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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
Will We Have a Sane ath?
philadelphia Press)


III. thermometer and the calendar
alike proclaim the near approach oil
tho Fotrth of July. Select counetl
last week authorized an Appropriation
af $4,000 for the observance OF saic
and sane Fourth. Twenty-seNen sec.
,ional celebrations have already been
arranged and others are III prospect
under the chastenins oversight et the
Reconstructed Fourth Association.
The idea of this association Is TO Sc
cure the people an enjoyable foufth.
and y patriotic Fourth. day fuit OF
iov and glee and entertainment WITH
out the aftermath of the ahoaiah'e
and the hospital, the darkenea feoih'
the blinded eyes. the INITIATED hahoS
the suffering and death which nave iot
,fanV Years followed close on every
observance of the old fashioned FOURTH
of July.
Fourth without loekjaw is not
necessarily a Fourth without fireworks
provided that the latter are set OH ny
experts. 1t is, however, foafeh
a,ithoat the pistol or the cannon
cracker or the dynamite torpedo OF ehe
other high power explosives lhat arr
so cruel to the fingers ana faces VI
the small boy who finds feafial JOY
in brilliant flashes and deaienihs
noise. They have their attraction &c
youth. but they take such toll oi
death and suffering that their SAFE anu
use ought to be remorselessly sup
pressed. III,
our legislation on the subject is still
weak. but the instructions TO the
police issued by the Department u
Public Safety make the most OF .heH.
and il energetically enforced bS ire
noliee will greatly lessen the periis
and increase the sanity of this year :
Fourth of July celebration. fueae
sentiment has changed and' IS ch3hs-
ing on the subject OF the proper CD
servance of independence Day II i
clearly seen by many and soon, we be-
Iieve. will be seen by all, that the klha
of observance that fills the hospitals
with manned and injured and leaves 4
long list of lockjaw cases to Its dfs-
credit. is an insane and stupid metnoe
of celebration. 1t costs toe much ana
ought to be stopped,
Every year the celebration OF hide
pendence Day is becoming saner IN
large portion of the country and tes
list of killed and injured grows short
er. Il is hoped that Philadelphia t'i'S
year will participate in the program
with rational entertainment PfoFta+'
everywhere for the young and th'
blank cartridge pistol and cannon
cracker made conspicuous by thei'
s.iInnre
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
Few Americans Speak Spanish.

Several we'll paid teaching positions
in Latin America open to Americans
will probably be filled by men from
other countries because of lack OF
trained men in the United States with
a speaking knowledge of Spanish, ae-
cording to Mr. l.. A. kalbach, Ghiel
Clerk Of the Bureau of Education. On
several occasions lately, Mr.. kalbach
points out. the Bureau of Education,
at The request of the State Depart
rnent, has secured the country IN
search of educators for responsible
positions in Latin American countries,
only to find generally that those who
might qualify in other particulars can
not speak the language.
Spanish is, of course, taught IN
many American institutions of learn
ing. but. the bureau officials point out
comparatively few students avail
themselves of the opportunity to learn
it. Sometimes students feel that a
high school or college course in Span
ish will not furnish the necessary con-
yersational knowledge. This difficulty
has long been recognized in all mod
ern- language instruction. and in
Spanish. particularly. practical control
of the language is now insisted upon.
II is quite probable that the prlncl-
pal reason why Americans have been
slow to learn foreign language for
use abroad is to be found in the fact
that there has been little necessity
for seeking positions in other coun-
tries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
Heads Grow Until Old Age.

