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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-15
DIED

PIERCE-Blaine, June s. Mrs. c. A.
WHITTIER-Lowell Mass, June
~, Rev. Charles. of Bangor, aged 80
years, 10 months.
CHARACTERIZATION, June 10, Clara
Cain. widow of Isaac S., of Lewiston,
aged SO years.
M-Westbrook, May %,
Albert, aged IS years.
DICKENS-Camden. May 25, Thomas
c., aged sc years.
SAWYER-Malden. Mass, May 26.
Mrs. Frederick, formerly of Bar Har-
Dor.
Observation-Disclosures May 81. Hose
H.. widow of stephen. aged 70 years.
MOODY-Fayettevill n. c., May
o6, Rev. ]. S., aged II years.
PACKARD - Vancouver, Washing
ton, May %. Emma. wife of Capt.
Frank B., and daughter of the late
Adoniram j. and Hannah B. Bird Of
Rockland. aged II years.
STURTEVANT-Sou Paris. June
l, Henry A., of Sumner. aged 81 years.
NEWELL-South Paris, May 20,
Sumner Edwin. aged SIS years.
BURGESS-Rumford May "a, AL
bert, aged IL years.
GILLIS-Rumford. May "a. Mar
garet. aged IL years.
vERRILL-West Bethel. May %.
Mrs. Esther Peabody.
LEMONT-West Bath. June IL.
Margaret Jane, aged 10 years.
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ton is simply to invite clubs and
club members who desire to feel that
they have a club of their own at
the nations capital. We are not go
ing to attempt to subordinate any
club, but the Foundation will sup
plement their work and add to it.
In this central club we shall have
everything that will be a convent
ence, including a swimming pool
and gymnasium, rest rooms and a
good restaurant, in fact, a club hotel
which will provide the greatest COM
forts at the most reasonable prices
to members.
Then we plan a theatre or opera
house. Our auditorium will not in
any way interfere with the plans for
the George Washington Memorial.
which is to be the much-needed con-
vention hall with space for patriotic
societies headquarters. We shall
have, also. an open air auditorium
or sylvan theatre"
1t is the purpose to establish CEN
tiers or branches of the Foundation
in every part of the country so
that the most remote village or farm
house may have a proprietary inter-
est IN the club of clubs in Washing
ton.
There will Re board of forty gov
ernors with the president. six vice.
presidents and an executive commit
tee to direct the work of the Or
ganization. The vice-preside nts in
clude Mrs. Stephen B. Ulkins, Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer and Mrs. John
Hayes Hammond.
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Litchfeld Academy
Graduates Four on
18th Anniversary

Litchfield, Me-, June 14-Litchfield
Academy has held it's graduation
exercises, adding four more names to
the long list who have gone forth
from her doors. many of them to
highly successful careers. Litchfield
Academy is rs years old this year.
Because of this she made of the event
sort of birthday party, and gradu-
alton became an event of more than
ordinary moment.
1t has just been said that some of
her alumni have been most success
full in their chosen work Here is a
partial and very incomplete list, but
1t serves to bear out the truth of the
statement: Horace Austin, justice of
the supreme bench of Iowa, and
afterward governor of Minnesota;
Ira p. Booker, treasurer of Bovdoin
College; William c. Frost, prominent
business man and contractor in Chi
cago; General r. B. Shepard of
Skowhegan; DR.. Isaac w. Starbird,
chief surgeon at the Soldiers Home
! in Chelsea; DR.. Smith Baker, former
pastor of Williston church in Port
/ land and a well known clergyman
throughout the State; and DR.. NJ. c.
| Wedgwood of Lewiston.
Litchfield Academy was instituted
Feb. 7, 1s45. The very idea of
founding the academy caused trouble
in the community. There were two
factions. both of them very strong,
the BaptiSts and Congregationalsts,
and being unable to agree the Bap-
lists organized the Litchfield Liberal
institute. The existence of this sec
ond school proved no barrier to the
success of the academy: there was a
strong rivalry between the two,
which stimulated rather than him
, dered.
Some time in the SOS the Institute
closed for lack of financial support,
and from that time to this, Litchfield
Academy has had an uneventful
though successful history.
In the earlier 6lays Of the school
there were boys in Gardiner who at
ttended the academy there. walking a
distance of 10 miles. At least it
showed an interest in the pursuit of
learning not often felt by the average
lad.
One of the strong features of the
academy was the 1yceums which
We're held each week, and which
tended to develop speakers of no
mean ability. Hon. Oramandel Smith
once said that he believed there were
more good speakers among the farm
ers of Litchfield than in any town of
its size in the State.
The first trustees Of the academy
were Rev Timothy Davis, president:
Thomas Aver and David Billings.
secretaries: Rev. Smith Baker and
William Robinson. vice presidents:
John Neal. Zechariah B. Smith,
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place their poles on State street in
front Of the Capitol with ornamental
iron poles. with nothing but the arms
thereon for the trolley wires, the
high tension wires to run through
Capitol street and again connect with
State by way of Scott street. He will
also replace two poles, carrying out
side light wires. with the iron poles
One near the adjutant generals
building and one near Scott street.
Eight men and one team are now
at work on the Blaine Memorial part
at the cemetery. Chester Worthing
has cleared out all the dead trees and
growth, that have not been touched
for years. The result of this sea-
sons work is now beginning to show,
much to the advantage of that beau
tiful spot.
A water system for the Blaine park
has been devised and secured by Supt.
Brown at a mere nominal expense.
The Military Department had the
pipe. the water, the tank on Camp
keyes and the pump, at work. He
therefore secured 1000 feet of the pipe
and laid on top the ground to the
Blaine lot, where six or eight outlets
are provided and the park can be wa
tered thoroughly at any time, with
little trouble and no expense.
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Bangor Woman's
Narrow Escape
From the Col. Flood

