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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Calumet Mardi Gras
Festival Brings Out
Gorgeous Costumes

y little bit Of tho New Orleans
M,rdi GraS was tranEplantcd Tuesday
evening to this city when the members
Of Tho Calumet, with their friends
staged real Mardi Gr,;. festival, WITH
many fcsiiv. costumes. decorations
about tile hall and N5-pi,cc orchestra
All dressed NJ for tho occasion.
About 20" members and guests were
present and n largo variety of costumes
wcrc to be seen. from the "Shiol>" down
through To tho Napolcan Bones-aparr.
clowns and policemen The prize for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Claim Harvard
Saved Football for
American Colleges

Cambridge Mass, Feb. 10 - The
part that Harvard played in prevent
ing soccer from becoming the foot
ball game Of American collcsians: the
lime when baseball was a game in
which the catcher. bloody and half
bundled. looked like a badly mauled
boxer; days when rowing was a dis
reputable college activity and the
development OF track athletics is an
outSroWth of rowing are recountcd in
The IL Book OF Harvard Athletics"
which was mad public today
The book. compiled by graduates
OF the college. who were specialists
IN their under2radua days and
since. contains statistical stories of
IIarNard's participation in the past
40 years in these sports. in hockey
and in lawn tennis. With i; arc
group photographs Of every Harvard
team. with only tive exceptions. The
changes in equipment and costume
are striking.
The stand which Harvard made
against the type of football being
played in 1873 by Columbia. Prince
ton, Rutgers and Yale is described by
Morton Prince. of this city, a member
of the class of 1873. Harvard, play
in;S a game under "HOSton rules re
semhling the football Of today. de-
Cllncd an invitation to attend {,
meeting of the Intercollegiate Foot =
ball Association. rendered by Yale,
because the other colleges insisted on
Il game of virtually all footwork. IF
Harvard had not refused to join the
association, it is highly improbable
that the modern game played today,
the American rugby. would ever have
evolved Mr.. Prince wrote. IN
stead an the universities. colleges and
schools today would be playing Asso =
citation rules. practically soccer
The ancient rivalry between IIar-
ward and Yale finally induced Il COM
promise that led to acceptance of the
Rugby rules. he added. Football at
Harvard is nearly 100 years old. Mr..
Prince said as Il result of his re-
searches The first IIarvard-Yale
game. according to a review written
by Martin l.. Cate. -, had total re-
cciptS of sos.
President Emcrctus Charles w.
Eliot contributes in his account of
"rowin. in the hftics" the statement
that 1T would never have occurred
to me To seek access to the Harvard
crew because ii was not a rcputahlc
thing to belong to that crew. Inc
boats in those days We're used. both
spring ana fall. as Il means OF bring :
ing home members of the crew. VINO
did not propose to return sober from
an evening in Boston" Boating was
the first organized sport at Harvard
he said The Harvard crew OF lA'A,
of which DR.. Eliot had become Il
member, wearing crimson handk"r-
chiefs bought ut Il store in Boston.
established crimson as the coll"&"
color. although the book brings out
The fact that for a time magenta was
substituted for it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Phi Delta Theta
Wins in Frat Series
Especial to Kcnnchcc Journal

Especial to KcnnchNc Journhl.)
Wateryillc. Feb. 1.,-In tho fast
est game Of basketball that has been
witnessed at all in the intcrmural
league at Colby College. the Phi Del
"a Theta fraternity team noscd out
lhe fast Delta Epsilon aggregation
IN the last ten seconds of play this
afternoon in the college gymnasium,
-o--b. The Phi Deltas won the game
Uh loul baskets shot by Captain
burke the flashy New jersey fresh
llan. VINO also scored Il majority of
,he baskets of the game and all but
iour u, OF his TEAMS points.
The summary:
P.D.T. u r.
burke Surke (captain). If .....lf. Royal
Grammar sn IF .....,rf. Lampher
SSHoqeemaker. &c. Keith (captain)
IT,, i;loicomo, ID ......... .lb, Beatty
''a."es' rb RIB. Y. Emery
ecore--Phi Delta Theta -. Delta
..pson ". Substitutions-Ha
n ,or sanahan. Shanahan for Iaines,
~. n,iier Tor Beatty. Referee. McDon-
Anu. Alpha Tau Omega: scorer. Nc
WMns,ef' Lambda CHI Alpha: timers.
nr.youy. Phi Delta Theta; Howard.
VIA Epsilon. Attendance-1OO.
y, 'ne Samo between tho Delta KAN
nil n;.,. epsilon five and the Non -Frater-
s SEGREGATION was called off until
%. .a'tr date as the Dckes could not
~ thelr team together In their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Lewiston Sends Well
Balanced Team to
Augusta Carnival

