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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-20
Novelty Program
Chases Dull Care at
Girls Club Supper

Hugely successful was the supper
and meeting. Monday evening at the
Augusta Girls Community club. be-
cause the crowd was large, hungry,
and enthusiastic, the program was
poppy and full of interest and there
was something doing every minute.
About fifty in all, including club
members. old and. new and invited
guests sat down to a delightful re
past at $50 o'clock. A number of
the girls who had volunteered thor
services, acted as most efficient
mattresses.
Following the supper. Miss Rosa :
mond Common was called upon to act
as toastmistress. which she most
happily did. adding much fun. to the
party by her ready wit and clever
introductions.
Miss Ethelle NJ. Garside, president
of the club, was early called upon to
give few words and she doomed the
Christmas sale and sewing for the
sale, and also spoke of the paid up
memberships
Miss Elsie p. Briggs, executive Sec
rotary, In a few well chosen words,
voiced the delight of the club mems
bers for such an enjoyable party.
Miss Dorothy Smith and Miss Kath-
crime Norris, TWO OF the city school,
teachers. added laufels to the teach
ers' crowns by amusing the folks
with some very clever readings. MisS
Greeley, who is now at the Crossett
shoe factory, In q social service ca
pacity. also spoke few words.
Miss Henry. another new member
Of the club. gave humorous mono
logue. The report Of the Plymouth,
Mass, meeting was made by Miss
Grace Maddocks, who was a dele
gate. Miss Maddoci<'s report was
far from dull, she giving 1t in her
characteristic interesting manner.
The girls just felt that they were
| making the trip with her, as she ted
IT,
Mrs. Morgan a new conner to the
city, added to the pleasure OF the
program b. violin solos, accompanied
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-20

Ordered that the city treasurer be
authorized to accept the sum of $500.
from Charles l.. Chambers for the
perpetual care of lot In Mount
Vernon cemetery. Passed.
Ordered that the city treasurer be
authorized to accept the sum of $780,
from the estate of Mary r. Ward
Tor the perpetual care of a lot in
riverside cemetery. Passed.
Ordered that permission be given
10 sam Freeman to occupy part of
the corner of Bridge and Water
streets for the purpose of making
alterations in the building which he
VIII occupy, this permission not to
hold good for over 40 days. Passed
Ordered that Peter Dostie be given
permission to occupy part of Mount
vernon avenue for the storage Of
building material for three flat
house. this permission not to hold
good for over 60 days. Passed.
Ordered that street light be in
stalled at the corner of Bridge and
Spring streets. Referred to the COM
mittee on street lights.
Ordered that the street light now
situated on the East end of Capitol
street sbe moved to the corner of
Gage street. Referred to the COM
mite on street lights.
Ordered that a street light be in
stalled at the corner of Bridge and
State streets. Referred to the COM
mittee on street lights.
Licenses were grained to the fol-
lowing: auctioneers> licenses to Ed
ward l.. Ripley and ID. l.. Hysom.
Licenses were requested by Myr-
tie johnson to operate a restaurant
on Water street and by Edward l..
Eaton to operate a coffee house, and
these two were referred to the city
treasurer
1t was voted to hold over decision
upon the granting of license to
Jessie Lewis as cab driver, as 1T
has been the custom to publish the
names Of those desiring these licen-
ses and this one has not been pub
lished.
AS no one appeared against the
granting of a permission to the Cen
trail Maine Power Co. to erect poles
and lines on Sewall street from the
Hallowell line to connect with it's
present power line this permission
was granted.
The sewer easement on the Pearl
street sewer which cost SAIL was
made at this meeting and one half
the cost of this sewer will be borne
by the abuttor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-20
EDUCATION WILL HASTEN LASTING PEACE
DR.. A. 0. THOMAS TELLS LECIONA|RES"AT
MEETING IN OBSERVANCE EDUCATION WEEK

