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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Real Estate Transfers

The following deeds conveying
real estate were received and recor-
ded on Friday at the Kennebec coun-
ty registry Of deeds:
Augusta-Susan L. Preble Of
Woolwich to Roscoe N. Given and
Florence w. Given of Augusta land
and buildings on South Chestnut
street.
Observation-Disclosures Michaud to
Archie A. Stephens and Esther e.
Stephens, land and buildings; The A.
F. Hutchinson Co., Inc, of Portland
to Henry Roderique, land at the
corner of Rideout and Wilke streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Macdonald Smith of Lakeville
comes through with another 20 in
second round OF qualifications for
national open golf play, making to-
tai for SO hole, 140.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

The remains of Charles Perkins,
who died at Belgrade, Thursday,
were brought to this city Friday,
and funeral services were held at
the PIummer funeral parlors. 10
Pleasant street at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. conducted by Rev. A..
Francis Walch of the Universalist
church. The interment was in the
Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

i. and Mrs. Arthur L. Merrill and
linton Msson of 6S Bangor street will
" ". n Boston Sunday. where they
|el ~ meet :. Miss Madeline Merrill and
W ". 70 Tora Pooler, who arrived in
s W friday on the S. S. "City of
Pant ~ ~ \ after passing the winter in
!. ''1 pstsrsburg, Fla. Mr.. and Mrs.
h Hallowell will make the trip
IA fhenl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Z. annual field day and picnic of
I. W IN bird Club will be held with
w. III VIRGINIA Jones at South China
w Wednesday, June 3. If the wealth
a !, M. stormy it will be held on the
a = r,sasant date following. All
" s.hsrs who can go are asked to
ls.;iv Mrs. F. H. Beale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

British government officials find
new synthetic wood alcohol of Ger
man manufacture poisonous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

French governments Moroccan
policy supported by vote Of conf
dence in chamber of deputies 537
to 90.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

at the village, offlciated at the flu
neral. Two solos were sung by Mrs.
Bert Kelley of Belgrade. The bear
ers were Charles Weber, Fred Ing
ham, Roy Carson and Edwin Cottle.
Interment in the Bean cemetery. The
family have the sympathy of neigh
bOrS and friends,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Naval War College at Newport
graduates class OF 81 with Secretary
Of the Navy Wilbur present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

visiting his son. Warren, Of this
town.
Quite number from WHITEHEAD
Grange attended the Lincoln Pomona
held at Boothbay Tuesday. A good
time was reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

What,s the job? Well do it. No
NH To- hard; no job too big or too
mall Well drive your car. spade
uur R4rden, deliver your parcels.
ina truck service. Augusta Accom-
|podation Service by Austin Bros.
lr Tee and Sewall) Tel. 678-M
ay7,-3o june 2
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Fire starting from a short cir
cult in the wiring system OF a
Chevrolet touring car, owned by j.
il Clement, and parked in the door,
yard of his home at q Pearl street,
called the combination chemical
truck from the Hartford fire station
at $50 o'clock Friday afternoon. One
chemical was used to extinguish the
blaze and there was but little dam
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Gard Of Thanks

I wish to extend my sincere thanks
to all my friends for the kindness
shown towards myself, and family,
during my long illness.
RAY o. NESBIT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Dom Barber, architect Of many
well known buildings, dies in New
York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
NEWS BRIEFS

Conspiracy to smuggle liquor in
freight cars over Canadian border
unearthed by customs officials at st.
Adams, VT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

:, v,ctor McCourtney who under
NJ s,,rgical treatment for the re-
Feas III n ner tonsils several days ago,
ne's s.st 3 to her home on Brooks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

CHURCH and George Litchfield
~ rr,day morning for Moosehead
ny = enjoy three days fishing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Hon. Arthur /. Brown Of Mechanic
Falls was in the city Friday on his
way to his old home in Belfast,
where he will spend Memorial Day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Federal grand jury in Chicago re-
turns 269 indictments against furni-
ture manufacturers for combining in
restraint of trade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

