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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Harvard Founded on 500

In 1886 the general court Of Massa.
chusctts agreed to give 400 pounds
toward schoale or colledge," and the
next year ordered that the institution
be established at Newetowne. In 1888
John Harvard, a preacher, died and
bequeathed about 500 to the college to
be so built.
In his honor the institution was
named Harvard College, while the
name Of the town was changed to
Cambridge, in recognition of the great
English university. 1t is doubtful II
the original grant Of 400 pounds was
ever actually paid. and. in any event,
the college project remained in abey.
ance until the bequest of Harvard in
itiated the necessary measures. The
original fund was added to in various
ways, and much money was raised by
lotteries.-From Chicago Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Not the Child but the Parent.

A new kind Of diagnostician is show
ing good results at what is known as
the "Children's Garden" Mrs. Miriam
Finn Scott, known as the consulting
Mother" Has won fame and renown in
this work. She proceeds by analysing
the disposition OF parents and children
alike, and prescribes for both. VERY
often" says Mrs. Scott, "the child is
suffering from "parent-itis," and in
such a case she cures the child by
treating the parent Miss Mary Alden
Hopkins, the writer Of a feature story
in the New York Tribune says: "A
carpenter learns his trade: a cook fol-
lows rules; a teacher studies peda-
gogy, but a parent thinks he can bring
up his child by instinct. Close rela-
tives still live Of the woman who said,
7 guess know all about children;
I've buried eight"
In the "Children's Garden" the likes
and dislikes, the Imagination, the
A0ASA11OSo VI PSASClCAOus d1O tAC
cular coordination and the habits of
mind are discovered. The manner in
which parents frequently. but uncon-
sciously outrage the feelings of the
child, are also brought out by scien-
tidc measures. Then when the dag
nosis is completed, the natural love
which exists between parents and the
children, are utilized to carry out a
plan that has been carefully developed
while studying their characters and
temperaments. It is claimed that the
most wonderful results have been ac-
complished. Mrs. Scott has made her
great success in this work by the dis
covery that, contrary to the general
opinion, the child is not the one usual
ly to blame.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Josiah Royce
philadelphia Press)

(FullduClpuA1 11CSS(
With the death Of Prof. Royce, Har-
ward loses the last of the men who
helped to make Cambridge the Mecca
of philosophical students in the closing
years of the last century and the open
ing years Of this. In common with his
colleagues, William James, and his
forerunners, Charming and Emerson.
Royce combined in his personality and
in his thinking those eclectic qualities
of mysticism and shrewd common
sense, religious insight and the every
day viewpoint, which have made New
England philosophy attractive not
only to Americans, but to the French
men, like Bergson and Poincare, as
well. 1t is not too much to say that
men Of the type of James and Royce.
scholars who brought philosophy down
from the dusty top shelves Of libra
ries to be read by the many, have
done more for American scholarship
than their more reconcile brethren
who too often have scorned a popular
hearing.
Royce wrote well, exceptionally well.
He could deal with abstract PROPOSE
tons and enliven them with the breath
and spirit of reality. His students
would often say that he knew more
than the men Of whom he spoke, which
was the students way of saying that
he expressed himself more clearly than
could Kant or Fichte. One needs but
to read his Spirit Of Modern Philos-
ophy' to find the truth Of this compli-
ment. Here the verbose and obscure
statements of German philosophers
and who could be more verbose and OBJ
scure-are paraphrased into the finest
English diction to the glory and the
profit Of philosophy. This was for the
amateur in philosophy. And he did the
same for the scholar in his world and
the Individual" where he presented
his own subjective idealism with the
opposing and divergent views Of ear
lier men. And for the clergyman,
wrestling with the problems Of the
spirit. Royce showed the way with
his clarifying and stimulating Sources
Of Religious Insight" Whatever he
touched and thought upon, no matter
how confused and battling it was or
iginally, became crystalline clear
through his vision.
Above all this, he was an intensely
human man, his students said. Every
thing that came within the focus of
his vision attracted him in no ordinary
way. The negro question, patriotism
each one Of these was given the il
Elimination Of his mind. He was a
broad man. American scholarship and
Harvard will lose much by his passing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Left Americans to Their Fate.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt has made
public a letter written by him to
Henry Reuterdahl. the expert on naval
affairs, in which Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clares that Reuterdahl has made 1t
perfectly plain that Admiral Mayo adj
vised President Wilson and Secretary
Daniels of the peril to which Ameri-
cans were exposed in Tampico and
that, with full knowledge Of this peril.
Messrs. Wilson and Daniels peremp-
torily instructed Mayo to withdraw,
leaving American men. women and
children to their fate; that Mayo put
out to sea, and then received the en-
phatic protest Of the American consul
and refused to proceed but that the
President and Daniels were insistent;
that Mayo was then advised by the
Captain Of a British ship that 1t was
too late and that his return would ag-
gravate the situation and that the
Americans were rescued from the
Mexican mob by the British and Ger
man naval ships.
"You have made your case perfect
ly clear" writes Mr.. Roosevelt. "As
you say in your letter, you have furn-
ished complete proof that when the
Americans were in danger at Tampico
they were deliberately abandoned by
the orders of Mr.. Wilson and that
their lives were saved under foreign
flags: BY no possibility can
President Wilson and Secretary Dan
iels clear themselves from guilt in the
transaction. The facts are indisput-
able"
Washington dispatches, referring to
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter. say that each Of
the many excuses which have been
made by Daniels is absurd, according
to naval experts, and that the real
reason Mayo's ships were ordered
away was that Mr.. Wilson feared their
presence at Tampico would irritate the
Mexicans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
CHANGE OF TIME.
Effective Monday, Sept. II, 1916.
Steamer Islander

