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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

The regular uiseAnR Of Heath Re.
l.ef Corps will Re hold Tuesday eve.
iinE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

Miss Vivian Martin left saturday
riorning for the Posse Normal school
girl's camp At Hillsborcugh. n. II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

Thomas r. Deare Of Bath was .
l,usinem visitor In tho city Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

4. c. II. Smith has purchased .
new touftng car from the w. n.
Spear Agency IN this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

Alice II. johnson Of Bangor was
calling On friends in the city yester-
day on her way TO Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

Mr., and Mrs. John Mari are on .
motor TIP TO Southport for several
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02

Mis- Bsatrice Leighton Of North
Eassafboro II the guest Of Mrs. Harry
Spear, Randolph.
Evening star., 1924-06-19

our water supply no other signals
have been given than that people
should not waste water, should not
use more than they need. and that
without any Inconvenience they might
need a little less than they use. The
figures of water consumption and
supply have been shown to the peo-
pie that they might understand the
situation.
1t has been said for twenty-five
years that with a great river close
to us we should not be faced with
water famine every summer and
should not depend on a single water
line, and that an old one working
at capacity. After a quarter of a
century of complaint and argument
work on a second conduit and larger
reservoirs was begun. 1t is going on
and in about the year 1880 we will
have an Increased water supply BY
that time our water consumption at
the present use. per capita would
probably considerably exceed the ca.
that we do not now practice will
become necessary, In the meantime
there is the fire danger. The engines
working on a large and stubborn fire
can drain the reservoirs. for we still
use filtered drinking water to put out
fires. The high.pressure system for
pumping river water on fires has not
yet got beyond the plan stage.
Evening star., 1924-06-19
Hornell Gets a Thrill.

Late yesterday afternoon an accom-
modation train ratified into the station
at Hornell, y. Y, and out of it
stepped a man clad in a wrinkled
mohair suit, carrying a bulging suit
case. A few distinguished citizens"
were standing on the platform. They
were looking for an eminent lecturer
scheduled to speak that night at a
chautauqua meeting at Canisto, a few
miles distant. The reception com
mittee was somewhat at a loss. They
did not recognize the distinguished
lecturer in this descending traveller.
But the traveller recognized the COM
mittee. Committees have a sort Of
distinctive quality that the eye Of an
experienced chautauquan cannot fail
to distinguish, and so the man with
the bulginS bag and the wrinkled
mohair suit received the reception
committee and identified himself as
the expected speaker, William Jen.
nings Bryan of Nebraska and Florida.
but Immediately from Milwaukee.
When his identity was established
local newsgatherer Immediately
pounced upon him for an interview
Hornell is a little off the map and
does not get many great notables. so
that advent of a three time Demo
cratic candidate for President on the
eve of a Democratic nominating con.
vention was an event. The interview
was brief. Mr.. Bryan declared that
Gov. Smith has no chance to be nomi-
mated. He even said that he could
not see where there is the slightest
chance of his being seriously consid-
cred by the convention" After hav-
ing thus disposed of the chief execu.
tive officer OF the state in which he
was about to unleash the silver
tongue, he was asked if he had any
personal aspirations. Thereupon Mr..
Bryan laughed and said:
I'm all through running. I've had
my chances. But 7 will tell you one
thing-that convention will hear from
me before 1t is over.
OF course il will. This is one ef
the reasons why the Democratic party
assemblies, TO "hear from Mr.. Bryan.
AS long as breath is in his body to
articulate Democratic convention
without speech from him would hard
ly be legal.
Evening star., 1924-06-19
The Water Supply.

