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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17
Next Council Meeting

One thing about the great rush for
REGISTRATION Of automobiles at the .\u-
tomoblIc Bureau. Maine Department
Of State. is the fact that with the
largely increased number Of registra
tons over year ago it cannot lie
expected that such Il rush and crush
OF applicants VIII hc had at the de-
partmcnt as occurred in 1918 after
the weather became normal after the
worst winter for Years ana travelling
becam. good. The department was
then day after day literally swanped
with reslstrants, the entire force be-
Ing ovcr.worked. Evening. holiday
and even Sunday work vas necessary
in order TO get the plates and IL
censes out TO the impatient public
This years registration, owing 70
the warnings given the public that
they must register II they used their
cars even TOR minute in 1919 and
also the act that more wheeling has
been enjoyed than for many winters.
has been exceptionally large. 1t may
ic that moro automobiles are to Do
owned in Maine than Wa>anticinated
but tho feeling at the department is
that people are attending TO it carly
and thus. It was said. tho spring and
carly summer rush and crush will be
cSca ped.
Just note the following comparisons
of registrations and cash receipts UP
TO tho close Of business on Saturday,
Feb. Is. compared with the samc pc
Rod Of 1918
REGISTRATIONS AND iIcE\ SIS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Willis Iinkham of Windsor vas Il "a:
urday business caller in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Reed of Wees;
Mills were in the city Saturday OF
matters Of business
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

Funeral services for the late Angus.
tin Is. Lord. who-c death cccurrc Sa..
urdaE 81 the National Home ~ ToEus
W II tc held at II c'cio~k TICS av morn.
ing from ZIG Water street, and the in
tcrnent will nc made at IIalIowcu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McGraw Of
Bangor were visitors saturday in this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

Today's casualty list contains the
name of Private Milfrcd IL. Childs of
Belgrade in the slis.tly wounded Sec
ton.
Milfrcd H. Childs was born in Wa
;erville IS years ago. the son If Mr.
and Mrs. l.. G. Chl,lS. He enis Cd at
Augusta April -. 1871. and served at
NORWAY. BiLdcford and Sacu on cIarI
dHty. lie sailed for France Sept. - Via
Eng and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

Total receipts 10 Eel. Ii, 1918, sol.
10: total to Feb. Ii. 1913. Sl35, to:.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

more than an hour, there
would be only one man to
get. Mcconnell is a
nenagerle, a circus, a
chautauqua and a lyceum
course. He is his own
prelude, postlude, inter-
Jude, orchestra, footlight
and chairman.
Note McConnell's face
before it starts. It is
some like Abe LincoIn's.
1t is about as corrugated
DIS the map OF his native
Tennessee, with a mouth
down in the Tennessee val
ley that seems to be made
OF white rubber and filled
with 4 !ot Of white
teeth. lie begins to shoot
big things out Of that mou
smile ZcrapIllcalIy, bring /
;!uv laid Jokes, gets the Gro
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-17

stage gymnastics. lie en-
Joys it as much as any
body. He smacks his lips.
his sentences taste SO good.
His face clouds. twists.
cartoons, then brightens.
He hammers away with
the devil at his last ditch
then stops and saves
everybody with a smile.
| wish everybody who
don't like lectures could
hear Mcconnell. He can
crack the paint on a wood
en- Indians cheek. He can
get juice out Of a tomb
stone and flowers out of a
snowbank. You laugh
and you cheer and you
wipe the tears out Of your
y Sh 1nuu. l.ihc lnnol- into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

