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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13
TO REGULATE BOXING.
Provisions of a Proposed Bill in State
OF Massachusetts.

Boston, Jan. 1.-THE provisions OF
a proposed bill seeking to supervise
boxing in this state by a commission
Were made public. today, for the first
time. Among those who helped draft
the bill were Rev. +. b. Boyer of New
Bedford, James j. Corbett, former
heavyweight champion of tho world,
and Edward Keevin of Boston.
The bill is based on the F'rawley
law of New York, with the exception
of the number of rounds to be per-
mitted and the manager of giving de-
cisions. 1t provides for the appoint
ment by the commission of an in
spector to sit within so feet of the
ring and keep a written record of all
bouts, round by round, the same to
be filed for official publication by the
commission.
The bill also defines what should
constitute points in boxing and pro-
vision is also made for the referee to
stop bout temporarily when a knock
down occurs, as is done under the
Amateur Athletic Union rules. Six
rounds are named as the limit for all
bouts, and the weight of the gloves is
given as six ounces. The use of band
ages on the hands would be forbidden
by the bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13

numbering for Claudis Knowlton.
A. L. Howes had his hand and wrist
cut quite badly recently on a crosscut
saw. cutting small vein which bled
profusely.
r. p. Morang is cutting wood and lum-
Der on his lot near South Liberty; he has
cut and will furnish II. f. Tawl with his
years wood,
Mrs. Belle A. Howes and son. Edwin;
and Mr. and 4.ars. Bert f. Cunningham,
arranged an ice cream sale last SUMMER
for the purpose of getting something for
the schoolhouse. A sink was decided up
on. Mr.. Cunningham ordered the sink
and received it and lately pat it in the
schoolhouse. He furnished the lumber
and did the work free. He is one OF
many who believes that a sink is an es-
sential thing in any schoolhouse, and
that the children should he taught clean
liness as we'll as other things.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13
Colby College Men Pick
ed for Musical Clubs.
Much Interest Manifested in
Inier-fraterniiy Bowling League.
Bates Y. N. c. A. Campaign Is Sue.
cessful..Track Team Events.

Waterville. Me-, Jan. 12.--tSpeciaD.
The following men have just been
picked for the Musical Clubs by the
officials and Cecil Daggett. '03, Of Wa
terville, who has been coaching the
Glee Club. for the past month:
Glee Club-tirst tenor. Hugh c. Nc
Kay, lG, Stephen Brann, Jr., IA, Ell
mer III. Hussey, 10, Warren B. Mars
ton. '16. and +. Harold Jones, n. lead
er; second tenor, Prince A. Drum
mond. 10. Frank S. Carpenter, IA,
Chester o. Wyllie, 10. and Roscoe T..
johnson, IA. First bass, Ray /. Has
llell IA. Charles J. Kepple. Is, Ever
EFT l.. Wyman. IA, Robert T. Owen
IA, Donald Fl. White, Is. Ralph W.
Western. Ia; second bass. Everett T.
Smith, 16, Erie S. Carpenter 10.
Ralph Bramhall. Is, Irving L. Cleve-
land, '13, Harry p. Fuller. IA. and
Lester a. Keys. '13, manager al7
Mandolin Club-Henry $. Cushmau
'l3, leader. First Mandolin. Ernest g.
Mariner, 10, Everett L. Wyman, IA
Philip q. Curtis. '16. Harry r. Fuller
Il; Erie A. CARPENTER, second man
dolin, Everett p. Smith, Florine G.
Arey, 10, Prince A. ,Drummond, Ma
thaniel e. Robinson, John p, Camp
bell, '16, Lester A. Keys. 'fS, . and
Waldo c. Lincoln, '16.
Prof. John Hedman of the depart
ment of French language and litera-
ture will deliver the first of the series
of Library Benefit lectures at Chefniz
cal hall srl1aydaY. II
being The Land of the Midnight Sun
The lecture will be illustrated by ster-
eopticon views.
Prof. Henry w. Brown spoke, Sun
day, at the Sunday school exercises Of
the First Baptist church on The
creation Story" of the first chapter
OF the book of Genesis. His talk prov
ed very interesting and beneficial as
the Sunday school is just beginning
the study of Old Testament history.
Raymond p. Luce, ex-'14, principal
of the Belgrade High school, Belgrade.
visited friends, Saturday and Sunday,
at the Delta Kappa Epsilon house.
The standing of the Colby Chess
tournament, which was begun a few
days ago, to date is as follows: Ray
{. Young, Is, won 6; John H. Fos-
ter. 10, won 4; Ervan r. Wheeler, IA,
Won ?; Harold w. Rand. 10. and
Henry A. Eaton, Is. have each won
one.
Maud Huekins, '1s. led the Young
Peoples Christian Endeavor meeting.
Sunday evening, at the First Baptist
church.
Chester F. Wood. IA. of Woburn,
Mass who was called home on ac-
count of the sudden death OF his faith
err caused by railroad accident, a
week ago returned Saturday, to Wa
teryiIle
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COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
JUDICIARY.