With the coming of the good old
summer time" the use Of water in
Washington has risen to the carrying
- capacity of the conduit. We are
consuming water at the rate of be-
tween 66,00o,oo0 and 100000 gal
- Ions a day, or at. about the rate
: that water comes from Great Falls
!. through the conduit built three-quar-
terS of century ago. From the con-
duit the water flows into reservoirs
.a which hold about one days supply
for the people Of the District. These
q: hot June days came so soon after re-
!: pairs to the serious break in the con-
duit that the usual reserve has not
been gathered in the reservoirs and
Tessyye are living on a slim margin of
- safety, so far as water is concerned.
The engineers of the water system
lask that economy in water be prac-
ticed till the reservoirs are full. Citi-
..zens with reasonable degree Of eau
yFtion and consideration should heed
.a,the warning. The lawns and flower
beds are not thirsty.
The water shortage cry is often
heard in Washington and it is such
an old story that it does not impress
as many persons as it should There
fs~.is an old, old fable of a shepherd
,gz boy who called wolf so often and no
wolf came that when the wild beast
appeared people had become deaf to
the danger call. But ia the case of
Evening star., 1924-06-19
New York's Prize.

New York is really in luck in this
convention business. 1t drew a big
prize out of the political grab bag
when it was allotted the 1924 meet.
ing. 1t might have got one like that
of 1916, which met at st. Louis and
renoIninated Wilson and Marshall by
acclamation in record time. This one,
in the current vernacular, is going TO
be a "humdinger." 1t may even ex-
ceed that of 1912, which required
forty-six ballots for a nomination of
Wilson, or that of 1920, when forty
at the head of the ticket. Expert
enced Democratic leaders already on
the field are predicting a long contest.
Preparations have been made for the
protraction Of the session, beginning
next Tuesday, until even the 4th of
July.
New York likes big things, being a
big thing itself. 1t has the tallest
buildings and the biggest population
and the most congested streets and its
base ball games are attended by the
largest crowds. Naturally it wants
to have the biggest, longest and
liveliest political convention in the
history of American politics. It
would like to see its "favorite SON"
nominated, would be overjoyed, doubt.
less, if he were named on the first
ballot. But it will be desolated if,
after fifty-six years, it got a political
convention only to have it flivver into
a formality with three-day. stay.
Why, if the Democratic meeting
which starts next Tuesday were to
be concluded within the week New
York would be bitterly disappointed.
Madison Square Garden, the scene of
six-day bicycle races, would be desc
Grated by so tame a procedure. Hotel
reservations have been made in many
cases on the basis of a minimum of
a week. Many have been made for
ten days and some wise convention
attendants have reserved without
limit. No question about it, the Dem.
ocratic convention is going to be a
gathering after New York's own
heart, lively and prolonged, with the
end uncertain. 1t is worth waiting
more than half a century.
Evening star., 1924-06-19

tho great Republican split that led to
the election of Wilson, but that was
an exceptional case. Mr.. McAdoo, for
better or worse, has chosen to make
his own bid in person for the votes
of his party, and with 'shrewd sense
Of the dramatic has made a progress
from post to post that has been val
liable for publicity.
Whether there Is anything in this
sort of a preconvention campaign ID
question. Those who form the
committees of greeting at railroad
stations and hotels on the way are
not the delegates whose votes win
decide the nomination. They are
stayat-homes, eager. glad to see a
notable, perhaps a favorite. 1t may
be that Mr.. McAdoo would have made
better impression il he had drawn
the route from California to New
York quietly, or perhaps even if he
had stayed at home: For there still
is remnant of the old feeling that
the office should seek the man." and
ing prejudice against ostentatious can
didacy.
But it is quite within the rights
for any aspirant for the presidency
and that aspiration is the most hon
orable an American can entertain
to go to it frankly and vigorously.
In this particular case of the McAdoo
boom practically everything depends
upon enthusiasm. The Californian is
the leader of the race. He has, it is
claimed, practically a majority of the
votes. He needs two-thirds, and, as
others have learned to their sorrow in
the past. the two-thirds point is a
difticult one to reach. Momentum
may be effective and the personally
conducted drive for votes which MIR.
McAdoo is now managing is perhap ps
as good a way as any other to gather
that momentum. At any rate 1t pre-
sents novel picture in the panorama
of politics.
Evening star., 1924-06-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