81. Manley Haskell left Friday
Ai ns..-tland to visit over Memorial
" 81 iii. n her sister, Mrs. Cecil Still
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Robert Harris of Dundee, Scot
land, wins British amateur golf
championship, defeating Kenneth
Fradgley of Warren Is and /.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Derailment of State of Maine Ex-
press near Worcester by which one
man was killed, believed due to tam
pering with switch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Thirty alleged rebels of Red Leg
ion deported from Portugal to
Africa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

M, Theatre - Richard Dix in
Gc!on"ssa., punch, Our Gang" in
'TIhe .s n Mystery, "Bucking the
'aalysl.' shop, News Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

Wellesley College celebrates fif-
tfeth anniversary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
1IIClJSTA.L OCALS
LATER ATTRACTIONS

House.-Florence Vidor and
opera MacCregor in THE Girl Of
lal ss William Desmond in straight
lpd. " Last Episode of the Riddle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
1 / Z, NOTICE.

LOCAL NOTICE
nance At Gray's Hall, Cooper's
tyIls Monday night, June 1st. Bak-
n Ban supper. MayzsoSt
Evening star., 1925-06-04
The Parasol.

The parasol industry must be havin g
| a hard time. Troops of girls in gay
| hose and dresses pass along the street
without a sparasol. And wear hats
| with narrow brims. Some women
are playing tennis with bare arms.
and the sun not only shines upon
them, but beats down On them.
Some are playing without the shelter
Of hat. These are new times,
strange times. Many people today
remember when a woman's Summer
outdoor toilet was not correct without
parasol. And the parasols were
i very pretty. There was a time when
| no proper Summer girl would take
chances with the sun. 1t would burn
her red or brown and perhaps sprinkle
her with freekles. No proper Sum-
| mer girl could contemplate such
| things without fright Every girl
wanted lily skin. Poets wrote of
lily brows and swan necks and men
who were connoisseurs on beauty de-
manded fair complexion, unburnt,
| untarnished by sun or wind. Taste
| has changed and girls seem proud of
brown arms and sunburnt necks. The
girl with freckles seems unashamed,
almost proud of the spots that would
have driven her mother to eating
arsenic iozenges and amounting her
face with mutton tallow, lemon juice
and other household remedies. Young
ladies now go forth in the sun, not
only without a parasol, but without
gloves. They swing a canoe paddle and
| a tennis racquet with naked hands,
unafraid Of tan and blisters. Why,
| not so long ago, the Summer girl
would not touch croquet nlallet un-
less her hands were gloved. Great
| changes! One wonders to what work
the parasol makers have turned.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

sional thief and thug may need one
in his business. The law-abiding per-
son IL armed has very slight chance
to Use a gun If attacked or menaced.
The assailant almost invariably has
the drop"
The laws that permit promiscuous
and free personal armament lead to
more Sayings by accident and mistake
than to criminal homicides. They
allow the purchase of deadly weapons
for which there is noAneed whatever.
They let foolish women and foolish
men provide themselves with useless
guns for children to find and handle
and fire with fatal results. They do
not save innocent lives, but sacrifice
them.
The unrestricted traffic in pistols is
/. national menace. a cause of cruel
life wasting. 1t is possible TO restrain
this trade. The pistol makers and
dealers are adverse, OF course, to any
legislation that may lessen their bust
ness. Are they TO dictate the course
of lawmaking while people are drop
ping continually before shots fired by
the criminals, the foolish. the children?
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Vacations for Wage-Earners.

