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The Oxford Democrat.
VOLUME 86.
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1919.
v
NUMBER 44.
jjrKHlCK Λ FAKA.
Attorneys at Law,
3CTHXL, MUNI.
Ad<u*>» *· Hereto*. «llerj C.Park
* LBiBT D. park.
Licensed Auctioneer,
OUTH PARIS, . . MAINK.
rem» M oUermie.
DR. MARGUERITE STEVENS,
OSTEOPATH.
From T: ^day 4 p.m., to Friday 5 p.m.
Noyes Block, Norway, Me.
Telephone 70.
ippoK "mente can bemade by telephone.
B. P. ADKINS,
Licensed Auctioneer,
South Paris, Maine
TERMS REASONABLE 40-1
loxgley & BUTTS,
Norway, Main·,
Plumbing, Heating,
Sheet Metal Work,
STEEL CEILINGS A SPECIALTY.
Harry M. Sliaw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
South Paris, : Maine
14tf
Dr. A. Leon Sikkenga,
OSTEOPATHIC PHY9ICIAX,
Has taken over Dr. I. K. Moorhouse'e
pract ce. Office* at Mrs. P. N. Barker'·,
M»o Street, Norway, Maine. *
L S. BILLINGS
MAM FACTURER OP AMD DEALER IN
Red Cedar and Spruce Clap
boards. New Brunswick Cedar
Shingles, North Carolina Pine,
Flooring: and Sheathing,
Paroid Hoofing, Wall Board,
Apple Barrel Heads, and
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS
South Paris, - Maine.
Dr. C. M. Merrill,
Graduate
Veterinarian
Ovariotomy of Dogs a Specialty.
Telephone Norway Exchange 147 11.
South Paris, - Maine
t. W. CHANDLER,
Builders' Finish !
I will furnleh DOORS and WINDOWS of any
SUe or Style at reasonable price·.
Also Window & Door Frames,
If Is want of any kind of Finish for Inside 01
ι ata!ie work, send in your orders. Pine Lam
t-er and Shingles on band Cheap for Cash.
Planing, Sawing and Job Work.
Matched Pine Sheathing for Sale.
K. W. CHANDLER,
West Sumner, .... Maine.
Foley's
Honey and Tar
COMPOUND
CLEARS THE THROAT of phlegm
•ad mucus, «top· that tickling, open· the
air passages for easier breathing and coat*
the raw, inflamed surface· with a heal·
iag, soothing medicine.
Grateful Father Telia What It Did
W. E. Curry. IX Up 6th St.. Ε»»ηι»ιϋ·. IrxL,
writes: "1 have · little girl β years who he·
a aood deal of trouble with croup. 1 ha»e used
Foley's Hotter sad Tsr Compound, front it to
ber according to directions, snd obtaining instant
nliei for her. My wiie sad 1 use it whenever
bothersd with s bed cold or cough, and 1 will
•ay that it is the beet remedy for · bed cold,
cough, throat trouble or croup that I ever sew.
Parent· who use Foley'· Honey and
Tar know it ia sale and no harm will
come even ii an overdoee should be
given by accidcnL It taste· good and
children like iL It won't up«et the deli
cate stomach· of young children, delicate
pence· or elderly people.
J. Hastings Bean
Dealer in Real Estate,
SOUTH PARIS, ME.
BARRETT'S
Everlastic Roofings
INOLLDINO
Slate Surfaces, (Red and Green) in
Rolls and Multi Shingles.
Also the regular smooth surface,
* » 2 and 3 ply.
A carload shipment just received.
Attractive Prices.
FOR SALS BY
w. p. maxim,
South Parie.
After yoa eek—abreye take
FATONIC
WeqgBEBEMH»
ËS?ËÎ3à?ss·'®®
CHAS. H. HOWARD CO.,
SMtk Pwit, Maime.
For Sale.
A pair of work horses weighin
three thousand pounds. Safe, soun
*nd will work anywhere. Five an
*** years old.
A. C WITHAM, So. Pari·.
AMONG THE FAMEES.
"imp τη· plow.··
OorrMppafenee on pnctloftl agricultural topk
to solicited. Addreaa all oommunlcadoaa li
leaded (or this department to Ha«r*T I
Hammond, Agricultural Kdltcr Oxford Pen
oom. Puts, lie
Maine Boy Wins Corn Championship
The boy·' national championship ii
tbe growing of flint corn, wbiob slno
1913 baa been bold by Walker Lee Dan
ston of Alexander City, Ala., baa gom
to a little agricultural town in Maine.
Jerome R. Qaimby of Brooks, Wald<
Connty, 15 yeare of age, baa been in
formed by tbe University of Maine, oi
authority of Ο. H. Benson, nationa
•ader of dab work in tbe North anc
West, tbat tbe record of 58 12 boabeli
of flint corn raised on the qaarter-acre si
tbe Quimby farm ia a new boy's cori
record in tbe United State·. The Ala
bama boy's yield waa on tbe baeia o!
232 bushels per acre. Jerome Quimby'i
ia at tbe rate of 234 buahela.
Jerome ia a freshman in the Brooki
High School, walks two milea each wtj
between bia home and the acboolboose,
and ia taking both an agricultural and a
college preparatory oourae. He and hW
brother, a senior in tbe same school,
help their father, Selectman Frank R.
Qaimby, ran his 90 acre dsiry farm.
They have 23 head of liveatock, moat ol
them parebred Ay rehires.
Jerome baa been in club work aince be
waa 10 yeara of age. He baa won aeveral
prizea in local and county contests and
laat year aa atate champion in tbe flint
oorn project be received aa a special prize
a purebred Holatein bull calf, valued at
1150, a donation from Preaident Α. Ε
Hodges of tbe Maine State Breedera'
Α ΒΒΑΛΙ atlAn
Tbe plot selected for the corn field is
the southerly tide of m sandy loam hill.
Potatoes bad been planted there tbe
numrner before and tbe barn dressing
med liberally. He plowed the piece in
tbe fall, harrowed it several times in tbe
spring and planted bis com with both
barn dressing and commercial fertilizer.
Tbe rows were three feet, and tbe hills
two feet apart With a two-borse bar
row he kept the soil loosened and tbe
weeds down as long as a horse eould be
driven over the piece, and after that the
hoe was occasionally exercised.
One secret of his success was tbe care
with which hi· seed was selected. It
was raised by Otis Lane, an aged tin
smith of Brooks, who for several years
has been developing hardy seed from
oorn that bore two or three ears to each
stalk. This proportion of yield was
kept ap on the boy's plot, every stalk
bearing two, aod some of them three
ears each.