Twenty-Five years is generally the
growing limit" That is, most people
are believed to have attained their en-
tire growth. so far as height goes, or
size of feet Or hands, 10y the time they
are Twenty-Five years old. Some de-
veiop much younger and attain their
full growth by the time they are any
where from sixteen to twenty years OF
age.
After twenty-five. human beings are
not supposed to grow except to put on
weight increase their waist measure
or grow stout all over, but the claim
has been made by j. Millott severn, an
English phrenologist. that there are
many instances where the human
head continues to grow and that men 5
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
The Cost of Living.

est. Louis Weekly Globe Demoerat.)
Many countries are represented at
the tenth International Congress Oh
Agriculture row in session at Brussels.
4 leading topic is the cost OF 1000
throughout the world. former French
premier. NJ. Meline, occupied the char
and delivered the inaugural address
He gave figures showing that the pep
ulation of the world Is increasing while
the production of cereals and meats IS
declining even in the most fertile eoun-
tries. He was emphatic on the need OF
stopping the rush of people from the
rural districts TO the cities. As he views
the conditions food prices will go high
or It NAV surprise some of the Demo-
Gratis who Insisted last year that the
American tariff is responsible for the
advance in the cost of food that the
subject has not been mentioned at
Brussels. such claim would be treat
ed by this scientific gathering rs too
fantastic to be worth attention The
United states. under a protective sys-
tenn, has been selling a larger surplus
of food than is raised by any other
country, and its tariff rates have no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

As to communications from those
not pleased with enforcement OF the
law, the Journal on "Wednesday morn
ing. received one that was very frank
and bore a signature whether that Of
the writer or not we do not know poe
we offer il for what ii is worth:
Cooper's Mills, Maine, June 10, 1915.
Editor kenncbec Journal
Augusta, Maine.
Ny Dear Sir
Am sending you some news? As ! know
you would be glad to have? From man
who can get all the RUM HE WANTS.
Thomas A. Mclaughlin.
The news" to which our friend re-
ferred was booze editorial from a
Maine paper of the liquor interest
persuasion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

Emperor William of Germany shows
his belief in the system of national
theaters by contributing lavishly to-
ward their support. AS king of Prus-
sia William Ii is the owner of the
Konielehe Schauspiele. of which there
are six--three in Berlin and one each
in Wiesbaden, Cassel and Hanover.
TIE prussian ministry of the interior
sets aside yearly $685., 900 for the royal
theaters in Berlin alone, which sum is
made up to $737, 500 out of the pfivy
purse. Even SO. however, there is gem
orally a annual deficit of more than
So, 00a, and this the emperor makes
good as well. His imperial majesty
takes most interest in the Berlin opera
house, which is only a stones throw
from the castle, SO that he can easily
run in and conduct rehearsals. 1t is
entirely owing to his efforts that the
productions have attained their present
pitch of perfection in everything that
concerns mounting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
CONWAY'S BIG ONION.
South Carolina Truck Grower Raises
One 18 Inches in Circumference.

Harrison johnson, a truck farmer,
"a an lives near here. mas brought 10
town possibly the largest onion 'hae
has ever been grown in the county /.
The root of the plant measurea l.
inches in circumference and welsheo -
ounces. 1t was On exhibition at one Vi
the mercantile stores of the town anl-
ing the day, and attracted the atteii'iof,
of many towns people. vino e&,
Themselves as to its being the iatssse
they had ever seen. This patueolai
nlant was taken from bushei %''ie"
Johnson brought to market. all Oh
which averaged more than ioo''
each.-CharIestC News and Courier
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

The United States is perhaps the only
country in the world in which money.
IN itself. carries no public honor with
II, and in which even the most lavish
heaNing Of coins TO the rabble goes I'M
rewarded. An English Carnegie would
have had seat in the house of lords
twenty years ago; a French Rockefel-
Ter would have sported the grand cor
don of the Legion of Honor before he
ever sported toupee; German Nor
gan could never nave escaped the Red
Eagle and privy council. But in the
United States great fortune is the
most effective of all bars TO public dig
nifty and preterment. and even To pri-
Yste respect. Our Ryans and Harri-
mans are not idols but targets: the one
sure way 10 make stir in politics is
to attack them successfuily.-Sm
Set.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

No complaint with regard to undue
limitation of polling time was possible
in the old parliamentary days. The
danger was that polling might be pro-
loneed for IL fortnight or month.
Drastic action to bring the poll to a
close once provoked a riot in the West
minister division of London. At the
general election that began on April %.
I'LL. the two Westminster minsterlaf
candidates were on the fifth day OF
polling well ahead: but an opposition
party of electors approaching the hust-
ings in great force, the high baiiif
(Nho favored the ministerialists) de-
elared that he feared a riot. and closed
the poll. The bafiled voters rioted and
the military were called out. The high
bailiff had afterward to apologize on
his knees to the speaker and pay ii
heavy fine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
The kaiser's Automobile.

