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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-05
CONSTRUCTIVE
CRITICISM PLEA
BY ADM'L SIMS
.Deplores u. S. Mandate
Forbidding Comment
on Armed Forces
Compares it With Freedom Al
lowed in Foreign Countries
Beneficial Criticism Re-
warded by Some Nations He
Declares in Address Before
Society of Cincinnati

Newport, r. l.. July 4.-Thc atti-
tude of the United States, which he
said not only had always neglected to
provide for public criticism of officers
of the armed forces but has actually
forbidden it. was contrasted with that
OF some European powers by Rear Adj
miral William S. Sims in an address
today before the Rhode island branch
of the Society of the Cincinnati, in
which he urged public discussion as a
safeguard to public interests. In
some continental Countries, he declar-
ed, criticism was recognized as so
vital to efficiency that it is rewarded
when it proves beneficial.
The American people, Admiral Sims
said. know less about the elements of
warfare and less about the actual con-
dition of their military forces than the
people Of any other great power, add
ing that though this has initiated
against our preparedness for war in
the past, and although we have never
tbeless always attained our object in
war without very serious loss, still it
must be evident that a similar atti-
tude cannot be maintained in the fu-
ture without very serious risk. In a
country governed as ours it. the eff
cheney of its various departments
must necessarily depend very largely
upon the interest the people take in
this efficiency.
1T behoovcs us, therefore seriously
to recall the admonitions of our great
first president in regard to prepara-
ton for war and adopt the necessary
measures to insure that the public
shall at all times be adequately in
formed of their progress through pub
lie discussion carried out under such
regulations as to safeguard the public
interests"
After summarizing some of the
ideals of Washington the speaker de-
clared his injunctions embodied 1.-The
immutable fundamental principles of
the art Of war and their application
to national security" They have
been insisted upon by our military
and political historian, he said. but
they have failed to take hold of the
minds of the people.
'As this is not true Of other coun-
tries, at least not to the same degree"
Admiral Sims continued, sit is i'm
portant to INDICATE, if possible the
reason for this dangerous lack in
our people of proper solicitude for
our national security. I believe that
this national defect is due chiefly to
our belief that our geographic isola-
ton renders us practically immune
from serious attack.
America has never been defeated
Continued on Page 4-CoI. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-05
Y.D. BOYS PARADE
BEHIND THEIR OLD
LEADER EDWARDS

Boston, July 4.-Thirty-fivc hun
dred veterans of the Twenty-Sixth
(Yankee) Division, heroes of the Ar
gonne. carried the old flag over the
streets of Boston again today. At
their head marched Major General
Clarence +. Edwards. whose return
to Boston as the commander of the
First Army Corps area was hailed
with scarcely less tumult than on
that bleak morning in 1919 when he
returned to New England the boys
she had sent to the war.
The enthusiastic greeting T., the Of
fcer extended throughout the events
that marked the convention of the di-
vision three-day reunion here The
thousands who stood along the swell
tering streets while the veterans
marched by, offered their salutes; the
wounded men, riding in motor cars
past the reviewing stand after their
former commander had taken his place
there, offered theirs, sometimes with a
4 III.
After the parade when the veterans
had gathered on the Common for
memorial service for the dead they
shouted for the "Old Man" and at the
boxing bouts in the afternoon at
Braves Field they shouted for him
again.
Chaplain Michael j. OConnor, who
served with the division overseas, con-
Quoted the memorial ceremonies from
stand on Flagstaff hill.
Wounded veterans occupied boxes
at the bouts. They came from hospi-
tails in all parts of New England, and
tc each Major General Edwards spoke
word of greeting. He then took his
seat with 4 group of wounded men
from the Parker Hill hospital in this
city.
The matches, all of which went 10
rounds to decision. resulted as fol-
lows:
Jock Malone of ST. Paul defeated
Pal Reed of Framingham
Paul Doyle. Boston, defeated Nate
Siegel of Revere.
Bobby Josephs defeated Tom Rea-
gan.
The latter boxers are from this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-05
Walsh Hands Out
Some New Dope for
Democrats to Follow

