Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
January 4, 1918

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FRIDAY: Fair ROOMS TO LET? Room* Wonted? Hoarder* Wanted? 'J'i* Journal Wanl Ads SATURDAY; Clcudy FOR SALE For Sala? To Let? Wanted? Use Journal Want Ads AUGUSTA, MAINE. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4. 1918. ESTABLISHED 1S2 l*KK’E TWO ENTS. OVERSEAS V. S. Armies to Go Soon er Than Expected Ot.ct? Every Possible Energy t( Socrdmq Up Productions of Muni tor' and Equipment—Secretary Ba r Ta«es Steps to Increase Efficien cy of A'my Machine v i-i" .Jan Itct mnmeiida 1 \nr i i' .m n Mission tlia it t>i I-’r.itii" its rapidly at •I res It in any cha'itst 11 plan 't 1raining tin sol toted St.ili- This wa t-’.ili i -«i;iv by Secretary Bakei i.l i..-i a inn nf l lie effort' il»-| artm ship and equipment j‘ n't H aH in tlie dispatch ol ini's it.in.ol n'ueli sooner char i r.t l| null! possible. Xeitii-q I' "r cm .lil'l* n fm any great .I liable on this siik Miami for sonte titn»‘ •oil Hi spei d t||.. ordnance l>u s v v. m "It id m See re i; io s Mioiiiii nient ol the re ile- "iron with a I I I U'li.w- lie Il I lie bead o! 11 dii i ure. wh'i-ii will nave ■ei ii. i.i neral ork. l u of I lie (piartoj mas .I'.i it r ti -1 l uriii-r Maj. (Jen. 'I"os. ai ling qiianerniaster gencr il*o has I.. suggested. In lIds co:: ‘"’Inn is understood that Maj. (lent, s Alesidre, paymaster goner *"i his assistant, Maj Gen. a. be- Mill be recalled in active service. To Increase Efficiency ••'•P» in bn nnse lip efih'ioncy of the my machine also have been taken 'lie newly created War Council of ua1*department These arc under 1101] In include approval of a plan >larebv tin most 1 llicier.t officers will 1 placed in charge ot tin more im on work 11. their depart merits, d h 1 a nnn ."1 i f any nttieei regarded hi« imnindiul' t Itn f as niisuitod for l° duties In- is prp«>ra 1! 1 *tru* jfovorii 's fm I»f can* s r,.s yjOSf I w * 1 j.j.inu

i I rear and tien oft>t conges tion. Tin New Haven, too. according t. reports to tl-.t- i-’uo! Administration, i clearim its tr:i.'k -t iinil mines were .•■■ItiseiJ to -lup as miicli coal as pos ,-io!" o\«r its lines. Shipments over iln liosioii and Main-- will Up alter n.'-cd iii-iwei-i! ih.e city of Hoslon and in ttie interne. Hough weather is still j111. r i-iiiii with water ship iPs lo Nett Km-.Iand through New N 11i K tind I 'liilndeljihiii. Little of the 2jh.0il|l tolls of antllia i ite "a! held in N.-tv Jersex terminals 'o'- shipment In New York i'ity tail he moved, it was s.ihl loda>. unlit the i w in tin r modern 1 i s. Cold and Blizzard Make Coal Situation Worse in New England and New York Nell I 'I K l.l III! S i-ritll jt■ 11 i tlmshirr. l *|i I T t 111 l»i s It* IIIOVC t llei W Only 7>'.u Banjos Arrived i v i -1 i. .1*1* .1 w iili coal i i'*'i of these were .4 iii.i’i i hi* 111rin e n* ertls The t *'si 11. i in leaih* e.11 illNrileil hi a fedi il authorities tn meet the .is I,, New I mtland were reported 1 ml h* lit I** “i* st*n.ew hen lti the ve Mity oi Mil> I• i*•• K N V.. i*ut quene.i t.. pi.«pe,t» tettiiiK the ears ,i |(l thl ind other New plaint pi ii n t s hr, unlit I'ontlietinn foment*. 'ail' |i:ir«es Inaileii with hundreds P ns nl enal needed i»"t only hi the mrhnltier whom' Inns hove t>een de eil In nearly a week of record t.'HkiriK mill. J'Ut hi war munitions uirle-' and (mhlie utilities eorpm _ nvi been trotten In harbori reft.m w here tl ei had lied hefon t*.» i» w NEW YORK SITUATION (.ROWS MORE MENACING N. w York. Jan t Will the tern ratme hoierlnn around zero for si> 'iii fsm'e dai s. New 7 i,rk was com on...I inritcht with ti foci shor:a#« ».uwnK more menaclmt every houi 'as I if water surrounding tin- ity he I’iiiiif runted more dec ply with iff i i f tl.f iii1c runs swiftest I'nzeiis of (oal-ladcn barges are ice .Hum! on their way from Ne« lersc. urii n any thousand toils of fuel. Fuel ad i! ulstroturs anil transportation officials ivi'i'i1 In almost constant conference t*» de vise means for releasing these boats. Se rious i onsuleration was given to the us I ii\namite for breaking tbe iee, ami frantic efforts were made to assemble i feet lit powerful tugs which could be use t a- i t'-hreakers Mayor tlylan ordered the lire and police boats be used for .his- pur pose 13 Barges Released After working continuously for Jt. lioura the crews of four tugs succeeded tonight )i releasing 11 of. a fleet of 30 coal barge ‘rozeu solid in the Kill Von Kull. The II barges were towed up the bay to Manhat tan tonight Some relief was gicen Brooklyn and I-ong Island by the delivery of 30CO tons of coal brought In from New Jersey through the Pennsylvania Railroad tun nels. Twenty schools were closed today be cause of lack of fuel and 13 others be cause of frozen water pipes. Hospitals oikI other institutions are at the end of their coal supplies, and increasing ma nors of apartment houses are without l.eat and in many office buildings tempera tures are so low that occupants work in ?tl'eir overcoats and furs. The poor in tile I tenement districts are suffering acutely. ^Continued on Page 2—Col. 1) An Ill-AdvisedDiv Shaw TeU^^ommittee !Mrs. Whitney Points to New York Vote i in Reply to Charges of Mrs. Wads worth— House to Consider Constitu tional Amendment Next Thursday Washington. Jan. Arguments by itv ,,f tin- National American Wo man Sum rape movement occupied the first day of tin? hearing of the House suffrage committee on the constitu tion:-!! amendment resolution, which the House has hr rood to consider next Thursday, i ipponem* of tlie movement confined their attention to circulating at the ea|ataI a statement by Mrs •lames Vv Wadsworth. Jr. will be h‘ ard toinorroui* aed repri -seiuritit es of He Woman s parly will make their statements Sal aril:,' Object to Referendum of Women It. Ainat Itiward Shaw the honor ;o esid,f sail rave to a Inrgo nnmhei of in, ,"i i, need tv, man voters, natur J!\ synipaih«’tie with human sufi'er v.ouhj i p,j tt i aken prosecution 1 ii" v. ar. She .intended most em l*h fealty it would not and that on the l as' of sympathy with human suffer ing alon, worn, n iwv opposed to an jll ad\ ;.-vd e, n, e. Attack by Mrs. Wadsworth The aiiti-suffrapists set forth their prtn eipal argument in a prepared statement by Mrs I;• inr. Shaw. (Continued on Page 8—Col. 31 women have 'var Her vice.*' SECOND FIRE WITHIN WEEK AT HINCKLEY Hinckley. Me.. Jan 3.-This village was visited tonight l.y the second se rious tire within a week with probable damage of several thousand dollars, when 1-eland flickers garage was burned. The structuie was 4«* l.,y f railroao transit tie- tween the two countries. The Russian delegates refused to fix regulations without precise definition as to what classes of persons and goods the rail roads were to carry. Exchange Prisoners After Peace The Kolsheviki foreign minister. I.eon Trotzky. is quoted in an inter view as having said that the commis Continued on Page 5—Col. 1) THE WEATHER j FAIR—COLD l Forecast: Fair Friday, preceded by snow in eastern Maine: continued cold; Saturday increasing cloudiness and not quite so cold probably anow in Vermont and New Hampshire. NINE FIRMS ON CIVIL SUPPLIES BOARD Senator Weeks and Eisenman Again Clash at Army Contract Hearing Big Shortage in Horse Equipment and Shoes Taken Up—Claim About 80 Per Cent, of Army Shoes Do Not Fit —Wool Manufacturer Says German Uniform Better Washington. Jan. 3. -In further in vestigating clothing and other arm supply contracts negotiated by tit Civil Supplies committee of the Conn cil of National Defense, the Senat military committee today receive lrom Charles Eisenman, vice chairma of the contracting committee, a state ment ol' merchandise bought from firm whose members or employes arc o were connected with the committee. Mostly Prior Contracts Of supplies worth about $Sou,0‘>u. 000 bought during the las! eigh months. Mr. Kisetunan’s statement ilis closes that $128,830,000 worth cam front such concerns, but that all ex cept $14,830,064 worth was contrade for before the contractors' represent a lives became connected with the com mittea. i riefoy presenting the statement Eisenman. in concluding his testimony staunchly defended ‘the committee" work, upheld the policy of secrecy i advance of letting contracts and agni insisted that the men given the inuc discussed scrap sorting contract won! have been limited to nominal legist;, tion, the first results of the inquiri Chairman Chamberlain pians to intro once tomorrow ji bill to create a net cabinet member known as the score tary of munitions to have eomplei charge of nil war material puivbas ing. It is promised virtually unanimou eoinmittee support. Amend National Defense Act Another hill which Senatot McKel i.tr plans to introduce tomorrow as result o: tiie investigation woul amend the Nationa1 Defense act ere atitig the Council of National Defense :-o as to abolish all civilian advisor committees and prohibit the count members or their agents from lain directly or indirectly interested i supply contracts. Nine Firms Had Representatives Nine firms were named In M Eisentnan’s statement as being anion those who had received army suppl orders from the committee and wties representatives served with the coin mil tee. The firms named, their representative on the committee, the amount of the cot Marts received, and tile total of contract fur the kind of merchandise in which the were interested, follow; American Woolen C.v. E. ft KdingtO' $$2,753,000 0338.632.00.'): Wellington, .Scars Co.. Mr. Bailey. $3,675,000 ($101.o72.0C0.t: Wi liatn Iselin Co.. Eineoln Cromwell. $1 029,000 ($74,827.tn'"»: -t. .Spencer Turner. A L. Scotl. $8.137.000 {*101,372.0001: Turtle Halsey Co.. V L. Scott. S5.239.0jo ($102 310 OOO): United States Rubber Co.. A Lawrence, $3,762,000 ($26,879,000): W. II. 3b T'lwayn Co., ,1. F McKlwayn, Jit 340.00' 1.057,000 (SHS.tSSS.OO.1). Of the contracts given the Cleveland Worsted Co., of which Mr Kisennian Is e stockholder, it was stateol that only ?61t; 1 TOO were negotiated after the supplies 'committee was formed. 1 Hiring his explanation of the Comma tee s work. >.lr. Eisenman again vigorous s 1 iesented what he termed questions hit r pugning his motives and clashed will Senators Weeks and MeKellar. Senator Freiltughusen offered correspon dence to show that Sol. S. Stroocl: of th: supplies committee had overruled the 1 quartermaster general on a felt order an 1 had directed rejection of a quantity of fered from a competitor in the fel; bus!* I ness. Eisenman said prices to mauulac turers, oil government specifications are liked and public, but tliat to give advance, information of huge govern ment needs would cause quick ami s tremendous price increases. Chairman Chamberlain ai this point expressed the opinion that ti e secre tary of war has power to suspend ad j venisements for army contracts. Turning to tin reduction of wool con tent ordered by tin* supplies commit-, tee in clothing. Senator Kirby said an effort to discredit the committee's ac tion bad been made and asked if any complaints regarding the new clothing for officers in the field, abroad or in s the cantonments had been received. "Not a single complaint up to now,” i said Eisenman emphatically, j Senator Weeks inquired regarding disapproval by Eisenman of an offer i Oct. 4 of P'1,000 overcoats a'. $J.’>00.000, ^lo (quartet master Ceneial Sluirpe who i sent a letter to the witness asking if 1 purchase of the coats would interfere 1 with the supplies committee's plans. 1 Correspondence si owed that Eisen 4 rutm disapproved a1 veptlng thp coats. rl which were offered by tbe American l.'uifnrni Co., of New York, for deliv er;. July 1, 1P1S’. because So per cent would be delivered too late for the e winter season and tbe firm's com i inertial rating was low. e Regarding Eiser.man's testiipony yesterday tliat he bad nothing to do with cqnrraets for the tnanufaeiute of atiny uniforms. .Senator Weeks said the letters indicated circumstances to the contrary. Weeks Clashes with Eisenman ''You're a very clever witness a ml a pretty good dodger.” Senator Wet '.added. Eisenman remarked that to had liea’d the American Filiform Co. was “going gunning” for him before the committee and added that shirting r loth if had offered, if accepted, would have cost the government $18.',,000 more than i! was worth. -i (Continued on Page 5—Col. 1) To Withdraw Hundreds of Passenger Trains in East iiumiM'ij aaninirir.n. .inn. o. mimn'-u- passenger trains mi railroads east of tin- Mississippi "ili l*o '"it 1 ul'a" p from service under orders soon to l>c issued liy Director-General McAdoo. based upon specific recommendations mad* today by a committee of eastern pas some tratfic officers. The commit (cp was divided as t*> ih«* advisability of withdrawing most parlor and sleep ing cars, leaving only those considered most necessary for important travel rputes. Labor Question. Discusted Hours **f labor of railway employ t*s under government operation was dis cussed by tbe director general today vcit.b loads of tiie font railway union biothorhoods. and tin- um-stion of .'.ages will t>e taken up at further con iVrenres 'morrow. Tomorrow President Wilson g**es before Congress with recommendation for legislation providing a basis for i ornpensatiug railroads under go\ em inent operation and tor continued fi nancing with government assistance. Hills approved by the railroad admin istration "ill be introduced immedi ately and indications are that they will l*p rushed to speedy passage. With regard to passenger train re ductions. it was made plain today that there is no intention of Interfering with commuter or interurban travel. Some of the direr tor-general's advis- ors have urged that practically all parlor and sleeping ears tie withdrawn trom service and that people he re quired to travel largely In day time in ordinary coaches. It is not con sidered probable, however, that Mr. McAdoo will approve such a drastic course at this time. Brotherhood Leaders Confer The Railroad Brotherhood leaders spent nearly three hours with the di rector general, most of tlie time be ing' devoted to discussing the possibil ity that tlie government may call on railway employes to work much over time in order to clear present freight congestion. This would involve extra wages which the railroad administra tion is said to be willing to pay on the basis of ‘time and a half” now main tained by railroads for overtime The 1 brotherhoods' demands for 4j higher "ages, refused hyfl nisi before the government management, were not pref but it will be taken up tome .tic.xuiMi fins* mui ni» ivw s on lln; subject of higher wages, but most of his advisers and executive assistants advocate such a course as a means of retaining employes. Shortage of Labor The shortage of labor was emphasised today in reports of Interstate Commerce commission inspectors on car sertire and locomotives presented to Mr. .\ioArloo by Commissioner MeChord. who was assign ed the task of discovering precisely what w« re the congested conditions on eastern roads. The fault in many eases, the report lb 'vied, is that freight cars and locomo lives are out of repair because roads have too few repairmen and machinists, loti negligence of railway authorities was re sponsible for most conditions of faulty equipment, the commissioner reported. The government hopes to remedy this by issuing specific orders for the repair of '-rs and locomotives, and establishing a system of personal responsibility to prqjier maintenance of equipment. Kxcept or. the Baltimore A Ohio and Pennsylvania no congestion is appa irnt west 01 Pittsburg and Buffalo. Mr McChord said. Mr. McAdoo now is considering whether express companies should lie taken over for government operation. J atnl has received from his legal ndvls- '■rs opinions on the proper pro'edur. in case lie decides this is necessary to maintain the highest efficiency. In answer to nnmei-ous inquiries to day from state officials it was explain-! ed that free passes would not l>e grant ed for government business. John Skelton Williams, comptroller o’ tlie Currency, discussed with Mr. Me- Adoo the situation which would develop soon when railroad companies' bonds and ether obligations fall due. A plan wlh l e worked out by which the debts mty be either refunded with other securities or met with funds already reserved for t the purpose. Final arrangement will de- pend much on the legislation Congress enacts. Soecific Accomplishments t Specific accomplishments of Mr. Me- 1 Auoo and the railroad administration are 1 All roads lia*e received orders to pool: their equipment and facilities and to haul over the shortest routes, regardless of ownership or earnings, and -a’ the risk of curtailing passenger schedules. A temporary staff has been organized, consisting of Walker L>. Hines, assistant director; A R. Smith, assistant in .isrg# of transportation on eastern trunk lines; (Cor .tinned on Page 5—Col. 3) THE DARBY BLOCK BURNS EARLY FIRE Stores of John F. Turner and C. S. York Gutted —Three Families Are Turned out in Zero Weather Aged Wo man Rest* u e d with Difficulty—F i r e Dis covered at 1.30 A. M. Friday—Starts from Unknown Cause Aii morning 1 ;,i tin* T’tr of Drill;;.' :*.ud UY r uvrls .imuii;; Dio big «»w oi the city's hi-dorv. \mis i till in nroim. os the tkviiphters had t>> work from tin river I end could net lit pressure to liu!:t effectively. ,\t :t. JM it. seemed prohalde l ha: the whole likuk would l«r suited I (Continued on Paye 2—Col. 3) VERBAL DUEL i

Reed and Hoover Go from Sugar to Wheat Chairman Probe Committee Demand* Authority for Fixinq Wheat Prices— Hoover’s Replies Sharp as Senator's Questions—Denies All Charges, Says Wheat Situation Handled with Ap proval of President Wi.jhingjon Jan. 3.--Examination of Food Administrator Hooter was i"ln plated today b> Ihe Senate committee in\estimating Ihe sugar and coal short ages aflei Chaiiman Keed and -Mr. Hooter had enlivened the proceedings tvitli ;i i-Iasli that had been expected since the inquiry started. Reed Cross-Examines t est* rilaj when Hoover tok tlie stand Senator Heed, a critic of the food ad ministrator sine the beginning of ids work, yielded the task of questioning to Senator Hodge and the examination progressed very smoothly. Today, how e'er. the chairman went into cross-ex amination himself most, \igoronsly. tin attacked the policies of the food admin tration. '-aid Hoove i hud usurped pow ers in handling the wheat situation, and sought to develop that sugar prieo agreement*■ were made to henelit -ast ern i f Jitters. (Continued on Page 2—Col. 3) PACKERS' METHODS Allen Claims Trust Tried to Put Him Out of Business )'Itialdelpiiin. Jan. Testimony tending t*> show i!i«i tin- American Agrirull ura I 'licinh-n I an alleged rendering irusl, tiled to put an in dependetit company in this city out of business was given inua.' before tho Federal Trade Commission wliicii is n)' estigating tie methods of meat packers in this country. Allen Claims Was Threatened The principal witness was \V. S. Al len, vice president and genual man ager of the M. L. Scliotunukcr and an independent rendering c-oii' cm. Al len testified that a representative of the American Agricultural ‘'hemic.;I ('o. told him that if his company did not g'c-t into line It would be put out. of business. ‘Getting' into line." All Allen •aid, was ait acceptance of the Atnoricntt Co.’s terms whereto prices on butch ers’ waste riiouUI be fixed at the low ert possible figure, therein, insuring" tiie greatest amount of profit in tlm rendering product. Allen further testified that the Am erican <’o. started war on the S« la-e mnker concern ami raised prices and took its customers, lie -aid his com pany had lost about J50.000 in the eon test and that the American Co.. ac cording to some of its representatives, lost about the same amount. Other witnesses told of the content between the two companies and ha' butchers sold their waste to the one offering the higlcest prices. (high J. Robertson, of Boston, who is connected with the American Agri cultural Chemical Co., was beie today in connection with the Investigation. Me said he fad thus far been unable to obtain the consent of Francis J. l-feney counsel for the commission. t<« take liie stand and testify. Robert son said tonight he would follow the commission from city to city until it! permits him to give his testimony.

