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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Mr.. Davis pisowns Sentinel?

4 cyrus w Davis, publisher and prin-
cipal owner of the Waterville Sentinel,
lspeaking editorially through that or
gan, says:
I'VE agree with the Journal for once
when il says the principle of contract
ling with the heads of State depart
ments for work to be done in those de-
partments is wrong. and Mr. Davis is
not the man who is obliged to plead
guilty of such contracts"
| In other words, Cyrus w. Davis
agrees with the Kennebec Journal 8
claim that it is wrong and against the
| law for the head of State depart
ment to contract with the State for
printing for that department, when not
three weeks before with fun knowledge
of the law, he put his name to con-
tract for printing the State ballot,
Amounting 10 several thousand dollars.
all of which printing is done and con-
trolled in his department.
The contract above referred to was
signed BY Cyrus w Davis as Treas
urer of the Waterville Sentinel Pub.
Co" This of itself clearly shows
violation of the statute The interest
of the treasurer of corporation in the
public contracts of that corporation
is certainly of a pecuniary interest.
DIRECT or INDIRECT, in such con-
tracts.
But this is not all; it is commonly
supposed that Cyrus w. Davis is prac-
ticaly the whole thing in the Water
Vile Sentinel Pub. Co.
When Cyrus w. Davis was candi-
date for secretary of State, and the
Kennebec delegation had deserted MIN
at the eleventh hour, Mr. Davis won
out with the delegates from other parts
of the State on his claim for reward for
the good work done by the Wateryille
Sentinel He did not then try to deny
his ownership Of that paper Does ne
deny It now? If so, the public will
be interested in a statement from Mr..
Davis explaining exactly his connee-
ton with and financial interest in the
Sentinel Pub. Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Mr.. Davis Has No Contract With
Sfata?

Cyrus W. Davis, publisher and prin-
eipal owner of the Waterville Sentinel
saws, editorially, through that organ:
Secretary of State Davis has no
contract with the State
That the above statement was inten-
tionally deceptive is shown by the fact
that when ii was made Mr.. Davis knew
it was on record, at the Executive De-
partment, that Cyrus w. Davis had
signed a contract for two classes of
State printing, on July 10, 1911, as
Treasurer of the Waterville Sentinel
Pub. Co. The judgment and integrity
Of Mr. Davis in making such a declara-
ton Of denial compares well with the
mother Of 15-year-ol boy who puts
the figures one and a cipher in the
hat of her son and declares to the
conductor that he is under ten.
The statutes say that mo person
holding State Office shall be pecuni-
arily interested, DIRECTLY OR IN
DIRECTLY, III any contracts made on
behalf of the State, and any contract
made in violation thereof is void"
F., There seems little chance for eva
sion or misunderstanding of the lam
guage of the statute. To be sure, Mr..
Davis might claim that he was not to
do the State printing for the remun-
Grafton there is in it, but for the fun
of the thing. Thus he could dodge the
statute word 'pecuniary."
We do not believe that the Governor
and Council viii uphold, for a moment
or attempt to justify, any action OF
Mr.. Davis that is in conflict with the
statutes of the State.
An inspection of the contracts at the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
We Bee 10 Differ.

