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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
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Detroit. Mich. Dsc. 2s--Two per.
sons attempted to end their lives
nere today escauss of Chtistfnas
troubles ana the body az an unidsntI-
nsd man was found ii Belle tale
l Eask with an empty poison phlal BE-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
Mrs. Ar.lia b. pietowl,r. Av.,,,

Mrs. Amelia o. piekowisR, Auburn
Aaburn, Nee. as.--tfrs Amelia c.
Piokowics died at her home on New
bury street Monday morning. She lived
n lewiston FOR IA years. moving to
auburn aIii.n about three ysars ago. she Is
three daughters. Thk f,ikefal viii Ss
at 81. patrIekss church Wedneidav
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Granite city Rebekah Lodge has
elected officers for the ensuing year
az follows: noble grand, Mrs. Ther.
esa Moore; vice grand, Mrs. Grace
WhitehouseS recording secretary,
Mrs. Ruth Hooper; financial seefe4
fafy, Mrs. Lila Niles; treasures,
Mrs. Shirley Chase.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

The Endeavor meeting on Wsdnes.
day evening at the Baptist chapel
will be lead by the pastor. The
topic is lessons from Bethlehem. y
At the close short business meet
ing of the church will be held.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mr.. ana Mrs. w. E. Johnson and
son Burton passed Christmas Day In
WHITEHEAD, the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert johnson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

There will be an Lpworfh League
social Thursday evening In the vestry
of the church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mrs. A. c, Lane Of lewiston was the
guest of MIR. and Mrs. Waiter +. Rol.
Inns on Christmas day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Caroline Clifford, a former
teacher II, Hallowell High, and now
Mrs; Walter Elwyn MATHEWS, 10
teaching In the High school at Fort
Fairfield, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

MIRA. Simpson. A teacher IN Chelsea,
Mass. formerly at the state school.
" q. guest Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Harry
Smith,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

The public schools Of the city will
open on Monday, December 81, for
the winter term, after q vacation OF
two weeks. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Rena Speed, formerly sppervis-
Or Of domestic science In Gardiner
High SCHOOL ana who Is now employed
In b similar position In Brockton,
Mass, IL the guest OF Mrs. w. I. Guild,
kingsbury street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Ffof. ana Mfs Karl Woodcock or
Bates College are visiting Mrs. wood.
cocks parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
q. Luce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Andrews and
daughters Deiphene and Kathleen
passed Christmas day with relatives
III Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

DR.. Freeman p. Clason, who has
been the guest of HIS parents, Hon.
and Mrs. o. B. Clasofi, has returned
Mo Hartford, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mrs Clara Hayes and daughter,
Doris. of Brunswick were christmas
guests at the home on Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Burbank. Randolph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Alice Burie, dietetien at the
Massachusetts, General Hospital is
the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles J. Burke. Randolph for
the Christmas holidays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
LOCAL NOTICE

Regular dance at Perry Hall. Ran
dolph, Wednesday evening. Music by
Three O'Clock Orchestra. Deegt- rs
Big dance Golden Crosa hail. Au-
gusta. wednesday evening, Dec. 26.
Peaslee's Novelty Orchestra.
dec24dSt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Lawrence Babb. who IL attending the
General Electric School at Lynn. Mass,
is at his home in this city for the hoi.
idayS,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ferris. who
have been guests Of relatives IN this
city, have returned to their home In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
Hallowell Local News

Mrs, Fanny Paynson has returned
from q visit with friends in Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Anna Mailman of New York
In the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Mailman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

T. A. Stephenson LEFT last night FOR
Portland after passing Christmas
with his family here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Wula Dysart. is passinE
Christmas In Lincoln, Me-, over
Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

fi.sh Isftooi team viii play their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Clara Fowles. a teacher in
the public schools of Camden. N. j.,
ID the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Fowies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Harry Goodman of brooklyn, N. r,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. s. Mailman
over the holidays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Edward Allen. who is employed in
Lewiston. is at his home in this city
for the holidays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Marion Hickey OF Boston is
ias TFSSs os H his sns Nc t se
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Burton Johnson left last night for
Waterfowl, where he ID employed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Benjamin w. Partridge, Jr., who
has been the guest Of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Partridge, has
returned to Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

w. I. Guild, who is employed in
Brockton, Mass, is passing tie holi-
days at his home on Kingsbyry
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