Bangor, Me, June 14-MisS Bertha
V. Richardson, formerly well known
in this city, who has been living in
Santa Barbara, Cal, for the past sew
en- years, has returned to Bangor to
live and was accompanied as Tar as
Boston by Miss Eva Grow of Santa
Barbara, formerly of Vermont. Miss
Grow is going to her native home IN
that state. The two travellers had
many exciting adventures on the way
and were in the big Colorado flood.
While going through Royal Gorge
their train was slowed down by the
great amount of rain and hail, the
train, which had been racing along at
good rate, moving at hardly more
than a snail's pace. So thick was the
rain that nothing could be seen be-
yond a few feet and the thunder and
lightning were terrifying.
AS there is no lightning or thunder
in California this particular air dis
turbance was the first that Miss
Richardson had seen in seven years
and the elements seemed to be max
ing up for the absence. At one time
the lightning struck a nearby big
rock and hurled fragments against
the train windows. Only a short time
after the train carrying Miss Rich
ardson and Miss Grow had passed
over the bridge at Pueblo, the con-
struction was washed away About
40 people were drowned in their seats
in the train following the Santa Bar
bara girls, the train being washed off
the track and colliding with another
line of cars on a parallel track
Miss Richardson was a prominent
member of the Essex Street Baptist
church Is years ago, while DR.. 10th
rop was pastor. She has been living
in California with her sister, Mrs. H.
Ethel McBurnie, who visited in Ban
gor recently and on her way to Ban
gor visited many relatives in Boston
and vicinity and also her nephew.
Crane A. Morrison, of this city, who
is operator at the Western Union Of
flee in Portland for the summer.
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Governor Percival P. Baxter Will
leave Portland at 1905 this (Wednes-
day. morning by train for Calais to
attend the Washington county meet
ing under the auspices of the Maine
Chamber Of Commerce and Agricul-
tural League. The program includes
luncheon at noon and an outdoor
meeting in the afternoon.
The Governors private secretary
Gilbert r. Chadbourne, left Augusta
Tuesday afternoon for Portland and
will accompany Governor Baxter on
this trip. Adjutant General John A.
Hadley also went to Bangor, where
he will join Colonel Albert Greeniaw
of PASSPORT and Lieut.. Col. James M.
Gnlin of Bangor. all three of the
staff to proceed by automobile TO
Join the Governor at Calais.
The party will leave Calais Thurs
day night, arriving in Augusta IN
ample season for the regular session
on Friday Of the Governor and Coun-
Gil
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New Corporations

