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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
ON FoUR-DAY SCHEDULE.
Naugatuck Rubber Shops are Very
 Dull.

Naugatuck Rubber Shops are Very
 Dull.
 Naugatuck, Jan. 24.-The local rub Der factories will close on Thursday evening for the week, and until further notice will be run on a four days per week schedule. This change has been made necessary by the unusual open weather of the season. Not only is the depression felt in the manufacture of heavy cloth-covered goods but the general demand for light rubber foot wear has fallen off to a great extent.
 This is a serious matter in a town that is largely depending on It's rub Der industry for it's existence, and it is hoped for the sake of the many fami- lies that will be affected by the change that the short time arrangement will be brief,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
LEFT FOR FLORIDA.

Mrs. Catherine Root, Miss Cal Roberts and Miss Mary P. Root. MT. and Mrs. Edward B. Newell al Bristol, attended the funeral of Rev. Frederick Root in New Has Saturday. The deceased was a cous of the Bristol people,
 Mrs and Miss, Root and the Miss Ca dace Roberts started for Rocklede Florida, on Monday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
GOING TO MEDITERRANEAN.

William F. Hasselbach, the Chanel street confeetioner. leaves New York to-day for a two months trip through the Mediterranean. He leaves on the Republic and the first stop will be made at Gibraltar. This Is Mir. Hassel- bach's seventh trip abroad,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
NRw YORK H1ppopRoME.

The swing of the social pendulum is in the direction of the Hippodrome, where that modern marvel of produc- tions and spectacles, "A Society Cir cus,' is twice daily attracting thous- ands and establishing the greatest sue cess ever reached. The Hippodrome is vieing with the opera, so far as the patronage of the socially elect is con osrned and when the magnificence, grandeur and beauty of the production is considered, the result is understood. The loge circle at the Hippodrome Is occupied nightly with the leaders of so- ciety and box parties are the latest fad among the dictators of fashion.
 The combination of drama, circus and opera appeals to the most jaded of amesement appetites Nowhere has such a programme been offered to theatre goers and from the rising of the curtain, disclosing charming woodland scene-a gypsy encampment- new wonders delight and enthral until the indescrbably beuatiful tableau of "The Court of the Golden Fountains. holds them selbound with engagement. New circus acts added to the bill in- clude Ralph Johnstone, in wonderful feats on the wheel the Bonhair-Greg. ory troupe of seven champion acrobats of the world; the Four Dunbars, aerial wonders and Mile, Leris. In bareback burlesque on the high school riding. It is the first time any of these artists have appeared in America Matinees are given daily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
BY DIR. SANDERS.

Divinity School Lecture This After
 noon.
 At o'clock this afternoon in Mar quand chapel Dr. Frank K. Sanders, formerly of New Haven, will give the third lecture in the course on 'The Church and Religious Education which he is delivering before the students of the Yale Divinity school. The conclud- ing lecture of the course will be given tomorrow (Friday) at the same hour and place.
 The public is cordially welcome to these lectures.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
Mortgage Deeds.

Henry H. Hurlburt to Frank L. Dambacher, thirty-five feet on Shelton avenue, S20O.
 Rose Corcoran Cook to Oliver & White, trustee, thirty feet on Lines street, $1,S00.
 Gertrude A. Vaughan to Golden Rule Encampment, No. "A, I. o. o. F.. two hundred and twenty-five feet on Lex- ington avenue, $1,2OO
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
ANNUAL MEETING

Of the Hospital Aid Society To-Morrow
 Morning.
 The annual meeting of the Hospital Aid society will be held in Trinity par ish building, Temple street, tomorrow morning. Mrs. J. B. Sargent is presi- dent of the societAA and E. F. Fitch sec retary and treaS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
Warranty Deaas

Alexander S. McWilliams to B. Gompertz, fifty feet on W street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25
ATHLETICS AND HEALTH.
CLAIMS THAT ATHLETES DIE
 YOUNG REFUTED.

pr. W. D. Anderson Answers These standardization From Impor- tant Data Secured by Professor Dcx- ter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
Book VS.. Newspaper Composition.