Here Are a few sentiments of an anti:
IF repeal is defeated by a substantial
ma 1ority the prohibitory law Will be
strengthened by the demonstrated back
ing of public sentiment. 1t has for years
lacked that backing. al least it has not
been demonstrated, for lack of opportuni-
ty whether public sentiment was in sup
port of or opposed TO prohibition.
Unless prohibition is endorsed by an
emphatic majority IN september the law
will be as dead as though II had been re-
pealed.
There is little probability of EN-
phatic endorsement of prohibition at the
coming referendum vote to retain the
constitutional amendment Will therefore
have the effect of a vote for sheriff made
law for a policy promulgated by the
sheriff at the dictatton OF politicians.
There is but a remote possibility OF
prohibition being sustained at the polls
In September. No victory by triffing
majority will be considered an endorse
ment of the law.
ssThe influence of the September cleo
ton upon prohibition is a bigger question
than the mere result of the vote
The first sentence is true; the sec
oni is not. There has been no lack of
moral support of the law by those who
placed it In the constitution, but there
has been unceasing opposition to the
law and constant denunciation of it
ny lLtI ShlAtS DIS AWAY Itltt
to those who uphold the law as "hypo-
erites' and fanatics"
II prohibition is reaffirmed and is not
"emphatically endorsed it will be
still an outlaw; still confined TO dirty
holes and diseredited places that are
obnoxious to the average young man;
still the disreputable business that a
majority of the best people of Maine
circumference. a
r. A vote to retain the amendment in
the constitution may have the effect OF
vote for sheriff made law, as our
contemporary SAYS bet, thanks to pres
ent Rum Trust methods, the people OF
Maine are aroused az they have never
been before and they are going to have
more TO say regarding the naming OF
the sheriffs.
We are accepting the remote posi-
bility'' that the law Will be sustained
and we OF course knew long ago that
mo victory by a trifiing majority viii
be considered an endorsement OF tbs
law'--by the rum press,
We heartily agree with the last as
sertion OF our rumocratic neighbor
The influence is to be nationwide and
that is why the liquor interests are
figating so desperately The world is
watching Maine.
Vote No and redeem the confidence
OF the intelligent and Christian people
VI the globe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
MAINE MUST NOT FAIL.
Texas Temperance Worker Says World
Is Up in Arms Against lntoxicants,

Editor kennebee Journal
| have received a letter a few DAYS
ago from prominent temperance and
Good Templar worker in Texas and
among other things he said; Our cleo
ten is over and the rum crowd claim
TO have defeated statewide prohibition
by less than 5000 majority, but the
courts of our state have stepped in and
Will set aside this outrage on the
rights of free and honorable people.
Hence we rejoice and are greatly en-
conraged over our prohibition victory.
Think of it, the last time we took
vote on state wide prohibition in
Texas, We were defeated by over 3d.
600. Today If we have our honest dues
we have swept our great state for pro-
httition L tell YOU, Brother Gowen,
the whole world is in arms on this
question and Maine must not fail TO
win a great victory for prohibition in
September. You can, you must. YOU
shall win God is on your side and He
never failed to win"
FRANK W. GoWEN.
Wateryille July 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
/: Not Ours, but a Public Affair,

The vacuous attempt of Cyrus w.
Davis and his personally conducted
organ to confuse the question now in
teresting the public. falls fiat Mr.,
Davis has made the mistake of attack
ing the Kennebec Journal as if the is
sue We're cur affair.
1t is not the public printing, in which
we might be accused of having a per
so4sal interest, for which Mr.. Davis has
to answer to the people, but his stew
ardship as public official-the secre-
tafy of State of Maine.
The people of Maine have little inter
est in State printing contracts, leaving
the whole matter TO the judgment and
integrity of the Governor and Council
and the Secretary of State. But they
do have an interest in the personal
conduct of their salaried public ser
want, the Secretary of State himself
If that important State official have
not sufficient regard for the law to
conduct himself and his personal af-
fairs safely within its scope, they
might wish to have voice in the mat
ter
AS far sas' Mr. Davis garbled, false
and wholly misleading presentation of
certain phases of the hearing at the
public investigation of the public prin
ter, we have. only to refer to the report
of the investigating committee which
completely and fully exonerated the
public printer Of all charges.
II is not the Kennebec journal that
is on trial. and the clustering repe-
tition by the Waterville Sentinel of the
faisehoods it periodically infiicts on its
readers, does not relieve the situation
of its publisher and editors n-ehief in
conflict with the law.
We would not give place in our col
unns to the idiotic rot which it offers
its readers, for the mere privilege of
the present time we rest upon the
following summary of the verdict of
the investigating committee.
~ 1T is proper to say here. in
justice to the printer and the auditor,
that there has been no violation by
either of them of any law of the State
so far as the investigation has ac-
quainted us with the facts"
t2) Printing bills, payable out of
the general appropriation that should
nave been submitted to the auditor,
have been so submitted, properly au-
dited by him, and paid out of the
treasury at statute rates"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
w. G. T.U. Speakers
And Their Dates.

