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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
Baseball PITCHING Machine

An ingenious machine for pitching
-baseballs, which will throw any of
the curves That man can throw and
never a wild ball. is operated by com
pressed air. A compressor, sunk in
the pitchers box, supplies the air to
tank on the machine. 1t can be
applied to the ball at any pressure,
according to the speed desired. Six
ty pounds has been found to give the
speed of ball pitched by the aver
age man.
BY means OF a lever. the gun IL
broken" in the middle for loading.
Other levers move the gun laterally
and vertically for aiming. A trigger
placed on the top releases the ball.
This is accompanied by a sharp re-
port. 1T is the inventors practice to
signal just before pressing the trig-
ger. in order to give the batter the
warning ordinarily given by the
pitchers "wind-up" which precedes
the throw.
The machine has a revolving fur
RET. on one side of which is a hole
Tor the passage Of air. To accom-
plish a curve. air is supplied to one
slde or the ball. causing the whirlinr
| motion which results in a curve. BY
revolving the turret, air NAV be an
appiiedto any side of the ball and any
KIND OF curve in star pitchers
reperto!r may be easily obtained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
more dinicult engineering. Farm
Water Protseta Cash.

No other bank in the world is pro-
tected as is the Bank Of England,
writes william s. Y alsh, who COL
lects odd bits of information. This
unique protection IL due to an arte-
sian well in the bank. This well sup.
plies the bank with its water inde-
pendently of the rest of the city; it
IL 400 feet deep and supplies 1000
cubic feet Of water an hour.
The bullion department. which
holds the ingots Of precious metals, Is
nightly submerged in several feet OF
water by the action Of special ma
chinery. Anyone attempting to rob
the bank. then. must be an expert
swimmer and diver. In the morning
the water is pumped away and tho
ingots are readily accessible again.
However, the water still protects
the other departments of the bank.
Its supply is almost unlimited, the
bank knows, and its protection is
practically absolute when 1t is used.
The bank has very delicate machin-
cry arranged so that even the lifting
of one coin from a pile will release a
catch which in turn releases q supply
of water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Salt is the one thing of which we
are never likely to run short. Every
pint of sea water contains about half
an ounce OF salt; while there is
enough salt in the sea to cover the
surface of all the countries in the
world to a depth Of over GO feet.
The Germans eat u pounds of salt
per head every year: Americans use
II pounds, English people 10 pounds,
and the French about 8 pounds.
The greatest salt-eators in Europe
are the Scandinavians and the North
Russians, who use about twice as
much as we do. Certainly it is not
because they live in cold countries,
for the Eskimo. who lives still fur
ther North, eats none at all.
There are many people who take
too much salt. with the result that
they have bad compilations and suf-
fer from indigestion and other all
ments.
Used externally salt is one Of the
finest dressings known for cuts and
wounds. It helps them to heal quick
ly and cleanly.
While the thermometer wa how
ering around 9a last week Miss Wv
ian Akers and Miss ri. F. Libby Of
Norway, Me. report that on trip
to Harrison they had been snowshoe-
ing. They had, but not on snow. In
searching for pond lilies they found
that the only way TO avoid sinking
knee deep in the mud was to wear
snowshoes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Johnny Sheppard the clever Boston
feather, experienced no trouble in
stopping Young johnson of Provi-
dcnce in the fifth round of the main
bout at City hall last night. The
doughty lad from the Hub was not
forced to show much of his wares
as he early had the Providence boy
in trouble and with the end of the
fifth stanza johnson practically col
lapSed. A physician was called to
the ringsidc and after testing John
sons heart declared it would be I'M
wise to continue the bout. Johnson's
heart showing evidence of valvular
trouble.
The sudden ending of the show
brought a few protests from the
super blood thirsty ones but the
greater number realized the danger
of continuing what might prove to
be fatal ending.
The semi-final proved the star
run-in Of the evening. Young Cote
of Riddeford. substituting for Johnny
Walker. (who apparently had sud
den attack Of chilly eNtremities)
pleased the fans by making a fine
showing against i. o. Mayo of Lew
ston who was introduced as the
lightweight champion Of Maine
The clash went the scheduled limit
of six sessions and there was action
every minute. Cote opened the mi
tial 3-minute muss in brisk manner
ana although Mayo cleverly blocked
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
Chinese Dentistry Unique

