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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-02
mo. 10 IN JOURNALS SERIES OF
WATERvILLE BUSINESS HEADS.
THE PROFESSIONS and TRADES
REV. JOHN H. YATES, RectoSi.
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Served as Chaplain in
World War-on Flagship Ad-
miral Sims-Well Read and
Deep Thinker on Church Mat
tiers.

Rev. John II. Yates. rector of ST.
Marks Episcopal church, came to
Waterville directly after the close OF
his service in the World War as a
chaplain in the navy. During that
war he did not pick a soft Job, but
leaving his wife and family behind,
he requested duty with the destroy
ers. hazardous undertaking. His
wish was granted. He went TO
Queenstown, Ireland where he was
assigned to duty on the u. S. S. Mel
vile. the flag ship of Admiral Sims
He was later transferred to another
destroyer, the L. s. S. Dixie and still
later and also at his request, he
made several trips on destroyers
conveying merchant and troop ships
across the ocean. Several times
enemy submarines were encountered
and unsuccessful attempts made to
sink the guarding ships.
Mr.. Yates was born in Schenectady,
y. y, January "A. 1856. the son of
Isaac /. and Theodore (Baty) Yates.
His father was naval officer and it
may be that the son inherited some
of his love for the sea from his
father. Mr.. Yates senior, sailed I'M
der Admiral Dewey, when he was Il
captain. His wife was born in Homo
lulu, the daughter of missionary pa
rents. 1t was in that city of a south
ern isle that Mr.. Yates and Miss Baty
met. His son. also. may have in
herited his love of the church from
his maternal side. for he planned,
even when child to be minister.
John II. Yates was educated for
the sciences in Union University in
Schenectady, n. y, going later to st.
Stephens college. Annandale, n. Y,
where he took classics. After leav-
ing st. Stephens. Mr.. Yates went into
parish work under Bishop Richard
II. Nelson OF Albany. He was or
dained a deacon by Bishop William
c. Doane in Albany. He later was
under Bishop Theodore Reese of
Southern Ohio in Middleton and then
went to Durango, Col. with Bishop
Brewster. now Of Maine. When
Bishop Brewster came back to
Maine. Mr.. Yates returned east to
Philadelphia under Bishop Philip
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Governor Is Guest
Mems Auxiliary
Methodist Church

Governor Pcrcival p. Baxter WAS
the guest OF the Mems Auxiliary Of
the Methodist church at the regular
meeting Of that organization Wedn1s-
day evening. The auxiliary also ente--
tained the ladies OF the church in OBJ
servance OF ladies' night.
Governor Baxter and his sccrota-
~, Gilbert l.. ChadbourEe. arrived N
the city about $50 o'clock and we've
met by Judge Charles w. Atchlcv'
chairman of the committee for Tue
evening. and escorted to the Elmwood
Hotel, where many of the business
men Of the city called to pay th"ii
respects to the chief executive of the
state.
,, Arriving at the churci.. the people
gathered in the auditorium, whore
they were presented to Governor
Baxter before going down to supper
which was served in the vestry. f. Z.
Wilson, president of the Mems AaXtl-
larry, presided and grace was SAID ny
Rev. W. A. Smith of the CongreSa-
tional church. Music during the meal
was furnished by the Sunday schocl
orchestra AMI was greatly appreciated
Tie supper over. the regular busl-
ness Of the meeting was postpone
in honor of Governor BaXter's pros
crce. Mr.. Wilson in introducing the
governor said that in all his life he
had been mixed up with building or
construction work and referred to th2
first time when he worked with ms
fatror. who was a carpenter. The oc-
castor was the building of barn on
NacIaye's Island In Casco Bay. wi'icn
| was owned by Hon. j. p. Baxter 81
! Portland the faAhe- of Governor BAG
/ ter. Mr.. Wilson said that his job was
! TO shellac the knots in the 'umbc',
| and he vas proud to present the sol
Of the man for whom his father oult
| governor Of the State.
Governor Raxter was given mos
cordial welcome as he arose to speak.
He said in part:
Governor Baxter began his re-
marks by referring to the enthusiast
tic claim often made by citizens of
Watervile that that city is the
| geographical. industrial. religious.
educational and political center of
Maine" and he added that it showed
a splendid spirit for the citizens OF a
community to have faith in it and
be loyal to it. The Governor said
that he did not question that Water
willie occupied a position of unusual
prominence in the State and. in so
| far as he was concerned. was glad 10
| admit that it possessed all the vir-
| tues and none of the vices of large
centers of population.
Geographically. in so far as the
| incubation is concerned. Watervile
I NAV we'll claim to be the center for.
bv leaving out of consideration the
vast uninhabited areas of Northern
Maine, waterville is Just about the
center Of the populated area.
Industrially. the Governor said.
there is no community in Maine that
cnn surpass this city. Situated on
what Is perhaps the finest river in
| the State. Waterville possesses nat
ural advantages of unusual value.
| The Governor said he had been in
formed upon good authority that the
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ROLAND 7. Pate n, Sk0WHEeAN;
TELLS COLBY STUDENTS ABOUT
MAKING A:C0UNTRY NEWSPAPE

