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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

ing a mall river en- route to Mountain
Lake, located in the Wind River
Mountains IN what is now northwest
ern Wyoming, Fremont broke the
glass cistern of the only barometer
carried by the expedition
The breakage of the instrument
caused deep gloom among the mem
bers OF the entire party. especially
among the mountain men who accom-
panied Fremont as they had depended
upon the accuracy of the instrument
to settle various bets concerning the
altitude of some of the highest peaks
in the Wind River chain which had
been matter of guesswork with the
trappers and traders of the region.
Captain Fremont was greatly per-
turbed over the incident but resolved
to seek some remedy for the broken
tube. AS luck would have it, he had
several thick glass walls in his lug
gage and, when camp was made on
the north shore of the Mountain Lake,
he Immediately set to work filing the
walls to the necessary length. One
after another the bottles broke until
the supply was exhausted. Night
having fallen. Fremont ordered a
groove cut in one of the large trees
near camp and in this notch he
barometer, right side up to prevent
further accident to it, and went to
bed resolving that he would find some
way to fix it the next day.
Early the following morning he be-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
Amos Robinson Smith

Word has just been received OF
the sudden death of Amos Robinson
smith, OF Chicago, husband of the
late Carrie Ellis Freeman. Mr..
Smith was born in Hallowell in 1916.
HIS rather was the late Justin E.
Smith. president of the Northern
National Bank, his uncle, the late
Judge Rice of Augusta.
He left his summer home at Har-
Dor Point, Mich. on September %
py motor, accompanied by his
daughter. and while in Green Bay.
WIS.,, suffered stroke and passes
away on September %.
Mr.. Smith was in his SOth wear
and had enjoyed good health up to
the last. He went to Chicago in
1861 and associated himself with the
hrm of Lewis, Page and Spraeue
which later became Sprague, Smith
Co.. OF which he was president. They
We're manufacturers of paints, oils
and glass. He retired from active
business eight years ago. Mr.. Smith
made frequent visits to his old home
ana only this last summer was a
guest at the Augusta House.
He Is survived by two sons and a
daughter. Edward Page Smith and
Miss Marion Wetmore Smith of Chi
cago, and Lawrence w. Smith of
Colorado Springs, Colo. The funeral
service was held at the Fourth Pres
byterian church, Of which he had
been a member for go years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
Continue Consideration
Of Playground Project
For n. End Children

Because the details of the entire
proposal had not been completed in
time to be presented to the members
OF the Augusta City Government at
special meeting called Friday even
ing at City Hall, to "act upon a petit
ton signed by at least thirty tax
paying citizens of said Augusta,
dated October 1926, petitioning the
Municipal officers of said city to take
for the purposes of playground and
park the land with buildings there
on, dam and right of flowage, locat-
ed in said Augusta on the west side
of the kennebec river and owned so
far as known by Joseph A. Shaw of
said Augusta and more specifically
described in said petition which will
be presented at said meeting" the
meeting was adjourned until Monday
evening, october II at 730 at which
time it is expected the entire pro
posal will be unfolded and that some
action. will be taken at that time bv
the city government Alderman
Ralph H. Conant. president of the
board of Aldermen, presided on Fri
day evening in the absence of Mavor
Ernest L. Mclean.
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KENNEbEC COUNTY
PROBATE COURT FOR
WEEK OF OCTOBER q

The following routine business was
transacted at the Probate Court the
week of October 4, 1926:
Wills proved, approved and allow
ed: OF Cora E. Davenport late of
Gardiner, Charles o. Davenport of
Gardiner, executor.
Administrations granted: OF the
estate of Ida Guild Pettengill late of
Augusta, Arthur Holt of Clinton, ad-
ministrator; of the estate of Beatrice
L. Flood late of Augusta Everett d.
Flood of Augusta, administrator; of
the estate of Clara Whitcomb, late of
Monmouth, ODER w. Kimball of Wa
terford, Oxford county. administra-
tor; Of the estate of George E. Hal
lowell, late of Waterville, Charles w.
Atchley of Waterville, administrator
de bonis non with will annexed; of
the estate of Frank Lajoie. late of
Augusta Ozite Lajoie of Augusta,
administrators; of the estate of Will
liam P. Graves, late of Waterville,
Clyde L. Charles and Mark j. Bart
lett, both Of Waterville, administra-
tors de bonis non with will annexed.
Guardians appointed: OF Amanda
M. West adult ward of Wate~ville,
Henry T. Hanson of Waterville,
guardian.
Adoption granted: Helen Milton
adopted by Newton W., and Frances
E. Shaw. of Augusta.
Accounts allowed: Final account
of Walter NJ. Sanborn trustee under
the will of Lavina Pullen late of
China for benefit of Eden G. Pullen;
distribution account of Martha j.
Rowland, administrative of the estate
of Mary A. Fenton late of Augusta;
first account of Willis Covey Smith
executor of the will of Enoch c. H.
Smith, late of Gardiner: final account
of Ira A. Witham administrator of
the estate of Eugene Osborne late of
Clinton; first and final account of
Charles Rodrigue guardian of Charles
Eugene Bolduc minor of Waterville;
first and final account of Amy f.
Clark, administrative of the estate of
Octavia NJ. Ladd late of Readtield;
third account of John A, Frank H.,
and Annie c. Carson, executors of
the will of Rosamond A. Carson late
of Readfield: second account of John
A., George W., and Annie c. Carson
trustees under the will of Rosamond
A. arson, late of Readfield for bene-
fit of Frank II. Carson.
Inventories filed: In the estates of
Frost w. Smith late or Gardiner;
Lois c. French late of Albion; Vesta
Remick adult ward of Augusta;
Edna G. Kellen late of Hallowell;
Frances f. Hall late of Auburn;
James H. Bowie, ward of Randolph.
Papers filed for Notice: Will and
petition for probate thereof of JOS
eph A. Mclean late Of Augusta; will
and petition for probate thereof of
Clara L. Andrews late of Gardiner;
second account in the estate of Cal
vim A. Cole late of Hallowell; will
and petition for probate thereof of
Clarissa F. Smith, late of Winslow;
petition for license to sell real estate
Of Henrietta F. Dampson adult ward
of Manchester: will and petition for
probate thereof of Eugenia B. Me-
serve late of Augusta: final account
and petition for distribution of the
estate of Ellen NJ. Buckininster late
OF Augusta: final account and petit
ton for distribution of the estate of
Hannah B. Caldwell late of-Augusta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

