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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-12
AT NEW YORK
Continued from PAGE Ore,

ator Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama said in an address today at
the Armistice Day services OF the
Boston Chapter, Military Order of the
World War. held on Boston Common.
When you barred your breasts
on the battlehelds Of Europe you
Fought for your country. for Cow
eminent that was not the govern
ment Of the Roman Empire nor of
the empires Of Central Europe; but
Tor government which you might
derwood said. But that in the last
analysis, docs not constitute your
government or what our fias stands
for ~
For the first time in the history Of
the world in the organization OF gov
eminent. the personal rights and lib
critics OF the individual citizen were
guaranteed by a written constitution.
Here was not merely a democ-
racy. The will of the majority may
become tyrannical and may be the
greatest enemy of the liberty of man.
KIND so far as individual liberties are
concerned con ce But the fathers of the
constitution curbed the power of the
majority. They gave freedom to
worship God according to the die
tates OF ones own conscience
TO tho man who comes to this
country no matter from what far
hung field and takes on the duties Of
citizenship he assumes equal right
with any citizen Of the United States.
That is what our flag represents. It
Is the emblem Of the sacred guar
antees of the bill or rights. 1t still
IS In the hands of our soldiers, for
II they care nothing COR these prin-
c1ples then they can hope for no one
else to stand for their government.
When you guarantee the right to
Worship God according to the dicta-
tes or your own conscience, that
does not mean simply that the church
IN which YOU worship shall be pro-
tected or that you shall not Re egged
on your way to and from worship.
Under the ideals adopted by the
fathers 1t means that there shall be
no discrimination against any citi-
zen because of his belief 1t does
not mean that we will not drive a
man from the street because he is
of foreign birth, but that when he is
adopted into the fold of American
citizenship he stands on his own
feet, the peer of any other citizen of
this great country.
These are the principles Of this
country. Tear them down and you
tear the flag down with them. When
we are organized to discriminate be-
tween citizens and are trying to raise
a hand against the happiness Of any
citizens of the United States because
of his belief. we are tearing down the
structure of the American govern
ment. the constitution of the United
States and the bulwar!1 of our happi-
ness"
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Crickets Chirp With Wlnus

If you live in an old house you are
almost certain to have a cricket to
keep you company in the evenings.
One seldom sees these cheerful little
fellows, though sometimes, IL things
are very still, one will come out onto
the hearth to toast itself before the
fire.
The cricket Is the grasshopper's
first cousin; except that he is darker
in color and a good Ceal larger you
would hardly know one from the
other. Both produce their chirping
in the same way. If you watch a
grasshopper making jump you will
see that he is really flying. Each
Of his sides IS covered with a stiff
sort of lid. beneath which is fine
gauzy wing that is extended and
fluttered as soon as his long hind
legs shoot him into the air. Crickets
also have wings. though they do not
use them much. But like grasshop-
pers, they chirp with their wing
cases.
One of them has a rough. saw-like
edge, and when this is rubbed Wig
orously on the other shrill note is
given out. The chirping is the male
crickets way of singing a serenade
to his beloved.
And the lady listens with her
knees! At least. one imagines SO,
for the ears are not on the head, but
just below the big joints of the fore
legs.
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Our Nurses

There are few occupations so ex-
acting, during the years Of prepare
ton or in the years of active service,
as nursing. To it have been attract
ed some of the noblest women of our
time. During the recent war. twenty
thousand of the thirty-five thousand
nurses who belong to the American
Nurses Association volunteered for
army or Red Cross work and saw ac-
tive service.
During the "hu" epidemic this year
and two years ago, there was a
shortage Of nurses, and many of
those who were able to work at all
did night duty and day duty, stop
ping for one hours sleep, and fire.
quently going twenty-four and even
forty eight hours without any rest at
all.
In public health work, in emergen-
cy hospitals, in large sanitariun1s and
in the home, death would take far
higher toll We're it not for the skill
and the selfSacrificing spirit of pro-
fesslonaL nurses.-From the Delinea-
tor.
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Tramp Ships Are Romanees of Sea

