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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
City Business to be Under Trinlieat.
Order System

Next Monday morning, all the business
departments OF the City will inaupu,,,.
tne use OF the triplicate order system. At
the April meeting Of the City Council. an
order was passed directing the civ ,ud,,or
I" install such system which is now in
use IN all cities of any size. After making
Investigations Of the various systems now
oeing used in cities of about the same Don.
aiation OF Waterville, City Auditor Dubord
mas worked out system which is vel,
adapted to the present needs OF the c;,v
Inc order for the necessary forms was
placed early IN the summer but the shin.
ment was not received until this week.
Win the exception of the poor depart.
ment, under the system now in use. n.
head OF any apartment may purchase goods
LOT the use OF the City anywhere, provid.
ing the amount does not exceed twenty.
hve dollars, without having to fill out .nv
order OF any kind. No record is kent Of
the orders given and the result is that
when the bills are sent to the department,
head. he must rely upon his memory en-.
tireiy IN checking them up. 1t is evident
that this leads to errors and modern bust
ness will not tolerate such loose methods
In order to have this new system give
the best results it will be necessary for
everyone dealing with the City to co-oper.
ate with the city officials by following
carefully the directions given on the back
OF all the order blanks. The process is
simple. There is nothing complicated about
IT. In the future when city official wish
es to purchase any supplies for the use of
his department, he will sign a purchase
order directing the prospective seller to
furnish the supplies listed on the order.
The purchase order is made out in dupli.
cate The original goes to the seller of the
goods, one copy stays with the official
signing the order, the other goes to the
city auditor. Every purchase order is mum.
bered in red in the upper right hand corner.
The seller should then forward an invoice
Of the goods sold to the Official who signed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
Mass. oney Head
(continued from Page One)

he said, Simply because believe
them to be among the best qualified
in the Legislature"
He added that he knew OF no reason
why there should not be made avail
able to the committee the special re-
port on the condition of the state treas
ury and the report of Bank Commits
sioner Joseph c. Allen giving the re-
suit of a QUESTIONABLE sent to state
repositories as to their dealings with
the state treasurer. He said he did
not know whether the committee would
be able to report before Tuesday next,
the date of the state primaries.
BurriII Welcomes Move
Treasurer Burrell when informed of
the governors action said: II well
come a most thorough investigation. "
Burrell has been severely criticized
for his admitted solicitation from
banks of contracts for an ADVERTISING
agency which he conducted. He is a
candidate for denomination on the Re-
publican ticket at the primaries and
his name is the only one printed on the
ballot for state treasurer. A sticker
campaign for the nomination is being
conducted. however, by James Jack
son. former chairman of the New Eng
land division of the Red Cross. and
Frederick \. Kerr. an unsuccessful
candidate in the primaries last year.
jackson agreed to run at the request
of the Associated Republican Clubs of
Massachusetts.
The Republican state committee has
not endorsed either Jackson or Kerr.
but yesterday sent letter to Burrell
suggesting that he Withdraw his can
dldacy. Burrell said today that he
would not withdraw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
|Lithuanians and
Poles Again Break
Over Boundary Line

Berlin, Sept. @Negotiations be.
tween the Poles and Lithuanians
over the boundary between the two
countries have been broken off. ac-
cording to a statement made here
today by the Lithuanian TELEGRAPH
Agency, following the receipt of 4
message from Kovno, confirming re-
cent reports of a clash between
Polish and Lithuanian troops near
the East Prussian border. The Kov-
no message quoted the Lithuanian
general staff as having yesterday is
sued the following statement:
"A portion Of the Mariampol
troops in the south, under the pres-
sure of a much stronger Polish force
had to retreat after fighting in
which three were killed and wound
ed on both sides"
The Lithuanian Telegraph Agency
statement said that representation
had been made to- the Polish mill,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
Johnson Defeats Williams
In Forest Hills Tennis