The more progressive employers
have for a number Of years past been
granting annual vacations with pay
to include wage-earners as well as
salaried employees. That policy is to
be extended this Summer. A survey
made by the National Industrial Con-
ference Board of New York shows
that number of industrial companies
will inaugurate the system this year.
| These companies have now reached
| the conclusion that regular vacations
with pay will prove valuable in pre-
serving the health and morale OF the
workers, promote loyalty and content
ment and hence make for increased
efficiency and productivity. They are
inclined to consider vacations with
pay as an incentive for the workers
to "stay on the job" and thus reduce
Conference Board investigation over
so industrial concerns at present
are known to be trying out the vaca.
tion -with-pay system for wage-earners.
Some of the companies are taking
an active interest in the individual
wage-earners' enjoyment Of the va
cation beyond the mere granting of
time off with pay. In many estab-
Iishments care is taken to supply the
vacationists with information as to
where to spend recreation periods to
best advantage. In some industries
the employer grants a vacation to
such workers as are willing to save
up certain amount of money toward
it, in which case the company con-
tributes to the cost of the vacation
granted. Under both contributory
and non-contributory schemes merit
systems are applied under which a
vacation is conditioned on records of
attendance and performance as wen as
length Of service.
= Efficiency is the watehword in the
forward-lo looking industries of the coun-
try and modern methods to, promote
efficiency take into consideration the
physical health of employees.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
An Unknown Waterway.

To be told that there is an American n
waterway little less than miles
In length that carries more freight
than the entire Mississippi River from
Cairo to New Orleans would be star.
thing to geography classes. Yet such
is Newtown Creek, a short tidal arm
Of the East River that winds its wsy
inland, and with miles of main chan.
mel and miles more of tributaries
furnishes hundreds Of New York in.
dustrial concerns a waterway service.
No one has been named great in
the school histories as the discoverer
Of Newtown Creek, and it's muddy
waters resemble most of the streams
that carry more than their share of
commercial burdens. But the spars
of shipping and the tall chimneys of
factories tell its story. 1t is dirty and
lacks romance because 1t is used for
other purposes.
These short streams that seem to
have no particular usefulness suddenly
take on great Importance when 10.
Gated where they can be utilized by an
River is hardly on the maps, but its
Importance in giving Chicago several
precious miles Of port facilities has
never been underestimated. The Big
Muddy in southern Illinois may some
day be one OF the greatest coal car.
riers in the world.
In the waterway world a stream
does not have to be large to be useful.
Size counts for little. The wonder is
that In places where nature has been
so generous with her waterway bounty
we have made. so little use oe it,
Quincy Whig Journal.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
The Unusual" in Los Angeles.

When the Shriners were meeting
here two years ago they were treated
with a series of fair days, though
warmish. They were given a good
time. Nobody apologized to them for
the kind Of weather they encountered.
1t was hot. but Washington did not
excuse itself on that account. When
the Shriners went out to Kansas City
for the next meeting and had a good
time, as they always have when they
assemble, Los Angeles captured the
1925 conclave, largely through as
the best possible quality, moderate
temperatures and clear skies.
Yesterday, when all was set for the
big parade of temples and drill teams
and bands the California climate.
famed in song and story. the burden
of every conversation between a
Golden Slater and any other person.
went bolshevik, turned traitor, double
crossed the host. 1t rained, rained as
it rarely rains anywhere, rained
dilO uOSos
Did 1t spoil the parade? Not at all.
OF course, 1t was very unusual" as
every Los Anglican was kept saying
about every 80 seconds. and 50 the
Shriners did the unusual. too. They
put on bathing suits and paraded in
the rain, carried fishing poles and
angIed from the curbs. and. cruelest
touch of all. carried umbrellas blazoned
with the legend This is very un-
usual"
Hats off to the Mystic Shriners.
They adapted themselves to the "un-
usual with a facility that does credit
to the American sense of humor and
V versatility. Instead of having a
bedraggied. miserable march in full
panoply. they made a demonstration
that will stand as a record Of quick
witted adjustment to an abnormal con-
dition. And probably Los Angeles.
though deeply chagrined, appreciates
the joke. But it must now find a
better phrase to account for the alb
normal vagaries Of the usually benign
and hospitable California climate.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Deadly Playthings.