sey so he telegraphed and Munsey
replied that he would come. Mum
sey's secretary had thought that the
letter was not of enough Importance
and had thrown it into the waste
basket. Mr.. Curtis in his reply said
that ne would not make a speech but
that he would be glad to spend a few
hours talking shop with the boys.
OF the duties in a newspaper plant.
Mr.. Patten said that news must be
obtained. put together and got before
the public in a suitable form. He gave
the Associated Press definition Of
news, namely, News is the first mar
ration of an interesting fact" For a
country weekly the best way is to
publish only the news that is of ex-
elusive interest to that particular To-
cality, said the speaker. I try never
to publish anything that is Of interest
outside of the territory covered by the
paper. The great problem in a pub
fishing house is to find out what read
ers like and getting 1t to them. have
gone out on the r. L. D. routes IN
some Of the localities where the Re-
pOI lSE SOSS anu hASlS was 'i'e
known personally in order to see how
the paper was received. AS far as
know. this is a novel method. but l
can say that very often it was the
weekly paper that they opened first.
Another method l use is the question
naire which | send out from time 10
time and have people check off what
they like bes. in the paper. The class
fled advertising heads the list; then
comes local news. county news, real
estate transfers, probate reports. mar
ket reports, and 10th comes the cdito-
rails, and 12th. church.
Having determined the kind Of news.
said Mr. Patten. then you must adves-
tise and send sample copies out. L
keep a card index of non-subscrbars
i and several times a year l send sam
PIE copies to them.
l want to tell you little about the
law of libel, said the speaker. II
originated when the high monarchS
needed protection. This law cndcav-
ors TO draw the line between what IS
necessary for the public and the pro-
lection of individuals. You should al
WAYS be careful and have the news
| within the bounds of necessary pup
LEFTY.
There are two kinds of relations
that an employer may have with his
employe, said Mr.. Patten. One may
be a little reserved or he may asso-
ciate with them on an equal basis.
believe the second method the better
way. You young men and women are
soon to assume the cares of the ma
ton and I must introduce something
about Maine, your native state. IN
closing, Mr.. Patten painted very
beautiful word picture Of the natural
advantages and resources Of the Pine
| Tree State.
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w. H. S. TO MEET
CONY IN DEBATE

On Friday evening, March 10, Wa
terville High will meet Cony High of
Augusta in the w. r. s. assembly
hall in a debate upon the question,
Resolved, that the Federal govern
ment should own and operate the
coal mines of the United States. Wa
terville High school. represented by
Robert Parmitcr and Philip Nagcm
as speakers with Pauline Lunn as
alternate. will defend the affirmative
side of the question; Cony High
school will support the negative.
The particular importance of the
debate rests in the fact that it is one
OF the three preliminary debates. or
try outs" of the Waterville- Cony-
Brunswick triangle for the finals in
the Bates Interscholastic Debating
League Contest. On the same eve
ming Waterrille High. represented by
Idora Beatty and Raymond Mckech-
ME with Eliot Larrabee as alternate.
will debate the negative Of the same
question with Brunswick High school
at Brunswick High school at Bruns-
wick, while at Augusta another
Brunswick team will meet Cony High
in a debate upon the identical ques-
ton. the three debates by the three
schools forming what is called the
triangular Debates
This is Waterville Highs second
year in the debating league. 1t will
be recalled that last year. after en-
tering the league. Waterville met
Cony in two debates because of the
fact that Gardiner withdrew from
the triangle and that w. Fl. S. won
i'll both debates with Cony. The in
terest shown by the citizens Of Wa
terville. as evidenced by their at
tendance at the Waterville -Cony De-
bate, was greatly appreciated by the
school. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the debate on Marc il
10. which will begin promptly at 8
o'clock
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R RiPoN ! T R5Sn inF