! vice presidential candidate know.
agricultural conditions about as wei
as any man in American politics
The Central Trust Company of H.
years has had it's tentacles in all sec.
tions of the rural west.
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The Princess Bibesco, wife Of the
Rumanian minister, is back in Wash.
ington after the Cleveland convention
bubbling over with enthusiasm after
| her maiden experience of one of ou,
quadrennial political hippodromes
The daughter of former Prime Min
lister Asquith Of Great Britain is, like
her distinguished father, politician
to her finger tips. When she witness
ed Frank o. Lowden's remuneration
of the vice presidential nomination
Princess Bibesco said, her thoughts
Travelled back to Mr.. Asquith's refusal
OF the premiership last year. preced-
ing Ramsay MacDonald's accession tc
power. The Rumanian minister and
his sprightly consort will also at
tend the Democratic national conven-
ton in New York. They declare that
Europe has nothing family to COM
pare with our great party conclaves
In excitement and emotion.
There isn't d buster department oil
the United States government these
days than the passport bureau OF the
State Department. For many weeks
past it has been issuing passports at
the rate of 1000 day. Uncle Sam
derives a tidy income from his globe.
trotting sons and daughters, for ON
cial credentials for travel abroad cost
$40 apiece. This year is breaking all
tourist records, and passport receipts
in CONSEQUENCE were never so heavy
Our foreign service, diplomatic and
consular, is always a money maker
The receipts from passport and in
voice fees. and from other off1clal
documents required in international
intercourse, total a larger amount
than the entire cost of our diplo-
matte and consular service.
Queer types of the civic Americanus
turn up in quest OF passports. One
day this week a man became quite
peeved when asked to state his occu-
pation-a detail that must be entered
cupation," he replied. I'm con-
gressman."
Victor L. Berger OF Wisconsin. the
first socialist ever elected to Con
gress, is the most consistent of reds
He refuses to sign his name. on any
occasion, except in red ink. While
Berger sits in the House his wife
presides over the school board OF
Milwaukee, of which she has been a
member for sixteen years. She was
a school teacher when she married
the man whom Judge kenesaw NJ
Lands sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment for opposing American
entry into the world war.
tGopyright. 1s24)
Evening star., 1924-06-19
The Note to japan,


the Japanese governments note re-
sarding the newly enacted immigra.
ton tan, sets forth the American
position in the clear and explicit terms
that the situation requires, without
giving affront. His letter to Ambas-
sador Hanihara needs no ground for
contention and effectually CLOSES the
incident"
Prefaced by citation from Presi.
dent Coolidge's statement accompany
ing the signature OF the immigration
act to the effect that this new enact.
= ment does not imply any change in
out sentiment of admiration and cor
pie Mr.. Hughes recites the pro-
visions of the new law and notes that
, they do not differ greatly in practical
operation or in policy from the un-
derstanding embodied in the gentle
mems agreement. He then proceeds
70 trace the history of the exclusion
Cnited States had particularly re-
served the inherent sovereign right
Of either country TO limit and control
immigration for its own domains or
possessions.
Thus was the treaty Of 1911 con-
Guided on the basis of that specific
reservation of inherent sovereign
right" The act of recent date def
piteiy closing the doors in this coun.
try to japanese immigration upon
July l next is an exercise of that
right which. as Secretary Hughes
states, releases the government Of
Japan from any further obligation by
virtue of the previous understanding.
After all, the japanese complaint
has been merely that, the United
States having entered into a gen
matter in the hands of Japan tempo
rarily. it has been abrogated in favor
Of a direct American exclusion act.
The result is the same, assuming that
the japanese government effectively
and faithfully carried out its under
taking TO prevent japanese migration
to the United States. If there has
been affront TO Japan in the desig-
nation of the nationals Of that coun-
try as not desired as immigrants in
the United States it was committed
when the gentlemen's agreement was
reached.
There can be no effective reply to
a note so considerably couched and
so distinct in it's definition Of the
right of the United States to proceed
by legislation in this matter of ex-
ciusion, particularly in view of Sec
retary Hughes concluding paragraph,
in which he expresses the desire
'sonce more to emphasize the appre-
citation of this government Of the
voluntary cooperation Of your gov
ernment in carrying out the gentle
mems agreement and to express the
conviction that the recognition of the
right Of each government to legislate
In control of immigration should not
derogate in any degree from the mu-
stual good will and cordial friendship
(which have always characterized the
relations of the two countries
Evening star., 1924-06-19
Campaign for Calories.