The Committee on Judiciary will give
a hearing al their room in the State
House at Augusta on
WEDNESDAY. Jan, Is, 1913. at p NJ.
on an Act referred from the last Leg
islature entitled AN Act 10 amend Sec.
80 of Chap. Id of the Pdblic Laws OF
1907, relating to sessions of the Law
Court Is 9stf9
! On an Act referred from gthe' last ALeg q
islature entitled AN Act to prohibit for
seign corporations from engaging in the
business of generating electricity BY wa
-terpower within tha-State or MaIne-
s,sisppu re ess isasssSa s4h5ffsx
municipalities to take and condemn pow
ers and power sites for municipal pur-
poses.
THURSDAY, Jan. 1s. 1919. at F. NJ.
Legislature in favor of Herbert l.. Kim
ball.
i On an Act referred from the last Legis-
iature relating to Chap. SO of the Revised
Statutes of the State concerning liens.
On a Resolve referred from the last
Legislature in favor of De Forest Reyes.
On an Act referred from the last Leg
islature entitled AN Act for the better
protection of trust funds of church and
TUESDAY, JAN. 81, 1913, AT
O'CLOCK p. NJ.
An Act to amend Chap. LAG of the Pub
lie Laws of 1907 relating to State Audi
tor.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 9Th. at p. Nj.
On an Act to regulate and provide for
the use of automobiles in the town of
Eden. Hancock county.
JOHN r. DUNToN, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13

Preliminary steps toward the forma
ton of a professional baseball league.
composed of feur cities in New Jersey
and four in New York state. were
taken at a conference at Poughkeepsie,
Saturday, between Mayor John X
Sague and William II. Pau. Accord
ing to the present plans the circuit
will include Poughkeepsie, MiddIetown.
Newburg and Yonkers in New York,
and Paterson. Hoboken, Elizabeth and
Bayonne in New Jersey, and will be
known as the New York and New Jer-
sey Interstate League
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CLAIMS.

Committee on Claims will hold regu-
lar meeting Tuesday. Jan. 18th, 1919, al
2P. NJ, in room No. SO, assessors office
~ 4th floor of the State House, Augusta
Maine. to give public hearing on the
= following resolves:
49, Town of St Agatha, Aroostook county
Felix G; Sirois. NJ. D. Al oostool county
Stockholm Plantation Aroostook county
z Town Of Island Falls t2D Aroostoob
county
Fred A. Thurough. Aroostook county
:. Town Of Castine, Hancock county
ets - CITY of Old Town, Penohse9t county.
Town Of Albion, Waldo county.
s~Na Town of Nobieboro. Lincoln county.
Town of East Livermore Franklin
county.
s,. :. Town of Phillips. Franklin county
x@X Town Of Moscow, Somerset county.
So lothian Stevens of ETbden, Somerset
st&& county.
Counties of Kennebec and Somerset
BENZ. l.. GORDON, Sec.
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No. s. Resolve in favor of repairing
the road between Seboomook and Pitts
ton Farm
No. T. An act to free the Patterson
Toll Bridge.
No 25 Resolve to appropriate a sum of
money to assist in freeing the Patterson
Toll Bridge.
No IA Resolve in favor of the county
commissioners of Franklin county for the
repair and permanent Improvement of
the highway in Jerusalem and Crocker
Townships in Franklin county.
No. II. Resolve in favor of the county
commissioners of Franklin county for
the repair and permanent Improvement
of the highway in Letter f Plantation
and Sandy River Plantation in Franklin
county
No 49, Resolve in favor of the county
commissioners of Franklin county for the
the highway in Washington and Perkins
Plantation in Franklin county
FRIDAY, JAN. II, AT p. NJ
No, 16 Resolve in favor of the WIS
casset Bridge.
No q. Resolve in favor of the city of
Gardiner and town of Randolph.
No. p Resolve in favor of the town
of Rockport.
No "a Resolve in favor of a road In
Elliottsville Plantation.
FRIDAY, JAN. "a, AT 2 p. NJ.
No. l. Resolve in favor of the town
of Whitneyville for extra expense in con-
nection with building and repair of bridge
across Machias River.
No. g. Resolve in favor of the Ma
chiasport and East Machias Bridge
No. II. An act in aid of bridge across
Holmes Stream, in the town of Whiting.
in Washington county.
No. H. Resolve in favor of the town of
Rogue Bluffs.
No. 49, Resolve in favor of the East
port Bridge.
No. 20 Resolve in favor of the Town
of Addison.
No. 3 Resolve in aid of bridge in
Franklin, Hancock county
No. 8. Resolve in favor of raising and
repairing bridge over Garland.s Brook.
in town of Mariaville.
F. p MORRISON, Secretary.
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BASEBALL NOTES.