Lewiston. Feb. 13-I,ach Of tho four
Lewiston lads entered 10y the Lew
iSton Community Scrvic" III tn" Soy
cral ski events 1t thr Augusta car
niyal Saturday ere WORKING hard
each day of the week getting ready
Tor the big event The team VIII
leave with Mr. Wright Friday afl"r-
noon spending the afternoon in mac
tirc Wort, II Augusta.
The outfit consists Of Wallace
Lowell and Lcnard Collins OF the
Lewiston High school. Roland BY
ron and Irving Watson of the local
Grammar school. 1t is wCll balauccd
for each member has demonstrated
his ability.
Lowell is probably tho best ski
Jumper for his age in the city. lie
has Il record OF IS feet on the Bates
ski jump. Lowell shows perfect conn
in all his jumps and this will count
mach in the events at -HuSpsta.
Young Byron 10 wears of age looks
to be about 2 years old. The little
fellow has record jump of 81 :cct
in door weather conditions. The 10y
shows perfect form under all condl-
tions and will he II sure stunt Win
nCr at the Augusta Carnival, Sltur-
DAY.
Watson and Collins arc also com
ing along we'll and form the other
half OF "A we'll balanced team. Lptell
and Collins will also represent Low
iston in all the other amateur events
such as ski running, etc. Both arc
in the High school events and after
the big cup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14

lieutenant F. w. Wiseman- Clarke.
Trenton, N. j., Feb. 13.-Wiufam
L. Battle, 19-year-old Negro, OF Or
angc, convicted of the Staying OF Mrs.
Eleanor L. Brigham at East Orange,
December q, last, was put to death
in the electric chair at the state
prison here tonight.
Lansford, Pa, Feb. 13.-Fourteen
hundred men went on strike today
at the Kaska Williams Colliery or
the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Com
pany as a result of dispute over
wage and mining conditions. APP
proximately $500 men at the other
fourteen collerics Of the company
walked GU. yesterday for the same
reason.
The daily. average production of the
company is about $4,000 tons.
Ada, Okla, Feb. 13.-(By A. P)-
Charges that former Governor j.
Z. A. Robertson. Oklahoma, accepted
part of a $4,000 bride to permit
failing state bank at Okmulgee to
operate were dismissed in district
court here late today.
New Haven Conn-Graduate courses
in law will be given in 1924 in the cur
riculum of the Yale summer school OF
law, it was announced TO-DAY. IneSc
will be open to teachers of law who
wish to take courses leading to higher
law degrees.
New Haven. Conn.-John Milton
Berdan, an assistant professor in Eng
lish in Yale College, has been promot-
ed to a full professorship. 1t was an
nourccd from the Office of the uriversi-
ty secretary today. Professor Berdan
was graduated from Yale in 1898. He
was made an assistant professor in
1908.
Lexington. Ky,-Warren Middle
ton of Paducah, KY, freshman at
the University of Kentucky, charged
with murder in connection with the
Staying of John N. Self, night watch
man at the University, was said to-
day to have an even chance to re-
cover from two pistol bullet wounds
received in the exchange of shots
on the campus Saturday night.
Washington-The Fulmer bill pro-
posing to. make the use of official
government cotton standards manda-
tory in both interstate and foreign
commerce was ordered favorably re-
ported today by the House agricul-
ture committees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Drifting Shows Delay
Electric Cars But
Service Maintained