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SITUATION WORSE (Continued from Page One) Jlotels .tre filled with persons driven out o heat less homes. 200 Tell Stories of Suffering Mayor Hylan gave a hearing in ins office to 200 persons, mostly women, who told pitiful tales of suffering be a use of inability to obtain fuel. In ad dition to naming special fuel commit tee, the mayor ordered that wood col lected at city dumps be set aside for the poor to carry to their homes. Many tier sons of wealth called in limousines n headquarters of charitable organiz ations which had on hand a supply of wood, carrying away as much as their ars would hold. The weather bureau would give no lope of relief from the Intense cold. The tremendous drain on the city Ker osene supply which started with tin utilization of oil stoves when steam pressure became feeble is threatening a shortage in that commodity, it was r. chat i -s i.'mist hladh. years nlil, was fo'itni murdered in his otliee early *1 i. II" ni j Dions. 10. ileolareii h> polie-. to ioleritly Insane, was arrested i.i the ••til e immediately after sounds i f gluing were heard, and confessed. a. I olive -inteni' tit says, that he killed "n pbysliiati because in, RauschRolb id lieen treating him and "had him inter Ids Influent**-." "hen I bon* uas taken into custody "'as 'iitt.ng hi* wrists with a piece of a Inns BOLSHEVIK! ATTACK CKK.MANS IN PAMPHLET I'••• J. ♦'•lrit'stl.i\ .I.«ti 2. Tiir 1z tntl.f eiv«v« th,* text of ;i piiniphlot 1 vhi>n th« iKi arf* ircut.itinijf in T c jt 1 **j u f t sold aljoht ’ii jr ,i h p ,i hnsci cunt t il*ut ism thr K» i s».' which was thus Rem*- ':etl to 1 he extent •si;,.0(in 1 iithh 1 W ndlr h intliuiy th° H itish on iunit nt ai« in l.mulon. th* mi« titn.cc MEN (OMIN> side on ih« farms of New England this year nndyr a jd*n oiitHned at a conference of the New England branch of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association today. The girls will he organized into units under the leader ship of wonieu trained in agricultural dleges. Band* of 20 to 30 will be established in farming districts and the i*rrners will have the opportunity of i ailing upon the supervisor (.f each unit for sttch labor as he nee^ls. VERBAL DUEL (Continued from Page One) the questions. The wheat situation. hi said, was handled with the approval o' President Wilson and the farmers nov were getting more for their wriest while flour was selling for less. Hy the noise of the flames an. managed to escape with difficulty, at Uie hallway and stairs wer. filled will dense smoke. Mrs. Kelley, whose husband H it the army, and several boarders, a 1st had narrow escapes from suffocation and II: Ochmainski with his wife any child, who li\cd over York's shoe store wore not able >o remove any ..f thei» pc rsonal effects. seepnd alarm, calling out all of the department equipment not al ready engttged. was sent in shortly be fore 2 o'clock and the hose reels from Sand Hill were brought down. The threatened stores ail had in j sura nee. Mr. Turner, probanty the i heaviest loser, stated that he had In surance in three companies, hut was unable to state just how much. Mr. Vo'c stated that lie had $onJ pe: cent, basis uud the 1 tamilies wt»o lived on the upper floors were partly insured, with .the excep tion of George Patterson, 'tvho stated that he had none. Briek fire walls between the York j shoe store and the farmer Wadleigh i grocery store, now owxjed by Madison Gilman, partly checked the flames, but the store was filled with dense smoke and at a late hour it seemed likely that i it, too, would be gutted. Mr. Oilman did not state the amount of his Insur I ar.ce. COAL SHORTAGE IS ACUTE IN ALL ONTARIO Toronto. Out., Jan. 3.—Reports in re yard to the serious coal situation in all parts of Ontario indicate that the 1 shortage is now acute and in many places only sufficient fuel to last two or three days is on hand. In Toronto tire situation is serious. On Sunday last e. Mr. Kls berg had charged that the stock was transferred ‘•without go,,d -md valu able consideration" and that the trans action therefore was illegal. Mr. Ham merstein in his mo wer explained that Mrs. ilammerstein herself was the "good and valuable consideration," the stock having been transferred to her in return for i or promise to marry him. The impresario added that .Mrs. Hammer: tein duly fulfilled iter obli gations in conformity with the con tract. FIRE IN JAPANESE FREIGHTER CHECKED •V Pacific Port. Jan. An Ameri can warship standing by the Japanese freighter Sliinyo Mara No. 1’. which at last reports was doomed by an un controlled fire in her h same reason. The supply of kerosene in the city is exhausted. Copper From Maine (Boston News Bureau.) High copper metal prices have brought the State of Maine into the producing ranks, although on a small and relative ly unimiiortant scale. The old Douglas mine, at Bluehill, Maine, which was ac quired early this vear lv the American Smelting A- Refining i o., has been estab lished on a shipping basis to the extent of about 3000 tons of ore monthly. Since purchasing the property the Gu.g genheims have installed a small mill from which the product goes as concentrates to the Perth Amboy plant to he used ns flux. The Bluehill ore runs very low in cop per values. Irut carries considerable sul phur. making it desirable for fluxing pur poses at fhe big Guggenheim works in New Jersey. The property, it is estimated, contains about fiU.OOO tons of ore with value to the ne\y owners only in its fluxing qualities. An earlier generation witnessed a min iature copper share boom which extended from about 1877 to 1884. Blue Hill and Sullivan in Hancock county were the cen ters of Maine's copper flurry, which at its height was the basis foy two mining ex changes In Bangor. Attempts were made from time to lime to reopen these mines, put until tiie present none were success Held agents in beef cattle extension work, according to the annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry. United States Department of Agriculture, in lhR, and 1,452 feeder cattle. Direct assist ance was given in building 113 siius, and 25 additional live-stock organiza tions were formed. Demonstrations given included 58 in baby beef, 150 rn steer feeding. 4i fn eatfi»~'pasturing and over l.noo in hog raising. l A Store’s Individuality T"The voice" of the store la kesrdg ^in jts advertising. The advertisement carries mere ♦than messages—more than news of* special offerirgs, of sales, of newg 'commodities, of store-enterprise in *securing desirable stocks of goods' •under favorable conditions. f It carries "the voice,” the PER.4 SONALITY, of the store. Through its Advertising I A Store t 4

“Speaks The spirit, the character, the poli cies and practices of the store «s if ^service-institution show, and srs^ illumined, through its advertising. To many this “voice” is a famillsr Cne. carrying the new message of* an old friend. To others—always tod .some who read this newspaper—It, 1 SUIIIO W11 1 t3caw uv»i»y-y»i *'4 I is a new voice, making its imprec ision upon them for the first time, f It wins either immediate confi.f ^dence, or immediate dislike. Vfhsn^ iyou hear a voice for the first time, either over the 'phone or in more* ^intimate conversation, you form sg i lasting impression of the temper*.^ I ment, character and personality of •the tatker. In some such moaturaf i you also form an impreesion of a, 1 business through reading its ad vertising. If -the “voice” is boast.* Tful,‘vague, arrogant, the impression^ will last long—and to the disad*^ Tvantage of the merchant. If it In tspires confidence, if it hae the ring* ^cf genuineness, of friendliness, it n.^ indeed, “the voice that wins.” 4 Merchants should try to get thsf ^detached uew of their advertising—^ I the view of the reader of it. They try to make it TRUTH.* #F‘JLLY REFLECT THE SPIRITf ^CF THE STORE. The most successful advertises! I dc this. The advertising, always, pictures the store—carries some of' ^the spirit of the store management, every reader—impresses the^ store's policies and practices of 4sER 'ICE aid of DEPENDABIL-f !TY. 4 I £>ee that “the voice" ef your store^ ring." true l 1 f I i 1 Aim to Make YOUR Store The Most Interesting r ‘4 News Center’” f Sake your store’s advertisement; your stcre’r NEWSPAPER. Issued It as frequently and as regularly aif THIS NEWSPAPER IS ISSUED. i Make it as complete a reoord of j the NEWS of YOUR STORE as this* newspaper is of the newt and life off ithe oity and of the world. tMake it a medium of OPPOR'i TUNITY NEWS FOR housewives-! ♦for all who buy—for all who aim tc* ^buy wisely. 4 Make it REFLECT your store—^ carry its spirit of service, of help* ^fulness, to all who read this news*^ -and ♦Paper f Your Store's News

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Fur Ilia Kidneys n... i r ubs'H i 1 nvo .1 \v r r» the 10* ,i rri -I,a.:.11 r»»• 1 l,ti KM i .,\nr in if bladder miMI. me. t v ii ian pf Ipuor, i i'P i*« pTri’nK'lioainK f i IU.Ipo>n fiver 1 'i nature In* i *niH‘d io'iI.i "P .1 tl. to.-t f>. .|ni, gif»tj on f i-'.i!- I ,J. VI V. No r *.i!. in.-* '.ft m,> many ,r‘ ii." and ntart ir n* i at n a pr* i.. r:. t.. .1 ;en coats >v 'impiiamton. N. W. -n writ 1 :.ft" tj ri. sin 1R e you tried the Ww tia.* .i. ti ke! Beef V\ e solicited your oilinn and trade. iVe h:;\. ihe n> railing or: friends 1 :i this ity Thursday. Hurgm Malloy, who has hern visit. i fieT his m run I pa rests in Wiscassct. ha returned to h:s home in Cardinal. Mis Vt-rdie -Moore Is making exien* sive repairs on her house on Klin Street. j Oiringlon Wells has returned from a visit with his daughter. Mrs. l-'rank Mc Keague, l 'a inpello. Mass. J l;.i> W. II.unman of this elty. a j ergeant in Mlatteri 3n:M Artillery, I has been selected as one to attend tin 1 officers training canip at Ayer. Mass. Uev 11 8. Dow. pastor of the High land .ivenue Methodist chur> h. left riiursdiiv tor Portland to attend a uieeling of the Methodist ministers'. Miss Parham Anderson of West hrook arrived Thursday for a visit with her aunt. Mrs. II Ms Ohutoli, Wrthcrn avenue. Mr- W A Horne of Abbott street left for Portland Thuruiay morning, where she will I Hu lines! cf Mr. and Mrs George Brad ford. furl Ttifis, who lias been passing his va cation «t his home her.', returned to the Mitehell Military Hoys' School a; Billerica, Ma Thursday morning. f A Jealous, who lias been the guest of Ins 'on l.ionel K. Jealous of Silver street. returned 'o his home in Worcester. Mass., 1 Ttr.r day morning Ur Ira ottrell ami son Douglass re unit'd a Heir Home in Portsmouth, N. IT.. Thursday al’er i vIh!' r.f I wo weeks a* the Kim,' of her purnitr. Mr and Mrs Peter lit i jev r Itrook street. AMrSEMENTS THE STRAND J. Warren Kerrigan in an Adaptation of Peter B. Kyne's Well-Known No vel, "A Man's Man" in Seven Spec tacular Parts at the Strand Today. Don't Miss It as It Is the Biggest Picture of the Year 'l l maim;;, mi nt hit.'-' been fortunate •in so. wring contracts for the Pnralta 1 mgram with such stars as Bessie I la i risen lo. .1. Warivn Kenigan. Henry Walthal and others lor Friday ;tnU Fctwrdui the initial offering of the viur .1 Warren Kerrigan Gardiner's l'ii\ onto (n "Man's Man" in seven great parts i itii isms in the six daily newspapers ..I I i,.- Anyoles, actually graded 10.' per l 1 i naniniously they complimented Vi tithing connected with the picture; "spoomlly i he tine, clean work of Mr rrican. Miss lads Wilson and Miss Ida Lewis; the devotion to details m the settings, thi praoticjiily faultless 'dir.-otinii. superb photography, and the lien. ,,f Mr. Kvn. ’:t story as adap ted for the pioturo. At ('tune's Audi torium this seven-reel production i pleased all who attended, l’ruiso was unstinted. 1 consider *‘.V Mans Man i x''optionally ai eptatdo to the pub li noted French author, find deals v ith ti e situation in Italy at the out hreak of the present war in an en tirely new and unusual manner, hav ing throughout a love story of the most intense interest. T! e very elaborate Mack Sennett comedies will also he shown with this tilg feature making a swell program ft tie regular prices—six and 1c cents. The lull at the Johnson Opera House ii regular bargain as usual on Fri day and Satlirdav with reels of se lected photoplays Hindi s Brock well in "Honey and Obey." in five parts: I'nrlyle Blackwell In "The Clarion" and Burton Holmes travel views. The prices at the Opera House are the same—six and K. cents. Watch for Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Coli seum.— Adv COLISEUM TODAY ‘■I '.'.VAJ.IKIII lu THE ETERNAL TEMPTRESS"-By Mm. d£ -Vonario by Eve Unsell—directed by Emile Chautard. followed by 1 i c:i• t't' A Attsiv iutioH art I1.*- only agencies authoiized h> tin go\ ti nment t .t \i ylfdrt work imiuni: tht soldiers m our ountry and over se.ir. All art dolus splendid v. oil, tilons these lines. "Tile Knights of Columbus liavc ai- 1 ready huilt over M> buildings t.. i„, tistsi tor reereation enters m t it: dif ferer.t antonrnents in this country where men of every creed or I;), j creed are welcome, etiniilar work has ••eon started in Franco. Tile odor has; raised among its own members over j $1,30'\000 since xvar has been deelar-' ed. This has been all spent and we j are now appealing to the generosity of the American people for means to' carry on thin work beyond tie seas The Gardiner Council will open head-I quarters in The Old Davis Hail Store, Water street, from Jan. T to 1:1. I where contributions to our War Fund will he received, or they ran he aiv- 1 eo to any member of the order Tee allotment for Gardiner on this fund is Jo.hi. ill the good people of Card- iner in their charity help us rajKf, it? I IT "EXKCFTIVE com OF COLDMIll'S."' Recognizing the splendid work Knights >n-J shit fable work lias been done for the; Bel Cross and contributions gi\ n to; the Children's Home, Rest room and City farm. Thirty-nine books have been added to the library and the present; membership is SH. 1 Tht following i,dicers were dotted:, Pres. Mrs. F. 1. Weeks; vice Pres.. j Mrs. A. A. Walsh. Mrs. U S. Dow. Mrs.: I.angdcti Qif.mbj. Mrs. Julia Brown,1 Mr- S W. Boyd and Mrs. Ada Good-j v. in. st•. Mass Mr Wagner is assistant tune i-.eeper of the Boston Elevated It. L. station ai Cambridge, Mass. Miss i-layes was formerly of Randolph, Me. o;ii. r of the day. Fapt. Stephen L. Yfntson. Jcdeiliah Colo, late Co. K. XStli Me. Inf., las eon taker. up T A P awaiting ad- mission. Hugh flearj has been granted a fur lough to visit relatives in New York Pilv. Martin Kimble, late i'o. A, 19th TV S. Inf. has been grimed a discharge from tiie branch. The funeral of the late John Hints was held from the SJ Ionic chapel at 9 A. M. I Thursday, H«v, C. II. Temple officiating. The con liti^n of W. Sr Oaktnan, vt ho hay been housed in the hospital with a s«vere,,edld for the post few days, Is i improving and ha is nee tod to return to ids Vomijaiij soon. f Tlnj tutierai of the late Charles T. Stet- i sou will be hold from the Home chapel a*. 9 A M Friday. Kev It Temple offi ciating. I5?lward Gurney of ^'airfield, late Co. D, 1st Jfe. Inf and J'rank Curby of Keene, -V H.. late Co. II, lath Mass. Inf., for-1 mer members, have been readmitted. I The moving picture program for Friday' Will tic Kabv Marie'.{isborne in "Tears and Smiles," i five-reel Pathe feature,; 'Ttusticating.' a Pathr- comedy, and a I Paths .YeVi; Friday’s Concert Program, 4 P. M. March—"Winter Season," Tiiieme j Ov erture—"Ocean Pearls." Herman Waltz---".My Darling" Catozz! j Grand selection from "t.ucrexia T3orgia," j Donizetti j "Pam Ieun Lair.." Chattaway Medli y i 'vertuie. Mi-bye, Sweetheart" j von Tilzer i ST. ALBANS Mi. and Mrs. .1. VV. Nickerson of; ermont ate visiting their daughter. -Mrs. tsear BlaisdOll. Mr. Aldjii Weeks is eating foi Mrs. (lieti Hanson. . A. R„ will hold its January meet-j >ng Ihis evening with Miss Ada Edge-] comb. Academy street. The members! are desired to bring cancelled stamps, j yarn and needles for knitting afglian squares and as it is a meeting on on serva^on. each is asked to bring re-: i ipes as well as pencil and paper for! taking notes. LOCAL NOTICE Lon't forget Geraldine Farrar is at the Acme theatre this Fri. and Sat., Jan. 4 and 5. in The Woman God For got." Xo advance in prices. Jan.l-2-3-4 At the meeting of Halloweu t ont mandery. No. 317. I". O. G. C„ held on Wednesday evening, officers were in stalled for the year 191S. A line supper of baked beans, salads, rolls, i olfee. pie. cake and doughnuts was sorted. Visiting members were present from the Augusta and Gardiner Command eries. The following officers were in stalled by Grand Commander Herbert McKenney of Portland and staff: It N. C„ Mrs. Agnes Wiley; W. o. Mrs. Eunice Blanchard; W. J. G.. Jlrs. Eliz abeth Goodrich: Fin. K. of Uec.. A. F. Goodrich: Treas.. Mrs. Nina T. To worgy: X. K. of Hoc., Earl Frost W. H., Mrs. Fred Olsen; X. it, Fred Ol sen; X C., Mrs. Elizabeth Dens more: W it, Mrs. Mabel Holbrook: trustees, Frank Stevens Cushman Walker and l.Iewellyn Holbrook. Fol lowing the installation dancing was en joyed. The girls at Erskine hall of the Stale Stood for tints gate a minstrel show this week in the school room, which s laigelt attended by the girls from other schools and united friends. Toe shott which was made possible through the efficient training of Miss Gladys rigid assisted by Mis; TVr.