Club Prize Winners at University,
Obono, Oct. 25.
That aotive participation in boys' and
girls' club work often leads to bigger
things is evidenced by an analysis of the
record· of a number of members of tbe
entering class at the University of Maine.
Ten of the students in that class, seven
of them boys, were in their grammar
and bigb school days prominent In agri
cultural club work in their towns.
Clarence J. Titcomb of Farmlngton
holds three scholarships, total value
f250, all of them won as club prizes in
sweet corn growing. In 1916 be was
state champion in that project, and the
next two years held second place.
Kenneth P. Gibbs of Livermore Palls
was a prize-winner in sweet oorn and
poultry projects and was two years local
olub leader. He was a member of tbe
judging team that represented Maine at
tbe Springfield exposition last month.
Robert T. Harvey of Dover was Piscat
aquis County champion in potato raising
two years and last year was fifth in tbe
state contest. Last summer be was
local leader of the Dover clubs.
Carroll P. Wilder of Dennysville won
third prize in the potato contest in
Washington County in 1916 and was
high man that year in the Maine Central
special contest there.
Other members of tbe freshman class
who bave achieved success in club work
are: Virginia Chase of Bluehill, Helen
B. Hamlin of Gardiner, Willard R.
Conant of Buckfleld and Lincoln H. Pat
ten of Hermon. A sophomore, Clarence
Gould, was several years a member, and
last year local leader, of tbe Bowdoin
ham Boys' Club, tbe oldest in New Eng
land.
The Manure Platform.
ITS CONSTRUCTION AND USB AT HIGH
MOO Β FARM.
In recent articles in this series tbe
value of manure as a farm asset and tbe
fact tbat tbe plant food contained there
in can be conserved aod made available
to crop· bas been pointed our.
Many Maine farm barns are construct
ed with a barn cellar in whioh a water
tight raannre platform can be readily
built. Ât Higbm >or Farm this is not
practicable. Tbe manure pit used in
the studies previously reported bas been
in constant use for five years with most
satisfactory results. Some such arrange
ment will give returns in a single year
upon a farm carrying 10 or more head of
stock tbat will repay the cost of con
struction.
Tbe manure pit at Highmoor Farm, il
a structure above ground can be called
a pit, ia built beneath a shed. It is oi
cement construction 33 by 30 feet, with
walls of cement 13 inches bigb above tbe
floor. Tbe sides above the concrete arc
temporary and made of rough boarding.
It is not necessary to carry tbe cemenl
walls higher than 18 inches as the liquid
will never accumulate to tbat depth
The movable wooden sides make loading
tbe manure from tbe pit easy. Th<
cement floor is 4 inobes thick snd the
cement walls taper from 8 inches at tb<
bottom to 6 inches in thiokness at th<
top. The floor inclines towards ont
corner where there is a depression sc
that if liquid accumulates too fast in tb<
manure it will drain to this pocket. 1
tbe top Is too dry the liquid from th<
manure oan be readily pumped to thi
dry portions. If tbe top is too dry an<
no liquid has accumulated, the m an un
ia wet with water from a hose.
It took 15 horse days, chiefly drawing
gravel and sand for the oonorete work
58 1 2 man days and 120 bags (30 barrels
of oement to cunstruot the pit. Tbi
cost for everything, at prices that pre
vailed in tbe fall of 1915, was a little lea
than 92υυ.
Bj it· bm «beep, cow and horee ma
oar· have been kept io perfect abape fo
application to tbe «oil aod aa abown b;
chemical aoaljeia there baa been only ι
•mall loea of nitrogen, pbo«pboric acii
aod potaab. About 80 per cent of Ibea
Ingredient· contained io the food α·»
ha· been conaerved and returned to th
land. Swine running over and workin
tbe mannre bare contributed to ita in
proved mechanical condition, have don
•way with danger of fire fanning an
with band work upon tbe manure. An
incidentally tbe awine themaelve· bai
been kept at good financial proflt.
Cbaa. D. Wood·, Direotor.
A alio i· now recognized aa an in
portant part of tbe equipment of an u|
to-date atook farm. It ia do longer a
experiment; ailoa bave been need fc
mure than thirty year· In tbia countr;
Nearly every farmer wbo haa uaad a ail
I· a atrong advocate of it· uae, wblob I
one of tbe beet recommendation· that
can have. One oeeda bnt to vialt ten <
a doaen farm ara wbo bava ailoa, and ai
them concerning their experience·, I
become tboroogbly convinced that a ai
ia an exceedingly valuable addition to
farm where twenty or more head ι
cattle are kept, and where oorn ia pr
dooed.
Toll ia work into whioh yon do m
put abj
Maine Society Annual*.
The annual exhibition of Maine farn
cropa, wbiob take· plaoe at Bangor Git;
Hall Not. 12 to 21, promisee to be tbi
largest and beat yet beld in tbe state
Tbe following organizations are unitinf
[ for tbe exhibition* to be given tba
ι week, witb separate program for each ο
ι· them: The Maine Pomologioal Sooiety
Maine State Dairymen1* Association
Maine State Seed Improvement Associa
. tion, Maine Live Stock Breeders' As
, sociation, and Maine State Boys' anc
, Girls'Clubs. With tbe annual exhibiti
. of these five organizations oombined ii
, tbe one exhibition, Bangor should have
a meeting in November well worth visit
, ing and one that will attract many peo
. pie interested in this work from manj
, parts of tbe state.
Tbe Bangor ohamber of oommerce it
co-operating witb the committee in help
, ing to make this exhibition the best evei
beld in the state. The city ball bac
been secured (or the meeting and there
will be plenty of space for all exhibits
with office room, lecture room, and
rooms for meetings for eaob of tbe sepa
rate organizations. Tbe committee is
working on tbe program of speakers and
other important events for the week of
the exhibition. An unusually large
number of premiums will be awarded in
all tbe exhibits.
The oommittees on premium lists and
programs contain tbe names of tbe fol
lowing secretaries of the organizations
named: E. L. White of Bowdoinbam,
of tbe Pomological Society; Herbert M.
Tucker of Augusta, of the Dairymen's
Association; E. L. Newdick of Augusta,
of the Seed Improvement Association;
R. P. Mitchell of Orono, state leader of
Boya' and Girls' Clubs.
41 Better-Sires" Campaign On.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is going to try to induce
every farmer to breed *b!a animale only
tn purebred eiree, but it is not going to
looept a pedigree as proof tbat an animal
ιβ a worthy sire. In other words, while
the department is going after the scalp
of the mongrel scrab, it is after the
«calp of the purebred scrub just a little
bit barder, if possible. In its "Better
Sires—Better Stock" crusade, it is goiog
to insist on individuality as well as
breeding. Tbia was brought out at the
formal meeting held October 1 in the
office of the chief of the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry to launch the crusade.
