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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Complaint Regarding
Naughty" Advertising
.Agreeably Adjusted

The various committees that were
appointed from different sources to
look. into the matter of the advertising
put out by the Haine theatre in regard
to the shows to be given this week by
the Chicago Stock Co visited James
MCGEE. manager of the Haines, Satur-
day, where the matter>was talked over
very amicably and an adjustment sat-
isfactory to all parties made. The
objection seemed not TO be so much
toward the shows as toward the sort
of advertising mailed to the houses and
which was likely to be read by young
members of families to whom it was
believed by the committee it would
he detrimental
The first committee visiting Mr. Nc
Gee was that from the Rotary Club
me gentlemen appearing being Herbert
l.. Emery. Cecil Daggett, Rev. C. A
Knickerbocker and DR. J. T.. Hill. The
gentlemen explained to the manager
Of the theatre, Mr.. MCGEE, and the
advance agent of. the Chicago Stock
Co.. Charles A. Rosskam that they OBJ
Jected to the advertising that had been
sent into the homes. saying that it
was decidedly bad The talk led to
other fields, such as magazine covers
seen in the windows, advertisements
Of woinen's underwear, wax figures in
The store windows scantily clothed and
various other things which seemed to
appeal to the theatre folks to be as
Objectionable as their advertising.
They said, however. that the plays
were all right and invited the gentle
men present to come in ana see them.
10th Mr.. Niece and Mr.. Rosskam ex-
pressed their Willingness to cooperate
with the committee and agreed to pass
no more leaflets which caused the OBJ
lection. The committee told Mr.. Nc
Gee that there should be one theatre
in town on a high enough level so that
10 one need be ashamed TO so, ana
asked Mr.. MCGEE why he couldn't make
the Haines that theatre
The next committee to meet Mr.. Me-
Gee was that from the Waterville
NTomen.s Club. About 16 lsdies were
present, Mrs. Fl. T. Muzzy, president
of the club. being the spokesman. This
conference was also most amicable
The ladies' also said that they OBJ
.,ected to the advertising that had
boon carried into the homes and ex-
piained why. Mrs. Muzzy said that
after such advertising a lot of people
would not be seen inside the theatre
during the week of the PLAYS in sques-
lion, even though they were all right
she asked Mr.. McGee to use mis- oppor-
tunity to raise the sentiment Of the
community to level commensurate
with the moral standing it should en-
JOY. Mr.. MCGEE invited the ladies to
be present at the Performance this
afternoon when he hopes to convince
them that the play is botia entertain
ing and no al all immoral
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
The Farmers' Dole

Charles Edward Russell. in his Story
of TIE Nonpartisan League. gives a
number of figures which, now that the
League is carrying it's fight into Kan
sas and other states in which it has
not heretofore been active, are of fresh
interest. Particularly striking is thu
story of the five farmers who dined at
a restaurant in Washington, noted for
its modest prices. Mr. Russell saws:
they ordered, with design, a dinner
of staple vfands. and, as it came to
the table. closely estimated each dish;
SO much of bread. so much Of potatoes.
SO much meat. SO much butter, and so
on. With paper and pencil they re-
corded each amount, and, at CURRENT
prices at the farm, the net sum the
producer received for each dish thew
consumed. When all was. done thew
called for their bill. 1t was s11.75. They
made total of all the items they had
entered as they went along, showing
what the producer had netted from
this. 1t was S4 cents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14

