Within a short time
he was promoted to captain and trans
ferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where
he was raised to the rank of major. He
sailed for France in May, 1918, and soon
after his arrival was assigned to the
Forty-seventh Infantry.
Major Webster is survived by his wife
and three children, one of whom, a girl,
was born while he was in France. Mrs.
Webster and the children are living in
Northampton.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
Newspaper Changes.

The new Lincoln County News made
its initial bow Feb. 18th. 1t is published
in Damarlscotta and is the result of the
consolidation of the Damariscotta Herald
and the Sheepscot Echo of Wiscasset. 1t
is owned by L. A Gray, who has been
proprietor of the Sheepscot Echo and has
purchased the Herald business of Geo.
W. Singer. Mr.. Gray is a thorough
printer and good business man and it is
very evident that he plans to give Lin
coin County one of the best local papers
IN the State. The new paper is well ar
ranged, finely printed and containing a
big lot of local news from the various
towns OF Lincoln County. Mr. Singer,
whose outspoken editorial utterances have
attracted attention all over the State,
will be editor of the new paper for the
present. Success to the new Lincoln
County News.
Newspaper changes are coming pretty
fast in Maine this winter Last week
the old Pennington Chronicle, which has
been standby in Franklin County for
many years, passed into the hands of the
Franklin journal, published at Farming
ton, and the old Chronicle goes out of ex-
istence, leaving the journal the only
paper published in that county. The
same thing is taking place all over the
country, hundreds of weekly papers, hav-
ing gone out of business in the last two
years 1t is the inevitable result of the
tremendous increase in the cost of paper
and everything else that goes into the
production of weekly newspaper and
the persistent policy of the government
IN Ignoring the rights of newspaper pub
hshers to receive compensation for pub
licity service rendered the various de-
partments of government, asking that
newspaper publishers continually give
away their products, while profitable
prices are paid in cash to manufacturers
and all others who sell anything to the
government Herald
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
SANDYPOlNl'.

Mrs. Josephine Showers was in Bangor
recently for the day.
R. F. Springer of Lisbon Falls spent
a day recently in town on business
DR.. w. B. French and wife returned
March 4th from a trip to ST. Johns.
Mrs. Olive Merrill has returned to
Hampden after three days visit here.
Miss Bernice Leach of Augusta spent
several days recently with relatives here.
The Reading Club met March 3rd at
the home of Mrs. Austin B. French.
The community sing recently held
at Griffin's hall was largely attended and
much enjoyed. Another will be held this
week.
Mrs. Charles A. Snow left March 1st
for Greenville to reopen her school which
had been closed several weeks, because of
the influenza raging there.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
The Debarkation Resolve Post.
poned.

rebruary 28th in the House of Repre-
sse,ntatlves, s, on motion by Mr.. Cowan of
tWlhterport, it was voted to take from
the table House Document No. 9. reso-
iullon against debarkation of home
coming troops at port of New York.
MI. CoWan of Winterport: Mr.. Speak
q, Just a few days preceding the time
"neh thls resolve was drafted by me, |
1edo IN Portland paper that a similar
iesoiVe mad been passed by the Legis-
azure OF another State, and agreeing
" YIN lhe sentiments that presumably in
Iuenced Il the members of that Legislature.
. o!aited this resolution and presented it
10 thls House and it was tabled for print
ilg. In the meantime, in talking the
hatter over with members of the House
ana SENATE, found that there was a dj-
Vereence OF opinion between some of the
gentlemen and myself, particularly men
Oh the committee to which this resolve
would probably go, as to the probable
procedure. At the time that | drafted
TINS resolve, Mr.. Speaker, having myself
read the editorials referred to- | supposed
ehat most everybody else here would be
1amlllar with them.
found that they were not, and | was
informed that l would probably be called
upon 10 produce the original papers con-
tanning these editorials which, of course.
would be unable to do. | have the Lit
erary Digest and other magazines con-
tanning quotations from these editorials
to which | have referred, but that is as
Tar as would be able to 60 in offering to
prove what appeared to me would be de-
manded by the committee to which this
resolve would probably Co. Consequent
ily do not feel like pushing the matter in
the face of circumstances like that. |
1eel that the general sentiments that are
expressed in that resolve represent the
feelings of nearly all the members, and
some OF them, | think, have been disap-
pointed because / did not move this re-
solve along sooner. Of course, at the
present time it is already settled that the
New England troops are coming home
through the port of Boston, instead of
New York, and as regards the member
snip OF the copmittee of welcome to the
city of New York have no doubt that
the voters in the municipality will take
care of that situation the next time they
have chance.
Mr.. Speaker, move that the resolu-
ton be indefinitely postponed.
The motion prevailed.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
SWANVILLE.

