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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
A Hero on Four Legs.
Baltimore SUM

tBalIl1nOTe SUM
Clyde Scott, years old, lies dying
on his fathers farm near Beckley, w.
Va. His pet collie is dead. A vicious
SOW, bearing the scars of battle to
the finish, is so badly mangled that
she must be killed, too.
1t is one of those simple little
stories of a. dog to which all human
sympathy responds The boy, play
ing in the yard. was attacked by the
sow, which had ESCAPED its pen.
Hearing the child's screams. the col
lie rushed to the rescue and engaged
the SOW in fight. 1t needs no assur-
ance of the telegraphed item to tell
him who knows his dog the details.
The child's mother came into the
picture. bearing her torn baby to
safety. But the dog remained. His
was a supreme duty, that knew no
compromise. The Infatuated sow
WIS a menace to those he loved. 1t
was his business to remove that
menace. and into the job he put all
the energy of his devoted little soul.
He may have known that there could
he only one ending. That was not
his concern. 1t was his concern only
to remove the menace, and at any
cost. His own life mattered not at
all. and in the end he lost it. in as
noble a struggle for what he be-
lieved to be righteous as any that
ever frightened the annals of man or
nation.
We do not know the little collie's
name. If we did, we should like to
print it in honorable memory of his
gallant conduct. He was soldier
and a gentleman: he was devoted
comrade and playmate; he was all
that a dog is and that man should
he. We hope he had a Christian
burial. for he was a Christian, If to
he Christian implies sacrifice of self
and love for others. He was all Of
that. and he was a hero-a hero on
FOUR logs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22

AIac mas neiped thousands
to break the costly, nerve-s hatterjng
tobacco habit. Whenever you have
a longing for a cigarette, cigar, pipe.
or for cnew, just place a harmless
No-To- Bac tablet in your mouth in
stead, to help relieve that awful de-
sire. Shortly the habit may be COM
pletely broken, and you are better off
mentally, physically, financially. It's
so easy. so simple. Get box of No
To-Bac ana if it doesn't release you
from all craving for tobacco in any
form, your druggist will refund your
money without question.-Adv.
dec2S tues-fri IF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22

Her name is plain Mary Ellen
Smith, but she is the first woman to
hold a cabinet position within the
limits of the British empire, in fact
the only woman in the world occu-
plying such position. 1t may be. of
further interest and announcement
to those who believe in extending the
influence of woman in governmental
affairs, that the position came to her
because of merit. Four years ago she
was elected to the assembly of Brit
list Columbia from Vancouver to fill
a vacancy occasioned by the death
of her husband And Mary Ellen has
made good" if you please.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Veteran Struck by Truck

Ora Small, son of Mrs. Emma Rog-
ers of Bath, is in a critical condi-
ton as a result of injuries received
when he was run into by a truck of
Swift & Co. on the Brunswick road
Thursday night. 1t is thought that
Mr.. Small is suffering from internal
injuries. No bones are broken. The
accident happened at night and Mr.
Small was knocked unconscious by
the impact of the truck. He was
carried to his home on the Bruins
wick road and for a while it was not
thought he could live 1t is under
stood the driver of the truck takes
all the blame and Swift & Co. will
pay all bills resulting from the acct
dent. Lynwood Small Of Lisbon
Falls. a brother. returned to his home
Tuesday after having passed several
days helping care for the young man.
Mr.. Small was in many battles of
the great war and came through
them all without scratch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Overseas Nurse Dies

Clara Davis Boynton, a native of
Cutler, died in the Presbyterian hos
pltal in Chicago, April ,. She was
nearly 80 years old. She graduated
from Washington academy, East Ma
chias, in 1900, attended Gorham Nor
NAL school, graduated from the
Nurses Training School of the Wor-
cester City hospital in 1907. From
that time she practised her profess
sion as a graduate nurse until the
outbreak of the war when she en-
rolled in the Boston City Hospital
Unit of the Red Cross. She was or
dered to report at the Walter Reed
hospital, Washington, d. c., in April
1918, and was in charge of the ear,
nose and throat clinic. In July she
went overseas, and at her own re-
quest was detached from the base
hospital with which she crossed and
sent to Evacuation Hospital No. %
at the front. Here she saw service
in two major engagements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
A "WHY" FOR MAINE WOMEN

