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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-08
Chambers Grist
Holds Much in Store
for Welfare of CITY

Inc board OF Directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce set the wheels in
motion at their regular monthly
meeting. held yesterday afternoon.
Tor bigger and buster Augusta. It
was the busiest session of the board
since its election to office last Nav
ana the program was replete with
i'eihs OF Importance. Locally there
was the matter of following I'D the
Winter Sports project developed Mt
the Membership dinner recently. Then
there was the big Challenge Sale
which is to be the most elaborate get
acquainted sale that has been held in
augusta for a long time Three Ie-
slslatiVe bills were brought I'D for
consideration, two national affairs for
action, and two reports of committees
Tor approval Daylight saving was
lald on the table for another month
Inc gift of banner to be placed
IN competition in a snowshoe con-
test presented by w. E. FindIav Of
Montreal, was accepted with tbanfs
a committee authorized to arranse
the details, and vote taken to pro-
Vloe individual ribbons or other nr;z-
es Tor the point winners. This COM
petition will be between Grammar
school boys and girls only and will
pe heid this year If the necessary
amount of snow falls and there are
enough youngsters eauiped with the
necessary showshoes to compete.
In this same connection, Ernest A
Gray appeared before the Board TO
present for endorsement a pIan IF the
High School Athletic Association RI
put Reuel Williams Field into nroner
shape for baseball, football and hook
es- Ihls endorsement was readily So
cured together with the definite nroro-
use oi complete cooperation in secur-
ing the necessary funds. Popular
SUBSCRIPTION will be resorted to and
everyone is confident that such a nro-
9ect Will be resorted to and everyora
Is confident that such a project will
meet with immediate public approval
anu universal response. Augusta is
PROUD OF her boys and girls and of tho
splendid school spirit in evidence a,
oSiOOl. II requires a Very
n.tle eHort to interest people In the
cream, manly and able athletes who
oo honor to their city.
Inc Chamber of Commerce will, ofsor
cup In annual competition in the 40
caiied Challenge Sale thereby creating
pr'oe among the merchants in their
WINDOW displays. This has a permanent
saiue Tor the city. for the store win
COWS OF city's shopping district eo
iohg way in displaying the tastes Of the
residents Of the city. The people OF An
susta and vicinity will have chance 70
Iuoge the originality and advertis;np
aoiiity OF their merchant friends nm
week. piesehl
II was voted to request, through Con.
eressman John A. Peters, that full hear.
,ngs De had on the so-calIed Gronna
D,i' eneetipg the interests OF packers
the other legislation presented was laid
On tne table. including zoning. Small
Claims Act. 4S-hour law, and the ma
tionai Forestry program.
The rural relations committee made
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TO TAKE
REAL LONG REST
after MARCH 4th

Washington, Feb. Thy the Assoc
ciated ress).--President Wilson plans
to go into virtual seclusion for time
after March 4.
Freed from the responsibilities of
office which have weighed heavily upon
him during his convalesccnce Mr..
Wilson, his friends say. will shut him
self in for a period of intensive rest
and quiet in his new home here.
He will deny himself to all callers
except immediate members of his FAM
lily, it is said. and a very few init
mate friends
No formal engagements are expect
ed to be made by the president until he
has thoroughly adjusted himself to his
private life. Even the writing he has
planned will be postponed for several
months, his friends say.
Mr.. Wilson is understood to have re-
ceived a number of invitations to
spend part of the summer out of
Washington but because Of his delight
Of the pleasant weather here last sum-
mer. the first he had spent in this
city, it is regarded as unlikely that he
will accept any of the invitations.
For possibly six months, friends of
the president believe, his life will be
wholly taken up with recreation. His
chief diversion since his illness has
been reading. He is said to have
practically exhausted the field of de-
tective stories, and more recently has
taken up novels and light narratives.
He also has given some time to po-
litical and historical works and poe
try.
Since his resumption last week of
his old custom of attending the thea
tire the president is expected to con-
tinue to find occasion more and more
to avail himself of this form Of rec
reation. He also is expected to con-
tinue his daily automobile tides.
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BLAST KILLS 7
Continued from Page one)

