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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Corn BOrer War /
Waged by Wasps
Brought from Europe

Boston, July 29.-(By A. P.l-Wj,h
the release of 100000 tiny wasrS
termed habrobracons, in this vicinity
experts of the Bureau of Entonolory
United States Department of AgT.
culture, hope they have set in motto,
an agency that will result in the d..
struction of the corn bOrer and fbs
saving of millions of dollars 10 tfs
farmers. The success of the experi.
ment, entomologists say, will not, he
determined until observations have
extended over a period of years
Imported from France, in which
country and in Italy the habrobraeonI
has proved relentless enemy of the
corn borer, four colonies Of the in.
Sects were bred at the govenment
laboratories in Abingdon. Whether
the wasp can survive and flourish i'll
the colder and more uneven climate
of New England and the UntdI
States in general is a question sdll
to be determined.
The corn borcr itself is an in.I
ported species. having come vi
America in shipments of Europtall
broom corn. Its ravages first al
tracted serious attention in 1911 nl
ASlo bSilA AI1Soa'NiiAas'NAANs h-lIlNE lI4d
time it has worked steadily wes;I
ward. Last year the borcr caused
damage estimated at 100000 ID
this state alone. The corn boraI
which in appearance resembles 1
caterpillar, not only attacks corn bgt
inf1icts injury upon crops of beets
celery, beans, rhubarb, potatoes, pen
pers. buckwheat, and clover. All
together, investigators have found
the borer guilty of damaging FL va
rietieS of plants.
The habrobracon is said to inju4
no crop, combining its attacks to u
borer. the gypsy and the brown Ia
moths. The wasps are very small
with bodies about the size Of III
head of a pin. The female wasp at
taches itself to the corn borer an
lays it's eggs on it. These, when thsa
develop, at first paralyze. and latd
kill the borer.
The battle between the borer and
habrobracon began with the releas
of colonies of 100000 habrobracon3
each in Saugus. Cambridge, MaldeH|
and Arlington. Further experiment
are being made by government en-
tomologists with a view to finding
other insects which may check n9
spread of the borer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Flag Agitation
StirS India

Nagpur, India, June 20 Ga. p. BY
demonstrations held in con-
nection with the display OF the
Indian national flag continue daily
in Nagpur, and have spread to other
cities of India. Arrests in Nagpur
for flag agitation now total $50. AS
a rule the prisoners are given brlef
prison sentences.
At Jubbulpore the national flag has
been hoisted over the Town Hall on
four separate days, with resulting
arrests by the police on each oc-
casion. The initial hosting OF the
flag was proceeded by street pro-
cession in which about eight-thou-
sand people, including many women,
took part. This procession. headed
by a drum corps. marched TO the
Town Hall singing national songs:
Volunteers reached the portico ana
dome bv the aid of ladders and
ropes. One of the men then climbed
the flagpole and fastened the nag,
encouraged by loud cheering from
the people below. The crowd when
witnessed the scene is estimated at
twenty thousand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30

Especial to the Kenebec JournaD
Fairfield, Me-, July 20.-Interna-
tional affairs may reach their crisis
this week. the anthracite miners
may 90 on strike. the manufacture
Of home brew may cease, the Boston
baseball teams may win q game or
two-but in Fairfield an event is to
take place this week which tran
sends in importance all OF these
minor affairs Of . troubuious and
turbulent world; at least in the
minds of those who are to take part
and their many friends who are le-
gion in this section OF Maine.
A reunion Is to take place Thurs
day afternoon and evening at the
home Of Fred o. Savage at 10 Bur-
rill street, Fairfield. Reunions are
frequent occurrences but this reun-
ion Is one which probably cannot be
equalled In Maine. New England, or
the United States.
A family of four boys. the young
est of whom Is 70 and the Oldest SO,
three OF whom are veterans of the
Civil War. will meet in their family
reunion. the third since three years
ago when they agreed that they
would not always be together and
that they should meet yearly to con-
tinue family relations which have
ever been of the most cordial sort.
The three veterans are Henry A.
Savage, aged SO. Of Ash street, Wa
terville: Frank J. Savage, aged 81,
Of Newhall street, Fairfield; Gardi-
ner A. Savage, aged 70, Of High
street, Fairfield. The youngest
brother was too young to enlist at
the time of the outbreak Of HOSTILE
ties between the North and South
in 1851. he being Fred o. Savage.
aged q. of 10 BurrilI street, Fair
field. at whose home the reunion
will be held Thursday.
Henry was formerly a blacksmith
of Waterville, Frank in the grain
business in Fairfield. Gardiner for
46 years q grocer in Fairfield. and
Fred for many years engaged in
gardening. All enjoy the best of
health.
Henry, Frank and Gardiner all
served in the war. Henry sustained
minor wound at the Battle of
Cedar Mountain and had a lock of
his hair shot away in a later en-
counter between the Union and the
Rebel forces. None of the three
brothers were seriously wounded in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Four Join Faculty
At University Maine