Forest Hills. n. Y, Sept. 2@wil-
liam NJ. Johnston of San Francisco.
the playing through champion, de-
feated r. N. Williams H.. of Boston.
champion in 1914 and 1915 and mem
Der Of the Davis Cup team in straight
sets, So. ga, TO, in the fourth
round of the National Lawn Tennis
singles championship tournament on
the courts of the West Side Tennis
Club here today.
The play was spectacular, but,
while Williams did brilliant work,
he was not steady enough to over
come the champion. This was par
ticularly true Of the final set, in
which the Bostonian led the Pacific
coast player games to 2. Begin
ming with the eighth game. however,
Johnston with machine-like regu-
iarity took i've games in a row and
the match.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
FARM ORGANIZATION
URGES TARIFF REVISES

Columbus, o., Sept. 2.-Congress is
urged to revise tariff legislation to in
clude protective duty on all original
vegetable oils and other raw COM
modities when their free admission
"acts adversely to the interests OF
American farm producers" in a reso-
luton adopted here today at a meet
ing Of the National Board Of Farm
Organizations.
The resolution also asks that Con-
gress make adequate appropriation for
the office of delegate to the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture at
Rome.
Delegates tomorrow afternoon will
journey to Marion where they will
present Senator Harding with a ques-
tionnaire which was presented to
Governor Cox today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
WOMAN FAILS TO
SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL

London, Sept. 2.-For the second time
woman has attempted 70 swim the
English Channel and failed Mrs Ar.
thur Hamilton. daughter Of the late
Sir Charles and Lady Fairlie Cunning.
hame. started from st. Margaret's bay
last evening at $40 o'clock with Care
Grisnez, near Calais. as her objective
This morning she was forced to aban-
don the attempt near the South Good,
win Sands.
She was the first woman to max.
the trial since Annette Kellerman
failed IS years ago. Mrs. Hilda WILL
ing, an English woman, intends to
make the attempt in the near future.
Mrs Hamilton was in the water IL
hours and says she got within nine
miles Of the French coast. She at
tributed her failure to reach France
to the heavy seas and strong currents.
She said she accomplished what she
set out to do-a record for women
swimmers-and asserted that she was
determined to try again next year.
Miss Kellerman in 1905 twice tried
to swim across the channel In July
of that year she was said to have
swum for Ave hours, then being COM
PEELED to give up on account of sea
sickness. On August "a, the 3oth an
niversary of Captain Matthew Webb's
successful swim across the channel.
Miss Kellerman again was reported to
have been overcome by seasickness
after swimming six miles and aban-
doned her effort to reach the French
coast.
Aside from Captain Webb the only
other person to swim the English
Channel was T. w. Burgess. who made
the trip on September 5. 1911. webb's
time was 81 hours, 10 minutes, and
that of Burgess 90 hours, IS minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
TROY

Lester Bagley OF Lewiston was in town
last week on business.
Charles Cook has moved his family to
Unity, where. he has employment on the
railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. 6. Bagley passed two
days in Bangor last week.
F. H. Bagley and family, and 7. E.
Pierce attended the fair at Bangor on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Hollis were invit.
ed to Bangor for the day on Wednesday,
the occasion being the birthday Of Mrs.
Hollis and her twin brother, Frank, and
the wedding anniversary Of the latter
Services next Sunday will be at the Ed.
munds schoolhouse in the afternoon, and at
the church in the evening
CENTER-Mr. and Mrs Sumner Ben.
net have moved to the Center.
Mr.. Batchelder of Belfast has been pass.
ing week with his daughter, Mrs Ber-
tina Bradley.
Walter Halves OF Chelsea, Mass, is the
guest of relatives at the Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Rhoades attended
the camp meeting at Northport last week.
Mrs. Lillian Nutter, after passing most
OF the summer with her sister, Mrs. E.
3. Carleton, has returnd to her home in
Stetson.
Stephen Knight and son and Mr. Hunt
OF Rhode Island are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Bennett. They made the
trip by automobile.
Many from this town attended the fair
IN Bangor last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Dow of Winthrop.
Mass. arrived at the Center, this week, for
a brief sojourn.
Mrs. E. z. Bagley and Franz Baplev OF
Boston, guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. ".
Hawes, are passing the week at Winder.
mere.
Messrs Hunt and Young OF Burnham
are building chimney for T. P. TYLER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
CAMPAIGN FUND

