davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-03-27
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow; slowly
rising temperature; gentle west. becom-
ing southwest winds. Temperature for
twenty-four hours ended at Q pm. today
Highest, So, at pm. yesterday; low
est, 35, at 4 am. today.
Full report on page z.
Evening star., 1924-03-27
Statement OF Millerand.

Continued on Page 2, Column S.
Evening star., 1924-03-27

Man From Montana.
Man on way from Montana with full
data" read another telegram to Smith
signed D. L. Thompson of Columbus,
Continued on Page 4, Column L.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05
How to Eat Ones Hat

Edgar Romer whose death is much
regretted in the house. was a great
statistician. Some years ago he pre-
dicted z per cent. dividend in
Buenos Aires and Pacific ordinary
stock. and when something mex
pected led the directors to declare a
lower rate n number Of brokers
chaffed him numerically as they re-
minded him of his frequently re-
iterated promise to eat his hat IL z
per cent. was not declared.
One day he came into the market
and they started to pulling his leg
again about eating his hat. Mr.. R3tA-
er mounted the bench twhere Lord
Kitchener stood some 90 years be-
fore) and. placing on his head a
straw hat, announced he was pre-
pared to eat it. He took large bite
out of the crown. Another jobber
made grab at the hat, which
crumbIed in his hand. Amid the
shouts of laughter there was a
scramble for bits of this hat. Mr..
Romcr had had IL made OF some bis
cult preparation. the band heiDg
also edible.-London Financial Times.
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SUBLIME TO UP
SHAW RIDICULOUS

William David Upshaw, represen-
tative in Congress of such as are
permitted-not by the Constitution
but by tie will of those in control
OF the 9Th Georgia district-to vote,
Is playing his accustomed role.
Ostensibly this is a plea for enforce
ment of the prohibitory law; in eff
feet 1t is likely to place enforcement
In a ridiculous light.
Mr.. upshaw inveighs against evils
that are recognized and the need OF
curbing which must be admitted
without argument. Anyone assum-
ing to represent the United States
Government in any respect merits
severest condemnation for going
about with the smell upon him Of
liquor outlawed by his Government.
But.who. short of legal process and
conviction, Is to determine. whether
that liquor was really outlawed or
was obtained and drank without
violation of either the Constitution
or the volstead law?
"All that President Coolidge has
done thus far has been beautiful and
wholesome. but the friends of ma
tionat sobriety are anxious to see
him begin the righteous crusade by
smashing every jug and breaking
every bottle in official Washington"
So said Upshaw in his impassioned
speech. but did he tell the truth and
10 he sincere?
He knows that the President could
no more successfully enter upon
such an undertaking than Upshaw
himself could so about Georgia
breaking every bottle Of peach
brandy In the cellars OF the
Georstans regardless OF whether
those jugs are there legally or other
wise. Irrational sobriety" is in a Sod
Ipltght q It's friends are so ignorant
as 70 believe In that which Upshaw
breaches. There is doubtless need
enough OF reforming liquor cpndi-
lions et the national capital. with
out fAst need being put in a ridicu-
loua light by professional wind.
3ammoFe destitute of common sense.
The writer was informed by re-
Yutahls Maine man. who recently had
occasica 70 visit New Orleans. that
he eaw evidences OF liquor being
eold openly and freely at public bars:
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z =
Las LaFHE JACK RAgar
~ DMD cory