That education is one Of the most
powerful of forces for the founding of
permanent world peace was one of
the points made by DR.. Augustus O.
Thomas, State commissioner of educa-
ton, in his remarks before the MEN,
bers Of the James Fitzgerald Post of
the American Legion at their meeting
Monday evening. DR.. Thomas talk
was most eloquent and inspiring and
iii every way was, particularly appro-
pirate as feature of Education Week.
which was promulgated by the Ameri-
can Legion two years ago, and which
is being observed in every city and
hamlet in the United States this week
Previous to the talk by the special
guest of the evening the post held a
business session at which many fmpor-
tant matters of interest to the organ
ization and to all former service men
were disposed of. The nominating
committee reported a slate OF officers
which will be balloted upon for choice
at the annual meeting to be held in De-
cember The list of nominations for
the elective offices of the post are as
follows: Post commander Emery o.
Beane, Lewis A. Burleigh Jr., Frank
3. Sprague. Arthur Tiffin; vice com
mander. Charles Bressette, Edward
Arthur S. Merrill. Clyde w. Metcalf,
Henry ]. Thyng; finance officer. J. Full
Ter Ingraham, Lewis S. Johnson, Ma
than Weston; sergeant at arms. Her
bert Oracle. Fred Cummings; historian.
Harris Day. Frank T. Southland, Rob-
ext Williamson.
The veteran actor H Price Webber
was to have appeared before the MEM
bers of the Legion as an entertainer.
but IL was with considerable regret
that the chairman of the entertainment
committee reported that, because of a
sudden attack of Illness which Mr.
Weber suffered Monday. II would be
impossible for him to appear. The
meeting voted to send a letter to Mr..
Weber approaching his many past
favors to the boys and expressing their
hope that he may speedily recover
from his illness.
DR.. Thomas. when introduced as the
speaker of the evening, was accorded a
routing welcome by the large number
present, and he very graciously OK
pressed his pleasure at being present
with the veterans OF the World War
in their splendid quarters to talk to
them for few minutes. DR.. Thomas
recalled the origin of Education Week,
a movement which had its inception
through the national organization Of
the American Legion. He called to
mind that this week three great ma
tional organizations have united forces
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CONTINUE ILLEGAL
POSSESSION CASE
AGAINST GIROUx

After hearing the testimony Of the
State and of the defense in the case
against George Giroux of Chelsea in
municipal court Monday morning. ar
raigned on a charge of illegal posses
sion of Intoxicating liquor. Judge Cony
announced that he desired further in
formation. on certain points which had
been brought out at the hearing. and
continued the case for one week 10 next
Monday. Nov 90. Giroux was ordered
to furnish bonds in the sum Of $500
for his appearance at that time.
1t was brought out in the evidence
that Giroux'S appearance in court was
the result of a flying visit by three
deputies from the sheriffs department
to the neighborhood of the National
Home Monday forenoon. Deputy Will
liam Cole on the stand told of the trip
by himself and Deputies Carl F. Fell
lows and Harry Pinkham, when the
two latter found one full pint and two
haif-pint bottles of alcohol, which IL
was alleged belonged to Giroux.
Deputy Sheriff Fellows told of find
ing the pint bottle hidden in the leaves
at the base of telegraph pole. across
stone wall. about rs feet from the
house occupied by Giroux. which is on
the Hallowell road about a half mile
from the national reservation. Two
empty pint bottles were also found on
shelf in the respondents house.
Deputy Pinkham told of finding the
two half-pints in hide near the foun-
dation of the stable on the property
across the road from Giroux's place,
which he occupied as a garage for his
automobile. The warrant alleging. IL
legal possession was sworn out by
Deputy sheriff William A. Cole. The
respondent was represented in the
court room by Attorney Burleigh Mar
tin.
At the conclusion of the presentation
OF the case for the State. Attorney
Martin moved that the complaint be
dismissed and the respondent dis
charged on the grounds that the State
had failed to introduce any etidance
proving Gnroux's possession of the IL
Quor. Judge Cony refused to allow
the motion and the respondent took
the stand and made a general denial of
the allegations against him. The re-
spondent made certain remarks about
another party in the same neighbor-
hood. which prompted the judge In con-
tinuing the case for one week, at
which time, he intends to be informed
as to the true situation in the locality
where GiriuX lives.
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Arrest Lewiston Men
For Working ON Sunday

