Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
December 28, 1915

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Start Today in the picture Puzzle Pastime See Details on Page 2 UUI D July Kemtæbkr J i THE WEATHER Cloudy today, followed by snow or rain ESTABLISHED 1825. AUGUSTA, MAINE, TtESiiAT MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1915. PRICE TWO CENTS AUSTRIAN SITUATION COMPLICATED BY NEW SUBMARINE ACTS 1 American Citizen Reported on Board Yazaka Marti—Immediate Understanding Probably Will Be Sought on Sinking of Ville Ciotat BRITISH DENIAL OF SENUSSI_SUCCESS Turkish Report Claims Tribesmen Drove Brit ish out of Materuph with Enemy Losses More Than 300—British Statement Declares No Fighting as Described by the Constantinople Account Effort to Be Made to Se cure Adoption of Huge S a-Going Type over P r o p o s e cl 400-Ton Craft •n. f 27. Sea-going sub-J tons cl: a placement pr ob- j !1 lu* sought fur the Am* ri- j a result of lessons learned .ii iment experts front the v. ir and recent maneuvers of j tU***t. It is possible, it j tonight that the first live w included in tin* adininistra- t voir building program will this size, 'although the esti .Omitted ware based on boats ""toil class. Another View i i to this development of a j giant submersible. naval ofii-j o:' i1- inclined to believe that the: ill* t «'u;ist defense boats will be .-•nr -ii7.fi at about 400 tons displace Tie natn should be, it is as- j it* arbor defense rather than •o defense as it has been demon that the sphere of action of boats is limited to 100 miles or leys shore. Twenty-tive smaller *ufr are included in the admin ist: i >!j program for this year, at an tsrt.-d vest of between $000,000 and 5a idi. The estimate would pro vessels of 000 to 700 tons dis t meat. Increasing the size, of the of submarines, and decrease the :.uml>e- of tin smaller boats could be ivcomphsbed, it was pointed out with out altering the total expenditures pro posed. Virtually nil sea-goinpr flag officers A"d t’.» eommissioned personnel, gen eral!;. of the submarine tlotillas are to favor building larger craft for v>i work. Some officers, it is said, be lieve smaller submarines should be abar.Oiiifd entirely, but others believe 1 been shown that there are two dtsTi;.« t fields of activity for subma rine's which should be recognized. In '-..dew waters off the coast it is con 'om. jj.,. big boats would be almost ust*!*• because of their draft. brown football men ARRIVE AT PASADENA .1.111, Cal., Deo. 27.—Accompa 1 two coaches. *J1 players of the hr i avm In i vers it y football squad ar rived htoday to prepare for the -mi, with Washington State College, Nil. Y, n s .lay. The squad was met ■it U itiMi liy Brown alumni. The •tii'n will lUMctico t-aoli day under the liiro. t:.>1. r i;. Robinson, head loach e Downing august a The January records i are on sale the twenty- j eighth of December. dec2S(Ut Berlin, Dee. i’T. By Wireless to S'ayviUe. Sonussi tribesmen advanc es ab.lift tiie Egyptian t oast, near the molitanian border, have driven the British tun of Materuph to which they etired late in .Nov ember after a strong rab force had compelled their retreat tom Solium, according to a Turkish eiifia I re]iort received here today from 'onstuntinoj |e. The Statement The statement which was datetl Dec. I’li was as follows: "Several detachments of Senussis eontinned .successfully attacks against tiic British in Egypt. They have clear ed me siwah district completely of British. (The Siwah district is an oasis in the Libyan desert, about 20 miles wide and a mile long, some 300 miles southwest of Alexandria.) “One detachment advancing along the coast attacked the town of Mate ruph. “10 kilometers (about l.'i) miles) east of Solium. In the engagement the British commander and SCO soldiers were killed and the rest lied eastward. “The Mohammedens took, near Sol ium and Materuph from the British two field cannon and large quantities of artillery, ammunition and 10 .auto mobiles of w hich three were armored.” BRITISH REPORT THE DEFEAT OF MAIN ARAB ARMY Uondon. Dpi'. 27.—». Id I M. no main Arab force which had been op erating near Materuph was attacked on Christmas day and dispersed by the liritish, who suffered small losses, it was officially announced tonight. The official statement says: -With reference to the Turkish offi cial communique of the 2,th the war office states that from the 14th to the 24th there was no fighting between our troops and the Aral's on the western frontier of Egypt. "On the 2'ith. the principal Arab force. hich was located some eight miles from Xemersa Matru (Materuph) was attacked and dispersed with trilling loss to our troops. The foregoing evidently alludes to the Turkish statement received today front Constantinople hy way of Berlin, as sent by wireless, bore the Constantinople date of Dec. 26. TURKS DRIVEN BACK IN ATTACK AT KUT-EL-AMARA London, Dec. 27.-(7.50 P. .\I.).-The Turks, in an attack on the British forces in Mesopotamia, succeeded in entering the northern bastion of one of the forts at Kut-Et-Amara. hut were driven out, an official statement issued this evening says. Official Report The official statement says -On the 24th. Gen. Townshend report ed that the enemy had fired heavily throughout the previous night hut had not attacked. Later he sent a further report as follows: -From 10 A. M. until past midday the position was heavily shelled. The ene my having breached the fort, effected an entrance but were driven out. Two hundred dead were left inside the fort.* -The fort is a work on the right flank of his landward position on the north side of the Kut peninsula. (Continued or Page 5—Column 5) 1EP0RTFRENCH TESE1ER N 0 T Consular Agent Bristow Finds Yazaka Maru Was Attacked Un i aware s—No Provi sions Made for Safety of Passengers and Crew on Ville De La Ciotat, Officially Re ported Sunk by Tor pedo Washington, Dec. 27.—Tht ship Yazaka Maru will be mac j gotiations by the United State j American citizen was on board vices today, a submarine of uni vessel without warning. This t state department had officially f of an American passport havir i survivor of the disaster, who h press dispatches an American ci _.. Believe Craft Austrian Should it develop that Leigh actually is an American citizen the State de partment will he Justified in addressing inquiries to Germany, Austria Hungary and Turkey in an effort to establish the nationality of the sub marine. it is considered virtually cer tain, however, that the craft was Aus trian as it was said in Teutonic quar ters here that no German or Turkish submarines were operating in the Med iterranean near where the Yazaka Ma ru was attacked. Complicated Situation State department officials are await ing information in regard to Leigli with considerable anxiety. If he is en titled to the jirotection of the United States the fact that he was aboard the liner undoubtedly will complicate the j negotiations with Austria, over the j sinking of the Italian steamship An- j cona. There have been no developments in the Ancona negotiations and none I are expected before the reply of the Vienna foreign office is received prob I ably some time this week. The Ville De La Ciotat Sunk i Official news received today of the torpedoing of the French steamer Ville De La Ciotat adds another disagree able circumstance. While there is be iieved to have been no Americans on board the French vessel, the incident has served to emphasize the import ance of an immediate understanding with Austria, as to the right of a bel- j ligerent warship to sink an enemy j merchantman without warning and without providing for the safety of passengers and crew. To Interview Leigh The State department today in structed Edward Lyell Bristow, con sular agent at Port said, to interview Leigh and attempt to determine whether he is an American citizen. Press dispatches have indicated that he was born in China, of American j parents, and was on his way from England to China aboard the Yazaka I Maru. If these reports prove true, j State department officials said Leigh has failed to announce his citizenship j and he has lost his right io claim j protection from the United States gov- j ernment. CONSUL CABLES NO WARNING WAS GIVEN THE LINER Washington, Dec. 27.—American Con sul Bristow, at Port Said, cabled today that no warning was given the Japan ese liner Tasaka Maru before she was i torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterra. j nean by a submarine of unestablisked nationality. The liner, he added, made no attempt to escape. Nationality Unknown The consul's despatch, which came in response to Secrtary Lansing's call j for reports on the disaster, was the I first official information on the incident I which probably will be the subject of j further diplomatic correspondence with the Teutonic powers. Today's report (Continued on Pane 5—Column 7) 79 DROWN ON UNER American Consul’s Re-j port of SinkingFrench Steamer Ville De La Ciotat _____

Washington. Dec. 27.—Severny-nine per- sons were drowned in the destruction of j the French liner lie La Ciotat, the American consul at Malta reported today j to the state department. No Americans were aboard. The ship, he reported, was i torpedoed without wisrning at 1.25 Tues day and sank in 15 (minutes. Paris Report Paris, Dec. 27.—The French steamer Ville De La Ciotat with passengers on board was torpedoed without warning and sunk in the Mediterranean by a sub marine on Dec. 21. the ministry of ma rine announced today. Most of the pas sengers and members of the crew have been rescued. The Ville De La Ciotat was return ing from tin Far Fast and was due to arrive at Marseilles today. (Continued on Page 5—Col. i) i sinking of the Japanese steam e the subject of diplomatic ne is, if it is established that an when, as described in official ad nown nationality torpedoed the ecame known tonight, after the nnounced that it had no record g been granted to W. J. Leigh, a as been called in consular and tizen. CARRANZA MEN PLAN ATTACK ON YAQUI INDIANS i Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 27.—Ten thou- sand men with 25 field pieces. 50 ma- chine guns and several train loads of ammunition are being concentrated at Herniosilo, Sonora, for a campaign against the Bronco Yaqui Indians, now on the war path southeast of (Juaya- mas, according to statements made today at Carranza headquarters at Agua Prieta, opposite here. SURRENDER OF GOVERNOR CANTU i San Diego, Cal., Dec. 27.—Governor Fs- teban Cantu has surrendered uncondi tionally and has turned over all Lower California affairs to a committee of the Carranza government, according to Mex ican Consult K. A. Gonzales. GOV. HANNA IS ILL AND LEAVES THE FORD PARTY Copenhagen, Dec. 27.—Via London, i 7.15 P. M.—Governor L. U. Hanna of North Dakota, a member of the Ford peace party, arrived here today, suf- i fering from influenza. He has a high j fever. The governor was admitted to St. Joseph’s hospital. WATER BLOWN OUT OF THE HARBOR AT NEW BEDFORD New Bedford. Mass., Dec. 27.—The water was literally blown out of the New Bedford harbor at the height of the northwest gale which swept down i the river along this city. The tide was the lowest in the history of the set tlement. The wind blew the water so far out of the river that the power plants of the Union Street Railway Co. and the New Bedford Gas Edi son Light Co. had to shut down for a time, not being able to get any water from the river for their condensing pipes. NEW LOW RECORD FOR ANGLO-FRENCH BONDS New York. Dec. 27.—A new low rec- ord for Anglo-French five per cent. war bonds was made today when a I tl0,000 lot of the issue sold at 94 on the New York Stock Exchange. f THE WEATHER SNOW OR RAIN Boston. Deo. 27.—Forecast for Boston and vicinity: Tuesday increasing cloud- j iness, probably snow or rain and colder by night. Wednesday snow. Moderate i variable winds. j OFFICIAL REPORTS -I--* FRENCH Paris. Dec. 27.—The following offi cial communication was issuea by the war office tonight: “In Belgium a tin- carried out on the enemy positions between the Great Dune and the sea gave good results. Parapets were destroyed in several places and a blockhouse on the first German line was blown up. “At Artois last evening we exploded a mine northwest of lull 140. The ene my was prevented by us from occupy ing the crater. •petween the Siomme and the Oise our artillery dispersed an enemy detach ment northeast of i 'h ill i. Between Somme and Uheims «»ur batteries dam aged a German fortified work, north of Moussy. *lii Champagne near hill 193, after a bombardment. the enemy directed against our lines an attack which was easily repulsed. “In the Vosges, north of the Binge, our artillcr> sucee«dod in destroying a battery casement and machine gun shalt* rs. We also destroyed shelters at Schartinele. “The Belgian communication reads: ‘A violent artillery action has occurred all along the whole Belgian front. We effectively shelled various German bat teries in the outskirts of Sehoor and Vournen. The enemy infantry who had collected in tin* trenches were dispersed by our fir.- near Vournen. and the Ker ry man’s house. “Army of the Hast: The situation on our front is without change. “Expeditionary corps of the Darda nelles “Outside of the usual cannonading there was no event of importance in tile course of the last two days to re port.’* TURKISH Constantinople, via London, Dec. 27.— cerning the lighting on the Gallipoli pe ninsula was issued today: “Dardanelles front: On the night of Friday our artillery forced a torpedo boat, which had bombarded the landing place at Ari Kurnu. to withdraw. Near Seddul Bahr the enemy tired a consid erable number of bombs and aerial tor pedoes. Our artillery destroyed enemy bomb mortars and caused important dam age in the lirst and second line enemy trenches. “An enemy cruiser which had repeated ly bombarded Altehetep«\ and its s”i roundings was hit four times. Our bat teries in the Narrows effectively bom barded the landing places of the Seddul Bahr troops, the concentration places near Morto Liman, enemy trenches near Kerevesdere, reserves west of Kski ilis sarlik and a howitzer battery, causing visible damage, and sank two armored boats. “Near Morto Liman Saturday one of our water planes made successful re on noitering flights over Tonedos. the Isle of Mavro and enemy positions near Sed dul Bahr and hit with a bomb a torpe do boat south of Seddul Bahr.” BRITISH London. Dec. "7.— A British official statement issued tonight reads: ‘‘The enemy this morning sprung a mine opposite our line southeast of Hohenzollern redoubt. We have con solidated the edge of the crater. “Our artillery bombarded the hostile trenches south of the Lille-Armen tieres railway with Rood effect. The enemy replied vigorously, but caused little damage. "Elsewhere there is normal artillery activity only to report.” AUSTRIAN Vienna, Via London, Dec. J7.—The following official communication was issued today: "Russian theatre: The situation is unchanged. Italian theatre: The activity of the Italian artillery against the southern Tyrolean front was much more vig orous yesterday. In the fighting on the eastern heights of the Etsch valley, south of Rovereto, the enemy lost _'0u men killed or wounded. On the Isonzo front, there has been isolated gun tir ing. “Southeastern war theatre: There have been no important events. Fifty four hundred small arms have been counted among the booty captured in Bjelopolje.” ITALIAN Rohe, Via London, Dec. l“7.—The Italian official statement issued today reads as follows: “In the Guidicaria valley, our artil lery opened fire on positions in the neighborhood of Cologna on which i enemy batteries had been reported, and by a well directed fire caused sev eral heavy explosions and an outburst of flames. “The activity of small detachments of our troops in the valleys of the Rio Cameras and Maggio Torrent led to successful encounters with the enemy in which we took some prisoners. “On the Carso, the enemy’s attempt during the night to attack our posi tions on Monte Seibusi was promptly stopped by the fire of our troops.” I INDIAN ARMY SHIFT WAR NEWS FEATURE 4 A Thanks the Indian Army Prince of Wales INDIAN ARMY CORPS GOES EW HELD Message to Brave Brit ish Force from King and Emperor Is Deliv ered by the Prince of Wales I-oiid..'ll. Dec. —7 j p yx.—A Hrit ish Indian army corps has left France for another field of operations, it was ollicialiy announced tonight. Thanked by Prince At the parade of the Indian army corps, before if left France, the fol lowing message front their King and Kmperor was delivered to the men by the Prince of Wal s: "More than a year ago I summoned you from India to light for the safety of ray empire and the honor of my pledged word on the battlefields of Helgiuni and France. The confidence which I then expressed in your sense of duty, vour courage and your chiv alry. you since have nobly justified. "I now require your services in an other field of action, but before you leave France I send my dear, gallant son. the Prince of Wales, who has shared with my armies the dangers anti hardships of the campaign, to thank you in my name for your ser vices and to express to you my satis faction. “liritish Indian comrades-in-arms, yours has been fellowship in toils, hard, ships, courage and endurance, often against great odds, in deeds nobly done in days of ever-memorable conflict. In tie warfare waged under new condi tions. and in peculiarly trying circum stances, you have worthily upheld the honor of the great traditions of my army in India. “I have followed your fortunes with the deepest interest and watched your gallant actions with pride and satisfac tion and I mourn with you the loss of many gallant officers and men. I,et it he your consolation as their pride that they freely gave their lives in a just caiise for the honor of their sovereign and the safety of my empire. They died gallant soldiers and I shall ever hold their sacrifice in gratefui remem brance. “You leave France with just pride in honorable deeds already achieved, and with my assured confidence that your proved valor and experience will contribute to further victories in the new fields of action to which you go. “I pray God to bless and guide you and bring you back safely when final victory is won each to his own home, there to he welcomed witli honor among his own people.-’ Field of Action Believed Egypt or Mesopotamia ==Turk and British Reports Conflict UNEASY RUMORS ABOUT CABINET OF GREAT BRITAIN Grey May Resign Be cause of Illness-* Churchill Returns from Front—Ovation for L1 o y d-George— German Submarines Resume Activity London, Dec. 27.—The depar ture of the Indian army from France for “another field of ac tion” was the most important feature of the day’s news so far ,as the British public is concern ed. Whether the new field of ac tion is Egypt or Mesopotamia is not announced; in both these theatres there are presumably already considerable bodies of Indian troops. Places Filled by Drafts It is assumed that the places of th« I Indians in France have been filled by drafts from the new armies raised by the Fniterl Kingdom, j In connection with tonight’s an* j nouncement, it is worth noting the i larger and more important share tho j youthful Prince of Wales is taking in the business of the Empire. It is ex i ported that the British public, both j home and colonial, will read with a I peculiar sense of national pride the King’s words to the Indian veterans: ■‘Before you leave France I send my dear and gallant son, the Prince of Wales, who has shared with my armies the dangers and hardships of the cam paign to thank you in my name.’’ Conflicting Reports The Turkish official communication, j sent out today, which contained claims to successes in the Egyptian theatres, j called forth an official denial from the j British press bureau, which states that there has been no fighting be j tween the British and the Arabs ex cept a British attack on the principal J areas near .Versa Maturu “which was dispersed with t rifling loss to our troops," according- to the British vex* '.sion. Tlie Turkish version says that t>i» Turkish troops took the offensive and killed 300 British, put the remainder to flight and captured a quantity of booty. On Other Fronts The news from the other war fronts continues to show no important de velopments. The Russians are winning [successes against weaker enemy hos I tile forces in Persia; the British in south Persia have had some severe fighting with the Turks, without ma terially altering the situation, the Al lies at Saloniki contemplate thei t [nearly completed fortifications with the utmost satisfaction; on the west front there is little to record except j minor artillery and bombing operu i tions. Submarines Active The resumption •ot German subma rine activity is evidenced by the sink ing of half a dozen ships in the past 24 hours with the loss of 80 lives in 'the case of the French steamer V'illa I)e I .a Ciotat. while two boat loads are 1 missing 'in the case of the Belgian [steamer Ministre Beernart. Although today was a holiday in I England the members of the British [cabinet returned hastily from the scenes of their Christmas festivities for an important meeting at which were discussed the Derby scheme and I other matters which must be threshed j out when Parliament re-convenes. Cabinet Rumors The parliamentary situation con tinues full of uneasy rumors aiid some changes in the cabinet are being wide (Continucd on Pago 5—Column S) a

