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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
President Much Improved

Washington, Sept = President
Wilson, without assistance. and lean
ing lightly on his cane. walked brisk
~ through the front entrance Of the
White House today and stepped into
his automobile while crowd in
Pennsylvania avenue looked on with
unusual interest. 1t was the first
time since his illness that the Presi-
dent had started on a motor trip by
that route. all trips heretofore hav-
ing started from the rear grounds.
After entering the car with Mrs.
Wilson the President. wearing a cap,
waited several minutes until an at
tendant could bring his straw hat.
Meanwhile the crowd increased and
made a rush for the gate on the
avenue as the car approached. The
President lifted his hat and smiled.
The president drove around town
for an hour and then went to the
Union Station to meet his son -in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
3. Sayre. and returned with them to
THE White House. The car took its
place in a procession of taxicabs
and despite the hustle and rush
around the station. the crowds
recognized the president and stop
ped to give him a respectful greet
ing.
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Insurance. Fiaures

New York, Sept. Life insurance
distributions in 1919 by orsaniza tions
operating in the United States and
Canada totalled $1.s43,500, 900, ac-
cording to figures made public here
tonight by the Insurance Press.
OF this total $s7s.11s,0oo represent
ed claims awarded by the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance.
Other organizations paid out 1884,
3sS.0o0. Of which s672.Ss6,ooo repre-
sented death claims, matured endow-
ment policies and annuities, and
$291,696,000 payments for premium
savings and lapsed, surrendered and
purchased policies.
The largest amount of insurance
paid on single life that year was
100000 carried by the late Henry
c. Frick of New York and Pitts
burgh. The next largest was 1884,
600 on the life of John Lennox of
Hamilton. Ont.
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PROVES FIZZLE
CONTINUED from Pace On.,

ernor COX had the official bulletins Of
the Republican committee s,on,,o
tnat certain quotas existed and that
~ioespreao plans were being carried
out to collect them. Yet the Renrh1;
can witnesses get on the stand bere
ana Tell US these bulletins wera on1,,
QUIZ. Then he had copy Of wba, -.
mad every reason to believe was !. 49,
quota list. The day before the Iist No
poohshed the Republicans said there
were only four copies of it in existence
NOW they testify that the list never
existed. 1t is the same wav with
FORM 101, and we believe we have
got this evidence if the committee
really wants it."
BESIDES Mr.. Moore there was tes,i-
mony today also by Walter s. Dickav
Of Kansas City and Charles McNider
or Mason City. Ia, chairmen Of the
Republican ways and means commit
tees for their states. and by A. B. Pay
ton of Wheeling, W. Va. who holds a
similar position for Ohio county West
Virginia. From Dickey and McNider
the committee learned of the plan to
raise money in those states Missouri's
share OF the national Republican fund
being given as $4,000 and Iowa's as
$4,000. McNider said that on his own
initiative he set the Iowa goal at
100000, believing that the sum asked
by the national committee was too low
to cover state, congressional district
and national ticket needs IN his state
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ARMENIAN NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC PATRY ENDS
SESSION AT PROVIDENCE

Providence, r. I. sept THE
American branch Of the Armenian
National Democratic party edneo its
four-day session here today with a
vote to sedn a mission to Cilicia ana
two delegates to Constantinople. IL
was also voted to finance military
expedition from Constantinople 70
Cilicia.
Onicials of the party refused TO
state the scope Of the military mis-
sion" from Constandnople into
Cilicia which it was proposed to mn
ance. They said that they must
with hold further details as . mat
ter" Of policy"
X. 8. Papazian Of Boston, said:
AT present the party Ii working
for a coalition government in the Ar
menian republic and spends a good
deal Of its energies toward the>iib-
Grafton Of Cilicia. q part Of historic
Armenia, from the Turkish yoke. A
large part Of the country has already
been freed, wherein a constitutional
government has been set up under
French protection and In other parts
Armenians are carrying on heroic
defense against superior Turkish
forces"
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South African Diamonds.

