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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-13
STATE HOUSE
. m.,, of Governor Council Tuesday, g. 7so

Colonel William NJ. Aver OF OAK
land. chairman of the Maine Highway
Commission, Wednesday receiver
word from Washington that road
building officials among the State
highway departments all over the
country intend to appeal to members
of the Senate and House to pass the
bill introduced by Senator Phipps OF
Colorado. which would turn over 10
the states a quantity Of road build
ing equipment in the possession OF
the War Department
The road building equipment or
dered to be turned over to the states
under the Phipps bill consists OF looo
fve-ton caterpillar tractors and 2oo
mobile machine shop units, for re-
pairing and rebuilding tractors
trucks. etc, used in road building.
The War Department has on hand
left over from the war, 1000 sucn
tractors alone. in addition to many or
the machine shop units. it is stated.
The tractors are valued at between
$4,000 and $4,000 each, total OF ABOUT
$4,000. 900, and it is said, the ex-
pcnditure Of this amount of money or
a large part of it in state taxes for
road building machinery could be
saved to the ax-payers OF the states
if the Phipps bill could be passed ana
the War Department turn over the
equipment to the states.
Almost all the states have large
road building programs. In only a
few of them it is impossible 10 WORK
on the roads in the winter. Many OF
the states are thus gradually putting
mon to work. North Carolina has
recently approved bond issue OF
$50 100000 for that purpose and west
Virginia and other states are follow
ing a similar policy. This does MOI
take into account road building by
counties Of which there are aoou'
5000 in the United States and does
not embrace the so called "federa
aid" roads, which may be built partly
with federal and partly with state ano
county money.
The 1000 War Department tractors
of which the states want 1900. are ad-
mitted by many army officers to be
on the road to obsolescence, and II
another war We're to occur now it is
said that few, if any, of these trac-
tors on hand would be used. in view
of the economies that would be had
by using the latest type tractor fol-
purely military purposes.
State highway officials, governors
Of states and others hope to interest
Gen. Dawes. the director general OF
the budget, and Col Smithers, the
chief co-ordinator Of the new genera
supply system. which will dispose OF
government property left over from
the war; which is not needed They
expect to get Gen. Dawes and Col
Smithers to use their influence te
have the War Department designate
as unnecessary surplus at least 1906
Of the 1000 tractors on hand.
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How Conn. Parsons
Caught the Hunters

IN" hunting season is young yet; il
has already been long enough to reveal
that there are people in Miliinocket
who have not absorbed the fact thai
game laws are made for the benefit Of
TIE hunter, and cannot be broken with
IMMUNITY Several would-bc sports
last Sunday left Millinoclet by aut,,
and selected the Grindstone road as
delightfully."- quiet place to break the
law against Sunday hunting and ines
dcntally TO get deer or two. Leav-
ing their automobiles alongside the
highway the quartet took their gun or
guns and made for the dense woods.
I'nluckily for them Willis F. Parsons
commissioner of Inland Fisheries and
Game, happened to be taking a con
stitutional in that secluded place with
ms chief warden. Howard Wood, and
another officer. Observing the cars
unattended they resolved to await de-
velopments. After a short period the
passengers from the cars returned
empty handed. but were given to
understand that they were guilty IF
offenses against the law. Caught, red
handed they thought that poor ex-
cuse was better than none. so the*
"squealed" to 'Commish" that at least
a hundred of Miilinocket's sportsmen
went hunting every Sunday, why not
go after them Mr.. Parsons is going
to go after them, and after. any who
break the game laws and it will be an
expensive Sundays outing for some IL
they are caught Illegally hunting, as
it was for the men caught last Sunday.
'-MilIinocket letterA Bangor News.
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King Constantine
Roughs It With Sol
dierS in the Field

