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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
Prevention Better Than Cure.

Several of the signposts in Port Sun.
light, England. are first-aid- -the-in-
jured ca inets as well. They are placed
1t various points where serious acct.
dents have occurred. Each cabinet con-
tains a stretcher, blankets. bandages
and spljnts. lint, wool and antiseptit
Eauze. various surgical instruments
sticking plaster, ointments. water
bottle, jug. and basin and a first-aid
chest which is easily carried short dis
tRnces. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The crying need in this country
seems to be law prohibiting any per-
snn who will not take oath to use in
Axicants in no form whatever. from
SECURING license to drive an automo-
ollie The great majority of speed.
mad accidents are more truthfully
described as rum-crazy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

| 900 ounces of coeain illegitimately used;
that drugged soothing syrups." medi-
Gated soft drinks" and habit-forming
treatments" galore still spell prospect
| tv for their exploiters. and that al
most daily are seen such reports as
"cccain used by sons of prominent
families. boys use heroin, "heroit
cough Ia blets bought daily at confee-
tionary store by schoolgirls of ii and
IA; or vet again. physicians sell CO.
cain to drug fiends doctor sells CO.
cain to boys" Such facts must stir
every one 10 respond to President Wh-
sons special message OF April u, 1918:
# will always he, | am confident q
subject of qualification to the nation, thai
this goverIment realizing the eXtenl
OF the opium and allied evils. should nave
initiated sgs T3E5-~Sf feN v dfh neo 1
of the movement to fail 10 take the lie"
final steps necessary definitely ana SUI
=cessfuliy to conclude the work would De
lunthinkable. and ! therefore trust ina,
there may be no delay in the enactment
of the desired legislation and the conSe-
uuent mitigation II not the suppression OF
the vice which has caused SuCil Wpita-
wide misery and degradation.
The admirable efforts made by the
Chinese nation to free itself from the
opium traffic are we'll known. Surely,
saws The Journal of the American
Medical Association. young and Wig
orous country like ours will not sloth-
fully permit itself to be overcome by
the evil which has been so manfuliy
withstooG by the ancient land of China,
nor permit in its own legislation Il
weakness which might tempt CHINA
from the '.unsWerving sincerity OF Its
policy in recent years.
The task would be comparatively
easy had we only the drug victims to
fight. 1t is those who make money from
the business that fight so desperately
to retain it. And there are always
those who hate the law and are con
stantly attacking it because 1t is law.
The free rum defenders of Maine are
of that class. They encourage defiance
of law and glory in the accomplish
ments of the outlaw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
Grass.

Grass is the forgiveness of Nature, her
constant benediction.
Fields trampled with battle, saturated
with blood. torn with the ruts of
cannon. grow green again with grass
and carriage Is forgotten.
Forests decay. harvests perish, flowers
ravsh. but grass is immortal.
Sown by the winds, by wandering
birds. it softens the rude outlines OF
the world. 1t invades the solitudes
of the deserts, climbs the mae
cessible slopes of mountains. modi-
iies climates, and determines the
history and character and destiny
of nations.
1t yields no fruit IN earth or air ana yet
should its harvest fail for single
year. famine would depopulate the
earth.
lnhn Inra Is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
The Opium Evil.

The United States government. which
initiated the international movement
to regulate commerce in drugs. has
taken no further definite action for fed
eral control of the opium and allied
trafIics of the United States" This
statement appears in the report OF the
Secretary of State on anti-opium legls-
lation, referred to Congress. April Il.
1912. by President Wilson. OF the for
eign nations cooperating in the anti
narcotic movement, many have enacted
drastic domestic laws on the matter,
Put here is still staged the spectacle
If separate states with differing Laws
inadequate to the situation both III de-
tail and In enforcement. The efforts are
not TO be undervalued of those states
which have seen the drug peril in this
country and have used the means
within their power to control this evil
sumed at The Hague, significance viii
lie not in our stringent individual stat
laws but in the quality of our fedora
legislation; not in sporadic local efforts
but in laws expressing the attitude o
the nation as whole. Meantime "ther,
are few If any subjects regardin,
| which legislation is in more chaoti.
condition than the laws designed t,
| minimize the drug habit evil |
| should not be forgotten that thre
years ago the number of drug addict
in this country was estimated at NOR
| thar one million: that 100000 pounds o
opium are imported into the Unite
/ States and consumed yearly, and $50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
Coming Events