In report from Cape Town, Soq,,
Africa, Vice Consular Pissr says that coz.
siderable apprehension was recently a.
reused in diamond mining circles BY 1
sudden drop in the price OF d.amoris
This decline was attributed BY repre-.
sentative Of the diamond buying and e1.
porting interests to the reduced demand
for stones in London and TO the adverse
rate Of exchange, coupled with the ration
ing OF cash by the banks. He sad iuri,-
that normally the price OF diamonds IS
regulated by the syndicate.
For some time past owing to the Al.
normal demand, which the syndicate coaH
not fully supply, dealers in outside goods
have been able to force prices up a-Y-
thing between 80 and IS per cent, abov.
those fixed by the syndicate THIS was
quickly reflected in South Africa and dig
gers greatly benefited by the exceptional
prices. The abnormal demand having row
abated. dealers are compelled to conform
to syndicate prices. The above accounts
for the anomaly OF a sound, though re.
stricted, market in London SIDE by SD:
with fall in prices in the country OF qro-
duetion. Continuing, he said:
Recent cable advices from London
have imposed on buyers great caution or
account of the adverse exchange between
South Africa and London. as also oe'
tween London and the Continent ard
America. An even more important poirr
IS that money cannot be obtained or ta';
side in sufficient quantity, the bans'
having adopted a system OF rst;or.7s
cash. This has driven a number OF buy
ers off the river, thus imposing tire n:-
ee.sity OF financing the whole business on
those remaining. That there IS 70 reed
for panic is shown BY the following
hsures. Although prices have been boia
higher and lower, the first seven rontt;
OF 1914 can be taken as sbou, norma
Prices for that period January TO July
1910, for alluvial diamonds averaged y
las sd ($ss4o). For the period January
to March. 1920, they averaged t. Ijs I'D
(ssr.as). Even granting the fall Is 40 per
cent-and 1 think the monthly returns vii
prove it less than this-the price obtained
is still far in excess OF former years
From another report it appears that re
drop in price was approximately 50 PEI
cent The exports OF diamonds IN A7'A
were 3oI,oor carats, valued at Sio'!''''
3a7.-The New York Times
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Street and Sewer
Matters Before
City Government

The regular monthly meeting of. the
city government was held Tuesday eve
ming. the first business being the pass
ing of the roll of accounts, amounting
to total of s34,9s1.30.
The amount to be paid to guarantee
perpetual care for a cemetery lot was
increased from 500 to $3.50, as the
former sum was found not su c;ent to
cover expenses.
1t was voted that the sidewalk on
1.-THE north side Of Gray street be re-
paired. also that tho sidewalk from the
upper College crossing to Hishwood
street
That a catch basin be installed on
Grove street.
That Essex road be laid out and
made ready for public use. Essex road
leads off from Morrill, avenue.
That a catch basin be installed on
Edgemont avenue near tho Laverdiere
home.
1t was explained by City Engineer
Crawford that the gravel for grading
Essex road could be obtained on Nor
rill avenue with a haur Of not over $50
feet.
It twas voted that an tncandescent
Light be Installed on the south side Of
Edwards street, also an order that the
light on Hardwood avenue be changed
from ~100sto 200 candle power be-, re-
ferred"to the committee on street
lights.
Aletter was received from Rev. vii.
| liam FLETCHER In regard to sewer con.
nections for his new house on College
avenue. Mr.. Fletcher was told that he
| should dig in q certain place on Col.
lege avenue to connect with the sewer
He dug as told but found no sewer
and he asked that the city make proper
sewer connections for his house and
also asked that the city Ray him SIC
for the digging he did without any re-
suits.
1t was ordered that he receive a re-
fund OF SO and refer the matter Of the
sewer to the committee on streets and
sewers
| A petition from the residents OF
Union street asked for a catch basin to
be installed on that street. and an or
der to that effect was referred to the
| committee on streets and sewers.
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Old Shoes Doing Service as Wall
PAPER.

Probably, when you throw your old
shoes in the dustbin. or give them 10
a passing tramp, you believe their
life is practically over. The tramp
may wear them for a bit, or it is
conceivable that part of the leather
is used again for the manufacture of
cheap slippers or shoes. But that is
as far as your Imagination carries
you. Don't be startled, however, if
you are told that your old shoes are
now doing duty as wallpaper.
Extraordinary as it may seem, it is
nevertheless a fact that manufac-
turers Of wall paper buy up guam
titles of old shoes. These are thor
oughly cleaned from every scrap of
dirt and then taken apart, all of the
nails and threads are removed, and
the leather that is left is ground into
a fine pulp. Those stamped leather
wallpapers which have attracted
your fancy are only ordinary thick
papers which have been covered over
with a layer Of leather pulp-old
shoes in fact. Embossed leather
paper is very fashionable for paper
ing Libraries and dining rooms. The
better the class Of leather the better
will it take the gold color with which
it is often Observation-Disclosures
Courier-Journal.
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Premier Sends Greetings
To Visiting U. S. Knights