At the moment of officially launching
the crusade, 24 states and the District
of Columbia were definitely enrolled,
and the delay in most of the others is
merely a matter deciding through what
agencies the work shall be done.
Department of Agriculture specialists
in various phases of live-stock work are
agreed that the better-sires campaign
will give added impetus to their particu
lar work. Cattle-fever tick eradication,
bovine tuberculosis eradication, cow
testing association work, cooperative
boll association work, bog-cholera con
trol, county live-srock association work,
and many other efforts, all will receive
added impetus from the better-sires
campaign. On the other hand, all of
these things will aid the campaign. In
faot, they have paved the way for it.
The man who has cut down his scrub
herd to escape dipping costs in the tick
eradication campaign is in better posi
tion to build up with pure blood. The
man who has cleaned out on account of
tuberoulosis is ready to start again with
purebred animals. And so of all the
rear of them.
As Department of Agrioulture officials
see it, the campaign will be beoeficial in
many ways. The man who buys a pure
bred or two will take more interest in
bia live stock than when he bad only
scrubs, will be inclined to give them
closer attention, better housing facilities,
more oarefully selected feed. In short,
it will put him in the way of becoming
a better all-round farmer. The better
stock will return larger profits and the
farmer will be In better position to ex
tend his operations or improve his con
dition. Larger quantities of food prod
ucts of superior quality will be produced
and tbe consumer also will derive a
direct benefit.
Do Not Plow Under Manure.
As to the various ways of applying
stable manure, I know nothing about
light soils. Mine is hardwood hill land
with tbe damp swale characteristic of
sucb land. Except when I plant to corn
I prefer applying the manure after plow
ing and barrow it in. I have no diffi
culty in potting it under tbe surface if
I disk it thoroughly and then dig it with
a spring-tooth set down to the last notch,
or as low as tbe team can haul it.
If I could have all the manure I
wanted I would plow nnder a heavy
coat and then apply a little in the hill
as a starter for corn; but in practice I
usually break tbe sod the year before
and have "old ground," which I pulver
ize well and then furrow deeply with a
double furrow board plow, and tben
drop generous quantities of manure
along this trench—planting corn on one
eide of manure and beans on tbe other.
As I hoe and cultivate, the ridge be
tween rows is worked back and covers
tbe manure well so that it keepa damp
and available.
On tbe other hand, for grain and
grass seeding, I prefer to apply on tbe
surface and as I have already said dig it
in. A manure spreader should be on
every farm to spread finely and evenly.
It seems to me that to plow under ma
nure for grain and grass seeding is
something like putting a nursing bottle
just out of reaoh of an infant and expect
it to extract nourishment from it
Tbe manure must be near enough to
tbe seeds so tbat tbe tiny rootlets oan
at once reach out and get nourishment,
else they will languish and die before
they grow large enoogh to send a root
probing down through the soil in searoh
of manure δ to 7 inches away.
There is so muoh in this game of farm
ing, that one must ever keep reaching
out for knowledge and ever keep re
adjusting one's praotices to changing
conditions. We can't farm "as fatbei
used to," neither oan we farm as we did
a few years ago. And maybe we maj
not be able to make the practloes of a
neighbor work. Our excellent experi
ment stations aid us in a general waj
and then it ia "op to ua" as individual!
to seek out that which best aids οι
individually.—E. C. Wadswortb in Nea
England Homestead.
Sore of Succès·.
"What make· you so «are that Hlg
gin· will make a success of the dalrj
business?"
"Well, be bought a herd of the fines
pedigree stock be could find, built >
beau'y barn for tbetn, cleared his grounc
for excellent pasturage, and left bii
borne until the last. Be says he cai
get along in a shanty if his cows an
right and if tbey hare a flue home."
Amount of paint needed: A gallon ο
good prepared paint will cover at leas
350 square feet, two coats. First, meas
ure the distsnce around the house an<
multiply by the average height; tbei
divide by 360 and the result will be ap
proximately the number of gallons t
buy. Of this quantity one-fifth wil
represent the point required for trim
miogs, oornices, etc. For blinds ο
•nutters of average sise, you will nee
one gallon of paint to each twelve pair
of blinds, two ooats.
When buildings are roofed with pape
or any preparation of tar or cement ο
aand, keep watch of the joints. Once
nail gets out or rosta off, It is a prett
easy matter for Old Boreas to get hi
finger· under the rent and tear off tb
whole thing.
Every time I see a man giving a co<
drinking water that's so cold there !
frost on the bucket, I'd like tu mak
. him eleep every night with a cake of lc
I against hi· skins.
Drive for Red Cross Membership.
ι The American Red Cross will seek re
r affirmed allegiance of the Amerioan peo
ι pie in its third roll call from Novembe
. 2d to Utb.
; With a record of unrivalled acoom
t plisbment in war work, at home anc
f abroad, and with a new peaoe program
, practical, inspiring, far-reaching, tbi
ι (treat relief organization will ask th<
people to renew their membership, or t<
become new members, for 1920.
The call to membership will be oarrlec
ι bj thousands of volunteer workers Intt
every home, and into offices, stores anc
ι factories. Every man and woman wbc
believes in tborongh-going Américanisa
will be given an opportunity to "join.*
KEEP THE BANKS FILLED.
The membership of tbe Amerioan Red
Cross to-day is approximately twentj
million, not inoluding tbe eleven millior
Junior members. In the states of Maine·,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachu
setts and Rhode Island, there are a mill
ion and a half members. While no defi
nite quota has been set for the third roll
call, it is hoped that the ranks will be
kept filled and thousands of recruit!
added for 1920.
Red Cross membership Is one thing
that has not been hit by tbe high cost oi
living. An annual membership still costs
ouly one dollar—and there is no war tax
Only dollar annual memberships will be
received during the roll oall.
While the principal purpose of tbe
campaign will be to enroll members,
an appeal will be made for $15,000,000
to enable tbe National organization to
complete its war work, which by no
means ended with the armistice ae many
seemed to believe.
RESPONSIBILITY ABBOAD PROLONGED.
