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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01
IS FoRDs SOLD

Henry A.. Briggs, manager of the
Capital City Motor Company. is
probably the youngest dealer in Au-
gusta. He has also shown that he
Is one of the most hustling.
Last November Mr.. Briggs, who
had been connected with the Ford
agency in Rumford, came to Au-
gusta to undertake the Ford agency
in this city. He took the store on
Water street occupied by Mr.. Mel
Wight and a small garage on State
street and started in to build up a
business. In November % Fords,
were sold and Is OF these delivered
In December Mr.. Briggs complet-
ed the incorporation Of the Capital
City Motor Company, which was to
be the firm name Of the new Ford
agency. During the month of De-
cember the Capital City Motor Com
pany sold II more Ford cars and
delivered IL.
During January arrangements
were carried out for a more suit
able Ford Service Station on Water
street in the building known as the
Stilkey Stable. During this month
% Fords were sold and II delivered.
In January and February up I'M
til the last week Of the latter month
almost no new cars were available
from the Ford Motor Company on
account of the closing down of
their plants in Detroit and later in
Cambridge. For this reason car de-
liveries were necessarily at a stand
still for lack of cars. Meanwhile
the Capital City Motor Company
finished UP their service station ex-
cept for installing the special equip
ment which has not arrived : and in
the last days Of the month managed
to deliver 20 of the "a cars received
the last week of the month. The
car sales for this month amounted
to 81 Ford cars seven of which were
sold on one day, February 25.
During March the Capital City
Motor Co., expect to have their Ser
vice Station completely equipped
and by April first to be operating as
a full f1edged Ford Agency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01

automobiling was young were all ex-
ira. A man had to buy his kit of
tools, he had to buy his jack. He
had to buy his lights except for the
little kerosene lamps that were on
each side of the seats, much like
the old-time carriage lamps.
And when automobiles were so
improved that they actually created
a breeze as they few along, the
wind-shields came in and the own
ers had to buy those extra. The
tops were extra, as well as the acety-
lene gas tanks, the tool box and the
tire rack, and about everything
else.
If an agent in the old days had
been told that electric lights, self
starter, top, tire racks and the num-
erolls other things that are now part
of the standard equipment were to
be provided by the manufacturer
and all included in the price of the
car, he would have given up in dis
couragement and announced that
never could car be sold. Just as
some OF the early cars We're known
as "one-lungers'' because they had
but one cylinder to their engines, SO
the difference between the equip
mcnt is jet as great as between
the "one-lunger" and the twin-six.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01
DISTINCTIVE CAR
The New Buick Stands
as One to Meet Every
Requirement

Buick for 1921 Is again distinctly
the car Of the year. In its service
ability, conveniences and beautiful
appearance, the new Buick is a
nineteen twenty-one car. It is a
car that has been designed to meet
the owners requirements for great
er utility, increased comforts and
conveniences and solid values. 1t
is, in other words, the motorists
car, built as he would have it built.
New improvements have been
adopted because Of the conveniences
they add to motoring or to the
maintenance Of the car. A good IL
Illustration is the new special pet
cock oil drain on the lower half OF
the crank case. There is a handle
on the side of the crank case just
under the hood. This opens and
closes the drain plug at the bottom
Of the crank case, making it no
longer necessary to get under the
car in order to remove the plug
when it is desired to drain off the
oil.
AS for the mechanical improve
ments which have been added to
the new Buick, there are those that
increase the efficiency, durability
and life: those that facilitate re-
pairs should anything need atten-
ton at any time.
A good example is seen in the
new automatically fabricated timing
gears and the fabroil construction
Of the crankshaft gear. which adds
- - - sc
gears. Oil is fed into the gear
case from splash pocket on the
front end of the crank case and
overfiows through drain hole back
to the lower half of the crank
case. In changing the cast iron
crankshaft gear to the fabroil gear,
both durability and squietness have
been improved.
Working parts of the Buick Valve
in-head motor have been generally
enlarged and strengthened. All
through the motor there is evidence
of the refinements that have come
from the continuous and painstak-
ing efforts Of Buick engineers who
have given the better part of their
lives to the study and improvement
Of the motor.
The achievement of Buick in
building the new 1921 car of excess
value has been great. The thou
sands that are already in service are
daily bringing reports of the most
favorable nature. Everywhere there
is a growing realization that the
new Buick is again the car of the
year--a transportation unit COM
bining all that is desirable for COM
Portable, reliable. economical mo-
toring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01

