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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10
President Not
Bound by Manifesto
of Committee of 81

New York, July 9-Lionel Golub.
president of the Woodrow Wilson
Club Of New York University, today
announced receipt of letter from
President Harding in which the chief
executive declared he. considered
himself unbound by the manifesto of
the committee of 81 Republicans in
1920, asserting that his election to
the presidency was the surest way of
having the United tSates enter the
League Of Nations.
The president declared, Mr.. Golub
said, that activities of the committee
OF 81 We're "of course, their own af-
fair" The presidents letter was in
answer to one from Mr.. Golub, ask
ing whether the 81 felt there was
any obligation to redeem a pledge
resting upon them and whether they
were doing everything in their power
to cause the United States to enter
the league.
Secretary OF State Hughes. answer
ing a similar communication, eX-
pressed the opinion that no obliga-
ton was assumed and no promise
implied by the men who signed the
manifesto.
President Ernest NJ. Hopkins of
Ddi lluOutu SoiC6C, I1dAoNCl' ~. H.,
declared the spirit Of the 1920 mani
festo was far more important than
the letter. He said he had been and
still was interested in the league as
a means to an end and that If the
same end was being sougth in good
faith in other ways, he was willing
to await results. He expressed con-
fidence in the administrations atti-
tude on international relations.
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Mrs. Gertrude Damon

Mrs. Gertrude F. Damon, wife of
DR.. NJ. l.. Damon died Monday morn
ing at 11.30 o'clock after several
weeks illness at her home on Grove
Street. Mrs: Damon was born in
Waterville about 60 years ago, the
daughter of the late George S. AL
len and Anna Shipman Allen. For
many, years she resided in Oakland
moving here with her parents when
a small girl. About IS years ago
she married DR.. NJ. l.. Damon and
soon after their marriage the DR..
returned to his native town Pitts
field and opened dental parlors re-
siding there until the death of Mrs.
Damon's father q few years ago
when they returned to Oakland to
make their home with her sister Miss
Katheryn Allen. For many years
Mrs. Damon had been a member of
All Souls Universalist Church and
was a member of the Ladies Social
circle OF that Church. She was
much interested in all Church af-
fairs and was a constant attendant
and faithful worker in both the
church of Pittsfield and Oakland.
She is survived by her husband. a
sister. Miss Kathryn Allen and a
brother. Walter Allen of Oakland.
one son DR.. Horace Damon Of Lewis
ton. two daughters. Miss Marion
Damon of Norwood, Mass, and Miss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10
Chicago Cattle Market

Chicago, July ,.
CATTLE-Receipts $4,000; active;
better grades beef steers and yearlings
generally steady with last weeks high
time; lower grades uneven. spots 10 to
Is cents lower; top matured steers
1850: several loads averaging 1887 to
1884 pounds bringing that price. numer-
Gus loads 1100@1135: best yearlings
1925: others 1915; she stock and yea !
calves generally steady: bulk beef
steers and yearlings 950@1075; bulls
strong to Is cents higher: heavy bo--
lognas upward TO b2o: stockers and
feeders scarce. firm: bulk stockers and
feeders 65O@75O; bulk veal calves TO
packers 1050@1150.
HOGS-Receipts $1,000; better KIND
fairly active. others SLOW; mostly 90
to 20 cents lower; bulk desirabis 100 70
276.peund average 74o4 760; few nm.
ished weighty butchers 726 1855; BULK
packing sows s25@s4o; strong weight
riss mostly sso@7Oos estimated hold
sHEEP-Reeeip,. sl;ooo: closing
weak: top westerns and native tat
lambs 75c lower: in-between grades on
more: sorting heavy top westerns 1920:
bulk good and choice natives 1860
1875: top 1900; cuils mostly 5000 $50:
sheep scarce, steady: practically no
ycarlings or aged wethers offered; few
medium and mandy weight ewes 5000
geo: hcavies downward to $50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10
Doubt Millionaire
Tebbetts Left Request
to Mrs. Clara Miller

