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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
ICE RACES AT
DOVER THIS WEEK

Bangor, Jan. 17.-It begins to
look as though there would be hec-
tic sporting event hereabouts mex.
week. Murtagh Hughes. owner of q
racing stable here recently broad
casted a sweeping def to any and
all corners to race his trotting geld
ing Billy O'Donna, 2.14 IA quarter
mile Gashes on tie ice for any
amount 500 to $1,000. This was af-
ter the O'Donna horse had cleaned
up Bell Noy. the Bangor ice cham
lily.
Henry Clukey. racing man of DeX-
ter, has taken ZIP the def, mention
ing his Simon Axworthy pacing mare
Falfne with a mark around 2.20 but
said to pe Cluch faster than that.
mir. Clukey says that 5000 Is about
right for him and a Dexter promoter
will hang up 500 prize, the race
to take place at Dover-Foxcroft.
Mr.. Hughes says that his money
and horse will be ready at any time
and he will race at Dover-FoXcroft.
although he had rather take the ice
in the river at Bangor.
1t looks like race, barring acci-
dents.
Bangor turfmen have great faith
in Billy O'Donna who IS Dy Peter
O'Donna. he by Peter the Great. and
will no doubt back him to win.
FalfIe, however. is said to he n
whirlwind On the ice. II will De a
big time if it is pulled off.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Trotzky Given
Dose Discipline
Rv Soviet Heads

Moscow Jan. lS.-(By "A. ~
Leon Trotsky will not be permitted
to remain on the Soviet war council
and he is warned that a continuance
of disobedsence will culminate in his
being expelled from the pollticai
bureau and the Soviet executive
committee, it became known To-Day
in a semi official communication Is
sued here.
The communication says that at
plenary meeting OF the cXecuiVe
Committee and control committee OF
the Communist Party held on Fri-
Cay it was decided, almost unani-
mcusly. first, to invite Trotsky ef-
fectively to submit to party d1sclpl-
line: second, that his retention Oh
the war council must De regarded as
;mpossible; and, third, that lhe
ouestion Of further employment Or
'Trotsky on the executive commlttee
bc postponed until the next party
congress, with a warning that ms
continued disobedience would entail
lis removal from the political pur-
eau and the executive committee.
According to the communication
Trotzkv wrote to the committee re-
GREETING his inability, owing to ms
illness, to attend its session, ana u.-
claring that he had kept silence IN
order to spare the communist party
He vigorously denied he favored re,
yjsing Leninism or that he belittieo
:he role of Leninc.
1rotzky added that he himself re-
earded ."Trotzkyism" as ended poll
tlcally and said he had not foreseen
that his book on the revolutioh
would be made use OF on the polltl-
cal platform. Regal ding the accu-
cations against him of lack OIL ois-
cipline, Trotzky wrote:
IT reply emphatically that i an.
ready for any task, in any post or
outside any post, and under any con-
n lol imposed by my party. 1t is use.
less to emphasize that, after recent
dis cussions, our cause necessltaees
fiat / should be relieved of my posi-
of president of the revolutionary
war council" .,,o
Tbe resolution adopted by. the
commission declares that Irotzky )
apti-Leninist views regarding tne
ueasants constituted a speclai daH-
Ger to the communist party as Dis
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Berlin Victor
Maine "Y" Hoop
Title at Auburn

Lewiston, Jan. 17.-Berlln, n. H.,
won the State Of Maine Y. NJ. c. A.
basketball championship in a tourney
staged on the Auburn Y. NJ. c. A.
court this afternoon and evening. The
White Mountain entry defeated Au-
burn in the final game by one basket.
26-24. in close, exciting game that
kept the fans in a continual uproar.
Berlin. while not a Maine team. is
considered in the Maine district in Y.
NJ. c. A. sports.
Berlins victory comes as huge
surprise, for the team only played a
mediocre game against Portland,
while Auburn was flashing like stars
in tits with Bath and Augusta.
Bangor and Augusta finished their
prelim tussle deadlocked 1926 in the
afternoon and it took a 1ive-minute
overtime period to settle matters.
Stiles fine work decided in favor of
Augusta. Bath gave Auburn hard
rub in the opening game but Jagged
at the end. Augusta gave Auburn a
stiff rub in their game but also fell by
the wayside in the second half. Ber-
Inns team work nonplussed Portland
This game was slow. Clean playing
marked all the games. Bath won the
championship last year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Little Known Animals

