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Evening star., 1921-09-24
Science and Crime.

From France, already the source Of
several inventions and discoveries that
have aided in the fight against crime.
comes announcement of two new
methods Of thwarting the wiles of
those who undertake to beat the laws.
One of these is the science of poro-
scopy. by means of which lawbreaker
who leaves an impress of any portion
of his skin at the scene of his offense
may be identified. 1t is based upon
the discovery that the number, form
and position of the pores Of the body
constitute an individual pattern that
never varies during lifetime. 1t is be.
lieved to be as infallible test Of
identity as the combination Of finger
curves. The wary criminal nowadays
wears gloves to prevent the leaving of
the telltale prints, but in certain cases
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Persimmons.

One of the fruit crops which have not
failed is the persimmon crop. In the
lexicon of the persimmon there is no
such word as fail. 1t always comes
through on time. 1t revels in late
spring frosts and glories in early au-
tumn frosts. Drought diminishes not
its yield, and flood and long wet spells
do not check or mar it's output. 1t
laughs at the blights and bugs and
fungi that lay low the peach and
cherry. 1t bears up bravely under the
scorn and unappreciation of mankind,
but sometime the world may know the
persimmon better and give just
acknowledgment to its merit.
The Department of Agriculture once
sent out a pamphlet in which it was
said that 1.-The persimmon is a de-
licious little plum. and possesses food
value which is surpassed only by the
date" People who DO not live in the
persimmon belt know very little about
this delicious little plum" and dwell
erS IN the perSlmmOn Delt lack appfe-
citation for it. 1t is too close to them
to be measured at its worth. A man is
not a prophet in his own country. and
the persimmon is not a fruit in Mary
land and Virginia. Once upon time
grandmother, or perhaps it was grand
father. made "A tipple called persimmon
hut hat n ut
other times. other manners.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The dove of peace observes the news
With appreciation; and he COOS.
The languages at his command
Are those Of every modern land.
He COOS in an Italian tone;
He makes Teutonic tongues his own;
French, English, Spanish and Chinese,
He COOS them all and strives to please.
A lack of understanding brings
The wars which trouble serfs and
kings.
The dove of peace now COOS with glee;
A fine interpreter is he!
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Omen Sessions for the Treaties.

Announcement is made that the
peace treaties will be considered in
open sessions. They are covenants,
not openly arrived at, but their open
consideration by the Senate. the re-
viewing tribunal, will answer every
important end connected with them.
With both advocates and opponents
expressing themselves in the hearing
of the public, nothing will be left to
surmise, rurnor, invention or exag-
geration. A record thus made will be
proof against misrepresentation.
These are very important instru-
ments, and the public is greatly inter-
ested in them. They represent the ad-
ministration's first ambitious perform
ances in the line of diplomacy. Secre-
tary Hughes makes his bow with them.
There seems to be no doubt as to
their ratification. The Senate viii re-
ceive them with the all but unanimous
Endorsement of the foreign relations
committee, and the leaders on both
sides of the chamber favor them.
The war has been over for nearly
three years. We need not go into the
debate-which has grown to be
academic-as to who is responsible for
the delay in restoring peace conditions
and trade relations all around. The
thing of present moment is that here
are the pacts for accomplishing that
very desirable purpose. and that they
should be disposed of without delay.
America, unfettered in the realm of
world trade, should take, and hold, a
foremost place, and realize the hopes
of the most sanguine of our people.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
inadvertent marks left by the pressure

inadvertent marks left by the pressure
Of the bare arm or wrist have caused
Identification ard conviction.
The other scientific development lis
known as graphometry, based upon
the theory that the normal handwrit-
Ing of person always shows GER
tain relation in size between letters,
with unmistakable characteristics in
form, particularly of loops. No de-
gree of cleverness can conceal these
ratios, and the most skilled forger, it
is held. can be detected by the appli-
-cation of the principles that have just
been formulated.
The measurement of heartbeats, the
recording of the temperature. the fex-
ing Of muscles, the involuntary reac.
tions of the body have all been scien-
tifically worked out to aid the crime
detector. A fully equipped police bu
reau nowadays looks like a scientific
laboratory, with its measuring devices
and it's pulsometers. Photography,
inger-printing, weighing and measur-
ing machines. and now horoscopes and
graphometers surround the suspect
until he feels that his very soul is re-
vealed.
1t is difficult now for guilty person
to lock his secret thoughts and knowl-
edge. He may wear gloves and pro-
tect his hands from contact, but he
cannot control his emotional reactions.
He cannot change the pattern Of his
pores. He cannot, according to the
French scientific criminologists, effect
ually alter the habit of his hand in
writing. Truly, the way Of the trans
gressor is hard.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Pessimism and the Conference.

