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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Heroism.
boston Trayeler.l

The lowly bicycle scored a triumph
in the recent disaster at Austin, Pa,
and its rider won a place on roll of
humble heroes.
Edward Young was working in an
Austin lumber mill when the dam
broke. He heard the roar of the flood
half mile UP the valley, and knew
what ii meant. His wife and children
We're at home in Costello, three miles
below. Instantly he leaped on his b.
cycle, hatless and coatless, and sped
down the valley road with the roaring
column of water gaining behind him,
and sweeping everything before 1t. His
thoughts were Of his family, but not OF
them alone. He shouted warning &c
every one he met. and to every road
side house as he dashed past. He
reached the village of Costello only
two or three minutes ahead OF tbs
| food. shrieking his message. and got
his wife and children to q place OF
safety just as the big torrent. armed
with a million battering rams, roared
past. and scores OF buildings melted
away before it.
Thanks to Young and his bicycle. al
Out l"o VI ttlc ptppic VI tpot'ifo N's'
saved.
In sea village on the eastern coast
| Of Japan lives an old man who has g
temple erected In his honor. and who
is revered as a protecting divinity, be
cause. years ago. he saved the villag
ers from humiliation by tidal wave
Seeing the water suddenly recede from
the harbor. and knowing that it woult
soon pour back in deluge. he set fir'
to all his standing grain and farm
buildings on the upland, so that thu
whole population rushed to his ait
and were saved unwittingly when thu
sea rushed in and engulfed theil
homes.
| No such honor is TO be expected By
Edward Young. but his service nigh
al least be recognized by somethint
more than a Carnegie medal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
KNIGHTS OF THE MACcABEEs
Kennebee Tent No. Is. meets in Golden
Cross hall on first Monday of each month
at 7.55.
b, F. SMITH, Com.
EUGENE MERRILL, r. K.
l.. II. DUDLEY. y. K
Let Jones, a game warden for Ken

Let Jones, game warden for Ken
nebec county, and Warden Willis OF
Bath are to make a patrol of the riv-
err fer violation OF the game laws.
with special reference to stopping out
of-the- State hunters cunning without
licenses. ~
George Minott of Bowdoinham and
John Sturtevant of Richmond have
out brush shooting for partridge ana
woodcock with Boston sportsmen. Both
these guides are good shots and able
sportsmen.
Partridge in this vicinity are report
cd numerous and of good size this
fall. The foxes are few and skunks
have been largely killed off so tie
birds have had a better chance to live
and thrive this summer thar for
many years. The berry crop has been
good for fattening the birds.-Bath
Times Sept. 10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Wednesday. October II, 1911.
Setting at the Facts.

Editor Kennebee Journal
Ir your leading editorial OF even
date you say. Were there earnest
popular demand on the part of the
pepole Of Kennebec county, sheriff
shops and jail the pocket peddlers."
Now 1 should like your candid opinion
whether the difficulty is really a lack
of demand for enforcement, or the lack
of a decent and orderly way of ex-
pressing that demand = Can YOU so
distrust the people of your county as
10 assert that they would not proceed
in decent and orderly way TO secure
the enforcement of theslaw. If a way
had been provided for them 10 pro-
coed?
Under our town form of government
n mere handful OF voters can by petit
ton, call a meeting of the electors.
and have vote taken upon any
specific matter In fact that was the
exact way that the enforcement for
which Somerset county has become
famous, actually started right here in
Skowhegan. Is there any doubt in
bee county would vote for enforce
ment. If they had a chance If not,
why shouldn't they have the chance,
even If 1t did involve sending Mr.
Richardson back TO his cigar factory?
How are We going to get anything that
We refuse 10 let the people vote for?
c. NJ. GALLUP,
SkoWharau Oct @
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
SOME PoSTScRiPTS.

For its buildings all over the coun-
try. It's warships. army posts and
lighthouses, the United States govern
nont every year buys enough coal
to make a pile mile square and ten
feet high.
The sanguine prospects of the dia-
mond fields of German Southwest Al
rica at the time of their discovery tive
years ago are not being realized and
their success is becoming more ques-
iionable.
An iron for smoothing the wrinkles
from small garments that an Illinois
man has patented resembles door
knob and can be clamped to the edge
of table, an article To be ironed
being passed over it,
Tho British Imperial College OF Sci
cree and Technology will award two
research scholarships to advance stu
dents DESTROYS Of undertaking research
work in scientific problems connected
with aeronautics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
GUN AND GAME.
snortina itsms Cleaned from Hunts
men Round About.