/ Eski Shehir. Anatolia, Sept. 8
! (The Associated ess)-When King
Constantine departed from Athens
for the Asia Minor front he left be
| hind whatever luxuries, pleasures
and diversions belong to monarch.
! Today, he is living in a mud house in
this ancient Turkish settlement. with
only his aide de- camps as compan-
ions. His living room. which is
: adorned with quotations from the
Koran, was until recently the harem
of a prosperous local Turk. His bed
is a modest iron affair that might be
found in any American lodging house.
The King eats the same coarse
foods as his soldiers The palace
| cooks and chefs were left in Athens
Lski- Shehir affords little that could
be called luxurious. The chief diet
of the $4,000 inhabitants is coarse
black bread and sour milk .(ayout")
This is not Constantine's regimen,
| but often his meals have consisted
only of the native Turkish bread, a
can of sardines and fragment of
/ goats cheese. There is no wine to
be had here. Tea, coffee and water
are the universal beverages
I When the King received The AS
ISOLATED Press correspondent. he
! apologized for the poor surroundings
and expressed the hope that the re-
porter had found better accommoda-
tons.
Il suppose We must expect some
discomforts and inconvenience in a
country like Asia" said Constantine
induleently, but | wouldn't mind if
only the houses were clean This
place wasn't fit for habitation when
| came here first. But now after
many days of sweeping, scrubbing
and dlsinfecting, we've managed to
make the rooms tolerably clean
Since ] came to Anatolia l think
I've encountered every form of in
'ect and bug that natural history
speaks of. My greatest desire is to
get a real bath"
Apart from the rather severe liy-
ing conditions that confront the King,
he has few or no diversions. He sell
dom ventures outside the walls of his
homely Turkish domicile. IT proba-
bly, would be unsafe to do So Except
for officers of the army, he has few
or no visitors. His personal admirers
and the habitues of, the court. of
course, remained in Athens. The
King passes much of his time perus-
| ing reports from his army and read
ing American and foreign books and
newspapers. Being soldier. Con-
stantine doesn't seem to mind the
lack of comforts and the little hard :
| ships he has to contend with here.
| He is essentially democratic and sim
PIE in his tastes. 1t is this democra
cy and simplicity that have endeared
him to his soldiers. That is why
! they call him 'patera" (our father.
| The Kings health has not permitted
! him to take active command in the
field. He still has traces of his old
pleural trouble.
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ADJUSTMENTS
SHE CHOOSES
POVERTY OVER
RICH HOME

If an ordinary girl had her choice
of being a lady with q stately gen.
ealogical tree or wife to the captain
of a ffshing smack, it is proba BILE she
would prefer Partisan schools, party
frocks and two arstocratic aunts.
But she is not an ordinary girl. She
is Gladys Walton, Universal star,
who has a family crest of imposing
device as any genealogical book will
show.
Yet in her picture The Rowdy"
which will be shown at the Colonial
theatre today, Miss Walton chooses
the humble life in a fishing village in
preference to society flapper's OK
istence. For in the colony of sturdy
fishermen, there is adventure, and
the love for which every girl waits,
while in the stately home she is of
fered, there is nothing but monoto-
nous stiffness and the kindly affec-
ton of two old people
The picturesque settings of THE
Rowdy" make it a picture notable
for its scenic beauty IT is replete
with thrills-a fight with whales-the
strue giles between a mans desire and
a girls cleverness, sea clash be-
tween men for supremacy in love.
One of the biggest comedies Of the
season will also be shown today. 1t
is All Wrong" and CLYDE Cook. the
famous acrobatic funny man. is the
star. The Paramount Magazine and
Ford Weekly will also be seen.-Adv.
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Industrial Accidents Hearings

Arthur j.. Thayer of Bangor. chair
man of the Maine Industrial Accident
Commission, has assigned hearings
as follows:
Henry Jameson VS.. J. Leopold &,
Insurance Co, insurers; petition for
review of agreement: hearing set for
Thursday, Oct 13, at a. NJ, in the
municipal court room at Rocllland.
Freeman Marston VS.. the Francis
Cobb Shipbuilding Co. and the Tray
elers' Insurance Co, insurers: petit
ton for review of agreement: hearing
set for Thursday, Oct. IA. at A. NJ,
in the municipal court room at Rock
land.
William Burns VS.. the Rockland &
Rockport Lime Corporation and the
Travellers Insurance Co. insurers:
petition to determine the extent of
permanent Impairment: hearing set
for Thursday. Oct 10, at 10 A. NJ, in
the municipal court room at Rock
land. before the full commission.
Medbury Smith VS. the John L.
Goss Corporation and the Employers
1laDlllty Assurance corporation, III i
surers: petition to determine the eX-
tent of permanent Impairment: hear
/ ing set for Thursday. Oct. IA. at 10
, A. NJ. in the municipal court room at
Rockland before the full commits
sion.
Otis Averett VS.. the Dunn &;
Elliott Co. and the Travellers Insur-
ance Co. insurers; petition to deter
mine the extent of permanent i'm
pairment: hearing set for Thursday
/ Oct. IS. at II A. NJ. in the municipal
court room at Rockland, before the
! full commission.
Walter Maxcy VS.. 7. l.. Snow and
! the Aetna Life Insurance Co. insur-
ers: petition to adjust medical bills:
hearing set for Thursday. Oct. IA, al
. F. NJ. in the municipal court room
at Rockland before the full commits
sion.
Donald Rivers VS.. the Dunn &
Elliott Co and the Travellers In
surance Co., insurers: petition to de-
ternine the extent of permanent i'm
pairment: hearing set for Thursday
Oct. IA, at . p. NJ. in the municipal
court room at Rockland before the
| full commission
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MEn-W0mEK
READ CAREFULLY