DR.. Charles w. Eliot, the scholar,
is the author of the suggestion that
restaurateurs should ally themselves $
with the reformers by making scien-
ttfic suggestions to patrons concern
ing diet. Many. he believes, kill
themselves long before their time by
overeating and drinking" For rem
edy: Menu cards listing in parallel
columns foods for the plump and
foods for the meager. But as no one
ever trusts another SO implicitly as
to believe his recommendations con-
corning diet, the advisory menu card
would have the effect merely of de-
stroying confidence between the res
taurateur and the diner without any
ben efcial result. DIR. Eliot should
withdraw his suggestion before real
harm is done. After all, man does
not live by. cslories, alone-St Pau
Dispatch.
Evening star., 1924-06-19

@. What is meant by a sane
Fourth"?-J. l.
A This means an Observance of
Independence day which shall neither
jeopardize the lives nor property Of
citizens by the careless use of fire.
works and explosives, and also an OBJ
servance of the day which, while it
shall give expression to the patriotic
feelings OF Americans, shall not be a
burdensome cost, or entail a foolish
outlay of money by the taxpayers of
the country.
O. What is the average height of
American mon in stocking feet?-
r. c.
A. The average is between five feet
eight inches and five feet nine inches.
Q. How many street car lines are
there in the United States?-V. X
A. The American Electric Railway
Association says that there are ap-
proximately 10000 street car lines
Of all types in the United States.
@. What is the temperature in
Honolulu?-A- D. NJ,
A. The highest temperature in
Honolulu over a period of thirty four
years was so and the lowest tenn
perature So. February is the coolest
of TO- and September the warmest
with an average of 7s'.
@. How is "cheechako" pronounced
and what does it mean?-W. H.
A This Chinook word means lately
come" or "a recent arrival" 1t is
pronounced chee-chah-ko
Q. What does the difference in the
way HindooS wear turbans signify
A. So far as the turbans diner
beyond the personal taste of the
wearer they indicate the province
from which he came. the weaves
in different localities.
Q. Who is the Governor General
of Australia e c.
A. The office is held by Lord
Forster of Lepe.
Q. How did the haIf-masting OF
the flag for mourning originateZ
W. D.
A. 1t Is not possible to say just
when where and for whom the flag
WAS hrst lowered to half-mast The
the old naval and military practice
81 lowering the flag in time of war
AZ a sign of submission. Spanish
ships in the seventeenth century dis
played the flag at half-past as a
signal of distress. The custom of
flying the flag at half mast has long
been recognized in practically all the
leading countries as a sign OF mourn
ing.
Q. Was censcription or draft used
in the colonies during the revolu-
tionary war?-G. w. r.
A. Conscription was not resorted
to in the revolutionary war. The
first bill Of this kind was introduced
into an American Congress by the
CONSUMPTION act of October 81, 1914,
under the auspices of the then Sec
retary of War, James Monroe. This
was not carried out.
Q. What is the difference between
jam, marmalade and butters?-R,
Z. L.
A AS a rule. only the small fruits
of which the whole may be used are
utilized in jam making. The fruit is
crushed in the juice SO as TO produce
a homogeneous mixture. Buffers are
more smooth and more mixed than
jams. For this purpose fruits which
contain a large proportion of f1eshy
materials are used. Buffers are fur
ther characterized by the frequent
use Of spices and other fiavoring
agents. Marmalades stand midway
between jams and buffers. Larger
Evening star., 1924-06-19

