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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21

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Two base hit P. Collins, Schalk,
Barrett. Stolen bases Mostil, Bar
rett, Schalk, Ruth, Falk. Sacrifices
p. Collins, Berg, Barrett, Dugan, Fa-
Der, Mostil. Left on bases Chicago s;
New York s. Bases on balls off Fa-
Der s; Pennock /. Struck out by Fa-
Der s; Pennock 8. Hits off Pennock
10 in Z; Beall o In /. Wild pitch Pen
mock Losing pitcher Pennock. Um-
pires Moriarty, Rowland, Nallin. Time
1850. s
Second game:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21
YESTERDAYS SCORE
PERCENTAGE DOPE
AND GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Boston a; Cincinnati 8.
Boston 3; Cincinnati 0.
Pittsburgh q; Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 4; New York 2.
Chicago 2; New York |.
TODAY'S GAMES
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at New York.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Washington z: st. Louis q.
Washington 8; ST. Louis 2.
Chicago 7; New York 3.
Chicago 4; New York 3.
Philadelphia 8; Detroit 0.
Detroit 5; Philadelphia 2.
Boston 3; Cleveland 2-to inning,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Kansas City /; Toledo Q.
Milwaukee s: Columbus 2.
ST. Paul 8; Indianapolis 0.
Minneapolis O.: Louisville 4,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21
PIRATES TAKE FIRST
OF SERIES IN PHILA.

Philadelphia, Sept. 20.-(P)-Pitts-
burgh won the opening of a three
game series with the Phillies today
I to q. Bush held the locals to two
scattered safeties and struck out
seven batters.
Earl Smith hit a homer in the
ninth with the bases empty, for the
final Pirate tally.
Score.
Pittsburgh 100 O02 NU1-4 30
Philadelphia 900 600 00U-D- 30
Bush and Smith; Willoushby and
Wilson.
EXHIBITION GAMES
Providence r. l., Sept. 20-tPr-
Scranton (N.Y.-Pa.) ?12-1; Provi-
dence (East) 3-5-1.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-21

TooAYs GAMES
Washington at St. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Cleveland.
Philadel phia at Detroit.
Evening star., 1926-12-11
Damp Drudgery Dispelled.

Both bathtubs and washing ma
chimes are going into American farm
houses at such a rate that statisti-
clans can barely keep count of them,
according to a Western home econom,
les expert. Thirty-eight per cent of
the farm women of America have
abandoned the slavery Of the wash
tub and the washboard in favor of
washing machines. she declares.
Commendation Of the common sense
of these women cannot possibly par
take OF the nature Of q, puff for the
manufacturers Of these labor.saving
devices. any more than to mention
automobiles as being more efficient
than leg muscles. Ask almest any
housewife. urban or rural, what
household duty is the most monoto-
nous, the most wearing the least sat
isfying in accomplishment. The an
swer will almost invariably be the
laundry work There Is certain
thrill In competent cookery. and there
is the gasrronomic pleasure gained by
tho family as "A result. Hor can its
attendant physical labor lie much
lessened.
This sousing, rubbing and r!nsing of
clothing and household linen by hand
is ~ archaic. an uneconomlcal and az
foolish 40 the manufacture Of boards
Evening star., 1926-12-11
Clothes or Drinking Water?

Clothes are more important to the
shipwrecled person than food and
water. This unusual statement is at
tributed to a noted Englishman who
had been asked by the London Board
of Trade to give his opinion of what
necessities should be placed on life
RATS for persons forced to leave their
ships. Elaborating on this advice. the
expert declared that experiments con-
Quoted by him and his assistants
showed that il was far more important
to be possessed of warm, waterproof
garments than it was to have avail
able plenty of hardtack and water. He
therefore urged the board to dispense
entirely with food and drink but to
make sure that warm clothes We're
part Of every liferaft's equipment
CompG ratively few people. in these
days of fine ships and comfort on the
high seas, have the unpleasant expert
cnce of being forced to take to the life
boats after wreck On this account
it is difficult for the uninitiated TO
know exactly what he would need
under such circumstances. lii the
broiling hot sun of Summer, however.
even those who had never been ship
wrecked. and probably those who had,
would agree that drinking water
would be Il paramount consideration
rather than waterproof clothes.
In Winter and in the northern
stretches of the ocean the garment
plan would undoubtedly be the most
feasible, although drinking water
would certainly be needed to sustain
life. The very best plan would seem
to be to provide little water, a few
clothes and 81 little food. Ship
wrecked persons are entitled to all the
comforts that are possible, and even if
it was necessary to build larger RATS
and boats for this purpose, it would be
we'll worth it.
Evening star., 1926-12-11

