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Evening star., 1923-07-01
OLD RELIABLE WEATHERS A STORM
AND ENJOYS HIS BREAKFAST.

, stepped back with hands upon hel
hips to enjoy the glitterins effect.
| "Zack, whar is desc, nader"
Dunno. N'Yawleens or Boston. OF
somewheres in dat neighborflood."
"It fits you fine"
"Fits me. Huh! I reckin so. wher
dat man made II he sho did mention
my name. I'm boun' to wear a fus,
class collar, cause I'm de head
leader"
"You? Head leader?" selina's eye,
/ sparkied.
Nobody but me. Elder Tabt
'sputes dat he's de head leader. But
he amt. is."
elder Tabb?" Selma repeated
scornfully. "Tabb amt got sense
| enough to lead bline duck to dt
mud puddle
"Cose not" ZacI, talked mighty
rapid. 81 knows you don't like Tabb
| so I tole him plain dat next nun,
he couldn't even march in my peerade
when de head leader takes his wife.
"Meanin' me?"
"Sholy"
Den I marches in de peerade?
/ March? Cose not. De head leader
| can't low his wife to traipse alona
| in de dirt. You's goin' to ride--in de
| lead hack"
| Next to de band?''f
Smack up against de band?"
| "Lawd! Lawd" Selma threw back
/ her head and laughed. "R!din' in de
lead hack, wild all dem wimmen
1 watchin' me go byi Coin to have a
/ drum?" =
"Unv! Two drums. Y'onderstafd
! Seiiny, Dan Porter an Johnny Blanks
couldn't gree which one was to beat
his drum. So de onliest way to pacify
/ 'em was for every member to beat
! his own drum. Seliny. please gimme
a needle an thread, I got to mend
desc gloves
'Lemme see?' Selma took the
white cotton gloves from Zack and
! said: "I'll fix 'em-jes a minute. Wait
| till runs up to Miss Betty's room
for a needle"
n \ II
| TACK waited, industriousiy. The
! L. moment Selma was gone he
| settled down In her vacant chair and
fell upon the grub, not even turning g
! his head as she re-entered.
"Seliny," he instructed her with a
mouth full Of wafies. "iook an see
ef dem gloves Is yo' size. Next munt
de head leaders wife Is de onliest
lady which wears silk gloves. An
Seliny-it come mighty nigh sl!ppin'
my mind-lemme two bits"
Now. zack, don't dat beat de
| Jews? I amt got no change, nothin'
| cept dis dollar. Jes take dat along
an. what kind O. reegalia is I goin'
| to wear?'
| Did you say reegalia? You ies
oughter see what dey's maxim for
! de head leaders w.fe-but it's a
secret"
Secret? Here's yo gloves. Zack.
all mended. Wait. honey. wait; dem
! waffies is gittin' cold. Lemme heat
'em up fer you-an' dat sour mo-
lasses amt fit to eat. I'll fetch you
Jar O. Miss Betty's peach preserves"
"All right. Sel!ny, you kin fetch
dem preserves ef you's got yo' head
sot. But I don't crave nothin' to
eat I jes lowed to set down an
talk a while. cause you's in de
kitchen all. by yo'self."\
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-07-01


all rough knocking games:
IN EAR SIR: Yestdy am. at 2
o'clock in the morning my
cousin Nogi arrive to my
room with his eyebrows
looking like a stove.
Togo" he narrate sporty. II ask
TO know how much will 1t cost to go
to Shelby. Mont.?"
That depend on which side you are
betting" collapse.
II have bett 50 which I am going
to bora from you." he say 30.
Il congratulate you because your
money is SO safe" This from me.
''On which one OF those Janus knuckle
knockers do you wish to lose my
cash?"
Sometimes one and sometimes an
other" snuggest my cousin with
homeless mind. "All Japanese sport
lights at Fujiyama Billiard parlor
are making pool. Hon. Arthur Kick
aha1ama say that very odd money
can be won on Hon. Thos Gibbons be-
cause he comes from Minnysoda
where so many dangerous Swedes
grow. But Hon. J. Pierpont Togo,
Japanese fight pulmotor. say that
such talk is garbage. Hon. Gibbons
he declair, are so filled with patriot
ism that he are liable to blow up
like frecrackers because It is July 4.
who do not get oovxcited about
fighting for America Wherefore he
will place IL lbs Of 800 Stills on Sir
John Dempsey"
why you call him Sir john" I
ask to know.
Because he holds the title, do he
not?"
VLIHAT Nogi next said make me so
w excited that I got out Of bed
and shaved
Nearly all America will move to
Shelby. Mont. on July 4. 1t will be
greatest patriotick demonstration
that has happened since Columbus
signed the Declaration Of Independ-
ence on July 4. 1892. BY footpower.
horsepower, gaspower and everything
else that army Of uppercutters are
moving westward. Some are yacht
ing in prairie schooners. others IN
airships. Like their Searlus ans!sters
OF 1s49 they fear nothing but thirst.
But there Is hope. Federal agents
has gone ahead to show them ell the
good places"
"Ah yes" holla Nogi. This Shelby
will be very hot town on July 4. At
leastly 10000 fight fans will be
there
How could Shelby be hot town
with so many fans waving all at
once?" inquire afTabIy. No intelli-
gent reply from Nogi
What can equal the western hos
pittalty Of Shelby on that historickle
date?" say Nogi. From population
OF 500 souls and a few Indians It will
ulcerate to the size Of Coney Island
on Satdy night. Shelby have done
everything 20 make tourists comfort
able while. spending their money. A
great many people can find place
70 sleep Sfx>party billiard tables
can be leased for $50 and for s1o the
weery pilgrim can find a telegraf
pole on which to rest his head.
Evening star., 1923-07-01