Orono, Me, July\- 2S-Four new
members will poin the department
of English at the University CT
Maine next fall, it was announced
today by Prof. Harold M. Ellis, head
of the department. Prof. Games w.
Whaler, a former member of the
faculty, who has been a year en-
gagged in creative literary work, will
replace Prof. Albert NJ. Turner as
Hotson, NJ. A. Harvard. 1922, will
replace Prof. George Mcmahon Last
year he was instructor in English at
Michigan Agricultural College.
The two new instructors are Ho-
bart E. Rowlands of Ohio and Miss
Rose Mary Davis of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
PITTSTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Webb and
son. John, of Winthrop, Mass, VINO
have been visiting their brother, John
Webb, returned home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kidder and
family Of Kents' Hill visited Mrs.
Kidder's father, John Webb, Sunday.
Fred Brown is helping Edward
Taylor cut his hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jones and
sister Mrs. Edgecemb, of Gardiner.
were recently calling on Mr.. Jones
brother. Tired Jones, and family.
John Mccormick is helping John
Burns Of Whitefeld cut his hay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Porter Fined For
NhiSkeY In Pullman

Portland, Me-, July 2s-Discovery
of a pint of whiskey and corkscrew
in a Pullman car in which Henry AL
exander johnson, a colored porter.
slept early this morning in a rail-
way yard, caused his arraignment in
the municipal court under the new
state statute requiring federal per-
mits for Transportation of liquor.
This is the first arraignment here
under that law. Johnson, a porter
20 years, was fined $500 and costs
and given a three months Jail SEN
tence. He appealed and furnished
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Believe Man In River
Victim OF Foul PLAY

Lewiston. Me-, July 2s-No clue
to the identity of the deocmposed
body of man found in the Andros-
coggin river here last night has, yet
been discovered. Authorities are
working on the theory that he was a
victim of foul play. An examination
of his clothes, which appear to have
been of excellent quality, showed that
his inside pockets had been ripped
open and the contents removed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
$3.50 and 100 Days in Jail

A busy session OF the Municipal
court was held Friday afternoon,
hearings stili being in progress when
the Commercial went to press. Muir
rya Blakely of Hampden, who figured
in an automobile collision on outer
Essex street Thursday night, as re-
lated in another column of this pa
per. was found guilty of operating an
automobile while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor and sentenced
to pay fine of $3.50 and serve 100
days in jail. The sentence was ap-
pealed and bonds placed at $1,000,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Woman's RefOrmatory
Head Appointed

Portland. Me-, July 29-Mrs. Mary
w. Libby, executive secretary of the
Portland Chapter of the Red Cross
for the past six years, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Wo-
mems Reformatory at Skowhegan.
She succeeds DIR. Cora NJ. Johnson, a
physician of Skowhegan, who has re-
signed. Mrs. Libby was for eighteen
years treasurer on the Board of the
temporary Home. She will have her
headquarters at the Stevens cottage,
which it is planned to enlarge in the
near future. There are eight at the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Vote to Rebuild Bridges

Chairman Of the State Highway
Commissioners Frd0k A. Peabody OF
Houlton, Lyman H. Nelson of Port
land and William ]. Lannigan OF
Waterville, of the commission, Paul
D. Sargent, chief engineer. OF Au-
gusta, and Mr. Edwards. the bridge
engineer. and the three county COM
missioners, Henry Crowell. Skowhe-
gan. Harry Goodrich. Palmyra, and
S. ]. Whitney Of Bingham. the last Of
the week inspected and voted to re-
build Ave bridges, which are the Gold
Hill and Grist Mill bridges at West
New Portland, old covered bridge
over the Carrabassett stream at East
New Portland, small bridge in An
son village, and the bridge over the
canal in Madison village.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Will Build Church And
School At Lewiston