The Office of the attorney general of
Maine has approved the articles of
incorporation of the following cor
porations, organized under the laws
of this State:
Maine Sales & Novelty Co.. Inc,
organized June 9 at Augusta. Capt.
tai stock, $4,000; all common; moth
ing paid in; par value, SO; shares
subscribed. 3. President, Daniel
Weber, Augusta; treasurer, Charles
H. Cooke, Gardiner; clerk, Burleigh
Martin. Augusta; directors, Daniel
Weber of Augusta, Charles H. Cooke
of Gardiner and We're C. Thyng of
Augusta. Purposes, to buy, sell and
deal in furniture, silverware, iewelry
and all novelties of every nature and
description, both at wholesale and
retail, and to deal in real estate and
personal property in conjunction and
connection with the aforesaid BUSH
ness. Approved June 10.
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ADJUSTMENTS
BILL HART AND
BUSTER KEATON
ATOPERA HOUSE

William S. Hart and Buster Kea-
ton are both on the bill at the Au-
gusta Opera House for today and
Thursday. To be sure, they both do
not appear in the same picture.
That's all the better, for each has
a vehicle of his own and each is said
to offer the best work he has vet
done for the screen.
Hart will be seen in the Para
mount picture "Thc Testing Block" -
written by himself. The story is one
that not only grips the interest and
catches tho breath. but it is so far
out of the ordinary, even for Bill
Hart, that it is bound to be classed
as a big picture. 1t deals with Isl
ezra" Bill. the notorious bandit chief,
whose lawless operations have occa-
stoned a reign of terror throughout
the Sierras and the neighboring ter
citory. He vanquishes some seven
members of his gang in terrific
fist fight with the prize for the scrap
being a beautiful violinist. Nellie
Gray. Sierra Bill with the aid of
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THE AMERICAN
INDIANS ARE NOT
FADING AWAY

st. Paul, Mimi, June 1.-THE Am
erican Indians are not decreasing in
numbers, according to DR.. Elmer E.
Higley, of Des Moines. who was re-
Gently appointed Superintendent of
Indian work of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, who is here attending
Missionaries.
There are more than one third of
million Indians in the United
States" added Rev. Higley, "and If
ty-seven distinct languages are spok-
en-
"A survey among the Indians has
just recently been made by the Cen
tenary officials and shows that not
only the full blooded Indians are in
creasing. but also the mixed bloods,
with better homes, medical attention,
and better care of Indian babies and
with the missionaries taking the Cos
pei of soap, sanitation and salvation.
the increase of the number of In
dams will continue
TWo-thirds cannot understand the
American language. Thirteen per
cent of the Indians are afflicted with
tuberculosis, and $4,000 suffer from
trachoma. Three out of every five
Indian children die before the age of
five years
There are 430 Protestant mission
aries and 275 Catholic, with GIG
Church buildings with a membership
OF $4,000 Protestants and 81, 900 Cath
olics.
Fully two-thirds of the whole In
dian population is yet without gospel
privileges whatever, either Protesta Mt
or Catholic. The Methodist centen-
airy program plans large enterprises
among the red men" n
The following letter from Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, Charles Fl.
Burke, to the Rev. Higley was read
at the Conference:
Inc progress that has been made
IN the civilization of the Indians and
their present development would have
been impossible if it had not been for
the missionaries that were the pio-
neers in laying the foundation for the
relgious and educational welfare of
these people, and it is my hope that
we may have the assistance and co.
operation of all missionary societies
IN our endeavor to hasten the time
when all of the Indians in the conn
try may become respectable. self
supporting, Christian citizens"
"A second conference of Indians will
be held at Salem, Ore, on June q.
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his famous Pinto pony, is said to
have vanished with his prey and is
now hiding in the mountains with a.
Sheriff's posse in pursuit.
The story of Sierra Bill and Nelly
Gray is romantic one. During a
raid at Pan Creek, Sierra Bill OBJ
tanned the poster picture of Nelly
Gray, a violinist attached to a stroll
ing minstrel company. This poster
seems to have affected him deeply
and when the Ellis Travelling Play
ers are sent for by the band to pro-
vide them with entertainment, ST.
ezra Bill at once recognizes the post
er girl. He fails in love with her as
she plays the violin and his soul is
strangely affected.
There are three women in the min
strel company. While Sierra Bill is
dreaming of Nelly Gray. one of the
bandits proposes that they gamble
for the girls. Sierra Bill offers to
fight the bandits one by one for first
choice. A terrific battle ensues from
which Sierra Bill energies victorious.
Maddencd by liquor, he seizes Nelly
Gray and dragging her before JUS
tice of the Peace, forces her to mar
ry him and the couple disappear.
The two are discovered later liv-
ing near Placer, happily welded, but
interesting developments rapidly en-
sue-dcvelopmcnts that make a
strong virile drama of human lives.
Buster Keaton will be found right
in his element in "Neighbors." for
not only does he get into all kinds
of antics, but he is the center of
trouble in a neighborhood row that
offers some situations far out of the
ordinary. In addition to these two
features, there will be a Select News
service to round out the Opera House
program. and all at the usual Opera
House prices.-Adv.
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Osteopathic Examinations