One of the posters displayed at the
recent Boom Maine" meeting in
Portland bore the following: From
$4,000 to 10000 of our school children
are undernourished. Maine women
want to know why"
If there be that number of school
children undernourished is it be-
cause of poverty or Inadequate Door
relief? We think such would not be
the conclusion of those acquainted
with the conditions existing in this
State.
We are OF the opinion that the
cause must be looked for elsewhere.
in part at least among those whose
duty 1t is to prepare the food and see
that the children eat of it regularly
and properly. Much of the fault
will probably be found among the
home-keepers and if correction of
this may be had it would seem FEAST
BILE to look to the women for assist
ance.
Just what the procedure should be
for correcting the shiftlessness of
the housekeeper may prove some
what Of a puzzle. 1t always has
been a difficult problem. Legal
measures are difficult to apply and
il applied the results are often
doubtful. If the women in each
community took pains to ascertain
the exact conditions and apply the
force OF public opinion and such as
sistance as may be possible, a meas
ure OF relief would seem to be as
sured. This would not be as agree
able as passing resolutions, however.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22

The Pennsylvania public service
commission has directed the Penn
sylvania railroad to establish a part
time station on one of it's branches
where the Federal government estab-
lished a full time station. The work
required of the agent shows that it
takes but an hour or two of his time
each day and the commission takes
the ground that 1T is not to be con-
ceived that the war labor board or
any other medium of governmental
regulation should impose upon car
riers rules that do not conform to
reason or common sense" also that
the payment of 1927 for 5000 worth
of labor or service is neither honest.
efficient or economical" We pre-
sumo the reply to this by the labor
men will be that it is high handed
attempt to ruin the labor organiza-
tons and rob the toilers of their
birthright. They seem to forget the
power of public sentiment in such
matters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Do Something or Resign.
Republican Journal)


Sometime in February last there
was protracted discussion in the
National House on the appropriation
requested for the Children's Bureau,
which, with the Public Health Serv-
ice, the Board of nter-departmental
Social Hygiene, the Bureau of Medi-
cine and Surgery, the Federal Board
of Maternal and Infant Hygiene, the
Woman's Bureau and more than
twenty other federal organizations.
has been engaged in looking after the
Nations health. During the debate
it was charged that these organiZa-
tons We're duplicating each others
work, and the charge was not denied.
1t was also charged that a small
army of officials and large army of
clerks in these health organizations
spend their time in studying the
health situation, collecting statistics.
making Investigations, making re-
ports and drawing salaries. 1t may
be that these people are doing great
deal of good but we think it safe to
assert that the combined work CO of
all these federal health agencies has
not resulted in saving a human life
or in relieving the pain of case of
collie in Waldo county. The public is
paving for something it does not re-
Ceiye.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Eliminate the "lf."
Architectural

(ATCIllleCIUEet
We do not like the word very
much, but it attaches itself to about
everything that we could possibly
say regarding the immediate present
and future concerning building. If
prices could be stabilized, if wages
could be based on an honest and full
days work, if the uncertainties of
future market conditions could be
eliminated. if the solution of the
great problems of adjustment that
confront the whole world could be
clearly visioned, the rest would be
easy and the "if' could be eliminated
from most of the questions that con-
front the architect and the rest of
the world. According to The F. w.
Dodge Company review, the con-
struction industry is in very much
the same position as it was in 1919.
A spring awakening is predicted in
some quarters, to be followed by in
creased activity during the summer
and fall. While the amount of money
involved in construction contracts in
1920 in twenty-five Northeastern
States was the same as in 1919, this
amount of money-over two and a
half billions of dollars-paid for a
volume of construction that was
nearly one fourth less in 1920 than in
1919
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22

Alice l. Kempton, 65 wife of Lyman
Kempton, of Rangeley. passed away
in a Portland hospital Monday where
she had gone for treatment. In her
youth Mrs. Kempton was popular
school teacher in Rangeley and for
the past ten years she has been Ii
hrarian in the Rangeley public libra
nv where her kindness and courtesy
have been much appreciated While
not a native of Rangeley. Mrs. Kemp
ton has spent most of her life there.
Her death followed a period of about
TWO years illness during which every
thing possible was done for her re-
covery. Mrs. Kempton was q MEM
Der and a constant attendant of the
Rangeley Free Baptist church and an
untiring worker in its Ladies' Aid So
ciety. She is survived by her hus-
band and an adopted daughter, Mrs.
Hall Grant of Rangeley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Manchester Granue

