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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
OPERA HOUSE BIG SALE

Once more does it look as if the
capacity Of the Augusta Opera house
would be tested tonight. Jim Mayne
OF Maine" which opened there Thurs
DAY has proved just the kind of a
play Augusta people like and the de-
mand for seats has been big since the
nrst performance. The fact that the
action takes place in the wholesome
atmosphere of Maine and that a
Maine man is the hero of the comedy
drama combine to make it a most an
petizing Offering
All the characters in the cast are
good ones. Jim Mayne himself
played by AL. Luttringer, is a country.
lad who has had no education or
training. but gets wise" to himself
and proceeds to make a name and
money for himself Tom Mayne. \
cousin and Lucretia Mayne, his wife
are OF very different type, polished
but not so refined that they can hide
their ill will for the country cousin
Hetty, the sister Of Lucretia, for al
she is a city girl. has good sound
common sense and proves that, by
falling in love with Jim. she shows
good judgment. These roles are ra.
spectively taken by Kenneth F1eminp
Marie Fountain and Ann Kineslev
William Laveau is Richard Bradley
an inscriptions. designing youth
who finally ''gets his" Percy Kill
bride does a most excellent piece of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
PLANS FOR THE MAINE
SPORTSMEN'S MEETING

President George c. Orr or the
Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game
Association is reminding members of
the coming annual meeting on Jan.
q at the State House, Augusta. Ar
rangements have been so far COM
pleted as to promise highly enter
tanning and valuable program and no
member can afford to miss it. PreSi-
dent Orr says:
1--WE want to make good start in
the interests of the new 1920 presi-
dent, learn from the secretary-treas-
urer just what is expected of us as to
our physical welfare as a game as
ISOLATION and listen to the commits
sioner's remarks as to what's been
done among the fish and game and
how we sportsmen can best serve
the States needs: We really need
more collective interest in game af-
fairs and I solicit for the coming
year and in aid of the new officers
more individual influence in the well
fare of the fish and game of Maine"
The hall Of the House of Repre-
sentatives has been reserved for the
afternoon session and the election OF
officers and business will occur about
p. NJ. An illustrated lecture on
Mount Katahdin" by VIM. F. Daw-
son of Lynn, Mass. member or
the Appalachian Club and an en-
thusiast over the katahdin region,
will follow the meeting. Mr.. Daw-
son styles the katahdin region the
grandest east of the Mississippi and
President Orr says: I'VE should all
avail ourselves of the opportunity to
learn more of our highest mountain
and bring our influence to bear upon
the movement that seeks to set this
region off as a National Reserve"
The banquet will take place in the
evening, probably at the Augusta
House and many interesting speakers
will fill out fascinating hour or two.
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xvn-,. =. Eccles F'oxSlove. comoineu
telegraph operator ana m .. q,
white Leona Hanson Is enec'l.e .
the character Of Kate, Jun
who has been deceived BY braoieS
The whole production is most e.
fective one with a story that keeps
The interest sustained until the ma
curtain and some rich homeiy coiiieu'
that finds a most ready response.
In "Scarlet Days." the Paramount.
Aircraft picture produced by Davlu
Wark Griffith which is, also iea'ulo
of the program. the great diree1or
has evolved an historical masterpiece
an well as a thrilling motion picture
He aimed to tell the glowing story
Of the old California of the DAYS oi
'4s. portraying on the screen what
BRET Harte has so entertainingly toid
in fiction. With this end in view, Mr..
Griffith journeyed with his company
to old Tuolumne, a deserted MINING
town which in its palmy days was
Two miles of miners huts. saloons
and dance halls Amid the ruins the
eminent producer recreated the Ola
village and the characters in "Scarlet
DAYS" are the red-blooded folk VINO
used to live there in the days OF tne
gold rush.
ROSY Nell. a dance hall woman and
Alverez, the mild-mannered. dashing
bandit, at once the terror of the sher-
IFS and the best friend Of the poor.
are the central figures. both authen-
tic personages of California history,
and thrilling story is said to nave
been woven about them.-Adv.
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shooting has been good in some parts
Of the southern counties. 1t is hoped
the 30 bounty will soon exterminate the
bob-cat. loupcevier and Canadian lynx.
the natural enemy Of both deer and par
fridge.
Beaver have been in,Rcae.ng SO rap
idly that, on written complaint by land
owners of substantial damage being
done. it has been found necessary 10
declare an open season On quite little
territory in different sections. The
beaver must be conserved as one of our
most valuable fur-bearrng animals but
cultivated and protected where the least
damage can be done.
Fishways
Much has been done on fshways, al
though labor and material conditions
still bother. Among the work accom-
plished are:
New fishway at mouth Of PiscataquiS
river at Rowland b. the manufacturing
company there, Of concrete, letting the
fish up to East Dover and Milo on Sc
bee river, where a new fshway has
been built by Brown Excelsior Co.
Fishway at Sebec rebuilt by same COM
pany, enabling fish to pass into Sebec
lake, an inland basin. Il miles long and
two to six wide. fed by over Is lakes
and streams. This was an original
home cf the iandlocked salmon.
New fishways have been arranged for
at Dover, Foxcroft. the Waterworks
dam, Guilford and Abbot for 1920. most
ly of concrete. making one of best sys-
tens in the State.
New Fishway built at Long Pond
dam, Moose river waters, letting fsa
pass into Big Wood pond, Attean and
others. Fishway rebuilt at Barring.
Fishway complete at veazie and others
at Great Works and West Enfield re-
paired. Four fishways built on Soud-
abscook, permitting alewives as well as
salmon to pass up into the ponds for
spawning. Other fshways repaired
and changed.
Screens have been installed at Shinn
pond, above Patten. and Green lake.
Hancock county. $4,000 screen has
been built at Sebago outlet, the finest in
the State. Patten pond, screen repaired
and others inspected and kept up.
Commissioner Parsons thanks the
Maine press for publicity and pays it a
high compliment for its fine work in
the interests Of the State.
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"SN0WBALLING"
CAUSE IS PER CENT.
|of LABOR TROUBLES