The open savannah forests of the
Transvaal low veldt, in South Africa.
harbors wealth Of game unheard of
In most parts of the globe, writes
Nils &. Eckbo. in American Forests
and Forest Life. There is the blue
wilde-beest in herds of SO or more
roaming the veldt like the buffalo in
the United States years ago. The
sable and roam are antelopes of great
size and wonderful fighters. The
waterbuck is a more peaceful animal
resembling somewhat the elks Of
Jackson Hole, Wyo, with the excep-
tion of the horns. The impala. a
small antelope. is considered the
prettiest of them all. The harebeest
is unattractive. while the kudu is a
stately animal which 1 have not had
the good fortune to meet. The zebra
is common but is not killed for it's
meat. and the ostrich is protected
Crocodiles are plentiful along the
rivers. and snakes, leopards, and
lions are not uncommon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
|COLBY DROPS
| FIRST ICE MEET
| TO Bates 40
Especial to Kennebec Journal)

Waterville, Jan. 1.-THE Colby ice
birds lost their first State series
hockey game this afternoon to a su-
perior aggregation from Bates, with
the count 40 against the Blue and
Gray. The game was one Of the
roughest contests that has been play
ed on the local ice rink with both
teams having men sent from the ice
a number of times.
The Blue and Gray sextet seemed
to be entirely demoralized. even at
the start of the game. and Bates
walked through easily with the eX-
ception of the last period when the
local collegians outplayed their Gar
net rivals. Even in the last period,
Bates scored twice on two lucky shots
by Stanley which Fagerstrom let
slip through ~him.
Corey opened the scoring for the
Lewiston collegians with long shot
from the center of the ice which went
through Fagerstrom's legs for the
count. III the very first play Of the
second period the Bates forward
took another lift at the rubber and
again lodged it in the Colby goal.
Fagerstrom failed to see the shot
coming. even though Peacock did de-
fleet the shot somewhat. The last
scoring was done by Stanley. who
seemed to wear horsesfroes around
his stick, scoring two goals on f1uke
shots.
, For Bates, Corey and Sinclair play
ed the best game. Corey seems very
able to fill In Coogans shoes and Is a
smooth and fast man on the CLASSY
surface. The Garnet defense was
too tough a barrier for the Blue and
Gray offense to crack. although Muir,
MCGOWAN and Mcpherson did sue
ceed in getting through a number of
times but failed to register any of
their shots. Macpherson missed four
perfect passes while in scoring po-
sition. three from MCGOWAN and one
from Muir. Muir and Peacock play
ed the best games for the local col
| legians. with McGowan doing some
excellent work. The summary:
BATES (D (O COLBY
| Corey, rw ........ lw. MACPHERSON
Lane, ............... c, Mc1oWaii IL
O'COnnor. lw ............. rw. Muir
Sinclair, rd ............ Id, Johnson
Stanley. Id ............. rd. Peacock
Willie ........... &, FagerStrom
Score-Bates4. Goals made by
Corey 2. Stanley 2. Substitutions:
| Bates-Stanley for Lane. Lane for
Stanley, Proctor for QConnor. DIM
| lick for Sinclair, O'Connor for Proc
tor: Colby - McBay for Johnson,
johnson for McBay. Referee-Haines,
| Coburn. Goal referees-Thiel, Col
| by: Ouilette. ST. Jean. Timer =
Toomey. Waterville. Time - Three
15-minute periods.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
PORTLAND GIRLS
|PROVE TOO MUCH
FOR CONY LASSIES

