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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

the people of Russia. who were to
have liberty and the goods things of
life-are well on the way to be ex-
plotted by such Germans as SHINES
for instance, who insultinsly told the
Spa conference it was impossible for
Germany to meet the coal levies but
is how planning by new methods to 30
it easily. Indeed it almost seems that
the Russian situation is working out
as was planned in Germany when was
foreseen the likelihood of defeat in the
war.
And now comes Ludendorff, who
should have been hung by the Allies
and probably would have been had
they insisted on original terms, pro-
posing to raise an army Of a million
and a half men to repel the. Bolshe-
wiki. He offers to do this in exchange
for parts Of Polish territory and
amendment Of. certain clauses Of
the treaty. If the Allies have paresis
the request may be granted. Lud-
endorf with q million and a half Of
trained soldiers in collision with
Lenin would be in a position to ac-
complish the results for which far
seeing German interests have long
intrigued.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Editors Letter Box
Communication from Ralph w. Irving


Augusta, Me-, July %, 1920.
Editor Kennebec Journal
I notice by the paper this morning
that the contract for building the new
Hartford Fire Station has been
awarded to Mr.. c. A. Brooks of Au-
gusta. If my information Is correct
Mr.. Brooks is a member Of the pres
ent city government and not long
ago took a trip to Massachusetts, to
the city's expense. 1t now appears
that he is awarded the bid.
The Mayor of Augusta is a lawyer
and of course is acquainted with the
Revised Statutes Chapter 4. Sec. 40,
which reads: NO member of city
government shall be interested direct
ly or indirectly in any contract en-
tered into by such government while
he is a member thereof; and con-
tracts made in violation hereof are
void
This statute has been violated quite
often by members of the city gov
eminent of Augusta. But if laws are
to mean anything to the community
they ought to have the semblance of
enforcement and not be thrown to
the winds by the members of the
government in particular.
Bangor made the contractor pay
back his illegal benefits in such a
case. Perhaps Augusta is going to
let Mr.. Brooks build the Fire House
and then get back all the money.
RALPH w. IRVING,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Saturday, July 81, 1920.
"EIastieity"

Chairman White, manager OF the
Democratic national campaign, IS
quoted as saying when asked respect
ing the White House conference be-
tween President Wilson and Gov
ernor Cox: There was no iron
bound contract There was a good
deal of elasticity in the statements
put out. Since the San Francisco
convention Governor Cox, of course,
is the leader of the party"
Webster defines elasticity" as:
that property of matter by virtue Of
which body tends to return to a
former or normal size, shape or at
titude after being DETECTED. COM
pressed. expanded, twisted or drawn"
The question max arise whether
Mr.. Cox on leaving the presence of
President Wilson was in normal
condition and mind when he de-
clared respecting the President
statement that I'VE are absolutely at
one with regard to the great issue
of the League of Nations" we are
agreed" and that he would give all
his strength to fulfill the promises
made by the President. Was he
then compressed or expanded?" Or
was he twisted" or drawn" when
Mayor Quinn fell afoul of him on the
self determination of Ireland, or
after Tom Taggart had tipped" him
the wink? 1t must be that Manager
White discovered Mr.. Cox resiliently
tapping between these extremes,
which predicament impressed the OBJ
server with that quality defined as
"eiastieity."
Whatever the source from which
Mr.. White derived his observation
few will question his conclusion.
namely that the words of James Mid
dleton Cox are elastic" very much
so.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
QUIT TOBACCO
So easy to drop Cigarette,
Cigar, or Chewing habit

No-To-Bac has helped thousands to
break the costly. nerve -shattering to.
bacco habit. Whenever you have a
longing for smoke or chew, Just
place harmless No-To-Bac tablet IN
your mouth instead. All desire stops.
Shortly the habit is completely brok-
en-. and you are better off mentally,
physically, financially It's so easy,
80 simple. Get a box of No-To- Bac
and If it doesn't release you from all
craving for tobacco in any form. YOUR
druggist will refund your money
without question. No-To- Bac is made
by the owners Of Cascarets; there
fore Is thoroughly reliable-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Here's Your Man, Bows
lynn Iteml

