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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
American Typhus Leaves
Poland, Work Accomplished

Warsaw, Dec lobby Associated
Press. --Fifty-five soldiers and 1C
officers of the American typhus ex-
petition to Poland left. Warsaw for
Coblenz on the Rhine recently in 4
special train Of II cars, the mission
time having expired.
The Americans came to Warsaw
is months ago, and worked with the
Polish health authorities in combat
ting typhus, chiefly along the eastern
frontiers where refugees were flock
ing from the interior of Russia under
the Bolshevik regime. The Amer
leans worked SO near the front lines
during the Soviet Russian-Rolish
war that frequently the relief trains
were under shell fire, and in one in
stance a soldier was captured by the
Bolsheviki.
One car of the special train to Cob
LEM was reserved exclusively for 10
Polish women who had married
American soldiers and were taken
with their husbands to the head
quarters of the American forces in
Germany on their way to the United
States.
The expedition was under the COM
mand of Colonel Harry L. Gilchrist,
of Cleveland, O., who is to remain in
Warsaw, by permission of the War
Department, as advisor to the Polish
government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Empress Eugene Remem-
bcred Man Who Helped ESCAPE

London. Dec. 15.-CBy Associated
Press).-The most romantic touch in
the will of the former Empress Eu-
genie of France, probate on which
has just been granted, is her bequest
of little Greuze portrait to Sir John
Burgoyne, on whose yacht she es-
capped from France to England on
Sept. 6, 1870, two days after the fall
of the French empire.
1t was DR.. Evans, an American
dentist, who brought the Empress in
disguise to Deauville, and she
secretly embarked on Burgoyne's
yacht at midnight, an hour after the
vessel had been searched by the
French police.
Eugene. who was once considered
the most beautiful woman of Europe
and who died in Madrid on July II
last, aged "a, left an estate estimated
at over $4,000, 900.
Deposited at the Record office.
along with the will is a copy which
Eugene wrote with her own hands
when the Germans were bombing
London and she feared the original
might be destroyed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Editorial Comment
The Yankee Whittier
(Piscataquis Observer)


Did older readers of the Democrat
ever stop to think that whiting has
become lost art to Yankees? Not
so many years ago no New Englander
could loiter long in any place with
out taking his jackknife from his
pocket and proceed to whittle-whit-
tie anything that came handy. New
benches and desks had to be placed
in school houses every few terms be-
cause of the propensity of the boys
to whittle. 1t was almost impossible
to keep benches in waiting rooms Of
a railroad station for the same rea-
son. Old fashioned store keepers al
ways placed fresh boxes about the
store of an evening for their custom
ers and swept up the WRITINGS
next morning to build fires with
Oxford County Democrat
About the time the foregoing was
published the writer of this sat be-
side Fred w! Sanborn of the Norway
Advertiser in a Meeting of the Maine
Press association.
Mr.. Sanborn was listening to a
speaker, but while doing so he took
a small milestone from his pocket,
sharpened his knife, found a nice
piece of soft wood on his person and
proceeded to white it. And Mr..
Sanborn is a Yankee and lives but a
mile from the Democrat office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
First Pan-Pacifc
Educational Confer
ence, at Honolulu

Honolulu. T. H., Dec. 2-(Corres-
pondence of the Associated Press)--
The first Pan-Pacific Educational
conference will be held in Honolulu
August II to 81 inclusive, according
to announcement by officials of the
Pan-Pacific Union, under auspices of
which the conference will be held
Alexander Hume Ford, secretary
director of the Union, has wired DR..
FRANK f. Bunker, chief of the city
school division, bureau of education,
at Washington. fixing the dates in
response to request from DIR. Bun
ker. Secretary John Barton Payne
of the Interior Department is ex-
pected to issue formal invitations to
educators from lands touching the
Pacific to attend the conference.
According to word received from
the Interior Department, about Is
leading educators are expected to at
tend. 1t is expected that Central and
South American countries as well as
the United States, Canada, the
Oriental nations and Australia and
New Zealand will be represented.
Mainland book publishers have re-
quested that they be permitted to
call a conference of their own num-
Der simultaneously with that of the
educators.
Secretary Ford Of the Pan-Pacific
Union has already reserved passage
for a number of educators expected
from mainland United States. The ar
rival and departure Of these delegates
VIII be timed SO as to permit them
to visit points Of interest in the
Hawaiian group.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Change of Govern
ment for Sanford