Congress bas prolonged the responsi
bility of the Red Cross abroad by author
izing tbe Seoretary of War to transfer to
tbe Red Cross several million dollars
worth of medical, surgical and dietary
supplies "to be used by the Amerioan
Red Cross to relieve and supply tbe
pressing needs of the countries involved
in the late war.'> Tbe Red Cross must
have further finanoial support to enable
it to distribute these supplies in the
countries where, because^of tbe ravages
of war, famine and epidelnic, the distress
is most pronounced, as in the Balkans,
Poland, Siberia and other countries
Without tbe 113,000,000 fund tbe Red
Cross will be unable to administer this
necessary foreign relief, which may pro
tect our own Nation from tbe disaster of
epidemic. There are also 30,000 Ameri
can soldiers wounded during tbe war
still in tbe hospitals in this country and
tbe Red Cross most continue to render
I service to febem.
TO SUPPOBT PEACE PROGRAM.
Each of the 3,724 Chapters in the conn
try will raine a quota of this fond, aod
will in additinn aok «apport for carrying
out its part of the Peace Program, wbiob
includes public health nursing, home
service, educational work in dietetics,
home oare of the sick and first aid, pre
paredness for disaster relief, children's
activities through the Junior Red Cross,
and the new health center plans. The
New England Division quota of the Na
tional fund is $1,330,000.
Many soldiers and Red Cross nurses
who served overseas will take part In the
campaign. The Massachnsetts Branoh
of the American Legion has pledged its
support to the Roll Call in the following
resolution:
"The Red Cross by its activities dur·
irer the war in behalf of service men has
endeared itself to the American public
and Is now helping to solve many prob
lems lo which the American Legion has
a vital interest.
"We, therefore, resolve that the Mas
sachusetts Branch of the American Le
gion, in convention assembled, express
its deep interest in, and pledges support
to, the Third Red Cross Roll Call."
Everyone who renews membership or
joins daring the Roll Call will be given a
1920 button and 1920 window service
flags will also be given out. A service
flag should glow from a wiodow of every
home in the land when the campaign
closes.
Posters, window displays, street car
signs, stereoptioons and motion pictures
will be need to announce the Roll Call
and in some communities an illaminated
Red Cross will be displayed. Three
posters will be shown. One is a striking
design by Howard Chandler Christy, en
titled "The Spirit of America." A beau
tiful young woman in flowing robes ol
white is shown standing against the
folds οΓ O'd Glory, wblch form the back
ground. In the lower left corner is a
large red cross emblem and balancing it
is the word "Join." Haskell Coffln'i
poster is a young woman in Red Cross
garb holding forth her bands in sweet
appeal. The third poster is a text ap
peal imprinted on a half-tone outline ol
the popular "Greatest Mother in the
World" design.
Motion picture theatres througboul
New England Division territory are co
operating generously. More than 300 ol
them are displaying a set of stereopticon
slides announcing the Roll Call, and
many of them have agreed to n*e a Red
Cross film previous to or during tbe
campaign.
The Roll Call slogan for New England
is:
"Every memberabip a vote of confl
dence in the Red Cross."
lie ready to oast your vote Novembei
2 to 11.
Maine New* Notes.
Tbe Goodall Worsted Co. of Sanford
is changing its fuel eystem from coal tc
oil. Tanks with about 600,000 gallon!
capacity are being ereoted.
Four Eastport men in tbe spring in
vested several thousand dollars In ι
new weir on Randall's point, 3-Mile Oui
island, and their friends made merrj
over the "wild scheme". Tbe four mer
are now laughing at their friends, fo:
last week nearly 8,000 fat pollook wan
dered along and into tbe weir, with thi
result that the men olean up almost
enough to pay for tbe weir. Tbe fist
ran about 30 Inches, from 15 to 18 ponndi
each and when tbe 120,000-odd pounds li
split, salted, and dried, will sell for $9 ι
I nnlnfol
Claiming unfair ruling· and other pro
oeedinge with reference to the enforce
ment of the Anti-Narcotic law, the drag
gists of Maine are going to hold an in
dignation meeting on Nov. IS In Port
land. Several committee meetings han
already been held in Portland and Ban
gor with reference to the rulings said t<
have been made bj internal revenue col
; lectors, which, it is alleged, put an extn
burden on the druggists. Some of then
are disposing of their entire stooks ο
narcotics. They say they will let th
government furnish what is needed ant!
matters have been straightened oat.
Here Is what the Globe's Portlam
correspondent says of the open bar sitae
tion in that city: The last vestige ο
open bars will disappear here within
few days in all probability, abandonln,
the light beer, under 3 per oent. wblo
the keepers and bartenders have bee
dixpensing the past few months. It I
improbable tbat there will be any profl
Id a bar handling striotly non-alcohol!
beverages. 8oda fountain·, lunch room
and restaurants will supply all the d<
mand encountered, especially In wintei
Several bars whloh were redolent wit
all forms of intoxioants, exposed or 001
oealed, for many yeara with oooasioni
brief periods of looked doors, have bee
oontlnued with olam cakes and othc
lunoh accessories. Light beers bai
proved quite popular but there has bee
- no attempt to dispense hard liquor b
single drink or In bottle·. The lllegi
trafflo has been oornered and all bat te:
mlnated. Prices range altogether to
high to offer muoh ohanoe for the oldi
sellers, and only In kltobeoa, tenemen
β and oeoMlonally In the pockets of
ι street peddler la anything Intoxloatit
[found for eale.
Judge Morrill on the Blasphemy Case.
The remarks made by Judge John A
■ Morrill Id impoeing tbe sentence In the
' cue of Miohael X. Moakaa, eonvloted of
• blasphemy, on the 27tb of Ootober, are
of Interest not only as showing bis jadg
I ment regarding the case tn band, bni
> also in their general application. He
' said:
> In view of what tbe oonnsel have said
1 I think it is proper that I should state
bow I feel in regard to this matter. I
have no doubt, from tbe evidenoe In tbe
case, that when this man showed upon
the screen tbe picture of the Anuncia·
tion, he coupled it with words substan
tlally as stated in tbe indictment, and
that be did it with tbe Intent to ridicule
tbe Gospel of Cbrlst. I was oonvlnced of
this when witness after witness, called
for the defense, went upon tbe witness
stand and attempted to say that he
stopped lu bis comments with tbe reply
which, according to bis description, tbe
Virgin Mary gave to the angel Gabriel.
Witness after witness for the defense
went upon tbe stand and testified that be
stopped in his comments at that point.