~A M r. rill. matron of Eiskine hail, was a »ii eess and went off with a snap whim would do credit to a more c.\patten, ,-,l hand of performers. The pr da, tii testided to the hard wor’: put m by the teachers and the ptifti i pupils. One end of the sdtool room was eonterted ii>,n a. stag tvi h ,1 tIons o, biaej. and yellow. which u: 1 an attractive -eitij.g tcinbinci wen the yellow su*i.- of tie inii: 'n-; n cu end 1 he fastidious g; rt, of The end m Tile overture was a nealley of popular tun,.-. Catchy soag.-, dances .n.,1 nther numbers interspersed with jokes at uv expense of the pupils and the .e tuis comprised the pregram whirl- lusied over an hour. Among tin- music.u num bers were Alexander's Hack from Dix ie”: Much Obliged to Vou". ■■.lohmn Smoker": "Eeny Meot:\ Xeencbc Xan." by four little girls, bluckfmvd and ;a nighties; quartet. 'Dina!1. Doe"; Mighty I,ak a Rose‘S' gypsy dan,1, Slate scho il song; "Fol De |;01 l..t\ song with verse about evert' teacltei of thy school; "There’s a Chance For I'-very Boy to Be a Soldier" also with dance: I Ain’t Got Nobody Mink": "Hound": "Front Me 10 Mattdy i., e" and Erskine hall sons by Miss W ight arid chorus. Miss Wright and Miss Merrill are the authors of the rhymes that added much to the enjoyment 'r_ garef Turner, an of 9pringt|*!i, TOOK MORE PRISONERS THAN MEN ENGAGED Italian Headijiia runs in Northern Italy, dncsihi, .Ini 2. iffy ||1(. Associated Press! The From n in their reconi successful operation on Monte 1 ombu captured more prisoners than they had men engaged. according to a veteran oflioer who witnessed the fiRlit. From the tup of a nearliy loll he saw the French attack and after wards saw the prisoners, mins and booty brought in. "It was a record-making tight in many respects." he declared. •■.lust think, the French took more prison ers than they had men engaged, which is among the records in military annals. They also captured their first A ustrian prisoners. In addition to the Hoc prisoners ue counted 560 dead on the ground and m, one knows how many more were in the caverns and underbrushes. The per fect French military system enabled them to accomplish this with insigni ficant loss, less than 50 men. The cut I Austrian division is considered a good lighting organization, but the Aus trians were accustomed to fighting Russians and Rumanians and this wa> Lhc first rime tiiev had met the high trained French troops. The result was that rawness and indiscipline were swept away before discipline and training. "When the captured officers were lined up there were ■!_' Austrians and two Germans. The Austrians were told they would receive the usual treatment given officers and gentle men. but the Germans were told plain ly that they would receive exactly the same treatment given French officers in Gei many. A little later we heard tne Austrian soldiers cheering and ii turned out they •■•'••re hearing their r it IK/! tap tors. "The spirit and enthusiasm of t; French troops m they leaped into ti enemy trenches nr., beyond nil m-r. Their earnestness m.t ,,llh them into the trenches but some tachinents kept on going until t reached the upper pjave. -piicy ,.,,ul have hehi this enter m-hed position this would have necessitated reoi gainzing defences so the impctuoi; detachments were ordered to retire. G. L. Rhodes of Blaine The passing away of George 1. Rhodes removes from Elaine, a most respected and honoietj citizen. The de ceased was horn in North port, July 18, 1842, where he lived until he was it! years of age, when he enlisted in Co. K. 4th Maine ol. Inf., as a recruit in January. 1862. serving his country un til the following April, when he re ceived a gun shot wound which caused partial paralysis of the lower limbs. He was discharged from service on June 16, 1862. In February, 1S63, he moved to Mars Hill with his parents, two brothers and one sister, he at the lime of his death being the last survi vor of his family, lie was married on Aug. 4. 187*2. to Miss Melissa Wentworth of Hope, who survives him lo tr.is union one child wan born, Mrs. DaviJ Monleith. who resides at the home •tead. Although in poor health for many years, he was active in home and political life He was a faithful mem ber of the M K. church since its or ?anization. He was a man among men tnd honored by all who knew him. rite funeral services were held at his ate residence, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. William Magwood. pastor of the VI. E. church, being the officiating dergyman. A mixed quartet composed >f Mrs. K. J. Kincaid. Mrs. Magwood, Or. A. J. Fulton and H. A. Anderson, ■entered beautiful music. Interment in the Tapley cemetery. The b -ar were fourSonsof Veteran* SAVE 50% on Your SPRING PAINTING By taking advantage of the low prices offered at my Big Clear ance Sale on all paints, oils, white lead. etc. Buy now while the stock lasts. H.G.Turner Hailowell Maine Jan.2dtf MT. VERNON George Crosby Rundlette VI;. dent It nf George Orosbt Htiiui letlo tnused a feeling of sadness in !h 1 i.ou-.tntmif A iiiiihe of this town, v hi tv ft nvinj years his .inivsli r? tv silled, he nhi.itt.d their i.nble •,1:"l 1 i— in wms ,i i;mn of -veiling wor'i: D iring his life of iv:1.rs he w.i> (i nil wi.n iioe.it him nun of 4'hib imn Oddity. widow, formerly Miss lit (i Fields. s hi ter, Mrs I .ue.hd.t Will:.:n.s. ,i nit e. Mi -s ,11.!i;i William-, and ntimbe" of cousins. survive him. Ti. letfi'la.' mod in* of Mount Vn non Cliupf. r, ii. K S was held file: d.'i.v venire The f.lktwing oflitvrs wire installed: Worthy matron, Dei! i 1 Trm tvortli;. patron. Dr H. K. Wtl limns: associate matron, Mile Gnvson. (secretary. Daroline Grain: treasurer. Maude Tyler: chaplain, Alary Tract: omliti tr< ss. Josephine Williams: as sistant i'on due tress. In? Gordon; mar •hal. Hut lie Burbank; organist, Mundn Foss: Ada. Blanche Ingham; Butli. Winnil'red Metjuuiiii Ms t her, Cora Sid ney: Martha. KHa Shaw; Fledra. Carrie I!. Hnmmord: warder, lam Bean: sentinel, Ira B. Tracy. The installing officer was l’aat Wot tht Matron Allie i ’arson, who conduct i eil the exercises in a veiv pleasing manner, assisted by Hattie Burbank An oyster supper was served and a 1 very pleasant evening was enjoyed. V friend lias presented a beautiful Halted Stales (lag to the Methodist Episcopal cliureh. This will be receiv I ed and hung at the morning service next Sunday. l I 'arleton Turner has purchased a res idence on Church street, and will tab* possession at once. The present tenant, Ashman Badd. will remove to the Craig pla< c. Mrs Carrie Hammond has returned from Saugus, Mass., where she has i made a visit of some length. Mrs. Allie ('arson and Mrs. Angie Jewett have gone to Augusta for a brief stay. George Blake, Jr., has resumed his studies at Bowduin college after pass ing the holidays at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. K. II. Hammond have been called to WoreesFer, Atass., by the critical illness of their father. F If. Hammond. Sr. The dwelling house of Charles Jack man was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. The cause was an over-beiited chimney SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES Bates. Colleye Debotrrs Chosen I’lif Bate; Collcst* debaters. who will uv-el Tufts and Clarks Colleges this winter, wen announced Wednesday as follows: I'. It. Quimby, 'IS, Norili j Turner: Arthur K. Tarhell, 'IS, Pitts field Clinton A. Dnuy. '1ft, Ka s j Haverhill, N. 11.; Charles 1’ Mayo, '1ft, Pawtucket: Benjamin Mays. "jn. Washington; Clare* in e K. Walton, TO. I Madison. The alternates are Purln ton, '1ft i,in as, To: Murphy, '20, And Starhird, '21. 1 Charles S. Chase of Portland Charles S. Chase of Cortland, aged i TO. a retiied merchant, more than 40 tears in the builders* supplies busl I ness, died Wednesday. He was born in that city, son of Sewall c. Chase, a coiitractoi. lie served as bookkeeper for his father then was associated several vents with C. M Moores. sueeeding him on his retirement. Mi. 'Chase had been piesidcnt of the Port land Chib and a harbor commissioner. A daughter. Mrs. Harry C. .losselt :t land sister. Hr;:, Charles \rdrews ol U ashineton. sm tive. i Fire at North Castme T: i*. Ingalls about 2 A M. Monday lost his v iluahle ii C. farm at Von It Castlne bv tire. The thrrnionieter registered .10 de gree-; below zero at the time lie was a wakened by the kicking of his hors* which bad goiteri loose jr. the barn When Hi* Ingalls reached the barn he was un able to enter because of smoke an I i flames and, returning to the house wa s JJarely able to get his wife and three children through ;1 window before tlm house was iu flames, lie lost everything Ik* owned, including 21 head of rattle, au tomobile. farming implements, milk sup plies, household goods and clothing Thu .property was partially insured. Mars Hill Spuds Burn i One of the potato houses a* Ma Hill, owned by M. .1. McCarthy, Boil on. was destroyed by fire Saturday even ing about s o'clock. Some 350 barrel* r f potatoes were stored in the building* nnd which were insured. It was cer tainly a bad night, for a tire, the mer cury standing 25 below* zero, and i*. fierce wind. The Mars Hill fire de partment are to be complimented on their good work, as other buildings within a few* feet of the burning one, were saved The fire Is said to have.' caught front defective electric wiring, as th<* stove was safe in every way. He Gat an Answer. Ixmdon, Dec. IT.— (Mail)—A firm at Dewsbury. Eng., received a postcard from a. Herman in a prison camp ask ing for price lists and patterns of flannels, silks, and satins suitable for pajamas. The firm in reply sent him a copy of the following "Solemn Oath'* which they have sworn: “To mark our horror and disgust at the methods of Germany since July, 3914, wo swear that v/e will not (a knowingly purchase anything made In Germany; <b) Transact business with or through a German for fly* years after peace is declared. So feel? God,

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Late Augusta Locals. Th« young ladies’ gymnasium class postponed from Tuesday because ol the New Year’s day program, will be held Saturday afternoon at the usua hour. The officers of Canton Halifax, O 1'■ F*., will be installed this evening a esi Hath for six months last year and that it was from May to July before he was able to get a seat. He said that he had reported these congested con ditions to the Public Utilities Commission and that the commission in repTy had sent him its passenger sheets which did not show any heavy traffic and suited that on one occasion when the passenger sheet recorded only 48 passengers he ».ad count- ed 117. lie said he was one who had rid den on the cowcatcher and said he hail i seen passengers riding on the roof. He said that passengers getting on at Tru fant's Crossing were seldom able to ob tain a seat arid the loss of time meant a great deal to the employes of the Indus i trial plants because their wages were docked when they did not get In on time. He said that on account of tho sendee he would not return to West Bath to live. As the testimony of the other witnesses summoned would be along similar lines, on suggestion of Mr. Hyde the commis sion decided it would not be necessary to add anything further along this line, j Mi. Hyde'took the stand to give a little detailed testimony from a mem orandum he had prepared and which lie said had come luidei hts observa tion. While the complete list is not appended some of the principal points were the following: Nov. 3, South End local at 8.13 I‘. M., an open car with i temperature down to 38: Nov. rt, work men's car. open, temperature 84 de- -tees: Nov. 10, car 314 left square at *r» with no head or rear lights: Nov. 83. 1.30 car had to back up for freight cm from Oak street, then 10 minutes lute: Nov. 87. trt 8.10 I*. 11.. passen goi car was held tip by tram of two freight cars at corner North and High streets foi 10 minutes; Dei. 8, three inches ot snow, road lied up all day. 1 18 men walked to Brunswick; Dec. 14. j four inches of snow, road tied up again; Dec. l». 4 p. m. car arrived on time, was held until 4.30. In addition to this Mr. Hyde said 1 that «n Wednesday the superintend ent ef schools in West Bath'telephoned him that several children coming to Bath schools had been obliged to wait jiit the Trufant's Crossing station 35 minutes with the temperature 80 lie low zero. At this point .Mr. Hyde created I something of a surprise by calling upon Vice President Ford, who was evi- j dently taken unawares. He was sworn, I however. After telling of hts 80 years experience as a railway manager he told the commission the road derives its power from the Lewiston and Au burn Electric Co. in Lewiston and the Central Maine Power Co. and stated that the source of power Is lnsuffl- j olent to operate the company's lines j but stated that local conditions were i due to methods of distribution. He j told of the company’s purchase of 10 cars, six of which were to re used in Lewiston and four for the line between Hath and Lewiston, two of the latter I i for local use, one of which is already I here. These four, he said, were pur- chased from the Portland railroad and i contrary to rumors were first class cars but would be available for release from the Portland lines when new cars j capable of hauling trailers could be obtained for the Westbrook line. With the arrival of these cars Mr. Ford said that the congestion in tratTlo would be relieved. He said that previous to this no new cars had been purchased direct from the factory in tne past two years for service between Bath and Lewiston. Mr. Hyde here read an abstract of a speech concerning the freight business before the Board of rade in Lisbon Falls in November, 1916. and reportec In the Lisbon Enterprise as follows “We have expended $200,000 fitting foi this line of work. We have built 32 spu: tracks and a potato house at a cost o: $41,917. We have added 11 motor can and 30 trailers at a cost of $86,000. \Vr Maler. Kussian military at tache at Tile Hague; M. YacnontofT, in Japan; Colonel t\ Enkel. ltussian military attache at Itoinc; Maj. Gen. Yermoleff. Kussian military attache at I.ondon. EMBASSY AT LONDON TO HOLD PROPERTY London, Jan. 3.—The appointment as Kussian ambassador to England of M. Tchitcherin not having become effective because the appointee is still interned here, the Kussian Council of People's Commissioners have now appointed to the ambassadorship the Russian revolutionist M. Litvinoff. T,eon Trotzky, the Bolshevik! foreign minister, lias ordered the Kussian em bassy in London to hand M. Litvinoff all moneys and documents belonging to the republic. The officials at the embassyy a high wind, threatened the business section, but help from Attleboro, Plainvllle, Central Falls and Pawtucket saved adjoining property. With the temperature at the zero point, the firemen suffered severely and were cared for by the-Hed Cross. The tire started in the laundry, ____? COMPULSORY RATIONS FOR ENGLAND SOON i.ondon, Jan. 3.—Compulsory ration ing is to be put into effect in England at an early date, according to l.ord Rhondda, the food controller, speak ing at Silverton today. He prefaced nis announcement by saying that he was afraid that compulsory rationing would have to come and it was on its way and then declared that his department had completed a scheme and as soon as the sanction of the cabinet had hcen received it would he carried out, Eord I Rhondda warned his hearers that there 1 would continue to he a. shortage, though the position would improve steadily. "There is nothing alarming in the situation,” he said. "You have only to tighten your belt. The people of this I country are undergoing nothing like 1 the privations in Germany. There they have leas than a pound of meat a week." v Referring to the meat shortage, l.ord Rhondda said he did not want to threaten; he did not want to comman deer cattle: but the machinery would be there to carry the cattle to market j when the time came. RUMFORD FIRE BURNS MURDER HOUSE Rumford, Me., Jan. 3.—Five families were turned out of doors early today in a temperature 32 helow zejo by the burning of two buildings owned by John Zaccol and the Rut..ford Trust Co., with a loss of $14,000. The lat ter was built at a cost of $10,000 by Ignacio Albanese, better known as Joe Bill, the fruit vender, now in State prison for killing his wife seven years ago. The Joe Bill house was the highest in elevation of any house in town and was built about 12 years ago. This is the house in which Joe Bill shot and killed his wife. SUPPOSED PAUPER DEAD— KNOWLES WORTH $250,000 Denver, Colo., Jan. 3.—John Knowles, 67 years old, who died in the county hospital, Dec. 20 last alone and ap parently penniless, was the owner of an estate which real estate men have valued at $250,000. it developed today. Knowles is said to have been a resi dent of Manchester. X. H., at one time. A real estate man with whom Knowle3 had once been associated started the search which brought to light Knowles’ holding. TELEPHONE POLE SAVES 40 ON CAN 20-FOOT DROP Portland, Me., Jan. 3.