Sanford, Me, Dec. 30-A meeting was
held Thursday of the SeIectmen of the
town, State Senator-elect Harmon G.
Allen of Sanford. Representative-elect
Hiram Willard of Sanford and a num-
Der of prominent citizens who discus
sed the advisability of a change in the
form of Sanford's government.
The meeting was presided over by
Myron f. Bennett. 1t was agreed that
the chairman of the Republican Town
Committee and the chairman of the
Democratic Town Committee should be
asked to name committee of six
citizens to deliberate further upon the
matter and formulate questions to be
voted on at a special town meeting.
The growth of the town and the
large incl ease in the number of voters
due to the success of Womans Suf-
frage has given the town a present to-
tai Of 1000 voters and the Town hall
has a capacity for little over one
quarter of that number.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Identification Is
Important Nowadays
in Old Ireland

Dublin, Dec. 15-(By Associated Press)
Ireland today is a land where it is
advisable for the newly arrived, unac-
quainted traveller to tell the hall por-
ter at his hotel who he is. his nation
ality, his business in town End how
! long he expects to stay. then be most
circumspect in whatever he does or
says.
People with uncertain backgrounds
or on indefinite missions get courteous
receptions, but it is futile for them TO
expect their welcomes to be tinctured
with anything approaching familiarity.
normally one of the dominant Irish
characteristics. Therefore the wisdom of
| Singing out your business as one
American traveller expressed it,, to
your hall porter.
Uninitiated Americans perhaps would
not understand the important position
occupied by this functionary. He IS a
veritable encyclopedia of information
and Who's Who" of everything i'm
portant concerning the hotel, it's man
asement and staff and it's guests.
1t is this individual that raiders al
most invariably consult when they
make their unconventional visits to
hostelries in search Of wanted persons
His statement that a person asked for
was an American or Frenchman and
that he came to town for some legiti-
mate purpose has been known to save
the guest an abrupt waking and quiz,
possibly at the point of a revolver
Instances recently published in
newspapers of persons shot by mis-
take" or. as has been claimed IN NJ
least one case. because the victim has
been seen conversing with a marked
man" has infused the whole atmos-
phere of social atmosphere in ireland
with suspicion and diffidence. Travel
lers learn sooner or later that no one
wants to know anyone else in Ireland
today unless some form of credentials
is forthcoming or a mutual friend is
willing to vouch for the newcomer 8
acceptability and trustworthiness.
This state of affairs has transformed
old-time happy-go-lucky ireland into a
country where conversations in public
places are carried on in undertones,
where not shifty, but shifting furtive
glahces are shot at strangers, and
no one is his brothers keeper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
DE:X Ter

The dwelling house and barn owned
and occupied by Arthur Winstowg and
situated at West Garland were des-
troyed by fire last Sunday evening.
Most of the furniture in the rooms on
the first floor was saved, but that in
the chambers above was total loss
No fire fighting apparatus was at
hand and when discovered the fire had
made such Roadway that nothing
could be done. The cause was ap-
parently due to a defective or over
heated chimney. The loss is about 81
900 substantially covered by insurance
Mrs. William Helms returned to her
home in Hallowell Thursday after hav-
ing spent a few days in Dexter sum-
moned there by the death of her
mother. Mrs. Jason Denslow. Jason
Denslow will leave soon for Lynn,
Mass, to spend the winter with his
son, Albert, of that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Real High Finance
In the Land Office
of Oklahoma State