his time than any other horse Of
his kind.
Mrs. Fonda Is native Of Water
town, but has lived In New York
and Detroit. She was born here
December II, 1881, the daughter
Of Benjamin K. and Lydia Mack
Gurnee, who were among the early
settlers Of this north country.
When twenty years old she was
married to John H. Fonda, then a
farmer, but in later life a gene
alogist. They lived on a farm in
this section until forty years ago
when they moved to Detroit where
they made their home for eighteen
years. twenty-five years ago they
moved to New York where Mr..
Fonda was employed by various law
firms as genealogist. He died two
years ago and Mrs. Fonda returned
to her native city.
Mrs. Fonda was living in New
York when she observed her
seventy eighth birthday and big
reception was given in her honor
at the Presbyterian Church, Thir-
teenth Street and Seventh Avenue,
of which the Rev. Mr.. Hoadley was
pastor at that time.
From the time I was married
until Mr.. Fonda and I moved to
Detroit we always lived on farm, y
sal1 Mrs. Fonda. II always did
all of my own work, that is, the
Homework and such of the other
work about the farm as a farmers
wife usually did in those days We
had fourteen cows. l took care Of
them and made butter which was
sold in the city here. There was
plenty Of work for the farmers
wife In those days, for there were
none Of the labor-saving devices of
to-day. / once had hired girl for
three weeks, but that was all the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

one can't expect to be able to work
and TO burn the midnight oil in a
ballroom or cabaret, too. Nor can
one get proper and beneficial ex-
ercise spending the afternoon with
the dressmaker or at a neighbour
hood tea.
THAT circumstances Of life make
it impossible for many women to
take up line of work from which
they would derive physical benefits
is a probable fact, but many of
them could do much more than they
do in exercising. In my opinion
horseback riding is the very best
kind of exercise. 1t gives a perfect
and thorough massage to the entire
system, not only to the muscles but
to all the vital organs, as we'll as
the tissues, nerves, brain, blood YES
sells and ligaments.
"Those who regularly are prac-
ticing horseback riding will not be
troubled with sluggish liver or bill
iousness due to constipation, for
the exercise in the saddle is above
all others an intestinal stimulant.
Nor under normal diet conditions
will the continual rider ever suffer
from the fortunes Of indigestion, as
the exercise is most direct and
active tonic to the digestive func-
tions.
at greatly encourages, II not
compels, deep breathing, which in
creases the supply of oxygen and
SO develops and strengthens the
lungs, which, in turn, cleanse the
blood.
aside from the general system.
attic benefits resulting from riding
horse, the exercise is delightfully."-
comfortable and gratifying and the
associations pleasant, for a horse is
one of the most friendly and agree
able of companions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

assistance I ever had. OF course,
the teamwork was hard, and at
times it tested even my disposition,
but somehow I could usually see a
bright side to any trouble which
might come up and could nearly
always find cause to smile.
81 have an uncomfortable ten
dency to see sunshine whether there
are dark clouds overhead or not. I
believe that plenty of hard work,
little worry, and an appetite that
does not exclude good things to eat,
added to a steady habit of taking
exercise regularly for the past forty
years. are responsible for my youth
full spirit. | like to smile in the
morning, for if one gets up smiling
it will be easier to do so throughout
the whole day. Smiling makes me
feel very cheerful and it has a
power to influence others to smile,
too. Don't ever worry; let things
take their course. Worrying never
helps bit, and it usually aggra-
Yates matters
II have always believed in plenty
Of outdoor exercise and real hard
work. l am not able to take as
much exercise as l could a few
years ago and have had to forego
some of the more strenuous sports,
but I still enjoy horseback riding
immensely and 1 am not yet too old
to indulge in the sport.
"The poor health and short life
Of many American women, believe,
are due to the fact that they do not
pay enough attention to taking
proper exercise, and also to lack
Of acquaintance with real hard
work. If some Of our women would
devote more time and energy to real
work and less to the following up
Of fashionable fads / believe we
would be better race. OF course,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

