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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27

Harry Lee of Augusta will be the
man who yells go" to those four
fast stepperS who meet in the Aroos-
took free for all at Skowhegan on
Oct. 6.
The Official high in the Judges
stand who shouts that two-letter
word is the one who makes or I'M
makes races. There is probably no
individual in horse race who
gets more blame and fewer COM
pliments than the starter. That
Harry Lee has been selected to give
the word for this big meet Is just as
fine a tribute as a man could get.
for it means that, If it is humanity
possible. those horses will be as
nearly nose and nose when they go
under the wire as horses can be.
Mr.. Lee has served full-time ap-
premiership to qualify him for the
position as starter. More than a
generation ago, he raced horses him
self, and with success. Then he was
horse editor for the old publication.
Turf, Farm and Home" and in that
capacity, while reporting all kinds of
races. he broke into the game as a
starter over Is years ago.
Beginning his work at the small
fairs, Harry Lee developed and soon
Ills SSINlCSS dS d SldllSI were III great
demand in all sections. For nine
years, there wasn't a race of any con-
sequence in Aroostook county but
what saw him as starter. He has
held forth in the same capacity in
Fredericton and Chatham, n. B.,
and at big fairs in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts.
But of all races where Mr.. Lee has
given the word there has been none
that promises more speed and more
real action than this great free for
all at Skowhegan on Oct. G. Four of
Names prize light harness per-
formers will speed down the stretch:
John r. Braden, 202&, Roy Grattan,
201a, Jackson Grattan, 2.01A and
Dan Hedgewood, 2.04A. The purse
Of $4,000, winner take all, means that
there will be driving to win by every
man UP. To see that everything
runs smoothly on this terperamental
occasion will be the especial duty Of
the starter-a real mans job.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
P|TTSFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Orvi!le Moses
Of Denver, Colorado, arrived by. mo-
tor for an extended visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Harmon F. Grover on the
Palmyra road.
There will be a regular meeting of
Waverly Rebekah Lodge. Thursday
evening, Sept. u. The degree will
be- conferred on candidatec. Re
freshments will be served under the
direction of Mrs. Abbie Huff and
aides.
William Campbell who has been
athletic coach at NJ. c. l. left Mon
day for Dover, n. H. having COM
pleted his work here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Provencher of
Reading, Mass. are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perley ]. Written at their
home on Park street.
Clarence Grover was q business
caller in Bangor Tuesday.
Mrs T. E. Hardy of Auburn was a
visitor in town Tuesday.
j. NJ. Dysart was in Bangor Tues
day on business.
The ladies of Stephen Davis Re-
lief Corps held a reguler meeting at
the home of Mrs. w. L. Ross on
Park street. There was a good at
tendance of members and all report
ed it very pleasant meeting. De-
licious refreshments were served by
the hostesses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
Water Power in Palestine

