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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
RAILROAD CONSULTATIONS

Plans for the consolidation Of all the rail-
roads west of Chicago into four great systems
might have been viewed with alarm de-
cadc or two ago when railroads we're an enc
my to be fought and every railroad proposal
was viewed with suspicion
Today any such movement is viewed calm
ly and rather favorably. For the government
now has the railroads under It's control. and
a re-grouping is considered problem OF de
tail and convenience instead of ulonopolistic
threat
The proposal submitted by Hale Holden.
president OF the Burlington at the invitation
of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
would give each of the four systems access
to the Pacific, the Great Lakes and the Gull
of Mexico That should insure competition
on broad scale though some local compc~
tition would be eliminated
However, competition under the new ar
rangement would be confined for the most
part not to rates but to service rs ii should
The government will take care of the rates
As for the names Of the new railroad
groups, that is of little Importance. except as
sentiment is important What the public
wants is adequate transportation, no matter
under what name at the lowest rates that
will support properly conducted railroads and
give them reasonable profit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
CHILD LABOR RELAPSES

Seventeen states already had child labor
laws which were quite rs effective locally as
the nullihed federal law was expected TO be.
Therefore the action of the Supreme Court
ii declaring that law unconstitutional did not
have any harmful effect on the children in
those states.
In the other 81 states, however. the court 5
action appears to have opened the way Tor 4
return to old abuses. Last August twelve
plants i'll Delaware increased the hours OF
labor for children from eight to ten per
day The l0-hour dav has been re-estabShed
also in Georgia louisiana and Rhode Island,
North Carolina is permitting an ll-hour day.
Texas, South Dakota. Michigan and South
Carolina have not been reported ON yet but
are thought to be i'll the l0-hour day ranks.
One outstanding result OF the loss OF the
national child labor law is the tendency of
certain industries TO move to states in which
the laws are lax i'll this regard Some cotton
manufacturers of Massachusetts, are ncrcas-
ing their facilities for production in the South
on the express ground that they can take adj
vantage of child labor there for At least ten
years.
Reports such as this should bring many re-
crrtS to the movement for constitutional
child labor amendment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

which Americans have little conception. We
men have long frequented saloons IN Eng
land, particularly in the larger cities, in a
way that would have been considered lntoi-
cradle in this country. In late years there
has been u vast amount of drinking in pub
lie places by boys and girls. The present
law allows children over IA to drink beer ano
those over 10 to buy whisky in public houses
The new measure, while falling short OF the
familiar American ban on selling liquor to
minors, before the day of general prohibition,
is big step in the right direction.
1t is observed that his was the first BIZ
ever introduced i'll Parliament by a woman.
and that it was supported almost solldy by
the women of Great Britain That is sig
nifcant. The women will be heard from
again on the same subject
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

led his great wealth to keep it
from falling into the hands OF
the victorious British, but those
tales were gradually forgotten.
They are now revived by the more
or less vague news from South
Africa that portion Of his great
wealth has Just been discovered
in the Petersburg district. A
dispatch from Johannesburg,
which comes By way of London,
reports the finding of gold bars
and coins which Kruger is sup
posed to have buried in the course
of his flight TO Delagoa Bay ana
Europe to escape capture by the
British. This is q brand-new tale
and there is a considerable air
Of improbability about it. 1t is
even more fishy than the story,
still credited in some quarters,
that Kruger caused the vast sum
Of $S,G00,000 to be cemented in
the hold of the bark Doyothca;
and chat it still lies in the ocean
eff Tenedos Reef where the ship
was wrecked sometime before
1904. This was supposed to be
the bulk OF the old mans for
tune, accumulated, according to
his detractors, by sharp practice
and oppression of the natives.
Com Paul's fabulous fortune
was probably as fabulous as most
of the stories current about the
rough cid Boer during his life
time. The old mans declining
days in Holland were passed in an
atmosphere of fiugality which
might just as reasonably have
been due TO his comparative pow
orty as to the miserliness attribut-
ed to him by his defamcrs.
Philadelphia Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