Several other children received minor
injuries in the explosion which oc-
CURED when one of the boys attempt
ed to cut the top from the can with
an axe.
Bunyan and five of the boys were
killed instantly and the other two
died several hours afterward. The
injured were taken to their homes
and to hospitals in Vincennes, Ind.
Those whose injuries were slight
were the victims of flying glass, every
window in the schoolhouse. one
story frame structure. being broken
by the explosion. The structure was
otherwise unchanged
The explosion was plainly heard in
Lawrenceville, and persons hurrying
toward the schoolhouse were met by
children rushing. screaming. from the
scene.
Neighbors living nearby were first
to reach the school and calls were
sent to Vincennes for ambulances to
take the victims to hospitals for med
ical attention.
The explosion occurred about Is feet
away from the .schoolhouse. All of
those killed were grouped about the
can and the rest of the pupils were
either in the school or playing in the
yard behind it.
The authorities were told that the
boys, who were at play, had fished
the can from creek running by the
school yard.
1t is believed that container had
foated down from a nitrovlycerine
magazine about three-quarters of O
mile away.
All the pupils who were killed were
the children of farmers and oil men
residing in the vicinity of Lawrence
vile. Bunyan lived in the country
near here.
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AUGUSTA LOCALS
GIRLS CLUB NOTES

Augusta Girls Community club.
Have you dropped into the club for
a cup of afternoon tea? If not, do
it today! There will be a hostess
there every afternoon and evening
this week
The Citizenship class, to be given
by Mrs. Paul S. Phalen, will COM
mence Tuesday evening, Feb. IA.
The course of eight lessons will cost
SIPS. Call up the club if you join.
"Susie's" Band will give a concert
from the stage of the auditorium of
the Augusta Girls Community Club
on Friday night, Feb. IL. The num-
bers played under the able leadership
OF the world renowned Susie" will
consist of Our Directress," "Stars
and Stripes" and "Dishpan Chorus. ("
The program will be relieved by a
lew good musical numbers.
AT the monthly business meeting.
plans for a big entertainment will
be discussed. Other matters Of i'm
portance will also be voted on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-08
Grass Fertilizer
That Kills Weeds
Found at Last 4

kingston, r. L., Feb. 7-Discovery of
the long sought fertilizer that will
grow grass and kill weeds is an
nounced by the experiment station of
Rhode Island State College as the
result of 20 years of research. The 10.
ailzatlon of the dream of gardeners
the world over, NEEDLESS lawn. is
possible without trouble or EXPENSE,
according to the official college state
ment, merely by the use of ammon,-
UNI sulphate instead of nitrate of soda
in the annual application of fert;
and slowly but surely the we eds will
disappear and the lawn will . ,ccm :.
the even yelvety green that is the en-
Wy of every neighbour"
Gardeners have almost universally
advised supplying nitrogen. the chief
element in the plant food of grass. in
the form of nitrate of soda" saws the
statement. This gradually tends to
create an alkaline condition of the
SOIL which is especially favorable tc
the growth of weeds. Soon the ,rass
IS crowded out and the lawn has ar
uneven appearance. BY using ammo
mum sulphate which is not more en-
pensiVe, IN the same quantities as he;
nitrate of soda the required amount If
nitrogen is furnished and the soil k.ut
IN the acid condition under which .he
grass develops best, but the weeds
are SO weakened that they are crowd
ed out.
experiments carried on at the
Rhode Island state college with differ
ent lawn grasses under various metl
Gas OF treatment have shown that
Rhode Island bent grass. the grass
that stands the closest clipping Tar
golf putting green's and fine lawns is
usually quickly crowded out by
coarse weeds. All attempts to better
the soil conditions made the weeds
grow faster than ever, except in the
case OF ammonium sulphate which
neiped the grass and weakened the
weeds
NOW after twenty years without
any other treatment than the repa,,
ed applications of the ammonium sui
Inate this one plot stands GU. in
marked contrast to all the others in
the experiment. Scarcely a weed has
been found andthe even green of the
plot is an example of what the fines.
lawns can be easily"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-08
Alleged French Bluebeard
HectOring the Judges