he also declared that s25, 900 had he.,
raised IN Atlanta. Ga. prior to June
"a by a man who later "becan. 90
disguised when Senator Warren r.
Harding was nominated that he mi,
the party" 9N''
Mr. Upham testified earlier in III.
week that the quota of the entire
state of Georgia was $4,000. and said
that s205S was all that had hs.n
raised
Failure to hear all the Witnesses
here today upset the commuters n1,n
TO meet in Pittsburg next week and
inquire into charges that the LIQUOR
interests there had assisted ATTORNEY
General Palmer's campaign for tho
Democratic nomination for President
That plan, however, has not been
dropped, and Senator Kenyon said h.-
fore leaving Chicago tonight that IN.
committee would go to Pittshurp
probably as soon as it had heard the
witnesses subpoenaed here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
COMING EVENTS
Aug. 30-Sept. 81 Central Maine fa
Waterville.

Aug. ao-Sept. 8 Central Maine fair
Sept. 1-a-Annual meeting Main,
pharmaceutical Assn. at Prouts
Sept. a:e-Conyen1o3 0. tie Y. MIA
san ana = ", W. n. A.; h.-tland;
sep, n &c G a Tnssns ca G9S:sF E.
Cobbos
Sept company 3. cath Regiment
Maine Infantry. Volunteers. Warren
Sept. 4 to 10-New England Baptist
School of Methodists, ocean Para
Sept. 4-knox and Lincoln Pomonas
Joint meeting at Whitefe.d.
Sept. 5-l0-Presque Isle Centennial
Of Rural Letter Carriers Associs
ton, Auburn.
Sept 6-Labor day.
Sept. 6-The 4sth reunion Of lst Ne
Cavalry Regiment at Peaks Island.
Freedom.
Sept .7-wellman family reunion
North Appleton.
Sept. 7-10-Aroostook county contest
boys and girls clubs. Presque Isle
Sept. s-Fourth Maine Regiment See
e ono Maine Battery; Rerdsn,s SHARP sharp
annual reunion in Rockland.
sept s-Waterville, Augusta, Bath
Lewiston and Auburn Rotary Clubs
Field day at Belgrade Lakes.
Sept. S-Lincoln County Q. E. S. As
sociation' annual meeting, BoothoaJ
Sept. S-Reunion of Goth Me. IN Lew.
iston
Sept s-Northeastern Division Of
American Pulp and Paper Mill su'
Perintendents Association, souti
Sept s-&-Maine Association Of County
Commissioners at Belfast
sept. S-Annual reunion of 32d Mains
at Bosworth Post hall, Portland
sept 9.Reunion of 24-osth Me. Regts
Sept 1o-sixth Maine Veteran Asso.
Sgiations Ssth reunion at Dover
Sept. Estate election.
Sept !4-ls-conference Of Governor
Sept. A-l1-Mains State fair at Lewis
Sept. 15-16-The s7th annual reunion
Of the 18th Maine Reglmentai Asso.
citation at Bridgton.
sept. le-Maine State Detectives As
ISOLATION at Lewiston
Sept. 1.-THE 22d Me. Reg. Assn ~
union at Hsmpden; ...;.,.
annual meeting in Bangor.
.. Kings Daughters at Bangor
sept. 24-Annual reunion of the 2ls'
Me. Vols. at National Home, Togus
Sept. 25-Colby College opens.
Sept. 25-Worthing family reunion
Branch Mills.
Sept. 2s-3o-kennepec County fair a
Readheld.
Sept. 2S-30-State W. C. T. L. eonven'
ton at State House. Augusta.
Sept. ao-Oct l-2-Music Festival at Ban
gor.
Oct. I. S and s-Music Festival a. Port
Oct: s-7-United Baptist Convention Of
Maine at Milo
oct. 7-S-Maine State conference OF 90
cfal welfare at State House. Aus1EA
Oct. S--Oxford county contest, boys
and girls clubs. Rumford. =.
Oct. 9-12-Supreme Convention Oh
Knights Of Malta at Portland
Oct. 12-14-State Sunday School con-
vention, Bangor
Oct. 15-16-Knox and Lincoln contest
boys and girls clubs, Rockland 49,,
Oct. 15-16-Hancock county contest
boys and girls clubs, Ellsworth,
Oct .22-23-Cumberland county cor
test, boys and girls clubs. Pof'
land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
GARDINER
Giles c. Hartman