Lynn, Mass, July 9-Theodorc
Tebbetts. millionaire. globe trotter
whose life Mrs. Clara May Miller of
Los Angeles saved as a small boy.
shot himself to death at his palatiaI
home here on July 90. 1920. after sew
eral years of i'll health and despond-
Grey. Relatives Of the family could
not be reached tonight but friends
here knew nothing of the reported
bequest of s250,o0O to Mrs. Miller.
The hobby of Mr.. Tebbetts was
travel and he visited most of the
countries of. the world, passing many
winters ON his estate on the Island of
Jersey, off the coast of France.
Most Of his reputed great wealth was
inherited from his father, a shoe
manufacturer here.
Two sons survive, the elder, Theo-
dore, Jr., Is vice president Of the
Lynn Machine Screw company and
the other, Charles. is a student. Mr..
Tebbetts was Al years old at the time
Of his death. ..
Joseph Healey. Lynn attorney, to-
night radiculed the claim of Mrs.
Miller that she had inherited $780,
600 from Mr.. Tebbetts. He said that
the will had been probated year ago
and had been divided and settled long
since. Mr.. Healey said he had been
in communication with Mrs. Helen
c. Tebbetts, widow Of Theodore Teb-
belts and that she had said she knew
OF no such person as Mrs. Miller. The
estate, according to Mr.. Healey, was
divided between surviving members
of the family and in number of
public beuueSts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10

pleasure to meet up with an artist who
can skin you without your having felt
It. The thing that gets on my nerves
most IL the cruder and bolder conn.
dence man who triehto put something
over on me, and knEw that he 10 try.
ing II, and yet he thinks me susceptible
enough to be wholly innocent ee his
plans.
I'm other words, when you are taken
in 1t Is a Joy to be taken in SO beauti-
fully that you haven't the slightest
knowledge Of it until you come to the
later realization that a promised loan
is not returned. I do not know but
that it is coed thing that we have
some of them in our midst at all times.
1t serves to remind us that one needs
to be cautious without being suspi-
cious, and also that the world is full
of wonderful talent which. If only APP
piled in righteous way, might result in
notable accomplishment Moreover, 1
think it brings us to a helpful degree
of humility to be reminded that there
are smart chaps who can take US lin
without our even suspecting 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10

Is a result Of lower living costs and
higher wages In nearly every section
The average family now has q com.
Portable margin after paying for food
clothing. shelter ana other necessities
1t Is indicated. In other words, the
great mass of residents of the United
States is enjoying prosperous condi-
tons as we'll as the big corporation and
the business man.
An increasing number of families
are saving this margin between living
cost and income, the official investiga
ton shows. and making regular trips
to the savings bank The result Is q
great reservoir of cash which is avail.
able for investment in industry and
trade. Loaned wisely by the banner
custodians. this fund tends to build
business prosperity upon that already
enjoyed National prosperity Is thus
being pyramided upon prosperous con.
ditions.
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Clever Imposter
Admired by Harding

WASHINGTON, July ga. P.)-PreSi-
dent Harding has confessed to q char
actcristjc often ascribed to Americans
by foreigners-a fondness for being
buncocd when it is done painlessly.
The confession was made in letter
written to Colonel George b. Chris
tian. father of the secretary to the
president, and has Il background en-
tending into the days when Warren G.
Harding was editing the Marion Star.
1t was then that a stranger dropped
into Marion one day, called on Editor
Harding and introducing himself as
member of the Virginia branch of
the Harding family. mentioned that his
cash in hand had unexpectedly run low
and that n small loan would be useful.
The President then as now was proud
of the name of Harding" and he eX-
tended the loan.
A few days later Mr.. Harding met
Judge Scofield. a leading citizen of
Marion and close friend. and told
the story of the strangers call. When
he had finished Judge Scofield an
nounced that he had been visited on
the same day by the same gentleman.
WIZ described himself as distant
cousin named "Scofield," and a member
of the Scoield family of Virginia. The
judge, like the editor, extended financial
aid
Mr. Harding and Judge Scofield had
many hearty laugh over the incident,
and they laughed even more heartily
on learning several weeks later that
Myron T. Herrick, then a Cleveland
business man but since governor of
Ohio. and ambassador to France, also
had helped out in the hour of need "a
cousin by. the name of Herrick from
Virginia who needed car fare home"
But gradually Mr.. Harding ceased Ito
think of it. until the other day he re-
ceivcd letter from Colonel Christian,
recalling the visit of the Virginia
cousin" and saying that he himself
had been recently victimized in SINH
lar way.
II am in receipt of your letter.
President Harding wrote in reply "in
which you tell me of the call upon
you by the breezy and companionable
chap who, after the fashion of the gen.
tleman who was named Harding one
day. Scofield another day land Herricll
another day, took YOU in for a small
loan which would accommodate him on
his virtuous way. i can only sympa-
thiZe with you. You remember the
chap who represented himself to me
as a Harding from old Virginia. and
recall that l presented him to you
and that he took YOU in as well as me.
and that you and he fought over some
Of the battlefields of the Civil War
without Your detecting any fraud in
him. but You did escape being touched
as l was for small draft upon my
cash account.
Somehow, have always enjoyed
being buncoed by that fellow. He was
so clever about it that he skinned me
without wounding me. One encounters
so many confidence men in the activi-
ties of our present-day life that it is a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10

