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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28

CUSHNOc CHAPTER, NO. as, r,
A. NJ. Masonic Temple. Special con-
vocation Thursday, April 30, at SIS P.
NJ: Work in Royal Arch. Banquet at
$50 All sojourning Companions are
invited to be present.
CHARLES r. CHASE. H. P.
HENRY ]. THYNG, Sec.
AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 141, r. & A.
NJ. Special communication Masonic
Temple Wednesday evening at 730
o'clock, April 20. Work in F. c. de-
gree. Sojourning brethren are cordial
ly invited to attend.
RALPH w. FARRIS, W. NJ.
BERT P. STUART. Sec.
ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 70. 1. o. o. E.
Regular meetings Friday at $50 p. M.
VIII work II, Initiatory degree Friday
ELLIS e. WALKER. see'y.
JEPrHA ENcAMPMENT. NO. 8
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
OF each month at 7.30.
EDGAR W. FLETCHER. c. p.
G. S. PEASLEE Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9. p. NJ.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday,
JOHN G. HowEs. Capt
A NJ. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
G. A. r. THE REGULAR MEETING
of Seth Williams Pos, No. l3 first
Thursday Of each month.
GEO: E. GAY. Commander.
WILLIAM McDAvID. Adjutant.
cALANTHE LODGE. NO. So. X. p.
Meeting every Wednesday evening at
7.3O. Castle Hall. Water street
PETER BUSH. JR., G. C.
mon-tu-wed.tf
N. e. o. p. KENNEBEc LODGE,
and third Tuesday evenings Of each
CADDiE b LOVEJoY. Warden.
B. f. SMITH. Fin. Sec.
MRS. EMMA r. HOWE Rec. Sec.
tu-th-Sat.
FORT WESTERN LODGE NEW
England Order Of Protection. No. SIS.
meets in l. O: O. e. hail second and
fourth Thursday at 7.S0 o'clock All
ERWIN HOLMES, Warden.
ALICE L. PIERPONT, Rec. Sec.
HARRY PIERPONT. Fin. Sec.
jn10eodte
U.o.G.c. MORRILL, coMMANOERY
No. ss6 Regular meetings second
at and 7 f9uTh nE Tuesdas s aSn f eysry c1ns mnh
CHESTER NJ. REDMOND, N. c.
w. E. CLOUGH. +. K. r
tu-th-sat.tf
CAPITAL GRANGE. NO. 24e 3. OF
H. Meetings I'd and 4th Saturday eve.
nings Of each month at G. A. r hall.
WILLIAM B MASON. w. NJ.
MRS. EMMA +. HOWE. Sec.
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COURT PINE, TREE NO. 20. FOR
esters OF America. meets in Foresters
hall the first and third Thursdays Of
each month at s o'clock. r-.
PHILIP S. BARTLETT. Chief Ranger.
JOHN j. WHITE, Fin. Sec.
may23.tu-th.sat,1yr
AUGUST CAMP NO. 7400, N. W.
a. Regular meeting first and third
Thursday of each month at c. A. r.
hall.
r. O, KNIGHT, Consul.
NERT l.. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
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QUEEN TEMPLE NO. 70 pYThIAN
Sisters. meets In X. Of p hall the Sec
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings Of
each month at 7.30 O'Clock
LUCY A. FOWLER. NJ. r. c.
CORA a. JONES. NJ. OF r and c.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28
Funeral of Mrs. l.. O'NciI

Funeral services for the late Miss
Mary Elizabeth O'Neil were held on
Friday afternoon at o'clock at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Timothy
Otis. and We're private. Rev. Fr.
Curran of the Sacred Heart church
OF Waterville ofliciated. The bearers
were Timothy Otis, Alvin Gilman.
Lester Mcneil and Gordon McTag
gert and interment was in Lakeview
cemetery.
MIR. and Mrs. Dan Mcneil and Mr..
and Mrs. Ansell. Clark of Norridge-
Wock, Joseph and Lester Mcneil of
PORTLAND, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
FISHER, Mr.. and Mrs. Danford Otis
and Mr.. Peterson of Waterville. who
were called here by the death of the.
late Miss Mary Mcneil, have return
ed to their homes.--William Get
chell. who has been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Orilla Cochran, has
gone to Wells to visit for a time be-
fore returning to his home in Trout
ga Miss Efic Libby has return.
ed to her work at the State House
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28