The work of old time Chinese den
lists is ludcrously primitive. The
operator extracts all teeth with his
fingers. From youth to manhood he
is trained to pull pegs from wooden
board. and this training changes the
aspect of the hand and gives him a
finger grip that is equivalent to a
lifting power Of 800 or 400 pounds.
For tootkache he employs opium,
peppermint oil. cinnamon oil and
Glove oil. Sometimes he fills teeth.
but he does it SO poorly that the FILL
ings fall out after a few months.
There is an element of superstition
in his work. for he asserts that all
dental troubles are brought on by
tooth worms, and lie always shows
the nerve pulp to the patient as such
worm For humbugging purposes,
also. the dentist carries about in his
pocket some white grubs. and after
he has extracted tooth he shows a
grub to the sufferer as the cause Of
all the trouble.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
BRAND TAKES
ISSUE With
CURzoN SPEECH
Denies That F n c e
"Stole a March" on
Her Allies
Says His Country Had Given
Due Notice Before Acting
Turkish Argument Not a
freaty-Will Aid in Estab-
fishing General Peace

New York, Nov. 25.-(By A. P.)-
I Premier BRAND of France took sharp
issue with Lord Curzon, the British
| foreign minister, today, on that part
of the latter's speech in London in.
which he intimated France had
| stolen a march on her allies by
| entering into a'separate agreement
with the Turkish Nationalist govern
ment.
I The agreement was drafted and
! signed in London, after France had
given notice to her allies that she in
| tended to effect "a special agreement
for the settlement Of our private af-
! fairs" NJ BRAND asserted in state
ruent issued just before he sailed for
! France.
! The statement follows:
! First it is not treaty: it is an
agreement between the Angora gov
eminent and uss for the settlement
/ OF questions concerning the frontier
of Syria and Cilesia, the exchange of
| prisoners and the cessation of hostli-
! tiles which since the war has cost
! France several thousand killed and
! which compelled us to keep in these
/ distant regions an army of 10000 en-.
1t was an intolerable burden for
which the parliament would no longer
assume responsibility and | am sur
prised that we should be reproached
| in the very moment that we are ask
ed to reduce our standing army, for
an agreement which has as result
the prevention of new bloodshed and
which permits US to reduce by hall
our army in the Orient.
II am still more surprised that
| there should be any aStonlshment
at this agreement. IL was prepared
and signed at London, in the course
of a conference which, on the inltla-
tive of England we had been asked
to attend. We gave notice TO our al
lies that we had decided to sign a
special agreement for the settlement
of our private affairs. The Italians
01d the same. l MOI tuHdt'lS, tiiNSN
agreements We're not At once ratified
by the Angora assembly. but the text
of them was communicated to all al :
lied governments including England.
Later, with several notifications
which did not fundamentally change
it, this agreement was again eAamin-
ed and finally ratified by the great
Turkish assembly. 1t can only aid in
the establishment of a general peace
of which all the conditions are re-
served and will soon, | hope. form the
object of a complete negotiation
| which this time may result IN an
equitable and definite peace In the
! Orient.
The British government is we'll
aware that we are all ready, in agree
ment with England and our other al
lies TO seize the propitious moment
| to obtain such a peace
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
A Mechanical Marvel in Your Base
ment

Do you know that you have in your
basement one of the mechanical mar
wells of the age? 1t is the gas meter.
Invented by William Richards in
1S44Sseventy-fi years ago-inven-
tors have vainly tried to improve it,
hut only a few minor Improvements
have been made.
Put one hundred of the best
watches against one hundred gas
meters in a test for accuracy. ex-
posed to the same varying conditions
of heat. cold. humidity. and the me-
tiers will win out every time. The gas
meter is regarded as one of the most
accurate measuring instruments in
use today. Like the registering turn
stile in parks, railroad stations and
fair grounds, the meter will not on
crate untess something passes
through it. The mechanism is not set
in motion an dthe indicator hands
cannot move except as gas passes
through and makes them move,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
Big Watercress Farm in France

