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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13
political Activity"
Again Bobs Up in
Probe Ship Board

New York, Nov. 12.-Alleged "po-
litical activity" previously referred to
in testimony and reports before the
Walsh congressional committee now
Investigating affairs Of the United
States Shipping Board. was again
touched upon in testimony presented
here today.
Congressman Israel NJ. Foster, Ques-
tionins John T. Meehan. deputy chief
OF the boards bureau of investigations.
asked if there had been any loss to the
government through political infiu-
ence." The witness replied that he
could say that there had.
Asked If there had been any com.
plants of such influence. the witness
said that he had heard some criticism
Of william G. McAdoo after he had
resigned the Office of secretary Of the
treasury. 1t was charged-or rather
complained of-the witness added.
that MIR. McAdoo had appeared before
the board on behalf Of the Morse in
terests.
II do not want to be understood %
the witness said. that it is even in
ferred that Mr.. McAdoo has interfered
with. or has teen harmful to the
board in any way" He explained he
was testifying only to criticisms that
he had heard
Meehan also said that when most Of
his department had been Of the ac-
Invites of minor employees. his de-
partment had not overlook Officials.
He added they had gone very high in
the boards personnel. He repeated
previous testimony that no Irregular
tiles had been discovered among the
boards officers. References were made
to department heads. particularly IN
the southern district shipyards, where
dismissals hai taken place at his
recommendation One Of these dismiss
sails was brought about. he said. by
what he termed undue and unnecessary
delay as well as exorbitant expense in
repairs TO a wooden ship.
The final repair bill on this ship. he
haid. amounted to fully 5000, 900 and
the ship today could not be sold for
$4,000.
Going into details Of graft among
ships officers. he related details OF q
case on the steamship Dio. On this
snip. he testified. three of it's officers,
including the captain. had managed to
conceal the presence Of 400 tons of
fuel Oil when 1t arrived from Rotter-
dam. At Norfolk more oil was taken
aboard for voyage to Rio de Janerio.
At this port the officers paid for the
delivery Of 1000 tons OF oil. the wit
ness asserted. but through eonnivance
with an employee OF an oil delivery
company only 600 tons were delivered.
The difference between the value of
the 600 tons delivered and the 1000
tons paid for. amounting to about
$4,000, which split" between the par
ties implicated in the transaction. The
officers Of the ship. in addition to the
split. also took the usual percentage
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13

of Raymond, Casco. Naples, Otisfield
and Poland. The result is but a small
body but the members have great
enthusiasm and usually turn out a
good sized audience
The master Of this Pomona is Jesse
Keene of Poland and the lecturer is
G. w. Cole of East Raymond. 1t is
small body but thoroughly alive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13

