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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
Editors Letter Box
Would Tax Hens
The Rcb-Cat Bounty

Surry, Feb. Is, 1923.
To the Editor of *. j.
If | were q Scion (Which | never
expect TO be) | would make some
laws and repeal others.
First l would repeal that law that
eXcmpts soldiers and sailors over
seventy wears of age having less
than five thousand dollars worth of
property from taxes. Is there any
reason why people, well able to pay,
should be exempt from paving taxes
on nearly four million dollars worth
Of taxable property. The soldiers in
Hancock COUNT are the best able to
Pay taxes OF any of our citizens.
Next l would repeal that bob cat
bounty law. Is there any reason
why Maine should pay ten dollars on
each bob cat brought from Canada?
Let Canada pay the bounty on her
own bob cats.
l would tax hens. Why tax COW.
nCighbor, with $500 worth of poultry,
nothing.
l would simplify the tax laws.
Would make it SO at least one person
in twenty could understand them.
AS it is now, only one in five hun
dred understands them.
Several well meaning persons arc
trying for law to exempt the blind
from taxes. They estimate there are
about one thousand blind in the
State. Pass n law eXemptng the
Blind and within twontyfour hours
there would nc ton thousand blind all
asking for tax exemption.
The trouble is all of humanity
isn't honest. Next some one will
want Il law cXempting the bald
headed people from taxes.
\. I. Milliken.
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ment Of interest to be left open for
further discussion.
Briefly. the suggestion is to per-
suade 100000 ex-service men and
women representing every section
and every division Of the country.
and acting from the most enlightened
national effort to create highly edu-
Gated American people in two or
more generations. For many men
and women, who unselfshly served
the country during the great war
fully believe that education is light
and light is from God. and that a
movement has begun which, If it de-
Velops according to promise. VIII
grow into the most imprisoned en-
terprise so far undertaken by man.
The National Memorial Association
was formed for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the necessary funds and the
establishment of National Memorial
Universities as a tribute to the
memory of the men who gave their
lives to tho country during the World
War. in which special scholarships
and privileges are to he extended to
the children Of these World War men
and women.
The National committee Of the as
ISOLATION is composed of so members,
one at large. one from the District
of Columbia and one from each state
in the union, and numbers among its
members some of the leading Citi-
Zcns of the states, including a num-
Der of governors. former governors,
members of Congress and tinancicrs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
If RHEUMATIC
EAT NO SWEETS

rheumatism is easier to avoid
than to cure, states a well-known
authority. We are advised to dress
warmly, keep the feet dry. avoid OK
posture, and above all, drink plenty
of good water and avoid eating
sweets of all kinds.
rheumatism is caused by body
waste and acids resulting from food
fermentation. 1t is the function of
, the kidneys to filter this poison from
the blood and cast it out in the urine:
the pores of the skin are also a
,, means of freeing the blood of this
impurity. In damp and chilly cold
weather the skin pores are closed,
thus forcing the kidneys to do double
work; they become weak and slug
gish and fail to eliminate this waste
and acids. which keeps accommodating
and circulating through the system,
eventually settling in the joints and
muscles, causing stiffness. soreness
and pain. called rheumatism.
At the first twinge of rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about four
ounces of Jad Salts. put 4 Tablespoons
I I'll in glass of water and drink be-
fore breakfast each morning for a
week. This is helpful to neutralize
acldity, remove waste matter. also
TO stimulate the kidneys, thus often
Kidding the blood of rheumatic poi
son.
Jad Salts is IL expensive, and is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with Iithia.
and is used with excellent results by
thousands of folks who are subject to
rheumatism.-Adv.
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DR.. Little To Speak
To Maine Engineers