OF the greater prosperity Of this coun-
try. Perhaps some American tourists
have adopted lord and lady bounti'
full" pose toward their less fortunate
brothers and sisters in the old coun'
try and have given this spirit sub.
stance. Then there is the feeling that
has been aroused over the matter Of
the war debts, which is undoubtedly
factor In causing the unfortunate
title of Uncle Shylock" to be applied
to the United States. Somehow 1t
would seem that many Europeans fee!
that the individual prosperity OF the
American people is due to the exactiCr
of repayment of these obligations.
which. Of course, Is nonsense, for
America would be prosperous if all
the debts We're Cancelled.
Evening star., 1926-12-11
She Trumped His Ace!

Society will divide sharply on
whether Mrs. Gudrun Garner Of San
Francisco had just cause for divorce
in suit she brought against her hus-
band Fred. She based her claim for
separation on an act of cruelty. Gud-
run and Fred We're playing as part.
ners in a game Of cards, probably
bridge, and in one of those lapses that
occur to even the most careful play
ers, she trumped his ace, whcreupon
he threw a deck of cards in her face.
This, she said. was the last straw
and she demanded a legal dissolution
IF the bonds Of matrimony.
There are those who will side with
Fred rather than with Gudrun. They
will hold that the assault committed
on her was justifiable and provoked.
They will contend that husband has
perfect right to punish his wife for
trumping his ace in a card game.
The old English law which permits
a man to beat his wife with stick
no larger than his thumb does not
prevail in this country and there is no
statute which warrants d husband i'll
using a deck of cards as an instru
E1ent of punishment. Indeed. deck
Of cards has never been considered as
a punitive weapon. Much depends, Of
course. upon the cards, the range and
the aim of the welder. 4 deck Of
cards encased in it's original packag ge
might inflict very severe injury. But
loose deck flung in anger would
probably scatter and would impose
only moral wound. leaving no visible
scar, however deep the hurt.
The judge in this case, it is related,
has granted the petition. 1t may be
that there were other grievances than
the assault by printed pasteboards
Perhaps this was merely the culmina-
ton of a long series of tjrannicaI
demonstrations. 1t would be of value,
however, if a line could be had on
the reasoning Of the justice who sat
III this case to determine how the
court viewed the assault As a guide
to domestic relations generally, it is
important to know how far "a husband
Or 4 wife-is warranted in going
in retaliation f. that objectionable
Sin Of trump,ng a partners ace.
Evening star., 1926-12-11

by means Of adze and whipsaw, or the
wearisome turning Of a roast on a
spit. How womankind has borne 1t
this long is a marvel. There comes
to mind picture Of tiny farmhouse
in extreme northern New Hampshire.
far beyond the Summer hotel belt; Il
house not much bigger than the little
Offices erected on subdivisions by real
estate firms. 1t has. to the city mind,
no conveniences Of any sort except Il
telephone. Existence therein, barring
the change from open fireplace and
crane to wood-stove, is as primitive
as that of o. century ago in the same
locality. The man of the house II in
the fields or off in the woods. On th"
back porch, empowered by small
storage battery a merry, little wash
ing machine huns and gurGles. each
revolution thereof spelling a benedic-
ton to the young housewife. who sits
by it and gazes enthralled at q highly
colored mail-order catalogue.
Evening star., 1926-12-11
Traffic Rule Enforcement.