the cost because. "if there were
no pedestrians there wouldn't be
any reed for traffic police" will
be regarded by the generality OF
the walking population as adding
insult to injury, if the great
majority Of the people Of the city
would only stay at home, or never
attempt to cross street, the
auto wouldn't hurt them, al.
though occasionally autos have
been known to run up on side
walks in pursuit of their prey
or have even been known to dash
into the sides Of houses when
very hungry for blood. Motor
cars have a way, too, of picking
a fight with each other when there
are no pedestrians handy, so that
if there were only sutoists in the
street traffic regulation would
still be necessary.
The truth, of course, is that if
there were no pedestrians there
would be no autos, because While
everybody rides who can every
cody must sometimes walk. II
is as impossible TO divide the
population into two permanent
divisions--riders and walkers
as it is to divide the public IN
tcrcst in the matter of safety.
The problem is a common ore, and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
TEMPERANCE IN ENGLAND

Absolute prohibition OF liquor does not
seem to appeal strongly to the English people
but temperance, which is next thing to 1t, IS
making good headway-thankS largely to an
American woman. Lady AStor scored a big
Success, political and moral, the other day by
putting through the House of Commons a
bill making it unlawful for boys and girls
under 1S to drink in saloons.
The evil assailed by. this measure is one oS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

ern Acres, is at Shelburne, eight
miles from Burlington, Vermont,
has contributed to Field an IN
teresting account of what he has
accomplished in q few years on
700 acres in the Champlain Val
ley. The facts that the first Here
fords imported into the United
States were established in New
York in 1910 and that the e-ond
importation came to Maine Si%
years later influenced MIR. Webb
20 choose this breed when he de-
cided to run his farm on bust
ness basis instead of merely for
amusement. That two men couid
look after one hundred head OF
beef cattle while it would take
many more to care for dairy
herd was another influence i'll
favor or the white faces.
The whole herd now includes
some of the choicest Herefords
anywhere. Il was built up in a
way that has made for success
not only for the home farm but
for improvement Of the neighbor-
ing communities. Cows of estab-
lished breeding have been mated
with 3he best males, the present
chief Of the herd being mem
Der CT the famous Woodford faml-
ly. Young bulls have been sold
locally and to farmers in other
parts Of New England as well as
in New York and Pennsylvania.
AS the bull is half the herd MIR.
Webb sees each season improve
ment in the quaIity OF the cattle
he will buy as feeders.
Mr. Webb believes that with
missionary work the market Tor
Eastern grown beef can be en-
larged until the time will come
when the farmer will find It
more profitable to produce beef
cattle than the dairying types.
New York Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
ga vs. Q
Vo i! !. ! . !: . !:
OF the PRESS
DOM PAUL'S GOLD

About q quarter OF u century
ago the name of Dom Paul Kru-
ger, then President of the TranG-
vaal, was very much in the pub
lie eye. Most of the stories about
him that percolated into TINS
country were tinged with libelous
bias, for the news sources were in
the hands Of his enemies. He
was said to be grasping and dis
gushing rich and tales of his
parsimony and greed persisted to
the time of his death in 1904, on
the eve of his S0th birthday.
Twenty years ago there were
many stories Of how he had bur-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

must be considered from that
standpoint, though, it must be ad-
mitted the pedestrian carries the
heavy end of the risk. In the
ideal city of the future the pc
destrian will probably be segrc-
gated from vehicular traffic, and
each will be restricted largely
to it's own zone in crowded streets.
In the meantime communities will
have to tax themselves for safe
ty, as they do for water and
other public essentials. - Balti-
more Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

BEEF CATTLE IN THE EAST
II . few more men like j. Wat
son Webb take up the production
Of beef cattle in the East it will
not be long before the reputation
Of New England as fat cattle
center will be restored to the
high place it shared thirty years
ago with sections of New York
State.
Mr.. Webb. whose farm, South
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
LET'S co,

In winter time we have the snow
And bitter, icy winds, which blow
Until we long for summer scenes,
With August sun and baked out
green's;
But when it comes, rs like as not,
We find that summer is too hot.
a messenger to say
That SHOWS again upon the way.
Our stuff is packed, our tens
are furled,
Wen follow spring around the
world.
New York Herald.
The Vatican contains 11,J00
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

The announcement that 4 prominent uni
versity professor of English has not read 4
newspaper in two years brings more sorrow
than anger to newspaper people. They know
it's his loss
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

There have been SIS cases of sleeping
sickness i'll New York since january /. Yet
the New Workers, as usual, doubtless all
imagine they're wide awake.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

The trouble with most of the peace-n1akers
is that they insist on fighting everybody
whose peace plan doesn't agree with theirs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
q Great american
Amfhors Have Writ
ten % Special Stories
OH Marriage-ToBe
Run in This Paper
Matrimonial
Adventures!