New York Jan. 2-Einety- five pei
cent. of the strikes and IS per cent
of the days of idleness in the building
trades in the past have occurred
through what is known as SNOWFALL
ing" or controversies between wage
earners themselves as to which trade
should do the work, says Franklin T.
Miller, president of the F. W. Dodge
Co.. and formerly director Of the Di-
vision of Public Works and Construc-
ton of the United States Department
of labor. Only per cent. he declares
have been on questions between en-
ployer and employee.
Mr.. Miller, who has been in touch
with the construction industry in this
country for rs years, cited the case
of big Chicago hotel costing mil
lions, the work on which had been
delayed. he said, more than a year
because of a disagreement between
skilled workers as to who should
handle certain doors because of the
preponderance of metal over wood,
This he said was an inevitable con-
sequence of the rapid development of
the industry. Analysing the situation
and the building outlook for 1920, Mr..
Miller said:
THE creation of a Board of Juris-
dictional Award by the United States
Department of Labor, a board COM
posed of architects, engineers, con-
tractors, material men and wage
earners, promises solution of one of
the most difficult labor problems in
the building industry. AS a result of
1t decreased cost Of construction may
be expected. The Board of Jurisdic-
tional Award has been formulated
with the full approval Of all interests
concerned. who seem to have entered
into it without reservation.
THE labor outlook in the building
industry thus promises a condition of
greater stability during the coming
year because Of the organized dealings
between employers and EMPLOYEES
with full recognition of the term con.
tract and arbitration principles"
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ADJUSTMENTS
SAUCY SOUBRETTE
AND17 SERVANTS

Strictly Confidential" is the name
Of the play and there are many things
that are decidedly strictly conf1den-
tial. The big Goldwyn production
which is to be seen for the last times
at the Colonial theatre today, how
ever. might we'll have been called
The Saucy Soubrette and her Sew
enteen Saucy Servants"
Madge Kennedy is the star Of the
piece. That in itself should be
guarantee of the worth of the screen
version of Jerome X. Jerome's ia
nous story strictly Confidential.
as the audiences yesterday agreed. is
by long odds one of the most enter
tanning photodramas ever given at
the Colonial.
One OF the scenes depicts the
young wife of the English lord grown
so tired of moping in the castle that
unheard on thing of drawing up the
blinds to let the sunlight in. With
the floor of light. the new Lady Ban
| took sees the old piano tightly closed
and covered with sheeting. She
PUSHES to the instrument, throws on
the old coverings, opens the lid. and
has little revel all by herself. But
her uncle, the butler, hears the music
and Immediately rushes into the room
to drive his niece and mistress away
from such sport of the devil" In
despair the mistress yields, but hel
| fighting blood has been aroused. FL
nally. she manages to bring cheer
into the hearts of all the crusted OLD
servants of the castle-which is an
other way of saying that she gets heI
own way in the end.
The other week end feature at the
theatre brings the fascinating Kitty
Gordon here in Adele" Always a
source Of wonderment and unfailing
attraction, to both sexes for he1
wealth of startling apparel and in
ternationally famed beauty. it was
proven yesterday that the titled Eng
lish actress brings to adele" not
merely the rich costume effects asso-
| ciated with her name, but in addition
triumph of emotional acting. That
Adele" readily lends itself on the
screen to succession of human in
terest episodes and thrills. because OF
the sWiftness of it's action will be rec
ognized by the multitude of readers
of Adele Bleneau's "The Nurses
story on which the Kitty Gordon
play is based. No reader of that
thrilling romance can fail to be car
ried away by the sweep of exciting
incident which marks Miss Bleneau's
story and the screen version has pro-
v1ded for Miss Gordon, under master
~ direction. a vehicle which the ia :
nous actress herself describes as the
finest and best offering she has ever
given to the public
"Perilous Trails" the third episode
OF Lightning Bryce" the astonishing
serial now running. and Kinograms
complete the unusually good bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
STATE OF MAINE
KENNEBEC. SIS. SUPERIOR COURT
IN VACATION.