Despite the campaign of the traffic
Office to have enforced the morning
and evening rush-hour parking ban
on alternate sides of various streets,
nineteen automobiles We're counted
this morning parked on the west side
of Twenty second street between \
and l. streets northwest. Added to
this shocking lack of enforcement Of
an important regulation, a patrolman
wes observed yesterday at Scott
Circle leaning nonchalantly against
a tree While three motorists delib-
erately ignored the red electric auto
matte signal and narrowly escaped
collision with cars running on the
green light.
These two cases wildly illustrate
the laxness of certain members Of the
police department, especially in en-
forcement OF vital resu ationS. Every
policeman, it seems. is avid to arrest
an overtime parker, TO bawl out the
cha auffeur who parks abreast for
minute or SO to let out or pick up
his employer. or to be severe with
the motorist who parks too near the
corner. But when it comes to keep
ing the traffic lanes clear in the
morning and evening when the peak
hours are reached and to laying the
motorist who. through stupidity or
defiance. runs past red signal and
invites serious accident. there
seems to be a decided policy Of in
difference.
There are serious infractions of the
ira fiic regulations and there are
minor infractions. Every motorist
who parks his car in the prohibited
hours is a serious violator Of the
rules: almost as serious as the mo.
torist who runs by q red danger
signal. Both the parking rue and
the automatic control are regulations
of The greatest importance. are uni
versally accepted as the best means
of handling heavy traffic. and will
work to the benefit of every motorist
and pedestrian in the city if the
recalcitrants arc weeded out by the
simple and effective measure of strict
enforcement.
Violations of both the regulations
are taking place by the wholesale
every day. 1t is time for the police
department to get busy SO that the
National Capital can receive a full
return from the adoption Of modern
ira ffic practices
Evening star., 1926-12-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

There is no doubt as to the extreme
antiquity of the Basque settlements
on the Pyrenees. 1t is now pretty
generally received that the Fasuue
race is connected with the ancient
Iberian or Celtiberian. and was dis
persed over the districts named above
O. DO objects weigh more on the
ground under the ground, or at an
elevation?--J. Z.
A. The maximum weight Of any Oh
ject is at the surface Of The earth
Weight above or below is less than al
the surface.
q. What is colonial time and where
is it used?-R. III. Il.
A. Standard authorities refer to a
fifth standard Of time known as 'ii..
tercolonial." colonial" Atlantic" or
provincial" time. corresponding to
the sixtieth meridian and one hour
faster than Eastern time. This fifth
standard is used in New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia.
@. What is vegetable ice cream
A. NJ.
A. The chirimoya, a fruit grown IN
Ecuador. has this name. It's pulp is
white and its favor is delicious com
strawberry.
q. Please define elcctricity.--C. r. F..
A. Electricity is a material agent
which, when in motion. exhibits mag
netic chemical and thermal effects
and which, whether in motion or at
rest, is of such nature that when il
is present in tWo or more localities
within certain limits of association
mutual interaCtiOn of force between
such localities is observed. Recent in
vestigations indicate that il is discre,
or granular in nature and that there
may be two Kinds. positive and mega
tive.
@. Do the Naval Academy classe-
have class colors? If 50, what ar"
they for?-S. X.
A. Each class in the Naval
Academy has class colors. The class
colors are used in the same way in
which a class seal would be used.
to designate the particular class 20
which one belongs.
You 1rdnt to knotc something. you
toish to be posture before you ~
ahead. Wei. The EreninO star TjH
tell you tChdt yOu rant to kHO1c and
1ire vOu assurance before Dou pro
ceed. our Washington bureau can
onsuer any question Of fact pro-
pounded to il. Here is the unirersitJ
OF ntOrmutiOn--d great free educd-
ttondi Institution established SOielU t.
serge you. Send in your question and
act the riUht Gns,Cer IHcLOse , cents
in stdn ps to coreF the return pOstd0'.
Address The EreninD star In(ormG-
fion Bureau Frederic j. UdSkin, d.
rector U'dShin atom. ID. 4.
Evening star., 1926-12-11
A Dry Democracy.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
California democracy's dry stand
emphasizes the fact that prohibition
is what Gen. Hancock considered the
tariff, decidedly local issue. The Nc.
Adoo following secured a majority in
the convention to aCopt bone-dry
platform indorsing the rigid state EN-
forcement act and condemning the
wet proposal to repeal it by initiative
at the November election.
Irrespective of any relation this
action may have to the McAdoo cam
paign for presidential nomination, it
shows the impossibility of making the
prohibition issue a matter of national
party division. In States in which
their normal constituency Is predorni-
natingly wet, as in New York, New
Jersey and Massachusetts, the Demo
Gratis naturally take the wet end of
the argument. In States where the
prevailing sentiment is not clearly
defined, they tend to pussyfoot. In
dry States all factions tend to be po.
iitically dry.
But not even State platforms, wet
or dry, will bind the candidates whose
bailiwicks register convictions con-
trary to that Of the party platforms.
In the days when party platforms
were drastically for tariff reduction
there were always protection Demo
Gratis in this State, Louisiana and else.
where Neither vets nor dryS will he
| bound by prorouncements contrary TO
their convictions or their political
forecasting issue. Modificat tion will
come. il il does. when national ma,
Jority of the districts registers n po-
litically convincing mandate for the
change, and II will be "A bipartisan n
action with neither party nationally
committed TO sithss aiAA
Evening star., 1926-12-11
Not Money Worshirers,

