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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Editorial Comment.
Was 1t a Mistake?
Boston Adyertiser.l

Boston Advertiser)
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, in
commenting upon the railroad situa-
ton in New England, thinks that it
emphasizes one of the few financial
plumbers that may be credited to the
late ]. p. Morgan. In this instance, it
concludes, Mr.. Morgan made many
mistakes and loaded down the New
Haven railroad with a tremendous
burden of debt. But there can be no
doubt that ne was entirely honest in
his views, and that it was no mere
soTdid thought of personal gain that
actuated him in his dealings as a
banker with the railroad company.
This comment is added:
Since his death the rapid march of
events has shown that Mr.. Morgan,
dominating as his personality was,
was quite as fallible as the rest Of
humanity and that his plans for max
ing the New Haven railroad great
monopoly were all wrong. That egg is
being rapidly unscrambled. The books
of his firm show conclusively, how
ever, that the great banker was not
exploiting the railroad for his own en-
richment. He made a colossal mis-
take, inst as he did in the formation
of the International Mercantile Marine
Company.
Mr.. Morgan was not figuring upon a
profit, in his transactions in the New
Haven. He did what he considered his
patriotic duty. He learned that group
of spectators in New York were de-
liberately working to wreck the New
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

many had been dropped from the Ma
tional Democratic Club, in New York,
for non payment of dues" There is a
world of tragedy in that simple an
nouncement. a great bulk of pathos.
We can all imagine Mr. Murphy. poor
man, striving to keep up appearances
by means of his club membership,
economizing in even the most ne
cessary personal expenses, so that he
might pay his club dues, and yet I'M
able to do so. Possibly he linked the
seams of his coat, and washed and
ironed his own linen. and socks. Pos
sibly he tried to borrow enough from
his fellow members to satisfy the lit
tie printed demands from the club
treasurer. What a dreadful thing 1t
must be, in great city. to be so poor
as Charlie Murphy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The Brooklyn navy yard force Mon
day again started breaking records,
when the keel of the new battleship,
now known only as Ne. SO, was laid
and the craft was pronounced 20 per
cent. completed. This giant fighting
machine will be of 81, 400 tons displace-
ment, or 5000 tons more than the New
York. the largest battleship afioat and
which will next week go into commits
sion. No. 80 will. according to the pre-
diction of Commandant Gleaves of the
navy yard, be complete in 10 months, if
all goes well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Friday, March 20, 1914.
Patti Acknowledges the Corn.

Hon. w r. Pattangalfs newspaper
published, Thursday morning, a state
ment from him announcing that he
would not be candidate in the
primaries for the Democratic nominal
ton for representative from the Third
congressional district. Mr.. Pattan-
gall recognizes that he cannot be
elected; that he cannot secure the
support of even the Democrats of the
district. He is frank to say so. He
declares, however, that he will sup
port and do all that he can to elect
whomever the party selects.
That is unself1sh of Mr. Pattangall
gest that his assistance might not
be valuable asset to the nominee,
should it become generally understood
that said nominee is Pattangall
candidate.
Unfortunately for the Sentiners
reputation for taste good or bad)
that paper, in the same issue, devotes
three-fourths of a column to editorial
disquisition on the Fernald letter stat
ing that the former governor will not
be a candidate for Republican honors
in the Second congressional district.
Indeed, we might reprint the Sentinel
editorial with changes of names, dis
tricts, etc, and turn its own comment
upon the Hon. w. r. P. The Sentinel
says:
Are we to infer from this that Cover
nor Fernald is ignoring the existence of
the progressive party? If that is SO. he
is in line with other Republicans, who
to use popular language, are putting up
bluff to the effect that there is really
no new party. To an outsider ii would
seem to be about time to end that nom
sense. We do not know how strong the
Progressive party will prove itself to be
in the coming campaign but il is a party
duly organized and with at least a re-
spectacle following. To pretend that 1t
is nothing but an element" in the Re-
publican party is to pretend that which
is obviously absurd. Yet there are Re-
puhsfeans who still assert that this new
organZatfon is really a part of the old,
1t would seem that Governor Fernald
was clinging to that view.
Now change Governor Fernald" to
Boss Pattangall: change Progressive"
to Hanson Faction; change "Repub-
lican'' to Democrat-and there you
are. In closing, Mr.. PattangalPs
editor says:
Governor Fernald succeeded in writing
very interesting letter. His announce
ment that he win not run for Congress
is not of much interest because he
couldn't get elected il he did run. But
his allusion to the elements suggests so
many possibilities that ii makes the let
ter amusing IL not instructive.
OF course Mr.. Pattangalfs letter is
even more interesting" because he
himself declares that he could not be
elected. But it occurs to us that if
lot Of ether Democratic would hes
had as much sense as Patt they would
save themselves lot of money and
worry.
The people of Maine have had a
genteel sufficiency of free trade, free
rum, opposition to woman suffrage,
opposition to law. to moral progress,
and of appeals to outside commercial
cussedness to interfere in Maine af-
fairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Pennsylvania Out of Debt.
PHILADELPHIA Press.l


