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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
committee on state lands and forest
preservation.

preservation.
On motion by Mr.. Hinckley of
Cumberland the Victor Message in
relation to two resolves:
Resolve appropriating money for
the purpose of completing the new
cell block Of the Maine State prison
at Thomaston.
Resolve a favor of the Maine
State prison at Thomaston for the
repair of outside buildings, was
taken from the table.
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Mr.. President.
l now yield to the senator from
Lincoln. Mr.. Clark.
Mr.. CLARK: Mr.. President. I
move that these two resolves with
the veto message Of the Governor be
retabled and especially assigned for
next Thursday.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion by Mr.. Bailey of Pen
obscot.
Adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing at 5 o'clock.
HOUSE
Thursday, March I, 1923.
Tie House met according to adj
1ournment and was called to order by
the Speaker.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Clark of Gar
diner.
Journal Of previous session read
and approved.
Papers from the Senate disposed
OF in concurrence.
First Reading Of Senate Bills
Senate 149. An Act to establish a
game sanctuary in the city Of Bangor
and county Of Penobscot.
Senate 1873. An Act to legalize and
make valid the doings Of the inhabi-
tants of the town Of Brooklin, at the
annual town meeting held on the 9Th
day Of March, 1922.
Senate $50. An Act to prohibit the
use of beam travis in the waters of
Sedswick Harbor, known as Benja-
Minis river.
The following bills, resolves and
petitions were received and upon
recommendation Of the committee on.
reference Of bills were referred to the
following committees:
Banks and Banking
BY Mr.. Holmes Of Lewiston: An
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NATHAN c. AVER, Sc
TOWNS

The committee on Towns will give a
public hearing in its room at the State
House. in Augusta,
WEDNESDAY, March stn, At : r. N.
on the following:
An Act to incorporate the Prout's
Neck Village Corporation.
An Act to divide the town Of Harps-
we'll.
EDWARD w. ATWOOD, Sec.
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The S1st MAINE LEGISLATURE
Complete Stenographic Report of Pro-
ceedings in the House and Senate

senate 1856: Resolve in favor of
the State School for Boys for MAIN
tenance and other purposes,
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HOUSE

Papers from the Senate DISPOSED
of in concurrence.
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JUDlcL .RY AND INTERIOR
WATERS

BUELEICH MARTIN. Sec
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05

started an offics boy Of ~ and ended
as director Of sec,ioa y. bot the local
A. s. C. depot had Esnt u an old
car on which they were trying a nav
girl We passed q little time with a
wheel IN a ditch. during which II
ruinsd with beautiful deadlnesa.
whils Mr.. Know1e ran from aide 10
ode. yelpinG. offering no help 70 the
girl Fortunately she expected the
accident. for she had brought jack
and gtolidly leYered up tho axle, while
hr. Knowis yapped about the dan
ger. and tho damage done 70 national
interests by his delay IN reaching
Reading. Also about the indignity
offered 20 the director u Section Is.
When AZ last we started again he re-
summed tho conversation on danger.
delay and dignity. These topics en-
ployed also a great deal OF time AZ
tho Reading central office; In an at
tenuated form they peryaded the Of
flee for the next two or three days,
Yet he was enjoying himself very
much. lie had had more people I'M
der him than he had now. but II had
been private service. while now, as
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05
By Mabel CIcIAn1I
Page 904
TIE END OF THE BIER STORY

