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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05
EIihu Root Rendering Service

(Syracuse ost-Standard, Rep.)
| Elihu Root is one of seven eminent
| lawyers who will draft the plan for
an international court Of justice. He
will, in obedience to convictions he
| has long held and frequently and
forcibly expressed. seek to place all
members of the international asso-
citation, of which the court is an in
strument. under compulsion. to use
the court when differences arise be-
tween them, and to abide by it's de-
cision. He will devote his great
abilities unsparingly to the creation
of an international code which shall
make it difficult and dangerous for
any nation to make war upon an
other, by making it easy and promis-
ing justice and far more preferable
to public opinion to secure peaceful
adjudication Of it's complaint in
court.
Mr.. Root is seventy-five years old,
but his devotion to the cause of in
ternational peace shows no decrepi-
tude. 1t must be a great sorrow to
him that in undertaking this great
adventure for the maintenance of
peace his service is for humanity
minus the United States. When the
enlightened nations of the world get
together to do some substantial SER
vice for civilization, we like to have
America among those present.
However, Mr.. Root must be con-
tented to work as an independent
lawyer, not as the representative of
the United States, for how could the
Senate surrender to the interests of
peace its constitutional right to de-
clare war, and how without an
alarming surrender of our SOW
ereignty as a nation could it agree
to submit difference with a foreign
nation to a peace court, when SEN
,ators johnson. Borah, Fail and Reed
were declaring war.
Senator Root is about q service
which appeals to the imagination
of all who cherish peace and hate
war. but it must be clearly under
stood that the United States has
nothing to do with it.
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thing terrible and the doctors medi-
cine did me no good at all-my pains
got worse instead Of better. began
taking the Vegetable Compound and
felt change from the first. Now 1
feel fine and advise any one going
through the Change of Life to try it,
for it cured me after I had given UP all
hopes of getting better. You can
publish this and I will tell any one
who writes to me the good it has done
me" Mrs. MARGARET DAM, 743 N.
25th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
It hardly seems possible that there
is a woman in this country who will
continue to suffer without giving
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial after all the evidence
that is continually being published,
proving beyond contradiction that
this grand old medicine has relieved
many suffering women.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05

totally destroyed by fire Tuesday after
noon. There was no insurance on the q.
head of cattle that were burned, and
but little on the furnishings OF th'
house. The fire spread SO rapidly tha
it was impossible to save anything II
the house or barn, and inside of an houi
after the fire was discovered the whol'
structure was all in ashes.
Mrs. Albion D. Carroll, who has beer
in feeble health for several months II
rapidly failing and her recovery is very
doubtful.
w. c. Lessner sold his flock Of prize
Barred Plymouth Rock hens TO Charles
w. Evans of Palermo last week.
Freeman Light, who lost his building
last Tuesday, is with his sister, Mrs
Sarah Mari.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05
COMING EVENTS

April 5-Municipal election in Calais.
April 5-kennebec County Conference,
lnterchurch World Movement, First
Baptist church, Waterville, Ne.
nal, at Bangor, Rockland and Show
hogan.
April 6-Oxford County Pomona, Oxford
Grange, Welchville.
April 6-Somerset County Conference,
interchurch World Movement, Baptist
church, Fairfield, Maine.
April 6-United States district court at
Portland.
April 6-superior courts at Auburn, Au-
gusta and Portland.
April 6-7-Grand Lodge, n. Z. o. P, in
April 7~Oxford Co. Interchurch Move
ment conference South Paris:
April s-Sagadahoc Co.. Interchurch
Movement conference, Bath.
April S-Excelsior Pomona, Pennington
April s-Franklin Co. 1nterchurch Move
ment conference. Pennington
April 9-Dartmonth Association of
Maine reunion at the Layfettc. Port
April 1HNew centurs- Pomona, Buck
April M;ls-Maine Methodist conferenc.
April i4-l5-Annual meeting Grand
Lodge Good Templars. Saco.
April Estate Encampment Of United
Spanish War Veterans at Bath.
! April H-U. o. G. c. Grand Comman.
derry, Portland.
; April mss East Maine Conference at
Brewer.
April so-Annuai meeting Of Penobscot
County Teachers at High school, Ban
May 4-s-Annual session of the Maine
Conference Of Unitarian churches,
May I s.oSford County Teachers Assn.
May M-Lyford Interscholastic pr,xs
Speaking, Colby College
May 2l-2 - Bowdoin Inter-schola sti,.
Tournament, Brunswick.
June Estate convention Of KNIGHTS Of
/ Columbus at Bangor.
June 8-Republican National Convention
at Chicago.
Division. Sons Of Veterans. in Au-
June 19-Beginning Of 15-days tour If
duty Of Sd Maine Infantry at Camp
Devens.
June N-Primary election.
June 26-30-Colby ertennial.
June 2S-Ju1y 6-Maine's Centennial Gaia.
bfation. Portland.
June 2-New England Commercial Ex-
ecutives at Portland.
| Aug. So-Sept. g. Central Maine fair.
Waterville.
Sept. Estate election.
Sept. 14-17-Maine State fair at Lewis.
ton.
! Oct 3-2s-Maine Teachers Association
annual meeting. Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05