The Maine w. c. T. u has engaged
Rev. j. l., Corson and Rev. Dr. r. ~.
Joselyn to hold meetings on the coast
and among the islands in Penobscot
bay. They will have two boats and will
hold tent meetings in which popular
singers and speakers will participate.
Many of the most distinguished
speakers in the country are to be in
Maine lecturing under w. c. T. U.
auspices during August and up to
Sept. II, among them Mrs Mary Harris
Armor of Georgia, the greatest woman
orator in America.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, the
hero of the Merrimac. a Democratic
congressman from Alabama, will speak
for the w. C. #. u. from Sept. to
Sept. IL. Mrss Hobson will accompany
Capt Hobson.s She is gifted Southern
woman and will assist in the closing
days of the campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

II " II ~
State House ON Friday showed that
for some reason Governor Pldisted had
withheld his signature to the Davis
contract, up to that date. Whether or
not the Governor has shaped his course
because of a feeling that further in
wise before aifixing his signature, we
are not informed. We have not asked
Governor Plaisted his reason nor do
we intend to do so, but we rest assured
that If he surmises that everything in
relation to the contract is not in ac-
cordanee with the letter of the law, he
viii continue to withhold his signature
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

neIp Ills Niger, NdSSd btpil IoI erou 3
sake don't help de beahl"
The experienced newspaper man who
came from Texas to study conditions
in Maine and wrote lengthy article
for the Boston Transcript with Texas
anti prohibition coloring. confessed TO
the editor of the Kennebec Journal that
he could not understand the general
sentiment in Maine that II Is DIS
REPUTABLE To BE IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH THE LIQUOR
BUSINESS.
That is one thing that so years of
prohibition has accomplished. Would
that Heaven had done as much
| Throughout civilization!
Let the Christian Science Monitor
cast its influence toward making the
traffic disreputable everywhere.
The people of Maine better under
stand the disparity" between theory
and practice than any outsider. and
they know that by making an outlaw
of the rum traffic and driving 1t into
holes and dark corners, has created
disrespect for the traffic and conse-
quent conditions which the wet terri
tory habitue cannot understand.
Maine has no complaint to make of
such consequences, pecuniary, pollti-
cal and social, as may follow when the
time comes to enforce the law" to
which the Christian Science Monitor
refers.
Such suggestion comes with i'll grace
from a representative of the intelligent
press of Massachusetts. which ought to
know how much Maine has saved in
Support of criminals. insane, imbeciles
and inebriates. II the Christian Sci
ence Monitor intended to be wholly fair
in its reference to the consequences"
OF prohibition, il should have inserted
the fact that, in spite of the 90 years
of unsatisfactory enforcement" the
wealth of Maine has increased twice as
fast as that of Massachusetts, where
the Monitor seems to approve of con-
ditions. The Monitor should have
mentioned the fact, when slurring the
intelligence and character of the people
of Maine, that while Massachusetts
has largely Increased her per capita
Indebtedness, Maine has Decreased
hers an equal amount
Thanking the Christian Science
Monitor for it's suggestion that 1T is
one thing to vote for prohibition, and
another thing to back up prosecuting
officials" we would ask that paper If
ii wishes to pose as advocating that a
law approved by the Rum Trust be-
cause ii increases sales, is more easily
enforced than a law created and sup
ported by a majority of the intelligent
people of Maine?
Will not the Christian Science Mont
tor drop the hypoerital pretension that
a regulation" law can be enforced to
the point of elimination of evil. where
a prohibitory law has no other effect
than to create perjurers and hypo-
critics?
We fear the boosted "cleanest sheet
has absorbed too much liquor trust
literature for its own good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

Another of the few old estates that
have remained to give quaintness
and dignity of age to the city OF Port
land is about to be sacrificed, and
soon Bethwood. the estate of Mrs. Will
liams S. Denny on Deering avenue,
will be covered with modern dwellings,
and only the secluded colonial house at
the end of it's lane will remain to
mark the home of one of Portland $
old families. How long this will stand
is uncertain, but the seven and one
half acres of land about 1t are now
being divided into house lots which
are being rapidly taken up. This large
square old fashioned house is one of
the four colonial houses still standing in
the city and was built about 1850 by
Moses Freeman, one of the pioneer
business men of old Portland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Editorial Comment
A New Fire Alarm.

