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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
RrattlebOrO Ski Hill
Ready For Contests

Brattlehoro, VT, Jan. Ga. P
BFatuehoro's ski hill. claimed as the
hhest natural ski Jumping course
east of Denver has been selected as
me scene of the annual National SKI
jumping Championship. which taxes
place February Il and Is. The great
est array of American and CANADIAN
ski Jumping ever to assemble is eN-
pected to participate.
The course is 74o feet long. The
record jump made upon ii is 100 feet,
or nearly 10 greater than the winning
Jump made in the National Cham
pionship at Minneapolis last year.
=, The 1924 championship will marx
me first time the national title COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

auctions on most articles the farmer
must buy would give several hundred
million dollars relief 10 agriculture.
A number Of other special tariff
measures cutting doYn the more as-
gravated high rates in the existing
law 30 as to contribute generally to
the reduction in tire high cost, Of liv-
ing and the lowering of existing ar
tificial and profiteering prices in
many essential lines should undoubt-
eddy be considered during the present
session Of congress.
THE Mellon tax bill will be fur
Their considered tomorrow by the
ways and means committee, and at
the same time there will be general
discussion of the tax question on the
floor of the house. Mr.. Garner and
Representative F'rear. of Wisconsin.
one of the Republican insurgents
who has made study of the tax
question for his group. have been al
lotted time for this discussion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Love Brings Finesss

TIlI lehman. famous grand opera
singer, now retired from the stage
and coaching pupils In opera. - re :
poIted to refuse To accept fnem ~
thev are in lovc---strangest possible
stanh for so wiae woman AZ
grand opera star must be. 1T has
long been recognized that this fs "a
necessary experience in every fnusi :
clans education Until he has had
II he may be a brilliant instrumental
list. hut there will be no soul 10 his
music. no musical sympathy. Untii
the budding songstress goes through
the same experience. her vocal SKY :
rockets will not reach your heart ana
make little t%xilis 20 up through the
roots OF your hair. 1f Madame Leh-
mann is correctly quoted. she Is taxi
i'm. nonsense. At least as per cent.
OF all songs are love songs. and IL
we include the long list OF lula
bies.' the percentage Is higher yet.
Even the birds sing only In the mat :
ing season. Mustn't he in love!
Bosh .--capper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Tucker, II, and His
Bride of as Appear
in n. J. Court Today

Jersey city. y. j.. Jan. 6-Mr. and
Mrs. Burton =. Tucker, indicated 10y
a Hudson County grand jury for per
jury in connection with their mar
rage in Union I'm October :, are
expected to appear for arraisnment
here tomorrow when their case Is
scheduled. Their counsel has announ-
ced that efforts To annul their mar
riaec or To convict them OF perjury
will he fought without fear"
Mrs. Tucker. who was Mrs. susan
Simpson. wealthy widow of New
York, 46 years old. and her youthful
husband who Is II. have been living
with friends i'm T,idgeford Park since
their return from the South where
recently they were REMARKED.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
New Jersey Woman
Victim Cold Wave

Point pleasant. y. j.. Jan. 6.-Ihe
bodv OF Miss Emily Plume of Brielle'
n. r. frozen in a foot OF water along
the edge of the Manasquan river: was
found late today. Her body was tound
800 yards from her automobile whicn
she had abandoned after 1t had oeeh
mired in the swamp near the river
when she apparently lost her way on
the road last night.
Police believe that Miss Plume eX-
hausted by the cold. fell in the nud at
low tide and was frozen to death. Nlth
The rising Of the tide TINS morn'hs
her body was covered by 1907 Oh Wa
ter and finally frozen in.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
A. A.
WHITE: BEARS
ClOnie TAFT VS.. Willie
GradweIl. at Boston

Boston. Jan. G---Clonie TAFT. Ca
madam lightweight champion. and
Willie Gra1wcll of Somerville. two
OF the best of the new crop of light
weights will furnish the biz thrills
when they meet in the feature bout
of 10 rounds at the Armory A. A. s.
show at the Grand Opera house.
Boston, ON Tuesday night.
TAFT and Grawell will be support
ed 10y an usually attractive preiim-
mary card There Will be three
eight round contests. Joe donovan
Of Dorchester will meet Tommy
CLAYTON OF the West Snd. Lefty VIII
liams of Lowell will battle Vile
Rose OF Montreal. while Steve Adj
ans OF Chicago will collide with
Ray Rose of California.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Hired Girls Scarce