June 15-1s-Hebron Academy Com
June l5-i9-Kent's Hill Seminary Grad
uation week,
June lS-la-M Maine G. A. r.. Encamp
June lS-ls-Eifth Maine Reg't, Associa
ton, Peaks Island.
June lS-19--Annuai Encampment Wo
mans Relief Corps, Portland.
June ls-Thornton Academy Centennial
June 2o-Maine Pathological Assn. Fox
june 2l-25-Colby commencement.
June 22-25-Bates commencement
June 22-2t-Bowdoin commencement.
June 25-26-Eiehth Maine Regimenta
Assn, Peaks Island.
June 25-27-Maine Pharmaceutical AS
sociation. Peaks Island
ment. Denmark.
June Estate d A. II. Field Day,
Lakewood. near Madison.
June 2S-Annuai Encampment Spanish
War Veterans. Assn Tog9s.
July S-Eastern Yacht Club Cruise to
july 1i-York Club Entertainment at
july 17-2s-JoInt Coast Defense Maneu-
vers. Fort Williams. Portland.
Aug 4-lS-Annual Encampment OF I'd
Maine .Regt., Augusta.
Aug 7-9-Bath Carnival,
Aug 11-e2-Christian Endeavor Summer
School, Charleston
Aug. 1f-Lesaht Se"'eioA NSaee-~
Aug. 15-2t-The Allen Campmeeting.
August August ls-2o-2i-waldo County Fair. at
Aug. 1s-2i-Cornish Agricultural Asso-
citation, Cornish.
Aug. 5-2s-Androscoggin County Fair
IA Aug. 2s-ss-Houlton Agricultural Socie-
- Aug. 2s-29-Eastern Maine State Fair.
sept t-i-Maine State Fair. Lewiston.
Sent 2-3-Orrington Fair. Orrington
sept 2-4-Northern Maine Fair Asso-
e' sent s 2-iEIIancock County Fair. Blue
Sept. 2-5-Calais Fair Association, Ca
Sent 6-1S-Androscoggin Valley Fair
Sept s-Popular vote on two proposed
Amendments to Maine CONSTITUTION:
= sept pit s-ii-oxford County Agricultural
Sent 9.l20Central Maine County. Wa
Sept. 1o-11-Reunon of Fifteenth Regi-
mental Association at Lewiston.
Sept l3-Embden Fair EmbdeIi;
Sent i4-i6-Maine Womens Christian
Temperance Union Annual, Rumford
Sept 16-1s-West Washington Agrieui-
sept l6-fS-Cnmberland County Agri-
cultural and Horticultural Society, Cor
ham, 1T.
Sept. is-2o-waldo and Penobscot Agri-
cultural Society. Monroe.
Sept. 1879 = Somerset Central Fair.
Skowhegan ~,
Sept. 24-25-Cumberand Farmers Club,
Cumberland. ..z.....
Sent. 2s-25-Machlas Fair Association,
sent 23-25-North Knox Fair, Union.
sent 23-25-Pr;sto Fair. Bristol
sept 25-27-Piseataquis County Far.
Sept. 80 Oct. 2-west Penobscot Fair.
Sept so-oct. 2-Franklin County Fair.
Pennington. ,.
Oct. 6-S-Maine Musical Festival, Port
land.
Oct. 7-9-shaplegh and Acton Agricul-
tural Society. Acton. ,.,.
Oct. 3O-3l-Maipe Teachers Association,
Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

Brighton were recent guests of Mrs,
Flora Wellman.
h. NJ McPhetres. who is working on
a numbering job i'll Brighton. passed
Friday and Saturday with his family.
Miss Carrie knight is passing few
weeks with Mrs. f.. NJ McPhetres.
Miss Edna French, who graduated
last week from the Hartland Academy.
returned, on Monday, to her home in
Stetson.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Gray passed
Sunday with her niece, Mrs. d. \.
Packard. in Hartland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

Graduation and Living.

