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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
AIR SERVICE MUST BE DE.
VELOPEO

Aside from differences of opinion
respecting the results OF the bombing
experiments 10y air plane one very
important feature may not be dis
puted: the air planes work assures
what was generally believed prior to
the demonstration, that air craft are
TO becom" an essential instrument in
connection with naval warfare.
whether offensive or defensive.
Turning to the naval bill as if
passed Congress we find that it makes
no provision for this arm of the
service. Senator Poindexeter an
nounces that he Will introduce a sep
arate measure to provide for the con-
struction OF airplane carriers in the
fleet. He as well as other observers
are convinced that unless this shall
he done our country will be at a great
disadvantage as compared with other
countries
1t is rather humiliating to reflect
on the fiZzlc we made building war;
planes and consider that we have
been steadily falling behind other
countries in the development of air
service since peace was declared 1t
is evident that battleship NAV NOT
be built which may successfully with
stand bombing by airplane, assuming
II TO be unprotected either by air.
craft or by anti-air guns. Appro-
priating money for battleships and
none for their complement would he
absurd. AS a matter of fact the
world is in for an era of developing
machines of the air. Limitations of
armament if they finally go into eff
feet are likely to hinder this dsvelop-
ment little if any The airships will
be used for purposes of peace and be
available for use in war Any nation
which doesn't keep up with the times
will not be providing means even for
self defense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Money in Hens
Says Winthrop Man

Winthrop, Me, July 20.-Ellery w.
Wentworth, one of the most success
full poultry men in this vicinity. to-
day stated that he has Matched 1000
chicks from his flock of 400 high
bred Rhode Island Red hens this
Spring.
He has been experimenting with
Rhode Island Reds for IL years and
by crossing his own stock with Bean
strain from New York and with the
famous Thompkins strain of Con-
cord. y. II. he has produced q flock
of birds of unusual laying qualities.
Mr.. Wentworth keeps an accurate
record. Last year his 800 hens net
ted him over S2400 and this year he
will reach the $4,000 mark. A notice.
able feature of the poultry is its
dark coloring. This shade is a
popularity of the Thompkins stock
and the fine coloring is the result of
inbreeding
one prize cockerel which its own
er values at $50 is of a mahogany
shade. His parents were always
successful with fowl. his mother
having specialized in turkeys. raising
a flock of about 100 each year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
OFF THE REEL

Somewhere in his prolific works,
Bill Shakespeare said: Even the
devil can quote Scripture"
Now I'm not devil. Neither am
even u ear-devil. But just the
same, I'm going to recall that old
time Scriptunl, phrase that isn't
quoted often enough. but when it is,
is given only in part.
Pride goeth before destruction
and a naughty spirit before a fall"
Ungrammatically, but none the
less sincerely, / wish to asseverate
that that's ME.
l had the pride. l had also a Ger
tain modicum of naughty spirit I
used to ride bicycle There is
still one around the house which my
Oldest son-he's II years .old-uses
with more or less good effect 1t is
not a new wheel with all the bars
and frillG and other things that
weigh a lot. Rather it is a stripped
model" with a high gear, the kind
that scorchers used to straddle when
they burned up the road previous to
the advent of the JOY riders. But it
is a good wheel and it sure can go.
AS / have said, / used to ride
wheel ] still can ride. I never was
q racer, but. secure in the feeling
that / am one of the old timers and
that the rising generation has moth
ing on some of us, challenged my
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
They Settle World
Problems by Writing
To the Newspapers