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Daily and Sunday-you
get:
The most reliable news
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The best of comics, in
Guiding Mutt & Jeff, Dicky
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others.
The Uncle Dudley Edi-
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corps of experts.
Remember the Boston
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-13

spected July Il: last inspection by
an overseer, last February. One in
mate. a man of 80; able to go out and
take care of himself. but very filthy
in habits. One boarder, who pays 81
per day. House could care for nine,
although not enough furnished rooms
for that number. Rooms light and
airy; living room not very well furn-
ished, though perhaps sufficient for
the few inmates. No visitors. No
work by inmates. Tramps work for
food and lodging. Are locked in at
night in separate room.
House Of wood; rooms in very good
condition. Plenty of dishes and bed
ding. No refrigerator. Clean cement
cellar Good wood furnace. Water
from spring on mountain side. House
lighted by. oil lamps. One fire ex-
tingiusher. but date of recharging I'M
known. Some new paper and paint,
but no permanent improvements.
Some dairying is carried on. The
main object of running the farm is to
man, as it would be very hard to
find a boarding place for him.
CHARLESTON TOWN FARM
Superintendent and matron. Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Fox. No other en-
ployes Inspected July -: last In
spection by an overseer on June II.
Two inmates: a one-legged man, 81
years. and a woman of 50, in bed with
cancer of stomach. Neither do any
work. Family and inmates eat to-
gether. Relatives call occasionally
Reading matter supplied.
) Buildings not in very good repair
but house is kept as neat and clean
as can be expected. Furniture and
table furnishings simple and ade-
auate: bedding good and sufficient
No refrigerator. but an ice tank. Food
kept in tank and cellar, clean and
good Water from well in yard. No
fire protection. Kitchen and dining
room papered a year ago, the only
improvement for the year.
! Recommendation and suggestions
The building should receive a
thorough going over, as it is badly in
need of repair. Bathing should be
required at least once a week; now
encOura ged once q month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-13
OAKLAND WOMEN
NATIONAL OFFICERS

Oakland, Me, Oct. 12-Miss Louise
NJ. Benson has just returned from tn"
national convention of the Daughters
of Veterans held in Indianapolis, where
she received the honor of being elected
rational president of the organization.
Miss Benson was department pres
dcnt- last year and has held other
Offices in State and national depart
mcnts. She organized Sarah Sampson
Tent No. s. Daughters Of Veterans,
Of Oakland, of which she is a member.
She also organized Mother Niclierdykh
Tent, No !. of St Cloud. Fla The ne "
national president is a member of
Corps. being past president. mem
Der of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Her father is George T. Benson Of
Oakland, who served in Company q,
Third Maine Volunteers War of the
REBELLION. She is a graduate of OAK
land high school and Coburn Classical
institute of Waterville. and she took
Il special course at Colby college. Since
that time she has been engaged for
the most part in secretarial work, be-
ing a very efficient worker.
Another Oakland woman to receive
a high national honor is the national
secretary, also recently elected Mrs
Mildred Boynton Libby. also a finen-
Der of Sarah Sampson Tent. She de-
riyes her eligibility to the order
through her grandfather. tire late
Charles F. Towle of Company *
Third Maine Regiment. She was de
partmcnt secretary last year and is 4
past tent president Mrs. Boyntor
is graduate of Oakland high school
and of the Thomas Business college
at Waterville. Both ladies are quail
fed for these high positions and the
Sarah Sampson Tent has just cause to
feel proud of the honor bestowed upon
two of its members.
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Cost Money to Sell
Hosiery in France