Portland. Jan. 1S-Portland girls
showed superb form in easily defeat
ing Cony Highs sextet 81 to IA at
the P. II. S. gym yesterday afternoon,
overcoming a slight lead at the start
and having little trouble In distancing
the visitors.
Smooth teamwork and the accur-
alto shooting of Hilda Berg and Enid
Finn were high lights in the Blues
victory. while the Portland guards
allowed Cony only few good shots
and Miss Moulton was the only in
vader to have any success with the
leather.
Portland had comfortable margin
over the full distance, except at the
very start and later in the third
period when substitutes were sent in,
Cony, with a goal and a foul. got
away in front to a 3 to lead but
dropped behind soon after. Both
Miss Finn and Miss Berg scored six
times from the floor, while each,
tough luck on innumerable shots at
the rim. Summary:
PORTLAND (3D (14 CONY
r INN, III ............ III, Hunt
bers. RI ............. ri, Hanks
Purington, c ..s.......... c, Getchell
brown, sc ............ sc. Leuchter
Lee. x ......'.......... Is, Nloiette
iuDef, fS .............. fS, ierrlcE
Substitutions: Portland-Robinson
for Finn. Mudd for Robinson, Finn
for Mudd, Robinson for Finn, Brown
for Berg, Berg for Brown, Mudd for
Burg. Perkins for Purington, Bailey
for Brown, Brown for Bailey. Knud-
sen for Widber; Cony-Leuchter for
fnr
for Hanks. Kinsmond for Leuchter.
Thorne for Violette. Violette for
Thorne, Herrick for Violette, Priest
for Herrick, Herrick for Priest,
Thone for Herrick. Priest for Thorne.
Goals from floor: Portland-Finn G.
Robinson. Brown. Berg 6; Cony-
Hanks. MOulton 4.
Goals from fouls: Portland-Berg
in 6. Brown | in 1, Finn in !;
Cony-liunt in ,. Moulton in 8,
Hanks in /. Referee. Gliding.
PerioLs. minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
HEBRON HAS
ROSY OUTLOOK
FOR TRACK SPORT
Especial to Kennebec Journal>

NSpeclal TO hennebec JournaO
Hebron. Jan. II - Hebron looks
good in the dashes this year. Coach
Dryers men are working daily and
the Big Green's aggregation of speed
merchants can be counted upon to be
placed we'll up in the sprints this
winter. Hebron has been weak dur
ing the past two seasons in the short
runs, and the presence of good sprint
material boosts the Big Green stock
with the track enthusiasts.
Rogers Running Well
Bob Rogers, Somerville High
sprinter. shapes up we'll, and gives
promise of turning in some good
times. Rogers is the fastest man off
the mark of the array of dashmer at
Hebron. He competed in the dashes.
and ran anchor man on the Somer-
vile High relay team. Rogers was
captain of track at Somerville last
| year.
Porky Flynn Shows Promise
James Flynn. eX-Portland grid
man, promises to develop into a good
dash man. Flynn has never done any
| track work previous to his entering
Hebron. but Coach Dwyer predicts
that he will produce some real work
if he continues to develop. He is re-
markably fast in starting for a
novice, and although his form is
poor. he covers the distance in good
time.
| Dick Martin is another dash man
!who appears to have the goods. Mar
itin halls from Lynn. and competed for
the high school and various Y. M. c.
A. teams before coming to Hebron.
Last year Martin was boys secretary
at the Auburn Y. NJ. c. A. and he
ran on the "Y" relay and track
| teams, appearing in Berlin, Portland
and Augusta. Carey. veteran Of last
years championship club. is ready to
Irepeat and shows signs Of improve
ment.
Hebron After the Hurdles
| Maine schools are way behind
times in the hurdles. and Hebron in
tends to climb out of the rut and
give the dopsters a surprise. Fifield.
Nosworthy. Scribner. and Carey are
working out and with Edgar Wood,
Portland track man. are topping the
sticks in Fine manner. Fifeld is
veteran of last years Big Green. and
is going to cause his opponents plen-
ty of trouble this season.
Hebron Academy Trustees Examine
Hockey Rink
The trustees of Hebron academy
had their first opportunity Of exam
lining the new skating rink given to
the school by F. o. Stanley, president
Of the board. yesterday. when an i'm
portant board meeting was held in
Sturtevant Home. Those present
were President F. o. Stanley. Sec:e-
tary A. NJ. Richardson of Portland.
Hon. w. l.. Bonney Of Bowdoinham,
Hiram W. Kicker Of Poland Spring.
daniel McMaster of Rumford, Walter
L. Gray Of South Paris, j.. Everett
Hicks of Newton, and Henry h.
Stearns OF Hebron.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
.FLAY NEWSPAPER
FOR sensational"
MEDICAL STORIES