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i STATE OF MAINE jKennebec, ss. Supreme Ju.'ii t f\vrf J* Anna H. Foster vs. Adcila 1'. F.rbusi Jet als. JJTo the Hon. .lustier of the Supreme Ju 5 dirial Court re.xt to be holden at Au 2 gusta in atul for the County of Kenne •a bee, on the lirt-t Tuesday of Marcn A. It. 1916. 3 Respectfully represents Ann* H. Fos eder of Belgrade iri the County of Kenne bec that she is seized in fee simple of an ^undivided fourth part of the following ^described real estate, situated in said iiBelgrade in the County of Kennebec, and .Abounded and described.as follows, to wit: •t on the North by land formerly owned or ■^supposed to be owned by Joel Richard Itfson. late of said Belgrade, deceased; on ■•the riouih by land of Eleazer Burbank, ^formerly owned by Crowell Taylor; on the East by the Maine Central railroad; *and on the West by land of S. E. Jud akins. It being the same described in a ,^deed from Stephen Richardson to Joel Richardson dated Oet. 20th A. 1). 1851 re corded in Kennebec Registry of Heeds. Hook 191, Page To, the same described in ;a deed from Joel Richardson to William .1. Foster, dated June 3th, 1913, and re corded in Kennebec Registry of Deeds, Book 518, Page 319. excepting so much as *dias been sold off to one Colbath: Also one other piece or parcel of land situated in said Belgrade in said County of Kennebec, bounded and described as 2follows, to wit; lying on the Westerly side of the County .road leading from Oakland to Belgrade; bounded Northerly by land of Mell Richardson; Southerly 4by land formerly owned by William J. .Foster, late of Belgrade, deceased, and *the road leading from said county road to the premises formerly occupied by Rip -Oleason. late of Belgrade, deceased; Westerly by land of said Mell Richard son, and Easterly by said county road leading from Oakland to Belgrade. Also ore other piece or parcel of land situated in said Belgrade in said County of Kennebec, bounded and described as follows, to wit; lying on the Easterly side of the county road leading from Oak land to Belgrade, to wit; bounded South erly by the road leading from North Btl ..grade Depot to the county road leading £from Oakland to Belgrade: Northerly b.f* .land of Mell Richardson; Easterly by o Snow Pond so called, otherwise known ,as Messalonskee Lake and land of Fred Williams and Westerly by the county road leading from Oakland to Belgrade, -'•excepting the Maine Central railroad as now used bv said railroad company: 3 Also one other piece or parcel of land ^situated in said Belgrade in said County jnf Kennebec and bounded and describe „as follows, to wit; o:i the North by the •••cross road leading from North Belgrade I- Depot to the county road leading from Oakland to Belgrade; on the South by land formerly owned liv Joel Richardson; on the East by the Maine Central rail road, land of Frank Judkins and Percy •■Williams and Westerly by land of Louise imnts in mii tmimiHi stmmiHH I ayior; Also one other piece or parcel of land situated in said Belgrade in the County of Kennebec and bounded and described as follows, to wit: Northerly by a cross road which leads from the county road leading from Oakland to Belgrade to the premises formerly owned by Kip Glea son: Southerly by land of S." E. dudkins; Westerly by land of S. E. Judkins: and Kasterly bv land of I.ouise Taylor: it be ing a wood lot. That Adelia F. Furbush of Brunswick j in tbe County of Cumberland and State of Maine, is seized in foe of an undivided fourth part, that Adelia F. Furbush as I trustee of John II. Blaisdel! of Brurs-| wick in the County of Cumberland and i State of .Maine, is seized in fee of an un divided fourth purl; Thai Wilbur X. Judkins and Forrest Judkins, both of Belgrade in the Countv of Kennebec and State of Maine, l.ester Judkins of Blaine in the State of Wash ington of Blind Slough In the State of Oregon, Flora Butterfield, whose resi dence is unknown. Mrs. Mabel Colhath of saiil Belgrade in said Countv of Kenne bec. Maine. Mrs. Cora Grant of Malden in the County of Middlesex and State of —Massachusetts, Harold Basselle and .(0*111 l.asselle whose residences are unknown, Isabel Barker of Gorham in the Countv of Cumberland and State o." Maine. Mrs. ltosie uiianis of Belgrade in the County of Kennebec, Maine, arc seized in fee of tiie remaining one-fourth part: That your petitioner desires to hold her said interest in severalty: That said real estate ought to he J divided; Sic therefore prays that partition b=> 1 made according' to the statute in such J case made and provided. Hated at Belgrade. Me., this ninth day of November A. It. 1915. I ANNA 11. FOSTER. STATE OF MAINE. Kennebec, ss. Supreme Judicial Court I J til Vacation, November LB. 1915. r Coon the within petition:— Ordered' That the petitioner serve no-: tier upon all tile parties defendant 1 5 whose residences are known by leaving 1 i a copy of said petition and this cr ier, et- tested by the clerk of courts, with each. or at his last and usual place of abode. l twenty days before the session of this court to be held 011 the first Tnesdav of March. A. It. 191fi; and pon all other parties defendant bv publication of such attested petition and order once a week "for three successive weeks in the Daily Kennebec Journal, the Iasi publication to be at least thirty days before said first Tuesday of March. W AH BEN C. PHTLBHOOK. Justice Supreme Judicial Court. A true copy, I (Seal! Attest: C. W. JONES. Cleric. def.2f Gettysburg,” and "The Wrath of the Jods.” However, to leave Mr. Inee ’or the time being. While D. W. Griffith, and Thomas H. tnce, or Thomas H. Inee and D. W. Griffith, whichever way you prefer it, ire the foremost exponents of the dra- i natic element in motion pictures, there s a third name to be added to theirs, j which, when so placed, comprises the :hree greatest directors in the world, ^nd, as it should be, this name repre sents—not the element of drama, which s so ably taken care of by the two ibove-mentioned gentlemen, but the 1 ess serious side of life—comedy. 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The worth of each of these three men has long been a bv-word in the motion picture industry, for their individual achievements, t’ntil very recently, the imagination balked at conceiving what these three, associated together, and working as one. could accomplish. Th^t they would furnish the world with liith erto-unapproached specimens of their art was a foregone conclusion. Still, the event of their coalition was regarded as so unlikely as to preclude any itropbesy ing over the poclbilities to be revealed by their combining. Then, came the most startling announcement in the history of the motion picture, the news of the for mation ot tue mangle Mini company Three months ago D. W. Griffith, Thomas H. Inee. Mack Sennett, Adam Kessei, and Charles Baumann signed the articles which brought the greatest dra matic organization ever assembled into existence. Messrs. Kessel and Baumann, both veterans in the picture world, were the "moneyed men" of the combination. Their resources are almost unlimited. It Is impossible to conjecture .iust how much capital is represented in the Tri angle Company. That it extends well in-1 to the millions, there is no disputing. Equally difficult for the imagination to conceive is the manner with which the three directors will proceed, now that money is secondary, and the result of this money, as shown in their filmic pro ductions, is the primary object. When l>. W. Griffith made "The Birth o# a Nation," and declared that it would command $2.00 the same price as any legitimate ste.ge offering, he was laughed to scorn. But. "The Birtli of a Nation,'’ not only did play to this maximum ad mission, but what is more, in all of the larger cities, it broke all rpcords for at tendance, and duration, of stage plays as well as pictures. In New York City, "The Birth of a Nation” is now ap- i proaching its ninth consecutive month at the Liberty Theatre. Consequently when the Triangle an nounced that its standard would be so wonderful as to make its $2.00 price one that would he willingly met, the entire motion picture world was aghast. One picture, such ns “The Birth of a Nation," might get $2.00. but for any company to release all of its products and expect to receive such a price—never. Undeterred, the Triangle proceeded to sign the very cream of the stage for its offerings, not being content alone with the screen stars j that it already had at its command. Then, the producing began. Triangle operated three theatres, which It chose to call its “model theatres," viz., j the Knickerbocker, in New York, the Chestnut St., in Philadelphia, and the Studebaker. in Chicago. The three most critical cities in this country were first in caded by Triangle. And the maximum ad- mission was $2.00. It was an over-night j success. Column after column of news- i paper praise was bestowed upon the Tri angle attractions; even staid, conserva- j live editorial policies were disregarded [n enthusiastic avowal of the merits ot the new concern. Today, although but three short months have elapsed. Tri angle is the recognized leader of all mo tion picture producing companies. Perhaps the most spectacular feat ac 'otnplished by Triangle was the securing of the woman who Is rated as the 1 greatest of all actresses that the stage aas ever known—Mary Anderson. It has t>een years since Mary Anderson spoke a line on the stage. In the heydey of I ter fame, the height of her career, when her name was a household word iii 1 his country and Europe, Mary Anderson •etired from the stage. Despite the fact hat offerings, so flattering as to be un jelievable, were made her, she persisted n her refusal to go back to the stage rhen. Thomas H. Ince persuaded her to illow her art to be the property of pos erlty, and that this might come to pass, he motion picture, and its illimitable possibilities were utilized by Mr. ince his argument. As a result of this confi enee, Mary Anderson agreed io appear a series of pictures, under the persor supervision of Mr. Ince, and which be made with the aim to have them the finest photoplays yet screened. T! stroke in engaging Mary Anderson is t most important that has been made the theatrical world in the last two t cades. Another notable actor to be seen Triangle productions is the emim English star. Stir Herbert Reerboh Tree, the idol of the London stage. It impossible to give a list of the many tors of prominence who will appear these attractions. A few of these arti include Billie Burke. Douglas Fairban Tully Marshall, Thomas Jefferson. .1 u Dean. Raymond Hitchcock. Weber n Fields, Willard Mack, De Wolf Hopji H. B. Warner, Eddie Foy, Dustin F. bum. etc. From this scant enumeratli selected in haphazard fashion from l galaxy of stars in the Triangle fim ment, some idea of the magnitude of t company's scale of operation may gleaned. And when this comprehensi dawns it is little wonder that Triati, photoplays should he heralded with th well-merited appellation, “Two del pictures that are worth it." BOUTS THIS WEEK TUESDAY Joe Acevedo vs Rlooni. Solly Burns vs Toirunv McK: land, Buffalo Costello vs Toppv Beal and Buddy Dolan vs Harrv Maclntoi Armory A. A.; Gilbert Gallant vs Starl Tokura, Denver; Willie Ritchie vs T Lewis, New York; Jack Britton vs Joti ny Griffiths, Akron. O.: Harm Donah vs Harry Thomas, New York: Bl Miske vs Frank Hoe. Grand Hap;.Is, W WEDN'ESDAY—Ever Hammer vs K. Brown and Phil Harrison vs Ja O'Keefe, Gary. Tad.; Mike Sheridan Jake Abel, Chattanooga. THURSDAY—Phinney Boyle vs Ho ard McRae. Lawrence: amateur lion Aleppo Temple M. S.. Mechanic's Ball ins; Bay Wood vs K. O. Sweenev, Lew ton; Jim Savage vs Charlie '\Yeine: New York: '‘Bunny Ford vs Harrv \V liams. New Haven: Frankie Mack John Clinton, Manchester, Conn. FRIDAY—Bouts at Marlboro; Jlmr Taylor vs Sammy Waltz. .New Brital Johnny Coes vs Carl Hertz. Marlboro. SATURDAY Johnny Kilbane Ritchie Mitchell. Cincinnati: Fredf Welsh vs Joe Welsh. Philadelphia: .Toil nie Dundee vs Phil Bloom, and A1 P. dolph McCoy vs Young Ahearn, Bron lyn: Willie Beecher vs Johnny Harve Columbus; K. O. Sweenev vs Bill Fler ing, Woonsocket, It. I. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINTS Tablets. Druggists refund money if fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signatu: is on each box. 23c.—Adv. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTQRIA Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge. in the matter of 1 Arthur Towle, Tin Bankrupts: Bankrupt. I To the Hon. Clarence Hale. Judge of tr District Court of the United States f( the District of Maine. Arthur Towle of Augusta in the Count of Kennebec, and State of Maine, in sai District, respectfully represents, that t the 13th day of December, li'14. he wa duly adjudged bankrupt under the Ad of Congress relating to bankruptcy: tht he has duly surrendered all his proper! and rights of property, and has full complied with all the requirements t said Acts and of the orders of foul touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he prays. That he may t decreed by the Court to have a full du charge from all debts provable again! his estate under said bankruptcy Act: except such debts as are excepted by from such discharge, nated this ISth day of December A. I ARTHUR TOWLE. Bankrupt. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of Maine, ss. On this 24th -day of December A. P. on reading the foregoing petition, it Ordered by the Court. That a hearing had upon the same on the 4tli day February A. D. 1916, before said Court Portland, in said District, at ten o'cl in the forenoon; anil that notice the! be published in Daily Kennebec Jour a newspaper printed in said District, that all known creditors, and other i sons in Interest, may appear at the s time and place, and show cause, if they have, why the prayer of said P tioner should not be granted. And it is further Ordered by the Co That the Clerk shall send by mail to known creditors copies of said pe*11 and this order, addressed to them their places of residence as stated. Witness the Honorable Clarence Hi Judge of the said Court, and the thereof, at Portland, in said District, the 24th day of December A. D. 1915. [L. S.] JAMES E. HRWEY. Clerl A true copy of petition and or thereon. Attest: JAMES E. HEWEY, Cleri

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GARDINER LOCAL ITEMS OFFICE DEPOT SQUARE -TELEPHONE 37-W Caroline IJ. Win" is visitant- ;u i, Margaret Mairs went Monday i> f"r a isit with friends. i iirniiM Nelson left Monday for ..dh friends in Warren. Will Atkins returned Mon rji l ma n> al l ieles people *,ir x* u '!'est and lat j 1 r l. Miits and many other uar- j i ii-lf price. Statemen--' from reliable source mean monster! for those who line not stock w inter wardrobes. In point of t, 11 s t there seems to tie noth my Head the ennvincinc adver- j at earefellv and see for your-' opportunities presented.— Adv. j To the Public. eiation of tlie fact that i my friends have expressed a a. i..i me to be a candidate for j t\ marshal. I wish io state that I de-ire for that position at '■'a- tune. K. C. JONES. Card of Thanks. 1 -a p. extend thanks to all tnv 1 is. who so kindly assisted me the Xmas eoneert. ami also ray n- re thanks to the Ladies’ So- i Ml Cal. ,nd the parents and children. I '.si riots Number e and -1 schools many beautiful presents. W'NIK MOODY CHAPMAN. LOCAL NOTICE Io na nd.er the dance at t-ow lcs hall nesdax evening, Dec. lit*. ___ THE OAKLAND 5c-Cigar--5c v0 SUPERIOR. FEW EQUALS. u»: iMorse Co Mfg.. Gardiner. Me. ASK FOR and GET HORLICK’S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Cheap substitutes cost YOU wnw prica. j. w. LODGE AGAIN WOUNDED IN WAR I j „ri. ln this city of James W. her/‘'h h° "a* forniow in an JSng iospU.il fur the second time since if,,?"® tl!,‘ trom "ik a bullet in the ,lal a used his hospital record utter b..lnR in lh„ trenches in France n h.. ueeUs after recovering from this first wounds which were about the h*nd. Me writes that he has been in be hospital for three weeks and ox ffd “t the time of writing to be able to return in .1 few days. Gustavus Moore iustavus Moure passed away Mon oa\ noon at his home, 88 Winter street, tier .a lingering illness. He was the *un o. John and Charity (Ulaistcd) ..ioor and was horn in Gardiner, July 'r ISI-- When a young mail he enlist r,i ln ft- 16th Maine, and was lat er transferred to r0. (,f the same regiment with the rank of lieutenant, tie was wounded and taken prisoner at tty.sbure. lie served throughout tie- war. Returning to Gardiner, he m .na. d Mata Adelaide Wilev t.f Uitts 10,1 entered the ha id ware busi ness, being member or the linn of ""i» ,y. ile\ lie was a member of ‘be common council .and sorted as its president for several years. IP was '“ember t;lf. Legislature in l>s5 fv i'uc] for two yr-iirs was su perintendent of tl.« Gardiner Water I bstriel ;S survived l.v ,,no son. Kdw aid G Moure of Washburn. Wis. three daughters. E. Mabel Moore of '■»>t MT.jnjre, N. I. Mary I ,i. 1 j Hut chines, n ami Hr.-1 K T'.e i.it-; ment was in I'aik-wed ter* Mr. -t.’ii Mrs. Frank L. M.*r>,:ll enter tained a party nl' .1 at t eir iii'in J Harrison ;.venue, on «Tiristro.i* ecii.l)y I thanks are to be given to the Central Maine Power Co. for the lighting and for the work they did on the tree it self; to Air. L. V. Clark for the print ing of the cur*ds; to the city for pro tiding the tree; and to Mr. J. Al. L. Bates for general assistance. The flagpole in front of the Randolph, i.lrammar school blew down in the -tttle of Sunday night. The y-tafV broke near the ground and in falling struck a tree and broke in the middle. The annual inspection of M trion '’liaptcr. No. t.ft, was h-ld .Monday e\> ning, C.rand Worthy Matron Mis. Lil iian Paine of Water ille being the in j specting officer. A banquet was served after the inspection, vj -it, t s nig present from several chapters. The Christian Endeavor Soviet\ of tl,e Eirsi Baptist church will hold its regu lar meeting Tuesday evening, jat the home >*f i>onald Davis, lit Kim street. Those who desire may meet at T.t", at the church vestry Air. ml Airs. Pearl Dyes and daughter Florence of Hallow-!! were week-end guests at the home of Air. tiid Mrs. \Y Y. Emerson Miss Ina Aloofly left .Monday for L\:i:t. Mass., after passing Saturday s.,1 Sun day with her parents. Air. and Airs. R. C. Moody. I. H. Royle. who passed the Ci ri.sttvuis iseason at the home of Air. ami Mrs *.l. \v. Knox, Central avenue, returned Mo day tf» his home in Provnk-r.ee. R r There will be no meeting of the V. r lb as of Randolph this week. The next i meeting will l>e held Jan. I. FROM HALLOWELL —-J" Four-Generation Family Reunion of Kilgores— Benefit Entertainment by Bowdoin Glee Club —Funeral Services of Late Elsie Leith—Trol ley League Bowling M atch This Evening A most happy occasion occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Kilgore Christinas day when a reunion of the four generations of the family was cele orated. Mrs. M. K. Cram of Milton Mills. li sister of Mrs. Kilgore, and Tra flood win of Lewiston were out-of-t own guests. The Bowdoin tllpe Club, consisting of S5 members, will give a eca»ert the eve ning of Jan. If at City hall, the pro ceeds from which will be used to help defray the expenses of the National let ter Carriers’ convention which will be held in this city Patriots day. Funeral of Elsie Leith The funeral of the late Miss Klsie .eith was held at f o'clock Monday fternoon from the I'niwrsallst hurcb. being largely attended by the rionds and relatives. The lloral trib ,tes wore beautiful and profuse. The tfi. C. Skiltin, Middle street, returned to her home in Portland Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller of Red stone. X. 11.. are visiting Mrs. Miller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Gilley of this city. Flierman Dunn passed the week end with his parents in this city. Mr. Dunn is employed during the Christmas vaca tion in a department store in uewiston Mr. and Mrs. Charles I’. Beutieu and daughter Aileen returned Monday to then home in Xew Gloucester after visit.ng friends in this city for the past week. Mrs Frank Cheney has returned to her home at Granite Hill after passing Christmas in this city the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Reuel Wliitehouse. Acad emy .street. A business change which has re.ei.ly occurred in the city is the repurchasing of the restaur;.nt and pool room from Trot Davis by Joseph Cipriano. who sold the business to Mr. Davis a few weeks ago. Tit»- second game in the Kennebec V.ilbv Trailer League will be hold this Tuesdat evening at the (it tr ite Cit> howling alleys, v ■■on tim V. Al. c A. team of Augusta "ii! bowl against tin ih'h'Wel; lean*. Excite ment is al'updy running biclt mil tin Hallo.i:l; to..in is at of victo’ SittUril.t'i III OH •>.!?'t I i’w' otfict' M'H't1 t-'Hf also rn i'ir i i in. s. The money older In of tmolit was also ••■I. -t,j.s niclj large for the w i -e. Tin' •n-j' the tax am on a cities and towns in which the pro per tv was situated. Others wisued to have the distribution made on a plan by which i t ie« a cal towi s in which are lo on 4.ed property of s hoots, and college-; pyempt from taxation would be hene fitteii. BRISTOL AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT ON SEPARATION TiriM■ 1. Me.. Dec. -7.—A special town meeting of Bristol will be held Satur day to 5-PP what tin people will tlo to ward invoking lhe initiative in an en deavor to repeal the act of the Leftist* latino of i'HA. dividing South Bristol from tho mother town of Bristol. The anli-div isionii-ts attempted to in oho the referendum on the •pies lion of nut nine the division, hut fail ed to secure the roiniired 10,000 names in tie- pro tided linn. The citizens of the row ;own met a ff,vv da.vs ago to make pines for the formal incort‘ora tion in March. I'very other instrument of iutorAu-eni'e having failed the anti divisio-iists are nov. do terntimal to i t• ai.-1 the sol** remaining means of blocking ilte Soutli llristolites. It i said that the tax rate, as well as the real and personal valuations, will he consilient lily higher, if the sep ariti >n of South Bristol is effected, it is also intimated that Bristol High school, which was pm on a standard sis eight years ago, may suffer fi nancially from tile division. The people of New Harbor, f’ema ipfid. Bristol Mills and Hound Pond, as well as a number of the citizens resid ing within tlie boundaries of the pro posed new town, are as enthusiastic as cwr tr. the contention, which start ed sever years ago, and will tight to the bitter end. BELGRADE Wad leigh- Webster John Wadleigh and Miss Nellie SEVERE RHEUMATIC PAINS DISAPPEAR Uhenni.ithin depends on an aciil which flows ill t*ie blood, affecting the mus ics and joints, producing influmma *i*,:t. tiffness and'pain. This acid gets into the blood through some defect in the digestive processes, and remains there because the liver, kidneys and skin are too torpid to carry it off. j Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old-time blood tonic, is very successful in the treatment of rheumatism. It acts di rectly, with purifying effect. on the blood, and through the blood on the liver, kidneys and skin, which it slim- dates, and at the same time it :m- j proves the digestion. (let Hood’s Sarsaparilla today. Isold by all druggists.—Adv. BELL BROTHERS HALF-PRICE SALE Of Ladies’ Garments December 28 to 31 For these FOUR DAYS we shall sell all our BEST. LATEST MODEL SUITS and many other GARMENTS at HALF PRICE which means that suits formerly priced $35.00 are now for the four days just $17.50 also suits are here formerly $15.00 and now you buy them for $7.50—they are not a cull lot—they consist of fur trimmed suits—some extremely styl ish garments and also the plainer garments. Sizes 16 to 42. colors and black. No shop has ever offered better values at a sale than we now offer. AND HERE IS A LOT OF CHEAPER SUITS and the price is QQ We do not claim they are new but we do say they are worth twice what we ask just to wear at rough use. 1 tan skating coat, cap and scarf (JJO PA. 3 pieces, size 36, price. Large lot Winter Coats at Half Price. Sizes 16 to 42. --.--f Small lot ladies’ coats Less than half former prices. $3.98 All our Black and Blue Silk Waists (formerly up to $3.98.) $1.98 Lot Sport Coats, white and colors Lot Sport Coats. All Children's and Misses’ Winter Coats, sizes 2 to 14 at Half Price. Lot Sport Costs $10 $12.50 (Much under price but not half.) Lot full lined corduroy coats. Ladies’ Skirts, ail latest models and for the four days we offer $6.50 and $5.98 Skirts for. $5 2 fur trimmed corduroy coats. $5.00 $9.00 Less expensive skirts are here at QO $3.98 “nd $1.89 Our sales are always well patronized and we expect a hearty response for certainly the goods demand your attention. GARDINER, MAINE def Belgrade were married at it),, [i, iincj Jlcinoi dil church Saturday, 1>.'C hv Kev. Charles lk i«pi >'j. c. elle, genor; 1 agent here for the North Ciormiin 1-loyfl steams Mi* V w as served with a subpoena last ri d. ,y after a search for him of several will not he called a a witness before the federal grand jury here. John W. Preston. Clilted States dis trict atlnrnev. announced today. rt has hem reported that Capelle vm,ld hr rallied to testify today con cerning the disposal of a fund of *1-M. which Gustave B Kulenkampff is aid o have admitted was turned over the North German lAovd Co. in Nhv. York and sent to Pan Francisco further alley .1 activities of (‘Ger man agents here. He was expected, tt v.as said, to throw lit lit on the loading f the tearner Siramonlo. whose ern r-' rear hod German war vessels in the south Pacific. The Anrounscnrvcnt Announcing that he would not call 'n pc! 1*. pros ton said. All tho information 1 wanted to ob r from CapeMe 1 c;oi from other i M’Ot‘S. 1 wanted i ho bo'iks of tin* North (o rmm Lloyd. Thai whs v.T.j i Mibnoenaed this oily.” Preston refused to oi.-cuss the puos tion of whether the ^ovoinment haci any further interest in PapeHe. who is still under subpoena. SMALL NUMBER DEER KILLED IN MASSACHUSETTS BcSton, Dec. 27.—'The state (ish ami uar.ie i onnnission announced today that lln.j deer were I.ilied in Massachusetts during the ore week open season in No vember. The total was the smallest since ltd!. Berkshire, with a kill of tiOS. led all counties. BRYAN WILL NOT JOIN PARTY OF FORD IN EUROPE New York. Dec. J7.— Reports that William .1. Bryan had contemplated joining Henry Ford in Europe were confirmed today hut heeau.se Mr. Ford himself is returning to this country. Mr. Bryan will not go to Europe. It was learned today that he had booked passage for himself and Mrs. 1 Bryan on the steamship Rotterdam, sailing tomorrow. But today he tele- graphed that because of Mr. Ford’s return he (Bryan) had indefinitely postponed his trip to Europe. j I SPECIAL PRICES THIS WEEK THAT WILL INTEREST YOU $1.00 Manicure Sets.- 84c $1.50 Manicure Sets.$1.15 $2.50 Manicure Sets.$2.00 $3.50 Manicure Sets.$2.60 $5.00 Manicure Sets. $3.75 $6.00 SrroKmcj Sets. $4.98 $2.50 Smoking Sets. :.$1.78 $1.25 Toilet Cases. 79c $2.25 Toilet Cases.$1.89 $2.C0 Toilet Cases.$1.21 $15.00 Toilet Silver Cases .$9.99 59.50 Gentlemen's Military Set. $6.48 50 boxes Linen Stationery, only. 23c box This is only a few of the many articles we save you money on THIS WEEK at BEANE’S Prescription Drug Store Open every evening. Four Registered Druggists VIENNA REPORTS MOB AT PALACE OF THE ARCHDUKE London, Dec. J7.— An Amsterdam dis patch to the. Exchange Telegraph iV says that according to reports in Vienna the palace t,f Archduke Stephen of A us win tens attacked Christinas night h a ntob aimed with pitchforks afld axes as a protest against squandering of foot, on an elaborate entertainment. The po lity dispersed the rioters, hut a number 01 stones crashed through the windows, damaging several pictures. I resile n reports sail! that food riots occurred tit Chemnitz on Christinas d ay. Women marched in procession to tin town hall clamoring for food at r<i-ason aide prices and smashing many win dows. Tice police forced lice women to retire, II of them being severely injur ed. The Chemnitz Socialist organ, adds the dispatch, was suppressed for men tioning the affray. PURSER GARBE OF BORINQUEN IS RELEASED New Voik. Dec. 27.—William Garbo of Brooklyn, purser of the American steamer Borinquen. taken off by the French cruiser Descartes in Porto Ri can waters. Dec. 17. has been released. Advices today to the French embassy say tlie other men taken from Ameri can ships by the cruiser are being held pending investigation of their liability to military service in the German ar my. Representations by tin- I'nited States against the taking of Germans from American ships are now at the Paris foreign oilier. Garbe, a German by birth, hail taken out his first Ameri can naturalization papers FREDDIE EATON, CALAIS SCHOONER, AGAIN FLOATED Portland. Maine. Dee. 27.—The two- masted schooner Freddie Eaton of Cal- ais. which went ashore near Portland Breakwater last night, was floated ear- ly today by the coast guard cutter Os sipee. The schooner had sought shel ter here while bound from Calais to Plymouth, .Mass., with a cargo of lum her. The cutter left soon afterward to give assistance to the British schoon. er Mayflower which was abandoned near Rockport, Mass., and later romanned. USERS Speedy Sensible Successful —since 1879. Medical supervis ion. Scientific methods. No nau sea, sickness, or bad after effects. No “knock-outs” ever given or emetics used. Nothing I “heroic.” No confinement or publicity. All business and cor respondence strxtly confidential. THE KEELEY INSTITUTE <Tbe Original. Scientific, Rational Treaiaeat) 151 Congress Ht.. Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine. Telephone IL'21 The only Kceley Institute in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont and nearest one to Maritime Province*. novldtf SENATOR WM. A. SMITH MAY BE IN PRIMARIES Lansing. Mich.. Dec. 27.—Petitions to place ihe name of I'nited States Sena tor William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids, on the Presidential primary ballot as Michigan's candidate for thi* Republican nomination for President, were tiled in the secretary of statcV office today. The Smith petitions at*e the first filed in .Michigan in behalf <}f any Republican Presidential candi date. SHIPPING NEWS Portland. Me.. Dec. 27.—Arrived? Schooner Hartney \V. iBr.). Diligeht River. X. S., for New York. Sailed: Steamer Grontoft (Nor.), Lif hon: Hurona (Br.), Bordeaux; Herbert G. Wylie, Tampico. i Bangor. Me., Dec. 27.—Sailed: Schooner C. B Clark. Sag Harbor. X. Y. Convalescence after pneumonia, ty phoid fever and the grip, is sometime^ merely apparent, not real. To make ft real and rapid, tnere is no other tonic so highly to be recommended as Hood is Sarsaparilla. Thousands so testify. Take Hood's.—Adv.

