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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-27

OHC VI tue AIlOSI lHleT6SllHR ana IN
structive meetings of the League of
Women Voters was held Friday after
noon. The subject was 1.-THE World
Court" Mrs. Alice Chenery presented
Hughes plan and Mrs. Fannie March
gave extracts from speeches of prom
inent senators. both for and against
the conference.
The Kings Heralds met Saturday
afternoon with the superintendent
Mrs. Amelia Thompson. There are now
90 members. organized as follows:
Pres. F'reda Slauenwhite;\ vice Pres,
Mildred Carr; Sec. Irma Dudley;
Treas, Elizabeth Getchell.
There will be Thanksgiving serv-
ice Thursday evening at the Methodist
church.
An illustrated lecture on Ireland will
be given Tuesday evening at the NJ. f.
church by Rev. Rodericl1 ]. Mooney Of
Auburn.
Mrs. N. P. Could of North Leeds was
the weekend guest of her daughter
Mrs. w. Z. Day. and family.
Miss Marion Chick, teacher of histo-
ry at Hartland Academy, came home
Saturday for two weeks. The school
is closed because of health conditions
J there. &}t
Mrs. Clara Maxwell left Monday
morning for Salem Depot. N H., to
pass the winter with her nephew, Fred
Maxwell, and family.
, Alvin Thompson. wireless operator
on the ship Arkansas in New York
harbor. is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Robinson. Mr.. Thompson is a
native of Monmouth. the son of Mrs
Mabel Thompson Brown of Kents HILL
He attended a radio school in Boston
hAfN Ia Jte.f,n To-
last March. He has a Is days fur
Tough.
Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Dow and son,
Arthur Jr, returned Monday to their
home in Aver, Mass, after few days
visit with Mrs. Dow's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George NJ. Haynes,
Miss Margaret Carson of Lewiston is
the guest of Mrs. George Haynes for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Oliver Foss of Norway was the
guest of her brother, Maynard Foss,
| and family. for the week end.
Ham-Blake, apple canning factory
company. closed operations Saturday.
SOUTH-Efnest Ridley Of Lis
bon Falls is visiting relatives in
town.
Mrs. Nellie True was a visitor in
Gardiner on Friday.
II. A. Gray is passing a few days
at the home of o. c. True.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Bubier were
callers in Lewiston recently.
Mrs. 2. E. Frost of Auburn was a
weekend visitor in town.
Mrs. Clarence Downing Of Auburn
| was calling on relatives in this place
Friday.
Mrs. Rubie Mace passed the week.
| end in Auburn.
Miss Theresa White passed the
week lend at her home in Belgrade.
Funeral of Mrs. Nellie Gilman
! Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie
Gilman, wife of George E. Gilman,
were held from her late home, Thurs
| day morning at 10 o'clock. The SER
vices were conducted by Rev. /, A.
Bean, pastor of the Methodist
church at Monmouth Centre. The
! bearers were Irwin Pettingil. John
Robinson, F. E. Niles and william
Knowlton. The floral tributes were
1 many and beautiful. testifying to the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-27
Funeral of En,ery wood

The remains of the late Emery
Wood, formerly of Winthrop, who
died in a soldiers home at Minneha-
ha Falls. Minnesota. were brought
here for burial, Monday, in Blenside
cemetery. Prayer was offered at the
grave by Rev. p. j. Clifford of the
Methodist church. Mr.. Wood leaves
a widow, Mrs. Louise Wood of Win
throp. Others present were Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Edwards of Waterville
and and d. B. Mason of Winslow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-27

Mary Pettengill is i'll with pneu-
monia and trained nurse is in at
tendance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-27