QUEEN TEMPLE NO. 70 PYThIAN
Sisters. meets In x. OF p. hall the Sec
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings Of
each month at 7.30 O'clock
LUCY A. FOWLER. NJ. r c.
CORA a; JONES. NJ. OF r and C.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28

AUGUST CAMP NO. 740o. N. w.
a Regular meeting first and third
Thursday of each month at c. A. r.
r. O. KNIGHT, Consul.
NERT l.. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28

At a popular election held at the
University of Maine last Friday
Austin II. wilkins '26 OF Hartland
was elected president of the Maine
Christian Association for the coming
year,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28

Robert c. Hamlet Of Bowdoinham
was elected Valedictorian OF the
graduating class of the University of
Maine at a meeting Of the senior
class held last Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-28
Augusta Lodge Directory

cUSHNoc CHAPTER, NO. as, R.
A. NJ. Masonic Temple. Special con-
vocation Thursday. April 30, at SIS P.
M: Work in Royal Arch. Banquet at
$50. All sojournine COMPANIONS are
invited to be present.
CHARLES r. CHASE, II. p.
Evening star., 1925-11-15
Analostan Island.

A number Of civic societies have
passed resolutions that the name Of
Analostan Island be changed to Mason
Island. In the latter part Of the
eighteenth and early part Of the nine.
teenth century the island was COM
monty called Masons Island, perhaps
not so much on account Of George
Mason Of Gunston Hall as because
his son. John Mason, who inherited
the island. built a fine house on 1t
and was prominent in the affairs Of
Georgetown and Washington. The
Mason family, which owned the island
for certainly three. and perhaps four.
generations, seemed to have called the
island Barbados, but It's first name Of
record was Analostan. It was patent
ed under that name to Capt. Ran
dolph Brandt by the proprietary Of
Maryland In 1880.
In the land Office at Annapolis is
this warrant: "In obedience to war
rant from his lordship bearing date
the 21st Of July, 1880. granted unto
Capt. Randolph Brandt OF Charles
County upon petition OF the afore-
said In humble manner. certifles that
Richard Edelin, surveyor, OF St.
Evening star., 1925-11-15

Declaring that a "defeatist move
ment'Nis under way against the Vol
stead act, Gov. Pinchot continued:
Il warn you that before the Winter
is over you will hear loud claims IF
you have not already heard them
that since the strongest possible Fed
eral effort to enforce the law has beer
made (Which is false), and since the
alleged effort has failed (Which is Oh
vious) the time has come for law
and order to yield TO the criminal.
to repeal the law of which the crimi
nal does not approve, and to replace
1t by another with which pre MAJ
hope the underworld Will be kinG
enough to comply
IF that proposition is not treason
l have no name by which TO call r.
There it is. Isn't there some va
the governor can be brought befors
q court-martial?
Speaking Of the Constitution. that
document has many queer anSles
miliar. There is, for instance, that
provision of the second amendment.
which saws:
THE right of the people 70 keen
! and bear arms shall not be infringed :
If the gunmen's union Of New York
and other big and lawless cities ONLY
knew about the amendment they
would insist upon it's guarantees and
liberties. They would protest the con
stitutionality OF the Sullivan law IN
New York, which not only makes il
| a crime to carry concealed weapons.
but to have a pistol in your posses
sion, at home or otherwise. This clear
ly would seem to be an infringement
OF the right Of the people to keep
arms as well as to bear them.
Everybody who has been attending
| the Mitchell court-martiai has been
struck by the grand array of ribbons
| which mark the left breast OF the
tunic Of the flying colonel's uniform
| The members of the court itself ore
! rather we'll decorated, particularly
Maj. Gen. Douglas Macarthur. who
| at one time commanded the famous
! Rainbow Division, but the accused
| colonel seems to outshine them al
| There having been much speculation
especially among the ladies', as To
what all the ribbons stand for, here
| is at least partial list Of the awards
| for valor and service bestowed upon
| the colonel:
| Distinguished Service Medal Omitted
| StateS), Distinguished Service Cross
United States, Croix de Guerre, with
| f1ve palms, and Commander Of the
| Legion of Honor Qrench>: Commando
| Of the Order Of st. Michael and ST
| George British, Commenda of s. s
| MauriZio JaZaro, War Cross and
| Grand Officer Crown Of Italy (all three
Italian, and the various service NIB
| bons for the Spanish-American and
| World Wars. The five palms on the
Croix de Guerre mean five additional
| citations to the one for which this
decoration first was awarded.
II the colonel gets away" with his
! present campaign there Is no telling
| what new ribbons he may receive. II
he doesn't get away with It he will b.
decorated with the gate.
fCopyrirht. 1925.(
Evening star., 1925-11-15
''Cal.' -

