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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
The Merchant Marine

In connection with the efforts now
being put forth for the upbuilding OF
cur merchant marine it is interesting
to recall, as does the Bankers Trust
Company. that wealth in our early
days was reckoned, not by the num-
Der Of automobiles as now, but by
the number of seagoing ships owned
in a community and in ITO Massa-
chusetts was reputed to have one
such ship to every 100 inhabitants.
At the time of the Civil War this
country had more than five million
tons Of merchant shipping, and q
49S, 1874 tons of shipping in the foreign
trade as compared with Great Brit
aims 3,179,6s3 tons. In June 1914 We
had less of such tonnage than we
had at the beginning of the Civil
War. Last year the American ton
mage of seagoing vessels was 9.743,-
600 tons and Of the fourteen million
tons built during the five years this
country produced more than half.
Manifestly the American creative
impulse has again been turned
toward the far-stretching lanes of
the sea, and in it's history that to
which it has turned has prospered
under it's wonderful constructive
power. The merchant marine is I'M
dergoing revival and the possibilities
are dazzling
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
MRS, GOULD SPEAKS
TO MOTHERS

In a nice letter to the Or. ]. F. True
& Co.. Mrs. Irving Gould of Chester
land. Ohio. says: 'As my boy is sick
and in much need of your Elixir. /
ought not to be without it. l cannot
speak too much praise. DR.. True's
Elixir has done wonderful things for
my children. and | will gladly an
swer any mothers letter in regard to
the medicine and suffering children
Mrs Gould is one of thousands of
mothers who look after the health of
their children by giving them DR.. True
Elixir, the Family Laxative and Worn:
Expeller. II your children have these
symptoms give them Dr. Trues Elixir.
symptoms OF Worms: Bad Breath
swollen upper lip. sour stomach. occa.
sional pains. pale face eyes heavy and
dull. twtching eyelids itching OF the
nose and rectum. short. dr.. cough. red
points on the tongue. starting during
sleep, slow fever. Dr. Trues Elixir. the
Family Laxative and Worm Expeller Is
sold at ''ail dealers Three sizes. Buy
the large sze.--Ady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
"AII Things to All Men"

Secretary of State Colby told mem
bers Of the anti-suffrage delegation
Of the Tennessee legislature who
called upon him in indignation Tues
day, that the adoption of the prohib-
ition and woman suffrage amend
ments to the Constitution was due to
"weakiings on Capitol Hill"
On August 26 last when he signed
the ratification proclamation, Secre-
tary Colby observed that the great
end Of the Acknowledgement of women
is too important thing to be treated
with levity."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Cox a Poor Saiesman

When Governor Cox with jeerins
laughter at the front porch idea set
out as a salesman of wisconsin he
appears to have overlooked his for
mer attitude toward statesmen in
general. This, you may recall, was
expressed very vigorously in his pa
pers a few years ago and was re-
garded by a very respectable con-
tingent of his fellow citizens as un-
Just, to say the least. :
Here is what he then said, in part
the other parts being none the less
vigorous:
If there Is no purchasing agent
somebody has to submit to innumer-
are unmitigated bores. II man
would exercise the first impulses of
his heart, he would kick them out
of his office il they did not take the
first hint"
1t must be apparent by this time
that Cox is lacking in some of the
qualities without which salesmanship
cannot be successful. Statesmen
nowadays do not backyard the
wares of a competitor: they do not
intimate that the would be- purchas-
er is a CRATER and for sale to the
highest bidder nor do they lift their
voices in whining complaint of I'M
fair treatment by the newspapers
q nd everybody else
The only conclusion possible is
that Cox is a poor salesman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Getting Tired OF Il
(Philadelphia Press