Douglas Fairbanks in "Robin Hood"
Plays to Capaeity-To Well Pleased
Audiences at the Or era House
Yesterday -- Musical Program
Evening star., 1923-08-30
DECLARES LIPSTICK
BETTER THAN SALOON
Woman Pastor Denies Youth of
Today Is Bad-Beats Parents,
She Tells Ministers. f..
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoca ted Press.
CHICAGO, August 30.-The era of
the Iipstick is not nearly so depraved
as was the era of the open saloon,
Rev. Ida NJ. Herrick of Lincoln.
Neb.. told the International Associa- :
tion Of Women Preachers at ther con-
vention here.
The young people of the present are
better than they ever were in the
past. according to Miss Herrick. and
all the talk about the evils of fiapper-
ism is doing more harm than good.
Boys and girls are not going to
perdition." she said, but the best
way to send them there is TO keep up
all this talk about the evils of the
younger generation. The girls nova
days are better than their mothers
We're and the boys are better than
their fathers. They do not get into
80 much mischief. because they have
more to think about"
DIR. Lee Anna Starr. Bellevue. Pa.
first woman graduate of the United
Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
told about her difficulties in breaking
down the barriers of prejudice against
her sex in that institution.
No one ever doubted that wom-
ans tongue was as clever as mans.
so why not use it to serve the Lord
as we'll as the devil" Rev. Ella l..
kroft of indianapolis said in an ad :
dress
Evening star., 1923-08-30

zens. This tabulation shows 225 ia
Yoring the conference, fourteen
against 1t, nine undecided and four
expressing qualified approval. Twelve
senators and forty-seven representa-
tives have indorsed the move.
Many leaders. according to the
Legion announcement, believe that a
conference should be called before it
becomes necessary for the United
States to undertake a costly program
of aircraft construction.
In the opinion of Representative
John j. Rogers of Massachusetts, one
or two European countries would
block efforts for an international
meeting, but he expressed the belief
that the nations should be sounded
out.
Favored by Governors.
Replies favoring the conference
have been received from the govern
ors of Indiana, Maryland, Maine.
Missouri. South Dakota and Iowa.
Gov. George w. p Hunt of Arizona
believes in the movement in principle,
but doubts the success of the under
taking in view of the present policy
of France and other European ma
tions.
Editorial writer's In all parts of the
their support of the proposed con-
ference, the legion announcement
declares. Only one unfavorable re-
ply has come from a college presi-
dent. This was from F. B. Trotter,
president of the University of West
Virginia, who did not give his views
i'm detail
Evening star., 1923-08-30
CALL FOR AIR ARMS
SESSION FAVORED
Legion Receives Many A.
firmative Replies to Appeal
for Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoca ted Press
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August 30
Responses received at national head
quarters of the American Legion in
reply to that organizations request
for opinions in regard to the convo-
cation of an international air dis
armament conference show a prepon-
derance favorable to the project. it
was announced today at legion head
quarters.
A tabulation. has been made of 252
replies from United States senators,
representatives, governors. editors.
college presidents and private citi-
Evening star., 1923-08-30
FRATERNAL ORDERS
CONVENTION TO END
Last Session Expected to
Act on Headquarters
Selection.
By the Associated Press.


FRENCH LICK. Ind. Aupust 20
The annual convention of the Nation
al Fraternai Congress of America will
come to close here today following
the election and installation of Off
GERS. Action on all unfinished busi-
ness before the convention, along with
reports of various committees. is ex-
pected to be completed by earlq aft
ernoon, and the remainder of the final
session given over to the election.
Among the proposals expected to be
acted upon today is that of President
Harvey Wade. who suggested the es-
tabllShment of Il national headquar-
ters of the organization in some mid
die western city.
Yesterdays session was featured
by an address by Secretary of Labor
James j. Davis. who advocated abol-
fshment of public orphans homes and
poorhouSes, the enrolment of all
aliens and survey of conditions
among the poor of the nation.
Look Toward America.
Europe must stop making America
!ne dumping ground for her undesira-
pies said Mr.. Davis. in his plea for
selective immigration. He cited CON
ditlonS among the poor of Europe and
expressed the belief that practically
every one of the poor class there look
ed toward America as a future home
Secretary Davis held that th.. ONLY
way 10 weed out our undeSira hi .
aliens who had "Sneaked into Amer
lea WAS through universal enroll
h:ent. He said he knew of one coun-
try which gave transports to America
ratner than build an addition to it's
penitentiary
The separations of families through
the present poorhouse End orphan
systems was branded as inhuman by
the Secretary, who compared the sys-
tenn to the disruption of families of
: aVes in the days prior to the civil
war. He declared that children with
no definite knowledge of their parent
hood are literally farmed out to the
lowest bidder To live under conditions
worse than the poorest of homes
There are a half million children
III America growing UP in poor farms
and orphan homes, with no care, no
education and no attention to physi-
cal defects" he said
Eighty per cent of our criminals
are recruited from these defective
children. who receive no attention or
had no home life in their youth"
Mr.. Davis cited the great orphanage
of the Loyal Order of Moose at Moose
heart. ILL.,, as an institution where
homeless children are given the prop
er training. and urged the represen-
tativeS of the ninety-eight fraternaI
orders represented at this convention
to take similar steps to conserve the
youth of the nation.
Evening star., 1923-08-30
Criticism.