The following from the Natchman
we recommend to the graduate and to
everyone else as containing the essence
Of all our moral and political ills. Could
we obey its suggestions the preachers
and reformers and the ramrodders
would have to go to raising garden
truck. for the necessity of their labofs
would be gone However. we hope you
will read this slowly and thoughtfuliy;
IA few years ago people would begin
TO enthuse about this time of the year
oyer the. ten thousand young people
who are about to be graduated from
our colleges and universities" The
practice continues, but now the number
is increa sed to fifty thousand This is
truly large number Of trained men
and women to enter into the world
work-provided they enter 1t. DO they
bear any relation to the host who make
the generally recognized demand, ex-
pressed by strikes. appeals to legisla-
tuTGS,i SlTeGl-CDi oldtOlS st'iN ~
hosts that parade with banners. 10;
more pay and less work? This Is claim
ed. but it is not probable that the por-
ton of the graduates who swell the
leisure classes affect this situation in
any degree to be compared with the
manner in which so large a part of the
working classes now spend both then
leisure and their money. Statistics
show that iaborers spend more than
one quarter OF their wages in the sa-
loon, and that this proportion is IN
cfeasing The drink money IS more
each year then the whole expenditure
for education, wooden goods, boots ano
shoes, and bread. why do men COM
pltAn of the high cost of living asked
one Of the Boston University professors
at the recent Commencement, 'whesi
they know ii might be reduced on-hali
iGthev would work faithfully ten hours
a. day and keep out of the saloon; II
their wives would learn TO attend pro-
perly to their household duties and IL
both would correct their bad habits
and give up their harmful frivelftie'
ard false pridea Why do the people 81
the eUnited states spend $500 100000 9
year 4rs FOR ie@elry. TITLES it be the desire
to ope the gaping eyes of idiot Won
ders9 We are we'll aware that the mor'
Jewels and decorations. the nearer tn
approach to the savage Meanwhile,
form of socialism is increasing which
expresses itself in such typical utter
ances as these. all heard in the pas
few days: 1--WE will accept nothing les
than the abolition of private owner
ship of property we declare tina
murder or anything else is justifiabl
to gain the ends we seek" I'VE believ
in direct action and in violent assault
upon the existing order Of society. wv
urge the use of dynamite, of sabotage
of the destruction of machinery an
property" I'VE will put dynamite un
der the courts I'VE will tranpie upo
the stars and stripes and nut the re
nag there and keep it there" The pee
pie who say these things are not a
graduates but some of them are. Tn
impressive point is that the utterance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
Editorial Comment
Fortresses for Peace.
Bangor News.)


A few months ago General Goethals,
III charge of the Panama Canal con-
struetion, wrote a most factual and en-
tlrely offcldf tale concerning the mag
nitude and invulnerability of the great
Notifications. which have been built
to guard and protect the latest and
most costly canal upon earth. 1t is as
far ahead of Gibraltar, which guards
the entrance to the Mediterranean, as
Sebastopol or Fortress Monroe IS
ahead of Fort Knox. The batteries OF
cement are invulnerable; enough food
supplies to last canal garrison for SIN
years are in safe storage. Ali the COM
bined navies of earth cannot pass
through "our canal in two decades.
General Stevins, engineer In com
inand at Manila just now writes about
the incompatible defences OF the Phil-
ippines and Manila Bay. To quote from
Tennyscn's Maud. Ihere are mont
like them-none-"
There lies outside the harbor GIL
gantic dreadnaught battleship, con-
structed entirely of cement. with Walls
feet in thickness and entirety nofnp-
proof. 1t does not float or move by
sail or steamer move at all. Iof ina.
matter. It is Just coating Tor the
solid rock of Manila Harbor, winch Is
impregnable and unassailable'
Here again, there are Underground
water tanks and boards OF PROVISIONS
and medicines. which no new porn III
FAINT can survive long enough 10 con-
sume-positively the greatest ever
Even while Andrew Carnegie for
mer Presidents Taft and Roosevelt
were preaching the sweet gospei VI
Ir,ivarsaI Peace officers of the FEDERAL
war Department are telegraphins
from Washington to Honolulu ana
tncnce to Toxic, preliminary plans Tor
tha greatest ever concerning the pro-
iected Notifications of Hawai-.
IT is to be the bright little, tisht
Iit,l, island" of the univerSe-that one
admitted port of call known upon all
charts and mans. the Port SAID OF tue
Pacific Ocean. the Mecca of all VINO
dearly love peace and Pooh- hai. y,
,rmamont.= something which miea.
have gladdened the gallant heait =
Richard Coueur- de-Leon, some ihs
ton which would have de1eateu .'s
strategy of Hannibal, and anhiliii' '.'L's
the advancing legions of julius 1aes''t
himself and
simply as menaces of continued aha
undying war, these pious schemes no
tend to encourage American patrio.,n 81
and cause us to pull the tail OF ths
british Lion. Such information--oi
Observation-Disclosures cause US 10 SUI SUI
among the nations more than ever w.
chips upon our shoulders. -. u,,,o
hut how about the Court at Ine
Hague? Was there not some one sPeah
ing of late about the incomparaeie
uti,;tv of international arbitration:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

