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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

Lfne-Cp and Summary.
G.. W. (20). Positions. Maryland (ls).
Davis ......... Left forward. ......... Ensor
Klopsch ....... Right forward. ....... Faber
Brown ........ Center. .............. Troxeu
Dowd ..... I eft guard. .......... Hall
Reynolds ...... .RiEht guard. ......... Beatty
Score by halves:
George Washington. ............... ll-2o
Court ro.l.-Klop.eh tsl, Brown ta). Dova
(2), Ensor (6), Faber, PEBBLES. Foul goals
Davis, 9 In /; Klopsch, in 8; Brown. in i;
Dowd, 8 in Z; Woerner, in 2; Newby, o in
in 8. -
Substitutions: George washington-woerner
for Davis. Newly for Reynolds. Haryland--
Parker for Faber, Burger for Troxell, Groves
for Beatty, PEBBLES for Parker.
Rsferee-Mr. Hughes. Time of halves-2o
minutes.
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Editors Letter Box
Favor the Grow
Thorndille. March %

IRorndIKe, March "a, 1924.
MI. Editor: People here all are
very much against the crow shoot
ing campaign inaugurated by a GER
tain powder company which proba bly,
mas ~ surplus of powder on hand.
AhCut Az or 80 years ago the crows
were pretty well shot off in this Sec
ton: the result was that insect pests
especially grasshoppers) increased
TO an alarming extent, so much so
that it was pretty near unanimously
agreed that tho crows be spared.
Now crows are very plenty but
GraSShOpperS are not doing any
serious damage. If corn is rolled In
Plaster in which n little tar is mixeo,
before planting the crows will not
disturb it, or il few pieces of brign,
Tin are hung up in the field there
Will be no trouble from crows: the
fact is that in comparison with the
good they do. the damage done by
crows is negligible. The claim has
been made, not without reason we
believe, that the avarice of the big
munition companies involved us in
the lato war. Now they do not see
any way of setting people to shoot
ing each other so they are trying
TO get them TO shoot our defenceless
friends tho crows.
The legislatures of the various
states should be called together to
put stop to the contemplated
slaughter. Famine follows war" for
the truth of which see many of the
nations of Europe. If we make war
on the crows and exterminate them
we may expect insects to increase
SO greatly that famine will threaten.
FARMER.
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lecturers are totally without practi-
cal farm experience and would prob
ably fail at farming l do not think
they should be. held responsible for
the present price of eggs. Further
more fifty hens are exempt of taxa
ton and the same number are usually
about the size of the family flock to
which Mr.. Elvin alludes as a basis
of non tax for hens. A large proper
ton of the poultry kept today in
tiocks of any size are kept by people
who make it a business and continue
TO do so if they make a profit, which
most of them do, on the years books.
When these fiocks total in the hun
dreds or even thousands of hens, rep
resenting as many or more, dollars
they are on the same plane as the
tax exempt bonds which we all know
are a curse to the nation, and while
they have been the only exempt
bonds the small farmer has had in
the past under present existing con-
GitionS, 1t seems no more than right
that the tax should stand with the
only suggestion that the exempt
number be raised to one hundred for
the benefit of aged farmers flocks.
When Gov. Baxter requests pro-
lection Of the crow in Maine he
shows plainly that he is not a dirt
farmer" by referring to them as the
Farmers Friend" While We do ad-
NIT slight possible benefit from
their existence ! think If this should
be put up to the farmers who feed
them that the verdict would be Eek
terminate them" and the shooting
contest is certainly welcomed by
many.
No grain field is past their ravages
until grain is several inches tall;
corn fields and potato fields are fav-
orite hunting grounds to them: beet
rows, pea rows. and even beans are
preyed upon in full, possibly as des-
sert: bird nests, both on the ground
and in the trees are cleaned out even
though the tree be but ten feet from
the house; then the chickens are
looked to for sustenance until the
corn gets kernels on the ears. Thank
YOU.
Yours truly.
MYRON L. PALMER,
Gardiner Me- f. ~,
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LTTCHEIELD
Litchfeld Grange

