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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-16
THE PARADE
Continued from Page One)

street, The line countermarched at
Bridge street and proceeded back up
Water street and Rines Hill to
Grove street to State street, where
halt was made for the marchers to
don their skis and snowshoes. The
column then proceeded to the State
where the coronation cere-
mony occurred.
Company +, 103rd Infantry, under
the command of Captain Raymond
w. Swift. and Headquarters Com
pany. seth Infantry Brigade Head
quarters. Captain Lester NJ. Hart,
commanding. acted as the official es
cort and were followed by Ma jOr
Keith Ryan. jester of the Court of
the King of Health and JOllity. King
William and Queen Katherine were
seated on the sleigh brought from
Switzerland and over 300 years old.
The sleigh was drawn by a tandem
in regal dress, part of which was the
SlciShbell harness. a unique accout-
rcment, used by the Swiss, the bells
being of varied sizes and the music
very beautiful. The gentlemen of the
court walked beiide the royal sleigh
and the ladies of the court followed
in an old fashioned sleigh.
IolioWlliS INC TtNdl party Was tHc
James Fitzgerald Post, American Lc-
gion. H. .. Rarncy commanding. The
members of Cony High school, led by
rincipal Clarence =. Quimby, were
dressed in sport costumes and carried
skis and snowshoes. while a number
Of boys formed a human dog team.
hauling a tobogGan with two fair
madcns as their load. The Dirigo Ski
Club, commanded by Norman Mansur.
their Banner flung to the winds. with
the members bearing their skis, fol-
lowed. ST. Mary's Parochial school,
Rev. Joseph X. MCGOWAN commando
ing, St. Augustin's parochal school,
and the city grammar schools, led by
Supt. Fred w. Burrll. were next in
line. tho banners won in last Saturday S
meet being carried by the schools. The
hurd. gurdy, drawn by Bailcy's team
and played by Community Club girls
in costume furnished music for the
marchers of this section.
Tho Augusta Y. NJ. c. A.. commanded
by Thomas Smith. had gymna stun
mat and apparatus on pune ana their
column included tho repre- scntativcs of
tho various preparatory and high
schools that are to compete in tho prep
scho meet this morning. The Rota-
rian and Kiwanian rope-pullinS teams,
in costumes of white. commanded by
Nj. J.. Gilman and George ElliEWoot.
respectively. were supported by the
members of the clubs. With the Rota-
rams marched Warren Lincoln Travis,
the strongest man in the world. while
John Gagnon, Augustus strongest man
and claimant of the worlds champion
ship. marched with the KiwaniS team.
The employees of the Gannett Pub
fishing 60. were dressed in Indian and
sport costumes that We're unique and
very extraordinary. This section was
led 10y Guy +. Gannctt and Fred x.
Lord and attracted a great deal of at
tcntion. TIL" Central Maine Girls Club
and tho Augusta Girls Community
Club dressed in their uniforms of
white sweaters and cap: and carrying
Skis and shoes. also made a pretty APP
pcarancc. The rear of the column was
occupied by automobiles and citizens
Oh foot, and everyone followed the line
Of march to the State House to OBJ
serve the coronation ceremony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-16
French Mission to
London Finds Many
Difficulties in Way

London. Feb. IS. G4y A. Po-Whcn
NJ lie Trocuucr. the French minis
ter of public works, and Genera
Palot, of the French general staff
came to London relative to the Ruin
difficulties, they expected to conclude
their business in single day. and
lad arranged TO return to Paris i'm
mcdiately. But affairs are not COINS
smoothly, the negotiations between
the rcp1 csentatives of France and the
British cabint ministers being ad-
iourned until tomorrow.
1t appears that the French are not
asking the ccssion of any territory.
but desire tho privilege of running
trains on the main lines in and out
of Cologne. which the British are dis
inclined to grant. Tho difficulty
with the British government is its
reluctance to take amp step seeming
to countenance French action in the
Rllhr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-16
|Coburn Hockey Team
Schedules Two Games
for This Weekend
Especial to Kenncbec Journal ,