Giles c. Hartman. a lifelong res
ident Of Gardiner, died Thursday eve
ming in Augusta. at the age of IS
years. He was the son of J. Giles and
Mary J. Dunton) Hartman. Besides
his wife be leaves a son, Raymond
Earl Hartman Of Farmingdale, and
a sister. Mrs. Addie Perry. and a
brother, Lee Hartman both of Gar
diner. He was prominent Odd Fell
low, being a member of Gardiner
Lodge for 81 years. He will be great
~ missed by many friends.
The funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at o'clock in the
Free Baptist church on Winter street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
FOUL HIT BALL
STRIKES BOYS JAW

Roland Letourneau. Is years of age,
son OF A. J. Letourneau, was seriously
injured on the ball field at the Central
Maine Fair grounds by being struck
on the jaw by foul ball.
The boy was knocked uncons cious
and remained so for over half an hour.
Three Of his teeth were loosened and
he received bad cut on the cheek. He
was taken to the Red Cross tent where
two physicians administered first aid
and later taken in an ambulance to
his home on Gray street where anoth-
er physician took several stitches in
the cut and bound up the injured jaw.
1t Is feared the ia wis broken, but the
boys face was SO swollen yesterday
that this could not be determined. He
was resting very comfortably last eve
ming.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
Govt. to Move
Against Army
Contract Grafters

washington. sept. 2.-(Ry the AS
ISOLATED Press) Of 3o4
contractors, marking the beginning OF
move by the government to clean VI
its war contract controversies, has
been ordered by the department o,
justice. The proceedings will include
both criminal and civil actions anc
involve millions of dollars" depart
ment officials said today.
Practically all of the cases en-
braced by the prosecution ordered were
turned over by the war department
but there were indications that SINH
lar cases would be received from othe,
government departments. The ship
ping board is understood to be plan
ming to request criminal proceeding.
in half a dozen cases in addition t.
those already in the hands of the at
torney general
The contracts on which action will
be pressed were to involve amounts
ranging from a few thousand to a few
million each" They include agree
ments for the furnishing of supplies OF
nearly every commodity which thu
government purchased for war pur.
poses, as we'll as construction OF
camps. cantonments and warehouses
and other facilities for the training OF
the army.
officials expressed the belief that
although the war department ha6
failed to reach an agreement. any o,
the controversies would be settled GU,
of court.
With respect to a score or more OF
the contract settlements in dispute
there was the belief that honest mis-
takes" had been made by the contrac,
tors or sub-contractors and thta ad
justment of the matters could be east.
~ made. 1t was said that in other
cases plain fraud and conspiracy
had been proved so clearly that nc
course was open to the government
but direct action looking to the indict.
ment Of the law violators.
The contracts represent practically
every section of the country and cour,
action will be sought in local juris.
dicuons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
Harding Delivers
Speech in Baseball
Ver11acular at MARROW