The largest watercress farm in the
world is that at Enghien. near Paris.
1t covers forty-five acres of ground.
and consists of series of bitches,
or cross beds running parallel.
The cultivation of the plant is both
curious and picturesque. The cress
is grown from seeds planted in April.
Before they can be sown the beds
have to be drained, titled and meas
ured. When the young grass appears,
cuttings are taken and planted in the
various bitches in about foot of
water.
When the shoots begin to strike, a
process known as "schnelling." pecu-
liar to watercress cultivation, is car
ried out. BY means of fiat piece Of
board, attached to handle and called
the "schnel," the farmer lightly
strikes the cress as he walks along
the banks of the bitches. The object
of this is to prevent the plant send
ing shoots above the water. BY press
ing it down in this way it grows very
bushy, and a greater quantity is thus
obtained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
Ringside Remarks

Young Cote who made such a
good showing in the semi is a
nephew of Arthur Cote once fam
Gus Maine lightweight Of 10 to Is
years ago.
Young Polo of Lewiston was in
troduccd and issued def to any
lightweight in New England.
Tommy Bergin. once clever light
weight was in Mayo's corner. Tom
my could hardly make weight now
without cutting off both pins.
Johnson cut his eye in the third
by hitting his head against Shep-
herds thigh and not from a blow as
some thought.
The arena was all dolled UP with a
new canvass floor covering and the
ropes We're bound with red, white
and blue cloth.
Cotcs style caught the fancy of
the fans. He sure carries hay
maker and bores in but laid himself
wide open in many of his rushes.
The midgcts We're clever and we'll
matched with some classy leading
and blocking. 4 few years and more
poundagc will make good boxers of
both.
Jimmy Gardner whom old timers
Will recall as once welter champion
Of the world, was in Johnny Shep-
pard's corner and was introduced to
the crowd by the only Eden Hanks.
\ fine crowd turned out for the eve
ning's bill and on the whole was well
pleased with the seasons initial Of
fering of the Augusta A. G. The
management announced that another
mill would be staged in about three
weeks with Young Cote again stack
ed up against X. q. Mayo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
FARMINGDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. John Knox of Card :
ner were guests Thanksgiving Day of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. McCausland.
Miss Ida Damon of Augusta pass
ed Thanksgiving with her sister, Mrs
Harry Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
also entertained Mr.. Smiths brother
Herbert Smith and family of Pitts
ton, the dinner party numbering II.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Purdy of Gardi :
ner passed Thanksgiving with Mrs
Purdy's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. w
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Smith and little
daughter of Somerville, Mass. were
guests of his parents a few days last
week, returning Saturday.
]. l.. Smith of Medford, Mass
made brief visit with his parents
coming from Auburn. Mrs. Smith is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. f.
l.. Bradford in Auburn.
Mrs. I. w. Smith was the guest of
her sister Mrs. Fl. S. Briggs in Au-
burn, over Tuesday night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Protest being made by the Bangor
Chamber of Commerce to Senat tor
Hale against the removal of ex-serv-
ice men from the Bangor Anti -Tu-
berculosis sanatorium to other hos
pltals. Senator Hale has secured the
promise of careful investiga ton by
the government Of the situation be-
lore any men are moved. The gov
eminent is getting rid OF contract
hospitals as rapidly as possible and
placing the inmates in government
hospitals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Capt. S. L. Green, comma nder Of
the yacht Jarda, of New London,
Conn, made use of a new and effec-
tive blind" While on a duck shoot
near his old home at Deer Island. Me.
impatint at waiting for black duck,
Capt. Green crept a mile out over the
mud fats in Oyster River. buried
himself completely in mud and re-
turned with enough Of those elusive
birds TO celebrate his 18th wedding
anniversary by entertaining the Tan
go Club at dinner that night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

A case repIete with condolences
has been disclosed at the Nyack Hos
pital, Nyack, n. Y, where Mrs. John
Bates and Mrs. George Gates are pa
pients. They are lifelong friends,
We're born on the same day. stricken
at the same time, operated upon the
same day for the same ailment and
are both improving. eBfore their
marriages Mrs. Bates was Miss EN-
ma Van Pelt and Mrs. Gates was
Miss Emma Van Zant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