Lewiston, Me, July 2s-In connec-
ton with the purchase of a seven
acre plot on Scribner boulevard,
near Lisbon road, by the Catholic
diocese of Maine. announcement was
made today that plans call for the
erection of church. but a combined
school and chapel, convent and
chapel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
ldleness Strikes Ruhr

Essen, Germany. July 10 GA. P. BY
MaiD-Grass has begun to sprout on
the tops of thousands of freight cars
lying idle in the railroad yards of the
Ruhr Many of them are filled with
merchandise and have not turned a
wheel since the French and Belgians
marched into the industrial area last
January.
The grass in some cases grows lux
iantly while London. Paris. Berlin
and Brussels talk about peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Well.knoWn Veterinary Dies

DR.. George F. Westcott. one of the
best known veterinary Surgeons In
New England, and the only Maine
man to win q good medal at the
american Veterinary College In New
York, died at his home. zoos Congress
street. Portland, Friday after q long
illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Escapes Portland Jail

Richard Lamb. 81. serving a SEN
tence of eight months in Jail at Port
land, escaped early Friday morning
and three police officers caught and
returned him in less than an hour
1t was his second unsuccessful dash
Tor liberty since his arrest. He was
arraigned on the charge of escaping
an officer Friday morning and held
for the September Grand Jury In
$1,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30

Foreman Jacob P. Shattuck, a for
mer Alderman. of Portland. jumped
when the steering gear on Portland's
road roller gave way on Veranda
ST, Friday and the machine kept on
and dropped Is feet over an en-
bankment. 1t required several hours
work to recover the roller, which
was considerably damaged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Leaps With Baby

Leaps WIN BABY
Flames destroyed the home of Will
liam E. Moore on Harris street, near
Riverton, Portland, late Friday after
noon. Mrs. Moore land her year old
child barely escaped by leaping
through a window to the ground. The
one and a half story wooden struc-
ture burned five minutes after the
the escape.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
browns InNWelI

Albert Pennell, five-year- old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence A. Penneh,
Ponce Street. was drowned in a
spring on Great Island, Thursday
afternoon, while the family was all
away. The boy had been left in the
care of an older sister but he wan
dered from her and evidently fell
into the well. His absence was soon
discovered and search started. The
body was found in the well. Albert
was one of five children. His father
is employed on an oil boat plying
about Portland Harbor. DR.. Frank
N. Whittier, medical examiner, was
called.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
Negro Servant Checks Fire

The lower part Of the cottage al
Kennebunk Beach, owned and occu-
pied by DR.. Bliss of Washington was
badly damaged by fire Thursday az
ternoon, but was prevented from
spreading by a negro servant. who
fought the flames with garden hose
until the arrival of Kennebunk fire.
men, with a truck, who made the
four-mile run in seven minutes. The
loss was estimated at $500, with in
surance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30

Gone are the days when housewives
have to take chances on the food
products they purchase. Bakers
the reliable flavoring extracts can be
had at all good grocers. You can de-
pend on them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
BELGRADE
LOCAL NOTICE

Grange hall, July 81. Music by Paine's
Orchestra. july30d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30

DIR. Elmer Small. who has been crit
ically i'll. is thought to be gaining a
bit daily and his many friends will be
glad to hear such good news. DIR.
Small has for some time had the dis
tinction Of being the dean Of the Waldo
county medical fraternity.
A wire was received yesterday by
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Waldo Brown an
nouncing the arrival Of a son at the
home of their daughter and husband,
DR.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Ogden, at Green
Bay Wis. Mrs Ogden was formerly
Miss Louise Brown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
|Sk0WhEcAN LOCAL News
Somerset County Headquarters Phones, farmers y, =;

Reformatory with a large number on
parole,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-30
BELFAST
Rain Interferes With Out Door
Eventa

Events
The downpour which lasted all day
yesterday interfered with a number of
outdoor affairs. causing the calling off
of the races scheduled to be held at
the New Belfast Fair grounds in the
afternoon.
A number Of beach partiss had been
planned for the day and these were
called off or held indoors
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
300, 600 Greek Peasants
to Get Seized Farms