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Critical Position of British Cabinet Rough Going Is Evident after Two Hours’ Sit ting and Forced Ad journment until To day—Grave Differen ces of Opinion London. Dec. 28.—That the proceedings of the British cabinet have not been go ing on smoothly is seen in the fact that after a two hours' sitting yesterday (Monday) the council was obliged to ad journ until today, no decision having been reached and the discussion having revealed grave differences of opinion. The Times' parliamentary correspon dent asserts that the position is unde niably delicate and may become critical today unless handled with urn-mess and decision. The Daily Mail asserts that Andrew Bonar Law, secretary for the colonies, and Lord Kitchener, the war minister, have not yet made their position clear, while A. .1. Balfour. first lord of the ad miralty. resolutely opposes compulsion, in which he is supported by a majority of the ministers. But David Li e George, the Marquis of Lansdowne. K rl Curzon. Sir Frederick Smith. .1. Attst- a Chamberlain, Walter Hume Long and t’ e Karl of Selborne advocate immediate compulsion. Mr. Lloyd George, the Mail says, be fore the sitting of the council mad.- h’.s position clear to Premier Asquith in a message intimating that unless .Vr. A quith's pledge to married men be kept in the strictest sense he could r- r" tlnue as a member of the govern' e’. The Morning Post, equally h Times and the Daily Mail al nscrip tionist papers—sees the possibilities of several resignations or the other alter native—a general election. The Morning Telegraph and Chronicle, anti-compulsion org: so are apprehensive of a crisp general election. The Chronicle edi torially protests against ";ntnu a": and wire pullers, who contemplate tl desperate and mad expedi, nt "f general election—a gambler's pinny which might entail disastrous cons quences”—and points out how. j merely withholding its assent to the Parliament and registration 'dlls t House of Lords can make election un avoidable next month since, in the Co st nee of the Parliament Dill which pro longs its life for eight months, tl:*- present Parliament would exior tho eflluacion of time at the end f January. Concerning the people w> make a comparison with Amerh ing the Civil war the Chronicle tirgt. t that Lincoln's action is not a pr- 1 dent because conditions v or di f* cnt. Lincoln was distracted b wito. sale desertions, while1 recruiting w *s j stimulated l>y extravagant bounties. The Chronicle adds that: "‘'or vol untary army in one year ex. ieu tn uumi.er all tile men reefUited l|.c Federal government in the lour of the war. and that without .all force thorn or bounties to btine The Times asserts 11..> tie d 1 ferenecs on the qv. sticn o' single men point to the >.i-1 J amentai divergent-', r yr method of prosecuting the w •'There are certain eh met is. 1 Times, "which niiitioi wot--, n definitely and the cabinet s- hav reached the point when it int.st make a vital decision between one set of onir-im and another.” SWEDISH-AM. LINE STR, STOCKHOLM ARRIVES IN N. Y, New York. Dec. 27.—The Swedish steamer Stockholm, formerly the 1 't• flam of the Holland^American Line, reached New *York today from Oothen burg. Sweden, on her lirst trip for the new Swedish-American Line. TWe Stockholm left oGther.burg on Dec. 11. hut was held up by a Bnt ish cruiser in the North Sea. taken t Kirkwall on Dec. 13 and held three days. Fifty-eight sacks of mail of sus pected German origin were removed by the British authorities, leaving 'Kirkwall. Dec. 16, the Stockholm en countered rough weather during almost the entire voyage across the Atlantic and approached New York yesterday in tiie teeth of the Christmas storm. RUSSIAN DISPATCHES REACHING L 0 N D 0 N AFTER LONG DELAY London, Dec. 28.—The morning news papers today print batches of belated l’etrograd dispatches, the telegraph ser vice between Russia and England having been suspended since the beginning of December except for ofliciul communica tions and brief agency dispatches. As a result some thousands of dispatches had accumulated in l'etrograd. According to the Times’ correspondent there have been no special military devel opments, hut much interest has been shown in domestic politics. Dissatisfac» tion has been shown over the further postponement of the meeting of the Du ma, the postponement ostensibly being due to delays in the budget estimates. There also has been much dissatisfac tion over the reactionary proceedings of so-called monarchists’ congresses held in l’etrograd and Nizsni-Novgorod. On tl e other hand, the correspondent says, in the upper house may be traced a percep tible movement in the direction of the more liberal parties. THE PORTLAND STILL IN TOW OF RAMOS Norfolk, Va,, Dec. 27.—The Ameri- ran steamer Portland, which arrived here Friday from Bermuda in tow of the wrecking steamer Ramos, sailed today for New York, still in tow of the Ra.mos. The Portland, unable to i get fuel at St. George, Bermuda, on iccount of stringent government reg- j jiation, arranged with the Ramos to J tow her to New York. j ASSOCIATION I Ell TO BE TAKEN ‘!i Dec. 27.—1The American As sociation team must be taken away T v land, according to a state ment made by President Johnson of Am -ri :i L ague before leaving tonight l'or the Forest City to discuss with bankers there the baseball situa tion. Magnates of the American League will gather in Cleveland either Wed nesday or Thursday to dispose of the question involved in the affairs of the major anti minor league clubs, which are being handled by a committee of bankers for Charles Somers. That Charles Thomas, president of the Chicago Nationals, is seeking to be among the purchasers of the asso ciation franchise and move it to To was admitted by President Chiv ington tonight. With Mr. Thomas, if his proposition is accepted, would be rs-o-anted Unger Hresnahun, whose homo ;s in Toledo. i:> Cleveland bankers want to sell fob'.io grounds, franchise anti players' contracts together and that 1 v.-.ub! re asked for them, ac cor to 1 'resident Chivington. RUSSIAN LOAN OF 8 60,000,000 IN UNITED STATES 1 '!;a. via London. Idee. 27..—Con i ebon u.o- i .-on received here that 1 is t° te a loan in the Unit f ■"'“'os .or of-1, for Uie purpose I'-«> ::itor supplies ordered in that. u.’.iry. The loan is being arranged by >!°i A:- hiiciv. a Stockholm banker, with the Trust Co. of New York. TWO TRAINMEN RILLED AND TWO RELIEVED DYING 1 i- Pec. 27.—Two trainmen bid. 1. two others probably fatally injured and many passengers hurt to hi in a eol!i.-i?n between two passen 011 the Pennsylvania Railroad e.yht liiibs west of here. ot a.GA.ctS LEAVE THE GREEK LINE i.oniicn. 1 —a dispatch to the from Saloniki says: "-The Bulga nns hove wulmr-awn four miles from ‘'vc'ck 'rout: r Inyornl Gievgeli and :C fortifying a strong 1" of itions. >n our side 1 of fortification is being facili 1 5 weather and ener?eti full} i'iiU" Cankruwtcv I'ortl Petitions —Theodore 1 :-.rb->r lias been pe "l i‘KO I'-ituvruptey by Boston cred .1 involuntary petition having been ,J o. ti.v I'icrk of the l.'nit o. .ltd court. Tile t realtors us given in tile peti :U roscope compass, will receive the Scientilic American medal for the most efficient safety device in 1915. The medal for achievement in accident prevention to its own employes and to the public is awarded to the Hudson if Manhattan Railroad Co. The medals will be presented at the annual dinner of the museum in Xew York Feb. 3. GERMAN NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED BECAUSE OF CAVELL STATEMENT London. Dec. 2S.—A dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Co. from Copenhagen says it is rumored there that Maximilian Harden's newspaper Die Zukunft, pub lished in Berlin, was suppressed recently because it published a statement that Emperor Wii'iam had ordered that Miss Edith Cavell, the English nurse execut ed by the Germans in Brussels, should be pardoned. CASHIER, BOUND A NO INTO BANK VAULT, ESCAPES AND SHOOTS TWO ROBBERS Grant, Okla., Dec. 27,-After having been thrown into the bank vault with his hands tied ty^two youths who today rob bed the Bank of Grant of $4000, Cashier Webb slipped out of his bonds, interrupt ed the bandits and shot and badly wounded both. The robbers, whose names officers gave as Claude .lones, 23, and Arthur McFarland, 17, were taken to jail at Hugo tonight. Physicians said Jones probably would die. A customer who was in the bank NORWAY, MAINE, BOY GIVEN RIDE AND DESERTED Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 27.—While Kenneth Gleason, 13 years old. of Nor way. Me., was wandering around the railroad yards at South Paris. Me., early today, examining the rolling stock with fioyish curiosity, an engi neer asked him if he would like "a lit tle ride.’’ The boy gleefully accepted the invitation and climbed onto a lo comotive attached to a cattle train. The "little ride" lasted till day, and when the train reached its destination at East Cambridge, the engineer told the boy to "clear out." This, at least, was the story Kenneth told police officers who picked him up in the streets tonight. The lad was given shelter for the night and his parents were notified. FREIGHT TRAFFIC IN CANALS WAS 71^290,304 TONS Sault Sto Marie, Mich., Dec. 27.— Freight traffic through the American and Canadian canals in the season just closed aggregated 71,290.3>>4 tons, according to the report compiled by L. c. Sabin, superintendent of the American canals. Traffic for the year was 1),920,370 tons greater than in 1914. and has been exceeded in volume only in two previous years, 1913, with a total of 79.71s.341 tons, and 1912, with 72.472,076 tons Wheat shipments were 205,4x1,Mis bushels and copper shipments aggre gated 1 .'>0.436 short tons or 64,672 tons more than last year Both these com modities established new season rcc ortis. TO INVESTIGATE GASOLENE PRICE Washington. Dec. 27.—Officials of the department of justice said today that the continued rise of the price of gas olene would probably be made the sub ject of an inquiry to doteyriine wheth er there had been any violation of th Sherman anti-trust act. ASSISTANCE FOR AMERICAN IMPORTERS OF HEMP PRODUCT Washington. Dec. 27.-- Restrictions placed by Italy on hemp exports brought from the department of com merce today a proffer of assistance to American importers. Dealers who have purchased hemp in Italy were invited to submit proof of purchase to the department not later than Jan. 10, in order that applications for export permits may be forwarded through the American ambassador at Rome. URGES GREATER STUDY OF JEWISH HISTORY St. Louis, Dec. 27.—The study of Jewish history and Jewish literature in American universities was urged at the Jewish national Chautauqua Asso ciation he?b tonight by Dr. Abram Si mon of Washington, D. C. CRUISER CHATTANOOGA TO MEXICAN WATERS Seattle, Dec. 27.—The protected cruiser Chattanooga, which has been undergoing repairs at the Puget Sound navy yard, sailed today for Mexican waters. WRENN TO RETIRE FROM LAWN TENNIS New York. Dec. 27.—Robert I Wrenn. president of the United States Lawn Ten nis Association for the past several years, announced today he would retire from active participation in lawn tennis af fairs at the expiration of his present term of office. He has had charge of sev eral important tournaments of the asso ciation and was national lawn tennis champion in 1893, 1894, 1896 and 1897. NO FURTHER ACTION BY GOVERNMENT IN LACKAWANNA CASES Buffalo. X. Y.. Dec 27.—Xo further action will be taken by the govern ment in the case of the Delaware. Lackawanna Western Railroad and [the Delaware Lackawanna Western Railroad aril the Delaware, Lackawan na Western Coal Co., acquitted by a jury in federal court last Thursday on a charge of rebating, it was said today. GEORGE WILLIAMS SENDS RESIGNATION TO GOVERNOR WHITMAN

j New York, Dee. 27.—George V. S. Williams, a member of the First Dis trict Public Service Commission, which has been under investigation by the Thompson legislative committee is? some months past, announced today that he had sent his resignation to Gov Whitraan. when the robbers entered was driven with the cashier into tlie vaults, tlte j door of which the youtlt could not lock, j Webb loosened his hands and as the j bandits left the building he passed out the vault door and obtained a shotgun. Taking a short cut to the railroad sta tion Webb concealed himself behind a pile of ties. As the bandits approached, Webb ordered them to put up their hands. They failed to obey and the cash er opened flr». The money was re covered. Rome, I)cc. 27.—Hugh Griffin and Charles Carroll, representing the American Relief Clearing House in l aris, together with Dr. I'dward \V. Ryan, chief of the American Red Cross in Serbia, were received at the minis try of foreign affairs today. Arr;'.n:.:-'!n»r.ts were* made by the Americans to take supplies into Ser bia and Alt anin. Washington, Dec. .7.—In anticipa tion of a Congressional intittiry into 1'resident Wilson's Mexican policy, the State department is collecting and compiling reports made in the last three years. Tiie principal part of the depart ment's final statement will cover treat ment of American citizens. Secretary Lansing lias daily d- clined to give out for publication tin aggregate number of authentic-tin murders of Americans in Mexico the .-tops taken to get satisfaction, Americans Killed or VVocnHed Th> :..i t ci ruing losses will l'o in '-hi e .lit ;--;o:..-; Americans killed in M' xbo. k d I nn the Ameri can ,-ide and t!u- prop ity los.se-. These 11 -*’1-t tire m Die possession of the ^tate A mamc-nt. 1— Americans killed in Mexico lap i'i ‘X:ilia tt’ly _r.. 2— Americans idlicd in the I'nito 1 States, J". evenly infilled between sol diers oi gttard on the border and citizens. Jr. addition to this umber, til American eittrens, 1 ,-s tmd two oifict.rs were wounded on Ameri n territory by Mex ican brc. T! e ttgurcs do not inclucl 1 rivals r ur.uel Parka, who wandered fr( ni the Ameri lines and was killed by Mexican tto.j; s, nor the bluejacket.; and marines kd. or wounded ni Vera ruz. 3—Americans have sustained property losses of approxi: ately J3PO,fOOtOOO. Indemnity has een paid in one ease. db 1 aid to the widow of :ri Am.Ti. an citizen earned McManus, who was killed in his residence iyj suburb of Mexso ty. The state department almost induced Carranza to indemnify tlie family of a slain American name 1 Weils-, hut at t o liu't minutes the first chief declined to make reparation. An American woman whose Jiusband was killed is said to luive been given $50 to Pet out of the country. As far as can be ire i o aher American has re ceived leparatirm 2230 Nuns Unaccounted for i Ti’m id idsvits pri: ted by the Now York World showing that mistreat ment of nuns end desecration of 1 churches haw hen the practice of the Carn.n.ra f6 Burleigh street. Water villi'. All members are urgently re quested to he present. Miss Irene Derry of this town and Miss Klsie Dutelle of Waterville passed the week-end at Augusta where they visited relatives and friends. They re turned Monday to resume their duties at the Kennebec mill. Edward F Darker, superintendent of the Fairfield mill of the United Paper hoard Co., has returned from a several days' trip to Bangor in interests of the firm. Miss Faith Hinckley of Good Will, musical instructor of the Good Will schools, has been in town recently, call, ing on friends on her way to Augusta, to visit her brother E. B. Hinckley. Kingsb’ury B. Piper, of the internal revenue department, has .moved his family and household goods from the Bragg house on Elm street, to the Hatch house on Western avenue, where they will make their home in the fu ture. Mrs. Arobine Hatch Smiley, commer cial instructor in the South Portland High school, is in town to pass her vacation visiting her father, William Hatch. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Mitchell en tertained over the week-end Mr. and Mrs. Fificld Mitchell of Canaan. Miss I.ula Adams and Miss Beatrice Weidi passed Christmas at Madison, where they were the guests of Miss 'Adam’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albra Adams.

Burke-Loubier William Alec Burke of Fairfield and Miss Bose Delia Loubier of Fairfield were united in marriage Monday morn ing. Dec. 27, at the church of the Sa cred Heart. Rev. Fr. Alexandre Dugre performed the ceremonj. Mr. Burke is cmpioved at the Fairfield mill of the Hume* Newhall Co. They will reside in Fairfield. They are popular young people in their circle of friends and have the good wishes of a large num McLaughlin-Cyr Herbert MacLaughlin of Fairfield and Miss Catherine Cyr of Fairfield were united in marriage Monday, Dec. 27, b> Rev. Fr. Alexandre I>ugre, pastor of the Catholic church. A large number of the friends and relatives were pres ent to witness the ceremony. They will go on a wedding trip to parts unknown after which they will reside in Fair field. where Mr. MacLaughlin is em ployed. Bickford-Querion Harry E. Bickford of Winslow and Miss Lucy May Querion of Fairfield were united in marriage Thursday. Dec. 23. at the Fairfield Catholic church by Rev. Fr. Dugre. They have gone on a wedding trip and will make their home in Winslow after returning. Mrs. Mary F. Totman, who is pass ing the winter at Bingham, was in town over Christmas the guest of rela tives and frfends, returning Monday. Stanley Whitney of Augusta is pass- j ing several days in town the guest of his mother. Mrs. Nellie Whitney, at George rage's. Western avenue. Clyde Savage, who is employed at Portland, has returned after a short visit at his home in town. Carl Lourila Carl Lourila. aged 3S years and five months, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21, i after a several years’ illness, his ail j ment being tuberculosis. His remains were taken to his home in Friendship, j Me., where burial was held. Christmas at East Benton Christmas was observed at the Friends church, East Benton. Saturday evening by the presentation of a Christ mas play, "Holy Night.” in six acts, un der tlie direction of the Sunday school, after which were recitations, reading an i singing. The choir was made up of Jesse Preston, Miss Iona Bacon and Mr. and Mrs. I). C. Webster of Freedom. Follow ing the entertainment a Christmas tree was enjoyed by the members of the Sun day school and others. The organist was Mrs. Lucie F. Foss; committee in charge, Mrs. E. W. Walker, Mrs. Yestie E. Foss and Mr-. Emma Blaisdell; super intendent of school, Jesse I- Preston. Past and Present Club The home of Mrs. Florence La wry. Isl and avenue, was the scene of a pleasing occasion Monday afternoon when the members of the Past and i resent Club enjoyed their Christmas tree. The ar rangements of tlie party were in charge of .Mrs. Laura Chapman. The distribu i tion of the gifts was made in a very unique manner, a “cobweb' being effec tively brought into use. Each member was supplied with a number and allowed to follow the "cobweb," led by a corre sponding number, to their present. Mrs. Minnette L. Simpson read -‘Tim's An gel.’’ which was enjoyed by all. A dainty collation was served by the hostess. There was a full attendance. The La wry home was tastily decorated in keeping with the occasion, the Christmas idea being carried out in the program, re freshments and decorations. i. Miss Mary Mayo returned Monday from several weeks’ stay at the Sisteis’ hospital at Waterville. There she un derwent an operation. Miss Faye Dumphy has returned to her home at Island Falls after visiting Mrs. F. A. Leighton, upper Main street. William Ham of Maple street was unable to assume his duties Monday morning at the Waterville car shops because of illness. John Case has moved his family' and household goods from the Fair field House to the George Wyman house on lower Main street, previous ly occupied by Frank Parkman. i Mr. and Mrs. Otis Taylor returned Monday from a few days' visit at Clin ton, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Taylor will return Tuesday morning to their horvie at Arlington, Mass. They have been passing a few days at Clinton with Mr. Taylor's mother. Mrs. Joint Curtis, and ir. Fairfield with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hall. W. H. Taylor was formerly a Fairfield man and is now j successfully engaged as general man ager of the Newbury Auto Sales country I Great progress has been made in every I way. big increase in membership; vast sums of money received for both churches and relief funds: increased sales of the Bible both at home ani abroad: new music by American com posers not to speak of the greatly in creased interest of men generally in religious work and progress. Official figures are not available but those that are at hand indicate a re markable growth of Christianity for the yearl915. The total increase is more than 780.000 members as follows: Homan Catholics.747,®®® Episcopalians.76,090 Baptists.147.00® Methodists.pi4,v0® Disciples. 70.00® Lutherans.60.000 I’resby tei ians.55,00'> Other demoninations.78,00® The supporters of the Christian faith number 40,000.000 out of a total of 100,000.000 people and they g>ve three out of every four dollars re ceived to charity. The Episcopalians alone contributed more than $7".000.060 in gifts to their own work besides giv ing more to missions than ever before. Catholics have started and have well under way a campaign to raise 1300, 000 to build a national headquarters in Mew York City. On the whole the year has proved the best that religion in America has yet known. Outside the Christian churches the religious sentiment has been greatly stimulated also, and among the Jews we tind the forward movement has resulted in a growth of over 350.000 members. in WatervUle next Sunday the churches generally will celebrate the success of the past year and all good hearted men and women are expected to respond to tile rallying slogan oi “Go to Church," and by their presence help and encourage the work our re ligious institutions are doing for hu manity. Begin the New Year right. All men err and erring need relig‘®° Go to church Sunday.