From the New York World.
The best story of the week is a re-
mark made by certain theatrical
/ man not partial to David BelaSco.
Il don't like his stuff" said he, and
| I'll find a reason yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
OF an extended flight. for they can be

Of an extended flight, for they can be
dropped overheard in parachutes.
1t is not to be questioned that this
will be accomplished successfully, or
that this facility will be extended to
airplanes as well as dirigibles. Indeed,
the airplane has now grown to such
a size that all sorts Of activities are
possible upon them. They are capable
Of carrying many passengers, with
comfortable accommodations. They
are in constant service between Lon
don and Paris, for example, with COM
mercial success. 1t is only question
Of a short time when regular air
service will be established in this
country between cities such as Chi
cago and New York, for example.
Air photography is an important
advance in itself. affording facility in
map-n.aking and in surveys. In this
present matter. however. the photo
graphic developing and printing IA
cilities on the Fri are of important
mainly in the matter of transportation.
II this can be extended to the faster
and more dependable airplanes 1t will
be possible to bring news pictures. for
instance, from San Francisco to
Washington, ready for use here within
twenty.four hours if the crossconti-
nent flight progress continues at the
present rate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
Jersey Trolley Strike.

A trolley strike is on which affects
145 New Jersey municipalities, and
fleets OF buses, trucks and jitneys have
been modified. Every kind of vehicle
with wheels and a gasoline engine to
turn them is being called out. Com
munities have set going in the public
service all available buses, jitneys
and other cars, and big corporations
have arranged or have attempted ar
rangements to get their workers to
the plants in trucks. The car lines
wholly or partly tied up have been
carrying about a million and a half
passengers daily, and the gasoline cars
are being called on to take up a big
task. AS usual, there are conflicting
reports. Officers of the unionists on
strike say that rot a wheel is turning,
while the traction company officials
say that they are doing business as
usual. 1t was ever thus. 1t is harder
to make a trolley strike successful
from the strikers point of view than
1t was a few years ago. There has
pcoh SoSh o. SiCdl hiuitiPiicdtloH OF
motor vehicles and lettering of roads
that when the emergency arises it is
possible to transport armies of people
by gasoline power. This has been
done on a number Of occasions, and
as time goes on the transport power
OF privately owned motor vehicles will
increase and will no doubt increase in
greater ratio than the part of the
population requiring transport to and
from their work places. But. notwith-
standing this, a trolley strike is bad
enough. 1t turns a community topsy.
turvy while it is on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03

by actors that this institution might
carry on it's loving work and that
aged and infirm actors, who thrilled
US, perhaps irked us, in other days.
may live in happiness while the rays
Of setting sun fall on them. How
many Of those people who made farce
and comedy or tragedy for us in a by
gone time are there one does not
know. But it is likely that a directory
of the home would show many names
that were once familiar and which some
still hold in dear regard. The new home
Acres, at East Islip. Long Island. II
was the home OF Percy G. Williams.
theater owner, who died there July 81,
and the current news carries the
item that 1.-The bulk Of his estate Of
100000 will eventually go to an
actors home, to be known as the
Percy G. Williams Home. for aged,
INDECENT and infirm members of the
dramatic profession" One Of the pro-
visions of this testament is that the
people who come to live at this home
shall be deemed and referred to as
guests" Public favor is a flckle jade,
and often when an actor grows old
and feeble 1t turns from him for a
fresher face. Many actors never be.
come public favorites. but go their
way helping to make the play a sue
cess and then pass from the scene.
1t has often been said that the actor
has a big heart. and the world pays
bow Of deep respect TO the theatrical
profession for the love it shows to
those who were Of it and who have
PLAYED their parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
Democratic League Views.