Someone is always telling tie p1'
lie how high the cost Of hI!hs .,
jumped. The country seems 10
full of actuaries with nothing 70
but gather statistics and WoFa
comparative tables on the pf.es:
food and clothing ard things y
Governmental departments %
labor organizations do H. 50
banks and public welfare y
CARNATIONS and state ana mHATT
statisticians. So there IS scaTcs'
week when a new array q G!sI'
figures does not proclaim the IaE'L'
story that the cost of living IS H'S4'
than ii was.
The figures scarcely ever as
but that signifies nothing toi "a.
decimal hound has his OWN SS'1
and his own especial stanG@'t
comparison. One may pick Oh '.,.I
meal, for instance. He gets 'N
quotation on cornmeal in 81 vi
Tampa and Bangor. adds them 4
gether and divides by three "a
them next TO the 1922 ouo'L.'O.,
Kansas City, Elizabeth ard 'Oa'
Thus he triumphantly produce.
net advance in the cost OF Ms"
the last fraction of one per GEN.
other statistician uses 1917 j"
basis of comparison, and gers d"
tirely different result. I'd
The National Industrial ".
encc Boards experts-.the !a"'
the field--went back 20 1917
found that the answer vas l''r
cent. The announcement mas
to produce a perceptible ripP.
excitement, The public seems
tiring of these statistics They
help; they only rub the had ''''
Mr.. Wylde-It's time yoa WOKE '.
showed your wife who IS ruHHins
at your house. IA
Mr.. Peek (Sadly)--It isn't u"
She kpows'-Stray Stories
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Neighbor Merrill's Knox Messenger
this week reminds one of Grady's
tribute to the faithful Democrats
who tramped over the Vermont hills
to the polling places year in and year
out without hope of reward. The Mes
senger neutrality-suspicious. defiantly-
carries the name of Bertrand G. Nc
Intro at the head of it's editorial col
umn. Anyhow it's a good name.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Saturday, September Is, 1920.
Why Stacking Down?

Why Stacking Down?
steel Plants Cut Output" Under
this head we find report from
Sharon, Pa, that Large reductions
in the working forces are reported
today at a number of Shenango VAL
ley iron and steel plants" The re-
port estimates that between three
and four thousand men and women
have been obliged to seek work else
where. No reason is given for this,
but it is interesting to note that in
connection with the serious short
age in housing facilities throughout
the country a hue and cry is being
raised that the producers Of building
materials are conniving to maintain
a scarcity in order that the existing
high prices may be maintained.
OF course plants are not going to
run without orders, but the burden OF
the story which some Of the travel
ing men who sell builders supplies
have been telling is that they cannot
fill the orders they already have, that
labor is lying down on the job and
not producing enough. Labor how
ever gives a different version, and
judging by past experience implicit
confidence may not safely be reposed
in the credibility Of either party.
Meanwhile building halts and
population and needs are increasing.
Manifesuy if labor and capital en-
gagged in the production of building
material, iron and steel cement,
brick and lumber are able to keep
up prices for year or two the pub
lie will be forced to come and meet
for building need expect no more
than meagre returns after few
years. Big rents undoubtedly will
be easily obtained for a while, the
need is SO great but such a condi-
ton would seem to warrant no more
than short harvest season.
Here in Augusta there is great
need for more housing accommoda-
tons, a need, however. not SO great
or SO insistent as in many places.
There are good reasons to believe
that as soon as conditions seem to
+ warrant a fair return on the money
required, returns from reasonable
rents. one or more good apartment
houses will be built here. One does
not have to go outside Augusta to
see ample opportunities for profit
able investment, opportunities that
eventually will be developed. This
is not being done for the reason that
investors are unable to foresee ade-
quate return on the investment at
present prices.
When Ford cut the price Of his
cars II was said he was in class by
himself. Then the makers OF high
Car maui d ItQuCLlOH
and We do not know what is being
said of that. Undoubtedly Mr.. Ford's
position is more favorable for acting
at the psychological moment than is
that of many. Nevertheless We
think his estimate Of the situation Is
a wise one. Now is the time to call
a halt on war prices, war profiteer-
ing and war greed" he says. 1t may
be said in reply that it is evident his
profits were unduly large, but that
many profits are not. He says, how
ever, that raw materials are being
stored and manufactured products
are being stored, Notwithstanding
which many plants are being shut
down. and in the absence Of proof
to the contrary he is to be believed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

studied moderation; he exhibits
arrogance of opinion, and has maj
no eXtravagant promises Of 4 nile
mum to be created by proc!amitc
he seeks rather to express The Il
tional spirit than to impose Co
trine of political infallibility. Al
there is as Enthusiastically a groTi
view that Governor Cox IS sill
opportunist, superficial in lhoa:
reckless in appeal and lrrespoI'
in statement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

