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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
OLYMPIC GAMES
PROBABLY WILL BE
AT PARIS IN 1924

Lausanne, Switzerland, April I'll
{By Associated Press)-Probable Sc
lection Of Paris as the place for hold
ing the 1924 Olympic Games is only
one of many questions to be decided
at the June meetings of the Inter-
national Olympic Committee and
other Olympic organizations. These
sessions will be held here from May
% to June IL.
Delegates are to be entertained in
the buildings and gardens OF Mont
benon. A sort Of club life has been
planned for the delegates and their
families. Parts of the buildings will
be reserved for their convenience
and when the days work is finished
musical and sporting games will be
presented in the gardens.
Five principal topics will be dis
cussed at conferences of the inter-
national delegates. These subjects
are:
The possible addition Of a regular
winter sports week, preceding the
games. These would be held in turn
in the winter sports countries. Swe-
den, Norway, Switzerland and can
ada.
Decision upon the best way of
choosing, and of browning each year
at the games. the person credited
with the most remarkable perform
ance in mountain climbing.
Adoption of a permanent program
OF equestrian sports.
- sy%fv ~
operation Of writers and artists FOR
the literary and artistic competitions
Of the Olympiads.
Formulation of a program that
municipalities should adopt to en-
courage sports and to provide pubic
grounds:
Revival of the Greek public gym
nasium open to all, is one or the
subjects to be considered at con-
ference called by the Olympic Inst-
tute of Lausanne, an organization
founded by Baron Pierre de Couber-
tin, the chairman of the lnterna-
tIonal Olympic Committee.
The results of all these confer
ences will be submitted to the gov
erning body of the games. the In
ternational Olympic Committee.
During the three weeks of confer
ences there will be a Congress of
Olympic committees, representing all
participating countries. This con-
eress will be called upon to make
final decisions on questions concern
ing the games--such as the proposed
suppression of walking and tug-o-
war contests: formulation of defini-
tions of amateurs; limitation of en-
tries; composition of juries and a
number of pending questions on
fencing, rowing. yachting, football.
tennis, cycling as well as the pro-
posed revision of the gymnastic pro-
gram. This congress will consider
only matters submitted by the Inter
rational Olympic Committee.
The series of Olympic meetings
will be held under the patronage of
the Swiss Federal Council M. Ed
mond Schuthess, President Of
Switzerland has promised to open
the proceedings and ceremonious
closing exercises have been arranged
for Sunday, June -, by the Swiss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Conductors and
Trainmen Join in
Spurning Pay Cut

Buffalo, N. Y, May 1.-THE Broth-
erhood of Railway Trainmen and the
Order of Railroad Conductors through
their general officers tody refused tc
consider reduction in wages OF ap-
proximately q per cent proposed BY
the New York Central Railroad. Fire
men and enginemen employed by the
road rejected similar proposals yes
teIday.
A conference with organised tele-
raphers employed on the Inca
which was to have been held toda\
was postponed until next week. This
will close the preliminary meetings
with the unions and the issue will be
taken at once to the railway labor
board
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
PapermakerS Return
To Work at Hull. Quebec

Ottawa, Ont, May 17-Four hundred
papermakers returned to work today
at the F. E. Eddy Mills at Hull, Que
bee, after having been on strike for
two weeks. The workers returned I'M
der the old conditions with the ul--
del standing that any wage reduction
agreed upon by majority of the lar
ger paper mills in Canada and the
United States would be put into effect
at the Eddy mills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
One Soldier Killed
In Irish Ambuscade

Dublin, May IA motor load of
soldiers was ambushed this morning
near Inchicore, one soldier being
killed and one wounded. The SOL
diers returned the fire but tho re-
suits are not known.
While soldiers were pplaying a
football match in Bandon. county
Cork yesterday, armed civilians be-
gan firing with a machine gun. Sew
eral of the spectators were wound
ed. A military patrol engaged the
attacking force and covered the re-
treat of the football players to the
barracks, where a fight that lasted
half an hour, ensued. 1t resulted in
one soldier being killed and three of
the attacking party wounded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
NJ v Americans Own Field

