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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-05

At Landry's Market: Tumn steak,
soc ID: round steak, CSC ID: smoked
shoulders. coo ID: lib can marsh
mallows csc; now potatoes 45c pll:
pastry flour csc bag and rolls
toilet paper CSC.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-05

Carl Jones OF Portland was visi-
tor Friday in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-05

Sour mixed pickles will be only lac
lb. at Z. W. Churchs today. Beech
nut brand Of baked beans will be .
cans for csc. New honey in the comb
is lust in.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-05

Grocery specials offered today at
Hersom & Bonsal's include: LIE
Grande flour, bag s1.0O: lbs. onions
CSC: 8 pkgcs. macaroni csc; pkges.
Argo corn starch Csc. See ad for
others.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Baseball and the Newspapers

Baseball and the Newspapers
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to your lament that
big league baseball has become a
business instead Of sport would
state that the daily papers are mostly
responsible for that condition. | am
very fond Of baseball, but ceased 10 at
tend baseball games at the Polo
Grounds moro than four years ago.
II the New York papers would stop
devoting 30 much space to big league
baseball games commercial baseball
would soon 60 out Of business. II
thrives on the advertising u gets.
The amazing spectacle Is presented Of
all the New York newspapers devoting
pages OF free advertising for COM
mereial baseball. II is that large
amount Of free advertising that draws
the crowds. Nine.tenths Of the read.
ers Of any New York newspaper would
gladly see reports Of commercial base.
ball left out Of the papers altogether.
Thousands who 90 to the T. o
Grounds know nothing Of the game Of
baseball. They would attend ping
pong and eroQuet games in the same
force II those games were touted as
extensively in the papers as Is COM
mereial baseball. A. L. ROGERS.
New York, Dec. 16, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Grading Pupns

That q grouping Of pupils IN
school on basis Of intelligsnos
rnshsr than on the more rigid basis
OF ars or grades" iS desirable has
long BEEN recognized. Whether th
can best be accomplished By ftS :
Of psychological test such AZ sch)ol
Superintendent Ettinger sugvests is.
however, an open question.
The problem Of dull ana bright
pupils has troubled nearly ell edu-
Gators. The usual solution has been
to drop the dullest ones and 70 hold
back the brightest, maintaining at
the samo time n standard calculated
not 20 Be too exacting for the aver
age" intelligence. Such a procedure
has generally been adopted through
force Of circumstances, owing 10 thS
difficulty Of making adequate allow
ance for those above and below ,he
average" Often II was defended
on the philosophical ground that
applied democracy required the
schools 10 satisfy the needs OF the
average and not Of the exceptional
pupils. r
The trouble has always arisen In
the effort to apply methods for let
ding the brightest forge ahead and
for helping the dullest 70 keep up.
Most Of the difficulties have been
technical, owing, more often than
not, 10 the shortage Of teachers and
the necessary rigidity Of schedules
II Is obviously a waste Of time and
effort to force a child TO take six
years TO complete a course which II
can finish in four. So also It "a
wrong TO try 10 make backward
pupils keep ahead Of their mental
capabilities. How 10 divide the sheep
from the goats Is not so difficult as
how TO handle them after the division
has been made. This is the problem
on which many still disagree. When
il has been SO solved as to overcome
the present rigidity Of classification
most Of the complications will dis
appear.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Poisnd's Tragedy

There Is q temptation In some
quarters to draw a parallel between
the assassination Of Walther Rath-
ennu and that Of President Naruto-
wicz Of Poland. The parallel Is con-
futed by statements from Warsaw
that Narut6wicz's murderer was long
regarded as mentally deranssd.
Rathenau's murder was a ruthless
political one, traceable to the aetivi-
ties Of the monsrchist societies which
are trying to destroy the republican
regime in Germany. Their victim
was one Of the few men in public life
who had shown signs Of recognizing
that Germany was responsible for
her present plight and who had the
moral courage TO say that reparation
for the devastations committed In
France and Belgium was a debt Of
honor. With hi, great talents for
ecor mic organization and his open
stand for Cancellation he enraged the
irreconcilables, who DO not yet con-
cede German defeat or Germany's
commitments under the Versailles
Treaty.
Narutowicz was elected President
shout a week ago by a coalition In
the National Assembly between the
Left parties and members Of the
"alien" blocs, the latter chosen by
Ukrainian. German, Russian and
Jewish constituencies. But he re-
ceived 1876 strictly Polish votes to
227 Polish votes for his chief op-
ponent. His election caused discon-
tent among the Nationalists. But
the latter had nothing 10 gain by as
sassinstine him, Stree the Assembly
which olected him Will elect his sue
ceSSor. Moreover, he had served 40
ceptabiy IN the provisional govern
ment, was twice Minister Of FOREIGN
Affairs and was one Of Poland's dele
gatea to the Genoa. conference and
the recent Riga conference. He was
also a relative of Pilsudsh. AL
though born In territory which was
once Lithuanian, II Is hard 10 see in
his assassination a deliberate and or
ganized exploitation Of the issue be-
tween "natiyism" and "slisnisin."
The act Of the erazed artist,
Niewadomsh, is deplored by al
parties in Poland. It appears to
fall In the same class with CzolgoSz'E
murds. Of President Mckinley.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
What Readers Are Thinking