tramp ships Are RomanceS OF Sea
Landsmen do not turn to look at
the little ships-the little ships with
their smokestacks white with brine,
their rails broken, and their peeling
paint giving the effect of camoufiage,
familiar in wartime. The landsman
has eyes only for the lines, the state
ly floating hotels with swimming
pools and royal suites, thickly car
peted lounging rooms in which
CHEEKY blazes from the open fire
places play on mahogany and gold
finish.
Yet it is in the little ships and not
in the lines that the romance of the
sea exists. That coating of white on
the lone funnel may have been put
there by all Of the Seven Seas; the
sun of the tropics may have peeled
the paint, and a giant wave of the
far North may have broken the rails.
These little ships are the gypsies of
the ocean: they call at the back
doors Of the whole world.
The liner is ruled by routes and by
time; the little ship-the tramp, If
you please-is guided only by car
goes.
The men of these ships, resting be-
s"SSh SOyoSSo a. tuO pISESt SDSd K
knowingly of strange places; they
describe>a temple Of India in a few
terse sentences that give a picture:
they tell of women they have met
brown women, yellow women, black
women, white women, and women
that are not white, black, brown or
yellow; they laugh at the possibility
OF flying fishes ION the Road to Man.
dalay," and scott at the temple bells;
they tell of stone images back in the
brush of Yucatan-but not always.
One stalwart remembers Rome be-
cause while his ship lay there the
shippers wife cooked a meal. the
regular cook being drunk. And an
other didn't see Shanghai, though his
ship was there week, because he
was so interested in a book about
cowboys. he didn't go ashore.
The little ships, with their strange
odors. their strange tales, their men
-undaunted rovers. vikings of com
merce and symbolization of adven-
ture. And the landsman who takes
off his hat to the liner does not even
turn his head as the little ships come
up the bay.-Detroit News.
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us chiefly from the mines of the
Malayan Peninsula.
On the export side manufactures,
formed large proportion of the
nearly $500, 000,0G0 increase in the
exports in the period in question
to the British colonies. OF auto
mobiles. for example. the ex-
ports to British colonies, notably
Australia, New Zealand, and
Africa, totaled approximately $25,-,
O00,0O0 in 1923. Cotton manufac-
lures. OF which Great Britain is an
enormous manufacturer and ex.
porter, went in large quantities,
from the limited States in 1928 to
Canada, australia, New Zealand
and British colonies in Africa, the.
total to Canada alone approximat.
ing $l0000,000. while the various
manufactures of iron and steel
sent to the colonies aggregated
totals far in excess of those above
enumerated. :.
Manufacturing materials form,
the bulk of our imports from tho
British colonies and manufactures
the bulk Of the growing exports to
More. than one-half of this biz
total OF our trade with the British
colonies occurs with Canada whicIl
supplied a little over one-half az
the $S45. 600. 900 of imports into thcl
United States from the colonies asI
whole. ands took two-thirds ~
the S9h 100000 worth Of our exs
ports toSthen.
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AT LONDON