Litchfeld Grange held an all DAY
meeting Friday, March p. In the
morning the regular business was
transacted with so members and IA
visitors present. At this meeting, the
40 anniversary of the grange was
celebrated. The hall was decorated
in the grange colors and when the
members and visitors entered the
dining room they. found the wait
resses dressed in costumes Of So
years ago.
In the afternoon there wak an
open session and q large number Of
visitors enjoyed the following pro-
gram: Music by the choir, reading
by Sister Allard: music by the
choir. history of the grange by Sis
ter Woodbury., reading by Lyman
Waterman, solo, Rev. c. a. Watkins,
address by Mr.. c. Libby, State Sec
rotary of Lewiston, music by the
choir. solo by Rev. c. A. Watkins,
remarks by Rev. c. A. Watkins, re-
marks by Clarence Washburn ana
music by the choir.
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Bonus Bills In The Senate

On. Y. Times)
The "World War Adjusted Com
pensation Act" providing free in
surance policies for veterans upon
which money can be borrowed after
two years, thus approximating to
the preferred cash bonus, will be
only one of several bills of the kind
ON the Senate calendar. Mr.. Smoot
has q measure proposing an insur-
ance policy payable only to heirs
upon death of the veteran and not
negotiable for loans. He would take
the veterans adjusted compensation
out of the banking business. Every
body knows what would happen if
the Senate passed the House bill and
it became q law. The banks would
be besieged for the most favorable
loans attainable two years after the
issue of policies. Almost every
beneficiary would want to turn his
policy into cash. The note he signed
would be negotiable instrument,
and could be sold, discounted and
rediscounted. While the Secretary
Of the Treasury is directed to pay
TO the veteran any balance upon his
policy if he has failed to meet
principal and interest, the amount
of his loan would be what he could
be induced to accept. Senator
Shoots bill is intended to be of a
protective character. There would
be no money for the veteran him
self on his endowment policy unless
he dealt with the money lenders on
their own terms.
The Smoot bill would be I'M
popular with veterans who want
cash as soon as they can lay their
hands upon it. 1t would also be I'M
popular with the taxpayers. for his
plan Is to extend over a period of
sixty-four years and cost $4,991. =
422.442. The peak" would not be
reached until 1866, when the Gov
eminent would have to pay out
S147 ,5S5, $50. 1t is estimated that
by 1888 the last veteran would be
gone. 1t seems hardly worth while
for Senator Smoot to urge his bill
upon Congress. There is no reason
to believe that 1T can become a law.
Senator Curtis has already re-
introduced the bill which President
Harding vetoed. Does he think that
Mr.. Coolidge would sign it? Accord
ing to dispatch from Washington.
strong efforts" will be made in the
Senate to pass a bill proposing
larger cash benefits than the House
measure provides. In the House
hve adjusted compensation bills
were introduced between Feb. 25
and March 4, and it would not be
surprising II as many new measures
were offered in the Senate.
Progress of legislation recognizing
an obligation which does not exist
on the part of the Government to
pay bonus will not be plain SAIL
Ing. There should be time for sober
thinking about the addition to the
tax burden which the House or anv
other bill would impose upon the
people. An endowment insurance
policy scheme in the guise of adj
:usted compensation cannot be
justified. The original plan Of war
risk insurance made liberal provision
Tor service men and veterans. II
was to take the place of pensions.
q fact that already has been for
gotten. Now the advocates of the
endowment policy declare that it will
be accepted instead of service PEN
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Railroads and Steamboats,
| MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR

Bangor. t12 50 a. m. s110 a. m t235am
"a so m. $3.50 a m. ti2 SO p m, t252pu.
B.&A Pts ti2564.m. t235a.m. ti2.sso n
Ban Harbor AL. &c an. " 35a m t123Spm
Bath t0 rs an 70 "a an. 1855 a M, h0
,. m Ii 80 M. *t04S D m.
Belfast. "a so am. IS. 80 a. m. p Sap N.
Boston 1921 a. m. is IS 2 m. 70 "a T. NJ
1855 a m. i2.45 p. m. s3.34Sp. m. taos .. n
, calsis fs35 a.. m. tI2.ss o. m. SE@T
Gardiner. 1921 a. m. Is 70 a. m. Is. "a q n
1888 a. M. +2.46 D. m. 1874 D. m, taos 0. m
ISIS O. m. II 80 p m. SJC.4S o. IN.
Halioweii t6.I5 q. m. 1884 a. m. SASS a. n,
n. 46 0 m.o 1894 p. m, t405 p. m, isis D. .,
t7.32 o m. 80 As o. m.
!, Harmony. C4.50 a. M, t2.52 p m.
Lewiston. +6.15 a. H.. 1914 a. m. 1855 a. N,
f405 o m. 40 IS p. m.
I. New York 1894 p. m. TAOS p. m. Ill
Portland. 80 ~ a. m, t6 5 a. m, 1924 a. m
1885 a. m. t246 p. m. 1894 p. m, TAOS .. n.
1882 D m. s10.4S p. m. -.
Rockland t6l5 a m. 10 "a a m. t4.05 0. n
Skowhegan C4.50 am. 1888 a. m. 1859 pm
J So Gardner t6 10 a. m. t9.4 am. s955s,su
Il. as D M. 1894 p. m, ISIS p. m, t732 p. n;
80 4S p m.
St John fl25c a m.
Waterville 1880 a. m. u 10 a m. IA
am. "a so a m 1899 m, IL. pm, t2 50 D n
S3 10 m. Il AGO m.
*Daily Daily except Sunday. sSunday oul,
fDaily except Monday
A Discontinued aftei October Fl.
c Except Sunday and Monday.
ID. C. DOUGLASS, NJ. L. HARRIS,N
9-3o-23 v. P. & Genl Mgr. Genl Pass. Asru
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Editorial Comment
Will Fall Upon Congress
(RarrOn'S1

ONLY in the court-and this has
never before been told-will it be
found of interest and value that Sec
rotary Fall and E. l. Doheny never
negotiated this "scandalous" oil con-
tract, and never made the terms Oh
the lease now under investigation.
The country is becoming more than
ever disguised with Congress, its
lack in leadership and craftsmanship.
Montana saw its opening and went
after H. f. Sinclair. 1t did not get
Sinclair, tut it got it's hooks into two
of the most conspicuous Democrats
in the country, both of California
Doheny and McAdoo-one 4 personal
friend of Fisherman" Walsh and the
other his political idol, whom he had
hoped to land in the Presidential
chair.
Sinclair did not yield the political
fruit that was wanted, although he
was five times before the committee.
But ex-Secretary Fall, knowing
that the politicians We're after him
and wishing to keep the name OF his
friend Doheny out of the battle. went
before the committee and without
being under oath told great big flo,
and Mclean stood for it.
But Doheny wouldn't. He came
to go before the committee and tell
the truth, or. he himself would do it.
So Doheny went before the commit
tee. and said he himself had loaned
that 100000 to Fall and under oath
declared that it had no connection i'll
any way with oil or any oil leases:
it was a personal loan to friend of
thirty years standing.
There begins to be some evidence
that business may be arrested while
the attempt to undermine confidence
in government and the Adnfinistra-
ton goes on. And if business prog
ress is halted, the blame will not
fall upon the dead Harding or the
very much alive Coolidge. 1t will fall
upon Congress: and the effort of all
good men in 1924 will be to insure
the election of a Congress that will
put the business of the United
States government and of all the
people ahead of party or partisan
politics.
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Work and Behave!
(BOStOn TranScriDtl

President Coolidge tells a delega-
ton Of boys WHO called to see him
that there are only two things nee
essary to a boy-hard work and to
behave himself: do that and there
will not be any doubt about the
future of the country" This sounds
n good deal like q voice from the
Past. 1t really is a voice from the
past, because Mr.. Coolidge, on his
Vermont hillside. was brought up
in the past. 1t was the same past"
that produced Benjamin Franklin,
Daniel Webster. George Peabody,
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rookie
teller and great many others that
have made and are making Amer
lea present. And it is a condition
upon which Americas future must
lest no matter how much the condi-
tons Of life may be cased up for
the rising generations; since the
future is going to belong to the boy
who IS brought up on plenty of
work and who incidentally behaves
himself, either from his own instinct
for good behavior or because he is
made to behave himself.
Our boys are intelligent enough to
get the message. If some of their
Parents DO not see the point-if
these parents are partisans or rep
rcscntatives of tho idea that children
should do nothing but play and
should be left to their own moral de-
Nlces-the boys who think are quite
likely to adopt the President as q
sort OF fairy godfather, and under
nus guidance buckle up their belts
ana embrace the gospel of work and
SOOi behavior for themselves
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SHAPING IMMIGRATION LAW