Lewiston, Nov. 19.-As an after
math of the big fire of a week ago
sur day. when so many valuable furs
were destroyed George S. Mccarthy,
lire commissioner caused the arrest
anc arraignment Saturday of four
men, Henry Couture, Charles Pull
s1fer, Pierre Benoit and William Nc
Neil on charge of working On Sun
day.
All hut PGlsifer are Auburn men
and were employed in refnishing the
floors of the building where the fire
TOOK place. This was done because
ne could not Technically bring cases
OF carelessness against them as they
We're. working Sunday.
Judge Crockett ruled that they
were doing no c.ore than hundreds
OF other men do each Sunday; but
that while technically guilty of vio-
lating the Sunday law, he won; i
place them on pro"ation if they
pleaded guilty. which they did.
Commissioned Mccarthy said he
took the action TO bring attention 20
the fact that varnish and cigarettes
do not mix we'll; that he had no
doubt the Cortell fire was caused by
negligence of he men smoking while
spreading yarnish.
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CITY GOVERNMENT BOOSTS BOND TO $500
FOR WHITE Bear POOL ROOM LICENSE IN
AN ATTEMPT TO insure PROPER CONDUCT

Permission was granted Monday
evening at the regular meeting of
the city government. to Max Slosberg
to conduct the White Bear pool room
at 162 Water street, upon condition
that he furnish bonds In the sum Of
$500, for the proper conduct Of this
place, that any man whom he shall
put in charge of the pool room shall
be acceptable to the city marshal
and that neither Harry Slosberg nor
Paul Desharnaiss shall be connected
in any way with the pool room.
This Is the pool room which was
recently raided by Sheriff Cummings
and his deputies and in which were
found several young men shooting
crap" Because of this affair, the two
proprietors, Harry Slosberg and Paul
Desharnais, voluntarily surrendered
their license and the bond.
In the discussion over the granting
of the bond to Max Slosberg. he was
questioned as to whether the pool
room had been sold by these two men
and it was decided that in the flu
ture bond of $500 should be re-
quired instead of the bond of 800
which has heretofore been required.
The roll of accounts which was
uppIONcu ny the city government al
this meeting totalled $116,659.62. of
which $4,000 was for the retirement
of temporary loans, $1.639.33 for re-
pairs to Kennebec bridge and $4,000
for special expenses of the Augusta
Fire Department.
Other business to come before the
meeting:
Ordered that a retaining wall be
erected on the westerly side of Mill
street on land of Omer Maheu at 10,
12 and IA Mill street, this wall to be
used as part of wall for his house
and one half of the cost of building
the wall to be paid by Mr.. Maheu.
Passed
Ordered that o. 3. Frost & Co..
he given permission to occupy part of
Mill street for four weeks for the
purpose of building the above re-
tanning wall. Passed.
Ordered that the street light now
situated at the junction of Quimby
street and South Belfast Avenue be
moved to such a location as shall
be approved by the street commits
sioner. Passed.
Ordered that ten poles of the Cen
trail Maine Power Co on the Oakland
road near the residence of w. r.
Ayers be moved to place now stalk
ed out so that the road may be wild
ened. Passed.
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Law Court Rescript
On Lumber Scale Case
In Somerset County

Two rescripts were handed down
by the law court Monday, one from
Somerset county and the other from
Waldo county.
Somerset Case
In the Somerset County case of
Samuel w. Herrick vs.. Eldredge
Brothers, the motion of the defend
ant is overruled.
The rescript per curiam is as fol-
lows:
The amount Of lumber belonging
to the plaintiff taken by defendants
truck driver, Is the only question in
dispute.
A tally of the entire pile taken by
plaintiffs son when the lumber was
hauled from the mill showed 4S79
feet ~ the mill scale. The load ad-
mitted to have been hauled away
contained 1882 feet according to de-
PENDANTS tally of the mill scale given
by defendant to plaintiff. This tally
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-20
Telephone People
Entertain Calumet
Members and Guests

A large number of the members OF
the Calumet club and their ladies
were entertained by several from the
local exchange of the New England
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
Monday evening at Calumet hall,
when the moving picture Beyond
the Range of Vision was shown
through the courtesy of that COM
pany.
This fine picture shows not only
the inner workings of the telephone
exchange in making the connections.
but also the procuring of the raw
material and the making of the var
ious parts of the telephone, and as
sembling of the same0as well as the
making of wire, cutting of poles and
many other operations necessary for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-20
NEWS BRIEFS