London. Nov. 11-(By A. P.)-The
peace and quiet of Sunday added to-
day to the solemnity of the fifth OBJ
servance of Armistice Day. London's
streets, usually deserted on Sunday.
were crowded from the early hours
of the morning with people going
toward Westminster Abbey and to-
ward the cenotaph erected to the
memory of Englands unknown SOL
der.
King George and Queen Mary at
tended the service in Westminster
Abbey. The king laid q lone wreath
of laurel bound with poppies from
the fields of Flanders on the grave Of
the unknown dead. while the Prince
of Wales placed a similar wreath at
the foot of the cenotaph in White
hall.
AT II o'clock this morning the
populace stood with bowed heads for
two minutes, maintaining meanwhile
profound silence. Afterwards the
pilgrimage past the cenotaph began.
Persons of all classes marched four
abreast on each side Of the column
The procession continued unbroken
for the greatest part of the day. The
'wreaths and flowers deposited formed
huge piles in the center Of the
street.
!. Through the British Isles and the
aempire Armistice Day was similarly
observed in the churches and about
the war memorials and shrines erect
ed to the memory of the dead. It is
estimated that 25,000,000 repreduc-
tons of Flanders peoples were sold
during the day for the funds of the
ex-service men.
AS a special tribute to the United
States. Post Wheeler. the American
charge d'affaires, and Mrs. Wheeler
were invited by the dean of West
minister to attend the services In the
abbey. No other foreigners were
present as representatives of their
countries.
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civic clubs. In Ohio, reports state,
as a result of the appearance of
this first-aid car clubs are organic
ing classes so as to give townsmen
the benefit Of this Red Cross
course.
The large industries-steel, rub
Der, wool, lumber, dye works and
others and public service corpora
tons, such as telephone, electric,
gas and street railway companies,
are advising their employees to
attend the first-aid exhibitions at
Car No. 1. Major Shields declares
that never in his seven years ex-
perience in this service have the
city firemen and policemen, high
school students, Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts appeared in such large
numbers as at the car meetings
this year.
This travelling school Of first aid
is blazing the trail in a deter
mined Red Cross campaign to cut
down the 10000 accidental deaths
annually in the United States. more
than $4,000 of which are credited to
the railway and mechanical occu-
pations. The car contains a lee
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-12
MAINE POTATO CROP
33,48O,0O0 BUSHELS
$4,000 BL. APPLES

Wakefield. Mass. Nov. 11.-Late po-
tato crop reports made public by the
United STATES department Of agricui-
ture station here today indiyate a. to-
tai estimated yield Of 416,722,0 900 busfi-
els up to November /, an increase df
l5.2OO,O0O bushels over earlier esti-
mates issued by the department. In
creases In the commercial apple crop
were also announced, the total for the
United States reaching 33.52o.OOO BAR
rels as compared with 31.090,000 last
year ana the f1ve-year average of e.
$4,000. A large increase in the cram
berry crop was also reported.
maine, New York. Pennsylvania and
Michigan contributed the chief inner
gains which increased0he total potato
yieid, the department reported. The
total crop, while falling short of the
big 1922 crop Of 451,1S5,00o bushels.
was Tar above the five-year average of
39O.173000 bushels.
Yields throughout New England ex-
ceeded earlier estimates. Names crop
was S3.4S0.000 bushels against the
nve-year average of 25,949, 900, while
the total New England yield was 49,
$4,000 or 1L560,000 bushels greater
than the five-year average.
The New England apple crop of l.
$4,000 barrels exceeds by SCI. 900 bar
rels last years total and is $4,000
barrels above the five-year average.
New York's crop showed falling off,
the total crop being 19.196,O00 barrels
compared with last years yield Of 90
0SO,O0O. 1t was however, greater than
the hve-year average of 17.5S1,00
western and northwestern crops with
a total yield of 1926, GEO barrels show
ed gain Of $4,000 barrels over last
year and exceeded the five-year average
by 4.329.00O barrels.
The Massachusetts, cranberry crop
was $4,000 barrels, against the aver
age OF 100000. With increases in New
Jersey and Wisconsin the total yield
is given as $4,000 barrels, gain of
$1,000.
Average corn crops for grain were
reported in Massachusetts and Con-
necticut, but the other New England
states reported crops considerably be-
low average owing to he cool, dry
season and fall frosts. The four north
ern states put from SIS to 80 per cent
of their corn into silos while Rhode
Island and Connecticut retained 40 per
cent. for grain. Yields of oats and
other grains are near average and the
quality is mostly good,
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Results