FOOD VALUE
Scientific
Test Proves
| Father Johns
Medicine is

That Father Johns Medicine con-
tains vast store Of food value and
strength building, energy producing
elements is established by recent
scientific tests. This rich nourish-
ment is in form which is more cas-
lily taken up by the system than the
common foods we eat and has many
times greater food value.
Because it supplies the nourish-
ment which you do not obtain from
your food and supplies it in the form
which the system most easily takes
up and turns into tissue, muscle,
flesh and strength. Father Johns
Medicine has had more than sixty
years of success as a food tonic for
those who are weak and run down. .
1t is guaranteed that Father
Johns Medicine positively does not
contain any alcohol or any danger
Gus. habit-forming drugs or opiates.
1t Is pure and wholesome, nourish-
ing tonic food-a doctors prescrip-
ton. not a patent medicine. Begin
taking it today.--Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05
WORDS FAIL
To Express Their Graf
itude, Says LeBlond
Whole Family Enjoying Splendid
Health Since Taking Tanlac Stat.
ed Father

"Tanlac has helped me and my
family so much that just can't find
words in which to praise it," said
Joseph LeBlond of 1888 Hall street.
Manchester, when he called at
Walsh and Cummings drug store re-
Gently with his wife and daughter, to
secure their eighth bottle of Tanlac.
Mr.. LeBlond is a highly valued en-
ployee Of the Amoskeag Mill with
which firm he has been for some "a
years.
Il myself suffered badly with in
digestion for five or six years." he
continued. mo matter what I ate it
disagreed with me. The gas that
formed bloated me UP and made me
feel SO miserable that 1 got to be
afraid to eat anything at all. L was
heavy and dull all the time and felt
tired and rundown. I couldn't sleep
we'll at night and always felt restless
until about eleven o'clock in the
morning.
well, everybody seemed to be
talking about Tanlac so tried it.
After l had taken the first bottle 1
began to feel better. / began to eat
better and am not now troubled a
bit with gas on the stomach. I sleep
soundly and get up in the morning
feeling ready and eager for work. l
am SO much stronger that I can
work all day and never get a bit
tired. That heavy dull feeling has
left me and 1 feel full of life. I'm
fine and dandy, and I can't say
enough good about Tanlac."
yes. we are indeed grateful" add
ed Mrs. LeBlond, because Tanlac
has not only helped my husband
here, but me also and my daughters
too. Last summer I was very poor
ly and got into very weak and run
| down condition. At times I was so
bad that had to give up anything l
was doing and just lie down and
rest. l had no desire to eat and l
used to lie awake at night and hear
the clock strike hour after hour.
My nerves were all on edge and I
used to worry about everything. 1
just felt all in But Tanlac put me
on my feet again and l now feel as
good as ever I did. l now enjoy
| three good hearty meals a day and
1 feel good and strong. My house
work is a pleasure to me now and |
finish it in half the time. l sleep so
| soundly that 1 have to be called in
the mornings and I've got quite over
the nervousness. | am feeling fine
| and / have to thank Tanlac for it.
My daughter Eva here who is
just nineteen. was very thin and
| run down last summer, and no Won
| der because she didn't eat enough to
| keep sparrow alive. She got very
| weak and nervous too. After she
| saw the good Tanlac was doing me,
she tried it too. She has only taken
two bottles but she says she is now
feeling fine. She eats well and reg
| ularly and feels so much stronger.
She means to keep on with it be-
! cause. she is gaining in weight. /
| have another daughter at home who
| has taken it with good results. so
you see the whole family has bene-
fitted and we are grateful beyond
| words for what ,Eanlac has done for
US"
Tanlac is sold in Augusta by Bow
ditch Webster Co, and the leading
, druggist in every city and town.
Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05
ASPIRIN FIRST
KNOWN IN 1900
Tho Bayer Company introduced A.
pirin to Physicians 10 Years Ago