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ypfl* York. Poo. -i. With a view to es jblistiing a universal interpretation of he amateui rule .and the eligibility of j«r=on for amateur competition irf any ,ranch of sport, nearly every prominent ,overn;tur hodv in the wide range of ittur sports was represented at a „ftre:i" which lagan here today and resumed on Thursday. In the antini'’ tic' Xational Collegiate Athletic ssociataai will hold its annual meeting ,;ustai|s T. Kirby of tin- advisory ..mitt. of tlie Intercollegiate Assorta 0f Amateur Athletics of America '.J(, chosen h> ;n Initiation as president conference. rctiir> Howard Whitney of the .-gates Cold Association, the first ..o'kc. *:|i! that his association was tlly succeeding in teaching its rarin tic marked distinction between arn ts and professionals, by a campaign e illi'i*'.. Ih hoped tliat the eonfer j. wouhl r to the letter by his i association. I>r- Hammond said that the Amateur Fencers’ League stood for nothing except pure amateurism. I'1'. Reginald Sayre, for the United States Revolver Association, said there never was any distinction between matt ur and professional shooters and believed it would be impracticable to draw the line. 'I’iie North American Gymnastic I nion, according to Fritz Kemmel awarded no medals or prizes other than wreaths or diplomas, but permitted professionals in any other branch of sport to tin amateur standing in gym nasties. I K. 1Muckier, speaking for the Unit oil States Football Association, de I nounoed the "roving amateurs” in soc cer football who traveled and played wherever they pleased, holding up pro moters of games at will. On behalf of the Military Athletic I a ague, Major K. S. Cooke acknowl edged that it would be dittioult to pre vent amateurs and professionals from ompeting on teams. William F. Garcidon of Mostnn. for tin* National Collegiate Association suggested that the organized govern ing hodies of every sport should inter pret the proposed rule, and make its own exceptions. They should then meet m a conference each year and criticize one another’s interpretations until a .definite understanding was reached. -Tin- Saloniki eorro- 'I tin Temps learns from an -ar.i n: n- mhor of the Wniwlist par- i lavaiier Yenivelos hail an itei'vi' v. a!i Kin? i'onstantiiu' at i... nf I’riBce -Nicholas a fort Y Kin? a.-l\i il M. Vonizo 11j111 consent to take otliee ;...n lit the present eircumstain r,i -1 j;. .'.i/elos cieelarcd: ;a the premiership wild! AUG l O s LOCALS l V»>L lass t,r x in* V 1. i villi a i t s m: r t n\ a t. r i la* i r. 'am. .-a i v: I‘i. -a 't’. j -o!.,, Dancing P?.ruy 1 i luvUiirl v "ts ; stiVi'd l»v Miss Hahn. T'.' i ii.11>« rones r- Mrs. I'ivi-s, Mis T C Ingraham. Mrs. 11 iv and Mrs. (mu ns worn hy the ladies* 11•_* 1«1 instullatiun of obi- r at regular meeting at a young recruit hy the j a::-' r* t* R fcn .hli a _\v g fit’ a— ‘a n it B: V 0* rr V V 0 d j w_. ft, rr, r r." m 311 k ft f. s> s p y l li ti i J I'he 27.—Ar: er r i. r t: k i iv* v!-.i.: in-, new re;;u i !’i r •n of In v I i 1 ;.t his wii 1 1 i«.» j- i 1 U> lu 11 i(.* i..n dij.iot. .it: or ctfiih ui.tr uflico... i fer tUiiig. similar to ilia; i!;:.il to iin ot nianner ilit.* Hit. ’iv> h. .i-\, cLlitT of ;t pr* .xt« or ;i 1 >11:i. t ind submit hi.* !-u.u.f-s is iV.rnish thood. One of his companions, probably a nhy«dcian, forced tiie King to take it tie lipoid nourishment, after which the whole party sat for a time in gloomy sl em-c. then made a pretence at sleeping. Ffcev resumed the journej. befuri c a> HORSES BURNED IN $35,000 FIRE •nn Mass.. Dec. 27,-Fifty horses were ie,l' to death in the destruction by fire cht of a stable owned iy David J. Ilian, a contractor. The los- was ra tted at J35.000. ERAKD iiilOCK SAILS TODA Y TO RESUME DUTIES AS U. S. MINISTER Praises Work of Relief Commis sion and Takes Back $5000 for Aid •\>W York. Dec. "7.—Brand Whit look, United States minister to Bel gium, will sail tomorrow on the Hol land-American liner Rotterdam to re sume his duties abroad. Mr. Whitlock was the guest at luncheon today of Alexander Hemp hill, treasurer of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. He praised the work j of the .commission, declaring that if it shouhr he interrupted for one week, the suffering of the Belgian people would become a calamity. According to Mr. Whitlock, shoes and cloth from which to make cloth ing are vital necessities in the stricken kingdom. He said that the long iso lation of the country had resulted in using up tlie clothing of the people and all raw material. Mr. Whitlock will carry hack with him a purse of $500 subscribed by friends in Toledo, Ohio, to he Uisirib i uted under his personal supervision. LLOYD-GEORGE MAKES THREAT OF_RESIGNING I.ondon, Bee. 117.—The Daily Mail un derstands that David Lloyd-George threatens to resign from the cabinet un less Premier Asquith strictly adheres to his pledge to apply compulsion to all un married •'slackers” if they failed to pre sent themselves for attestation under I.ord Derby’s recruitment scheme. Pishon's Ferry school closed Friday for 0 week’s vocation. Christmas ex ercises ami the school tree were held Thursday afternoon. The following program was carried out: Quotations, school; exercises. hristmas Manners; flowers and lulls, by girls; Christmas kitchen, Lida Gilford; singing, Horace W recitation, Mary Palmer. The trees were very pretty and held some valuable presents. The little folks who took part in the pro gram deserve special praise. At the close of the program. "King the Merry Kells” was sung by t hoir. Mrs. Ralph Chaney was in Water villc Tuesday. D. F. Cain and son Norman were in Waterville Thursday. Mrs. May, wife of Rev. Mr. Peaks of Massachusetts, with her little soil, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Pratt. Leslie. Everett and Ralph Cain of Good will passed Christmas with their cousins, Simon and Dannie Gerald, at Morrison's Corner. Marshall Gifford and family attend ed a Christman tree in Fairfield Sat-' nrday evening. Mrs. Horace Kelley passed Christ mas with her daughter at fairfield Center.

Card of Thanks. We wish to express our heartfeit thanks to all friends ant! orders for their beautiful lloral offerings and the manj kinds friends for their expres sions of sympathy at the loss by death of our beloved wife, mother and daughter. MR. IRVING P. WHITTEN AND FAMILY, MR. v-i MRS. G. W. HIGGINS AND FAMILY. NORTH CLINTON A neighborhood Christmas tree was held at the sclioolhouse Cli list mas eve which was well attended and much en joyed by all present. A tine program was presented and a beautiful and well laden tree was much enjoyed by the youngsters. Mrs. Nellie Hoxie. who has been ill at the home of her sister. Mrs. John Smith, Burnham, returned home Wed nesday of last week much Improved in health. Mrs. Ida Abbott, who is stopping for a time with her brother. Irvin Davis, and family of Canaan, passed Christmas at the home of her son, Philip Dixon. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rowding and child of Lewiston have been visiting his sister, Mrs. Fred Hicks of Canaan. K. D. Marston has hired out with Ed. Hunter of Pittsfield to work in the woods. PASSPORT ABUSE TO BE STOPPED BY GOVERNMENT

Washington. Dec. 27.—Efforts to prevent niis-usc of American passports may result in the establishment at most of the country’s principal ports of State department Inspection bu reaus. similar to the one to be opened in New York next Monday. Depart ment officials said today that although 90 per cent, of the passenger traffic for Europe was through New York, bu reaus would be opened in other cities, such as Boston. New Orleans, San Francisco, Norfolk and Baltimore, should any necessity develop. Walter D. LeMatt, now assistant chief of the bureau of citizenship, was designated today to take charge of the New York bureau which will examine the passports of all Americans, sailing from that port on trans-Atlantic steamers. BIG BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR PRES. WILSON TODAY Hot Springs, Va., fee. 27.—Roads hereabouts were in poor condition for autotnobiling today, so President Wil son and his wife took a nine-mile tramp through the snow and slush. They walked about the mountain coun try for several hours. Latf in the day, the President work ed on some departmental matters and correspondence and disposed of two pardon cases. He committed to expire at once the sentence of Jack Turner, fined IfiOO and given three months in jail for ilicit stilling in Georgia, and remitted the costs in the case of Zc huck-Que-Ap, sentenced to serve tin days in jail ami fined for selling liquor to Indians in Kansas. Preparations are complete for the celebration tomorrow of the President's 59th birthday. A birthday dinner with a tremendous cake, about which Mr. Wilson has not been told, will be served in the suite. Yardmaster Y'it'iic1, who was injured in tin- University of Maine-Colby riot in this city at the time of the Maine Howdoin pimp, was aiiio to lie out for the first time Monday and was at his office at the yards for a part of the day. He is stii! compelled to wall; with a cane. The Waterville Itiile Club officials sent in a requisition for more rifles to tlie Nation: Asset nit ion Monday, the club membership hav.ng swelled to a eonsaUrahel ei 'eat. Many of the mem bers ape purchasing their own puns and when the out of doors shooting begins next summer the majority of the guns usid will p-bably be owned by the fellows using tl.ein. Liquor Oeizure Deputy 'h-.TiiY .holm hi lerick seined three boxts containing liquors til the a merit an Express office Monday. One conltiitted lf> home wedding e curred Christmas night at the h.orne of the j bride, 11 Ash street, when Hazel M. Huzzell was united in ire Triage with Maurice B. Pope in the presence of the immediate family and a few intimate friends. The bride was becomingly i gowned in a dress of white brocaded siik poplin with trimmings of pearl and sh.ulow lace. Her ve 1 was of lulle, caught up with a wreath of tiny white rosebuds. She carried an arm bouquet of white carnations am! maid enhair fonts. The maid of honor. Miss .Elizabeth Hamlin, wore pink crepe do chine and carried pink carnations, i William J’eavty, cousin of the nride, acted as best man. The ceremony was performed under an arch of evergreen ml holly with a large white hell sus 1 periled front center. The Rev. li)r. i’helps was the officiating clergyman and the double ring service was used. After the ceremony a wedding lun eheon was served. Miss Ruth Buzzell. a sister of the bride served, assisted by Klinor Mahoney. The house was taste fully decorated with Christmas greens, j Mrs. l’ope is Lite oldest daughter of Mrs. Viola Buzzell. She received her j education in the public schools of Wa terville anil since until the time of her marriage has been employed in i the store of the Am rican Clothing Co. Mr. Pope is a popular employee of the Maine Central. The couple left on the 1 Pullman for a honeymoon to be passed in Boston and Attleboro. Mass., and on their return will make their home in Portland. They were the recipients of many beautiful presents consisting of cut glass, silver, china and several pieces of money. The going .away suit was dark blue serge with Alice blue toque trimmed with white. Officer of the day. Capt. Henry Me Devitt. Owen Sullivan, late Co. C\ 10th X. H. Inf., has been granted a discharge from the Home. Henry F. Whittredge, late Co. E, 5th Mass. Inf., has been taken up T. A. P. awaiting admission. Furloughs wore granted Monday to ■John F. Henley to Bostbn and John K. Baker to Dover, N. H. James F. Connoly has returned from a furlough passed in Boston. Felix Hanlon returned Monday from an extended furlough to Woonsocket. Letters for the following are advertised at the Home postoffice for the week end ing Dec. 25: A1 Bark, C. D. Lane. Jno. L. Lomasney, Henry It. O’Malley and Martha A. Hayes. On account of the picture show' Monday evening the Tuesday concert will be omitted. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the friends at the National Home for their contributions. MR. MRS. S. S. BENNER. MISSING FROM THE WAR LINES Ottawa, Dec. 27.—Willis Chapman of Eastport, Me., is officially reported missing and is believed to have been killed in action, says the latest casual- ty list. DR. ELIOT ON BIOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT Columbus. O.. Dec. 27,-Biologists’ con tribution to human welfare and the pros pects of further advancement in biologi cal research were reviewed tonight bjfc Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard University, in an address before the American Association of Science, which opened its Gsth meeting here today. ••The most important lesson, Dr. Ell ,ald "which the great advance of applied biological science teaches I. that the treatment of human evils and wrongs In the future should be preventative for the mass as well as curative for the lnd i ideal. The maine functions of the med ical profession are to be the prevention of the spread of disease and the eradi cation or seclusion of the causes, sources or carriers of communicable diseases. "Society,” he declared, "must concern itself, not chiefly with the isolation, tem poral or permanent, of the individual murderer, thief or forger, but with the extermination or repair of the genet! educational or industrial defects which cause the production of criminals. Addresses of welcome were made by Dr W O. Thompson and Dr. T. Men denhall. president and president enter Ins. respectively, of the Ohio State l nl versity. i CEMETERIES AS SANCTUARIES OF AMERICAN BIRDS w York. Dec. 27.—The conversion I the cenieteri 'S of the country in nctuaries for birds is the aim of mpaign announced today by the ,nal Association of Audubon So s The association urges the ex ,',i of hunters and.cats from com ,s so that tile birds may be pro- I 1. There are more than a million ol" land in the United States used trial grounds. VILLA BROTHERS’ WIVES GO TO HAVANA, CUBA Havana, nee. -i Villa, wife of the Mexican rebel lead-; and Mr.'. Hipolito Villa, wife of (len. Villa’s broiher, accompanied by their children, a number of relatives anil many servants, arrived here today on board the steamer A ten ah from New Orleans. They announced they intended io establish a residence in Hr vann. Mrs. Francisco Villa said that neith er her husband nor Col. Hipolito Villa haie any inta ntion of leaving Mexico, being determined to continue the stria --le a.-ainst Vonustiano Carranza and fully cor.Hdent of ultimate success. VON Cl ELOVv RESUMES QUIET LIFE AT BERNE Herne. Svvitzi rland, Dee. Hi, via Haris.—Hrinci von Duelow*, former Herman chancellor has returned to Lucerne lie h is resumed his quiet life at a hotel there. Recent reports ti> tin- eff— Villa Xova. Xov. 4—Notre Uame Cniversity. Xov. 11— Cniveraity of Maine. Nov. is—;T»)i*irigflti'l V. M. c. A. College. Xov. ‘Si—L’nitcO States X.ival A—Indiana State at Indianapolis. Nov. 4—Mass. Aggies at Medford. Xov. U—Springfield Y. M. C. A. College at Springfield. Xov. Is—Bow.loin at Medford. Xov. 2.7—Syracuse at Boston. BRITISH DENIAL (Continued from Page One' r-- ’’C>n the 27th. Uen. Totvnshend sent a further report in which he says that at midnight on the 24th and on the '25th fierce lighting fur the possession of the fort took place. The enemy effected a lodgment in the northern bastion and were ejected, but came on again and oc cupied the bastion. The garrison of Ox ford Light Infantry and the 103d hur ried to the entrenchment and were rein forced by the Norfolk Regiment and the 104th Pioneers. The enemy vacated the bastion early Christmas morning and re tired into trenches 400 to 500 yards in the rear. Although the attack had been made from trenches only about 100 yards from the breach. The rest of Christmas day passed quietly. The fort and garrison in excellent spirits, reoecupying the bas tion. The enemy’s casualties are estimat ed at about W0, our own at 190 killed and wounded. “A whole division appears to have been engaged in the attack. Presumably the 700 enemy dead mentioned in the tele gram of the 24th are not included in the above.” WINTHROP Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Titus and son Ralph and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Titus were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred bailey of Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. John Dudley were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pike and daugh ter Sarah and Mr. and Mrs. William bell of Bath passed Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Gordon of Read held, Mr. and Airs. Bell returning to Bath Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Will Foss and daugh ter Esther of Augusta were calling at Brookside in their new Metz car Thursday. Mrs. Eunice Welch of Hallowell was a guest last week of her son, Harry Crockett. Mrs. Anna Hagberg of Winthrop was calling on her sister last week, Airs. Warren Smith. Miss Annie McDonald passed Christ mas with her parents, Mj. and Mrs. James McDonald of Winthrop Center. Mrs. Ethel Staine Pratt of Farming ton was the guest of her parents. Air. and Mrs. E. R. Staine, Saturday and* Sunday. Jason Faulkenham, Mrs. Smyth and daughter Marguerite passed Christmas with Air. and Airs. Avore of Augusta. Fayette Noyes of Wakefield, Alass., was calling on his niece, Airs. Smyth, last week. Ralph Putnam of Philadelphia Den tal College writes that he had a very pleasant call from Herbert Wadsworth of Winthrop recently. Neil Stanley went to Augusta Alon day, after passing several days at home with a bad bold. Air. Hackett of Readfield started Monday for the lumber camps of Air. Savage, near Rangeley, with a pair of horses of Air. Winterbottom, besides his own team, where he will haul lum ber. Aliss Rosa .McGinnis, who’ has been with Air. and Airs. Fred Bearce for several weeks, is cooking for Air. and Airs. Hopkinson this week. Fred Bearce saw a Hock of about 25 wild geese Hying south last Friday and thinks that is the latest he remem bers seeing wild geese going South. WINTHROP CENTRE Mr. and Mrs. Levi Lewis entertained the following at a dinner party on Christmas day: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clement and daughter Eileen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor and children, Elmer, Clement and Kathalena, and Miss Helen Lewis of Augusta and Mr. McLellan. Miss Mary Clough passed the week end with her parents. Wilson B. Schwartz returned to Provi dence, It. I., Sunday after passing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. lventon Schwartz. Miss Annie MacDonald of Winthrop passed the week end at her home here. Miss Lucille M. Kidder has returned from her home in Waterville. where she i was the guest of her parents. Arthur Stetson of Leeds Junction was j a holiday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stetson. Ttev. David E. Henley of Vassalboro was a Sunday guest at the home of G. A. Sleeper. Mrs. Frank Shaw and Mrs. Antoinette Drapeau were Sunday guests of Mrs. I George C. Hinds. Mr. Cote of Augusta passed Christmas j day at Sport Farm. Wyman Hewey was in Augusta Satur- day for a brief visit. Miss Fortier of Augusta was a week end guest of Mrs. Rose Caron at Sport Fa rm. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Longfellow were dinner guests on Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Healey, j Mrs. B. F. Foster and Frank Tuttle I took dinner on Christmas day with Mr. anti Mrs. Henry Tuttle. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mutch of Hallowell i were Christmas guests of Mr. March's parents, Mr. and Mrs. David March. Mr. anil Mrs. Charles F. Smith were i guests Saturday of Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Flynt of Augusta. Wilson Swartz, who has been at home for Christmas with his father and moth er. Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Swartz, left Sunday for Boston, where he is employ ed. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bailey of Win thron village and Miss Jeanette Bailey of Providence. It. 1.. and Mrs. George Bailey were dinner guests Sundae at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey. Arthur Stetson of Lends Junction pass ed Christmas with his father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stetson. IN DIANARM Y SH IFT (Continued from Page Onto ly talked of. There is a possibility tii.it Sir Edward Grey’s health may compel him to leave the cabinet, al- j though he attended today's meeting. The sudden return of Winston Spencer Churchill to England, likewise, is the basis of many rumors. David Lloyd-George, the minister of munitions, received a great ovation from the holiday crowd when he ar rived at Downing street for the cab inet meeting. 79 DROWN™ i Continued from Page One) The survivors were taken to Malta, arriving there yesterday morning. The Ville ile La Ciotat was one of the largest of the steamships sunk re- cently in the Mediterranean. Her gross tonnage was 637S. She was 487 feet long and 50 feet beam. She was built at La Ciotat, France, in 1892, and was owned by the Messagerles Maritimes of Marseilles. She was last reported on her arrival at Saigon, Indo China, on i Dec. 1. on a voyage from Yokohama to Marseilles. DOUBLEA^IOUNT OF HOUSE BILLS FOR CONGRESS

Washington, Dec. 27.—Bill clerks of the House who are still working on the records of proceedings of the ses sion up to the holiday recess, reported today that the number of bills already introduced at the 64th Congress more than doubles the number of such measures presented in a similar pe riod at the opening of the 63ril Con gress. During the first 12 days of the last Congress 3320 hills were introduced. In the similar period during the pres ent session there were 6781 bills intro duced. besides 153 resolutions. GARDINER LEWISTON L. W. TAKE GAME FROM j GARDINER FIVE* The Androscoggin aggregation humll iated the Kennebecers on their home grounds Monday evening in a hotly con tested bowling match at the Unique al leys, winning by 66 points in the total and taking two of the three boxes. McDon ough did some classy rolling and to taled 329 points, while E. Perry of the Gardiner five led for his team with Cor ing close on his heels. The summary: GARDINER FIVE. W. Goggin .UO 102 75-2871 T; Tibbetts 82 106 84-283 I>! Loring .106 83 121-S10| T. G. Harrington 87 96 86—269 E. Perry .101 112 98-31V Totals .486 499 474—1469 LEWISTON L. W. Russell .Ill ns 92-321 Malsar .107 95 39-39* McGovern 98 97 106-300 McDonough .112 84 133-329 Beaumont .113 86 86-28+ Totals .541 480 504—1623i CONSUL’S REPORT (Continued from Page Onel said the submarine was not seen un til after the liner had been torpedoed and that then only her periscope was visible. The ship sank in 49 minutes and the survivors—120 passengers, in cluding an American, \V. J. Leigh and the 162 men of the crew, were picked up by a French cruiser and landed at Port Said, from where the fltst reports of the sinking came last week. The general assumption is that the submarine must have been German or Austrian renewed efforts will be made to determine its nationality and in structions to that effect probably will be sent out today by the State De partment. If it can guther the ne cessary information on which to pro ceed, the United States is prepared to include the incident in its diplomats representations against the sinking of non-combatant ships without warning. Japan’s Future Course The outcome of the Yasaka Maru case is generally regarded by officials and diplomats here as surrounded with wide possibilities regarding Japan’s fu ture course in the war. It has t|een suggested that she might answer the challenge to her shipping by a wide participation in the war. even to the extent of taking part in the operations in Europe. As Germany has already given as surances that her submarine com manders were under instructions not to attack liners without warning, there was a disposition to believe the at tacking boat was an Austrian. If that assumption proves true, it is feared the situation over the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona will be further complicated, and the diplomatic corre spondence with Austria will be broad ened to take in the general subject of attack without warning, as it did in the last stages of the negotiations with Germany. Unotlicial reports of a favorable re ply by the Vienna foreign office to the last Ancona note have not served to alter the attitude of the State depart ment in the Ancona ease and there are direct indications that nothing but meeting the demands of the United States will leave diplomatic relations between the two countries unimpaired. The word that the reply “will be guided with concern for the good re lations" between the two countries, officials take it, means that Austria Hungary probably expects more diplo matic correspondence on the subject. The United States is disinclined to enter into any such negotiations. Should it develop that an Austrian submarine torpedoed the Ynsaka Maru without warning, the Vienna foreign office undoubtedly will lie asked to dis avow the act jind to give assurances to govern future conduct of her sub marine warfare. As was done in the correspondence with Germany, the United States will hold to the posi tion that if submarines fail to give, warning their commanders cannot be cure that an American life will not be placed in danger. The statement has not been advised what instructions, if any, have been given commanders of Austro-Hungarian submarines. OTHER ADVICES ON SINKING OF THE YASAKA MARU New York, Dec. 27.—Detailed advices received here today from Port Haid con cerning the sinking of the Yasaka Maru corroborate previous statements that the steamship was torpedoed without warn ing. It is said she was attacked at 2.3.1 P. M. by a submarine whose presence had not been observed. No flag was visible. Shortly after the torpedo was discharg ed two periscopes, one long and one short, appeared above the water within jpn feet of the steamship. After the Yasaka Maru sank, a conning tower was visible for a brief time at a point about a mile away. The report describes the manner In which all on board the steamship entered the boats safely, this having been accom plished within 10 minutes of the time the torpedo was discharged. The captain caused the boats to be tied together. Sails were hoisted and. In accordance with a plan arranged previously by wire-' less, a southeasterly course was taken.' This was held until midnight, when the French gunboat which rescued the pas sengers and crew was met. During the evening the periscope of the submarine reappeared only a few yards from the boats, but the submarine itself was not visible. According to a statement made to the! Diet by the finance minister, there was! on board the Yasaka Maru gold to the! value of 1,000,000 yen ($500,000). SCARLET FEVER BESETS GERMANY London, Dec. 27.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co., from Am sterdam tells of a serious scarlet fh ver epidemic In Germany extending from Bombc-rg to a number of villages in r*osen where the sickness is unus ually acute. All military hospitals which have been requisitioned to deal with the epidemic are crowded and! the government measures* according to i the dispatch have proved altogether inadequate.