Washington. Jan. IL "a. PHI
accuracies and even falsehoods in
medical stories published in news
papers and the attitude Of the press
in giving almost unlimited space to
the sensational. though untrue. news
of alleged discoveries of cures for
tuberculosis and cancer, were de-
nounced here today by DIR. Morris
Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the
American Medical Association. in an
address before the American Society
of Newspaper Editors.
DIR. Fishbein said that five alleged
cures for tuberculosis, and as many
the public press during the last year
and that there was not the slightest
scientific evidence that any one Of
them is a specific treatment or cure
of the disease concerned in anything
even remotely resembling the degree
to which diptheria antitOXin is spe-
cific for diptheria.
"Of the five cures for tuberculosis,
one was carbon dioXide gas such as
used in soda water" said DIR. Fish
bein, zone was the inhaling of a GER
tain amount of mixed SCOT and lime.
one was a vaccine designed by a
Swiss named Spahlinger, one a vac
cine designed by an Englishman
named Dreyer and then there was
Prof. Moellguard's gold cure of only
a few days ago. 1t was a noble year
for the poor consumptive, but there
he lies just about as bad as before"
1.-The same situation existed con-
corning cancer and it is enough to
say that there is not an iota of real
ly scientific evidence that any one
Of them is a specific treatment"
DIR. Fishbein contrasted these an
nouncements, which he insisted were
"at least premature" with the man
ner in which the publicity concern
ing insulin and the Dick test for
scarlet fever have been controlled so
that a reasonable belief in their
worth was established before the an
nouncements were made public.
after ALL" said DR.. Fishbein. "sci-
entific medicine has a real message
for the public. The wonders Of bac-
teriology, discovery of insulin. pre-
vention of diptheria. extension OF life
expectancy through periodic physical
examination. prevention of goiter by
administration of small quantities OF
iodine either directly to the individ-
uat or by wholesale treatment of wa
ter supplies. the gradual progress of
the study of cancer-all of these
modern researches are of great inter-
est to the public and it is the duty
of a modern newspaper to present
them to it's readers.
DIR. Fishbein cited numerous in
stances Of inaccuracies in the use by
the press of scientific terms and
phrases. Military tuberculosis fire.
quently appears as military tuber-
culosis," he said. "Cocci appears as
cockeye. angina pectoris as Angora
pectoris. Pleura is used as plural and
the astonishing statement is often
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Skowhegan Bowler
Trims State Champ

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Skowhegan, Jan. 17-Leon Smiley
of Skowhegan won an exhibition
match from the state champion
bowler, Emery Russell of Lewiston.
in a 10 string match on the local al
leys Friday evening. Smlley's grand
total for the 10 strings was 10So
against Russelrs 1046, Il difference or
"a skinny ones. Smiley went over
the century mark s times in the ~
strings while Russell, tho champion,
went over times. Smiley smashed
out 20 spares for a total pinfall OF
1870 and 4 strikes for 35 more extra
pins. Russell got 16 spares for 81
pins and 6 strikes for So pins. A
large and enthusiastic crowd Of fans
were present. Smiley will probably
bowl for the state championship lat
er.
Score:
smiley-11s ia 1o7 1Oa SO 81 1o5 1os
Russell~1o3 80 s5 80 1o5 Ill 1os los
100 11S-1046.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
10 French Trans
tica Fliers Off
Rough Weather