The census statistics which show
that forty-eight states have an aggre-
gate debt of s4l9, $4,000 exhibit this
much maligned state Of Pennsylvania
in a most agreeable Contrast We have
no state debt at all, fact that has
long been familiar to everybody In
Pennsylvania, but which is not under
stood so elsewhere. There are some
people who think they are called upon
to reform things in this state. but
when the facts are made plain the
people have plenty good reason to be
satisfied with the kind of administra-
ton which the Republican party has
provided during the past fifty years.
It would have been great achieve
ment If ii had done nothing more in
that tine but wipe out a debt of more
than forty millions and lift the state
tax from real estate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Finuer Prints Next.

6BoSton Journal.5
The Maine Central Railroad Com
pany is waging war against ticket
scalping-a war that has been waged
by the railroads of this country for
many years, but apparently without
complete success. This time the Maine
Central is after those who buy mile
age books and then rent them both
the owner and the temporary holder
making money out of the transaction.
In endeavoring to prevent that kind
of industry the Maine Central has
made a rule that it will issue only
one mileage book at a time to one
person, and a second book will not
be issued to any person until the first
has been used up.
Isn't that rather OVERRIDING it? And
won't it be necessary, In order to en-
force such a rule right up to the han
die. to employ finger-print experts
and other costly specialists? By the
way. wasn't it the Maine Central
which for months. after plain law
relating to mileage books had been
passed and signed. refused TO COM
ply with that law?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

measure in connection with the other
bills that have been grouped into the
administration antitrust program
now pending.
Tn all of these bills" said Repre-
sentative Frederick Clement Stevens
of Minnesota, ranking Republican
member of the House committee on
interstate and foreign commerce. COM
mentiag upon the situation, the doc
trine is that wherever in the domain
of interstate commerce the United
States assumes to degislate along GER
tain lines, unless it expressly allows
the states the power to also regulate
in interstate commerce, the power of
the United States is supreme and con-
elusive, and the states cannot 1egislate
along the same lines as Congress has
done.
Practically all the antitrust bills
before the judiciary committee legis-
late concerning the regulation of COM
merce, and within the scope OF those
bills the states would not be allowed
to legislate and no exception is even
proposed conceding the jurisdiction to
the states. The result would ne
cessarily be that many of the state
laws would be invalidated. For ex-
ample, the other day in Michigan the
United States courts declared the blue
sky law of Michigan invalid. because
unduly interfering with interstate
commerce. Undoubtedly this would
be the same rule in the regulation of
the issuance of railroad securities, and
the testimony of the Interstate Com
merce Commission is clearly to the
same effect"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Maine Gossip
MEN AND THINGS.
The Calm That Comes at Evening.

(By Cy Warman.e
There's calm that comes at evening
When the weary day is Ger,
That's as soothing as the lullaby
Our mothers sang of yore;
And though the day be dreary,
/ can just forget ii all,
In the calm that comes at evening,
When the twilight shadows fall.
/ can see my sweetheart's signal
From her waving window blinds;
/ can feel her perfumsd presence
Waited TO me on the winds;
When | hush my heart to hear her,
l can almost understand
Her sweet welcome in the wimple
OF the windwave from her hand.
When she laughs it's like the music
OF the ripples on the rills,
And her breath is like the fragrance
OF the flowers that deck the hills.
And though the day be dreary,
l can just forget it all,
In the calm that comes at evening,
When the twilight shadows fall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

When DR.. C. G. Percy of Brookline
Mass, dressed in full attire, dove re-
peatedly under the ice on Leverett
pond, that town, Monday, in an at
tempt to save drowning boy, he
showed the stuff of which Carnegie
Medal heroes are made and he de-
in ten or a dozen times. swimming in
all directions, but the water is about
IS feet deep and the body had sunk,
being recovered later by grapples.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Here's hoping that the cloud over
the railroad horizon will quickly be
driven away and the roads and the
turn to safe and sane method of
transacting business. AS soon as the
n. Y, N. H. & II. can clear itself of
its B. & M. holdings and the Maine
Central return to State of Maine own
ership, the sooner that result will be
accomplished and the increase in
business creep upward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Although the New York courts have
decided that moving pictures may be
shown on Sundays and District At
torney Cropsey has expressed the opin-
ion that it was not Illegal to take
photographs on the Sabbath, four
more photographers were hailed into
court Monday on that charge. Funny
laws in New York, Ell?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Haven, and that their agents. in posi-
tons of prominence in this section,
We're eagerly assisting in that plot.
He believed it to be his duty to pre-
vent the success of that plot, even if
he did actually lose money by 1t. Per-
haps that was a "blunder." If he had
lived, it might have proved exactly the
reverse, in time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