Beane of Vienna and Lawrence Hop
kins Of Mt Vernon; End prize. Ralph
M. Perry of Winthrop: 3rd prize,
Clarence Beane of Vienna. Juniors
LIST, Rodman L. Palmer Of Readf1eld;
2nd, Chester r. Caldwell Of Chelsea:
3rd. Robert Gordon of Vienna.
Flint Corn-Seniors, LIST. Edwin
Wixon of Winslow. Juniors-1st
George Hessmer Of Fayette.
Beans-1st. Carroll Wixon OF
Winslow. Beets-Seniors. End prize
Kenneth Cummings OF Belgrade;
juniors. LIST. Dwinnell Hubbard OF
Wayne; End, Forrest Robertson OF
Wayne.
Potatoes-Seniors. 3rd prize. Ken
meth Cummings of Belgrade. Jun
iors-1st. Kenneth Cram of Itch
field: End. Annie Hooper Of winslow;
3rd. Rena Caldwell Of Gardiner.
Garden potatoes-1st prize, Jennie
Gerard: End, Iona Glidden: Ord, Cora
Roy, all of Vassalboro.
The Banquet
At $50 o'clock the visiting delegates
and leaders assembled in the assem-
bly, room at the ''Y" building and
partook of sumptuous banquet pro-
vided for them by the Augusta Cham
Der of Commerce, the menu consisting
of cold roast pork. potatoes, sweet
corn. rolls, ice cream. cake and cocoa.
The orchestra from Cony High school,
under the leadership of Seth Gordon
Emery. furnished music which was
highly appreciated, the youngsters
cheering them frequently. Following
the repast. Director Clarence A. Day
introduced Hon. Frank G. Earring
ton as POSTMASTER for the post pran-
dial exercises. The first speaker was
Clarence A. Day, director OF the Farm
Bureau, who briefly touched on the
club work in this county and spoke
of the exceptionally high grade Of
work accomplished.
Mrs. N. c. True Of Litchneld. coun-
ty club leader. talked on the profiting
by past errors. Her talk swas most
amusing. She recited number of
stories accredited to young people.
Rev. w. J. Layton of the Green
Street Methodist church Of this city
spoke. of Dreams" The dream Of
the young life, the dream Of the ma
ture and the dream finally realized.
He said that in order to gain LIES
one: must have clean
body,.a strong body. a clean mind and
strong mind. He cited how the
greatest men OF history started at
the very bottom Of life's ladder, CIV
ing as examples. The Man Of Galilee.
the Savior of the world. Jesus; the
noble Washington, the father Of our
country; and the martyr Lincoln.
Mr.. Layton laid great stress on ones
sincerity OF purpose. He said 1.-The
buffers are not all dead. Some men
get by by bluffing. but are unable to
deliver the goods thereby" Control
of will power. aiming high. complet-
ing whatsoever one undertakes, read
ing. thinking. studying and working
will in the end make the real man.
The last speaker was Thomas H.
Leonard, county "Y" secretary. who
told OF the relations existing etween
the Y. NC. A. organization and the
rural workers. He also called atten-
ton to the. coming week of prayer.
the week Of Nov. II to the 20. asking
for the individual observance Of the
same.
Evening Session at City Hall
The evening session at City hall
opened at about $50 o'clock with
+
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13

= The auto fire truck responded to a
still alarm at $40 Friday morning
for a chimney fire at the home of
Samuel Manley at Il Stone street.
-Four chemicals were used to extin-
Suish the fire. There was no dam
age
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13

All who are interested in the City
lowing League are requested to
meet at the ''Y'' building on Mon
day evening at 40 o'clock and help
perfect a schedule.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13
Cumberland and Androscoaain
Pomona

The November meeting of the
and Androscoggin Po-
mona was held with Riverside
Grange at East Raymond. Tuesday.
The day was stormy but the people
were there all the same This is a
Union Pomona taking In the towns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13
AUGUSTALOCALS

Robert Pillsbury of Benton was a
business caller at the court house
Friday 3t the Office of John M. East
man. register Of deeds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
Thousands Cured By
Drinking Mineral Water
Inc Famous Perlax Mineral Springs at
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, Makes
Generous Offer to Sufferers,

Every year as many as 100000 people
visit Excelsior Springs, No.. to drink the
wonderful waters found there. Invalids
from all over the country, given up by
their home doctors, find health and yigor
in the mineral and curative agents COM
pounded far underground by Nature
Probably the most famous waters are
those found in the Perlax Mineral Spring
and many thousands who have suffered
from Gout. rheumatism, Constipation,
Liver and Kidney troubles and similar all
ments have been cured by drinking IT.
So confident are the owners of the spring
that this water will cure you that they
offer to send a 81 carton of Perlax Min
eral Salts to anyone who will write for it.
When dissolved in water this is equal to
ten gallons of PerlaX Mineral water
Their offer is that it is to be paid for only
If it cures. The person taking it is to be
the sole judge and report results within
thirty days time
If you suffer from any of the above
diseases write for a carton today Send
no money-just your name and address TO
PerlaX Mineral Springs. 341 Perlax Bldg,
Excelsior Springs. Mo-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
Everybody Riding on the Choo-Choo
BY j. NJ. CONNEIL
General Passenger Agent, A. T. & S. F. Ry. Topeka.