ors straight edged. In the countries
of Europe the American safety razor
is not only preventing unnecessary
bloodshed but also, with American
tractors, toothbrushes and numerous
other commodities of home manufac-
ture, it is promoting that American
ization of Europe" which is a subject
Of comment.
The safety pin, said Mark Twain,
proved that all babies were liars.
The safety razor may accomplish
more as an instrument of pacification
by enabling its users to start the
day right. If the nations of Europe
are irritated because the United
States did not cut down their debts
as much as they desired, perhaps
their feelings might be soothed by
the thought that this article of Amer
lean manufacture is enabling them
to shave off their hirsute adornment
with a minimum of discomfort and
a maximum of safety.-St Louis
Globe Democrat
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Members of G.. A. r.
Hosts of Relief Corps
At ENJOYABLE Supper

The first supper of the season for
the members of Seth Williams Post,
G.. A. R.. was served on Thursday
afternoon at G.. a. r. hall by the
members of Seth Williams Independ-
ent Relief Corps, at the conclusion
of their regular meeting There were
six veterans, several members of
Henry G.. Staples camp Sons of I'm
ion Veterans, and other guests pres
ent.
Mrs. Lugardie George president of
the local tent, Daughters of Veter-
ans, gave a most entertaining &C
count of her visit to Des Moines to
the National G. A. r. encampment,
which was listened to with great in
terest by the veterans and others
present
Much regret was felt because of
the absence Of Department Com
mander Nathaniel w. White. who
was expected to be present but was
reported as suffering from a severe
cold at his home in Somerville,
Mass.
These suppers have been a most
pleasing social event, each month,
for several years and have been
greatly enjoyed by both organiza-
tons and their friends.
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fastened the horn to the glass with
glue made from the back sinew Of a
buffalo. after which he added a pocket
of buckskin, secured it in place with
thread and more glue, heated the
mercury to the right temperature and
filled the tube after which he set II
aside to dry.
A few hours later he tested the In
strument and found 1t in perfect
working condition much to the joy of
the camp. With the instrument re-
paired, he set to work to determine
the height of the neighboring peaks.
1t was with this barometer Fremont
Peak, 1850 feet above the Gulf of
Mexico, was measured. Arthur
Woodward from Adventure Magazine
for October
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Ingenuity of Pioneers

When Gen. John C. Fremont then
Brevet Capt. Typographical Engineer
of the United States Army, conduct
ed his first exploring expedition into
the Rocky Mountains in 1912 for the
purpose of reporting Upon the coun-
try between the frontiers of Missouri
and the South Pass in the Rocky
Mountains on the line of the Kansas
and Great Platte rivers" many in
teresting events took place of which
shall narrate but one.
The following incident taken from
Captain Fremont's report of the ex-
ploration serves to illustrate the in
genuity with which the early explor-
ers met and overcame disheartening
obstacles,
On August 10th, 1912, while cross
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
Safety Razors