Oklahoma City. Okla. Dec. Gillian
ding funds aggregating approximately
$4o,0oo.ooO. the commissioners of the
land office of Oklahoma are in class
Of high finance that makes presidents
of some large banks and directors OF
oil companies recede into obscurity as
dealers in moneys. The commissioners
literally do Land office business"
Notes held by the commissioners on
land sold, but not yet paid for, aggre-
gate $22.OJO,OO0. Loans on public funds
secured by farm lands amount to mole
than $1i,0O),0O0. In addition there are
constantly accruing royalties and BON
uses on tracts leased for oil and ,gas
development. More than 100000 acres of
farming and grazing land are now open
for lease and sale.
To administer the public lands and
funds derived from them is the task
of the commissioners of the landl Of
flee, more generally known in Okla
homa as the school land departing nj
The statehood enabling act, under
which the state was created, provided
that in each township, consisting ff %
sections. sections 16 and 36 should be
set aside for school lands, section IL
for the maintenance of state e9uca-
tional institutions and section IS for
charitable and penal institutions and
public buildings. An additional grant
of land was made for the maintenance
of the state university. preparatory
school, the negro agricultural and NOR
NAL university and the normal schools
To serve as dowry for Indian terri-
tory in the Union at the time of skate
hood, congress, in the enabling act.
appropriated 100000 to the school
fund of the new state.
Money given the common schools OF
the state from the land Office during
the Is months from January /. [ 1917
to June 30. 1920, amounted to 81, 1856 135Sl
Each school district receives an
amount proportionate to the nus nber
Of its pupils compared with the fotai
school enumeration Of the state.
During the Is months period enGl ling
with the last fiscal year, the state
leased 1877. 301 acres for oil and gas de-
velopment and it's receipts frsm THIS
source aggregated s2,4O1. 11S.22; l}eihs
II. AS. Isl In bonuses, $765, 0SS.05 in roy
alties and slS7.S97.35 in rentals. qash
received by the land office during th'S
time from all sources amounted "
SIS, $50, 1880. consisting of 5l,560 sfpai'
ate items.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
S. G. FIeweIIing

Samuel G. Flewelling. for So years ?
resident Of Lewiston, died THURSDAY
morning at the home of his daughter
Mrs. w. H. Coffin of Central Ave. IJe
was born in Bridgewater "A Years ago
At the age of 16 he enlisted in tho 1Atl
maine infantry and served three
months just at the close of the Civil
war He went to Lewiston when 81
and married Miss Carrie G. Staten OF
that city, who died last October. He
was well known as a horse dealer
throughout the State. He was a mem.
Der of M. & NJ. Lodge of Odd Fellows
Besides his daughter he is survived
by son. Harry B. FleweIling Of Mil
waukee. and sister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
81 LYNCHED IN
u. S. DURING 1920
So WERE NEGROES

Tuskegee. Ala. Dec. 31.-Principal
Robert K. Motion of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute at
this place today made public his COM
pilation Of the list of lynchings for
the year 1920 throughout the country,
SO far as the record can be found. The
compilation was made by Robert n.
Work Of the Department Of Records
and Research of the Tuskegee Insti
tute.
1t shows that Sc instances occurred
ed lynchings. Of these. 10 were in
Northern states and 46 in Southern
states. In AZ cases, the prisoners were
| removed or the guards were augmented
or other precautions taken. In IA in
stances, armed force was used to re-
pei the would-be lynchers. In four
the mobS were fired upon and as re-
suit. seven attackers were killed and
several wounded.
There were 81 persons lynched in
1920. OF these. SO were in the South
and nine in the North and West. This
Is % less than the number. SO, for the
year 1919. OF those lynched SO were
Negroes and eight were whites. One
of those put to death was Negro
| woman. Eighteen. or less than one
| third of those put to death, were
charged with rape or attempted rape
| Three of the victims were burned to
| death. The charges against those
burned to death were: Rape and MUIR
der, one: killing landlord in a dispute,
| two
The offenses charged the whites
| were: Murder, FIVE; insulting woman.
one; no charge except being a foreign
er. one: killing officer of the law, one.
The cGenses charged against the Ne
groes were: Murder. 5; attempted
| murder. four; killing officer of the
law. five; killing landlord in dispute.
six; rape, is; attempted rape. three:
assisting fugitive to escape three;
wouniing another two; insulting
women, two; knocking down guard,
| escaping from chain gang and then re-
| turning and surrendering, two; jump
ing labor contract, one; threatening
to kill man. one; cutting a man in a
fight. enc; for receiving stay Of death
| sentence because another confess ed
crime. one; peeping through window
at woman, one; insisting on voting,
one.
The states in which lynchings oc-
| CURED and the number in each state
are as follows: Alabama. seven; Ar
kansas. one; California. three; Flori-
ola, seven; Georgia. nine; Illinois. one;
Kansas. one; Kentucky. one; Mime
sofa. three; Mississippi, seven; Mis-
souri,. one; North Carolina three;
Ohio. one; Oklahoma. three; South
Carolina. one; Texas, 10;' Virginia,
one; West Virginia, one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Editors Letter Box
What Sidney Schools Are poino