1t is refreshing to find amid the
converse tionally criminal clutter at
Washington that actual Roadway
has been made with the immigration
bill; that there seems to be u gen.
eral determination on the part of the
majority, which under conditions
must include Democrats, to approve
u sensible law.
1t is said this law will give notice
TO the world that America is not to
be regarded either as dumping
ground for the unfit, which foreign
scountries are very glad to be rid Of.
nor as an asylum to which all those
who think themselves oppressed
shall consider themselves eligible.
Mr.. Gompers, speaking for organ
lied labor criticises some of the en-
ployers for the attitude they take to
secure cheap labor. though he ad-
mits there Is a noticeable improve
ment in the attitude of many of
them, II Mr.. Compers could give
assurance that certain kinds Of
labor will be done without bringing
in this cheap toiler he might make
more converts among the employers.
He makes good point when he
declares the attitude of some Of the
racial groups Is enough to warrant
the restrictions in the bill; that this
racial activity is presumptuous.
Clearly these groups are acting not
as Americans, but as aliens. loyal
only to the country OF their birth.
They seem unable to compre-
bend the fact that immi grafton into
the United States is privilege
which the United States has not
only the power but the absolute
right to confer or withhold as will
best serve the present and the
future safety of the citizens CT the
United States"
Commander Quinn of the Ameri-
can Legion says the melting pot
Eas been impotent, that so multi
tudinous was the influx OF Europ-
cans driven by discomfort, that the
country could not assimilate them
was In fact suffering from indiges-
ton of immigration"
Under the redrafting of the
measure effort has been made to
conform to some Of the suggestions
of Secretary Hughes. so that Japan
may not have occasion for irritat ton
on the ground Of being treated as
inferior people. To do this the
provisions of the Taft treaty OF 1911
have been applied. There is a pro-
vision definitely excluding from ad-
mission all orientals held by the
supreme court to be ineligible to
citizenship.
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THE LAW AND GRADE CROSS
1NGS.

To avoid q delay OF two seconds at
railroad crossings last year motor
lists took risks which resulted in the
death Of eighteen and the injury Of
ten. At least that is an inference
one may get from the report Of Capt.
Harold A. Miller, chief Of the High
way Police. The commission inves-
tigating found that two seconds
either way In almost every case
would have prevented the fatality.
Is there any need for such risks?
Not the slightest Why ere they TAX
en-? Well, not all the feeble-minded
are confined in homes for the feeble
minded: not all the usually careful
are always careful: not all act upon
intelligence but some upon impulse.
II there is likelihood that reck-
lessness in approaching crossings
is likely to result in taking away a
drivers license 1t may serve to slim
ulate his intelligence instead of his
reckless impulses. We hope this Will
be the result of the efforts which the
Highway Police are to make this sea-
son.
Maine has n good reputation for
the manner In which the highway
laws are enforced with really made
quate facilities for enforcement. Our
courts have shown n disposition to
mcte out tho penalties, which in
consequence are not the subject of
levity - in some states among those
who are understood to have "in-
fiuence" A noticeable number of
those who drive their cars here
from other states exhibit a contempt
for regulations. They doubtless
would be improved by a good dose Of
Maine justice.
AS the chief tells US, II we would
obey the State law which forbids a
rate OF speed in approaching grade
crossings in excess of ten miles pr
hour. there need not be eighteen
deaths in 1924 charged up to acct
dents at grade crossings.
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|8RNLrrr1E JACK EABp1r
E,,kls p saalsssN " DAVID cory
DAVID CORY.