—A car of the j Cape division of the Portland Kail "ay containing 40 passengers left the rails at the approach of an overhead bridge crossing the Portland Terminal Co.’s tracks, tonight, and only the in terposition of a telephone pole pre vented it going over the side. One passenger, Charles Checkland, j sustained a compound fracture Of his right leg and the motorman, Samuel Jellerson, was cut and bruised. A third of the car was poised over the edge of the bridge 20 feet above the tracks. 125,000 CHINESE GN ALLIED FRONTS New York. Jan. 3.—China already has 12,',000 men behind the firing lines in Mesopotamia and France. Dr. ’Welling tong Koo, Chinese ambassador to this country, said in an address here to day. China Will Do Utmost “Now that my country has entered the war against the Central Powers," he sa’id, “she intends doing her utmost i to help in the struggle against auto? icracy. At present there are about 125, 000 Chinese, with ttie Allies in Mesopo tamia and France. These are skilled bricklayers, masons and carpenters, but when the Chinese Mission, now In the United States returns, we have no doubt that their advice will result in increased military activity.” FIRST PERFORMANCE IN U. S. OF “SAINT ELIZABETH’* New Voik. Jan. 3.—The first per formance >n America of I.iszt’s “Saint Elizabeth” in operatic form, was given tonight at the Metropolitan Opera house. it is one of the few operas which have been sung in English at the Metropolitan, an English version of t!o* book lining used on account ot the decision of the directors not to present, operas in Gtrmau during the war. The apera was received favor ably by a large audience. BATTLE WITH A BUCK DEER V l iOCKulMU uiuiri v Details i f a remarkable sea battle, which was fought, in Western Penob scot Hay. reached this rity yesterday. The participants w;«re li ven E. Simp son. a. North liavelt trawl flslierman: .lames Hayinond, his partner; and an infuriated buck deer. The scene of the encounter was midway between the North Haven bell-buoy and the No. i buoy of the Naval Trial Course, or about four miles from the nearest point of land. Absorbed in the task of hauling his trawls, and utterly ebhv;ous that there was any livims thing near except lish and gulls Mr. Simpson was suddenly startled in the sound of heavy breatn ing. Turning in his dory he was astonished to see a large bueli deer coming straight on with the apparent (■intention of boarding the frail craft. The animal appeared to be in the last stages of exhaustion, and his stertorous breathing could be heard a i long distance. The fisherman's change 'of position evidently gave the buck his first intimation that the dory had an occupant, and he quickly changed i his course. Hear evidently lent hint strength, for he swam nearly a mile before the dory overtook him. Tlte boat's painter was hastily fashioned into a lasso. Mr. Simpson’s knowledge of cowboy stunts was con fined to what he had seen in the movies, but the distance was not great and on the first throw the noose fell over the antlers. And then liven Simpson found him self at the beginning of an adventure v.'hieh is today the tall, of Penobscot Ha y fishermen. The buck had been merely fright ened before. When he felt the noose tighten around his head he was in a state of frantic terror, ^ind for an hour he threshed the water with the I dor;, always at its heels, and the fish erman clinging tenaciously to the oth er end of the painter. Simpson’s partner, Mr. Raymond, had meantime come alongside in his gasoline boat, into which the two fishermen finally sueeeded in dragging the buck. The deer fought with great ferocity, and both fishermen were In danger of their lives before they had i exhausted the buck sufficiently to tie i his legs, and then tie his head tightly to the platform of the boat. The i whole struggle had lasted one and one I half hours. The islanders were much astonished when they saw the "fare” that the fishermen had brought in. Mr. .Simp son built a cage tor his occupancy and hundreds have since viewed the cap ture. The buck is a four-year-old, weigh ing about 185 pounds, and is a perfect specimen. Mr. Simpson admires the game fight which the animal made, and can't find it in his heart to kill lifrn, although the open season gives him that privilege. He decided to sell the animal for museum or park purposes and yester day called up Hon. Harry B. Austin, cornmisioner of inland fisheries and game to see if he could ship the animal out of the State alive. He was assured that lie could do this during the open season. Com missioner Austin informed Mr. Simp son that the deer would be worth from $40 to $30 for venison, and for park or museum purposes would probably he worth considerably mors. The will of Mrs. Lydia H. MouitoD, who died I>er. at South Portland and who war well known in Sanford to members of the Unitarian church. where her son, Key. Her burt Frank Moulton, was a former pastor, was presented for probate in Portland Mon day. Rev. Mr. Moulton, now of Fort Plain. N. Y receives approximately two-thirds of the estate, while the other son. James B Moulton of South Boston, receives one-third. There are few specific bequests, three grand children being left $50 each, while Rev. Mr. Moulton receives a grandfather s clock, which belonged to the mother, and Mr*. H. 9. Moulton if gives a diamond pin. WATERVILLE Mrs. Arthur Baker of Blddeford, who has been a guest of Mrs. A. 1* Holmes, returned to her home Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Bertha Adams of Oakland went to i Clinton with Mrs. H. J. Toward Thursday to assist In the Installation of officers of the Kebckab lodge of that town. A. S. Hawes, Colby '14, who is Sn* structor in mathematics in the McTer nan school for boys in Waterbury. Ct., is visiting: friends in Waterville. Foster Eaton, who is training at the United States Naval Radio School at Cambridge, is at home in this city ill with bronchitis. i Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Reynolds are the happy parents of a baby girl, corn j Thursday morning, weighing seven and i one half pounds. Miss Mary Tobey. who has been passing her vacation with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Tobey, ha* returned to her studies at Simmons College, Boston. The body of Mrs. Melora A. Cornforth. who died In Augusta, was brought to this city Thursday and placed in the receiving tomb at Pine Grove cemetery for burial In the spring. Miss Alice Libby has returned to her studies at the Gorham Normal school after passing her vacation at the j home of Mrs. Hannah Sturtevant in this city, Mrs. H J. Toward, district deputy president of the Rebekah Assembly, went to Clinton Thursday evening to install the officers of Laurel Lodge of Kebekahs of that town. The Educational department of the Waterville Woman's Club will meet on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. L. R. Brown of Sheldon place. Mrs. Charles Parks will have charge of the program. Mrs. J. H. Warren of Deiter, who has been visiting at the home of her brother, j Jesse Stinson of Appleton street, returned rb her home Thursday afternoon. Mr. Stin son went with bis sister for an Indefinite I stay. Mrs. Arthur Richardson of Clinton was in the city shopping Thursday. Other people from Clinton who were In the city were Mrs. I Harvey Willey gild (laughter Marlon, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Witham. William Drake and Archer Weymouth. There will be a basketball game this evening at the High school gymnasium between Maine Central Institute boys and the high school boys of this city. The girls of Waterville will also play the girls' team from Winslow. Some of the moneys due the city from the State haVe already been forthcoming at the city treasurer's of fice. Among this is the rent for the Ar mory, school money and the money for the State poor. A new system is in vogue in regard to the financial iruns i actions between the State and the city. Formerly all moneys were paid in and then the State reimbursed for nil debts, at present, credit is given and receipts returned when State money is sent in by the city treasurer. Patriotic Young Man A letter from a young man at the Naval training station at Newport, K. j T., to A. it. Masalsky of this city, i shows the brand of patriotism with which the you ns men of the country arc imbued, who enlist in their coun I try’s service. This young man. C. Willis Brlerly by name, writes to thank Mr. Magulsky for a can of tobacco which came to him as a Christmas gift and in which was Mr. Masalsky's card. In the letter he says: "This life is altogether different than what i have been used to, but it is i for our country’s service we are work ing and if we are able, in some small I way, to stem the dominating power of tile Kaiser, we will never regret giv i ing these years and possibly our lives I for the best country in all the world.” Fuel Conservation in Churches A conference of the fuel sub-com mittee of tlie Public Safety and De fense committee and the ministers of the city was held Thursday afternoon at City hall. Every church in the city was represented, including the Catholic and Jewish churches. The fuel committee explained the exact sit uation as far as fuel is concerned In this community to the pastors of the j churches and it developed that several 1 of the churches are using smaller rooms for their services Rnd arc not heating the largo audience rooms. There were no plans of conservation laid down or hardly any suggestions given, it was merely considered the most effective way to meet the church men all at one time and have the mat ter thoroughly understood. Weather Conditions Discouraging Everybody was discouraged when Thursday morning dawned cold and frosty. Tlie weather was several de grees colder than it had been for a day or two and the wind W’as so pene trating that degrees really meant nothing anyway. Many complaints were heard of pipes freezing every night, now that the cold has crept into every nook and crevice of the houses and the foreboding sky which prom ised a storm was viewed with any thing but complacency. At noon it was eight degrees below zero on the street and in spite of that very low figure. it began to spit snow, and the wind blew- with biting force. About 3.30 it began to snow in earnest, and the wind had not abated. It was too cold to continue to storm however and the evening was one of the coldest and moat disagreeable yet. The wind made the cold almost un bearable after the snow stopped but later it began to moderate and was snowing a little late in the evening. Lanigan-Wallace The news of the marriage of William J. Lanlgan. Jr., son of Hon. and Mrs. William J. Lanigan of this city and Miss Catherine Martin Wallace, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace of hair*. Scotland, which occurred at Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 11, has reach-'d this city through the columns of the Weekly Scotsman of Dec. lb, which was sent to friends here. Mr. Lanigan has been In Scotland for several months as a member of a for esty unit and the news of the marriage came as a complete surprise to his many friends here. j Pi ret Baptist Roll Call The annual meeting and roll call of the Fire. Baptist church was held in f the church parlors at 7.30 Thunday evening. Besides a large number who responded in person, there were many letters read at the roll call from ab sent members, who reach from Cali fornia and Florida to Maine. The following officers' aiid church committees were elected: Deacons—Horace Purlnton, F H Philbrick, II. J. Bowler, George Bal lentine, Howard C. Morse, Cecil Dap gett, Roy Hayes: standing committee I Pastor Rev. Arthur S Phelps, the deacons, the clerk. Charles N. Per kins, and Treasurer Arthur Tracy ani H. R. Mitchell, also President Arthur J. Roberts, Prof. Henry \V. Brown, K AV. Foster, Mrs. F. B. Philbrick, Miss Alice Purinton, Carrie S Brown and O. I.. Dickinson: business committee, J. Colby Blaisdell, H. Dunham. It! G. Hodgkins, George C. Jackson, Blew ellyn Morrill. H C. Morse. Frank Aus tin. James I,. Dean, Herbert I,. Era I ery. A. E. Drummond, Marshall Per I ry, Frank Roderick: church historian, j Mrs. F. B. Philbrick: auditor, C. r. Owen; chairman of missionary eom l mlttee, H. R. Mitchell: chairman'of j baptismal committee, E. W. Foster j chairman of premises committee, j i Colby Blaisdell; superintendent of I Sunday school. Cecil Daggett. CONGREGATIONAL j CHURCH WORKERS The annual meeting of the Church Work era- Federation of the Congregational rlinnrh i met, Thursday afternoon In the rest ry Mom encouraging reports of the years work were given. The financial achievements were of 1 special merit. Beside:- meeting all (he r> 1 qulrements and deuinnds of church work, i the ladies have bought a JJherty Bond, ore have donated $J.’> to the lied cross and tlie same amount to the French Belief Fun l. The following of?,tiers end ihairmcn of .committees were elected: President. .Mrs Idnnette Warren secretary and treasurer, 1 Mrs. Grace Mitchell foreign missions iliss I Julia Lakin home missions, Mrs I'loreirr i Itohinson Bailies' Aid, Mrs Alice Haskell social and benevolence, Mrs. H Mac I.hw I renee; committee at large. Mrs. John Dave son. Mrs. M. W. Uessey and Mrs. P. II i Plaisted. Gedeon Picher I Gedeon Plchor, representative to tlis Maine I-egivlaturo. died Thursday morning shortly after o'' lock at the I home of his son on Gray avenue, Jifier an illness covering e period of several THE LATE GEDEON PICHER ■N Mr. rii-h. r was taken ill some vvi hi i ago ami was taken to the Sisters' libs I pital. where he improved to a .iiulit extent. Litter In became worse mid two i weeks ago Wits moved to the liotne his son. Art lint* G I'ieher of Ciav av enue. where he clietl. Gedeon I’ieher was horn in St. Noi hort. Athahasku. ('an., Nov. 1?, lR6li. ol French Canadian stock Tie was tin son of Joseph and Kmilie (Bnrrol Richer. His family movc.tl I" Lawrotic Mass., when he was a hoj anil live' there some years. Twenty-eight year ago Mr. Pit her came to Watervill an engaged in the photograph v husines whicli he followed for hi years. He thei i went into the furniture ;tml heatlns and plumbing business which he fol I lowed to the time of his death. Mr. I’ieher had served tie- eily in va lions capacities politically. He was i i member of the common council, for nv. years, an alderman for live year- lit also served as a city assessor for mm i years find was clerk to the overseen of the poor for a year. He was eleetet a member of the State Legislature it 1314 and again in 1316. Tinring the las i term he served on the committee I Indian affairs and also on the healll I committee. In both places he made ar excellent record as a man of good .lads' ment and firm principle. He was one ol I the most prominent and most jvopwlai men among the French population ol i the city. Mr. Richer’s wife died about foul years ago. He is survived by 1 o hll dren, seven daughters, the Misses Alnw j M., Relle M.. Claire, Juliette, Lucille Vvonne and Laurence .and lliree son?. Arthur Pintle and Norman. Ife also leaves an aged mother, Mrs. Joseph Richer of Lisbon, two brothers. Hector of Biddeford and George of Last Kin* J Mon, X. II.. and three sisters. Mrs. V Dube and Mrs. A. Bernard of lewis j ton and Mrs Henry Breton of Liabot Tie wavs a member of the St. John i Baptiste Society, Knights of Coliitnbu*. Modern Woodmen, L’Union Lafayette. I American Benefit Society and the Co Iambus Society of Fairfield. The funeral will take place on Mn.i day at the N'otre Dame church. The hour will be announced later. 32 ACCEPTED FOR THIRD MAINE CO. j Dr. Frederick T. Hill completed liM j work of examination for recruits f°r j the Third Maine here Thursday htii ex I pi-cts to return again when the re i eruits for the company beconv 1 f A sufficient number to warrant bis ‘'tu ing. He has been in Waterville for rev'; eral weeks, with the exception of the time he passed at Halifax for the r*' lief of sufferers there. Since work on the company tor the Third Maine Regiment began, $2 me” have signed their names to an ngree ment to join. Of that number, one naf enlisted in the regular service, 17'fcate announced a change of mind in l-egarf to enlisting and 40 presented them' selves for examination. Of that mint ter, 32 have been accepted. There still remains 24 of the original list to lie ex amined. Manx of these have piotnE™ from time to time to take the exami nation, hut they have not done so. Fred D. McAlary and L. A. fl'AW the men appointed to recruit the com pany, will accept enlistments at a'tf time. The small number appearing f°r examination has been rather diso>ur aglng, but. there are many yount me® who are thinking seriously of the iBa<* ter and in the next two weeks, it Is hoped to have some of these eBf©U®"'J

