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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Sanford Basketball
Five Out For Scalps
Colby Comets BOYS

The Kcnnebec Journal, Augusta, Me.
Gentlemen:-My attention has been
called to an article in a recent issue
of the Journal headed. Comets Claim
state Basketball Title" In this ar
ticlo is the following statement:
They. the Colby Comets) went
away last Friday and returned with
TWO more wins to their credit. one
over the Sanford Professionals, in
which the tally was Comets 81, San
ford 50. In this game. according to
their account. they had to play the
"rowd as we'll as Sanford's six men. !"
! want to correct that statement.
The score of the game mentioned
was. Sanford 80, Colby Comets 81.
The game was not protested by the
'fo1by Comets. not word being said
by them TO indicate that they be-
loved they had won it, nor to the
effect that there had not been fair
play
IN this game the referee was DR..
s. A. Cobb, an old Bates College ath-
lete Of prominence, and a graduate of
Harvard Medical school. DR.. Cobb
JAILED four fouls on Sanford and one
on the Colby Comets.
In the first game between Sanford
and the Colby Comets the Comets
won q to "a. In that first game DR..
t'obb called five fouls on Sanford and
aot a single foul on the Comets.
believe it is mean insinuation to
say that the Comets played San
lords six men,
In view of these two games we in
Sanford cannot see how the Comets
have just claim to the State cham
pionship.
Both of these games were played
on the Springvale Town hall floor,
Sanford's home court.
We do hereby issue challenge to
the Colby Comets for a third game
with the Sanford Professionals, to
be played on a neutral floor. A new
hall is under construction in Sanford,
which will have large playing sur
face and which will be ready in about
three weeks. We suggest that the
deciding game be played there, If
satisfactory guarantee arrangements
can be made. We might add that we
have beaten Bangor (the Earle Head
.eanD on the Bangor City hall floor.
We were beaten by the lValmonts at
Westbrook. but we expect to even
the score with them on Friday night
If this week.
Expressing Sanford's belief that
The Comets themselves could not have
!!ani. responsible for the publication
Of The insinuation against DR.. Cobb's
!! fcreeing. and hoping that our chal-
lcnge will be accepted. l am
Yours very truly.
DON BODWELL.
Mgr. Sanford Professionals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
BOOTH PERSONNEL OF
BASEBALL CARNIVAL

Those in charge of the vaudeville
acts which will feature the first
evening Of the monster Baseball Car
i.ivai which will be staged in City
aall on the evenings of April CTS.
have heard from the booking Office
and matters are practically "all set
in this department. The artists will
be secured from Keiths which in it
self is an assurance of high-class
entertainment. With Ladies' Min
strel Troupe composed of local stars)
for the second evening, and Mardi-
Gras and Grand Ball more pre-
tentious and novel than ever before
attempted in Augusta, it sure will be
three big nights in April. and all the
proceeds for baseball
There will be a midway with at
least nine booths with leather lunged
barkers music, and all that goes to
make a carnival complete. The Y.
NJ. c. A. mems booth will have such
artists in charge as Harry Jones and
Title" Walker, platform men that
would put z. T. Barnum to shame;
lIllks booth will be decorated with
the regular colors, purple and white,
with DOC" Thomas as chairman,
assisted by a committee; the Cush-
noe Paper Co. will have Bill" Par
auette and Jerry" Carey in charge
of their booth: John Everett and
Frank Southland will direct oper-
stions at the American Legion booth;
Girls Y. NJ. c. A. booth will have for
sale candy. sailed nuts, flowers and
ice cream. with Mrs. Lester Howard
as chairman of the committee in
charge; George Clark and Med"
Heane. with committee, will look
after the Chamber Of Commerce
booth. and the Rotary Club will have
:! place in line with Fred Perry and
Charlie" Bilodeau. assisted by vari-
nns Rotarians; Joe" Grenier, chair
man. assisted by Charlie" O'Connor
and committee, will look after the
X. of G., booth. The General Com
mittee in charge of the carnival will
have headquarters and a booth at the
aouthern end. the rest will be ar
ranged four on each side of the hall
Good music has been arranged for
each and every night and the man.
agement has completed all but q few
details, so lot the dates down and be
on bandits for your baseball team
for 1921.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Recall Billy BURDEN?