Paris, Sept. 7.-Premier AIjyIer.,s
today sent formal greetings 70 t+a
american knights of Columbus ON
their return from a fortnights ,or-
OF Alsace-L Lorraine. Switzerland r,aI,.
and Southern France. The. prem,sr,.
note said:
You have witnessed France w,,,
her glorious secars. You apprec,a,a
Frances efforts to retain her place N
the vanguard of civilization as 81.
preme Knight Flaherty so well put i
In reporting your impressions 10
your compatriots you will render
France a great service To your
thanks for the warmth of the Official
reception accorded YOU, l return the
thanks Of the French republic for the
generous friendship you have man.
ifested towards France"
A majority of the knights will leave
for the United States Saturday on the
steamer Lafayette.
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EASTERN AND WESTERN
TENNIS CHAMPIONS
TO MEET SATURDAY

New York. Sept. William r IT.
den, H., who won the National Tenn.
championship yesterday and WilIia11
NJ. Johnston, the loser, will opposa,
each other again next SATURDAY -
the East VS. West team match ar w.
Germantown Cricket Club, Phjlade,
phia. The six players Representa-.
the east and an equal, number fron,
the west viii meet as follows:
Friday-Singles:G. c. Gamer, RI,
ton VS. Walter T. Hayes, Chicago. 7
N. Williams, IL. Boston, VS., Clarerco
]. Grimm, San Francisco.
Doubles-W. NJ. Washburn. W.,
York, and Wallace F. johnson, pbr
adelphia, VS. W. E. Davis and Ro,ar4
Roberts. both of San Francisco.
Saturday-Singles: William T r,
den. H.. Philadelphia, VS. William "
Johnston, San Francisco. Nashbnr.
vs. Roberts.
DoublesdCaner and c. S. Gar,.,5
Pittsburgh, VS. Hayes and r 1,
Burndick. Chicago.
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DE VALERA SENDS
MESSAGE TO McSWINEY

New York. Sept. "A message sent
by Eamonn de Valera, president of
the Irish republic" to Father Dominic.
chaplain to Lord Mayor MacSwiney of
Cork. reported dying from . hunger
strike In Brixton prison. London. ASK
ing him to convey to Mayor MacSwiney
the Official expression Of tie gratitude
of the Irish nation" was made public
here tonight.
Announcement was also made that
in addition TO the messages sent TO
Premier Lloyd-George by Mayor Hy-
Ian of New York and the mayors Of
Boston, Worcester and Jersey City.
protesting against the Imprisonment
of Lord Mayor MacSwiney, messages
have been sent by Mayor W. H. Thomp-
son Of Chicago. ". s. Fitzgerald,
Cleveland; Col. ]. J. Hayes. Vicksburg,
Miss; Charles w. Jewett cf Indianap-
oils. Mayor W. r. Stodden of Butte,
Mont. and the mayors OF Anaconda.
Mont, and Tulsa. Okla
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RACE CLOSE
Continued from PAGE one)

side precincts gave his eases. Fred
J. Burreu. who recently resigned as
state treasurer and asked his friends
not to vote for him for renominat ton.
had 1o,104." Frederick n. Kerr. who
also ran on stickers, had only 1o6.
In an eight-cornered contest in the
Tenth District. Congressman Peter F.
Tague was renominated by the Demo-
crates with a vote of 6402 to 1926 for
his nearest opponent. Joseph J. Hur-
ley.
In the Tenth District the Republi-
cans nominated James E. Mcguire for
Congress by a vote Of $50 to 500 for
Harry c. Daggett and SIS for James
W. H. Merrick The Republican nom-
| inee in the Twelfth District is Harri-
son H. Atwood with vote Of 445l to
1920 for Robert N. Bowen. The DEM
ocrats nominated Alfred J. Moore in
the Eleventh District by a vote Of 594e
| to 24o4 for Albert ]. Connell.
The complete vote Of Boston for
governor was: Long 4o,Sss, Walsh
21.1s3.
Walsh's lead for governor, Demo-
cratic, was slightly increased on later
returns. 5SS precincts, including Bos-
ton, giving him 24,227 to 22,943 for
Long.
In the same precincts Warner
maintained the lead for lieutenant
governor, Republican, with 21.o71 20
1892 for Burrill, running second.
Cook continued to lead for seere-
tary of state. with 1886. to 1850
for Bean. still second in the field.
These precincts gave Jackson 49,
4o5 for state treasurer to 1921 for
| Burrill.
Partial returns from three districts
indicated the denomination by large
pluralities OF Speaker Frederick H.
Gillett and Congressman Robert
Luce and Joseph Walsh, all Repub-
| licans.
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TO TRACE McKENNA'S
SLAYER AT PROVIDENCE