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(DAILT KENNEBEC JOURNAL 'EatcqUfafc the Augusta Post Office as f ssoond. class mail matter. "ESTABLISHED 1826 INo* notice whatever will he taken of unsigned communications. Tfie Journal cannot be held responai ble foirthe preservation or return of rejected communications. 'Address all communications relating •t to subscriptions and advertisements A to Kennebec Journal Company, t Publishers, Augusta, Maine. Tuesday, December 28, 1915. 1 A Democratic Christmas Present: The Democratic party has made a characteristic Christmas present to the American people. It consists of the re-enactment of the emergency tax law, which will take $80,000,4)00 out of the pockets of the people during the next year to make up for Democratic extravagance and mismanagement. And even with this law re-enacted, the deficit for the remainder of this fiscal year will, according to Representative Kitchin, the Democratic leader, amount to $6,000,000 a month. T.'nder this iaw anyone so fortunate as to be able to buy a farm during this Democratic administration must pay to the Treasury 50 cents for every $500 of the purchase price, and the many who will be compelled to borrow must pay j to the Treasurer 50 cents on every $500 of the mortgage. And all this be cause, as Representative Longworth put it, "As a discourager of American industry your (the Democratic) tariff bill is a brilliant success. As a pro ducer of revenue it is a sorry failure.” Mr. Longworth further pointed out in the debate on this bill that, despite the "high finance” methods, the "jug gling” of Secretary McAdoo, by which the Treasury balance is so padded as to make it appear that there is $107, 000,000 in the Treasury, the true bal ance is only $1)0,000,000 and that is disappearing at the rate of $1,000,000 a day. Speaking of Mr. MeAdoo’s method of padding his accounts. Representative Fordney said: “If there were a na tional bank within the limits of the I'nited States that should adopt the manner of bookkeeping which has been adopted in the Treasury of the I'nited States, the bank examiner, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, would have every man con nected with that bank in jail within D4 hours,” and he challenged the Democrats to disprove his statement. i ne uemocrauc contention mat tne failure of the Underwood hill to pro duce sufficient revenue is due to the European war was shattered by Mr. Kordney when he pointed out, quoting1 the figures of Democratic officials, that during the seven months (trior to the war and under the Underwood tariff loll the imports were $100,000,000 greater than during any like period in the history of the country, while the tariff revenues averaged $5,r. S. S. Lungren after 25 years practice in Toledo says: "It is difficult to find any part of the confirmed beet drinkers machinery that is doing its work as it should. This is why their life cords snap off like glass rods when disease or accident gives them a little blow. Physicians and insurance com panies accept this as unquestionably as any other undisputed fact of science. The life insurance companies expect a ntan otherwise healthy, who is addicted to beer, will have his life shortened from 4o to 60 per cent. There is no question in my mind that many brain diseases and insanity cases are caused by beer drinking.” Dr. A. Kirkley: "Sickness is al ways more fatal in beer drinkers, and serious accidents are usually fatal to them. UNDER ITS INFLUENCE THE .MENTAL POWERS are more in active than the physical. THERE IS HARDLY A single cause that oper ates more powerfully in the produc tion of insanity: and not only that, but it excites the action of other causes that may be present." Another prominent Toledo physician, Dr. W. E. Ridenour testified: ‘‘Beer drinkers arc peculiarly liable to die of pneumonia, their vital power. their power of resistence is so lowered that they are liable to drop off front any form of acute disease, such as fevers, pneumonia, etc. 1 have no doubt that the rapid spread of Bright’s disease is largely due to beer drinking. 1 have always believed that Bayard Taylor fell a victim to the German beer that he praised so highly. He died ot Bright’s disease at the age of 5o. when he should have lived, with his consti tution, to a ripe old age. He went just as beer drinkers are going all the time and everywhere.” The German doctor, Bergen, closes his testimony with this emphatic statement: "I have told you the frozen truth—cold, calm, scientific facts, such as the profession recognizes every where as absolute truths. I do not re gard beer drinking as safe for any one. There is only one safe course, and that is to let it entirely alone." That eminent German. Colonel Mans, department surgeon, medical depart ment corps, u. fS. Army, lately made the following statement. "Many who denounce ardent SPIRITS, consider beer a wholesome and sustaining food. Beer drinkers are especially liable to fatty and enlarged heart, diseases of the liver and kidneys complicated with dropsy, gout and rheumatism. As a sequel of beer drinking we find an in fected and loaded circulation, and a diminished vitality *which invites dis ease and death. The mortality ot brewers is about three times as great as that of individuals who follow the ordinary occupations of life. Be sides, thp resisting powers of the blood, white corpuscles are greatly destroyed in beer drinkers, which leaves him unprotected against infec tious diseases. Graphically speaking, ithe constitution of the chronic beer drinker is shot to jtieces at 40 or iiO years of age. Insurance companies a,s a rule refuse this character of risk. EXHAUSTIVE EXPERIMENTS MADE in Germany and Austria have shown that two liters of beer daily for twelve days lessened working capac ity from 25 to 40 per cent. Children who drank one or two glasses of beer a day stand lower than abstinent chil dren, in their classes. The German ministry of education recently ap proved the following notice: ‘Give your children not a drop of beer, not a drop of beer.' ‘Why? Because 30 per cent, of the children born among the Bavarians, the greatest beer drinkers In the world, are born dead. And 69,000 of them die annually in the first years of their life. Dr. Wallsak of Vienna states that 57 per cent, of the sons of brewery workmen are unfit for military service. During the year 1912 76 per cent, of the applicants for I recruiting were rejected. I am thor oughly satisfied that the defective con i dition of the majority of these young I men was largely due to the alcoholic habits of their parents. But why sub mit further evidence on this subject; for has not the" German emperor ad 1 vised his people, and especially the |army, to abstain from the use of beer? I Emperor William has certainly had every opportunity to study the degen crating influences of Germany’s na tional berevarge. Besides I am quite certain that your splendid society con tains many eminent physicians who are abundantly able to confirm all of I the above statements from personal study and observation.” j Editor Hanson in the editorial above .referred to says: “I know its (alco i hoi’s) terrible effects on the human I family. 1 know the curse it has been jin all ages, and I have a vague con ception of the great army of broken hearted, weeping women and children that have followed along the pathway j it has trod, suffering as only God and they may know.” And T. M. tjjilmore, i editor of the -'National Liquor Deal I ors’ Journal.” in a letter to Dr. Lyman Abbott. 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Full directions with Pinex. Tastes good and never spoils. You will he pleasantly surprised how quickly it loosens drv. hoarse or tight coughs, and heals the inflamed mem j branes in a painful cough. It also stops the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending the per sistent loose cough. Pinex is a most valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine ex tract. rich in guaiacol, which is so heal ing to the membranes. To avoid disappointment, be sure and ask your druggist for “2’A ounces Pinex,” and don't accept anything else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with this preparation. The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. II I til RAILROADS STEAMBOATS MAINE CENTRAL R, R. In Effect Sept. 26. 1915. TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA AS FOL LOWS: GOING WEST-3.03 A. M., except Monday. Portland aim Boston; a. al, Lewiston, Farmington. Rockland, Portland, Bos ton, Montreal uiul (Que bec; 9.3'J A. III., Bruns wick, Lewston, Farmington, Portland. Boston, 12.48 P. M., iialiowtll, Gardiner uud So. Gardiner; 3.10 1J. M., local; 4.61 1'. M. (express!, Brunswick, Rockland, Portland. Boston and New York; 5.15 P. M., Hallow ell, uaromer and So. Gardi ner; 6.12 P. 31. (not beyond Portland!; 10.40 1'. Al., Lewiston, Bain, Portland, Boston. Sundays 3.03 and lu.15 A. AL, 3.33 (New Y'orki and 10.40 P. M., Portland and Boston. 1 GOING EAST—1.11 A. Ai., Bangor, Calais, Bar Harbor, St. John, Halifax, 1 Aroostook Go. Sunday morning does not connect beyond Bangor; 6.33 A. M., local to Aloosehead Lake (via Oakland), Bel fast, Foxcroft and Bangor; r.lj A. M., local to Beliast, Bangor and SkoWnegan; 12.03 P. M., Waterville, Banger, B. A. K. 11., Calais, St. John and Halifax; 2.3• P. A1., express to Waterville. thence local to Bangor and llatti wamkeag; 3.20 P. -VI., Waterville and Skowhcgau; 7.08 i’. AL, Waterville, Skownegan and B-n gor. Sundays 2.53 P. M., for Bangor; 1.11, 9.30 A. Al. and 2.33 P. M., for Skow hegan. Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell, Gardiner and South Gardiner at 6.38, 9.30 A. M., 12.48, 3.10, 4.C7, Gardiner only 5.15, ’6.12. 10.40 1>. AL 11. H. WALLiKON, Gen'l l’assenge:' Agt. L). C. DOUGLASS, Gen'l Algr., Port l land. Me. EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES ALL-THE-WAY-BY-WATER BOSTON PORTLAND LINE Steamships BAY STATE and GOV ERNOR U1NGLEY. Leave Franklin Wharf week days 7.30 P. M., for Boston. Return leave Central Wharf, Boston, week days only at 7 P. M. liay trips leave Portland Fridays 6.00 i A. Al. Due Boston 2:00 1'. AI. MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE Direct to New York Steamships NOftTH LAND ana 1 NORTH STAR. Reduced fares in effect. *3.60 to New York. Reduced Stateroom Prices. Leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, Tues.. Thurs. and Sat at ti.W) P. AI. BATH AND BOOTHBA* LINE i Effective Nov. 21.—Leave Bath 2.4o P. Al., week days only, for Boothbay Harbor and Intermediate Landings. Return, leave Boothbay Harbor 7.0t* A. if., week days only, for Bath and Intermediate Landings. H. A. CLAY, Supt., Portland. Maine. AI. A HARADEN. Supt., Bath. Maine. dtf__ tuea LAST WEEK HUNDREDS JOINED OUR Christmas Club THIS WEEK Hundreds of Others Will Join. Why Not Be One of Them? They have joined because they are delighted with the idea of saving a little every week and getting it in a lump sum WITH INTEREST two weeks before Christmas. State Trust Company AUGUSTA, MAINE Thomas 3. Lynch. Pres. John E. Liggett, Vice Pres. George W. Vickery. Vice Pres. George C. Libby, Treas. Thomas H. Bodge, Asst] Trsaj prolific cause of disease; with sociol ogists that it is a prolific cause of pov erty; with penologists that it is a pro lific cause of crime." And as there can he produced a cloud of witnesses of recognized au thority, all who testify that the effect of beer is as injurious as distilled liquor on the human system, what rea son has any one for advocating its use unless it is a pecuniary or personal motive? And if one has such a mo tice. in heaven’s name let him pause and consider what a terrible affliction he is helping to fasten upon humanity. C. E. SMITH. Vienna. X. J.. Dec. ”4, 1915. Christmas, 1915. Editor Kennebec Journal; What should we understand Christ mas to mean? What is a Christian? What did the doctrine of Jesus teach? t If there are any who are seeking Truth along these lines, I would offer these suggestions: The word "spirit'’ used in the Bible means, matter in a higher (more quickened) state of activity, of a high er vibration, and corresponds closely to our chemical term, "gas,” “ether.” Man does not "storeup” Thought. Thought simply plays on his nerves from the outside. Thought, strange as it may seem, is matter in this higher state of activity and corresponds to the word “spirit.” “My words, they are spirit, and they vibration vibration are life.” vibration "Heaven” is not a place, it is a state (of beingI. Tills "quickened,” '•gaseous." spirit state into which all the good of mankind may enter. “Glory” as used in the Bible means ■’Heaven.” the collection of good spirit. “God is a spirit," the whole collec tion. If one keeps his nerves (mind) well supplied with good Thoughts after a time his whole body becomes purified and all things turn “Light" to him. and he becomes conscious of what Thoughts (spirits) really are and this condition. Jesus called "born of God." There was not the slightest reason why the "Kingdom” should not have been established centuries ago. except mankind's, willfulness, ignorance and contention against dominion, his “prejudices” and 'lusts.'' There is not the slightest reason why mankind should not commune with God today except man's own con dition and position. To know this "condition and posi tion” one must understand Truth. If you wish to know this Truth, lay all prejudice aside. "Become as a little child" (willing and eager to learn) and t can give you a good start. You, perhaps, do not know that Im mortality is a positive fact, hut 1 know it is. Give me license to speak. (Truth is bound (crucified) in about everyway, all over our land, censored, covered, suppressed, stilled) and 1 think I can convince you. A servant. HARRY W. SNELI,, R. K. Jj. 1. Newport. Me. A forty-foot deposit of colemanite, the source of borax, is reported to AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTOR? CHAPTER, CUSHNOC IX1U H. A. M. Special meotintr at m- Temple i>ee. 39, at p \i »;,la®!r,|> 1*. M. and M. E. M. degreesSoiou™■* companions are cordially invited .D®* tend ua ’“H ALBERT M. PIXGRKE u 0 CHARLES K. I'HASB,’ "ec . .M. Work i„^ decree. All sojourning brethren are'™, dially invited. e C0! KH AX CIS S. JL CALLAGHAN' u- v WESTON LEWIS. Sec. y ODD FELLOWS HALL ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, REGUL*» meeting Friday evenings at pri(" evening, Dec. 31, nomination anti el*,*'' of officers. wec«* C. E. PRATT. N. 0 E. F. WESTON, s,. JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO Meetings at 7.30 o'clock every second'., fourth Tuesday. Tuesday evening u 2s, nomination and election of officer. W. H. JOHNSON r p C. E. STEW ALT, Sent* CANTON AUGUSTA. NO. 9, p. K Regular meeting every third Tueid»... 8 o'clock. a'1 O. E. FAKNHAM. Cut RAY M. BURNS, ag if CALANTHE LODGE, NO. 52, K. P Regular convention Wednesday eveni-t Meetings commence at 7.3c. FRED S. CHASE, C. C. GEO. E. FKYE, K. of R. and 3 i mo-tu-wed.tf UNIFORM RANK, KNIGHTS OF Pythias, King Company, No. 4. Kggjj meeting first Thursday of >-acli moot. Capt. F. W. PAGE. Rec., W. P RAN iv HERRICK. oct5,tu-th-sat.tf QUEEN TEMPLE, NO. 79. PYTHIAN Sisters, meets In K. of P. nail tin i*.. ond and fourtn Tuesday e\eninga ot«u.n month, at 7.3c o'clock. ETHEL L. SMITH, M. E. C. ADELAIDE M. PAGE, M. ot R. aaif LUCIE P. LEWIS. M. of F. tu-tli-sat.tf I!' CAPITAL GRANGE. NO. 243. P. OF H. Meetings 2d and 4th Saturday ev» ings of each month at G. A. K. hall. MRS. EMMA F. HOWE, W. I MRS. ALICE RIPLEY. Sec. tu-tli-sat.tf _ N. E. O. P., KENNEBEC LODGE,¥ 251 meets in G. A. R. hail the lirst U third Tuesday evenings of each monu at 7.30 o’clock. MRS. LOTTIE H. PIERCE, Warden MRS. EMMA F. llUWE, Rec. Seo B. L. NICHOLAS, Fin. Sec. ttt-th-sat G. A. R. THE REGULAR MEETlNt of Seth Williams Post No 13, second Id fourth Thursdays of each month. ARTHUR L. BROWN. Commander. WM. Me DAVID, Adjutant. O. O. STETSON, Quartermaster, tu-th-sat.tf GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN CIRCLE No. 5, Ladies of the C. A. R.: Kegnii meeting in G. A. R. hall every Tuesial at 2.30 P. M. MRS. BELL E. SANBORN, Pr« MRS. SARAH L. GULT1LL, sec tu-th,sat.lyr _ RETAIL CLERKS UNION. L0C*. No. 819. Regular meetings rim and tUn Tuesdays of each month in Golden Crw hall. A. B. MARR, President. O. E. DOUGLAS, Rec. Sec’J. maylltues.thur&sattyr SETH WILLIAMS INDEPENDEN1 Relief Corps. Meetings every Thunifl afternoon at 2.30 at G. A. 11. hall. HATTIE LJPPINCOTT, I’rtt ADDIE W. GAY. Sac L. J. McDAVID. Treaa aprll,tu-th-sat.lyr t-i have heen discovered at a depth of« feet by ranchmen drilling for watB about four miles from Rich station, i1 the Kramer district, San Hernanli# county. California. Kennebec Savings Bank Opera House Rlock Opp. Post Office Augusta, Maim GEO. E. MACOMBER, Pres. W. G- BOOTHBY. Treas. Win. P. Whit-ehouse THISTLES Geo. E Ma.onh Thomas J. Lynch F. G. Kinsman Chas. A. Mllliken M. S. Holway Wm. H. Gannett Deposits and Surplus. .APRIL 10, 1915.$1,593,926.91 Deposits received on or before the 10th will draw Interest from first day of raon Accounts can he opened, money sent and money withdrawn by maU. Dividends payable the first Monday of May and November. U. S. GOVERNMENT SUPER VISION

i The Granite National Bank is under U. S. Government suiv&vvision—assuring the most careful inspection and regulation known to modern banking procedure. You are cordially invited to make this string bank you? i depositary, by starting an account subject to check. GRANITE NATIONAL BAN