The democracy within forty-eight
hours has received Numerically op-
posed advice from two favored sons
regarding what must be done to win
the presidential election in 1924. Sena-
tor Underwood of Alabama. announced
candidate for the democratic nomina-
ton, has urged the entrance of Amer
lea into the foreign situation in order
TO bring about stable world con-
ditions and a market for American
products of farm and factory. Senator
David l. Walsh of Massachusetts,
chairman of the democratic senatorial
campaign committee, has declared
that democratic victory is assured
provided the party will go TO the polls
on platform dealing exclusively with
domestic problems.
Both senators. have recently returned
from tours OF Europe. Underwood
was pro-lea guer and Walsh an anti
Lacquer during the strife over the Yer
sailles treatey- 1t was noticeable that
in his Montgomery address Senator
Underwood did not specifically declare
that the United States should become
member of the league as h exists
today. What he did say, however, was
that the United States should adopt
q policy that would bring US into
closer contact and permit the United
States TO aid in the solution of the
world problems. Senator Walsh. on
the other hand, is outspokenly against
the league and any entanglements
with Europe.
The democrats, for the most part,
as d matter of fact, are as clearly
anxious to avoid the old league issue
in the next campaign as their repub-
lican opponents are to force this issue.
The position of the democrats. who
supported the league during the Will
son administration ard during the
campaign made by Gov. Cox for the
presidency, is admittedly awkward
when the league is discussed. The
Specter Of the avalanche Of votes un-
der which their party leader was
buried in 1920, when he talked league,
haunts them today. But a democrat
is no different from any other human
being. He hates TO admit, even in
part, that he was wrong. To many
OF them the sentiment in the United
States against becoming involved in
the league of nations appears not to
have lessened, but, rather. to have
strengthened in the last few years
So the soft pedal is in evidence on
foreign affairs.
According to some of the republican
and democratic leaders, the American
people are thinking first and last of
themselves. They have no concern
with what is going on abroad, except
60 far as the European conditions cur
tail the market for American products.
These same political leaders contend
that the European nations also are
thinking first, last and all the time of
themselves. Why not say that selfish
ness rules the world, new and old,
and have done? Not a pretty picture,
but an augury of strife ahead. Ma
tions, like individuals, rarely gain in
the end by too great selfishness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
SHOOTING STARS.
Days and Nights.

Days and Nights.
When nights grow abundant in music.
Then the cares that infested the
day
Come rambling around and bark to
the sound
OF the jazz that the orchestras play.
AS parties hilarious gather
In hope Of a joyous release
From worry and work, new bother
ments Turk
Till we have to call in the police.
The bootlegger honks in the highway,
A whistle the copper doth blow
Till the din that we hear is a discord
severe,
Worse than all forms of jazz that
we know,
When nights are o'erfowing with
music
We wait for the sun overhead
Once more to disclose the belated re-
pose
OF a daytime whence cares now
have fed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
EDITORIAL DIGEST

American refusal to recognize on
sound basis: and gives convincing
reasons for such refusal That basis
is found in the fact that the soviet
regime is, almost by its very nature
at war. not simply with other govern
ments. but with the social order of
other nations" The Hughes logic,
as the Boston Post analyzes II "js
MOSCOW does not seem to care for
the State Department are the best st
In the world the indianapolis Star
points out, while no tourist can
spend few days or weeks in Russia
a ana BE IN r position to Judge of
vinces the Scranton Times that 1.-The
country will completely indorse" the
administration position.
Secretary Hughes expresses not
policy" the Youngstown vindicator
insists. recalling that President Will
son wrote to the same effect in the
last months of his administration"
the Charleston Mail sees it, that the
moment there is a Russian govern
ment that inspires faith and conf
den den neeos and acquires that thing called
slightest danger that it will not be
recognized, even if we 60 not exactly
approve its form of government or in
all things think that its economic
change the language. the Louis.
vile Courier-Journal suggests, I'VE
do not extend our hand to the
house. since we know he has pro-
claimed 1t as his purpose to cut our
throat II We admit him into our
house; summing m ing, up the various
the South Bend Tribune suggests
"Brookharts dash reminds US Of the
time famous American woman nov
elist went to Europe for SIX weeks
and wrote articles in grave judgment
on the European situation and the
outcome of the conflict"
y, the AN Secretary Of State
which will appeal to the sound judg-
ment OF the American people" argues
the Kansas as,, City Journal. while the
largely p1 because OF it's ssi Kindly cons Is
Germ for the Russian people that the
administration makes no move and
accepts none in favor of recognition"
able neiskbor politely. but d HD5s1ISn
Russias case" has the entire in
dorsement Of the St. Louis Globe
probems Mosco~ our seesntrie
tiles are of small concern" The
Hughes statement. the Chicago Trib-
une insists. lis timely and highly
desirable. The strength Of red radi-
calism in. the American labor move
ment ought not to be underestimated
Mr. Gompers deserves the active sup
port of all Americans in and out of
the labor movement. The strength
of the European revolutionary move
ment is founded on ignorance of
facts and the perversion of facts. 1t
must be combated by the dissent
nation of the truth. and by a cour-
Hughes statement OF tho principles
on which our governpentisAndA0
tFueEAmaricanASt and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
Further Aviation Progress.