oilers. gasolene controls, new shock
absorbers have all been brought out.
An alignment indicator for align
ing the wheels of a car is something
new for which its inventor claims a
great saving in waste because the
tires are protected as well as the
wheels.
How many of these various new
accessories that have been mention
ed will make their appearance on
cars owned by people In Augusta
and vicinity this. season cannot Of
course be told. but it is certain
that many of the attachments have
such a powerful point Of appeal
that there will be ready demand
for them and owners will feel that
they cannot get along without them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01
Oldest Garage in
Service in Augusta

The Capital Garage, on Higgins
street, next to the New Augusta
House annex. has the distinction Of
being Oldest, from point of service, Of
any In the city. 1t was established
a. the first public garage in the city,
back in 1907. with its location at the
rear of the Purinton Bros. block
Two years later 1t was moved to it's
present site. Situated as it is, with
ascapacity Of IS cars. it proves very
popular with local patrons, as well
as with the tourists who visit Au-
gusta-
It offers the best fire protection Of
any garage in the city. having the
Grinnell Automatic Sprinkler system.
100 feet of new fire hose, Pyrene ex-
tinguishers, and cement floors.
AT present there is chance for a
few more cars for winter storage, and
Tor ,oyerhauling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01
HAD NOTHING
First Autos Carried No
Equipment; All Cost
Additional

Accessories, accessories. what
more can / put on my carp"
Such is the wall that usually
arises from the average automobile
owner in Maine when he has been
asked to buy something new. But
he generally gets what is needed,
because he wants to be up to date
and he also wants to be sure that
he will get the full service out OF
his machine
But 20 years ago-why, a man in
those days even had to pay extra
Tor the wrench to tighten up the
nuts of the car.
Accessories and equipment when
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01

(aD ApprOXlmate
OBJ For fiscal year ending june 30, 1920
Co For registration year ending No
I'D For the three year period ending
(e) Includes $500 dealers licenses
% For first II months of registrat ton
year ending January 81, 1921
igl From March ! to December 81,
q, For Is months ending December 81,
-
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Schneider Wants Man
Like Calder for Mayor
Too Many Lawyers in Office;
Candidate With Business
Capacity Is Needed

County Clerk William f. Schneider,
head of the Cleveland Democracy, said
yesterday that the voters Will demand
from one of the parties the nomination
of business man of recognized ca
pacity as a candidate for Mayor next
fall. He says the people are tired Of
lawyers.
Lawyers are strong on theory and
promises, but they are no good in
actual performance" he said "On the
present Board of Estimate and Ap-
portionment there are seven lawyers
and only one business man. And what
does the board amount to? Hylan was
elected a little over three years ago.
and Immediately occupied columns of
space IN the newspapers telling of the
big things he was going to do. He
hasn't accomplished anything of real
benefit to the people.
The city's finances are scrambled
its administration demoralized, and its
Pollce Department, so far as it's di-
rection goes, is joke. 1t is time
that we had q business man for Mavor.
"We need a man of the type of SEN
ator William NJ. Calder. He is a sue
cessful business man, and he has a
training fitting him for a large task.
If Mr.. Calder Vere Mayor he would
name as heads of departments men of
real capacity. man of the Calder
type would carry the City Of New York
by tremendous pluralitv
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Woman Fasts 38 Days
To Convert Her Husband
Illinois Wife Declares the Lord
Told Her to Abstain From
Food to Win Over Mate