The best record for duck shooting
on Merrymeeting Bay. OF wh, zen. Inc ~,
rimes has heard this fall Is that oil
the Messrs. Stanley Cobb OF Milton
Mass, and Bion Whitney Oh nroon-
line, Mass. Last week anu nc 80 =.
and are hack there today after Il
flock of TO teel, which they saw, d.
warden willis was out on the bay
this morning in bowling gale ana
ran across Fred Rich who had cap
tured seven ducks in spite OF the pau
weather. s,,,.
Horace Mitchell. THURSDAY SIP.
four black ducks and reports
,,ird, on the BAY in the afternoon,
,bouah morning sport seemed good,
iudcing from the many guns heard.
Thursday there were no u'rus
around Swan Island, accord.ng ~ ~
Warden Willis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
WOOD WASTE.
Even Silk 10 Now Being Manufacturers
From Our Forest Trees.

Chemists have lately found new uses
for wood waste. Sawdust can be
turned into alcohol. II can also be
made into aeetic acid. wood naphtha.
oxalie acid. and pine oil. The latter
named have been In use some time
Sawdust from certain trees. the hifeh
being one, can be turned into d really
palatable sugar after undergoing GER
tain treatments lately discovered.
Vanilla can be extracted from wood
wastes now in the form OF "htte
crystal powder After certain proc
csses wood waste can be mace into
vlcose and after that into SILK. ~
said that in Europe five tons OF TINS
artificial silk arc made daily ana
that the demand exceeds the supply.
According to some professor who is
authority on wood waste and timber
the following values are set on pine
trees: -
Pine trees, per ton Wv
Cut and stripped. per ton ........ ~
Boiled into pulp. per ton .'......'' AZ
BIea ched, per ton ...... .-...... 90
Turned into vicose and spun into
silk is worth $500.
since wood waste has become plas-
ito ms clay to man there is. indeed,
oraet value to it, Chemistry has ac-
complished wonders.
Tbe machines used to get the WOOD
,,,octo In form to be used are mixing
machine. molds and presses.
FROM sawdust beautiful artificial
.,,ood fs made. The wood gives every
onpearance of being the real thing.
ord In finish outdoes ebony and ma
hogany. In beauty it surpasses the
rosewood. To procure this art'hcia'
,rood the sawdust is hydrau!icahy
,ressed. held together by soluble glass
ana Glue water, blood and potassium
Nth romate.--Spokesma Review.
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The Retirement Of mccabe.
(New York Evening Post.)

4 ~
! The retirement OF Solicitor McCahe
as far as It. goes, but 1t is quite clear
that IL does not go far enough. He is
quoted in the press dispatches as stating
that he has no Intention of retiring from
his Office as solicitor of the Agricultural
Department, If this correctly represents
his attitude. the obvious alternative pre-
sents Itself of his being called upon 10
make his exit IN n less graceful manner.
Indeed. voluntary retirement. without
Official CeHsure. would have been any
thing but "eondign punishment for Me
Caee's conduct In the Wiley matter. The
men who got up the plot 10 get rid Of DR..
Wiley made q charge which was absurdly
inadequate for the purpose even If It had
been brought home "a him and
which proved TO have been not only
presented in an ex parte way, but
reported on without a fair hearing
and with the evidence garbed. This
man McCabe was not only member of
the Pure Food Board whose vote was
constantly cast 20 as 10 Rullify that OF
DR. Wiley but also of the personnel
board which made the atrocious recon-
mendation for the dismissal of DR.. Wiley
on trumped-up and ridiculous charge
II Is generally understood that MeCabc
was the chief force behind the whole pro-
ceeding. and especiar behind the get
ting of MIR. Wickershams approval for It,
matter of principle far more ancient
than the Pure Food law, and far more
vital, is involved in this affair If such
conduct as that of which McCabe has
been guilty is consistent with his reten-
tion in a post of high honor and response
biiity. We are at a loss 10 know what
course In Office short of direct infrae-
ton of the criminal law, would be held
TO justify its forfeiture. He wanted to
put Wiley out for a trivial breach of n
technical rule; now let him 20 out him.
self for fragrant violation of the first
principles of justice and fair dealing be-
tween man and man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Coming Events