The State Board of Osteopathic
Examination and Registration on
Tuesday opened a two-days session
in the Senate chamber at the State
House for the examination of candi-
dates for admission to practice in this
State, four candidates presenting
themselves and one being admitted
from New Jersey by the reciprocity
arrangement.
The examinations are being con-
Quoted by the following members OF
the board: Chairman DR.. ]. o. Nc
Dowell of Brunswick; Secretary DR..
Albert E. Chittenden Of Auburn, DR..
O. P. Ahlauist of Portland and DR..
Virginia Gay King of Augusta.
The annual business meeting, for
the election of officers, ETC., will be
held at 2 P. NJ. Wednesday in the
Senate chamber.
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PUNISH ERRING
HUSBANDS, END
FAMILY TROUBLES

New York, June 14-(By Associate
cd Press)- John Kochen-
dorfer OF this city has begun to put
into effect his doctrine, recently ex-
pounded, that the right kind Of pun
ishment for erring husbands win end
marital infelicity.
Holding that husbands are to
blame for -eighths Of all do
nestle rows, the magistrate an
nounced that instead Of sending them
to Jail, he would sentence them to
any one of ten tasks they might
choose Then. the next convicted
husband who was arraigned before
him for abusing his wife was ordered
to do common housework for week.
or go to the workhouse.
The choices MAGISTRATE Kochen-
dorfer allows his .prisoners follow:
Prepare the family breakfast every
morning. r. -}t
Take care of the children one hour
every day.
Buy candy and fruit for the wife
and children once q week.
Stay home one night week.
Take the family out every Sunday
to church in the morning and for
a walk in the afternoon.
Allow the wife to handle the finan-
ces Of the family.
Start savings bank account
Wait on himself instead of asking
the wife to wait on him.
Repeat every day to his wife, at
least once, his marriage vows.
Wash the dishes every night.
Magistrate Kochendorfer says that
few men recognize the daily monot-
ony of a woman's life in keeping a
household together on small pay.
The men have some variety even if
only in going from their homes to
their offices but the wives are SEN
fenced to monotonous drudgery.
Men who abuse their wives need
waking up more than they need JAIL"
the Magistrate expounded. "The ay-
erage man would be cured perma-
nently if he could be set to the tasks
to which his wife is committed and
thus learn how much less attractive
is her day than his"
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Woman's National
Foundation Plans
Big Work in Future

Washington, June 1.-THE Wom-
ans National Foundation, recently
organized here as q means to focus
the interests OF the women of the
country in cooperation with women's
organizations, has bought a million
dollar tract of land in the heart of
the Connecticut avenue residential
district and plans to erect buildings
costing about $3.5OO0OO. The site
of the home of the organization is
the old Dean tract on Connecticut
avenue hill. 1t is probably the last
remaining estate of extensive
grounds in the region which has not
yielded to the uptown march of bus
mess and apartment hotels.
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun, president of
the foundation. has described its OBJ
jects in an address to its thirty
founders. as follows:
Our purpose is cooperative
work for humanity. heard a man
say that a tremendous dynamic force
has been liberated in the world by
the acknowledgements of women, that
the greatest statesman would be the
man or woman who could use that
force to the best advantage and help
to direct it. We are the mothers,
wives and sisters of the race. the nat
ural housekeepers of the nation.
and 1t behooves us to see that our
house is put in order and kept clean.
1t is not our purpose to try to di-
rect the policies of members of the
Foundation, but as body polite to
give to the women of all parties the
opportunities to study their respect
i've platforms and to realize lust
what they have before them now
that they have taken up the duties
Of citizenship. We must study Amer
icanism and try to bring back the
old, simple standards and the high
ideals and to stand with a solid front
against the insidious propaganda
that is endeavoring to disintegrate
US.
"One of the objects of the Founda,-
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Fish and Game