DANVILLE, Ill.,, Jan. 5.-Still re-
fusing to take food because her hus-
band "has no religion" Mrs. Ernest S.
Harrington to-day entered the thirty
eighth day Of her fast. She allowed
physician to examine her, but refused
his efforts to administer medicines
She insisted God had told her to fast
and pray, and repeated she was deter
mined to force her husband into the
Church..
II will continue fasting and praying
until God grants my prayers" she said
to-day "The Lord talked 10 me on
May Is and told me to do this" she
said, "for while my husband is not q
bad man he has no religion, and He
said this would be the means of con-
verting him"
The physician who examined the wo-
man said he found her pulse and tenn
perature normal. He also said she
had not lost flesh.
~ do not believe in her kind of re-
ligion, and besides l am not ready to
join the Church" said her husband "If
she wants to starve herself to death,
that's her business"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
So, 900 Worth Of Liquor
Seized; Fiue arrested
Police Raid Store in Greene
Street, Confscating Fifty
Cases. Bottles and Labels

Fifty cases of liquor, estimated by
the police to be worth about $4,000 at
prevailing retail prices, were seized by
Captain Charles H. Mckinney and de-
tcctives from the Beach Street police
station in a store on the ground floor
of a tive-story warehouse building at
52 Greene Street yesterday afternoon.
FIVE men were arrested on charge of
violating the Volstead act A red au-
tomobile in which, the police say the
men were about to move whisky from
the store, thousands of empty bottles,
labels, tubs, jugs, a large tank and
other paraphernalia were seized and
will be turned over to the Federal au-
thorities this morning.
While the police were placing the
four men under arrest another man
came in, announced that he was an at
torncy and wanted to know what was
going on. The police, seeing that he
apparently knew the prisoners, ar
rested him also. Later, the police say,
ne admitted he was not an attorney
but merchant, and gave his name
and address as Abraham Goldberg. of
40 North Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA.
The other prisoners were Daniel Car
bone, SO Mulberry Street, merchant;
Salvatore Shartoni, l6 Mott Street, a
laborer; Pasquale Scipio, 191 Grand
Street, laborer, and Frank Desmone.
lo9 Mott Street, a grocer
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06

President-elect was raised through the
other twenty-nine degrees at con-
tinuous sitting arranged particularly
for his accomm odation. He was the
third chosen Chief Executive to tVavel
through the higher degrees of Ma bnry
before the Scioto Valley Consistory,
James A. Garfield and William Nc
Rinley having been given their 32d
degree here.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
late tonight Mr.. Harding was pre-
sented with MN,onic ring given by
the 32d degree Masons of Marion, his
home town, sho had occupied posts of
honor in the initiation. He may re-
turn here FHday to receive member
ship in the Mystic Shrine.
With Mrs. Harding the President
elect motored here from Marion this
morning. His only conference before
leaving home being with Fred Upham,
of Chicago, treasurer of the Republi-
can National Committee. He will go
back by motor tomorrow morning.
1t became known here tonight that
in continuing his conferences at Mar
ion Mr.. Harding will make army and
navy appropriations and preparedness
in general one of the principal subjects
to be discussed. He is expected to see
Representative Kahn, chairman of the
House Military Committee, and Repre-
sentative Butler, chairman of the
House Naval Committee, in addition
to various other members of Congress
who are influential in the framing of
military and naval legislation.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Congress Asked
To Probe Dry
Enforcement
Resolution Offered by Volk,
of New York, Says Matter
Has Become a Public
Scandal; Hints at Graft
Eastman Killing Is Cited
Murder of Cangster by
Prohibition Agent Held to
Show Need for Inquiry