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QUASH INDICTMENT Against Congress man Nelson C h a r g i n g Draft Conspiracy 4»d.«on. Wis Jan. 3 —The Indictment ,fgin* Congressman John el. Nelson .it his son. Byron Nelson, with consplr ’4.y io evade the selective draft was •ashed by Judge Carpenter In federal court here today on the ground ,„i it was faulty and insufficient. The emmer1 may take the matter to the lfTUit ourt of appeals. rv!«' carpenter suggested the rule of w laid down hv that body should also «p.' to 'he eas. against Byron Nelson, .i,,i separate indictment is charged ve.ng to Canada to avoid the draft. SUPPLIES BOARD iContmued from Page One) ■orator iVw I;. -riid he uni not desire question Mr Kie-nmnn further, bc t.e did not like his answers. He •aal the American Cinform Co. has I w>. *i" ruplt.il and for ,t month tried jr-t i I'untrn i to make overcoats Cim. il had tenon yards of cotly on «irid The supplies committee, the \|u»i>ji' li isi is senator ^oid did not ;tp .sit •nti:el\ rerponsitde for rejection fir, overcoat liter and the quarter ,8*. *r general's nllicc had rebuffed the nr pan Itc.-a-ding wool offi is from the Na um! \*sm lotion of Wor 1 Growers, r-fdem U Kdmton, Hirenman tend ed It was not offer* er •nt better and costlier Twtimony regarding army shoes also |L^ ^eard today fruni K. .1 HI’-km of Bos ■twnn su'd sbout so per cent "r Amer en soldiers shoes tit, and charg pd delay by the war di't»artmrnt In adopt !ng a correct shoe tilling device. Inquiry Into th» clothing question will resumed toniorrow Amseicsn Marine Warmest Dressed The American n .trine is the warmest deesaed of nil Am.-ti an itghllng men, the Renats military committee learned from Michael A I’flat 11, a cloth export of kantan. N J and the German trooper 'll hia "gray dawn" uniform hns cloth ing per cent, heny'er and warmer and »n*r« cosily than tlie American soldiers. A worn. Stained SI r.iy* ,,f aray cloth, cut froni the overcoat of the first r.er tnaii prisoner taken by General Pershing’s man. was examine.! The committee’s In vestigation today turned on the much «iis pated point of whether "shoddy" mixed with wool Is good for a soldiers over i >s Mr Dnsre’l »gfe p*4 Hor»* Equipment Shortage I' lrninit to whnt ho termed a "ter shortage Iri horso equipment," *rno">r Wadsworth Opm loped m in Vr flint It was nnt until hurt -ilt flint the ordnance himnu order 1 in' considerable number of saddle lankets ■*ho* supplies and difficulty In flt ne soldier* Were next taken tip Kl ti»- T Mil*** a shoe manufacturer and resident of the Itoaton Chamber of "imui'T'm said Mm company offered t shoe contract. was disinclined to 'ahe 'ip tho work hrmimr of difficult •perlflcntions, hut agreed t.. make the 'oe« Hm a patriotic dmj Vo onn rar( it an tn,aile Hh*s said lie was "special I interested in tin- question "f •'ftlna and t>v Investigation disrov "red that ill** troops roallt were not ‘eiriK fitted Shoes "ere issued rernrdloHs >,r ren dition*. he anld. citing that at a Massachusetts camp. M 7 p,.r etit of »**r*> improperiv fttted with »' days after he submitted flttin«r device to the Vavv, miss *id. tt n as adopted for marine**' although the tt nr department »d not ndopte*! it yet About 21.000. y' Pair* of shoes, lie estimated, have K**n bought by the war department without material change in speclflca ’i**na aince Investigation* allowed that *n average of to per cent of the *«>l n which In discussing prisoners tvas »l*lng up only the question of civilian ''id invalid wrar prisoners. He said the **rtiange of able-bodied war prisoners ''•Mild be undertaken only after the ^tiling of peace. I'etrogind despatch to the I’ost a very large proportion of the '’•fttmn war prisoners and a still larg i-ktoportion of the Austrians will re turn to their fighting fronts only un rier compulsion. They have r.ct been confined in prison camps but have liv ed among the people. Furthermore it la improbable, the despatch says, that Germany desires the return from Russia of a majority of her war prisoners. She will get back the officers and non-commtsslon ed officers in any case. But for Ger many and Austria, the despatch con tinues, it would be a sounder policy to regard the rank and file of these men as the advance guard for com mercial conquest. The correspondent 1 adds: “Allied diplomacy is credited j "'ith having awarded to Russia the j right to rnuke a separate peace and with endeavoring to save its face by raising the question of the return of i German prisoners. I The correspondent contends thrf di plomacy would be better employed In obtaining a strategic position in the Commercial and industrial futures oT j Russia. The Retrograd correspondent of the Times says a deep impression has been I made in Retrograd by the withdrawal of j important French and British depots 1 there. Many Russians regard this move as pro mature. believing the present state of af fairs cannot last. The military commission of posts and telegraphs on the northern front has sent a notice to the posta 1 and telegraph sta tions that severe punishment will be in dicted on any person who transmits ap peals to French or American socialists, who are characterized as “those impe rialist hirelings." Notwithstanding the unfavorable recep tion of their proposals l>y the Bolshevik: end the Russian sug estion that i..e nego tiations be continued in a neutral coun try preferably at .Stockholm, the dele gates of the Central Rowers are returning to Brest-Ritovsk on the assumption that the conference will resume its sessions a*, the appointed time. Count Czerain, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, de parted from Vienna this morning, accom panied by a large staff of diplomats. The Turkish delegation set forth from Con stantinople on Tuesday, intending to visit Berlin on the way to Brest-Ritovsk. The feature of the conference is said to have been the outspoken sjieeclies of Rhit lipp Hcheidemami and Friedrich Ebert, i official socialists, and Hugo Haase for the independent socialists. I The Relpzig Volke Zcitung. the leading Independent Socialist newspaper, com menting on tite Brest-Ritovsk situation, says: "Germany now reveals her eastern peace aims. Everybody in German, Rus sian and Entente countries now knows that she Is not aiming at a just peace without annexations and indemnities, but at a peace providing for an enormous in crease in Germany's military, political and economic strength." MASK IS THROWN OF, SAY PETROGRAD PAPERS Retrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 2.-—(B> tlie Associated Press!—The Russian peace delegation officially has suggest ed to the Central Rowers that the meeting place of the peace delegates be transferred to neutral soil and has protested against eerLain articles in the Austro-i Serman tetn.s already sub mitted The I alt ii' t ae Russo-Ger man peace negotiate m; and intima tions of a German refusal to move the conference to Stockholm hate revived universal discussion in Retrograd of a resumption of fighting with a greatly red tired army, probably three million men. Even the must radical Bolshevik! and tite most ardent peace advocates have been aroused by tlie German po sition. They declare that a resump tion of hostilities is imminent and ex press the belief that it is possible to organize and make effective a small army. Indications are that the German at titude is harmonizing domestic dif ferences and is convincing Russians that they must tight to save their rev olutionary principles. Chairman .Ioffe of the Russian peace delegation, today sent an official tele gram to the chairmen of tile German Attstrian. Bulgarian and Turkish delegations, saying the Russian repub lic deems it necessary to conduct fur ther peace negotiations on neutral soil and suggesting ;J transfer of the conference to Stockholm. The tele gram declares that, replies to the mes sage arc expected by Russia in Pet rograd. Articles I and of the A list ro-Ger man terms submitted Dec. 12 (Dec. C.v. new style! the message says, are in direct conflict with the principles of self definition of nations insisted upon bv tlie Russian peace delegation and upjmrtrd by the Russian republic and tiie central executive committee of tie Congress of .Workmens and Sol diers' delegates Articles I and _■ of th A ;stco-Ger man terms as cabled undei a Bieru l.itcvsk date bv wav of Berlin last Sunday, covered the ending of a state of war anil evai nation of oeuepied ter ritory. in Article 2. however, it was do*, cl.mil that the people of Roland, Rith unnla and portions of Ksthonia and Rivonin demand independence and sep aration fn iii Kin via aid that the Ger man occupation of Russian territory dnl not apply to the.st districts which include most of the Russian lonitoiv captured by tite Germans. I Vtrograd is ar«> unanimous Im iln interview with newspaper men. Foreign Minister Trotzky said that ne gotiations probably would not be re Mimed at 15r"st-Litovsk as the Ras sians opposed stoutly the principle of annexation On Tuesday evening at a joint meeting of the central executive committee of the Congress of Soldiers' and Workmen's Oel 1 egates. representatives of the Peasants peputies. the Petrograd Workmen's and SolJiers' Cosmcll and representatives o: the General Army Congress for the de mobilization of t he army, a resolution was adopted unanimously declaring 'ha* the German peace terms were unjust. Russians generally favor Stockholm the place for the j>eace conference, but It Is said the Germans are not willing fo go to SwPilfn. Hypocritical Says Trotzky The Bolshevlki foreign minister. I-eon Trotzky, declared today that the goven. luent of the Russian workers would not consent to the German peace proposals. M. Trotzky’s declaration was made be :fcre the central committee of the Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates 'during an address In which he denounced In scathing words “German's hypocritical peace proposal.” Representatives from all the fronts who attended the meeting declared the troops would defend the revolution but said bread and "boots were necessary. OAKLAND Mrs. Sylvia Letourneau Cele brates 80th Birthday Find Two Bats in Old Bank Vault Mrs. F. C. Crymble of North Anson and daughter, Mrs. Herbert Chase of Damar iscotta, have been visiting at the home of the former’s sister, Mrs. James Ste vens. on Main street. Rosetta Perry, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perry, is seriously ill at the home of her grandparents In Presque Isle. Joseph Perry left Wednesday night for Presque Isle, where he was called by the illness of his daughter Rosetta. Maurice Wentworth has secured a posi tion iu tiie Wyandotte mill in Wujrville. V P. Beverage while cleaning the vault where the old bank used to be. fount! a live bat—in favt, there were two of them. 1: is known that the vault had not been opened during the summer and no one has any idea how long them may have been there. One of them was smart enough to tty away. Mr. and Mr-. Charles Corniorth went to Augusta Thursday to attend the funeral services for the former's mother. Mrs. .Mn'ora Cornforth. Mrs. Sylvia Letourneau celebrated l.or tJOlh birthday Tuesday at her home °n Church street. Mrs. Letourneau was born in Belgrade Jan. 1. 1837. and was one of 11 children, three of whom are now living, David Farnham, 84 years of age, and Greenleaf Farnham, 61 years of age. both of Lynn. Mass. .Mrs. Letourneau has been a resident of Oak land for the past 43 years. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Brewer went to Augusta Thursday to attend the fu neral services of their grandmother, Mrs. Maloria Cornforth. As the Oakland Public library is closed for the present, all persons hav ing books belonging to the library are requested to leave them at the home of the librarian, 173 Church street. Harold Campbell of the Thooiogical Seminary is visiting at the home of Walter Dyer. Mrs. A. H. Oliver, Mrs. Guy Adams and Mrs. Bert Stevens returned Thurs day from Madison .where they attend ed the installation of the Rebekah Lodge. RAILROADS (Continued from Page One) John Skelton ‘Williams, Hale HoRlen. Harry Walters, Kdward Chambers and Mr. Jiirtos, advisers. Government priority orders, which railroads had claimed handicapped speed\ movement ot freight, were an nulled. Railroad authorities have in structions to give preference to coal and food ordinarilj, but to use their own discretion as to preferences. The railroad war board was iirst retained to assist Mr. McAdoo, but latei diss'ihed at its own request. The entire organizations of the In terstate Commerce Commission is be ing used by Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Mc Chord has charge of distributing freight cars, assisted by the car ser vice commission. A. II. Smith receives daily reports on each eastern toad's cxcvan or traf fle over it« ability to handle and seeks to re-route it over less burdened lines. The tailroad administration is con sidering o report of the Railroad War Hoard on more efficient common use of Chicago terminals and yards. A com mittee oi eastern railway presidents is preparing a report on the best utili zation of terminal facilities at llie New York port and government board is inquiring into the diversion of expor: freight from w York to ports iuither south. Legal advisers of the director gen eral ha\ e framed legislation to guar antee average pre-war earnings and to provide otherwise for government tinaneiul assistance. Western and southern roads have been notified that they will be called on to furnish locomotives and equip ment and possibly employed to assist in clearing the eastern congestion. Serious congestion on certain rail roads, while others adjoining or eon neciing are about normal, wqis report ed today to Director General McAdoo by Interstate n the New Haven the principal dif ficulty appears to be the shortage of power due to a large number of en gines in the shop and shortage of both men and material to make repairs. The report was forwarded immedi uter. Willis Hawes; Ceres, Peurle Webber; J'omona, Fannie Maxwell: Flora. Alice Wellman; lady assistant steward, Lb t Farrington. There were three applications for membership, making a class of six t>> Silver Lake Grange, consisting 0 pro fessionals qualified under these rulings during the 1917 trapshooting season. __ MAINE DOCTOR TELLS OF HORRORS OF THE GERMANS t The atrocities of the Germans are vividly pictured by Dr. D. E. Dolloff of Hiddet'ord. who is in the medical de partment of the 1'nited States service abroad, being at the Manor War Hos pital at Epsom. Surry, Eng. He wrote to relatives regarding ills experience as follows. "This is a 1200-bed hospital, and 1 have charge of 110 patients. We get soldiers here with the mud of Flanders on their clothes. 1 also have men in my ward who were wounded at Vimy Kidge, Messines, I.oos. and in the he'.l of fire and mud that is now raging about Ypres. had a man the other day who was in a Johnson hole for five days up to his hips in mud and water with 17 oth ers. For three days they had little food. When found by comrades the men coubi not walk their feet were so badly swollen. Their boots and put tees had to be cut off. "There are hundreds of men in these shell holes-they should be called hell holes—and they stay in them for days at a time. Some will tell you that the English are not fighting. "Krizt en masse is a good fighter— Fritz by himself is a greasy slob, who holds up his hands at 100 paces, and shouts ‘Kamerad,’ and tells of his 10 children. "The belief is general among the Ca^ nadian troops, and has gained ground among the English, that Fritz is in the i best possible position for killing, and they act accordingly. That is the doe 1 trine that is now being taught our troops, that they may not make the mistake the Allies did in the early days j of the war. "The object of the war at present is to kill Germans, as that is the only way to win. Don't be too gentle with tier man sympathizers or people whose loyalty is doubtful at home. A Hun is a Hun wherever you find him. "I have met men who were poisoned by the fumes of the poisonous gases and they are thin, emaciated, racked I b> an incurable cough. I have seen the houses and schools where fright i ened crying little children were mur j dered and mangled by the German bombs front the sky. I have seen women and babies bivouacing under hedges, with no other shelter on ac I count of the raids of the Kaiser's men j on peaceful settlements. "Tlte German soldiers, acting under orders, have cut off the hands of boys in knickers. I have been told by more than one soldier, of the dead women found in the deep dugouts of the Ger mans, after the evacuation on the Somme. The Germans are not men like other men. Get none dream of treating them as such.” 800,000 ENROLLED Membership of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs in Northern and Western States Doubled More than MIO.OOO boys and girls in Northern and Western states, as mem bers of agricultural and home econo mics clubs, are enrolled for war serv ice in gardening, canning, bread-making war broad, too—poultry raising, aid other emergency enterprises, according to a recent report of officials of the 1'nited States Department of Agricul ture in charge of this work. Total Enrollment The total enrollment in regularly nv eanized clubs for the year ending June tin last was 406,626. In addition, about t 400,000 boys and girls were enrolled 1 1 he v ar emergency projects. These were from tlie cities and were not classified as regular club mem bers. The regular members were i erganized into the following clubs, trie figures showing the number of club.-, not the members Corn clubs. 04'; pota to clubs, 1,‘J17; home garden clubs. 3,'*7"; canning clubs. 2,152; garden and can ning clubs. 776; mother-daughter club-. 270; poultry clubs, pjs clubs; 1,027 baby-beef clubs. 158: bread clubs. 