Owing to so much sickness things have
been very quiet socially during the
winter, but the event of the season was
the surprise party given Miss Ada Wes-
ton, teacher in District No. 5, at Mr.. t.
D. Nickerson's Friday evening Feb. oath.
1t was planned by Mrs. Nlckerson and the
pupils to celebrate Miss Weston's twenti-
eth birthday. Miss Celia Nickerson,
whose birthday falls ON the same date
was an invited guest. An abundance of
home made candy, cookies, cocoa and
coffee were served and lastly handsome
birthday cake decorated with two hearts
and bright geranium leaves, which Mrs.
Nlckerson prepared with her own hands.
The evening was made merry with games,
music and dancing anu all will long re-
member their gay evening at Maple Ter
race.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
SICK STOCK

-, bOCK on treatment OF Horses, Cows.
sheep, Dogs and other animals, sent
tree. Humphreys Homeopathic Vet
urinary Medicines, l56 William St. NY
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
Social insurance.

Until the level of legal minimum
wages is reached the worker stands in
need of the device of insurance The
State should make comprehensive pro-
vision for insurance against illness, in
validity, unemployment and old age
So far as possible the insurance fund
should be raised by levy on industry,
as is now done in The case of accident
compensation The industry in which
a man is employed should provide him
with all that is necessary to meet all
the needs of his entire life. Therefore,
any contribution TO the insurance fund
from the general revenues of the State
should be only slight and temporary
For the same reason no contribution
should be eXaCted from any worker
who is not getting a higher wage than
is required TO meet the present needs
of himself and family. Those who are
below that level can make such a con
tributiOn only at the expense of their
present welfare Finally, the admins
tra1iOn of the insurance laws should be
such as to interfere as little as possible
with the individual freedom of the
worker and his family.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
Maine Auto Routes.

Inc Maine Automobile Association is
" perform notable task this Spring, and
one mat will mean much to State, as a
"nole. This is the color banding of the
principal through routes of highway
'iaVel after the style made so popular by
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,. This
year III routes have been selected and an
other year the work will be continued
and the entire State, probably, will be
covered. The work outlined for this sea-
son. however, is so vast in its scope that
only a few of the main arteries of travel
VIII remain unbranded. Another feature
Will be the naming of main routes of traf-
TIC and while this has been done in other
otates nowhere will it be SO complete as
IN Maine, and in doing this every effort has
been made to retain the traditions of the
country the highway traverses and some
outstanding, distinctly Maine name has
oeeh chosen in every case.
ror instance the Atlantic Highway fol-
lows the Maine coast from Kittery to
Calals, the Longfellow Trail was named
1or Names great poet and the route from
1ortiand to Fryeburg was selected because
PORTLAND was his birthplace, the Sebago
Lake region was one of his favorite
haunts, and some of his ancestors came
from the vicinity of Fryeburg, which he
also made famous by his poems. The
Aroostook Trail is intended to run through
the heart of Aroostook County, and SO
on through the list. The latest ideas in
color banding, working in connection
with Rand, McNally & Company of Chi
cago, who are recognized leaders in this
WORK, has been adopted and several en-
tlrely new ones have been incorporated
into the project in this State.
The work of LAYING out these routes,
naming them, AMI selecting the color
schemes has been in progress for several
months under the direction of D. w.
Hoegg, Jr., chairman of the Touring
Bureau of the Maine Automobile Assoca-
ton, who was appointed committee of
one to have charge of the task. The plan
has the full endorsement of the Name
State Highway Commission and will be
carried on under the personal supervision
OF that department. The work is to be
started on April list, and is to be COM
pleted June 1st, A A. Moody of Oak
land, who has done vast amount of
painting for the State Highway Depart
ment, having been given the contract for
the Job. The original contract, however,
was awarded by the Automobile Associa-
ton to Rand, McNally & Co., who sub
let it to Mr.. Moody.
The complete list of routes to be named
and painted is herewith made public for
he first tine-
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13