Thrift campaigns have ceased
ohg since. During the war they
TAUGHT Americans to buy Govern
ment securities. When the war was
over some holders did indeed turn
ioose their Liberty Bonds and War
savings Stamps and spent the pro-
ceeds foolishly. Other more num-
erous held on. At the beginning Of
VI the present year there were still
+ sumo loOC0,C0O holders of these Sc
turtles IN the country. And some
NJ doubt have gone on investing
more and more.
More than 20.OOO,000 persons
w tought Liberty Bonds, and it is safe
say that q large majority of this
. n ~ had never owned a security
". VI any sort. AS result in part of
o a.s wartime saving great industrial
renters have witnessed comparative
AL nttle suffering during the recent
S cuii months. Savings accounts and
d;9Ssefnment securities must have
culties.
!, ouo the saving season is not over.
r " should never be over. for those
n money to save. There have
c coea Few times in the history of the
hs..try when investors could find
ss es.er opportunity. for Government
n. s;arltles have gotten down to low
c csaues. So have other safe bonds.
4 Is needed, of course: but it is
he syod time to buy, a good time to
tin en the habit of saving, a good
! rnass ABOVE all for those with the
Haas Has 70 go on with it.-New York
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Mayor Mclean First
to Take Membership
in Red Cross Roll Call

The Seventh Annual Roll Call of
the Augusta Chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross was started Sunday
and will continue through until
Thanksgiving day, November 20. 1t
was reported last evening by chair
man John S. Everett, that Miss
Katherine Holway who is captain of
the Ward / team, sold her first mem
bership to Mayor Ernest L. Mclean.
1t was also reported that Governor
Percival p. Baxter was the first
member of the State House family"
to take out his membership for
another year.
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When, What and How D.,
We Shall Give, Our
Right, Saws Lodge

Boston, Nov. 11.-At the end of the
World War America asked for moth
ing and got precisely what she asked
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge said in an
address today at an Armistice Day
mass meeting arranged by the Ameri4
can Legion.
II am proud to think that we, in all
the circumstances Of the war. helped
others and asked nothing for our
selves" Senator Lodge Said. I'VE can
give that help to the world which we
have given as government ard as a
people. but we reserve the right to
say that 1t should remain with us as
to when We shall give, what. we shall
give. and how we shall give"
THE 1S colonies that formed this
government of the United States were
helped in the revolution by the armiea
of France. and from that day to thiy
the people of the United States have
made their way upward in the world"
Senator Lodge said in another part of
his address. "They have risen from a
few. two or three millions of people,
here on the border of the Atlantic. into
the greatest and most powerful nation
on earth. And during all these years
they have never asked help and they
have never received help from any 9TH
err nation. They made their own way
alone. There is the reason above all
others that we should be willing to ex-
tend helping hand to the less fort
innate. But that is something for us to
decide as we have decided it in the
past, and, in my judgment, decided it
rightly in the past"
The speaker addressed the Ameri-
can Legion to keep out of party pol
itics.
1T is your duty to see to it that
the examination and the laws of the
United States are maintained, that
the government remains American
throughout. from top to bottom" he
raid. 1T is for you to make it clear
that the one great thing you are
fighting for, above all other things.
is Americanism; that the test, as on
the field of battle, is whether a man
or woman is a good American. We
have no lines OF race or creed in
this country in our politics and we
never must have it,"
Other speakers at the meeting
which ended a program of. parades
and religious services. were Governor
Cox. Major General Clarence r. Ed
wards, who commanded the Goth
Division in France, and Mayor Cur
ley.
More than 5000 veterans of three
wars marched in parade through
the center of the city in the most
picturesque Armistice Day obser-
vance since the close of the World
War. Forty gold star mothers held
places of honor in the line. which in
cluded G. A. r. and Spanish War
veterans, numerous contingents of
men who fought in the World War
and delegations from almost every
patriotic organization in the district.
Major General Edwards led the pa
rade as state commander of the
American Legion.
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ture room seating 50 persons and
is 30 arranged that It can be quickv
ly turned into hospital for 80 pa.
ttents. 1t has living quarters for
the surgeons and attendants, and
is equipped with emergency sup
plies Of food. medicines, blankets,
stretchers and first-aid materials. 70,
In seven years the Red Cross
f1rst-aid cars have covered So rail-
roads. Travelled 100000 miles, held
5000 first-aid demonstrations and
reached more than 100000 per-
sons. The railroads have placed
every facility at the disposal Of the
Red Cross for this humane service
which is taking to the people sim..
pie and practical lessons in saving
human life. The Baltimore and
Ohio system is cooperating in the
present instruction tour by ar.
ranging for the entire schedule to
cover the company's own lines.
The work of this car is influencing
enrolment Of many hundreds Of
workers in the Red Cross, whose
annual campaign or Roll Call Is
taking place throughout the world
from November II to November 20.
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Boy Robbers Confess
Shooting PatrOlman