The second point on which it is COM
planned that Mr.. Davis did injustice to
Hurleigh IL Flynt, is not important
l'ut the concern is entitled to have
their explanation given if they wish
1t IS that the price of 20 cents per
thousand for composition which they
made to a customer of their office
was ordinary newspaper composition
measured on the galley and SO deliv-
cred, While the composition for which
they charged the State AZ cents per
thousand. was on book work. and the
price included making-up and justifi-
cation the cost Of which it states at
ID to 20 cents per thousand. Only
printers will comprehend the point
clearly. And printers know that the
cost of makeup and justification is not
half what is stated.-Waterville Senti-
mel
To have been perfectly fair Mr.. Davis
should have carried this explanation a
trit!e further. He should have stated
that in offering to do this newspaper
composition at the low price named,
Eurleigh & Flynt stated, as was
shown in evidence, that there was
nothing in it for them, and that they
did it merely as a matter of accommo-
dation to IA brother publisher.
AS regards the cost of making-up
book composition and justifying it into
forms we will say that the prices we
quoted were given before the legislative
committee by a number of the leading
printers of Maine. Every one of these
men was a practical printer, and
every one of them testified under
oath that the cost of making book
composition into pages and justifying
it into forms was from IL to 20 cents
per thousand ems. We will add that
a daily record on the work Of the ma
chimes kept in the Journal office for
more than ten years shows that the
same operator will set up twice as
much newspaper composition in day
as he can put up in day when work.
ing on book composition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
Democratic Tomfoolery.
portland Advertiser.)

The Democratic candidate for COVER
nor believed, of course. that he was prO-
ducing irrefutable evidence Of the fail
IRE of enforcement in Rumford Falls
wnen during his speech there he pro-
duced three bottles of whiskey that he
claimed to have procured about town
within a short time before the meeting.
Rumford Falls is one Of the towns recent
ly made dry by 4 visit from the Sturgis
officers and Mr.. Davis triumphantly pa
raded the liquor in REPUTATION of the
claim. lie did not explain how he Sc
cured such impressive stage property.
Ii might have come from some private
cache: but like all Democratic advocates
for a change in this STATE. he tried 20
convince his hearers that the finding by
more or less strenuous search of II GUAM
titv of booze in a town should b" ac-
cepted as proof that the law is not being
enforced there. This is a fallaci1us line
of argument for as experience has wide
Nv shown enforcement. be it ever so rigid.
cannot check the traffic absolutely. AS
in Illicit distilling, the profits mount az
the risks increase. and every plan that
perverted ingenuity can conceive VIII ne
employed for violating the law. Ihe
Democratic sheriff in that town had been
giving a good exhibition, by lax enforce
ment. of what might be expected if eyer
the license regime, OF which the lion.
CYRUS W. Davis is such an earnest adj
vocate, and of which many Of his fol
lowers dream. should ever becom" a fact'
when the Sturgis commission did a II
tie housecleaning there. The find by MI
Davis leads to the conclusion that dirty
corner or two may have escaped atteh-
ton. but the general result IS satsiac-
tory to the decent element in the town.
If further evidence Of there being som"
Of the stuff still on sale there Is given
no Doubt the Sturgis commission could De
prevailed upon to make another WISH
which would leave the town dry enough
ia satisfy ever Mr.. Davis demand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16

The Watcrville Sentinel reprints the
table Of comparative figures relative
to State Printing prices published, and
remarks I've should scarcely think the
Journal would care to print that
table, TIL" Journal has never yet
been afraid u give its readers the
truth. We We're specially Interested in
publishing the table in question be-
cause we desired our readers to get the
"anchor to Wndward"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
Davis on Railroad Tax Rebates.