Fe France Jan. 1S.-(By A. P.)
III having been postponed for
days, chiefly owing to fog the
powerful French airplanes
Y VIII endeayor to make a flight
+ North Africa, got away at
oeiocA this morning. The
/ however, met with bad luck
r. ufst leg Of their journey, for
t@s q Tying to Perpignan, 425
{ away. the first stop on the
!.ue, they were compelled by
Esfaole winds to land at 1.3O
y az Avord, 80 miles from
VWo machines. the Roland
h ana Jean Casale" are COM
~ n,n ,[nespectively by Captain Pei
pvisy and Colonel De Goys
sasira0 Their route will be
w toulouse, to Alicante,
ana then to Oran, Algeria.
Algeria they will proceed to
=, tnence cross the desert of
y Lake ichad. 1t is possible
Ias'f Lake Tchad the aviators
saahle the fight to Madagas-
way 6f Zanzibar.
~'iny aviation authorities are
snat 1t be understood that
,sl'tion Is not an "air raid"
k,.s .s,Hse ior the purpose of
Inn,nuae possibilities of aerial
s,;t,on sas Between France and
@u western Africa, similar
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
PHANTOM finn
T0ATTEMPT RECORD
IN PORTLAND meet
Especial to The Kennebec Journal

Especial to The Kennebec JournaD
Portland, Jan. 1S.-Nurmi, the
sensational Finnish runner. will pos
itively appear. in Portland, Febru-
ary 0. at the second annual indoor
meet of Andrews Legion Post, Off
cials of that organization announced
today. The new date was changed
from February IL at the request of
Nurmi, who faces hard series of
races at that time.
Instead of the three-quarters mile
originally scheduled, Nurmi will en-
ter a 6OOO yard race with the in.
tention of breaking more records. On
the 7th of February he will appear
in Brooklyn. here the 9th. back to
New York on the 10th and then to
Buffalo on the 11th.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Nurmi Will Seek New Mark 5000 Yard at Portland
|Nurmi Finishes
Record Week by
Win in 1000 Metre

New York, Jan. II (By A. P.)-
Faavo Nurmi, the flying Finn, estab-
lished worlds record in a special
2eGo-meter event, the feature of the
roroham University A. A. games in
tne lO2nd Engineers armory tonight
II was his third appearance in a
meet in as many days, and set a
mark In epoch-making performances,
Ills time for the 1000 meters was
o:33. a worlds indoor record.
noly Cross Team Outruns B. c.
HOLY Cross won the intercollegiate
medley relay when Leo Larriyee. the
crack Worcester miller, outran Tom
Cavanaugh. Boston College star, in a
thrilling finish. Boston College was
second and Columbia University
third. Cavanaugh started the final
mile with a substantial lead of 20
Yards but Larrivee made up this lis
tance and broke the tape ahead of
Cavanaugh.
Ritola Breaks Five Mile Record
Willie Ritola of Finland, Paayo
Nurmi's leading rival for middle dis
lance honors. stepped to a new
worlds indoor record in the opening
event of the program when he nego-
tlated the five-mile event in 24m., 81
and 4-5s.. clipping eight seconds
oil the former mark held by Hannes
kolehmalnen of Finland.
Rltola lapped the field five times in
this event, starting at scratch in a
inld of 2S runners. Only seven fin
ished the event.
One hundred yard handicap-Won
by Loren Murchison (scratch), New
ark A. c.; second, G. Il Schoonmaker
(4a yds). New York University;
third, G. w. Partington a yds).
New York University. Time-10s.
Four hundred and forty yard ham
! dicap-Won by James Burgess,
Georgetown University (scratch) !:
second. Joseph Ingoldshy, Boston
college Go yds); third. Primus Mil
Ter. st. Joseph's c. c., New York US
yds). Time-51 2-5s.
Two mile invitation - Wone by
Verne Booth. NIilrose a. A. New
York: second. William j. Cox. Ro-
! chester Tech high school, third Will
| liam Goodwin, New York A. c. Time
-9m. % 3-5s.
| Five mile handicap--Won by Willie
Ritola, Finnish american A. c., New
York; second, John Costello, Milrose
A. A, New York; third. Louis Tink-
kanen. Finnish American A. c., New
| York. Time-24m. 81 25s. (world' S
record).
Medley relay (440-o2O-S $50 -mile)-
Won by Holy Cross (Mulvihill. Burns,
| Higgins, Larivee); second, Boston
College; third. Columbia. Time-7m.
I3S 1-5s,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
|C0BURN BOYS
LOSE TO COLBY
FRATERNITY FIVE
Especial to The Kennebec Journal)