Leaves Augusta every day at 7.o5 A. NJ.
Hallowell Con signaD 7.13; Gardiner TAO
South Gardiner (on signaD $50; Cedar
Grove sos; Richmond $40; Bath $40. Ar.
rives Boothbay Harbor about 11.3O.
Return, leaves Boothbay Harbor e, sry
day at 100 P. M, Bath 2.45, Richmond
345 Stops at Cedar Grove. South Card.
ner on signal: Gardiner, Hallowell
(signal). Arrives at Augusta about 5.3t
O'Clock P. NJ.
Agents-Walter NJ. Sanborn, Augusta
Llewellyn Burbank, Hallowell: w. L. To.
zier, Gardiner. Stops at Southport, Capt.
.tol Island. Squirrel Island and Ocear
Point on signal
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Maine Gossip
Get q Transfer

II you are on the Gloomy Lines
Get a transfer.
# you're inclined to fret and pine,
Get a transfer
Get off the track Of Doubt and Gloom:
Get on Sunshine Train-there's room.
Get transfer
If you are on the Worry Train,
Get a transfer
You must not stay there and complain;
Get transfer
The Cheerful Cars are passing through,
And there Is lots Of room for you.
Get a transfer
II you are on the Grouchy Track
Get a transfer
Just take a Happy Special back.
Get transfer
Jump on the train and pull the rope
That lands you at the Station Hope.
Get a transfer.
The Booster
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

the last, he had chosen some better way
OF confuting that view than by blanket
endorsement Of Col Rosevelts speech.
with all its crudities and absurdities. and
its personal abuse Of the President. But
confute it he has. No longer will any
German-American organ claim him a. an
ally: no longer will any reasonable or
unbiased person charge him with sup
preston Of his convictions for the sake Of
conciliating the "hyphenated' voter. The
man that stood before the St. Louis Ger
man-Americans as he did a few days ago.
the man that last night at Nashville
calmly threw down his gage on the issue
Of labor-union domination, IL not man
against whom the charge of ''pussyfoot-
Ing" can hereafter be made with any
prospect Of success.
AS for the issue which Mr.. Hughes 8
declaration at Nashville tends to bring to
the front Of the political stage. it re-
mains to be seen whether 1t will actually
play an important part in the campaign.
What other prominent Republicans will
do about it: what, If any, will be the dis
position Of the campaign managers in re-
lation to 1t; whether Mr.. Hughes him
self will decide to keep it to the 'front.'
all these things are at the present mo-
ment doubtful. There are great poten-
tialities in the issue, but they may re-
main undeveloped. And there WILL in any
case. remain, in addition to the personal
attributes Of the candidates. other ques-
lions Of prime importance, especially two.
On the question Of our relations with
Mexico, here is sharp conformation of
the opposing sides, certainly as regards
the past. probably as regards the future.
On the tariff, the contrast is not so pro-
nounced as it has been in former CAM
paigns, or as 1t would be in this but for
Mr.. Wilson's concessions to protection
ism; yet clearly the Republican side
stands for protection as principle and
the Democratic side against it. These
two great elements in the contest will
weigh powerfully in the scales with vot-
ers who are as yet undecided. multitude
probably far surprising in number what
has been known as the corresponding
stage Of any former Presidential cam
paign But, while the force of these and
other elements in the contest remains
unimpaired, 1t remains true that in one
most important respect the campaign will
henceforth, in virtue Of Mr.. Hughes's dec
laration at Nashville, take on a new, and
a more inspiriting. character.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Is 1t unreasonable to believe that II
President Wilson had done his duty by
refusing to have anything to do with the
railroad labor dispute and by proclaim
ing that whatever emergency arose he
would make the best possible use of his
power as commander-in-chief to preserve
order and maintain the regular functions
OF governments it unreasonable to be-
lieve that If President Wilson had done
his duty the present labor crisis in New
York would have been averted? If the
President Of the United States can be
SO bullied. or tricked, or traded with, to
stand and deliver so rich booty as ten
hours pay for eight hours work, amount
must be other rich plums to be had for
the shaking the tree.-Lewiston Sun, Ind.
Dem.
And who shall say that the shaking
has not already begun?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