bundle with his elbow, Old
AZ Reliable crept forward to
the Spottiswoode kitchen.
pausing at discreet intervals, with
! foot uplifted to detect the faintest
symptoms Of alarm. No sound Of tur-
bulence warned him from within. He
could hear nothing except the ciink of
knife and fork, which made Zack lick
his hungry lips.
"I'm nacherly 'bleeged to git some
= Scrub" he muttered, and drove him.
self onward. Up the rear steps he
sneaked, without so much as the
shuttle of a shoe. halted, and listened
warily. Then his cautious hand turned
the knob. cracked open the door. and
his eyes reconnoitered the interior,
where Selma sat grumpiIy at her
Kitchen table sopping gravy from
a pan.
Nobody except Zack could have
made such an accurate forecast from
one glimpse of the woman's massive
back. Necessity, however. had school
ed him in the reading of weather
signs, and he now observed the indi-
cations of Selina's unsubsided pes
terment. Yet, If gently manipulated,
he knew she wasn't liable to blow up
again. So zack reclosed the door,
very. very softly, tiptoed backward
down the steps, and vanished with
his precious bundle.
Alter q little while Selma began to
hear from afar off, the casual. care
! free approach of her lover-husband,
whistling as he came. But she didn't
+, rush to the window and toss out gar
lands of roses. Not> much. Selma only
:tgat.
, Nearer and nearer drew Zack' S
[ merry whistle. rounding a corner OF
I the house. Louder and louder he ca
Z: rolled his blithesome song of the
J lark. Selma had heard him the first
time. Now he was stomping up the
+ steps: now with confident tread he
crossed the porch. now he flung open
{ the door-still whistling. Which sig
/, nified that Zack had buried the hatch
Det without leaving the handle sticking
$out; that he was willing to let by
! cones be bygones, and draw up his
chair to the conjugal repast. But he
, saw no chair to draw up. Selma oc-
!, cupied one; and when Selma occu-
. pied chair she didn't leave room for
anything else. Zack's whistling grew
ragged when he noted that all the
: other chairs were likewise full, stack
ed with pans, chinaware and table
linen.
s - =
90 Zack remained standing, held his
- bundle behind his back, and tried
to speak most jovially.
ugh! Dat sho is hot work. Seliny,
I done hilled up yo' canteloupes. an"
he squinted narrowly at his wife's
4 back, and from an imperceptible
twitch, knew that she doubted his
report on labor done. Worse than
this, according to Zack's anxious
count, he saw only one pan on the
table, and Selma was using that; he
saw that every dish which contained
eatables was surrounded by Selina's
strong left arm, while she gobbled up
xrub with her right hand.
Look out for squalls" said the
weather signs; Selma never a word.
Hungry Zack shifted from one foot
to the other. eyed the pile of food
Evening star., 1923-07-01
EoR some time certain growers Q

EOR some time certain growers OF
tomatoes. cucumbers and similar
vegetables for the London market
have been injecting steam into the
soil with a view to destroying cer-
tain insects and slugs. 1t is reported
that the plan works very well for
that purposes but the operation
brought to light an unexpected fact,
namely, that the soil thus treated in
creased greatly in fertility, SO great
ly, in fact, that the ordinary amount
Of manure cannot be used afterwRs1.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
SHELBY'S COMING EVENT AROUSES
NOGI AND JAPANESE SCHOOLBOY'