Billy Burden, at present in resi-
dence at the National Home at To-
gus, whom old time fans will recall
was in the limelight when days of
boxing bouts were in vogue, is still
keenly interested in all that pertains
to his profession. He will be re-
membered for the brilliant fight in
which he took part on the coast IA
years ago, battling against Billy Nc
earthly and winning out after fight
that lasted for 45 rounds Billy is
not In very good health just at pres
ent and is to go to Southern Califor-
MIA in the near future to see what
the climate there will do for him,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Novelty Night
at City Hall
|PlaaseS Everyone

Novelty night, Thursday, at the
City hall. the next to the last of the
series of Augusta Entertainment
Courses. brought forth rounds of APP
plause from everyone at some time
during the evenipg-because the most
staid was moved to approval as there
was something to please everybody.
Songs, instrumental music. tricks of
the finest order were presented Thurs
day evening.
The Hawaiian quartet, native sing
ers and players; Floyd the master ma
gician; Winslow Rouse, Boston's ia
nous boy soprano, and Mohalo, mind
reader, all offered their best and We're
most enthusiastically received.
The first to appear were the dapper
little brown skinned fellows, four of
them. One played mandolin, anoth-
er cross between mandolin and a
bass viol another a guitar and an
other a banjo. Then at times one of
them played a ukulele. The tunes
which they played were for the most
part from their native land. Their first
was, as heralded by the announcer Of
the four, medley of American tunes.
There was a comedian in the party
81 he did all sorts of unusual things,
keeping folks laughing between selec-
tons. He sang a lullaby, playing it
ais on his guitar.
The steel solo which one of the play
ers gave was clever thing. His gui-
tar with a steel piece making the tones
whining and lingering, was most eff
fective. He played when You and l
were Young, Maggie" in true Hawaiian
style andthe old fashioned song was
so disguised that moonlit shores and
soft waving palm trees were conjured
up instead of the high back sleigh
and the open road.
Another pretty offering of the quar-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18

with special reference to the naval
base at Newport.
General Ruckman recommended the
installation of fixed guns of the larg-
est calibre on Montauk Point, Block
Island. No Mans Land, Cape Cod
Cape Ann, Portsmouth and Portland
to be supplemented by mobile artil-
lery of the railroad and tractor type,
to fill in the shore between these
points and make q continuous line OF
defence.
Widening of the Cape Cod canal
and of Hell Gate at New York was
urged as a part of the same general
defence plan.
with this arrangement" he de-
clared, "all the navies could not en-
force an effective blockage against
our fleet located in Narragansett
BaV"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
VassaIboro Granae.

Vassalboro Grange held an all day
sssion on Tuesday with Cushnoc
Grange as invited guests. Morning
session was a mock town meeting.
afternoon session was devoted to
Vassalboro town affairs and was car
ried out in regular form with H. d. B.
Aver as moderator and B. H. Gates
as clerk. 1t gave the ladies fine
chance to see how the town business
is conducted. This Grange voted to
meet with Benton Grange on Satur-
day. The third and fourth degrees
will be conferred at the next meet
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Germany Willing
Uncle Sam Umpire
Preparations Game

Berlin, Mar II. CBy The A. P.)-
The repeated suggestion contained in
foreignd ispatches received here
that the United States may be made
the arbiter of differences between
Germany and the Entente concerning
the amount of PREPARATIONS Germany
can pay without disrupting her eco
nomic and industrial life, meets with
favor among the German officials.
They hesitate however, to endorse the
suggestion openly, as they say such
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18

swings to the body. In the 18th
round, when their heads bumped
blood spurted from a cut over
ODowd's temple. During the last
two rounds O'Dowd was bothered as
a result of this mishap
There was heavy betting on the
result. Wilson was pronounced
favorite in the betting during the
day, the odds being quoted as II to 5
but when the men reached the ring
side the betting was largely at even
money. When the referees decision
was announced, it was received with
neither much applause nor derision
by the spectators.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Increase Defence
New England Coast,
Commander Urges