Inc boys graduating from college
or nigh schools this year have an nm
usual example of what a citizen
should be in the chief executive -
massachusetts,. A plain man, hon
est withal, quiet, thorough, pains
taxing and insistent on true liberty
py observance of law and order as
pelng the real method of treating ona,s
neighbor as one would be treated be
gives a standard of useful citizen-
snip 10 which any young man NAV
wen aspire. In this greatest of all
commercial and luxurious eras wbe,
making money and spending if is tho
dominating spirit of so many il i,
wen LOT the young man just going,
lhto world of responsibility and
results u study what it is that makes
the true citizen and consequently .
good man. at home or abroad Tho
history of Massachusetts and the ma
ton abounds with inspiring exam
pies, but here right at home, is a man
who by dint of real worth. has he
come a national figure of honesty. en-
deavor and patriotism of the very
best sort. There are tremendous
problems which are to be solved bv
the next generation.
The years of the present genera
ton are not enough for the solution
OF the numberless changes of social,
religious, economic and political
questions, formed by the happenings
of the past five years. There must
be some great directing minds to
make the leaders of men in this and
other states as the leaders of TODAY
and the next decade lay down the
burden of their endeavors to straight
ten out the harassments and uncer-
tainty of the world existing today.
Those great directing minds must be
of the boys who are today graduating
from the schools. They must have
the same rugged honesty which has
ever characterized the real men of
the Old Bay State, of whom Gov
ernor Coolidge is not the least. No
man of millions today is quoted as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

The church was decorated with flow
ers and flags, the American and Brit
ish flags being intertwined at the al
tar. In his address the minister
spoke feelingly of, the alliance OF an
American woman and British man
by a French pastor, and in high
praise of the work done by both Mr..
and Mrs Thornton for France. Two
platoons of British TONNES" formed
an arch of steel with their sabres.
under which the bridal party passed
on leaving the church. A reception
was held at the Hotel Bodbert where
three saloons were opened for the &C.
casion. Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton were
dressed in uniform and Mrs. Thorn
ton wore the five medals with which
she was decorated during her three
years service in France.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
N0RR|DCEWOCK

Mrs. Lizzie Abbott of Dover, n. H.,
is a guest at the home of her broth
err. Everett Williamson.
Mrs. Abbie Haynes of Providence,
r. l., is visiting her niece, Miss Mar
tina Haynes, and calling on friends in
town. Mrs. Haynes made her home
in this town for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Quimby are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a 10 pound son, born Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Dunton recently passed
a. few days with friends in Skowhe-
gan.
Mrs. Philip Williamson and children
of Waterville are passing a few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Everett William
son.
Mrs. Will Knowlton recently has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Seek
ms in Belfast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carmichael and
son Perry of Carmel, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Zoe Tracy Of Bridgewater. were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
G. Owens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Killing the Golden. Egg Poultry


"Profiteering in Tweeds'-Head-
line. Surest thing you know. HUI
man nature in England same as it is
here. Any announcement respect
ing profiteering that could possibly
have news value would be Of some
one having an opportunity to pro-
f1teer and not doing 1t. We have
faith to believe there are such and
will be glad to run, well displayed,
any correct and detailed information
in support of this faith. Meanwhile
ordinary folks-and by ordinary"
we mean those given over to the
qualification Of the impulse which
leads a cat as well as king to seek
all the cream on the top; those TAX
ing about the same heed Of the phil
osophy Of life as a grunting Berk-
shire at meal time-these ordinary
folks go on killing the geese that lay
the golden eggs. BY cheapening of
product and extortion through
prices they have so maddened peo-
pie that consumption has fallen off
in some lines with consequent dis
organization Of business. Never
within the memory Of this present
generation was there a wider field
waiting to be titled, waiting for till
ers. Every shop in the land, every
farm ought to run today at full ca
pacity with profit and comfort for all
concerned. Why not? Largely be-
cause men and matters are not on a
reasonable basis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Communication from Charles A
Brooks
Editor Kennebec Journal;

Editor Kennebec Journal
1t has been called to my attention
that some mention has been made of
the fact that I, as a member of the
city government, received the con-
tract for the building of the Fire
Station.
1, therefore, wish to say that this
is not a correct statement, as l re-
signed from the City Government last
week prior to the opening of the bids.
1 also wish to state that in award
ing this contract, the committee on
Fire Department accepted the lowest
total bid.
Taking my bid, which included
finished hardware and tapestry brick
and adding the lowest plumbing and
heating bid, making a total of $51, 0S1.
Taking the next higher bid and ad-
ding the hardware and tapestry brick,
we have total of ISL, 569.43.
Therefore, by the awarding of the
three contracts to the three different
concerns, saving to the City of Au-
gusta of $4S8.43 was effected.
CHARLES A. BROOKS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Liquors Vain Hopes