George W. Perkins says (and he
ought to know:
There is no more chance of their old
leaders or old principles ever again being
acceptable to our people, than there IS
for SNOWFALL to survive in Hades."
Well, how about pure white snow
doesn't get too hot under the collar?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Over 100000 women have registered
in order to vote in the coming Chicago
aldermanic election, their first vote
under the woman suffrage law passed
by the last Illinois legislature. But
few new male names have been added.
but the books carry 433,624 mems
names
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The time and attention given by
Lawyer Jerome in the proceedings
against Harry Thaw, since the latter's
escape from Matteawan, do not seem
quite so much in the defence of the
public's welfare and the protection of
other human life, as it did, since a
bill has been introduced in the New
York legislature, which includes a fee
Of 1000 for Jerome.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Governor Haines' bombastic proposition
to invade Mexico and take possession of
that country for 10 years and the bitter
attack upon Cardinal Gibobns by Editor
Chadbourne of the Kennebec Journal are
two examples of Incorporate speech that
are fully as bad as Incorporate drinking
-Biddeford Record.
Yes, going to church or kissing your
baby are as bad as ''intemperate
drinking''-to the boozer, and likewise
to the fellow who is reaping revenue
from the unholy traffic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
And He is Doing II.
lEarmington Chronicle.)

(EarmingtOn OHTUHICIt.I
II Governor Haines succeeds in pre-
venting a quarantine of Maine pota-
toes and securing for the state rep
resentation on the directorate of the
Boston & Maine, his fellow citizens
will owe him debt which they will
know how to repay when election day
comes around.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The young son of the Rockland
Street Railway clerk, who had recent
ly started a two-weeks fast in order
to reduce His weight, probably was
interviewed later by his father. The
pater had cut out all hearty food for
about two weeks, but with no increase
Of good nature. Suddenly came a
change for the better and his friends
were puzzled. until one of them asked
the lad: "Hows your papa getting
along with his fasting" and received
the following scornful reply: Huh, he
came home yesterday and ate us out
of house and home"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Riches give many advantages to the
possessor, but look at the divorce just
granted Mrs. Robert Goelet on the
ground OF extreme cruelty. Many a
poorer couple are far happier
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Wonder if those Industrial Won't
Workers" in California will accept a
job of work when that law, for which
petitions are now being circulated,
asking for a minimum wage of 81 SO
per day, is passed?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
General sick-War Suspended.

Portsmouth IN. HI Chronicle)
One of the generals in the Haytien
revolution is sick so the war has been
suspended for a few weeks. That sort
of military consideration is not gen
eral. IL it were the foreign policy or
our government would be bit
safer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Editing a Headline.
(Biddeford Journal.)


An editorial in the Lewiston journal on
Names Great Future-Rapid Develop
ment of the Progressive Party is fol-
lowed Immediately by one on THE New
Brand of Gasoline" The only improve
ment we can now suggest would be to
omit the last two syllables of the last
word in the heading Of the last editorial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Wellesley girls, of course, all regret
the loss of SO much of their wearing
apparel, valuables and trinkets, but
they are sincerely thankful that every
life was saved. The first may be re-
placed--the latter never
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Light and Airy
The Conscientious Man.

fWinfred Arnold. in Truth)
He tackled his job like a soldier
First struggled with pamphlets galore;
Then purchased whole ream of paper
And figured for two days or more
He wrote down each possible debtor
(His conscience was big as q whaleD ~
He listed ''one stock in an oil-well"
He listed zone henhouse--for sale"
He listed the place that he lived in,
His dog and his chickens, of course,
And then his wifes household allowance,
But added 'Tis taxed at the source"
He paled as he neared 1.-The dem'd total"
For his tax surely must be immense,
And he'd lost two good jobs while he
figured
And 10, it was just thirteen cents!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

We do hope Mayor Newbert will not
spring any of that mon partisan"
stuff on the Democratic State conven-
ton, because, maybe they have no.
ticed how the Augusta city govern
ment was organized and appointments
made
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

IL names count for anything, Sun
bury, Pa, has a right to report that
last Sunday the thermometer register
ed so In the shade there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Caribou citizens are agitating a mu-
nicipal ordinance prohibiting the cree
ton of more wooden buildings in the
BUSINESS section limits. Houlton went
through fire and established such a
law and the Aroostook Times thinks
it time for Caribou and Presque Isle
to do likewise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The Roumanian legislative assem-
bly, has unanimously voted a credit
of $50, 100000 for railroad extensions
and improvements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Associates will find me square
Just So.