| Oct. l2-Columbus Day.
| Oct. 12-lEBangor Musical Festival.
Oct l6-ls-Portland Musical Festival.
Oct. 2o-Conyention of York County Odd
! Fellows, Springvale. -
oct. 23-2s-New England Fruit Show,
Boston.
Oct. 25-Annual meeting Supreme Com
mandery. Knights of Temperance, Port
Oct. 25-2s-27-Annual Convention Maine
Teachers Association Augusta.
| Oct. 26-Nov. 4-National Dairy Show.
, Oct 27-2e--Stevens Mills Grange Fair
Nov. 1-3-Maine State Conference Of
Charities and corrections, Augusta.
Nov 3-l2-New York Land and Irriga-
Nov, 6-il-Maine Corn and Fruit Show.
Nov. 14-15-16-Annual Convention Maine
state Pathological Association. Augusta.
Dec. l2-l5-Maine Poultry and Pet Stock
Portland.
Dec. il-15-Maine Livestock breeders
Association, Orono.
Maine Fair Dates.
Oct l0-1-I-Sagadahoc Co. Fair, Tops
ham.
Oct. i4-Ladies' .>lgnt Canton Grange,
Canton.
Oct. l4-Grange Fair, Ashland.
Oct. H-Norland Grange Fair. Livermore.
Oct. T-19-West Bath Grange Fair
Oct. 2i-Chesterville Grange Fair.
Nov 6-1l-Maine Corn and Fruit Show.
Portland.
Dec l2-13-14-l5-Maine Poultry and Pet
Stock Association, Portland.
Dec. a-2I-2s-29-Freeport Poultry Asso-
citation. Freeport.
Jan. 2-a-4 1sl2-western Maine Poultry
Assn, South Paris.
Pomona Dates.
Oct R-Exeelsior Pomona, Berrys
Oct. 12-York Pomona, Arundel.
Oct; 4-Cumberland Pomona, West Fall
mouth
Oct. 19-No. Franklin, Weld.
Oct. 24-E. kennebec Pomona. Winslow.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IN. Y. PTess.)

You'll never catch girl pouuhe
wbep IT'S unbecomng TO her.
A whole family will fight to poke al
omen fire but not one will offer te
tend the furnace.
A girl Is more surprised to get :
nronosaI from man when II hei
own doing than any other way,
About the time n man makes III
,le money several thousand peopi'
come around to get it away from hlH
If a woman is expecting her huspahe
TO bring her home some money am
tell ner to buy a new hat he's just u
liable instead to borrow car fare IRON
her 10 get to the office in the morning
Kissing relatives is meaner 'h'ti
counterfeit money.
You never hear pretty eifi Won
dering where all the men nave gone
If women smoked cigars men mish,
be able 10 understand why they heeo
money.
Specializing in stocks makes about as
rich hauls as fishing in barrel Oh
kerosene oil
a man mas the courage to enter il''
a marriage contract, but woman ha'
the courage TO live up TO IT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
REFERENDUM RUN MAD.


I'm aNother column appears a study
of what the voters oil California are
doing today, prepared by George II.
Haynes. professor of political science
al the Worcester Polytechnic Insti-
tute. and a long tyne 4hvestigator IN
the progressive phases or the popular
ization OF government agencies. 1t
should be aided that he has not been
an unsympathetic observer.
Every Massachusetts voter ought 10
read this article, not because Of what
California is doing. but in order To
see the direction in which we our
selves are drifting. The Democracy
seems everywhere taking up the in
litiative and referendum. All Demo-
cratic candidates are running on that
platform. Woodrow Wilson, after. Il
life time OF intelligent opposition TO
lit from his chair in government at the
University, has since Nov. : last year
Ibeen one OF its conspicuous opponents
| III ever there vas an exhibition Of
human folly. within similar scope.
since the Tower OF Babel, the equal
of the proceedings of California to-
lday, 1t would require diligent stu
Ident of affairs To find il. 1t would be
lust as sensible To ask the voters TO
go into their booths 10 decide, after
lreading an unintelligible document on
1.-THE subject. on the train schedules on
1.-The Boston & Albany railroad. the
tgearing of the looms in the Amos
lkeag mills, or the chemical ingredi-
Tents of a dye house solution. The
AZ Toni n VI n
Ipeople may well give long study, after
hearing copious evidence, are sub
United for the snap judgment OF the
Electorate This stands in contraven-
ltion of the idea that ours is an age
lof specialization and that il takes APP
Indication TO master the intricate prob
HENS which lie at the basis of gov
eminent relations to affairs.
at is time a campaign were opened
lfor the re- assertion of the theory that
ours is a representative government
that the people select man to go 70
the State House and to Congress TO
act for them, for the same reason that
they select an engineer or plumber
or teacher or an accountant, be-
cause everybody-even every Amer .
can--can not know everything, anu
does not have the time to faniliar'ze
himself with every situation, even
whom capable of doing so.
Read the story of the California
orgy, and decide whether we want IL
lre-enacted in Massachusetts. IL So
we should elect Eugene \. Foss and a
democratic Legislature. both COM
mitted TO the Initiative and referen-
dunn, and thereby take a long step IN
THAT direction"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11