opening and emphasized the bearish eff
feet Of weather reports from the har-
vest region as well as drew attention
to the increased size of wheat arrivals
at Kansas and Oklahoma cities.
Wichita showed receipts of 259 car
loads as against 165 year ago. On
the other hand. an advance in Liver
pool quotations failed to exert AMI
bullish influence here, as did a sharp
decrease OF the amount Of wheat on
ocean passage.
Black rust danger in the northwest
was represented as more threatening
by reason of higher temperature. The
rust was said to be developing in parts
Of tho Red River valley. and there
also We're advices that the plague was
spreading in Canada. The black rust
reports tended to bring about price
rallies at times. and the same was true
Of evening-up transactions to prepare
for the government report. For the
most part, however, advances In prices
were transient.
Scantiness of receipts of corn here.
together with predictions that the gov
eminent report as to corn would be
bullish. gave strength to corn and oats.
Down-turns in the value Of hogs
eased the provision market.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10

Southern California coast and the
mainland, 20 miles away.
Before the introduction Of radio
telephony. island dweliers here had
to depend on the mails for com.
munication. With the wireless came
relief Of a sort for with radio
"talk bridge" linking the island
telephone line with the vast network
Of wires covering the mainland, one
could carry on a conversation with
any point in the United States.
Only one conversation could be
carried on at time by this method,
however, and the conversation usual
| ly found it's way into thousands of
| amateur radio sets as well as the
| telephone company's receiving de-
vice, thus losing all vestige of
! privacy. The aforementioned diff
Guilty was overcome recently by
| means of a word scrambling device
which made island telephone con-
versations unintelligible to outside"
| receiving sets.
Now that the one pair cable is in
place, however, as many as seven
conversations can be carried on
simultaneously between Avalon and
the mainland. The interesting fea-
| ture of the one-pair cable is that the
seven conversations flow stimuli
| taneously over q single strand of
copper wire in the center of the
cable, a system of variated fire.
uuencies similar to that used in
radio telephony making this posi-
BILE.
The ship which laid the cable is as
interesting as the engineering
achievement in which it played a
part. 1t is the United States Army
cable ship Dellwood, which came all
the way from Alaska to pay out the
60 miles of heavily insulated and
armored wire across the channel
separating Santa Catalina Island
from the mainland. The channel is
only 25 miles wide, but its unusual
depth required 80 miles each for the
two cable lines, which traverse the
ocean bed two miles apart and come
together at the mainland and island
! terminals.
The Dellwood's Filipino cable crew
is used to deep water jobs, however
Filipinos make the best cablemen
obtainable. according to captain
| Persons, in charge of the vessers
laying and repair operations.
Our Filipinos don't know VIVA,
danger is" he said, referring to the
perils encountered along the nortf
| Alaskan coast, where the Dellwood
has been at work for the past veal
repairing the 20 year-old Washing
ton-and- Alaska cable, operated be
tween Seattle and Sitka by The
United States Army. "When mar
! goes out over the ovcrhanginS bow
in a boatswain's chair to cut stee
cable with gale blowing, a heavy
sea running and ice breaking agains
the ship, he can't be troubled with {
yellow streak Our Filipinos do tina
and similar stunts every day II
| Alaskan waters
The Dcllwood's mechanical equip
ment for it's task included five huge
tanks, capable of holding 1900 mile'
of deep-sea cable wound about mol
low steel cores. On the forward decl
is the cable picking up machine
which brings up the worn-out CABLE
on a repair job. and on tho afteI
deck is the paying OUT machin'
! which brings the cable up out of thu
Tanks in the hold and pays II on
over the stern onto the ocean floor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-10

To the Honorable Board OF County
Commissioners of the County Of
Franklin and State of Maine:
We the undersigned. responsible per-
respectfully represent that common
convenience and necessity require the
location OF highway wholly in said
county OF Franklin as follows:
line ses az ing t at point on the north
County of Franklin, at the center of a
travelled way. known as the Chain of
Ponds road. leading northwasterly
from Eustis Village to Chain of Ponds:
thence in a northwesterly direction by
the most feasible route through Town
ship No: l. Ranges. w. b. K r, known
as Jim Pond Township; Township No.
2. Range s; w. B. X. p, known as AL
der Stream Township: Township No. 2.
Of Ponds Township; and thence through
Gore north Of Townships Nos. and 8,
Range q, w. b. X. p, known as Coburn
Gore, to the boundary line between the
Canada. at point on. said boundary
line. at the center Of a road leading
from Arnold Pond Camps, so called,
in Maine. to Woburn Village. in said
Dominion of Canada
Your petitioners further represent
that the above proposed highway is
not within any town or plantation re-
|, CURED to raise money to make and re-
pair highways.
Wherefore your petitioners pray that
after due notice and proper proceed
ings your Honorable Board wifi lay out
said highway as aforesaid by metes
and bounds. and make such orders and
DEGREES, and take such other action as
may be by statute provided. all of
which your petitioners in duty bound
will ever pray.
Dated February 20. A. D. 1928.
J. H. THOMPSON
and 34OO Others
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Call n. Y. Governor
"Goiiath of the VETS"