If be did, tbe presentation of tbat picture
with bis remarks lost all force whatever
from tbe standpoint of tbe man as a dis
believer in the dootrine of the virgin
birth of Christ. If he stopped at that
point It lost all foroe whatever. But I
do not think he did stop there, and I am ,
satisfied that, in carrying out what was
in bis mind, of disbelief in tbe dootrine
of tbe virgin birth of Christ, be used sub
stantially tbe language stated in the in
dictment. And whether he stated tbat
in language wbioh carried a further ob
soene thought has come Into my mind,
but I express no views upon It. It is
enough that he used tbe language sub
stantially as stated in tbe indiotment;
but I must say tbat, as I listened to those
witnesses, after tbe picture is produced
here, the thought was driven home to
me tbat tbe language which he used In
Lithuanian carried a further obecene sug
gestion beyond anything tbat is ex
pressed in the indiotment. Bnt tbat I
have no reason to take into account, and
r)n nnt take it into account.
Now I farther think that the language
which he used, and which has been
translated by some witnesses as "czars,
counts and priests", and by others as
"czars, landlords and priests", was used
by him in a sense of designating the idea
of religion, capitalism and government.
That the "priests", in the sense in which
he need the term there, and intended it
to be understood, referred to religion in
general—as typical of religion in gen
eral; that the term "counts", or "land
lords" referred to the people of wealth,
and that the word "ozara", was their
conception of government in general.
Now, if be did use the word "priests"
as intended to oonvey a conception of
religion in general—and I have no doubt
that he did, from the language of the
witnesses on the stand, both those for
the defense and for the State—there is
no other construotion~posaible. If he
did, then the third and the fourth counts
in the indictment are aubstantially sus
tained, and the jury were warranted in
their verdict In this case, and wherever
further the allusion was made to the
trinity or clergy, capitalism and govern
ment and speaking of those in terms re
ferring to the holy Trinity.
There, to my mind, was the weight of
this indictment, because if be used the
term "priests" to carry the conception
of religion Id general—and I have no
doubt that he did it—be intended to
oarry to the minds of those who heard
him a practical conception of religion as
a deception, then he practically said that
religion is a cheat, and that the people
who believed it were cheated; that it was
a deception from the beginning to the
end.
Now if anybody, openly, maliciously
and wantonly, with an intent to deride,
ridicule and bold in contempt the Chris
tian religion, makes such statements, they
go very far toward dissolving all the ob
ligations by which civil society is pre
served. There is no community and no
society that can tolerate a wilful and a
spiteful attempt to subvert its religion,
and none will. It is for that reason such
an offense is an offense against the peace
and good order of the 8tate.
Coming now to what took plaoe when
the piotnre of the crucifixion was shown;
all the witnesses for the State and for
the defense, with the ezoeption of two,
the young man and the young woman
who were oalied towards the last of the
trial, with these two exceptions, all of
the twenty-three or twenty-four wit
nesses stated that when the leoturer was
nearly through with bis remarks, when
the picture of the crucifixion was still on
the screen, his remarks were then greeted
with laughter and applause! Now, what
oaused such laughter and applause? If
that picture had been shown in a rever
ent manner, and if his remarks bad been
simply bis moderate statement of bis
own views, it would have been nothing
which would bave oaused laughter or
the dapping of the hands or anything of
the kind. But I have no doubt that what
caused that demonstration was the slur
ring, vile and obscene remarks with
whioh he closed that part of the lecture,
which have been related upon the wit
ness stand by the witnesses called for the
State. I do not believe that anything
could bave wrung from those witnesses
the repetition of those remarks tbat were
on the border of describing what was
sometimes oalied worship—but was tbat
form of orgies which was known in an
cient Greece. Those who are familiar
with Grecian history will know to what
I refer. There is just one step forward
from what he said when he made tbat
remark to tbat form of debauchery whiob
sometimes was called worship, whioh Is
familiar to the readers of ancient Grecian
history. There is nothing new about it.
Now tbe monstrous thing is that this
man should come here, and addressing
an audience of persons both of the intel
ligence, and lack of intelligence that
these witnesses have shown here upon
tbe witness stand, should attempt to in
oulcate into their minds that here, in
this land of free speeoh any suoh t&lk
will be tolerated. Freedom of speeoh in
this country is not lioense; it is nothing
of tbe kind. These people who have
come to this land from a land where, ac
oording to what they say, in many cases
life, as we know it here in the 20th cen
tury, was not worth living, that these
people should be taught by anybody that
freedom of speeoh will permit suoh doo
trines to be put forth without penalty is
something that sbonld require the
thoughtful attention of everybody. Tbe
Kneeland case is not comparable to this
case. The only cases oomparable with it
are tbe Chandler case in Delaware, and
the Updegraff case in Pennsylvania, and
the old Taylor case In England.
witoeaa stand have shown readily enough
into what grade of sooiety they fall; not
from their own fault; It is their misfor
tune; but they come to tbia country—
I and I wiab every one of them oould bear
what I say—they come to this country;
we owe them nothlog; we give them ev
erything. They enjoy ail the opportu
nities wbioh this land of opportunity af
fords to everybody. But it is natural,
that, ooming here from an oppression
under wbioh they have lived In their own
countrv, tbey should need aotne steady
ing Influence; and when any man speaks
before people of that station of life, peo
ple who have experienced the previous
mode of life which theae people have ex
perienced, and attempts to tell them that
freedom of apeeob m we know It will
permit him to use snob language as tbia
man baa been found guilty of ualng, It
seems to me to demand prompt and firm
aotlon.
Now that la the way I view thla oaae.
I think It la for the Intereat of the State,
and I think It la ao for a reasonable de
gree of proteotlon we owe theae people
who oome here and to whom we have
given all theae opportunities a aevere
aentenoe ahould follow. It la with that
view that I have made tbia aentenoe.
The respondeat was then aentenoed to
I not leas than one and not more than two
I years la stale prison.
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i Love's Shadows
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By GRAHAM LINGFIELD
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When the barriers are broken down
und we see ourselves as we really are,
it is sometimes a humiliating spectacle.
This had happened to the masterful
mnn. For years Henry Travers had
regarded himself as the hard, cold,
analytical business man to whom the
sentimental side of life did not appeal.
This morning In his private office he
was facing bare facts.
Arriving at his office and crossing to
hang up his coat—a spot from which a
corner of the outer office could be
glimpsed—he had seen a sight that had
thrown down the barriers of his self
deception and shown him an uncom
promising truth. It was nothing but
a triviality, perhaps, but it was suffi
cient to make clear to him more than
he wanted to know.
Presently he rang the bell and his
private secretary stood before him. He
did not speak at first, but sat at his
desk moving the different objects from
place to place. At last he looked up.