Writing to Ones Congre'su-'
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. l read your paper quite 'i''a
and recently saw a very i's''i'''
article on the subject Of writing
Ny Congressman" By Arthur oA',.
mar. The article was sIs''aiIass
we'll written. but had Mr. Chaps
been a, woman he could have '.'''
that time for something worth vAi''-
Cor when q woman wants saee
formation shs calls up the
quarters Of the League Of "'-
Voters Il might be that ."
thought 70 AJAX some woman, iH''',, \.
SO many men. he might have go
needed information.
Just to resssure myself as 'oy-
had finished reading NJ ~
article, ! went 10 the selephons' 60. q
up the League headquarters ~.
FOR this very information .ea
sixty-fve seconds exactly had 'ns
ply that Nathan D. Perlmsn was ~ II
Congressional Representative,
publican, and that he would
himself. Knowing this alrsaay ~
net need TO ask for any eorfoDoi'.,I ..,I
Of this information. | was el'e q
that was In the itth consre'''''
District. AIu
I sm writing this lestsr 50 .ns i
eay one really wants informa'',a !,
any subject relating 70 9olislss
sho may know where 70 Obtain = J, N
know that the LeagpsrS srs d'ps
10 be Of service 20 any one, ~, ~,
mani MAupE CLARK Hovsn
Nsv Yort. pss. ~ is2A -
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Moltke,a Memoira

Count Won Moltke's Memoirs"
recently published by his widow, are
q belated effort to re-establish his
shattered military reputation. He
was dismissed as chief Of the Ger
man General Staff after the First
Marne. His health failed thereafter
and he died IN June, 1916. He has
naturally been selected by most Of
the other German generals as a safe
scApegost for the failure Of the first
German drive for Paris.
LudendorR, Hindenburg, Won b.
low, the Grown Prince and many
others have charged him with inde-
cision and incompetency. The Grown
Prince has told us Of an interview
with MOltke in September, 1914, in
which the latter appeared TO be on
the verge Of nervous collapse. In
the Memoirs" the chief Of the Gen.
eral Staff admits that when he camc
back to his Office from an interview
with the Kaiser on August 2, 1914.
he broke down completely and wept
tears of despair" Contact with his
thiek-heSded imperial masters seems
10 have had a devastating effect on
him. He was, In fact, too impress
sionable, too much Of eOurtier, to
be a real soldier. Ludendorn said
Of him, patronizingly. that he had a
"pacifst" temperament.
Moltke does what all the other
German leaders have done. He tries
to pass the buck" TO some one else.
The main purpose Of the extracts
which were eabled TO this coun-
try seems TO be to show that VIII
helm II and Bethmann-H Hollweg
came near upsstting ths war plans
which had been drawn long n ad-
vance by MoItks's predecessor,
Count sehlisffsn Germany inhnd-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Mr. Osborne Defends Prison Shous