Bangor. Me-. Oct 1.-THE supreme
court was kept occupied Tuesday by
the case of the Bay State Foreign
Trade Co. of Boston against A. Fred
Goldberg Of Bangor Goldberg went
to France in the Yankee Division and
after the Armistice had been agreed
on he remained in Paris as agent for
the defendants, who claimed that
, they shipped him hosiery valued at
$1,000 and received no remittance for
it. The defense was that $1,000 worth
was unstable. having been damaged.
and that the s2700 received in sales
was taken up by expenses
Joseph Batter of Boston, president
of the Bay State Company, was the
principal witness for the plaintiff and
Mr. Goldberg appeared in his own
defense.
The jury retired late in the after
noon and after long deliberation re-
turned a verdict of $3.50 for sthe
plaintiff.
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Peace-Time Factories
Occupy Old Ger
man War Shops

Berlin, Sept. "@--t BY Mail)-The
( principal former military and naval
work shops Of the German govern
ment. which were closed in 1919 in
accordance with the treaty Of Yer
| sailles, have been reopened as
| peace time factories" and are pro-
ducing goods more adapted to usages
| of peace than war.
Two hundred thousand wohkmen,
! thrown out OF employment by the
! closing of the shops, have been re-
! employed.
Among the larger factories con-
verted from military to commercial
pursuits We're the artillery work
/ shops. ammunition, gun, powder and
! fireworks laboratories at Amberg.
| Dachau, Cassel, IIrfurt, Ingolstadt,
Lippstadt, Munich, Siegburg, Span
! dau and Wolfgang, near Hanau, as
we'll as the navy yards and naval
| torpedo shops at Friedrichsort, Kiel.
and Ruestringen.
These factories are opera ting vir-
/ tually full time, producing foundry
products. castings and wrought iron
stamped and drawn pieces all sorts
of machinery, railroad supplies. mo-
| tors, motorcycles. hand and machine
| tools. pneumatic tools, electrical
utensils, ship machinery, motor and
sailing boats. agricultural implo-
ments, furniture, locomotives rail-
road cars, automobiles and auto
! trucks.
| The work of Transforming TIE war
factories TO commercial i1caras -,
dertaken by the government with the
| permission of the Council Of Amhas
| sailors, was assigned TO stock com
| pany, shares Of which were taken by
the government, the board of con
troll being composed of government
cficials and representative financiers
and industrialists.
German demands are accounting
for most Of the output of these fac
tories but-surplus products are ind
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Invaluable Work of
Unknown in Running
Down Drug Crooks

New York, Oct. 12-Due to the
voluntary work of wealthy New
Yorker, known to the police depart
ment as TX. Blanc" New York has
become an international clearing
house for police information concern
ing the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs
This information. together with an
account of the work done by N
Blanc in Europe, whence he has
just returned. has been made public
by Special Deputy Police Commits
sioner Carleton Simon.
Commissioner Simon, who also
serves without pay as head of the
narcotics division of the police de-
partment, said that *. Blanc" work
ing as his European assistant, had
secured the operation of England
Belgium and France in a determined
effort to stamp out the contraband
traffic
To this end. he announced, author
tiles in Paris. London and Brussels
have arranged to send all informa =
ton relating to drugs and drug ad-
diets to New York as fast as it is
collected and to keep the department
here advised Of intended shipments
Of contraband TO this and other
countries.
Commissioner Simon said that tx.
Blanc" reported alarming increases
in drug addiction in all European
countries except Germany. manufac-
lures much of narcotics shipped here.
Belgium authorities. he. added. are
divided in their opinions on whether
the increased use Of narcotics or the
increased showing of American Wild
West" moving pictures is to be
blamed for recent outbreaks Of crime.
Train robberies occurred in that
country this year for the first time
in its history. he said !.
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ing a ready outside market, particu-
larly in the Scandinavian countries.
where the high price of money as
against the German mark adds to the
attractiveness of purchases of Ger
man wares. German made autonno-
biles are especially in demand by
foreign dealers.
The manufacturers of farm ma
chlnery and railroad equipment are
looking to Russia as a chief custom
er as soon as conditions in that
country have been stabilized and al
ready hundreds OF representatives of
German exporting firms have gone
into the Soviet republic to study the
situation and prepare for a CONNER
cial offensive, in which the British
are expected to be the most alert
competitors.
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edy to the screen comic, but there is
some drama and a big bunch of nice
things, including thrills. beauty
scenes, hayseed town and so on.
"A Small Town Idol' achieves more
legitimate honors than any Sennett
comedy since Mickey" At times the
plot interest and story values of the
production rise to points OF poignant
interest. But Mr.. Sennett is too
wise to repudiate entirely the style
that identifies him. There is much
riotous hilarity in "A Small Town
Idol" there is a veritable army OF
beautiful girls-five hundred of them
assembled in single episode. and
there are. ingenious stunts" thrill
ing escapades and wildly developed
chases. The production is an Asso-
ciatcd Producers release.
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WALDOBORO