Colby will meet Ripoh college Of
Wisconsin in joint debate tonight in
the Colby chapel on the questions:
Resolved. That the Veterans Ad-
iusted Compensation Bill Should Be
Passed" The Ripon debaters will
arrive in Waterville this afternoon
fresh from several debates with other
colleges en- route for Waterville.
Ripon will oppose the proposition
and Colby will defend il. The Ripon
team will consist Of J. Harold Bum
by, Spencer Tracy and Curtis Nc
DougaH: Colby will be represented
by Stanley Goddard Estes 'a3 of
Palermo. Clifford Peaslee '22 of Pitts
field, and Arthur Livingstone Berry
'23 of Providence, r. {. The three
men representing Colby have never
taken part in intercollegiate debate
before but all three have been
prize winners in various prize con-
tests and will without Goubt make a
nreditable showing.
All the townspeople arc cordially
invited to attend. A fee of 25c will
be charged to 80 towards the eX-
penscs of the debating schedule.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-02
GIRLS HEAR REPORT
ON AUGUSTA MEETING

r.a Girls cry club held their reg
meeting "Wednesday evening WIN
,I.t @ girls present. An ln'eres,-
OBJ. rport of The Maine inter-eiun
o. cid NJ Augusta en- fenr"a.s
., VAS given by the girls VINO az
'.it,I from the WatcrHiile cruz -
ruu.rn,irg committee was chosen
vru Hiss Ruth Mosfcr. chairman
'.- Beatrice Turcot'e. Mrs. kather,
tn. Tailor. Mrs. Mae Murray anu
~. Florence iiaincs. The organ.
isauon o. circle one was completed
aHJ tho Girls in that circle Will nave
ucir first meeting "Wednesday eve
Ing. March sth with n little supper
tn.'. and election OF officers. Circle
orr wflI also have charge OF the en-
t,ua'umcnt for the next club meet
',g circle two will, be organized NJ
60 Girls club meeting next Wednes-
ta ercning and Circle three the to'-
lowing week. a food sale was Plan
r'i los the girls for Saturday, March
l1'N.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-02

Rhinelander where he Staid until he
from abroad on the L. S. Dixie and
resigned from the navy the spring
after the war closed.
Mr.. Yates came to Waterville on
April /, 1919, since when he has had
charge of st. Marks church on Gen.
ter street. He is considered very
well read man, a deep thinker on
church matters and a man who is
sincere in his work. AS a preacher
he is direct and never fails to leave
some special thought with his People.
He is always ready to answer the call
for service whenever he is needed. it
matters little what the nature of the
call. He is a firm believer in the
healing powers of faith. He also
has charge of services in the Episco-
pal church in Dexter, where he goes
every week.
Mr.. Yates was married in Mechan-
icsville. n. Y, on October Z, 1909, to
Miss Alcthea p. Blocker. daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Pierre Mcdonald
Blocker. also an Episcopalian
clergyman. Since coming here, Mr..
Yates has joined the local post of the
American Legion and is department
chaplain of the organization. He is
Il member of the diocesan commit
tee on the social service committee
and the committee for various races.
He has written extensively for
church periodicals and several
poems. of which he is the author,
have been published.
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1.-THE California Farmer"

The Waterville Historical society
receives from A. L. Drummond file
of THE California Farmer" for 1856.
just been opened and an interesting
description of it's wonders is given.
Prophecies of the agricultural emil
nence of the state abound and there
is this contribution to the labor sit
| uation, Mining on the Stanislaus."
How much better it would be If
hundreds of those who are living
upon their friends. too proud to Ia
Dor would go to these rich diggings
and earn an independent livelihood.
There are hundreds If not thousands
OF able bodied men who are not
earning a dollar. who are looking for
chances that might improve their
character as well as their condition
by giving heed to the information
concerning the Stanfslaus."
In contrast to yesterdays report
of the wedding of Princess Mary. tie
marriage of King Kamchameha OF
THE Sandwich Islands Is done in just
Il lines. California had been at that
| time six years in the Union and the
anniversary of its admission was OBJ
served as holiday with decorations,
! professions, orations, poems. etc.
| There is no question as-tO the value
| of the California farmer but it is SO
| valuable that few would read 1t to-
day even though they paid So year
for the privilege as it's subscribers
were expected to do.
The Waterville Historical society
has large collection of early and
notable newspapers.
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LEGION HEAD
WRITES G.. OF C.