who had "double-erossed their pthe
Would the loss Of those nsn hsss ben
too high price to pay iof As zin
Of self-controi and high Idsslt isf sAs
nnAnyI. ,Fi,.
10 il simply . matter sf prepostiss,
II any considerable number bad ~
away Il would havs usesssaTiiy slesei
the operAtionS-ths whole thing wtult
have been a failure. As Il wsh ths
sfecs upon the morals Of the PRISM
was excellent and the policy vss cen
pletely Justified.
Q. For eight years the iaHssss Z
Auburn Prison have given sntsFsss'
ments TO which the public Is sdniltA
This Is the second or third year aslal
Sing. Hundreds Of prisoasu lan
taken part, and this Is the hrfs ~
that q prisoner has tatsn sdrs,,p
Of the performances to make an ss'sla
While, therefore, We rspTebats "
prisoner who has not Jet iesrnet y
play straight" With the prisos s'n'
munity. wo should also. In al tainsn.
give credit 10 the good faith Of 49,
HUNDREDS Of men at Auburn, sinf tlE
and the Naval Prison who have ~
fully resisted temptation-ths ssrs'ln
Of which We outsiders can tsi.g
imAgine-and not judge Of . poliqf
single failure. especially vha =
failure Is 4 sensational one and hrFr
Us to forget that II is an szssrts'r
case. We should also give sssth >
the system which makes scsA ~
ossible. ~
The general policy understns
Sing Sing entertainments is ~
one, as experience has proved
though Il is a policy which sS'n
carefully guarded and sxsreised'p"
right spirit. -
THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE
Auburn. n. Y. Dec. iS, iszs'
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
con.truction or DesruetiOn

The hope Of an sdsqusto subway
system lay not only in the ability Of
The Transit Commission TO work out
a practicable building plan but In
Il. ability 70 provide for financing
H. After securing the cancellation
Of shs Manhattan Elevated lease
vhieh made tlBy0oo,ooO svailsbie
for new cars and other botterments'
ths commission brought all the com
paniss into agreement on plan Tor
consolidation which would have made
uniHeation Of the system possible.
This agreement is now menaeed
by the fear that Mayor Hylan and
the Board Of Estimate viii Be per-
mitssd BY Governor Smith TO take
the city transit cut Of the hands Of
the commission. With . responsible,
experienced body In charge, the
companies were willing TO work To-
Tether. assured that their interests
would be protected.
The possibility that transit viii be
made . political eatspsw BY the
Mayor and his associates has led the
companies 10 adopt an everybody
for.himself policy. Already the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
has begun 70 hedge, evidently fore
seeing disaster In any consolidation
scheme which will be directed from
the City Hall.
Governor Smith will DO held re-
sponsible for the condition Of tran
sit at the end Of his term, no
matter who administers =. The un-
willingness Of the companies to act
in concert II Mr.. Hylan is in control
ought 10 serve as a warning to him.
Certain Il ls that the whole plan
FOR uniheation and extensions will
be wrecked II The present city ad-
ministration has anything to do with
IL. The first and most important fac
tor of success, that of financing, is
already threatened, and only the as
surance Of the incoming Governor
that direction VIII be continued in
competent hands will save the plan.
The sooner he gives this assurance
the sooner WI he convince The pso-
pie who elected him that he does not
intend 10 permit the destruction Of
the only feasible plan for securing
new subwsys that has been or can
be found.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
n. stnte nudret

II is reported from Albany that
the budget estimates for ip9o-Tt
presented 70 the Legislature may
run 70 between ti50,ooo,ooo and
Sleo,c0o,0oo. For lpa2.7s they 10
tailed only si45tooo.ooo and the
Legislature appropriated only $751;
I<7,OOo, nearly s7,oOo,OOo Of that boz
ing for deficiencies.
The new estimates ought 20 Be
kept well within last years total,
since the states expenditures have
been decreased by Governor Miller's
consolidation and retrenchmcnt pro
srsm. Tho downward trend should
not be checked. Governor Miller has
expressed the hope that the annual
cost Of government can be forced
again below yi2o,oco,oo0. Now is
the time TO keep that goal resolutsly
IN sight. Dse
The new Legislature must act On
the budget and Governor Smith also
can use his influence TO prevent In
Hation. When he left Office In Jsnu.
airy, 1921, the department heads
were asking for s2os,OcoIooo The
Legislature, under Governor Miller's
guidance, gave them about s146,-
ooo, 900. Mr.. Smith can initiate this
good example II the budget makers
again try to run wild. He Is pledged
70 more cancellations and more
economy. New York does not yet
get = full and fair return on every
dollar It spends on government
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18