such as we have quoted suggest one pi
the most important and promising
fields of thought and action for the
college and university classes, 10 thu
end that the just occasion for such So
cial incendiarism may be reduced IL
the lowest possible limits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

Actually it is to be a basket, the See
rotary of State says. but why balk al
bucket is the really democratic uten-
sill Fancy perfervid spellbinder try
ing to arouse the plain people to en-
thusiasm by shrill shrieks about the
fun dinner basket, The correct terms
are dinner pail and lunch basket.
--Pittsburg Dispatch.
Well, where does the bucket come in
.."chuck- bucket?''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

confessed white slave dealer who
acknowledged he made $4,000 out of
his crimes in four years, gets fifteen
months in the penitentiary. And yet we
Americans sneer and threaten, and
boast what we would do with those
british suffragettes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
Maine Gossip

TThe Kennebec Journal has col.
lection of old poems, many OF which
are frequently requested by subserib.
ers, These will be published from
day to day at the head of this column.
-Ed,1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

What the safe and sane Fonrths are
irving to do issto. take the riot out of
patriotism.--Ph Philadelphia Record.
1t also means taking the brat out Of
celebration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

stumps of trees of certain KINDS,
such as the Cuban pine, the long ie,n
pire. the Douglas fir and the redwoou,
sometimes continue to grow for years
after the trees are cut down.
Melton pictures AS an aid to educa :
ton in the public schools are 10 ne
tried cut by the board. of education III
washington. d. c. Plans for instaiia-
ton of the machines have been hia'e.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

\ Pennsylvania statistician caleltr
iates that in the last year fs0Wo,utb
tons of water We're pumped out OF the
mines of one company IN the ahthfd-
cite region.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

One of the Democratic congressman
from Texas declares that the President
is being hoodwinked by Wall Street.
This is terrible enough to call for
another investigation. - Philadelphia
Press.
Yes; they ought to investigate Wall
Mreet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
Wednesday, June IS, 1918.

whatsoever in the frame and
nature OF his affections is unfit
ifor friendship taketh of the beast
and not from HUMANITY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

Mrs. Eugene Williams seeks divorce
in Kansas city, Mo-, on the allegation
that her husband made her livc IN
chicken coop for economical reasons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

The following advertisement is pub
lished in the kreisblatt newspaper
published at Heeehst. near Weisbaden.
Germany: Can any one favor me with
the names Of the ballonists who, when
passing over the village of Reid last
Thursday evening, dropped "A bag OF
ballast down my chimney and G9fn-
pIeteiy ruined n fruit tart whichI was
cooting?-jt, iia Schmidt, IL Briteissssss.
Reid"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. TAI, F. & a.
NJ SnaciaI communication. Tuesday eve
ming. June Il. Work in NJ, NJ. degree e.
All soiourning brethren are cordially IN
'iteu " a'.o,a. +, IEANITT, w. NJ
" A. JACKSON. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