Providence, r. T., March 17-Brig
Gen. John w. Ruckman, commander
of the first coast artillery district, in
an address here today before the
Chamber of Commerce, urged that
immediate steps be taken to strength
en- the Notifications of the New Eng
land coast from Maine to Connecticut
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18

day night after a short visit to re1a-
tives in Hinckley.
Several of the young people from
up this way attended the debate at
Good Will Farm Friday evening, be-
tween the Good Will High school and
Oakland High. Good Will won.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. Miller left for
Portland Monday, making the trip in
their recently purchased Kissel car
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Palmer at
tended Skowhegan town meeting
Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Kr0nstadt Again
in Hands of Soviet

Helsingfors, Mar. 17-(By lue
Associated Press) - Kronstadt na'
surrendered to the Soviet forcs''
This announcement is made by wv
revolutionary committee Of KkroA,
stadt which has arrived in Finiaps
accompanied by 500 soldiers. J.
Before retreating from Kronsta.'
the revolutionists blew up the wa
ships Petropavlovsk and Sebatopo y,
General Koslovski, leader OF ~ \
revolutionists, has also arriVeo z
Finland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
KEADFIELD

There will be an all day meeting
of the Ladies Farm Bureau at the
Grange hall today, basket lunch.
The r. U. S. of Readfield will
give a play and dance at Giles hall
this evening. All come and see Sal
" Tunn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
on the morning Of March IA, at her
home near Dudley's corner.

Francis Spofford has moved DID
family to Skowhegan where he has
accepted a position on the section.
Rev. G. L. Thurlough occupied tns
pulpit at the church Sunday.
There will be Sunday school exel'
cises next Sabbath but no preachinas
service on account of the bad travef
ing.
On March % will occur the Easls,
concert at the church. Sunday scno0
at the usual hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. James A..
Fraser of Sharon, Mass, will be
pleased to learn of the arrival of
fine IA pound boy, born to them
Wednesday. Mrs Fraser was for
merly Miss Charlotte E. Noble of this
CITY,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
AUGUSTA LOCALS

The funeral of the late Mrs. Irene
Martin will be held at her late home
on Howard street, 10 o'clock. Satur-
day forenoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18

Mrs. Della BiseIow Mcclure
The Hinckley friends of Mrs Della
Bigelow Mcclure of Skowhegan were
saddened to hear of her sudden death
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
HINCKLEY

! Miss Doris Rogers and brother
Everett of Skowhegan returned Mon
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Officers Forgotten

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The regular army Of che United
States is to be 175,o0o men. Economy
is to be the watchword OF Che new
CongTess--it has been ever thus. It
WIS strange mixture Of Democratic
economy and extravaganza that sent
the American army TO France short Of
artillery, planes machine guns, trans
pcrt-short Of everything, in fact, but
Arm morale and boundless enthusiasm.
We seem committed to the policy Of
armies hastily raised after the emer-
gency itself has arisen. The old COM
paTison may be again repeated-s hre
department organized after the con-
6sgration is well under way.
Yet any fsir-minded citizen will ad-
NIT that we cannot have an army with
out an efficient corps Of officers. Con-
gresa created the officers reserve corps
the permanent military authorities
have filed its ranks with trained men,
commissioned (except in the case of q
few in the highest grade held by
them in the emergency through which
we have passed,
Now Congress has forgotten them.
No appropriation for their further
training--for active duty few weeks
a year-has been made. Unless the in
dividual officer is energetic enough and
can spare time enough TO keep him
self abreast Of current military thought
by means OF books and periodicals, he
is gaining nothing and fast losing
much.
The reserve officers training units
at colleges and universities are gradu-
ating yearly enthusiastic material for
subalterns, the veterans Of the late un-
pleasantness furnish possible material
for company and field officers, yet moth
ing in the way Of further training for
these men has passed the ION paper
stage.
Is this economy?
CORNELIUS c. VERMEULE JR,
New York, Jan. &c, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Kitty O'Shea and Deirdre