Lewiston, Me. Feb. 19.-The Maine
Association of Engineers will meet
in Androscocgin Electric building.
Lewist on, Feb. &C.
DR.. Clarence T.. Little, president
o. the University of Maine. will adj
dress the gathering after the ban
quot. which will take place at $50
Z. NJ.
An illustrated paper on founda-
tons and heavy construction work
will be delivered at the afternoon
session by James Campbell of the
Foundation Company. New York
city. He will be followed by Ray
mond r. Bennett of Portland who
will also deliver an illustrated paper
on the laying of submarine water
pipe line from Portland to South
Portland.
The business meeting will be called
to order at IL A. NJ.
The association includes civil,
mechanical. electrical, mining, and
chemical engineers, surveyors. arch
fleets and others in allied technical
work, and all persons in such work.
whether members of the association
or not. are cordially invited to be
present.
Persons planning to attend the
banquet should notify e. G. Lee at
IL Lisbon street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
Tuesday, February 20, 1923.
ALL TIE QUALIFICATIONS

Democratic opposition to a meas
uro endorsed by a Republican adj
ministration is in line with tradition
and political necessity. Democratic
leaders who wanted to spend $40,-
100000 Of the public's money for in
termed German ships during the war,
lcforc we went in and greatly need
cd ships. do not now hesitate to re-
fuse to spend S30,000,000 toward rid
ding the Government of fifty mill
lion dollar annual loss on our ships,
also helping to establish an Amcri-
can merchant marine on Il firm
basis. But they would have paid
forty millions and incurred the hos
tiEty of Gcrmany's foes-our allies
to. be--bccausc this country needed
to. transport its goods.
All along for years the Demo-
cratic party had opposed any effort
to build up an adequate commercial
marine, prcfcrring that the ships Of
other countries should transport our
goods. Then came the war. The
other countries needed their ships
for other purposes. They also need
cd our goods and we hadn't the ships
TO carry the goods Those who now
oppose the ships aid would have us
continue in the plight helpless to
meet such conditions should they
arise. They were willing to vote
money for German ship-owners but
are unwilling to vote less for en-
couragng ship owning in this coun-
try.
The Democrats are not the only
offenders in this respect. There are
Republicans who have gladly if not
vocifcrously voted aid in way of
tariff or by other means to other in
Gustries now bridling in assumed
righteous Indignation because it is
proposed to aid American ships to
transport American productions.
There are members of blocs, who
never blush when asking govern
ment help for the bloc, assuming to
be shocked. There are those mighty
Oh NlHI W no lfIitdtcll W tttiN lIlc Dlll
to dcath--and others who seek to
excuse themselves on that account.
as. though they were in no way re-
sponsihle for senatorial dilly-dally-
ing.
And so il comes about that the fol-
lowing, from the report of the recent
meeting of the Gridiron Club is of
more than passing interest:
DR.. Couc. impersonatcd by one Of
the members, was giving an exhibit
ton, and he took his subject and
folded his hands in front OF him.
Now" said the pseudo COue, re
peat after me i can't do id
thing. | can't do u ID thing. !"
The subject obcyCd.
Now pronounced Dr.. Couc. you
have all the qualifications of United
states senator
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featuring industries of many Finds
which have developed large water
powers for their own business or
for the advantage of their clients.
We have yet to hear that this power
has been abused. Ask eastern lame
what they think of the Great North
orp Paper Co. and they will tel .oG
that company has been .,le greatest
factor in the development # th's sc
ton. Ask Central Maine ..cople what
they think of the proposed develop
mont on the kenncbcc and ey MiH
tell YOU that it offers the greatest
prospect of benefit that section mas
known for a long time. ASK the
towns and individuals who are at
forded cheap transportation and
electric lighting by the power com
panies OF the state and they will ,Cll
You that they cannot conceive rnW
their grandfathcrs got along with
out them.
Such is the development We neci
and we all know that the water
power industry is in its infancy IN
spite of its mighty achievements. We
vitality require private capital, VIC &c
quire the financial sineWS of industry
and We need to bcckon to it not to
brighten it away and get the petit
clans continue to play with tins
great problem. Every legislature
witnesses the effort to place the
water powers in leading St:in..s. The
movement may be op2r or it may he
stealthy; it may clearly deciarc its
purpose or it may he very ambig IouS
in language, its supporters dec'di:n-
ing upon the rights OF the people aId
Indicating an inference that some
body is trying to steal these rights.
1t is time to call a halt upon such
efforts at restrictive legislation that
would tie up our water powers and
halt development. No one wishes .hc
state of Maine to eXpend millions
and many millions in water power
development and every new Industry
that seeks to avail itself of water
power in manufacture is nailed with
delight
TIE danger of water pc r lcgis!s
ton is that it creates such unccr-
taintE as to tho future that private
capital Will not be drawn to Name
investment contingent upon water
powers: that it diScOuragcs such
development, so vitality needed.
To us it appears that the Maine
legislature should so strongly express
Itself against these projects 10 put
the state into the water own- Lusi-
ness that there Will be TO uncertainty
among investors and among our
manufacturers regarding the future;
that they will be assured that their
rights and investments will pe sac
guarded and that the State OF Vain.
is very glad to have them spend tacir
money in development and Increasing
the business of the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
CAUSE FOR ATTENTION