The Child Culture Club of Ogden.
Utah, has opened up an interesting
question in its desire to see Ameri.
cans act always in good taste and
with proper respect toward the Presi.
dent Of the United States. The club
has asked:
'Is 1t disrespectful to refer to the
President of the United States as
'CaP?"
Bless their respectful and conscien-
tious hearts, Of course. the millions Of
Americans who refer to President
Coolidge as Cal" have no idea of be-
lifting the President or his Office.
There Is no man in the United States
today, or out of It, who holds the re-
spect Of the people generally to a
greater extent than Calvin Coolidge
They refer to Mr.. Coolidge as Gal"
precisely as they referred to President
Roosevelt as Teddy" and to President
Lincoln as ABE" because they ad-
mire and hold a strong affection for
him. Most of the great men Of this
hold on the imaginations and affec-
tions of the people bear nicknames,
some based on abbreviations Of their
proper names and some on character
istics or accomplishments of these
men. The use Of these nicknames is
one way of expressing admiration and
appreciation. 1t makes the people,
many of whom never have an oppor-
tunity Of seeing or speaking to the
President, feel a little closer to him.
The Child Culture Club of Ogden
addressed its question TO Mrs. John
ID. Sherman, president Of the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs. Mrs.
Sherman, with great good sense, has
replied that in her opinion calling Mr..
Coolidge Cal does not indicate rude
ness or disrespect. 1T suggests" she
said. "a hurry to get acquainted, and
is an affectionate term applied in ap-
proval to a leader who is himself
seemingly little austere in his force
fulness."
The picture Of President Coolidge
which the people OF America most
cherish today is that of an honest.
hard-headed, common-sense Yankee, a
man who is close to the people be-
cause he has known first hand their
problems. They visualize him as a
regular American, with no frills They
call him "Cal" because 1t helps them
to q realization of the mans sterling
qualities. To suggest that it Is a term
Of disrespect is to be hypercritical to
degree that is almost ludicrous.
Evening star., 1925-11-15
No Danger in Bituminous.

President John l.. Lewis Of the
United Mine Workers, leader Of the
miners in their strike in the anthra.
cite district. sounds a warning to the
public against the use Of bituminous
as domestic fuel on the score Of the
danger from poisonous gas. Officials
of the Bureau of Mines deride this
warning as unwarranted. pointing out
that bituminous Is burned almost ex-
clusively in the Western part Of the
United States. with but slight i'll ef-
fects from its emanations. One Of
these officials, declaring that only
about one-sixth OF the American peo-
pie use anthracite, asserts that there
are more deaths among that sixth
from carbon monoxide than there are
among the other five-sixths from suf-
location.
What is known as coal gas" in the
usual parlance is not the deadly gas
that is to be so greatly feared. Carbon
monoxide, which is one Of the most
fatal of combustion emanations, is
odorless. 1t cannot be detected. Coal
gas the ill-smelling fume from stoves
and furnaces, is unpleasant, but is
not in itself deadly. It may cause suf-
location II II Is allowed to accumulate
in a closed room for hours. But that
is remote contingency. for in only
the rarest cases are rooms heated by
the so-called "hot-air" system kept
thus sealed during occupancy.
There is no real risk in the use Of
bituminous for domestic heating on
the score Of gas That is well estab-
lished. and there is no warrant for
needing the warning Of the miners
union president, who Is obviously
seeking to lessen the public use Of
substitutes for anthracite in order to
evoke a general demand by the people
for the settlement Of the strike on any
terms.
With the assurance OF scientists
who thoroughly know their subject
that bituminous fuel will not endanger
life In domestic use, there is no need
to eschew that substitute for the fuel
of ordinary use in this emergency. AS
well might warning be sounded
against using furnaces at all on ac-
count Of the danger Of overheated
f1ues and resulting fires. AS well seek
to frighten people from using gas
heaters because Of the possibility Of
escaping gas through faulty fixtures
and porous tubes and in consequence
of careless handling.
Bituminous is a safe fuel, and If
properly handled Is an economical and
an efficient fuel. The best ways Of
using 1t can be easily learned The
coal merchants OF Washington are
preparing to show the people Of this
city how to use 1t safely and effective.
ly. The Star urges that all the coal
burners of this city who are not now
supplied with anthracite for the sea-
son, and who are not installing Oil
burners as a substitute for coal, at
once get in line for this instruction.
They will not suffer in health, and
they will run no risk Of fatalities.
Evening star., 1925-11-15