<au York. July 25.--The Ubiquitous
soul who does his lit toward the So
tloment of world problems pE "rit1',e
letters to newspapers has bech leSd
inc New York editors with opscrNa-
tions on changes that recent years
have wrought with Broadway anu
}ife along that thorOughfarc
Regard. he says, now the movie
shows have showed articulate ACTORS
into the side streets. see what mas
become of the famous old restaurants
They have gone, and uninterest'hs
shoe shops and drug stores nave taken
their places. The table dh"t" re
sorts where dinner and laughter ana
liouor kept patrons happily enScohced
around the tables until bedtime are
row closing at 10 o'clock. ana even
earlier. The good old crowds nave
vanished he writes. Diners seem to
regard eating az duty. And " used
to br an experiences, not without an
occasional thrill.
one hotel has done away with us
jolly hunting room where tho poES
used to get together. and The space
has been rented to DourseOisle met
chants And those Viril" chop hodseS
where banqueters rOLed themselves
in huge white aprons and rraiernlzed
over juicy be"f steaks are now ad-
hitting women to their tables. Inc
midnight shows have closed, and the
electric signs lure one only to white
goods sale, cosmetics, a movie show
or chewing gum.
And the clubs-oh. how they have
changed. The cafe is deserted, the
wags have forgotten how To j. 81 and
make merry. The stewards say they
have as many diners as before, but
only because men want company at
dinner. Even the new night time
traffic regulations in the thcater dis
trict have kept the crowds away.
/ Meanwhile the men who conduct
business in this great hotel. shopping
and theatrical district have banded to-
gether TO help bring about a fair and
proper municipal regulation of the
district which will not be detrimental
to business interests. the life and
happiness of The New Yorker and the
visitor. and to pcrpetuate the name
ard fame of the worlds greatest
money-spending center" Their or
ganiZation was incorporated as the
Association. and includes those whose
interests are embraced in the district
between Thirty fourth and F'ifty-ninth
streets and from Madison to Eighth
Avenues.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
A Fine Record.


Phillip J. DecrinG. Of Portland,
ceased to he Il member nf the high
way commission at noon on Tuesday.
He has served on this commission
since 1919 and his record has been
clean and honorable In every way
MIR. Dcering is a Democrat, and be-
fore he went on The State highway
commission might have been called a
strong partisan. lie Inherited this
from his distinguished father. and 50
came honestly by it. But as a state
official Mr. Deering wasn't partisan.
! 1t will never he said of him that he
made use of the power he possessed
TO play politics tor himself or anyone
els. He wanted above everything
else to see Maine have system of
good roads, and he worked as hard
and conscientiously TO this end as
cVer a man could.
The system under which MI. Deer
ing has been forced to operate hasn't
| been the best that was ever de-
Viscd. 1t hasn't given the highway
commission power enough. There has
been too much legislative interference
/
and the result has been the loss of Il
great rany thousands, not to say
! hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But neither Mr.. Deering nor any OF
, lis associates. can be held responsible
for that. They had to do what the
law permitted them to do, and on the
whole they have done as we'll as any
men could under such conditions.
. Mr. Decring leaves the highway
commission without having fulfilled
his hopes of seeing Maine crisis
crossed by a net work of trunk line
! permanent roads. He would probably
be willing to admit that the highway
! system isn't perfect and could be i'm
proved. but he can claim, and if he is
too modest to DO so, others will claim
for him, that he has always done his
best to bring the good roads Of Maine
up to the highest point of perfection
it has been possible to attain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Lieut.. Maxim's Plane
Has Flop-He and
Passenger Escape

Dover, Me. July 25-The airpIane
OF Lieut.. George Maxim of Waterville
OF the Maxim Air Service Co. was
partially wrecked and Lieut.. Maxim
ana a PASSENGER slightly bruised by
mishap which occurred here slightly
before noon Sunday. Lieut. Jav;r,
who has been taking up peon,.
here since Friday had made three
nights Sunday forenoon and was
taxing of for the fourth with Nor
nand Elliott of Dover as a passenger
Just as the machine was gathering
hlt the axle of one of the running
Wneels broke. caught and dragged
5 1H,n Gown. Lieut., Maxim and Mr..
Eiiiott crawled out from under IN
injured to any extent. Lieut. Naxin,
SAID That results might have heen
more serious if the axle had broker
when making landing.
Ahe n'achine was quite badly dam
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAllROAO
Eastern Standard Time
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR

p,,ror i,o4a m. N3S a. m. 1872 a m.
m 80 rs a m. ~ AZ 2. m. s3l p. M.
1910 p ,,, +oae ~
B. & A. PTS. II .24a IN, T.: ~ m 19'5 81 a: IN.
Bar Harbor 80 m. t9.3s a M I='1-p'ni''
s. / p Io,o s1o1sa m
"a o. n m, Il 50 p. m. *l0.5l p. m.
Relfast 10 IS a. M II AZ p. m. ,,o,a
Boston ~ lOam IT, 10 a m. 10. 20 a M slolo
a m n, 0Op M. "A 05 p. m. $50 m. Tlool pm.
Calais 1892 a. m. t9.3S.a m.
Dover and Foxcroft. IA p. M. IN
Gardiner, +3 l0a. m, 10 |" a. M ~ a. u,
siOIsa.m. r. 90 p. m. t4.15p p. IN so39 p."''
II 80 o. M *l0.Jl p. III.
Hallowell. t6. 10 a. m. 70 20 a. ~ sioio d ii''
300 p. m Til5 p. m, $3.50 p.m' 30 p H.
40 II p IN
Harmony t242p ,,o,o
Lewiston. IL. 10 a. M, - 20 a. m. slolo d. "'''
HOS p nj $3.50 p. m. Fi0.2i p. m
New York. $500 p. m, T6 Is p: m .,o,o
Portland *5 lOa m, Is. 10 m ~ ~ a; m: sIuLo
a m 70 O0p m. "A o. I'm, so.39 p M 90 p'iii'
~l0J1 p. m .oooo -,
Skowhegan. *o.3s am t2.42 p. m. t6 40 p m
So Gardiner To- ~ m. 10 20 a m. NJ 10 d IN >
1900 p. III. t4l5 p. M. $3.50 p. M. 1850 p fn''
St Iobn' tl.24a m. 1885 a m.
Wateryiie. il "a a m. 81 IS a. m. - ~ a nj 4.
ijj a. M *9.3S m. z AZ p. nj s3.ll p. IN
IL i0n,m 1Daily. except Monday
*Dailv tDaily. except Sunday. sSunday only
d. DOUGLASS. NJ. L. HARRIS,
-oipl y p 4 Genl Mgr. Gen Passenger agt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
NOT RESPONSIVE TO KIND
TREATMENT

The report that a British steamer
transporting cattle and grain from
the Danube to Rotterdam raises the
question how came these supplies
out Of u territory supposed TO lie
destitute and which has clamored
for relief? We have heard harrow
ing tales OF suffering OF people in
Vienna and Yet these supplies were
being shipped out of her territory.
One may scarcely doubt that suf-
fering and want prevail among
most of the peoples of central Eu-
rope, but undoubtedly there are
many who are protiteering in all
those lands and it is possible that
the needy have been robbed even
OF some of the food supplied by
charity in this country. There is
callousness on the part of those who
govern. Some of this may have
arisen because of the war expert
ences. but however that may be. the
result is depressing. Governments
which plead inability to pay loans
we made them are themselves loan
ing money 10 others for political or
personal ends. Such displays Of
the merCenary spirit are especially
deplo rable at this time and will make
Americans Very impatient of the
criticism that Americans love only
the dollar. In one respect, beyond
the shadow of doubt. the United
States has stood nobly by other peo-
pies in their misery; we have given
from out our bounties most gener-
ously and have administered tie Civ
ing most wisely. Enough of this
has been done to arouse u reciprocal
feeling on the part OF the peoples
helped. but the lack OF response is
disappointing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
COOPER'S MILLS

Miss Louise Longfellow of Prov
dence. Il. l., is the guest OF her SIS
ter. Mrs: Belle Hewett.
chester G. Keene. who has been
passing his vacation here at the home
OF his mother has returned TO MS
work in Boston.
Mrs. Frank De Benedict OF Oak
land, Calf, is the guest of friends
here. She was formerly Dora Morse
of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Dunton OF
south Windsor We're callers here Oh
Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Chester BIodgett Of
Nhitefield were callers here on sun
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
TWO MEMBERS OF
FAMILY Benefited
STATES La POINTE

Before I got Tanlac / didn't eat
as much in two days as | eat now at
one meal" said Del. J. La Polnte,
we'll known window trimmer residing
at SO! Marshall St, Nashua, y. ii.
about year ago | lost my appe-
tite entirely, could hardly eat any
thing, and even the little ! torced
down wouldn't digest properly. L
had been bothered with this indiges-
ton for over two years, ana was
never without some pain or distress
on this account. | was so weak the
least little eXertion would bring on IL
weak, faint. dizzy spell, and / was so
nervous ] slept scarcely any. l was
constantly paying out money trying
TO get well. and as nothing helped me
was becoming discouraged.
However. Tanlac proved a pleas
ant surprise to me: for it has toned
M my entire system and I'm getting
along fine in every way. My stomach
gives me no trouble at all. and
never feel weak or dizzy any more.
Since Tanlac has done so much for
me my father is taking it, and 1t is
helping him wonderfully, too
I Tanlac is sold in Augusta by John
F., Coughlin: in Weeks Mills by J. A.
Merrill: in West Washington by
Walter F. Burdick: in China by
Bailey Bros: in Albion by l.. F.
Cannon and Libby Bros: in North
| Wayne by w. l.. Morrill,; in Paler-
mo by H. w Worthing; in Mon
mouth by Roy A. DeFratus: and by
the leading druggist in every city
and town.-Adv.
ii,.DE-oS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
HOW HENRY DID 1T.