KENNEBEC. SIS. SUPERIOR COURT
IN VACATION.
Augusta. December 10. 1919.
William X. Brown, Lib't, VS.. Ida r.
Upon the annexed Writ and Libel it u
ordered by me, the undersigned, Justice
Of said Court, that notice thereof be
given to the Libelee by publishing an
attested copy of the same, or an ABB
stract thereof, together with this order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the
kennebec Journal. newspaper printed
in Augusta in said County of Kennebec,
the last publication, to be thirty days
at least before the NEXT term of said
Court. to be holden at Augusta within
and for said County of kennebec, on
the first Tuesday Of April next, that she
may then and there appear in said
Court and answer thereto if she see A..
Attest: FRED EMERY BEANIE,
Justice Superior Court.
William r. Brown Of Monmouth in
said County, husband of Ida F. Brown,
respectfully represents that he was
lawfully married to the said Ida r.
Brown on the 10th day of June. A. d.
1894 by Sidney E. Lawrence of Boston.
Massachusetts. a Justice of the Peace.
duly empowered to perform marriages;
That he the said Libellant and the
JAibelee lived together as husband and
Auburn where they resided until about
the second day of June. A. D. 1904: that
no children were born of said union:
That your L.ibellant has always con-
Quoted himself toward his said wife as
a faithful, true and affectionate hus.
band; that on or about the said I'd day
of June. A. D. 1904. the said Ida F.
Brown utterly deserted your Libellant
without cause and went to parts I'M
known to him. since which time he has
seen her but once. to wit: at Lewiston
about the year 1905. at which time the
said Libellant urged the said Libelee to
return to his home, which she utterly
refused to do: that said utter desertion
has continued for three consecutive
years and over, to wit for Is years next
prior to the filing Of this libel; that her
residence is unknown to your Libellant
and cannot be ascertained by reason
able diligence: that there is no collision
to obtain a divorce.
WHEREFORE. he prays that a d.
vorce may be decreed between himself
and the said Ida F. Brown for the
causes above set forth.
Signed: WILLIAM r. BROWN,
Lewiston, Maine.
Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day
Of December, A. D. 1912
CARL f. GETCHELL.
Justice Of the Peace.
A true copy Of the order Of notice and
libel.
Attest: c. W. JONES. Clerk.
dec0, sat,3t
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Fish and Game

Fred E. Jorgensen of Ashland, chief
warden for Central Aroostook dis
trict, has reported to the department
the payment of a fine of 81 and 1851
costs each by B. Walton Of Lime
stone, B. Hardgroye Of Caribou anc
w. B. Drost of Limestone, each be-
ing found guilty Of having loaded
rifles in an automobile. by Trial JUS
tice Roberts of Caribou. A light fine
was imposed, on account of extenu-
ating circumstances.
Warden E. T. Bessey of Thorndike
reports the prosecution before
Judge Clyde r. Chapman of the Bel
fast municipal court of Allie Wells,
Levi Rogers and Maurice Wood. all
of Belfast, for hunting wild animals
on Sunday. Each was found guilty
and fined $40 and IS costs.
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OAK GROVE