When Officer Beckett went the
urday night to- see If the doors were
Securely locked for the night he no.
ticed that the doorway at the Ida
Taylor Hersom store was icy and.
looking in the window. found that wa
ter was running from the aoor above
and flooding the window. Mrs. Hersom
is away but her husband was reached
at their home and came to the store.
Investigation showed that the water
had been turned on in the boiler of the
tkater down cellar and left running
with the result that both DIR. Cobb's
office and the lower store were some
what damgaed with water. The dam
age, however, was slight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day, Capt Charles A.
Dunno
Standish e. Reed of Bowdoinham,
late Co. E, 18th Me. Inf, has been adj
mitted to the Home.
Edward NJ. Canary, late Co. X, 18th
U. S. Cav, has been. transferred here
from. the Central Branch
The returns from passes Saturday
were William c. Nash from Boston and
Owen Hanbury from Belgrade.
The Sunday evening concert was
largely attended and thoroughly en-
joyed. The clarinet solo by Carl
Pfeffer was rendered in an able man
ner. r.
The moving picture program for this
week will be: Monday, Miss Dorothy
Dalton in Guilty of Love-" a Pathc
News and comedy; Wednesday. Miss
Bessie Barriscale in "Josselyn's
Wife," with a ford Weekly and COM
edy; Friday Mahlon Hamilton in
Half Chance" and Pathe News and
Lloyd comedy.
Last Saturday some friends of Ma
jor and Mrs. Niles l.. Perkins gave
them a surprise party at their quar-
tiers on the Home grounds. The eve
ming was pleasantly passed at cards
Refreshments, which were brought
along. consisted of ice cream, cakes,
coffee and sandwiches. The majors
first words when the party broke on
him unannounced were: "Well, by
George. de you think we are just
married?"
: There will be late car tonight to
the National Home for patrons of the
Marsh Havens concert at City hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
BUILDS PROPELLER
DRIVEN AUTOMOBILE

a propelleF-driven sled or winter
automobile it might be called. is the
invention of Guy z. Parker. garage
man. of this city, who was giving the
strange machine a trial on Pleasant
street yesterday to the admiration and
wonderment of gathering of people
who before had never seen anything
like it. Its motive power is a propeller
like an airplane's and it has AN auto
mobile engine which is mounted on a
double runner sled on which are seats
for two people. The propeller is con-
nected with the engine by belt
While the aero-auto-sled is yet in
the process of being perfected, it has
worked out very well the few times Mr.
Parker has made trial trips. Mr.. Par
Eer said he conceived the idea from an
aeropiane and Immediately set to work
to carry out the idea He has been at
work on the machine at odd times dur
ing the winter and has made many
changes in its construction. At one
time the machine had a speed of so
miles, but at the present is not quite
so speedy. MIR. Parker says that he
sees no reason why the machine is not
perfectly practical one for winter
weather. as he believes that it will
travel through snow with case. The
-seven-foot propeller is attached to the
front of the vehicle. the axis being
about the height of a persons head. 1t
does not obStruct the vision. however
as 1T revolves 80 rapidly that one can
see right through it easily. The We
hlcie Is peculiar looking affair but
has the appearance of having great
power and stability. Mr.. Parker in
tends to keep at work until the ma
chine is constructed to suit him in
every particular
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Finds House AblaZe
Returning From Work

The fire department was called to
the home of Omar vigue of 40 IL
Waterstreet Sunday morning at go
o'clock, where a fire about the chin
ney was the cause of the alarm. The
alarm first indicated box 1913 but
Immediately after rung 80 times. 1t
is probable that whoever rang lit in
pulled the hook down twice, which
caused the box to ring in that man
ner. The cause of the fire is not
fully known, but it was from an
overheated stove. The fire worked
up through to the second floor. al
though the damage was not great
being more by water than by fire.
Mr.. Vigue, who works nights at the
Hollingsworth e Whitney mill, was
just arriving from his work when
he found the house on fire and had
no time to spare in awaking the
family and getting them out Of the
house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
China. Clay Cliff DWELLING.

When we speak of houses built of
clay in the United States. we mean
brick But along the banks of a GER
tain sriver in the Yuman province of
China the idea is carried out much
more literally. according to the KAN
sas City Star. There lofty YER
teal cliff of clay affords homes rent
free for several hundred people. The
cliff is bright yellow, SO fine in tex
ture that bit of it rubbed between
the fingers gives no feeling of grit. 1t
is easily dug out with spades, and a
great many cave dwellings have been
excavated in the face of the cliff, over
looking the river. Some of them are
two and three stories, the clay being
SO tenacious that thick horizontal lay
ers of 1t furnish a series Of floors.
Nothing at all like these homes is to
be seen anywhere else In the. world.
it is said. Scattered over the face of
the cliff among the cave houses, are
quaint buddhist sffrines. with images
carved out OF ciay.-New York Sum
Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Senator Wants
Lands Inpeached