DR.. Claxton of the Federal bureau
of education, testifying before the
Kenyon committee, said the editorial
IN the bureaus publication which was
declared to favor Governor Cox for
the presidency. got in by mistake.
stern visaged school marms YOU
have known?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Hoods
SarsaparII|a
Makes Food
Taste Good

Creates an appetite, aids d'se 'srs
purifies the blood. and thus Fe"' =,
scrofula, catarrh, the pans Ia,
aches of rheumatism ana
strength to the whole system, ~
Nearly so years phenomena d.. an,
tell the story Of the grea; me-, me- h
success of Hoods Sarsapa' -" ,,s
Is just the medicine you ntea ii.
Hoods Pills help-rino ca''''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Add Democratic campaign poverty
stuff: Governor Cox eating dry bread
and cold coffee at Phenix. Ariz. Gle
was an hour late and the crowd killed
time by eating up all the roast beef
and trimmings at the barbecue)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Railroads and Steamboat;
MAINE CENTRAL RAlLROs,
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR
Eastern Standard Time

Bangor. sl.24 a. m. g % a. n, '92sa 4
t2.55p. m. 1905 p m, 70 40p II.
B. & A. Pts, tl.24am.. %. 20 an. q "a.
Bar Harbor. 1923 am. 19.2S a. u. IS a
Bath. f3.loa. m. 1923 a n, asa.
slo.i6 a. M. taos pm. 1918 ?. n. .i0j.pI
Belfast i9.23 a. m. I2.55 p. N.
Boston. 50. Lam. t6. % am 93j II T., |
am. - $50. m, "A .05 p II. IS % pm, sos;
Calais. 1929 a. m. 1925 a. N.
Dover and Foxcrott, p j5p. IN
Gardiner, *3.l0a. m, 1928 a. II. '93ia !
sl9.l6a a. m, t2.46 p. m. !i.l5 p. u..'bI3P !
Halloweli, ts.2a a. m. % IS am. .lo,i. ]
t2.46 p. m. t4.l5p. m. BIB 2. u. '!O.jlp |.
Lewiston, IS. % a. m, +as5a II sloB,
taos p. m. S.. 10 p. m, 'l0.5l ?. n.
New York. IS. 13p. m.
Portland, ~3. 10a m. Is g a m. . 3jaz so
am. Y. As 2. m. "a 05p.m IS Tsp m. 'iQjlrz|
Rockland, 1923 a. m 1885 a m Iiljpz
Skowhegan. 20 % a m, 2 81 P. M, :. i4p 4
So. Gardiner. IS % a rn.. - IS a II i0l5in
t2.46 p. m. "a. Is p. m. 10. l3p IT.. 'lo;lp
St. John. " "a a. m. t92s a. IL.
Waterville. 1924 a. m, g % m h@laI
Hos pm. t2.S5p.m.. s3.05p.u Il. r5.+9pI
"Daily. tDaily. except Sgniar
Sunday Only. fDally, eA,cpt Mos:.r,
D. C. DOUGLASS. NJ. L. HARRIS,
$3.50 VT. & Genl Mgr. Cenl P3sse7;er Ia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

ordination sermon. Miss Koch has
received a unanimous call to the Bap-
fist church at Oakfeld and Will prob
ably accept. She has been at Spring
vale for nearly a year, after having
held pastorates in Hartland, Eden
and Franklin. She has been prominent
in Christian Endeavor work in Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

There's too much Johnson" in
what the California Senator has to
say respecting the League of Ma
tons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Cox says newspapers do not treat
him fairly. Must be because they
are printing his speeches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Thaddeus Roderick Post, American
Legion, of Pennington, is about the
first to announce intention of a fitting
celebration of Armistice day this year
The plans include big parade in the
morning, a patriotic entertainment
program and a minstrel show in the
evening by the Post members.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

They used to say home is where the
heart is, but nowadays people find it
convenient to include a house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Maine GOSSIP
Sunset Hill