Paris. Jan. 23-Henri Desire Ian.
dru, under indictment charged with
the murder of eleven women tn
whom at various times he had prom
ised marriage and whose trial be-
fore the French Assises had been set
for March LIST, has succeeded in OBJ
tanning another postponement of his
trial. Landru has been in Jail for
TWO years and recently was senten-
ced to five years in Jail and subse-
quent deportation for swindling..
Under French law, a man accused
OF crime has the right to take cog
nlzance of the dossier in his case
before facing the jury. He NAV
make fight upon the legality of . ~,
OIL the documents being submitted to
the jury.
ihe dossier in Landru's case in
ciuoes 1000 documents, all of which
have to be copied, as the pub,,c
prosecutor does not trust the or;-
ginals in the hands of the accused
The work of copying the documents
WIZ occupy more than a month.
Landru has informed the cour+
that he will require several wee,rs a.
wnicn 70 study the documents as he
intends to challenge all of them as
irrelevant.
Landru caused considerable worry
ana annoyance to Judge Ror,r
while the latter was inyestioat;ra
the case and now that IL has haass
turned over to the Prosecutor Of the
Republic he has adopted the Same
tactics.
TO one of the assistants of the
PROSECUTOR who reproached him with
procrastination. saying that French
justice has other things to look after
.nan tne Landau case. the alleged
Gambais Biuebeard replied:
rnen why don't you Let me 20. I
am perfectly willing" Then he
HOW ! miss Judge BONN. Al lea.t
he was a gentleman"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-08
Committee Hearings
JUDICIARY

The committee on Judiciary will
give a public hearing in its rooms at
the State House. in Augusta, on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1921,
at $50 2. NJ, on the following:
II. No. 40. Resolve. authorizing the
calling: of a constitutional conyention.
An Act to amend Section /, Chapter
81, Of the Revised Statutes, in rela-
ton to the appointment Of clerks of
the judicial courts.
An Act to authorize the American
Realty Company to construct and
maintain a dam across the Aroostook
river in Washburn.
An Act to provide for retiring and
pensioning employees of the State of
Maine.
H. No Al. An Act requiring politi-
cal advertisements to be signed.
An Act to regulate the use Of air.
craft;
An Act to amend Section &c of Chap
ter So of the Revised Statutes, rela-
tive to price of Maine reports.
WILLIAM T. GARDINER, Sec.
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BRITISH DENIAL OF
FORMAL REQUEST
TO ANNUL DEBT

London, Feb. Inquiry in official
circles with reference to the state
ment by Austin Chamberlain, chan
cellor Of the exchequer, in his speech
at Birmingham last Friday night,
that the American government had
vetoed a British suggestion for a
general writing off of inter-allied OBJ
legations tends to show that the de-
claration was based on misinforma-
ton. 1t became known late today
that one British official who checked
up the date at the treasury found
that the matter had never been made
the subject of formal exchanges be-
tween the British and American gov
ernments.
Mr.. Chamberlain declined today to
amplify or comment upon the state
ment he made in his Birmingham
speech. In another reliably informed
quarter it was declared that the mat
ter had only come up in informal dis
cussions between allied financial rep
resentatives at the Paris peace con-
ference, where the writing off was
first suggested by the French to the
Americans and by them to the Brit
ish.
This was said to have occurred in
February and March of 1919. A year
later, when the British treasury was
engaged in general discussion Of
allied financial questions the writing
off proposal was informally referred
to American treasury officials by the
British treasury, but the Americans
conveyed an informal intimation it
was stated that negotiations along
that line probably would lead to UNI
favorable consideration on the part of
the American government.
- 1t was then formally recorded, ac-
cording to this informant that the
question: of writing off the debts had
been informally raised, but that in
view Of the American attitude the
British had decided the point would
never be made the subject Of formal
discussions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-08
5000 TEACHERS
ARE DISLOYAL
SAYS LEGIONER