The death of Kitty O'Shea in Lon
don brings back TO mind the old
tragedy of Charles Stewart Parnell
that was, alas! but another chapter
in the long train of Irish tragedies.
If Kitty O'Shea had never lived, if
her beauty had not captivated the
heart of the great Irish leader, if he
had been sterner type Of man with
but one loyalty in his heart and but
one purpose in his life, who knows
what might rot have happened!
Gladstone was on the brink Of
achieving Home Rule settlement
that would probably have prevented
much or all that has happened since.
A Puritan revulsion Of feeling, beat
ing against Parnell, had much to do
with the failure Of his plans.
1t was tragic that the fortunes of
a people should have been thus COM
promised by the human frailty Of
one man and one woman. But such
in history, despite all that Mr.. Wells
and the economists Of history can do
to minimize our heroes. 1t is pos
sible to support the Wellsian thesis
upon another ground--that great
emperors and great generals and
great leaders are but the personifi-
cation Of their peoples and their
time-that their greatness and their
pettiness, their success and failure,
are due to traits of national char
acter which only lead to an ap~
pointed climax. But this only
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Main Street a Disease
Broadway Portrayed as Full q
Small Town Narrowncss
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Why does It happen 80 regu-
Iarly that we receive any statement or
unpleasant truth about ourselves with
such a tremendous huilabaloo Of criti-
clsm and cries Of unfairness and that
we, secure in our petty point Of view,
refuse TO see ourselves as others see
US? Usually those of US most con-
spicuous in our defense are the worst
hit by the criticism and are unwilling
70 admit that after all there are flaws
in our makeup. This seems TO be the
position taken by one NJ. c. A, from
Middletown, n. Y, whose views were go
auently aired in The Tribune of Janu-
ary 81.
would like to say that to mo Main
Street is not locality, but stats OF
mind; therefore it does not hit the
small town primarily, but the unpleas-
ant group Of half baked" small
minded people found in every COM
munity. Perhaps they are not as con-
spicuous in larger towns. Perhaps one
could live in New York lifetime and
never encounter one Of them. But they
DO control the small town, refusing to
admit anything new, to try on come
thing they don't know about, crushing
from, their neighbors all the originality
lacking in themselves. 7 wonder If 1t
explains why our young people are
anxious TO get away, TO form their own
opinions, knowing that at home nothing
awaits them but a narrow mold Of
petty gossip and philandering, and
hypocritical religion. And when they
return to visit they bring with them
their own way of living, or else soon
return 70 predetermined community.
individuality and independence Of
thought are what they demand.
So let us 6nd IN oux small towns
rot thousand Gopher Prairies, but In
village and city a thousand thousand
| inhabitants Of Main Street, and per
haps We will understand Mr.. Sinclair
Lewis little better. May I call TO
VI. G. AS attention that Broadway from
Thirty-fourth Street 30 Columbus Cir
clio will yield more Harry aud Juanita
Haydocks from Main Street, seeing
New York, than any ten other thorough
| fares an America, and that Main Street
is nothing more or less than mental
and moral disease chat fattsns on most
o2 US? K.
New York, Feb. i, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

stresses the Importance of such sym
boIs; it leaves them with, if any
thing, an added importance, a great
er significance.
SO with Charles Stewart Parnell.
In his brilliant career is summed up
much Of the Irish tragedy. A lost
leader he has been TO the Irish peo-
pie, unfit to rank with Emmet, for
example, who never faltered. Yet
Irish affection for him has been
strong, rightly, His was & great
and splendid ability, and his hu-
man weakness by no just reason
should dim the rays Of truth and
wisdom. That it has done SO is an
other illustration Of that unhappy
fate which has pursued Britain's
other island, century after century.
IF only Kitty O'Shea had not so
often crossed the path of Deirdre of
the Sorrows!
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
A Painful Situation
From The Los Angeles Times