cd TO mobilize primarily aga.nss
France and TO win tbs war, II pos
sible. by a surprise astaek on the
western front. Bethmann-Hcll-
wsr's cbaession that Great Britain
could be kept out Of tho war and be
induced 70 guarantee French neu-
tralIty Mortified the General Stan,
b,cause the latter had never
dreamed Of conducting q war which
should not involve France.
MOltke frankly cOufessss hi. COZ
stsrnhtlon on hearing from the Chan
esIIor and the Kaiser on August Z
chat the war might be localized on
the Russian border. snow we hHve
simply 20 mobilize our whole army
along she Eastern front . he reports
shs Kaiser 80 saying. He was
amazed that Wilhelm had such child
ish notions Of the fiexibility Of mobn-
.ization plans. He protested hotly
That II was military madness 30 try
TO change the orders, and said that
he would resign II they we're altered.
Moltke discloses that the Schlief-
fen plan originally contemplated In
yasion Of Holland as well az Of Bel
Eium. He dropped the violation Of
Dutch territory, but insisted on SELF
ing LEGO and occupying Luxern-
burg. He also accepts responsible
ity FOR the suggestion that Germany
should demand Toul and Verdun as
guarantees Of French neutrality In
case Great Britain engaged TO keep
France neutral. This proposal was
actually made TO the French govern
ment through Ambassador Won
Schoen.
Bethmann-H HoIlwe9 and the Kai-
ser were miSinformed about Great
Britain's Intentions. So the .Schlisf-
fen plan was carried out. II worked
marvelously at first, but broke down
at the Marne. Moltke had under
taken TO execute It. II was really
left 10 execute itself. Moltke's fame
would have dimmed that Of bis far
greater uncle II Paris had fallen.
As 1t was, the Kaiser ard all the
lesser generals swiftly turned against
him. He was q broken idol after
septsnber 10, 1914. And II will
take more than this book Of memoirs
to set him up again on his August,
1914, pedestal.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
coprriShL ibs1 Nsv YoFk Tnsaas Iae'

BY the team play necssSsry for a good
performance.
All these things tend toward the end
for which prisons exist, insuring the
safety Of society by training prisoners
for citizenship; strengthening then
exactly where they are weak. for their
very presence in prison Is evidence
that they havo not rightly understood
their duty toward tho community.
2. II. then, these entertainments arc
desirnble-not for amusement, but to
further the object Of the prison
there Is no need to get excited Il
sometimes an unworthy person takes
advantage Of the situation. Some
years ago tho chaplain Of Sing Sing
was complaining TO a priSoner Of the
conduct Of certain men. The prisoner
gently remarkedi "But, Father, you
must remember that not All thieves are
honest" II is an open secret that
some Of the inmates OF Sing Sing are
unit for trust, but the difficulty is
that you can't tell which ones until
you trust them. The wonder is that
90 high Q standard Of good faith Is
observed on many OeeasionG
When was In command Of the
United States Naval Prison at Ports
mouth. n. H.. the prisoners not only
got up remarkably good shows, but
they gave them ten times at Ports
mouth. once at York Harbor and once
at Manchester lover sixty miles from
the PRISON.. Escape was absurdly
easy; but although there were among
those taking part long term as we'll as
short term prisoners. and even some
"lifers," there was no, q single case
Of bad faith. Not one man attempted
TO escape; we returned with full num-
bers IN every instance.
But suppose that had not been so.
Suppose there had been one or two
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
siri There has been considerable
space given lately In the New York
papers 10 the escape Of q Sing Sing
inmate on the night Of reesni thsatri-
eel entertainment, given by the
prisoners. 1. is veil 20 call attention
70 sOns Of the less obvious points IN
.hs natter.
1. The puyoss Of these prison
"shovs" u widely naisundsrStood; It Is
wrongly assumed that they are for
the pupoAs Of amusing the inmAtes--
"eoddling the prisoners" IL the usual
sxpression-but, 80 . matter Of fact,
they have primarily quite another pur:
pose.
Every one who has ever tried 20
govern a prison In . spirit Of plain
eemmen sense knows that enc Of the
most important factors In the problem
IL the deadly menotony Of prison life;
II has q tendency to drive men insane
and induce all sorts Of moral
dsgensrsey. Anything within reason
which affords a basis among the In
mates for mental exercise and awak-
ems interest In things outside them
selves Is desirable; in fact, necessary.
II the prison is TO be kept in a healthy
condition.
When such a system as the Mutual
Welfare League ia In operation such
entertainments can be made 70 afford
a most valuable exercise in good con.
duct and resistance 20 temptation.
Every time a thousand prisoners meet
under their own discipline and behave
we'll II directly prepares them for
good behavior when they return TO
the community outside.
When the prisoners get up their own
shows the value Is enhanced by the
discipline OF rehearsals, with their
tiresome but necessary drudgery. and
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Lenine and Santa Claus