An actress has to work, not merely
look pretty. Being on the stage is diff
ferent from being on the cover Of a
magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The hundreds of employees in the sar-
dine canning factories at Eastport are
fiocking home in readiness for the
opening of the seasons business, which
the owners announce will be in about
two weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

NO two nations have the same laws
regulating the handling and storage
Of explosives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Fame on Percentages.

Fame on Percentage.
Let one man stand at my right hand,'
Horatius quoth, quoth he,
'Let one abide by my left side
And keep the bridge with me-"
Associates will find me square;
I'm SO in all my fights.
Wen hold the bridge and later share
The moving picture rights"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
In the Suburbs

In the Suburbs.
Tommy"
Yes, dad"
Take Mr.. Wombat's lawnmower
back to him and see if you can bor-
row his snow shovel"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation or return OF
rejacted communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to Kennebec Journal Co., Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
BETHLEHEM LODGE. NO. IS. Z. &
AUcUsTA LODGE, NO. 14t, 8. AND
ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 20, REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 7.30. Work
in First degree March goth.
w. f. CURRIER. N. G.
L. F. WESTON. Sec
DIFF
JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. 8.
Meetings at $50 o'clock every second
and fourth Tuesday. Tuesday, March "a,
work in Patriarchal degree.
j. r. TOWNSEND. C. p.
c. E. STEWART, Scribe
diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

One of the Bath Iron Works men,
who has relatives in a coal bearing
state and who in his visits to his kin,
has observed the aspect of the land,
has visited Popham and he. says,
Those Reubs round here have coal
right under their noses and don't
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
A Victim of Poverty.


1t is with poignant sorrow that the
average American must have read the
announcement that the Boss of Tam
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, ?. Nj.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock.
G. S. PEAsLEE, Capt.
RAY VI. BURNS. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The Kennebec is now open up to
the Chops, though 10 inches of ice is
reported in Whiskeag and the up-river
ice is still thick and strong Hun
dreds of wild ducks are reported daily
flying up the river for the fresh water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Who Pays the Bill?
Chicago Record Herald.)
The evidence led us to believe that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The Portland park commissioners are
loaded down with more heavy ord
nance than they can care for. They
have received one of the immense
guns formerly mounted on the bat
tleship Maine and know not where to
put it. 1t is Is feet long, very heavy
and in bad condition from its long
rest in the waters of Havana harbor,
and just now the Express thinks it is
something of a White Elephant" on
the commissioners hands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Harrington Congregationalists are
wondering who really did found the
church in that town, for two lists of
names of the alleged founders have
been discovered. The first is from a
history of Pennington and the other
from a church manual printed in 1864
in Lewiston. The lists agree as to
numbers but differ as to some of the
names.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The nearest to an answer to the ap-
peal of a reader for someone to send.
give. lend or whisper the receipt for
the old-fashioned Berwick sponge cake
is found in the following from the
Biddeford Journal: THE Boston Globe
speaks of Berwick sponge cake made
in Berwick in the State of Maine" In
the interest of historical accuracy we
rise to remark that Berwick sponge
cake was not made in Berwick. It
was born and raised in North Ber-
wick. 1t first saw the light of day in
the old railroad restaurant in that
village. Alas it was too good 10 keep
and it long since passed away, but
it's fame will never die
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The Eastport Sentinel says that peo-
pie who have had occasion to drive
over their country roads report that
they are in the pink of condition. The
thaW from the sun during the day
gives just enough moisture to freeze
at night and keep the surface perfect
vi hard and smooth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

The ADD anniversary of the first
Knights of Pythias lodge instituted in
Maine. Mavoshen Lodge, Biddeford,
Friday night next, will doubtless be a
gala occasion. The lodge was institut-
ed March Is, 1871
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-03
Legal Notices
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

In the County of Coehisc, State of
 Arizona.
 Citizens Bank aiiG Trust Company a corporation. plaintiff, vs. Miner Pub fishing Company, corporation, and Hoyal A. smith. Defendants.
 Action brought in the Superior Court of the State of Arizona. in and for the County of Cochise, and the complaint filed in the said county Of cochise. in the office of the clerk of said Superior Court.
 The State of Arizona sends greeting;
 Miner Publishing Company. a cor poration, and IIoyal A. smith:
 You are hereby required to. appear in an action brought against you by the above-named plaintiff in the Stu perior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for tlIe County of cochise, and to answer the complaint filed therein within twenty days texclusiye of the day of servicej alter the service on you of this summons eff served with