Maid servants from the Antilles
we're imported by group Of French
women. However they did not prove
altogether satisfactory. A quarter of
the negrtsses made fairly good SER
wants, but were inclined TO be rest
less. Another quarter had to be re-
patriated. The remainder. have fully
lived up to the expectations Of their
employers. HANDWRITING Czecho-
Slovak girls are nov drifting into
France as servants. they are hard
working ard know their value. which
IL far above that Of the serving girls
of Martinique. Campers Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Postpone Strike
BOSTON Transfers

Boston. Jan. 6.--The strike OF UT
Trucl, Drivers Union and the Market
Transfers Union called for tomorrow
was Indefinitely postponed at meeting
of the unions held here TO-DAY ne
oo,;an vas taken at the request of
.,ha;ruao Edward Fisher of the state
hoard of Cancellation and arbitration
who Yesterday asked for delay OF
week. The unions will meet again next
Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
General Wood
Welcomes Probe
Philippine Regime

Mnnila. Jan. b.~~VBy ~
cu.einr the resolution introduced oy
Representative Frear which calls TOT
congressional inquiry into his ADMIN,
is,rafion. Governor General Leonard
wood today declared he would Wei
come such an investigation and ne
added. If hope they'll hew to the IN"
and Ie, the chips fail whore they may.
General Wood denied that any OF ms
staff had Investments In the Phlnp-
mines with the exception OF one cch-
stabulsry officer who owheu Ae"
shares In sugar plantation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Maine White Bears Defeat
UartIand A. A. AZ to 40

Special TO the Kennebec JournaD
Iartland. Me, Jan. 5.-The
Maine White Bears defeated the
fast Ifartand A. A. here tonight by
the score of AZ to 40. The White
Bears Is a team composed of some
OF the best stars in the State and
gave fine exhibition of basket ball,
being able to score whenever a bas-
ket was wanted to put them ahead.
The lineup:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
0uake-prcof Homes

Bailey Willis. professor Of geology
at Stanford University. suggests to
make their homes and buildings
earthquake proof that Californians
put them on bali bearings and equip
them with springs and shock absorb
ers. so they will he flexible and will
roll To and fro when Mother Earth
sl1immies. IL the people who live in
that perfect climate do this. they
should also arrange for parking pri-
yileges. Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
u. S. FROWNS ON
SALE ARMS TO
MEXICAN REBELS

washington. Jan. G--Shipment OF
arms from the United States to the
DE La Huerta revolutionary group in
Mexico are being discouraged by the
administration az against the policy
of the American government.
The attitude of this government on
the question was sent to Department
of Justice agents in New Orleans
today after a conference in the at
torney generals office and of the
state 1enartmCnt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

A turtle. seven feet long and
weighing 1000 pounds. was landed at
DouardeneZ. France. It's captors
having difficulty in finding buyer.
the turtle somehow or other. with
the aid of mischievous boys, righted
itself on its legs. After taking a
survey of the place, 1t plunged into
the sea. promising no doubt in its
own mind to give Douardenez q wide
berth in the future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

The use OF artificial silk In Japan
was formerly limited TO the nannfac-
ture of neckties and shawls. but 1t IS
now being used for hosiery and mixed
silk textiles
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Lspse of Faith Since The War