Oak Grove Seminary reopened Dec q,
after the Christmas vacation, with rer
ular work in all classes. The most .,
the students arrived during the dayr or
Monday, but a few are at home wa,t,n.
few days longer to recover from, th<
mumps. New Years day is not a ho,.
day at Oak Grove. but it was observes
wednesday evening after study hal
with a jolly coastins party. When the
coasters returned at the ringing of III.
bell. they found Mrs. uwes in the cor.
rioor to greet them with a big boy q,
candy and wish them all a Happy New
Year
The Wednesday meeting OF Y. w r.
a. was led by Ethel Miller, 20. A mos,
interesting letter was read from Mrs
Hoxie Of the Associated Charities ~
waterville in which she gave a clever
sketch Of the dolls the Oak Grove p,rls
sent her to give to deserving chiIdre,
The girls have taken a lively interes,
IN the present owners Of these dolls ana
are planning to continue to do .b;pgc
Tor these poor children.
Donald Freeman, 10, who 10 a.. ..u..
Wednesday. vi
Ihree new students have been ar
cepted and enrolled as follows. A,e~-
ander Baird from WinsIow Iiph schoo,
sephomore; Anna L. Perkins from Frs
S,he Academy. Freshman: and Harold
larson from kent's Hill. Freshman.
Haird is left-handed pitcher and a for.
ner sehoolmate Of Harvey Suite. n
TAX Groves Varsity pitcher.
"arie hickford, 20. president Of Y. w
=. A. Is welcomed back after an abss
sence Of three weeks.
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State House Chat

The president Of the trustees o.
the Bath City hospital is William
D. Sewall Of that city and the su.
perintendent is Miss ]. F. Stannix. r
NJ, instead Of as given in the repor,
Of the last inspection Of that insti.
tuition by the State Board of Chart.
ties and Corrections.
The Public Utilities Commission
went to Greenville Friday for an in.
vestigation of the recent accident on
the Canadian Pacific near Onawa in
which % lives were lost and many
injured.
Requests for special numbers are
still being received at the Automo-
bile Bureau. in spite Of the law that
limited reservations to Dec. 81 and
ample notice to everyone.
Adjutant General Presson has re-
turned from trip to Brunswick and
Portland for the purpose Of seein1;
Surgeon General G. NJ. Elliott and
Col. H. NJ. Bigelow Of the Sd Maine
Infantry on official business.
Arthur L. Robinson, associate legal
member Of the Industrial Accident
commission, says he must be tho
youngest past commander OF a.,
American Legion Post I'm Maine. a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
BUILDING ESTIMATES
FOR 1920 EXCEED
1919 BY 300 MILLION

New York. Jan. Presidential 4
! dustrial and other building CONTRA
aggregating s2.S00000,0oo will
, awarded east of the Missouri 4
north Of the Ohio rivers in 1921
compared with $4,000, 100000 in 4
same territory during 1919. accon1
to an estimate Of the +. W. Dodge
construction statisticians, made ps
lie here today.
1T has been found" said Frank
T. Miller, head Of the COMPANY VI
has been connected with the stat
tical side of the building Industry
Is years, That in normal times
certain years building conta
awards amount to a figure appNi
mately two thirds of the total W
contemplated, or projected dun
the previous year. The total fgr
for work contemplated in the te'
tory named, as reported in 1919
gregates s4,200,000.000 and the
estimate is based upon it. that
two thirds OF that amount"
Prolongation of the building sea-
into the winter was indicated
Miller said, by the amount Of nuA
ing contracts issued in the terrHq
named during November. VII
showed a total above the average
the preceding months. In ordh1
years, he said, the month OF ma
mum building contracts is II June
July but this year the apex was
reached until October. with ;o;a
$311.3S2.000.
Construction contracts were
est in January. with less than
100000. it was said. because Of
general belief that prices and vs.
would soon fall and that build
could be undertaken at lower "
Total contract awards in the Y II
tory named, from January 10 ~
1. Mr.. Miller. said. were s9Ss,%
and from July 1 to DecemheT
date of the latest reports. sl.i"
600 showing, he said, that &"
cent. of the years amount Of
tracts was awarded in the SEQ
half OF the year, under conditions
extremely high prices"
Thlrty-Six per cent. of th' sI
total for the past year. s. t>9io'
Or $S9l.5SS.000. it was pointed
was for residential building ana
per cent, or $3.50. 205. 900. for indus"
structures. These include:
New Observation-Disclosures awara'
Residences O"l
tIS,4oS,oOO: manufacturing huiia
U,SS6) $6S,S43aO0O; misc,lane1
$4,000 $S9,973,0O0.
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DIR. JEKYLL AND
MR.. HYDE MONDAY