In this city the other day a little
boy. asked by his godfather to get
a match for him out Of coat pocket,
found there an automatic pistol, with
which he began playing. In few
minutes the pistol was fired and the
man was killed. Now 1t is reported
from Chicago that when a mother
gave her 16-month-old child an auto
matte pistol as a plaything to quiet
its cries the pistol was discharged and
the woman was killed.
Pistols are certainly strange toys
for infants. In both of these cases
there was no adult thought of the
peril of giving deadly weapons TO chill
dren. OF course the man who saw a
boy take 4 deadly weapon out of a
coat pocket and proceed to trifie with
it had no. thought that the gan would
be fired, Nor had the v-----n VINO
gave the pistol to the crying infant
any notion that the baby would find
the trigger and have the strength to
pun 1t.
Why pistols, anyway? The profes-
Evening star., 1925-06-04

supply from one or more sections of
the city. He said that during the
few hot days water service was not
at its best in the areas comprising
Chevy Chase, Tenleytown and Ta-
korna Park.
of water mains and pipes has not
kept pace with the spread of Wash
inston, there has been large yearly
increase In the number of faucets,
hydrants, bathtubs and water con.
sumers. Water has been cut off from
public fountains and meters installed
in homes and business buildings. The
Water Department is vigilant in find.
ing and stopping leakage and restricts
the sprinkling of lawns. There has
been no increase in the water supply
since Washington was less thar: half
It's present size; and for a good many
years water consumption In. hot
weather has come dangerously close
To conduit and reservoir capacity. 1t
may be that this is the last Summer
we shall hear the call, BE careful in
the use of water The new conduit
from Great Falls will perhaps be ready
for the flow of water next Summer
and work on enlarging water storage
and filtration is going on. Probably
the need Of a high-pressure system
for the central part Of Washington
will be pressed before Congress this
Winter. That system, besides giving
increased fire protection and greater
freedom in flushing streets and sup
plying water to various fountains,
would spare the output of filtered
water.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Wei singes thu cuccu;
Ne swik thu nauer nu.
Sing, cuccu nu,
Sing. fsllccyJ


Loud has that cuckoo sung ever
since I'm English literature! These
words, believe, were among the first
to be set to music, forming one of the
old rounds" so popular in the ancient
and merry England"
An amusing example, by the way,
of that form of composition, was in
trodueed by Reginald de Koven in his
comic opera, robin Hood" 1t is
during the singing of this round that
Friar Tuck seasons the caldron of
soup with a rat.
We come, now, to Dan Chaucer,
well of English undefiled," as
Spencer called the writer Of the still
famous Canterbury Tales" which
one authority terms 'the greatest col
lection Of narrative poems in the
worlds literature"
Chaucer is not read much in this
day and age, except In the schools,
where his memory Is kept green. He
was, indeed, the flower OF the old
English writer's. He stands at the
turning point.
A true Englishman, yet versed in
the fashionable foreign languages of
his day; a sturdy man, yet dreamer;
diplomat, business man, yet poet
that was Geoffrey Chaucer.
This writer was born at London
about 1340, dying in 1400. His life
was not a long one, but was crowded
with engagements in warfare. travel
and missions. He had friends at
court, and made the most of them.
Chaucer Is described as a short,
stout, fair man, typical Englishman
of the sort he described In his char
acter Of the miller:
The miller was a stout carl for the nones
Full biSae he was of braun and exc OF bones
s VOID lSd Sere all e5 ans he
1t is interesting to note that those
today who use the pronunciation
"wrastle" seem TO have some au-
thority for it in Chaucer.
"Of all English versifiers he Is one
of the most melodious, provided a
reader understands the chief differ.
ences between middle and modern
English" says the Encyclopedia
Americana.
The average person today, except
the scholar making a special study
OF this period. has neither the time
nor inclination TO delve deeply into
these beauties of Chaucer
Why should he?
The period is so remote, the changes
the average person would be foolish
to spend much OF his precious time,
of which life gives each one but SO
much. upon the poetry of Chaucer.
The writer OF these lines today (who
feels that he has accomplished some
thing of a feat in putting old Dan
Chaucer into a newspaper) confesses
that he gets no JOY out OF the old
bard.
Chaucer is simply too much trouble.
II want old English poetry. / turn
TO Edmund Spenser, who is almost
modern. easy to understand. and just
as melodious as Chaucer ever thought
of being.
Chaucer is to me curiosity, "a
we'll OF English undefiled," admitted,
but a we'll into which l, along with
most people, am content to dip only
now and then. l will take my Chaucer
In easy doses, if you please.
Some one has made a prose trans
lation, but that is not Chaucer Here
is Chaucer:
And the river that l safe upon
II made such a noise as il ron
Accordsunt with the brides armony
MethouEht IL was the best melody
That might ben yheard of any mon.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. How cold is ice?-M. o. NJ.
A. Ice is merely water that is be.
low 80 degrees r. in temperature.
Ice becomes much colder in extremely
cold climates.
@. What happens TO wool when it
shrinks?-W. w.
A. The tiny scales of which wool
f1bers are made overlap and become
shorter. Rubbing will cause this and
subjecting wool garments to very hot
or very cold water also makes them
shrink.
@. In what part of the United
States Is the most stone quarried?-
c. T.. s.
A. The Geological Survey SAYS
that the largest quarry center in the
United States, If not in the world, for
the production of building stone is the
Bedford Bloomington oolitic limestone
district OF Lawrence and Monroe
Counties. in Indiana.
@. Who has taken the place of
Gutzon Borglum in charge of the
tain?-T. A. C.
A. He has been succeeded by Au.
gustus Lukeman.
@. Please send me a complete list
OF camping grounds for tourists
E. V. p.
A. The number is increasing so
rapidly that 1t is impossible to keep
list up-to-date. The Automobile
Club in any city could furnish lists in
its vicinity. Camping sites are well
marked along the highways, so that
directions are not often necessary.
Q. What State produces the most
salt?-E. r. l..
A. Michigan leads in salt produc-
ton.
9. How did KarakuI get its name?
A. The KaraKul sheep takes it's
name from Kara Kul Cblack lake,, a
village in the Eastern part of Box
hara, province in Central Asia. This
province, which is a protectorate of
the Russian Empire, comprises about
$4,000 square miles. The number of
sheep in this territory is estimated at
from 1900 900 to 100000 and the an
nual exports of lambskins are known
TO average about ! 500, 900.
q. Is the Pacific coast line of the
United States as long as the Allan
tic?-G. S. T.
A. On the Pacific, our coast line
is 1855 miles; on the Atlantic, 1888.
Q. What was the cubic displace-
ment of the motors used in the
Speedway race at Indianapolis on
Decoration day?-H. F. H.
A. The Indianapolis Motor Speed
way Association says that the cubic
displacement OF the motors used in
the International auto race was 122
cubic inches and under.
Q. What is the origin of the ex-
Evening star., 1925-06-04

