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The Washington times., 1921-01-23
SHIP BOARD TO. .
PROBE MARINE
International Co.'s Pro-British
Agreement to Be Investi-
gated-FrankIin Called.

Immediate action by the Shipping
Board TO protect the American mer-
chant marine from the grave dangers
of the International Mercantile Ma
r1ne Company's agreement with the
British government not TO pursue a
policy injurious to the interest OF the
British mercantile marine or of Brit
ish trade" was foreshadowed today.
SEARCHING PROBE.
By unanimous vote the board has
decided TO begin a searching investi-
cation OF the astounding contract on
Thursday u. A. s. Franklin, presi-
dent of the ]. NJ. M, will be asked TO
appear for examination.
The temper OF the board, as reveal
ed In statement OF Vice Chairman
Frederick i. Thompson, announcing
the decision to put the investigation
under way, Is that IL Is high time to
adopt whatever means may be neces-
sary to combat the British campaign
TO destroy the American merchant
marine.
1t was the opinion OF the commits
sioners- at the meeting, Thompson
declared. that mo issue of larger mo-
lntHt tne ohu
the permanency OF an American mer-
chant marine had come before the
present board for consideration"
ASKS SENATE SUPPORT.
- '.The American Senate should stand
behind Senator Jones to man." de-
clared Senator Mcclellan. Democrat, OF
Tennessee, in the Senate yesterday.
Lauding Senator Jones for his dis
closure OF the International Mercan-
tile Marines agreement with the
British government. Senator McKellar
said the Washington Senator's speech
before the National Merchant Marine
Association "ought to be read by
every patriotic American citizen"
"In his speech" Senator Mckella-
continued. "he gives plain facts that
ought to be understood by every busi-
ness man, especially, in the country.
We should look at shipping conditions
exactly as they exist. We should not
mislead ourselves.
"ALL STAND TOGETHER"
"We should not be deferred in the
building up of a great American mer-
chant marine by intimidation, COM
petition, threats, British propaganda,
sentiment. or by any other considera-
ton of any kind, nature, or descrip-
ton, but all stand together for a mer-
chant marine that will be second to
none on the seas. The United States
is entitled to ito %er export trade de-
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

So much for ancient times. En-
ergy occasionally overcomes the
handicap of wealth In our day.
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

a man like John ID. Rockefeller.
Jr.. who can command the atten-
ton VI ali lawmakers. ana ths
servile obedience Of a great many;
who can release. as he chooses,
hundreds of millions Of dollars.
each representing a days work in
the life Of some man. each TO be
again transmitted at will into hu-
man labor.
The Washington times., 1921-01-23
WOMEN
AID SCHOLARSHIPS

The Columbian Women of George
Washington University will give two
benefit motion picture performances
at the Knickerbocker Theater at
and 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
February 2. the proceeds 10 be applied
TO the orga anization's scholarship fund.
the unlversity's centennial endow-
ment fund. and the fund for eQuipping
rest rooms at the law school.
The patronesses will be Miss Mabel
T. Boardman, Miss Charlotte Harding.
Miss NJ. Y. Wheeler. Mrs. Douglas X,
Birnie, Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Will
lam Miller Collier. Mrs. q. II. Gros-
venor, Mrs. Louis Hertle. Mrs. Walter
r. Tuckerman. Mrs. J. l.. Raker Mrs.
Percival Hall. Mrs. A. Lisner. Mrs.
Charles IL. Stockton, Mrs. Thomas
Sidweli, Mrs. Charles Warren. Mrs.
Theodore Noyes and Mrs. Edward Ii.
Everett .-
FOUNDED IN 1894.
ARRANGEMENTS for the benefit are
under the direction OF Mrs. John Paul
Earnest, chairman of the ways and
means committee. Mrs. ID. X. Shute
Is chairman of the scholarship COM
mittee. which has general charge OF
the organizations distribution of
scholarship among deserving girls at
the university.
The organization was founded In the
fall OF 1894. and Is the model for SINH
lar organizations at many universities
throughout the country. 1t Is COM
posed of girl students who have at
tended the university for at least a
year, women members OF the faculty.
alumnae, and the wives of faculty
members and university officials. The
organization lends material aid to the
university hospital, fosters activities
among the girl students, encourages
high scholarship, and promotes gen.
eral good will and cooperation at
the institution.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.
The officers are: Miss Elizabeth
Peet, president; Mrs. Merton l.. Fer
son, first vice president; Miss Flor
ence Frisby, second vice president:
Miss Anna s. Hazelton, treasurer;
Miss Julia l.. v. McCord, recording
secretary; Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
corresponding secretary. and Mrs.
Joshua Evans, jr. historian. Miss
Elizabeth Wilson Is chairman Of the
house committee, Miss Margaret
White chairman of the membership
committee. and Miss Francs Parke
cahirman of the committee on univer-
sity relations.
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