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Dial
OF South Carolina announced today
IN the Senate that he would bring
impeachment proceedings against
xFederar Judge Lands of Chicago if he
obtained confirmation of statements
credited in the press to Judge Lands
IN the case OF Francis J. Cary. bank
clerk charged with embezzlement.
Carey who pleaded guilty to en-
bezzling $4,000 from the National
CITY Bank of Ottawa, Ills, was re-
leased yesterday on his own recoeniz-
ance by Judge Lands, who was quot
ed as saying the bank directors really
were responsible for they paid Carey
only 500 month.
inc man who utters that kind of
statements" Senator Dial said. els
not worthy of public confidence and
should be impeached."
Senator Dial said he had written to
Chicago to obtain confirmation of the
statements credited. to Judge Jandis.
IL continuation is had, he declared, he
would bring the matter to the atten-
ton of the House. where impeach-
ment proceedings are required to
originate, and ask his impeachment -
senator Thomas, Democrat, Col
orado, interrupted to say that Fed
eral Lands, besides his salary as
nous, princely salary from some
baseball clubs"
III this report regarding the Chi
cago embezzlement case is true"
Senator Dial replied, he won't draw
any hereafter if can help it,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Causes Of Present Day
Shortage Of Ministers

explained at congregational Church
by Professor Mouton of Bangor
Theological Seminary - Important
Message Given in Most Convincing
and Interesting Address
What Are the Churches to Do
About the Present Shortage of Min
isters?" was the subject of most
enlightening and interesting address
given by Professor Warren J. Moul-
ton of the Bangor Theological Sem
mary at the 4 o'clock vesper service
at the Congregational church on
Sunday afternoon. In a most con-
vincing manner, Professor Moulton
told of the alarming shortage
candidates for the ministry. the
cause for this shortage, and how the
conditions may be improved He
was introduced by, Rev. James H.
Ecob, pastor of he church.
Many figures were given by Pro-
fessor Moulton showing. there is such
a lack of candidates for the min
istry in these days that even the
menace of paganism threatened.
There are now in the churches and
in the theoloical seminaries only a
fraction of the men needed to carry
on the work of the ministry in the
State, in New Finland and in the
United States. He gave as the first
cause of this change from the fine
conditions which formerly existed,
the great development in material
things-the much greater demand in
these days for trained men in the
material pursuits. There is also to-
day greater diversity of trained
professions.
Another reason for this change, he
pointed out, was something in the
atmosphere that discourages men
from going into the ministry, which
is in part at least due to the devel-
opment in material things. Then
again, he stated, there is in the col
leges a lack of sympathetic appre-
citation of the ideals which men have
looked forward to in the ministry.
And still further, there is the home.
Boys are being sent to universities
prejudiced against the ministry. The
attitude of the home has changed
from some years ago where it was
THE hope of every family that at
least one of the sons would dedicate
himself to preaching the word of
God.
And in closing his address. Pro-
lessor Moulton quoted statements of
many of the biggest men in the
country showing that the great need
of today is for men in the ministry
to bring the country out of a state
of moral chaos and to awaken a
deeper spirit of religion in the peo-
pie.
At the morning service of the
church Professor Moulton told the
story of the Bangor Theological
Seminary, which after 104 years of
devoted and successful service is
now facing cricis in that it must
have an increase in funds or sus-
pend operations. This seminary has
contributed approximately 1900 men
to Christian swork- Besides minis
tiers. there are 10 college presidents,
10. college professors, 20 theological
professors, SO missionaries, two
congressman and one governor of
Maine Over 400 of its ministers are
now serving in the active ministry in
New England. And this institution
with its unparalleled record now
needs an addition of $4,000 to its
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Thrift L. Education