| especial to kenncbec Journal,
| WaterNille. Feb. 1J-The Coburn
hoNs are to have another busy week
end again this week, according tn
the schedule of games and other
| athletic events to be run off. The
girls team had but one game book :
! ca Tor the weekend with Wipslow
put this was cancelled Yesterday
| afternoon.
Inc Maroon basketecrs will stack
i tnelr wares up against two hard
rivals the University OF Maine
.reshrien at Orono tonight and the
last M"ttawamkeag Academy ag-
S.osatioi IN Mattawamkeag on Sat
uruaN night. The team under the
! charge of Coach Haines will leave
Waterrillc this noon at is for
orono and then on to Mattawam-
! keaS IN the morning They will re-
turn sunday afternoon. The Maine
earrings are expected to nut up q
not hight as they have a fast and
aggressive quintet.
,, inc hockey seXtctte leaves for the
capitol City on the S.J7 train TO-
morrow morning. In Augusta. the
Maroon aggregation will face the
last CohN hockey birds in one of the
events OF the Augusta Winter Car
nNal. Should the Maroon come
through with a win, they will stack
up AGAINST the winter of the West
brook Hebron ice game for the car
!liNai prep school championship of
the State.
CoDurn will be well represented
by tour good men in the winter
sports events and give promise of :,
good showing before the carnival
crowd. Wescott, the Coburn wizard
OF the Waterville carnival. will pilot
me Maroon quartet and with Hardy
wilcox and Flemming. will enter
several of the prep school events
ne Win1cr sports team also leaves
on the S.'1 train tomorrow morn
ing. NV -
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Asserts Sydney Steel
Strike Is Workers
Campaign Reaction

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 1.-THE steel
strike in Sydney is part of the cam
paign of the workers party of Canada
to handicap the steel industry of Nova
Scotia, James Murdoch. minister of ia
Dor. declared in the House of Commons
today.
He said a very serious situation had
been brought about by the Workers
rarty, which he described as being. to
all intents and purposes. the Commun-
list Party of Canada. with the same
program as the Communists now in
control in Russia.
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German Currency
Weighs Down
'Ruhr Visitors

Cologne, Jan. %. (MaiD-rne
tremendous depreciation of the mark
to a point little above the level oe the
Austrian crown and the Russian
ruble. besides creating a boom in the
business of hand valises and small
satchels. has caused several anlcs-
ing incidents in banks and money
brokers Offices
1t is a common sight in Cologne
and cities in the Ruhr to see
foreigners, Americans, British or
French, emerge from the banks bear
ing huge packages of bills loosely
wrapped up in newspapers. A pa,ty
OF French correspondents came TO
Cologne from Essen the other day to
change some French paper money.
They were all millionaries when they
returned to the Ruhr in the evening.
They had changed one thousand
francs each.
A British soldier walked I'D to the
CASHIERS wicket and presented a
check. drawn on a London bank. The
check was duly accepted. endorsed
and perfectly in order The cashier
gasped as ne looked at it. 2tle
For a long time the bank cmp.oye
scrubbed figures on sheet of paper,
looking upon the Tommy with in
creasing malevolence. He had a sus-
picion the soldier wanted to havc a
little fun with him.
Finally. the German cashier threw
away>his pen in disgust. began lu,n-
maging through his cash drawer and
after few minutes handed the
Tommy the amount of tile check. A
few bystanders who had, appeared
much interested in the proceedings
snickered audibly at the British
soldier. who left without exu,tlng.
The joke was&on him.
The German cashier had passed
out two English copper pennies. l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-16
Pennant for Public
Links Golf Champion

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE golf
Players who wins Tho national puiiic
links tournament here June 2G-2) will
flown over his home course for one
year.
Under direction of Lieut.. Col. {. O..
Sheriff., in charge OF government
public buildings and grounds = lot
Of work has been done on the local
course this winter. About three
hundred players are expected to
register with the United States Golf
Association for the play.
Local fans look to a half dozen
Players to keep the pcnnai.t in
Washington. This half dozen is from
i've to eight strokes ahead of the
lied here. Charles A@new. who won
the local championship last Year
and represented The course at the
Toledo tourney, has been getting in
Two and three days Il week at tho
local course but play Oh the green's
mas been under the ban.
George Eoight. who was the rfln-
heF up at the Columbia Country club
play for the District championship
last Fall, Is one Of :hc players picked
U! many to lead the .cam that
Will represent the nations capital.
~ BIZ Mcclure. The long distance
ni'ter OF the course many turn IN
rNhng team mate for A2new and
.olsht. Mcclure has driven the
Onward No. l hole at the course and
SENDS the bah for 2GO Yards With i
soou zeal of regularity. His snort
same around the greens has been off
saa because of the open winter here
nv ~ mas been able to work out at the
.oumbla Country Club several
."lles week. He has been paying
palucuiar attention to his approach
s sa.,'e ms winter and hopes to be
ISM up there when the qualification
SVofes are counted.
psdniotd. DEstcs. 81 esnahan and
, m,vohs are other players who stand
o oau over the rest of the hundreds who
noNu the local course. In this
cup are players VINO will have it
,oa the visitors to the extent they
NV NV peen playing the course now for
uliee Years.
on ane event promises to be the most
nsu un sort OF proposition since the
how Spapers printed the statement
an ;e mat Eddie Held of st. Louis
IN ~. A'nach Of Boston would not be
Ono we :. his national event this year.
and ma ~. Inc report said. had turned pro
clnh , ne other had joined a private
linn u mus barring MIN from public
ljnl u honor of the national public
conS S Journey being awarded to the
foot ts y, OF the u. S. G. A. a sixty
ths nag nag pole has been erected near
hous nome green in front of the club
bio oy Col. Sheriff.. On this a
Hem ' eTn flag vas raised by Col
Who ma. May and Maj. Edward Riggs
Wasbin .alled the first golf clup in
aso "' n more than thirty years
penn.n neneath this flag will fly the
prod"an 10 go to the links that
June 'eS the best golf player next
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Arlington Station
to Broadcast News
Cf Markets to Farmers

