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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-31
What Shall Be the Fate
! OF Our Maine County JailS?

The county jails Of Maine and their
future are receiving considerable at
tention at the present time, not only
from those viewing the subject from
the Social Welfare point of view but
from business point. Secretary
James +. Bagley Of the State Board
of Charities and Corrections said
Thursday
Names county jails, or at least
some of them, are in q, fair way to bid
themselves a fond goodbye. Jails,
as such, are not fitting into the mod
ern scheme of things, and it is es-
pecially sale that some of those in
Maine have outlived their useful
ness.
"They are schools of crime and
idIeness,' is the characterization one
student has given them, while Amos
Butler of Indiana, secretary Of the
Board of State Charity there, goes
further and says of the jail prison.
, ers
They live in idleness at the ex-
pense of the taxpayer. They learn
vice. immortality and crime. They
become educated in criminal ways.
Tho" '""enerate both physically and
mentally
IL as recently stated in q Port
land paper that there was a move
ment on foot to have the Legislature
do away with all but four of the
county jails, and to provide that
prisoners from other counties should
be boarded 1T the jails in Bangor,
j ,ss,k4
Portland. That is step in the right
direction.
! But why not so the whole distance
while we are at it? We shall need
places of detention pending trial, of
course. but when a man commits an
, offence against State law, he should
be held in custody when necessary.
not at the expense of the particular
locality where he committed the Of
Tense, but at the expense of the State.
For that reason. among others, the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
lions has recommended that the ad-
ministration Of the jails should be
placed in the hands of the Prison
Commission, the expense to be borne
by the State and the commission to
have authority TO use only such
numbers as necessary, distance and
capacity considered, to care for what
ever prisoners must be confined
therein.
THE number OF prisoners in jails
has shown n marked falling off In re-
lcent years. For instance, the daily
average number in custody Of all the
jails Of the State for the year 1916
was 405; for the year 1919, 1t was 205s
a decrease oe 49,5 per cent. With tho
enforcement Of the Volstead Act I'd
help our ow.l prohibition laws, and
the establishment of the Reformatorf
for Men. It is destined to drop stiE
further.
During the same years the aver4
age weekly per capita cost has ins
creased from $3.50 to. 1854. an int
crease of % per cent. OF course, q
part of this is clearly due to the ris-
ing costs incident to the war, but an
analysis Of the per capita Of tho
various jails shows marked increa seS
in the overhead expenses. those that
are not directly affected by the NUM-
Der Of prisoners, The per capita Ell
penditure FOR salaries Of turnkeYs
and guards Increased 1872 per celk
and the per capita expense for he1
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ing, lighting. etc, Increased 16U per
cent. Both Of these are items which
must remain practically stationary as
to the gross amount expended, re-
gardiess Of the number Of prisoners
cared for.
Anyone can see that it is need
less expense 20 maintain an insitu-
ton for two or three prisoners. Out
of the II county jails, for the year
1919, eight had daily average OF
less than 10 prisoners and four others
less than %. In fact the daily aver
age number of prisoners per Jail Tor
the year was only a fraction over IL.
'sThe lowest weekly per capita cost
tFranklin county excepted, where the
income exceeded the expense) was in
Penobscot county, s3.71, and the
highest was in Washington county,
$40. In Penobscot county. the
daily average number of prisoners
was 81, and n Washington county, 3.
Cumberland county had the largest
number of prisoners, daily average
of So, and the weekly per capita cost
was $8.o4. Averages in other coun-
ties were: Androscoggin. % prison.
ers. s1es2; -troostook, 23, s4.31; Han
cock, 3, $3.50: Kennebec, 20. sS.7e:
Knox, 8, 1925; Oxford, S, s5.6s; Pts
cataquis. 4, $3.50: Somerset, S, 1918;
Waldo, 3, 1851; York. IL. s1o.S4.
Cost of food supplies varied from
s2.14 per week per prisoner. In
Aroostook county to s5.46 in Wash
ington county. The average was
seS6"
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ADJUSTMENTS
Married for Hate
Motive for Big
Melford Picture