Sidney has adopted new school
improvement program and great in
terest is being shown by the teachers
and pupils in trying to accomplish the
work included. School improvement
leagues are being formed. physical
training has place on the daily pro-
gram. The modern health crusade Is
causing no end of enthusiasm and mu-
sic is being studied in three schools.
Only one school has reported having
succeeded in purchasing victrola.
The hot lunch plan is carried on sue
cessfully in two schools, and in near
ly every district there was COM
munity Christmas tree and entertain
ment. So far in the race for better
schools, Nos. 1 and have the lead,
but We hope the others will soon be
able To make such a report.
M. A. CORNFORTH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
DOCTORS SAY CONSTIPATION
P0IS0NS SYSTEM
Mrs. 6oyce Tells Her Experience

The majority of people suffer from
constipation which poisons the whole
system and causes coated tongues
bad headaches, foul breath: in chill.
dren often results in high fever and
actual illness ''
These conditions may be quickly re-
!ieved by DR.. True's Elixir-the Fam.
lily Laxative that has worked wonders
Tor men, women and children since
Il have great faith in your Dr
True'S Elixir. / give it to nv how II
is doing him much good and I would
not be without a bottle for anything. .
By ~
You know the symptoms of chronic con.
s'fpation-sour stomach. belchirg, bad
breath. heavy dull eyes, constant head-
aches. and general out -of-sorts. .rouchy
feeling. Then why not let DR.. Ttue's
k:iixir help you? DIR. True's Elixir. the
Family Laxative and Worm Exprlier. is
mild and pleasant to take and works lust
right Toy children and grown ups.--Aay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01

40 Anderson St.. Portland. Maine.
II was troubled with Constipation
ever since l can remember; as a re-
suit, was subject to distressing
Headaches and pain in my left side.
would go for two or three days
without any movement of the bow
els.
CHANGED to read about Fruit "a
tives.' in one of our local papers, and
began their use about four months
ago.. Since then, I have been free
from Headaches, my bowels have
been regular. and from the use of
several boxes of 'Fruit-a-tives,'
feel that the great benefit have de-
rived justifies me in pronouncing
thcm'a remedy of true and exception
al merit" OTIS NJ. BRYANT.
soc. box, for $3.50. trial size Csc.
At dealers or from FRUIT A-TIVES
Limited. OGDENSBURG, N. Y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Canada the Most
PROSPEROUS Known

Ottawa, Ont. Dec. 31.-The dawn
OF the new year finds the Dominion
of Canada in perhaps the most pros
porous condition in it's history. ac-
cording to agricultural leaders.
In 1920 Canada harvested its Iaryes+
crop and the wealth of it's agriculture
IS reflected on every hand It's
forests, mines and fisheries likewise
contributed more than usual TO
Canada's prosperity in 1920.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Just His Luck

Mrs. Kinks (severely and suspicious.
ly)-Henry. there is an account in the
paper about a business man leaving
his wife and running off with his
pretty typist.
Mr.. kinks-Is there?
Mrs. Kinks-Yes. there is. and it's
the third account of the kind I've seen
this week.
Mr.. Kinks-Well. what of it? 1t
doesn't interest me. my dear.
Mrs. Kinks-It does me. Henry: you
have a pretty typist in your Office.
Mr.. Kinks--No. wa haven't My
partner eloped with her last week.
Los Angeles Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01

under cover and finally after much
trouble it was prevailed upon to go
into the lower part of Mr.. Bucks
barn. There it has been we'll fed.
Although it has been well known in
Greenwich where the pig was no one
claimed it and unless some one
claims, identifies and pays for its
keeping, the pig will soon appear as
pork
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
WHITEFIEI,D

NORTH-Mrs ]. W. JeMett passed
Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. Guv
Chadwick.
Miss Anna Chadwick, a nurse at the
Sanatorium. Fairfield, passed Christ
mas with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Chadwick.
Mrs. Eta Jewett received a box of
native fruits from st. Petersburg. Fla.
They were from Miss Ada Jewett.
VINO is passing the winter at that
place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01