His imperial majesty the Emperor
William now carries at night on any
automobile in which he happens 70 rus
an Illuminated royal standard with III.
words Colt nit uns-"God WIN US
to the ordinary wayfarer, wiethef o',
foot OF awheel, this announcement
seems unwarrantabIy exclusive. II MOI
prepcsterously selfish.--Harper's Week
"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
When active sanitation work wa

When active sanitation work was
commenced in Jerusalem last year, II
was found that every fifth person In
the city had malarial germs in his
system The chief causes of the ma
laria were found to be the open cls-
terms and the pools that abounded In
the city and around about. For the
first time in centuries there is real
checking Of the mosquito plague. :,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

Even the Oatmeal Trust has its otiunl
cum dig disturbed by federal prosecu-
ton. Brooklyn Eagle,
We've long suspected that not every
breakfast food was what it was
cracked up to be,-Biddeford journal
Yes, we expect we have bitten into
that i'm the old days before grape fruit
were invented
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

The father enjoys his children, he has
something the other man has not. WHY
should the man whose children run II
lisu their sire's return and climb his knee
the envied kiss to share"-why should tt
have his kisses tax-frec and so double
the tax on the lonesome unkissed GUS
Lewiston sun.
'S'matter Pop? Is it a case of self
pity, or are you plying the othel
fellow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
Maine Gossip

1.-The ksnnobcc 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
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
egTHlEHEM LODGE. NO. IS, r. &

A. NJ Special communication, sunday,
June -, 10 O'Clock \. NJ, for the pufpose
of attending Divine service. special on
Monday. June %, at 100 p. NJ. Work IN
NJ. NJ degree. All sojouning brethren
are cordially invited to attend
PEARL T.. FULLER, Secretary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

salt Lake City has IA municipal repair
shop for its machinery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

We and the following in West Rock
port correspondence: "On the road
leading from this village To South
Hope nhe Mt. Pleasant road can he
seen d brook that flows across the road
and within a few rods is lost. It flows
into a swami basin of one or two acres
in extent, that has no known outlet
and the swamp is dry. no surface wa.
ter to lie seen there at any time I'll
year; but it has an open growth OF
aiders and grass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

In February. 1885 children were
horn in Pennsylvania.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20