Special Inspector and Warden
George E. Cushman of the Portland
railroad station reports to the De-
rartment of Inland Fisheries and
Game the payment of a fine of $50
by L. E. Edwards for taking short
trout.
A hearing has been ordered by Com
missioner Parsons for 10 A. NJ. on
Wednesday, June % at Hotel Blan-
chard at Stratton on the question of
the PRONUNCIATION of regulations to
prohibit any person or party from
hshing or camping on the North
branch of the Dead river between the
Eustis town line on Dead river and
Chain of Ponds; also on Alder
stream, without being in charge Of
a registered guide.
Vance L. Houghton Of Lee writes
to the department asking permission
to keep and bring up a baby deer.
which permission was granted Just
as soon as the department learned
the circumstances. which were as
follows:
Mr.. Houghton was with the fire
fighters at Chain of Lakes, back of
Lee and found the baby deer on the
fire front, in great danger, it's moth
err being nowhere in sight and the
little fellow not knowing where or
why to seek safer quarters.
Mr.. Houghton carried the deer to
a nearby swamp, but the chap per-
sisted In returning to the fire line, so,
to save its life, he carried it to the
camp where he was stopping, an
American Realty Co. camp.
The deer's fate can easily be i'm
aglned, when it is also known that
Mr. Houghton writes that the fire lat
er burned distance of four miles
beyond where the deer was rescued.
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l., Waterville. arrived Friday to pass
the summer vacation with his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Harris,
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Lord and
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Sylvester
of Bangor, are on an automobile triu
to Quebec and other points.
Mrs. Mildred Foster of Wateryils
visited friends several days last
week.
DR.. and Mrs. Fred Lovejoy and son
Robert of Pennington passed SUNDAY
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
win Holt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Salisbury and
son Dean were in Norridgewock
Monday to attend the funeral Of a
relative.
Canaan Grange will observe Vet.
Grams Day, June 20. Dinner will be
served at noon.
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UNITY

DR.. and Mrs. F. r. Carter Of Angus.
ia were week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. C. Whitaker. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Estes, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Farwell and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Leadbetter were in Benas,
Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Gray, District supern.
tendent, attended the quarterly con.
ference held at the church Fiidg
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett York Of
Brewer were at E. E. York's over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mussey, Mrs
Z. w. MusSey and Mrs. W. S. Stev.
ems were in Waterville Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Farwell attend
ed the circus at Waterville THURSDAY
Charles Hutch has recently pur.
chased a new automobile.
c. A. Adams has his dance hail.
that he is building at Windemers
Park, nearly completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Glines entr.
tanned guests from Lewiston over
Sunday.
Hugh Chase who is attending the
Boston school of Technology is at
home for the summer vacation.
+. b. Grant was a week end guest
OF friends in Bangor.
Mrs. F. w. Fairbanks is in W.
Fairbanks store while he is in q
hospital in Massachusetts for medical
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. knight were In
Newburg Wednesday.
Charles Gannett who has been
quite ill for the past two weeks is
improving.
The many friends of Mrs. Eunice
Harding Haynes. formerly of this
pace, were surprised to hear of her
death which occurred at her home in
Lincoln, Saturday, June 4th. The re.
mains were brought to this place
Mohoay of last week for interment
II. w. Drawn and E. H. Hurd, were
in Belfast Thursday.
The grammar school grades held a
social at the I. o. o. F. hall Tuesday
evening.
Z. w. Whitney and E. D. Chase
We're in Newburg Wednesday in the
interest of the Unity Tel. Co.
Ihere was a large delegation Of
Reoekahs from this place who at
tended the District meeting held in
Searsport THURSDAY.
Virginia Wood who has been at.
tending business college in Boston
returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. H. w. Brown was in Brooks
Thursday.
y. ID. Conner attended the annual
meeting of the Shriners at Old Or
chard Friday.
William Stevens who has been ID
1or the past few months remains
about the same.
Miss Violet Thompson who has
oeen teaching in Corinna the pas
year, Is at home for the summer.
Mrs. Mary Parkhurst, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. RhoO |
Taylor. for the past two weeks, re-
turned to her home in Quebec Thurs
day.
All the schools in town closed fn /
DAY for the summer vacation. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Harding
Lewiston were calling on friends
town Tuesday.
r. L. Libby Of Waterville was
business visitor in town Friday Il
E. L. Bradford Of Auburn was
town Friday.