hard work in early life as
the things productive of long life
and good health is Mrs. Mary
Amelia Fonda, who celebrated her
eighty-eighth birthday December
II. She is a guest at the Henry
Keep Home, in Watertown, pri-
vate home for aged persons.
Mrs. Fonda is an optimist of the
most cheerful kind. She gets up
with smile in the morning, smiles
when her playful saddle horse tries
to dismount her and is still smiling
when she bids good night and
pleasant dreams" to her fellow
guests.
Seated in regulation mans sad
die, wearing masculine coat and
trousers, Mrs. Fonda is a familiar
figure each morning riding about
lUIOuPn
the parks. Her mount is as spirited
as his mistress, for he is Harry, the
thoroughbred English show horse,
formerly owned by Frederick S.
Flower, Of New York, nephew of
the late Governor Roswell P.
Flower. The horse Is handsome
animal, beautifully proportioned
and milk white in color. He was
given to the institution by Mr..
Flower some years ago. Harry is
one of the most noted horses in this
part Of the state and has a reputa-
ton that Is nearly national, for
with other animals from the Flower
stables he has appeared in the Mad
ison Square Garden show, at New
port and Orange. 1t is said that
he has won more blue ribbons in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
But NO,u Reborn

This Is the domain that has been
rediscovered under the whip and
spur Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. The project was abandoned
twenty-five years ago because the
Legislature at Albany decided to
allow twenty rounds Of refined pu-
gilism within the jurisdiction Of the
state, and as soon as this decision
was reached public interest in the
new Atlantis Jagged. But the Anti
Saloon League has given it new
life. The only thing that could kill
the scheme this time, it is said,
would be the repeal Of the Eight
eenth Amendment.
James c. Mcclure stands ready
to carry out the original plans for
building the island. General George
W. Goethals, who built the Panama
Canal, says the project Is perfectly
feasible if the steel supporting CYL
inders can be sunk in the ocean
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28


ans's nephew, was engineer Of the
treasury Department. in charge of
the steel work for all the public
buildings in the country. Captain
Evans sent Coen to Mcclure, and
Mcclure got to work on plans for
the island. The first plan WA to
build a solid island, resting on the
ocean bed, but this was soon dis
carded in favor Of a superstructure
On piles driven into the hard sand
Of the Cholera Banks. William II.
Burr and Charles Sooysmth both
said it could not be done, but Nc
Guire stuck to the job, and finally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
thirsty but Hopeful Promoters
Plan an Oasis an Hours Ride
From the Battery

covered in 1894. At that time the
Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst was
engaged on q vigorous wet cleaning
OF New York as distinguished from
the present dry operation. Many
things fell under the ban. The
Police Department became quite
unacceptable. Prizefghting was
in danger of becoming a lost art.
In the endeavor to keep alive their
profession pugilists considered Civ
ing their performances in full eve
ming dress. But the reformers were
determined upon a drastic cleaning.
and in this juncture Charles M.
Coen came to the rescue of the
ring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

G. B. H. McVay. At $50 the 'Au-
rora was over the mathematical
center of the Cholera Banks, there
or Whereabouts, and Quartermaster
Martin Harris, Of the U. S.
Bache, laid the cornerstone of At
lantis by the process of letting go
q buoy supporting a tin cylinder
surmountd by a small white flag
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

the Susquehanna River, and taught
Andrew Carnegie how to cool the
huge 1-bars needed for that struc-
ture without their warping. Coen
told Captain Evans his troubles in
finding an engineer, and Evans said
the island could be built, and he
would find the engineer.
James c. Mcclure, Captain Ev-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Street. On board were Charles NJ.
Coen, Walter H. Hooker. Edward D.
Farrell, Leonard J. Waldron, w. j.
Duffy, Richard M. Walters, P. j.
Richards, c. M. Reynolds, W. O'Don-
nell, E. II. Robinson, J. M. Hopson,
Captain Howard Patterson, of the
Haytian Navy; J. H. Burroughs,
DR.. O'Sullivan, J. F. Anderson and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Colonel Roebling, who built the
foundations for the Brooklyn Bridge,
showed him how to launch his Gals
sons, and Mcclure was ready to start
active work.
June Ia, 1894, at $50 p. M, the
cornerstone Of Atlantis was laid.
At 2 o'clock that afternoon the tug
Aurora left West Twenty-second
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
H0, for the New Atlantis.
Beyond Dry Laws Reach

at tie whole scheme. Some of the
most eminent engineers of the
country all told him it would be
impossible to build an island on the
Cholera Banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Exams to the Rescue