Dollars are the soldiers that do
the fighting these days-silent.
obedient. highly reproductive sol
diers. never eating, never sleeping,
always ready.
With an army Of a, billion such
chosen soldiers. plus ambition and
imagination to drive him. a man
should do a great deal.
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

in our day should mean to the heir
what the well-trained legiOns Of
Phinp meant. 10 Ase1AAdsf. what
the selected giants and other we'll
trained fighters In the army OF
William the Second meant 10 his
son. Frederick the Great.
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

Inherited wealth is a curse for
those in whom IL breeds self-in-
diligence. extravaganza. utter in
difference 10 life's realities and
indifference TO others.
But to those who have self-eon-
troll. purpose. and ambition. wealth
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

Young Mr.. Rockefeller himself 10 a
hard worker, leading a simple life.
squandering nothing. He superin-
tends and directs his fathers sci
entifio work, which aims TO night
disease, not by CURING the indi-
yidual sick, but by destroying the
SOURCE OF disease.
Rockefeller, Jr., may live 10
carry that work farther and night
poverty, not by giving a million or
a hundred millions TO starving chill
dren, thus curing temporary hun
ger, but by fighung at its source
the poverty that produces hunger
among children and sorrow among
mothers. SUCH sources are mo-
nopoly OF natural wealth, legisla-
ton for the few instead OF the
many, payment OF workers based
on the minimum for which work
can be extracted through the work
ers' necessity.
We have passed the day when
Crassus, a slave dealer, crucified
six thousand slaves at one time as
a warning TO others, and when
"the legs Of slaves were habitually
broken" to prevent their running
away or for punishment.
Mr.. Rockefeller. Jr., may. before
his life ends, begin the destruction
of system under which, for ninety
per cent OF humanity, slavery has
simply changed from the old slave
system to the wage system, with
fear of hunger and homelessness
replacing fear Of the overseers
lash.
The Washington times., 1921-01-23

When the sky is gray or green or
yellowish green at sunset watch Tor
rain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
HOW OLD VETERAN
KEEPS HEARTY
Now II Years Old, But Can Eat
Anything That Comes Along.

w. E. Alden, of Curtis Corner, Me-,
writes the Priest Drug Co, Bangor,
Me-,
Have had a very bad stomach
trouble for many years, in fact ever
since I came out of the army in SO,
Have tried a great many indigestion
remedies $50 called), and employed
several doctors. but got only tempo
rary relief from any of them. About
two years ago l received a sample of
Priests Indigestion Fowler, and the
four doses of the sample gave me
such immediate relief I sent for u
small package and took as per direc-
tons and, marvellous as it seems. it
cured my stomach trouble Of so long
standing Fixed me 80 ! could eat
anything and have it set good. Sour
stomach, gas, violent pains all gone.
1 have also given doses of it to sew
eral others. and it has always given
good results. / keep it by me, and
at any symptoms of the return of
my old troubles one or two doses sets
me all right again.
For sale by all druggists. If your
dealer does not carry Priests Indi-
gestion Powder, insist on him order
ing it from the wholesaler or Priest
Drug Co, Bangor, Me. Samples sent
free Mention paper in which you
read this dvertisement.-Adv.
jn9-11
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
"ReaI CLASSY Jazz"

There is no more exquisite torture
no more nerve racking experience
than that of a musician and music
lover forced to listen to the abomina :
ton called Jazz"
The acquaintance TO whom I made
this remark dissented vigorously. and
invited me to come with him TO a
popular dance where he assured me
would hear the Real Classy Jazz
My visit was profitable to me, and
cured me for the time being of a
habit of boasting of our high civiliza :
ton, and culture.
Jazz" exists and is popular be-
cause it speaks to primitive minds in
language they understand.
The female I beheld, writhing in
wierd contortions and gyrations to
the barbaric percussion of wood and
brass. is but a short step removed
from her sisters in the jungle. their
paint smeared faces, and the sugges-
tive motions of their half covered
bodies are frankly designed to attract
and capture the male. and their minds
are as bells out of tune jangling dis
cordantly in time with the Jazz Or
chestra."
Jazz is to music what the dime
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
BUY A TAG