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Classified /id Rates pcllr lines (6 words to a lino) -5 words or less cost 15c. for ;SSue, 30c. for three and 50c. week. Pro rata price will charged for advertisements ex -e’c;ng four lines. In sending by :’ll' enclose stamps with order, fs charges are too smali to open accounts. -he journal does not knowing accept any fraudulent advert!* C 0f any kind. The Journal will Investigate promptly and vigor ,ly every claim from any per 3n who has been in anyway de lved or mistreated through an ting an advertisement. The j!Urnal will thank its readers to 5rng to its attention any failure C the part of an advertiser to make good his promises. It is the teiief of this paper that an ad vertiser serves his own interest ”e5t only when he serves the pub* lic best. If you are not satisfied tell the Journal. NEW ADVTS. TODAY W4nte(j_Work. Wanted—Pullets. fWid-Bracelet. To let—l pper flat. Fnr Sale- Cockerels. ffanted-Showease. T I et—Pleasant room. r,ted—Shingle sawyer. To U't-11 rnished rooms. To tvar.t1 ,.j_Kiri for housework. WANTED—MALE HELP. ,T ONCE—SHINGLE SAWYER, ,..st t,f. .•omi)ft',nt for the work. Sawing, grilling. References required mills. Write or 'phone at once i Harlow, Norridgewock, Me. : experience •’•r Address Railway Associa ,re journal. decidiw* GOVERNMENT positions are ,v to get. My free booklet B V I'M tells ..*J' write today—Now. Karl Hopkins, v diii.ct.'ii. i>. C. deeldlino* VEN TO LEARN TO DRIVE AND r tut>.mobiles and be prepared to till ;'at good salaries. Write for il r. -Maine Auto Company, 77a a.,.. Portland, Maine. novSOdlino WANTED -FEMALE HELP. 4 girl for general house ri, [.unity of three. Capable of _• ooking. Mrs. F. W. Rafter, i'r.'. i.viiue, Gardiner, Me. dccSsdlf ;rL FOR CENERAl” HOUSE-’ that ran cook. Family of Vr~ A K. Haves, ;-2 Dresden Ave., dee24dtf •.iNG OR iVIDDLE AGED WO ...-work ai l rare of two chil ila v lliehardson, it. F. 1». ii. dec24d3tJ 3'JnG girl for general small country family, no a lien to take care of; state .1 Address Farmer, Ken „t) de.22dt>t* ;-J$T CLASS MILLINERY MAK y Wheeler’s, 2e;i Water street. dec20dtf i Uillru-rtllSCeilancOUS tr YOUNG MAN ATTENDING "iiege, a chance to work out of is. '.tniuire at Shaw Business dec28di\v SECOND HAND 8" FOOT SILENT hot, race, in good condition, .ii teiie Bickford, Augusta. Ale.. _deeadat* WILL l.U StCUNO-HANU FUR Liae at. ay good piicc in Augusta, itklottWl ,ai Gardiner. F. Daniel, tir Ay.me, Augusta. janCldlino* apullets, w. e. lord, r. f. Df Augusta, Maine. Tel. 26-32, ltead dec2St13t iOCD SAFE HORSE FOR KEEPING. can handle. Little riding. No rk ii,..-; of ruire. C. L. Saunders. Wiiithrop. Ale. dec27d.it* »NY INTELLIGENT PERSON MAY ,i good, steady income correspond far newspapers. We suggest sub a s. 1:x i■ i ic :ir unnecessary. Address t’o icspoiideiiee Bureau, Washing as, d. c. deeffdet* AOOD, HARD OR SOFT, TO CUT. ‘V.t price and kind lirst letter; if camp r.et. Answer soon. Raymond True 1 rth>. K, o>. tiaruiner. Me._dee27dSt^ carrots, eeets and squash ash. tleo. L. Weeks it Son. Tele -A -W, on L., A. W. Klee. Hy. dec25d6t* SECOND HAND PUNG IN AUGUSTA v:r;t:;tv must he m good condition. ALress iiox 56, li. F. D. 7, Augusta, ■Li.e. dee25dfit* TEN OR FIFTEEN HORSEPOWER nettrio s uitor, alternating/ current. Must in goad condition. Slstte cash price, 'tone l. I’iUsbury Jakins Co., Benton Saturn, Alaine. dec2fd6t* 1A0y or GIRL WANTED EACH :,n to ropy names for advertisers, •fai pay spare time. .Stamp for par F'klars. hep;. F, American Advertising ortau Leighton's Corners, N. I' dec23d6t* WT TO BUY A STREET HORSE r-ket in good condition for wear in the -fry. Address C. H., care Journal. dec23dtf H HOOP POLES WANTED, IN ’S of I>. H. Shuman, Randolph. Me. dec21d2wks* STEADY, RELIABLE PHYSI at Branch .Mills, Palermo, Alaine. r^U man preferred. dec!4dtf RENT a farm with stock privilege of buying. Address by only. 12.:. care Kennebec Journal. dec9dtf KITTENS ALL COLORS, shaggy with -uffs around the rrlte me at once what you have. Aukelield. S Grove St., Augusta, octSidtf -GS1. •‘SDAY AFTERNOON ON WA '•ardiner, between 12 and 5 o'elcck in muff. Finder please lerve n h ,y oc.'s store and receive de 23dlw FOUND. CETWEEN THE CORNER I'cadti^d. a bracelet. Owner same by proving property anl lie ’Pr this if. John Whitney. dec2fd3t» 01' tiiUi—JaiticeuaiMnii'tf 2°WhUeAK°rtMt^ COCKERELS, Plymouth Rock**115? r and one Wh>te them. F j T:ihV,ij?au oe8, come and see ingdale Tibbetts. River road. Farm dec28d3t —-—_ aecz8d3t MAGAZINES AND papfrr b f h ri W ClfricMBUGeondF,UnbinB Ust "w took Me °ea E- Coleman, Marana dec28dlw* ™A’*-°R WILL EXCHANGE FOR ljt gas enei™eti'in£ of equal value, 10 H. chine cre^m’ J~th machine. shingle ma mobfle aJSro-« Para «r’ runabout auto dec25d3t* °"E ?OUBLE RUNNER PUNG IN sleUh w r"ft: al8°,. speed blacksmith Ml business for WiUiams0dWitnnd. 1 cord delivered $1.50. Tel. 415-U. Joseph A. Shaw. decWmo P.RY HAR? AND SOFT WOOD, AND ard ~°?d 8awinS done. Pack ard Doatie. Tel. 4«-M. dec-16d2w DRY HARD STOVE WOOD, ALSO a!j}d!j5'K8 aad chunks for furnace. Chas. Silvester, Augucta, Mo. Tel, 162-i __ nov27dltno" CORD WOOD SAWS, GENUINE Olentangy, guaranteed, 30", $6.25 smallei Sena proportion. Tilting tables, $14 50 Co dpiniona,lalv,gue- Thorndike Machlrn go.. 1 ortland. Marne. dec4d2mec. 11, it lot of horses that will weigh from 2MK1 lbs. to 36UU lbs. to the pair and some good seconds, also 40 head cattle, some nice 2 and .‘1 year old heifers and several fancy new milch cows. A. M. Alexander, P. O. Oakland, Me., It. F. I>. 33. Tel. 39-3. decSdlmO' SHOATS—WALLACE M. PRESCOTT, Augusta, Me. Tel. 533-M._auglTdtt 3'/2'YEAR-OLD ROAN MARE, WELL broken, clever, good driver, weighs 1130 pounds and can be seen at Casavant Cloutier’s store. nov'Jdtf CARDS, NOTICES, ETC MRS. CRAM, CLAIRVOYANT, CAN be consulted on all health and business. References from business people. Head ings by mail. 3 Capitol St„ Augusta deesidot* GO TO SEE FRANCIS, 31 CHILD St. Entrance on Valley St. side. 2d door. Headings daily and by appointment. Phone 10G1-J. Spiritual medium. dec23dlw* BUSINESS CARDS. Williamson, Burleigh McLean COUNSELORS-AT-LAW GRANITE BANK BLDG. Ernest L. McLean. Augusta. Me. Sanford L. Fogg, Telephone 340 Office hours, 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. BURLEIGH MARTIN attorney at law NOTARY PUBLIC The First National Bank Building 223 Water Street, Augusta, Me. Telephone 888 Residence 65 Sewall Street Telphone S42-W DR. L. J. CROOKER reside through the winter in the tre Fuller house at the foot of uou^ dill, Hallowell, Me., but will hold his es at 283 Water St., Augusta, Me. »s at coo w Hours, including Sunday. L- J. Crooker. 1if ‘o 3.30 P. M. L. J. Crooker. f jT’ L. J. Crooker. Jr., 10-*> A. M. to p. M. and 7.30 to 9.30 P. M. fltf TEL 233-M FOX TRAPPING Walter Bray, Orland, Me., -aught 24 fox. 34 mink; Thomas Callahan. ^ort*i Monroe, N. H.. caught 25 fox with Page Method*. Stamp for testimonials and terms. Warranted land, water, snow sfets. Bait and scent in pint jars, fersa e >y *R PAGE CO., Orland, Me* imo* 10 LtT-HOUSES, rtOQKS, ETC.' TO A SMALL FAMILY, A PLEASANT upper flat of five rooms at 25 Weston street. Phone 307-M.dec28dlw* A LARGE PLEASANT HEATED room. Apply to 72 State St., Augusta. __dec2Sd6t* PLEASANT FURNISHED ROOMS, furnace heat, bath and telephone, with or without board, 69 Green 8t. Tel. 1041-X.dec2Sdtf TO RENT IN RANDOLPH—LARGE square house fronting river, on Stevens estate. Eleven rooms, city water, fur nace, garden. Apply to Miss Eleanor Danforth, 29 Pleasant St.t Gardiner, Me. __dec24d6t FIVE pleasant rooms on Capitol street, facing State grounds, r.ear shoe factory. Call at 99 Bridge St. Chas. C. Murphy._ dec25dlw* 9 ROOM HOUSE, FLUSH CLOSET, range, electric lights, shed and chance for auto, $15 per month if taken this month. Apply to J. E. Stoddard, 2 West em Ave., Hallowell. dec22d6t* FURNISHED ROOMS. ALSO TWO suites for light housekeeping. Bath, electric lights; two minutes from post office. Amle E. Drummond, 7 Winthrop street. _decgldtf SEVEN-ROOM FLAT, UPSTAIRS, at 18 South Chestnut street. Hot water heat, hardwood floors, electric lights, bath, open Are, sunny rooms. Ready for occupancy January 1. Inquire of Webber 6 Hewett._dec20dtf SIX ROOM HOUSE ON BURLEIGH street, near State House. Furnace, elec tric lights, hardwood floors and bath. Write Carrie M. Bradford, Union, Me., I until Dec. 30._dec4dtf TWO MODERN SIX-ROOM TENE ments. Electric lights, gas, flush closet, shed. Sun all day. Adults only. Kent reasonable. Apply 39 Summer St., Gardi ner._ declTdtf ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK, ALL modern conveniences, use of bath and telephone; $1.50 per week and upward. Mrs. Mixer, 94 State street Phone 792-R. _ decSdtf A PLEASANT TENEMENT OF 5 i rooms on East Side. Apply to Mrs. C. S. i £_£gg, 6 Summer St. decl3dtf 7 ROOM HOUSE, NORTH BELFAST; avenue; two minutes' walk to electric car. Inquire 102 Bangor street, l’hone 866-W._ declldtf ONE STEAM HEATED OFFICE IN good location on Water street. One large office room near Bridge street. House on Spring street with bath, furnace and lights. Two good tenements in central location, modern conveniences. One house on East side after January 1st. Augusta Real Estate Association. !_ declldtf FURNISHED ROOMS WITH MCD ern conveniences. 17 Green St. Tel. 051-M. •___£_ dec'idtf DESIRABLE 9-ROOM HOUSE AND stable on .Melville St. Furnace, eleotrtc lights, bath room, hardwood floors; newly painted and papered. Inquire 18 Melville street.___ decSdtf OFFICES IN CENTRAL BLOCK, ONE front office with small consulting room and one rear office. All steam heated. Apply to Dr. Davies. 1» Stone St. i_ deeldtf TWO VERY DESIRABLE CON necting rooms. Apply to C. E. Hoxle Co., 42 State street. novfidtf SMALL TENEMENT 17 MIDDLE ST. Hallowell. Apply to C. 11. Paine, Hallo we’l. _ nov25atf ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK—MOD em improvements Also rooms for lignt housekeeping—41.50 per week and up ward. Hartford House. Phone 891-W. iiyvA r1 TO RENT OR SELL, A 7-ROOM furnished cottage on North Shore of Lake Cubbosseeeontee. Situated at the water's edge arid commanding a lieauti ful view of the lake. One minute walk from the electric cars. F. it. Wellman. 83 estern Ave.. Augusta. 1'hone 2G6-W. _ janldtf RUBBER STAMPS. ETC'. STAMPS FOR MARKING 8UTTER Paper. Quick-drying Waterproof Ink. Regular and spe. ial Pads. Write tor catalogue of stamps for all purposes. T-&-P Stamp Co., 85 Capitol St.. Au gusta. .Maine _ novldtf IOK SALE—REAL ESTATE FLORIDA HOME—LAKE REGIO’ garage, grove. $13,0(10; also magnilleent body trucking, fruit and farm land acre age to suit. Ho.\ 11 Altamonte Springs, Fla._ dec27dl2t* HOUSE LOTS LOCATED ON Cedar and Middle streets. Inquire of F. W. Libby, 31 Cedar St. septlldtf LOTS FOR SALE—ON JOHNSON, Cushman, Drew and I’ike Sts. Not the little pinched city lots with barely room for a house, but nigh suburban lots, each containing 6600 square feet. Near good school and electric road. The public ser vice of city water, gas and electric lights available l*>r each lot. .1. it. Townsend, Augusta, Maine, 31$ Water St. House Telephone S96-W. IlyV dtf FARMS LARGE AND SMALL WITH good buildings, on good roads and near city markets. H. B. Sawyer Farm Agency, 335 Water street, Augusta, Me. Tel. S01-W._ aug21dt£ TO BE SOLD AT ONCE. MY FOR mer residence at 25 Murray St. Lot 60x 100. S room, bath, hot water heaT. gas, electric lights. 2 set tubs in basement, hot water furnace with thermostat. Hardwood floors throughout in first cm.ss condition, newly papered. Worth $5500. 1 Ask for terms. S. S. Randall. declldtf 33 ACRE FARM WITHOUT BUILD lngs, 75 acre farm with Darn, near car lino and Bangor road; 85 acre farm with barn on Church Hill road, 1 mile from car line. H. B. Sawyer Farm Agency, 335 Water street, Augusta, Me. Tel. 801-W. !_ 1 _ _aug21dtf FARMS If you are looking for farm property of any kind come and see us. We have a large list and can interest any one who wants farm property. C. E. CHASE'S Co.. 7 depot Sq., Gardi ner, Me. Tel. connections. decll-tu-th-saLtf ESTABLISHED 1866 RAW FURS WANTED l We will pay the highest mar ket prices for all raw fura such as muskrat, mink, fox, otter, skunk, raccoon, wildcat, lynx, etc. Send you:* skins by express collect for comparison. Send for price list. The Dunlap Cooke COi Telephone, Back Bay 8281 416 Boylston St., Boston, Maes. I nov24d8w _ NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Features of the Day’s Dealings in All the Leading Stocks New York, Dec. 27.—The final week of the year on the stock exchange opened with greater breadth and buoy ancy than any recent period. Senti ment seemed to derive much encourage ment from the movement In United States Steel which rose 2 1-4 to 89 1-2 its highest quotation since 1910. Deal ings In steel were In enormous volume ranging from individual blocks of 1000 to 7700 shares. Steel’s advance was accompanied by the usual variety of optimistic rumors regarding dividend prospects, and trade conditions: Activity In Great Northern Oi*e on its rise of 2 5-8 to 513-8 was a material factor in the advance of steel and allied shares. Another advance in refined copper to 22 cents per pound gave added strength to the metal group and high grade railways were moved to better prices on publication of the very favorable November statements of such representative systems as Union Pacific and Atchison. Other active and strong issues included mercantile ma rine, common and preferred, American smelting. Anaconda Copper. Colorado Fuel, Baldwin Locomotive, and Mexican Petroleum, the latter making a new record on its rise of 3 1_4 to 108 3-4. The recognized war shares were up 1 to 3 points and Miscellaneous issues registered similar gains. The one disconcerting feature of the session was the renewal on a very ex tensive scale of liquidation in Anglo French war bonds, which fell to the new minimum of 94, although much of the trading was slight fractions over that quoted. Numerous theories were offered in explanation of the weakness of this issue, but no official statement was vouchsafed. Sales of the bonds amounted to $2,650,000 par value. Profit taking caused some slight re cessions from highest prices in the la ter trading, but the market’s tone at the close was strong. Total sales of stocks aggregated 875,000 shares. Coal shares were strong despite the grave outlook in that industry result ing from the labor situation. Firmness of sterling and French rates denoted renewal of purchases of finance bills on London and Paris. Bonds were irregular at the outset, in sympathy with the decline in Anglo French fives, but hardened later. To tal sales, (par value) amounted to $5., 975,000. United States bonds were un changed on call. New York Money Market New York, Dec. 27. Mercantile paper 3*?i 34 per cent. Sterling: Sixty days 4.69, demand 4.72J. cables 4.732; francs, demand 5.842, cables 5.S3J; marks, demand 762, cables 76 11-16; guilders, demand 431, cables 43|; lires. de mand 6.57. cables 6.56; rubles, demand 31g, (fables 318. Bar silver 532. Mexican dollars 41J. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds steady. Time loans steady; 60 and 90 days 22!?F 21. six months 2J4i23. Call money steady; high 2, low 13. rul ing rate 13, last loan 2, closing bid 13. of fered at 2. U. -S. reg. 2s 99i do. coup. 93 U. S. 3s reg. 1011 U. S. 4s reg. lOl'i do. coup. 110 Panama Canal 3s coup. 101\ Baltimore Ohio 4s 91J C.. B. Q. Joint 4s 972 Denver Rio Grande ref. 4s 48J Krie cv. series B 80v Union Paeitls 4s !'0i Union Pacific cv. 4s 954 New York Stock Market X >i U INDUSTRIALS X. Y. ?21 7 1 614 TSS 70 113" \2J 11"; I ID 741 Allis Thai. Am. Beet Sug. Am. Can Am. Car F«ly. Am. Cot. Oil Am. Loco. Am. Smelters Am. Sugar Am. T. T. Mal(l. Loco. Roth. Steel Crucible Steel Cent. Leather •'■•'IS Col. Fuel Iron 53 Con. Gas .Its Cen. Electric .17J Mex. Pet.D'J Nat'l Leah (10 rres’d St'l Car 65 Sttulebaker .IB'-1. Third Ave.fill 1\ S. Rubber P. S. Steel 87. U. S. Steel pfd.116 Va. Car. Ch. Westinehouse fi:*; West. Union 87? 701 fill 7;u fill* on 7S.1 71 1. G2 11 oil 12 >1 170 Ml 54 lu? 1747 b’fii (16 654 ifi« 611 555 SiU 1171 ii': Sbl 70 103 1132 120 11 4 470 74 m 53 115 173 l- 51 €51 fib IBS fill 1162 40 (V‘2 RAILROADS IX X Atchison .107' Balt. A- Ohio 944 li. It. T. SX Can. Pac. ..1st'.’ Ch. A- X'west .172 (’lies. Ohio 627 C. M. St. r.9.5 DeL Hudson .1532 Erie 421 Ot. Xorth. nfd.126' Lehigh Valley S’. Mo. Par. 3; X. Y. Central .109 Xew Haven 75 Xo. Pac.1172 Xor. it West.122 Penn. It. It. 592 Reading 52 Rep. T. Steel Rock I si. So. Pac. So. Railway Union Pac. U. P. pfd. 16; .1027 Y. 1074 95 ss 101 133 632 95' 1534 43 126; S21 4 1091 76’. 1173 p>n 60 334 364 17 1024 1071 144 «x 'SO' P 2.4 622 1534 42J 125; 81 31 V SJ 1173 122 593 .IPS! 1392 S3 554 163 1022 231 1284 S3 COPPERS X. Y. KIach.51 U. S. Smelt.50 U. S. S. pfd. 50 951 70;' 304 46 50 16 1264 149 51 ."04 50 71 954 704 30’, 451 49? 153 126 US! 51 493 50 COPPERS BOSTON. Alaska Gold Arizona Com.".. 75 Butte Sup.711 Cal. H Aria.72 Cal. Hecla .5fi2 Cop. Range 614 Fast Butte 164 Granby .....85 Greene Can.51 Hancock IS Isle Royal 295 Lake P'S Mohawk 95 •Xev. Cons.16 Xipissing 7S Xo. Butte 32i Old Dominion 60 •Osceola .90 Ouincy .90 Shannon 8 2 V, SI 79 734 5fi3 634 161 S3'. 57? 19 30 191, 954 16 73 324 60J 90 90 SS 71| 562 61’ 164 84? IS 29? 19 325 70 6i a 70J 106 11 1 i2n 1204 470 715 51? HI? 1744 108 6‘5 168? 614 55 S''; 117; 499 6 1 107’. 91 18 I'd U3 6'3 9"i 153; 43 12V 82? 4 109? 123 60 56'. 16* 1(1 ’i 1SSJ S3 81? 542 4=5 gen 55 45? 6P SI 31 33J 71 95' 704 304 45; 493 1"3 1-1 149 51 50? 50 25? *4 71? 734 563 6 4 I'd si? 573 IS’, 16 73 32? 60 90 90 8 19 0'i 16 32’, 90 90 81 New York Produce Market New York. Dec. 27. FLOUR—Steady: spring patents 575® 620; winter patents a60'g7SO; winter straights 5159 570; Kansas straights 560 (6575. WHEAT—Spot irregular; No. 1 Durum 140 3-4 fob New York: Xo. 1 northern Du luth 132 3-4 and No. 1 northern Manitoba 1324 cif Buffalo. CORN—Spot firm; Xo. 2 yellow 85| prompt. OATS—Spot firm: Xo. 3 white 4SJ949V PORK—Firm; mess 19004! 1950; family 210092250; short clear 1900472250. BEEF—Steady; mess 165t-®1700; family 180091850. LARD—Steady: middle west 990®1000. BUTTER—Unsettled; receipts 5841; creamery extras. 92 score, 34934?; cream ery higher scoring 35®35J; firsts 284933; seconds 254628. tCGGS—Unsettled: receipts 7996; fresh gathered extra fine 34ft35: extra firsts 32a 33; firsts 31®32; seconds 299.30; nearby hennery whites fine to fancy 45948; near by hennery browns 37(g40. I POTATOES—Firm: Bermuda 4009350; Maine 2759 290; Long Island 2659 300; state 2609275: Michigan 2609275; Jersey 250@275; southern 1509 275; sweets Jersey 1759225; southern basket 25975c. New York Sugar Mar',et New York. Dec. 27. Ray easy: centrifugal 445®464: molasses 1 $100,000 Standard Gas Electric Company Twenty Year 6% Gold Notes Dated October 1st, 1915. Due October let, 1935 Redeemable on any Interest payment date on 90 days' notice at 103 and accrued Interest. Interest payable April 1st and October 1st, without deduction for normal Federal Income Tax,Denominations 31000, $500, 3100 and $50; coupon form; principal may be registered. GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, NEW YORK, TRUSTEE Standard Gas Electric Company owns stocks, bonds and other securities of public service compantes-x>p* erating electric, gas and other utilities in Minnesota, Kentucky, Washington, Oklahoma, Alabama, Colorado,-.Cal ifornia, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Montana, Idaho. Illinois and Wisconsin. These Twenty Year 6 per cent. Gold Notes are secured by a Trust agreement which authorises a present issue of $3,750,000 Notes and a total issue of not exceeding $15,000,000 Notes. Additional Twenty Year per cent. Gold Notes, beyond the present issue of $3,750,000, may be issued only provided the Net Earnings, after deduct ing the annual interest charges other than Notes and Scrip interest, at at least 2 1-2 times the annual interest charges on outstanding Notes including those about to be issued and the then outstanding Scrip. The proceeds of $2,500,000 Notes -will retire approximately all Standard Gas Electric Company’s short maturity obligations Including the present outstanding $1,778,300 Serial 6 per cent. Notes due June 1st, 191$, CAPITALIZATION With the sale of these $2,500,000 Twenty Year 6 per cent. Gold Notes and cancellation of Notes due June 1st, 1916, the authorized and outstanding capitalization of Standard Gas Electric Company will comprise: Security Authorized Outstanding Convertible 6 per cent. Bonde due December 1st, 1926.$30,000,000 $9,793,000 Twenty Year 6 par cent. Gold Notes (including Notes now offered).. 15,000,000 2,500,000 6 per cent. Scrip, due September 1st, 1923. 1,649,893 Preferred Stock 30,000,000 11,784,950* Common Stock 15,000,000 9,343,150 •Includes $750,000 preferred sto^k which has the right of exchange for $716,406.33 par value promissory notes of Standard Gas Electric Company, due in five years, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. Standard Gas Electric Company guarantees principal and interest on $5,000,000 Mississippi Valley Gas Electric Company 5 per cent. Bonds due May lBt, 1912. The Gross Earnings of all Propertias in which Standard Gas Else. Co., is intarsstsd for tha twelvs months ending August 31st, 1915 amounted to $15,167,934, and Net Earnings wars $7,325,497, representing increases of $984,895 in Gross and $812,309 in Net compared with the preceding year. EARNINGS AND EXPENSES The Earnings and Expenses of Standard Gas Electric Company for years ended October 31st, 1914, and 1915, and deductions for annual Interest on Standard Gas Electric Company's Funded Debt as shown above, are as follows; Gross Earnings 1®1$ 1015 $1,456,230.89 $1,513,114.30 Expenses and Taxes 36,862.83 38,855.05 Net Earnings .$1,419,368.06 Annual Interest Charge on $9,793,000 Bonds Balance Annua! Interest Charges on $2,500,000 Notes $150,000.00 $1649,893 Scrip 98,993.58 Balance 402-4 Turks Head Building flec28(llt __ Price, 91 and accrued interest, to net 6.75 per cent. We recommend these Notes for investment R. S. MOORE COMPANY New England Representative# H. M. BYLLESBY COMPANY, INC. Telephone Union 60 $1,474,259.25 587,580.00 886,679.25 248,993.58 637,685.67 Providence, R. I. 3686(387; refined quiet; cut leaf 6S5; crush ed 675; mould A filO; cul)es 620; NXX.V powdered 616; powdered 605; tine granu lated 505; diamond A 595; confectioners A .',85; No. 1 570. Futures featureless. The closing was quiet and unchanged to three points low er Sales 1450 tons. December 3i0, March 321, May 344. Boston Produce Market 47tt Boston, Dec. 27. BEEF-Whole cattle 111(7/12. SPRING BRAN—2350Yn27. LAMB—Sprint; 33'/ill. MIXED FEED—261(29. OATS—No. 2 clipped white 53. I'OHK—Medium backs 2750. i POTATOES—AOO'O215 per two-bu. bap. SUGAR—Granulated, 20 bbl. lets, CIO. veal—logic. Chicago Pfodcce Market Chicago, Dec. 27. Bears had the advantage most of the time in the wheat market today owing largelv to a liig increase of the United States visible supply total. Brices closed weak at the same as Friday’s finish to 1 4-S'!' 1 1-4 lower, with December at 127 1-1 and Mav at 126 7-8. Corn gained l-S/(3-4 net and oats l-47t3-S to 5-8. In provisions tlit- outcome was unchanged to 15 lower. Chicago Csttie Market Chicago, Dec. 27. HOGS—Receipts 25,000; we a. California and the Expositions. While In San Liego, Miss Reed had the pleasure of Hying with Raymond Mor ris, one of the best known American aviators. I Mrs. I. W. Comery has returned to her I home in Waldoboro, after spending a week with her brother, M. S. Castner. Harry Kidder of Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Frances Kidder of Pittsfield Insti tute passed the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kid der. The State Highway Commision will give the petitioners for the River road 1 trunk line a hearing and will decide on i the date at the meeting next Friday. It is essential- that every citizen interested j should attend the hearing at Augusta i when the day is set, of which due notice will be given. Miss Ruth Merriman is spending a short vacation with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merriman. Mrs. Main Ward has gone to Palm Beach, Florida, where she will spend the remainder of the winter at the Royal Poncianna. Beulah Rebekah Lodge at the annual meeting elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Noble grand, Mrs. Marie Southard: vice grand, Mrs. Mar garet Peabody; financial secretary, Mrs Maria Faroham; recording secretary, Mrs. Nettie Leavitt; treasurer, Mrs Abbie Bowden. A party was recently given at the home X)t Mr. and Mrs. Harry Little In honor of the birthday of Mr. Little and of the 10th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sweetzer Dinsmore. A chicken supper was served and cards and other games were enjoyed. Mrs. Laura J. Randlette has returned from Monmouth, after spending the hell day with her son, Ilr. Charles Randlette. Miss Ruth Farnham of Bates College Is spending the Christmas recess at the home of her parents. Joseph Newell returned to Boston Sun day, after spending Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Newell!. Mrs. Lina Metzler and daughter of Bellows Falls, Vt., are visiting the lady’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ridley. Miss Lottie Sherburne and Miss Elinor Bailey, both of Augusta, passed the Christmas recess at their homes in town. Raymond Colby returned to Bowdoln College Monday, after spending the week end at his home in town. Mrs. John Sedgley and Herbert Sedg ley have returned home, after a few days' visit with Mrs. Sedgley's son, George Wedge, at Rebago Lake. George Gibbs and Leon Shepard have returned to Mechanic Falls, after spend ing a few days at their homes in town. Miss May Whitney of Chelsea. Mass., is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. W. H. Whitney. The Richmond Gun Club held a shdot at their grounds Saturday afternoon and two of the best shots in Kennebec county attended. There were four events, four 11-birds and two 20-birds; total 100. The score: Harrington of Gardiner, 90 out of 100. Lothrop of Gardiner, 90 out of 190. Waldron of Richmond, 90 out of 100. S. S. Alexander of Richmond, 95 out of 100. Charles Alexander of Richmond, 95 out of 100. Herbert Ward of Richmond, S9 out of I 100. John Sturtevant of Richmond, S7 out of 100. Perley Wedge of Richmond, 70 out of J 100. George Gibbs of Richmond, 56 out of 70. Douglass of Richmond, 19 out of 45. A. E. Small of Richmond, 25 out of 30. George Libby of Boston passed the hol iday season with his parents, Mr. und Mrs. George Libby. f. l, mum co. Stock and Bond Brokors 15 State St., Boston Established in 1890 New York and Boston Stocks bought for cash or carried on margin. Despatches from the leading financial agencies at our clients’ disposul. Our Market Letter Devoted to Alaska Gold Baltimore Ohio B. F. Goodrich Co. j Will be Mailed Free Upon Application j Correspondents of R. G. Latham. 66 Broadway. N. Y. Member of the Con j solidated Stock Exchange of New York. oct4.tues.13t I 1 I i i I I I i I Western and Southern Mortgages for Trustees Based on retail business proper ties in growing and substantial Western and Southern cities and chosen from those submitted by our own agents. Our selections are along tinea consistent with the most conser vative real estate practice among well-known Boston Trustees. INTEREST RETURN 6to e*> Fell explanation of omr facilities and methods upon request ORTH AMERICAN REAL ESTATE COJac. 815 International Trust Building BOSTON. MASS. ueciltu-wed-fri-lyr