From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.--Echoes of
the shooting of "Monk" Eastman
reached the House to-day when Repre-
sentative Lester D. Volk, of New York,
introduced a resolution providing for
investigation of the general question
of prohibition and its enforcement"
Mr.. Volk's resolution says that the
enforcement of the Eighteenth Amend
ment has become a public scandal, with
government departments charged with
carrying out the prohibition law in
volved in accusations of graft and even
murder
Authority for the appointment of a
committee Of nine members of the
House to investigate the situation and
report to the House June Is, 1921, is
carried in the resolution.
Such committee is hereby author
lied during the Sixty-sixth and Sixty
seventh Congresses to sit during the
session of recesses of the Congress at
Warrington or any other place in the
United States, to send for persons,
books and papers, administer oaths,
employ counsel and such experts and
such committed" reads the resolution
Would Cover Wide Scope
The special committee would be au-
thorized to inquire into the following:
"The existing situation relative to
the general question Of prohibition and
its enforcement, the manufacture, stor-
age, release, sale and consumption of
alcohol and alcoholic beverages, and
the effect thereof on industry and the
public welfare.
Such measures as it may deem nee
essary to bring about an efficient en-
forcement of the law and the better
ment of the entire situation with re-
gard to prohibition"
The killing of Monk Eastman by
Jeremiah Bohan, prohibition agent,
IN New York few days ago, after a
drinking party, in which the dry in
spector participated, is one of the
many cases strongly showing the ne
cessity for thorough investigation Of
the operation Of the prohibition field
forces,' said Mr.. Volk
"The Bayonne, N. j., case, in which
Prohibition Agent McGuinness, a rela-
tive of Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to
President Wilson, was found slain on
the beach, is another instance adding
to the demand for probe.
"Another instance was the Staten
Island investigation, which was killed
OFT after special judge was sent there
Made Subject to Graft
"The legitimate user of alcohol is
being made subject to graft and ex-
tortion OF all kinds, while the illegiti-
mate user is getting away with every
thing"
Mr.. Volk also referred to the. Chicago
case few days ago, in which six mem
said to have been arrested. The pro-
hibtion chief at Chicago said that evil
dcnce in this case led directly to a
member of Congress-
Arguments in support of the Ed
monds bill, which would legalize the
sale of liquor on board of American
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Senate Appropriates $4,000
For Inauguration at Capitol
Effort to Reduce Amount to $4,000 Defeated by
43 to 8; McCumber Renews Protest Against
Inflated Hotel Prices

will visit the inaugural as to the atti-
tudc of the Senate.
'In my opinion Senator Lenroot
said, "the Inauguration should end at
the Capitol when the President elect
takes the oath of office. | noticed in
the newspapers the other. day g sugges
tion that dance might be given on
the Capitol plaza while the inaugural
ball was given in one of the buildings
here. The suggestion apparently was
that the inaugural ball would be at
tended by the aristocrasy, while the
peasantry might dance on the Capitol
plaza"
Senator Knox denied knowing of this.
Senator McCumber, who had intro
duced a drastic bill to prevent extor-
tionate hotel and restaurant rates,
took the opportunity to score the "rob-
bers" who would exact exorbitant
prices for rooms and food The Sena-
tor declared he approved the idea of
adequate police protection from pick
pockets and robbers.
Hotel Charges Called Robbery
"But is any protection to be pro-
vided for the people who come here
against robbery in hotel charges ?" he
asked. ~ am in hearty sympathy with
this effort to protect the public against
plckpockets and other robberies, but
do hope that the Congress of the
United States will take up the subject
of protecting the public from the big
ger robberies by the hotels. l think
that the time has come when we should
call a halt on this sort Of thing. A
hotel proprietor may rob a visitor of
S100 day and insist on doing it
seven times over. Is there to be any
protection against him ?"
In the course of the debate Senator
New disclaimed knowledge that the
government would be asked to furnish
building for the inaugural ball. This
referred, it is understood, to plans for
using a government building for
this purpose, although it also led to
rumors the ball might be abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06

From The T,ibuhe's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.--Demands
that Congress take vigorous action 70
curb prohteers and "robbers" who are
threatening to exact undue prices for
hotel accommodations, rooms and food
in the restaurants and cafes were en-
rhasized in the Senate to-day. Sena-
tor McCumber, as we'll as other Sena-
tors, expressed determination to press
for legislation on this subject.
The Senate passed the Knox resolu-
ton to appropriate $4,000 for the in
augural expenses at the Capitol. By a
vote of 43 to 8, 1t rejected the Norris
amendment to cut the amount to $10,-
coo. The Senators who voted for the
Norris amendment were Borah, OF
Idaho; Gronna, OF North Dakota; Ken
yon, of Iowa; La Toilette, of Wisconsin,
and Norris, of Nebraska, Republicans
and Fletcher, Of Florida; Mcclellan, Of
Tennessee, and Phelan, of California,
Democrats.
Senator Jones, of Washington, Of
fered as an amendment to the Knox
resolution the substance of the Nelson
bill, which was offered yesterday, IN
tended to prohibit erection of stands
except in the White House grounds and
in Lafayette Square, opposite the Whita
House.
This was voted down after discussion
Senator Knox urged that this subject
ought to be taken up separately from
the pending resolution.
Opposes Dance on Plaza
Senator Lenroot, Of Wisconsin,
thought this was the time to give
notice to the citizens committee here
which is making preparations for the
inauguration and to the people who
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Harding Pays Tribute
To ROosevelt's Memory
Regrets He Cannot Attend Lay.
ing of Cornerstone To-day at
Ex-President's Birthplace