Manchester Grange held special
meeting Thursday evening, April IA,
for the purpose of comforting the first
and second degrees on a class of can
didates. The regular meeting was
held Saturday evening, April 16, when
the third and fourth degrees were
conferred on above named class of
candidates. A supper consisting of
salads, sandwiches, cake and coffee
was served The Worthy Lecturer,
Esther Brown, gave a very interest
ing report of the Lecturers confer
ence held in Bangor, March % and
%, which was greatly enjoyed by ALL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
XASSALRORO

SOUTH-Dr. William j. Young of
Waterville was a caller on r. j. Stone
and r. c. Dickey Monday.
The South Vassalboro and Cross
Hill school has been closed owing to
several cases of scarlet fever in the
Cross Hill district.
Ralph Dickey attended a whist par
ty at Riverside Saturday. evening.
]. p. Twitchell was business call
er in Augusta Saturday
George Perkins has returned II
Waterville after passing a few days
at his home here
Mrs. E. V. Twitchell passed Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. Abbie Da-
Wis
Mrs. Lila Nelson, Mrs Katie Fow-
Ter, Mrs. Bertha Stone and Mrs. Alice
howe We're among those who attend
ed the Women's Benefit Association
of the MacCabees which met with
Mrs. Harry Doe, South China, for an
all day session Thursday.
r. j. Stone, C. w Taber. Charles
Adams and Mr. Candage are smooth
ing and repairing the roads which
have been assigned them to care for.
Mrs. Della Dickey was in Augusta
Tuesday calling on her sister, Mrs.
James Clark who is jill with bronchi-
tbs and a bad cold
The assessors of the town of Vas
salboro, Mr.. Coombs, Ralph Dickey
and Miss Nettie Burleigh, have COM
pleted taking the valuation and are
working on the books at their office
at the town farm.
The recent rains made the travelling
very hard in places both for teaming
and autoists. In two days there were
six outos stalled in the mud near the
residence of Mrs. Carrie Whitehouse.
NJ. L. Sabin was called in the wee
small hours" of Saturday night to
pull one out with his team. One driv-
er said he had driven from Massachu-
sets and this was the first bad place
he had found.
Lin Sabin was helping j. p. Twit-
chell Tuesday with his team
Emmons Casey of Norridgewock
was calling on friends in this place
Sunday.
w. f. Brown of Weeks Mills was a
business caller at r. c. Dickeys one
day last week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Editors Letter Box
Scripture and the League

A subscriber, who says he is con-
WINGED the League of Nations is
"scrapped" wishes the Journal to
publish the ninth and tenth verses OF
the Sth chapter of Isaiah. These he
believes foretell the fate of the
League:
Associate yourselves, o We people
and We shall be broken in pieces; and
give ear all we of far countries;
grid yourselves and ye shall
be broken in pieces. Take council
together and it. shall cometo naught;
speak the word and it shall not
stand"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22

The Chamber of Commerce refer
endum of the question of daylight
saving is for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the public's wishes respecting
it, not for deciding whether we shall
have it. Having the information as
to public opinion ought to prove use
full in deciding this controversy. il
not in determining the justice or in
justice of the plan as applied to the
several interests.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
STEAMSHIP LINEIn,
Boston and
Portland Line

EXPRESS WINTER PASsENQER
AND FREIGHT SERVICE
STEEL STEAMSHIP "GOVERGoH
DINGLEY"
SIX HOURS BETWEEN PORTS
WINTER FARE S2.l6-STATERooM
Sligo, WAR TAX INCLUDED
Leave Portland, Erankln Wharf,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
at p. NJ. for Boston.
URN:-Loavs Boston, Central
Wharf, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at p. M.
At Boston connection 10 made with the
metropolitan Line passenger ana
freight steamers for New York via
Cape Cod Canal.
H A CLAY, Superintendent.
Franklin Wharf.
Tel. 66oo apr13dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Mountain GRANGE