About five inches of snow fell yes
tcrday morning between 5 o'clock and
5 O'Clock and caused n genuine sur
prise to the majority of citizens. The
snow was light ard was blown about
considerably by the high wind. Tho
street department kept after the main
streets and the sidcwa ks and had roads
Woli cleaned last night. The electric
cars between this city and Gardiner
maintained their schedule but cars
were off schedule on the Lewiston, Win
throp and Watcrvillc runs The Win
lhf"p cars were tied up for time
carly IN the afternoon but traits was
resumed although the cars did not run
on schedule time. Cars on the Water
Viii" line were running about 40 min
Nt'S iat" while one trip to Lewiston
was dropped off The high winds in the
country districts packed the snow
tightly into the high cuts and made
the work rather difficult. Supcrintcn-
gent Bowie was further hamp.rcd by
the absence of eight men due to sick
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14

! was next brought into play. the
Brooklyn giant placing it on his
shoulders and with two men SWING
ing from il swung about the stage.
His feature stunt was to lift a
piano, the bar bells and four men
with his feet and arms while lying
on his back. He seemed to have
, difficulty i'm starting the lift but fin
ally got al! four corners off the floor
at the same time and he WAS given
rousing hand by the crowd.
Gagnon's Ten Lifts
Mr.. Gagnon's first lift was with
one finger and it Melted him 194
pounds, five men being used in the
lift. Gagnon's apparatus worked like
charm and so more men were ad-
ded. With one hand he lifted III
pounds and with hand and knee in
creased the lift to 1915 pounds. With
two hands and knee lift. the platform
swung free with 2l95 pounds. John
dropped off a few men and lifted 1917
pounds with his neck. But he piled
i them ali on again and took on sew
, eral more with his harness lift in
which he used the logs alone. prying
up o6S3 pounds. John then tried his
teeth and found them good for 627
! pounds.
| With his arm above his head he
! lifted .G24 pounds and with two arms
un. increased the amount to 12lS.
Then came Johns great forte, his
! back lift and he decided to lift over
two tons. He did the platform
/ stirring ut both ends with 4170
pounds on board. 1t was wonder
, full lift and brought the crowd to its
feet with Il cheer and grew in vol
ume rs Mr.. McDonouch announced
the total weight lifted.
TO, show that the lifts of Mr.. Gag
non were genuine, he held up the
platform for three seconds in all but
the beck lift when the people had to
take the word OF the judges on the
stare.
after the match. MIR. Gagnon an
anyone, anywhere and at any time
in contest Of strength, any lifts to
,, be included.
The Horse Pull
At Il O'Clock yesterday Mr. Travis
gave 4 free exhibition at Market
square. forming 4 human link be-
tween two pairs OF horses which were
pulling in opposite directions. y
large NUMBER were present, music
being furnished with 4 hand organ
hy Gladys Madore and Florence Will
son and the young ladies in their
Winter Sports costumes, proved an
added attraction. AS a preliminary
number. Mr.. Travis tore up seven
magazines and then with &. A. Beane
and Charles II. Ware driving their
two horses. tried to pull Mr.. Travis
1,,,t hot hat
impossible the horses Raging first
one way and then another but all the
time Mr.. Travis maintained his grip
and held the teams together. At the
close of the contest, II. w. Bailey.
owner of the horses. stated that the
close of the pull that the teams
could pull 1900 bricks up Bridge hill
or any day when the footing was
decent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
VILLA HANDS K, 0,
TO FRANKIE MASON
IN TITLE MATCH