Washington. Feb. There are 5000
disloyal teachers in. educational inst
tutions in the United States who must
be removed. Henry ]. Ryan of Boston
chairman of the Americanism commit
tee of the American Legion, declared
today at meeting here of the legions
executive committee. He estimated tina.
z,OOO of these were in colleges and uni
versities.
Efforts against the street corner rad.
cal are useless, he said, while school
children and college and university stu
dents are being taught by disloyal in
structors.
Mr.. Ryan announced that meeting
Of representatives of all organizations
doing Americanization work would be
held in Washington March Is, for the
purpose of consolidating all such work
The organizations to be represented will
be the American Federation of Labor
the Knights of Columbus the Y. NJ c.
A., the Y. w. C. A, the National Sc
curity, the Masons. the Elks. the Wom-
ems Roosevelt Memorial Association
the Red Cross and the Salvation Army
Members of the committee said the
Legion would center it's main efforts at
present on obtaining relief for dis
abled soldiers. Congress will be asked
for $S5.0O0,0O0 for such work.
The executive committee will consider
the offer of the knights of Columbus
to give 100000 for the erection Of a
national memorial to the men who lost
their lives in the late war to be erected
in Washington. Some members are IN
derstood to be opposed to the accept
ance of the donation because of
clause in the offer which provides for
joint control with the knights of COL
umbus as being against the policies Of
the American Legion.
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Hurry Up Tariff
Again Sidetracked

Washington, Feb. THE Fordney
emergency tariff bill was put further
to the rear of the congressional legis-
lative program today by an arrange
ment of Republican Senate leaders 10
keep the tariff bill on the waiting list
until the annual post Office appropria-
ton is passed.
The tariff measure was set aside
temporarily for consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation budget and
it was planned to let the post office
measure follow the sundry civil bill.
Republican managers, however con-
tinued of the opinion that the tariff
bill probably would reach vote in
the Senate, late this week.
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To Determine Cause
of Death Wisconsin
Man Dead 3 Years

Madison, Wis. Feb. THE body of
Richard S. Lawrence, who was sup
posedly killed by train three years
ago, was ordered exhumed today by
the District Attorney in an effort to
determine in what manner Lawrence
came to his death.
Lawrence's wife has maintained
that he was murdered for a fortune
of 100000 which she asserts he pos-
sessed. She said his body had been
tempered with at the cemetery.
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Discourage Gambling
Canton by Big Penalty.

Picking. Jan. 16.--Gambling Is being
severely discouraged in Canton, accord
ing to consular dispatches from there.
General Chen Chiung-ming, acting
civil governor of Kwangtung has is
sued regulations making it an offence
punishable by death or 90 to Is years
Imprisonment to engage in gambling as
a profession, to maintain a gambling
house or to protect the maintenance
Of such a place.
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348 Billion Cost War
Harvard Professors Figures

Baltimore, Md, Feb. Total costs Of
the world war were. declared to be more
than $S4S,0o0. 100000 by DR.. Richard p.
Strong. professor of tropical medicine
at the Harvard Medical school in a lec-
ture this afternoon at Johns Hopkins
University. This total Or. Strong said
included estimates of the costs of the
war amounting to $1S6. 0o0. 0g0, 900. the
indirect costs aggregating sS4.0Oo, 0oo, 600
and the cost of lives lost estimated at
SIS. 900. oOo, 900.
The actual potential loss of life due
to the war was placed at 100000 lives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-08

Tuttis.0rovss

Miss Hazel Lenora Groves Of Oak
land and Frank Lee Tuttle Of Clinton
were married at the Methodist par
sonage Saturday evening, Feb. S. by
Rev. Weston p. Holman. The double
ring service was used. The young
people were attended by Raymond
L. Groves. a~brother of the bride, and
Miss vonne B. Boynton. Mrs. Tut
tie Is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Win Groves Of High street and is a
graduate of Oakland High school,
class of 1919. Mr.. and Mrs. Tuttle
will reside in Waterville, where Mr..
Tuttle has position with the East
manCar Coz
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German Battleship
lContinuad from Pace ono)

