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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
Early History Of the White House

When the Capital of the United
States was moved to Washington in
1900, during the administration of
John Adams, the official residence of
the President was called the palace"
This first Washington home of the
Chief Executive was begun in 1892
and was completed, at a cost of
about a third of a million, just be-
fore it became occupied by the second
President.
The letters written by Mrs. John
Adams. the first First Lady of the
Lam to be hostess at 1900 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, in which she described
the palace as being barn like
and half furnished" have been a
source Of historical interest in COM
parison to the newspaper accounts of
the comforts and luXuries of the
White House as it stands today.
However. Mrs. Adams had made the
executive mansion more home like
by the time Thomas Jefferson and his
many daughters came to occupy it
from his magnificent homestead at
Monticello, Va.
II the jefferson family did not
find the White House as comfortable
as their Virginia home it is certain
that James Madison and his. charm
ing wife, Dolly Madison. had not been
in it long before this distinguished
mistress of the White House made it
most attractive. Townsend in his
Washington" published about fifty
years ago, in tribute to her, says: ut
is questionable if the White House
has ever been SO we'll administered
as in the time of Dolly Madison"
1t was while this famous lady of
American history was preparing one
of her great dinners that the British
burned the White House in 1914. As
the Red Coats entered the mansion
she CALAMITY cut from it's frame the
much cherished portrait of George
Washington, still on view at the
White House, and escaping through
a secret passage carried it to safety
The first President to occupy the
White House after it was rebuilt in
1918 at cost of quarter Of a
million dollars was James Monroe
whose first lady was wealthy
woman from New York. He came 70
the presidency when all parties har-
monized, and the White House was
a gala court in his days.
Jonathan Elliott in his History OF
the Ten Mile Square" gives an inter-
esting description of the White House
in the time of Monroe. John Quincy
Adams and Jackson. 1.-The oval room
had crimson flock paper, with Geer
gilt border; crimson silk chairs, ditto
| window curtains; one great piece OF
pattern carpet. interviewer with the
| arms Of the United States. Tables
| and chimney piece were of marble
! and there were two huge mirrors and
cut-glass chandelier. The enormous
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
Nash Heat
Treating Process
Is Exact Science

Women visitors at the Nash plant
frequently marvel at the similarity Of
the heat-treating department to their
own kitchens at home. Metals for
use in automobiles are, as a matter
OF fact, heat-treated in electric ovens,
much the same as bread or biscuits
are baked.
The housewife knows for instance
that her dough mixture being per-
fectly blended only half the Job Of
making bread is done. So the dough
is put in containers and placed in an
oven. There the heat must be uni
form so that the baking is thorough.
In the heat-treating department of
The Nash Motors Company is a big
battery of electric furnaces, manned
by experts in the art Of baking"
metals so that each part will attain
the exact degree of hardness neces-
sary for its proper functionng in it's
subsequent use as a part of the fin
iShed automobile.
Each furnace is equipped with py-
rometer. heat gauge, capable of
registering degrees of heat far in ex-
cess Of that which is possible by use of
mercury. Parts that are sent into
this department for heat treating are
scrutinized carefully at frequent in
tervals by the metal cooks" in charge
of the ovens. The factory metallur-
gical department., acting as a sort of
master chef provides the formula and
makes microscopical tests constantly
to determine the uniformity of the
grain structure of the metal under
treatment.
Heat-treating is merely one phase
of the complete facilities provided by
The Nash Motors Company for the
manufacture of it's cars, which facil-
tiles mean that the quality Of the car
is governed absolutely by the factory
itself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
New York Produce Market
New York Nav

New 7 OTk, May >.
WHEAT-Spot easy; No. 2 red and
No. hard 152 IA; No. 1 Manitoba 156
and No. mixed durum 1441 f track
New York to arrive.
No. white 81 IA and No. mixed
so ga New York all rail.
OATS-Spot steady; No. white 49a.
LARD-Barely steady; middle west
11S0@1190.
BUTTER-steady; receipts 1878.
EGGS-Firm; receipts 30,249; fresh
gathered extra firsts 2S629; tirsts 26
S27A; storage packed c~tra firsts 29a
20 80; firsts 2SG29: New Jersey hem
merry whites extra faI.cy candled selec-
tion 80; do. uncandled 36Q37; state
and nearby western hennery whites
firsts to extras 29@35; do. hennery
browns extras 31aG32 state and near
by gathered browns and mixed colors
6rsts to extras 26@31.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
Boston Produce Market