Mountain Grange, No. 1874, North
Buckfield, held an all day meeting
April 16. After routine business, a
bounteous dinner was served. In the
afternoon Lecturer Florence Warren
presented the following program.
Selections by choir; readings, Nor
daunt Rowe. Jr., Louise Tucker, Eola
Holmes, Nettie Hayden, Florence
Warren; discussion, Should supply
or demand fix the prices of farm
crops" opened by P. B. Dunn, May
:. State Lecturer c. o. burlington will
be present April 80 this grange will
visit Pleasant Pond Grange, West
Sumner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Try Phosphate
If You Are Thin
and Under Weight

DR.. Harrigan, of New York, to make
thin, delicate, nervous, discourage
men and women take on needed weight
and quickly exhibit nerve force that
radiates health. energy and ambition:
. 1t is known to be such a wonderful
aid to frail and tired out people that
B. E. Bither and other leading drug
gists, who have a large demand for it,
are glad to guarantee Bitro-Phosphate.
CAUTION: Although 6itro Phos-
phate Is an excellent aid in relieving
weak, nervous conditions its use Is
not advised unless increased weight Is
deRfred.-AdV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Friday, April q, 1921
LLOYD GEORGES COMPARISONS

Lloyd Georges reply to the protest
against reprisals in Ireland is in some
respects the strongest statement of
the British governments position
that has been made. In the explana-
ton offered for reprisals he shows
how easy it has been for outrages to
be exchanged for outrages but he does
not explain the lack of morale eX-
hibited by the government in re-
straining the auxiliaries. He abso-
lutely fails to disabuse the mind OF
the idea that there has been wofully
poor management of the British
regime in Ireland, although he con-
vinces one of the difficulties.
On the other hand he makes clear
Great Britain's inability to concede
absolute independence to Ireland. or
in other words to yield to Sim Fem
demands 1t ought to have been clear
from the first and without explana-
ton that it would be suicidal for Eng
land to grant those demands. If Ire
land were located where Iceland is
the problem would present an alto
gether different aspect. But to per-
nit q hostile republic unrestrained
advantage over the lanes Of Eng
lands commerce would be, in effect,
hauling down Great Britains colors.
Lloyd Georges comparison to the
conditions in this country when the
South fought for secession is apt in
several particulars, although no COM
parison may be made between the
privileges enjoyed by the South and
the disabilities imposed on Ireland
and the treatment under which she
has naturally been embittered. 1t
should however, serve to, enlighten
the minds of his fellow Englishmen
respecting the attitude of those of
our people who sympathize with Ire
land. They have none of them gone
to greater lengths and put heavier
strain on relations between the two
countries than did those Englishmen
who favored the South. And it
should be remembered that England
sympathy with the South was open
to the suspicion of sordidness. In
fact it was known of all men that
her money and her ships were con-
tributed in the hope of securing in
this country a government linked to
England by trade relations, a source
of raw material produced by slaves
for the use of Englands factories.
The charge of sordidness cannot lie
against Americans sympathies with
Ireland.
This comparison made by England's
prime minister should also drive deep
into the consciousness of the Ameri-
can people the existence of a funda-
mental obstacle to the policy of the
Sim Fem. The North was right in
fighting secession and today the South
knows it. With this fact in mind we
may be impressed with the duty we
owe humanity and the welfare of the
Irish people not to encourage them
in seeking the unattainable, but rath-
er in helping them to get the fullest
measure of justice possible under the
circumstances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
ReadfeId GRANGE

Readfield Grange met Saturday.
april 16, the Worthy Overseer, C. G..
Freer in the chair. There was a good
attendance. Three candidates were
voted on and accepted and three new
names were received.
Some other matters of business of
the grange and then the usual recess
for dinner was taken.
The lecturer presented an interest
ing program: Singing: Readfield
Grange Song; The apple I like best
ana how to, grow it. A. c. Russell:
'aper' busting W. Spraying. Luther
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR
Eastern Standard Time