Cleveland Ohio. Nov. 1.-Two boy
robbers, arrested early today, confess
2ed, according to the police. to the
shooting and probable fatal wound
ing Of Patrolman Harry Dudley dur
ing an attempted drugstore holdup
1t last night and to four or five drug
store robberies in t1ae last two weeks.
In addition, john Lavanavich, 10,
believed to be the brains" of the
pair, admitted to 1.-THE robbery of
fourteen stores q DIelehanded since
% Oct l.
:, The other youth is Albert Bobnar,
-. 10. The police say they found three
As automatic pistols at Lavanavich's
i home and two at Bobnar-r.
! Patrolman Dudley was shot above
The heart while on duty in the store
Of the Caldwell Drug company.
81 Dudley identified the boys. saying
the younger one held two guns. Ten
= storekeepers identified them. as hav-
. ing held them up.
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It has moro than doubled since
the beginning Of the war. They
supply US with manufacturing
material and take our manu-.
features ID exchange.

Trade of the United States with
ths British colonies, protectorates
ana dependencies, which have re-
Gently been in conference in Lon
don. has more than doubled since
the Aeginning of the war. The total
tradS with the Is British colonies,
protectorates, ETC., named in the
official records of our foreign COM
merce, was in the fiscal year 1928
$1,754,000,000 as against $Sl4,00O.-
600 in, 1913, an increase, measured
in dollar value, of 115% in the 10
year period, while our total foreign
trade in the same period showed an
increase of 819o. Our exports to
these Is British colonies, says the
Trade Record of The National CITY
Bank of New York. totaled SOIL
100000 in 1923 as against $3.50, 00O.-
600 in 1913, an increase of 7O%o in
stated value. The imports from
the colonies in question were in
1928 $843,000.000 against S278 OO0-
600 in 1913. an increase of slightly
more than 200T.
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California Trees Oldest Living
Things -

AS the largest existing organisms.
the Big Trees of California" occupy
a place unique among the living
things of the world, said DR.. H. A.
Gleason. assistant director, lecturing
at the New York Botanical Garden
While they may be exceeded in
height by some of Australia's gum
trees, as they are exceeded in diam,
eter by the chestnut trees of Sicily. in
actual bulk, said the lecturer, they
are far greater than either of these.
Authenticated measurements show
that CALIFORNIA; big trees have
reached q diameter of over 36 feet.
heights of more than $50 feet and
ages we'll over 5000 years. Since
they do not suffer from diseases, and
are not seriously injured either by
fire or lightning, and since trees APP
parently do not die of old age, the
usual cause of death among the
big trees is by the undermining Of
the root system through the grad
ual removal of the soil by water
Scientific American.
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;liding forth again from its dark

gliding forth again from its dark
Granny.
Van Der Baak saw its eyes glisten-
ing in the light. And behind it in
the dim corner something else was
stirring, too. He had to look closely
before he could make out couple of
mice, sitting on their launches with
cooked ears. There was a rustic
along the Stats of the window blinds:
the old gecko that lived under the
caves whence night after night it
sent forth its hoarse call, crept in.
= came so close that Van Der Baak
discerned each shade of brown and
blue on it's stout back. He glanced
towards the wall; there sat the tilt
jaks motionless. their supple little
bodies grown rigid. They took no
notice whatever of the mosquitoes
flying almost into their mouths.
Upon my word, Si-Bengkok, ="
cried Van Der Baak laughingly.
Now l know for certain that you
are a Wizard!'-From Orpheus in a
Javan Village. by Augusta de Wit, in
Asia Magazine.