In his speech at Norway Saturday
night, Hon. Cyrus w. Davis, the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor, SAID one
thing which it might be charitable to
suppose was unintentional. He de-
voted a little time to the somewhat
oyerworked issue of the exemption of
new railroads from taxation for term
of years and in introducing the subject
referred to The Washington county,
the Somerset railroad, and the Bangor
and Aroostook-all profitable roads"
He would probably be careful not to
express it that way in Washington
County. The Washington County
Railroad never paid the interest on its
bonds, went into the hands of a
receiver in a very few years, and was
then sold for less than the amount of
the bonds The stockholders lost
every cent they had put in, including
the county of Washington which held
$500 900 Of the stock for which it had
issued it's bonds. Certainly Mr.. Davis
could not Intentionally call that a pro-
fitable road-OXford Democrat.
1t is pretty hard to tell what Candf-
date Davis would say or do. Anybody
who has tried to follow his utterances
during the campaign has been enter
tanned by the most varied and extern
sive exhibition of figure Juggling and
fact lodging that ever a candidate for
a high office INDUCED in. Having pre-
pared or had prepared, one speech at
the outset of his speaking tour, he has
persistently chung to it, although the
gross inaccuracy of his figures, the
hollowness of his claims and the
absurdity of his logic have been eX-
posed over and over until they have
become a laughingstOck throughout
the State whose people he probably
flatters himself that he is fooling.
His utterance at Norway as to the
Washington county railway is on a par
with what he has said in a dozen other
places on score of State topics. Ac-
cording to the Portland Argus, his
most telling point" in that Norway
speech was regarding the partial tax
rebate to the Bangor & Aroostook. the
Somerset and the Washington county
railroads The Portland press prompt
ly points out that the Somerset
rebate act. for instance. was passed by
the Legislature of 1903. Mr.. Davis
was a member of the Legislature. and
prominent and active one, but he
said not word against the rebate, and
lit is not until three years later that
his voice is raised. If it is vicious
legislation now, it was vicious then,
and Mr.. DAYS failed to do his duty in
failing to oppose the bill. The proba-
bility is, however, that he was con-
senting to it as other Democrats be-
fore him were consenting to similar
bills as good public policy: as by it's
| original charter in 1S49 the Knox &
Lincoln was practically exempted from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Idle Sophistry.
portland Express

ttbi G-NIIfSSJ
1t is idle absolutely idle, to try to
prove by figures a statement that is con-
trary to all human experience. The cN-
pert mathematician may expend his ner-
vous energy in collecting statistics, may
burn the midnight oil ir study. may clcv-
crly manipulate tn" facts to make a
showing 50 that il will take whole pages
of newspapers to properly present TIL"
subject but he cannot make men who
have had the slightest experience with
such matters believe that two ard two
are Ave. We know nothing about the
Key T.. F. Newbert other than that he
has undertaken to do a gigantic piece
of work for the liquor traffic and that
the Democratic organs of the state have
seized upon his masterpiece and have ex-
plotted it to their full power, but they can
not convince thinking men that the open
saloon is n blessing or that law prohibiting
drinking shops and tipping houses is re-
spansble for a 1000 increase Of crime in
this or any other state. As n matter of
fact two and two are not five and all the
argument in the world will not alter that
fact.
Il is a fact Of human experience. known
ana acknowledged bI al ll'i 'i''' tii'7
saloon is the breeding place of crime 1t
is contrary to human experience and
therefore undemonstrable by all the pow
ers of human sOphistry. that the proven
ton of the saloon should add to the sum
total of crime. A decision of tn" United
States Supreme Court, rendered by the
late Justice Field declares. There is no
inherent right in a citizen to sell intoxi-
eating liquors by retail. 1t is not
privilege Of a citizen of state or of 4
citizen Of the United States" The rea-
son assigned is that the statistics oil
every state show. a greater amount OF
crime and misery attributable to the use
of ardent spirits obtained at these retail
,iouor saloons than to any other source. v
The Supreme Court Of the United states
does not agree with the Rev. +. j.. New
bert. His argument is n fallacy because
bowayar much he may bolster it with fig
ures. the people know that his conclu
sions are not true.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
Davis as Buyer of Whiskey.
Rockland C0urier-Gozettc