hoston, Feb. 13-Pancho Villa.
Filipino fighter tonight defended his
'itle as American fyweight boxing
champion against frankie Mason of
Fort Wayne. Ind. former holder.
villa knocked out Mason in the fifth
round.
Except for short storm which
MASON forced on him in the fourth
round. MA was Il little brown mas
Ter throughout. The Hoosicr had by
iar the worst Of the first three
rounds and the fourth was going
asS,lnst him. when he sent home sew
efat rights to the body to gain fourth
round honors. The sting from these
proved Il spur TO Villas mastery.
Inc NTH round was only few sec
onds along when he jolted Mason
with right to the head and caught
nm short with a stiff left
Mason WAS down sprawlinE in his
own corner. hut came UP after a
count of nine. The champion was on
him with both hands and swinging
hard to head and body sent Mason
against the ropes and to the floor
under rain of blows.
The llooSier was same and tried
to rise. but was unequal to it and
fell back.
Villa, like 4 little brown Dresden
doll. stepped back to his place,
smoothed down his oiled hair. then
went forward to shake hands with
his defeated opponent, himself a for
mer champion in thiss mallest of ac-
trally contested boxing classes.
1t was announced that Villa
weighed III pounds. Mason 10.
Round Three-The little Filipino
rushed his man from the start and
peppered him from both sides for Il
moment or two. Mason. shooting in
a left jab. slowed it up a bit. but
Villa was on him again and cut the
lIoosier's mouth with n riGht upper
cut. Consecutive rights to the head
had Mason unsteady ut the close.
Villas round.
Round Four-After Mason tried to
force things Villa cut in and let loose
Il short shower of blows. Mason.
however, got in three heavy rights
and forced the champion to the
ropes.
Fighting back Villa resained con-
troll and sent Mason slipping to his
knees. Masons round.
Round Five-The men had eX
changed n light blow or two when
Villa sent Mason spinning with n
right from the shoulder. Mason was
dropping when Pancho punched him
with a left. He went down for nine
seconds. came up and under Il ser
les of blows which forced him
against the ropes. this time for good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Labor Commissioners
Efforts Fruitless in
Ludlow Mill Strike

Ludlow, Mass, Feb. 13-Efforts Of
Agent +. NJ. knight of the state de-
partment of labor and industry to
effect a settlement of the strike of
carders of the Ludlow Manufacturing
Associates, appeared fruitless today
when at a meeting in which he ad-
dressed them they held out for a
wage increase of ten per cent and
refused to return to work pending
arbitration. The meeting was at
tended by some 200, though only
about so carders were included in
the strike a week ago which has
since caused shutdown of the en-
tire plant throwing nearly 1000 en-
ployes out of work. Many Poles at
tended tOdays meeting while the
original strikers were nearly all Por-
tugcse. Mr.. Knight said he would
recommend a state investigation Of
labor conditions so far as they affect
the strikers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14

state, and that with the exception of
Sanford the ratio is many times
larger than in other cities. was shown
by statistics given Tuesday evening
at the y. NJ. &. \. ASSEMBLY, hall be-
fore tic Augusta Lcagl" of Women
Voters by Roscoe \. Eddy, commits
sioncr of labor
According to the figures given by
Mr.. Eddy. there arc 81 children work
ing in this city. with is Il ratio of
one child to each 81 adults in manu-
featuring and mechanical concerns,
while the city approaching the near
est to this ratio is Sanford with 40
children and ratio of 1 to IS. The
ratio Of Auburn is l to 1864, with
but six children working.
The Child labor law states that no
child under the age of Is shall be
employed for hire while the schools
of the city or town in which the
child resides are in session, and that
no child under the age OF IA shall be
employed in any manufacturing or
mechanical establishments at any
time. Children between the age Of
is and 1G who have passed the first
six grades of tho elementary schools
or who have that equivalent in edu-
cation may be granted work permits
upon tue VIC piopSi
certificate of birth.
The last amendment to this law
was in 1919. changing tho minimum
age at which work permits may be
granted. from IA to Is years. On
January I, 1919. before this amend
ment was enacted the number of
children under 16 employed in this
state were 1850, and one year later
this number had been reduced TO
429.
After giving short history of the
workmens compensation act from
the first law of that sort which was
held valid in 1911, through to the
present time when all but five states
have laws Of this nature. Mr. Eddy
said that in his opinion the state OF
Maine has a first class workmens
compensation act although there are
a few amendments that should and
probably will me made during the
present term Of legislature. He told
of the benefits of the law, whereby
a workman may receive from Sc TO
SIG as weekly compensation, maxi
mum Of $4,000 in case of death, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
High and Prep
School Tourney
AtU. of NJ, Mar. $40