Des EIoines, July 9-(By. A.. P)-
Governor Al Smith was called the
Goliath of the Vets" in the address
of L. a. Walker of Chicago, at the
International Christian Endeavor
Convention here today.
THE Vets are the Philistines OF
the present day." said Mr. Walker.
''They have won a temporary victory
and they have selected as their big
of New York who is heralded as
their great leader, just as was
Goliath, the defiant champion Of the
Philistines. He is challenging The
Drys to battle. The modern Phflis-
tines apparently have things going
their way and many of the Drys ;are
relatively in the same position as
King Saul's forces, fearful of re
suits.
Have we Drys so soon forgotten
that, the battle is tho Lord's? Are
we standing in fear of the results
when we have God and truth onaour
side? Who is there among the vets
that can stand against truth?
LET Goliath Smith beware.
Somewhere in the ranks of the Drys
there is David with mighty faith
and a trusty sling. In the sling will
be placed the stony votes that will
hit the Goliath between the eyes,
whether that Goliath at the next
electing be Al Smith or some other
champion of the VETS. Whoever
the Goliath of the modern Philis-
tines may be, he will be politically
dead after election-possibly after
the presidential primaries.
THE VETS are like frogs, they
make a lot of noise but their noise
means nothing. :
let the mighty Christian En-
deavor host continue in their PRAYERS
and on election day use the Sing
and stone of their votes to kill the
ambition of the vets to control of
this nation"
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Augusta Golfers
Prove Victorious
Over Martindale G.. C..

The Augusta Country Club players
defeated the. representatives of the
Martindale Club Of Lewiston at the
Augusta club links Saturday, winning
l6 out Of 20 matches. The Martindale
players won two and two resulted in
tie scores.
The summary:
F. c. Tyson. Augusta. defeated j. B.
Ham. Martindale, 81.
IL. II. Pierce, Jr.. Augusta, defeated
Willis Atwood. Martindale, 5-4.
Alden Hichborn. Augusta, defeated
c. E. Marsh, Mantindale,, SO.
Frank McArdle. Augusta. defeated
A. r. Rounds, Martindale. up.
hiram Pishon. Augusta. and w. H.
Tibbetts, Martindale, tie.
Roy Wardwell. Augusta. defeated A.
A. Litchfeld, Martindale, So.
Charles Downing, Augusta, defeated
q. =. Kingsley. MartindaIe, 10.
William Williamson, Augusta. do.
fseted J. g. MeMurray. MartindaIe. 4.a.
william Wynan, Augusta, defeated
II. g. Hubbard, Martindale. s.5.
II. e. Wadsworth. Augusta, defeated
c. B. Carter. Martindale, l up.
B. G. White. Martindale. defeated G.
e. Barnekov. Augusta. up.
DR.. 6. E. Patten. Augusta. g defeated
H. F. Kelley, Martindale. 5-3
A. G. Davis. Martindale. defeated S.
L. Fogg. Jr., Augusta, 4-3.
Harris Woodman, Augusta, defeated
L. H. Philpot, Martindale. 6 and 5.
j. H. White, Martindale and John
Gould. Augusta. tie.
X. II. Jackson, Augusta, defeated w.
H. White. Martindale, up.
William Glenn. Augusta, defeated l..
Leighton, Martindale 81
DIR. b. Patten. Augusta. defeated l..
A. Pierson, Martindale. Ga.
William Boothby, Augusta, defeated
G. II. Davis. Martindale, 5-4.
smith Dunnack, Augusta. defeated
c. n. Mason, Martindale, ST.
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Boston Produce Market

