Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-28
to be among the finest in the country.
Bath Times.

An interesting character study for
a psychologist developed Wednesday
at the University of Maine. In a
class on paper making there are three
Americans, two Chinese and one He
brew. The three Americans "cut" the
class to take in the horse races in
Bangor, but the two Chinese and one
Jew refused to drop their studies.
They were coaxed TO go. so that the
Americans would not have to make
| up back work, but to no avail.
Trial in the cast of Francis NJ. AL
! len of Auburn against the Andres
| pany was begun at the supreme court
at Auburn, Wednesday. Mr.. Allen,
who is a one armed veteran of the
Civil War. sues for $4,000 for injuries
| alleged to have been suffered by being
| thrown to the floor of car, being as
he alleges, neglisently started sud
| denly in front of the Auburn waiting
ROOM lie declares he was rupturcd
and his eyesiSht injured.
The Maine track record as it is
understood at present, means on
| half-mile track as there are no mile
= tracks in Maine. John X. Braden now.
| holds this mark. 2.04%4. made ut Cor
! ham last Saturday. The fastest mile
| ever stepped in Maine was on the old
| Ricby mile track, near Portland, in
| 1896 by John r. Gentry, 2,00ia. the
| worlds record at that time. Thus
| just as this date father and son hold
state records. John r. Gentry's mark
| will, of course, stand until another
| mile track is built in Maine.
David Finkelstein brought out the
entire Bath Fire Department, with
| the exception of Engine Number
One, when he lit a match Wednes-
; day night to see how much gasoline
there was in a bottle in his house.
| Mr. Finkelstein, who operates a
| frankfort stand, was preparing to fill
| the tank of his machine. The bottle
| exploded, and the fire communicated
| to the paper on the walls of the
| smoke and notified Night Patrolman
| John Small, who sounded the alarm.
The fire was quickly put out with
! small damage. -
At a meeting of the bond holders of
the Bath Iron Works, Ltd, in Bath,
| Tuesday afternoon a committee con-
sisting of Hiram w. Kicker of Poland,
Elisha Pratt of Rumford, w. B.
| Drummond of Portland, Justice
| Charles J. Dunn of Orono and c. II.
! Merrill of Skowhegan was appointed
to make a thorough investigation into
| the affairs of the company and rec
ommend some plans for the future to
| the bond holders as soon as possible.
1t is expected that some plan may be
suggested that will meet with the APP
prevail of the bond holders, so that
| the business may be continued with
y out interruption.
| DR.. Augusts o. Thomas, State
! commissioner of education, will be
the principal speaker at the forenoon
session at the annual convention of
; the Lincoln and Sagadahoc County
| Teachers Association at Morse high
! assembly hall, Bath, Friday, Oct.
5. The session will open with music
| by the Morse high school orchestra,
| followed by the Invocation by Rev.
Charles NJ. Tubbs. Addresses will
| he given by Supt. r. l.. Sheaf of
| Waldoboro ana Mrs. Cora Wilson
| Stewart of Frankfort Kentucky at
| the session of teachers of elementary
schools, Supt. John A. Cone of
| Brunswick will act as chairman at
! this session.
Annual meeting Maine Press asso-
| citation, Friday, October 5th. Opens
| at the Falmouth hotel, Portland, 10
A. NJ. Speakers; F.sS. Fairchild of
| Boston on. Care and Use OF Metals
in the Printing Trade" Frederick l..
| Bingham of New York on printers
| Rollers" D. r. Durham of Laconia.
y. H., on advertising Problems"
George W. King OF Worcester, Mass.
on Printers Inks and Their Uses"
! William +. Rogers of the Boston
| Transcript on THE Bureau of Adver-
Using" William Patterson of Wiscas-
! SET on THE Life of Joseph Wood,
former Secretary of our Associa ton"
| w. L.. Webb of Cornish on Govern
! ment Stamped Envelopes" Arthur G..
! Staples Of the Lewiston Journal will
| be toastmaster at the banquet at
$50 p. NJ. William Thompson of
| Boston and Congressman Carroll L.
| Beedy are the speakers.
Participating for the second time
in the national rife matches at
Camp Perry, Ohio. Vernon H.
! Somers, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
w. Somers of SO Howard street
Bangor and a member of the sopho-
| more class at the University of
| Maine, not only was prominent in
| the national events but also took
| part in the biggest small bore rifle
! event in the world, the Dewar Inter
national Trophy Match, goal
toward which all small bore riflemen