F. H. Dunning of Randolph has
gone to Wallaston, Mass, where he
will be the guest of his son, Vincent
for. q few DAYS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert p. Murray
of Boston are the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs.. Michael Burns, Heseiton street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Agatha Hamley, who is
teaching school in Boston IL the
guSet Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. ID. Hanley, Lincoln avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Mrs. Gardiner Davis Of Boston Ii
passing a few days at "The Oak
1ande."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Miss Gertrude M. Kelley Of Boston
Is the guest Of Mrs. e. J. Kelley Of
PittSton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
GARDINER LOCAL NEWS
OFFICE. ii Main Avenue Telephone 37.W
Office Hsus ! 70 t2 M.-sso to $50 p. NJ

Harry Belyea OF Lewiston is pass
ing q few days in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

LOCAL NOTICE
Regular Dance at Pefrys HAIL,
Randolph, Wednesday evening. Music
by Three O'Clock Orchestra. dec2s 20
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Charles Evans of Belfast was callin
on Gardiner friends Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

Regular meeting of the American
Legion Thursday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

In spite of the unusually heavy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26

D0D6e BROTHERS
MOTOR Can

value 70 pronounced tAat you are justifed
n locking upon The fsafeAsse st Dodge
Bfothsr Motor ca d. The tox1dsst possible
investment III tfahspoftatien:
Not dollar IL added 70 the purchase price
to support a free service poliey; nor TO
cover the costlness Of numerous body Or
chassis types; nor to pay interest on Dor.
rowed money; nor to maintain 4 multiple
organization Of middlesnen.
Dodge Brothers finance themselves. They
sell directly through single organization
Of dealers to you. They do not believe in
charging in advance for service you may
never need. They have developed re-
naarkable economies, and q time seasoned
product, by concentrating on standard
types.
These facts are reflected, not only in the
price of the Car, but in the quality of
workmanship and materials that enter into
its construction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

1886. The country had trade schools
before the days of our revolutionary
war. and there was a mining academy
at Freiberg ten years before We de-
clared our independence. Germany
has trade schools of every descrip-
ton and technical high schools in all
the chief centers. The Technical High
School Of Berlin covers acres. 1t has
several hundred teachers and about
5000 students. Leipzig has a munich
pal industrial school. Chemnitz has
schools for weaving and nearly every
German state has schools for the
building trades. some of which have
been in existence for two generations
There are seven state schools for
navigation and many agricultural
and horticultural schools.
In nearly all such institutions the
teachers have looked upon their jobs
as good for~life and a pension. and it
is on this ground perhaps that the
salaries have been SO low. The pub
lie school teachers were started in
at about s25 month, and when
woman had reached forty she re-
ceived little over $500 per annum
At forty-eiSht she might retire At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

tin basin. The basin is furnished
free. but each diner had to bring or
hire his own spoon. l saw the place
where they were handing, out the
spoons. The rent of a spoon for tho
meal was just about 1900 Of a cent.
Notwithstanding this low price, many
bring their spoons with them.
I WANT to take you into one Of the
students homes or lodging houses
which are found here and there in
Berlin. In some of them the students
get their lodgings at as low as 3
cents month, and for this the boy
has his shoes shined by the maid and
substitute for coffee each morning.
The home / refer to is In the heart Of
the city. 1t has eighty rooms, and
there are eighty-five students living
in them today. Each pays from 3
cents to Is cents a month. according
to his accommodations. The Scent
quarters are in the attic, which has
been divided up into curtained-o off
compartme nts, each containing one
or two beds, rude washstand, a
bookcase and a table and stools.
There are nine such compartments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
The Hairs Breadth.

TECHNICALLY speaking, a hairs
breadth is just 100000 of an
inch. For the purpose of such deli
cate measurement. tool-makers en-
ploy what Is styled a micrometer
caliper. The hairs breadth is some
thing that must be taken into con-
sideration in the manufacture Of
many objects of the machine-makers
skill. Very precise calculate of this
sort must. for instance. be practiced
uopn the doors Of bank vaults where
every part must fit to the incest de-
gree.
In addition to the micrometer cali
per for the attainment of exactness
in metal work there are also employ
ed the ring-gauge and plug-guage
1t is obvious that failure to take
into consideration the contraction
and expansion OF metals sometimes
results In. disaster to the manufac-
turer. In this relation there may be
mentioned the case of the manufac-
turer who had prepared dies in which
castings from soft metals were to be
made. An error OF several thou
sandths of an inch in the diamete
Of the finished castings existed, and
this was quite sufficient to- render the
work useless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