The late Rear Admiral Robley D..
Evans, at that time Captain Evans.
was chairman of the Lighthouse
Board. He was an engineer of re-
pute. Captain Evans, on leave from
the navy, built the first all-steel
railroad bridge in this country
the Baltimore & Ohio bridge over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
No Legal Barrier

Eminent lawyers consulted by the
promoters of Atlantis have given
their sanction to the plan. One oe
these said:
atlantis is without the jursdic-
ton of the government of the United
States. The only thing it is neces-
sary for the owners Of the island
to do is to conduct their affairs in
such way as not to be considered
a public nuisance. In the event that
they did conduct themselves and
their affairs in that manner, it is
evident that the United States
could easily find means to suppress
them. For example, they could
tighten up the shipping laws so as
to make access to the island i'm
possible. No one would cross the
ocean from Europe to visit Atlantis.
Hence, if it could not be reached
from convenient port in this coun-
try it would be a commercial failure
and would cease to exist.
at would be impossible, also, to
set up a separate government as a
definite and independent sovereignty
on the island, for the United States
could not tolerate an independent
nation established at the entry to
our greatest port and harbor.
Hence, Atlantis must always remain
no mans land Moreover, citi
zens Of the United States cannot
voluntarily throw OFF their citizen
ship and establish a new nation in
some other place. The only way
they can discard their American
citizenship is by swearing allegiance
to some other existing government.
ruler or state. And as there is no
government, ruler or state of At
lantis there is nothing for them to
swear allegiance to. Hence. they
must remain citizens Of the United
States, but owners Of an island out
side the jurisdiction of any existing
sovereignty.
within these limits the project
of Atlantis is entirely feasible, and
neither the Eighteenth Amendment
nor any other provision Of the Con
stitution or the amendments there.
to would apply to the island. The
whole thing would depend entirely
on public sentiment. If public
sentiment demanded it, the United
States could take possession of the
island by right Of might, which is
the only right under which it could
act. There is no law to apply to
such case. The future Of Atlantis
therefore, rests on public sentiment ="
"Now, as to Atlantis as a bust
ness proposition said the pro-
moters.
"Ah-h-h-h!" exclaimed the .r;
nent counsel. while Cresus turned
over in his grave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
By Fred B. Pitney