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE powerful
Arlington radio station of the navy
today took up the broadcasting by ra-
diophone of livcst ock. fruit. Veg"tabio,
grain and weather reports. Inc re-
ports are read direct from the govern
mont offices Ly means of distant con-
troll. and officials said they could be
casily pickcd ND within radius of 500
miles from Washington.
The budget of news. which is va u-
able to farmers and other producers. to
retailers and wholesalers Newspapers
and the general public, will hc sent
daily except Sunday.
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Woman Representative
Wins Her Point in
Bay State House

Boston. Feb. 1J.-Thc voice of q
woman lawmaker on he floor of the
House of Representatives was heard
today fer the first time in the history
of Massachusetts. She got what she
wanted
Miss NJ. Sylvia Donaldson of Brock
ton. one Of the two women representa-
flVcs OF the state, was the speaker and
her plea was that the expression "tru-
ant officer" be retained in bill for the
reason that the word officer carried
more weight with the children than the
proposed change to supervisor of at
tendance
The House by an almost unanimous
vote refused to order the bill to a
third reading.
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No Hold0uts Will
Go with n. Y. Yankees
on Spring Training

New York, Feb. 1.-THE New York
National League Baseball club to-
DIV announced that with three eX-
cepiions. no unsigned players would
he pcrmitted either at the preiimi =
rary training camp at Marlin, Ten.
or at its main camp ut San Antonio,
Tex The exceptions are George
Kelly, Emil Meuscl and Charles
s,engel. who took part in the mid
winter tour to the Orient.
With the club ready for its train
ing season, the majority OF the re@u-
lar members of the champion Giants
remain unsigned. Players who have
not signed up yet are: Catchers.
Snyder and Smith pitchers, Nehf.
Scott, J. Barnes. V. Barnes. and
Bentley; infelders, Kelly. Bancroft
and Rawlings and outtielderS, STEM
gel and Meusel.
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Polish Officials
Occupy Lithuania

Wilma. Fob. 13.-(By 4. PD--The
Polish authorities have begun 10 take
possession of the neutral zone allotted
to Poland.
Polish frontier guards have c!ashcd
| with huanian.franctirour s near Pus-
karnia. There was considerable shoot
ing, in the course of which one Off
Ger and two soldiers were wounded
Polish guards occupied tho village of
pusllarnia.
Lithuanian frontier guards have
blown up bridge near Woitowo and
destroyed >the railroad tracks near
Orany.
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Details of Proposed
Reorganization of
Departments Reported

Washington. Feb. 1J.-D, tails of tho
propose reorganization of the govern
mcnt departments AS worked cut by
Walter r Brown Of Ohio. eN-oflicio
chairman of the joint congressional
committee appointed to consider tho
subject in consultation with some cab
met lIcmbevS and other officials. and
recently approved by President Hard
ing. were forwarded to tho joint com
mittre today. At meeting tomorrow
the committee is expected to take m
the proposals and at least use them as
a basis for further study.
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Sikh Will Issue
Challenge for the
French Championship

Paris, Feb. 15-Battling Sikh is
making ambitious plans. M. Brouil-
net, his manager, tells LAuto that
after the Senegalese's bout with Nc
llgue. American middleweight. in
Dublin, on March u. he will issue
Il challenge for the light heavyweight
championship of France and then
VIII seek to take on Marcel Mills.
French heavyweight champion.
Brouilhet says that Sikh will go to
America in May to fight Il man who
has not yet been selected. After that
bout he hopes to meet Carpenter,
Greb and Jack Dempsey.
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Speed Motor Boat
Destroyed by Fire