Providence, Sept. THE police Of
this city and East Providence today
admitted that they were baffied in
their search for the man who, last
Thursday night, shot and killed Rose
V. McKenna and dangerously wound
ed her finance, William ]. Deignan,
while the couple were seated in deg
mans automobile beside the Barring
ton Parkway. The last two clues
which have come to the notice Of the
police were run out today without in
dicating any solution of the mystery.
An investigation conducted by Dep
uty Chief Of Police Anthony of East
Providence resulted in completely
generating one suspect. the driver Of
the car which had Immediately fol-
lowed Deignan's machine just before
the murder.
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Restoring Tahiti's Lore

The ancient lore OF Tahiti Is TO e
r$surrected, and the ruins OF the teT7.'
OF the South Pacific islanders ordered C.
stroyed century ago BY Chf!'!'2
missionaries, are to be uncovered by e-
eavations. Efforts to gather the relies Q;
torgottn worship are beng vigo:o4;F
prosecuted. says a dispatch from Paqe''''
the capital of the islands.
Interest centres upon the great eenH''
temple OF Marae at Atehuru, or Tii'
Island, where human sacrifices were o7s''
ed to the bloodthirsty god OF var, Oro
SO completely were the wishes OF III
missionaries carried out that no;alas e
mans save traces OF the Foundations q
this extensive temple. Excavations are eA'
pected to bring to light some in:eres;i1s
objects, which. it is hoped, vii! reveal ~
purposes and uses OF this ancient. sifu''
ture.
Marae, while being the chief temple O.
Tahiti, was not the Oldest or most ~
.pertant in the islands. The tempe -
opoa, traces of which still remain or II,
island Of Raiatea, was the sacred centre c.
religion in the Eastern Pacific. and ~
until a stone from this had been ~
corporated in the structure did the M"''
temple on Tahiti become consecraied.
II was at Marae that Captain Cook WI.
messed the ceremonies OF human sa''''
ces chronicled in his Voyages
The natives, while protesting 'n'''
tisnity, and manifesting it by most a''''t
church attendance. have a deep tear V
these places Uuder no crreuns''"''.
will they approach the temple SITES
night. nor venture near them by day wiz.
out great trepidation. believing that Sn'',.
they in any way offend the sleepins s'r,
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Noise M akino Fish

Inc generally accepted belief that ST.
are peculiarly silent and yoic.y.ss ca,
ton OF the animated world is d;.,,on.l
oy contributor in The London D,;,v
Mail who states that modern inv..,io.,;,.
mas demonstrated that they are. in N.
aggregate, far from mute.
Not less than 500 species of fish -.
row known to produce sounds Of x,,;o,,s
KINDS and IN different degrees Of int.r.;,,
among the most notable examine. =,
sound producing FISH is the sunssh :,
large, curious-shaped. creature. sou.,;,,..
taken around the coasts Of Britain. !, ~.
making OF which nature seems IN h,v. 80
snort OF material and lefo out N. 80
"nen taken out Of the water it emits , dis.
uheuy audible groan. The ereaker. vel,
known along the Atlantic coast. derives -.
name from the sound it makes when t.L.r =
10 ooat, and the barbel and earn will ale.
eroak when taken from their n,,r,,,
element d
The red gurnard has been nick,.u.d
the sea cock from its crow;,s $50
wn'ie the grunt, the pig fish, and IN. bo.
"sn are so named by reason of enitt;rs
SOUNDS more or less resembling the erur,
OF hog. The globe fish and the sc,d A.
morse mackerel, produce similar so,,,a.
when captured The big jewish Of N. c,i,
OF Mexico breaks the solemn silence =,
the waters at night with sonorous boom.
whiie the armada. Of South Americas
waters, when caught with book ,ra T.
gives forth harsh. grating sound Whit ;.
said to be distinctly heard befo,. ~. 81
Drought to the surface of the water
some OF the blennies, and also an am.
pnioious siluroid fish, emit kind Of sbr;..
when taken. The sea frog Of the Mal,h,r
waters owes its name to the .ou,d !.
emits. u
There are records of the river buIlh.,d
giving forth sounds similar to the Low .,d
inoistinet vibrations Of a gong or the
pedal-pipe Of an organ; and the r,r,s h,s
nsh that enlits vibrations resemb,ing ~.
SOUND OF q deep.toned bell or gong. H.,.
iinss' II Is SAID, have also been known ia
produce like sound when drawn within
the net but in this case it may be omen n
oouot whether such sounds are really ,,o.
dueed by the FISH or merely the resale A.
mechanical friction among the se,Iv erova
Inc tabled song OF the Sirens II h.i;.v.a
10 nave had its origin in the sounds emit.
tea oy the maigre, which vary in volum.
ana tone from a distinct, clear so,ra
lasting many seconds, to an irde6s,. ~,
which, either from lack of intensity or ex.
oessive vibrations, is lost in the silenee Of
the watery waste. These sounds are said
to be audible from depth Of twenty
iathoms when the fish are travelling in
schools. -"
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HOBOKEN COMMISSIONERS
PLEAD FOR McSWINEY