price of rubber up" Neglect of the
rubber situation is charged by the
Bay City Times-Tribune, which states
that american producers were so
busy at other things that they let the
British gain position where they
controlled the rubber business of the
world"
I'VE trust it would not be like
Americans" remarks the Cleveland
News, ito let their tire, automobile,
gasoline, accessory and other business
be affected indefinitely, to the detri-
ment of sellers and buyers, through
the tightening of a rubber ring on the
other side of the world" But we
really don't see how any American
business men can throw stones at
these people in Singapore" the Bing-
hamton Press remarks: they're only
doing what every American does
whenever he can get away with 1t .,
In studying the situation, however.
the Harrisburg Telegraph contends
that "cornering any supply is invar-
iably followed by disaster for those
who do the cornering." The Raleigh
News and Observer asks: will the
administration use the flexible tariff
to start reciprocity? We cannot con-
denim other countries for doing what
we do"
AS the British advance the price
OF rubber, they will stimulate pro-
duction in South American and other
countries is the view of the remedy
taken by the New London Day. The
ultimate effect will probably be to Gre
ate new rubber plantations under
American auspices" the Philadelphia
Bulletin believes. Rubber in the
Southern States is held possible by
the Charleston Evening Post, which
states: IF it should be demonstrated
that rubber may be produced CONNER
cially in this section, the Industrial
value of the discovery and its inf,u-
ence upon the economic life of the
South would be epochal" Referring
to three of Americas master minds. .
Edison, Ford and Firestone, who pro
pose to grow rubber trees on Ameri-
can soil, the Columbia Record pre-.
diets: IF they succeed, it will not be
many years until the United States
viii go In for rubber farming on q
large scale"