II you want the true, world famous
Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians
for over eighteen years, you mus.
ask for 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
The "Bayer Cross" Is stamped on
each tablet and appears on eaeh
package for your protection agalnS'
limitations.
In each package of "Bayer Tables
of Aspirin" are safe and proper al
rections for Colds. Headache, Neu'
ralgia, Toothache. Earache, Rheu,
matism. Lumbago, Neuritis, and i0'
Pain in general. ~,
Handy tin boxes containing l.
tablets cost but a few cents. Drug
gists also sell larger '"Bayer" PACK,
ages. Aspirin is the trade mark VI
Bayer Manufacture of lMonoacetlca'
cidester OF Salicylicacid.--Adv.
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Maine Gossip
"Contentment"

SOHSSUtucnL
I'm waiting for the Spring time to be
ended
I'm eager for the Summer to unfold,
And then I long for the return of Au-
tumn,
That turns the maple leaves to red
and gold.
'Tis always SO; and when In late No
Vember,
l see the silver snowflakes gently fall.
look in rapture, murmuring in silence,
love the snow white Winter J est
So is it with the world, It's always
1t never seems to be quite satisfied,
And pleasure oft look brighter and al
That is to us at present quite denied.
Contentment! tits word well worth
the seeking
ana IN our narrow scope we look be-
You'd it,
Where brighter pleasures seem to &C.
cupy.
But once the little seed is firmly rooted
IL VIII blossom for you gaily in q
while, -
And tho the dark clouds gather and
surround you,
You'll find your frown will vanish in a
smile. IA /"
Grace NJ. Haskell.
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Tn. German Factor in Russia.

Whatever may be the exact condi-
ton of things in Russia, now or
hereafter; whatever clique or fac
ton may gain a temporary ad-
vantage; whatever one of the almost
innumerable facets Of the changing
situations may be presented, one
factor may be considered to be I'M
alterable. the factor Of German in
fiuence. The persistence and thor
oughness exhibited by the German
character, it's recognized systematic
methods of propaganda, these we
may be sure are and will be con-
sistently in operation.
The grand daughter of General
Grant, Princess Cantacuzene, in her
recent book, Russian People," pub
lished by Chas. Scribners Sons,
recognizes this situation. Her ap-
peal to the people Of that country
summarizes much in these words:
All parties in Germany will be willing
10. give up everything else. if only
Russia remains to them; for none know
better than they the real value of ouI
resources and the qualities Of our race
They see our uniformed, cropping mil
lions. as docile material in the hands OF
their own strong discipiinarians, turn.
ing present defeat into an eventual gilt.
tering victory for their fatherland.
Therefore, while ambassadors discuss
general peace and politicians are set
Ting burning home questions, the enemy
can afford to let the pot in Russia sim.
mer down, hoping their agents will keer
enough propaganda going and that the
disorder they have ordained will con.
tinue till they are ready to go into Rus.
STA and take complete charge. Whether
the Huns have miscalculatej in all this
or not, time only can show.
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A Pampered Pet

All the woman's friends knew that
she pampered and petted her husband
and that she liked it and he liked it. In
fact. he was the sort of man for whom
it was easier to do things than not At 4
bridge party she was talking in this
wise to the players at the table, one of
whom was Il comparative stranger to
her. And Eddie came in feeling mis-
cradle and wanted u cup Of hot tea right
away. 1t was suggested to him that
dinner was nearly ready and maybe
he'd better wait. but, no. Eddie wanted
his tea right away and he got it," The
stranger leaned forward much interest
cd, "And how old is the little fellow
she asked.
The woman laughed gleefully. why,
Eddie is my husband she said.-Spring-
field Union.
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Ask the Ouiia

Mary and Annie are two delightful old
Irish cleaning women in a little West
ern town. One day. on her cleaning
rounds, Annie CHANGED upon group
of women discussing the newly awak-
ened interest in spiritualism. Her pail
and mop were quite forgotten in her
eagerness to add her little bit to the
conversation.
Sure, Mary. and l have been noticin'
that too, now" she said. But if thin
ghosts is really appearin.' phwat we
can't understand is why some of him
aviathors hashn't run into thin New
York Evening Post
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MYSTERIOUS Letters