Hoboken. N. j., Sept. The c,.,
commissioners today sent cablez-,m.
to King George and Premier T,o,s
George protesting against the -.
prisonment Of Terence Mscsw,,...
lord mayor Of Cork.
Requesting the release Of Macs-,
ney. the cablegrams stated:
America entered the World IT,.
for freedom of small nations and Va.
Swiney is dying as protest ,v,ta
tyranny. '''S'
"Hoboken. the port ofenba-t..,,,
OF the American forces, asks that wa
take immediate action to avert dix,...-
to peace Of world" '''
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Spraque-Soper

The marriage of Richard Lothian
Sprague and Miss Olive Soper, which
occurred Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock at the home Of the bride s
mother, Mrs. Carrie Soper OF Elm
street was the elimination OF a
school days romance. which begun
when both were students at Coburn,
where they also were classmates.
The ceremony was performed by
Or. /. B. Mower, the double ring SER
vice being used The bride was at
tended by Miss Mildred Sprague, the
sister OF the groom and the best man
. was Reginald Sturtevant of Liver
more Falls, a fraternity brother Of
the groom. The wedding march was
played by Elliott Adams of Waver-
ly, Mass, who was also a Colby man
and fraternity brother of the groom.
The bride was very attractive in a
brown satin gown with a corsage
bouquet Of sweet peas and roses.
The bridesmaid wor blue satin. The
bride Is the last Of our daughters OF
Mrs. Soper to marry. She is a gradu-
ate Of Coburn in the class of 1914.
leee for two years and later gradu-
ated from the Thomas Business Of
this city. For the past three years.
she has been teaching in the COM
mercial department Of the Portland
High school. The groom is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Sprague Of
West street. He also graduated
from Coburn in the class of 1914 and
from Colby in the class of 1918, and
for the past three years has been
with the Goodyear Rubber people in
Akron, Ohio. He is a member Of the
D. U. fraternity and both of the
young people have hosts Of friends
who wish them much happiness.
The decorations in the home were
Of pink and white, gladoli, roses and
asters being employed to carry out
the color scheme. The parlor, where
the ceremony was performed, was
decorated with gladioli, attractively
placed, while in the dining room
where refreshments were served af-
( ter the reremony, pink and white ro-
ses land asters were used and the
same nowerssformed the decorations
Of the hall
Az. the stairs to
prepare for departure, she was
showeredewith roses petals and in re-
turn threwsher%bouqu among the
guestS<belowswhoAd divided the spoils.
Ouly'thedmmediatesrelatives and two
intimate friends. Of. the bride, Miss
Bertha Terry and Miss. Cornelia KEEL
Icy were present at the wedding.
Among the relatives were the three
sisters Of the bride with their hus-
bands. Mr.. and Mrs. Alton d. Blake
Of this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Merton
Davis Of Portland and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert. Stewart, Jr.. Of Gardiner; also
the two grandmothers Of the froom.
Mrs.. Nary r. Sprague of Northport
and Mrs. Pauline Flanders Of Corn
vile.
The bride. and groom have gone 70
: Owls Head to spend a few days at
the cottage of the bried's mother and
later will go to Pittsburgh, Pa,
where Mr.. Sprague has taken a po-
sftion with a large firm and where
they~wtn make their home.