The New York American League
baseball club Monday formally ac-
uuired title to its new playing field
in the Bronx. A stadium. seating
5000 and costing 100000 will be
erected. Preliminary work will be
begun at once. Col. Jacob Rupert
and Col. T. L. Huston, owners of the
Yankees, are said to have paid $500
600 for the site. For several seasons
the. Yankees have shared the Polo
grounds with the Giants.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
N. n. Representatives

The following athletes will repre-
sent New Hampshire State College in
the New England Inter-Collegiates
next Saturday. Captain Sawyer,
Dutch Conner. George Batchelder. Cy
Cotton. Cecil Leath. Theodore Stat
ford, Vincent Rogers. Reuben Draper.
Menlke, o. ]. Hubbard and 81. A. Wal
ker. These men win probably make
the TIP: HcKelvie, Weston. Nassi-
kAs. Morrill,. Fox. Carr: Newman.
S<4penR and LitGAMbeA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Milk Refused at
1915 Cent Price
Is Thrown Away

Westfield, Mass, May 17-With re-
tail prices of milk between 10 and 10
cents a quart, production has so far
outseripped consumption that pro-
ducers in this vicinity are feeding
their surplus milk to their stock or
throwing it away. Efforts have feen
made to Increase consumption, espc
cially among children who are under
normal weight, but at present PR: es,
parents, it is said. refuse to buy more
than is necessary for the table.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Bill Fleming's Show

an attractive boxing card has
been arranged by Bill Fleming for a
show to be given In the Bowlodrome
at Bangor, next Monday night. The
main bout will be a double six
round affair between Ernest McIn-
tyre and a California man, Jack Nc
Clellan. The champion of the bat
tleship Utah. X. o. Garland, who
made his sensational debut in Ban
gor at the recent -Downey
show. will take on X. o. Mitchell,
the fighting railroad man as the
semi-final. Joe Grim, a college boy,
will meet Pal Lorraine and Young
Harry Wells. known as Shorty, will
fight Kid Louisiana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
/. w. w. Convention
Endorses Irish Freedom

Chicago, May 1.-THE Nat,o,.,
convention of the Industrial Workaaa
OF the World today Endorsed wb.t y
termed the struggle OF the ~ Il
workers against world imperialisn,
Endorsement of the Irish Rev,
lie" movement, however was w,.s
held as being political and thereto.
outside of the sphere of l. w. w aa
tivities.
Resolutions pledging further or.
port Of the Russian soviet govs.p
ment and calling for a coalition =.
North and South American l. W W.
are pending.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Germans to Pay First
Installment This Week

Paris, May 1.-THE Temps says it
is probable Germany will remit this
week 100000 gold marks in specie
on account of the one billion gold
marks due May 81 at the latest, fail
ure to pay the latter sum entailing
automatic occupation of the Ruhr.
The newspaper adds that at sit
ting this afternoon of the repara-
tons commission convention, which
Sir John Bradbury. the British rep
resentative has resumed his seat
suggestions relating to distribution of
the remittance among the Allies
was discussed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Employment Figures
For Month of April

Washington. May 17-Increased
employment in eight major indus
tries and decreases for the remaining
six reported was shown in labor de-
partment figures today for April
The largest increase was in the auto
mobile industry at 25.2 per cent.
others being: Wooden, 22.3; hosiery
and. underwear 76; mems clothing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18

dress at the annual meeting Of :,
Boston Chamber Of Commerce tos .ae
New England with but s;r. ~.
cent. Of the country's population t PER
sixteen per cent. of the indus,r,a,
wage earners and produces IL n ~
cent. Of the nations manufactu,i per
Mr.. Babson said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18

per cent; silk So per cent; cigars
Sc per cent; cotton finishing II per
cen. Other decreases were: Car
building and carpentering IL; iron
and steel OF; leather workers lis;
paper making ia per cent; coal
mining per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
One Way of Expressing
Importance of N. England
To Rest of America

Boston, May lift a wall were
put up around New England the rest
of America would be wearing bar
rels instead of breeches, would go
barefoot and would have to do its
writing on birchbark" Roger w. Bah
son, statisticjan, declared, in an adj
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
COLLEGE GAMES

Norwich Z; Bates g.
Boston College 5; Rhode Island
State 0.
Dartmouth .; Princeton O.
Penn. State Is: Pittsburg Collie
gians 2.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Child Dies Of Burns