One may not read tho recital Of the
horrible events connected with tho
burning of the Manhattan Hospital
for the Insane without a shudder.
one should not read it without re-
solving that in the community in
which he lives there should not lie
permitted to continue conditions in
wiling death in event Cf fire.
Are there none such in Augusta
What about City Hall? What about
any school buildings with made
quate or misplaced fire escapes?
Surprising there had been a fire at
City Hall during the recent ball held
there
These questions have arisen tcfore.
Suggestions and promises have bee IL
made. These changes may not be
made in Il minute but they Should
be made as quickly as may be. Is
that being done?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
Educational
Alternative
To The Bonus

Glendale. Cal, Feb. Ian educa-
tional alternative to the national
bonus is proposed by James T. Van
Rensselaer, of this city. who has been
asked to take the place Of Ma jor
General Peter G. Harris as national
chairman of the National Memorial
University Association. Mr.. Van
Rensselaer, states that he will decline
the place unless tentative plan is
sufficiently endorsed TO offer Il suit
able alternative to the bonus and
proposes that the nation provide a
complete education for all children
of the World War service men and
women.
The proposal states:
THE attention has been called Of
the National Memorial University
Association. and of the Cha mber of
Commerce of the United States. tina t
4 most fitting and proper educational
memorial TO the memory Of the men
who gave their lives to the country.
during the world war. was to be
found in the following suggested al
tentative to the bonus:
THAT the federal government
SilHIe euudilN WIN states, religious
denominations, fraternal and other
organizations. and with individuals,
and, wherever possible, with institu-
tons already functioninG during the
next ten or more years, in establish
ing sclf-supporting universities on
the Oxford Cambridge system Of n
score or more of colleges. These COL
lcges shall be self-governing. and
students are to be afforded the OPP
portunity to work as we'll as to study.
thus making provision for the higher
education of all children. qualified. of
all mon and women who served in
the army. navy and marine corps in
the late war.
Each university. subject to n
mutual agreement of all colleges con-
cCrned, shall also he self governing.
and it is understood that the sole con-
ncction of the government with the
matter will be the assumption of one
half Of the liability for sum needed
to carry out the purposes outlin@l.
the entire amount to be underwrittfn
by the state or other parties con-
cerncd, even the question of the pay
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
SEC'Y V|CK2EY Writes US
ABOUT WHAT He saw
February 18th. 1928
Editor, journal.
.,lrll.t1 NTojpp