New York, July 4.-Senator Walsh
Democrat, of Massachusetts,, speaking
today at Tammany Halls Indepen-
dence Day celebration outlined the
course which he believed should be
pursued by the Democratic party.
Blaming the Democratic defeat in
the last campaign on injection of a
foreign issue. Senator Walsh declared
that League of Nations, rejected by
the American people by an amazing
preponderance of Yates, should find no
harbor in the rejuvenated Democratic
party
These are the tasks of the Demo-
cratic party" he said, ito restore in
divdual liberties of expression and
action, to oppose the growing tendency
to curb individual liberty, to insure
TO every man his inalienable right of
life and happiness. to fight savagely
against the forces assailing the fund
amental concessions of our constitu-
ton, TO insist upon Americansm be-
fore internationalism. to preach broth
erhood and destroy political ard eco
romc oppression at home, to defend
against unrestricted capitalism and
unbridled radicalism, and to recon-
nit the forms of democratic institu-
tons to their original state"
Senator Wallis proposed that the
party take s its slogan mo extortion
of the people by big business" in con-
trast with the Republican campaign
cry Of Less government in business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-05
Two Injured in
Explosion Aboard
i. S. Ship SiWash

New Bedford, Mas, July Am ex-
plosion on the L. s. S. Siwash com
manded by Commander Edward r
Phillips, badly wrecked the craft
while loading gasoline at Fairhaven
today The steward. Hezekiah Troull
of New York City. was badly burned
and removed to the hospital here.
Captain W. c. Mccoy was knock
ed out by a flying timber and re-
ceived minor burns and injuries.
Commander Phillips. who was stand :
ing in the cabin, was in the midst of
flying wreckage, miraculously es-
capped injury.
Besides wrecking the cabin the
explosion raised the deck IS inches
and a small tender was blown into
the air, taking awnings with it and
swapping off iron stanchions.
Fire, which followed the explosion,
was eXtinguished by the Fairhaven
firemen.
The Siwash, 200 horsepower
motor cabin cruiser has been in
speeding equipment of motor boats
here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-05

Raritan. n. J. July 4EActing a.
sponsor here today Of a rowboa
made by nine year old boy, Presi
dent Harding delivered a Fourth o.
July Grafton OF a single sentence il
tribute to the ingenuity and aspira.
tions of American boyhood.
The diminutive craft, which ms.
pired the presidents toast was the
Raritan, nine feet overall, conceived
and built by Joseph S. Frelinghuy.
sen, Jr, son of the senior Senator
from New Jersey, at whose home
here Mr.. and Mrs. Harding are
guests. The bank of an artificial,
lake, forming a hazard across a golt
course of the Raritan Valley Coun-
try Club was the scene of the
launching and will be the home port
of the "Raritan' as she sails a
tramp course in search Of the mis-
directed golf balls.
Had she been the largest ocean
liner, the vessel could scarcely have
taken the water with a greater show
of ceremony. Specially constructed
ways whose upper end rested on a
soap box guided her down the bank
The American flag was in place
above her stern and she was loosed
to begin her adventurous career, the
president of the United States broke
beribboned bottle of mineral water
across her bows and said;
LAS a tribute to American bow
hood, who build castles in the air,
who build boats and whose achieve
ments in the future will build this
country, l christien this boat, the
handiwork of Joe Frelinghuysen, the
Raritan."
Entering thoroughly into the spirit
which prompted Joe and his young
friends to plan the ceremony, Mr..
Harding spoke his tribute solemnly
and applauded as the boat splashed
into the water with her builder and
master sitting proudly amidships.
Then the president, attired almost
like boy himself, in white golf cos
tune, turned to the group of boys
that had gathered on the bank and
snapped opinions with them about
the fine points of the Raritan.
Manifestly, the president enjoyed
the launching more than any other
event on his Fourth of July pro-
gram, though, previously, he had
been presented with a silver cup by
the country club and later was the
central figure at a luncheon and
public reception at the Frelinghuy-
sen house. More than a hundred
prominent New Jerseyites were
guests at the luncheon and during
the reception the people Of Raritan
and nearby towns trouped in to pay
their respects in numbers that re
called the front porch" days at
Marion.
For more than two hours the
president and Mrs. Harding stood
beneath a big maple on the lawn
shaking hands and exchanging
greetings with those who filed past
Early tomorrow morning, Mr.
Harding will leave by train for
Washington. He expects to be back
at his desk in the White House
shortly after noon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-05
Selection Jury to Fol-
low Allowing of Main
Indictments
Special Venire of 100 Ready
for Jury Duty-Two Weeks
Probable Length Trial =
Players and Gamblers to
Make General Denial of
Conspiracy to Throw World
Series