Boston, May 6.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 133Q14.
BUTTER-Extras 372 q So; firsts sc
CHEEsE-Fresh choice whole $50
CORN-No. : yellow S20S3.
EGGs-Nearby hennery 5000;
western extras 30@3O2.
FLOUR-Spring patents, 196-lb
sacks. special short 925 q $50; standard
1S5M $40.
HAY-No. . timothy O13o.
Handspring 2S032.
OATS-Fancy 40 pounds 5Sd SO.
PORK--Medium backs 2675 a PTS.
POTATOES-Green Mountains 1900
100 per hundred pounds; new southern
No. 700 per barrel.
SCGAR-American Sugar Refinery
quotes $40 cents in hundred barrel
lots less 2 per cent. for cash.
NEAL-10Q1S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06

other justices understand why Chi is
so proud Of the girl. For the third
time. she is in person to argue big
case before the nations highest tri-
bunal. Her previous two cases were
won by her. and they say her logic
is flawless and her knowledge Of the
law profound. She will argue a pat
ent case of tremendous Importance to
every manufacturer in the country,
and the court will be asked to>decide
if the owner of patents can sch the
rights simply for the sake of allow
ing thru party to start litigation.
Miss King is also a great engineer.
member of, the A.~A. E., and was in
the profession the seven years neces-
sary to qualify one for membership.
Yet withal she is very womanly and
could teach a mouse how to be shy,
quiet and retiring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
good handy shorn ewes $50; fat heavy
ewes largely 500.
Dun's Report

New York, May 5.-Dun's tomorrow
will say:
Constructive elements that have
been gathering force for some time
past are now eXerting a more potent
influence on general, business. Inn
provement in sentiment. which has re-
Gently become clearly defined, is sup
ported by actual gains in transactions,
both in number and magnitude, and UNI
satisfactory phases are less conspic-
uous. Practically without exception
basic industries reflect renewed activi-
ties, metals, numbers, textiles, hides
and leather and other important lines
all disclosing revival, and many prices
are at higher levels. Notwithstanding
keen competition for orders in different
quarters. wholesale markets are more
favorable to sellers and the trend
toward firnlness may conceivably be
carried further. From condition or
hesitation and waiting buying in va
rious channels, although continuing
conservative. has quickened and broad
ened, and diversity of demand is a
more noticeable feature. Purchasing
has been so long delayed in many in
stances the rcplenishment of supplies
was much Of the current business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
Chicago Cattle Market
Chicago. Nav

Chicago, May 5.
Receipts $500: veal calves
25 cents higher all other classes
steady; best yearlings here SOS; best
heavy steers $50; bulk beef steers 760
GS25; bulk veal calves to packers 500
QS75; few best up to 800; bologna
bulls active at 5009525.
HOGS-Receipts. 1900: opened
strong to 10 cents higher; closing firm.
terday's average: top 1910; bulk 1Oi5O
1865; shippers took about $500; hold
overs moderate; pigs strong
SHEEP-Receipts 5000; closed dull,
mostly % to 50 cents below yesterday:
some heavy sheep off more; very good
fed western shorn lambs late 1850;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06

Miss Dorothy Shoch viii never
forget her induction as postmistress
of LongpOrt, y. !. \ big crowd came
to see her sworn in, and proudcst ot
all was mama. Miss ShcCh Is only Il,
and is Uncle Sans youngest post
mistress. The girl was working In
the Atlantic City Office. and by hard
work. study, and n little more study.
qualified so that when the vacancy
occurred and the examinations were
held, she had no real competition.
She was bright girl in school, and,
after she went to work In postal
service, she continued geography and
such, until she knew as much or
America as any one. Her father Will
be assistant. he having been in the
postal service for some time. But
Daughter Dorothy. 81. will be his boss
during Office hours. she is n good
girl" he said. land life IL before
her. Given health, any hoy or girl
can go as far as they want TO. in this
world" Righto, dad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06

yo's rim to the Colorado River at
rife miles in and nineteen out to
make one mile by plumb line-all I'M
der it's own power. The feat stands
unparalleled.
Back in 1917 Lord won the Dyas
Gold Cup for being the first car Of the
year to batter its way into Yosemite
Valley. Again in 1920 he won the tro-
ply for repeating this feat under far
harder conditions-sending the car
through mountainous snowdrifts and
seas of mud.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
N. j. Mosquitoes Doomed

The fact that the mosquito and
New Jersey have become synonymous
in the minds of the American people
has led the state Board Of Conserva-
ton and Development TO suggest in
it's annual report that the state spend
100000 year for five years TO OK
terminate the pest.
With total of less than $1,000, 900
and the employment of penal labor.
the report declares, the burden that
rests upon our people and the dis
credit in which we stand can be re-
moved at one stroke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
NORTH while
MOTOR FACTS

