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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
UMFORD FIRE SWEPT
half MILLION LOSS; 800
FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS
RICHMOND
Unveil Memorial Tablet
At Centennial Celebration

A large boulder which required eight
horses to drag it was moved from the
ID. f. Patten farm on the river road to
Lanes field Tuesday. Its weight was
about six tons. The boulder has a
natural break and on the fiat surface a
bronze tablet Is to be placed in memory
of Willis Linwood Lane, the second
Richmond son to give his life in the
World war.
The unwilling Of the tablet will be a
principal feature of the Centennial cell
ebration in Richmond August IS, IA
and 10.
Rev. C. w. Mcpherson. D. D., pas
tor of st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church in New York, will preach in the
Methodist church at Richmond Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Joseph Pray and Mrs s. NJ.
Preble were visitors in Gardiner
Wednesday.
Rev. n. r. Pearson was called to
Augusta Thursday to attend funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Messenger Wis
tied relatives in Gardiner Wcdne sday.
About Is baseball fans attended the
Augusta and Sanford game at Augusta
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. S. w. Browne, former pastor
of the Free Baptist church of Rich
mond. now pastor at Passadumkeag
will conduct both services at the Bap-
fist church on Sunday, Aug. ..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
UP AND DOWN
WATER STREET

The tantalixing trout In Brooks
hardware store window--The sing
ing shoemaker In Little Broadway
ana mis- singing mate. the motorman
ON the A, & K,-Augustas only col.
ored railroad station, porter-The al
turing demonstration pie in Perry's
Window-The flourishing flowers in
the Augusta steam laundry-The girl
IN the fruit store with the pretty
green shoes-The keen-eye jeweler
tlnkerlng over the watch with a keen
love for fishing-Our only Chinese
restaurant with it's different odors--
captured but Not Conquered" in the
bank window-The ball boys in front
of Partridges drug store = Scene
from the mornings fire in Down
ings's window.
The Chamber of Commerce booster
talking it over at the store door
The well-dressed man on the corner,
what's his business?-Rival reporters
trying to look pleased at each other
A party of gayly dressed summer
visitors. my goodness, what a funny
looking hat-A disappointed would
be passenger for the Gardiner bound
car. trying to stop it in front of the
railroad station-The cool, inviting
millinery shop with the pleasant
manager sitting in the back of the
shop reading the news - CURED
picked beets growing out of a pigs
head in the meat shop window.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Business Section Hard
Hit; Without Water
Or Lights
Relief Fund Started
for Hundreds With
out Food or Shelter
Firemen and APP
paratus from Lewis
ton and Mexico Aid
in Controlling Fire
Buildings and Stock
Cannot Be Replaced
for $1,5OO,OOO

Rumford, Me-, Aug. 2-Fire which
started at $40 p. NJ. and was be-
lieved to be under control at $40 to-
night, swept over the business Sec
Main avenue to Oxford avenue on
Waldo street, causing a loss estimat-
ed at 100000, while the replacement
value Of buildings and stock is set
at over $1,5OO,OOO.
Three hundred families have been
made homeless and the municipal
building and all school buildings
have been thrown open to afford
them temporary quarters.
With the electric light service
paralyzed the town is in darkness
and in turning the river water into
the mains Of the water system to in
crease the water pressure. the town
is without available water for do
mestic purposes.
A relief fund has been started for
aid of the homeless.
Help from the Lewiston and Next
CO fire departments rendered VAL
liable assistance in checking the
spread of the flames.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
FLIGHT IN CURTIS
PLANE FOR winner
OF MODEL CONTEST