It is very interesting story
which Henry Ford told CORE
spondent of the New York Times ex-
planning how he got along without
a Wall Street loan and showed one
banker the door because he said his
hank must have the naming of the
treasurer of the company.
Soon after he announced the cut
in his prices rumors sprang up all
over the country that he was IN
financial straits. but the wheels kept
turning. But he was confronted by
the need of curtailment of costs. He
says:
Our organization suffered along
with the rest. We took a lot OF war
work-eagle boats, motors. helmets
tanks and other things. This opened
I'd holes in our organization. we
needed help in Office and shop. Yet
in employing we could not be as dis
eliminating as we had been in peace
times. An immensely increased
| overhead expense was built up;
stressed conditions seemed to com
| pei it. In peace times it would be
a dead weight utterly useless. Con-
| scnuently, with the war over, we
knew that as the country settled
back to peace conditions some stern
establishments would be necessary II
must come and We were on the look
out for it's beginning.
! He then goes on to show how he
made it possible to release twenty
eight million dollars that had been
tied up in material bought lonG
way ahead He had a railroad now
and was able 10 get his material and
ship his product more promptly
Then he turned to wedding GU,
the useless in his Office force. He
says:
During the war production we
had Il foreman for about every three
to five men Too many foremen sal
at desks all day long looking on
We have sold all the desks. ano
most Of the former foremen are now
at machines We now have fore
man to about every twenty men. Ev-
erything and every body that was not
producing was put in position
where they would produce or were
eliminated"
And he adds that the men them
selves helped d whole lot; that they
respond to right treatment" Where
he had employed fifteen men PEI
car per day he is now employing
nine. And he thinks measures like
this would apply quite generally, t.
small as We'll as large business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26

the money he receives from the sale
of his products.
The farmer is working as many
hours a day and as many days year
as he was eight years ago. The latest
report of the Bureau of Statistics Of
the United States Department of La
Dor shows that in June. 1921, the av
erage wholesale price of farm products
was only i3 per cent more than in
1913. before the world war began in
Europe. From his investment and
his manual labor the farmer is get
ting only l3 per cent more than before
the war. The same statistics show
that the average wholesale prices of
all commodities We're As per cent high
er in June. 1927 than in 1913. and the
average retail prices A per cent high
or In other words. while the farmer
is receiving 10 per cent more for his
labor. he is paving approximate! II
per cent more for what he buys.
I'm 1918 the average wage of a rail
way employee WAS 1851. Since the i
per cent reduction made by the Rail
the average wage is approximately
81 So, or 123 per cent more than i'll
1913. Railway employees, since before
the war. have been granted substan-
tial reductions in their hours OF work.
About ninety per cent of them are
paid on an hourly basis. The average
wage per hour of these employees, be
cause of the increases in their wages
and the reductions III their hours, is
now, even since the recent reduction
Of wages. at least l40 per cent more
than in 1918. In other words. with
the retail prices which the railway
employees like the farmer. pays
about Al per cent more than in 1918,
railway employees who work on an
hourly basis are receiving approx
imatelr 140 pc" cent more for each
hour they work than in 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Trout in the Wrong
Boarding Houses

Yellowstone Park. Wyo.. July 25-
thousands of trout are in the wrong
board1ng houses" declares Professor
T. A. Muttowski. of the University of
Idaho who is here trying to figure
out carefully selected diet for each
species.
Certain types of trout shouId nc
piahteu IN streams where the bugs
anu insects arc to their liking, he be-
heFes' And because they are not so
planted there is a waste of thousands
of fish each year.
trout are particular regardine
"nat they cat" he says. IF we can
seiect the right place fer tba
right hsh there will be a marl.od
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26