New Orleans, Feb. 15--"Miss
Terre Hautc," speedy motor boat
owned by +. II. Casebeer of Terrc
,, Haute, Ind, burst into flames late
today while running against time in
the new basin canal here. Back fire
from the motor isnited gasoline. The
craft was headed into shallow water
and sunk. None Of the crew was
injured. She was being driven by
her owner.
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Food Situation in
Occupied Ruhr Is
Causing ANXIETY

Essen. Feb 1J.-(By A. P.3-Gencral
Fourier. French commander. notified
Lord Mayor Luther today that the oc-
cupa ton forces had been authorized to
serve themselves in public houses and
shops if the proprietors refused to
serve them. and that any establish
mems where service is refused will be
closed.
Another of Essen's leading daily
newspapers, the Esscner Allgemeine
Zetung. has been forbidden to publish
for fortnight.
Reports from other parts of the oc-
cupied area INDICATE that the military
occupation of the mines is being re-
sumed and further arrests made.
1t is announced from Reckinghauscn,
where are also imprisoned Gelscnkir-
chen's lord mayor vice lord mayor. di-
rector of the Reichsbanl,. the chief of
police and one mayor of police.
Brussels Feb. 15.-(By A. PA
plan for the Great ion of new money for
use in the occupied territories of Ger
many has been completed by French
and Belgian experts. The scheme will
he submitted next week to Premier
sPoincare and Finance Minister lie Las
tcyrc of France. and Premier Theunis
Of Belgium. who will take definite
decision upon it.
dusseldorf. Feb. 15.-(Hy A. P)-
The threatened food scarcity and con-
stantly increasing prices of necessa-
iics arc causing anxiety to both French
and German officials in the Ruhr, due
10 disrupted transportation.
Essen and Ducsscldorf, it is estimat-
cd. have food supplies on hand for 10
days. The French assert that transport
tation is showing steady Improvement
and point out that on Wednesday 203
passenger trains. some of them carry
ing provisions entered the Ruhr, while
o07 departed.
A company of French infantry with
machine guns occupied the Essel city
hall today. simultaneously with the
declaration of 24-hour general strike
against tho recent arrests. The street
cars and electrical plants continue to
function.
Trouble is again brewing at Gelsen.
kirchen. where feeling is running high
against the occupying forces. A French
officer was attacked in the street and
beaten by mob but was finally res
cued. Tho French made several ar
rests. Many officials continue to ig-
more the ORDERS OF the FRENCH. and one
of them. the burgomaster of Blanken-
stein. has been sentenced to one
months Imprisonment.
CoblcnZ. Feb. 15.-Twenty-siX Rhine
land officials. including the burgomas-
ter of Wicsbaden. have been expelled
for disobeying the French authorities.
The officials will be sent into unoccu-
pied Germany.
Seven students of the Bonn Univsrsi-
ty who participated in the reception
when Fritz Thyssen passed through
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Boston A. A. Wins
Over New Haven Six

BOSTON. Feb. 15-Boston Athletic
Association hockey team defeated
New Haven in Il fast game tonight. 3
TO ;. The game was a replay of the
!. :. A. II. a. contest scheduled for
JANUARY n. when the New Haven
cup tailed to appear and was drop
ped from the League In consequence.
The Il. y. \. club leads the eastern
Whcl Of the League. with an un-
broken record of victories for the
season.
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Beckett and Smith
Sign for 2O-ROund Go

London, Feb. 15-.Toe Beckett and
Dick Smith, The heavyweight fight :
ers, have signed Il contract to meet
III 2o-round bout May Il. The
men were to have fought next Mon
uaN nicht. but the bout WAS post
poned in consequence of an injury to
EeCkett'S left hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-16

Los Angeles-The 100000 suit
brought against Herbert Rawlfnson by
Mrs. Ethel E. Clark on behalf of her
daughter Dorothy. has been settled out
OF court, according to Mrs. Clark,
There will be no trial of the case"
she announced today. Mr.. Rawlinson
las made settlement on my daugh-
ter. TINS settlement. she explained,
would secure the dancer. now II. $50 4
week until she reached the age OF al
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Destroyer Rammed
in Battle Practice