This is not series of discussions or essays
on the problems OF wedlock. 1t is a series
of short stories, from three to six columns
in length; each with a plot, incidents and
characters, the same as other popular short
fiction of the day, and each written in the
best style of it's author-good, lively, enter
tanning acknowledging with different phases
of the marriage relation. Some are gay and
some are grave, but each one is a work Of
art. On account of its romantic and diver"
sifed character, we have called the series,
MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURES"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

Army airplanes have found
pate rain clouds, but not war
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

The Vatican contains 11,J00
'oonis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17

Just Read This List of TIE Writers .
Irwin S. Cobb Henry Sydnor Harrison
iona Gale Maximilian Foster
Booth Harrington Courtney Ryley Cooper
Charles G. Norris George Kibbe Turner
Julian Street Clarence Burlington
Rupert Hughes Kelland
Ellis Parker Butler Henry Kitchell Webster
Theodore Dresser Alice Duer Miller
Dorothy Garfield James Branch Cabeu
Samuel Hopkins Adams Joseph G. Lincoln
Mary Stewart Cutting Joseph Hergesheimer
James Hopper Edith Barnard Delano
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
| market was quiet with few 60 and
80 days loans arranged at Ia per-

cent.
The feature Of the foreign exchange
market was the further collapse Of
the German mark to .000125 cent, or
100000 to the American dollar, on the
announcement that German printing
presses were now adding more than
200,000,000 marks daily to the note
circulation. The other rates advanced
slightly on the announcement of
reopening Of the Ruhr frontier. De-
mand sterling was quoted around,
4.59 1-2 and French francs around
5.96 cents.
Except for a bad break in the is
sues Of the Minneapolis and ST. Lou
is Railroad following reports that
the road had consented to receiv-
ership, there was little interest in
today's quiet and irregular trading
in the bond market. Minneapolis and
st. Louis refunding 4s dropped 1-2
points to % IL and the refunding IS
yielded 5-8.
other ordinarily active railroad
shares moved largely within narrow
fractional limits, one of the few out
standing changes being a gain of
point in Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chi
cago and st. Louis IS. series A.
Changes in the foreign group were
small and unimportant. U. S. Coy
eminent bonds held steady.
Most of the active public utilities
lost ground, New York Gas and Elec-
trio Light Heat and Power IS drop
ping 1 rs. In the industrial group,
Colorado industrial So lost a point
and Wilson and Company Z LIS
gained /.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
for putting the S-hour day into effect

for putting the Shour day into effect
in its mills. Declaration of the reg
ular quarterly dividend of $1.25 by
Bethlehem Steel set at rest rumors
that the dividend was in danger. the
stock gaining l point on the day.
Peoples Gas was heavy on reports
that the Illinois Commerce Com
mission had ordered the four large
public utility companies in the state
to put into effect new rates which will
materially lower their gross income.
Oils yielded moderately on announce
ment Of another cut in the price of
Gulf crude coincident with the re-
port of continued record breaking
production.
Call money held steady at per,
cent. Business in the time money
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~ ..
financial
NEW YORK MARKET
''s' Of the Days Dealings in All
Y inc Leading Stocks
As BUGGIES-