Comic Mack, manager of the Phila-
delphia American League team, an
nounced, Sunday night, that he has re-
leased Infielder James Mathes to the
Syracuse Club of the New York State
League. NJ H&S
80 Manager Connie Mack of the Ath :
letics, Saturday morning, received the
eqntracts of Jack Coonlbs and Lack
happ. Coonnbs is in Texas with Plank
and Bender preparing for the season.
and Lapp reports that he is in excel
lent conditgiG and ready to begin
work ~ p
Frank Courtney of WORCESTER sat
urday, Signed contract with the Hav-
erhill New England League1team for
next season, his contract being deliv-
cred To Daniel +. Cloheey. Courtney
signed after he had been notified by
J. c. Morse, secretary of the New Eng
land League, that the contracts is
sued to players reserved by the Hav-
erhill Club by Daniel f. Clohecy were
the only ones recognized by that
league and the National Association
of Minor Baseball Leagues.
The engagement of George l.. Win
ter, formerly of the Boston Red Sox.
as baseball coach for the coming sea-
son, was announced, Sunday, by the
Athletic committee of the University
of Vermont The baseball schedule
includes games with Yale at New Hav-
en- April 10. Bowdoin at Burlington,
April 26, Brown at Providence, April
80, Harvard at Cambridge, May /.
tAaV~ f1Nn.a l. n 4
at Burlington, June n, and Cornell at
burlington, June 10.
Frank ]. O'Rourke, the Boston Ma
tionals' infielder, who played short
stop for while, last season, was re-
leased. Saturday, to the Buffalo Club
of the International League on an OPP
tlonal agreement. O'Rourke came from
the Bridgeport Club to Boston, last
June. Manager Stallings apparently
Is OF the opinion that the boy needs
considerable more seasoning before he
VIII be fit for the big show. His field
ing was very good indeed, but he was
weak with the stick, having batted for
an average of only .122 in the CT
games in which he played.
Promoters who We're behind the
ANN' ''thltS fodStDdh lScdSut, itoI
year, are making plans to reha
the organization. w. II. Whitman
again has been elected president, and
ne and others have been attempting
To obtain financial backing for clubs
IN Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Kansas
Clty, Chicago. Pittsburg, Reading,
Baltimore and Cincinnati One of the
oliiclals said, Saturday, that parks had
been leased in all of the cities named,
but that it would he necessary to OBJ
tain money with which to employ
players before the league could start
anew
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13

From another point of view the in
rush of funds to reserve centers from
the channels of the circulation and
trade demands indicated a eontract elton
of activity somewhat portentious in
degree. Conclusion of the crop move
ment marks a normal refiux of money
from the circulation, but the cash
movement and the decline i'm interest
rates, last week, Were much more vio-
lent than is usual ut this time The
release of upwards of LOCO freight
ears in the last two weeks of the
year, establishing an ideal car surplus,
points to Il relaxation of the strain on
traffic facilities of like suddenness to
the taxed tension of the money market.
Increase of more than l9,000009 pounds
in refined copper stocks in December
was another symptom of contracted
business. Prom the iron and steel
trade soma slaekening of buying since
the first OF the year was admitted as
-th-. emily modification of the astonish-
ing Showing of activity in The trade.
Further railroad demand is expected
with the Notation of new bond issues.
Preliminary estimates of the country's
Dacsmber afereign trade Indicate an
other heavy expansion.
The supreme courts disapproval OF
the Union Pacific dissolution plan had
q depressing effect. The cotton corner
decision gave n widened scope to the
application of the antitrust law to
speculative market operations. That
and the more important details of the
methods of New York finance and
banking ELECTED in the Congressional
Investigations We're of restraining ef-
feet on stock market speculation.
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Money Flows in and Interest
Rates Fall=-Business Is Good.