Let us get at the meat of these
questions Let us leave out arbitrary
crushing of the opponents argument,
but handle these matters as though
a sensible solution We're best for all
We shall not be able to publish ALL
the letters, Immediately, at least but
will select those which We believe
carry the most points Of interest to all
concerned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Hydro Aeropiane Trip.
portland Argus0

portland ArsuS.)
y variation in aviation stunts is
the proposed hydro aeroplane trip
down the Mississippi in a Curtis type
of aeroplane that can start from ana
alicht on the water. Hugh y. Robinson
will try To fly down the great river
from Minneapolis distance of 1917
miles. Robinson will hy fer prize
of $4,000 offered by the TRANSMITS
sissippi Flight Association. In ms
flight to New Orleans. which will start
October II. Robinson will fly above
the river all the way. his purpose be-
ing not to race against time, but to
make the long trip safely. and thus
demonstrate the possibilities Of the
lafesf TIVE OF neroplane.
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Editorial Comment
Life Insurance.
Ellsworth American. }

ellsworth AmeriCanD
We are getting n little tired of this
life insurance business When a man
dies nowadays the first thing that is
asked is was he insured and for how
much?" The papers also generally
wind up the obituary notice with the
amount of insurance. Soon an obit
-uary notice will read something like
this: Peter Jones died and leaves Il
wife and two children. The loss fully
covered by insurance" or, if the dead
man is not insured. il Will read about
as follows; John Smith is dead. He
leaves wife: total loss. no insur-
anCc"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
RIindlX TO Extremes.

| on october 9, in answer To an Oak
lIand critic, the Kennebec Journal sug
gested some OF the dangers possible
to grow out Of a popular blind rush
into political cure-alls. We referred
to the fundamental fact that il takes Il
few more than everybody 10 know
everything: that the "smartest of MS
recognize another mans fitness for n
service we know not of. We called at
tention to the dangers of popular
law-making bodies. which include all
the ilIiteracy of the franchise. as op-
posed to aw-making bodies selected
by the popular vote, and we suggested
the evils of legislation by public whim
or mob-s spirit arousal.
On Oct. 10. the Boston Herald. which
has been considered as somewhat in
sympathy with Democracy. has the
following editorial embodying the same
ideas as published in the Kennebec
Journal but applied 10 the case Of
California and incidentally biting Gov.
Woodrow Wilson % New Jersey,
would-be Democratic candidate for the
presidency. and Gov Foss OF Massa-
ehusetts, Democratic candidate for re-
election:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Main e Gossip
Alone With God.

lie who himself and God would know.
Into the silence let him go,
And, lifting of pail after pail
Reach Ia the inmost depth oil all
How small i'll that upliftcd hour
Temptations lure and passions powara
How weak the foe that made him fnll,
How strong the soul 10 conquer an,
\ mighty wind Of nobler will
Sends through his soul its quIckeninr
thru;
No more a creature of the clod
He knows himself a child of God
James Martineau
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Still Another.

Editor Kennebec Journal:
Having read the items concerning
the old samplers, I think can so You
one better. | have one with the fol-
lowing inscription
Nancy Richards. 1904"
II has the alphabet in capitals and
lower ease. the figures, a red and a
black heart and Il red and n black dia-
mond.
JENNIE SYLVESTER,
Richmond.
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FL Id
Editor S Letter Box

The publication OF letter in
this department is not to be
taken as an endorsement of its
views by the Kennebec Journal.
This column IS maintained for
the discussion of matters of
general public interest when
kept within bounds of reason
and not of q libelouS or abu-
Sive nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Coins Old and New.