s ss York. July 2s-stock prices
kgulas inc, moved within narrow and
u Of units during the greater
eorth, 1oday's session. Quiet
lipss Ill. characterized the early
b reN WIN a number Of good gains
d anS sosaed in the steel, equip
harS automotive groups and by
n ~ coal carriers. Prices sag
nv .n as early afternoon, rallied
iour u In. tnen reacted again in the
hsse, WIN gains slightly exceed
aeavr ,aa decline was precipitated
sem -s snort selling of the north
imr.ts'ai ls, based on the recent
Mt mass developments in the
Aesirsssaset and the application for
St fn .aip Tor the Minneapolis
ts farmuals railroad. The growth
Avss, 'aer-labor movement in the
Hon ~ s as reflected in the recent
sates - Magnus Johnson as Unit
lie sr SENATOR from Minnesota
ssges hpected demands for high
hsvs. ~ the big brotherhoods
b sbs s aao a depressing effect on
abls - Despite the unusually
the co oune earnings statements
tasa eMSnunuation of record car
Asrn n Mo.thern Pacific and Great
oin.eierred each closed more
n s oelow>yesterday's final
aaiIsoo.ss ana activity of the Read
81 ssos mag Issues J, reflected specu-
Va accr,@ uon Of benefits that
sgreSatu;ss TO stockholders under
~ Tie fun plan recently approx
0on ad Iueral district court. The
neterrsSa l IL points and
aeel sbu ABOUT 2. Trading in
ag an ota was rather quiet
~. s. Sta Sial announcement on
Corporations plan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
LARD-Firm; middle west l1150

LARD-Firm; middle west 1115@
1925.
BUTTER-Firm: receipts 1s,716;
creamery higher than extras 42@A21;
creamery firsts. IS to d iV score. ssg4os:
EGGGS-Irregular; receipts 1886;
fresh gathered seconds and poorer al
924; New Jersey hennery whites local.
ly selected extras 40645; nearby hem
043.
POTATOEs-steady: Long Island
No. I barrel 425 10000; southern No. /
4oo9S2si No; . 15o9s0o.
white barrel 3000350: red 2500300.
The raw sugar market was easier and
prices were Lie cent lower to the basis
Of S s-16 cents for Cubas cost and
Reports Of more liberal offerings Of
Java sugars In the London market and
the easier tone in the spot market here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
Furnished Home and So Acres
Cows. Horse, Crops; Only $11oo

On good road, convenient VILLAGE ana
beautiful lake, prosperous neishoors;
dark loamy tillase, good pasture.
woodland. variety choice fruit: excel
lent Groom house on good ELEVATION
poultry house. Only $1100 ana II taxi
en- now woman owner includes cows.
horse, poultry. growing crops. furni-
ture, implements. tools. Details page
ais Illus. Catalog EargainsVrzaSnHy
AGENCY, 3s4-P Water ST.. Augusta.
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For Sale
My Residence
On Western Ave.

Car line, staAs road. mile fsoss CITY.
location OF thu best. 20 acres. : tillase.
Is wood. and pasture; s-roorn house
hardwood floors. electric lights tsfe-
phone. fne water supply In house.
piazxa, large stable. shed and poultry
trees, and shruhbery. fruit for home
use; will include some personal prop.
erty at low price and easy terms.
e. L. Worcester, western Ave, Al
Eusta, Me. Phone 31b-M.
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led to renewed Liquidation and trade
selling in the local raw sugar market
under which prices declined. Z was
also reported that both JAvas ana other
full duty sugars were being oMere9
prices were at the lowest and from 10
to Is points below the previous close.
Closing: September 4.s7, December
ass, March s.t2, May S,4S.
There were no changss IN rsn4ea su.
gar prices, who hare quoted at x.Sk 20
SIS for fine grAnulated. si
Refined sugar futures nominal. ,<
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New York Produce Market
by Beck

New York, July Is.
wHEAT-Spot easy: No. 2 red win
ter track New York domestic
1884; No. northern spring G + track
ter do. iisI; No. i Manitoba isa and
No. Q mixed durum 100.
CORN-Spot steady; No. 3 yellow
c New York rail 1854; No. 2 white
do. 1854 and No. mixed do. 1914.
OATS-Spot steady: No. Z white 81.
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Opportunity Is Knocking
AT Your Door

THE STATE FARM AGENCY holds
the keys for you to enter. Some OF ene
farm, city and store property. See
Photo. and description At our ONCE
y. =. WoScEsTE1, Augusta. IA.
Phone ASH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27