New York.-It is estimated that
In all some 1900 900 acres will be taken
from owners and given to peasants by
Greece under the new laws. The val
ue of this land is said to be between
SOP, 600, 900 and $33,OOO,OO0.
The number of peasants to be bene-
flied is estimated at 100000, a large
number in a country with a population
Of 100000. The number Of estates
to be appropriated is about l,2OO.
Some of these embrace whole VII
lagos.
Owners who are thus seeing their
land taken from them are for the most
part wealthy persons, though a few
are monasteries and municipalities,
and some of the land is owned by the
national government. Many monaster-
les in Greece have chung tenaciously
to large estates from the middle ages.
Among the owners are many wealthy
and influential Greeks. They have
done all they could to prevent the
appropriation.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
Home Mark Twain Loved
Is Destroyed by Fire

Redding, Conn. - StOrmfield, the
home of Samuel l.. Clemens (marK
Twain in the closing years OF his
life, a picturesque villa on a ridge IN
this town, was burned. The property
was bought last December by MIS-.
Margaret e. Givens Of New York
In this home Mark Twain spent MS
last years, and as he had expressed
it, experienced some of the deepest
sorrows of his life, as well as some
of his happiest days. Here his younger
daughter, Janet, met a tragic DEATH,
and here there was a burglary when
aroused widespread interest.
Mr.. Clemens lay ill in Stormfield for
a long time, and from it his body was
borne to it's last resting place. Ine
house contained IS rooms, with five
bathrooms and a large loggia. 1t had
It's own lighting plant, water supply
from springs and ice house.
Mrs. Owens, her daughter Thelma,
and her son, Eben, were in the house
when Eben discovered the fire In the
laundry on the main floor. All were
obliged to leave in their night gar
ments. Neighbors saved some OF the
furnishings.
The property was originally offered
at $175,000 and was insured. The ire
Is thought t. have started from spon-
taneous combustion of painting mate
rails in the laundry.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
WOMAN EXPERT IS GIVEN
CARE OF zoo REPTILES
Miss Joan Proctor Appointed
Curator in London Zoo.

London.-Snakes and crocodiles are
not, perhaps, the most pleasant crea-
lures with which to live, but Miss
Joan Proctor evidently thinks other-
wise. This young Englishwoman
has just been appointed curator OF
the reptile house at the London Zoo
logical Gardens, where she will have
entire charge of the cobras, the py-
thons, the alligators and all the other
reptiles.
Miss Proctor's grandfather was a
famous entomologist, so possibly her
interest and aptitude in the subject
are inherited. 1t certainly looks az
though she is going to become as well
known as he was, for already she is
looked on by biologists as one of the
greatest of snake experts.
When in her very early teens she
happened to visit the chief of the rep
tile department at the South Kensing-
ton Natural History museum and so
astonished him by her knowledge OF
ophiology--she had kept snakes and
lizards as pets since her tenth birth
day-that he offered to train her IN
the subject. Accordingly, as soon as
she left school she became Doctor
.Boulenger's assistantA at the age
of eighteen, and when he resigned she
was appointed to his post.
The young expert came into real
contact with the geological society at
the age of nineteen when she read her
first paper, on pit snakes, before them.
A year later they made her f.. q. 5.
At the beginning of July she gained
another distinction by being elected
f. L.. s., Fellow of the Linnean society,
one of the foremost scientific organl-
cations in the world.
Being surrounded by snakes during
her attendance at the zoo apparently
is not enough for Miss Proctor, and
she keeps six Brazilian snakes IN a
glass cage in her drawing room. THESE
were sent her as a gift. Noted scien-
lists in South America and South
have frequently sent rare o
reptiles to England, knowing
her interest, and most Of these she
keeps at her w home.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
COUNTY RECORDS
WARRANTY Deed

Warranty Deed
Mark Hays, Bovill, to Grace Marie
Hays, ux, L. and A., E 2-3 Of SH OF
lot 1-16, Bovill.
Real Mortgage
James H. Garner ct ux Caroline M,
to M. M. Preston, $1775.63, due 10
1-24, NEA 31-39-1 cont 100 A.
Emma F. Urquhart to Michael Ford,
$4,000, due 9-13-29, strip of land 10
by 80 in block 8, Russell's Addition,
Moscow.
Amortization Mortgage
Caroline M. Garner ct v1r James H.
to Federal Lank bank, $4,000, due 34h
years, NEA 31-39-1 cont. 100 A.
Conditional Sale
Hirsch Cycle Co. to Clarence Baken,
$500, 800 allowed on old motorcycle,
$75 cash with order and $125 in one
payment Of $25 and the balance in
$40 payments, motorcycle.
Release
M. M. Preston to Jas. H. Garner,
RIM dated 1-19-23.
Marriage License
Clifford Greer and Naomi Crathorne
(Palouse.)
William H. c. Osmun and Sarah
Love (Colfax.)
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
Sunday and Monday
Gladys Walton in
THE
BATH LADY"
CORA