The Zionists are gaining con-
troll not only of the land, but of
the water in the Holy Land. No one
who has not been in Palestine can
realize fully what that means. l
was there in the height of dusty
summer. l learned to appreciate the
symbolism of such a phrase as
waters of life for save in the for
tunate vicinity of springs, there were
no green, growing things. to give re-
lief from the monotony Of hard sun
light reflected from bare pink and
yellow hills. Irrigation will mean
an enormous gain in productivity
and in sheer INABILITY; water power
will make possible the esta blshment
in a fuelless land of small indus
tries that will furnish employment
and raise the standard of living. And
Palestine is to have both. The Jor-
dan and its tributaries and the
waters Of the Auja, in the vicinity OF
Jaffa, have been turned over to
company formed by a Jew named
Pinhas Rutenberg for irrigation and
power development. Some say his
scheme is sound Some hold it to he
Enthusiastically visionary. Some say
he himself is solid citizen SOME
rise to the heights of anathema aho
call him a Bolshevik. You can find
SUPP orters for all sides of an argu-
ment in Palestine. So far as | could
ascertain, his project is feasible from
the point of view of an engineer anI
promises to save Palestine in the flu
ture from the waste involved in a
multiplicity OF projects destined for
the same end. There is vision in it.
as in many of the Jewish enterprises
in Palestine. 1t is estimated that the
rivers of Palestine, if fully utilized.
are capable of furnishing regulated
energy to the amount of one million
horse power, and sufficient water for
irrigating one million and a quarter
acres of land. 1t may be. rs oppo-
nents of the scheme charge, that the
returns of the Rutenoerg company
will be extremely mcagcr for many
years to come-that the project Is too
ambitious to be anywhere near self
supporting In a country in the stage
of DEVELOPMENT OF Palestine. ~
I investors in the company are said TO
be for the most part neCple such as
will find a romantic pleasure III los
ing money in the Holy Land. So
the financial aspect Of the scheme
does not matter greatly. What does
M; ttn,S to the Arab is that the con
troll OF the waters of Palestine has
been given into Jewish hands For
seventy years this company has the
exclusive right to build generating
stations. transmission and distribu
tion lines. electric tramways, rail-
roads, telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS in Palestine and Transjordania.
Under the terms Of the concession
no other individuals or companies
will be permitted to make electric
installation and no similar conces-
sions will be granted until the
seventy years are up. 1t is not sur
prising that the Arabs see in all this
another proof of the Zionist intent
to dominate.
1.-THE Jews are gaining control CT
the land. They control the life-giv-
ing water. They control the gov
eminent What chance have we?"
So say the Arabs.-From The Too
Much Promised Land, by Elizabeth
Titzel. in Asia Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
CuItivating Perfumes

a process, the invention of NJ
Daniel. professor of botany at Rennes,
by which the perfume of flowers is
greatly increased has been explained
before the Academic dos Sciences in
Paris. BY taking two plants of the
same species and grating one on the
other-notably wormwood on a
Chry santhemum-he found not only
that the grated wormwood developed
remarkably. but It's flowers gave forth
a perfume much more powerful than
that of the original plant. Moreover,
the chrysanthemum had given to the
wormwcod flower something of its
own perfume. The professor collected
.he seeds Of the grated worm wood
and The following year obtained from
them some fine plants. They had this
peculiar feature-that while the flow
ers of some Of the plants emitted a
perfume similar to those of the origi-
nal graft, others were absolutely with
out odor-Scientifc American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
State Oil Co. For Persia

The platform upon which all
forces interested in the develop
ment of Persia might unite is the
construction Of Persian state COM
pany. Persia has her oil to offer;
a vast fortune. quite sufficient with
her other mineral wealth to justify
her claim to half the shares, in n
company disposing of huge capital.
But Persia's first need is stable
antee the Sirdar Sipah means of
carrying on his good work of train
ing a national army and paying his
troops regularly. The sum needed
to carry on this work is compar
atively small, and l believe that IL
the state company were to guaran-
tee the Persian War Office 6 100000
monthly for the first five years. the
difficult corner might be turned.
Persia must find way of secur
ing western cooperation for national
development. or she will end by be-
ing developed against her will in an
approaching age of great merchant
venturers. In such case material
development will bring her no ma
tional recovery, nor will it preserve
land will ultimately produce; but
the old race will perish. If the con-
tact between East and West can
lead to no better results than this
not only will Persian craftsmanship
have to record defeat but the West
also will have to acknowledge its
failure. The American State De-
partment has given it's official
sanction to the economic doctrine
that natural resources in the East
cannot become the monopolies of
single foreign governments. In Eng
land. the collectivist organs, which
Mr.. Sidney Webb inspires, are
championing the British military
occupa ton of Mesopotamia on the
ground that 1t will ultimately lead
to the development of oil and that
this development will benefit all
mankind. 1t is an attractive doc
trine, but If it is applied ruthlessly
it will lead to hard faced impe
rialism in new form. More than
anything else, it is likely to precipi-
tate that great clash in which the
East at lay will pit itself against
the West Even if move of his
sort should-come too late to save
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
Ventr;Iocuisn An Old Art