A near-politician asks: "Why is it
that the New York World never car
ries any weight in a campaign" The
question is easily answered: The New
York World carries its opposition to
The evaporation Of its friends; its sup
port, to tho ridiculous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

thetic striker furnish the sympathy tor
his own hungry Standardization Sun.
We are sorry to have our neighbor
wish anything on folly; they are sure
to reap enough of misery, as they al
ways do for their blind methods OF
spite.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
|I[yl:l[T3|

lYS1367syNl Lewiston, Pennington,
S7A ..ocklano, Portland, bos-
RAILROAD ton, Montreal and Quebec; ;
Y.Ss A. M, brunswick,
Lewiston. Harrington; Bath, Portland ta,ns.
and So. Gardiner; 3.o7 P. NJ. local to Port.
land and Boston: 4.o5 7. NJ, (eXpressl;
Brunswick, ,kockland. Portland. Boston;
lis r. NJ, Halloweu, Gardner ana 80.
Gardiner; 6.l9 P. M, portland. and n; X;
1910 P. M, Brunswick. Lewiston 6ash,
Portland, Boston sundays. 40 a. NJ, S.v'
4. NJ, 1919 A. NJ, Gil T. IA. and 1O.4O +: NJ
Portland, Boston; 6.11 ?. NJ Tor New YORK
GOING EAST - LOS a.. NJ, Bangos'
Aroostook County. st. John. Aahfax'
3.27 A. NJ, Bangor. Aroostook county,
to Kineo via Oakland, Belfast, Foxcroft
and Bangor; SOS A. NJ. local 70 Bel
fast and Bangor; l2.OS 2. NJ, Water
Vile, Bangor, b. Il A. r. r., Calais
ST. John and halifax: 2.Ss P. NJ. ex-
press to Waterville, Bangor, Malta
Wamkeag, Bar Harbor; 3.N +. NJ. water
Vile, Skowhegan and Bangor. 7.Sl =. NJ
Wateryille, SkoWhegan ana Bangor. sun
DAYS LOB A. NJ, 5Zi A. NJ, 2.5l +. M, tor
Waterville and Bangor; sos A. M
Waterville for bangor and SkoWhegan. :,
Trains leave Augusta for Halloween,
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 6.26, s.Ss
A. NJ. 1898. 5.u7, 5.l5. 60. Ol0 +. ~.
Sundays l0ls A. NJ. 6.l7. 1O.l0 p. NJ. For
Gardiner week days, 4.05 P. NJ.
H. 7 WALDkO.N, Genl passenger AS|
b. c. DOUGLASS, General Manage"
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Republican Nominations:
FOR PRESIDENT:
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
VICE PRESIDENT:
CHARLES ". FAIRBANKS

"Truthfulness does not alone consist
in telling the truth, but more often in
doing it,. ]. HILL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
How Lonsf
Tho Lewiston Journal says:

The Lewiston Journal says:
Gambling by means Of punchboards n
growing among Lewiston women!
Punch boards are being used IN many
an They sS' are q Iii kinds from those whsrs
1t costs one cent to try your luck to those
fered are Of all kinds and the tendency
among the women folks to indulge In
gambling appears to be growing.
These boards are patronized extensively
by clerks in stores, office girls and others.
In some Of the suburban stores where
these boards are displayed children are
permitted to play them.
Little tots Of less than eight years have
been seen recently depositing their penny
and then punching out a number In the
hope OF winning one OF the boxes OF can
dy or other prizes SO temptingly dis
played.
Perhaps it wouldn't be SO bad II the
boards were all straight; IL those who
played them had the slightest show OF
winning any Of the big prizes said to be
Very few instances there is no such
chance.
On board after board. it is said. where.
supposedly, one has a chance OF winning
cracking good revolver. .flrst-class trav-
cling bag or something Of the sort. the
biggest prize provided for on the board
is pound T. box OK. ct canay a.. man "zov
4
can they give these things and make
money on the board? It can't be done
and no man ever saw a fellow who was
for his health. They do 1t for money
and the poor boobs who play the boards
in hopes of capturing one OF these prizes
are throwing their money away.
It is hard to say exactly now many
poker rooms are in existence today IN
the city One man who is familiar with
the game says there are 50. another de-
clares that. big and little, there are near.
" double that number. while but one man
who ought to know about such things
places the number below so.
These rooms run from the cheap place
where a fve-cent game is the limit, up 70
very pretentious establishment Wnere one
| can get accommodated with most any
kind Of a game. In most Of the rooms q
quarter limit is the rule, while. 50 II is
said. there is one in which an iron man
one dollar-is the limit, with an occa-
sional evenings sport at no limit wnat-
ever This is rather an exclusive es'ao-
lishment.
gambling resort, but in practically all OF
them LIQUOR is being sold.
Half dozen or more stud poker games
! are being run and the money wnicn
changes hands every night on these
places would, it is stated, astonisn tne
good people Of Lewiston could they exact
The openness with which the places are
conducted is the most brazen feature OF
the whole performance.
II is said that at least one OF these
gambling resorts Is located Wltnln slsnt
Of the police station.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Jimmy Up to Date.
Jimmy. an Office boy in downtown
Office. approached his boss one morning
last week:
IF you please. sir"
well. Jimmy"
My grandmother, sir"
aha. your grandmother; go on,
Jimmy"
my grandmother and my mother"
What? And your mother, too. Both
very i'll. eh?"
mo. sir. My grandmother and my
mother are goin' to the baseball game
this afternoon and they want me to
der"
Jimmy got the afternoon off.
Superfiuous SoIieitude.
Willie, don't want you to go to
boys"
Why not, MAJ"
I'm skeered you'll git hurt going up
on one Of them there parachutes."
A Case in Point.
(From Life.)
Briggs-Don't you think environment
affects US greatly?
Griggs-I do. acted as an environ
ment for a girl last night and I thought
she seemed affected
Il am not afraid that my daughter
will ever marry in haste"
why not?"
TT will take at least six months to
prepare any trousseau she would con-
slider At to marry in"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

w. A. woodward, editor and pub
Usher of the Mt. Hope Free Press, Otis
VILE, N. Y, desires to get in touch with
his friend Charles w. Brown, whose
mother, five years ago. lived near Au-
gusta, Maine" Brown was then a
student in science at Columbia College.
II this paragraph reaches him we shall
be glad to have been Of service: it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Let US hope that when these seven hun
dred thousand go out on sympathetic
strike the misery they CAUSE fall double
on their own families. Let the sympa-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Light and Airy
Quick Action

Quick Action.
You've heard the saying. touch and
CO."
And it has wisdom. don't you know;
So when an easy mark you've found,
And made your touch, don't hang
around.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

One Of the oldest members Of the
Farmington chapter Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution is Mrs. j.
w. Fairbanks who on the 18th Of this
month celebrated her 91st birthday.
She received the tokens Of good will
from relatives and friends from far
and near. Among the cards which she
received was one from Mrs. Sophrcnia
II. White Of New Sharon, now in her
10th year. Mrs. Mary Butler Norton
Of Pennington. now in her oath yaar is
the third Of the three Oldest members
Of the Pennington D. A. r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
A Case in Point.
(Fron Lifel

A small but useful electric railway is
contained within Q Paris sewer,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