New York, Jan. 12.-Replenishment
even more rapidly than was expected.
The halting response of stocks to this
favorable financial development was
attributed at first to various isolated
factors, but its persistence caused the
inference to be drawn that n more
comprehensive influence was at work
possibly some fear of cheek to trade
activity.
The fall in all kinds of interest
rates was violent. Bank and sub
treasury forces We're over-Worked in
clearing for the inflow of cash Ex
ports of gold To France were made
without interrnpting the fall in in
terest rates, and in spite of the con-
tinued course Of international trade
towards the piling UP Of credits in
favor of New York. The money
market recupera ton at London ana
Berlin also was rapid, Paris alone
showing need of further strengthening.
'ffe conclusion warranted chat the
se&pected sfraiR of the January settle
fnents had been oVer-estimated. end
preparation for il overdone. Favor
able differences were drawn from the
success of the new capital issues in
prospect The demand reported for
the new Baltimore q Ohio Az per cent
bonds at 95I2 was corroborative OF the
view, although the terms We're con-
sidered to prove the continuing neces-
sity of offering attractive rates in
order to enlist capital. The dealings
in bonds ut the Stock Exchange also
broadened with an upward tendency
of prices.
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J.P. Morgan Witness
N,Ons Shipping Trust.

Washington, Jan. 12.-An investigation
of the International Mercantile Marine,
the $l20OO0.OO0 American corporation con-
trolling numerous foreign and American
steamship companies, with j. Pierpont
Morgan as the chief witness. is contem-
plated by the House committee on mer-
chant marine in connection with it's hear
ing of the so-called Shipping Trust.
Mr.. Morgan is said to have organized
this great company and to control it's
stock.
Chairman Alexander of the committee
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BOXING NOTES.

Young 0aIeary and Johnny DAILY
New York city bantamweights. fought
10 rounds Ia a draw in the main bout
before Browns a. A, New York, Sat
urday.
Young Hugo Kelly, the former Portland
boxer now mailing from Fan River, lost
his bout with Young Richie ut provi-
dence, Friday night According to the
Boston papers the bout was grand
scrap and Richie got the decision.
Jimmy Lawton of Brooklyn had the
better of Harry Theil of Philadelphia
in 10 rounds, Saturday night. at the
National A. C.. Brooklyn. Jack Schultz
stopped Young Jeffries in the second
round of another 10-rcund bout.
Tommy Hogck Of Philadelphia de-
feated Young Driscoll in fast 10
round bout that went the limit, Sat
urday. at the Irving A. c. in Brook
lyn. Houck earned the honors in the
majority OF rounds, landing effective
~ with right and lefts To body.
In 10 Embarrassing rounds. saturday
night, Johnny Dundee outpointed Willie
Jones by small margin at the Royale
\. e. New York. Fierce rallies marked
the bout and Dundee saved himself many
times by blocking WilIfe's wild swings
with his elbows and whlrling out of dan
ser The bout delighted the big crowd
so much that the club rematehed the
boys after the finish
Jess Willard. the Kansas heavy
weight boxer, who desires To meet Luz
Their Mce'artyeagain for premier honors.
nat no -
York state. He was summoned. Sat
urday, by letter from Charles Har-
Vey. secretary of the New York Box
ing Commission. to appear before that
body, Jan. Is. and explain why he
broke an engagement to box "One
Round" Davis in Buffalo, Jan. /.
Young Erne of Philadelphia de-
feated Eddie Shevlin of Boston in the
main attraction, Saturday night, at
the National A. c., Philadelphia. Erne
seemed to be fat and fiabby as usual,
but he found no trouble in connecting
often with the New Englander's jaw
ana stomach. 1t was the best fight that
the local boy has put up for some time
Erne had SheTlin on the defense most
all of the first round. He crossed a
hard right to Shevlin's jaw near the
close of the round, but Shevlin recu-
perated almost Immediately. The next
two round Erne did a lot of stalling.
His blows usually connected when
Shevlin was going away from him
and therefore had little effect.
Tom ORourke now plans TO take Al
T'alzer, who was recently defeated by
Luther McCarty, to France, where. it is
said, the promoters are willing to stage
a bout between Jack Johnson and Palzer.
According to O'Rourke. he has cabled Al
Lippe, who is in Paris, accepting an offer
to bring the big Iowan to the other side
to battle the Negro 30 rounds on June "a
Lippe has also cabled johnson an offer
to meet O'Rourkes protege, and as the
big black is in bad with the public in
this country it is more than likely that
he will accept Lippe's inducements.
O'Rourke figures he has all to gain and
nothing to lose by sending his hope
against the Negro If PalZer wins he
could come back to this country and de-
clare himself the champion of the world,
but there will be a good wad on the re-
turn trip, win or lose. is the way
O Rourke sees it.
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SPORTING NOTES.