and the swamp Is dry, no surface wa
ter To be seen there at any time I'll
year. but it has an open growth ot
aiders and grass"
The Is boys of the Senior class at
Bddeford High school who celebrated
Friday. June Il, 1913, by marching INTO
the school building in grotesque attire
being promptly sent out by Principal
REYNOLDS and afterwards indefinitely
suspended by the Board of Education
have returned to school with the lie
good. my son" admonition impressed
upon their minds. one after another
they went before the Board of Eduea-
ton NJ a special meeting. told Their
stories and the suspension was raised
Sensational reports that Maine was To
have one of the serious schoel stfihes
experit need, this year by seNcrai othei
schools are thus refuted.
IT is prety hard to say just how many
veterans will go from Maine to GettSs-
burg the latter part of the month to
attend the semi-centcnary reunion. Ad-
iutant General Dill had more than iVo
names on his list few days ago ana
the chances are there will be 800 by
the end of next week. But probably not
more than half of that number VIII
actually make the trip TO Washington,
There can he no doubt, however. that
there I'll be an immense crowd at the
ceremonies. Some place the number who
will attend as high as 200.000 persons OF
which number $4,000 will be wearers OF
l,A 4 rot
yolye a tremendous strain on the It.
sources of So small town. Part oil Inc
problem will be solved by the acton
of the National and various state sof-
ernments, which will provide tents.
food and transportation for old SOL
diers. A regular camp-serNlec VIII "
organized. with hospitals, surgeons,
nurses and everything necessary 10
furnish prompt aid to SICK or ihJaieo'
THE address of Justice Leslie Z.
Cornish given before the Maine State
Bar Association in January, 1915. mas
been published" says the Lewiston
Journal and in this form should have
wide circulation because it seems to
present fairly the conditions touenine
preme court of Maine. There Is no
question of the great injustice ana
hardship done to party in litigation
and to those charged with the COM
mission of crimes and misdemeanofs
by the unusual delays of justice IN the
American court. We are frequently
with the courts of England
where quick trial immediate sentence
and speedy execution of SAID sentences
are the common procedure in court
Justice Cornish of Maine has named
his discussion of the question me
Laws Dispatch in Maine and his
of the situation based
upon figures collected from the Id
counties of Maine for trial terms OF
1910. 1912 inclusive, seem to bear out
his contention that the court of Maine
is working faster than the average
courts of the United States. although
so far as we know, Justice Cornish
does not enter into any comparisons
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
: OMMANDERY, NO.

TRINITY COMMANDERY, NO.
X T. stated conclaye at Masonic Tenn,
pie. Friday evening, June -. 9fitl ~,
sojouFning fraters are cordially lhViteo
to attend.
CHARLES r. GETCiIELL, T. c.
THOS II. BOpGE, Recorder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-20
Friday, June 20, 1918.

What you keep by you, YOU may
change and mend; but words once
spoke can never be recalled.-Ros-
common.
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-20
HUERTA AND LIND TALK
BUT NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MENICO CITY. Aug 20 -Msdiat-
Ion terms have been suggested TO
Huorla. but the president Of the
Mexican republic does not take
kindly to mediation suggestions or
any other kind OF suggestions. Ear
ly this morning he govs out the
statement that he would resent the
Interference Of any foreign nations In
Mexican affairs.
President Huerta and Envoy John
Lind held a conference lasting more
than an hour this morning, during
which they reached an understanding
which will be sent to the State de
partment Of the American govern
ment Neither Of the gentlemen would
make any comments on the nature
o their meeting
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-20
lane BELIEVES
. IN GOVERNMENT
AID FOR ALASKA

SEATTLE. Aug 19-Secre.ary OF
the Interior r. *. Lane was
guest OF the Seattle Press club sat
urday night and spoke some opIn-
ions regarding Alaska. Among 9TH
er things he said:
"If the United States government
can afford to spend four hundred
million dollars digging a canal across
Panama, It surely can afford TO
spend forty millions I'm Alaska. I'm
In favor Of government owned rail-
roads lu Alaska, and am urging and
shall continue to urge a complete
system Of opening the coal and also
tho agricultural lands. / have faith
that my son will live to see Alaska
with a population Of from six TO
ten millions Of people
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-20

Twu distinguished passengers tra,
cling 20 Alaska for the FIRST time
AFRO aboard the Spokane today: Duo
.. Duohasse dc Richcliou, who are
touring America THE Duchess of
BIehaIeu was formerly Miss Wise OF
Baltimore. o. beautiful American girl
Tho Duke la devo.ee OF eyor-
else and especially enjoys waiklng'
&c was while walking in the foho
valley of california Few days ago
chat Doc got lost having refused at-
tendance of o. guide While the m-
e.do.. annoyed the Duke, hg was
made much of by the joke5mIth8 OF
.Ha party
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-20

OTTAWA, Aug. 2O-Tho Amorl-
can sheriff Kolsca was responsible
Tor the arrest of Thaw. 10 was he
who gave the Tip to the Canadian
poli,- that the escaped man was
aboard the train and the arrest fol-
lowed. Letters were found ON Thaws
person addressed TO himself, but he
stouly maintained that he was not
the man wanted. He was held, how
ever. until the arrival OF Kclscas
mon. who Identified him. Thaw viii
be doportcd
PlTTSBURG, Aug 2O-Harry
Thaw. now under arrest u Canada,
has wired his mother TO send him
money to fight deportation
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-20
DIGGs, LIKE ADAM, SAYS
WOMAN TEMPTED HIM