"Miss Deane," he said, MI wish to
speak with all restraint and deference,
but I must be frank. This morning, by
a mere coincidence, I happend to see
something take place between you and
our Mr. Halllday on which only one
construction can be put—that you are
engaged to him. Of course, that is no
concern of mine; but you must realize
that during office hpurs such a condi
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He Did Not Speak at First
tion of affairs cannot exist We are
here for business, pure and simple."
He regarded the girl with stern eyes.
"For the general efficiency and disci
pline of the office," he went on, "kind
ly see that It does not occur again."
Hp bowed lu η grandiose manner to in
dicate that the interview was at an
end und bent over his desk. That mat
ter was disposed of.
The color rose to the face of the
girl, and for a moment her eyes regard
ed him dumfounded, then without a
word she turned and left the room.
Alone in his office Henry Travers
tried to concentrate his mlpd on the
business in hand. Hut he felt strange
ly disturbed. The little Incident that
had Just occurred Insisted on occupying
his thoughts, try as he might to put it
from him.
He was not sure that he had acted
rightly. He realized, too, that he had
spoken harshly, when he hud meant
onlj to be emphatic; where coldness
and Indifference were Intended the
throb of passion had crept Into his
tones.
In the six months he had been man
ager of the Worthwhile Glove com
pany he had always found Julia Deane
a loyal and dependable lieutenant. He
had come to rely on her more than be
had hitherto realized. And the quiet,
self-assured manner with whlçh she
carried out her duties had made a
powerful impression on his business
sense.
But there had been no other feeling
for her. In all his years he had never
allowed any lesser consideration to
blind the vision of his mental activi
ties.
Now, like a distorting mirror, flash
ed before his eyes, he saw and recog
nized the leering face of Jealousy and
the canker had entered his being.
Gladly would he have fired Halllday,
but he could not sink to the humilia
tion of letting his personal feelings
overcome his common sense.
As he sat at his desk, vainly trying
to concentrate on material things, a
knock came at the door. He looked
uy. The very man who was occupying
■hla thoughts was standing there. As
he advanced Travers noticed the look
of boyish gladness on his face, of
triumph In his eyes.
The older man steeled himself to
meet young Halllday. It had been a
rule of the office for many years that
employees should notify the chief In
the event of an approaching marriage.
A tradition duly observed. There could
be but one reason, then, for that look
of supreme happiness on Halllday's
face.
"The time has come," said the young
er man drawing himself up at the desk,
"when in accordance with custom I
have a notification to make." He hes
ltated. Travers nodded. Mechanical
ly be reached out and shook the other's
hands.
"Congratulations, Halllday," he said,
"1 suppose now you and Miss Deane—"
He broke off. "Well, one man's loss Is
another man's gain. I shall be losing
the best secretary I ever had." He
dropped his eyes from the young man'·
face. Halllday stared at Mm mysti
fied.
"Why, what's the big Idea, Mr. Trav
ers? Tou won't be losing her through
me."
"But I—l·—I understood you were be
trothed," stammered the manager.
"Say, Mr. Travers, what do you take
me for—a polygamlet?" laughed Halll
day»
Travers looked at him sternly. He
resented the flippant tone In the words.
"I take you for nothing but an hon
orable man, Mr. Halllday. With your
salary, I presume you will not expect
your wife to work?"
1 hope not, Indeed*" ijespcpded the
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don't think it la likely to affect you. I
came to Inform you that yesterday I
married Mis· Julia Deane's sister."
With a very heartfelt handshake,
which caused the young benedict to
wonder at its Intensity. Travers wished
his junior the best of luck and slncer·
est congratulations. "I hope you may
be very happy with Julia Deane's sis
ter," he said, smiling.
It was late In the afternoon that
Henry Travers called his secretary to
take dictation. No mention was made
on elthur part of the Incident of the
morning. When the last letter had
been taken down the girl rose to her
feet The feeling of restraint that had
been felt all along was now raised to
a vibrant pitch.
The fall evening was blurring into
faint outlines the familiar objects
about the room. As the secretary
moved across to the door without turn
ing her head, she asked a question.
"Shall I put on the light?" Travers,
standing at his desk, Idly fingering
some papers, answered "Yes." Then
hastily correcting himself, cried "No,
no." He crossed the room In a couple
of strides and faced the girL
"Julia 1" he cried, and an echo of
the masterfulness that had so fallen
from him during the day had come
back to him. But the girl did not seem
to heed hlra. She stood waiting, her
eyes cast downward to the floor.
"Julia," he said again, and vibrant
pleading was In his voice. He saw a
white hand flutter upward In the vague
d'mness and press against her heart.
Ho threw out his hands in self-exulta
tion.
"How could I tell I loved you," he
cried, "until I saw that kiss this morn
ing—in the outer office. Knowledge
comes with suffering—and I suffered
then." He took a step toward her.
She did not move. Reverently he put
his urms about the yielding figure, and
as the night drooped its soft folds
around them he bent his head and put
his lips to those upheld to him.
KEEN ON FAMILY TRADITION
Mothers Usually Impress Offspring
With the Glories of Her 8lde
of the House.
No matter how masterful the hus
band may be; and no matter from
what high estate he· came, nor how
subordinated his wife may appear, be
sure that the wife always compares
her family to his, and hers always
shines by comparison.
Through the generations the moth
ers have taken this eubtle revenge on
man. ^
Though they lost their family name,
still they kept In their hearts a con
viction of the high estate of their
house.
And to their children they imparted
reverence for the glories of the moth
er tribe.
It Is a ten-to-one chance that your
maternal grandmother either In person
or by tradition, meant more to you as
a child than your paternal grand
mother.
Most of us know mighty little about
our father's folks; about their fam
ily glories and achievements.
But we know what our maternal
great-great-grandmother did.
You will note that the Daughters of
the American Revolution are as po
tent an organization today as they
were a generation ago, says Omaha
News. Sons of the American Revolu
tion are seldom heard of.
If It depended on dad to uphold fam
ily tradition he probably would dwell
as much on his great-uncle, who was
hanged by the neck until dead, as on
his great-great-grandfather, who was
a governor.
New Zealand's Pest, the Kea.
New Zealand farmers have started a
crusade against the kea. The bird
threatens to kill off thousands of sheep
and ruin the country's Industry. The
kea Is a kind of parrot, smaller than
the rook, and ha6 an Immensely strong
beak and claws. Forty years ago there
were very few kea parrots In New
Zealand, but they are now the com
monest birds In the Islands. The kea
attacks sheep day and night. It strikes
the sheep on the head, tears open the
body with Its claws, and gorges on the
warm flesh. Hundreds of these ma
rauders have been killed, but, In spite
of this, seem to thrive. The curious
thing Is that the male bird can not
be distinguished from the hen, and no
nest has ever been found. No one Is
able to say where the bird breeds and
when, and young birds are never seen.