(Rrooklyn Standard Union.)
New York is catching up with the
fire departments of several other cities
by installing in Manhattan cutoff
system which rings the alarm at night
only in those fire houses whose COM
panies are required to respond. Fire
men who are located outside of the
district can sleep on in peace unless
additional alarms are turned in and
even in case of two alarms the gong is
not sounded all over the borough. The
uselessness of awakening sleeping men
who are not needed has long been rec
ognized and it is gratifying that this
fault in the system of signals is being
corrected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Takes Much For Granted.


Senator johnson takes a good deal
for granted in assuming that the DEM
ocratic party is against prohibition an6
would be grieVed to have a Southern
Democrat come into the State to speak
in favor of the Maine law. In the
Democratic state platform of 1910,
which is the last expression the Maine
Democracy has given 10 its views the
party declared its intention 10 "en-
force the laws by means OF regularly
elected officers. repeal the so called
Sturgis law, and resubmit to popular
vote the question of Constitutional
prohibiuon." This has been as tar as
the party has cared to go for many
wears.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Sleeplessness.

You can't sleep In the calmest and
stillest night, If your stomach is weak,
circulation poor. and digestion bad
Hoods Sarsaparilla strengthens ths
stomach, improves the circulation,
perfects digestion. and brings about
that condition in which sleep Is regu-
lar and refreshing.
1t does not do this in day, but 1t
does it-has done it in thousands OF
cases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

THAT awful glare said an automo-
bilist as he was carried away injured
from a collision in which another au-
tomohilist lost his life. High powe.,
lights on motor cars may illumine the
roads for the man behind the lights.
but they blind all other MEM. Y.
World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Maine GOSSIP
Monhegan.


Monhegan, Oh! Monhegan!
Dim island out at sea,
| hear the bell buoy ringing,
Calling me back to thee.
Monhegan. OH Monhegan!
Surrounded by the blue,
l hear the foghorn blowing,
Filling its purpose true.
Monheean! Oh, Monhegan,
Thy beacon on the hill
Shines forth with beauty brillianee,
The deep, dark night TO fill.
Monheganl oh, Monhegan,
Wild child of the lonely deep,
| hear the angels praying
Thy tisherfolk TO Keep.
Monhegan! Oh! Monhegan!
Lone island of the yew
| seem to see the clover
AL fresh with morning dew.
Monhegan! Wild Monhegan!
Once more Wen come to thee,
To roam through silent woodlands
And wander by the sea,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

Were all medicines as meritorious as
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy the world would be much
better off and the percentage of suffer-
ing greatly decreased. writes Lindsay
Scott, of Temple. Ind. For sale by all
dealers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Editor S Letter Box

The publication OF a letter in
this department is not To he taken
as an endorsement of It's views nv
the kennebec Journal. This cot
HlIii ~ maintained for the discuss
SION or matters of general public
interest when kept within bounds
OF reason and not of a libelous or
abusive nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

A Bath man complains that consid
cradle diseased meat is sold i'll Bath
the Bath Times. The Bath man says
that this meat is brought into the city
by farmers living not far away and
sold as good meat to the dealers He
claims that meat which was killed by
a rabbi and then not accepted because
it was diseased, was disposed of to
consumers in Bath The Times says
that if this complaint is correct it
would seem that the board of health
should take some measure to stop the
practice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
Tuesday, August !, 1911.

~ You better live your best and act
your best and think your best to-
3ss-uay, for today is the sure prepara-
zion for tomorrow and all the other
s=-tomorrows that follow. - Lies
Uses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

Walter Welman concludes that he
is willing somebody else should try the
next crossing of the Atlantic in bal
loon.-New Bedford Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
VOICES OF TfiE PRESS.