Ventriioquism is an art or power
ACQUIRED through long practice, al
though some people seem to have
natural gift in that direction II
was known to the ancient Greeks
and the name comes from the Latin:
"yenter." "looui." 1t is method OF
speaking so that the voice seems TO
come from a distance, or from some
other source than the person who is
really speaking.
The vocal organs-tongue. palate
larynX, etc. are employed, but the
ventriloquist. through practice, IS
able to speak with lips scarcely NOV
ing. To do this he leaves his lips
SLIGHTLY omen and substitutes some
letters for others-nevcr using tne
labtal or lip letters such as m, p, .;
etc, but instead, saying IN formed
with the tongue on the roof OF ire
mouth). for IN formed with the
lips). and I'd" and 1T" for "b" and
%" In this manner he would say
man" instead of man. and cay
for bay" "tay" for pay
According to one authority, besides
tricks of speaking and various de-
vices to distract the attention of an
audience. the whole art of ventrilo-
ouist is simply to draw al ong breath
and let it out gradually, while speak
ing. modifying and decreasing the
sound of his voice.-Cleveland Plaln
Dealer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
Indians Come Back
at Pills for Double Win

Philadelphia. capt. 26-Cleveland
took two games @fom Philadelphia
today giving the Indians an even
break on the series. The first game
went II innings before Cleveland
won to 8 while home run by
Stephenson in the eighth gave the
Indians the second game 6 to 2.
Burns opposed Uhle in the closing
engagement and the local rookie held
his own with the Cleveland veteran
until the eighth.
In the opening game Manager
Mack sent Bruggy to bat for Nc
Gowan in the 18th and after Edwards
had pitched two balls he was relieved
by Uhle. Heimach then replaced
Bruggy at bat and drew a pass.
Scores:
FIRST GAME
Cleveland 100000 2-5-10-2
Phila. $50. 100000 0-3- 80
Edwards, Uhle and O'Neill; Wal
berg and Perkins.
SECOND GAME
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 3 It'll
Phila. ..... 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0-2-4-2
Uhle and O'Neill; Burns, Hasty
and Perkins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
Cleansing the Skin

Cleansing with a melting cold cream
is always safest. but oily skins can
use soap, and all skins can use the de-
lightful little cleansing-packs to be
bought at beauty shops. 10 for So
they smell the way cookies baking in
the oven do-oh. delicious smell!-and
they leave your skin as pure as snow
and with lovely fragrance. You can
make pretty good ones yourself out of
fine cheese-cloth made into pads three
or four inches square and filled with a
mixture of bran, oatmeal. almond
meal and little orris-root to give it
fragrance. Cleanse the face with
cream first, then wet the packs in hot
water and wash with the up-and-out
stroke. If your skin is dry. put on
skin food for five or 10 minutes after
washing.-From the Delineator
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
stockholm,s Telephcnes

In the matter of convenience ~,
telephone has been brought to ga
perfection in Stockholm. In thal e''.
there is at the telephone exchanse
separate staff whose duty it is 10 say
isfy every possible wish Of the SUI w.
scriber. If he wishes to know tne ".
fetal time he has but to ring up an.
he will learn it to any reasonable it@ "a
ton of a second. 'Waken me at w.,
tomorrow morning, please ms
subscriber whispers into his 'nsI sc,
ment on retiring to bed and E.,s.
rouses him to the minute by an e" IN
tive ring. LAWYERS and doctors ~
the exchange when they will pc !" Iii.
out during the following day. anu 80.
ents can therefore learn from ,l na r,
change if n consultation can DC Ia you
a person is out when you ring ny ~.
simply leave the message with 'he -.
change, and he will get it when ~
turns. And so on-and on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
See New State Mark Queen City Meet Star Horseesh
GOLF MIRACLES
STAGED BY STARS
AT PELHAM MANOR