=. CFron1 The Los Angeles Tines
he ships of the International Mer-
camille Marine are the lawful prey of
the vague winds. Most Of the vessels
have British registry and are therefore
to be drafted as English warships in
time of national need. The company is,
however, American and It's stock Is
owned here. Under the new merchant
marine law the ships would be auxiliary
to the American war feet were there
embodiment. In case of differences be
tween England and America the ships
of the international Mercantile Marine
would have to fight ON both sides. They
might be for Great Britain on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, and be
Uncle Sans bulldogs on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays. On Sundays
they could fly the green flag Of ireland
and take whatever peace they could find.
It wouldn't be much
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
When Laws Were Blue

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Inc hfsU General Letter OF inc
Ne" England Company, sent from
LONDON III 1oo9' enJolhed on inc IN
haoltahIs OF the Plantation sur
cease OF thelr LABOR every Satur-
cay throughout Ihe year at . OF nc
CLOCK IN the afternoon and that
VheE spend the rest OF that day IN
cavechlIlng ana preparation Tor She
0aooath' as tAe MINISTER'S shah Oil
rect
But, the colonlsts proving deaf to
moral suasion, the General Court
proceeded 10 prescribe penalties.
Absence from church was made a
misdemeanor punishable by fine or
Imprisonment. But the law was
failure, and it was stiffened by an
amendment providing that for a sec
ond ofense the offender shall spend
two hours in pillory with 8 paper
pinned on his breast proclaining in
capital letters, A WANTON Cos
PELLER.
But in 1853 it was again deemed
necessary to enlarge the scope Of
the law. Children were included,
and it was ordered that if they
played on the streets their parents
should be fined, and if the offenders
were more than fourteen years Of
age they should be whipped by the
constable But the very next year
another enactment was made. Two
monitors were created for each con-
gregation to see that none left the
church until services We're over.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Repeal the Sullivan Law

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May l second the appeal of your
correspondent in to-day's paper for the
repeal of the Sullivan law?
That law was passed, If am not mis-
taken, for the especial purpose of dis
couraging the gunmen in New York
City. It's absolute failure in that re-
spect must be obvious to every one,
and if it serves any good purpose this
fact has not been made known to us.
All that Mr. Landen says appears
to me to be perfectly true. believe
there is very large number of peo-
pie who feel as he does, but the senti-
ment is not organized. viii not some
one take measures to make it ef-
fective? S. H. THAYER.
Yonkers, N. Y, Jan, 81, 1921,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
"Gesuradheit I"

The rediscussion of the PREPARATION
question has brought re-outbreak
of q propaganda never long quies-
cent. Cultural accents proclaim a
familiar friend. "Gesundheit!" !"
The effort is to convict the Allies
OF having imposed cruel and unjust
peace. Eliminate denuncations along
this line, and not much of the debate
remains.
Thus is displayed again the psy-
Geological monstrosity which has
marked the whole period of the war,
particularly since the signing Of
the armistice. Whatever specific
issue has arisen, an immense din
has reverberated that Germany was
right, or nearly right, and that the
Allies were wrong. One could tell in
advance what a school which loudly
boasts of it's idealism and superior
wisdom would say.
The first general complaint was
that the rule of self-determination
was not perfectly applied in the
treaty. Of course it wasn't. Popu-
lations are too intermingled to tell
in every instance what is the true
local desire. Having uncovered mis-
takes of judgment, and in some cases
disregard of the principle of self
determination, the next step was to
contend that this established delib-
crate hypocrisy. The world was
asked 30 weep over wrongs to the
weak and helpless--the poor Ger
man, the poor Turk, the poor Bulgar,
the poor Kurd.
Then the base Of attack was shift
ed. The elS-determination principle