,l has one motor vehicle to ev-
% persons.
|prre SLOWLY on old tires or tires
nl,o major repairs.
,.. u Automobile Associa-
r.ufeq -0o affiliated clubs.
A.Ii r". compound 10 pulley sur
to cI.o a slipping fan belt.
i l.lgl bins A. automobile accessory
tN turing plants.
T IS VIII wear out quickly IL the
rls are ont of alignment.
eN motorists drove their own cars
France before the war.
T.a first tire 10 wear out IS that
ne right rear wheel.
I arlv Sfa pro 000 is invested in the
r Oar industry in Canada.
a oro-c'.i Under motor car has been
|oagEt out IN France.
|Na'eh closely the driver ahead, II
intend Z. PASS him.
|CaNr- Eliminates considerable
Ike action.
|Snor'|ghts are prohibited in Massa-
! s.t'q
The average motorist spends from
to $50 annually for gasoline.
Tres wear better In cold weather
- during summer.
PIE az passenger automobiles
p from 10000 10 100000 miles.
MARYLAND has n state motorcycle
fNstalllary.
loo much oil in the crankcase Is
4 NJ - none at all.
Z Pontiac, H.. pastor has invent
device FOR heating gasoline In
\ gre'ors.
Issuance men are eliminating the
'rare - extra equipment against
or fre.
l. '.l boar n clat4er behind. atop
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06
New York Money Market
New York, Nav s,

New York, May 8.
Foreign exchange firm.
Great Britain, demand 4.44a, cables
4.44s, 60-day bills on banks 4.423.
France. demand GIT. cables 9.17h.
Italy, demand 5.36i, cables 5.37.
Belgium. demand S.3Sa. cables SIS.
Germany, demand .35s, cables .35i.
Holland. demand 1888. cables 1886.
Norway, demand 1850.
Sweden, demand 1856.
Denmark, demand 21.1S.
Switzerland. demand 1880.
Spain, demand 1858.
Greece. demand 4.52.
Poland, demand .02a.
Czecho-Sloyakia, demand 202.
Argentine, demand $3.50.
Brazil. demand 1915.
Montreal. 1888.
Cali money easier; high II. low 81.
'uling rate IL, closing bid 5, offered at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06

Miss Florence King. the Chicago
lawyer who recently sat SO hard on
Lawyer Tobias for his talk about
women Jurors that he was fiattened.
will have Chief Justice Taft and the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-06

81. last loan 81.
Call loans against acceptanccs 80.
Time loans firm; 50 days, 80 days
and six months. 43@4t.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
CHINA TO ABOLISH
 RUT-MAKING CARTS
Road Improvements Impos- sible While Thin Iron Wheels Remain in Usage.

Peking, July 21 effort will be made by the engineering department of the Peking Municipal Government with the roads Of the capital and to abolish the use of the famous ''Pe- king carts which play such havoc with the roads of the capital and which make road Improvements eV- anywhere in China almost an lmpos- sibility.
 Imagine three or four tons of grain packed hig hon cart oI only two wheels, with those two wheels some times not more than an inch wide and shod with strips of iron; imagine the cutting power of those wheels and the rapidity with which the roads will be sawed to pieces, as cart after cart. drawn sometimes by as many as eight beasts of burden, pass day after day, always following the same ruts. In Peking the paved thoroughfares are closed to these "engines of destruc- tion'' and the struggles of the mules and horses in the deep ruts and bogs of the earth roads are incredible.
 Out in the country places. where there are as yet no paved roads, there is no salvation, and as time goes by the ruts go deeper and deeper, un- til it is at last abandoned for new ground or sinks out of sight.
 The American Red Cross, in build ing roads for famine relief during the last few years, has attempted to intro duce broad tired wheels to replace the narrow knife-edge of those now in use. It has been found that wheels three or four inches broad, shod with broad iron band "shrunk' on. instead of nailed on, as are the strips of iron at present, will pack down and smooth the road surface with the ac- tion of rollers, and improve the con- dition of the road rather than harm it. No very great success, however, has attended the efforts to have the farmers introduce these means to "better roads,"
 China, however, is not very differ ent from any other country, nor are the Chinese very different from other people. As in America the introduc- tion of automobiles made the need for good roads acutely felt. so in China the same thing is having the same result.
 Where the Peking-Hankow and the Peking-Shanghai railroads were con- nected last year by earth roads built by famine sufferers with the money of the American Red Cross automo- bile companies have sprung up to take advantage of the commercial op- portunity thus afforded, and the cars are now running pretty regularly be- tween the railway points and places midway between. The expected re- suit has been evident; this road has been well kept up by the Chinese and part of it has been surfaced with mac adam.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
WHITE FLAG GOES
 UP IN FIGHTING
 6. 0. p. DISTRICT