February 18th. 1929
Editor, journal.
Augusta, Maine.
Dear Sir:
l have just returned from visit
with your Cfildren-boyS and girls
who would not lie living today, had
not The Journal ana other SYM
pathetic publications. given the facts
to the American public who respond
ed with the necessary funds tor the
rescue Of these children.
| saw a thousand of them. all poys.
potential leaders of Il .>cw Near East,
occupying the kaiser's Summer
Palace at Corfu.
l saw another 1.400 Armenian
boys at Cortu-drivcn out of Asa
Minor-temporarily domiciled III a
half-ruinCd. abandoned warehouse
Most OF them were sleeping on the
floors, but some more fortunate octu-
pied bins like shelving against the
wall, floor to roof, six deep.
| saw nearly a thousand boys re-
Gently arrived from "Pontus in Asia"
now sleeping on tho floors of Tho
ZappeiOn Exposition Hall in Athens.
l saw four hundred girls. safe from
Turkish oppression, occupying tho
Square in the heart of Athens.
| saw another 1900 Armenian girls,
salvagcd from the orphanagcs of
Constantinople. Some of these Girls
] recognized as members of school
orchestra that had played for our
benefit at a reception the prec ding
summer, now transplanted. cnpsy-
handed, to begin life anew in
strange land.
l saw siXty-sevon of these younger
girls. all of them suffering from
coniunctivitis, crowded into one
room 20X20 IT. in size, a cold ram
falling outside, with no other place
OF abode, eating, sleeping working or
playing, night or day.
! saw in another room, scarcely
larger si,lty-siX infants, most. if not
all Of them. under three years Of age,
some of them dying as result Of
the weeks of exposure, undernourisl-
ment, and hardship endured during
their migration in mid winter from
the interior of Asia Minor to their
temporary homo in Greece.
/ saw portion Of the 5000 Ar
menlan orphans who, by the grace
of the Greek Government and lru-
pic, arc temporarily occupying sum
mcr hotel buildings. nut for WHOM
we absolutely must provide ",her
shelter before the summer begins in
April.
Where shall these Armenian or
phans go?
l saw three ships IN the .'iracus
Harbor, crowded beyond capacity
with over 10000 refugees from Ara
tolia, who could not be disembaikcl
from their long journey and unsani-
tary environment on account of In
adequate quarantine Accommodations
! saw single ship that had car
ried $4,000 refugees from Smyrna TO
safety, transporting the inc,cd, bile
number of 1880 on one voyage.
| saw in Constantinople Harbor
another ship. decks packed with
refugees obliged to flee from their
homes in Asia Minor but having III
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place to land cxccpt-Grcecc, war
stricken, Impoverished, over. popu-
lated, the one country on earth that
can least afford to extend hocpi-
tally to foreign refugees.
\ ] saw Premier GOnatas, who IN be-
half of the Greek Government, had
welcomed to safety on Greek soil
tens of thousands Of Armenian rtfu-
gees in addition to a EilliOn refugees
of his own race. and who said that
the Greek nation could never forget
the service rendered by American re-
lief workers in saving the lives and
evacuating untold thousands OF refu-
gees during and following the Smy-
rna disaster.
saw in one ramshackle building
in Constantnople 900 newly made
orphans, whom Near East Relief
workers had picked UP in the street s
and abandoned homes of the one
town of Ordu, Asia Minor.
/ met in ConstantinOplc our man
aging director from the Caucasus,
Syria and Palestine, reviewed with
them the reports of the $4,000 Ar
men.an orphans who are dependent
upon us for their daily food in the
Caucasus and of the II 300 ,rphars in
Syria and Palestine. more than
5000 of whom are Armenians re-
Gently driven out from HorDoOt,
Ceasarea, MaraslI, Konio UConium)
and other areas of Paul's early mis-
siOnary ministry into Syria and
Palestine.
In my vision. I saw my own great.
rich America. clothed in purple md
fine linen, faring sumptuOusly every
day" enjoying comforts, luThii.'.5
wealth transcending the dreams of
the ancicnts. surprising anything
that the world has ever known. and
which no American can appreciate
until he has walked through the refu-
gee camps in the Land of the
Stalking Death"
And I saw some--ycs, many of
these fortunate American citizens eE-
pressing true religion and hl,nla n
brotherhood through giving of their
bounty to bind up the wounds OF
those who have been stricken and
robbed by the wayside. Luying bread
for the hungry, clothes for the naked.
and medical ministry for the S'rk.
And I saw in this uaselfish minis
try of the American philanthrOpists
the best pledge and guarantee "f IN
tcrnatiOnal friendship, brotherhood,
and good will to all men, binding TIE
nations together in cooperation th3t
will make war increasingly C.ff:olt
because men and women thus united
come to love and not to hate one
another.
And saw in the dim. moro distant
future these infant children, grown
to manhood and womanhoOd, With
the impress of American bencvolcnce
on their lives. with the lessons of
forgiveness, love and unselfish ser
vice ingrained in theif character
And l saw thcse--your boys and
sirls-potential leaders Of New
Near East forgivinE their enemies
serving their fellowmen, and passi'. G
on to generations yet unborn the
gospel of love, good will and service
which they have recei"nd nd a'c re-
ceiving from YOU and other A'1trl-
can philanthropists.
That which battlcships and bat
talions have failed to accomplish the
magic power of love. unselfish ser
vice and world brotherhood will get
achieve.
Sincerely yours.
CHARLES Y. NICkEEY,
General Secretary
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HHllDRENS Gods
should not Be "dossd
u them externally with =
~vI&S:!k$:$;s
Or, ~ Million jan W. -
SAGE TEA turns
CRAY HAIR DAR|