It IL not everyone who can go into
tho pasture to drive home the cows
and 1lnd there real automobile. Such
was the experience Of Mamie Jasper Of
Bowdoin, so our correspondent from
that locality tells us. They write as
follows: Mamie Jasper recently found
an auto while out looking after her
cows and on reporting it to headquar-
tiers, found that it was owned in Port
land and had been missing about six
weeks. 1t Is quite a mystery to the
folks around here how the auto ever
got into such q place as it was found
in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Many people feel that they are at
loss financially to some degree in &C
cordance with the amount Of revenue
stamps which they had on hand on
Friday at midnight, Sept. IS, when the
tax was repealed. One business man
called at the Journal Office Thursday
morning and asked il the stamps were
redeemable. The man at the business
Office window replied that the stamps
were probably worthless at the present
time. Then the visitor showed a few
that he had on hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Who shall we blame for the up
growth in recent month of such con-
ditions as reported by the Lewiston
papers? Rev. w. A. Bartlett. D. D., OF
the Pine Street Congregational church,
Lewiston, last Sunday aroused his
hearers with such a broadside of SOL
emn facts as ought to set them to
thinking and to acting.
Gambling by women and children!
Rum shops and brothels! Disgusting
results of liquor! Defiance of State
law-anarchy! And a complacent
citizenry helpless. stumped! Howard
Owen would exclaim: my God! Why
and how long?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

At Portland recently Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward H. Sargent celebrated their
golden wedding and entertained about
200 relatives and friends on the night
Of the occasion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Yesterday we met the veteran editor
Howard Owen on the street. He had
lust read the report Of case before
the municipal court. He exclaimed:
my God! OF what cussedness Is
the human mind capable? Were
Sodom and Gomorrah worse than we
are today? Where must 1t all end?
Why do we grin. helplessly-and thank
Cod that we are better than these SIN
ners? Are we? Jesus Christ said:
He that is not with me is against
me- Are we not as bad in tolerating
these things as are those who violate
the laws of God, and the laws we
hypocritcally 'support'?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22

Sam, the East New Sharon CORES
pondent Of the Pennington Chronicle
tells us a lot Of news this week. He
says: Sept. 10 was Mrs. Daniel
Rand's birthday and she was 80 years
old. All her near relatives were at her
birthday reception at Warren Rand's."
Speaking of farms and farming our
friend Sam expresses the following.
from his pronounced viewpoint: Bert
Gordon has sold his farm to a French
man. l have forgotten his name. We
haven't got it we'll stuck in our crani-
UNI that they will stay there so
very long. He doesn't know very much
about farming. Yes. and we know
some others who don't; yes, and we
have been at farming all our lives
since we could handle hoe and axe
and we don't know 1t all yet. It's sure
we have the best one-half acre of yell
low corn as it now looks we ever had
and yet, we have planted corn for IS
years; and it's also true we have done
as little work this summer as we ever
did. Some other time. perhaps, we
will explain about that corn little
more"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-22
Railroads and Steamboats,
Trains Leave Augusta as Follows
In Effect June 26, 1916.

GOING WEST-2.lS A. NJ.
daily, and 800 A. NJ, lex
cept Monday, Portland
and boston; 6.26 A. M,
Lewiston, harrington,
.ockiano, Portland, bOs-
ton, Montreal and Quebec;
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-28
OLDEST NATIVE
DETROIT CITIZEN
is DEAD AT 80

Thomas Campau. Detroit's nrst
surveyor and oldest native citizen,
died, Sunday. al the home Of his
daughter Mrs W. y. Parker. No. 1862
Ferry ave vest, AZ the age OF SO.
He was a son OF Jacques Campau,
who was also born in Detroit and
grandson OF the first Campau who
settled here His birthplace was a
farm on the river front in the vi.
cinity Of Dubois and Chcne-sts.
Mr.. Campau became a civil engi.
neer and his first public duties be.
gan IN 1852 when Detroit had a
population OF 5000 and sparsely coy.
cred the territory from Dequindre
TO Eighthsts, on the east and west
and Sproatst on the north. The
personal property owned by the city
AZ that time was estimated as Sl22,
SOP Mr.. Campau was city surveyor
for 10 years and had much TO do
with the laying out OF the city for
which he always predicted large
growth
His daughter. Mrs. ". p. Parker,
and son, Thomas Campau, survive.