Marriages are caused by many
things, including love, money and
moonlight, but rarely has case been
recorded where a man took unto him
self wife for hate. That, however,
of George Melford's picture, "Behuld
My Wife" which will be seen at the
Augusta Opera house today and Sat
urday. to take the plunge.
OF the many big screen offerings
that have been seen at the Opera
house, Manager Appleby has pro-
vided nothing more compelling than
this startling, gripping Paramount
picture. Staged amid magnificent
scenery, acted by company unsur-
passed and directed by one of the
greatest geniuses Of the new art, it
stands out as a triumph of the silent
drama.
According to the story, the hero
one Frank Armour, younger son of an
aristocratic English family, who is
working in Canada for the Hudson
Bay Company, receives a letter that
his sweetheart over in England has
thrown him down for another. Know
ing that his family's opposition had
u lot to do with breaking up the
match, young Armour, in a drunken
rage, determines to revenge himself
upon them by marrying an Indian
maiden and sending her to them as
his wife. He carries out his scheme,
with highly unexpected results. The
struggles of the Indian girl in Eng
lish society. struggles that are
crowned with success and brings her
husband crawling at her feet, pro-
vide satisfying denoument that ev-
eryone will appreciate.
Behold My Wife" was adapted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-31
State House Associates.
Elects New Set of Officers

Inc State House Associates, a re-
lief organization incorporated during
the war under the laws of Maine. OF,
wednesday reid its annual meeting
Inc only remaining officer of the
originals Treas. Lester NJ. Hart. re
tired and the following were elected:
President, Gilbert r. Chadbourne:
secretary, Miss Marion Brainerd:
treasurer, Erlon l.. Newdick.
The business OF the most i'm
portanee was the disposal Of the cash
In the treasury and it was unani-
,, mously voted to donate it to the
State House Girls Club to be used
for the support of the four French,
orphans adopted by them during the
war. for the year 1921. 1t amounts
to $26.36 and will be welcomed by the
girls, as they must raise about $3.50
between now and April next.
1t was also voted to keep the or
ganizatfon active, in case its services
may be again needed.
The two big events staged nv tbo
State House Associates are still in
the minds of the public. because they
were both huge successes The first
was the State House Minstrels OF
FEBRUARY. 1913. and the next the
State House Lawn Party of June
1918. The Opera House was packed
at the first and over $500 tickets were
| sold for the latter.
The Associates took in q total OF
about $500 at these entertainments
The net proceeds were about $1,000
OF this $500 was sent to the old I'd
Maine Regiment (103d Infantry ir
France; 800 to the Trench Mortar
Battery, later the 101st Trench Nor
tar Battery, in France; and $941 to
the Red Cross. In addition various
sums were donated for various State
House affairs.
The record Of the Associates il
good. May 1t continue long, but IT.
services never again be needed.
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COLLECTORS NOTICE OF SALE

Unpaid taxes on land situated in the
Town OF Pittston, in the County Of
kennebec. for the year 1920.
The following list Of taxes on real
estate Of nonresident owners in the
Town OF Pittston for the year 1920.
committed to me for collection for said
town, on the FIRST day of May, 1890. re-
mains unpaid; and
= NOTICE is hereby given that il said
taxes. interest and charges are not
previously paid. so much Of the real
estate taxed as is sufficient to pay the
amount due therefor. including interest
and charges. will be sold at public auc-
ton at Grange Hall. in said town. .the
same being the place where the last
preceding annual town meeting of said
town was heidi on the first Monday of
February, 1921. at nine O'Clock A. N.
Names Description Tax on
Of of Real
Owners Real Estate Estate
Heirs Of George Moody--North
by W. S. Pulsifer heirs:
east by r. c. Moody and .
others, south by P. P. Wal
iron, west by Eastern
river. Lot /; number or
acre 81; value. s1100. -. $3.50
f. J. PREBLE.
Collector OF Taxes for the Town Of
Ptttston for the year 1890.
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State House Oh lat

Curator Thomas A. James started
his fish hatchery on Thursday, Dec.
90. and sometime next March will
have trout galore. He has two hatch
ing jars in operation, on the east end
OF the aquarium, where similar OPP
erations have been carried on. The
jars contain about 1000 brook trout
eggs, taken from the fish last Novem-
Der. Past experience hays that moth
ing in the State House--not even the
appropriation bills-will be SO closely
watched as these Matching jars DUR
ing the next three months.
Governor and Mrs. Milliken will
give reception from 2:30 to 8 O'Clock
next Tuesday afternoon at the Blaine
Mansion to the members of the in
coming Legislature and their friends
The Mainet Water Power Commits
sion met Thursday at the Capitol.
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'tuth American
'fty Shown in
Whisper Market"