Having in mind the recent an
nouncement that the United States
needs 10000 trained aviators and that
there are only about 1000 at the
present time and as another means of
carrying out their avowed policy Of
increasing the interest in aviation.
Aviators Fogg and Sparks, before
they left Augusta. Thursday for Wa
terville, announced contest for the
youngsters, which may serve to bring
forward sonre embryo talent and pos
sible future pilots amongst the youth
of the Capital City of Maine.
Pilot Merle L. Fogg and his part
ner, George M. Daredevil" Sparks
will give a complete exhibition of
their stunts at the race meet, under
the auspices Of Col. Morrill, at the
Central Maine Fair grounds today
and tomorrow. They plan to return
to Augusta and it's splendid aviation
field the first of the week when they
expect to entertain Governor Baxter
and provide the Chief Executive with
the opportunity which he expressed
a desire to have, Of inspecting the
Curtis JN4D. plane. On their reurn
to this city the winner of the con-
test for the youths of Augusta will
be announced.
nc contest Is Il IfloSt HONSf OHS
and it Is believed will prove most
popular. and with many entrants. 1t
is to determine which boy or girl be-
tween the ages of 10 and 16 years
can construct the best model air.
plane. There are no limitations on
size, type of plane or material used.
The boys and girls are given free
opportunity of displaying their initia-
tive and ingenuity. The prize for the
winner of this model contest will be
given a free trip in the Curtis plane
from the Muster field with Pilot
Merle l.. Fogg. Without doubt there
are many youngsters in town who
have already constructed model air
craft and these will be admitted to
the competition.
The models will be displayed by
the competitors at the flying field on
| Tuesday or Wednesday and Judged
there. The lucky youngster will be
photographed with Pilot Fogg in the
! Curtis plane and the model awarded
the prize will later be exhibited in
one of the show windows on Water
street The contest is open to the
| boys and girls of eligible age in Au-
gusta. Hallowell, Gardiner, Winthrop
and other towns in the immediate VI
cinity of the Capital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Local Traffic Officers !
to War on Hydrant
Parking Law ViOlatOrs

The local police force are having
little difficulty in enforcing the 80
minute limit on parking automobiles
on Water street during the business
hours, the out of town and out of
state people for the most part, be-
ing very ready and willing to abide
by the local ordinance when they
are informed as to the regulation.
The local traffic officers have had
some difficulty with Augusta citi-
zens, who still insist on holding a
place at the curb for longer periods
than half haur. There is however.
one ordinance that is being more or
less flagrantly violated and the
continuance of which will result dis
astrously for some one sooner or
later, unless it is discontinued and
that is the parking of cars even for
few minutes directly in front of
the curb stone hydrantS.
Thursday evening it was observed
that cars were parked in front of
the hydrant near the Opera House
block, and also that near the G. A.
Ellinwood Co. store In case the fire
apartment was called upon to use
these MIGRANTS while the owners of
the cars were not nearby. the me-
chimes would probably suffer damage,
besides the disastrous results that
might occur as consequence of the
difficulty the firemen would eX-
perience in trying to connect their
lines of hose. 1t is the intention of
the local officers to in the future
strictly enforce traffic ordinance
which provides that automobiles shall
not he parked within fifteen feet of
any hydrant, and all violators of this
law will he promptly hailed before
the municipal court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Mistake Leads to Invention

A small wood working plant in In
diana burned to the ground and the
owner was rebuilding. He was short
on cash. but long on ideas.
1t was necessary to have a large
number of wooden pulleys for his
shafting.
Poking around in the ruins of the
burned mill he came across two burn
ed halves of a wooden pulley and
wondered. vaguely at first, why
wooden pulleYs could not be built in
two pieces and fastened on a line
shaft without all the bother of taking
down a shaft every time new solid
pulley was placed.
He worked out a solution to the
problem and gave the industrial
world a split wood pulley-a simple
thing, too-which was the greatest
invention ever made in the me-
CHEMICAL transmission of power from
prime mover to driven line shaft.
An engineer was working on new
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
General Forecast

The weather chart Thursday night,
showed continued high atmospheric
pressure from off the south Atlantic
coast, eastward across tie ocean,
while over practically the entire
United States and southern Canada
the pressure was comparatively low
with centerS of depression near the
mouth of the st. Lawrence river
over northern Manitoba, in Wyoming
and over the far southwest.
The temperature was materially
lower Thursday night. over the great
portion of the Great Lakes region
and correspondingly higher in the
middle Atlantic states and southern
New England.
The outlook Is for partly cloudy
to cloudy weather Friday over
practically the entire Washington
forecast district. Saturday will be
generally fair in the north Atlantic
and-middle Atlantic states.
The temperature will be somewhat
lower Friday in the lower Lake reg
ion and northern New York. Else
where no important changes will &C.
cur
Winds-North Of Sandy Hook:
Moderate south and southwest and
weather generally fair Friday,
probably fog in the morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03