The following appreciative letter
has been received by Leon Q. Tebbctts,
president Of the Chamber of Com
merce. from Hanford MacNider anenS
his recent visit to Wateryille and the
courtesics paid to him while here. The
letter comes from the office of the ma
tional commander. indianapolis, Ind.
and reads as follows:
Mr.. Leon 0. Tebbetts. President
Chamber of Commerce,
Watervillc,
Name.
Dear Mr.. Tebbetts:
shall always remember with pleas
urc my stay in Waterville. You wer,
particularly kind to me and l appre-
ciatc it more than l can tell you the
way in which you aid your organiza-
ton are standing behind the Legion
in its endeavors to be of service to its
community.
Yours very sincerely,
HANFORD MacNIDER.
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"NervtOne" Scarce
in This City

The sale of "Nervtone'' tablets il
this city seems not TO have gained
much impetus, for although the city
was visited Tuesday and Wednesday
by United States Deputy Marsha Gil
bert f. Powers and Inspector Z. !.
Palmer of the MaiRs division. but lit
tie Of the preparation was found here.
Two boxes Of the tablets were taken
from the store Of Daviau & cunon
and one from George Daviau's drug
store. The Waterrille drug store a:
one time had dozen boxes Of "Nc-.-
ne" on hand. but rot having any ci.i
.or il sent the entire number back to
The people from whom it was pur-
chased.
The federal authorities are making
a thorough search for the product,
which is being taken from the markc:
because of it's dangerous character,
:.eIur>s have been made in several
- Mites.
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ey,srsl Of Mrs. Ella M. Smiley

t.fr,roi services for Mrs. Ella NJ
Sui.,y wife of Frank a. Smiley were
bod ~ the home Wednesday after
noon II . O'Clock. Rev. q. A. BARNARD
~ norway. former pastor OF 'he
W.aNow Congregational church ana
rte. waiter 7. Eaton the preseht
ra4,or. oriciated. Beautiful foral
,r.lu'rs. emhlems OF affection ana
esteem for the deceased we're sent
T.. many friends. and the services
wore largely attended. The bearers
v,-c Frank \. Smiley. $. RAYMOND
Srt.,v and Merton +. Smiley nus
I.,r5 and sons OF tho deceased and
- ST. chapman. Burial was III
NIr..nv,
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Phi Delta Theta
Still Indicated
Basketball Champ

Several of the internationally ras-
ketball teams playing in the tourna-
ment at Colby changed places in the
league standing Wednesday after
noon when the Phi Delta Theta team
defeated the Lambda CHS by a score
of "a to II and the Delta Epsilon team
won from the Zeta Psis by a score of
. to Q. The outcome of the Zete-DU
game was somewhat of q surprise as
the Zetes have held second place in
the league and the DU, were in a
place lower. The Phi Debts expected
to win and this game makes them the
sure winners of the tournament even
though they have to play one more
game With the Zetes. The DU's are
now in second place and if they are
able. to beat the ATO's the second
title is assured.
The first game between the DU's
and Zetes started off rather slowly
because fouls were continually called
and the DU's were much more sue
cessful in their shooting. The Zetes
were not able to get hold of the ball
very often due to the excellent pass
ing of the DU boys. Sullivan played
fast game for the Zetes but Keith
and Weymouth made too many bas-
kets good. In the second half Royal
was the star and there did not seem
to be enough opposition to stop him
from going where he pleased. HUM
went out on personal fouls but as this
left only four men Captain Perkins
of the DU team recalled him.
The game started off with bang.
Shoemaker the husky Phi Delt center
hit the ball and Thompson was there
to get it and with a snap from over
half the length of the floor Thompson
netted thu first Phi Delt goal before
the spectators hardly knew the game
had started. After this the game was
on ice. Gene Smith worked hard but
it did not do any good and practical
ly all the goals were counted on the
Phi Delt side for the first half, the
half ending % to :. The only change
in the second half was that the win
ners piles. up the points a little fas-
ter. Haines leaped up and knocked
the ball from the top Of the ring
when everyone thought the Lambda
CHS were going to get score.
After the same another gym dance
was held with about 80 members of
the Wonen's division present.
DELTA TPSILON
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conoreoationa, Women Meet