Famous American Clipper Ships.
In the days of the famous clipper
ships, the American vessel was sec
ond to none, writes Frederick A. Col
lins In Boys' Life. No other country
could build ships at once so staunch
and so speedy. Records were estab
lished which have never been sur
passed by sailing craft and, even with
the use of steam, were not bettered for
nearly half a century. In 1852 the
Sovereign of the Sens sailed 436 miles
In a single day. The Lightning crossed
the Atlantic In 13 days 20 hours, and
the James Blnlne of 2,.WO tons made
the voyage from Boston to Liverpool
In 12 days and β hours. Although
America led the way with the first
transatlantic steamship, she allowed
the sovereignty of the seas to slip
gradually from her. At the beginning
of the war most of her tonnage was
afloat on the great lakes or engaged
In coastwise traffic, and her deep-sea
fleet was small.
Joys of Tournament Qolf.
Wouldn't it make you mad If you
were entered In a golf tournament and
you started out shooting the little old
pill down the line, better than you
ever had and finished the first nine
holes In the lowest score you had ever
made; slipped a little on the second
nine, but still had a chance to make a
respectable showing, and then on the
eighteen hole in the presence of ao
admiring throng of friends you pro
ceeded to put the pill into the ditch
three times and take eleven strokes
where five should have been plenty?
Wouldn't It make you mad? »
Well, the only consolation we kno*
out of that horrible catastrophe-is that
we remembered even in our rage thai
there were ladles within hearing dis
tance. We came up smiling out of the
ditch, but we sincerely hope the youni
woman in the pink gown and the big
hat who grinned gleefully at us le ne
mind reader.—Exchange;
Just So.
"What do they mean by wealth un
told?"
"There's no such thing any more
Everybody has to make an income ta]
statement" — Louisville Courier-Jour
naL .
NEW ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items of Interest From All
Sections of Yankeeland
Tunneling their way under the cel
lar door of Joseph Hlnchc?iffe's sa
loon, Cambridge St., Worcester, Mass.,
thieves stole 30 gallons of whiskey
valued at |600, which has been stored
In the basement since July 1.
Guides and hunters of the Nlpisi.
guit River country over the Canadian
border have organized a club whose
membership is open only to those
who bave ridden on the back of a
wild moose. It can be done, they say.
Mrs. Hattie Tracy, wife of Sheriff
Prank H. Tracy of Washington coun
try, Vt„ is a deputy. She goes un
armed and scorns handcuffs, but has
taken men to state's prison and never
has lost a prisoner. Sheriff Tracy
runs his jail on the honor plan.
Harold T. Andrew*, the first Port
land man to die in the world war has
been honored by the American Legion
post of that city, which will bear the
name of the dead hero. This was de
cided at a recent meeting of the Post
in the City Hall, which aws attended
by large numbers of ex-service men
Three thousand adult trout, re
ceived from the Mass. State hatchery
have been distributed in the brooks ol
Middlesex county by Napoleon J. Har
dy of Arlington, chairman of the com
mittee on the distribution of fish for
the Middlesex Sportsmen's Assn. The
sections visited by Hardy are kept
secret.
Conviction on a cnarge 01 Dias
phemy in what was said to be the
first case of its kind in Maine in
modern· times was obtained in the
supreme court against Michael
Mosckus of Chicago. Mosckus waa
accused of uttering blasphemous
words in three lectures at Rumford
last month.
During a family row Mrs. Harry Ro
senburg of New London, Conn., threw
acid in her husband's face and then
attempted suicide wdth the same
poison. Both were taken to Backus
Hospital. She will recover, but his
eyesight has been destroyed. She
came from Troy, Ν. Y., and was Ro
senburg's second wife .
The Adams Manufacturing Com
pany, Shelton, Conn., has presented a
$50 Liberty Bond to each of ninety
nine of its employees. At the time
of the Fourth Liberty Loan, the com
pany pledged itself to give a $50 bond
to each employee who subscribed foi
and paid for a similar bond. The
presentation 1b In keeping with the
terms of the agreement.
Alexander Jefferson Katz, newsboj
orator, and'perhaps the best knowi
as "Little Jeff," has returned to Bos
ton, after serving 19 months with the
British army in Palestine. "Give mt
good old Boston every time," he said
"'Of course, if they ever have anothei
war ΠΙ fight for Uncle Sam, even 11
it's up at the North pole, and I don't
know but what I might go back tc
Egypt if they'd forget to censor thost
skooti-hooties."
John H. Fahey of Boston has beer
appointed chairman to direct th(
Massachusetts state campaign of th<
national budget committee to secur<
the adoption of a national budgei
system. R. Fulton Cutting, a banker
was made chairman of the New Yort
Btate committee. With the appoint
ment of chairmen for New York anc
Massachusetts, the committee an
nounced that its campaign organiza
tion has extended into 10 states.
Fire destroyed the mansion of Mrs
Marguerite deWolfe Mudge for three
querters of a century· one of the mos
beautiful landmarks on the shores ο
Narragansett bay. The lMs ll, ea"
mated at $115,000. The house, in it
exterior a reproduction in wood ο
the Temple of Minerva at Athens waj
built for Mrs. Mudge's grandfathe
Mark Anthony deWolfe, in 184C
Among the valuable interior fi ting
which were ruined was an Italiai
mantel in marble, flanked by statues
in the drawing room. The cause
the fire has not been determined.
Found guilty by the Jury in tb'
Rutland, Vt, county court, of mai
treating his wife's 2-year-old baby i
a fit of rage, John Peryer has beei
sentenced by Judge Chase to eerv
not less than 23 months at hard laboi
in the Vermont state prison at Win
eor and to pay a fine of $250 an
costs. Peryer as iwndicted for as
sault with intent to kill, but the Jur
found him guilty of assault. It wa
said that he pounded the baby
Srt that he broke both of Its arnu
lta legs, several ribs and both colla
bones. The little one was found b
charity workers In a clothes baske
in the Peryer home, and
vas made by the state board ο' chart
y to State Attorney P. Ρ- M Pbelpi
Char lee E. Lockwood and Annie Ε
ildham were married
ifter a romantic separation of fou
ears. It was the second ceremon
,erfonned. The couple w«r· to
carried four years aga Soon af
ihis ceremony Lockwood discover®
ta, Ζ Ant »«·. «"0 be beUet*
«, iai. « ' Lo?T
Separated from tie women be h»
juat married and went with
doughboys to France. Alter^ tw
years absence In that country he
fumed to llnd tbat during tb. Inter
•al his first wife had died.