I have run away to my sunset hill
. By the pretty path for the last mad
There's only the space of a breath to
stay,
For the chapel bells begin to chime
And my mother frets in the tower
Where the sly-eyed firing women
wait
With my bridal veil in their withered
hands.
For His Lordship's coach is at the
gate.
And His Lordship quickens his limp
ing stride
And the firing women mouthe and
While my grandsire mumbles a Wheel
ing prayer
With our madcap maid a wife,
please Cod
Oh: sunset hill of the giddy glad DAYS,
Have I scaled your crest in the Ia ST
mad climb?
There are cookie burrs in my bridal
But a man of tift:y's in his primew
Or what if I'm taking the bramble
path
On the secret side Of the haunted
Mill
That leads away from His Lordship's
coach?
The chapel chimes are warning and
chill.
My mother pales as she watches the
clock;
My grandsire shakes at Hts Lord
ships frown:
(But I told my lad that I dared not
dareD
Which way, which way am l going
down?
Gle is brown and tall and his eyes
are warmO
Oh. sunset hill. speak out and say
With my rare lace rent and my fair
flesh torn
Is the bramble path the smoothest
way?
Ruth Comfort Mitchell, McCalrs,
October.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
The Root Court and the League
(The North American.)

of which EHhu played leading part it has revived
the presidential campaign,
zuint procm that 5usae by
the plan Mr. Root who has they say s.u'nea M b critics of the
Republican end adopt the Democratic view
BETRAYAL Of their party
project Of pses
oree h Unea
@ M % m pros iSaes ss led %
interpretation and impartial survey Of the facts may nsp
misconceptions
Mr. Root invited by the most list %
@ sess M ana sna h sa a court which
abolished in with article XIV Of the OF 1na With
% ns s M Of i'm
n % s and III m @ @ a
wholly with legal and usiaee settling them acons to the
to whic they belong
the league of This based three
league On the other hand is to
the Arbitration Tine s ater with
and law associations of their respective countries
Second and the Of s be s shall be borne BY the
RIGHT members of the league
shall be determined by the council Of the League in aoa
obligations membership in the
council just"
that ho @ s OF sa
constitution Harding repudiate it
tina. Mr. Root should have in
wh!
nessly opposing the unders Of involved IN A'e
for daS % non has vay held that the cove
In his letters Of March 1919 to National Chairman Hays and Of the
following June Senator Lodge he declared that for the 81
makes obligatory inevitable
very high value which the world ought
not na houd be S BY for
application of international law
adopted By
safeguarding American
with TINS idea 'ha ne wrote the palof ahk
which shall rule of public right by development
does imply
never describe as
The wilson ssstuy that the Root pan sua the
Harding declared the
to create
the sunk without warning by Root"
Mr. confidence but has repeatedly declared
recommended and utilizing what good in the league
can use properly and all let be
would take all that is good ana excise that nad Later ou
"a nations which shall Constitute international conference
to decis
oppose going participation
world sa of nations with an court of justice
aha , % g bat n s a PRINCIPLES t q, U' inter
tlemen l would al that good duseful
In of and
league Of nations stripped Of the unworkabe and ntob
s1s % 'aSn @
Thus the @ that 0rPa9sd Harding
home
the nothing
froma
in arbi
a
jurisdiction all legal Finally
twill
night but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
The Issue That Has Devs,o,ed

time North American)
In respect to liquor and the learue
OF nations, therefore. the contest
has become clearly defined. Mean
while another issue has develonad
1t has to do with the characters of
the two candidates. The public has
had opportunity to examine their re.
spective careers, to assay their ,.m.
paign utterances and perfo, ,es
END to compare them in the lte,.
OF personal equipment and fit ..ss
No impartial observer will contest
the statement that Senator Hardinr
has risen greatly in public estima-
ton during the campaign. while the
repute of Governor Cox has appre.
clably declined. Neither of them has
revealed exceptional qualities OF
craftsmanship; the popular Judgment
has been determined by the factor
OF personal character.
Senator Harding, observation
leads us to believe. has created &.
strong impression of earnestness
sincerity and a high sense of duty
his utterances are marked by a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Editorial Comment
Tho Women of Maine
(New York Tribune.)