When bright-eyed kiddie ap-
proaches you today with a tag that
looks like a baseball all fixed right
to dangle from your buttonhole. and
asks you. Buy a tag for our play
ground, Mister, Mrs. or Miss as the
case may me, of course you will fish
out your humble quarter with the
greatest possible alacrity. For no
matter whether you are a fond par
ent or merely a general lover of chill
dren you will fealize that your quar-
ter is going to help swell a fund that
is sure to increase not only the fun
but the physical we'll being as well
for the young folks of Augusta.
There are seven Fairgrounds in
connection with the grade schools in
the city. If the citizens do their
best in the buy a tag" campaign and
purchase the amount of tags that the
boys and girls now have on sale,
enough money will be assured to
equip each of these with suitable
apparatus Then in the fall when the
schools reopen after the long play
hours Of the summer vacation there
will be opportunity for them to get 4
healthy admiXture of fun ard eXer-
else right in their own school yards
Fairgrounds later. and nothing is toe
good for the kiddfes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
HE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT

Colonel GaIbraith, who went out so
quickly and tragically from the act
ivities of life had made much Of the
life he had lived and had fought a
good fight from boyhood up. To
whatever he put his hand, that he
championed. Once convinced of the
need he was willing to take his coat
off and help supply it, When he be-
came commander of the Loyal Legion
he took up the work with his accus-
toned zeal and was in the midst of
it at the time of his death.
One of the first needs that appealed
to him was the deplorable condition
in which he found the disabled vet
Grams. There had been inefficiency
and the proverbial ingratitude of gov
eminent. The country had responded
marvelously to the call for our best.
They were sent but no provision of
consequence was made to provide for
the wrecks of them brought back to
us. Hospital facilities were pitifully
inadequate. His description of the
conditions is both vivid and vigorous.
He said:
When we modified the man power
and the money power the industrial
facilities Of the nation, we forgot to
do one thing. We did not build a
hospital nor equip a bed for the der
elcts that were coming back-and
they have come back. Today our
men are in hospitals all over the
country wherever they can be put;
not Government owned hospitals,
gentlemen, not even public health
hospitals which are leased by the
Public Health Service. but in contract
hospitals, in any kind of place that
will cover them, in the hands of peo-
pie at so much a day. And the Con-
gress of the United States at the last
session, because of a misunderstand-
it!S, ldlcu W appropriate the neCtS-
sary money to build hospitals, and
not one has been built two years after
the armistice. The peak OF hospital
ization will not be reached for from
ten to fifteen years. We have got
that yet 10 go. Those men are break
ing down every day, mentally, tuber-
cular cases, epileptics. There is not
an epileptic case in. the hospitals of
the United States today, and our
mental cases, shell shock, pure in
sanity, are in hospitals, gentlemen.
where my heart bleeds for those poor
devils, our heroes"
Such was what he found. To it he
devoted his wonderful energy He
was not diverted by other issues,
though as a part of this undertaking
he strove to strengthen the Legion
and was successful. He was deter
mined that, first. the sick and manned
should be cared for. He had accom-
plished much when the summons
came and he had set up the standard
and under the impelling force of his
example the work must go on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
EXPERIENCE RECOGNIZED

Experience has been recognized in
the appointment Of Colonel z. c.
Plummer on the L. S. Shipping
Board. He has been acquainted with
shipping from boyhood up. For many
years his work has brought him into
intimate relations with the problems
affecting shipping. as also with men
of affairs and with congressional pro-
cedure. He comes from state and
a city with honorable records of sea-
faring. Among the men chosen to
the Board he doubtless possesses
more comprehensive knowledge of
the problems than any other member,
very valuable acquisition for the
difficult undertaking which the Board
encounters.
There is no reason to suppose the
Government can manage shipping
profitably; 1t is clear that private in
dividuals cannot compete with the
Government provided the latter has
all the money it needs for the pur-
pose. 1t is plain. too, that ships
must have cargoes to prove profita-
BILE. There are reasons for thinking
the equipment which Uncle Sam &C
quired at so great expense is in some
respects far from what it should be.
These are but few of the deterrent
facts. On the other hand is the out
standing necessity for a we'll estab-
lished and successful merchant ma
rine, a need SO evident and so ire
mendous in its possibilities as to war
rant a most determined effort and un-
tagging patience.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR

Bangor, II "a a. m. so a. m. 235 a. m.
j. & A. Pts, Il .24a m, T.. 50 am.
Bar Harbor, l.50 a. IN. t23o a.n.
Bath. t6.l4 a. M. 1895 a. M. slo.lS a. M
taos D. m, t6.10p. m. @10i p. IN.
Belfast t9.47 a m Y. 50 p. III.
Boston So 10 AM, t6. IA m. 1886 q. m. slols
am. r. IS m. So. "a m, "A oo p m no As P NJ
Calais. .35 a. m.
Dover and Foxcroft. z. SO p. m.
Gardiner, 50 l0a. m. i6.l4 a. m. 1886 a. m.
sIOlSa m. IL SO y. m, So "a I'm, a. OS p. nj.
iI.l5 D. m, t6 Top. m, *10.4S p. NJ.
Halowell, t6. IA a. M. Il. SO a. m. si0 IL a. m.
t. AZ D. m, 334 p. m. TAOS p. m.' a. 10 PIN
tjIOp. m, $40. As p. III.
Harmony. IL. 53 p. III.
Lewiston, t6 IA a. IN, 1885 a. m. s1o.lS a. M,
II 46 D. m. n .05 p. m, $40. 4S p. M.
New ork, 1894 p. m. t6l0p. m.
Portland Is lOa m. t6. IA m, t9. SO a. m sio.lS
am. II 46 D IN 81. 81 p M. TAOS p. H., 70 10 PIN.
$40 Is p. IN.
Rockland. t6 Il a. m, 10 Sc a m, TAOS pm
Skowhegan 1914 am. y. SO p. IN.
So Gardiner t6. Il m, 70 SO a. m, $40 Am.
t. i6 p m. 1914 p. M. t4.l5 p m. To.lOp M.
~l0.4S p. M.
ST. John. t1.24 a. IN.
Waterville, "a a. m. 81. so a. m. Il 35 a. m. /.
*947 am II .06 p. m, T.. SO pm, 1912 p. M.
tG.i0 p. M
Daily. Daily. except Sunday.
( Sunday only. z Daily. except Monday.
DC. DOUGLASS, NJ. l.. HARRIS,
6-6-2l V.P. & Genl Mgr. Gen'l Passenger Agt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
PRoFlTEERS PROMISING

The fire insurance monopoly in
New York enactng the role of Crock
etts coon and climbing down if I'm
termeyer won't fire is an edifying, as
it is u disgusting spectacle. Dis
gusting. because of the contemplate,
rotten practises to which conspicus
Gus aggregations of brains and cap
ital have lent themselves.
1t is estimated that policy holders
in this country will profit one hun
dred and thirty million dollars an
nually through the reforms which
this investigation has compelled
those concerns to adopt. Such an es-
innate looks altogether too sanguine
if the old crowd of profiteers are to
be left in control. However, it is I'M
derstood they will condescend-prob-
ably for time--to permit the bureau
of standards at Washington to decide
what fire. prevention appliances are
suitable and what are not; we are
told that they have at last decided to
consent that all companies having a
state license shall be permitted to
hold a membership in all rate making
organizations in that state. They
will also kindly permit brokers to
do business with those outside the
trust This sounds almost too good
to last.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
MRS, GOULD SPEAKS
TO MOTHERS

In a nice letter to the DR.. ]. F.
True & Co, Mrs. Irving Gould of
Chesterland. Ohio, says: LAS my boy
is sick and in much need of your
Elixir. ! ought not to be without it..
DR.. True's Elixir has done wonderful
things for my children, and | Will
gladly answer any mothers letters in
regard to the medicine"
If your children have these symp-
toms give them DR.. True's Elixir.
Common symptoms of worms: Bad
breath swollen upper lip, sour stom-
ach. occasional pains, itching of
the nose and rectum, short dry cough,
red points on the tongue. slow fever.
DR.. True's Elixir, The Family Laxa-
tive and Worm Expeller is sold at "all
dealers" Three sizes. Buy the large
size.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
Therefore We Weep"

louisville courier-JournaI, Dem)
1t was q lottery
For years it has been d lottery.
Many held tickets.
Only one ticket could win.
Only one state could gain the COW
eted honor
In the pathetic words of the death
bed comforter: It's all over"
Florida wins.
North Carolina loses. ,
The Land of the Sky" falls into
the discard.
THE Everglades" rake in the pot
William Jennings Bryan will
henceforth have his legal residence a,
Miami the Bootleggers' Paradise, in
easy reach of Palm Beach, the winter
nome of Wall Street devils"
Asheville walls.
It's a low-down trick whimpcrs
The Land of the Skys" daughter
after visiting ME and being nv
steady now for more than ten Years
I'm glad / found him out. the tickle
hearted brute, before it was too late.
Miami's heart is glad
BE We lifted up We everlasting
gates, shouts Miami, and be We
lfted up We everlasting doors, and
me. Peerless One shall come in, The
Peerless One shall come in"
Lincoln mourns--mourns even as
the Vermont farmer mourned for the
wife of his bosom for forty years as
he stood over her grave.
Tears cannot bring her back
shifted the Vermont farmer. There
fore, we weep"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
WARE THE WEEK. END TOLL