DAY by day, in every way we
are making progress in aviation. Now
it is a cross.country flight without
stop. Now it Is q flight from Chicago
to New York by night. The other
day a speed Of over ITS miles an hour
was made by a naval plane, the high
est yet attained. The latest announce
ment of progress is that the new Navy
dirigible Fri, now nearly completed
at Lakehurst, n. j., will be equipped
for developing and printing photo.
graphs, still and motion, while in
flight. BY this means photographs
taken from the air can be all ready
for usa and, distribution uponAthAland.
4uHuaxhaatr HearIierasauk case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin

Q. Why are the flags at half ma st
on the schoolhouses in the city,
X. l.. !.
A. This is a mark of respect to
the memory of the late w. V. Cox,
board OF education. The flags will
fly at half-mast for a period of ten
days.
@. What is the cost of producing
a bank note?-M. V. r.
A. The bureau of engraving and
printing says that the cost Of pro-
ducing national bank notes is $0155
per note. and for United States notes
and certificates 5000
Q. Does a mole have eyes?-J. NJ.
A. The mole has minute eyes,
WHICH are often covered with skin.
Q. Is any country building more
ships than the United States at pres
ent?-K. l.. o.
A. Lloyd's Report on Shipping
says that Great Britain is first In
shipbuilding, Germany second. France
third. Italy fourth and the United
States fifth.
O.. What is the thinnest thing that
can be measured FL. NJ L.
A. Prof. Perrin the French au-
thority on atoms. has measured film
or oil on water that was fifty-mil-
iionth OF an inch in thickness. This
is said TO be the record.
Q. What is the export Of Goldfish
from Norway?-L. Z. 7.
A. AS far back as 1912 Norway ex-
ported 100000 pounds of dried cod
annually. She now sells to other
countries more than thirty times that
amount.
.. How many submarines and
crews were lost by Germany?-L. G.
A. The Navy Department says that
recent report quotes the loss 10
Germany in submarine vessels as us.
and the loss of officers and crew as
5'SSA-5l5 of these being officers
Q. Is polygamy practiced on the
Island of Java?-Y. T.
A. Polygamy still flourishes there.
The Crown Prince OF Solo, who is an
educated man and speaks English and
several other languages. has two
wives. and his father, the sultan, has
many more
Q. Will natural gas make a room
damp If the fumes are not carried
off?-M p
A. Natural gas in burning forms
ABOUT as much water as the weight
OF gas burned. because the hydroyen
IN the gas untes with the oxygen in
the air 10 form water. Dampness can
only be avoided by connecting the
stove with a chimney in such way
that all the fumes from the burninc
gas are carried out through the chin
ney instead of escaping in the room.
Q. Are any American battles list
ed among the decisive battles of the
world"-L. j r.
A. Historians disagree on the list
OF battles that have turned the des-
TIMES OF a race. but two have been
selected by common consent from
American history. These are the vic
tory Of the Americans over Burgoyne
at Saratoga and the battle of Gettys-
burg.
Q. What is the terminal Of the
National Old Trails road. the one
with the red. white and blue markers
that starts from Washington Il. F.
A. This road leads through thir-
teen states and ninety counties 10
Los Angeles. Calf