they were called upon to fill One
general principle is clear: No female
worke. should remain in any occupa-
ton that is harmful to health or NOR
ais. Women should disappear as quick
ly as possible from such tasks as con-
Quoting and guarding street cars, clean
ing locomotives and great number of
other activities for which conditions of
life and their physique render them
unit. Another general principle is that
the proportion of women in industry
ought to be kept within the smallest
practical limits. If we have an eff
Gent national employment service, if a
goodly number of the returned soldiers
ana sailors are placed on the land and
II wages and the demand for goods are
kept up to the level which is easily at
talnable all female workers who are
displaced from tasks that they have
been performing only since the begin
ming of the war will be able to find
suitable employments In other parts of
the industrial field or in those domestic
occupations which sorely need their
presence. Those women who are en-
gagged at the same tasks as men should
receive equal pay for equal amounts
and qualities of work.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
Highways and Their Markings.
NO. /. ATLANTIC HIGHWAYS.

Highways and Their Markings.
NO. l. ATLANTIC HIGHWAYS.
Marking: Blue band, flanked, top and
bottom, with narrow white band.
Route: Portsmouth, N. H., Kittery,
Maine, York Harbor, Kennebunk, Bidde-
ford, Saco, Portland, Brunswick, Bath,
Wlscasset, Rockland, Camden, Belfast,
Bangor, East Holden, Ellsworth, West
Sullivan, Milbridge, Harrington, Machias,
Whiting, Pembroke, South Robbinston,
CALAIS
NO. 2. CAPITAL WAY.
Marking: White band and blue band
of equal width.
Route: Portland, Gray, Danville juno
ton, Auburn, Lewiston, Greene, Win
throp, Augusta.
NO. 3. INTERNATIONAL TRAIL.
Marking: Red band, flanked, top and
bottom, with narrow white band.
Route: Brunswick, Gardiner, Hal
lowell, Augusta, Vassalboro, Waterville,
Fairfield, Skowhegan, Norridgewock,
Madison, North Anson, Solon
Note-Eventually this marking will be
extended to the International boundary
line, North OF Jackman.
NO. 4. PINE TREE WAY.
Marking: Yellow band, flanked top
and bottom, with narrow white band.
Route: Gray, Sabbathday Lake, Po-
land Spring, Norway, South Paris, Bry-
ants Pond, Bethel, Gilead, New Hamp-
shire State line, near Gorham, N. H.
NO. 5. LONGFELLOW HIGHWAY.
Marking: Red band and blue band of
equal width.
Route: Portland, North Windham,
Raymond, Naples, Bridgton, Fryeburg.
NO 6. UMBAGOG TRAIL.
Marking: White band and yellow band
of equal width.
Route: Bethel, Newry, Grafton Notch,
Upton, New Hampshire State line on
route to Dixville Notch and Colebrook.
NO. 7. MOUNT DESERT TRAIL.
Marking: Yellow band and white band
of equal width.
Route: Ellsworth, Mt. Desert Island
Bridge, Bar Harbor.
NO. 8. AROOsTOOK TRAIL.
Marking: White band and blue band
of equal width.
Route: Fairfield, Pittstleld, Newport,
Bangor, Orono, Oldtown.
Note-Eventually this marking will be
extended North through the entire length
of Aroostook County to Fort Kent.)
NO. 9. POLAND SPRINGs-WHITE NOUN
TAINs TRAIL.
Marking: Green band, flanked top and
bottom with narrow white band.
Route: Poland Spring, Poland, Webbs
Mills, Cooks Mills, Naples.
(Note-Between Naples and Fryeburg
follow Pine Tree Way marked with red
band and blue band, of equal width.)
NO. 10. MOOSEHEAD TRAIL.
Marking: Green band and white band
of equal width.
Route: Newport, Dexter, Dover, Fox
croft, Guilford, Monson, Greenville,
Greenville Junction.
mportant-Wherev a route turns
right or left at a fork, or intersecting
road, the pole at this point will be marked
with an eight inch square of white paint,
Immediately at the bottom of the color
band, and on this will be either the letter
R or l.. This will indicate whether the
route turns to the right or to the left, r
indicating right, and l., left. This sys-
tenn will he found decidedly simple and
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
National War Labor Board.