A tribute to the memory of Theodore
Roosevelt was paid yesterday by Pres
ident-elect Harding in a telegram to
the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial AS
sociation, at East Fifty-seventh
Street, in which he expressed regret at
being unable to attend this afternoon
the laying of the cornerstone of the
ex-President's birthplace, at 2S East
Twentieth Street.
"It is impossible for me to have the
great satisfaction which participation
in that notable event would afford me-"
Senator Harding said. please say to
the committee in charge how genuinely
| regret the impossibility of my ac-
ceptance.
"This. memoralizing of Colonel
Roosevelt's great life, the work Of per-
petuating his splendid American spirit
and the testimonial to his undying SER
vice all appeal to me very strongly.
The pressure of work incident to the
great task have assumed makes my
attendance wholly impossible, and l
can do no more than express most gen.
uine regrets and wish the ceremonial
that notable success which will leave
its impression upon the country"
The principal speakers at this after
Moons ceremony will be Major General
Leonard Wood, Ambassador Jules JUS
serand and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sis
ter of Colonel Roosevelt Mrs. Henry
A. Wise Wood, president of the
association and general chairman of the
committee in charge, announced yester-
day that in case of bad weather the
exercises would be held in Calvary
Church, 102 West Twenty y-second
Street, near Sixth Avenue
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Boxer Floored at Garden
May Have Fractured Skull

Elwood Everding, seventeen years
old, of 100 Trowbridge Street, Astoria,
l.. l., lightweight boxer, who appeared
at Madison Square Garden last Wcdnes-
day night in bout. was taken to Belle
vue Hospital with a possible fracture
of the skull, received when he was
knocked out in the second round.
His head crashed to the floor of the
ring when he fell. His opponent
James j. Tanning, of 500 West Thirty
fourth Street, also lightweight, was
not arrested Beth youths are mem
bers of the Amateur Athletic Union.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06
Canadian Naval Craft
To Visit Pacific Ports
Ottawa Officials Deny Plan to
Join u. S. and Australian
Fleets for Protection
S,ecinl DisDatch to The TrIbun

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
OTTAWA, Jan. 5.-Dispatches origi-
mating in New York e:a Sydney, N. S.
W., stating that the Canadian cruiser
Aurora, destroyers and submarines are
to be sent to the Pacific Coast to join
ships of the United States and Aus
tralan navies "for mutual protection" ,"
presumably against Japav. are de-
scribed as absurd by the Naval Serv-
ice Department here.
The Canadian naval vessels will
leave Halifax on January II for the
West Indies. There they will join the
North American and West Indian
squadron of the British navy for two
weeks maneuvers. Subsequently the
Canadian ships will proceed by way of
the Panama Canal to Esquimalt, where
they will arrxe about March =.
The vessels will simply visit Pacific
Coast ports in the course Of a cruise
undertaken to train their crews.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-06

passenger ships, will be presented to
the House Judiciary Committee Thurs
day, January 13.
Leading passenger steamship men Of
the United States will be represented,
the principal spckesmen SO far an
nounced being P. A. S. Franklin, of tho
American International Marine Com
pany, and F. L. Munson, of the Munson
Steamship Company.
Any doubt as TO the application Of
the Volstead acs outside the three
mile limit was dispelled by the recent
opinion by Solicitor General Frierson,
who held that the law applied, no mat
ter where an American ship might be.
The amendment to the Volstead act
was offered by Mr.. Edmonds SO that