Chicago, July 1.-The actual triaI
OF the 1919 world series baseball
scandal case will start tomorrow be.
fore Judge Hugo Friend in the Grim.
inal court.
Unless the judge should rule in
favor Of the motion filed BY Attorney
H. A. Berger to quash the indict-
ments against those involved the Sc
lection of the jury will be started.
Should the judge rule in favor of
the motion. the state must tbandon
the main indictment, the one charg-
ing conspiracy in twelve counts and
resort to some of the minor indict-
ments.
special venire Of 100 men has
been summoned for Jury service.
1t was expected a week and possibly
two weeks would be required in Sc
lecting jury because of the wide
spread publicity given the case. The
taking of testimony will require
from ten days to two weeks, accord
ing to the attorneys.
William (BilD Burns, former pit
cher and one of those under indict-
ment, Joe" Gedeon, former second
baseman for the st Louis Browns,
who was suspended from baseball
for the alleged part in certain trans
actions connected with the case. and
William Mahard, alleged PhiladeI-
phia gambler. will aupply the most
important testimony for the state,
it was said.
The players and gamblers, it said,
will deny that any conspiracy exis-
ted. The former will produce their
playing records to show that they
played even better baseball in the
world series than they did through
out the season. Defense attorneys
said that they also would show that
certain Of the players did not get the
salaries which the public believed
were paid them.
Those who will actually be placed
on trial are Edward Cicotte, Claude
Williams, Chick" Gandil, "Swede"
Risberg. Joe Jackson, Oscar Felsch,
Carl Fork, Ben Levi, Louis Levi,
David Zellser and Buck" Weaver.
Burns also is a defendant but it
was indicated that he would not ac-
tually be placed on trial. His name
has been included among witnesses
for the prosecution and it was be-
lieved that he had been granted i'm
munity.
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RACING AUTO|ST
KILLED ON NORTH
! ADAMS FAIR COURSE

North Adams. Mass, July 40
seph Thomas, a racing auto driver
was killed instantly today when his
car crashed through a fence on the
west turn in a race at the fair
grounds. Although the car went
into crowd, no one else was in
jured.
Thomas, whose home was in the
Hyde Park section of Boston, was
making his first race as a driver,
having been employed as mechan-
ician previously for the troup of
racing motorists who participated in
the contest today. He was an Off :
Ger in the aircraft production divi-
sion of the air service during the
war.
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KNOX WARNS
OF MESSAGE
ALIEN REDS
Many Among Immi-
grant Hord e Be ar
Seeds of Destruction
Threaten Very Existence of
Republic With Their New
and Strange Doctrines Penn
sylvania Senator Declares in
independence Day Address
at Philadelphia

Philadelphia, July 4-Speaking at a
Fourth Of July celebration in indie
pendence hall today Senator Knox
of Pennsylvania warned against the
novel theories of government and
social economic life brought to this
country by races from alien soil
doctrines born of the ills of the
lands from which they came, radical
remedies, some times self annihila-
ing to those using them"
Mighty ferments are at work
amongst us governmentally and So
cially," the senator said. To-day
there are coming to US by the mill
lions, peoples from races untradi
toned and unseasoned in self gov
eminent. peoples unfamiliar with and
largely unappreciative of it's goods,
and untutored to tolerate and meet
it's evils. There are those amongst us
who deny the very basis of our So
cial order, the very foundation of our
whole system.
Just as the comingling of mem
bers of different races from different
chimes with different customs of life
exposes each of the individuals to
new and strange bodily ailments and
disease. so the intimate actions and
reactions of diverse race members
zring novel theories of government
and social and economic life. Were
their new theories tried, had they
been effectively used by any race, had
any people or nation risn to wealth
power and happiness under them, we
might hope that adjustment thereof
to our environments would make
them tolerable. But such are not the
facts.
These strange doctrines come
primarily from races unskilled in self
government, untaught in the funda-
mentals of free government, unedu-
Gated in the basic discord between
liberty and license. Their doctrines
are born of the ills of the lands from
which they came. They are radical
remedies, sometimes self annihilat-
ing to those using them, for ailments
unfamiliar to our system of govern
mcnt and life. Bolshevism may be
the heaven of the theorist crushed
under the weight of a cruel cZarism,
but it bears no true relation to the
inconsequental defects of free gov
eminent"
AS the nations fathers fought
physical foes and subdued them.
Senator Knox continued. 80 we
must do battle with foes of the mind
and heart, we must combat the dis
eased mind, and conquer. But be not,
fellow citizens, | bcseech you" he
added, deceived or lulled into the
false security which brings destruc-
ton"
The senator in concluding paid a
tribute to those honest men and
women" who have become a part of
the nations great citizenry and are
doing their part in the great ex-
pertinent of welding together in one
great homogeneous nation the lovers
of human liberty from all lands" He
voiced the conviction that while be-
ing alert to it's insidious foes. the
country can and is assimilating
those who have sought refuge here
from the expressions of other lands.
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EndeavOr Head
Hurt in Auto Crash