Rome, Nov. licking Alfonso and
| Queen Victoria of Spain arrived in
Rome today to pay an official visit to
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena of Italy. All Rome turned out
to welcome the Catholic majesties. f"
The Spanish. sovereigns will be enter
tanned as the guests Of Italy's royal
house.
Washington, Nov. 19.-Completion of
plans for an around-the-world cruise
by American army aviators awaits
only the formal permission of the gov
ernments concerned for the expedition
to cross their territories The project
already has the approval of Secretary
Weeks and the state department has
asked the foreign governments to
sanction the tentative itinerary sub
nitted by Maj. Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick
chief of the army air service.
New York, Nov. 19.-The trade rec
ord of the National City Bank has esti-
mated the world consumption of
matches last year at 4.675, $50. OOO, 600,
for which the public paid approximate
ly $200, 100000.
New York, Nov. 19-Settlement of
the separation suit of Mrs Helen Ell
wood Stokes against w. Z. D. Stokes,
wealthy hotel owner, virtually was
agreed upon today. At the conclus-
ion of hearings before supreme court
justice Isadore Waservogel and a
series of conferences between oppos-
ing counsel, it was announced that
issues in the case were simplified
greatly and that actual court pro-
ceedings would be so brief as to be
almost informal.
Washington, Nov. 19-Creation Of
federal industrial commission to in
vestigate the economic and indus
trial situations in Porto Rico was
proposed to President Coolidge today
by Santiago Iglizias, president of the
Free Federation of Workingmen Of
Porto Rico and a member of the
Porto Rican senate.
Manchester. n. H, Nov. 19-Dr.
William M. Parsons, SO, oldest New
Hampshire medical practitioner, died
at his home in this city late tonight
| of pneumonia.
Paris. Nov. IS S(By A. P)-Ger-
man delegates will be granted a hear
j ing by the reparation commission
relative to the financial situation in
the Reich on Friday next, it was
made known this afternoon. The
hearing is in conformity with the
German request of October, "a.
Chicago, Nov. 19-ForInal action
looking towards the amalgama ton
of progressive political organizations
of number of Middle Western states
into a third national political party
is expected at meeting of represen-
tatives of@state progressive organic
atoms here today, according to j. A..
Hopkins, chairman of the committee
Of forty eight.
Cambridge. Mass, Nov. 19-Not-
able additions to the collection of
casts in the Germanic Museum at
Harvard University were acquired by
Professor Emeritus kuno Francke,
honorary curator of the museum,
during four months stay in Ger
many from which he has just re-
turned. They will be shipped here
sometime during the winter.
New York, Nov. 19-Expansion of
missionary activities of the Meth
odist Episcopal church during the
past four years has increased the to-
tai number of converts in foreign
fields to 769, 091, according to re-
port of the board of foreign missions,
submitted today at it's annual meet
ing. Twenty seven bishops were
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he proper function of the telephone

the proper function of the telephone
and lines.
An extremely interesting part of
this film was the assembling of the
telephone from the large number of
parts of which it is composed. This
was apparently done without the
aid of human hands as the parts
come together as if hypnotized
A piano solo by Miss Alexander of
the telephone comnany opened the
program and between the three reels
of the film. specialties were given by
members of the local exchange.
These numbers were. an exhibition
fox trot by Miss Penn and Mss Has
kell, a vocal solo by Miss Louise Ma
son and a humorous sketch. featur-
ing a phone conversation between
Miss Wright and Miss Aldrich.
Before the showing of the film a
short talk was ~iven by J. c. White
more. the local manager, who ex-
planned something of the New Eng
land Telephone Company's idea of
service and the aims along these
lines.
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RECEIVES BOUQUET FROM GOVERNOR ON
REACHING HuNDREDTH MILESTONE OF LIFE