Boston hotel and restaurant menus
nowadays list many dishes with ''p. p.'
meaning per person. after them Mrs
Jimkins of our town. who had been in
vited to the big city to see n show and
dine la carte, expressed curiosity as
to what the mystic letters stood for
lIazarding guess Mr.. Jimkins offered
the thought that. Judging from the
prices attached, they meant purse per.
uniting. -Brockton Enterprise
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05
Monday, April S, 1920.
. Peace by Resolution

Three years ago on Good Fri
day, 1917, we declared war on
Germany. The fighting in Europe
lasted a year and half, until
Che armistice of November. 1918.
The fighting in the United States
has lasted also a year and a half
and, having failed to end the war
BY treaty of peace, Congress is
gov trying to end it by resolution.
The sad story of the treatys ca
reer in the Senate has been told too
often to need repetition, but the
final defeat of the ratification is
due to the action of just one man
:he President of the United States.
Until he wrote his famous letter to
Senator Hitchcock just few days
before the vote was taken on March
-, ratification was possible and even
probable. By that letter he was able
20 swing enough Democrats back to
his standard to defeat ratification.
Therefore. while the technical re-
sponsibility of the vote taken rests
Upon the Senate. the actual defeat
Of the treaty is to be laid at the
4oor of it's chief sponsor.
The resolution TO end the war by
declaration originated in the House
10 which it was reported from the
House foreign relations committee
by vote Of II TO 6. and House lead
srs feel confident of it's passage in
spite of the opposition which will be
urged by administration Democrats.
There is slight question of its pas
sage by the Senate. President Will
son has stated in advance that he
will veto it when it is presented to
him. II he carries out this threat,
his again will be the responsibility
Tor continuing the state of war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many.
AS to the resolution itself, it brief
ly declares the war at an end, ter
inmates wartime legislation, gives
Germany 40 days in which to notify
the United States that she also con
Siders peace established. under pen =
atty Of having trade shut off be-
tween the United States and Ger
many and provides that all rights
privileges. reparations or advan-
tages obtained by the United States
under the armistice or since the
Irmistice, shall be retained by the
United States.
The repeal of war time legislation
will operate to relieve the President
of many powers which We're given
him by Congress and which he has
retained up to the present. At the
same time innumerable questions
will be raised growing out of the al.
tered situations which will at once
develop. These questions would
arise, anyway, whenever the wal
ends, whether by treaty, resolution
or What-not, and it would seem
that they may as we'll be faced
soon as late. The delay has already
been too long. The need for settle
ment of war questions and the heal.
ing of war wounds grows rather
than diminishes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-05

Armenia be made a good sized state
and given "a sea. outlet. The Euro
pean nations have promised to study
the situation more thoroughly and
carefully in order to make a reply,
but after all is said and done, they
admit that if the United Stales were
inclined to take an active and re-
sponsible part in the guardianship Of
the Near East. they might be much
more likely to accede to Mr.. Wilson's
wishes. i --s f-s...-
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WASHINGTON

Mrs. Aldana Lessner, an aged ladv in
this place. slipped on the floor Friday
morning and hurt her very badly. DR..
Pierpont was summoned Immediately
and thinks there are no bones broken
but that she has fractured hip. Her
age and being very heavy makes her
accident very severe.
George II. Macomber OF the firm Of
Macomber, Farr & Written, was here
Thursday to adjust the insurance on the
buildings Of Freeman Light that were
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Have Not Changed Their Minds