To Editor The Star. who understands
all rough knocking games:
Evening star., 1923-07-01

RIPPING highly important
bundle with his elbow, Old
Reliable crept forward to
ShA SputtiSWoode kitchen,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Governor & Council
Will Decide on
Ward and Vannah
Cases on Tuesday

Edgar NJ. Ward, formerly of
Randolph, and Francis A. Vannah,
former resident of Nobleboro. who
alo serving life sentences in the
States prison at Thomaston will
PROBABLY know their fate at the SEES
sion of the Governor and Council on
Tuesday morning. Hearings on petit
tons for the pardon of these two
men were held at the last session of
the council and tabled until the COM
ing meeting.
w ard was convicted in the
superior court for AndrosCoggin in
1919 for the murder of Marie Berner
by placing poisonous substance in
liquor which she drank. Ward
drank some of the liquor and was
made very sick. At the hearing on
fhe pardon petition. Judge Benedict
f Maher. counsel for the petitioners
contcnded that Ward did not have
exclusive opportunity to commit the
deed, that the poison might have
been there when it was bought from
a hoot-legger and that Ward wrote
II note, thinking that he was going
to die and in an apparently very
emotional condition,
Nannah is serving time t
Thomaston for the murder by shoot
ing of Edward Hardy. a Spanish war
veteran, in the neighborhood of the
National Soldiers Home at Togus
Nannah says that Hardy provoked
him because he Dragged Of stealing
some of his property.
In his petition Vannah says that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

Daninc Burke, a shoe worker, was
found guilty of assault and battery
in tho Waldo County Supreme
Judicial court TO-DAY after the jury
had delibcrated for over three hours.
He was sentenced to four months
in the Waldo County iail where he
has been since his hearing some
weeks ago.
The alleged assault was on Anon
Morse, is years old. outside a dance
hall in Belmont and Mr.. Morse
testified that he was knocked I'M
conscious by the blow. Several wit
nesses testified to seeing the as
sault.
Percy f. Peavey plead fully to the
indict charging him with maintaining
liquir nuisance; Fred Hatch of
Knox, plead guilty to having a still
in mis- possession. and Raymond
Roberts plead guilty to single sale.
No sentences were imposed today in
these cases
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
A. E. Winship Cup
Given by Governor
For Second Time

The Gov. Baxter military trophy
for the organization of the 103rd In
fantry, Maine National Guard, for
having the highest military rating
at the regiments annual tour of
duty at Camp Devens last August.
was Saturday awarded TO Company
II of Lewiston. The decision was
rendered after conference between
Brigadier General Albert Greenlaw,
Adjutant General James w. Hanson
and Capt. c. A. Adams, United States
nspector-instructor the committee
of award. The trophy is a bronze
cup. with pewter trimmings and
% L. inches high, including an
ebony base. The cup was offered by
Governor Baxter when he attended
the annual encampment of the regi-
ment at Camp Devens.
The cup bears the following in
scription:
Governor Baxter
Military Trophy
1928.
Presented to Company E, 1O3rd In
fantry. for twice having attained
the highest rating at the regi-
ment's annual tour Of duty.
BY
PERCIVAL 2. BANTER,
Governor of Maine.
The Lewiston company will have
to win the cup another year in or
der to retain it permanently. The
officers of the Lewiston company
are Capt. Daniel S. Dexter, First
Lieut.. G. A. NORM and Second Lieut..
III. F. Sawtelle. During the past
two years this company has won a
leg on four different cups and $3.50
in money.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