A Chicago professor predicts that
new sciences and discoveries and un-
dreamed Of human achievements will
occur within the next few million
years. Now who would expect a pro-
lessor to be SO clever? Nobody can
deny it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
AExBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, January I, 1921.
The New Year

We wish you a Happy New Year;
better, a year worth while. And II
We all give it our best there is plenty
of assurance it will be.
Taking stock is feature Of the
New Year in business, and why not
in other affairs? Also that matter Of
overhead expense" about which 80
much is said, may as well be taken
fguratively as literally.
A review of the past year. if COM
! fprehensive. would be tiresome. and
scarcely mirthsome. In passing,
however, it may be well to consider
that several things have come about.
which our forefathers would not
have dared prophesy. national pro-
hibition and woman suffrage. among
them. This inevitably leads to the
conclusion that modesty in prophesy-
ing is in order.
It is scarcely a prediction that
this world will grow smaller, that
whatever be the fate of the League
of Nations, the neighborhood of
rations is a matter Of increasing and
insistent Importance. This means
better knowledge of one another.
Right now we are learning much
about the miseries Of the old world
peoples, and if we may not drink to
tho New Year in champagne what's
10 hinder contributing the price to
the little folks over there who are
hungry? What better way for them
TO get acquainted with us who live in
Lne best land on earth?
This could not be said Of America,
Notwithstanding all that nature has
done for the country, were we not
u pretty decent people as peoples go.
Better keep this in mind, though
there's no occasion to get conceited
about it. We've got to go along with
the folks if we get anywhere and it
would be difficult to think of any
Year more in need Of pleasant rela-
tons and confidence in one another
than 1921 Confidence in our fellow
Elol has been severely jostled the
past year. Apparently we overtaxed
our good qualities in the wartime
eNertions, but we've simply got to
set back into form again. How we
did make the wheels go round when
habit Of distressing one another, call
ing each other prof1teers, and then
the encouragement at finding our
selves, so many of us. tarred with
the same stick, though in different
+ degrees OF course. There really
weren't equal chances in profteering
as there are in getting into trouble.
but there were few shirkers reported
on that job.
And is that really what we are, a
lot Of greed hounds? Is that our
normal condition? No! Not within
several rows of appletrees. We've
got neighborly feelings, and If the
world has grown small surely we
haven't become so petty that we can't
rejoice in Smiths success If he has
earned it. We must have confidence
in Smith, and if We are really helpful
to him he in turn must have conf
dence in us. Give US more faith,
more backbone, more good will, and
so come on, Nineteen Hundred and
Twenty-one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01

President Wilson is reported to
have refused $4,000 for writing one
article. because he believes no one
article that can be written is worth
such an amount. This explains
somewhat the business weakness of
his administration.-Wa SEN
tinel.
His estimates of value were weak:
look at what his administration
fetched at the Fall auction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Urfeciinq Youth

Richard Croker said at dinner in
New York: a..
1.-The more money man gets to-
gether the less his young relatives
care for him. One day in 9Th av. !
said to young clubman:
"I hear your rich uncle, Gobsa
Gold, is dead. What was the COM
plant"
The young clubman gave loud,
hard laugh.
None said he. Everybody was
satisfied "-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
STRONG WORDS FROM
VERMONT WOMAN
Says Plainly What She Means and
It's Worth Listening To.
Mrs. j. b. Wincelette, Alburg. VT.
writes Priest Drug CO., Bangor. Me-:

writes Priest Drug Co, Bangor, Me-:
I want 20 recommend Priests Indi-
gestion Powder to those suffering
from indigestion. Up to the time
began taking Priests powder I had
several severe attacks Of indigestion
I am now on my first bottle and have
found a great relief. ~.
For sale by all druggists. If your
dealer does not carry Priests Indi-
gestion Powder, insist on him order
ing 1t from the wholesaler or Priest
Drug Co., Bangor, Me. Samples sent
free. Mention paper in which you
read this dvertisement.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01

Lawrence Crooker is good shot for
boy. getting two black ducks that
were flying over his head the other
day while he was rabbit shooting.
making a right and left. He also
brought home that day with his pair
OF birds, two rabbits. He was hunt
ing IN North Bath woods.-Batn Times.