The armament conference is under
fire in several quarters. From one
quarter comes the prediction that it
cannot be confined to the real object
the President had in mind in calling
it; that side issues will find their way
in. and, by broadening. confuse the
discussion; that millennialism cannot
be kept out, and that when it comes in
at the door economy will fly out at
the window.
From another quarter comes the
charge that the nations have accept
ed the Presidents invitation under a
sort of duress; that the politicians
have bowed before a popular demand
based upon diStreSseS created by the
war: that the conference will be COM
posed of such men. and that when
they come together they will manage
in some way to cheat their respective
constituents and leave the prime busi-
ness of the meeting unattended to or
unsatisfactory transacted.
The sufficient reply to all such OBJ
servations and objections is that the
conference has been called in good
faith; that when it meets the President
will state the case: that the American
delegates in sympathy with the Presi-
dents views will uphold them at the
sessions. and that if irrelevant issues
are introduced and insisted upon to the
detriment of the conferences declared
purpose the responsibility can be easily
fixed.
The conference has not met. The
foreign delegates have not been named.
Why, then. at this stage of the game
undertake to forecast the business and
spread abroad the spirit Of pessimism
and predictions of failure? Let the
conference. from day to day, speak for
itself.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Premiers at Washington.

Lloyd George fears that the Irish
negotiations and other pressing gov
ernment business will prevent his
coming to the Washington conference.
Mr. Balfour will probably head the
British delegation. as dispatches indi-
Gated. Premier BRAND has also been
anxious to sit in the limitation of
armament congress; but strong op-
position to his leaving France has
developed. Before November he may
even have to face a ministerial crisis
in the chamber of deputies.
In one way the absence of these
two premiers will be ~etted. Many
people feel that the sal partici-
patton of government <. is in a con-
prestige. or at least it's spectacular
value Yet. in the light of what hap
pened at Paris in 1919, it is ques-
ton whether the attendance of heads
of cabinets makes for greater ef-
f1ciency in such gatherings.
at Washington only by delegates of
equal rank situation will be avoided
which did much to spoil the work of
the Paris peacemakers.-NeW York
Tribune (republican).
Cider must be hard to sell.-Florida
Metropolis.
.~'Knickers for Women"-headline.
Times.
Some men are willing to try any
ism but rheumatism.-Greenv Is.
c. Piedmont.
The actors may learn that headlines
do not always make headliners.-Ar-
kansas Gazette.
Some wait long for prosperity and
others short-weight for it.-Green-
willie IS C.) Piedmont.
Money goes little farther now, but
it is still unable to go as far as next
payday-Indianapol Star.
There is danger that the growing
strength of the ku-kiux KAN WIN
boost the price of nighties.-Pontiac
Press.
At eighty-two Mr.. Rockefeller pro-
noses to live to be one hundred. 1t
means a lot to be rid of financial wor-
ries-Memphis News-Scimiter.
we secretly suspect that Mr.. Lloyd
George is trying to get De Valera to
hankrupt the Irish republic paying
telegraph bills-Brooklyn Eagle.
That Sing Sing convict who forged
"a number of prison checks simply
proved that you can't prevent some
men from forging right .ahead.-Bur-
lington News.
It is predicted that the burning of
coal will be made a penal offense in
England. In this country, with prices
at their present range, it suggests an
exhibition Of reckless courage.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Figures showing the cost of living
are being prepared for the employ
ment conference. 1t might serve as q
useful purpose to lend them to the
conference on the Limitation of arma-
ments--Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
The Laws DELAYS.

A man was electrocuted at Sing Sing
recently for murder. The crime was
committed four years ago. He had
been confined for forty months in the
deathhouse, the longest time on record
in that institution. During his wait
he bade farewell to thirty eight men
who had walked down the corridor
leading to the death chamber.
In Chicago the same day the estate
of Eugene Field, the poet, was closed
in probate court by the widow after
pending nearly twenty-six years. The
estate totaled $1O,311.74, and had been
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Tammany hopes that it is not re-
garded as enough of a democratic in
stitution to be included in certain land
slide demonstrations in evidence last
fall
Evening star., 1921-09-24
The Inattentiye Optimist.

Don't you admire person who can
be cheerfully Indifferent when things
aren't going exactly right?"
'No," answered Miss Cayenne. ST
seem to get that kind of a partner
every time play bridge"
Evening star., 1921-09-24
The Voice of Authority.