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 2O-NIau-
ry Dlggs was the first witness called
yesterday when the case against him
for white slavery was reopeued BE
testified that Marsha Warrington
made him take her to Reno, and
chat me only went through her nsis-
Jeucr
Diggs denied that he went TO that
city with the intention OF commit
Ting @ crime. but left secretly in or
der TO prevent q scandal
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-20
TROOPS
TAKE 800 COAL
MINERS IN TOW

NANAnO. Aug. While near
lyaa thousand striking miners were
session nc % meeting yesterday after
noon. soldiers surrounded them and
tool, more than five hundred prison
er They are now I'm the custody Of
the soldlcry, and military law has
been declared in the district The
situation i8 becoming alarming 20
the government
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-19
EDUCATING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

1T is often the exceptionally bright
child. even the genius, whom we find
on the wrong side says DR. Maxi
milan p. e. Groszmann, discussing the
education of exceptional children in
the annual report of the United States
commissioner OF education. just issued
The stupid and weak minded criminal
is not as dangerous rs the clever and
intellectual criminals"
Doctor Groszmann urges that pub
lie attention be directed to all types
of exceptional children, not merely to
the feeble minded and degenerate, who,
no matter how undesirable a factor
they may be in society, are by no
means the whole problem. He points
out that the problem of the exceptional
child is by no means merely the prob
lem of the defective" or the sub
normal" or the abnormal" child.
often ii is case OF misdirected ability
on the part of a gifted mind, or the
problem OF child growth and develop
ment as affecting criminal tendencies.
Sometimes it is vocational failure. due
TO improper vocational education. or 1T
may be q problem arising from racial
differences, together with the diff
culties OF social adjustment in a nation
which has grown through immigra
tion.
Real progress, particularly in dis
tinguishing between the various types
of exceptional children, is reported by
Doctor Grozsmann. He considers the
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-19
of a System

Y Charles S. Mellen. president OF the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad company,
has resigned, it may be said has been made to re-
sign the office he has held for 10 years past and he
is also under Indictment for violating the federal
anti. trust laws ard for manslaughter.
Forced out OF his life's work as he approaches
old age and under indictments both civil and Grim
inal, Mr. Mellen's lot is unhappy anl miserable
one For this the system under which he was
brought up is to blame than he is personally,
as the things he did were the things that seemed
natural, proper and legal for him to do
Mr.. Meen was for good many years familiar
figure on the Pacific coast, he fer some years
president OF the Northern Pacific, where he made
such a reputation competent and Efficient rail
road man that he was picked by the late Pierpont
Morgan the best to reoreanize and Conf
plete the New Haven system.
! he truth is that Mr. Neer is about the last
Of the public be damned style Of railroad pres-
dent. Brought up in that school he has not yet
been able to fully comprehend that the old order
has changed that the public has learned to say the
railroad be damned and has pretty nearly made
some of them SO. He has not shown the slightest
sympathy with the wishes and desires of either the
travelling the shipping public, and in all things
has acted in the old fashioned way, if the rail
road were pocket piece of those who controlled its
affairs and not a public service corporation re-
sponsbe primarily to the public, whence it derives
its existence.
In all its life the interstate commerce commits
sion has criticised no railroad management as it
has that of Mr.. Mellen
The recent report written by Commissioner
Prouty. is full OF bitter irony and burning sarcasm
at Mr. Nellen's personal expense, most unusual
performance for that usually judicially dignihed
body
The friends of Mr. Mellen, and they are many
will regret the trouble in which he finds himself
but i'll view of his reckless hnanciering his appar
ent indifference to the disasters which have made
his road national disgrace, his retirement will be
la public benefit