"One of the most beneficial govern
mental organizations of the war is the
National War Labor Board. Upon the
basis of a few fundamental principles
unanimously adopted by the represent
ativeS of labor capital and the public
1t has prevented innumerable strikes
and raised wages to decent levels in
many different industries throughout
the country. Its main guiding princi-
Piles have been family living wage
for all male adult laborers, recognition
Of the right of labor 10 organize and to
deal with employers through its chosen
representatives and no coercion of non
union lahOrers by members of the un-
ion. The War Labor Board ought to
be continued in existence by Congress
and endowed with all the power for eff
fective action that it can possess under
the Federal Constitution. The princi-
Piles, methods, machinery and results
of this institution constitute a definite
and far-reaching gain for social JUS
tice No part of this advantage shoulG
be lost or given up in time of peace
Housing for Working Glasses.
"Housing projects for war workers
which have been completed or almost
completed by the Government of the
United States have cost some forty
million dollars and are found in eleven
cities While the Federal Government
cannot continue this work in time of
peace, the example and precedent that
1t has set and the experience and
knowledge that it has developed should
not be forthwith neglected and lost
The great cities in which congestion
and other forms of bad housing are
disgracefully apparent ought TO take
up and continue the work at least to
such an extent as will remove the
worst features of a special condition
that is a menace at once to industrial
efficiency, civic health, good morals
and religion.
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
ETsOLIc CALL
n FT1IPEC0NSTRUCT
| eoaac1 Lays Down Lines
c.ads ~ Sowing Post
Ma. Problems.
ncyR5 SOCIAL JUSTICE.

-,..t Lsbcr reforms, Social
z--romlc Conditions
r. .... Between EN-
and Worker Sub
if Official Pro-
ao.roemsht
The Republican journal., 1919-03-13
A New Spirit Vital Need.

"'Society,' said Pope Leo NH, can
be healed in no other way than by
return to Christian life and Christian
institutions The truth of these words
is more widely perceived to-day than
when they We're written, more than
twenty years ago. Changes in
our economic and political systems
will have only partial and feeble eff
cheney if they be not reinforced by the
Christian view of work and wealth.
Neither the moderate reforms advo-
Gated in this paper nor any other pro-
gram of betterment or reconstruction
will prove reasonably effective with
out reform In the spirit of both labor
and capital The labOrer must come to
realize that he owes his employer and
society an honest days work in return
for a fair wage and that conditions
cannot be substantially improved until
he roots out the desire to get maxi
mum of return for minimum of serv-
ice The capitalist must likewise get
new viewpoint. He needs to learn the
long forgotten truth that wealth Is
stewardship, that profitmaking is not
the basic justification Of business en-
terprise and that there are such things
as fair profits, fair interest and fair
prices. Above and before ALL he must
cultivate and strengthen within his
mind the truth which many of his class
have begun to grasp for the first time
during the present war-namely, that
the laborer is a human being, not mere
ly an instrument Of production and
that the laborer's right to a decent
livelihood is the first moral charge
upon industry The employer has
right to get reasonable living out OF
his business, but he has no right to in
terest on his investment until his EN-
ployees have obtained at least living
wages. This is the human and Chris
tian in contrast to the purely CONNER
cial and pagan ethics Of industry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
PERSHING SENDS
SALVATION ARMY
THANKS FOR AID
Gift OF 100000 by Order of
Elks Acknowledged A by
Commander Booth
BN Associated Prcss