To preach thrift is a simple thing
indeed. To practice it, is another
matter. All thinking people seem
ready to admit the need for con-
crete programme of thrift education.
offer work showing the application of
the thrift principles to our everyday
life. There is waste and eXtrava-
gance everywhere. Even in greater
degree than before the war, men and
women are paying exorbitant prices
for things they do not need or could
well get along without. Luxuries are
considered necessities by those who
cannot afford them. There is buying
on credit, squandering of time, dissa-
patton of strength and energy. in
dulging in practices detrimental to
health and happiness. Most of all
these wasteful and harmful ten
denotes are constantly before the boys
and girls. Natural it is that the less
mature and impressionable mind
should all too easily form those habits
of waste and carelessness Aand ex-
travagance which have a tendency to
Cling through life.
Today the cry of the school is back
to the fundamentals" 1t Is felt, and
with some justice, that reading,
writing and arithmetic must be re-
stored to their original position of
importance. During the war there
were many lines of service and ac-
tivity carried on by the schools. These
had q tendency to crowd ont the
regular" subjects. There can be no
question as to the value of these fun
damental studies. 1t is not so clearly
understood, however, that so-called
new" subject may be just as funda-
mental and as necessary as are some
of the well-established subjects. In
this connection there is probably no
subject that calls today for a clearer
understanding and practice, on the
part of our people generally, than
that Of thrift.-Arthur II. Chamber
lain in The Thrift Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
A Comeback at Bill
Bowie and His Hornets

Evidently the prophecy of "B;lf
Bowie recently made as to the small
amount of snow that should be ex-
pected by Maine people this winter
because of his own observations of in
sect life made in the late fell. has at
tracted some attention and calls forth
bit of criticism in the following let
ter written the Journal under date of
Feb. Q. and headed II Am No Prophet"
"In the summer of 1919 l helped cut
500 cords of pulp wood for Z. r. Bean
five miles out of this city, and scarcely
day passed but what we found hor-
nets nests, some of them as large as
half bushel basket and housing large
families. Most of them were near the
ground. But we had some snow that
winter, just the same.
tsigneO &C T. MosHER.r-
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IN no other country can there be

TN no other country can there be
found SO many instances where men
have risen from humble beginnings
to positions of Rower and influence in
the industrial world. The railroads
furnish many notable examples Of poor
boys who became great executives.
Samuel Rea began railroadipg as a
member of engineering corps whose
work was to blaze the way for new rail-
way lines and to construct bridges
and viaducts. Now he is President
of the great Pennsylvania Railroad
System which controls over 1900
miles of railways, owns property worth
two billion dollars and employs more
than $4,000 men.
. Fred d. Underwood, President of the
Erie, and Daniel Willard, President Of
the Baltimore and Ohio, began rail-
reading at about the same time, Un-
derwood as brakeman and Willard as
fremanN They worked together on the
same train. Alfred III. Smith, Presi-
dent of the New York Central Lines
learned practical railroading as mem
Der of a construction crew building
bridges and other railroad structures.
He advanced by degrees from one po-
sition to another until today he holds
. foremost position in the railroad
Ton,rsoIf ybs ro,oy:f,,,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Burglary as a Profession

Burdette G.. Lewis, whose book. TINS
Offender, study of prevention
and the treatment of criminals, pub
lished by the Harpers. is now Commis'
sioner of Institutions and Agencies, al
Trenton. New Jersey. In a recent let
ter to the editor of the New York Tri-
bune. he has some interesting things
to say about the development Of Grim
mails. Burglary. robbery. and break
ing and entering. are just as much pro-
fessions in certain well-defned groups
in our Cities" says Mr.. Lewis. "as are
carpentry. bridge building. and plumb
ing. among other groups in these. same
Cities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-14
Chinese School Days