Pelham Manor, N. Y, Sept. 90
(By A. P.)-Playing under leaden
skies, through a mist that hung deep
over the course throughout the day
and soaked the fairway, the majority
of the players in the third Sc holes
round of the Professional Golfers
association championship performed
a countless number of links miracles.
The miracle men" Of the days
play were Joe Kirkwood. the Aus
tralian; George Mclean Of Bronx
vile. N. Y; Robert Cruickshank, the
cocky little Scot of the Shackamaxon
club. Westfield, N. j., and Fred Nc
Leod, the Columbia Country club pro.
the 1922 champion had somewhat of
task in winning from Alex Camp
bell of Cincinnati, but he finally
downed the veteran 3 and 2. Walter
Hagen won from John Golden of
Tuxedo. N. Y, and 8.
There were two easy winners in the
days play. Long Jim" Barnes. the
Pelham pro, won from Cyril Walker
of Englewood, n. j., 5 and 6, and Will
liam MacFarlane of Tuckahoe, n. Y,
defeated Jack Staff of Hartford,
Conn, 9 and 8.
Joe Kirkwood declared tonight
after he had defeated young John
Farrell of Mamaroneck, II. Y, up
in Sc holes, that he had a whole bag
full of miracles. He used one of them
yesterday in eliminating James West
of Cedarhurst, n. Y, after being six
down on the first nine. When he
finished the first nine today he was
two down to Farrell. and when he
finished Is he was three down. Then
he proceeded to pull out the match.
Cruickshank finished the morning
round three down to Ray Derr of
Glensde, Pa, was one down when
they reached the 9th and even at
the 35th as a result of an iron shot
of about 275 yards dead to the pin,
something like the shot that enabled
him to tie Bobby Jones in the open
championship at Inwood in July
This gave Bobby birdie four. He
won out at the eighteenth by holing
a twenty foot putt and Derr failed on
a short one for half.
McLeanS miracle was performed
against a man who had set his first
two opponents in the championship
play on their heads with his shoot
ing. Ogg started out the same way
this morning against Mclean and
had taken a lead of four holes when
the ninth hole was reached. At
eighteen he was five up on Mclean.
The third nine saw the beginning of
the fight. Mclean won back two
holes. On the last nine he squared
the match with a series of birdie
holes against Ogg's pars. All square
at the 36th they started the course
again.
Ogg had two excellent wood shots
on the 37th and his approach was
we'll on the green. Mclean sliced to
the rough but recovered nicely to the
green's edge. He Clipped on we'll and
then both took puts for half. on
the SSth Ogg was in the centre of the
fairway for a good approach but
Mclean was off to one side in tall
grass. Ogg pitched to within ten feet
of the hole and Mclean. with e shot
curved around a tree. was within IL
feet. Mclean sank his putt and Osg
missed.
Tomorrow Cruickshank will meet
MacFarlane; Barnes will play sara
zen, Mcleod will meet Walter Hagen
and Joe kirkwood will meet George
Mclean.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
Cannot Feed Population

Compared with the United States,
India has a smaller area and much
larger population, writes Harold Cox
in Asia Magazine. The area of India
including the semi-independent In
dian states. is less than two thirds
of the area of the United States: but
the population is three times as
large.
1t may reasonably be inferred that
India is already overfull of human
beings. Yet social customs and re-
ligious creeds still impose upon In
dian parents the duty of begetting
children. regardless Of the means
available for their maintenance. with
the result that children are poured
into the world even more rapidly
than in Europe and in the United
States. Roughly, one in four of the
infants thus brought into being dies
before it has ceased to be an infanc
Others die in early youth or early
manhood. The, average duration of
life in India is far below the average
of western Europe and America.
Beyond this is the final fact that
the whole standard of life is lowered
because the resources of the country
do not suffice for the adequate main
tenanco of the millions who are
striving to live.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
I;oht PART for Shin Bottoms