That beautiful, even shade o. ~, ~
glossy hair can only be hao W IA SS
ing a mixture Of Sage Tea am n
phur. Your hair is your e" When q
makes or mars the face, ;'st y
fades, turns gray or streakea, "a ST.
application or two of Sage an. tr
phur enhances its appearance
dredfold. .hs pt.
Don't bother to prepare .mo u
ture: you can get this ial sS,,iau 1
recipe improved by the aau oost y
othor ingredients at a sIla,i Wyeei
ready for use. 1t is caiieu ~
Sage and Sulphur Compoun', "a bts.
can always be depended up1S"m strs =
back the natural color anu
your hair. ...s. SO
Everybody uses "Wyetns becsps
and Sulphur Compound now eyesl
it darkens so naturally anu ,een ar
that nobody can tell it mas : spopf
piled. You simply dampen draw nj
or soft brush with it anu ors sps'
through the hair, taking ON D
strand at a time: by moUared. ~
gray hair has disappea:., becors
after another application !. sloel
beautifully dark and apps
and lustrous.-Ady.
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member of the faculty for n dozen
years. Before Professor Baird. he
Was in charge of debating at Bates.
People aboard the ferry from
Portsmouth to Kttery and those
passing along the water front on a
recent evening received pleasant
surprise in seeing the new interstate
bridge brilliantly lighted by cleo
tricity. All the electrical work which
is now completed, has been done by
the electricians OF the American
is controlled by electricity and the
Tower House is thus operated.
Prof. W. G.. Mallett. principal of
tn Pennington State Normal school,
has been appointed a member of a
committee to Investigate methods
and conditions of Normal schools in
Western states. with q view to MAX
ing some changes and Improvements
in the Maine normal schools, and
Will start with the other members of
the committe which include Principal
Russell Of the Gorham Normal
School, in about 40 days and is eX-
pcctcd to be absent several weeks.
Froeland Clark, thirteen year old
son Of Nh and Wallace Clark of
Bethel is tho first one te report sue
cessful Matching Of chickens ~ hon
method. On Jan. 18th, he set two
hens on thirteen eggs each. After
) days one hen broke one egg. Last
Thursday. Feb. Hth. these two hens
Matched % healthy chickens. Master
Frccland had one nest on a stove. the
other in a chair in the attic Of his
home. Can any other country club
boy beat this record?
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Planned Worlds Ideal
City in Kentucky

Louisville, Ky, Feb. forfeiture a
coterie of eighteenth century London
gentlemen. fired with the spirit of
the creator and pioneer intently por-
ing over graphically illuminated
chart of the ideal city of the world"
ana visualizing DER their mugs of ale
the. day when the virgin hilltops of
that frontier region Of the New
World called Kentucky.-beyond the
raggedest edge of the lands assimi-
lated by those recalcitraut colonists
should rise this wonder city,-"Iy-
stra!"
The chief city of Kentucky" was
the designation. put to Lystra on a
London map Of 1894. But Lystra
never naterialized.
Otis NJ. Mather, Of IIodsenville.