First fruits of John T. Kings eff forts to re-unite the warning factions of the Republican party here are seen in the peace treaty signed last night by the two separate Republican clubs in the Sixth district. namely the Sixth District club, Inc, and the New Sixth District club. The action last night ends a war of the three years.
 All matters at issue were settled by committees representing the two clubs and the ama1gamation will be ratified at the next meeting of the clubs Rooms will be secured by a committee appointed last night. The meeting of the committees represent ing the two clubs was held at the Bridgeport club. A dinner was served at o'clock and the business session began at o'clock.
 Those present were James A. Tur- ner, Fred Daniels, Edward Healey, Herbert Stenson, Tracey Wendell, Frederick Farren, Thomas Titrney, Alfred Hackett, Patrick O'Brien. P. J. Reilly, Benjamin Gilman and Nich- olas Tesiny.
 Thomas Connors, chairman of the district, was also present.
 A peace picnic will be held early in September 1t was voted last night. PlaEs are now under way and the picnic will probably be held in Forest Grove. Peace plans for the burying Of the hatchet have been under way since the King peace dinner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
GERMAN LABOR MAY
 REBUILD RUINED
 FRENCH CITIES
Scattered Districts Chosen As Site for Work of Ger man Army of Laborers.
By FRANK E. MASON News Service Staff Cor
 respondent

International News SeFNSe 9e<'iA o
 respondent
 Paris Ju1v 22,-Armed with picks and shovels a German labor army will invade France, under the orders of the Preparations Commlsslon, T. present plans evolved by the ffsncn @ Minister of Public Works M Yves I,e Troouer, and backed by M. Po1n- care, become a reality. For several years Germany has been oferlns 10 rebuild the devastated regions Of Northern France, but has never been able to reach an agreement with
 The French explained that it was too much to expect to ask the m habitants of the devastated area to receive even as workmen, the men who had been in the villages as op- : .tPerhaps the villagers would rec ognize in the gang foreman the ser geants of the German army of year or two ago. We cannot ask our peo- pie to face this,' declared M Poin- care The Germans took advantage of the French refusal to spread pro- paeanda that the French business in terests refused to permit the Germans to rebuild the devastated regions, be- cause French profiteers insist upon getting their commission out or any reconstruction work.
 Germany will be given her oppor- tunity to work out her debt. But the French will not permit the Ger
 
 Districts far removed from cities and where as few French live as possible 1 will be selected. German industrial cities will be built on the Rhone, where Germans will build large dams and install hydro o-electric equipment Everything to Be German In these German colonies to be in stalled in the heart of France every thing will be German except the French engineers who will supervise | the work. German workers must 1 leave their families in the VaterIand, and the laborers will be housed in temporary wooden barracks, many of which served to shelter American l troops during the war.
 The labor regulations will all be l German. The Iaborers will be paid in German marks, with small sup plement in francs to be bought by | the contractors. Discipline will be up to the Germans to manage.
 Five large construction enterprises have been approved by the French Cabinet. In all but one of them the l laborers will be exclusively German. In all five, however, the German gov ernment will be compelled by the French to buy about one-third of the material from French firms.
 | The largest job is the installation of a hydro-e1ectric plant at Dor dogne. Twenty-Five thousand Ger
 man workmen will be needed for this work, which will take four years. Twelve thousand German laborers will be used on the installation of a power plant on the Rhone. This gigantic enterprise will take ten years | to complete.
 In addition to the three hdyro- electric plants, 500 German workmen . will be engaged in constructing a , tunnel through the Vosges on the railroad line from Mu1house to Epi- nal. Amout one billion francs will be expended in a new canal in the north east of France to connect the Sarre Mose11e, Mouse and Meuse-Escaut rivers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22
ECONOMY PROGRAM
 COSTS HARTz JOB

Economy is given by the Garage Control commission as the reason for dropping Clerk John Hartz of the Municipal Garage. Hartz is a Re- publican and was a ho1dover. The real reason why he was let out by the commission will probably never be known, but it is said that the reason was not economy.
 Sometime ago, Joseph Connolly, who now holds a clerhship with the Public Works department, resigned from the garage staff. His position was filled by Philip Brady, a Demo- crat of the Second district. Bardy is said to be a worker and was anxious to know all there was to know about the running of the garage Hartz was said to have the key and refused to assist Brady in any way.
 This reached the ears of the politi- cal gods- Stories of dissension in the garage and non-co-operation on the part of Hartz also reached their ears. Hartz was attempting to hamper the well running of the garage and for this reason, he is said to have been dropped.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-22

Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound Tablets and Lydia B. Pinkham's Blood Medicine and improved every day. I do all my own work now except the washing and do it with ease. can ac- complish as much in a day now as it would have taken me week to do last winter and I try to get every one Iknow to take your medicine to build them up. You are welcome to use this letter as a testimonial if you like. Mrs. CHAs. BAKER. q Spencer Ave, Hornell, NY.
 In almost every neighborhood there are women who know of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. They know because they have taken it and have been helped. Why don't you give it trial?