Mr. Bier returned presently
with slip OF paper. a little. vel.
lowed with age, just an ordinary.
looking scrap Of writing paper.
yet he has carefully kept It for
so years.
The slip says that Fred w. Bier
has won the honor OF holding first
place In his geography class and
IT Is signed by S. B. Curtis.
One wonders II those early
parents and teachers OF our
Northwest had something Tor n
somewhatl 10 give to the children
which was better than the bronze
buttons and gold medals for
which they strive today.
Il used to see Gen. Grant quite
often In those days" Mr. Bier
continued. He was only young
lieutenant then, pretty wild some
times. great trader; shipped hogs
and grain to Frisco and seemed
to have a wonderful business
head.
Yes. he sometimes did things
which 1 fancy he hated TO look
hack on in later life. II was hard
for a young fellow to keep
straight way out here in the wIlds
with more saloons than churches
and stores put together. And very
little that would hs him be the
kind OF man his n 1er would
want him to be.
But Grant was always a gen.
tleman: tipsy or sober. in all cir.
cumstances gentleman.
II recall hearing them bell Of
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be always put Il, 10 was under the
Crown. Whether under" was what
he meant ] am not quite sure. Airo
he was very busy. Tor be Has one u
those men who have lost all tssss
for anything but work he had
worked 70 hard that on Sundays 10
could think Of nothing else 70 do than
invade a sleepy depot and AJAX tho
Waterman. who didn't know. 70 -
''that everything was all right on
Monday morning. look" He liked
work for works cake: be found q
sort o. abEtrae. good IN the 1z-hoilr
day, and made Us DO II 20 FAR az hs
could We loat Miss Moss Ike that,
because she wanted a day Off % get
married SIR. KnOgle aaid that In
war time there was no time 20 get
married. except the lunch hour. Hs
had more sense Of the value OF tims
than Of the value Of labor. ] mean,
20 him everybody was a hand; n
you paid somebody tenpence an hour
you had 70 have your hour. Tie
work done in that hour interested
him. but interested him less.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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Of the building BY seeing my chief.
Mr. knowle, turn an almost OBJ
Ncuuly attentive ear toward the con-
veraatlon which was hciDK conducted
on the other uida. This did not sur
prise me IN Mr. Knowle had never
met anyone quite like him before.
he had. think. been departmental
manager In a big London dairy. and
tomthow he had been mads director
Of Section u IN the Bahnfaiton food
control We dealt with cheese, but.
ter, milk. and all dairy offala. II was
not dull Farmers came IN furious
and went out fuddled. I confess thu,
] myself took an occasional malig-
nnnt delight In making a large par
spring man fill IN several oolored
forms When he asked why Wa
hadn't answered HIS month-old letter
j crushed him by giving him a new
green form and tolling him that n he
would rcwrite his statement on that
form. we would attribute 70 Il IL
proper reference number. and l could
assure him all would be well. Mr.
knowie was very remarkable. He
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dictated We began With q lottsr q
a farmer. who complained Of the non-
return Of his ohurna A. a certain
ocntsnce Mr.. Knowle broke of
.. and tho tho minister cannot
commit himself 20 tho statement
that the ohurns hive been delayed BY
or owing 10 action taken By officials
undsr his control. he IL nevertheless
aware that irresponsible action taken
By officials not no employed might
lead the aforesaid officials 10 eondons
what might be described as an irreg-
ular status quot
Nc. Knowio threw himself back IN
his armchair and combined his In
credible finger malta There, Mis-
Trent" he said. Is a model official
letter. look" He winked AZ me Wig.
orously. Never commit yourself
Miss Trent. chr ] smiled dutifully
lie smiled back. We were getting on
had 10 30 with him one afternoon
In the car 10 Reading, not that hs
wanted me. but because the director
Of Section y must have his secretary
In attendance No doubt he would
have liked 10 tell me how he had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05