Some interesting results have been
obtained by ]. Paul Visscher in his
study of the fouling of ships bot
TOMS. These results indicate that
the color of the paint used is an i'm
portant factor in determining tie
amount of fouling. A series of plates
painted with different colors were
exposed in sea water at the Beaufort
lahoratory and the development of
the growth was observed over a
period of several months. These COL
ors included white. black yellow,
red. green and blue. The results
show clearly that there was much
more fouling on the dark plates
than on those with lighter colors
The results are apparently explained
by the factor that at the time of at
tachrent of the larvae to these
forms the organisms are neeativeIy
phototropic. that is. they tend to go
away from the source Of light. This
experiment is in accord with OBJ
servations made on the growth on
ships bottoms where the densest
growths are found in regions least
exposed to light.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
Hotter Than Suns Surface

Until a few years ago 1t was
thought that the suns heat was the
greatest that could exist. You can
realize how intense it is when you
think that the rays that burn our
faces brown in summer time have
travelled across 100000 miles of
space.
Scientists have succeeded in pro-
ducing a temperature that is thous-
ands of degrees hotter than the suns
surface. 1t was desired to study the
composition of certain metals. and
the only way of doing so was to re-
duce them to gas by applying heat.
The temperature necessary was
enormous, and months of experiments
were needed before a means of pro-
ducing it could be found. Eventually
huge electrical apparatus was in
stalled which produced heat so terri
fic that metals were converted not
slowly but instantly into gas; in fact,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
To Bar Slotted
or Punched Golf Clubs

New York, Sept. 26-The United
States Golf association announced
today that after January 1, 1924. all
slotted or punched clubs would be
barred. Stamped lines may be used
if they do not exceed one sixteenth
of an inch in width and are not less
than three thirty seconds of an inch
apart. All rough or raised edges
must also be removed.
Clubs with slotted and punched
faces, which are used to put an alb
normal "cut" on a ball. were barred
more than year ago by the golfing
authorities of Great Britain. Discus
sion on the subject was hot during
last summer when Americans play
ing in tournaments in England were
forbidden to use anything but smooth
clubs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
COLBY P|GSkIN
CHASERS MIX UP
IN SCRIMMAGE
Especial to the Kennebec Journal)

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Waterville. Sept. 26-The long
looked-for first scrimmage of the
Colby football squad was held this
afternoon on the athletic field. The
actual ocrimmage took only the lat
ter part of the afternoon and was
in order for about half an hour but
in that short space of time Coach
Green had a chance to size up some
of the wealth OF material which he
has on hand. especially backs.
The first part of the afternoon
practice was passed with the kick
erg, the head coach passing a great
deal OF time with the booting candi-
dates. In this department OF the
game tbs Blue and Gray seems to
he very weak, and Coach Green is
working hard to try and develop a
new punter.
The backs under Assistant Coach
Edwards were given a hard hours
work in interference and line plung-
ing. all OF the candidates being sent
with the ball through tacklers. Ed
wards is making rapid progress with
the backfield in the art OF interior
ence.
Near the end of the afternoon two
teams were lined up against each
other and punting battle staged.
Several of the backs were given an
opportunity to show what they could
do in the line of punting while UNI
der fire. Millett and Carson looked
pretty good from the sidelines, al
though the freshman candidate for
the backfield berth is bit nervous
and fumbles frequently.
The scrimmage brought out some
fine work by some of the backs and
linemen. Millctt was the big figure
of the afternoon in gaining ground
around, under or over the opponents
line. After the first string men had
been sent to the showers, other
backfield candidates were sent in to
replace them and pulled off some
good work. Roland Potter, last
years star at Waterville High,
seems to look good in the fullback
position. Yesterday afternoon he got
off with some nice line bucks, hit
ting the line low and hard for good
gains.
One accident marred the after
Moons work. In the first part of
the scrimmage Frank Goodrich, for
mer Coburn star and one of the
hardest fighting linsmen on the Blue
last season, was slA lightly injured in
play. He received a kick in the
face and was takeA to the gymna-
SUM by two other players. 1t is
expected that he will report for
practice tomorrow as the injury is
on the skin only.
A harder scrimmage will be in or
der tomorrow. according to Hea Il
Coach Green. The coaching squad
was depleted today by the loss of
Eddie Cawley and Ernie Perry, who
have been compelled to return to
their business in Massachusetts,.