pretty soon. a number Of Eskimos
a,asssJ IN seaislins went on q seal
Emnf They look SO like seals that
thew were able to creep up close 10
these timid animals without frignten-
ing them. ..,,
a team of dogs asked the bunny boy
to take ride with him on his siedge,
and maybe If they had kept on until
they had reached Labrador, Litue
Jack Rabbit could have taken 2 rem
deer ride. for there the Eskimos pse
reindeer. 1t was indeed Q strange
country. and the bunny boy could
hardly believe that for months the
sun never sets. and then for months
it is as dark as night. But the Ut
tie Eskimo children are happy. They
have games and toys lust like other
children, only when they play horse
and drive each other with strips OF
hide for leins. they call 1t playing
dog" or playing reindeer.
After the sleigh ride was over,
Little Jack Rabbit hoped into a
snow hut in which there was a little
baby only n few days old. Here ne
learned something very strange about
little Eskimo children. They are
always born with a fair skin, eX-
cept for a dark, round spot, some
times as small as cent, on the small
of the back. But, as they grow
older this little dark spot spreads
until the Eskimo child Is as highly
colored as Well smoked meer-
schaum pipe.
Had the bunny boy been able to
make a longer visit, he would have
learned many more strange things,
but when he hoped out of the snow
hut he saw his airship circlng
above him. Pretty soon. II came
down on the snow and as it wouldn't
wait any longer, fhe hoped in Just
in time. Away it went, above the
sea on which the Eskimo boys were
sailing in their queer shaped boats
made something like a canoe. but
covered with skin. with an opening
only large enough to pass through:
And in the next story you shall
hear what happened after that.
Copyright 1924. David Cory.
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that when he spoke of this to a citi-
zen, whom he met, the latter remark
ed to the effect that 1t was known
what the South thought of the 14th
Amendment and that it didn't think
any better of the 18th Amendment.
Now, We would doubt this; we
think there is a wide and genuine
temperance sentiment in the South,
from what we read; moreover the
South doesn't wantthe negro to have
easy access to liquor. In the latter
respect the South would probably be
nearly unanimous outside the negroes
and they don't count except to
give the South greater representa-
ton In Congress than it deserves or
would get il the provisions Of the
Constitution about which Upshaw is
so vociferous. were put in force.
Unless Mr.. Upshaw begins with
the Georgian jugs before telling the
President what he should do with
the Washington jugs the country
soon will be in mood to vote to
drop the first letter of his surname.
Anyhow, pshaw and piffle begin with
the same letter.
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Real Scandal Of Southern Rep
resentation
National Rep

tNallOnaf hepuDllcdn)
At its meeting last week the Re-
publican national committee, acting
upon a mandate of the last Republi
can national convention to more
equitably readjust delegate represen-
tation in the 1924 convention, gave
lie additional delegates to the
northern, eastern and western states.
while increasing the Solid South
states nine votes. This is the third
actual or relative reduction in south
ern representation since 1912. as the
result of which the percentage of
southern delegates has fallen from Il
to IA
Thus the Republican national CONS
mittee has obeyed a mandate of The
Republican national convention. 1t
is discreditable that Congress has not
obeyed, or made a serious effort 10
follow. direct definite similar
mandate of the federal Constitution.
providing that in cases where states
substantially reduce their electorate,
the representation of such states in
Congress and the electoral college
shall be reduced in proportion.
A hue and cry is raised about the
Scandal of southern representation
In Republican national conventions.
by newspapers affecting moral
motives, which have never uttered
SYLLABLE in favor of attacking the
black scandal Of wholesale southern
Acknowledgement and the inaction of
Congress, on the matter of reduction
in southern apportionnent. although
that inaction violates the federal
Constitution and fiouts the oaths of
members of Congress to respect and
obev it.
T.
moral issue. going to the very roots
of representative government. Four
fifths of the men and women of vot-
ing age in the South, more white
people than black, are by force,
fraud and legal trickery denied n
voice in government. Four-fifths of
the men called by CONSUMPTION in
Virginia to save the world for de-
mocracy" were without voice in ma
tional affairs under the laws and
practices of their state. The facts
are open and notorious. The cleo
ton returns prove the existence Of
this vast suppression of the electorate
by an autocratic partisan oligarchy,
beyond the shadow of doubt. 1t Is
exactly the situation contemplated
when the punitive suffrage amend
ment to the federal Constitution was
adopted. -
Let the reform of southern rep
resentation begin at the beginning,
where members of Congress. under
their oath of Office, are directed by
the national Constitution to begin IL.
So long as Congress sits supinely in
the face of this long existing wrong.
let there be no outcries on the same
issue as indirectly applied to party
conventions. The newspapers of
high moral profession now engaged
in this performance do not dare to
demand, with a reapportionment
measure pending In Congress. that
the plain terms of the Constitution
be enforced to the end that the ma
tionai scandal of rotten borouchism
In the government of Washington be
attacked and cleaned up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR

Bangor. III so = m. 81 10a- m t2.35 q. m.
"A 80 q m =. 80 a m. III 81 p m. r pm
1870 m ~ 4Cp m
B&A Pts fl2 5ca m II IS am tl2 1852. m
Bsa Karbot Ayr1c am u asa m. tI23Spm
Bath 10 rs a 10 "a an. s9.S5 a. m. f4Oi
=. M n SO . m. tto4S m
Belfast. IL 50 Am, 1885 a m. z. sep m.
Bostou 1921 q m. t615 T. m. 70 "a a. m.
1885 =. m. t2.46 pm. 1884 p. m. HOS m.
Saisis fa.s5 a. m. t,2ss o. m.
Dover Foxcroft Case a. m. t2.52 p Ms
Gardiner 1921 a. m. 80 - a. m. 1884 a. m,
1888 a m. - .46 .. m. 3.A o. m, taos p. N.
Is is O. m. II 30 p M. 40 4S o, m.
HaIiowell. 1918 a. m. 70. 81 a m. 1855 a m.
~ as 3 m. 1884 p. m. taos p. m. Is. is p, m
N SO o m. 40 As p. m.
HARMONY. C450 a m, 2.S2 .. m.
Lewiston. t6.I5 q, m. 1884 a. m. so.55 a, M
TAOS 0 m. 40 4S pm.
New York 1884 p. m. t40S p. N. IN
! portiand sS2i a m, tti Is a M. ~. "a a. ny
1885 a m. t2.46 p. m. 1894 p. m, taos p. m
1882 o m. sl04S o. m. 4
Rockland t6.l5 a, m. 10 81 q m. t4;OS p. m
Skowhegan C4.5o am. %eS9a. m. Y: 80 pm
So Gardiner vs. Is a m. ~. 81 am. ~ IS a. m.
t2,46p m. 1894 p. n, t5l5 p. m. t3'S2 p m,
St Iphn. tia.5c a. m. -
Waterville tl2 so a, m. Ito a. M: rs,
am - Scam 1889 AM, tl2 IS ?. m, T. 81 p. m
IS i2p m. t74op IN.
aDaily. Daily except Sunday. sSunday only
fDaily except Monday
x Discontinued after October II.
( Except Sunday and Monday.
ID. C.. DOUGLASS, NJ. L. HARRIS, y
9-30-23 V. p. & Gcnl Mgr. Gcnl Pass. Agent
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Now, let me see. In the last story,
Little Jack Rabbit had visited Cuba,
where the children make strange
lanterns out of the calabash, by bor-
ing tiny holes in the rind and filling
It with fireflies, whose light is as
good as that of a candle and perhaps
better. for IT never fiickers out when
the wind blows. -
Well, all through the night as the
bunny boy travelled in his Magic
Aeroplane. the air grew colder and
colder. Towards morning. the air
ship settled down to earth amid a
land of snow and ice, where the lit
tie Eskimo children live in huts of
snow, and their fathers sail the sea
in boats made of sealskin and bone.
By and by, an Eskimo woman
came along carrying a baby in her
hood. Then, band of Eskimo boys.
At first the little rabbit thought
they were going to school, but he
soon found out that there were no
schools in that cold country. except
Mother Natures. where they are
taught to find eggs in the nests OF
the wild sea birds and to catch the
eider-duck
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05
Dexter
Bailey French

The remains of the late Bailey
French of Proctorville, VT, formerly
of Dexter, were brought to this town
Friday where funeral services will
be held Sunday afternoon at :
o'clock from the local Methodist
Episcopal church. The deceased is
the son of Alba ]. French of this
town, a native of Dexter and grad
uate of Dexter high school. Death oc-
Cured at Bellows Falls. VT, We'd
nesday e7cning from pneumonia fol-
lowing an operation. A week ago
while employed in q wooden mil in
which he held q responsible losltion,
he met with an accident which crush
ed one arm so badly that he had to
be amputated above the elbow.
During the war Mr.. French served
in the heavy artillery. being station
ed at one of the forts in Portland
Harbor the greater part of the time
He was a young man very highly
respected and beloved by all who
knew him. A widow survives him.
also his father. who have the deep
sympathy of many friends.
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Editorial Comment
Sale of Arms to Mexico
(Roston Herald)