Northampton, Mass, July 4-Daniel
a. Polling, associate president of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor
ana widely known as a temperance
worker. was thrown from an auto
mobile with members of his family
when il struck a telephone pole in the
West Hatfield after the steering gear
had zroken today. They were motor
ing from Lake Sunapee, n. H., to
their home in Port Washington, Long
Island.
Mr.. Polling was severely wrenched
and bruised. Mrs. Polling stained
injuries to one ear. one Of their young
sons suffered a fracture of one arm
and the other a fracture of one leg.
All We're brought to hospital here.
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Young Boy Held
in Death Playmate

Dayton. O., July 4.-William
Stephenson, 3. occupied cell in coun-
ty Jail here today protesting his in
nocence of implication in the death
of Henry Blevins. Z. The body of
the boy was found with the neck
broken in a pond near here yesterday.
Stephenson admitted. police declare
that he broke his companions neck
with an iron coupling bar after an ar
gument, then threw the BODY IN the
pond.
The boys had been together swim
ming yesterday afternoon. This morn
ing Stephenson asserted that Vincent
Hall, another companion. killed Blew
ms. Hall has not been arrested. but
police are investigating Stephenson $
story.
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ONE KILLED IN
AUT0-TRAIN CRASH
At MECHANIC FALLS

Mechanic Falls, Me- July 4-Peter
Bion, II, was instantly killed today,
when an auto truck in which he was
riding was smashed to kindling by a
Rumford bound Portland and Rum
ford Falls train. Oren Keene of
West Poland, owner and driver of
the truck, also was also injured. He
said he did not see or hear the
train.
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Bethlehem Co. Again
Cuts Price of Steel

Bethlehem, Pa. July 4-The
Bethlehem Steel Corporation today
announced further reductions in the
price of steel. effective tomorrow
President Z. G. Grace of the com
pany. in making the announcement
said that 1.-The present manufacture
ing costs do not in any sense war
rant these reductions, but this COM
pany desires to contribute even more
than its full share to re-establish-
conditions in the steel trade on what
might be regarded as normal ba-
sis"
The company recently announced
fifteen per cent reduction in wages,
effective July 16.
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Sympathizers of
Irish Cause Parade
Fifth Avenue. n. Y.

New York, July Fifteen thou
sand Irish sympathizers. paraded
Fifth avenue today in a demonstra
ton for recognition of the Irish re-
public" many of them women and
children. There was also a good
sprinkling of former service men in
uniform. Only American flags were
carried
Only one placard was in til pro-
ccssion-that Of John Bull holding
whip over the manacled figure of
woman, typifying Ireland, plead
ing for justice. John Bull was re-
presented as saying Il am justice"
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GOTHAM VETS IN TORRID WEATHER
MARCH IN PROTEST ALL TOGETHER
THEY CRY FOR BEER AND LIBERTY
WHILE DRYS LOOK ON IN JOLL|TY