Gilbert X. Chesterton, British essay
ist and critic, rebukes the proposition
that has for some time prevailed in
England that the American Is a wor-
shipper of money. In an address be-
fore the American Club at Oxford he
says: AN American never talks of
money in the hushed and awestruck
tone that an Englishman employs in
referring to financial matters"
It is gratifying to find this acute OBJ
server thus discerning fact that can
not with propriety lie specifically ex-
pressed by an American exponent of
the western philosophy of life. Now
that Mr.. Chesterton has broken the ice
by giving the lie to the statement tha,
Americans worship money. 1t may
without risk Of incurring British dis
pleasure be pointed out that the Amer
lean people. thrifty as they are, are
not hoarderS or misers. They are
spenders. They are liberal users OF
their means. The worship Of money
is an entirely different thing.
To the American rich man money
IS merely a means of expanding his
life. of enlarging his experience. of en-
joying more adventures. There are
few American misers, and it is the
miser who worships money, not the
spender, not the user OF wealth.
In perfect frankness ii must bo
acknowledged that here are a great
m,..y Americans who fiaunt their
wealth, especiall-' when they travel.
who make show OF their good for
tune In possession Of means of luxury.
They are. however. not typical Of the
people OF this country. And eventual.
" they learn the lesson Of good taste
and with few exceptions adopt a more
modest and becoming attitude.
Mr.. Chesterton, 81 far as the report
of his remarks indicates. does not
touch upon the real cause OF the
spread of the belief abroad that Amer.
cans arc money woishipers. which
- that the less fortunate people Of
Eureps are. mora than o bit jealous
Evening star., 1926-12-11

Q. What State ranks as the most
arid and sparsely settled?-A. n.
A. Nevada.
@. What is meant by a piedmont
plain"?--R. p.
A. 1t means "a plain at the foot Of
q mountain"
Q. In betting, where must horse
finish in order to win place money!
n. l..
A. In the United States. place refers
only to second place, and horse
must finish first or second in order to
win place money. In England usually
the term Is used as the term "show" is
used here, and includes first, second
and third places.
O. Are there two towns in PennsyI-
vania named Elizabeth" and Eliza
bethtown," or are they one and the
same?-S. s. G.
A. Elizabeth is IA miles south of
Pittsburgh. and has a population of
2,703. Elizabethtown is IS miles south
east of Harrisburg, and has popuia-
ton of 1919.
O. How does the width Of Wash
ington street, indianapolis. compare
with that of Market street in San
Francisco?-J. X. ID.
A. The width of Washington street,
indianapolis, from building line to
building line at the center of the bust
ness district is 12O feet. The width of
Market street, San Francisco, is rs
feet from curb to curb. with sidewalk
of % feet on either side. making
total of 120 feet from building line
to building line.
@. How many stockholders has
the Pennsylvania Itailroad?-H. i.
A. This company has about 100000
separate stockholders.
.. Whom did Margaret Blaine
marry?-L. w. II.
A. Margaret, daughter OF James
G. Blaine, married Walter Damrosch,
composer and now conductor OF the
New York Symphony Orchestra.
@. Is the air mail route lighted from
coast to coast?-R. f.
A. 1t is lighted from New York C!ty
to Salt Lake City. Only the portion
from Salt Lake City to San Francisco
remains to be lighted.
O. How many black walnuts are
there in a bushel?-G. Il.
A. There are about Loo.
@. How much money Is raised by
the sale Of the tuberculosis Christmas
seals?-P. II.
4. Last year the sale ran To $4,000
900. The first seals We're sold in 1907.
to the amount of $4,000.
@. What country are the Basques
from?-R. G..
A. The question is still unsettled.
Evening star., 1926-12-11
Press Divided ON When to Say
when" on Medicinal LiuuOr