Especial to The Kennebec Journal)
Waterville, Jan. 1.-THE Coburn
basketball team met it's first defeat
Of the season at the hands of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity team of
Colby Saturday night. The game
was one Of the best ever seen in
Waterville and was exciting all
through. The Coburn team met
their match in the college stars and
were beaten by the better team.
The game was nip and tuck for
the whole four periods, with Coburn
leading by five points at the end Of
the half. But the Phi Delts came
back strong In the second stanza and
reSorted to long shots. McCroary, ex-
Coburn luminary, and MARI display
ed an eagle eye for the basket at
long range and this pair together
with two baskets by Shoemaker in
the last two minutes of play, sewed
up the game.
Coburn played fine ball and miss
ed several chances to score in the
final minutes of the game by i'll luck.
Druehl, who performed in mastery
fashion all evening. tore his way
through the opponents defense three
times in the closing minutes of the
last quarter. He shot perfectly to
the hoop only to see the ball hit
the rim, roll around several seconds
and then fall to the hands of the
Phi Delts, who kept pretty good care
of the ball in those last moments.
Captain Shanahan played a stellar
game and tied with Mari, who also
was one of the stars, for high score.
Fielder, former Coburn captain,
played wonderful defensive game
and worked like a trojan in the
back court.
The summary:
PHI DELTS 32 COBURN 25
Holcomb, If .......... If, Martoski
McCroary, IF ........ If, Shanahan
Shoemaker. ........... C, Druehl
f1edler lg ............... lg, Reed
Sub: Grady for Reed. Goals from
floor: Shanahan 5, Druehl 4. Marr 4,
McCroary ;. Shoemaker >. Holcomb
,, Fielder !. Martoski 1. Fouls:
Shoemaker /. Marr 3. Fielder /. Nc
Croary l, Druehl /, Major 1, Reed /,
Shanahan /. Referee: Roundy. Tim
ers: Leary and Stiegler. Scorer:
Haines. Time: los.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Civilization and Wells

Behlnd the drilling OF the French
artesian wells in southern Algeria is.
according to Phillips, the story of the
slow. but usually peaceful. conquest
of an old civilization by new. Until
the coming of the French in the late
sos of the last century the wells of
the northern Sahara had all been
painfully dug by hand, often with in
different success. The first French
wells, by good luck, were located in
what is called the Oued Rir, where
two of the Sahara's former rivers had
once Joined, and where much of the
drainage from a tract of desert 700
miles long and from 300 to 400 miles
broad still collected. The first arte-
sian well, which began to flow in
June. 1856, was regarded as miracu-
lous by the natives.
AS the drilling of wells progressed,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Clock Feeds Poultry

Poultry can be supplied with grain
automatically at any desired time
from feeder operated by an alarm
clock. The apparatus scatters the
material in proper amounts over a
20-foot space, insuring the fowls suf-
ficient exercise in gathering it. A
switch attachment can also be made
to turn electric lights on and off
without interfering with the feeding
mechanism. The device can be hung
TO the ceiling of a coop or placed
over Il yard, and is designed to do
away with much of the care required
from attendants. 1t is claimed that
it can be filled and set for work in a
few minutes. - Popular Mechanics
Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-19
Arrange Punch
Card for Arena
Show at Portland

Especial to the Kennebec JOUR- ny
Portland, Jan. 17-Frankie DeRice
has announced his complete card for
his popular price punch program at
the Arena Monday night. Here are
the five bouts slated:
Johnny Walker of Worcester VS.
Young Kennoyer Of Derry. N. II.
Tommy Fleurant of Biddeford vs.
Bernie Turcotte Of Somersworth, n.
II.
Sid Pomerleau Of Westbrook VS.
Young Lombard of Brjdgton.
Young Ireland VS. Ferry Martin,
both of Portland.
Chuck Levalee of Biddeford VS.
Young Ashnault of Westbrook.