a large warship- from the air in the
open sea in. an effort to test the the
ory advanced by Brigadier General
Mitchell of the army air service,
that airplanes had made capital
naval vessels useless.
Representative MondelI of Wy
oming. Republican floor leader, who
preceded Admiral Coontz on the
stand, warned the committee that
unless expenditures for military es-
Establishments were cut down, some
of the larger nations of the world
would be driven into bankruptcy. He
characterized the Navy departments
estimates under secretary Daniels as
"a notice to the world from peace
loving America of the official an
istration, accepted abroad as man
date. If not an expression Of, the will
Of the American people"
The United States should take the
lead in disarmament, declared Mr..
Mondell, adding:
IF an agreement is not reached
for the limitation of ornaments and
warlike expenditures in the near
future, the fault will be that of
America, as in former days the fault
was that of Germany"
Representative Towner, Republi-
can, Iowa, followed Mr.. Mondell. He
also urged a disarmament agree
ment, but advised continuation Of
1.-THE present building program until
1t was reached and no action by this
country except by international
agreement. The drastic cut in mill
tary expenditures in this country
since the end of the war. was not
equalled anywhere abroad, he said,
ana was evidence to-the world of
Americas desire to reduce it's mill
tary establishment to the minimum
consistent with, safety.
Discussing the question OF disarma-
ment. Admiral Coontz declared that
disarmament talk had appeared after
we have waited all our lives for
navy of Importance and equality" and
now when realization seems at hand"
lie advised against stopping any part
OF the 1915 building program as far
as big ships were concerned.
secretary Daniels, in making public
his letter to Secretary Baker, pointed
out that by allied agreement the Unit
ed States was obligated to destroy the
Osfriesland and other former German
naval vessels given this country as
soon as experiments now under way
were concluded. He could think of no
more fitting or useful method of de-
stroying them, he said, than by using
them as test ships for aviation bomb
ing experiments. He intimated that
the old battleship Iowa, already fit
ted with radio control apparatus.
would be used for a similar purpose
later.
The Osfriesland was one of the
more modern battleships of the for
mer kaiser's navy. mounting 12-inch
guns. The vessel is fitted with a
thorough system of bulkheads and
watertight compartments ard should,
in the pinion of naval officers, pro-
vide good demonstration Of what
damage might be expected from aerial
bombs exploding on a modern major
ship of war.
Before he received Mr.. Daniels let
ter Secretary Baker, replying to ques-
lions as to his views on Brig. Gen.
Mltchelfs recent statements before
congressional committees. said that
any discussions between the army and
navy regarding the Importance of air.,
craft would be marked by "hapmo-
NOUS cooperation" as long as he re-
manned secretary of war.
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London, Jan. 24-The life Of terri
er, whose backyard home is in wa.
tham Green. was threatened becaus'
It's master was out of work for scs.-
eral months after leaving the army
and could not pay the dogs liceh.s
Fee So a card inscribed. please nsr'
TO pay for my license" was attacns,'
to can hung about the animals n ~
The terrier sat on street corner J"
two hours-and his life was saved
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Big Seizure of "Dope"

New York, Feb. Seizure of $780,
900 worth of opium, cocaine and
heroin said to have been smuggIed
into New York was made by the joint
narcotic squads of the federal gov
eminent and the police department in
two raids heretoday. The raiders al
so confiscated shipment of canoes
valued at $4,000 alleged to have been
smuggled here.
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Thieves Steal Booze
Under Noses Quaker
City Watchmen

Philadelphia, Feb. Thieves broke
open three doors in the federal
building here and made off with con-
traband liquor which was about to be
destroyed. The theft occurred be-
tween Saturday night and this morn
ing, while each floor and entrance of
the building was guarded by watch
men.
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Wants NC-4 Plane In
Smithsonian Institute

Washington, Feb. IA resolution
proposing that the famous Transact
lantic naval seaplane NC-4 find a
permanent resting place in the Smith
scnian institute was introduced today
by Chairman Butler. of the Ho Use
Naval committee.
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chaney Knockout Picato

Philadelphia, Feb. George K. o.
CLANCY of Baltimore knocked n out
Babe Picato of New Easton,, Pa, here
tonight in the second round Of their
scheduled eight round fight.
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Moore Trim. Tremaine

Detroit, Mich, Feb. Pal Moore,
of Memphis, won the newspaper de-
cision over Carl Tremaine. CT Cleve-
land in a ten round boxing match
here tonight.
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LOCAL NOTICE
Last dance before Lent, Library
hall, Gardiner, tonight. Kelley's s.
piece orchestra. feb8d1t