During the War there was uniYer-
sal recognition. in this country anu
among the Allies. of vast accession
of faith, of spiritual eNaltauon. OIL
religious devotion in the noblest
interpretation of the term. TODAY,
that tide Is at full ebb. Never pc
fore In present memory was inns
nation more deeply immersed IN
Grass materialism than in the year
just ended. That Vision. without
which the people perish. has
been suppianted by meretricous
movies" and the voice of wisdom
has been sileneed by the tumult OF
"lazz." Even those who might be
supposed to cherish reverence ana to
.exhott mankind to follow the CLEAN
seem too often to have Joined the
rout. We have recently seer eminent
pulpiteers and leaders OF the re
iigious press applauding a brutal
burlesque of Biblical narratives which
tells us that when Jesus entered the
city gate on His little donkey the
crowd Justify shouted hooray and
threw fiow<fs and generally made a
great noise. as IL will do whenever it
finds an excuse for celebration" :
and the minister of a famous metro
poltan church pieturing a scene be-
fore tie Throne OF God comprising
the Cherub of the Flaming Sword,
and Satan. Eve. Adam. in a ring
around "a rosy" at which inspiring
spectacle "All the Heavens cry: Ale
lujah. Amen" When such things
prevail, it seems scarcely censorious
to cite the inquiry, when the Son
of Man cometh, shall He find faith on
the earth willis Fletcher johnson.
in The North American Review.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

A school Of agriculture has been
established by the Near East Relief
1T Philippi. the ancient. Macedonian
CITY,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

We are all actual blood brothers
under the skin, Charles Sachs. in
surance expert, works 1t out: A
generation comprises about IS years.
Each one of us one generation back
must have had two parents. two
generations back. four grandparents:
still one more generation eight great
grandparents. and so on. progressive
~. until we CLEAN the astonishing
fact that each person living must
have had In thirty generations-les
than $50 years-direct individual
ancestors to the number of 1,073,741.-
s.4. He then proceeds to declaim
that there are in the world today
fewer than 700 million white people.
There were not half that many in
the year 1913 of the Christian era.
Hence there must have been inbred
Ing, and we are of necessity kin TO
each other.-Capper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
BASKETBALL

What is one effective, quick
soring play to be used from
ne jump-off?
Answered by
EARL WIGHT
Coach University Of California. the
"sieqe gun" Of West Coast basketball.
Originator of many new plays and
formations which teams throughout
the country have adopted.
The ball Is tapped to the right, and
slightly to the rear, by the center.
who runs to the left side of the court
and approaches the basket from that
angle The ball Is received by the
right guard who passes either to the
left forward. who relays II to the
right forward. or It may he passed
directly to the right forward, who
makes the shot. The ball is handled
very fast, the men involved scarcely
catching the bah in rclaying 1t from
one to another.
Copyright, 1924, Associated Editors)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27

My prize episode OF the links 10
an experience that befell the Hon
orable Alfred Lyttleton some years
ago at the first tee on the old St.
Andrews course. The honorable
gentleman was a player of about
two handbags but there was some
thing very wrong about his initial
drive on this particular day. His
ball.. with the shot badly dubbed,
hoped little distance away from
the tee and landed close behind
one of the seats at the right.I:and
side of the course. From this lie
he could, with a very liberal appli.
cation Of imagination, still con.
slider himself as on the way to the
hole.
He prepared for his second shot.
He made a mighty swing and his
clubhead struck both ball and seat.
The ball rebounded and executed a
perfect.flying long distance shot,
except that 1t went backward In
stead OF forward. It passed over
the tee, then lofted beautifully and
cleared the club house. It landed
$50 yards from where he stood.
On his third shot he just cleared
one end Of the club house and was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27
ENGLISH PAIR
AGAIN TOUR
j. s. LINKS

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-For the
third time Abe Mitchell and George
Duncan, the British professionals,
have embarked on a tour of the
United States. They have sailed
from England on the Mauretania,
and word has been received that
they expect to arrive at this port on
Saturday next, It is the intention
of the foreigners to linger in the
North for O few days and then TO
proceed to Florida to take, part in
two exhibition matches.
The first Of these Is listed for De.
cember on the Palma Celia links.
at Tampa, at which time they will
meet Johnny Farrell of Quaker
Ridge. and Bobby Cruickshank, for.
mer Shackamaxon PRO" at thirty.
six holes. A week later, December
IA, Mitchell and Duncan will take
on the two greatest players in the
United States, Gene Sarazen and
Walter Hagen.
Usually Gene and Walter, when
playing in a match, find themselves
on opposite sides, and the keenest
Kind OF rivalry exists between
them. However to repel the in.
vaders, they will align In q com.
mon cause at st. Augustine. This
match win also be at thirty.six
holes. These appearances will mark
the only two occasions when the
British stars will show" in Florida.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27