The Women's Federation Of taa
Congregational church held an impor-
lant and interesting business and go
cial meeting in tn evestry OF the
church Wednesday afternoon. The
question Of aiding financially I'm the
proposed repairs on the church. wll;c',
will probably be undertaken the
coming summer. was discussed and
the Federation voted to give sub.
stantial amount OF money toward, tbs
repairs. and also loyal support. a
financial report Of the Old Folks con
cert which was staged Monday eve
ming was also given at the meeting
and the net proceeds were very graft
flying. After the business meetins
the members passed a pleasant social
afternoon.
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Business Expert
Talks to Merchants

About 100 business men of the city
gathered at the IIlmwoo,. hotel We'd
nesday evening to listen to talk on
the business of the country by Will
liam X. Mattson of the industries de-
partment of the Babsor Statistical
crsaniZa ton of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
MIR. Mattson was brought here under
the auspices Of the Retail Merchants
Bureau through the efforts of the
president, Samuel Freeman. The lee
ture was preceded by banquet and
when the cigars were passed. Mr..
Nattson gave an extremely interest
ing talk.
Mr.. Mattson's theory is that the
business conditions Of the country are
slowly improving. He explained what
is meant by business cycle. the
causes or business depression and
business prosperity. He said that in
a business cycle all kinds of business
ses and industries are affected. Some
are inflated more ..an others and
when the depression comes these are
the ones that drop the farthest. Some
industries and commodities start to
decline before others. for instance
silk is among the first and coal Is
among the last. consequently recovery
will be unequal. Textile industries
have already come back and they are
already operating lmost at capacity.
The speaker said thai there are
certain outstanding features in this
business depression. One OF the most
important is that many Of our indus
tries became over expanded during
the war and consequently capacity
must he reduced or else the demand
must increase sufficiently 20 absorb
the over plus before good business
will come. The commodity situation
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''The subject OF my talk may be
called Ways and Means In Country
Newspapers said Roland T. Patten
at the beginning of his talk before
the embro journalists Of Colby COL
lege on Wednesday morning. Mr..
Patten is business manager and part
owner of the Skowhegan Independent
Reporter and for many years he has
been interested in newspaper work.
II have had no special training
went on Mr.. Patten, cit was un-
known in my day. My training has
been fragmentary, picked up on the
battlefield of experience.
Mr.. Patten said that he found the
work very enjoyable and interesting.
That one has an unusual chance to
meet notables because when a
stranger comes into town to speak or
to attend some special event, that
man is almost sure to drift around
to the newspaper Office of that town
The reason for this said the speaker
is in order to stand in with the local
paper. If the employees OF the local
paper receive a favorable impression
and think that the man is congen-
ial person, the writeups Of the man
will without doubt be better than if
the man did not so out Of his way to
get acquainted.
The speaker went on to tell of a
dinner party at which eX-President
Taft was present. No one seemed To
have the courage to take the seats
near the eX-President and Mr.. Taft
inquired if the propaganda in the re-
cent campaign had made him out as
such a vicious bad man that no ono
dared to sit within ten feet of him
This party was given in Skowhe-
gan little while after Wilson de-
feated Taft in 1912.
Mr.. Patten mentioned Cyrus II. Is
Curtis and Frank Munsey as two
great editors born in Maine. He gave
little of the early life of Munsey
saying that he had seen the birth
place of Munsey and nothing would
indicate that a genius had been
born there, in fact Munsey's father
and mother were SO poor that it was
hard to give the boy an education
He said that this great editor started
out for New York with a few hun
dred dollars that he had borrowed
and promptly succeeded in getting IT
debt to the extent of ten thousand
dollars so that his friends had tC
lend him more or lose all that they
had lent him in the first place. How
ever he put his ten cent magazine
on the market and in a little while
the magazines We're being sold al
over the United States.
Mr. Patten told of writing to Cur
It's and Munsey in 1907 when he was
secretary of the Maine Newspaper
association to invite them to con
vention in Bangor. He said that he
received no answer from Mr.. Mum