President Wilson's note to the SUI
preme council regarding the Turkish
peace treaty, has met what appears
to be cool reception in Europe, and
the only possible answer according
to we'll informed circles in Paris, will
be a polite refusal to accept his
views.
The President urged that the Turk
be banished from Europe altogether,
holding that the reasons for so do
ing were stronger than those for
keeping him where he is, under sur
veillance f an Allied guard. The
veiw taken by the European Allies is
that il the Turks are turned loose in
Asia Minor it will mean inevitably
the humiliation OF Armenia, and will
open the possibility of alliances be.
tween the Turks and the half-wild
mountain tribes Of western Asia.
The Allies further hold, and even
those who wish to GUST the Turk
from Europe agree, that expulsion OF
the Sultan, who is the head Of the
moslem church, from Constantinople
might lead to dangerous conse.
quences among the moslem popula.
tons of their foreign provinces, and
they do not feel that they can afford
to run such risks. They believe thai
Allied control Of Constantinople
promises better r0ults at less cos,
from q military standpoint than the
expulsion policy which might lead to
the establishment Of an uncontrolled
hostile Turkish state in Asia Minor
The Presidsnt's note suggested
things to be done with former Turk
ish territory; certain parcels he
thought should go to Greece, others
to Armenia, others to Bulgaria and
sau.Qn. He urged in particular that
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Light and Airy
Dirge

The Titanothere has gone back to his
lair
The Mastodon faded from view:
The Icthyosaurus no longer will bore
US
The Plesiosaurus is through.
The crude Pterodactyl will never come
back till
The High Cost of Living comes down:
The festive Gazinkus-the Ornithoryn-
chuS
Have, eXeunt omnes, left town.
The sabre-tooth tiger has passed up the
Niger:
No longer with visions we'll quake;
And cen paregoric is now prehistoric
Since old John d. Barleycorn's wake.
49, Cartoons Magazine
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Huccum Dat Dat-a-Way.
(The Republican JournaD

Tine KepuOIICan JOuTHai1
When the price OF sugar was IL
cents a pound little if any could the
housewife get. Now that the price
is up around 20 cents a pound she
can get all she wants. We wish
President Wilson, Atty. Gen. Palmer.
the Sugar Equalization Board and
Mr.. Hoover would go into joint con-
yention and tell "huccum dat dat "a
way" We do rot quite understand
why the low price ruled when sugar
was said to be scarce and why when
sugar is plentiful the price remains
high.
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A signal honor came to Rev. Da-
vid L. Wilson Friday morning says
the Bath Times, WREN he found upon
opening his mail 4 communication
from Frank Major. grand high priest
of the grand chapter of the Royal
Arch Masons of the District Of Co
lumbia, an appointment as the rep
resentative of that chapter near the
grand chapter of the Royal Arch
Masons of Maine. Mr.. Wilson thus
becomes the representative of all the
| chapters in the national capital on
all matters pertaining to them in
the grand chapter of Maine. 1t is an
honor that came entirely unsolicited
and is highly pleasing to Mr.. Wilson
who has been receiving numerous
congratulations throughout the day.
Edward H. Sampson of Bath, quail
flied Thursday before Clerk of
Courts Fred H. Thompson at Bath
as a federal prohibition inspector
and will hereafter be attached to the
Office Of the federal prohibition di-
rector for Maine, James 8. Perkins
| of Boothbay Harbor. Mr.. Simpsons
salary is to be $500 per annum and
cling expenses in the performance of
his duties. Mr.. Sampson is one of
two inspectors allowed Mr.. Perkins
for the State. Just what his exact
duties will be have not been fully de-
termined because of the recent Gre
| alton of the office. Mr.. Perkins will
not, as many people have supposed,
| be in charge of searches and seizures
| of liquor held contrary to law. He
| will have charge of issuing permits
| for the purchase of alcohol to be
used for non intoxicating purposes.
| Druggists and others having the leg
al right to purchase alcohol will have
| to file their requests with Mr.. Per-
| kins who will have sole authority to
grant the permits. The duties of the
! inspectors, it is supposed, is to see
| that there are no evasions of the law
in regard to these purchases, al
though it is quite likely that addi-
tions to their duties may be made
from time to time.
| Sheriff Haven A Roberts of York
county has declared war to the limit on
the stills that are said to be maintained
! in large numbers III his county and the
penalty will be fully exacted.
A freak calf was recently born in
Mercer to heifer owned by Frank
Caswell. The animal had two perfect
heads and necks, four shoulders but
only two fore legs, each of the legs be-
! ing under the outside part of the Shout
ders. The body back of the shoulders
seem normal, but has two backbones
ana two tails.
! The Ellsworth American then an
nounces the following:
| A tragedy is reported from Cape
Roster. James Peasley owned a sheep
that mothered triplets yet sad to relate
they died leaving the mother to mourn
her loss, and mourning she wandered
{ shoreward where in a fit of despair she
! drowned, either from self-destruction
or by wandering out on an unreliable
| ice cake.