VIC f'5Hs T"uFt MS WITH VtsfS'
soldiers and settlers. was in
saloon" Mr.. Biers paused, then
explained. ''it's hard to make you
young folks OF this generation un.
derstand things as they were
then: don't get the idea that
saloon meant then what IL did
when prohibition cleaned them all
out Of our cities.
well, anyway. this night the
men were In a saloon there at
Fort Vancouver. and one man
said, 'Say.ay-ayl I heard the best
story today then he laughed and
said with mock curse, If there
are no ladies' present. | will tell It.
Then Grant stepped forward
and said quietly. but In a tone Of
authority. I think ] wouldn't tell
II IL were you. There arc no
ladies present, but there are gen
tiemen.'
The story wasn't told.
You know he never lived in
the barracks. and he never was
commander at the fort. as so
many will tell you. He lived with
Gen. Rufus Ingiis in house by
the depot
MY father Joined tho u. s..
army IN 1s4s. and in 1916 I went
back to New York and visited the
vary aanna old barYarka In xphich
he did his first soldering.
MY mother came from County
Down. In Ireland. She loved this
West country, and I've heard her
say. i won't say surely. but |
think my young sergeant hus-
band raised the first American
flag ever raised in this state
there at old Fort Vancouver"
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waa a long. thin man. shattered BY
long, thin. gray hair. a reddiah-yel-
low noHe, rather Ike an undsyeloped
swcdo. gave thru So turn-up an air
Of mean nnr0oity 10 hiH oounionanco.
The remarkable nose. the broken
teeth. the furtives sharp eye. gave
one the impression OF ratlike mean
ness. A rat with a touch OF pea
cock crhe maximum OF oroaa brood
ing) l became his shorthand typist
Ho sat hohlnd his desk. cleaning his
angular finger nails With a pocket
knife. That wRh a Characteristic: 20
the end OF our acquaintance We sel-
dom converted free from this cero-
moniai. but the deeper Ar. Knowls
dug. tho dirtier his nails got yea
Ia said. y think youil do He tit
torsdi but you1l have 20 pay strict
attention 20 business. lookl For you
young ladies'" (tittsr). you only
thing about dances. chr and parties.
chr Wen now. shah wo make a
start, iook7 We've no time 20 waste
when tho oountry's In danger. looki"
(Welhh1 or A. n; Look youD He
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I owe a great deal 20 Doctor up-
aor. he taught me 20 read He broke
my mind open.
But was not 10 stay In the hos
pital 20 tho end OF the war. Il was
not only that Doctor Chorley was too
rude. and Doctor upnor too kind: Il
was that tho Nomcn rojolccd too
much In that rudencss and that kind
ness Toward the end OF 1915. had
gone up 20 Doctor upnor'a room with
a paper. forget what. but Il was
quite genuine. Just as We had fin
lshed. Matron came In. looked ~ US.
ssid nothing. said that nothing which
between women amounts 20 n shout
OF anger. ] didn't think about Il any
moro | went home on leave for a
week. and found the sea anomones
were turning into almost invisible
microbes. Papa was recruiting.
standing on cars and talking about
glory and duty and couldn't
help thinking Il queer. /. who the day
before had been clearing up fingers
and bits OF flesh. We were having
an at home" for tho Prince OF
Waies's fund: people were ntill knit
ting: the papers were seeing tho
funny side OF the war. which /. being
woman. ! suppose. never graspod.
went back to the hospital. and. a
week later. for no reason excep, that
! was what he called unsuitable, Doc
tor Choriey asked me TO resign. Ma
tron. suppose. II Is n funny feeling
being. as learned 20 call Il. sacked.
One Is excited. parsonage: Il must
be very stimulating 70 be sentenced
70 be hanged. to Be distinguished
from ones fellows. One goes about
telling ones friends that ones going.
and privately that ones got the sack:
TO one's seuli-enemies. one suggests
that one wasn't going 20 stick Il any
longer and that one resigned. In a
way one feels relieved: that bit Of
ones life work Is done and the future
opens.
After rs months OF war. lysol. and
liberty ! was very different girl
from the hunting miss. tho dancing
miss. who liked the novels OF Marie
corelli. improved her mind Ton the
syD with the memoirs OF lady Car
digRn. and saw life as a sort Of crick-
81 match between her class and the
rest OF the world The rest being no
where. In way Doctor Upnor had
something to do with II. don't mean
that he taught me things. but no
stimulated something that was there.
sor, OF mental curiosity which
hadn't been satisfied. For instance,
In our last talk. the day ! left the
hospital. ] remember that in a az Of
depression that followed the citation
Of my dismissal | had decided 10 be
q better girl. and bought most Of
Tennyson. bound In one volume. to
read In the train. Now hate poe
try. I suppose it's crude OF me. but
feel that to write poetry Is just a
way OF getting oneself misunderstood
In . complicated manner. But every
body rays one ought to read poetry.
and everywhere l have ever been I
have found volumes OF poetry. mostly
uncut and some with dusty tops.
Wen. that was my first and my last
attempt to read poetry, for Doctor
Upnor picked up the book. and his
dark eyes fixed on me his sideways.
ironicaI look ~ohl ohl" he said. $50
we're going back TO Hampshire 10
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hear the mellow ouEsl fiutinE In tie
elm We're going 20 derive broad
courage and splendid faith from tho
rhythmic teacher who tells Us that
there are 80 many words. 10 much
10 do. 50 little done. such things 10
be-
Don't laugh at mel said zone
ought TO read poetry
He laughed You know. Miss
Trent. didn't expect you 20 succumb
20 superstition. Poetry IL only a
superstition. A sort OF degraded
music Everything that A. said In
poetry can DO said In prose more cas-
lily and more completely. The fact
remains that II you want a rhyme
20 cat u must be something like
mat. or pat. or rat. Now rat hap
peas 70 NJ. and all II well In that
case. but imagine the wretohed
situation Of poet with his cat hero
In harm where there arc not rats,
but only mice. HIe would have 10
torture. 10 mRngic HIS line 10 as 10
end: "A mouse. not rat In other
words no would have 10 drug In the
wrotohed rat
-But the melodious soundl- l said.
feehiy.
IF you want melody. buy penny
whistle. And. anyhow. II all you
want Is melody. why bother about
the sense az ail7 Why not juxtapose
words that sound well. such A. pur-
pie. primulR. Endymionf There's
quite a nice limo for you; 'Endy-
mion's purple primula' Doean',
mean anything. but sounds well. Miss
Trent. don't be taken In. Neither BY
political traditions. nor by class hab-
rs, nor by the worship OF Latin OF
Greek or poetry or tho musical
glasses There Is only ono test,
whether OF a thing or Of man
DO like it7 Don't ask yourself
whether you ought TO like H. II you
don't like II. II isn't good for you. A
dog win not eat powdered glass. be-
cause instinct tells him n h not a
nice diet Wen. trust your instinct
Sniff that powdered glass carefully,
every variety OF Il you may meet,
Fear no experience. But please don't
20 farther In experience which you
are not really drawn to- He held
my hand for a moment '-0oodby. ]
don't suppose shall see you again
unless you want me 10"
did not reply Tor a moment. bu,
freed my hand. for WAS rather
afraid he was gilng 10 kiss me !
didn't mind the idea. but Il made me
nervous because didn't know how
stood with him. so ! just anid
''Oh. shall be dclng something else.
j expect wen come across each
other
gave Tennyson 10 Nurse Gar
thrope- She was q scrious woman.
and I expect she forced herself 10
read It was beginning 70 develop
into q woman nnoe ! was getting
subtle In revenge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05
URSULA TRENT
A Novel by w. L George.
oOpyrlrht 1891. by Harpsr a Brothers