The proposed sale of arms by the
government of the United States to
the recognized authorities of Mexico
violates no law. No state of war
exists in Mexico; hence there are no
questions of neutrality.
The only. law which may apply is
that Of March IA. 1912, which pro-
vides.
."That whenever the President
shall find that in any American
country conditions of domestic vio-
lence exist which are promoted by
the use of arms or munitions of war
procured from the United States,
and shall make proclamation there
of, it shall be unlawful to export,
except under such limitations and
exceptions as the President shall
prescribe. any arms or munitions of
war from any place in the United
States to such country until other
wise ordered by the President or by
Congress"
In selling arms to the Mexican au-
thorities which the government of
the United States has recently recoE-
niZed as in responsible control OF
Mexican affairs, the American gov
eminent has done what it has often
done before, as in the case of the
sale Of vessels of war to Greece in
time of peace There might be rea-
sons for opposing the sale by the
government on the part of the OPP
ponents of Obregon or on the part Of
private manufacturers of arms and
both of these may have representa-
tives in Washington.
AS the United States has recently
reached an agreement with the OBJ
RECON government looking to the
settlement of many outstanding
difficulties, the authorities at Wash
ington naturally desire the main
tenance of the status quo at least
till the good faith of the Mexican
authorities is tested. and they are
acting to maintain the status quo.
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u you want 70 make life . har
mony, hit the note "Do-!-Ths Nor.
them.
QUESTIONS THRUST UPON US.

Were there not some. even though
but temporary. honor among thieves.
thievery would be a more parlous un-
dertahng than 1t is at present.
Were there not some sort Of CO.
operation among bootleggers. weak
though II be. some slight bond Of
mutual interest. bootlegging would
be a more hazardous iniquity than
1t is.
Occasionally fire has to be fought
with fire; and for like reason CO.
operation of illegal activity with co..
operation Of legal effort.
Thus we are brought to consider
the attitude Of the State and that of
the National Government respecting
the prosecution of bootleggers, what
1t should be in the best interests of
all decent people.
Manifestly the State has the legal
right. the county has the legal right
to prosecute offenders IL the authors
ties consider they have sufficient evil
Likewise they are placed under re-
sponsibility for their decision as to
what TODD.
What. for instance, should be done
with the self confessed rumsellers
and bribers whose testimony recently
enabled the Federal Government to
secure the conviction of a Maine
sheriff and prominent attorney?
Neither the county nor the State has
secured such q conviction, though
having at least equal opportunities
for observing whether the laws were
being violated. Moreover 1t Is taken
for granted that the Federal authori-
ties would not have been successful
had not some of the criminals. be-
coming apprehensive and wishing to
save themselves, "squealed on their
associates. Without promise of i'm
munity they would not have con-
fessed. Now. considering the best
interests of the public, how far
should be the extent Of the immun-
ity?
If the State Is to punish on the
evidence these criminals gave on be-
half of the Federal authorities 1t will
mean serious discouragement OF
squealing. Bootlegger5 will hang to-
gether more tenaciously than other
wise. Will law and order profit from
that? Win tho count" or State OFF,
Gals secure any glory from doing
this or relieve themselves Of any re-
sponsibility?
These are questions which thrust
themselves on public notice in con-
nection with the Aroostook county
liquor scandal. These insist on be-
ing answered.
Looking at the facts which have
been presented it seems to us that
Governor Baxter has arrived at
right conclusion; that law and order
will not be served b. prosecution of
those given immunity by the Federal
authorities. The Governor sees, and
we think people generally will arrive
at a like opinion. that there will be
ample opportunity lef- for the county
attorney of Aroostook ito demon
strate his ability AS a prosecuting
officer
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The Quest For Length Of Days

The quest for length of days con-
tinues undated. with varying sue
cess. 10 here" and 10, there Cry
spectators innumerable. sincere ~
charlatan; with transpiantations OF
glands and NEGOTIATIONS with serums
and what not else. | should hesitate
to say how many of these dis
coveries" of regeneration h2rcN been
announced since that of Edouard
Brown Sequard,' now nearly two
generations ago; but | should have
little hesitation in saying how many
OF them have fulfilled their promises.
The fatal error in most of them has
been that they have aimed and pre-
tended--to prolong or to restore a
single function OF the human organ
ism or the supreme Importance Of
that function TO the perpetuation Of
the race there can be no question;
but 1t would be preposterous to pre-
tend that In its cultivation Is COM
prised tlfe whole secret of longevity.
fmmeasureably more hopeful, and In
deed to a gratifying degree success =
full, have been the efforts Of an en-
tirely different kind--those which
have aimed at the conquering Of
specific diseases, at the Improvement
of sanitation, and in brief the elimin-
alton of the causes of premature
death. The increase of the average
span of lie effected by the labours OF
Louis Pasteur and of those who have
learned from him has been greater,
In "a single generation. than all such
progress made In centuries before.
DR.. Willis Fletcher Johnson, in The
North American Review.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05