Mrs. Cheney lives with her son,
Frank Cheney, at 10 Gilman street.
and has resided with him for the past
five years. She was born in Sutton,
N. H., November 10, 1923, and lived
in that town until she was about
seven years of age. at which time the
family moved to East Corinth, Me.
She was the oldest of II children and
is the sole survivor of that large
family. At the age of 10 years she
was married but her husband lived
only two years, leaving her with a
baby boy at his death. About a year
later she married again and eight
children resulted from this marriage.
OF these eight children. her son
Frank is the only one now living.
About % years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Cheney came to this city to reside.
After they had been here about two
years, Mr.. Cheney died. and Mrs.
Cheney resided with her daughter,
Matte Eddy. until her death about
five years ago when she came to live
with her son Frank.
Mrs. Cheney has always been and
still is very industrious. One of her
chief delights is to work upon
patchwork and crazy work quilts.
OF these she has made a large num-
Der of very beautiful ones from silk
pieces. She also makes many fine
cushion covers which are as beauti-
full as the quilts
In spite of her age her eyes are still
fairly good and she continues her
sewing. She has never used a sew
ing machine. believing that hand
work is-the best. OF automobiles
she will have nothing to do, but the
Victrola is one of her principal
sources Of amusement.
A number of her friends visited her
on Monday making the event a gala
day for Mrs. Cheney. The visit of
Governor Baxter seved to make the
day of greater pleasure to her. and
the bouquet of flowers which he pre-
scented to her she proudly shows to
her many visitors
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was not produced by plaintiff, but he
testified to the: amount.
The accuracy of both tallies. as
stated by the witnesses. was in issue
and this issue as tho trial progressed
resolved itself into another question
which the jury may have considered
decisive o. the case, viz: Did the de-
PENDANTS servant haul away the en-
tire pile OF plaintiffs lumber?
Upon this point the evidence was
conflicting: the testimony given in
support of either contention, If be-
lieved, would warrant verdict
Reasonable men, wishing to ascertain
the truth might arrive at opposite
conclusions. The jury found in favor
of the plaintiff. that the entire pile
was taken, and assessed damages in
accordance with the tally of same
taken by plaintiffs son: upon this
record we cannot say that they were
manifestly wrong; the defendant has
not sustained the burden of so show
ing
Motion overruled.
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Waldo Case

Judgment is given for the defend
ant in the Waldo County case OF
Louise Royal VS.. Edward Evans.
The rescript. which was drawn by
A Tociate Justice John a. Morrill, of
Auburn, is as follows:
/. A clerk employed in a Registry of
Deeds, who has been paid his agreed
compensation by the County Treas
urer from the allowance for clerk
hire in said Office provided by law,
may not recover from the Register
compensation for labor in preparing
the current index, upon the ground
that Registers of Deeds are required
to make such index without charge
to the county, where the duties of
such clerk were not in any way ex-
pressly limited or specified, or he
was not expressly employed to do
the work of indexing, or the defend
ant did not expressly promise to pay
therefor.
The question of compensation of
Registers of Deeds for making in
dexes is between them and the coun-
ties, and not between them and their
clerks.
Judgment for defendant
Received November 18th, 1928.
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|kEC0AnEENDS FOLEY KIDNEY Pills
your medicine worked a miracle for
ar. s Wtrsses MIS-. c Biron. 140 Fay
run down. had cough all winter. also
ksluney trouble ana after taking a few
poxes or your medicine my cough and.
naS;Sache left me. 1 can eat and sleep
every. house / enter" Pronnt ra "a Of
secured from kidney and bladder irri.
tations; rheumatic pains through using
toIey Kidney Pills. Insist on the
eenuine-refuse substitutes. ~
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OUCH! 1BACKACAE!
RUBLUMBACO OR
STIFFNESS AWAY

st. Jacobs Oil stops any pain. so
when your back is sore and lame, or
lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has
you stiffened UP, don't suffer! Get a
small trial bottle of old. honest st.
Jacobs Oil at any drug store, pour a
little in your hand, and rub it right
on your aching back; and by. the
time you count fifty the soreness and
lameness is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This sooth-
ing, penetrating oil needs to be used
only once 1t takes the pain right
out and ends the misery. 1t is
magical, yet absolutely harmless,
and doesn't burn the skin.
Nothing else. stops lumbago., sci
atica, backache or rheumatism so
promptly. 1t never disappoints.-
Adv.
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by Miss Lucienne Tartra~on the
piano. This is the first opportunity
that many of the club members have
had to hear Mrs. Morgan and they
were delighted with her renditions.
Miss Melissa Farnham was APP
pointed chairman of the class COM
mittee in place of Miss Mary Pease.
who resigned. Everybody was urged
to come to the club on Thursday
evening and pass the time in sew
ing for the Christmas sale. Miss
Garsice will serve refreshments on
that evening and the sewing circle
around the open fire place will be
enjoyable.
The club house will be open every
Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock
and tea will be served free to- club
members and friends. Patronage
of the Chimney Corner was urged TO
assure The success of the endeayor.