The phrase public utilities" used
generally in discussing the gas. cleo
fricdl. electric railway and telephone
services of the nation, has recently
been defined by prominent New
York banking house. as follows:
The products of public utility
companies-gas, electric, water, tel
ephone. electric railway service-are
just what the name implies:
fnbilc-because they are used
by EVERYBODY.
ttililies-because they are use
ful, necessary things"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

The funeral of Mrs. Catherine E.
Colby, wife Of Frank l.. Colby took
place at st. Williams church. Dor
chester, Mass. on Friday morning.
Following a mass of requiem at st.
Williams church. with FIR. Donegan
as celebrant, the remains were
brought to this city, arriving on train
IL, and were inferred in st. Joseph's
cemetery. The bearers were NJ. p.
Hickey, Thomas Hickey, Patrick
Hickey and Frank Hickey cousins of
Mrs. Colby.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

The. Jutland Coast is becoming rich
with unexpected fish in the form of
noating golf balls. A boatman from
London has just announced that he
has collected 25V Of these balls this
season. The waters of the North Sea
Tow around the north of Scotland
and meet the waters of the Atlantic
off the Dogger Bank, SO that it is
more than probable that these golf
balls were drives at Seaford or North
Berwick, or were topped drives into
Ccottish burns and streams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
SHEPPARD STOPS JOHNSON IN
Main BOUT AT CITY HALL -SEM|-
FINAL PROVES BEST OF EVENING

In the final set-to Cote came back
strong and carried the fight to Mayo
who was forced to call on all his
cleverness to fend off the boring in
tactics of the Biddeford boy.
For a curtain raiser couple of 9s-
ID. mihgets. George Bolduc of Lewis
ton and Young Tanguay of Waterville
gave a clever though not exciting eX-
hibition. Both lads arc still tender
in years but certainly showed they
know lot of fistic science.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

One of the native rulers in India,
the nawab of Rampur, is the posses
sor of a watch valued at more than
100000. The lower case is cut from
a single topaz. the upper from an en-
erald,. and a diamond. ground very
very thin, serves for the crystal.
The watch shows the seconds. min
utes. quarter hours. half hours, hours,
days, weeks. months, seasons, years
and leap years up to the year 1900
The town of Radcliffe, Ia. with a
population of 500, has JOG ex-service
men. an of whom are members Of the
American Legion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

James J. Griffin, Supreme Dictator
Of the World" Loyal Order of Moose,
will be present at the Monday eve
ming meeting of the Gardiner Lodge
Of Moose. Every member should be
Present 10 hear what Mr.. Griffin has
10 say. There is in process of for
nation a Junior Order of Moose and
all members of this order should be
present Monday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

"A fire alarm sounded to secure a
posse to search for a lost boy awak-
ened .the inhabitants of Kittery. Me.
The1 parents o ia young lad named
Potter had the siren sounded when
the boy failed to-come home. The
Potter boy had been visiting and had
fallen asleep in a hammock on a pi-
azza, but was awakened by the alarm
and returned home, not knowing that
thu Gre cali was for him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