New York, July "A great manv
New Workers let the world know TO-
day that they bear no love for the
eighteenth Amendment. Several
thousand of them raised a terrible
thirst tramping up Fifth avenue in
an anti-prohibition demonstration
and others packed the sidewalks for
more than two miles to cheer them.
IL was called a wet parade and it
was wet-soaking wet-with pers-
piration. The afternoon was one of
the hottest Of the year, a scorching
sun shining down through humid
atmosphere that carried scarcely a
Whit of breeze.
| Mayor Hylan smiled and sweltered
in the seat of honor in the review
ing stand at Madison Square. Each
group greeted him with compliment
tary outbursts as they passed by.
| The native born addressed him bla-
family and intimately and every now
and then somebody would loudly in
! quire if his honor did not long for
schooner or lager on such a hot day.
| The foreign born-and they made
up a big percentage of this demons
tration against dryness-always ad-
dressed the mayor by his title or as
Mister Hylan' some of the march
erS bore banners which called on all
tn
liberty" against which they perspir-
ed in protest.
Not few women and children
participated in the parade They
were so outnumbered by the mascu-
line marchers, however, that it
seemed manifest that the male of
the species is more thirsty than his
mate. Everybody in the line had an
American flag and many wore min
iature liquor bottles appropriately
inscribed and pinned to their lapels.
There were more than three hun
dred organizations in line, about one
hundred of them Italian, those in
| charge announced. Bands played
drinking songs dedicated to the alb
sence of drinks. Banners by the
hundreds mingled the serious senti-,
view of a people on the water wa
gon. These placards, in a manner Of
speaking, put the kick into the par
ade.
The serious signs asked everybody
to notice what alcoholic aridity had
done to the American merchant
marine. They suggested bible read
ing as a means of learning who
made wine from water that the we'd
ding feast might be merry. and the
biblical line Use a little wine for
thy stomach's sake" also was quo
ted. There were pictures of the Last
Supper and of the Goddess of Liber-
ty, shorn of prositlike pose by
shackles that bound her arms to-
gether. Some of the banners urged
people to take the parade and the
sentiment it represented with Sc
robustness, explaining that the mar
cheers wanted the Eighteenth A
mendment repealed and the Volstead
"liberalized' and Furthermore, that
they were going to fight for that
cause
Another placard read "prohibi
ton took sunshine from our homes
and put moonshine in
When the parade ended, partici-
pants and spectators, hot and dry
throated. poured into every available
soda fountain to quench their col
lective thirst with soft drinks.
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Bandits Hold Up
Same Man Twice,
Get Total of S1.5O

Salt Lake CITY. t,tah, July a
Three bandits with a woman in COM
mand held up Peter Verdi twice last
night. according to a report he made
to the police today.
The woman, Verdi said, wore a
khaki uniform and pointed revolver
al him, ordering him to throw up HIS
hands Verdi complied and the two
other bandits robbed him of $3.50. a
ring and q pin. Verdi was then told
to beat it, He sought a short cut
home but was intercepted by the same
trio.
IT'S the same bird" said one of
the bandits as he gave Verdi kick
after the latter had again complied to
the woman's command of Hands up"
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Claim Firebugs
Damaged Plant
in Stamford, Conn.

Stamford. CT. July l.--Ofiicials of
the II. & II. Foundry a Machine Co.,
in whose plant $4,000 fire occurred
today. assert that an attempt was
made to destroy the plant. An en-
pfoye states he found an ignited fuse
leading to a five-gallon can OF gaso-
line in the machine shop and another
fuse with two pounds of gunpowder
attached leading to the flask room
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Ambassador and
Mrs. Harvey Celebrate

London, July 4-(By the Associated
Press)-Colonel George Harvey, the
American ambassador. and Mrs. Har-
vey held their first Independence
Day reception in their residence here
today. Some 500 of the American
colony attended to pay their, respects
to the ambassador and his wife The
latter We're attended by the entire
staff of the embass while besides
the Amrican rsidents the whole diplo-
matte corps and the British foreign
office sent representatives
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MILTON TAKES
AUTO CLASSIC ON
TACOMA SPEEDWAY

Tacoma, Wash, July tommy
Milton won today's $50 mile auto
mobile race on the Tacoma Speed
way
Millions time was 2:34:30, with an
average of SO miles an hour. Roscoe
Sarles was second. His time was
2:34:52. Joe Thomas, Eddie Hearne,
Tom Alley and Eddie Miller finished
in the order named.