Norfolk. Va. Feb. 15-The des-
troycr Farquhar was rammed by a
battleship while engaged in battle
practice off Panama at noon today,
according to a wireless message re-
ccived at the naval station here. The
lport said the destroyer was in a
sinking condition and was being con-
voycd by the L. s. s. Arctic.
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE Navy
Department has been notified that
the destroyer .Farquhar was rammed
YESTERDAY by another ship off Pana-
ma. The message which gave no in
dication as to the extent of damage,
said tho L. :. s. Arctic had taken
the craft in tow.
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Union Hill Passion
Play as Usual Saturday

Union Hill, n. j.. Feb. 15-The
Union Hill passion play will be pro-
duced Saturday afternoon, as usual,
according to Rev. Joseph Grief, pas
tor of the Holy Family Church here,
after he had been fined 81 by Record
err Hauenstein in the Union Hill po-
lie court today on 4 charge of vio-
lating the vice ami immortality acts
by giving a preseEe alton of the play
last Sunday.
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Recommend Abolishing
Wisconsin National
Guard And Naval Militia

Madison. Wis. Feb. 1.-THE state
affairs committee of the lower house
of the Legislature late today voted s
to to recommend for passage a bill
abolishing the National Guard and the
naval militia in Wisconsin. The meas
ure was submitted by Assemblyman
John 'olakOwski. Milwaukee, Socialist.
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Oxford Rifemen
Make Team Score TIA

Oxford. Eng, Feb. 15-(By y. P.)-
Five Oxford rihemen made Il team
score of IA today in competition
with several American college teams,
including Yale. Colgate. Iowa state.
Boston University and Pennsylvania
which are shooting today on their
own ranges. The event is in con-
tnuaton of the International inter-
collegiate target matches iraugurlted
last year, when Yale was victorious.
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Railway Declares Dividend

Officers and directors were re-
elected at the annual meeting Of the
Bangor Railway and Electric Com
pany and subsidiary corporations
Tuesday. A dividend of II percent
was declared on preferred stock.
payable April /. to stockholders Of
record of March 10. Phifer Smith.
vice president, only officer not re-
elected. has taken position in
Pennsylvania. Officers are: Edward
NJ. Graham, president: Herbert l..
Clark. Philadelphia. vic president:
Howard Corning, treasurer and
clerk; Eugene NJ. Dole, assistant
treasurer and clerk: Mr.. Graham
also is chairman of tho executive
committee. Directors are: Frederick
TT. Appleton, Albert F.. Bass. Herbert
J.. Clark. A. I.angdon Freese. Edward
M. Graham, Charles ID. Stanford
and ]. Norman Towle.
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Committee Reports
Andrews Bill on
Session of Congress

Washington, Feb. 15.-Thc House
committee on election of president
vice president and representatives to
Congress. today reported the Andrews
bill providing that sessions OF Con-
crcss shall begin on the first Monday
after March 4. and the Kline rcsolu'
ton proposing constitutional amend
ment to lengthen the term of repre-
. sentatives to four years.
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Offer Reward for
Delivery of Buyer
Missing with Funds

New York, Feb. 1j.-An intcrnation-
al detective agency tonight broadcast
announcements that it had been au-
thorizcd To offer $1,000 reward for the
delivery dead or alive" of Mortimer
T.. I.autman. buyer for a rittshurg de-
partmcnt store. who disappeared short
~ after registering at a New York ho-
tel last January -. The missing man
had $4,000 on his person.
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Twenty-F0ur Hour /.
Strike Protest Essen

Essen. Fob. 15.-By a. P0-Al the
municipal officials of Essen decided to
suspend work for "a hours in a pro-
test strike against the arrest of the
lord mayor. Schaefer. For tho same
reason the schools closed their doors
and shops also ceased business for sew
cral hours.
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FOurnier Will Retire
Rather Than Go to
the Brooklyn Team

-. Louis. Mo-, Feb. 15--Jack Four
l''er' 81: Louis Cardinal first base
n'Ii' VINO was traded to BROOKLYN
.ooaE Tor "Hy' Meyers. outfielder to-
''Sh. ueclared he would retire from
naseniii rather than report to the
orookiEh team. Fournier, who is an
insurance salesman here during the
winter gave business interests as his
reason Tor not wanting to leave the
city.
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Sailor Friedman Gets
Decision Over Harmon

Boston. Feb 15-William "Sailor"
Friedman. of Chicago. was awarded
the decision over Willie Harmon. of
Boston. in n lightweight contest here
tonight. The bout went the full ten