The 5-year-old eon of Mrs. Amell
Lord, Exeter, died from the effects υ
ptomaine poisoning. Both the chil
and his sister partook of food whic
made them ill. The boy died and hi
sister was taken to the hospital.
Mrs. Ella A. Gleason of Winchester
Mass., was re-elected president of th<
Maas. state branch W. C. T. W. at thi
annual election of officers at the an
nual convention in Springfield. Mis:
Caroline M. Caswell, rice-president a
large, resigned her position and Mri
Alice 0. Ropes was elected to fill th
vacancy. The state treasurer, Mri
Mary F. Frost, also resigned and t
her place Mrs. Helen H. Worrell c
Dorchester was chosen. Other off
cere were held over to next yea:
Mrs. Helen H. Foster presented th
war relief fund report, showing the
in the past two years more than $60,
000 had been raised and expende
for war work.
Qlrls who served with the arm
during the war are entitled to tt
state bonus of $100 to veterans, a
though their sisters of the nary are
debarred from the gratuity. The at
torney general has ruled that tele
phone operators who went from Mass
achusetts to work with the army over*
seas were on the same status as army
field clerks and eligible to receive the
state funds. They were drawn from
Brockton, Lowell, New Bedford, Lynn,
Pltchburg, Worcester, Springfield
and other cities. The yeomen (F) of
the navy were exempted from the
bonus distribution by the act of the
legislature.
The Quarry Workers International
association of North America, has
adopted the new wage agreement
drawn up Sept. 19 by the conference
committee of its association and the
National Granite Manufacturers' as
sociation, the International Monu
ment Producers' association, the
Building Producers' association and
the Paving Producers' association, it
is announced by Secretary-Treasurer
Fred W. Suitor of the Quarry Work
ers' association. The new agreement,
which runs to April 1, 1922, grants
nine cents an hour increase of wages
to the quarry workers aod 10 cents
an hour to the lumpers, boxers and
derrickmen besides increasing the
minimum wage largely.
Thomas S. Allen; 42 years old, died
in Boston, following an illness from
cancer. He was born in Natick and
attended the public schools. He early
showed evidence of great musical tal
ent and organized an1 orchestra which
played at social ailairs and entertain
ments for a number of years. Sub
sequently he played at Boston thea
tres. His instrument was the violin
but he was proficient with others.
While attached to ooe of the Boston
theatres he jumped Into Nation-wide
fame among music lovers by writing
"Any Rags." This was followed by
several others and song writing con
tinued to be his vocation and proved
very lucrative. His royalties were
large and he is said to have made
more than $100,000 from his songs.
Fifty-nine years ago this month a
Bowdoin College nine played Its first
game of baseball with a team outside
the college, and the bat used in that
historic contest is now on exhibition
in the trophy room of the college
gymnasium. If there is anywhere a
baseball but used earlier than Oct. 10.
1860, Bodwoin men would like to have
its owners produce it. The game in
question was not an inter-collegiate
contest, for the opponents of the Bow
doin nine were the members of the
Sunrise club of Brunswick—their
name coming from their habit of
practising the national game, then
very much In it» infancy, before
breakfast. The college team was
composed wholly of members of the
class of 1861, then beginning their
senior year. The game was played
on the Tope ha m Fair grounds, Oct. 10,
1860, and something of its exciting
nature may be judged from the score
of 46 to 42, in favor of the Sunrise
team.
John Ν. Cole, chairman of the Mtuu^
staie commission on waterways and
public lands, has issued an explana
, tory statement relative to the leaa
; ing by the commonwealth to the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,
1 at a nominal rental of $1 a year, of
600,000 square feet of land adjoining
the premises of the Fore River plant
of the corporation. He justifies the
ι transaction on the score that great
ι advantages will redound to the com
I monwealth on the realization of the
, corporation's project of building, at
a cost of more than $2,000,000, of a
huge drydoclc of the floating type, the
most modern structure of its kind on
I the Atlantic coast. Hie statement
corrects a previous understanding
that the land for which the corpora
tion is now paying $1 has been cost
ing it $90,000 a year rental. He ex
' plained that the former rental paid
the state was about $5000 a year, and
' under the first agreement this sum
was to have been paid for 18 years,
making an aggregate rental of $90,
000.
Every patrolman of the Boston
police force who refused to go on
strike Sept. 9 and remained at his
post received a check for $200 in
recognition of his fidelity. The sum
thue expended, taken from the fund
for the defenders of public safety,
amoun/ts to $103,200, the exact num
ber of beneficlarlee being 616. The
trustees of the fund have also dis
tributed more than $100,000 to mem
bers of the state guard in need of
pecuniary assistance.
Inductry Overdone.
The development of the coconut oil
Industry In the Philippines has been
very rapid, due to war conditions. The
exports of oil in 1918 amounted to
116,000 tons, as compared with 46,000
tons in 1017 and 16,000 tons In 1910.
There Is a scarcity of shipping to take
copra to Hull, England, and Marseilles,
France, which are the great centers
for oil crushing, hence It is found more
' profitable to ship the less bulky oil to
the United States. A number of new
ι oil mills have been constructed in the
r Philippines in order to fill the demand
r for oil, but It is a serious question
1 whether the present crushing capacity
r of the Philippine mills is not In excett
1 of the normal supply of corn.
I Philippine Tobacco.
The Philippine Islande' tobacco β»
porte Increased greatly In 1018. In that
year 25,700 tons of tobacco were ex·
ported, as compared with 6,390 tons
In 1Θ17. The bulk of this tobacco was
shipped daring the early months of
,i 1918, and the later months showed ·
marked decrease. The exports of d*
j gars, however, showed a steady to·
j. crease during the entire year, the nam·
t ber shipped being 859,000,000, valaed
at 17,000,000, as against 284,000,000
valued at $4.500,000, in 1917. Moat of
this production was absorbed by the
' American market. The Increase li
1 largely due to government supervision
In order to guarantee the quality of
1 all shipments to the United States.
ι»
e Real War 8crap Book.
ι. To keep a scrapbook on the recent
3 war sounds like a herculean task, but
I It was really done by a regular, every*
. day human being, a man from Seattle,
Wash. He began In August, 1914,
e never realising the enormity of the un·
I dertaklng, but he stuck to the Job and
. now owns a book containing thousand»
j of columns of war reports and pic·
tu res clipped from his favorite pa·
para. It weighs more than 100 pounds,
y la carefully indexed and promlaea to
e be a valuable addition to reference U
brariea.