ne opulert beauty of Rio de ia.
ne D, the South American wonder
cit forms a fitting background for
the enactment of THE Whisper Mar
Ike the Vitagraph special starring
CO nne Griffith, which will be seen
at he Colonial theatre today.
cenes OF wonderful tropical TO
lia8e, splendid villas, wide sweeps of
open country. alternate with the
ma gnificence of the city itself as the
powerful story of international in
trague, adventure and love unfolds.
And through all the scenes moves
E1rnine North, played by Miss Crit
fifth. The leader of the American COL
ony, and. secretly, partner in a mo-
diste's establishment, she is the bat
tledore tossed about by fate, brought
almost to her ruin through devotion
ito her husband. but later saved by
fthat very devotion.
II Miss Griffith, who has in THE
Whisper Market" one of the best
emotional parts in her screen career.
Is supported by the strongest cast
obtainable, including George Howard.
who plays opposite the star; George
MacQuarrie. James O'Neil, Eulaiie
Jensen and others. The production
was directed by George l.. Sargent
from the scenario by Graham Baker
based on W. E. SCOTS magazine
story.
Hot Dog" is the suggestive title
of Century comedy that will also be
on the bin at the Colonial today. The
New Screen Magazine. one of the
most attractive and instructive serv-
ices ever offered, will have some ad-
dItional surprises and the Kilograms
will prove as entertaining as ever.
ADV.
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Camp Funston, Kan,
Will Soon Be History

Camp Funston. Kan, Dec. 30
with the fading of the year the final
scenes are being enacted in the his
tory of this cantonment. Through
this camp 100000 Americans passed
in the process of training for the
world war and here Major General
Leonard Wood labored while three
complete divisions were whipped into
shape to face the foes of democracy.
Abandonment and diSmantliny of
the cantonment under recent orders
OF the war department probably will
mean also the turning of Army City,
civilian municipality on it's border.
into deserted village.
In the summer of 1918 there were
as many as $4,000 men in training
here at one time but when the order
to vacate was received $500 officers
and enlisted men of the seventh di-
vision were stationed here. These are
being sent to Camp Meade, Nd, with
the exception Of the Eighth Field Ar
| tillery. which is going to Hawaii and
the divisional tank corps which is
destined for Camp Pike, Ark.
Officers here said today that the
| camp will be deserted by all except a
few hundred caretakers by Jan. Is of
the new year.
In case the war department order
is carried out to the letter, the Junk
ring of the property. camp officers
say, will mean the dismantling and
removal of 1,215 buildings of all de-
| scriptions, built at an outlay of ap-
proximately $l5,000,0O0. Kansas rep
resentatives in congress have pre-
sented to the War Department nu-
merous protests from Kansas organ
izations against this program. This
state is particularly concerned in the
Kansas Building" built with $50. :
600 raised on popular subscription
and used as community center" by
soldiers and visiting relatives.
Camp Funston, occupying SOC of
the 10000 acres in the Fort Riley
government reservation, was estab-
lished early in 1917 and the building
plans inauSurated in June of that
year. The first troops moved in the
following September. 1t was first a
training camp then a rehabilitation
center and of late the station of the
It'll Division.
General Wood was the first com.
mandant. Under his supervision the
S9th division was trained in four
months. going overseas in May of
1918. General Wood then was re-
turned to Funston and trained a new
division-the 10th-which was ready
to go when the armistice was signed.
Prior to the assembling of the seth.
Maj. Gen. J. c. Winn, took the 10Th
division overseas from this camp late
in 1917.
Army City represented an outlay in
buildings alone of several hundred
thousand dollars. Its sole patronage
was the Camp Funston soldiers and
during the war period it boosted
1.-THE largest pool hall, the largest
barber shop and the largest laundry
in TIE United States" 1t also had
theatres. stores. cafes, dance halls and
churches. With the dwindiing of the
camp population the towns business
has been reduced accordingly.
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SMITHFIELD

Merle Tracey, who has been living
In Belgrade for the past year, has
moved his household goods here and
will be employed in cutting pulp wood
across North Pond.
Grace Dow is the guest Of her sis
ter. Mrs. G. s. Holmes.
g. A. Groves left Monday for Ar
kansas in the interest OF the Archi-
bald Wheel Co.
Bernice Simpson of winslow is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Frank
Bichford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Bickford were
Christmas guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. P. Clement.
Miss ncrtha crowcil Of Oakland
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c. & c. Inspections