9RsuLA TRENT so married write story.
She sayr she's Intelligent
home Is buTiegh Ahta England
before the when
posss, but abe turns them comea
tD oSh AID
She becomes he the
Killed before she him busy In
hospital service There she the Of
Or UPNoR. who soFns the upper classoa
M ny
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CHAPTER ~
Heritorn

It isn't easy 10 live at home. II I
have daughters and they grow up.
shall turn them out at 20 with
check and q blessing. Perhaps then
they'll Just mob my front door.
When ! think Of the many giria
have met. on the stage. In manicure
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05
ENJOY THE
COLD WEATHER

~ EMEMBER. when you were a
X child, how you used TO shout for
~ Joy when you ran out into TIM
cold. bracing winter air-how active
and lively you feit2
That was because your blood was
rich and pure and your body strong and
vigorous. You can enjoy the severest
weather noo II you will purify your
blood and restore your vitality and
"pcp" with that famous old tonic,
Gudes Pepto-Mangan. Your druggist
has it-liqiid or tablets, as you prefer,
Guides
pepto-Mansa',
Tonic and Blood Enylcher
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-30
Science Was Confident

Medical science in 1914 entered the war with
a confident smile on It's lips. Medical men
had accepted the long disputed theories-lnew
all about bacteria. They had every little bug
eatalogued and classified. They knew his hab-
Its and his methods. They knew that 20 long
a. cleanliness prevailed no microbe could get
In. Every hospital was immaculate, not germ
anywhere. Having fully applied their ounce
OF prevention they announced: Bring on your
wounded, there will be no infection in this
war" And oh what grim establishment
was theirsl
The wounded came in untold numbers Never
In the history OF warfare had there been so
many, or such wounds. Though the hospitals
and hrst-aid stations were indeed s,erilixed and
aseptic, the same could not be said for the
cut and torn soldier. For weeks he had been
tramping over a terrain long known as the
worlds battle ground. For centuries the germs
OF former wars had been lurking there, ready
to fasten on the PROSTATE soldier OF the mex.
war. The soldiers had been inoeulated against
most OF the germs that they were likely to
swallow and SO long as they kept whole they
were comparatively safe from microbie attack.
But let the soldiers skin be broken and the
horror Of infection burst upon him in a pesti-
lential fury. A simple scratch from barbed
wire barrieade in the morning developed into
a pus pocket by evening, a blood poisoning
fever in another day, and amputa.ion or death
within week.
A bullet or she'll fragment or bayonet thrust
would gather some tetanus germ or gas gang
rene bacteria or other dread microbes as il
passed through the clothing OF the soldier and
would deposit them deep in the vital parts of
his body-therc to multiply and breed gallop-
ing putrefactons while he lay on the field or
in a shell hole waiting to be picked UP by tho
litter bearers.
The surgeons we're quite right. There could
be no infection from within the hospital medi-
cal science had taken care OF that, but the
wounded soldier had become infected at the
very instant of his injury. Poisonous germs
had eaten we'll into him long before he could
be brought to their aseptc Ravens. They
had provided the ounce of prevention but had
not even the fraction Of an ounce of cure.
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feeton-now less than one per cent died from
that cause. Thousands upon thousands who
walk the world to-day uncrippled, unafrsid,
owe lives or limbs TO the wizardry OF the
Little Surgeon" and his co-worker, the chem
list.
Is there greater war story than this3 Is
there anywhere in the archives Of history or
in the folios of fable the recruitment Of a con-
quest over so numerous and overpowering an
enemy? Ask any veteran Of the World War
who was hospitalized after the discovery Of
the Carrel.Dakin solution and he will tell
you what was the greatest single accomplish.
ment in the war.
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The Surgeons Problem