Hadn't you better give Josh some
advice before he goes away to school?"
said Mrs. Corntossel.
''I s'pose so," replied her husband.
'By the time he comes home again
he'll be SO smart he'll want, to give all
the advice himself. I'd better take my
turn right now
Evening star., 1921-09-24

The fact that he had never heard of
the ku-klux Khan did not prevent Viii
liam Hohenzollern from imagining that
he was some kind of an imperial wiz.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Inquiries continue to suggest them
selves as to what some Of the Edison
have to do with the
electricity business.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Soviet officials who wish to take per-
sonal charge of food distribution natu-
rally run a risk of being suspected of
a desire to secure places at the head of
the line.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

The question of duties on the buy
ing price abroad or the selling price in
this country requires decision as to
whether the tariff shall be conducted
on the American or the European plan.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Foreign visitors who are accustomed
to wines or spirits are frankly advised
to beware the American bootlegger
and bring their own.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

= No man who manages to keep an
going can be regarded as a
person out of employment.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Germany is reported to be speculat-
ing wildly in terms Of marks. while
doing business very conservatively in
terms of dollars.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

1t is intimated that Mr.. Lasker will
not consider his Shipping Board work
complete until several more people
have walked the plank.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

BY requiring more work from his
clerical force. Henry Ford discourases
the impression that every citizen
should enjoy abundant leisure for tour
ing.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

A few Of the motion picture stars
find it impossible to be as gentle and
idealistic as the scenario writer's repre-
sent them.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Sovietism has gone through various
stages of evolution into it's present
form of Leninism.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
PrecOciOus Perception.

when was little boy" said Sena-
tor Sorghum, my uncle told me I
might grow up to be President of the
United States?"
did you believe him."
mo. Even at that early age I real
lied that political promises are very
likely not to come true.''
Evening star., 1921-09-24

The beer problem has become one of
taxation without intoxication.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
UDlifted.

The uplift we discussed. Alas!
We find, with some misgiving,
The kind that mostly came to pass
Was in the cost of living.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Jud Tunkins says he won't much
care if the housing problem gets so
acute that the folks'n have to turn the
poll parrot and the rubber tree into the
street.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Silk Jersey Petticoats, $295

Scteen Petficocts, Sl.25.
Outing Flannel Gosyns, CSC.
Extra Size Muslin Gcwn5, 8sc.
Batisfe Step-ins, Csc.
White Satin CansisoIes, Csc.
Pink Crepe de Chine Gowns, S3.95.
Bandeou Brassieres, CSC.
AN-oUer Lace Rrassieres, 500.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Glove Silk Chemise, $2.45

Won1en's Cotton Union Suits, Csc.
Wcnaen's Cotton Fall Weight Union Suits, $3.50.
Wcmen's Lisle Union Suits, 90c and $780,
Children's Cotton Union Suits 75c, 81 end SI25.
Children's Nainsook Union Suits, 60c. %
49,. /.et-. u..t. On. ~.J soq
ChiLdrens Ribbed LisIe Hose, 45c. II
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Pink Satin Waistline Corsets. s.

Wrist Strap Gauntlet Gloues, 75c.
IL and 16 Button Length Silk GloOes, s1.45.
NoUelfy Net Collar and Cuff Sets, CSC.
Lace Vestees and Collars, CSC.
GloDe Silk Vests, S2.25.
Organdy Collar and Cuff Sets, 55c.
Gloue Silk BLoomers, $1.95.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
R q G Waistline Corsets. SlOO

Pink and White Musli1 Bioon1ers, 75c.
Embroidered Muslin Nightgowns, Csc.
Pink Brcche Corsets, SI.95.
Philippine Gowns, S295.
Silk Envelope Chen,ise, $1.95.
Step-in Bloomers, Csc.
Extra Size Jersey Petticoats, S4.45.
Cotton Crepe Dressing Sacgues, $1.35.
Fancy Crepe Nightgowns, S1.65.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
To Better Serve Our Patrons
Blanket Bath Robes, $3.75

Girls Ginghan, Dresses, S1.45.
Childrere's Ginshan7 Rompers, Csc.
Percale Bungaicw Aprons, CSC.
Ginghen7 House Dresses, SI.s5.
Cotton Crepe Breakfast Goats, SI.95.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Mock Seam Silk Hose. $1.OO

IO-inch Square Wash Cloths, 1Oc.
Hand Printed Table CoUers, Csc.
"Drean,land" Hand-torn Sheets, S1x9O, Sis.
"Monn,outh" Hand-torn Sheets, S1s90, SI.35.
Bedspreads, $395 and S4.95.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
Children $ Ribbed Cotton Hose. 25c