643. I sewing clubs. 1,27.0; handicraft clubs j .6; sugar-beet clubs, 161: home cooking clubs, 755; other miscellaneous club'. 448. The total number of clubs of uM I kinds was 13.700. Twenty-nine Northern and Wester I states cooperated with the Federal hoys and girls’ Hub service during the I year ending June So. 1917. according to the report. Seven hundred and fifty nine counties in ihe Xorlli and West j now have the junior extension work thoroughly organized into Hub groups and on a club-project basis. Eighteen agricultural and home economics pn» j joets were carried out cooperative!; j Fight states had written project agree ments with state institutions like de partments of education, normal school.-, etc. Eighteen states had written project agreements with county organizations and institutions for doing club work. For the year ending lust June. 3,1 _• i paid leaders were working in conn.. tion with the hoys’ and girls club work. In addition to these there were ;t.7t. volunteer club leaders. One hundred and sixty cooperate, i Hub leaders last year conducted i,:.”.i demonstrations in home canning food conservation. At these demon strations there was an attendance of 20.860 club members. 33.565 visiting me and women, and 14.152’ boys and girl: other than club members—a total of 88,577. The club leaders visited 12,698 club plants. The number of Club members en rolled during 1916 was 198.759. Of this number. 59,236 members completed ali work, including making a report of -be season’s activities to the state club leader. However. 85,32^ members ac tually did the work, although a par’ of this number failed to mak.- compiet.. reports at the Hose of th" season. The 19.226 members completing all the work produced 3922,766.73 worth of products during the season at an estimated cost, exclusive of overhead supervision, of $332,836.07. leaving a net profit of $7.89 930.66. Thf se figuies include p; v ment to the members for time ex pended in their work. total of $157. 304.73 was expended for local count}, state, and national overhead supervis ion for club work. This is a supervis ion cost of 79 cents per cl,nb member enrolled, and $2.65 per r Ivib inembei making report on the con&eted sca-j son's activities.—News'Lett er, l'. fis. 1 Dept. Agri. J A Year for RECORDS Every business day of the year 1917 offers an opportunity to the Uvo merchant to set a n««v record of sales. There's money—there’s the de sire to buy—there’s the knowledge of values on the part of readers which they have developed through studying advertisements. The worth-while offering finds quicker responses than ever before. The worth-while store finds surer appreciation than ever before. The enterprise of our home merchants makes a sure appeal to people who are loyal to and proud of their home-city stores. It’s a year "made to order” for new records In advertising and In sales! Building Enduring Friendships In a time of uncertain p rices for commodities—such a time as the present—(he live merchant sees his opportun ity for service. He makes ALUE-G1\ ING the one big aim and pur pose in his service to his p atrons. If another merchant, in pursuit of usual profits, boosts prices, he holds them to a mark permitting but the narrowest margin of per-sale profits. He sells a greater volume of goods. His aggre gate profits are satisfactory—and in every sale made he has rendered service to the customer, and has won friend ship which will not quickly vanish. The far-seeing merchant finds, in an era of uncertain prices, his greatest prestige-winning opportunity. To make the most of this he must make his advertising more force ful than ever before—must “get his story over” to all the people every day! IT PAYS TO READ Advertisements "Price*." alwavs an Item of Im portance In com lion with adver tised goods, have In these times greater Interest than usual. For they change over night and every change ic of purse-interest to readers of ads. Not many homes ‘‘fail" if the financial management is success ful. Not many homes are well managed, as to the buying prob lems, unless the housewife is a student—and e.n INTERESTED ONE of the store ads. The position of "buyer” for the home comes to the wife "by Inheri tance.” It is hers through pre cedent and through necessity. She will fail in the work IF IT DOES NOT INTEREST HER. She will make a auccess of it—and of her home management—If her INTER EST in the task never lapses. Of course she studies the ads. So much of the income of each home is spent in the stores that they play a big part In heme-tnak lng. Some stores serve so well that nil stores must try to keep pace. Some stores advertise so lnformingly and helpfully that all stores aim to reach the same mark. The woman who studii the adH would find nothing but amusement In a palpably exaggerated state ment— it would not influence her to buy—and if an advertiser should fall tnto the HABIT of exagger ation she would lose all Interest In that store. To '1;now the stores" PAYS. To study the ads Is essential If a woman would properly appraise the service offered to her by the competing stores. Even a small shopping errand may justify a little preliminary study of the ads. To secure the right thing Instead of the wrong one—even in small matters—is worth while. The most attractive VALUES offered in the stores today are AD VERTISED in this newspaper. That is why these ads are IMPOR TANT TO TOU. r Do not send your money afar—If the thing you want la to he had In your home city. If "the automobile thought" la making any place for itself In your mind, read the ade! They will In a short time, educate you as to characteristics and prices of cars. You'll "know one from another”— and that’s the beginning of auto* mobile wisdom. Store-news Is home-news. Some thing advertised today finds itself in your home tomorrow—and the ■‘ad" brings about the transaction. One of today's ads may change some one of your buying plans—to your profit' In your buying for the home It is quite as profitable to KNOW VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES as it Is. in ether things, to KNOW Instead of “blundering through.” The “bargain hunter" has evolved into the intelligent buyer for the home—the woman who ex ercises as'much ability in expend ing money as it required in earn ing it. The woman who studies the ads KNOWS that she is paying the smallest possible price for her pur chase. She doesn't Just HOPE SO! The merchant who can protect you on both quality and price in a time when both are apt to fluctuate unaccountably is rendering you real service. Buy at your home-city stores as a matter of self-protection—and of those home-city merchants WHO ADVERTISE! The dollar you spend In your home-city store stays In your home-city and SERVES. The dol lar you send away ceases to serve anybody in the city where you make your home. The merchant who Is using larger space in which to give to you the news of his store deservee your interested attention. He has “a reason"—and YOUR INTER ESTS are invested in that reason. PATRONIZE HOME STORES As a Policy of Loyalty=As Well as of Economy and Assured Satisfaction in your Purchases.

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DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL Telephone 196 j Cards of thanks, obituary notices, res- elutions of respect, etc., will be charted at the rate of ten cents per line No charts less than 76 centa Subscribers who fall to receive the Journal promptly will confer a favor j by notlfylnt the office Immediately., MKMHKR TICK ASSOCIATED PUECS. j The Associated Trees Is exclusively en title.t i i the use for republleatton of all nee* dispatches credited to it or not Ltherwite credited la this paper and also the iocs) news published herein. All right* of republlcatlon of special d.s petches herein are also reserve 1. rriday, January 4, 1918. The knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.—Cer vantes. ”W. R. P." Asks Information. I,'di I. ,'Ml.ec Journal V o .i torlal entitled "Heading the IV run* Way'’ in the Journal of Wednes day eeems to me to contain some matter wlil.li >ou i annul intend your readers to lake seriously I sympathize very heartily with the K-nera! proposition suggested by you. i a Dia' the agricultural interests of M. not ns well cared for .is they a i tie and that farming :s earned o.t In ii. s dlate on too narrow a margin of, profit ,nd under disadvantageous n.arket ing otidltlons. But I cannot third; that you wish to encourage among Maine fiTimn a spirit of discontent with our government or arouse among them an tagonism to the war. That is the work wlm I the I \V \V Is trying to do among laboring men and is unworthy of a loyal newspaper. Do you realize what it means to men who value your opinion to read that: Thus far all the pr esses of prosecut ing the war have been to strip the under pins! from tin whole national strue i m w rsl pro Unman in America could imt go much farther than that Nevertheless you do go further. You criticize the government: ill Tor paying too high wages for war work. I'or maintaining recruiting offices In every shire town, tit I' i conscription Mi Fm inducing men, tv advertisement, to enter government service. Just how would you suggest avoiding these things? Munition factories atul ship building Plants must tie run, recruiting offices maintained, conscription continued, and men employed In governmental work, or the war abandoned. \Vould you abandon the war? Your loyalty Is unquestioned, but is it a good plan, In your evident desire to In still Into the minds of your renders an tipathy to mi administration with which you d ffer |m•]iticaIJy. to preach a doctrine the only logic ,,f which is abandonment of the war? I .mi: not writing this In a spirit of con troversy I am merely suggesting that just at present newspaper men, like the rest of us, should he careful not to let partisan zeal carry them too far. U e had better all st.iv in the American Inn. lies until the war is over None of us want to g i clear over to the Mermans •r worse yet, wander Into \o Man's l.atid. a most dangerous position to oc cupy In these times \V. R. TATT.WUAl,!.. Augusta. Maine. January 2d, IMS The Answer iltlciMn of the government, based lipon facts made in good faith for the urposo of correcting existing evils vhldi one can see and may not be observable to another, however high up he may he, we believe not only proper but helpful On that principle ve criticize und accept criticism. tlmnk Mr. Tattangall for his utii Ism. From his standpoint It may I" just we Qiuy have left ati opening for Ills criticism. If so. by his own flunk confession it was not for lack of patriotism, but unfortunate manner of phrasing our attempt to secure con sideration of a t!ang\V end. Despite the vociferous warnings of those who knew—Roosc I velt, Gen. Wood, A. P. Gardner and others—we hurried men out of the in j dustries months before they could bi equipped, to bolster up the pretense that we were prepared, or •'almost,' for war. For months thousands and thousands of willing, brave, patriotic men. the best fighting men. physically and mentally, in the world, have been training for war without guns—doing calisthenics and interior guard drill. Thousands upon thousands of men In cantonments for months have never SEEN a gun—not a horse, or saddle or gun carriage, or even side arms for of j fleers. Not even proper clothing, tentage, blankets could be at any time or have been provided. The food sup ply has been sufficient and of good quality. Doctors, nurses, medicine, hospitals are woefully short. Our bravest sons have died in hun dreds for their country without having seen a gun or other war equipment than their uniforms. Thousands were sent to France for "intensive training” WITHOUT GUNS. And when they went to the firing line they were armed by England and Franca We would "suggest to avoid these things," ilia ill. administration quit Lhe ‘show” end of this war prosecu tion, drop the pretense, take the peo ple into government confidence, face the truth together, and “DRIVE” this war as we are driving billions out of the people in support of it. Let us admit that we were unready and cannot fool Germany into think ing that we were ready. The war masters knew infinitely more about it than did the American people. They knew when we could bo expected to appear in numbers and equipment dangerous to them. And we—why we thought we were “READY”—all but calling the men to arms. We called the men, months ago, but where are the arms?. We would "suggest to avoid these things,” that half a million men l>e kept at productive labor until the govern ment can use them, or is somewhere near ready to "train” them with the instruments of war. That some plan to encourage production of food go along, side by side, with production of all the other things of which we had none ready for war. We were as unready in food as we were in munitions, because “business as usual” and “war profits” had kept the surplus to a narrow’margin. In hastily mobilizing unarmed men, and devoting every government en deavor to procuring that which it had not but had publicly proclaimed to have, we robbed the food producing machinery of its gear. There is where we are today—out of balance, directed by a pretense that has enslaved us, and will enslave us until we disavow It. Let us present this phase of a criti cal situation to the government. If we love our country, and our highest aim is to win this war. instead of maj^ing it a carriage to great fortunes by fav ored interests, we shall make honest government officials see the light—the danger signal in undermining the thing that is the salvation of us all production of food. Maine Gossip The Call (By Mrs. Thomas Wentworth iligginson in the Boston HeraltJ.) My country, do you hear the call? Its solemn message thrills the air. It sounds above the desperate tight, And sternly bids you do your share. With Freedom's very life at stake,. With law and order overthrown, My listless land, awake, awake! The Peril has become your own. From the ripe wisdom of the past A warning voice, a lrumi»et blast Today seems ringing from the sky 'Tis man's perdition to lie safe When for the truth he ought to die! Mv country, do you heed the call? The hour has struck; the samls arc run; Your chance to take the patriot's stand May vanish by tomorrow's sun. If you refuse to guard the rights For which our Fathers fought and died. To watch and trim the beacon lights. You shall lie stricken in your pride! Haul down the flag, no more to be Shelter and emblem of the free, For hark! again that warning cry— 'Tls man's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ougtit to die!'' Rumford had a government ther mometer and it was highly thought of, because it was supposed to be abso lutely correct and when it passed away fiorn overwork, everyone felt badly, even worse than over the cold weather that caused its end. The thermometer Uept on registering and registering the cold until it got down to 45 degrees below zero. That was the limit of its strength—so it busted and its spirit flew hence. The new mill at the No. 3 yard of the Sawyer Shipbuilding Corp, at Milbritlge is fast nearing completion. A crew of about 30 carpenters is employed putting on the roofing and the finishing touches. This mill is 50 by 90, of mill construc tion throughout and is equipped with the most modern machinery for ship work. When the company’s proposed plans are completed this will be one ol the best equipped yards on the coast. These plans calling for ways for six vessels. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle of Millinocket, are receiving congratulations on the discovery of the safety of their tiny grandchild after the Halifax disaster. Since tiie tragic death of Harry Boyk in the Opera house explosion, the Boyle family have experienced several addi tional worries. Samuel Boyle, who is with the V. S. troops in Texas, is ill NOW THIS NERVOUS WOMAN GOT WELL Told by Herself. Her Sin cerity Should Con vince Others. Christopher, III.—“For four years I suffered from irregularities, weakness. was in a run down condition. Two of our best doctors failed to do me any good. I heard so much about what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound had done for others, I tried it and was cured. I am no longer ner vous, am regular, and in excellent neaiui. 1 Deneve tne eompouna win cure any female trouble. ’’—Mrs. Alice Heller, Christopher, 111. Nervousness is often a symptom of weakness or some functional derange ment, which may be overcome by this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, as thousands of women have found by experience. If complications exist, write Lydia E. Pinkbam Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for suggestions in regard to your ailment. The result of its long experience is at your service. i l with thivut difficulty j, th*^ hospital. Irving Boyle of Kin* George's Cana dian forces in Nova Scotia was visited by the trouble at Halifax, his wife be ing cut and rendered unconscious by: flying glass and a four months old baby removed to be cared for from the! unconscious mother being lost for some! little period of time. Search and ad vertising at length revealed the Infant! safe in the family of a physician.