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YOU CANNOT FAIL to appreciate the value of a Bank Account if you have one and you cannot fail to regret it, someday, if you have it not. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AUGUSTA ©ct26eodtf DON’T FORGET TO GET Ballard’s Golden Oil The greatest throat and lung reme dy. Xo opiates or alcohol. On sugar pleasant to take. 25 and 50 cents at all dealers. dec7,tues.sat,tf Tel. 274-W Opp. Kennebec Journal Cora M. Lewis SHAMPOOING CHIROPODY and Manicure Scalp and facial treatment a specialty. All latest electrical appliances. Switches and Transformations made from combings. rleflftpocltf TakeHome a Bag —OF— Johnson's Home-Made CANDIES Fresh Every Day Q'tH'.tue.'j-K.'it.tf.v Collector’s Notice and Advertisement of Sale, of Land of Non-Resident Owners. STATE OF MAINE. Unpaid taxes on land of non-resident owners situated in the City of Augusta, in the County of Kennebec, for the year 1315. The following list of taxes on real es tate of non-resident owners, situated in the City of Augusta aforesaid, for the year 1315, committed to me for collection for said city, and on the 21st day of June. 1315 remain unpaid; and notice is hereby given that if said taxes, with in terest and charges are not previously paid, so much of the real estate taxed as is sufficient and necesseary to pay the amount due therefor, including interest and charges, will be sold at I'UIJLIC AUCTION at the Office of the Tax Col lector in said city, on the FIRST MON DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1316, AT NINE O’CLOCK A. M.: Name of Descrip- Amount of Owner tion of Tax Due In Property eluding In terest and charges Beale, Arlington: Land and build ings. Allen St.. $23.97 Blackman, ltuben: Twenty acres land. Mud Mills road, 4.00 Clark. E. B.: Land, 3 Bridge St.. 3.32 Crawford, Hannah: Six acres land, part of Lot 43, 1.92 Emerson, Louisa Mrs.: Land, Mud Mills road. 8.02 Emery, Mrs. Marshall: Land and buildings, 10 Noyes Place, 44.67 Flinton, John: One hundred and fifteen acres, Wade road, 36.44 Harlow, George A.: One-half Int. in lot, Arsenal St., 4.0C Harvey. Mrs. E. W.: Land and buildings, 46 Stone St.; land and buildings, 5 Cross St.; 50 acres land. So. Belfast Rd.. 105.70 Johnson, Henrietta: Land and buildings, 32-34 Arsenal St., 53.50 Lathrop, William: Ten acres land, Mud Mills Rtl., .9; Longfellow, A. I’.: Fifty-eight rods near Hallowed line, 1.87 Marble. Fannie, Mrs. Eat: Land, 25-24 Blaine Ave., 4.00 Merchant, A. A. Heirs: Land near Sidney line, 5.32 Miller, Geo. W.: Lot land So. State St., 1.31 Morrill, Wesley A.: Two lots land Murray St., 4.00 Morrill. Chas. B.: Land, Murray street, 4.00 GuimJby. M. John: Lot land, Mur ray St., 2.67 Reynolds, Chas. E.: Seven acres land, 2.67 Smith, B. H.: Four acres land, .80 Stevens. E. G.: Ten acres land ai)d buildings. Oakland Rd.; 65 acres land. Middle St., 34.11 Stevens. W. W.: Four acres land. Mud Mills Rd., 3.31 Stevens, W. S, C.: Eight acres land, 13.30 Sylvester, M. R.Six acres of land, Church Hill Rd.. .70 Spear Webb: Land and build ing, 16-18-20 Davenport St.,’ 147.10 Studley, Chas. W.: Lot land, Murray; lot land, Qutmby, 7.31 Toward. J. W. Est.: .One-half Int. brick house, 77.Chapel, 19.30 Taveares, Antonio: Lots 66-57, Munroe St., 5.31 Wellman. J. H.: Ten acres land Mud Mills Rd., 1.07 Wilson, Otis D.: Land, Leighton Rd.. 21.30 ROT L. WARDWELL, Collector of Taxes of the City of Augusta Augusta, Me., Dec. 24, 1915. dec25,sat,3t MARRIED. Benton—Dec. 15. by Rev. C. W. Lowell, Clifton T. Alexander and Violet Lorana Boston, both of Benton* West Aina—Dec. 23, by Rev. C. W. Lowell, Stanley B. Humason and Bertha Dowell Kennerson, both yf West Aina. Children Cry FOR ^LETCHER’S jDASfO RIA v DAILY KENNEBEC JCIRNAL Telephone 135 Cards pf thanks, obituary notices, res olutions of respect, etc, will 'oo charged at the rate of ten cents per line. No charge less than 75 cents. Subscriber!; fail to receive thi Journal promptly will confer a favor by notifying the office immediately. Tuesday, December 28, 1915. LOCAL BRIEFS The Mothers’ Chapter will meet with Mrs. Hanks at 2.30 Wednesday afternoon, 16 Maple street. There has been considerable of a rise in the river since the storm which commenced Sunday morning. The rise was reported at the dam to be about 20 inches. Mrs. N. M. Beane and Mrs. V. K. Rollins of Portland, who have been making a short visit with friends in the city, will return today to their homes. The fire alarm whistle was frozen in the storm of Sunday night and two blasts of the fire alarm were given at 8.09 o’clock Monday morning in or der to blow out of the whistle the water which was formed when the ice was thawed out. Police Officer Joseph Blanchette ar rived in the city Monday afternoon from Lewiston, bringing with him Jo seph Clukey of this city, who is want ed on the charge of non-support. Clu key was detained in Lewiston and City Marshall Harwood detailed Officer Blanchette to bring him to the city. HAPPY CHILDREN AT I ST. MARKS’ CHRISTMAS About 200 children, members of the St. Marks and St. Barnabas Sunday schools, assembled at St. Marks for the Christmas carol service and Christ mas tree festival Monday afternoon. Following the carol service in the church at 3 o'clock the children went to the parish house to enjoy a treat which boasted amongst other goodies those old favorites, ice cream anil cake. Then there was the tree to make them all happy again, ready when the treat was finished. The treat and the gifts were given by Charles T. filing of New York and Augusta. ANNUAL MEETING PENNEY MEMORIAL CHURCH WAS HELD MONDAY EVENING The annual supper and meeting of the Penney Memorial church and par ish was held Monday evening in the dining room of the church with a large attendance. After a repast which was enjoyed by nil, the meeting was called to order and reports were giv en by the treasurers of the various organizations of the chureh. Horace Colburn, who was treasurer of the new parsonage fund, reported that the j parsonage had been paid for and H. E. Ordvvay, treasurer of the parish, rc ported that all the current expenses I for the year had been paid in full. The i following oflice-rs were elected for the ensuing year: Parish clerk, F. W. Lee; moderator, George K. Gay; col j lector and treasurer, H. E. Ordway; j parish committee, E. \V. Church. Hor ace Colburn and C. A. Brooks; custo j dian of the parsonage, E. VV. Church. MR. HICHBCRN RESIGNS i CHAIRMAN BELGIAN WORN I Hon. Charles S. Htchborn has re signed from the office he has held most satisfactorily as State chairman of the lielgian Relief Commission. Mr. 1 Hichborn has furthered the work of the lielpian Relief committee in Maine since the inauguration of the work in I this State, with excellent results and in a thoroughly unselfish and con scientious manner. Unusual demands upon his time from his business inter ests constitute the reason. Mr. Hichborn gives for his resignation. His succes sor as State chairman has not yet been chosen, but Mr. Hichborn states that an appointment will probably be I made and announced within a very short time. LOCAL NOTICE There will be a Spiritualist circle to night at No. JO North street. All invited Usual collection. dec28dlt A practical Christmas gift would be a nice pair of glasses. Send the person to WIGHT to havo his eyes tested ana glasses fitted. And Neu. Also Blackheads. Itched Very Bad. Could Not Sleep, Cu ticura Soap and Cuticura Oint ment Healed in Three Weeks. 8W.Catherlne St., Jamaica. L. I., N.Y.— -•'The trouble began first with blackheads appearing and then bursting out to big red pimptas all over my forehead, face and neck which itched very,bad. They troubled me worso when I would shave or wash pjy f%ce. I would crush them out. then they would dry and'in a few days come back. ’At the beginning of it I could qot sleep. “Kf*w Cuticura Soap and Ointment in the newspaper and sent for a free sample. I saw so much improvement that I'hought a box of Cuticura Ointment with' the- Cuticura" Soap and they healed me*In three weeks.” (Signed) A. D. Para dies. July ai. 1914. Besides qu ickly soothing and healing itching skin and scalp troubles of infants, children and adults these fragrant super* creamy emollients purify and beautify the ■kin, scalp, hair and hands. Sample Each Free by Mail With Ei-p. Skin Book on request. Ad dress post-card “Cuticura, Dept. T, Boa* tM," Sold throughout the world. E. D. HARWOOD, AUGUSTA, CANDI- I DATE FOR SHERIFF MARSHAL E. D. HARWOOD Candidate for Sheriff. Edward D. Harwood of Augusta, the Capital City's present city marshal, will be a candidate before the prim aries in June for the Republican nomi nation for sheriff of Kennebec county. Marshal Harwood is the first candidate to openly announce his candidacy. Marshal Edward D. Harwood was deputy marshal of Augusta in 1909, having previous to that time served two years on the city’s police force. For two years he was in the service of the State as Chief Warden, entrusted with the enforcement of the fish and game laws in Kennebec and Andros coggin counties. The candidate has strong support and recently a tendency to give the nomination to Augusta, has greatly strengthened his campaign. Augusta has not had a Republican sheriff in 36 years. GAVE FINE PROGRAM AT UNIVERSALIST TREE A Christmas tree and entertainment held Monday evening by the Sunday school of the Winthrop Street Uni versalist church in the church, drew a large audience and all were pleased with the program carried out by the young people. Each person in attend ance brought for admission a vege table or a fruit and in this way a fine collection was made, which will be giv en today to the poor people of the city. The program rendered consisted of songs and recitations, while excellent music for accompaniments was ren dered by an orchestra made up of Clarence Frye, Elston Luce, Kendall Davis and Misses Bertha Merrill and Edith Newman. Recitations were giv en by Norman Hayden, Erman Knowles, Marcellus Griffin, Lewis Carleton, Warren Malcolm, Edwin Royal and Misses Vivian Leighton and Charlotte Carleton. A* charming fan tasy was given by Misses Inez Gove, Hazel Katon, Hazel Page. Florence Carleton, Marion Crocker and Sfetfen Haynes, Bovel.v Hewins and Robert Leadlletter. A feature of the occasion was the excellent rendition of a vocal solo by Mrs. J. Frank Dyer. At the close of this part of the pro gram the tree was held and Santa Claus was there to attend to his duties in distributing the gifts among the young people. The church was deco rated with beautiful wreaths for the occasion. The committee in charge of the en tertainment was made up of Mrs. Fred Malcolm and Mrs. R. W. Carleton. A VOICE FROM THE NATIONAL 1848 ELECTION This is just a little item about a cu rio given the other day by J. Maurice Arnold of the Augusta post office force. It was taken by him from a scrapbook kept by his father, the late Jacob H. Arnold of this city, and while it will recall to some of our readers the stir ring scenes of the national campaign of 1848 to the most of them it will be but a voice from the unknown past— 67 years ago. It says: TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION and Meeting of the AUGUSTA TAYLOR CLUB. All friends of TAl'LOR and FILLMORE are invited to assemble at WINTHROP HALL on Friday evening, Nov. 3, at 6 o’clock to join in a GRAND TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION On the return of the Procession to the Hall, the meeting will be addressed by HON. GEORGE EVANS and others. COME FRIENDS from Hallowed, Gardiner, Pittston, and the neighboring towns and let us have a Grand Rally The AUGUSTA BRASS BAND will be on hand. The matter is a display ad of two inches and as may be seen the type was not very large. It appeared for several days previous to the date of the meeting in the Kennebec Journal and the event itself, both meeting and pre cession was a rouser, one of the best attended and most enthusiastic of the many good ones of that lively cam paign. CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR UNITARIAN CHILDREN A large number of children of the Unitarian Sunday school and their friends attended the Christmas party arranged for them by ladies of the church and given at the church Mon day afternoon. There was a carol ser vice and a musical program; playing of games in keeping with the Christ mas season; stereoptican pictures well worth seeing; and such refreshments as delight both children and their el ders. The program was arranged by Mrs. Norman L. Bassett, Mrs. Paul S. Phalen. Mis* Rosamond Connor, Miss Moore, and Miss Marion Moore. RIVERSIDE The Community Club will meet at 3.30 P. M. Wednesday at the home of Miss Jeannie Crowell. CARELD HERRIN BADLY INJURED WHjLESUDIND Steered Sled into Gutter to Avoid j Harming Smaller Boy on Winthrop Hill Gareld T. Herrin, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Herrin of 30 Court street, slid into a Winthrop street gutter Monday morning and sustained serious injuries. The attending physician was not able to make a definite report on the boy’s condition Monday as the injuries are all internal and the exact nature of them could not be discovered. Monday evening he was anxiously watch ed by his parents while opiates were used to relieve tne lad of part of his burden of pain, and his condition was considered very serious. The boy was coasting on Winthrop street hill Monday morning at about 10.30 when he met with the accident which caused his injuries. Coasting swiftly down the hill near the cemetery, he ap proached another coaster, a smaller boy, standing in the highway. He tried to steer a course that would pass him safe ly by the smaller boy in his pathway, but he was traveling so fast that he finally had to choose between a collision and a sudden stop in the gutter. Rather than risk harming the boy in his way he bravely steered to one side, shot Into a gutter about three feet deep, and the end of one of the runners of his sled crushed into his abdomen. STATE HOUSE Curator Thomas A. James of the State museum is very much pleased with the possibility that two of the al bino salmon recently introduced into the new aquarium may live. Only two lived out of the original six brought from the Camden hatchery. One of these had appeared for two or three days to be about on the point of ex piring. but Monday it was active in the tank again. The other one has shown no signs of weakness since it came. The curator thinks there is a possibility, even a probability, that both specimens may live. If they do live they will be the only exhibitions of the kind in the country. New Books The State library is in receipt of three new volumes of considerable value. "Statham's Abridgment of the Law” (2 vols.) has just been received in the form of a translation from the original 1495 publication in Norman French. The translation is by Margaret Center Klingeksmith, librarian of the Biddle Law Library of the University of Pennsylvania. “Smoke Abatement and Electrifica tion of Railway Terminals in Chicago." is a ponderous volume constituting the report of the committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce specially ap pointed to make an investigation such as Is report' d. The library is also in receipt of the volume, “Maine in History and Ro mance.” a volume produced by members of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs. Now Corporations The Normyl Association of the Uni ted States—Capital stock $30,000; all common; nothing paid in; par' value $50. Directors: Albert T. Thurston. Pres., Rockland; Carrie L. Fields, Treas. Rockland: L. N. Littlehale, Rockland, Maine; ,E. 15. McAllister, clerk, Rock land. Gardiner Farmers' Union, organized at Gardiner. Capital stock, $10,000; all common; $S0 paid in; par value $10. Directors; Charles L. Wadsworth, Pres., Gardiner; George R. Danforth; Wilmot H. Drookings; Ralph A. Weeks; James H. Ruff; Martin J’eacock; Charles W. Gower; clerk, C. H. Oldham. Market ing of produce. Etc. Paige and Conary company. Port land; capitalized at $10,000, all common, $30 paid in. par value $10. Officers: President. James E. Paige, South Port land; clerk, Lauren M. Sanborn, South Portland; treasurer, Edmund W. Con ary, South Portland; directors, the same. Organized to carry on a general construction, and manufacturing busi ness. Pondicherry Woolen company, Bridg ton; capitalized at $100,000, all com mon, nothing paid in, par value $100. Officers; President. Gerrfsh H. Milliken, New York; treasurer, Frederick H. Me serve, New York; clerk, Allan Clark, Bridgton; directors, Gerrish H. MillL ken and Fred H. Meserve, Seth M. Mil liken, Jr., all of New York. Organized for the manufacture and sale of woolen goods. South Berwick Farmers’ Union, South Berwick, Me.; capitalized at $10, 000. all common, $120 paid in, par value of shares $10. Officers: President, H. C. Getchell, South Berwick; treasurer, George R. Chase, South Berwick. Or ganized to buy. sell and handle produce, own and operate storage warehouses, packing houses, creameries and fertili zer plants. The stockholders are Wood bury S. Lord, Grover C. Lord, Edgar E. Hunter. Charles T. Lord, James Cos tello, George R. Chase, Dolf Dergras, H. C. Getchell. Charles E. Horne, George W. Clifford. Benjamin A. Earle, Frank E. Pierce, Frank D. Hasty, C. E. Glid den, Green P. Goodwin, George A. Will iams, Joseph Minehane, E. J. Wheeler, F. H. Folsom, W. B. Ross and Richard Goodwin, all of South Berwick. The New Deputy Carroll W. Robinson of Clinton, the most recent of tile new deputies ap pointed by Sheriff Getchell, formerly worked on the Maine Central railroad. He started firing on the road in 1903. Later he took up blacksmithing, learn ing his trade at Wells Beach, where he worked for Gorham Davis. He sub sequently removed to Clinton and has been carrying on the trade of black smithing since. Before locating in Clinton, he worked for a brazing con cern in New York for a year. MONMOUTH SOUTH—All those who visited the little church at South Monmouth on Christmas night were bountifully re warded. The night was very dark and I shroivded in mist but a large crowd was in attendance. The Sunday school Workmen’s Compensation Insurance Employers of Labor become subject to the new Compensation Law on MIDNIGHTDECEMBER 31st Give us your order NOW and the policy will be ready in season. Copies of the Law mailed on request. Write us for information. Macomber, Farr Whitten Insurance Agents AUGUST A MAINE I "I l I I-M-l-M-H-fr-H" tues-sat,tf _ workers and "The Helping Hand” united in preparing the Christmas program which opened as follows: In strumental music. Miss Lizzie Hink ley; chorus singing; Scripture reading, S. J. Lane; prayer. Rev. Louis Green; remarks by Sunday school superin tendent, Rev. G. B. Benner; chorus singing. Following these exercises were many tine recitations, solos, dia logues, and instrumental music reen dered almost entirely by the children. Too much credit cannot be given them for their part in this entertain ment. This one thought seemed to pre vail, "I will do my best.” It is need less to say that at the close Santa ap peared and after speaking to the chil dren for a few moments set about the task of delivering the girts which were bending the bows of two beautiful trees. The church and trees were beau tifully decorated. MADISON Purchase of Madison Water Co. Property Completed by Water District and Deed Is Pass ed—Rise in the Kennebec SMALL AUDIENCES SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES The trustees of the Madison Water District have completed the purchase of the property, privileges and franchises of the Madison Water Co. in accordance with the vote taken at the special meet ing of the district last Monday evening. The necessary writings have been made and the district now has a warranty dee;! of the property. The heavy rain of Saturday night ami Sunday caused the water in the Kenne bec river to rise two feet at this point. The heavy gale Sunday afternoon and evening put the municipal electric light plant temporarily out of commission sev eral times and the street lights were shut off early in the evening. A number of telephone poles were also put out oi commission by the wind. Small audiences were in attendance a-, the Madison churches Sunday owing to the severity of the storm. A vesper ser vice was held at 4 1*. M. Sunday in the Congregational church. The program in cluded several vocal solos and organ se lections by Robert Dinsmore, together with special music by a large chorus choir. Frank and Merle Cookson of Nashua, N. II., are guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cookson. Wilbert Brown of Portland arrived in Madison Monday to spend a week’s va cation with relatives and friends. Miss Della Hayden, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. .r. Murray, for the past few days, -returned Monday to I Portland. Miss Beatrice Frederic and Mildred Sawyer, who are attending business col lege in Portland, are spending the holi I days with their parents in Madison. 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. Hagnr of Waterville j xvere guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lander. John W. Wood of Auburn was the week-end guest of his brother. Rev. Wm. j Wood, at the Methodise parsonage on Middle street. READFIELD Mrs. David Dudley Mrs. Will Walker's mother, Mrs. Da vid Dudley, died at her daughter s home Friday, Dec. 17. Interment was at Readfitld Corner cemetery. Geo. O. Black attended the meeting of the State Grange at Portland last week and now is taking a trip to parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Christmas tree program at the M. E. chapel last Friday evening was well attended. All report an enjoyable evening.' Albion Norton Mr. Curtis, an aged gentleman, died on Kent’s Hill last Thursday. At one time he was a resident of Fayette and later on of Wayne. Another aged cit izen, Mr. Albion Norton, died at his horns situated at the head of Torsey pond. Mrs. Sadie Spaulding has recently returned from a trip to California. W. A. Wright is suffering from a se vere attack of grip. Services at M. E. chapel were all cancelled on Sunday, Dec. 26, owing to the severe storm. The Panama California Exposition at San Diego will be continued during 1916, with a number of new features. California has set the pace in world’s fairs. Up to 1915 nobody thought it possible to hold more than one exposi tion at a time; California had two, at San Francisco and San Diego. Hitherto the time limit was late spring, summer and early fall; the San Francisco big show ran about ten months and San Diego a full twelve months. Now the latter city boldly decides to keep going for another year, making a two years’ continuance performance. Ample funds have been subscribed to insure suc cess. The San Diegans plan some marked improvements for 1916. Many impor tant foreign exhibits will be moved down from San Francisco, including the Canadian, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Spanish, Swiss, German and Does Augusta Want $2.00 Photo Plays? We believe that she wants the very best and is willing to pay for value received. For this reason we have closed a contract with the Triangle Film Corporation for the exclusive contral of their produc tions in Augusta. These productions con sist of photoplays directed by Griffith. Ince and Sennett, the three greatest directors in the world. They are at pres ent the sensation in New York at the Knick erbocker, Philadelphia at the Chestnut St. and Chicag o at the Studebaker, at prices of S2.00 for th e best seats.

Our first offering will be— “THE LAMB” Featuring DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS “MY VALET” Featuring

Raymond Hitchcock and Mabel Normand Full details of opening and prices of ad mission will be announced later. j COLONIAL THEATRE Triangle Fine Art Photo Plays Will Be Shown Exclusiviely at This Theatre. tfec2s-2n TT takes extra fine flour to make all three equally well, but William Tell does it, because it is milled by a special process from Ohio Red Winter Wheat. If you aspire to blue ribbon bread, cake and pastry that keep the family looking forward toyour next treat, tell the grocer that nothing will do but William Tell—the flour that goes farther. Ililllllli FOR C3NSH>ATI0N you need a remedy that will act on the bowels, at:d at the same time help liver and stomach. FOR INDIGESTION dyspepsia, or flatulence, the needed remedy is L. F. JJ ATWOOD’S has helped many back to health. It will certain ly relieve and benefit yeti. MEDICINE Buy a 35c bottle at nearest store, r write to-day for free sample. “L. F." Medicine Co. PORTLAND MAINE When in BOSTON Stay at the HOTEL BRUNSWICK BOYLSTON ST., COR. CLARENDON, Facing Copley Sqj*"« A high class, modem house, intelligent service, pleasant rooms, superior cuisine Ladies traveling alone are assured of courteous attention. European Plan. Single Rooms, ei.00 up; with bath *2.00 up. Double a.BO. 3.00 American Plan, B4.00 per day up MED E. JONES, propriet®* oct'eouimo Austrian. It is probable that India, Persia and Turkey will be added. Ex hibits of the California countries have been secured, and a number of “Zone” attractions. The Santa Ke’s Painted Desert Indian Village also will remain. A large attendance is expected from the East, particularly during the sum mer season, when the perfect climate of San Diego is at it- best. Patriotic Americans who were unable to visit the Far Wost during 1915 should not fail to include the San Diego tion in their vacation itinerary (or 11 Tacked in boxes cf S5 for ihe An in attractive gift for a gentleman. M selling brand of 10c. Cigars world. Factory, ilanchester.