Augusta people are to be privileged
to see a presentation Of DR.. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde at the Augusta Opera
house the first three days Of next
week. The famous play from the
story by Robert Louis Stevenson will
be given by the Luttringer Stock Co.
1t has been years since the terrible
dual character has been impersonated
In this city, so that everyone of the
present generation will be more than
anxious to see this revival.-Adv
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BILL HART
LINGERIE

Just think of it. Bill Hart selling
lingerie. That is the job that the
famous western star finds facing him
by inheritance in John Petticoats -
the Paramount Aircraft feature in
which he will be seen at the Colonial
theatre on Monday and Tuesday. He
refuses to be known as the owner of
the establishment. however. and
poses as the store detective, to escape
the Kidding" of his lumberjaclS
friendS-Ady.
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Gift to. Museum

The Maine State museum is to be
enriched by a fine collection of feath-
ers from wild birds, the gift of the
National Association Of Audubon So
cieties for the Protection Of Wild
Birds and Animals. 1t became known
through a letter recently received by
Curator Thomas A. James from the
society's secretary, T. Gilbert Pear
son of New York, which says in part:
Recently at the port Of New York
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Burned by Gasoline Explosion

John L. Brown and James ne.
met with a terrible accident at "
camp in Caswell, where they v
chopping wood. Monday morn
MIR. Brown got up to build q fire
by mistake poured gasoline out {,
nve-gallon can onto the fire in pI
OF Kerosene. An explosion follow
the gas going all over both men
the camp. Mr.. Browns face, h"I
arms and eyes were badly bur,
he may lose his eyesight. Mr..
ley's wrist was burned quite n'
The door was locked and it was a.
a few minutes before they could
TO 1t to unlock 1t. AS soon as
got out they buried themselves VI
snow. The camp burned dowH
their fur coats. furniture, c1A
utensils, foods. etc.
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The Assessors Convention

Reports received at the office OF
the State Board of Assessors from
all parts of the State indicate that
the attendance at the coming, con-
yention of local assessors to be held
on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan.
IA and Is at the State House will be
the largest yet held INTACT. a rec
ord for such conventions in Maine.
The value in practical results to the
local assessors from the previous
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NOTICE

December 3, 1878.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
lola s. Kearney of Augusta in the
County of Kennebec and State of Maine.
has made application to the Maine
Board Of Bar Examiners for examina-
ton for admission to the bar of the
State of Maine. at the session of the
board, to be held at Bangor Maine, on
tho first Tuesday Of February, A. =.
1920.
PHILIP G. CLIFFORD.
Secretary of the Board.
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STATE HOUSE
Meeting Council, M- Wednesday, Jan.

1t was announced at the Office Of
the State treasurer yesterday after
noon that the States balance on the
first Of this year amounted to ST.
2l7.S94.5s. The receipts for the year
1919 were 3s,7s9,o14S9 while the ex-
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a 5000 Blaze IN S.eo

Late New Years eve celebrators
WI nno were passing the new Deerine
BLOCK q three-story building as
NAN street and Pepperell SQUARE
biddeford. discovered smoke issn,n.
from the hallway, and when f,ran,aS
arrived they found a fire rarirv ~
the second floor. The loss on bn,,d :
ing and contents is estimated .,
$4,000. and is covered by Insurance.
Inc hre started in a toilet room IN
the second floor. o''
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Brig Int
eyes

Dull eyes and that disagres,j
listless feeling are usually the 1
signs of a bilious condition.
tablespoonful Of 81. F." AtTn|
Medicine should be taken prons
to stimulate the action of the III
bowels and other digestive ord
This household remedy never d
to bring quick relief and may Vi
off . serious attack Of indigest,
Sufferers from biliousness shsI
have q bottle always on hand, !
take small doses regularly as a b
caution. This will tone the stom,
and keep the entire system heal.
and normal.
Don't experiment with unknp
widely advertised pills and tabi
that may contain acetanilid or of
coal-tar derivatives. The true
F." has established q splendid re,
tation through 60 years Of unchsl
ing quality, and 10 we'll worth
confidence it enjoys. It has been q,
in many families with a
! ! ]; ! !: ! ]
unvarying beneficial 4
results for three gen. \
erations. Get q bottle :
today. Most druggists
and storekeepers carry
it. A large bottle, go
doses for SOC, or a free
sample from the IL.
F." Medicine Co., Port
land, Maine.