One Eastport citizen Is having a streak of bad luck according to the following: “A veil known young resi dent who has recently recovered from smallpox and had called at the home of his young married friend and neighbor while the family were await ing the arrival of the family physician to attend their sick child. On the ar- j rival of the doctor he pronounced the child ill with the measles and ordered the house quarantined, which also tn cluded the young man. who will be obliged to continue his visit for'anoth er week. During the recent cold snap one church organist in the city played with woolen gloves on, and the pianist in McKeen's orchestra last Saturday night played for a dance the entire evening with gloves on to keep her fingers from freezing. It is said, but not official, that the notes froze in the throats of the choirs in one church while practicing recently and one j singer was nearly choked thereby.—} Belfast letter of Bangor News. The Kingman correspondent of the. j Bangor News writes: There seems tyj ie no public spirit among some of the! people in the town as they are cutting; down and destroying the shade trees j along the public highway. for fire! wood. it. seems to lie a needless thing to do as it is not more than -0 rods from the highway to the woods where there is an abundance of wood to be had just for the cutting. Trees that have stood for 20 or 3(> years and have been carefully taken j care of by the former owners snould have a squatter's right to live until they get too unsightly for shade. Many a tired horse and pedestrian have stop ped to rest under the same trees that are being destroyed because the owner j can get a few dollars per cord for them t after they are converted into fire wood, j A service flag of seven stars has been presented to the High school at King- field by the senior class for grSduales i and m.dt r-graduates who are now in j the service. Oxer 000 government Thrift cards wlfh j stamps attached were distributed fo' the- j International I'aper Co., at I-i vegjnore j Falls to its employes. The entafany j employes at Chisholm and at Kiley j were also n nu mbered in that-’tnanner. The presentation was made I*Hday at the time of the pay envelope-tdistrtbtf tion and by noon many of theiti werVt I t tin post office to buy stamps to com- 1 plete the filling of the cards. Bremen women are doing their bit. Aunt May Will, in her Doth year, hast knit 10 pairs of stockings and made: a soldier's comfort bag in 21 consecu tive days all for the soldiers. Miss i Barritt. si years of age, has knit two inulcers and one sweater. OUR BOYS Write from OVER THERE

Airs. Fred Clark of Smithfield has received two letters front her son, j Bawionce Clark, which^vvill be of in- terest to lt^s many friends. Somewhere in France, Nov. 3$, 1917. Dear Mother: Well rttethert just a few lines this) morning to let’you all know that I am ail right and failing fine. I wish that we could eat our turkey dinner together tod&y. I have received ffifree letters £rom I you and expect mdfo soon. Have*, you received any from me yet? In the last letter that I got from $-ou. you said if there was anything 1 wanted to let you know. Now I can’t say that there” is ajpr thing I need very bad, but I could use some handkerchiefs and something warm for my hands and feet. And you all know that l smoke qjgarettes and it doesn't make any difference what they are over here (Hal Hal) I hgve written to most all the folks two or i three times, but they don't seem to answer any of my letters. Will write you a good long letter in a few days when there fs more room to write. They are building a new Y. M. j j C. A. building and when all done there j will bo room for everyone. Well, mother, take good care of i yourscir ana remember me to ail me folk®. I will call this enough for this time. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, as over your son, LAWHENCE Cl-ARK. Somewhere in France, Dee. 2, 1917. Dear Mother: Just a few lines tonight before. I go to bed. T am getting along oil right, but it is a little cold over here. Yesterday I found that Mnrcellus S. Cobb was in j a village about two miles from here so! 1 went out t.o see him, and they told me j that ho died about a week ago. He' had double pneumonia and he was only i sick for two or three days. He was in a hospital and there are sente of the i best doctors front the U. S„ so you can i see that lie had the best of care. I wish you would get word to his. j mother. I think some of the officers j must have let her know if his death before now. but I thought, she would j j feel better if someone wrote her that knew him, also tell her that they all spoke very higliely of him and that I j fee! very' sorry for her. I have seen several of the boys from Oakland and that are In the same vll lage that he was, and they are all well. We had a very nice dinner Thanks giving here in camp and everyone had all they could eat. Turkeyt cranberry sauce, Irish and sweet potatoes, bread and butter, pie, nuts and coffee. Well, I will call this enough for this time, hoping to hear from you all soon. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I think you all could write a few lines once In awhile. As ever your son. LAWRENCE CLARK. A SAFE FAMILY MEDICINE Father John's Medicine is Bei$. for Colds* Grip, Sore Throat and Stubborn Coughs aijjj&i as a Body Builder. J Guaranteed Free From Alcohol or i*.-, Dangerous Drugs* 4 '-*7'. v.^ jL. Father Jafcn's MedWap i's:an oldJa^Eioned family remedy—* not a pal^nt medicine, tuYtlfie pSescritiftciV of a learned doctor. It Thousands of Motha« (Endorse Father John's Medicine. 'phine, chloroform or poi sonous drugs which »e found in many of the pat ent medicines; it contains no alcohol or other stimu- j lants. It is a Food Medi i cine, pure and wholesome.! j Father John's Medicine *iac* inore than UgSrs’ success for colds, !>grip and throat troubles. It is invaluable as a tonic and body builder and re stores weak and run-down i systems to health and strength. It nourishes the system and makes flesh. We want to warn you against the danger in tak ing medicines vvmcn rety on stimulating or nerve-ueauenmg urugs for their effect. Thyv weaken the system and leave you exposed to disease, cause "nervous prostration and a craving for drugs. Father John’s Medicine is a safe medicine for all the family; tor the children as well as older people, because it does not contain •Jcohol Or dangerous drugs in any form. Daisy Baker’s Mother Say» You Run No Risk under the Triple Guarantee of William Tell Flour William Tell Flour is sold un der a triple guarantee. It is stamped with the OWo Better Flour Label, which sig nifies that it has met every re quirement for license tiiis guarantee. ■the Ansted Burk who make it, guarantee your grocer. s The grocer *ftds his guara? and it crnJies to you with these guarantees behind it. Every sack of William Tell Flour is sold under this trip’" guarantee, that it will give com plete satisfaction when proper ly handled. William Tell Flour is made in Ohio—right in the Miami Val ley. where the rich limestone soil gives it a delicious flavor and wonderful baking qualities. You can use it for everything —bread, rolls, cakes and pas tries--and every thing will taste just a little better. Wil liam Tell Flour takes the ache □tit of bake and puts the fla vor in. Use WILLIAM TELL Flour Cut the cost of living live bet ter by baking in your ozm home. Do You Have a Keen Appetite For Every Meal? You will, if you are feeling right On the other hand, not even your favorite dish can appeal you if your stomach is olT, if you feel a bit upset, bilious, constipated; have that tired feeling'. If you feel mean, don't stop to wonder why. Wait until you have righted yourself again by taking- the 'I rue “E. 17’ ATWOOD’S MEDICINE—a medi cine that has been doing good work along these lines for over bO years. Your grandparents kept this medicine bandy. Profit by their experience. Know that The True “L. ATWOOD'S MEDICINE is one of the good things of life. Large bottle, fifty cents, at druggists' and general storekeepers’ all Over the State. Sample free. THE “L. TV’ MEDICINE CO., Portland, Maine. (1117) Ifyourskia itches If you are suffering from ec/oma, ringworm or similar itching, burn ing, unsightly skin affection, bathe the sore places with Resinol Soap and hot water, tlien gently apply' a little Resinol Ointment. You will probably be astonished h Mu’ *!i> am! described as fol io wit. «;ii'i.at the northeaster orner^of a tr.n t of land formerly 1 b) feet to the easterly siid lot conveyed to mm Remick Pan abo et!.. w li lift V :pvb i> W St: a 1 i’•i- iL.-a- northerly on said easterly line oik tw*'iv-'* feet. Tininrhv Mur j.ny I II Carlton arid ntlior.s August firtoen. 1873. and re id 7jo»i.' i:;:;! *i'age *3";. UeRi8try of CHARX.HS I’.. Br.SWKLL. Deputy Sheriff. 3t da! In H. at lory output two Hundred tn^usana Ij. rgf’si braiid of 10c Clsftn t’..e world Factory, Manchester? N. i« my ffiual and every peeled onion is my sup' rior.” A gilded barrel hoop with a screw eje in the top of it makes a splendid tie holder for brother who is in college, it v- til need to be a large size hoop. •It appears to he your record, Mary Mosnelle,” said the magistrate, “that you have been 35 times convicted of stealing." "I guess, your Honor," replied Mary I “that is right. Xo woman is perfect." 0 Augusta Lodge Directory AUGUSTA LODGE No. 141, R KM. Special communication at Masonic Tem pie Friday evening at 7.30 o’clock. Work in the E A. and F. C. degrees. All 80 iournln* brethren are cordially Invited to attend. ALFRED C. TURNER, W. M ALBERT M. PIN'UREg, g,e. BETHLEHEM LODGE. No 35, F.&A.M Stated communication Monday, Jan. 7th at 7.30 P. M. at Masonic Temple. All *0! journlng brothers are cordially invited to attend. HAROLD A. ALLAN*, W. M. _PEARLS E. FULLER. See. CUSHNOC CHAPTER, NO. 43 R. A.M Stated convocation at Masonic Temple Thursday evening. Jan. at 7.10 o’clock. Sojourning companions are cordially In vited to attend. ALFRED C. TURNER, H. P. CHARLES K, CHASE. Sec. AUGUSTA LODGE; NO. 14i7f7aND A. M. Annual communication at Masonic Temple Tuesday at 7.30 P. M. Reports and election of officers. All sojourning brethren are cordially invited to attend ALFRED C. TURNER, W. M ALFRED M. PERKINS, See ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER NO. 13. O. E. S. Stated meeting on first W-dnesday of each month at Manonh Temple. All members sojourning In the city are invited to attend. ELIZABETH J. HASKELL. W. M. ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON. Sec. septfim-w-frl.tf Odd Fellows Hall ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 70. REGULAR mecjflhg*. Friday evening at 7.30 r. M Ajridey, 'Ian. 11, installation of officers H. H. AUSTIN, N*. A M„ 1.02. 2.0l. 5.15. 6.10. 10.10 I’. M. Hid lowell and Gardiner only 4.07 f*. .'1 Gar diner only 3 05 A. M. dally except Monday. M. L. HARRIS, Gt-nl Passenger Aft I> Itouglass. Gen’l Mgr., Portland. HOTEL THORNDIKE 0m ef BOSTON’S BEST HOTELS MM to (ha BtMmmaia ~T m accnat af ita PUauit t,OVI'ei.j,t I AwaUfllty ft— Nt Uimao DAMON. Pm, A set of binoculars, which are eh1* ;to have been used by Alexis Mari* i Piaget, the French lawyer who led ,h< successful revolution against Hohenzollern government in 1848. been lent to the government by 'icM* |K. Piaget of Llewellyn Park. Ora"** N. J„ a great-grandson of tho laWT*

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LIVE MAN FOR i I,, i.i i.iito tri'rk I. i .1 -i.il I’li li.llo Ja I II w SEVERAL WOOD nr I "anip* on lot. I; II I'.letinr Ison, i, Hail ivell. M ir.o iintillw* MACHINISTS AT atal Komi pay. in ina I low ail r. Horn. 31 in i M.ilnr. tm 4 i2w* i: »i.L AROUND ...,,il> noil. rr|ui eliop i i' i or’ fmn For The Woods II at off'ce opposite Maine Central Depot. BLAINE S. VILCS AUGUSTA, MAINE I'.fcit f Wanted—Female Help c*PE RIENCt D CROCHETERS ON r.fknt«' lioOti'*' >a i ir l.i11 Ire f.ifu'y s "iv Asork. pref* rr* *1 S Ht ^on» ir t 1 i N‘i*w V >rk t'ity BE de-JanM* HOCHETERS ON I N F A N T S’ ,We f ir*,!«h "p>s ami varn i,1 )m% tor 1.11 .e» t steady Ifunework. r-'.tf* i>«r■lifijlam «u ext"*rlei.. St’ti'l M‘nir H5»inf>l*-* f 'H n.t them. H"rn, Y. Jfw3rl« OMAN CLERK FOR STORE. ONE mnlon»ti»tnlt« .1 Fnu.k l’ler« 'tfraph j.referred. ■;t nl-lt f AITRESS WANTED AT HOME ,ir a. 3-1 Wilier St derir.Ttr Wanted—Miscellaneous FALSE TEETH lit 1 II 1*11.>: lll'UlS 'pH mi-. i platinum Mail to jsutn in, i. Washington St.. »TP fi:**!••■ hsum-w il.tf HAIR C(jfcl BINGS—HAIR f#r .-a 'AB h'.i ‘c 'f inl> 'Jerry: n lt.it gfCOND HAND utm* In k >.l i a*li. 'I«rt f II. J.i M> rtl' l'hune Jai®lw* BLUE. FLAME llllmi, cheap for I'tinll'.' MOW janZLltr GIRL YEARS OLD, GOING TO h/gh srh-iol, would like to a ok for room »rd hour Ail Irens Koufc tl. It ox it., City Ian3(t3i* MIOOLE AGED WOMAN WOULD ork like a I "tile hi s f. r the tn J;o v.-rt, 11 nick 1 y the iluy. week. I". B. A. mil inf. Me. lanillw *SH HOOP POL#S ii'iir. f 1 if S|i, -IN DRESSED CHICKEN ,1.. ,v H o,..i A WAR JOB FOR WANTED Kami »lph AND FOWL. ..tii itr you: civil nr#»* :i* I S[ji rj;| off I* I* r 1* s 1 p n.ff .i.^hi'iKion S e v S- t pi, 1, H IK K I» nltilnitj* -OME HAND LAUNDRY. FAMILY ■«fr nn*p .v hiif\ llainj \v11rk :m l t V St 'I'- 1 I* (|f*c3HUW M*ND BRAIDED RUG MAKERS. ■'tli '.ioij* 1’Mfi r,t lo\ ri!'itt \>w inn* r‘*!>•• l.l« 1 pi paM. V t j*"' ,iTiisl:i. 1.t n 1* 131 *tbt 'Istts p I1. >1. to '1 A. M., 60 to extra. 00 ami up •I re than nnp fsinilv In rim( toClttUT, 1 each. 1Timiiiritii>n, $300 anil upward ''minewent, rnlnlntum fee $i;oo b-. suhse fcreeps or Visits :it rettulnr rotes, i. i.'