Robert Mclean of Chicago, inter-
national ice skating champion. won
the half-mile, mile and 2-mile ILL
nois state championships (outdoor)
in the races, Sunday, at Chicago, IN
der the auspices of the Northwest
Skating Association. W. E. Gunder-
son finished second in all three events.
The time was; Half mile, 1:15 rs
mile, $50 NEW state record; 2-mile,
.6:l5 3-5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13

IT is easy enough q r =
guages. as many as y6 lik I
curriculum of the public sci)d X N ~
ceedngly difficult t0sEet tn
with graduating pupils. We
sentially a unilinguaj peoRld I
private and perhaps in felfE b1bifc
schools are modem languages Auxht 10
such effect that pupils acuaire an easy
reading, much less a fluent speaking and
writing acquaintance with any other
tongue than their own Most young men
and women eave.scoIiege with at best a
Esmattering pf.tx& Continental languages,
which smatterfhE they usually get rid of
ine the co,srsssof ttsei frst 70 years after
graduationsys In sS3fF private Schools
that make Especially Of French the most
faithful pupils really learn to read, write
and speak that language, but most of the
Americans who have q fluent French or
German acquire such ACQUAINTANCE
through daily contact at home from early
youth with nurses or governesses who
use one or the other tongue as their native
speech. A few such American children
actually leave the nursery speaking Eng
lish with French or German accent
These, however. are not the Americans
who would use French, German, Spanish
or Portuguese for commercial purposes.
If we are to have an extensive curricu-
lum of modern languages in the public
schools We must be ready to pay the
price for such boon. The price will in
clude not merely the salaries of skilled
teachers to whom those languages are
native or have been familiar almost from
childhood, but deliberate setting aside
of a considerable part of the school year
to such studies. Modern languages adj
ministered in dabs, according to the GUS
tom of many schools, both public and
private, serve no purpose practical or
cultural. Modern languages as taught
in preparatory schools with the special
object of preparing pupils for college en-
trance are useful for points but for
little else.-Boston transcript.
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Man as a Reflector.

Every man may by examining his
own mind guess what passes in the
minds of others. When you feel that
your own gayety is counterfeit it may
justly lead you to suspect that of your
companions not to be sincere.
Envy is commonly reciprocal. We
are long before We are convinced that
happiness is never to be found, and
each believes it possessed by others to
keep alive the hope of obtaining it for
himself
Very few live by choice. Every man
is placed in his present condition by
causes which acted without his fore
sight and with which he did not al
ways willingly cooperate. and there
fore YOU will rarely meet one who does
not think the lot of his neighbors bet
ter than his own.-Samu4 Johnson.
The French Poets Society MANS
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FOOTBALL NOTES.

Capt Henry ii. Ketcham of the
Yale football team, Sunday NIGHT. ana
nounced that he had appointed the
following advisory committee, wni.n
will aid him in selecting a head coach
Tor next years eleven: Walter Camp,
49, chairman: w. II. Corbin, 'S9;
Burr Chamberlain, '97; l.. II. Bige-
low. '0S: and J. w. Field, IL. 1t is
understood that the committee is in
favor of professional coach. Selec-
ton will probably be made within the
next few month";