ating in territory served by the Santa
Fe is to Colorado and New Mexico
resorts, Grand Canyon of Arizona and
numerous places of attraction on the
Pacific coast. There is also a heavier
travel than usual to Chicago and
points east
Business travel is also above normal,
SO that in the aggregate the volume,
IS stated at the outset. is exceedingly
heavy, the total being greater than
that handled during corresponding
periods of 1917 and 1918. which is sur
prising considering the heavy move
ments of troops during the years
mentioned.
A greater proportion of travel for
pleasure and business is patronizing
heretofore been the case, and in con-
sequence the passenger carrying capa-
city of our important roads is being
taxed to afford accommodations.
During the war, due to other in
dustrial necessities. practically no
sleeping, parlor cars or coaches were
turned out of the shops. SO that pas
senger equipment was not augmented
as would ordinarily have been the
case. and there was very little replace
ment.
Passenger transportation today. reIa-
lively. is the cheapest comm odity in
the market Notwithstanding the very
great increase in the cost of material.
wa ges, and in fact everything that
enters into the operation of passenger
transportation, there has not been a
corresponding advance in passenger
fares. In June. 1918, there was an
| advance in some one way passenger
fares. state and interstate, due 70
rounding out such fares to uniform
basis of minimum of three cents per
mile With the exception of recent
advance in charges for the special &C
commodations offered by parlor and
sleeping cars, the extra cost of han
ding passenger transportation has to
only a very small extent fallen on the
users Of the service. Therefore, the
traveller of today has the comforting
reflection that at least in buying
transportation he Is receiving full
l value for his money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA

Who's Who in America for 192O-21,
has just come from the press, a bet
ter volume, if possible, than any of
its predecessors. This is the eleventh
biennial issue of publication which
long since became the recognized
standard biographical reference book
OF the country book that is as in
dlspensable to the up-to-date man or
woman as the telephone or the die
tfonary of the English language
1t contains 1904 pages, presenting,
as only Who's Who in America can
present them. nearly $4,000 crisp. per-
sonal sketches, and $500 of these
sketches are entirely new, having APP
peared in no previous edition. AS
usual, the latest address is appended
to each sketch, and the index by state
and postoffice address is retained as a
necessary corollary to a volume that
has become a welcome/biennial visitor
to all well equipped homes of the
country.
The price Of this new edition is
$3.50. It is published by A. n. Mar
quis & Co., 440 S. Dearborn street,
Chicago, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
K. U. HAS new CHANCELLOR
E. H. LindIey Makes Plea for School
Democracy in First Address.

Lawrence, Kan, July 17.-Dr- Ern-
est H. Lindley. new chancellor OF Kan
sas university. made his. first public
appearance here Friday morning when
he delivered his first chapel address
to a large crowd of students and
townspeople in Fraser hall chapel. He
assumed the duties of chancellorship
today.
One of the most important things
about training the young. men and
women at the university is to teach
them true democracy and develop the
particular lines for which each stu
dent is fitted, according to Chancellor
Lindley. A bachelors degree does not
necessarily mean a liberal education,
he added, and a student getting suca
a degree and then returning home
dissatisfied with the farm or ranch
life is on the wrong path. Many stu
dents return home dissatisfied with
their former home life and finally sue
coed in getting their folks to leave the
farm or ranch.
1t is the student that returns home
and helps put new paper on the walls
and helps make other Improvements
that really has accomplished a liberal
education, he said. A university edu-
cation should be such that students
getting their degrees do not. live on
dreams of quickly obtainable fortunes
without work. He asked that the
faculty members bring democracy into
their class rooms and take all the
personal interest possible in each stu
dent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17