Women's Cotton Hose, Soc. o
Wcn,en's Lisle Hose, Csc. q
Wonen's Mercerized Isle Hose, 35c pair; 3 for 81
Full-fashicned SILK Hose, 1.45, SI.65 and 81 e5.
Mock Seam Silk Hose, $z.25.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30
BURNHAM

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Buckley are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a 10-pound son, who was
born Saturday.
The three families who have occu-
pied the DIR. Shaw rent in the village
are moving to different places: Mr..
and Mrs. Hosea Hunt have returned
to their farm on the Clinton road:
Oral Perry and family have moved
into the home he has recently set
in the Y and Enroll Hamlin and fam
lily plan to live over the blacksmith
shop.
Leon McNally has bought Of G..
E. Gilmore his farm near the village
formerly known as the Dyer place,
Mrs. Sadie Murphy has bought OF
Everett Houston a stand at the vii
lage and will move there soon.
Ivory Houston has bought the
stand that has been occupied by
Mrs. Sadie Murphy. He is repair
ing it.
Mrs. Fred r. Mudgett il visiting
in Parkman with her sister and FAM
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. g. B. Woodcock.
Master Norman Bracket Of Her
MON - visiting his father, G. r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30
Bangor Line Steamers
Will Start April LIST

The Bangor Line Steamers will 70.
sumo service to Bangor and Penob-
scot River points with the sailing
from Boston April LIST and from Ban
gor April I'd. Steamship Camden
will maintain tri-weekly schedule.
leaving Boston Mondays; Wednes-
days and Fridays. returning from
Bangor on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. s
The service will be Increased TO Six
trips per week commencing about
June 7th, and daily service about
July Sd. With the resumption Of the
Bangor Line service the Bar Haxboe
and Bluehill steamers win make three
round trips weekly from Roeadana
on Tuesdays. Thursdays snd ooeage
days, connecting with Boston Stsa0-,
ers from and for Boston. Thsr0 wd1,
be increased service on the0e nnDB
during the summer season.
Daily service TO New York ~ eho,
Cape Cod Canal win commences Apgl1,,
18th. The Portland Line WIN con-
tinue three trips weekly and thoI
Yarmouth Line two trips weekly un-
til the summer schedule becomes a..
fective. Service on the Internae1omn2,
Line to Eastport, Lubec and 81 ye1znl
win not commeuce untA Nv -
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New York Produce Market
New York. March 80.

New York, March 80.
FTOUR-Steady; spring patents S35
9s75.
WHEAT-Spot irregular; No. hard
1851 and No. / Manitoba 1884 C +
track New York, and No. 2 mixed
Durum 16SA to arrive.
CORN-Spot easy: No. 2 yellow s1a;
No. 2 white s1a and No. 2 MIXED 500
New York Today shipments.
OATS-Spot easy; No. l white 500.
LARD-Steady; middle west 1900
81 BuTrER-Firmer; receipts s7s1
tubs; creamery higher than extras Asa
047: do extras 80 score 45a Q46; do.
stock current make No. q.
EGGS-Firm: receipts 4S.SS7 cases:
fresh gathered extra firsts 2S3 @29;
ffrsts 26@2S; state, Pa. and nearby
western hennery whites firsts to extras
33@3s; brown extras 80; brown and
mixed colors f1rsts to extras 273 q 81:
storage packed extra firsts 80; firsts
PoTAToEs-Easy; Bermuda per
barrel S@1250: Florida 9012; sweets,
Jersey per basket 125 @275.
CABBAGE-Quiet; southern crate IS
The local market for raw sugar was
unchanged at 81 cents for Cubas f,
equal to 627 for centrifugal. Rein
ers. however. did not appear very
was considerable sugar on offer at
quoted prices but no fresh business
The demand for refined is not as
active and prices were unchanged at
S.25 for fine graduated.
was light. Closing quotations were
two to FIVE points net lower. Final
Bids: March sos. May 500 July 5.33
and September 5.37.
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Chicago Cattle Market

chicago, MaTCn ~.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000; beef steers
and butcher she stock steady to rs
cents lower: top beef steers 1000;
weighty 1854 pounds bulk S25 @95o:
bulk fat cows and heifers 525 @750;
Gamers and cutters largely 800 $50;
bulls slow and weak; bulk ATS @ 575;
calves steady; bulk vealers S@S50;
stockers and feeders steady; bulk
stockers and feeder steers 7@775.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000; light and
medium largely 25 to so cents lower;
others mostly 25 cents lower: lights
closing weak. others fairly active; top
one load 1850: bulk 200 pounds down
975@1040; bulk 220 pounds up S65 q
935; pigs 25 to SO cents lower; bulk
desirable 9S and 120-pounders 1040.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000; lambs
mostly Is cents lower; wooded lambs
top 1910 bulk 925@10; shorn top 925;
bulk sos; 127-pound and 137-pound
wooded yearlings for export 725 q $50;
ewes $50; bulk 550@625.
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Stock Markets
NEW YORK MARKET
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the LEADING Stocks