mittee. Justice A. NJ. Spear, f. M.
Thompson. and p. S. Mooney; sup
per committee. DIR. George H. Pat
ten. Paul S. Phalen, Dr.. Harry NJ.
ratten. G. r. True and John s.
Wadloigh. The officers OF the chap
ter arc: President, Hon Leslie c.
Cornish; vice president. Henry Rich
ards: secretary. Merton G. l.. Bailey:
treasurer, Guy c. Longfellow. 1T was
voted to hold the next meeting on
Friday evening. Dec. %.
Report Of Earra1ansett Conference
Fireman +. Burr, former president
of the Chapter, gave a very interest
ing report on his trip as delegate of
the chapter to the conference of the
t'nitarian Iaymen's League held
Sept. Is and 16 at Narragansett Pier
He stated that he was surprised to
find so many men of widely different
Iplaces all interested in the purpose of
the League. The idea of the gather
ing was to discuss the proposition of
finding ways in which the church
could help out the general situation
through the lay members The chief
topics taken up had to do with the
relation of the laymen OF the church
to outside affairs. He stated thta
the whole conference augurs well
for the success Of the Laymen's
League of the country in carrying
out the things for Which it was es-
tablished
Il In introducing the speaker OF the
evening. Justice Cornish said that
the members were to hear about the
greatest book in the world. of which
our fathers and grandfathers knew
more than we--The Bible.
President Roberts Of Colby College
President Roberts in opening his
address. said that he thought the
boys and girls of today would make
worse showing in their knowledge
Of the Bible than the older people.
In his opinion this change is not due
to a deteriotion of morals or Chris
tan character, but rather that the
Bible has suffered so much from
ompetition-becaus today there is
so much else to read. in these DAYS,
Bible instruction does not begin at
the mothers knee. In the olden days,
mothers used to tell their children
about Joseph and Daniel and the
other Bible chara cters, but now they
have an abundance OF books for the
children. In former days, there were
practically no childrens' books and
il the little ones wanted to read, they
must the read the Bible.
Seventy-five or 100 years ago.
many people thought il was wicked
to read novels. 1t was not until the
publication of Uncle Toms Cabin
that the people began to think there
might be some good in novels So in
consequence, there were many COM
munities in the old DAYS in which
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

George w. Carter, who has been at
Elixir Spring, Kentucky. for the past
three weeks, says that while there a
Casey County farmer showed him an
ear of popcorn which had been
popped in the field by the hot sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
Maybe He Has No Chance

Blackstone---Did L understand you 20
say that YOU never quarrel with you.
wife?
Webster--No: you misunderstood
me. I said I never start a quarrel
New York Sun,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Eight-year- Denis Davies was
registered by mistake to vote at the
by-elections in West Lewisham.
England. Since his name remained
on the register. he was entitled to
vote.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Besides being the biggest tree on
earth. the California redwood sup
plies one of the most durable of
woods. The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, doing survey work
in California, has found that stakes
made of redwood set in 1874 are still
in fair state of preservation, after
being in the ground a years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
Two Tots Victims
Autos in PaWtUcket

Pawtucket, r. l.. Nov. 23-TWo Ut
tie children were killed by automo-
biles when they stepped in front of
them on Broadway late today, within
two hours of each other-nine year
old Emily Bliss and Charles Burns,
four years old. The drivers of the
cars were released after examination
by the police.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Kelley of
Rockport, Mass. were Thanksgiving
guests of Hon. and Mrs. Edwin w.
Ellis, Dresden avenue. Mr.. Kelley Is
New England representative of the
American Window Glass Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26
On the Revers.

North-Has Mar iorie any education
along musical lines?
Vest should say so, Name any
record and she can tell you what's on
the other SOLICITATIONS Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

The reasons why the people of
New England are not so familiar
With the Bible as they used TO he 1o
or 100 years ago and why there
should be more general reading Of
the greatest book of all times were
discussed in very enlightening and
profitable address. given by presi-
dent Arthur J. Roberts Of Colby coll
.iege at the November meeting of All
Souls Chapter Friday evening in the
parlors of the All Souls church.
Chief Justice Leslie e. Cornish.
president OF the chapter. presided
over the session, and there was
large attendance of members, the
gathering being representative Of
Augusta professional and business
men. Following a delicious chicken
pie cupper served by the committee,
the members Joined in the singing of
popular songs. under the direction of
Charles +, Bilodeau and accompan-
led by an orchestra composed of
Messrs. Douglas, Fox and Keith.
At a business session. President
Cornish announced in addition to the
officer Of the chapter recently chosen.
the appointment of the following
committees to serve for the year
Executive committee. president. vice
president, secretary and treasurer,
ex- officio. Freeman F. Burr. Emery
o. Beane and Arno Bituues: finance
committee, Samuel y. Tobey, DIR.
George A. Coombs and Samuel L.
Holway; membership committee,
Erskine p. Moves. Ralph G. Weber.
Lester a. Partridge. Robert F. Part
ridge. Henry Bates: music commit
tee. Harry z. Lowell: sneakers com.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-26

Mrs. Dana Mccarthy, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wight. Central street, has re-
turned to her home in Auburn.