The State BOARD of Charities and
Corrections has made public its re-
port of the last inspection OF the
Town farm OF the town of Jay as fol-
lows:
Superintendent and matron. Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Chase. Expert
ence. Is years. Farm leases to Mr..
Chase for 500 per year. One in-
mate. a man over 60 years; normaa
capacity, s. Tine inmate is cared foI
as one of the family. He is unable to
work. Tranps and Migrants are
housed in separate building.
Buildings are in fair repair; furni-
ture and equipment, comfortable;
beds and bedding, clean. Earth closet
used Drainage good. House heated
by stoves. No fire extingiushers or
other fire protection. Both sides OF
the house have recently been
Shingled,
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year, the billD for which were not
rendered until after the unexpended
balance Of said appropriation had
lapsed to the State contingent fund.
That there be transferred from the
State contingent fund to the appro-
pIiation for charitable, educational
and benevolent institutions, The Old
Ladies' Home, Belfast, for the year
1919, 500 to pay bills properly charge
able to that appropriation and still
unpaid, said appropriation having
lapsed to the said contingent fund.
That the salary Of the messenger to
the Governor and Executive Council
be fixed at $500 per year, beginning
Jan. I, 1920, and that the salary OF
the private secretary TO the Governor
be fixed at $4,000, beginning January
!, 1920
That the sum Of $126.@ be trans
ferred from the State contingent fund
to the appropriation for public in
struction in forestry, to be used to
pay salaries of forestry instructors
at Bates College, as agreed upon
Oct. 20, 1920.
That the amount of $20S.03 be
transferred from the State contingent
| fund to the appropriation for State
Z, probation officers to cover bills in
excess of the appropriation.
That Hon. Charles e. Hughes OF
100 Broadway, New York City, be
paid the sum of $500 n full for ser
vices rendered the State of Maine in
| suits of Kentucky Distilleries and
Warehouse Company, VS.. w. V.
Gregory, and State of Rhode Island
! VS.. A. Mitchell Palmer, in both OF
which suits the State of Maine APP
| peared as amicus curiae. Said sum
To be paid from the appropriation fol
| salaries and clerk hire for the attor-
ney generals department. and to pro-
f, vide the necessary funds therefor
the sum of $1,000 is hereby transferred
from the State contingent fund to
| said appropriation for salaries and
| clerk hire.
! That the sum Of $1,000 be transferred
| from the State contingent fund tt
the account of repairs to the pier:
under the bridge over the Madawas.
ka river in the town of Madawaska
the amount serapart for that purposs
| by Council Order No. 647, passed Oct
q, 1920. being insufficient for compile.
I, ton of the necessary.
/ That the sum of $41149 be trans
/, ferred from the State contingent
; fund TO an account known as RE.
/ firing and Pensioning Employees O.
/, the State for 1870" to cover amount
! cue Marie McFee for pension for tn,
! year; no appropriation having beer
! made for that purpose.
: That the sum OF s12.31 be transfer.
! cd from the State contingent fund I.
an account known as Retiring an,
Pensioning Employees of the State
1913, to cover amount due Marie Nc
Fee for pension from Dec. 20 to 81 o.
that year. no appropriation havins
been made for that purpose.
/ That there be transferred from The
State contingent fund to the accoun
of Dependent Families of Soldiers
Sailors and Marines, 1919, the sun
OF 1855. to cover claim Of the tow
of Danforth.
That the State librarian be author
lied to employ an assistant documen
, clerk at salary not to exceed 81.
per week.
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New Corporation

The following newly organizedt cor
poration. formed under the laws of
Maine. has had it's articles of incor-
poration approved BY the office Of the
attorney general:
Marks Greedy Company. organized
Dec. IS at Portland. Capital stock,
$4,000, all common; paid in. $4,000:
par v1Iue, 500; shares subscribed. 81.
President. Sanford E. Marks, Port
land: treasurer, Harry F. Greedy, Port
land; clerk. George Il Hinckley, South
Portland: directors, Sanford 3. Marks
of Portland. Harry F. Greedy of
Portland. Frederick w. Hinckley of
South Portland and David E. Moulton
of Portland. Purposes, a general
cleansing and dyeing business. APP
proved Dec. 90.
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New Years to Greet
dorothy Gish Here