The resignation of DR.. Wilson f.
at kent's Hill Seminary is announced.
Dr.. Morse has served as head of this
department for more than 40 years. His
resignation is due to delicate eondi-
ton of health from which he has been
suffering for a year or more 1t was
way back in the carly seventies that
Dr. Morse introduced the first syste-
matte course in music at Kent's Hill.
Since that time the department has
been one of the strongest features
of this time-honored institution,
thousands of students having avail
ed themselves of its advantages.
AS teacher of piano in the
school, Mrs. Morse has been closely as
sociated' with her husband in all his
work. Both DR.. and Mrs. Morse are
members of the National Teachers AS
ISOLATION. Each has an honorary degree
in music from Syracuse University. the
former that of Doctor CT Music and the
latter that of Magister Musicae. 1t was
through the efforts of DR.. Morse that,
in 1894, when the music department at
kents Hill had outgrown its previous
quarters, the present finely equipped
music building known as Kicker Hall
was built. Besides a fine auditorium
capable of seating three hundred PEG
pie. this building contains IL practice
rooms, various teachers studios. and
20 first-class pianos. A thorough must
clan, an admirable teacher, a faithful
friend, DR.. Morse has won his way
through his long and untiring SERVICES
| at kent's Hill Seminary, to the hearts
of scores of students who have been
| privileged to come under his influence
| and receive his instruction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

Ecuador has prohibited the importa-
ton OF explosives except on govern
ment permit,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18
The Bath Times boasts:

TIC Bath IIlnes DOdSl5.
''This region is becoming more and
more popular as "a location for summer
schools Certainly there could be no
more suitable locality for these camps
where boys receive instruction along
with their summer fun. Bath furnishes
q convenient base of supplies, and the
surrounding country is unfiNalled
whether for picturesqueness or facilities
for all sorts of out of door sports. This
week ii was announced that still another
of these schools is to be planted in Ar
rowsic next year, making at least half
a dozen within easy reach of Bath"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

California for the past four years. is
at homo for the summer.
Mr., and Mrs, Guy Norton we're
guests of friends in Dixmont over
Sunday
c. NJ. Whitney. L. NJ. Soule and E.
=. Hunt were in Bangor, Monday.
PerleN Clark is attending the
graduating exercises at Kenfs Till
this week.
Mrs Joseph Sawyer who has been
the guest of e. IS. Mitchell for the
past few days reterned to her home in
Fairfield, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Fuller of Au
gusta were the guests of Mr.. Fuller's
brother, Sunday.
Mrs. Bessey of Freedom is the guest
of her daughter. hrs. John Wood.
The graduating exercises of the
High school and the prize reading
were held Friday evening at the |. O.
O. T. hall The prizes were awarded
as follows, the first was given t.
Sophia Tozier. second to Kathleen
Foster, third to Raymond Hamlin. The:
Judges were r. e. knight, Miss Vivian
Naber and Mrs. Geo. Woods. Tozier9
orchestra of Albion furnished music.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

Skowhegan correspondence says:
There will be 4 poor hay crop In Som
erset County, this season, according ID
all indications The cold weather this
spring has impeded the growth and
the frost of last winter with the ice
and the lack of snow killed out many
grass roots. There will be no clover
crop to speak of. Hay has sold during
the last season poorly and many of the
farmers have in their barns most Of
last years hay crop, anticipating high
er prices this fall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-18

TO prove that the people of the TWEEN
tieth century need not be slaves to
civilized convention. Joseph Knowles,
a Boston painter of outdoor life, plans
to plunge into the wilderness of North
ern Maine on July / without clothing,
food, matches. firearms or ammunition
He promises to stay there until Octo-
Der 1, to subsist on fish. game. berries
and wild vegetables, and to come out
fully clothed He will live fifty or sixty
miles away from any settlement and
will accept no help from the outside
word, Knowles will make his own fire
by friction; will build log cabin from
material he finds in the woods. and will
make traps out of what he discovers IN
the practically uneXplored northern
part of the Pine Tree State.