companies came out about even.
There were several races including a
relay race using the whole COM
panies. With such large number on
each side the race went to Co. G by a
neck showing that, the two companies
are we'll matched.
On Tuesday afternoon tho two
companies together with the other
companies OF the regiment took part
The march was Of about four miles
and the boys were given shelter tent
instruction, while away 40 that they
may get under canvas in short order
at Lewiston. Two of the boys from
Co. F made good records in this drill
when they struck tent and packed up
in three minutes. Upon their return
they participated in reGimentai
parade.
Co. r Receives First Aid Instructions
The boys Of Co. + were given fine
lecture Tuesday morning upon first
aid work by First Lieutenant Merrill
In this lecture they were told the
way to take care of persons rescued
from the water, of people uncon-
scious from gas, of the various in
juries which may be received in the
field and numerous other things that
will be of great use both in military
and civil life. Demonstrations were
given which helped to understand
the various phases of the work.
Gen. Edwards Visits Headquarters
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards paid a
short visit to Brigadier General
Greenlaw and his staff at the Head
quarters of the seth Infantry Brig
IL Oft invita-
ton. of Gen. Greenlaw. Gen. Ed
wards arrived at the camp about AS
and shortly after Mis- arrival was en-
tertained by a band concert by the
band of the 103rd Infantry Maine
National Guard from Rumford. Fol-
lowing this concert he met the offl-
sers of the 103rd Infantry and spoke
briefly to them.
Brigadier General Greenlaw and
his staff then entertained Gen. Ed
wards at dinner and while in the DIM
ing room Gen. Edwards gave the Of
ficers brief talk. Following the DIM
ner Gen. Greenlaw and his staff ana
Gen. Edwards went to the drill held
where they witnessed some or the
drill of the companies of the lo3fd
Infantry. Gen. Edwards left the
camp late that afternoon for Boston.
Boys Install Telephones
The specialists of the various com.
panies of the 103rd Infantry and OF
the Seth Infantry Brigade EIeadquar-
tiers Company who are attending
specialist school this week in the
barracks of the Headquarters Com
pany had most interesting session
Tuesday morning. The various com
panies brought their own equipment
and the boys installed three heid
switch boards and six telephones IN
the upper part of the building, and
then tested the lines for different
kinds of trouble. The work was very
interesting and the men caught on to
it very rapidly so that in surprls,,
insly short time the exchanges ana
the phones were working in fine
shape. That sort of work was
taken up on Wednesday also.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Toward Morning

Sometimes l wake up early in the
morning before it is quite light, and
! hear Baby Ann talking in her bas-
ket. If | rise up on my elbow very
gently so that she will not hear me,
and peek at her, I can see her there
in the dim light, dark eyes wide, her
fat wee hands clasped together, or
softly patting one another. while she
makes those tender inarticulate
sounds of her own language.
l like to lie back down again and
listen to her then. She goes on and
on, prattling. talking, cooling. Some
times she falls asleep again. Some
times she suspects me of being
awake and becomes suddenly raven
GUS. But whom or what, does she
talk to all alone in the dark toward
morning? She loves her wonderful
hands, and loves to look at them and
talk to them day times in the sunny
dining room or by the kitchen door,
but that is not the way the talk
sounds in her basket In the night.
She - still 80 near HeaYan, this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Emergency Call For Traveller

The Augusta police department
on Thursday received a telegram
from Chief Inspector Joseph II. jail
bert of the Woonsockett. r. I. police
department requesting that the local
officers make an effort to locate Mar
tin :. Mclaughlin of that city. who
is believed to be touring in this sec
ton of Maine. The call for Mr.. Nc
Laughlin is an emergency one as his
mother is reported to be very ill and
he is wanted to return Immediately.
The Augusta police on investigation
found that MIR. Mclaughlin had
passed through this city, Tuesday or
Wednesday and that he was register
cd at the Elmwood Hotel at Water
Vile, Wednesday night, leaving there
Yesterday morning. but it could not
be learned whether he continued east
from Waterville or came back TINS
way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Shock To Party Given
In Honor Of Visitors

San Francisco. Aug 2 by A. P.)-
1t was at a dinner given tonight at
the House of Representative Julius
Kahn in honor of the distinguished
visitors that the news of the presi-
dents death was received. 1t was
not at first accredited b. the party
which included General John ].
Pershing but verification was OBJ
tanned by telephone.
Col. c. Z. Stanton, author Of the
song, "Lafayette, we are here" was
discussing the presidents good for
tune in recovering from his illness so
quickly when the fatal news came.
The dinner was attended by twen-
ty members of the presidents party.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
COMING EVENTS