There will be no excuse for anyone's
not starting the New Year right in
Augusta. Dorothy Gish. irrepressibIe
entertaining and fascinating, will be
at the Colonial theatre on the first
day of 1921 in her latest Paramount
picture Little Miss Rebellion" The
production is made for laughing pur-
poses only and Miss Gish's antics as
a grand duchess who plays hooky in
order to join baseball game with
some American doughboys are said
to be productive Of highly humorous
results.-Adv.
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KEN NEEEC. SIS: SUPREME JUDI
cIAL COURT IN EQUITY.
December 20. 1920
HAVEN r. PAUL VS.. AUGUSTA
kEGISTERED SILVER FOX COM
Haven 7. Paul Of Portland in the
county of Cumberland. State of Maine.
complains against the Augusta Regis
tered SILVER Fox Company. corpora
ton duly existing under the laws of
the State of Maine and located at Au-
gusta in the County of kennebec and
State Of Maine. and says:
the said Augusta Registered Silver
Second: At meeting of the stock
holders Of SAID n GSor Is1S lsgally
] Me-. on the fourteenth day Of Decen-
Der. 1920. the said stockholders voted
to dissolve said corporation.
sets OF said corporation to be distrib-
uted and no liabilities.
WHEREAS the plaintiff prays: =.
First: That said defendant cor
porattion may be dissolved and termi-
second: That the plaintiff may
have such other and further relief as
the needs Of the case may require
may be given to the defendant cor
poration as the court may see fit to
issue.
HAVEN T.. PAUL.
Treasurer Augusta Registered
Silver Fox Co.
Set sNStsr y s ssa AAamn.h,r Dec 20 1920
County Of Rockingham. SIS:
Then personally appeared Haven T:
Paul and made oath that he has read
the above bill and knows the contents
his own knowledge except the matters
stated to be on Information and belief:
that as to these matters he believes
them to be true.
Before me,
HOWARD o. NELSON.
Notary Public.
STATE OF MAINE
kENNEBEC; SIS; - SUPREME judi
HEMsTERED SILVER FOX COM
On tine foregoing petition Or
= q the court House in Augusta.
Maine. or Saturday the twenty-ninth
day 81. JANUARY. 1921, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ and that notice be given Of said
& ss tx Eli ana this orasr 81
court thereon In the Kennebec Jour-
nal. published ct Augusta, Maine. said
/, publication TO be once week for
twenty -ninth day OF January. 1921, the
last publication TO be fourteen days
u least before said twenty-ninth day
~ Je1uaSy.. 1921. and that an attest
served on the Clerk Of said corpora
fion fourteen days at least before
hsid January twenty-ninth. 1921.
DScsmSer az, 1870. ~ N"''''
fSeaD
A true copy
:, Attest 1855 u o. VI JeJku,S,. Clerk.
6ec25, IL. JAM -
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Council Orders

The following were among
orders passed by the Executive Coun-
Gil before adjournment WEDNESDAY
afternoon:
mat the action Of the Old Party
OF the Penobscot Tribe Of Indians at
their biennial election held on Nov.
~. 1920 in choosing Nicholas 8. Sol
onion as policeman, is hereby ratined.
That $312.o9 be transferred from the
State contingent fund to the aDpro-
priation for salaries and clerk hire
in the ONCE of the Secretary Of State.
That the sum of s331.s7 be trans
ferred from the State contingent
fund to the appropriation for ex-
penses in paid hearings, acquisitions
and rewards, the appropriation being
insufficient.
That the following expenses OF the
Sea Food Protective Commission be
Maid from any money in the treasury
not otherwise Appropriated: Edwin
w. Gould, services ana expenses,
s,s9.71; Knox Publishing Co., letter
heads and envelopes, $3.50; printing
and binding 1000 copies Of report les
timated) $115.
That $50 be transferred from the
fund received from fees of office
sunder Section q. Chapter 81, R. Sd
to the appropriation for verification
: of savings accounts.
That there be transferred from the
state contingent fund to the appro-
priation for medical Or surgical
treatment, by the Knox County Cen
erai Hospital, of persons unable TO
pay for the same. for the year 1879
the sum Of ss13.s4 10 pay bills proper
~ chargeable against said appropri-
alton. an unexpended balance of more
than that amount having lapsed to
the State contingent fund on june
20. 1920.
That there be transferred from the
State contingent fund to the appro-
priation for medical or surgical treat
fient. BY the Waldo County General
Hospital, or persons unable to pay for
the same, for the year 1919. the sum
Of 1880, to pay bills properly charge
able against said appropriation. an
unexpended balance of more thar
tllat amount having lapsed into the
State contingent fund on June 80
1920.
That the, payment to the Contra
Maine General Hospital from the
State contingent fund of the sum Of
$4,000 is hereby authorized, said pay
ment being on account Of the care OF
patients in 1919 properly chargeable
TO the appropriation for the care OF
patients by said hospital during said