II the little children Of Russia are
not TO be permitted to believe in
Santa Claus they can never be per-
sueded to believe In Nicolai Lenino
or any other leader who, having
starved their bodies, would also
statve their imaginAtions
The strength Of q nation may be
measured by its capacity TO believe.
The quickening Of long-stricken I'M
agination brought the Renaissance
out Of the Dark Ages. Belief, first
in God, then in myths, then in men,
has kept the light Of hope burning
since mems eyes were first turned
toward clouds BY day and pillars Of
fire by night.
To-day the world is trusting de-
voutly that DR.. Doyle may never
prove by actual photographs that
fairies have tangible form, for all
that is fine and alluring about the
little people would be swept away by
the knowledge that they are real. 1t
Is because they are unreal that
grown-ups tell children stories Of
them, and IL is because Santa Claus
is myth and possessed Of gener-
osity impossible to a mere bone-and-
sinew creature that we want little
children, while they are ftill capable
Of illusion, to believe that he Is true.
What our hesh-and-blood heroes
are or have been does not matter so
much 70 the rest Of the world as
what men believe about them. II is
the myth that envelops the leader
that giyesehim his power and his
glory and sends men TO their duty or
their death in his service.
Perhaps the Russian Communists
can perform the sinister miracle Of
killing the faith that is in the soul Of
the child or Of reducing Santa Claus
to a synthetic creation Of cloth and
wool and requiring religion 10 render
. reason.
But II such a miracle Is brought
about spiritual sustenGnce will be-
come as scanty in Russia as food and
the crumbling Of the Bolshevik gov
ernment will come even sooner than
it is expected.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Getting Lost on the B. r. T.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have been daily traveller on
the B. R. T. subway from Brooklyn 10
my New York once. and hnd not as
much fault With the sys.sm a. some
do, but can very we'll imagine that
a stranger gets all mixed up, II not lost.
at times.
There was q time that each car had
e conductor and each man IN charge Of
car announced, in his own peculiar
way, the name Of the next station.
After that came the one man for q
whole train, and with II the eallophonsi
and now, since that instrument sets
out Of order 50 often (ln fact. oftensr
out Of order than In good shape). Il Is
difficult 70 hear and often beyond a
regular" travellers ability % dla-
tinguish the name Of the next station
For this reason II occurs 10 ne
that II would be q help TO ell 10 haye
installed In all cars an electrical de-
viee-for instance. a revolving slsH--
which would change the moment the
train is IN motion 10 the name Of the
next station. What q relief u would
bring 70 the travelsri And the 7, r.
7. would benefit by having the good
win Of itS patrons.
GERARD D. MoLk
New Yerk, Dsa "a, is2a
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Battling BOb's" First Love

Senator La Toilette. the best
friend In Congress Of the British and
German merchant marines, is greatly
disturbed at the thought that the
shipping bill may be passed by a
Senate which doesn't represent the
voters. He says that a Senate Re
publican by twenty-four majority is
70 be succeeded next March BY a
Senate Republican by only ten ma
jority. Therefore the country has
turned standardization, and no
bill which the Administration favors
ought 10 be allowed TO go through.
According 10 this reasoning, the
farmers relief measures which the
President has recommended ought
also to be put over until the next ses-
sion. In fact. the Senate ought to
take three-dsy receSses until March4.
Battling Bob" Is hard up for
arguments. He berates a bill which
Is intended 10 liquidate the catas-
trophe Of government ownership and
operation Of merchant shipping. At
the same time he defends the expert
nent which put the government into
shipping for . loss Of $4,000, 100000.
'Let Us 90 on with a scheme which
has justihed ITSELF" he says, in ef-
feet. The net monthly deficit on
operation iS decreasing, he an
nouness. II Is triHing compared
with what Il used to be. The value
Of our goveTnment-cwned marine
has shriveled up. Few vessels are
now operated. We can't lose much
more on them. So why try to sell
of q part Of our idle feet and induce
private capital to flow freely into
shippingf
The Wisconsin Senator would
rather have our merchantmen bob
forever At their anchors than see
tAei- put 70 use BY new owners who
would have some inducement TO cut
down operating expenses and create
profits, There Is no urge to econ
emy 81 efficiency In government man
sgement But government owner
ship snd management on our part
are . boon 10 the rival martins ma
tiona. Thess nations sustain their
shipping with Eubventiohs and sub
sidisA Thsy are delighted 70 zee us
stiek 10 The ruinous systsn Of gov