Hopkins says: Just before we halted
on the morning Of the eth We saw
a group of officers in gray. who we
later learned were Lee and his staff.
We dismounted and lay down by the
roadside Rumors had been spread
ing Through the ranks for two or
three days that Lee was negotiating
to surrender. AS we lay there await
ing orders a staff officer rode through.
crying out. Lee has surrendered and
we knew that the war was over.
The soldiers went wild with joy.
Gen. Meade, who was in immediate,
command. soon rode through the
ranks with his staff as the men let
themselves loose in the greatest
demonstration of delight I have ever
witnessed. Gen. Grant was there also,
but took no part in the demonstra-
ton"
When Col. Hopkins resigned eight
years ago as chief of the Court of
Claims, he was honored by the bench
and bar. officers and employees with a
public testimonial.
Besides the commission of brevet
major Of volunteers issued to him by
the President April 6. 1865, for gall
liant and meritorious service before
Petersburg and at the battle of Little
Sailors creek" he was again twice
breveted as lieutenant colonel and as
colonel of volunteers. Before the
muster out of his regiment the gov
ernor of his state also issued to him
a commission as lieutenant colonel
of his regiment
In addition to extensive literary
work, Col Hopkins has given his ac-
tive support to a wide range of
philanthropies. He has served as
member of the board of visitors of
the United States Military Academy
and as delegate to one of the inter-
national peace congresses. He served
many years as chairman of the Board
of Associated Charities. He was long
an active member of the executive
committee of the board of directors
Of Garfield Hospital. He has for a
long time been a trustee of George
Washington University and on the
executive committee and vice chair
iIldll OI Tic OOdTu I1c is d director
of the Washington Society of Fine
Arts, trustee of the Legal Aid So
ciety, has been chancellor for the
District commandery of the Loyal
Legion, president of the District So
ciety, Sons Of the Revolution, and its
sole remaining founder; president of
the Williams College Alumni Asso-
citation, vice president of the Metro
politan Club and chairman of the
executive committee, and a member
of the Historical Society.
|. He is a member of the Authors
Club of London, of the National
Geographic Society, the Alibi Club,
and has been a member of American
Social Science Association and of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science. He is one of the men,
bers Of tho Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, of the District
branch Of the National Civic Fed
Grafton, and has been a member
Of the Washington Academy Of
Sciences and the Archaeological
Society He is on the Committee of
One Hundred Tor the Improvement of
WASH p gton 7saAd on. the cQmwittee
for the celebration Of One Hundred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

that time her salary would be s725.
but L am not sure she received this
ruil sum as pension. These were
the rates before the war. They were
fixed by law and were in marks. The
number of marks has been increased
many times. but to reduce them to
gold one must now divide the amount
by 5000 and the result means only
enough to buy ones food. to say
nothing of clothing. ! talked with the
superintendent of the model public
school of Berlin yesterday He is
getting Sc a month and he has five
little children. He told me he was
earning 1925 a month before the war,
and added that the man teachers I'M
der him are now earning something
like dollar a week and woman teach
ers nine-tenths that amount.
OF all the intelIectuals, the univer-
sity students have the most conspic-
uous poverty. The doctors and law
yers. authors and artists are scattered
and one does not see them in large
bodies. The students might be called
union of educated paupers who are
trying in every day to make the
ends meet. In the past thew were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
Alcohol Lights.
THE use Of alcohol as an Ill

THE use Of alcohol as an illuminant
is growing in France and other
European countries. and the subject
attracts much attention in England
On the continent alcohol lamps are
now made with incandescent mantles
capable of yielding 1000 candlepower
Two hundred and fifty candlepower is
very common with these lamps. 1t
is claimed that they vitiate the at
mosphere sensibly less than any
other illuminant except -incandescent
electric lamps. In Germany potatoes
and In France beets are now largely
used in the production of alcohol for
industrial purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

supported by their parents. but the
incomes of such have been so re-
duced that the average amount al
lowed to each boy by his family is
about so cents a month. or / cent a
day. Some Of them are living on
this and others on but little more
adding to their income in all sorts Of
ways.
In order TO aid them the govern
ment, the cities. and, In many cases
individuals, have contributed to the
establishment Of student boarding
houses and student restaurants at the
large centers- The government has
converted a part of one of the great
army barracks here into a restau-
rant for the boys and girls of the
Berlin University. and il is feeding
over 5000 such every day. When
visited it I found the plain, board
tables crowded with fine-looking
young men and women. taking their
chief meal of the day at a cost of less
than l cent. The meal consisted of a
generous bowl of vegetable stew
without bread, butter or anything
else. Each portion was about a
quart, and this was Iadled out into a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
A Pound of Honey.