Rockland Courier-Gazettcy
MT Davis, the Democratic candidate
when he spoke at Rurnford Falls ,ra
duced three bottles Of whiskev. which
he said a friend had bought for hirn
and which proved, Mr. Davis declared
that rum was being sold and the St,r
gls commission was not doing its dptr
in that town. Mr.. Davis WaterviIIo
Sentinel headlines this episode in w.
an inch tall as the Sensation of Stat
Campaign Last Night" We fear tbo
DemOcracys candidate IS declining into
the silly season. Probably he could g.t
friend in almost any Maine city to find
him three bottles Of whiskey, but TIA,
would not prove that officers were no,
honestly seeking to enforce the law wa
fancy when Mr.. Davis comes to ROCK
lard and asks some of his Democrat.
friends to get him three bottles OF wis
key, or even four, that he can be ac-
commodated. Doubtless the knowing
ones can find the whiskey, if not in soma
dive, at least the affable and wde-opan
Democratic management Of the civ
agency doubtless would see that the dra-
matte sensation did not suffer for lack Of
properties But nobody should under
take to convince the candidate that the
SturEis deputies are not doing their duty
in this city, honestly. fearlessly and with
most creditable results And by the way
we wonder why Mr.. Davis. discovering
his three bottles, should place the onus
upon the Sturgis deputies. Why would
he not be equally severe upon a Demo-
cratic sheriff and a Democratic city
marshal? When those officials assume
their duties then the deputies will fade
away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
That "Anchor to Winaward."

State Printer Davis works himself
| into a terrible passion and calls the
Journal "a reckless falsifer' because,
| in commenting upon his erroneous
statements relative to the State print
ing. we vcntured to call public atten-
| ton TO his anchor TO windward," in the
work he is now doing for the State.
We called attention to the fact that on
| is today receiving 50 cents a thousand
ems where the State only paid As cents
further called attention to the fact that
the B5 work constituted more than
| half of all the work done under class
| B.
| ThereupOn Mr.. Davis declares in
| his organ that there lis not one word
of truth in the above statement, and
asserts that during the seven months
his contract has been in force there
has been received at his office from the
oldtt oiO JobS. -hHu Ol tltHl, Olny -,
or 7.6 per cent fall under the B5 head
quoted by the Journal" Here is a
The records of twenty years show that
the great bulk of all the class B print
ing is done in the last four months of
the year. 1t is then that the State de-
partmants are all working overtime
to close up the years work. and make
| preparations for the work of the new
year. 1t is then therefore that the
larger part of the blanks and forms
used by them in their statements and
tabnla tons are prepared and printed.
Nearly all of this printing comes under
B5. All this is a matter of common
voter is in doubt about it and believes
the Journal to be "a reckless falsifer"
let him write the heads of the various
State departments for a verification of
the foregoing statements. 1t is
| SiidiipN IOf MT. DAVIS TO
tempt to distract public attention from
his anchor to windward" by offering
TO put in evidence his record for the
first half of the year when COM
paratively little of the B5 work is done.
Again we repeat, the B5 work will in
the run of the year constitute more
tEan one-half of the class B work. and
upon this b work Mr.. Davis is Receiv-
ing cents a thousand ems more than
was paid by the State under the old
law. 1t is not so surprising after all.
when you come to think of it that with
this anchor to windward" Mr.. Davis
has been able to make exceptionally
low and losing prices on the other and
less important items of his contract.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
He Dodees That Issue.
bangor NeNVS.)

1t may be difficult for Hon. CryuS
Davis of Waterville to assert that ne
believes in free lumber and Tree
potatoes because such confession
must ALLEVIATE him from the sympathleS
Of many Maine voters. But the Maine
Democratic platform minced no words
when it demanded reciprocity with
Canada. and il Canadian reciprocity
such as Canada will accept, does not
mean free trade. it has no meaning
MhateNer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16

Here is the opinion of Senator Staples
of Knox county: "With McGillicuddy
our candidate, Lincoln county is lost
and Knox is jeopardiZed The labor
vote in these counties number some
100 and they will not vote for Nc
Gillicuddy. This I know" This was
spoken before the convention of the
Second District Democrats. If Sena-
tor Staples has changed his mind or
sees anything hopeful i'm the Demo-
cratic situation. he carefully refrains
from saving 50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16

Common business prudence requires
that all work paid for by the State
should be accounted for by vouchers
showing what it was and what was
paid for it.-Waterville Sentinel.
SO far as the State printing is con-
cerned all work done for the State has
been so accounted for. The State
Printer never received cent from the
STATE except upon bills approved by
the State auditor to whom samples ana
receipts had been presented for each
and every item.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16
Imagination at 81 Degrees.
(Rockland Courier-GazetteJ