Bangor i12i a M. $3.50 a. m, t235 a. m
~. so a. m. tl2.4o p. m. t2.53 p. IN. 49, II n
TAO p. m.
b. & A. Pts, fl Pam, f. IS am. 1910 q. ~
Bar Harbor. t2.35 am. tl2.40p.m.
Bath. Is. 10 a. m, 1886 a. m. s957 q. m.
TAOS .. m, *l0.4S p. m.
Belfast t9. so a. m, II. 50 p. m.
Boston. 10. 10 m, rs. Is am. TO- m. s9o'
am. II. 46 p m. IS. "a p.m "A. 05 pm 40 pm.
Calais. t2.55 a. m. I II .40p. m.
Dover and Foxcroft. IL SO p. m.
Gardiner. 70. 10a. m, tells a. m. t9.36 a. M;
1857 a. m. IL. 46 p. m. 3.34 p. m. taos p NJ.
t5.15 p. m. TBS p. m, *l0.43 p. IN.
Hallowell. tel 5 a. m. 1896 a. M. s9.5! M
Y. 46 p. m. 1884 p. M. taos p. m, 1918 pm.
*l0.4S p. m.
Harmony. Il. SO p. m.
Lewiston, t6. Is a. m, 1896 a. M. s9.57 a. m.
t2.46 p. m. "A .05 p. m, *l0.4S p. m.
New York. t4.05 p. m. 1894 p. m.
Portland, 49, 10 m. t6. Is In, t9. m. s9S
Am. z. 46p.m. 1894 m. IA. 5p.m m. 35 p'm'
*l0.4S p. m.
Rockland. t6.15 {. M. 70. SO a. m. taos pm.
Skowhegan. 1850 am. Il. So p. m.
So. Gardiner, IS. 15a. m. t9. SO M. 1857 a. Hi'
II. 46 p. m. "a p. m. IS. l5 p. m. *l0.4S p N
St. John, Il "a a. IN.
WaterviIe. II "a a. m. s. so a. m. u. 35 an.
70. 80 m. tl2. 40 p. M. t2.53 p. m. S3.l2p m.
t7.40 p. m.
Daily Daily, except Sunday.
Sunday only. TDaily. except Monday.
d. C. DOUGLASS, NJ. L. HARRIS,
2-21-21 V.P. & GenI Mgr. GenI Passenger ASt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Lewiston Grange

Lewiston Grange held a very inter-
esting meeting yesterday with ad-
dresses by State Master Thompson
both morning and afternoon. All the
officers were present but the lady as
sistant steward. State Master Thomp-
son spoke on grange work giving an
instructive talk. Following this din
was served under the direction of
Mrs Fred Hatch, and Miss Jane
Garcelon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
No Desert in Lewiston

Six liquor cases and two automo-
bile cases were heard in. the Lewiston
municipal court, Wednesday morn
ing. Evidently Androscoggin county,
particularly the city of Lewiston, is
not quite a desert. John Marcus
pleaded not guilty to illegal posses
sion and waived trial, being bound
over in $500 bonds to the June term
OF the superior court. When arrested
he had in his possession a can con-
tanning IL quarts of alcohol.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22

Those speaking in the interests of
owners of real estate in the city of
Washington have started propagan-
da to encourage the building by each
state of state home at the national
capital. The state which begins this
under present conditions better en-
large its state accommodations for the
feeble minded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Proof of Improvement

A student had a barrel of ale de-
posted in his room, contrary, of
course, to the rule and usage. He re-
ceived a summons to appear before
the president.
Sir am informed that you have
barrel of ale in your ROOM"
Yes, SIR
What explanation can you make ?"
"Why, the fact is, sir, my physi-
clan advises NE to try little each
day as tonic, and not wishing to go
to the various places where the bev-
erage is retailed 1 arranged to have a
barrel in my room"
Indeed! And have you derived any
benefit from the use of it?"
20, yes, sir. When the barrel was
first taken to my room l could scarce
~ lift it. Now l can carry it easily"
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
Or. Cousins III

Or. Cousins III
DR.. William L. Cousins, one Of the
best known of Maine surgeons and
founder of St Barnabas hospital.
Portland, who is well known in the
two cities, is critically i'll at his sum-
mer camp at Highland lake, as the
result Of cerebral hemorrhage, which
he suffered late Sunday evening. His
condition is such as to make 1t i'm
possible to move him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-22
golf course on Old Orchard road, on
land near the clubhouse this year.

workmen digging up a drain pipe at
a house in South Paris recently un-
covered three frogs which were buried
about two feet deep in the hard frozen
roadway. The frogs, which were Of
good size. were apparently in good con-
dition. and hoped off spryly after be-
ing released from their winter hiber-
nation,