June 25-Aug. s-U of NJ. Summer
School.
July 1O-Aug. 1O-Bates Summer
School.
July 2l-Aug. 4-1O3rd Infantry at
July 2S-Aug. lI-Unitarian Laymen's
League Institute: Isle of Shoals.
Portsmouth. N. II.
July 30-Aug. 4-SSth annual reunion
14th Maine Regimental Association.
Camp Bolan, Long Island. Portland.
Aug. Waldo County Veterans Asso-
citation. Belfast.
Aug. 2-Kennebec Democratic women,
Augusta City hall.
Aug. S-Third Maine Regiment Asso-
citation 49th reunion. Augusta.
Aug. S-Kennebec Pomona. Mt. Vernon.
Aug. S-Monmouth Academy reunion.
Aug. 10--State Teachers Certificate OK
aminations. elementary and second
grade, Augusta.
Aug. 10-Public reception at summer
home of Kate Douglas Wiggin,
Aug. 10-Eastern Maine Boys and
Girls Clubs tour to University OF
Aug. l0-Kennehec County s. S. field
day, Richmond Campground.
Aug. 12-North Fairfield school re-
Aug. .20-Richmond campmeeting.
Aug. 1l-School reunion, town hall,
Chesterville Center.
Aug13-15-Richmond Centennial.
Aug. 14-15-Old Home day, Yarmouth
Aug. 15-Western and Central Maine
Boys ard Girls Clubs tour to Lew
iSton and Auburn,
Aug. 15-16-Fifteenth Maine Regimen
tai reunion. Brunswick and on New
Mcadoys' river.
Aug. 15-17-Community fair, South
Gardiner.
Aug. l5-lS-Encampment and tour of
duty. Field Artillery units of Ma
tional Guard. Camp Keyes, Augusta
Aug. l5-2e-Maine Christian Endeavor
summer school. Y. NJ. G. A. Camp.
Winthrop Center.
Aug. 1J-16-Annual meeting of Maine
State Undertakers Association
Aug I6-Hancock County Farmers
Aug. i5-OIver Hall School Reunion
Association. Garland.
Aug. 1G-Field day of Maine Potato
Growers Exchange, at Experiment
Station Farm. Presque Isle.
Aug. 17-Somerset County Boys and
Girls Agricultural Clubs. field day
st. Adams.
Aug. 1S-Field day of Penohscot, Han
cock and Waldo Pomona Oranges. al
University of Maine campus, Orono
-s Sumner school. Ocean Park.
Aug. 2l-MaIne Pathological Society
Seth anniversary. Highmoor Farm
Monmouth.
Aug. 22-2S-Knox Academy of Arts
and Sciences host to Naturalists and
Scientists Rockland
Aug. o2-Rerce Reunion, at home OF
l.. S. Pierce. Wade road. Augusta.
Aug. a2-24-New England Grange Lee
turers' Conference. Amherst, Mass.
Aug. 22-19th Maine Regimental AS
ISOLATION annual meeting. East Vas
Aug. 22~New England Fat Mems Club
Aug. 23-24-Centennial North Arson
Aug s'" ssmknox and Lincoln Boys and
Girls Clubs tour to Augusta.
Aus. oS-30-Androscoggin Vale y fair.
Canton.
Aus. ao-somerset Academy reunion,
Sept. 5-7-Annual convention, DEPART
Sept. Westbrook. Portland. Bath.
Brunswick, Camden, Eastport, Ken
nebunk. Saco, Rockland and Bidde-
ford Daylight Saving ends.
Sept. 1S-21-Maine State Federation
Bar Harbor
Sept. 19-21-Maine Pharmaceutical AS
ISOLATION. Poland Springs.
Sept 24-26-Maine UniVerSaliSt state
convention, Rockland.
Sept. 25-2S-Annual fall conclave or
31st Rotary District. Poland Springs:
Oct. 3-5-Maine w. G. IT. u. annual
State convention. Pittsfield.
Family Reunions
Aug. 17-Hewett family, Windsor.
Aug 17-Gilman family at Strong.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03

PLAINS-George McNeeley of Mai
grelsville. n. S.. 81 years of age. made
the trip here alone and is to make his
home with his daughter, Mrs. James
Slocum.
Charles Rush was a caller in town
Wednesday.
Ray Small. who has been at the G.
NJ. G. hospital for treatment, returned
home Sunday.
Miss Hannie Palmer and brother
Rodman of Kents Hill were guests at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Pierce
Thursday.
Edith NJ. Small went Thursday to
Gardiner, where she is employed as
nurse
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Jazz Band to Play
In Divine Sarah's Home