Boston. July 9.
EEEF-Choice whole cattle 17G IS.
BUTTER-Extras 39lq 40: frsts 81
CASA.
CHEESE-Fresh choice s5a q 26;
firsts PAGES.
CORN-No. 2 yellow 1O3@104.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
tras 1904: white and mixed extras 80
@41; western extras 34@3o.
FLOUR-Spring patents. 196-lb
sacks. special short 710Q740: standard
6000720.
HAY-No. 2 timothy 24@25.
LAMB-Spring 2SM3S.
OATS-Forty pounds 5765s.
Medium backs 245O@26.
POTATOES-New southern No. SO
M725 per barrel; Green Mountains best
250@ 800 per 100 pounds.
STCiAR-American Sugar Refinery
quotes nine cents in 100-barrel lots
less per cent. for cash.
VEAI~12M22.
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guest of Miss Ogla Thoma at CAM

guest of Miss Ogla Thoma at Camp
Musquemoosie, East Pond.
John Farnum has entered the en-
ploy of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Tozicr as
chauffeur at Camp Musquemosie.
Guy Mosher and Mark Hurd, who
are employed painting signs on the
State highway passed the week end
at the Mosher home on the Water
vile road.
Mrs. John Haynes is confined to
her home on Alpine street by illness.
Mrs. John Walton has resumed
her duties at the New England
creamery after enjoying a weeks
vacation.
Miss Alicia Sweeney. r N. has
returned from an automobile trip to
Old Orchard and Salmon Falls, n. H.
She was accompanied by Miss
Genevieve ellis. r. ~. of Fairfield
Henry Forsythe of Bingham is a
guest OF his brother, William of
Fairfield street.
Mrs. John S. Tap1ey left Monday
for Castine to attend the summer
school.
N[s. Harry Patten and son Lin
Augusta Sunday.
MIS-. fannle GlDSOn mas sofa ner
farm on Belgrade Hill to Waterville
parties and has gone to Boston,
where she will make her home in the
future. She was accompanied by
Roland Mills, the Oldest son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Mills, who will be
her guest for time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Roawig and
Carl Stineford have returned from
an automobile trip to Old Orchard.
Carl Stineford will be employed Al
the farm Of Mrs. Ida Judkins on the
Belgrade road during haying.
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Plenty. Wet Goods
on Acquitania's Trip

Southampton, July 9-The voyage
of the steamer Aquitania from New
York was. according to the passen-
gers, wetter than on most occasions
in the pre- Volstead days. ManY- of
the passengers carried supplies in
such quantities that they were not
entirely consumed when the vessel
reached port. and they had difficulty
in passing them through the customs.
The only liquors dispensed from
the ships stores, however, were
through the doctor, outside of whose
office a long line assembled every. day,
the applicants having apparently de-
veloped a remarkable number of all
mcnts,
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.WILLARDIN GOOD
SHAPE; FIRPO is
WORKING HARD

New York, July 9-Nearing the
finish of their training, Luis Angel
Firpo and Jess Willard, who meet at
Boyle's Thirty Acres next Thursday
night to determine challenger for
Jack Dempseys crown, began taper
ing off their preliminary work today.
Firpo at his seaside quarters in
Long Branch, n. j., was slated for
the hardest workout of the two. He
was to go eight or ten rounds in the
ring with Bill Tate and Jack Nc
Auliffe, besides a private workout
and a few miles on the road.
Willard, pronounced to be in top
shape, will do just enough to keep
him on edge. The big fellow, seal
ing around 240, appears fit.
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New 7-Way Radio
Phone Cable Made
Catalina Benefits BY It

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island,
July Shy A. p. Manipulating
seven conversations flow where but
one flowed before is the engineering
achievement credited to telephone
engineers. who have just finished
laying what is said to be the worlds
first one-pair submarine telephone
cable between this island off the
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New York Money Market

New York. July 9.
Foreign exchanges irregular.
Great Britain, demand 1861. cables
1854. 60-day bills on banks 4.53s.
France. demand $50, cables 5.s03.
Italy. demand 4.24a. cables 4.25.
Belgium. demand 4.S4, cables 4.S5.
.tO03i.
Holland, demand 1912. cables 1916.
Norway, demand 1910.
Sweden demand 26.3S.
Denmark, demand 1873.
Switzerland. demand 1923.
Spain, demand 14.3S.
Greece, demand $40.
Poland, demand .0007a.
Czecho-Slovallia. demand 500.
Argentine. demand 1880.
Brazil, demand 1850.
Montreal. .97s.
Gall money strong; high g.. low 5,
ruling rate 5, closing bid 6. offered at
w. last loan 6.
Gall loans against acceptances ~.
a. Time loans flrms mixed collateral.
oV,so days 5@54; 4-6 months sos
Prime commercial paper S.
ran. d Ohio CIV. AIS ........... 19s
central Leather IS .....! ...... aSa
y. K; |. g. T. fdg. As ...,,..... IS
.hl. Mer. Mar 81; .,......-.,. -