Editor kennebec journal:
As others are telling what they have
in old coins will give IA list of mine.
One small cent with eagle 1855, one
1857. one-half cent date 1904. large
copper cent 1922. 1852, lS4S. with
wreath 1902, 1867. 1891. 1917. silver
half 1851. five dollar gold piece 1880
MRS. CARRIE A. OAkES,
Gardiner. Me-, Route L.
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The Gardner Reporter Journal, re
ferring to the discovery that it would
BE- possible To turn the Androscoggin
waters into the Kennehce by cutting
Il canal sixty feet deep and a mile and
a half long, asserts that the Andro-
scogsin is doing a great deal more
good where il is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11

The Thirteen Club, organized by u
Ranger boys for the purpose OF DEFY
ing superstition by doing the various
.+b,nes that superstitious people say
h,irea had luck has. owing 70 tthci de-
,,ay4 nrh ofoitwe of it's members att9
make theirIhome In 1.-THE Westv POSI-
poIied ofdrther meetings bfoE latyear+o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11

In refusing TO grant "A divorce to
man who had set up the claim that his
wife was scofd Kansas City judge
announced that wife has the right to
scold If her husband gives proyocation.
Solomon has Bangor
News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
VOICES OF THE PRESS.

The death of that Massachusetts
banker from blood poisoning con-
tracted from handling banknotes that
contained germs. should revive In
these hygienic times the agitation for
a cleaner currency.-Eastern Argus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11
Skowhecan. OCT. 9.

The above letter. selected from sew
eral as representative of opinion OF
those in Central Maine who believe in
the recall, gives us hope of thor
ough airing of this topic. We want
all shades of opinion and we hope all
letters viii be read, be they few or
many, That was the object Of the
publication of the words OF Cardinal
Gibbons-to assist the public under
standing OF these questions.
We have been surprised at the quite
generally expressed desire for infor-
nation ON such subjects as are being
talked about in vague way. as
though everyone must be familiar with
ali the details The following words
from the letter of one man are signifl
cant:
please tell us the meaning of this
direct primary business. voted
yes on it for had heard il said that
II is a good thing. but / don't know the
first thing about 1t. How do we go
about 1t. anyway
We have received others of the same
tenor and frank disayowal of under
standing. We have written personal
letters to such correspondents. We
are soon to publish digest of the di-
rect primary law, telling what it
means. what it does and how it does
IL We intend to go further and 50
keep the law before our readers dur
ing the winter as TO help them TO fully
understand it.
But we believe discussion that
brings out points for and against law
arc of vastly more service to the read
ing public than the giving of the text
of the law. We welcome the letters OF
Mr.. Thayer and Mr.. Gallup as the de-
veloprnent OF our plan. The Interest
of highly intelligent men in such sub
yects Is of value to those who do mol
have time to study popular questions
We invite the aboye-naIned Rehli1inei
and others 10 come again.
To retort In the same manner il
which Mr.. Gallup presents his demand
we should say that the people OF Ken
nebec county have a very decent an'
orderly way in which they may ex
press their disgust with Sheriff Rieh
ardson and his Democratic associate
who are aiding and abetting him II
open notification of the law and VIC
lation of his oath of office. The PEG
pie of Kennebec county are bidini
their time and are making the best
a bad matter. But they well under
stand conditions as they exist in tn
home city OF the Democratic machine
the bailiwick OF Pattangall, Johnson
Davis, Jones. Richardson, etc. Their
the law is farce and an object o
disapprovai and disgust
The decent and orderly way In which
the people of the county may proceed
Will be seen in the next election Wer'
il under the system Of political con
yertions we should say that every
thing depended on the care with whici
the Republican party should select ;
candidate Of unQuestioned character
Under the newly established plan it i
up to the law-abiding people to &c
together on candidate. instead of al
lowing opponents Of law, engineere
By ward heeiers, instructed by astut
politicians 10 secretly send around in
strucilons for use in the primaries.
Do you see the hole between primar
and ,nseali2 salI efg9 s55ssa ts.,(5l..
Assee understand II party fespensI
htiits ~ largely eliminated andcr II
new plan. II In error we would =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-11

An encouraging sign of the progress
of Christian unity is a movement to
federate all the Presbyterian. Re
formed. Congregational. United Pres
byterian and Reformed Episcopal
churches in New York city.-Eath
Times
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5 The town council of an English va
terinp place recently proposed that M
donkeys m the shore should DC All
lowed TO carry persons weighing more
than l12 pounds e