eighty yards back Of his starting
point at the first tee.
In the open championship at
Prestwick in 1908 the celebrated
golfer, James Braid, chanced
upon gOlfing experience that
almost passes belief. at one of
the holes Braid had reached the
green in two and was about five
yards from the hole. Five yards
beyond the hole was a bunker.
BRAID putted and for some
strange reason his putter came
down with ten times the force re-
quired and his ball landed in the
bunker. In this championship
match Braid was obliged at that
stage OF the game to put back his
putter and call for a nibIicIS.
: Despite such an upset he won
the hole and his match.
While. we are on the subject OF
English shots / might mention that
Percy IIills, an English profes-
sional, has made six holes in one.
Henry Metz, very good Chi
cago player. was going around the
old Edgewater course a few years
ago and he had made a splendid
score until he had reached the six
teenth tee. His opponent had
played very intensely and was un.
winding a particularly good brand
OF golf. From the sixteenth tee
his opponents drive was not so
good, considering what had gone
before. Metz observed jokingly:
You are in nice position to GO
into the lake"
Our mental. scientist brothers
tell US that thoughts are things. .
After that remark Metz opponent
required seventeen strokes to get
across the bit Of water at this
point on the course-and Metz has
been a mental scientist ever since.
Some Of these unexpected freak
shots are funny and some of them
are disastrous, but there is some
thing in them that makes the whole
golfing world kin.
copyright. John F. Ollie Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27
SKILL Required
To PLAY THIS
CAME

Games with balls have been part
Of the human picture for thousands
Of years. Baseball, football. tennis,
golf are all developments of far older
sports with spheres.
A troup of Siamese athletes are in
New York demonstrating their nd
tional game of takraw. 1t requires
great skin, az bamboo ball must
be kept in the air between four play.
yers without use of the hands. Ba
Yin, the national champion, shows
his versatility by keeping eight balls
In the air, never once using his
hands.
Now, it may be that the average
American considers Siam too incon.
sequential "a nation to bother about,
and takraw too unknown a sport to
watch. but it actually makes a most
extraordinary contest. m
Because Americans know nothing
Of takraw It doesn't follow that the
game is not fine one. Fifty years
ago golf and polo were beyond the
American ken, too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27
IS SEEN
AS LEONARD
RING FOE
Outpoints Vicentini With Ease
In All Except Third
Round

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.--Admirers
of Sid Terris, east side dancing
master, today asserted that ferris,
by virtue OF his victory over Luis
Vicentini, Chile lightweight, at
Madison Square Garden last night.
had proved he has the class to take
on Benny Leonard, the champion.
However, it is expected that Tery1s
will have to fight Jack Bernstein
and Sammy Mandell first.
In their 12-round festival, ferris
outpointed the South American with
ease, only in the third round did
he fail to outsmart Vicenrini.
Terris had been slapping Luis about
rather freely and got bit careless.
Vicentini saw an opening and drove
fist into it that connected with
6id's center board and sent him
down on all tours.
That seeking served to put ferris
on his guard throughout the re-
mainder of one of the prettiest
fights the garden ever has seen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27

r n 6sa 49,
School, and carried back trium-
phantly to Chambersburg, Pa.
In most every other part OF the
country field hockey has been
played by girl athletes for years.
This is only the second season ct
hockey for the girls of the Mar
jorie Webster School, George Wash
ington University, and Washington
Hockey Club.
Nevertheless, Penn Hall took the
cake, and this Is how they got it..
The Marjorie Webster team de-
feated, the eleven from G. w. u.
last year, and after hard struggle
the former was recently downed by
the Holton Arms School. Penn
Hall defeated the Girls Latin School,
of Baltimore. at a time when the
dead language scholars were still
flushed with the glow Of victory
over the Germantown Cricket Club
of Philadelphia. The last men.
toned club just lately Travelled to
this city, where they overwhelnl.
ingly defeated the Washington
Hockey Club TO. Then the Penn
Hall girls proceeded to win from
the Holton Arms team by u score
Of So.
Now where do we stand? Looks as
II we were a little outclassed, but
then, Washington hockeyites are
far from being defeated in spirit.
The visitors won't find 1t 30 easy
to duplicate their performance next
year, even II they retain their pres
ent experienced star lineup.
Miss Coogan--no relation to jack
ie-is the coach, and the fact that
she comes from Sergeant may ex-
plain half the ability Of her squad.
To see how hockey should be
properly played, one should watch
r. Boyer and X. Merikle swat the
pill around. Miss Merikle IL just a
youngster, but already has an en-
viable record as golfer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27
PENN SIGNS UP
Bis TIMERS
FOR 1925
No Set Ups on Schedule for
Next Season, as APP
proved Thus Far
BY DAVIS j. WALSH,
international News Service Sports
Editor.