New York, San. 1.-Gratitude for
work done in France by the Saliva
tion Army war relief service was
expressed in New Years cable
message from General Pershing re-
ceiVed yesterday by Commander
Evangeline Booth.
I'VE feel deep gratitude" the
massage said. for the enormous
contribution which the Salvation
Army has made to the moral and
physical welfare of this expedition
and all ranks join me in sending
heartiest greetings and cordial best
wishes for the new year"
Receipt of n $4,000 New Years
git of the War Relief Commission
OF the Order of Elks to the Saliva
tion Army was announced last night
by Commander Evangeline c. Booth.
The money is to be used for war re-
lief work. In presenting the check
the Etks' commission, of which
former Governor John X. Tener. OF
pennsylvania. is chairman, declar-
ed it to he "in recognition of the
untiring, unselfish effort of the Sal
vation Army and in appreciation OF
q great work modestly performed in
the name of God and humanity"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
Stomach and Liver
Trouble Vanished
After Taking Tonall

i have mad stomach and liver
trouble for years" SAYS drs. Eme-
line Hoffman, of 14s Howard ave
nue.. York, Pa.
The miseries / have gone through
at times were terrible ] would bloat
up after eating and get izzy spells,
and pains l woud get around my
heart were at times M arabic, and
my complexion was ou yellow. l
tried a great many re dies but it
appeared nothing hel M as Ton
all has done. j am f. smuch i'm
proved in every respect. l can eat
and enjoy my meals. My nerves are
Just fine. l would rot be without
Tonall."
The above testimonial was given
Sept. Z. 1918.
Tonall is sold at Gorgas' Drug
tore, Harrisburg, ard all leading
drug stores in Easern Pennsyl-
vania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
AMERICA STARTS
TO FEED PEOPLE
7STARVED BY WAR
,;rst Steamer Carrying Sup
niles Reaches Trieste;
/ Bumania Sends Appeal

.ht,.t,p. Jan. Arrival at
r-;sste OF the first steamer carrying
+,o5 sunnlies for the Serb.ans and
,se sending of a special mission to
warsaw to organize food relief in
poland and another to Vienna TO IN
,.estirste food conditions there were
arnounced in a cahlegram received
~ the Food Admin s.ration offices
yesterday from Herbert c. hoover at
paris. \ commission also has iett
for Belgrade to take charge OF the
situation there.
Conditions in Vienna ana also IN
Rumania were said TO be desperate.
Mr. Hoover said represen auves OF
the Viennese municipa'its'' now AT
Berne. Switzerland, stated that tood
eupplies for the 2,OOo people in
ihe Austrian capital would not last
more than ten days. The 'wiss gov
ernment, the cablegram 'ald. pur-
nosed to forward at onct a week
supply for the city.
As TO Rumania. the cab.'ETam said
the American and Allied ministers
there had teIegraphed thar they were
convinced that the fool supplies
would not last more II another
thirty days and that immediate
stems for relief must be AIKEN If the
country is not to be submerged into
Bolshevism.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01

Sale prices for high quality black silks
S6-inch taffeta; yd,, $1.39.
36-inch messaline; yd, $1.39.
36-inch Salt Water satin; yd, $185.
36-inch chiffon taffeta; yd., $lS5.
56-inch Satin de Lux; yd, $l.S5.
36-inch self stripe satin on taffeta; yd., Sl.S5.
56-inch Paillette de Sole; yd., S1.S5
36-inch Moiree antique; yd, Sl.S5.
36-inch Louisine; yd Sl85.
36-inch Peau de Cygne; yd, $l.S5.
40-inch Satin Duchesse; yd., $1.85.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
Raises $5 Money Order
to One For S5OO,OOO

Pittsburgh. Jan. 1.-Changing 20
post Office monew order TO one ior
S50o,0oo and presenting 1t at the
money order division OF the locai
post oihce for payment yesterday'
William Minahan. aged 80, OF tz4
Broad street. Johnstown, Pa, was ar
rested and held in $1,000 bail for the
Erie term OF Federal Court.
Minahan told Commissioner Knox
that he was chief engineer or the
Westinghouse interest and that ne
was paid $500 month. He said that
he had about $750,000 in Johns
town bank
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
other Big Values

40-nch white and flesh wash satin; yd. $179.
36-nch white Habutai satin; yd. 79c
36-nch black and navy velveteens; yd. $2.85
36-nch silk and cotton filled poplins; yd. 89c
4O-nch silk and wool poplns; yd. $1.69 e'
40nch Bengalne suitings; yd. $295
40nch silk and wool back Charmeuse; yd. $295.
All remaining silk pushes. black fancy one-thrd
off the regular price.
All American silks Suesine Seco Foradora etc. 4sc
yard.