The third annual intCrschollStic
basketball tourney OF the University
Of Maine will be held on March s, 9,
and 10. The tourney will consist of
two ons-prCparatory and nigh
schools and will take in schools from
the counties of Washington. Hancock.
Kennebec. .Noostook. PcnobEcot, tiS-
cataQuis. Somerset and Waldo. Eight
teams will be selected. one from Cach
county if possible. the doubt being
that SOME one county may not have
school team sufficiently st"onS to
compete in the tourney.
All applications for admission to
the tourney must be in the hands Of
the L. Of NJ. committee not later tnan
March >. All protests on account OF
eligibility should be made to j. w.
Taylor. secretary Of the PRINCIPALS
association not later than March !.
Central BOARD officials will have
charge of the tourney and suitable
prizes will be awarded. Members of
the visiting teams will be entertained
at the different fraternity houses, but
must bear their own travelling OK
penSeS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Committee Plans Legion
Night For Feb. q

AT meeting of the social commit
tee of the Augusta y. NJ. c. A, Of
which Lewis 4. Burlcigh Jr is chair
man. and Harr? Barney. commard der
OF the Local American Legion Post,
arrangements were talked over for
an American Legion night to be held
Feb. -. at the Y. NJ. G. A.
At this time the building will be
TUNED over to the members Of the
American Legion as it was recently
TO the employees of 1.-THE Gannett
Publishing company. and all of the
facilities of the "Y" will be utilized
by the American Legion boys. Fur
ther plans for the evening are to be
made later.
The social committee also hopes
to hold a Legislative night at the
building at which all members OF the
Legislature would be present TO on
JOY the privileges of the building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14

The lifting Of 1850 pounds in ten
lifts by John Gagnon of this city and
the acceptance by him Of an in
Vltation from Warren Lincoln Travis
of Brooklyn to meet him in com
petition, the contest to be aged I'M
der recognized lifting rules, were the
high lights of the exhibition of the
two strong mon held last night at
City Hall and from expressions
throughout the house, the audience
OF nearly thousand were more than
satisfied with the performances and
the majority came away with the
opinion that tho Augusta man was
the stronger OF the two. \ number
of women We're in the audience and
they appeared to enjoy the program
10 the utmost.
MI of Mr.. GaGnon'S lifts We're done
with live weight ana rs John Me
DonouCh. directing the program,
called for moro men and still more
mon. the audience applaudcd and APP
plaudcd as they realized that they
were Witnessing their own towns
man creep up to and then beat the
best published record OF Mr. Travis,
who according to the record looks
had lifted Il total Of 1890 pounl Is in
ten lifts. And when John. after sew
cral TINS. forced up the long plat
1oim. holding % men with total
weight Of il10 pounds. they ro..c in
tfcir seats and cncCrcd him heartily.
Mr.. Travis was the only man who
took exceptions to Nh McDonoErh's
announcement that Ga@nOn'S total
lift of 1850 pounds was the "cst
ever made and after claiming that
he had lifted over o0,0oo pounds
previously and that there were six
records all over that weight. an
nounccd that TO settle the argument.
he was willing to meet Mi. Ga-non
III Il competitive match under rc.oG-
nizcd rules if the people wanted to
see them fight it out to a decision.
The people allowed that they cid and
Mr. Ga@non stated that he was per-
iccIy "ilin" 10 enter the cont st.
Travis Handles Bar Bells
Several selections hy Douglas or
chCStra opened tho program as tic
crowds began to gather in the hall.
Mir. MCDonough. after announcing
that it had been impossible to ar
rcnsc a contest because of the dis
similarity of the lifts of the two men,
introduced Mr.. Travis as the stiung-
est man in tho world who in hi, IN
troductory remarks declared that the
reason that the number of strong
men are limited is because people
are not mentally interested i'll their
physical condition and that a Comb-
nation of the two is necessary if
everyone was to he at the highest
point OF efficiency for lin circulation
is life. in stagnation, death"
The strength of one finger was
demonstrated in holding UP Il New
York Telephone directory and then
tearing the book in two. Taking Il
bar bell Weighing about 80 poun,.S
he easily swung it over his head and
then lying OF his back. raised it over
his head and supporting two men
on the bar at the same time. the total
weight being about 500 pounds. A
larger bar bell. weighing 800 pounds