NORTH-Miss Cassie j. Walter
has been shingling her house.
Frank Stetson of Feyler's Corner
was in this place Friday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Stahl, Mr.. and
Eugley took an auto ride to Rockland
Thursday.
Kenneth Heyer, who has employ
ment in the button factory at Waldo
boro was at home over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. w. F. league, Mr..
and Mrs Alden Winchenbach and
daughter Alice were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. F. l.. league in War
rem.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mank of Bos-
ton. Mass. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Shuman at Cedar Hedge farm.
Mrs. Florence Shuman was a guest
of Mrs Ada Feyler at Feyler's Corner,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Witten of
Stickney's Corner were in this place
on business Friday afternoon.
! Mrs. Octavia Dreamer is in Jeffer-
son for few weeks. keeping house
/ for Mrs. George Weeks while she is
on a visit to her sisters in the west.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Fred n. Oliver of
4 Waldoboro passed Sunday afternoon
with their daughter, Mrs. John \.
Rurnheimer.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. d. o. Stahl ana Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Shuman passed
Sunday afternoon with friends in
South Waldoboro.
! Gilbert F. Mank of Feylers Corner
and daughter, Mrs. Roxy Benner, with
her two children, were Sunday guests
+. Of relatives in this place.
, Twenty nine members of Sever
Tree Grange of Union visited Maple
Grange Thursday evening. supper
was served in the hall dining room
which consisted of a salmon stew
cakes. pies, and coffee. The visiting
grange furnished the program which
was 4 good one in every way and we
only hope this grange will visit us
again in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Wellman and
Miss Linda Vannah of Winslow's
Mills attended church in this place
Sunday. They were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Cargill of Union.
A large congregation was in at
tendance at the church Sunday morn
ing ana had the pleasure of listcning
to n very Instructive sermon by Mis-
sionary Willard E. Overlook of Razor
vile.
The farmers in this place have beer
very busy the past week hauling APP
pies and squash to the Medomak
Canning factory at Winslow's Mills.
4 y. O. Stahl has a nice span Cf work
horses which he recently purchased
o. George Simmons of Rockland.
| F. G. league is confined to the
house hy illness
/ Fred H. Calderwood is working for
parties in Union this week picking
apples.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Witham end
son Byron of Waldoboro were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Burnheimer.
Lerton Mank has had a brick
chimney built in his blacksmith shop
Mr. and Mrs. G. c. Walter and
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Death Was His Own Fault

The Public Utilities Commission in
/ a decision in regard to the accident
on the Maine Central Railroad near
Lincoln. August 90 last, which result
ed in the death of Samuel Clay, aged
81. of Lincoln. declares that Mr. Clay
was trespasser upon the railroad
track. a place where he had no right
/ to 60 and place of especial danger
to a person of his advanced years
! and defective hearing. Mr.. Clay
was instantly killed about 233 p. NJ
on August 90, when struck by Maine
. Central eastbound freight train No.
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Lots Of Things to See
in Small Town Idol"

Ben Turpin has become such a ia
miliar figure in short subjects, that it
8 real relief 70 know he has bios
somed out in n six-reeI feature. It
is called Small Town Idor' and it
will be seen at the Augusta Opera
house on Friday and Saturday
But cock screw eyed Ben is not
the only feature Of the production.
Beautiful Marie Provost and equally
beautiful Phyllis Haver will be in the
play as well as the irrepressible
Charley Murray.
Of course it is a Mack Sennett pro-
duction. and it is the first. he has
turned out for Associated Producers.
Not only are there all kinds of COM