ITO turn out one pound of honey it
is estimated that honey bees
must have taken the nectar. from
more than $1,000 clover blossoms, and
that to accomlish this there would be
required some '2,75o,ooo visits to the
blossoms by the bees. In other words,
to collect sufficient nectar to make up
one pound Of honey bee must pro-
coed to hive to flower and back again
2.750,000 times. When one considers
the distances. honey bees sometimes
traverse in search of clover fields, in
some cases a mile or two from the
hive, one begins - ~btain an idea,
in a slight degree. of the number OF.
miles the industrious little creatures
must t-N~Ss IN order that man may
possess a pound of honey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

and the students who dwell there call
famous mountain which the ancient
Greeks supposed touch the heavens
and was the residence Of the gods. 1t
cheered me to think Of the nerve OF
the boys who. at the peak of their
misery, were able SO to name their
miserable home.
The students were out when the
manager of the home showed me their
rooms. Each had some pitifu1 at
tempt at decoration of one kind or an
other. Pinned to the cloth walls were
pictures. fraternity emblems, photo
graphs of sweethearts and of mothers
and fathers. Some had ornaments
similar to those in the room Of an
American college student, and the
better to display their pictures had
pasted wallpaper on the cloth as a
background. They had put tissue pa
per over the electric lights and had
done their best to cover the shabbi-
ness. / observed that there were no
lewd pictures or photographs OF half-
naked actresses such as one sees in
all the chief magazines here and that
the quarters looked like the homes Of
clean men. I remember one room
which had in a frame the certificate
of the students first communion
showing he had been confirmed by the
church.
In another room the wardrobe was
encircled with dog-chains fastened
with numerous padlocks. / asked
what this meant and the manager
said that the student occupant adds to
his income by buying old umbrellas
which he patches and repairs and then
sells again. The wardrobe contained
his stock in trade. The manager .ails
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

ceeding to the Office so long held
with honor by his father as president
of Williams College, and Lawrence,
who was major in the LIST Massa-
chusetts Cavalry.
Early in the war Capt Hopkins
served on the staff of Gen. H. S.
Briggs. He was in the bloody fight
ing at Winchester, under Gen. Sheri-
dan, on September 81, assisting in
the capture of 1000 prisoners and
the flag of the I'd Virginia, Stonewall
Jackson's old regiment. After this
important engagement his regiment,
as the highest compliment to it's
valor, was detailed to provost duty
In the town.
Yesterday, as Col. Hopkins sat in hi .
home at 1926 Massachusetts, avenue,
looking back over the fifty-eight
years to those three days of culmi-
mating strife. pursuit and victory, his
eyes rested upon two crossed swords,
while his old commander and friend,
Gen. Phil Sheridan. looked down from
large autographed photograph. One
of the swords was that carried at
Sailors creek and Appomattox by
Col. Hopkins, the other belonged to
a Texas colonel, and was taken from
him in handto-hand fighting on April
6. In the hilt is wrought a lone
star" showing the vanquished foe
was a Texan. r-
IF knew where his relatives are 1
would be glad to restore it to them"
said Col. Hopkins, showing that the
war has left IN his. breast none but
tender and sympathetic feelings to-
ward those who were even his bit
terest foes while both sides were
fighting for what they honestly be-
lieved to be right. And that is pre-
dominantly the spirit of Col. Hop
kins' recollections today. for he says,
in speaking of the one thing that
dampened the enthusiasm of the VIC
tors at Appomattox:
1--WE had all read and seen pictures
of the formal surrender of captured
armies, and we expected that Lee and
his veterans would march out and lay
down their arms as CORVALLIS did at
Yorktown. We thought 1t was due
to our long and arduous service that
we should see its results, and when
we found we were to be faced about
and marched northward, without even
a glimpse of our late enemies, there
was much murmuring and discomfort.
But Gen. Grant was much wiser and
greater than all of U.S. He knew how
we felt, but he knew also that we
and the men Of the south henceforth
were to be fellow countrymen again,
and his maganimous soul refused to
subject Lee and his army to any hui
initiation that could be avoided. 1t
was evidence of true greatness, and
we see now that he was right"
\ y
4 GAIN, after recounting the fierce
"A ness of the earlier battle at Sail
ors creek. Col. Hopkins said: at had
been a glorious victory all along the
line, resulting in a loss to Lees
crumbling and disrupted army Of
about 5000. Who can fail to admire
the splendid manhood and courage OF
men who, after such a march as they
had made. almost without food, with
disaster upon them and defeat in
|.evitab bic; could make such q stand ~
they did at Sailors creek or to re-
d.