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grocery savings 75 lbs Sugar.$1.55 Heavy Salt Pork, lb.Tic c,rloin Steak, lb.25c Hamburg Steak, 2 lbs.25c Trip*' Sc loin Roasts, lb.18c Fr3nVorts, 2 lbs.25c Sour Pickles, lb.8c potatoes, peck...25c Whole Hams, lb.16c polo Soap, 10 bars.25c ipflox Soap, 0 bars.25c glue Label Catsup, bottle 1Sc, 3 50c sJeet Potatoes, 10 lbs.23c AH k.nds chick food, Park ooilarb'® clry mash- Home Baked Stans every Saturday. YOUNG’S STRICTLY cash market We deliver. Early orders mean PHONE 5S8

1 New Year s Greetings Old Shoes Reformed We not only repair old .hoe.', we also reform them. Put this down on that new leaf you will turn over: ‘‘I will take my old shoe- to York in 1916 to be reformed and repaired”. It will pay you to do it. I C. S. YORK AUGUSTA y .r thought for you: He to t h parcel iiost. i:i, ftciiicntly in ]ni6. It's .-.if’ C. S. y. Urges everyone to drink glass of hot water be fore breakfast ■•I v. lion it liiirns. leaves >n amount of incom i'i.: 01:11 m the form of ashes, ml drink taken tlay after the a';imontary canal j of indigestible ma 1. :f not completely elimi fo a* system each tlay. be ft r the millions of bae mfest the bowels, From f left-overs, waste, toxins 1't ’Tiiaaie-iike poisons are formed j ,i k. t i into the blot id. at;., v.iituen who can’t get feel- r.Bli: mt.-t la gin to take inside 1 'fore eating breakfast each any drink a gln°s of real hot with a ieaspoonful of limestone ahat. in it tr-| tised goods-- lie finds it the easy way to I attract irate Several hundred people joined the Christmas Club at the Slate Trust company's banking rooms last wet t and membership is rapidly tilling up. i People who have been members during the past years have unite naturally joined again and the delight which has been manifested by former members has attracted others. If one wants ex'";, money for Christmas this is a sure way to have it. Besides the many bene- i fits the Club confers interest is also added to the amounts.—Adv. Fitsch- McFadcien d to go home) will probably n a family secret. KENNEBEC CO. The following routine business was transacted Monday at the regular ses sion of the probate court for Kennebec county held at Augusta before Judge Harold E. Cook: Wills proved, approved and allowed —Of Sarah Roberts Storer. late of Vi enna. Charles a. Ridley of Vienna, ex ecutor; of Sarah Frances Littlefield, late of Augusta, Clara L. Tribou of Augusta, executrix; of Julia A. Stev ens, late nf Randolph. William S. B. Stevens of Boston. Mass., executor, Charles Knight of Ourdiner. agent: of Klmon Learned, late of Clinton, Mary Learned of Clinton, execu trix; of OlH'e H. Weeks, late of Prov idence, R. i., Allen W. Weeks of Providence, R. administrator c. t. a., Howard J. Weeks of Vassalboro, agent. Administrations granted—Of the es tate of George W. Ranks, late of Gardiner. Clara 1’. Ranks of Gardiner, administratrix. Guardians appointed—Of Alpheus Roundv of Benton, Leonard A. Davis of Benton, guardian. Widow^s allowance granted—To Ad elaide Walton, widow of Edward Wal ton. late of Mt. Vernon. License to sell personal estate granted ’’’o J. Leslie Hunt, adminis trator of the estate of John J Hunt, kite of Augusta. Ace units allowed—Final account of Henry M. Springer, executor of the u.d! of Frank If. Houghton, late of Augusta; first account of Melvin S. Holway, guardian of Edwin H. Blanch ard, minor, of Augusta: first account 0; Cyrus M. Moody of Hunter. North Dakota to John Moody of Wilton, one-fifth part in common of a parcel of land. $101); Florence M. Churchill of Lex ington to John Moody of Wilton, one fifth part in common of a parcel of land, $100. Hallo well—Antony V. Faripo of Gardi ner to Nicholas 11. Condos, one undivided half part in each of two parcels of land with the buildings thereon, $1. Monmouth—Inez M. Curtis of Wator ville to Alhro 1>. Morse and Earl K. -.lOrse of Lewiston, land and buildings. $1. I'ittston—George i'. Thompson to Alton W. Oakes, land. $1. Home—Eben Foss to Ira J. Foss, land and buildings. $1. Watorville—Howard B. Crosby to Lucy B. Reynolds of Oakland, land. $1; G orge 1 W. McDonald of Madison to Harry It. Fettle of Waterville, land. $1: Sophie; Butler to C. G. Itancourt, one undivlde 1 fifth part in a parcel of land with the buildings thereon, SI: The Maine Adver tising Co., a corporation located at Port latul, to Anna M. .1. Francis of Portland, land, $1. Wiuthrop—Harry W. Stevens to Alma E. Aider?. M. Ellen Ahlen, Everett W. A Idea. Mabel K. Black and Louis Dra peau. Jr., all of Winthrop, in proportions ihe right to dig a trench upon the prem ises described, ?1: C. E. lioxie and A. II. Kraus of Augusta to E. A. Hussey of Augusta, land with building thereon, *1. t i The Journal had a pleasant-call Mon day afternoon from C. M. Noyes of Wilton, who is the gqest of his son. Franklin F. Noyes, Stone street, it!r. N i.vcs has always lived In Wiitopand his first visit to the Capita! city was two years ago, tnough he is now Sa years of age. And for a man of that i age he appears remarkably active and i alert. He expresses himself as much pleased with Augusta and plans to pass more time here in the future i than in the past. His son. K. F. Noyes, has recently moved here from Water vilie and purchased part of the Dr. L. .1. Crooker place on Stone street, where i he expects to engage extensively in the j canning business. i An interesting incident of the senior Mr. Noyes’ cull was the mention that I he was a delegate from Wilton to the amous Strong convention, at which the birth of the republican party in Maine took place, "aid lie well remembers the occasion. He describes it as ex j citing and impressive, the situation tense with the importance of the new questions then pending and resulting in action that had made its political effect felt to this day. It will be interesting in connection with tlie mention of this subject to quote briefly from “The Republican i’arty" by Francis Curtis, a standard work published in 1904. We read the following: “It is impossible to gather any de tails of the first Republican move ment in Maine, except that a meeting was held, on August 7th, at Strong, where the Republican party of that State was said to be organized. Says Hon. Joseph H. Manley in a letter to the author: ‘The convention held in Strong. Au gusta 7. 1S54. was a convention of the Free Soils, the "Whigs and the Mor rill Democrats. They met, appointed a committee of conference, and nominat ed a candidate for Senator, and de clared him the candidate of the Re publican party. That was the birth I of the Republican party in Maine, at I least, if not in the country. There was no meeting between the Strong meeting and the election. The meeting held at Strong, on August 19th. 1S84. was an afternoon meeting at which •Julius C. Burrows spoke, and Oov. Dingley and Mr. Blaine. 1 was present at that meeting. It was a great meet ing. 'What turned the election in 1S54 was tlie temperance issue. The Frank lin County meeting, or Strong meeting, declared in favor of the Maine law and its strict enforcement, it was the breaking up of parties.’ AMUSEMENTS COLONIAL THEATRE

“Neal of the Navy,” Robert Leonard and Ella Hall in Episode No. 11, Three Reel Feature; Cleo Madison in Rax Drama, Mutual Weekly, Good Comedy Headed by the latest episode of the great American serial, “Neal of the Navy,” and with such Stars as Robert Leonard and Ella Hall in a three-reel feature: Cleo Madison in a Rex drama, the Mutual Weekly and a good comedy the Colonial's program which will be shown for the final times today, is in deed an attractive one. Lillian Louraine and Wm. Court leigh, Jr., again render delightful per formances in the 11th instalment of “Neal of the Navy,” which is entitled “The Dreadful Pit.” Thrilling inci dents ar.d rapid action characterizes j this chapter which is one of the best' cl the series yet shown. _ Ella Hall gives a delightful render QUALITY WINS AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE OF GAR MENTS. Now is the time to buy. The late fall and the indications for an early spring force us to make this unusual announcement. THIS SALE OFFERS GREAT OPPORTU NITY to save money. Our regular high quality garments at prices that will set new standards in value giving. Satisfactory selection will be a matter of a few moments. COATS SUITS DRESSES DRESS SKIRTS AND CHILDREN’S GARMENTS Bussell Weston Co. AUGUSTA, ME. X SUCCESS IN BUSINESS—1Comfort: and economy in the home—require Scientific Methods today to a greater extent than ever before. WITH OUR ELECTRIC SERVICE _We offer the most economical and reliable supply of Electricity—The most scientifically ar ranged lighting systems.—The most scientific power applications.—The most scientific house keeping methods.—The most scientific illuminat ed sign advertising. THE BEST FACILITIES OF TO-DAY_are electrical and you need them—wc make no charge for wiring estimates or consulta tions—it’s a part of our service. Central Maine Power Co. Electrical Servants of the People. dtf ins in "Idols of Clay.” a Gold Seal throe-reel offering, first as a young girl who loved the idol of clay and then as a. mature woman, who re mains true to him until his release from prison where he had been sent for another’s crime. Playing opposite Miss Hall is Robert Leonard, who al so produced this feature. As stated above the program will al so include a Kex drama with Cleo Madison, the Mutual Weekly and a good comedy. Wednesday and Thursday there will be offered Charlie Chaplin in his lat est two-ree] Essanay comedy, "Shang haied,” a riot of fun and laughter.— Adv. OPERA HOUSE. Fannie Ward in “The Marriage of Kitty,” a Paramount Feature in 5 Reels, “The Morning After,” Knick erbocker Star Feature, “Oil and Wa ter,” a Biograph Drama. Miss Fannie Ward, the internation lily famous comedienne in "The Mar riage of Kitty” is a Paramount feature in five reels. The Knickerbocker Star feature present Bill Parsons in a three reel comedy railed “The Morning Af ter,” "Oil and Water” is a Biograph irama with Blanche Sweet. Henry B. Walthall. Lionel Barrymore, Walter Miller. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, W. Chrystie Miller and Dorothy Gish. Wednesday and Thursday the Para mount feature will show Marguerite Clark in "Helene of the North.”—Adv. Only four days more before the law in relation to Workmen’s Compensation goes into effect. Any^ employer of la bor who is not familiar with what the law means should take the matter up it once. The C. E. Downing agency can supply the necessary information. I—Adv. One-third of the 'eulEen from .gout; i in hospital* are painfeca.^^

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STOMACH UPSET? Get at the Real Cause Take Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets That’s what thousands of stomach suf ferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to patch up a poor diges tion, they are attacking the real cause of thh ailment—Clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets arouse the liver In a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are performing their natural functions, away goes Indigestion and stomach troubles. If you have a bad taste In your mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor, 'lazy, don't care feeling, no ambition or energv, trou bled with undigested food, you should take Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are a purely Vegetable compound mixed with dive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain. Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat what you like. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. The Olivo Tablet Company, Columbus. O. MANDRAKE PILLS quickly relieve this disorder, which is the result of liver derangement and severe digestive disturbance. Purely Testable. Plain or Sugar Coatad. BOYEARS' CONTINUOUS SALE PROVES THEIR MERIT. Dr. J. H. Schenck Son, Philadelphia, —BILIOUS? If you have bad taste in mouth, foul breath, furred tongue, dull headache, drowsiness, disturbed sleep, mental depression, yellow ish skin—then you are bilious. SCHENCKS HOW SHE ENDED TEN YEARS OF SKIN-TORTURE Oct. 28, 1914:—“I had eczema on my face for ten years. Little red pimples formed in a small spot on my chin and then spread all over my face. They itched and burned me awfully. It was certainly embarrassing to me, and I would not go amongst people. I tried almost every remedy and treatment that could be used for this trouble, but nothing did me any good. I used Res inol Ointment and Resinol Soap, and was relieved in a day or two. In one month I was cured. This was sir months ago and the trouble has never returned.”—(Signed) Mrs. C. C. Rob erts, Weatherford, Okla. The Resinol treatment speedily heals eczema, rashes, ringworm, and other eruptions, and clears away disfiguring pimples and blackheads, even when other treatments prove worse than use less. Doctors have prescribed Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for eigh tcen yews, and all druggists ecll them HOW TO REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT A SIMPLE, SAFE, RELIABLE WAY. People who are over-burd'-ned with su perfluous fat, know only too well the dis oomfort anil ridicule that over-stout peo ple have to bear. If you are carrying around five or ten pounds of unhealthy fat you are urinet essarily weakening your vital organs and are carrying a burden which destroys the beauty of jour figure. There is no need of anyone suffering from superfluous fat. If you want to reduce your weight in a simple, safe and reliable way, without starvation diet or tiresome exercise, spend as much time as you can in the open air. breathe deep ly and get from any good druggist a box of oil of Korein capsules; take one after each meal and one before retiring at night. Weigh yourself once a week so ns to know just how fast von are losing weight and don't leave off the treatment or even skip a single dose until you are down to normal. t fil of Korein is solutely harmless, is pleasant to take, helps digestion and is designed to consume the excessive fatty tissue by increasing the oxygen-earrving power of the blood. IS von a few days' treatment should show a noticeable re duction in weight, footsteps become light er, your work seems easier and lighter and more buoyant feeling take posses sion ot your whole being. Kvery person who suffers from super fluous fat should give this treatment a trial, there is nothing better.—B. K. Hither. Augusta, Me., li. Beane, Gar diner, Me.—Adv. Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge. In the matter oi William A. Reynolds. In Bankruptcy. Bankrupt. To the Hon. Clarence Hale. Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine. William A. Reynolds of Augusta in the County of Kennebec, and State of Maine, in said Idstrict, respectfully represents, that on the 26th day of June, last past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating to bank ruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all his property, and rights of property, and lias fully complied with all the refiuire ments of said Acts and of the orders of Court touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he prays, That he may be decreed by the Court to have a full dis charge from all debts provable against liis estate under said bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are excepted by law from such discharge. Hated this 11th day of December A. D. 1915. WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS. Bankrupt. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of Maine, ss. On this 24th day of December A. D. 1915, on reading the foregoing petition, it Re ordered by the Court, That a hearing he had upon the same on the 4th day of February A. D. 1916, before said Court at Portland, in said District, at ten o’clock in the forenoon; and that notice thereof be published In Daily Kennebec Journal, a newspaper printed in said District, and that all known creditors, and other per sons In Interest, may appear at the said time and place, and show cause. If any they have, why the prayer of said peti tioner should not be granted. And It Is further Ordered by the Court, That the Clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this order, addressed to them at their places of residence as stated. Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale, Judge of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Portland, In said District, on the 24th day of December A. D. 1915. [L. S.l JAMES E. HEWEY. Clerk. A true copy of petition and order thereon. Attest: JAMES E. HEWEY, Clerk. dec28dlt Cured without pain Safe, easy treatment, based on 96 years successful prac tice In Maine. Cure guaran teed. No operation or de tention from business. Free consultation, free letter. 8peS&st?n SSnssaant Ar.jWoodr*, Fortune New DeWitt House, Lewiston, auudsys 10 a.m. *a pun. lilseasM0 veniremen was ne cessary before tin- final 12 were ac cepted. An indication that the de fense will attack the validity of the alleged confession obtained from Peas iee at Portland, Me., w.-ts given in a brief address to the jury by George V. Hill, one of his counsel. The methods employed to bring Peasiee into court. Mr. Hill said, were such as had never before been employed in this state. The jurors will be taken tomorrow to the scene of the crime at Henniker, where the elder Peasiee was shot down in the little hut which he used as a workship and home. TOMMY BURNS BEADY TO SHOE WILLARD-FULTON N’cw Orleans, La., Dee. 1.7.—Tommy Burns, who was a partner with Dom inick Tortorich in the negotiations for the heavyweight championship light, to he held liere March 4, between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton, announced today that he personally would take j over the agreement for the match and 1 would stage it as announced. Burns said he was in telegraphic communication today with Torn Jones. 1 Willard’s manager, and T. S. Andrews, in Chicago concerning the match and 1 that changes in the details for the light would be settled when Jones and I Andrews arrived here Wednesday. A. percentage of the receipts, he said, would be suostituted for the $32,500 1 guarantee to Willard, win, lose or! draw, arranged for in the original i agreement. ’Tortorich said today lie would have nothing to do with a Wil lard-Fulton match unless Fulton first fought and defeated the winner of the Moran-Ooffee tight which takes place iii New York, Jan. 7. ST’R SOLVEIG IS CONDEMNED BY FRENCH COURT Washington. Dec. 27.—The steamer Solveig owned by the American Trans atlantic Co., has been condemned by the French prize court. The owners will appeal. Flying a Norwegian tlag, the Solveig was seized while in a French port. Her j American papers reached her com mander a few days later. Suspected German ownership was given as the cause for detaining the vessel. Official advices announcing the con demnatlonby a prize court in Hamburg. j Germany, of the American sailing ship j Pass of Balmaha. reached the State Department today. The department will take no action in either case, un til it has been passed on in appeal. DR. COOK VISITS IN COPENHAGEN l Copenhagen, via London, Dec. 27.— j Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explorer, j and his secretary. Dr. F. H. Thompson, called today, at the American legation here. They expressed much disappoint ment because the legation would not give them passports into Germany. GOV’T LOTTERY OF SPAIN WON BY CRUISER CREW Ferrol, Spain, Dec. 27, via Paris.— The capital prize of 6,000,000 pesetas ($1,200,000) in the Christmas drawing of the government lottery was won by the crew of the cruiser Alfonso XHI. The prize will be divided among 710 men who subscribed to the ticket, the price of which was 1000 pesetas. 1 Wilson’s Pan=Americanism Supported at the Session I of Scientific Congrel Washington, Dec. 27.—Vice Presi dent Marshall, in the absence of Pres ident Wilson, today welcomed the del egates of the South and Central Amer ican republics at the opening session of the Pan-American Scientific Con gress. In his brieg address he declared the ideal of Pan-Americanism should be to prevent unjust interference in the affairs of the American nations and that the United States would be the first to resent such interference with any American country. If a Composite Address A Pan-Americanism, practically identical with that advocated by Pres ident Wilson in his message to Con gress, was supported today by the speakers at the inaugural session of the second Pan-American Scientific Congress. A composite address of the 22 speeches made would leave the im pression of general endorsement of the idea. Secretary of State Lansing in his capacity as an officer of the Unit ed States which invited the congress to meet here, and as presiding officer of the governing board of the Pan American Union discussed Pan-Amer icanism as an international policy of the Americas and the Monroe Doctrine as a “national policy,” pointing out that the two were not inharmonious. Eduardo Suareex. ambassador of Chile, presidt nt of the congress, dis cussed in general the attitude of Lat in-America and heading the list of 19 chairmen of delegates, Ernesto Quesa da of Buenos Ayres, made the first of the five-minutes replies. The first general session took place in Memorial Continental hall, nation al headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Men and Women from every capi tal of South and Central America, from scores of other Latin-American cities and from all parts of the United States, about 1500 in all were present. Four languages were used, though the Por tuguese of Brazil and the French of Haiti were .almost unheard in the vol ume of Spanish from the other Ll.atin American countries and the English that marked the Americans. After John Barrett, director-general of the Pan-American Union called the congress to order, the Pan-American hvmn was sung by the Home Club of the interior department. Ambassador Suarez, who was elect INDIAN MIX-UP CAUSES A RIOT AT OLD TOWN, ME. Olrttnwii. Me., Dee. 27.—One man is in the hospital with a broken jaw and another with a fractured ankle, while five Indians, one of whom is Joe Nep tune, the baseball player, were locked up as the result of a race riot late Sat urday night in Joe Madores' saloon not far from the Indian Island landing. Trouble arose between the Indians and whites early in the evening, but was stopped by the police, who dis persed the belligerents. Later, how ever. both parties returned and renew ed hostilities. The interior of the saloon was wreck ed. Fred Madnre, the bartender, was struck in the jaw by some heavy ar ticle. causing a bad fracture. Adel bert MeGreavy lias a fractured ankle which he thinks was caused by an In_ dian Jumping upon it. while all the In dians were more or less battered. The police came the second time and quelled the disturbance just as it prom ised to become serious with Indian re inforcements on the way from the isl and. It appears that the Indians got the better of the battle, outnumbering the whites. PERSIAN FORCE BADLY BEATEN BY THE RUSSIANS Petrograd. Dec. "7, Via London.— The defeat by Russian troops in Per sia of a formidable force among which were several thousand Persian insur gents is reported in an official state ment issued today by general head quarters. It is declared that the op posing army suffered heavily and was badly broken up under the Russian attack. The Germans have been active along the Riga Dvinsk front, according to the statement, using gas in some of their attacks, but were repulsed in ail instances. The statement is as fol lows: “At several points on the Riga front our artillery was successful against enemy batteries, silencing them. ‘'South of Ikskul, the Germans at tacked our trenches under the cover of gas. On the Dvinsk front the Ger mans repeatedly tried to leave their trenches but were easily driven back. “There is no change on the other fronts. "In Persia our troops defeated a German-Turkish force, among whom were several thousand rebel Persian general d-armerie and others armed with artillery and machine guns. The enemy lost several of their positions. Many were killed or wounded and the rest fled.” BERLIN LEARNS RUSSIAN ARMY IS DEMORALIZED Berlin. Dec. 27.—(Ry Wireless to Seville).—“Reports from the Caucasus, received here from Constantinople state that tho Russian army is demoralized as a result of cold, hunger, cholera, typhoid and poor equipment," says the Overseas News Agency. “Poles in the Russian army whose homes are in dis tricts occupied by the Germans, are de serting or begging that they be sent home." 1 e'l president at tti 190S in the fct ftrsl tongresil i .Santiago, chile, took chart,] Jssion and Vice 1'resident 11 thall welcomed the delegates in w of the United States government next speakers were Secretary Lar and Ambassador Suarez. Respp limited to five minutes, were mad. J chairmen of the various delegate*1 The scientific discussions will Tuesday morning. Welcomed by Lansing Secretary Lansing, as head tll# eminent board of the I’an-Am Union, welcomed the delegates in dress In which he advocated pan-A 4 eanism, “one for all, all for one" declared that Pan-Americanism Wi, 1 expression of internationalism. in of the congress, its presiding officeT". uardo Suarez, the ambassador rrom (>1 replied, referring generously to PtmuJ Wilson's address to the American cj gress in which he discussed Pan-Am can relations at length. The following telegram from Presijl Wilson to Director General John Bar'j of the Pan-American Union "as recJ nest p,, ed: “Please present my warmi ings to the delegates to the I'an-.wl can Congress and extend to them my behalf a most cordial welcome, seems to he to be of the happiest onJ that the attendance upon the (onpJ should be large and the interest In tl proceedings so great." A plan to bring into closer Intellect*] union the countries represented at Pan-American Congress was proposed Krnesto Quesada. chairman of the a| gentine delegation. He suggested m J response to the addresses of welcoj that three subsidiary unions be forms one to confederate all the universities J the Americas, the second to create] Bibliothecal union, and the third archeological union. Mr. Quesada said he had the suppn of the Brazilian and Chilean delegatlot His plan for a confederation of univtj sities provides for the interchange professors and students and the hold of periodical assemblies. lie would hj| the Bibliothecal union arrange for; exchange of publications and the pujjl cation of bibliographical lists in orlj that anyone upon application mights cure such productions regardless where kept. His plan for the arelijJ logical union Is chiefly for the'conssnj tion of pre-Columbian records and i combine the activities of the ethnology museums. SCHMIDT ON TRIM AT LOS ANGELA i S Angeles. Cal.. I>ee. 27.—Mauhe A. Schmidt. on trial charged with murder of Charles Hagerty, one of! men killed when the Los Angeles Tn* building was blown up, five years ij took the stand today in his defta He entered a general denial declrt he knew a man named J. II. I trice. S alias which the prosecution alleges* assumed by James P. McNamara, a confessed dynamiter, but asserting a he (Schmidt) had not part in any ts spit acy. After Schmidt's sister Kathfri Schmidt had testified briefly. the fense announced they had eh sed. T> prosecution had no rebuttal testinm and arguments were begun bv J. S Noel, special assistant p: osecutor. Schmidt admitted tie had adopted*! name of Joe Hoffman, under whichb was known when arrested last Fdi ary. He said he did that some Os after the Times explosion, when s learned he had been accused as ar.it complice of McNamara. After stating that he had lived 3 San Francisco during 190ft and 1010,IB saying he left there iictoher 7. lW a week after the Turn s was blown 8 Schmidt denied that he had ever visit ed the (limit Powder Co s. plant at ant. Calif., or had ever bet n inti Argonaut hotel at San Francisco. B prosecution alleged Schmidt purchasr 300 pounds of dynamite at the powft plant and the Argonaut was named the hotel at which lie stave,I for a tie with Jesse 11. McNamara. The pro# cation declares Schmidt then «t known as Ferry and McNamara Bryce. Schmidt said lie had been introduce to a J. B. Bryce in San Francisco as had eaten dinner with him once. He admitted having mot lionald serve who caused his arrest in S« York, but denied that he had taken P*1 in the dynamite conspiracy, as Mesert testified. BRITISH SHIP YFBSO IS SUNK BUT CREW SAW London, Dec. 27.—(fi.Ofi p. M.).—The ton British steamship Yeddo. from C3 culta Nov. 24 for Boston and New has been sunk., Her crew was saved YEDDO CARGO IS VALUED AT HIGH SUM $2,000,0*1 Boston. Dec. 27.—The cargo of steamer Yeddo, bound for this port New York from Calcutta, which is ported sunk, was valued l>y A. C. GO" hard Co., the local consignees, at s’0 than $2,000,000 although its exact naM** was not known as the bills of have not yet arrived. When last in here, six months a*®‘ the Yeddo was commanded by Capt*1^ Brennan and carried 15 officers and crew of GO men. rier cargo capacity 7500 tons. It is believed that she carried a W* amount of skins, tea and other Is--3 products.