weights which are attached These
weights regulate the opening and clos
ing of the draft with mechanical pre-
cision, giving the boiler fire the right
amount of draft for the right amount
of speed, and as long as the conditions
of combustion remain unchanged the
weights demand no adjustment. The
big feature of the invention is that it
will regulate the drafts in such a
manner that the locomotive consumes
all of its fuel instead of sending some
of the best of it up the stack
Engineman's Dream Realized.
IAN engineman's dream comes
true is the opinion of some mechan-
ical experts who have carefully ex-
amined the invention. In ordinary
locomotive operation, a variable ex-
hauSt nozzle varies only as the engine
man opens or closes it. and he gen
orally runs with it either wide open
or completely closed, it being impos-
sible for even the best engineers to
change the nozzle to meet all carrying
conditions. The Lewis appliance,
however. is reputed positively to OPP
crate automatically to reduce the IN
desirable back pressure by holding
it at any predetermined point, re-
gardless of whether the throttle is
opened wide or only a little, and
whether the speed is great or small.
The engine upon which the device
first was tried out was of the Mikado
type, weighing 100000 pounds on the
drivers, a large engine. The locom.Q-
tive is reported to have improved frofn
10 to 20 per cent in increase of its
regular tonnage. Another big featuI c
was the draft reduction. The mini
mum draft was not above two and
one-half inches Of water in the front
boiler end, and this draft was suffi-
cient to maintain steam pressure both
on grades and on level portions of the
line.
By this even distribution of drafts.
the despicable so-called back lash of
the suddenly discharged large volume
of exhaust from one cylinder against
the piston of another-likened to the
knock in an automobile engine when
running at low speed-is entirely done
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
Police Force Then and Now.
THERE'S SUGAR IN SAWDUST
But It's Not in Proper Shape for
Use in Coffee.

Syracuse, n. Y. July 17.-When
anybody tells you that the sugar trust
is cornering Americas sawdust mar
ket, to sell the sugar that is contained
in trees, don't believe them. 1t can't
be done. There is sugar there, but not
the sugar makers kind of sugar. so
the sawdust factories will not be able
to help pile up new fortunes for the
sugar makers
The nation was startled the other
day by a scientists announcement that
there is an enormous amount of sugar
in sawdust. A chance for the house
wife to preserve fruit by sawdust su-
gar seemed to be in the realm of pos
sibility.
But the bubble has been pricked by
the cold blooded scientists of the New
York State College of Forestry here.
Here is what DIR. Louis E. Wise, one
of Uncle Sans war time chemists,
now professor of forest chemistry at
the New York State College of For
estry, says about sawdust sugar-read
it and weep:
AN important sugar can be pre-
pared from sawdust by hydrolysis with
acid but it must not be confused with
the sugar of the breakfast table. This
sugar, prepared from wood. is dextrose
or glucose and is identical with the SUI
gar obtained by acid treatment of
starch. The sugar is not identical,
however, with sucrose, commonly
termed cane sugar or beet sugar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
TRAINED IN DESERT
Haskell Indian Runner Chief
Contender for Olympiad.
Only Nineteen Years Old, But
Has Raced All Life.

Lawrence. Kan, July 17.-Ameson
Patasoni. who at 10 is leading con-
testant for the honor of representing
the United States in the distance races
in the Olympic games at Antwerp tn
year. is a full-blood Zuni Indian
He is just five feet tall and at the
weighed ninety-eight pounds.
This young Indian has the tradi-
tional taciturnity of the red man. His
forehead and arms are tattooed with
what is believed to be tribal insignia,
altho he has never made known to in
quisitive friends the meaning of the
markings.
middle west Olympic aspirants held
in Chicago. Patasoni won over all con-
testants in the event in which he was
entered. Patasoni's first training as
a distance runner was on the desert
stretches that surround his tribal home
near Zuni. New Mexico. Long dis
lance running is one of the chief out
door pastimes of the Zuni tribe, and
from early boyhood the young Indian
took part in this sport He was first
trained by his brother. who has
achieved local fame as a twenty-five
and fifty mile runner in the Zuni
games.
when he was 4 years old Patasonfs
running attracted the attention of
former Haskell students, who per-
suaded him to enter the Indian school
4. M. Venue, director of athletics, has
had charge of his training and early
decided that the youthful Zuni Indian
had possibilities as a distance runner
Venue believed that some day his
prote3e might develop the qualities
necessary to enable him to participate
In the Olympic games. and consistently
mas made it part of his work to hold
Patasoni down in order not to overtax
MS physical development while he was
still IN the growing stage" Venue
says he has sometimes insisted that the
young Indian lose races rather than
overtax his strength.
IN the five years Patasoni has been
at the Haskell institute he has learned
TO speak English, has completed eight
sraoes IN school, learned to be a
carpenter, and won five track "Ie+-
ters' for athletic work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17