By their attitude, their utterances
and their actions, the rum forces of
the country show that they still cher
ish a confident hope that. through
the power of a public sentiment
aroused in their favor, they can null
lily or sterilize the prohibition law.
They profess to find many facts to
support that belief.
They are persuaded, for example.
that prohibition-which they pretend
was established through the guile
of a fanatical minority-is under the
blight of a widespread and growing
unpopularity. AS evidence they cite
the espousal of the wet cause by the
party that has been in control of the
national government for nearly eight
years, through the nomination Of a
candidate whose record and views
are Enthusiastically pro-liquor. Even
more convincing. they argue, is the
fact that the contending party has
not had the courage to accept the
challenge, but has taken refuge be-
hind policy of silence and evasion.
But it is from the organized, fla
grant and persistent violation of con-
stitutional prohibition that they ex-
tract their greatest encouragement.
Never were men under a more
hopeless delusion than those who
look for restoration of the out
lawed business. Never was there a
more baseless fallacy than their be.
lief that prohibition has already out
stayed it's welcome and that there is
n great popular movement to make It
a dead letter.
But the fatal error of the liquor
optimists lies in their imagining that
the law breaking saloonkeeper and
his customers, the bootlegging ele-
ment and an incompetent or indif-
ferent department of justice, con-
stitute the force of American public
opinion. They are under the aston
fishing hallucination that by adver-
Using and celebrating sordid offenses
against law and order they are help
ing their cause. whereas the obvious
fact is that they are bringing it into
greater disrepute.
Actually, their course is multiply
ing their enemies, not their friends.
1t is turning more strongly against
the liquor traffic a great body of
public opinion formerly tolerant
the judgment of the conservative
citizenship which holds obedience to
law the supreme requirement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Shall Maine Women Vote?
portland preSSl

In September the voters of Maine
will decide whether Maine women
are to be permitted to vote at the
presidential election in November
The question has been submitted to
them by the Legislature. If the ma
Jority of the votes favor giving the
women of Maine the privilege which
will be enjoyed by several millions
of women in other states our women
Will have voice in the selection of
the next President of the United
States, whether the seth state re-
CURED to make the constitutional
suffrage amendment effective ratifies
that amendment or not
The women of Maine are in every
way as well qualified to vote as are
the women of any of the other states
where the women will vote. This will
not be disputed by any male voter in
Maine. whatever his opinion NAV be
as TO the suffrage question. If Maine
votes against the question which ia
10 be decided in September it will
mean That the male voters of this
state propose to withhold from Maine
women privilege which so MANY
mlillons OF women elsewhere enjoy.
IL IS unthinkable, under these con-
oltlons, that any other than a favor
apie vote upon the presidential. suf-
rage question will be recorded. Ev-
cry EFFORT ought to be made, between
now and the September election To
nave TINS matter carefully presented
ana understood. If the voters of
MAINE do understand it the women of
TINS state will have something to
say about who shall occupy the
"hlte House after March 4. 1921
even II they cannot vote for State of
ncials and for their representatives.
in congress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
lnterehuroh and Steel

Among those who read the report,
Wednesday morning, of the commits
sion representing the Interchurch
World Movement respecting the big
steel corporation Of which Judge
Gary is the head, some may have
wondered how commission so COM
posed could possess capability for
making a suitable investigation of
actual conditions. The collapse of
the huge financial program of the
Interchurch movement gave rise to
questions as to the business acumen
OF those in charge. That opinion
naturally will reflect on the judgment
OF these men Of the commission.
Moreover between the lines of that
report are hints Of conditions not
fully revealed, far reaching difficult
ties" rifling of the commissions
files and goings- on of an under cover
nature. Indeed. it is regretable the
commission is not more explicit, be-
cause entirely erroneous differences
may be drawn from what they hint
at. One influential paper already has
commented on the suggestion that
discovery Of the fact the commission
was to make this report led to with
drawal of financial support a sug-
gestion which should not be accept
ed without proof. The commission
should have said more or less.
Be the report mistake or other
wise, it is generally conceded the men
of the commission are of good re-
pute, and this. together with what
appears to be we'll established
fact that certain of the employees Of
this concern are required to work
around a twelve hour day, and the
apparent fact that the management
is autocratic. leads to the conclusion
that the report demands an answer,
and that such should be made in the
interests of the public as we'll as Of
the corporation itself.
There is a we'll grounded belief in
this country that the Almighty made
no man fitted to be the owner Of an
other, and for like reason no aggre-
cation Of men can be fitted to exer-
else that proprietorship. No one so
far as we can learn is worrying
about the steel employees being un-
der-fed. Indeed most of them are
better paid than many Of u.s. More
over there was sympathy with the
management when it refused to per-
NIT outside labor agitators to come
in and tell the employees Of the COM
pany what they should do. and the
company as well. 1t likewise was
borne in on the public mind that
the Red element was exploiting the
workers as part Of their astoundingly
devilish scheme to upset our civil
ization. The Federal power stood
ready to restrain, them; sympathy
was not with the strikers
With public sympathy given to the
strikers. with Government powers
withheld there might be a very diff
1erent story. 1t would seem that
Judge Gary would do we'll TO con-
slider this Autocracy among en-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
The Proof Of the Pudding