Why let the Monday morning
disaster as result of week end
search for recreation? Even the
Monday viii convince the reader that
more accidents occur over Saturdays
and Sundays than can be classed as
unavoidable. During that day and a
half all the members of the working
world for whom it is possible are
seeking rest and recreation, on the
open road in automobiles, at lakes or
the seashore, or wherever there is
sunshine and sparkling waters.
! With the vast increase in the num-
bers of people traversine the roads,
and lakes and beaches crowded with
boaters and bathers. many of whom
Go not even swim enough for self
protection, we get situations that are
fertile field for accidents. Fevered
haste to reach a destination, reckless
driving, automobile collisions on the
dry land; tipsy canoes, over-confident
bathers, foolhardiness in the water,
are productive of dire consequences.
With the increase in opportunity for
accidents among the throngs we ap-
peal for an excess of caution. look
before you leap attitude that will
array.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
The Insurance Trust Again
fRpStOn HaraiJ1

Later testimony before the Lock
wood committee in New York indi-
! Gates that the fire insurance trust
| would be willing to give up some of
its practices, including the exclusion
of mutual companies from the ex-
change, and the suspension of brok-
ers guilty of doing business with non
members, if it were allowed to go on
with it's questionable manipulation of
stocks and building loans
An illuminating but not over-zeal-
I Gus witness before the committee was
Henry Evans, chairman of the board
of the Continental, Fidelity Phoenix,
! American Eagle and Farmers Insur
ance Companies. He owns 10000 of
the AGO. shares of the Continental
Company; and the Continental and
Fidelity Phoenix have stockholders
in common. The American Eagle is
owned by the Fire Companies Build
ing at so Maiden Lane: but the Con-
tinental and the Fidelity Phoenix
each hold half of the stock of the Fire
Companies building, and he admitted
| that the two companies owned the
building through the building com
pany. Fire insurance companies are
forbidden by law in New York from
investing in real estate, but thew
evade the law by controlling cornor-
ations that directly own BUILDINGS
and this seems to be an instance of
such evasion. Questioned by Mr. I'm
! termyer, Mr.. Evans would not allow
that the exclusion of mutual comma
MES from the trust was "a yicions
thing" but he admitted that il wac
foolish and unjust and ..unreason-
able"
The testimony developed a strong
combination between the Board of
Fire Underwriters and the Sprinkler
trust which barred non-trust
sprinklers and similar devices: and
inventors of such devices testified
that their sprinklers were held I'D in
definitely even after they had been
tested and approved by the fire de-
partment and the board of standards
and appeals. Mr.. Untermyer pointed
out that the New York Automatic
Sprinkler Association was conducted
in many respects similar to the Het-
trick system of code numbers for
each member, and system of price
and contract reporting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11
EASTERN STEAMSHIP llNEIl;.
Boston and
| Ortland Line

EXPRESS, PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT SERVICE
STEAMSHIP RANSOM B. FULLER
STE;AMkksS LEAVE 1x OAxAAuA.r
SAVING TAME
Leave Portland, AraAxiin Wharf
tuesdays, TAursaays ANA Saturday,
at p. n. for Boston
ETURM :-Leavs Boston, Central
Wna1t. mondays. Wednesdays and
fridays at r. N.
EFFECTIVE JUNE Ia
SUMMEA SCHEDULE SIX TRIPS
WEEKLY
Steamers Will leave daily except
Sunday in each direction.
At Boston connection IL made with tina
Metropolitan Line passeurer ana
freight steamers for New York vie
Cape Cod Canal.
Il. 4 CLAY. Superintendent.
Franklin Wharf.
"eA' eSoo aprl3dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-11

District in fighting the scores of for
est fires in the past few weeks can
hardly be appreciated by people of
places far removed from the scene
but it has been strenuous and well
done, also expensive. The forest
commissioner, Samuel T. Dana, and
staff are loud in their praise Of the
cumberland owners for their cooper
alton. many of the latter sending
their entire crews of men to aid the
fire fighters.