Marys City, under the Hon. Vincent
Lowe, esquire, surveyor general Of
this province. and in reference to a
warrant granted the said Brandt bear.
ing date of the 9th of April last
past for 200 acres Of land, have laid
out for the said Brandt one certain
parcel Of land being an island lying
in the Patomack River near the falls
OF said river over against Rock Creek,
in Charles County, commonly called
or known by the name Of the Annalos-
tan Island. containing by estimate rs
acres. more or less. Certified this 29th
day Of April, Ammo Domini 1882"
1t would seem that the grant to the
200 acres was called Barbados, and
that Analostan Island was a part Of
that grant and came sometimes to be
called Island Of Barbados" prob
ably meaning the island which
was part of the grant of Barbados" :"
The island came into possession Of
Francis Hammersley. husband of Ran
dolph Brandt's daughter. and he sold
the island to George Mason. the deed
being dated August %. 1717. That
George Mason was the father or
grandfather Of George Mason Of Gun
ston Hall, the fourth OF that name.
George Mason Of Gunston Hall, in
his will probated at Fairfax Court
House October 16, 1892, bequeathed
to his fourth son, John Mason. vari.
GUS tracts Of land in Virginia near
Washington and my island in the
Potomack River opposite the mouth
Of Rock Creek which l had under
patent from the lord proprietary of
Maryland by the name Of Barbados"
The first patent Of record was to
Brandt under the name Annalostan
Island.
Gen. John Mason mortgaged the
island to the Bank OF the United
States In 1895. In 1929 he put sec
ond trust on the island, and his fine
house to secure his Endorsement OF
others notes. The bank foreclosed
the mortgage In 1888 and sold the
Georgetown. John Marbury, executor
Of John Carter, conveyed the island
to William A. Bradley, and after vari-
GUS changes Of title it was bought by
Joseph Letter June IA. 1913, from the
Analostan Improvement Co.
After Gen. John Mason lost his is-
land home he removed to a very COM
Portable estate called Clermont, about
three miles west Of Alexandria, and
died there In April, 1S49.
David Baihe Worden, who visited
the District early in the nineteenth
century, spent some time with Gen.
Mason and wrote much about the
Mason family and the island in
book published at Paris in 1916, en-
titled "Annalostan Island"
Evening star., 1925-11-15
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. d., ILL., d.,
Bishop Of Washington.

times of crises If there are sources
of supply that are indispensable to
our physical needs. without which we
cannot carry on, there are other
uources of supply that we all too in
differently consider that are as In
dispensable to our spiritual needs.
One would not seriously think OF efh-
cient living in the world today with
out giving due consideration to those
mighty influences that conspfre to en-
rich and stimulate moral character.
To think of life without thinking Of
character making and shaping forces
Is to reckon with 1t in terms that must
lead ultimately to moral decay and
the breaking down of the social order.
X
The security Of life does not reside
In a we'll constituted constabulary nor
even in laws rigidly enforced. Codes
of ethics, however finely conceived, do
not restrain the passions Of men nor
guarantee to society that which safe
guards and preserves it. One won
ders whether we are not reckoning
too much today on our vast material
resources. Carlyle, in another criti-
cal period. maintained that unless a
new splendour of God came out Of the
heart Of the industrial age he could
see no light ahead and little else but
frantic, suicidal dissolution"
Recently a number of authors of
much repute yentured to give some
expressions concerning their religious
convictions. Few of them seemed to
realize that one Of life's chief sources
of supply is to be found in deep
religious conviction. Independent OF
what form religious convictions may
take, history has demonstrated its
indispensableness.
The great purpose of the ministry
of Jesus was to make more evident to
men not alone their spiritual needs
but the means whereby they might be
satisfied. II am come that they might
have life. and that they might have 1t
more abundantly," was His great
declaration. Repeatedly He dis.
closed to those who companioned Him
the great source Of supply from which
He drew strength for His life work.
We cannot bring up our youth to-
day and make them fit for the great
battle Of life unless we make clear to
them the deeper and finer things of
their nature and the means or meth
DDS by which their moral and spiritual
life Is to be sustained and enriched
No matter what else we may give
them of material things, DE must
bring them into vital contact with
those sources of spiritual power that
enrich and develop the moral and
spiritual things In man. We need
nothing so much today in our indi-
vidual or corporate life as q new
realization of what constitutes life's
chief source Of supply.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1925-11-15
A Great Cook and Her Stove.