away with, permitting the locomotive
to start off smoothly and easily, even
when pulling a heavy train.
Boon to Travelling.
Passengers, ever since trains were
first run, have cursed the engineer
and the road for waking them out of
a sound sleep in the Pullman berth,
when the train started off with a
sharp Jerk. The new Lewis appliance
does away with this, it is claimed. and
will vastly improve the comforts of
touring as we'll as saving large
amounts of coal and money. formerly
used with the old style of draft regu-
iation.
B. NJ Lewis, came to Topeka with
his wife in 1909. They have made their
home at 1905 West Fifth street and
924 Monroe street, with the excep-
ton of the past year which they spent
in Milwaukee, where Lewis has been
making tests of his invention for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul road
Lewis went from New Jersey, where
he was born to Trinidad, Cola. when
he was a boy, and grew up there. He
started work with the westinghouse
Electric company when he was nine
teen years old and was later trans
ferred to Mexico City where he held
the position of manager for the COM
pany. He came to Topeka, still con-
nected with the Westinghouse people
''Mr. Lewis has had the invention
in his mind for many years" said
Mrs. Lewis today, but he did not do
actual work on it until two years ago,
when he began to work night and
day"
Coming Back to Topeka.
Lewis has severed his connection
with the Westinghouse company and
is now vice president of the Lewis
Appliance company. Joseph Purcell
of Chicago, a lifelong friend of
Lewis's and also an inventor. is the
head Of the. company. At present
both of the men are in Montreal, Can,
putting the appliances on engines of
the Grand Trunk lines. Their Of
fices and headquarters are in Chicago
Lewis will be home in Topeka as
soon as the tests in Montreal are COM
pleted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17

lengthy article describing in technical
terms Lewis's invention and the sue
ceeding copies of the Age carry two
column advertising cuts Of the inven-
ton.
Gives Steady Throttle Pull.
The Lewis Draft Appliance deals
with the regulation of the front-end
draft of a locomotive, and, it is
claimed, produces a -pulsating,
uniformly distributed draft on the fire.
It also maintains a constant, low cylin-
der back pressure, which permits the
engine to develop a 20 or 25 per cent
increase in draw-bar pull and gives the
engineer the same steady pull at the
throttle at all times. eliminating the
jerky starts and stops of the engine.
The device consists of a rectangular
nozzle with automatically adjusted
vanes to control the size of the outlet.
The automatic adjustment of these
vanes is obtained by means Of dead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
Interesting Photograph Found
in Old ''TOpeka Illustrated
Shows City's Main Street I'm
paved and Lined With Poles.
SEVERAL BUILDINGS STANDING
The State Journal Then Occu-
pied One-Story Building.
Had Eleven Miles Street Rail-
way-HOrse-Drawn Cars.

Topekans of the present day will
have difficulty in recognizing Kansas
avenue in the accompanying cut. The
photograph was taken in 1887 when
the street was still unpaved; when
horse cars were still in use and tele-
phone poles stood along the curbings.
The scene shows Kansas avenue,
looking north from the old Copeland
hotel at Ninth street. The tower seen
on the building at Seventh street was
on the old fire station, which occupied
the rear of the city building, where the
Security Benefit association building
now stands. The tower contained the
huge bell which was sounded when
fire alarms were turned in. It was
torn down years ago.
The State Journal Building One Story.
grocery store occupied the build
ing on the northwest corner of Eighth
and Kansas avenues where the To-
peka State bank now stands and on
the opposite corner The State Journal
occupied a small one-story building.
At Seventh street and Kansas avenue
may be seen the Tefft House, now the
National hotel.
The picture is taken from the ITO
peka Illustrated" of 1887, now in the
possession of John Klopfer, of Topeka.
The book contains an account of To-
peka's founding and growth and a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17

terna1. have resumed the practice of
holding meetings annually. In ad-
dition to officers of these organiza-
lions, and delegates to their meetings.
many lay members accomanied by
their wives and husbands usually go to
the place of meeting, incidentally TAX
ing advantage of the opportunity to
visit other places on business or pleas
uFe-
Much of the excursion travel origin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17

Glucose is, however. widely used COM
mercially, and is an important food
stuff. It is the principal component
of corn syrup and the like. and has
distinct nutritive value"