AuDCEMHb1OM8t NGWo EtEvAeo SpOEtb
Editor.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Unaccus.
toned as we are to public ranting,
we feel the urge to award the 1926
championship in football schedules
to the University Of Pennsylvania
in view Of the list OF games already
sanctioned by Ernest B. Couzens,
graduate manager of athletics.
Some one must have slipped a hand.
ful of salt in Mr. Cozens coffee. He
has rubber stamped proposals that
Pennsylvania play Yale, Chicago,
Illinois. Lafayette, Cornell, Pitts
burgh and Penn State, among
others.
No 'breathers" in that list. Play.
ing q schedule of this kind one
breathes with the great frequency
Of man under water.
Just what Pennsylvania idea Of
taking on the big timers OF the
East and Middle West in one season
is a profound mystery in these parts.
The Illini thought they had achieved
something when they lined up
Pennsylvania for the last week in
October. and were considerably as.
tonished to learn that Chicago had
beaten them to it by. exactly one
week. They hadn't the slightest
idea that PennsylvaIiia was angling
for the 'one-two" teams In the Big
Ten Conference at one and the
same time.
It looked like the worst OF bad
business TO schedule the two Mid.
die Western outfits in succession,
but Pennsylvania had another jolt
coming. 1t accepted with a haste
almost unseer1ly an invitation to
meet Yale in the bowl a week be.
fore the Chicago game.
That means the Philadelphians
will first play one Of the East's
few unbeaten teams Of 1924, boast.
ing legacy OF many veterans;
then 1t vill take on the champions
Of the Western Conference, and
Stagg must figure he will have
something or he wouldn's agree to
bring II East. On third Saturday in
succession will come Illinois with
the great Red Grange in tow. No
Eastern team within the writer's
memory has ever attempted such
a thing.
Lafayette, Pittsburgh, Penn State
and Cornell are expected to follow
these teams to Franklin Field, and
by that time Pennsylvania either
will have one of the greatest foot
ball teams Of modern times or II
win have an excellent morgue.
The proceeds from these attrac.
tions will buy plenty OF liniment, Of
course, but the writer feels that
money Is no object with the Penn.
sylvania Athletic Association. 1t
just about filled it's stadium this
year with such attractions as Ursi.
nus, Drexel, Franklin and Marshall,
Swarthmore; Columbia and Virginia,
constituting what was frankly a
hand.picked schedule.
The supposition, therefore, il that
Pennsylvania expects to have a
world beating team in 1925 and IL
capitalizing on It's first period Of
real strength in some years. That
would account for the Ambitious"
nature Of the schedule, although
the term is highly inadequate. Com
pared with Pennsylvania, Horatio
Alger, jr., knew not what ambj-
ton meant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27

finish battle for that "meager"
amount. Still it was regarded as
good money in those far back
times. Dawson had two other
fights in San Francisco. He de-
feated Danny Needham in twenty
nine rounds and Doc O'Connell in
twenty rounds, both by knockouts.
Dawson had a few more con-
tests in the States, but the Chi
cago Athletic Club management
was on the lookout for an in
structor. Georges gentlemanly
and manly bearing immediately
presented itself to the directors
of the club. How well he full
filled the trust is shown Dy the
fact that he occupied the position
for thirty years.
When Dawson returns to Sgd
ney he will be accorded a recep-
ton. The exact form which it
will take will be decided shortly.
Men like this one-time great
boxer are few and far between
in the game.