On the 22d of February, 1863, Her
bert Sheets and his bride started
housekeeping at Quinton, N. ]. Her.
bcrt's wedding present to his wife was
practical and sensible. 1t was a cook
stove. Those were war days and prac-
tical things were in fashion. For
more than sixty-two years Mrs. Sheets
has been cooking the family meals on
that stove. 1t is estimated that over
10000 meals have been prepared with
its aid. Recently Herbert died, and
Catherine, his widow, went to live
with relatives in Pennsylvania. Her
furniture was sold at auction. The
took stove was bought for $40 by the
representative Of a stove company,
who wanted 1t as a relic, perhaps for
advertising purposes.
Mrs. Catherine Sheets deserves
more than passing attention as the
owner and user of the same stove for
over sixty-two years. She rather than
the stove Is to be celebrated. For it
was probably her care Of the stove
that made it last so long and work so
effectively. For. OF course. 1t was an
effective stove and she a good cook.
Yet It must be taken for granted that
Mrs. Sheets Is an expert in kitchen
economies. She probably burned out
a few CRATE bars, but not as many as
most stove users. Crate burning Is
the fault of the stove.user ordinarily.
Mrs. Sheets probably had some new
firebricks put in from time to time,
for no amount of care will keep them
from cracking. But the stove stood
up because 1t was well tended. prob.
ably always polished, the ashes al.
ways cleaned out thoroughly, the fire
kept at the right pitch. In other
words, 1t was used right and it lasted
IN consequence.
There is a lesson in this old stove
and its use by an efficient woman and
a good housewife Tools of trade are
worthy Of care. Many Of the mis-
takes IN life are due to failure to re-
spect the rights Of the inanimate.
Evening star., 1925-11-15

grants who have settled and pros.
pered therein.
Five Of these vessels were Of Nor
wegian registry; the sixth flew the
Danish banner. None was large, as
ocean going ships go nowadays, for
the Welland Canal limits to 5000 tons
craft finding their way up the St.
Lawrence and through the Great
Lakes. Nevertheless, they may be re-
garded as heralds of the completion Of
the dream Of e. great inland port.
Compared with the ships Of the first
Mortimer visitors to this continent
they were marvellous leviathans.
Those hairy Vikings made tremendous
voyages on diminutive cabinless ships
that were more like big whaleboats
than any other craft. They toiled at
the oars. They ate cold food. They
were drenched for weeks on end with
a freezing spray and rain. In their
off-watches they huddled under a
shelter made OF the spare striped
sail propped up with spare oars.
The Scandinavian sailors manning
these Ave cargo steamers enjoyed
comforts and luxuries undreamed Of
by their ancestors. The Vikings did
not even quite know whittier they
were going: their descendants could
listen to a radio. Ships change, but
men and the sea do not. 1t is prob
able that these blond seamen could
have made the voyage. if they had
been compelled to, In one of their an.
cestral craft. 1t is likely that If, at
some future day, superman opens
great waterways to the now desert
and inaccessible parts Of the globe
the first ship in will be commanded
by a Hansen, an Oleson, a Lindstrom
or Walquist, while the roster OF the
ships company will sound as If it had
been dug from some ancient burial
barrow among the fiords.
Evening star., 1925-11-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Strangest Of All.

Strangest Of All.
At last the wishes have come true
That in the early days we knew.
Ben Franklin's kite has brought the
spark
Which never leaves US in the dark;
Which speeds mid scenes Of peace or
strife
And almost brings machines to life.
Though wondrous men have passed
away
Their presence seems at hand today.
Unto the ocean depths we turn
And take n trip with old Jules Verne,
Or If we would explore the sky
With patient Langley we may fly
And here's the strangest thing of all
While every wish We can recall
Has now been gratified. we fret.
Somehow we are not happy yet.