The surgeons turned to antseptics. They
found little or no help from what they had or
knew about. Medical science had two types
OF antseptics. One was the mild, non poison
Gus type, rather an ascptic than an antisep-
tic; that is, it was weak and questionable
preventive. All it did was to make the surface
of the wound an unpleasant resting place for
the wandering microbe. But II the mierobe
had already started raising his myriad family
II could do no moro to prevent II than SO much
ranwater. The other type was the poisonous
dlyinfectant, and though It might kill germs II
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Surgeons Were Helpless

The army surgeons were In despair. II II
was a wounded limb all they could do to stop
the infection was TO amputate. II IL was an
abdominal wound, death provided the only
relief from the agony of infection.
The medical STATS Of all the armies were
urged TO find something that would control
this fearful enemy. Someone remembered the
Little Surgeon and he among others was
asked to solve the problem One can imagine
the scene: "can nothing be done to stop this
peshlenees Can not science find way?" and
the little surgeon answering jus, as the prophet
OF his craft Pasteur. would have answered,
ITO science nothing is impossible, mais Hfsut
TRAVELLER. (but we must work..
So the Little Surgeon went to work The
twelve great labors OF Hercules are trivial in
comparison. He solicited the help of the in
stitution with which no had been associated.
That institution responded to his call with
generous endowments of money. equipment
and assistants. The problem required pains
taking experimentation in two distinct branches
OF science; baeteriology and chemistry He
therefore selected as a co-worker a certain
world famous English chemist, who was an
outstanding authority in the field of antiseptics
The Little Surgeon" brought out his micro
scopes and guinea pigs and wen, back to his
microbes, cells and tissues. The English chem
list took up the task of searching the whole
realm of chemistry to find chemical or COM
bination of chemicals that they could adapt
to create the ideal antiseptie I'VE must hnd
something" they said, shat we can introduce
into the most tender wound without harm to
it, and which will at the same time kill every
mierobe in its innermost corners
Side by side the Little Surgeon" and the
chemist worked; night and day for every hour
was precious. Every available chemical was
applied to every known microbe that had shown
itself in the war hospitals. They tried thous-
ands and thousands of combinations.
And then at last the miracle camel Surely
a miraele-tor only by divine indication could
they have come upon such a result. In an
incredibly short time the Little Surgeon" and
the chemist announced to their commanders
and TO the world, we have a solution and
method OF application that will rid our hos
pitfalls and our wounded of this dreaded plague
ut infeetion-try it and see."
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Surgery Revolutionized

The army surgeons tried 1t and saw. They
saw that previous surgical methods were revo-
iuaonned. Here was a real antiseptic at last
'hat could be used constantly in the deepest
wounds that would destroy germs quickly.
yet lett flesh and tissues healthy and I'm
harmed, They called the new antiseptic the
@a.rei- Dakin solution, after its co-dscoverers.
ana put 1t to work in all the Allied hospitals.
Immediately the percentage of amputadons
ana deaths dropped to an unhcard OF sub
norman minimum. Where before seventy per
s'ns 81 es wounded had been dying from in
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before the war the "Lials Surgeon" had
- been working away in the laboratories Of
famous institute for medical research
In New York City. Experimenting on cells
and tissues, with microbes and guinea pigs.
he was making one discovery after another
and presenting them to the scientific world.
In 1912 he received the Nobel Prize for Medi-
cine as h,ving made the greatest contribution
oil the YER to the benefit OF mankind.
And then the Great War camel The "Littlo
Surgeon" lef, his laboratory, his microbes and
guinea pigs and went over to do his Bit.