$275,000, the first fiscal year G924)
would show an actual deficit of $780,
1888 below the appropriat tons that
had been made. In other words, the
state would be $39,35263 short of
paying its bills. with not a cent of the
promised $25O,OOO 'overlay.' This
shortage and the absence of any
Overlay showed that for the first year
Senator Eaton was $2S9,35263 in
error on his own statement furnished
me two hours previous.
''For the second year 09o5) the
tabulation made by the auditor and
myself showed that the 'overlay' was
S104,320.79 instead of the promised
$3.50 600, another error on the SEN
ators part of S145,G79.21.
THE total error for 'ovcrlaya' for
two years therefore was $i35. OBJ 81.
and this moreover assumes that the
state actually will receive each year
from inheritance taxes $4,000 more
than the budget committee estimate
of S360.000 year. If these hoped
for inheritance taxes are not forth
coming. the senator's total shortage
on OVcrlaNS, and total oVeres innate
of income would have amounted to
$685., 03l.S4 for the two years.
"On the states business of SIS
330,921.29 (total appropriations q
net 'Ovcrlay' of $64.9GS,16. instead of
the promised 100000. was provided
by the senator to cover twO-year
period. 1t is unsafe to conduct Il
business of this volume with any
thing less than a three percent over
lay or $40, 927.63, to care for emer-
Gencies and contingencies; that is
little enough.
This was unsound financing, but I
could understand the delicate posi-
ton in which the senator found him
self after he had been congratulated
by the Senate upon his unusual
achievement. I was disappointed.
but felt obliged to insist that the
Legislature at least provide enough
revenue each year to cover their aC-
ual appropriations. even though no
adequate provision was made for
emergencies. Guesscs' do not pay
bills.
Il told the members who came to
me that we must not start with a
deficit, that it was taking serious
chances to count on receiving the
hoped for annual increase Of $275.-
GOO from Inheritance taxes. that we
should have an extra one half mill of
real money each year to meet APP
prOpria tons and care for emerGen-
cies. and that the legislature goes
home and forgets the states bust
ness while the governor has to pay
the bills. The matter was discussed
in my office for several hours. Finally
three quarters of mill ($16S.191. 93)
was added to the first years tax
This was not enough, but the lesis-
lature was to adjourn in 4 few hours.
and l did not want to hold them an
other week. With this extra one
quarter of mill, the state has an
'Overlay' for 1924 of only S12S.S39.30
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
STATE HOUSE CHAT

Walter L. Bird and Donald d.
Garcelon of the Industrial Accident
Commission, accompanied by the
members OF the office force OF that
department., held field day Satur-
day at Charleston in PenobsCot coun-
ty, at the farm OF Major Arthur l..
Thayer, chairman of the commits
sion. The party, number u, made
the trip by automobiles, returning
to Augusta early in the evening. A
corn roast was one of the features
OF the days program.
Miss Aida y. Barrows. assistant
director of the division of social hv-
glene, Department of Health, gave
an Illustrated lecture On health work
Saturday evening at Perry and on
Sunday evening at Woodland. This
Monday evening she will address the
High school girls and the girls en-
ployed in the paper industry at
Woodland; Tuesday evening, she
Will speak before the Cherryfield
Grange and on Wednesday evening
before the Cascade Grange at Oak
land.
state Librarian Henry +. Dunnacl1
was the speaker Sunday evening at
Guilford in the interests of the Near
East relief
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

assuming, which is doubtful that the
states income will be expanded $275.-
600 as Senator Eaton predicts. To
summarize; If the state does not
collect $275,000 extra inheritance
taxes per year for two years, there
will be an actual shortage of $780,
1891 below appropriations, and not
a dollar for 'overlays.'
after the committee that waited
on me returned to the House. there
was considerable discussion Of the
financial program. Some members,
including Mr.. Barwise of Bangor
criticised the governor, while others,
like Representatives Martin of Au-
gusta and Cummings of Portland.
saw through the figures and came to
my defense, saying that whatever
errors had been made were not those
of the governor.
In June after the records of the
official stenographer were printed, |
looked them up to find out what had
been said in the House about this
incident. To my surprise, | found
that the records had been altered. |
communicated Immediately with Mr.
c. G. Clay. House Official STEM
ographer, and under date OF June II,
1928, he wrote saying he had de-
stroyed his notebooks. and that after
final adjournment on April :, Speak
cr IiOlley and Mr.. BarWiSe came to
my (Clay'sl office and at their re
quest ! (Clay) read to them what
Mr.. Barwisc had said in addition to
the short statement which appears
on page 1908 Legislative Record
After hearing it read, the speaker
directed me to eliminate it from my
Transcript The remarks of MessrS.
Martin and Cummings were also
eliminated. Mr.. Clay was acting di :
rectly under the speakers orders. 1t
would be interesting to know why
such a step was taken. Representa- :
tive Cummings heard rumors that
the records had been altered and i'm
cdiately went to the stenographer
and Mr.. Barwise. warning them
against taking any such action.
IT sually official records are con-
sidcred sacred. and never are materi :
ally. changed. The sole changes in
the records of the Legislature that
are justified are those made upon re
quest of the person whose speech or
communication is to be recorded, and
then only when such changes arc
immatcrial, or are to correct clerical
or grammatical errors. To entirely
eliminate, even with or without the
consent of a member. remarks made
upon an important issue, especially
in q controversy when strong diff
fCrenCes of opinion are being cX-
pressed. is ineXcusable and destroys
public confidence in the accuracy OF
state Documents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

when he did the shooting he did not
intend to hit Hardy or anyone else.
but just to scare them. He is rs
years of aSc, a veteran of the civil
war, and says that if he is pardoned
he can at once enter the Togus
Home.
A hearing will be assigned at the
session Tuesday on the petition for
the pardon of Zosio Mundreell Of
Portland. who is serving a term in
the Cumberland county jail for
liquor selling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Local Assessors to
Hold Convention at
State House Nov. 1915