There Is more than meets the eye IN
the selection of an obscure Denver
lawyer, william ". Hodges, to be
treasurer of the Republican national
committee. 1t is the determination
of the Coolidge high command to de-
tach the finances of the campaign
from every vestige of suspicion of
connection with the interests"
Hodges is a Republican in good
standing in Colorado, but. as far as
can be ascertained. never before had
the slightest association with organi-
sation politics. He comes to the G..
Q. p. "golddigger's" job inexperi-
enced. uncontaminated and unknown.
Those qualities, Chairman Butler
season calls for. Hodges is in Chi
cago this week, acquainting himself
with the treasurers Job by confer
ence with Fred W. Upham, who held
it uninterruptediy for the past six
teen years.
Homer Cummings of Connecticut,
of whom much may be heard before
the Democratic national convention
is over, has just acquired new fame
throughout New England in connec-
tion with a sensational murder trial.
Cummings since 1914 has been states
attorney of Fairfield County, Conn,
at Stamford. In that capacity he was
recently called upon to prosecute a
young man named Harold Israel on a
charge OF killing a Roman Catholic
priest. The circumstantial evidence
against Israel seemed to prove him
guilty. But the prisoner. a former
soldier. was fortunate in having his
case fall under the eye of public
prosecutor equipped with the knowl-
edge developed by modern psycholo-
gists. Cummings proceeded on the
theory that the duty of "A states at
torney is as much to protect the in
nocent as to convict the guilty. He
insisted on studying the Israel case
so thoroughly that he came to the
conclusion the defendant was not the
murderer. Acquittal resulted. despite
the fact that Israel had made a con-
fession to the police. Connecticut is
convinced that Cummings prevented
a classic miscarriage or justice.
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Gen. Dawes met Chairman Butler
for the first time in Chicago this
week. They liked each other on
sight. Dawes rehearsed his chief
campaign speech to the Coolidge gen
erslissimo. 1t is directed mainly to
the farmers. 1t Will harp strongly
on the note that in European iecov-
cry from war conditions lies the chief
hope of prosperity for the American
wheat grower cattle raiser and dairy
farmer. Dawes will argue that the
Republican ADMINISTRATORS support
of the world court and If the work Of
the reparations commission is guar
antee of President Coolidge's inten-
ton TO help the cid world get back
to purchasing power conditions. The
Evening star., 1924-06-19
Press Divided on Status of
Muscle Shoals Problem

Gle Shoals plant was regarded as an
incumbrance left from the war
which ought to be sold for what
ever it would bring" while TO-DAY
1t is recognized as one of the cour
try'S greatest sources OF water power,
which cannot be turned over TO pri-
vate operation without proper safe
guards" Mr.. Ford's attitude has
not been one to inspire confidence.
continues the Milwaukee journal lin
dependent). because "he has refused
to appear before the Senate commit
tee" although his engineer has said
that the power at Muscle Shoals will
be employed primarily in the pubic
interest Mr.. Ford has refused to put
that promise in the bond"
y r =
While he may pose as a benefactc5
the Sioux City Journal Republican
observes, 1.-The Ford OFFER did not meet
the requirements that should be de-
manded in the interest of the Ameri-
can people, the real owners of the
Muscle Shoals" The Topeka Capital
(Republcan) takes the position that
the defeat of the Ford offer was justi-
fled by the Ford Indifference to the
federal power act and the stand pat
attitude of the Ford organization as
to amendments or notifications in
any particular of the original offer.
Rejection of the Forf offer" tn.
Roanoke World-NeHs fDemocraticl
says. may mean some delay in Civ
ing the south the fullest imm dat =
advantages from the development Of
Muscle Shoals. but, III the long run,
the electric power 10 be developed at
Muscle Shoals will be of far greater
benefit to the south under partial or
full government control than under
the control of one industr1alist and
his heirs" The policy of government
operation of the property, the Rich
mond News Leader independent
Democratic) holds, "is no more ac-
ceptable to a large part of the Amer
the property to Mr. Ford would have
been"
The Chicago Daily News Gndepend-
ent) objects to both the Ford and
Norris measures as being unsound, be-
cause the Ford offer violates the
principles of conservation and of
adequate compensation to the nation
without even guaranteeing cheap fer
tilizer to the farmers and the Nor
ris alternative would put the govern
ment into a speculative business and
commit it to all manner of expert
ments, adventures and risks" The
Newark News independently pointed.
ly suggests that poor though the
picking is federal operation
can always be abandoned for tho bet
ter way of private operation with
government ownership, on a sound
leasing basis" but "the gift to Ford
would constitute an. irrevocahle con-
tract, and it's mischief Is incalcu
liable, not only with respect to Muscle
Shoals, but as to- our entire water
power future"