Marion. o. Sept z-Dividinr Nj,
time between work and play, S..
ator Harding today made two f,o,,
porch speeches, held several poln
cal conferences on political issns,
and campaign management and The,
went out to see a Baseball s,ms
which was played In Marion =.
compliment to his enthusiasm "a
fan.
The Chicago Cubs. brought hs,.
by their owners to give the norins.
his first glimpse this season o,
major league club, were match.1
against an improvised Marion team.
in an exhibition that resulted !,
8 to victory for the visitors. Sen.
ator Harding pitched the first thru.
balls across the plate and during m.
game he and Mrs. Harding rooted
with several thousands of the,
neighbors for the home team.
One Of the nominees speeches IA.
livered earlier in the day. was to III.
Cub team, which marched in a hoar
to his front porch and presented II,
compliments through Preslds,,
veeck as spokesman. In renl,
phrased in the language Of the di,.
mond, Senator Harding declared TIA,
his hope in the campaign was 10 ds'
velop team work among the Amer.
can people so that the nation wopl1
still fly proudly the pennant won ..
home and held respected throurbn.
the world"
The other address was to a deI.-,
ton representing various teachs.,
organizations and advocated mo-.
money for teachers. He DECLINE.
however. to accede to a request m,d.
by his callers that he endorse ~.
Smith-Towner bill providing -or
Federal department of education and
larger federal participation in scbooi
financing. He said he had not s,us
led the measure sufficiently.
senator Knox, former secreta-, -.
state and a leader among thu ir,a,.O
cfiables Of the Senate during m. 80
Hsht' was one of those with whom ~.
nominee conferred during the dav -
a statement tonight Senator Knor \.
clared his conviction that the for.n
policy of the Wilson adninj.,r,,,oa
will be repudiated at the Noy.rh..
election and that Senator Hardi,g,
stand will commend itself to tn. WV.
ers of the country.
You cannot Conduct poltic,,
campaign on a specific foreign polic,n
the statement said but you can an
the question as to whether our foreign
policies, whatever they are, shall IN
submitted to foreign control.
Senator Harding's fervent reve,.
ence for his country, its institution,
and its people will guide him Alright
and with due regard for the spirit Of
the age his wisdom will reflect the
wisdom of the age in matters Of vital
import"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
FINDS AUTO IN
BARN HE BOUGHT

Alphonse Vashon of IL Dennis court
has bought the barn on the Nelson
farm and states that there is an au-
tomobile in the barn that has been
there over year, There are no num-
Der plates on the car and he is going
to move the car to his home. where
the owner can have the same by prov
ing property.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
National Amateur Golf
Tourney at n. Y, Monday

New York. Sept. 2-The largest
field in the history Of the United
States Golf Association will gather at
the Engineers Country club next
Monday to compete in the National
Amateur Championship Tournament
for which 22S golfers have entered.
Four golfers from abroad, Cyril
Tolley, the British titleholder: Lord
Charles Hope, j. H. Wethered and
Tom Armour. will play their morn
ing qualification round over the
North Shore links. and switch to the
Engineers course in the afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03

tary mission at Kovno to leave Iith-
uanian territory. as its presence was
no longer calculated to promote the
missions former object Of negotiA-
tons with regard to the demarca-
tion Of the frontier. The agencya
statement added:
The mission is starting for War
saw today. In these circumstances
the sending Of a Lithuanian delega-
ton to Warsaw, which had been in
tended, 10 no longer in question"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
Dempsey and Miske
Cut Loose with Partners

Benton Harbor. Mich. Sept with
out one more day OF hard work re-
manning in their training grind, Jack
Dempsey and Billy Miske cast asid.
all restraint today and each rave his
sparring partners a mauling for six
rounds.
There will be little difference in the
weight Of the heavyweights Monday.
Both scaled 1ss pounds before the
workout today. Neither plans to do
any boxing after tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
FAIRFIELD

NORTH.-Miss Christine Pooler Of
Skowhegan has recently visited Miss Greta
Hoxie
Mrs. Thomas Eager was in this place
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Fenlason are the
happy parents OF a little son born Sunday
morning.
This week Saturday and Sunday quarter
ly meeting is to be held at the Friends
church.
Gagnon brothers are threshng for farm
ers in this vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-03
BAY STATE RIFLEMEN
WIN AT SEA GRIT, N. ].

Sea Girt. Sept. 2-Rihemen Of the
First Massachusetts, Cavalry today
won the finals of the Interstate and
Cruikshank team matches in the
annual rifle tournament here. The
Philippine Scouts was second. Other
events included the McApin and
Dryden trophy matches shot at 200,
500 and 1000 yards.
Participants in the shooting today
included teams from New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, New York. Connecti-
cut, District of Columbia. Porto
Rico. Philippine Island and the
United States army and Marine
Corps.