Paris, July 15.-(A. z. by Mail)-
The late Sarah Bernhard often trieu
to sell her country house on Belle
Isle, off the coast of Brittany, bur
she never found a purchaser. The
property includes a farm, an old fort
and rockstrewn piece of shore
front.
Within a few weeks of her death,
however, a buyer was found at 33U.-
GOO francs, somewhere about $4,000.
He intends to turn the house into a
summer hotel, and will have a Jazz
band and dancing on the first floor
before the present season is over.
The mayor of Palais, the port OF
the little island, had hoped that the
municipality would acquire the prop
erty and convert it into a Bernhards
museum, hut tie sale was pun
through before he could get his plan
before the public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03

type of photograph horn. One of his
assistants misunderstood directions
for making an experimental horn ard,
instead of increasing the thickness OF
the horn as the area increased, did
exactly the opposite. When this type
of horn was tried it was found to he
very successful and marked a big
step in the science OF acoustics and
diacoustics. The principle was so
sound, so it proved. that a basic
Patent was issued covering the point.
year ago a certain engineer made
the statement that mechanical prog
ress had reached its peak. That
man has been almost laughed out of
his profession. No ore knows. and
only few have even a vision Of the
limits of mechanical and industrial
progress.-The Nations Business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03

tiny one! Is she talking in that
language Of the angels to some
visitor, invisible. to me, but. seen by
her pure eyes? Is she making a
report, coming over the days events,
her own progress and prosperity and
asking after others she loves inrthat
land she EFT 50 few short months ago?
Perhaps that mother angel who cared
for her comes in that holy hour of
the night to sit with her and love
her yet. awhile.-Margaret w. Jack
son in Farm Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Firmness and No Tears
Business Woman's Asset

New York, Aug. 2.-(By a. P)-
Women to succeed in business musS
learn to dress comfortably without
losing the charm of their sex. and 70
take correction from the boss with
out weeping, according to Mrs. Alice
MacDougall, New York business wo-
man.
Mrs. MacDougall, who predicted
recently that within century women
will he doing all the business" said
that the observance of a few simple
rules would hasten the time when
they would take ever such control.
Other suggestions were:
DISCUSS abstract questions with
out making personal application OF
everything that is said.
"Stick to agreements without
squirming if you are getting the
worst of it.
SAY no at the right time"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-03
Hiucins Leaves All To Widow

The will of Leon L. Higgins, ex-
Mayor. of Brewer, president of the
State Senate and gubernatorial cam
didate. admitted to probate Thurs
day. leaves the entire estate to his
widow. Josephine Shackley Higgins.
Mention is made that the son and
daughter. Donald Z. and Miss Dor
rice, are not forgotten. but are con-
sidered able to care for themselves,
knowing the mother will render them
any needed assistance. The estate
will probably inventory $4,000 to
S15,GOe
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az" and Library Benefit

The Bangor Y. NJ. C. A. and Good
Samaritan Home of Bangor are equal
residuary legatees in the estate of
Mrs. Della +. Chamberlain, widow
of Col. Thomas d. Chamberlain, filed
Thursday in Bangor. Brewer Public
Library is left 5000. The other prop
erty is left to relatives. Henry W.
Jarvis, Jr., of Boston gets cane
made from wood from the old frigate
Constitution, carried by Mrs. Cham
berlain's grandfather. {
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Great Britain First
Foreign Power Heard From

San Francisco. (By A. P.)-Great
Britain was the first foreign power
to pay its respects to the dead presi-
dent. c. II. Cane, vice consul general
of Great Britain in San Francisco,
called at the presidential suite on
behalf of Gerald Campbell, general
consul.
Mr.. Campbell, he said, was out of
town and would arrive tomorrow to
pay formal respects on behalf of
Great Britain.
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Presidents Brother
Hears bY Wireless

Columbus, O.. Aug. c.-Dr. George I.
Harding of this city received word OF
the death of his brother. President
Harding, through a neighbor whose
home is equipped with radio. He had
the message within few minutes after
news of the presidents death was
flashed from San Francisco.
"Yes, / have heard that my brother
is dead, and | am very sorry" he said
when allied shortly after the news was
flashed 1T seems too bad that SO use
full man had to be taken. That is all
| can say