|
| The vote OF the women Of Maine is
welcome and hopeful landmark in
American politics. 1t ends for all
time a host Of cheap and false as
sumptions, and it gives sturdy prom
Use of that slow but appreciate
leavening of public obliga tons which
those who had faith in suffrage have
hoped for.
| That women are idealistic to the
point of ignoring probabilities has
been fundamental of the Wileon-
| Cox campaign. The sort Of mush
about the league which Mr. Cox has
talked glibly and The New York
World has written interminably was
not counted upon to prevail with the
male intellect. but there were frank
hopes that the woman voter would
fall for it. So the Maine campaign
was centered upon this issue Dem
ocratic eloquence, from Franklin
Roosevelt down, was directed to this
one end
The result explodes this fatuous
expectation beyond possibility of re-
construction. Women in Maine ara
doubtless for peace and international
organization in behalf of peace quite
as much as those elsewhere. But
they had no difficulty in distinguish
ing between the egoistic pretense Of
the Wilson-Cox campaign in behalf
Iof my-league-or-no-lea and the
realities Of the Harding effort. slow
and cautious, but sincere, toward the
creation of complete and durable
organization of the forces of peace
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

a Baptist minister on Wednesday
afternoon at the Free Baptist church
at Sprngvale, delegates being present
from each church in the North York
United Baptist Association and WISH
tors from other places. Miss Koch
gave a statement as to her views of
Christian doctrine and her call to the
ministry. etc. and Rev. IL b. Mower.
D. D, Of waterville preached the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Mr. Wylde-It's time yoa WOKE ', -.
showed your wife who is rUHHl'ls 49,
at your house. -,
Mr.. Peek (Sadlv)--It ISN'T ~"
She knows.-Stray Stories
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

The moon; shoot it."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Ham of South
Lewiston on election day walked Eve
miles in the rain to vote. He is rs
and she 6S years of age.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

school registration throughout
Maine shows almost invariably the
largest number of pupils ever reg
istered."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

JePHrHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. s
Meetings at 8 P. NJ. every second and
Aou' :" e. B. GRIMES, c.P.
G. 8. PEAsLEE. Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

Odd Fellows Hall
ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 20. !. o. o. r.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
FRED NJ. EPEARIN, n. g.
EDWIN F. WESTON, Sec'y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25
Augusta Lodge Directory

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 141, F. q a.
NJ Special communication Tuesday.
Sept. IS, 7.30 r. NJ Work in NJ NJ
defree. Refreshments. All soJourn-
LANES WRIGHT, w. NJ.
RALPH w. FARRIS, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. Q. p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
W. F. cURRIER. Capt
A. NJ. LRUMMOND, Clerk.
Evening journal., 1920-12-17
TELLS CATHOLIC
LOCAL HISTORY

Members OF the Temple Catholic
Club were addressed at their meet
ing in 81. Elizabeth's parish house
last night, by Thomas +. ODO1nell
on the History Of the Catholic
Church in Delaware From i7S4 Until
the Present Time" As Mr.. O'Don-
neu's address was shortened some
what by the business session OF the
club, he promised 10 go into the
subject more thorough at some time
in the future.
Mr.. ODonnel referred TO the cour-
age and perslstency OF the priests Of
earlier days, who were compelled TO
travel from place 10 place under all
kinds OF conditions and weather. as
an object lesson TO the boys OF today.
Ho told OF the first Irish settlement In
1884 at Coffee Run, from which visit
ing priests came TO this city in their
attempts TO bring the lessons OF God
10 the people. and OF the final estab-
lshment OF the FIRST local Catholic
Church, ST. Peters, which was blessed
September ~, 1918.
From there on he gave a short
sketch OF the rapid and steady growth
OF the church In this city. pointing
out the friendship and helpfulness Of
the non-Catholics OF the early days
Fifty years ago. he said. the place
now occupied by st. Elizabelh's
Church and other buildings was
nothing but rolling hills. blocked on
In large farms lie recalled that tho
place where the meeting was held
had at one time been occupied by a
large barn belonging TO John Worth
and told OF the thick blackberry
bushes which grew nearby. lie told
NJ the toll gate whlch years ago
stood along Lancaster avenue and
recalled the time when President and
Mrs. Cleveland visited the home OF
Thomas Francis Bayard, at that time
secretary OF state.