(NeW DIX 1IleS)
Mr. Bertrand Russell has begun
giving in the London Nation the i'm
pressions which he brought away
from Russia after a visit Of more
than a month. They are pretty sad
and disillusionized. Mr.. Russell has
confirmed the wise remark of George
Eliot: "If you would have a hero,
you must never make a pilgrimage to
his shrine" Lenin was very much
of an intellectualized hero to Mr..
Russell until he made a pilgrimage
to Moscow, talked with Lenin, and
took some journeys into the interior
of Russia. Having studied the die
tatorship of the proletariat, he de-
clares that he is definitely and
strongly opposed to it." He saw it
in Moscow turning Communists into
men who, amid universal misery,
lived like luxurious aristocrats and
bore themselves like cruel tyrants
The system is appalling enough as
applied in Russia alone, Mr.. Russell
reluctantly reports; if made univer-
sal it would, in his opinion, sub
merge civilization for a thousand
years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
They Do It In Spain Too

Deliberate destruction of crops for
the purpose of maintaining high
prices is not new, nor confined to
any particular section of the world.
Spanish wine-growers have recently
dumped large quantities of this sea-
sons bountiful yield into rivers,
preferring to make their profit by
handling a small quantity at a high
price to a larger lot at reasonable
figures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

ployers of labor could not we'll be
any greater than autocracy of labor
in the saddle, booted and spurred. but
it meets no better the popular con-
ception of relations that should exist
between employer and employe.
There should be mutual confidence
and labor should have a right to or
ganize. Attempting to deny these
rights in practise il not in theory,
is playing with fire; more is
strengthening the hands of the Reds
and defying public sentiment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

OIu chatham, columbia, Co, N. Y.
II was bothered with Constipation,
Liver Trouble and Indigestion for
three years; and tried all kinds Of
medicine with no relief.
was so bad 1 would have a dull,
heavy feeling in the pit of my stom-
ach; generally about three or four
hours after eating
saw advertised in. the "Troy
Times" 'Fruit-a-tiv and sent to r.
w. Seymour's drug store In Chatham
and bought two soc. boxes. Before
l had finished one box, was relieved
and now have no more trouble. I
can eat anything I desire:
l would advise anyone in the same
condition as 1 was, to take 'Fruit-a-
tives'; it is God send, and I would
not be without Fruit tives' In the
house" -r'
WILLIAM GALE SHEPHERD.
SOC a box. for 81 so, trial size Csc.
Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. Y.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

an example as is this modest, calm,
collected and taciturn executive. His
real manhood tops all considerations
of monetary worth. He has taken
Massachusetts to the very top of all
the states as being insistent that by
the sword of justice all persons and
every citizen shall seek quiet repose
under liberty and law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

Senator Gronna failed to send
North Dakota Government aid to re-
pei grasshoppers last summer and as
a result Ladd, of the Non Partisan
League. is chosen in Gronna's place
When the Non-Partisan League gets
the helm the Government will sup
ply everything from lotion for flea
bites to dietary for pismires.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

Reports of an American heiress
held in captivity in Italy and a Chi
nese princess in San Francisco, per
order of the Hop Sing Tong, relieve
the H. c. of L. strain somewhat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

The Federal Government is con-
cerned lest dealers buy up the meats
being sold from the Government sur
plus and resell at the profiteer's
profit. So are the rest of U.S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Light and Airy
1920 Versions

Man wants but little here below
The poet quite forgot
The man about to build a house,
He always wants a lot.
Man wants but little here below
So runs the poets song.
But what he wants, Ne wants ii quick
And wants it right along.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

pennies a box. 1t is picture unique
to our little village, and one never for
gotten by those so fortunate as to have
seen it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Eastern Steamship
Lines, Inc.
Bath and Boothbay Line

Leave Bath every week day at $50 P.
M. standard time, for Boothbay Har-
Dor and way landings.
Return: Leave Bopthbay Harbor
every week day at IA. NJ for Bath
and way landings.
NJ. A. HARADEN. Superintendent,
Bath. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Bet He Mispronounced That

She-Who is your favorite COM
poser?
He-Strauss. There are several I
like great deal better but can't pro-
nounce their names. /
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

A man in England claims to have
discovered the hull of the Mayf1ower.
How we'll he timed his find.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

No sea serpent stories this season.
Seaside resorts all full but the WISH
tors sober.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
Editorial Comment
Mxl NV! Iimmie!

(Charleston News and Courier, Dem)
Cox is going to force the fighting.
He's going to have Harding lodging
from one post to another Of that
front porch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31

The first rehearsals Of the great
local chorus which is to participate
in the Pilgrim performance Of aida"
at Braves Field on September first
IN honor of the Tercentennial of New
England have taken place under the
baton of Emil Mollenhauer and in
dictate that this feature Of the great
production will surpass any chorus
singing ever heard in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-31
III Luck Has No Terrors

(The North Amerlcan1
There is to be a meeting Of the
league of nations on Friday. To SUI
perstitious subscribers we wish to
announce that we know of no coun-
tries left to go to war as result.