Announcement was made Satur-
day at the Office of the board Of
State assessors that the annual as
SCISSORS convention will be held at
the State House on Tuesday,
"Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. Is,
II and 10. Local assessors from all
parts of the State will gather to dis
cuss their problems. The program
of the meetings will be announced
soon by Chairman c. s. Stetson of
the board of State assessors, who is
president of the Assessors Associa-
ton of the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Funeral Of Harold A. BRIDGES

Funeral services for Harold \.
Bridges. the three year old son of
Adrian NJ. and Minnie Bridges, were
held Saturday morning. Rev. w, r.
Skcrryc officiating. The child was a
particularly bright and handsome
little fellow. the Youngest of three
sons, and his tragic death is sad
blow to the parents. The child was
discovered floating in the water near
the Bridges home on Water street
and as there was but little water in
the lungs it is thought it may have
died of heart failure. as it was known
TO have 4 very weak heart. Much
sympathy is felt for the hercavcd
DarCntS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

such a marvellous opportunity TO
display herself, not only as the
screens most gorgeously gowned
woman, but also as a great emotion
al actress. AS the alluring woman
of many loves, who finds her soul
at last. Miss Swanson does the most
magnificent work of her entire ca
reer. The balance of the program
comprises of James Aubrey in her
latest comedy success, The Decora-
tor, 'Starland Review and Inter.
national Weekly" Capa city crowds
are sure to prevail at the four per-
formances.-Adv,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

wear 1922. An increase of ISIS in
commercial trucks is shown in the
registrations of this year.
The registrations up to October
1 this year, as shown at the office
of the secretary of State. are as fol-
lows: Operators licenses, h1,4i>;
pleasure cars registered. S6,279:
commercial trucks, 14,53S: chauf-
feurs, 1872; cars for hire, 2400; mo-
torcycles 1000: total receipts, $1625.-
241.02.
For the corresponding period in
1920 the registrations were as fol-
lows: Operators licenses. 1O3,253:
pleasure cars registered. 11,O60:
commercial trucks. 12.710: chaur-
feurs, 401S; motorcycles, 1852; total
receipts, 81 800 242 20
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Politics School at Wellesley

Members of the Augusta League of
Women Voters are invited to attend a
school of local government and politics
to be conducted by the Massachusetts
league at Wellesley College October %
and "a. 1t is expected that the pro-
gram Of the school will be most inter-
esting and with rich content Of prac-
teal information. Any of the Maine
or local members who arc interested
should communicate with tho civic di-
rector Of the Massac husctts League Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

Idols are being smashed with
great regularity these days. Eleven
Years before Defoe landed Robinson
Crusoe on the inhospitable shore,
one Hendrix Smeeks, Dutch sur
goon, wrote book of adventure
which parallels the English Robinson
Crusoe so closely that the claims of
the prolific English writer may he
scanned very carefully before we re-
Ject "Sjouke Cables" the Dutch fore
runner. This book has just been
punished In translation by Lucius l..
Hubb2rd.-Scientilc American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Y. M, c. A. NOTES

A meeting of the captains of the
girls bowling teams Of the City
League Will DO hold at SIS this aft
crnoon at the y VI. 9. A. IT is hoped
that every captain will be present at
that time.
on Tuesday evening a meeting of
the entertainment committee of the la
dies department of the y. VI. c. y.
Will be ncId AT The y"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Pleads GUILTY to En1bezzIernent

Frank ". TnOmpsOn,N former town
treasurer OF Troy. Maine. pleaded
guilty to larceny by cmhczzlemcnt,
in the Waldo County Supreme Judi
cial Court TODAY. Thompson was in
dicted by the grand jury on WednCs-
day. At the time he left home last
February. his accounts were found
to be short about $4,000 but he LETT
property to cover his bondsmcn. for
practically that amount. He was
brought back to Maine from New
York, last May. and has since been
under $4,000 bonds a motion for SEN
tence is now before the court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01
Auto Registrations
Up to Oct. | Show
Increase Over 1922

The State has received $685.
241.O2 in automobile registration
fees up to October l of this year as
compared with 81, 400 o42 % for the
corresponding period last year, an
increase of $232,99S73. Increases
are shown in every class of regis
trations this year except motor
cycles. 1000 being registered this
Year as compared with 1852 for the