Child Dies Of Burns
Violet Mascot, the daughter of Al
bert Mascot of lions HILL Dexter.
who on Thursday afternoon was hor-
ribly burned as a result Of using
kerosene oil for kindling the fire.
died on Friday morning as a result
of the burns received Her injuries
were Of terrible nature and al
though everything was done for her
by nurses and physicians her life
could not be saved She was II years
of age, was a pupil Of the Pleasant
Street school and was popular among
her fellow pupils and playmates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18

A London despatch of May 8 said
Sir John Bradbury in a personal
statement issued on the date, admit
ted he had desired to resign as Brit
ish representative on the reparations
commission but that his government
had pressed him to remain, which he
considered a public duty to do.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18
Calais Girls Baseball

Calais. Me-. May 1.-THE Calais
Academy Girls basketball team and
the Alpine Chocolate Girls team of
st. Stephen. at the st. Stephen dia-
mond on Friday afternoon played a
tie game. a return game will be
played next Friday night. The teams
are evenly matched, and the next
game will be watched with interest.
If YOU have any idea that the girls
cannot play as well as the boys, just
take a stroll out to the Calais dia-
mond after o'clock on next Friday.
Fairfield High Football Schedule
The Lawrence High school foo.b al
schedule has been given out, as 81
lows:
Sept. 24-Open.
Oct 1--Skowhegan at Lawrence.
Oct. S-Open.
Oct 15-Abbott School at Lawrence.
Oct. 22-Lawrence at Oakland
Oct. 29-Lawrence at Skowhegan.
Nov. 2-Oakland at Lawrence
Nov. 5-Waterville at Lawrence.
Nov. 12-Open.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18

Foreign Governments now owe
the United States nearly $4,000, :
10000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-18

Prince Albert Is sold IN
foppy red bags, tidy red
fins, handsome pound
and half pound fin hu-
SnidpTs and in the pound
crystal glass hunidor
with sponge n,oisfener
top that keeps the to.
6aeco in such perfect
condition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
Nluht In Battery Park.

Battery park at dusk is filled with
people seeking relief from the clty's
heat. From the benches one may gaze
upon the Statue Of Liberty. Governors
and Ellis islands. The harbor Is filled
with craft and now and then an ocean.
liner noses It's way out to sea, II liz
enc of the most picturesque spots in
all New York, In the background Is
the. New York sky Inca nest OF
clo~ud-pierced buildings. On the top of
these buildings many rich men are
building fine bungalows, One has a
sleeping porch adjoining his bedroom,
and by pushing q button his bed rolls
out onto the porch. At nightfan the
section has the peaceful quiet OF the
village c~hurchyard, and the only noise
is the soothing chimes of Old Trinity
striking the hour. A visitor along
Wall and Broad streets, so thick with
1~ostllng humanity during the day, Is
rare at night. and his very presence
excites suspicion. He is Swallowed
from the time he arrives until he
leaves.-New York Correspondence OF
the Indianapolis Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
TOO MUCH FOR MRS. SMITH
She Couldn't Allow Her Old Friend,
an Mira. Brown, to Keep UP Her
- I'D. Dragging Remarks,

E ~
MRS. Brown and Mrs. Smith were
neighb0rs, both We're fat and both
were extremely sensitive about It.
Both tried every method they could
hear OF for losing weight, and, until
this summer, both continued to gain.
Mrs. Brown went West early In the
spring and while there managed In
some way to lose, nearly thirty pounds.
When she came hack Mrs. Smith saw
her step from the taxi and realized
that her neighbor had accomplished
what to her seemed unattainable.
"Hello, dearis," called Mrs. Brown.
Don't you thInk my trip has agreed
with mel -Four months In the West
certainly make a difference In one 7"
Jealousy seized Mrs. Smith. The
idea of Mrs. Brown Dragging that way
just because she weighed a few
pounds less!
"You have fallen off marvelously,
dear" Mrs. Smith replied. when
you stepped out of the taxi l never
would have known you, only for your
hatwa si'ia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
l1nl Dfpi-aU llslf rft.sf hi4l,.
Conserve Heat From suns Rays.