The Democratic newspaper campaign
Of bluff a6d exskgeration continues ur-
abatcd. 1t even wakes fiercer as the
weeks go on. All their meetings are at
tended by gigantic crowds which are
perfectly delirious with enthusiasm. The
sober minded reporters state, for example
that Mr.. Davis audience at Rumford
Falls numbered 800 to 400-whIch is n
good-sized audience enough to satisfy any
speaker. The Argus, never over-conser-
vativc in such matters, contents itself
with Several hundred" Mr.. Davis own
paper, the WatervilIe Sentinel puts on
the artistic touch. The building" it
states. was packed to the doors. NOR
than 1000 people being present, and that
with the mercury showing s. degrees in
the hall" Yes, il must indeed have been
heated. Even the reporters magma
ton,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16

Does any intelligent person in Maine
believe that national issues are not in
volved in this campaign? The tariff,
to which is largely due the prosperity
Maine is enjoying and the good wages
labor is receiving, is the subject of
Democratic attack. The election of
United States senator and four MEM
berS of Congress is involved in this
campaign. Shall Maine continue to
have men in Washington who will
stand by President Roosevelt and the
Republican principle of protection :?
Let the potato raisers of Aroostook, the
Iumbermen of the Penobscot and the
Kennebec. the cotton mill operatives
of Riddeford, Lewiston, Augusta ana
Waterville, the shoemakers of Auburn
and Gardiner. the pulp mill worknen
Of Millinocket, Livermore Falls and
Rumfori Fails. the lime quarrymen OF
Rockland and the wage earners of the
State generally think this over. When
thew vote for a Democratic candidate
for Congress they vote to cut down
their own wages and 10 lower their
standard Of living.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-16

says writer in the Boston Tran
SCRIPT; The State Of Maine is singu-
larry isolated. 1t has scarcely a hun
dred miles Of contiguous well-settled
territory Of the United States touching
II. IL IS practically peninsula,
Joined by this narrow neck to the soil
OF its sister states. and otherwise
bounded by wilderness, the waves Of
old ocean, or the sparsely settled
regions of New Brunswick. Not only
is its communication with the rest of
our country slight; great rivers inter-
fere with easy journeyings from place
to place in its interior, and it's deeply
indented coast line and many islands
increase the practical difficulty Of
communication between its inhabitants.
There would seem to be a connection
between these physical features and
certain characteristics of it's residents.
The people Of Maine are remarkably
homogeneous. According to the last
census, out of every hundred persons
in the State so We're born there; seven
native Americans have come in from
other states, six are of English stock
from Canadian provinces, and only
seven are really Of foreign stock, a lit
tie more than half Of these foreigners
are French Canadians. Only North
and South Carolina show such small
incoming Of citizens from other states;
and few, il any, have such a low per-
centage of foreign population. To
these facts must be added the strongly
rural character of the population. The
State is less densely settled than either
Vermont or New Hampshire, having
only % inhabitants to the square mile,
while they have respectively 81 and 45;
even allowing for Names large area of
wild lands, it must be remembered that
both her neighbors on the northern line
Of New England have much unin-
habited territory. When we recall
Connecticut's ISL to the square mile.
ana Massachusetts with 34S and Rhode
Island with 400. we can see some rea-
sons why the population Of Maine
should differ in some respects from
their southerly neighbors. Naturally
the urban population of Maine is abso-
lutely and relatively small. Her sec
ond largest city has only 23.OOa popu
lation; her nine cities of over 5000
contain only @ per cent. Of her peo-
pie. If we ado ten more cities Of be-
tween 5000 and 5000. we find that 60
per cent. of her people live in places
than this lowest figure. 1t is
because of this isolation
and ruralness that SO few people from
other states have come in with new
ideas and ways. and that the foreigner
is such a slight factor in her whole
population. however influential he may
be in two or three large centres. 1t
would be hard to find any other city OF
like size as Portland, where seven
tenths of its people We're born in the
state, and only one-tenth have come
from other states, leaving barely one
fifth as foreign stock. Here are some
suggestions as to why Maine has chung
to a law enacted 30 years ago, and why
she today opposes with such vigor and
what some of her neighbors
have felt to be progressive measures"