There is no such thing as unalloyed
happiness. When cool wave in mid
summer gives you courage to snap
your fingers at the iceman, comes a
thought of the plumber and gentle
reminder that you haven't ordered
your winters coal.-Atlantic Constitu-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

Two Boston men, who could not
swim, had a narrow escape. recently,
at Chesuncook lake. Charles and Ell
don Hathorne, who have been frequent
visitors 10 the Maine wods for a num-
Der of years, started out one morning
in the ChesuncoOk, an 1S-foot canvass
canoe and soon found the wind fresh
ening and white caps running and &C
casionally breaking over the sides of
the canoe. In attempting to bring the
canoe about a wave struck them
broadside on and, quicker than ii takes
to tell. the canoe Tipped over and the
two men were in the water. They
came to the surface within reach of
the overturned canoe and by clinging
hold of ii were barely able to keep
afioat Wave after wave broke over
their heads but the wind finally drove
the canoe into shoal water near the
shore, but not until the two men We're
nearly exhausted. The two men say
that they will not go canoeing again
until they have learned TO swim.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

CANTON AUGUSTA, RIO. . p. N.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday n
Z O'Clock.
w. b. GETCHELL, Cspa
L. G. HUGHES. Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

CUSHNOC CHAPTER, r. A. M,
No. AZ. Stated eonvocation at Masonic
Temple Thursday evening, Aug. 3. All
sojourning companions are cordially in
Yited to attend
WILLIS e. SWIFT, H. P.
THOS. II. BODICE, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

Again 10 St. George falls the honor of
pay its county tax. check for the
fun amount, $614.65 was handed Goun-
ty Treasurer Murphy few days ago
Patt Dunn of Brewer, member of
the 18th and 18th Legislature tells Il
good story of how he found that he
wasn't the only Patt Dunn engaged in
legislative work, Allie Doherty,
friend of his, was in Indianapolis last
spring and saw an item III the paper
stating that Representative Patrick ii.
Dunn had introduced a bill in the
Texas Legislature forbidding the wear
ing of hobble skirts. He clipped 1t
out pasted it on card ana mailed IL
tc Brewer with a word or two Of COM
ment When Dunn of Brewer received
the card he read il and then forwarded
il 10 the Texas man for further lnfof-
nation. Back came reply something
like this: Il am Patrick II. Dunn OF
Corpus Christi, Texas, aged 90, not a
politician. but rancher. Ny people
came from Galway, Ireland in 1850 As
the Brewer Dunns people came from
the same section of Ireland at about
the same time, Representative Dunn OF
Brewer feels sure that he and Repre-
sentative Dunn of Texas are related
A case was heard, last week, in the
RockIand municipal court in which not
much money is involved, but which
has a large interest for the fishermen
of Matinicus. The plaintiff in the case
was Oliver G.. Berry of South Thcm-
aston. who caused to be repaired a
wharf at Matinicus, used jointly by the
fishermen who signed an agreement to
give S. or more toward the expense.
The cost was $3.50. or nearly three
times as much as had been expected,
and four of those who were assessed
SIS apiece declined TO pay. One of the
latter was Fred Y. Ames of Matinicus,
who offered TO pay $40. Mr.. Perry de-
chned to accept it and suit was
brought The defense claims that an
alteration of the contract was MADE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

THE REGULAR MEETING OF SETH
Williams Relief Corps. No. IS, second and
Fourth Friday evenings at Use .atsGs A. X
hall. Fs
ANNIE L. FLETCHER, President.
ADA F. PURINTON, Corps Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. .
Meetings at o'clock every second ans
fourth Tuesday.
G. w. MERRILL. Scribe.
C. w. POOR, c. r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. III, r. G. A.
M. Stated communication Tuesday even
ing, Aug. l. All sojourning companions
are cordially invited to be present.
HARRY M. LYON, w. NJ.
w A JACKSON Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at o'clock.
+. q. HARRINGTON, ". q.
X. II. BROWN, See.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

G. A. r. THE REGULAR MEETING
OF Seth Willnams Post No. Is. second and
fourth Thursdays of each month.
N. w. WHITE. Commander.
VIM. McDAVID, Adjutant.
d: p. HANSON, Quartermastsr.
tu-th-sat,tf ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-05
Commercial League.

TODAY-Moses vs. Telephone Georgia ave-
nue. and Kenyon street northwest.