son and some of his young friends
to a bicycle race.
Against one of the friends went
around the square. He beat me.
AGAINST NV son, l struck straight a
wav and back. He, too, beat me.
bent over the handle bars in the Old
time form. / pushed on the peua'S
and tried to turn all kinds OF tricks
such as letting my opponent make
the pace and then passing him.
Both my son and his friend made
the pace. They did it too well. In
neither one of the races, was | a.
head. The best | could do was to be
i'm sight when my opponent crossed
the finish line to the lusty cheering
of his enthusiastic and congratulate
ing companions.
I was beaten badly. trimmed. out
classed, out misunderstanding you
care to call it.
But that was not all After the
two spirits were overland neither
one of them was over half mile
/ was putting like the proverbial por-
poise. My legs were shaking as IL
had been running away from some
terrible nightmare. ! was all In ana
then some.
With some dignity left but minus
all pride and most of the naughty
spirit. l quietly and deliberately oe-
posted the lighter weight bike a
gainst the bank of the lawn and hoo-
bIed up the piazza steps for u COM
Portable rocking chair.
But, then. I didn't care so very
much. My own son had beaten me
That was a bit of salve to my wound
ed spirit. 1t also caused a recrudes-
cence of pride. net in what l am or
was. but because of the thought 'ha'
the boy was doing things ana al
though only II yenrs old, had alreauH
beaten his dad when dad thought nc
was some punkins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Tuesday, July 26, 1921.
ADJUSTMENT OF RAILROAD
CLAIMS

There is not the slightest doubt
but the railroads suffered great losses
because OF the inefficiency OF en-
ployes during the war period. Had
the roads remained under private
management they would have SUI
fercd, but not as they did when
employees felt that politics rather than
efficiency vas the test Of their wage
drawing power.
II is understood that today Prcsl-
dent Harding will tell Congress why
he disapproves some of the claims
made By the railroad owners and
iavors others. He is opposed to the
request that the Government relm-
Lursc the owners for the losses
occasioned through the shiftlessness
II labor during the period Of Gov
eminent management. While the
owners have some equity in this
tiaiEI--the roads were under Govern
mrnt management at the time and
were not protected against the eXtor-
tons as they should have heen--the
difficulties that would attend the set
tlement of such claims would be il
superable. If the Government entered
INTO them ii final adjustment would
be a long way off and meanwhile
huSin, IS, which SO greatly needs the
assurances of such a settlement
would seriously suffer
AS usual il appears that President
Harding is handling knotty prob
lem With prOvcrbial good sense. II
Is said that all the details of re-
funding proposition have been thor
oughly gone into and Il way found
whereby the railroads may secure tn.
relief they deserve without embaras s.
sing the national treasury. AS u re-
suit OF this the roads will be in &
position To act definitely RESPECTING
needed b"tterments, much money vii
be put into circulation and materia
contribution will have been made t.
establishing better business.
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IA HOUSEWIFE
WAS MADE HAPPY
Mrs. Varney Relieved From DIS
tressfuI Burden of Years.

Mrs. Ella Varney of St. Adams, Me,
housewife, writes the Priest Drug
Company of Bangor, Mel
/ was troubled for years by gas OF
the stomach with awful distress at
times, q torture for which could hnd
no relief. A sample of Priests lndi-
gestion Powder gave me relief at once
and l have used it since when needed
which is not often. 1t always gives
relief l can cheerfully recommend
it to all sufferers. 1t surely has done
wonders for me and l cannot speak
too highly of it.
! For sale by all druggists. IT your
! dealer does not carry Priests lndl-
gestion Powder, insist on him order
ing it from the wholesaler or Priest
Drug Co, Bangor, Me. Samples sent
free. Mention paper in when YOU
read this advertisement
! iIN-26-ZS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26

Secretary Hughes, addressing q
body OF consular appointees, tells
them that what the Government
needs Is accurate reports of condi-
tons and accurate and dependa bic
observers in the consular duties
Now when the decisions are made
In Washington rather than by the
represe NATIVE on the spot the need
Of accuracy is very important, a
quality by no means easily obtained
at all times. This would seem tc
call for the kind of training a re-
porter gets on a reputable news
paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26

The reports of the luxury in which
certain of the leaders OF the Russian
Soviet live are corroborated, in
directly at least, by the fact that
when Martens. Soviet Ambassador to
this country, was deported he left in
luxurious suite aboard the same
steamer which carried 70 of his fol-
lowers crowded into the steerage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Encouraging.

Our Kennebec county Journalistic
namesake prints a letter from a
correspondent who presents an array
Of facts calculated to prove that frogs
possess the reasoning faculty. This
is encouraging. in view of the fact
that so many warm blooded animals
including the hen and some human
beings, do not possess that faculty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26
Priests Hot Drops

Snoiera Morbus or Diarrhea, Men.
fais1a Headache. Cramps, Colds. Men
struaI Pains.
Sent to any address. Price ,7o
a.HsT DRUG CO., BANGOR, ME.