OVllA
Mrs. Eliza Miller and Miss Lottie,
with Lieutenant Perry Miller, re-
turned to Lewiston, Monday, after a
month at their home here.
Roswell Strong has a new Chevrolet
cAr.
Bdhool began at Mountain Home,
Monday. The teacher, Miss Gartin,
boards at her home near Potlatch,
making the trip by auto.
Tue r. w. McKown family enjoyed
a weekend visit from his brother,
Fred McKown and wife, and Mr.. and
MrS- Kennedy from Dayton; also two
of Mr.. McKown's cousins came from
Montana, Friday, to harvest.
MI. and Mrs. Melvin Kidwell and
two children surprised his mother,
Sunday, coming via Baker, Oregon,
returning Tuesday to Wenatchee, via
Athoi. Idaho.
Mrs. Frank Kelmer's father and
brother, who came for harvest, re-
turned to Canada this week for wheat
harvest.
It's interesting to write items in a
hurry with a lead pencil and see how
they come out. Incidentally Mrs. Mon
roe's sons, Ben and Clay Putnam,
1--we at Kamiah instead of Kansas as
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
TAP LAST PINE FOREST
Great Tract in Oregon to Be Laid
Under the Axe.
Will Be Tut in Rotation so Its Timber
Will Never Give Out-When Last
Unit Is Cut First Will Be Ready
for Cutting Again.

Washington.-The last great trace
Of untouched pine timber in the Unit
ed States is soon to be tapped.
Behind the announcement of the
forest service regarding the proposed
sale of timber in the Malheur National
forest, Ore, says a statement by the
National Lumber Manufacturers as
ISOLATION, Iumbermen see the last OPP
portunity for their trade to deal with
a virgin pine forest of great extent
and the last opportunity for the set.
tier to take possession of a region re
mote from railways and markets and
virtually unused agriculturally.
THE opening for sale of the timber
Of the Bear Valley unit of the Malhelu
National Forest" says the statement
affects 800, 900, 900 feet of the greal
Blue mountains forests now, II
means the beginning of the numbering
Of the entire forest with its more thar
1000, 900, 900 feet Of timber. To begin
the numbering operations it will b
necessary to build about so miles o.
main line railway, besides tap lines.
which will open for settlement al
agricultural country with area of 10.
900 square miles.
"While this ancient forest is doomed
the terms are such that the succession
of its sylvan posterity Is secure.
Though the timber now offered for
sale by the forest service is sufficient
only to keep 81 moderate sized mill
running continuously for twenty years
the service will at the end of tEat
time open up another unit and event
tally 7,0OO.0OO,0tW feet of timber will
he available. 1t Is reckOned that by
the time the last unit Is cut over tlle
first one will he ready for cutting
again.
"The agricultural development TO en-.
sue upon the numbering activities
which will employ hundreds of men
and the necessary railway building.
sill demonstrate the policy of using
he national forests as an adjunct OF
he general progress and welfare Of
adjacent regions. According to tll'
~rorecast of the forest service there
viii be at least one logging and lunf
unit that will never have to
move on to find new forests. at least
ne sawmiIl town. which will never
lie for lack of material for It's in
iuStries."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-14
Seek to Ease Rules on
NiQht Life in London

London.-England needs a new law
regulating public houses and places
of entertainment. say the owners Of
London's hotels and dance halls. who
have banded together to obtain less
stringent laws in the matter Of closing
their places.
The present law, which is adhered to
vigorously by the authorities, was
PASSED in the reign of George II In
1851. and requires that the dance
places of all classes close at the stroke
of midnight.
The hotel and cafe ~proprietors will
ask the London county council to draw
I'D a new law to be presented to parlia-
ment, and they have obtained the
backing Of the Brighter London"
movement committee which Ia seeking
10 make London a rival OF gay Paris.