Long years ago, a gentleman in In
dia cooked q meal for some OF his
friends by r~efectlng the rays Of the
u from a mirror OF his. cooking
%utensll, says Popular Mechanics Mag
azlne.g This was, of course, out Of
the question on rainy days and dur
ing the night. Now comes a mechun-
lcal harness for the heat of the suns
rays wherein II Is preserved for night
and cl0udy-dayg use. At the Smithsou-
ian solar observing station on Mount
Wilson In California is such a device,
A large q by s10-foot mirror. built
semlicyllulricql In shape and made OF
aluminum-covered steel plates, focuses
the rays OF the sun on a 1S-inch pipe
placed centrally In Its frame. This
pipe carries IN OIL OF high boiling
point. which. after heating from the
reflected rays, rises to a reservoir that
Is insulated to retain the heat for u
long time. oven compartments are
embodied in this reservoir in which
the foods may be placed for cooking.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27

The duckblll, or platypus, is n
of the strangest and most p%aradoxical
Of all the animals of nature. II is
sometimes called natures Joke. II has
n bill and webbed feet like a duck and
can swim and dive like a fish. The
most unexpected trait of the animal
is that Il actually lays eggs. fslIe
makes long tunnels in the banks or
streams In his native home In Aus.
tralia. These are made barely large
enough for his body to pass through !;
so that II he desires to return AT any
time he simply hacks out, which he IL
enabled TO do, since his fun is like
that of the common mole, set In such
n wax thnt.no matter whit direction
he moves his fur neither hiuders him
nor grtS fun of dirt. The duckhnl "
MI that IL lcit VI 4 large family.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
GUARD SICILlAN HOMES
"itsfsn Bulldogs" as They Have Been
N~icknaned, obviSte Need for
Locks on Doors. .t

In Sicily the Inhabitants have trained
dogs to protect their homes against
brigands and other lawless characters.
These Slcillans on leaving their homes
seldom Bother to clock, doers oB win
dows. They have trained their dogs
so well that the animals can take care
az thu most cunning 9f. criminals. { y
When a thief enters one OF tiese
homes the dog does not attack him. He
receives him in silence, eyea wagg!ng
his tall sometimes In apparent friend
fffiess. s'tsst.t1g aENskffsa4sss. Sss
81 But no matter where the thief may
go, the dog follows, never losing sight
Of him for a moment. He follows the
thief from room TO room. The thief
may load himself up with all the loot
he likes, hut the dog views his THEY
Ing with indifference,
II Is not until the thief attempts to
leave the place that the dog displays
any real interest In him. He then he
comes remarkably active. He jumps
In front Of the culprit, barring his way
and defylng him to attempt to leave.
II the thief makes a break for the
door or window the dog is upon him.
As a rule the animal springs for the
Hthroat, but wherever he sinks histeeth
nothing short of death can make him
release his hold.
II the intruder attempts to draw a
weapon the dog Is upon him like n fash
OF lightning. These dogs have been
e%nicknhmed ltaliau bulldogs but they
Fare OF a mongrcl breed with just a
strace of the genuine bulldog In thels
blood. They more closely resemble
Northumberland Clinton Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
SOCIALISM HAS TIGHT
GRIP ON YUCATAN PEOPLE
Government Of Peninsula in Hands Of
Radicals and Country Is
Hard Up.