at all. but little chipmunk dressed
in a redstriped fur coat, a pair OF
striped fur trousers and q little
striped fur cap.
"Chestnuts, chestnuts! Roasted fine.
Two for a nickel, five for a dime,
Fresh from the Shady Forest today,
Who'll buy a roasted nut, l saw
Il WILL" shouted a voice, just like
that, quick as wink but not as
quick as the bills on the first OF the
month and up hoped Little Jack
Rabbit.
Have some chestputs. Uncle
Dave" added the little rabbit, pick
ing out bag before he'd even
opened his knapsack to get his car
rot cents.
rs this Chippy Chipmunk?" asked
"Of course" almost shouted til =
little rabbit. This is Chippy Chip
munk, Dealer in Nuts. Every day
he wheels his wagon down here.
All the bunny boys and girls buy
nuts on their way to school,"
I'm glad to meet you, Uncle
Dave" said Chippy Chipmunk. III
be over to Lettucemere this after
noon to hear you tell a story"
Goodbye, we're off now" said
Little Jack Rabbit. Its getting
late. Every day Uncle Dave and |
so to some city in Rabbitland. He
tells the little boy and girl Dummies
all about the Shady Forest and
Sunny Meadow"
Well, before Two o'clock, the lit
tie rabbit and Uncle Dave had
shaken hands with the pretty lady
goose WHO owned the book shop in
Lettucemere. All the afternoon
they were surrounded by a ring of
happy rabbit children, who now and
then would shout: Did Danny Fox
catch him." or Where did Robber
Hawk go?" which made Little Jack
Rabbit laugh to- himself for, OF
course he knew these two bad peo-
pie would never catch him.
Copyright 1924. BY David Cory
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People throughout this country are
giving more thought to hygiene and
to the purity Of remedies on the mar
ket, but no one doubts the purity Of
Doctor Pierce's vegetable medicines.
for they have been so favorably
known for over fifty years that
everyone knows they are just what
they are claimed to be. These medi-
cines are the result of long research
by a well-known physician. r. v.
Pierce, NJ. D., who compounded them
from health-giving herbs and roots
long used in sickness by the Indians.
DR.. Pierce's reputation as q LEADING
and honored citizen of Buffalo. Il q
sufiicAnt guarantee for the purity Of
that splendid tonic and blood medi-
cine. the Golden Medical Discovery.
and the equally fine nerve tonic and
system builder for women's ailments,
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Send 10c. for trial pkg. tablets to DR..
Pierce's lnvalids Hotel, Buffalo, n. r.
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BY Albert T. Reid

certainly reason to believe that
spring is with us and even the most
skeptical of weather prophets can
not deny that the sun is getting
higher and higher and the cold spells
must be of brief duration.-Bango
Commercial.
In celebration of the 18th birthday
Sunday of James A. Partridge of
Lewiston, for many years q cOnduc-
tor on the Lewiston and Auburn
Street Railway, a party of his old
time fellow employees gathered in
the offices of the a. &; X. Railway,
with a number of officials present
and calling Mr.. Partridge in, they
presented him with 80 crisp new one
$42 was also Given him. This was
from an out of town friend. The
presentation was made by William
RaWstron. night clerk, who congrat-
ulated Mr.. Partridge upon his long
and happy life. Mr.. Partridge en-
tered the street railway service on
the old Lewiston horse cars. When
the system was electrified he re-
manned in the service, and for %
years was on the Lake Grove line.
He has seen the system change
hands three times, the Lewiston,
Bath and Brunswick Street Railway,
the Lewiston, Augusta and Water
Vile Street Railway and the An
droscoggin and Kennebec Railway.
He was retired with pension about
five years ago.
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HOXIE

Mr.. and Mrs. Joel York were
Sunday visitors with friends at
North Fairfield.
The Bates apd Parker schools
closed Friday for a weeks vacation.
Elmer Bates has gone to Oakland
to work for a short time.
Herbert York is saving wood with
his power machine in this section.
Several have tapped their trees
but report poor run of sap.
Ralph York passed the week end
at North Fairfield.
Edgar hurry of Waterville was a
recent business caller in the place.
Nedeau's teams are about through
with their work on Bear hill