New York. March 29.-The uncertain
and frequently cratic course OF
orices in the stock market today was
dominated to an extraordinary extent
by widely divergent developments Oh
favorable and unfavorable import
The decision of the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph directors to IN
crease the rate of annual DIVIDENDS on
the common stock from to per
cent came as a pleasant surprise, In
view of the company's recognized con,
@rvatsm and because the general
trend of recent months has been a!to-
yether to the contrary. On the o9ner
hand announcement that the leading
copper producers, such as Anaconda,
Utah and. affiliated companies had or
dered a complete suspension OF opera
tons. testified anew to the extreme de-
preston prevailing in the metal lndus-
try
Leading issues were irregularly low
er in the first part of the session. re-
cessions among steels, equipments ana
oils running from one to four points,
with Harvester and Houston Oil as the
weakest features.
On the recoil at midday American
Telephone made sudden rise or SIX
points. kindred utilities gaining one
TO five. In several instances these
phone recording a net gain OF %
points.
Rails which had been dormant most
Of the day came forward briSkly IN
the later dealings, secondary issues as
we'll as seasoned dividend payers ad-
vancing one to two points on the news
that President Harding is to call con-
ference to consider the general trans,
portation situation. Sales amounted
10 $4,000 shares.
Call money again fell from 81 to .
per cent. but most of the days money
was placed at the higher figure Many
time loans were renewed into May
and June at z per cent.
rose 4s and the AIS 81 points. Other
wise the bond market, including Liber-
ties and international issues, was 1r-
regular. Total sales, par value, aggre-
gated s7.S5OO00.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30

having a serious fire in her home
Tuesday of last week. 1t had caught
in the chambers and burned through
the roof, an early discovery saved
several dwellings in that vicinity.
The friends of Mrs. Wander Mitch
ell are sorry to learn of her illness
at the Somerset Hospital in Skowhe-
gan and hope for her immediate re-
covery.
Mr. Kulper of New York is on q
visit to o. A. Miller.
An automobile got stuck in the
mud just off the state road Satur-
day night. The owner left it there
over Sunday as the roads are not
suitable for cars at present writing.
Miss Grace Burrill of Boston,
Mass, returned to her home Wednes-
day.
Arthur Totman of Winthrop, Mass.
is on visit to his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. V. Totman.
Emerson Hall has recently pur-
chased a span of work horses of
George Burns. Mr.. Hall expects to
go to Etna this week for two
months job Of work at yarding lum-
Der. Lee Richardson intends to ac-
company him with his team for the
same purpose.
Miss NIvol Hall, teacher in this
school and her pupils gave a enter
tainment at the Good Templars' hall
Friday evening, which reflected great
credit to the teacher and scholars.
Cake and coffee were on sale, also
fudge, and with games. etc, the eve
ming quickly passed. They received
ten dollars from the sales that will
be used about the school room.
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BELGRADE

NORTH-Mr. and Mrs. George
Tibbetts returned home Friday after
passing the winter in Florida.
Mrs. Katie Stevens passed Easter
in Watervine with her sister, Miss
Bessie Higgins.
Services were held at the Chapel
Sunday. Easter sermon by the pas
tor, Rev. William Dudley of Smith
field: recitations and readings by the
Sunday school and special music by
the choir.
Mrs. Annie Decker and son, Ken
dali of Boston are visiting Mrs.
Decker's father, William A. Tib-
belts.
Mrs. Angie Ellis is recovering
from her recent illness, also Mrs.
Mae Gleason, who has been confined
to her home the past three weeks by
Indigestion and heart trouble is
much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Kicker were
called to Hallowen Saturday by the
death of Mrs Ricker's grandmother,
Mrs. Eliza Thompson.
Mrs. Carrie Alexander, who re-
Gently went to Augusta to reside,
passed the weekend with her fam
lily here.
Miss Lureta Bickford has en-
ployment in the family Of Mrs. WILL
liam Ellis.
The many friends of Mrs. Matte
Furbush, who has been on the sick
list, will be glad to learn that she
iS vary much IN, ur0ved at this
writings saf
Mrs. Reardon OF Danforth, who Is
teaching the Washington school Il