Small WI Ting-Fang Tor Fragrant
Palace, with whom we are going tt
school today. doesn't live in Picking OF
| Shanghai or any of the other large
| Chinese cities you will find in your
geography. His town is one of the
hundreds of smaller inland villages
to which Americans and Europeans
seldom make their difficult way
Wu's little sister, along with all the
other autocratic little girls of this
interior region, still has her feet
bound up painfully so that when she
is grown up they will be deformed
into golden olies'' like mothers
whose shoes are shorter than her
finger nails. For mothers feet are
only two and half inches long, and
one or two of her finger nails are
twice. as long as that. They are all
carefully guarded by long metal cases
and mother is very proud Of them
They prove to the world that she has
never had to work, and. is, therefore
of the upper classes.
Wu's father still wears his queue,
and WI himself has hopeful begin
nings Of a ''pigtail' made more i'm
pressive by the several inches of
braided red tape that are tied on to
piece it out SO it will look longer.
Wu's queue has done very well, how
ever, for the time it has had. He lost
what few hairs he may have been
born with when he was one month
old. At that very tender age he was
tpiy oh lr
name" with a ceremonious celebra-
ton of the occasion. WI was about
six according to Chinese reckoning
when he changed his tmilk name,''
meaning Fat Flea. for his imposing
school title" of Fragrant Palace.
But by our way of counting he was
only about four and a half. A Chinese
baby. You see, is called one year old
on the day of it's birth. And on the
following New Years Day. even If
that comes only one week later. it be-
comes two years old. 1t is on New
Years Day that every Chinaman adds
year to his age, regardless of the
leaf of the calendar his real birth
day may come on.
Wu's town has advanced now to the
extent of teaching mathematics-his-
tory and geography, too. Wu's father,
when he went to school, studied only
language and literature for the first
five or six years, and after that ESSAY
writing and poetry. The Chinese idea
of geography then was that China
was in the middle of a round. fiat
earth and that the rest of the world.
outside their 15o0-miie long, 21e0-year-
old Great Wall. was a mere wilder
ness fringe that didn't count. But
nowadays Wu's studies about that
outer fringe very much as you do.
Poor Wu's school days don't seem at
all alluring. Instead off interesting
stories about fairies and ami
mails, he has for primers books of
such alarming names as Incentive to
Study" Doctrine of the Mean and
"Confucian Analects" He has Just
copied the signs and memorized the
words. day after day. from 6 In the
morning till dark. seven days a week.
WI and his small schoolmates commit
to memory the heavy philosophy as
signed to them by shouting 1t at the
top Of their lungs. The more noise
they make, the better pleased their
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comes in by Abbadan and is sold at
something less than the Persian oil
One reason among many why big
capitalists are not received here with
open arms when they come forward
with some big scheme for the country
is that they generally begin by saying
I'VE must import labor"
Now the labor difficulty is serious
here. Arabs are otVery keen on get.
ting much work out of themselves
The Kurd coolies seem to be the only
ones that take to work and keep at it
One sees them carrying the most un-
believable burdens. Recently / saw
kurd carrying a piano on his back,
followed by an assistant who was
steadying it, but not helping ether
wise.
But the Arabs are willing to let the
Kurds do 1t. During the 1 war labor
was so scarce that to keep going with
their railroads and their irrigation
schemes the British had to import In.
dians.-Maud Radford Warren in the
Saturday Evening Post.
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Schedule for i.
City Sunday School
Basketball League

The committee representing the
board of directors of the Augusta
Sunday School Basketball League met
recently and drew up necessary rules
and regulations governing the playing
of games and players, and announces
the following rules and schedule of
games as adopted
l. All players to be eligible must
be regular attendants of Sunday
school or some other church organiza-
ton connected with the church they
represent, meeting with the approval
of the executive committee.
2. Any player Withdrawing from
any organization shall be Ineligible to
represent snv other orran :zation.
9. All players completing shall be
of school age. Grammar and high
schoF ages included.)
4. Any matter not covered by these
rules will be controlled by the execu-
tive committee.
Schedule of Games
i, Thursday, Feb. list. Marks VS..
Baptists.
Saturday. Feb. 19-Congregationals
VS.. Methodists.
Tuesday, Feb. 22--St. Marks VS..
Congregationals.
Tuesday, Feb. 22-Universalists vs.
Baptists.
Thursday, Feb 24-Methodists vs.
rniversalists.
Thursday, Feb. 24-St. Barnabas vs.
Baptists.
Saturday. Feb. 26-Baptists VS..
Metiodists.
Saturday, Feb. 26-St. Barnabas VS..
st. Marks.
Thursday. March 3--Baptists vs.
gregationals.
Thursday March lost. Barnabas
vs.. Baptists.
Saturday. March 12-St Barnabas
VS.. Methodists.
Saturday, March 12-St. Marks VS..
Uniyersalists.
Saturday. March 19-St Marks VS..
Methodists.
Saturday, March 19-Universalist
VS.. Congregationals.