Mexico City, Aug. 27.-Travelers re-
turning here from the state of Yucca.
tan describe that region as a Socialist
stronghold with radicalism strongly
entrenched from the g%overnorship
down to the most minor office.
Fe ipe Garlic, member OF the federal
Chamber of Deputies whose radical.
'sm recently led TO attempts to cut
him from tne lower house, is the &C.
know edged leader and in all probable.
ity will be Q ected governor at the
elections next fab. ID,
Although the radicals are divided
into two groups, the regular Socialist
party and the Socialist party OF the
Southeast, OF which Garlic Is the head
they are united in the cause Of Com.
mpnisms i Is reported, and operated
as the league of resistance" Member.
ship cards to this organizat on are
printed on flaming rcd paper. Its
letter heads are printed in red and
It is said that al official documents are
written with red ink
The organ cation Of Socialists was
begun in Ypcatan in 1915 and has
been growing ever since. At various
times the most extreme OF the radicals
have advocated a separatist movement
from Mexico but this has never been
given serious consideration because
Yucatan in no sense is self supporting.
Yucatan at the present time is in
a bad state economically. There is
practically no market for %heneQuen.
the chief product OF the state and the
large growers have been forced to
store their crops and are not re. plant
ing. The result is almost disastrous
to the peasant C ass which east y lends
itself To the Influence OF the radicals
who conduct their propaganda under
the slogan Of help for the poor down
trodden Indian"
The economic situation has given
rise to numerous instances of lawless.
ness and only recently a delegation of
Yucatan journalists visited President
ObregonN TO protest In person agar INST
the assassination Of one OF their mum
Der and to present other facts relative
TO a situation which they described
as a disgrace and a menace Presi-
dent Oregon promi-ad that full in
Yestigat on would be made.
Newspaper dispatches from that re
sion frequently tell OF clashes be-
tween radicals and the conservatives
with occasional bloodshed.
g. In limo with these facts Is the report
recently cabled officially TO the govern
ment here that the Communist Con.
gress which met In Moscow sevcra'
months ago designated Yucatan as
the headquarters for lis propaganda
' work in Latin America.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
HEAD BINDING IN SOUTH SEAS
Natives of Tomman Island Cling to a
Curious Custom, Which Seems
to SAVIOR Of Cruelty.

#LHL 10 "I - LL-
The old men Of Tomman Gan island
Of the New Hehrides, South pacihc)
told me that heads nowadays are not
what they were In olden, times, writes
Martin johnson In Asia Magazine.
They said what / found hard TO be-
lleve-that the eranlums of their an
ccstors were twice as f6hg as those
Of present-day islanders.
Tomnianltes are not born With long
heads, but the head of each baby Is
hound In order to make the shape OF
his Uranium conform to local ideas sef
beauty. When he is. a few days old,
his mother puts on his head a bonnet
woven from human hair, which she
soaks with oil, until she thinks the
little skull is softened. over this
bonnet goes q loose woven basket of
coconut fiber. The fond mother pulls
the strands of the basket tight, and
each day n bit tighter, until the skull
can he compressed no further.
When the little Tommanite is about
r year old, he energies from his
wrappings with a beautifully elon-
gated, pointed skull, the pride of his
mother.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-27
NEW YORK CHILDREN
LEARNIN GARDENING
Acquiring Larse Amount Of knowl
edge from the Cultivation Of
Small Plots In Parks.

New York, Aug. 81, Country life
and gardening have no mysteries for
juyen lie New Workers. They are con,
hdent that no country boy or girl
could fool them about gardens and the
things that grow In them.
Under the supervision OF Father
Knickerbocker, thousands Of them
have labored this summer %cuttivating
lit c gardens in city parks. Some OF
the gardens have more than | 900 In.
dividual garden plots. Each with a
little farmer or farmerette in charge,
There are row after row Of heets
carrots and sweet corr and tangles
Of tomatoes with RED fruit peeping
out from the surrounding g%reenery,
The farmerettes usually have a farFy
for a patch OF gay colored flowers in
one cornor OF the plot. The farmers
run more to ra'sinm more substantial
things, something that can be eaten.
perience in gardening are allowed to
Those who have had previous ex-
perience in gardening are allowed to
devote their entire plot to raising their
favorite vegetables. But The beginn'
ers have to so in for diversified
crops.
The two Forentine sisters, Jose
phine and Rookie. are famous gard
eners in their neighborhood. But
Josephine believes the succu'ent cab.
bage is the only vegetable worthy OF
an experienced farmerette's attention
Rookie. who is equally experienced,
yearns for the julcy tomato and cul-
tivates her plot accordingly. Thus
the Florentine family Is assured a
good supply OF both vegetables.
The rivalry between children and
nelghborhoods Is keen. There are
prizes given at the close OF the season
for the best attendance, the best kept
p OTIS and the best specimens of
vegetables,
Mrs. Fannie parson, Supervisor OF
Parks. understands the psychology OF
the Juvenile gardener and there are
enough prizes so that no district can
fa'|l to get at least n Mrs, Parsons
is 10 years old and nearly blind but
she visits the parks and s%upervises
the work OF her score OF assistants
every day.