AGENTS BIo R1o1IEs sAIENnN
$50 to $40 daily selling and applying
GOLD TRANSFER LETTERS
$40 profit On $1.Do sale-stx letters %
ode doors Of automobiles, motorcycles,
toilet articles, store and once windows,
etc. Our Mr.. Saunders made 500 selling
and applying letters and 'emblems In ID
days. S1e5 profit on $500 OUTFIT. Send
money order today. MONOGRAM LET
TER CO., 1876 Market st., Newark, ". j..
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Pennsylvania gen. AS .........
Reading - .................
Southern Pacific CIV. As ........,
Southern Railway CIV. IS ........
Union Pacific Is ...............
U. S. Steel ref. IS .............
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New York Money Market

New York, July 26.
Call money firm; high. low. ruling
rate. closing bid and last loan, 8; Of
fered at 81.
Call loans against acceptances Al.
Time loans firm; mixed collateral 6Q-
80 days 5@54; As months Sob.
Drirpa com nercia1 M npr 6m54
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STANDARD SIN good mechanical
condition. A high priced car at your
own price. L. c. Ballard. Gardiner.
Tel 346-23.
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Auto Accessories

Air Gage Tubes-Paul Rubber Co.,
guaranteed: p: G. Metcalf. 116 Grove
st. Tel. 946-M.
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CLASSIFKD-DISPLAY
Men and Women

70 sell Q Household asosssity. XAsy
to sell with big pay. Room ., Puxsa.
ton Bldg., Augusta.
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Auto Trucks For Sale

FORD--Truck, alton; REQ speed wag-
on; both good condition. E. A. Nc
Cone, Riverside Drive. Tel. 1855.
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FINANCIAL
Business Opportunities

JUSTICES opportunities 81
DRY GOODS blished,
stock and truck. Good trade. Must
be sold at once. Reason for selling,
other business. c. c. Smell, IL Pine
ST.. Gardiner.
DRY GOODS BUSINESS-In city Of
Augusta; for further particulars
write Box Ell. care Journal.
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USED AUTO PARTS-Tires and tubes,
old cars bought for parts. Ripley Co.,
Augusta, Me.
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nc AID that tells is the ad that
U Read and use Classified Ads.
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Situations Wanted-FemaIe SO
PRACTICAL NURSE-With several
years experience. desires position
caring for invalid. Country preferred.
Write s Patterson St, Augusta
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Situations WantsdN-Male

YOUNG MAN-Experienced in book
keeping. desires position or similar
work. References. Box D-1. care
Journal
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Poultry and Supplies

POULTRY-Special. Get your fancy
fowl and broilers right from the farm.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Give US a
trial order. ]. Cookum. Tel. 1922.
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WOMAN-To do Homework. One man
and seven-year-old boy in family:
must be neat and quiet, about 35 or
40 years. Paul Paradis, Winthrop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27

lost somethingY Telephone a Loot
and Found ad now for tomorrow's
pApef,
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ESS-Experienced. wanted at
once at the Bingham Hotel, Bingham,
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Help Wanted-Male

DISQUALIFICATION Lunch, In
Water ST., City.
Evening star., 1923-01-07
NATI0NAL-George Whites
scandals"

George Whites Scandals" edition
of 1922, is to be shown at the National
Theater this week, commencing to-
morrow evening.
The incoming Scandals" is the
fourth consecutive production in a
series of revues established by Mr..
White in 1919. Buddy de Sylvia and
E. Ray Goetz supplied the lyrics for
the current production. The music is
by George Gershwin. and George
White, Andy Rice and w. c. Fields
are credited with the sketches and
dialogue.
The entire production, which is to
be given in two acts and twenty
scenes, has been staged by the youth
full actor manager, with q Formidable
cast of players In addition to Paui
Whiteman's Cafe de Paris (New York;
Orchestra, the entertainers will in
clude VIC. Fields, Lester Allen, the
Lightner Girls and Alexander, Pearl
Regay, Richard Bold, Charlie Wilkens,
the Argentine Dancers, the Temple
Quartet, olive Vaughn Myra Cullen
Edna May Reed, Peggy Dolan, Doro-
thy Fenron, Marion Courtney, Norma
Cloos. Sally, Long. Peggy Jones.
Adams. Virginia webb, Catherine
Chapman, George White and many
others. Pulchritude lis announced as
one OF the features OF this entertain
ment, in the form of an ensemble of
young beauties which is said to excel
'tany collection that has ever been
exhibited on any STAGE