of Washington and granddaughter
of the late Governor and Congress
man, Nelson Dingley, Jr.. of Maine.
author of the famous Dingley Tariff
Law, was married in Washington to
William Dougall Leetch. son of Mr..
and Mrs. William a Leetch. at the
Church Of the Covenant, Presbyterian.
The pastor, Rev. Charles Wood, per-
formed the ceremony. The bride was
given away by her father and was
attended by Mrs. Esther Sheldon
Salzman of New Haven. Conn, as
matron of honor, and Miss Dorothy
L. Gregg of Kalamazoo, Mich, as
chief bridesmaid. The couple left
for Florida on their honeymoon and
will later reside in Washington. Mr..
the Consolidation Coal Co. Owing
to the prominence of both families
and the high regard for the memory
of the late Congressman Dingley in
in official circles, the wedding was
largely attended by persons in public
life.
Charles Ault president of the Ault-
Williamson Shoe Company of Au-
burn, the new head of the Associated
Industries of Maine, is one of the
orward-looking business men of
Maine, says the Press Herald, which
continues as follows: His firm has
built up large shoe manufacturing
business. the product of which they
distribute through 25 chain stores.
In addition to being interested in the
industrial development of Maine, Mr..
Ault is active in the work of the Y.
M. G. A, and takes a leading part in
all of the branches of work for boys
and young men in Auburn. President
Ault and Benjamin F. Cleaves, the
executive secretary of the Associated
industries, are working upon q plan
of education of the various organiza-
tions in the State in the matter of
tax reductions, along the lines advo-
Gated by Andrew w. Mellon, secre-
tary of the treasury of the United
States. The preliminary steps in the
formation of Tax Payers Associa-
ton to include many groups OF tax
payers throughout the State have al
ready been taken and letters have
been sent out by Secretary CleaYes
to representatives of the public
utility organizations, insurance COM
panies, wholesale and retail mer-
chants, oranges and other organiza-
tions. asking a reflection of their
sentiment in the matter of tax re-
duction. The plan favored by Mr..
Ault and Mr.. Cleaves proposes a CEN
trail organization, with two represen-
tatives from each group. through
which county and municipal organi-
zaticns may be formed and the IN.
dividual educated as to the need OF
relief from the tax burden through
reduction of national. State, county
and municipal expenditures.
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Here's word to be said about q
college professor who figured out
what tolls should be levied at the
Panama Canal at the time when
many experts" were declaring the
Canal never could be made to pay
expenses. These tolls in 1923
amounted to nearly twenty three mil
lion dollars or ten millions more
than for 1922. and not a very brisk
year in shipping at that. This
particular college professor evidently
knew what he was about.
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Mr.. Coolidge frankly declared that
he was opposed to the bonus and in
favor of reduction in taxation
which would not be possible If the
bonus be granted. Mr.. McAdoo de-
clared himself in favor Of the bonus
and declared this could be had and
the reduction also. 1t is said on good
authority that MIR. McAdoo's pros
poets have been waning ever since.
1t might be inferred from this that
the public is not composed Of idiots
--snd then again it might not.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-05

The opinions of U. S. District At
torney Frederick r. Dyer and En-
forcement Director Seth May re-
specting what is best to be done to
secure enforcement of the prohibi-
tory law have been shown to be
worthy of consideration. We say
this, although not knowing just what
those opinions are in all respects.
We think. however, these officials are
entitled to that much of public con-
fidence in view of what they have
ACCOMPLISHED.
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UNITY

Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Merrick were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. MerricK
in Waterviile Tuesday.
Miss Edna Conner OF Pittsfield was
the guest Of Mrs. +. II. Whitehouse
Monday.
Lewis Pusher had the misfortune
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BURLElGH MARTIN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAw
NOTARY PUBLIC
The First National Bank Building
223 Water Street. Augusta, Me.
Telephone SIS
Residence 65 Sewall Street
Telephone S42-M

to get his leg badly hurt while work
ing in the woods recently.
Miss Ida Whitehouse is the guest
of friends in Watcrviilc.
Miss Mary Fowler ct Boston passed
the week end at home.
IL. Nj. Brown was N Belfast the
past week attending court.
A dance was held at Odd Fellows
hall Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood return
ed Saturday from Belfast, where they
have been for the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Luke l'elletier at
tended court in Belfast the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. -. w. Jones have
gone to st. Francis, N. f., where they
intend TO pass the winter.