by freq .. ltncy
~NHE terrors Of prohibition
: may soon no longer exist
:. j for New York. At the worst
B the "dry" spell may be
M.~rtain definite duration and the
lit may be SO fixed that the private
rks Of provident citizens will car
over into the coming wet" sea-
% with good margin to spare. In
=, L. mid-September, 1920, may see
end of the drought.
Nst least, this is the promise of a
@.le band of intensive workers,
H. have been bending their eff
ts with untiring energy since
x.,uary 10 last to the solution of
NJ problem with which America
a. faced on that day. There were
/. me who gave way to gloom.
Msre were others who sought to
Mpvn their SORROW while time and
B. means still remained. Yet
Shers pinned their faith to lawyers,
& stoutly and steadfastly main
Nned that no passing whim or fad
a fancy could sway the Supreme
bulwark of the Consti-
aEon and the rights Of a free and
Hrammeled people.
Mot so with the devoted band
Lose efforts, they would have US
s.eve, have finally been crowned
ii success. Amidst wailing and
kleiferation, between lucubration
III the one hand and fabrication
the other, silently they
.SEved, ceaselessly they worked.
lddenly. as with lightning flash
! inspiration. one of them remem-
bred! The new Atlantis-that plan
great mind brought forward
5 another crisis in the nations his
ary and permitted to lie dormant
n scause that crisis had passed.
j The three men who compose the
u ind struck hands with every ap-
farance of satisfaction on their
Framing countenances.
Tits the greatest idea ever" they
a agreed.
THUS was the new Atlantis re-
dsovered, and with its discovery,
q are promised, the dangers Of a
afolonged drought will cease to ter
rize the metropolis.
rhe new Atlantis is nothing more
pr less than q new land lying
Fthout the jurisdiction of any ex-
Hang sovereignty and yet within
u hours sail by fast steamer from
fn Battery. 1t Is sixteen miles east
Ni the Highlands of Navesink and
tfrteen miles south Of Long Beach,
III. Its latitude and longitude are
degrees "a minutes north and
degrees 81 minutes 80 seconds
st. Its location Is given with this
actitude In order that those who
a over the spot between now and
EHng may know that the ancient
N unbeautiful name of Cholera
anks should be discarded and that
gre lovely island may soon rise
8om the sea.
q ithout the Late
Two great advantages accrue to
e new Atlantis. The first is that 1t
three miles outside Of the line de-
arnng the limits of the territorial
F'ers of the United States, and
nus no constitutional provisions or
asndments apply to it. This re-
Us with particular animosity to
IL Eighteenth, or prohibition,
inendment.
IS second advantage Is that 1t
a'4 not brighten the waters Of the
4" until after the prohibition
zz'4ehdment goes into effect, and thus
ae drys" will not be able by any
~ subterfuge to persuade the own
r. OF tho island to bring it under
IL jurisdiction Of this government.
A''antis is different from any
Faer island that graces the seven
'ss' 1t can Be sailed under as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

with a red border and the letter A
in the center.
"Harper's Weekly" for June 20,
1894, said:
atlantis is the name that will
hereafter dignity and distinguish a
location in the Atlantic Ocean about
sixteen miles east of the Highlands
Of Navesink and thirteen miles south
Of the Long Island shore. The old
and somewhat ill-favored title of
Cholera Banks will surrender to that
of the classical Atlantis Of Grecian
mythology. Here a palatial struc-
ture is at once to be erected on
huge iron stills.
1.-THE foundations Of this building
will consist of thirty-six iron cylin-
ders fifteen feet in diameter and
one hundred and twenty feet in
length. The piles will extend thirty
feet below the bed of the ocean and
will be secured to each other, accord
ing to the claim of the engineers, BY
Orders, cross bracings and in other
ways so as to defy the mightiest
storm wave that ever rolled in the
Atlantic. After the great tubes
have been placed in position they
will be filled with concrete, and the
foundation as a whole will represent
three dozen iron incased pyramids
of rock, rising from the depth be-
low the ocean bed and towering
thirty feet above the level Of the
sea.
"1n the construction Of the build
ing, wood and other infammable
material will not be used, but the
entire superstructure will consist Of
bronze, steel, iron, glass and thing,
thus making it freproof in the full
est acceptation of the term. The
style of architecture will be impos-
ing. There will be an amphitheater
calculated to accommodate $4,000
persons and a roof garden holding
5000. From the latter place will
be witnessed a marine panorama Of
majestic transatlantic liners passing
near by and every other character
of water borne craft entering and
leaving the great harbor of the
Western world. Several private
piazzas for permanent hotel guests
and four extensive promenades are
other features of the plans, which
also call for a fishing pavilion, tele-
graph and telephone offices, Turkish,
Russian and sea baths, photograph
gallery and various bazaars.
'The consideration Of creating a
building out in the sea opens up a
peculiar line of thought. AS the
structure will be situated more than
a marine league from the nearest
shore, the United States can exer-
else no jurisdiction over it either in
the sense Of interference or protec-
ton. Atlantis may become an in
dependent power, with every right,
according to international law, to
form its own government and to
prescribe it's own laws. Thursday,
June Ia, the flag Of the new At
lantis was raised on buoy anchored
on the site selected, and a new
autonomy was established on a sub
marine sand bank"