jections to the majority decision"
The New York Herald Tribune de-
scribes the decision as "Wholly bad"
and expresses the hope that Con
gress. having had its demorahZing
work approved by the Supreme Court,
will now change the law so that
physician. having the IIippocratic
oath in mind. may legally do every
thing possible TO save a patients life"
i 4 !: ::
THE physician may he safely trust
ed TO use his professional Judgment as
to the amount of Strychnin". arsenic
or other lethal drug required in the
treatment Of any given case" argues
the Omaha Worid-Herald. "but whis-
ky he may prescribe only in the
amount which. in the scientific judg-
ment of Congress, is reasonably Cura
tive, Thus Congress becomes pos
sessed of another power which was
hitherto reserved to the States-the
power to regulate the practice of med
icine." The San Francisco Bulletin
takes the further position that the
ruling is indirectly a reflection upon
The medical profession. and it remains
to be seen whether Enforcement will
be materially helped by the restric-
ton"
"A pint of whisky in 10 days. ii
is pointed out by the Newark Evening
News, lis equivalent to a few spoon
fuls per day. In the influenza cpl
demic many high grade physicians
used literally quarts in shorter periods
per patient and saved lives. Even
law enforcement officers. appealed to
in the crisis, cast aside the legalistic
view and aided i'll procuring the neces-
sary liquor in extreme cases.
The Charleston Daily Mail suggests
Il test OF the value of liquor. asking:
us it possible, by means of such tests.
to determine this question? 1t is i'm
pOrtant that a definite decision should
be reached in the interest of the pa
tient. as we'll as to give something
like stability to the prescribers." The
Cleveland News holds that "the ma
jority dictum of so much and no
more is not made easier to understand
by being based largely on Il contention
that none is actually necessary"
Evening star., 1926-12-11
The Utilities Commission Bill.

1t is indicated that the President is
tempted to veto the bill providing for
q separate Public Utilities Commission
for the District OF Columbia on the
ground of the residential qualification
requirement and also that which pre-
vents the appointment to the commits
sion OF any person Who has had ex-
perience with a public service utility
corporation. His objection is the
stronger toward the latter of the two
restrictions.
There is no substantial ground for
objection to the three-year residence
clause which has been written into
this legislation in keeping with the
law relating to the appointment of
District Commissioners. That require
ment was adopted in 1875 as means
of insuring the selection of municipal
administrators who We're identified
with the community and familiar with
its needs. 1t has worked admira bly,.
and while occasionally it has prevent
ed The selection of men of highly spe
CialiZed qualifications because of lack
OF residence in the District, it has
served to protect the Capital COM
nunity from exploitation and any pro
posal for its repeal or modification
would be vigorously opposed.
There can be no lack of good mate
rial for the Public Utilities Commits
sion in consequence of the threeyear
residence clause that has been writ
ten into the measure. In just the
Same way as in the case Of the Dis
trict Commissioners. it will be always
possible to find District people who
are competent to fill these Offices and
discharge these duties.
1t is unfortunate that Congress has
limited the range of selection by the
second restriction. Experience in pub
lie utility matters should be rated as
qualification rathe" than as bar
to faithful, competent service for the
community. The suggestion of the
restriction that q person who has
thin five years had direct or indi-
rect connection with a utilities cor
poration cannot be trusted to be a
faithful and efficient public admins
TRAITOR is preposterous. In fact. the
more fully acquainted a utilities com
missioner may be with corporation
affairs and practice the more COM
petent he is likely to % in administer
Ing the law in behalf f the people, It
must be assumed that he is honest
and that on taking office he will re-
spect the oath that is administered
to him.
However. the bill now lying before
the President carries this provision
and ne must either sign it as it Is or
reject it as a whole. The District has
waited long time for this legislation
and it now hopes that IL will not suf-
fer another postponement because of
features that merely have the effect
of narrowing the field of selection
without asSuredly !essening the eff
cheney and the fidelity of the person
mel Of the Utilities Commission
Evening star., 1926-12-11

1t is generally conceded that Mr..
Coolidge can have a denomination
OF any reason why he should not
want it. At least one great question
in national affairs appears to be
nationally disposed of.
Evening star., 1926-12-11
important Distinction.

Did you use much money in secur-
ing your election?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
What my promoters may have done
an expert accountant"
Evening star., 1926-12-11

Efforts OF Mr.. Doheny to save this
country from the Japs have caused
the courteous japanese to Took
through the files TO ascertain il there
was any serious trouble brewing and.
if so. why. and how much.
Evening star., 1926-12-11

When motion picture star quar-
rels with his wife the silver screen
continues to show them in conven-
tional scenarios instead Of the do
mestic drama in which the public
has been compelled to interest itself.