. ffi extra. irriuss. same as f.'r co’iflri. meat. when called in from road. $130 ,!,'i i'i| adenoid cases. i a.t, iioi.i cases. ■•nnister'iiir ether. I? an I upward. JWi HI.AKK M I China. H Mn|;it|«o\. m Week's Mills, p J. I KAi'lt M 1>. So. China, j HIHHI-.lt, M r* Cooper's M.lls. f No. WhiteHeld, I N'Akii. m I> Jefferson. f, I’tRRPONT. M. 1> Waahlnifton, A- “lid,KY. M l'. Windsor. decSldl W For Sile—Miscellaneous CASH GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE nlion' dot. lensA.qBJK dai'.y ti i. m i.u ut overhead ex pense. owner will wfcR on haste of inven tfirv :»nrt HvtnSae Tf I Ss eln lory and fixtures, JWxtureT~ti,«Arly new, Ft'.ok fresh. The Vtrffept a store Jhat pays. El\ business for man. K. E. XJSmiEtaT agency. ; A n' La StMlx ..ON C«ftUSB10N. MANY GOOD TRADES IN CITY PROP ERTY INSURANCE OP All'KKIDS. . No. 2. Janldfit* THREE” COWS- AND ONE TWO year old heifer. One fresh one and one to freshen in about two weeks. Toe others to freshen In spring. Walter A. Nickerson, Readfleld, Me. Tel. 33-21. jan4d3t* a steers; pair horses; 3 nvs: will sell at a bargain. 4-horse 1 liver,-engine, lh-rt t'. Wells, Kent's Hill, Me i\ o. Wlnthrop. .1an4(ilw* JAMES SKENE SADDLE MARE^ for women to ride and eare for; tine saddle hors,-. Reason selling, am going away. "S. care Kennebec Journal. jan3dlw* 30 SHEEP AND LAMBS, INCLUDING I registered Hampshire-Down ram, for $2Dh. ,,r will exchange for heavy two-horse wag,hi nr logging sleds or young cows. II T. Weeks, Cooper's Mills, Me. Tele phone 5-2 No. Whitetield. Jan3d2w* cow, i ouernseyT "large sIze; fair order, hay and grass fed mostly, freshened May 15. price $75.00. H. F. Fairbanks. Belgrade, Me. jan3d6t» BLACK HORSE 8 YEARS, 1500 LBS., smooth and kind, guarantee wind and work; 4-yr.-old Guernsey cow and calf. 1 'rice right on both. Lee Igmgl'ellow. Com- Jld. on Togus car line. Tel. 173-W. jan3dlwk* TWO COWS DUE TO FRESHEN IN February, one heifer 3 years old due to freshen in March, two heifers 2 years old dm- to freshen In April; two heifers 7 and p, months old. horse, harness and top ,d igh. Apply 1>. F. Knowlton, Augusta. It. i\ D. jan2dlw LARGE BROWN COW 6 OR 7 YEARS old. heavy with ealf. Ayrshire and Guernsey breed. Brice $50. R. 8. Home. K. 39. WatervlUe. Me. Tel. 546-M. Jan2d3t« 1 PAIR OF BLACK" HORSES, GOOD workers, weight about 2Tk0. about 12 years old. eh'-ap for cash. Alton S. Tvler, Mt. ernon, Maine. jan2d3t* TWO JERSEY COWS AND ONE helfi r. all registered and tuberculin test ed, extra good breeding and price very reasonable. Dr. L. Blakely, Gardiner 1 hone 2xx _ _ Jan3i2w* GOOD WORKING TEAM AND harnesses, weight 2900 lbs.. 6 and 13 vrs. in g. i.i l condition. Apply at once, to 1 .mm as Cascv, U'-12x China, South Vas i ilboro. Me. Jan2d4t* PAIR CHESTNUT HORSES WEIGH jng Dfi,i: twenty-nine hundred, five years old. round-lurned. Inwdown chunks. Also second-hand horse. Guarantee all good sound and workers. Good bargain. Wm. Williams, Augusta, Maine, It. 2, Box 27. Hospital ltd. janldlw* BRINDLE COW, GIRTH 6 FT., GIVES 36 lbs, milk per day. Price $100. N’. C. Hodgkins. So Gardiner. dec29dlw Z WORK HORSES FROM 10 TO 12 years old. weight 13f»* to 1 VYi. right from hai-1 wor'c good wood.s horses or farm teams, also togging sleds C. W. Arnold, ltoute Augusta, Sic. dec20dtf aids, Notices, Etc. MRS. CRAM, MEDIUM. READINGS dally. 3 Capitol Ft., Augusta. Me. Tei. ,.-.M Jan13dlw« JULIA A. BARKER. MEDIUM, t Uiia fton St. Headings by appointment. Tei 4 43-M. ilec29dl2t» MEN and WOMEN Attendants Wanted at the Augusta State Hospital. Apply to F. C. Tyson, Supt., Augusta, Me. apr27dtf _ SIDNEY WEST—O. 14. Abbott made a busi ness trip to Bangor and Orono the first of the week. Mrs. Laura Freeman is visiting friends in Augusta for an indefinite length of time. Mr. and Mrs. O. Ft. Abbott and son, Llewellyn, attended the ail day meet ing of Sidney grange. Dec. 27. Mr. and Mrs. George Buzzell of Read* field, arc guests of her parents Mr. ana Mrs Bert Trask. Arthur Keene and Annie Freeman made a business trip to Augusta. Wednesday, Jan. 2. O B. Abbott has purchased the tm rry Nash team. To Lets—Houses anti iiooms LA RG£” FRONT ROOM WITH AL Cov» for sleeping room, hot and cold *.w room, out wm» water, gag and electric lights. Hot Water neat and open tire. Arroly 4* Grove St.. Augusta. —r JanVitf Augusta. jantdtr TWO lrENEMIKNf6 dF”T“hND 5 rooms. Good locality. Apply Mrs. C. Leu. Gooden, T 'r-1 2.1-T. Lincoln Ave, Gardiner. Tel. jan4d3t TWO NICE RDOMT -OR LIGHT ’G* rim housekeeping. Gals range, electric lights, steam heat, very warftL rooms, handy to shoe shop and doWn totfn. Morris. 16 Gage street. fan3d3t* SMALL RENT OF 3 ROOMS, WITH pantry anrf woodshed, good cellar. In quire at tt^Chfla St. jan3dlw TWOei>ot Square, Cardiner. dec28dlw HOUSE AT 72 KINGSBURY ST., Gardiner. II. K. Cook.ocl4dtf Straight Heats, Portland Ice Races Straight heats settled ail four races of the Forest City Driving Club at Portland Tuesday afternoon, the first time this has happened since the formation of the club. Royal McKinney forced Cheerful Charlie to his best efforts in the Class A pace, the closest finishes of the afternoon being in this race. Indiana Dillon, defeated Bra bant Baugbam, Automatism won from 'Sprague Nutwood In slow time, and Silent Aswortby was an easy winner in Class A trot over Comandant. The track was too hard to be fast. Sagadahoc County Out of Debt A fine showing was made for the year 1017 according to the Sagadahoc [county commissioners who met Tues day at Bath to go over the year’s ac counts and organize for the ensuing [year. They reported $6,700 in the [treasury with no outstanding notes or bonds and practically all bills paid, a net gain for the year of about $3,000. The accounts of Countj Treasurer Patten were also audited and found (orrect. Charles. H. Mason. Bath, was elected chairman of the board for the ensuing year, succeeding Alton B. Thwing, Woolwich. Charles B. Ran dall, Bowdoinham. is the thfrd member of the board.—Times. Birth Rate Largely Exceeds Death Rate—Madison Avenue Res ident Turns over Coal for Di stribution Protestant Clergy men Arrange for Union Services During January W. W. Nye of Fairfield has been ap pointed to succeed T. E. Getchell of Pittsfield as a member of the Somer set County Exemption Board and be gan his new duties Wednesday. The board is still occupied with question naires, an occasional physical exam ination being required. Arthur Roy of Long Pond left here Thursday morn ing for Fort Williams, having passed physical examination. At the time j fyien others were notified Roy failed j thone 1862. 186’!. WM. II. PORTER, Mgr. New York Stock Market

s I z j 41 Am. Beet Sug. Am. Can -S', A:n. Car F.72 Am. Eoco.571 Am. Sm. P„.9! Am. Sugar .P 24 Am. T. Tt.1'n Am. Zinc Hi A naconda 624 A., T. k S. F. 85! A.. G. W. I. ..102 Bald. Eoco.61 Balt. Ohio .62 Beth. Steel Beth. Steel B SO! Butte .ti Sup.16* "an. Pac.140* ■ent. leather 6>’>4 'lies. Ohio 5nJ M. A- S. P.434 Z. It. I. P.211 "hino Cop.434 ■oi. F. l.38| 'rucible Steel 57 Tuba Cane Sug...314 Pel. Hud.1091 Erie 164 Ten. Elec.135! Ten. Motor .115 Tt. North. Ore 276 Tt. North, pfd.893 nsp. Cop. Co.47 ,rt. Mer. Mar.21! nt. Mer. Mar. pfd.85! nt. Paper 29* nt. Paper pfd.64 Cennecott Cop.22J hack. Steel .79t :>ehigh Valley 58 Harwell Motor 273 Hex. Pet. Co. I.t.81 j ifi imi Cop.3"i Hidvale Steel 45 Ho. Pac.235 0a. En. St.39| v'ev. C. Cop. iavis Daly East Butte Isle Royale Me. Cent. Mohawk No. Butte Old Dominion Osceola Pond Crk. Coal Punta Al. Bug. Quincy Shannon Swift Co. United Fruit U. Shoe Mach. Utah Con. 46ft 24 65 .450 47* 12ft 51 101 38 85 65 15 45 60 185 2> 72 PI .127 ■119* 441 11 24 66 450 481 121 51 101 26 85 10ft 451 62 18J 32 ,i 5i 127 121 441 lift S6J 88ft 46; 231 i 30ft 31 83| 841 23! 23ft 461 461 24 24 65 66 450 450 47| 471 12* 12ft 5ft 10ft 10ft 25 26 85 So 65 651 15 16 45 45 ft 60 62 18ft lSft 29 32 72 72 53 51 125ft 1261 119ft 12»ft 4o| 44 11 111 New York Produce Market New York, Jan. 3. FLOUR—Unsettled; government basis 95 pi r cent., spring lO&ofii 1070 in sacks to ar rive. i'ORX-Spot steady: kiln dried No. '1 yellow li lbs. 2004(277; Long Island 25i (h315; state and western 2003 263; Jersey sweets basket 2504(275. SUGAR—Raw steady; centrifugal 6005: molasses nominal; refined steady; fine granulated 81u'y835. Boston Produce Market Boston. Jan. 3. BEEF—Choice whole cattle 17'ulS. HLTTEU—Northern 47JltlS; western 45 ©47ft. HEESE—New York twins 31*4525ft. EGGS—Choice hennery and nearby COTK 70; western 614166. HAY—No. 1 grade 27506(2850. LAMB—Spring 224723. OATS—No. 2 clipped white 93®93ft. PORK—Medium backs 6850. POTATOES—26045365 per 100 lbs. SUGAR—Granulated, 20 bhl. lots, 845. YEAR—12(517. Chicago Produce Market Chicago, Jan. 3. Corn advanced in price today owing to uncertainty which resulted from an nouncement that all priority orders on the railroads had been suspended. The mar ket closed firm 5-8 to l 1-8 net higher, with January 127 and May 125 1-4553-8 to 325 3-8. Oats gained 5-8 to lc. In pro visions the outcome varied from unchang ed figures to a rlBe of 35c. Chicago Cattle Market Chicago, Jan. 3. HOGS—Receipts 67.000; weak; bulk 16H'4? 168); light •1540IS>1550; heavy 1580@164o; rough 1580451600; pigs 1200(§14S5. CATTLE—Receipts 21,(410; weak; native steers T504513S3; Stockers and feeders fifiOif 1040; cows and lielfers 530451140; calves 850613600. SllEEr—Receipts 16,000; weak: wethers 93oifil320; ewes 8404il1200; lambs 13254(1710. Aches and Pains of rheumatism are not permanently, but only temporarily, re lieved by external remedies. Why not use an internal remedy—Hood's Sarsa parilla. which corrects the acidity of the blood on which rheumatism depends and cures the disease.—Ad v. SPARKS FROM MAIRE WIRES Snow Stops Wood Chopping According to a report rooafeod Lewiston Tuesday the snow leooflKP In the woods near Farmington, that it has been found necessary to wood-chopping for the present. In places the snow la reported to ha five or six feet deep. One man vto Win ft crew of ten choppers at weifc lathe woods, cutting cord wood, haa aba pended operations until early spring. Parent-Decker Wedding Tuesday The marriage of Bdward R. Parent of Lewiston and Miss Methyl Ineor Decker of Mechenlo PUls, took at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Decker, Mechanic Falls, at 7.SO o’clock Tuesday evening. Rev. Will A. Kelley, pastor of tho First UnlverBallst church of Lewiston, of ficiated. using the double ring service. The couple were unattended. Walter A. Turner of Buokfield Walter A Turner, one of Buckfield's prosperous farmers, died at his home, Monday night, after an illness of onl.v a few days. He was 63 years of age and a son of tho late Luther and Emily (Mason) Turner and was born in Sumner, but has lived (he greater part of his life in Brickfield. He was a blacksmith and was for many years associated with .V F. Cloutier In this work. He Is survived by a widow and a son. Dwight, and daughter. Madge. He was a member of N'ezlnscot l.odge of Odd Follows. Henneman Dealing Engagement Cards are out announcing she New ear's wedding of Valentine l(enrs ago. and Miss Mattel Dealing, superin tendent of art instruction in the ltan gur public schools. Mr. Henneman hail spent his winiers in Belgium until when l is home was destroyed. Two Receivers Are Appointed William Peering Stewart of Plano. Til., and Philip G. Clifford of Portland, have been appointed by Judge Hale of the U. .S. District Court as receivers for tho Inde pendent Harvester Co., on the jtetition of F. E. Martin. Charles W. Powers. C. K. Fooler and John TV. Zollars. all of Plano. 111., and stockholders of the company. This action Is in conjunction with other litigation Involving the affairs of tlie cor poration which was originally tho Kel logg Harvester Co., organized under Maine law. Dee. Iff, 1901. with a capital stock of $1.non,000 for the purpose of man ufacturing and dealing in harvesting machinery and Implements. Margaret Hughes Going to Francs Old Town. Me.. Jan. 1.— Misa Marga ret A. Hughes, for the past five years visiting nurse for the Old Town and Orono Anti-Tuberculosis society, lias resigned and loft Old Town. Tuesday, for nn Atlantic port, where she will .loin a unit of Red Cross nurses to sail for France. William IT. Motley, aged 40, man ager of various hotels, including the Poland Spring for several seasons, dropped dead In a Portland hotel Sat urday noon. He was a native of Mon mouth and had been In the hotel busi ness for years, although he had been Incapacitated by Illness the past three years. The Cumberland county commis sioners organized for the coming year Monday and chose Wiliiam F. Pills bury as chairman, a position ha now holds. Because of the high coat of foodstuffs the commissioners have raised the price of board for all pris oners In the poor debtor class and those committed by the United States court from $3.00 to $3.60 a week. 5 WE’RE not half enough appreciative of our blessings. Even at the worst there’s a lot more of good than of bad in this old world, New England not exceptedr And here’s one instance in point. It is still possible to get a thoroughly good cigar, satisfying in draught and flavor, for the fa miliar dime price. Just ask for the old. reliable C. C. A. I RAW FURS Bought At New York Prices r Augusta Tallow Company Augusta, Maine Tel. 601 drcllfllmo _ _ The Stanley c«7 77ie Magic of Steam This car will run from 100 to 300 milts on a tank of water (22 gait.) 200 miles and over on a filling of ksroeene at a cost of $2.00. Many driv ers get 10,000 miles on a set of tires. Its performance is superior, its control ia superior, it gives you a keener delight in motoring, you never find a hill, you never have to smash through the rough hollowa to get over the little hill beyond on high. For eteam is your power. This Is easily proven by a demonstration, or by asking any owner, he will also tell you, that it requires less talent to handle than any ear in the world. We shall only advertise in the local papers a few days more, look for our ad in the Automobile, and The Saturday Evening Poet. We have many gas. cars of all makes, taken in exchange fer new Staff leys, at prices intended to move them quickly. Wesserunsett Garage Co. Inc., State Dist. Augusta phone 227-M, 88 Stone St, Skowhoqan phene 1SI-I1 I

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