The American safety razor is shaw
ing the world, :: is shown by figures
of the Department of Commerce
DeXterously welded by American ex-
porters, 1t has shaved down the trade
in German safety razors, it's keenest
competitor in world markets. More
than two-thirds of our cutlery ex-
ports in 1925, totalling $4,000, 900,
were made up Of safety razors and
blades for them, which is sharp in
crease over the trade of preceding
years.
Apparently Safety first" is the
motto of the world in the matter of
shaving, however reckless it may be
in other matters. Argentina stands
out as one of the few countries that
display spirit of national daredevil
try by insisting on taking their raz-
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gan his task anew, racking his brains
for a solution to the problem, for, I'M
less he could mend the broken instru-
ment, his journey or at least the
greater portion of it, would be useless.
Wandering about camp, his eyes
fell on a powder horn carried by one
of the Canadian voyageurs. The horn
was remarkably clear, almost trans
parent, and when Fremont saw it he
knew his search was ended. Taking
the horn, he split 1t and boiled it I'M
til the horn was pliable, then he mould
ed it on a stick of the size Of the
glass tube on the barometer and
stretched it to the requisite dame
ter, having first scraped the material
to make 1t more transparent. He then
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Funeral of Mrs. Mary Agnes Merrill

Funeral services Of the late Mrs.
Mary Agnes Merrill, widow of Rev.
B. 8. Merrill, We're conducted at 10
o'clock Friday morning from the
Knowlton and Hewins funeral home,
with an attendance of friends, in
Guiding several from Skowhegan,
Mrs. Merrill's former home. There
were many beautiful floral offerings.
Rev. Andrew T. McWhorter was the
officiating clergyman.
The remains We're taken to Sandy
Point, Stockton Springs, for inter
ment, and committal services were
held at the grave at 8 O'Clock.
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FORECAST GENERAL Improvement
OF INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS AND
RETAIL BUSINESS IN AUGUSTA

Favorable Prospect for
Ne xt Six Months
Period Result Gener-
al Survey Made at
Interesting Session
of Rotary Club-Em-
ployment Good and
Credits are. Normal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

Samuel Miller and Clayton Osgood
motored to Portland, Friday after
noon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

LOG to small overhead We can
o~, ',o,, money for we now stock
aye ~ as well as hang It. Get
saI n,s paint Shop. So Bridge St.
..srsta. Tel 21S-W. oct'oSt~
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local NOTICE

3 LOCAL NOTICE
n. Sturtevant announces
D. ..;nr obliged to leave present
Yns. 1--WE aver Augusta Trust Co., after
.l''II will be found at a55 Water
OCT .r,rance opposite STATE Trust
s1 .ns BANK with Chime Clock.
I ..n.q4tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

- Airline Beal has completed
Der ou nd will soon leave for Wash
shop an G.. where she will be en-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

.,t Harris, Clyde Hopkins and
EVeres ,rith. all Of Waterville, were
rank me visitors In this city, Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

nd Mrs. E. H. Foss Of North
wayne s1 were business callers IN the
W. friday.
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Iu,IJSTA LOCALS

~ IA Mrs. Fred Corey of VIM
MI. Ma Mass, are guests of Miss Aga
N. plante.
Evening star., 1926-04-10
S26,673.37 COLLECTED
BY MISSION WORKERS
Many Churches Contribute Toward
Wiping Out Central Union
Building Debt.

The Central Union Mission has
realized $26 6,673.37 as d result of it's
recent effort to remove the remain
ing debt on it's new building, at 6l3 G
street, it was announced yesterday
AT u luncheon "Wednesday at the Mis-
sion. 40 workers turned in 81 900 T.
H. de Groot. ir.. campaign chairman,
presided. Since the official close Of the
campaign in late February more than
100 workers, representing various
churches. have been continuing the
work informally, it was announced
The teams from Mount Vernon
Place NJ. T.. Church South led with
collection OF $3.50. 4 worker from
that church. Mrs. l.. II. Rhodes. set
ii record by securing l5l Contribu-
tions. George Cockrell, 9 years old of
the same church set another high
record by securing from others S6l5.
'Other churches making large re-
turns We're Calvary Baptist. Fourth
Presbyterian. Eastern Presbyterian,
Epworth NJ. T., Mount Pleasant Con
gregational, Metropolitan Baptist. and
the combined Lutheran churches.
Most Of the workers have assumed
personal quotas to be raised during
the Summer and another meeting will
be called in the early Fall.
Evening star., 1926-04-10

mountain top and the pinnacle OF the
temple furnish setting and cast.
1t is the epic of a soul. The devil
invites Jesus to quit his Utopian non
sense, his talk of the new age in
which men will love each other. and
to go into the bread business. He SAYS
to Jesus, Come, don't be a fool You
are hungry. Forget your dreams.
See these stones. Speak the word.
and they will become bread.
The devil suggests the short cut to
success.
The devil has been at that business
ever since. The devil is an expert at
the business of Offering something for
nothing. The devil is the active part
ner in all the stock sWindles. bucket
shops, fake oil promotions and thou
sand per cent mining operations
which prey upon the cupidity of men.
The devil may be an allegory. but
an active one. The devil may be hard
to isolate and is certainly elusive, but
always active.
Jesus was not interested in get
rich-quick schemes. He did not go
into the wholesale bread business.
His rebuke was direct, Man shall not
live by bread alone.
Jesus was a very unpopular man
with the business men of His day.
They were in the bread business.
Jesus was not.
Jesus was no visionary. He knew
that man must have bread, and when
he saw a hungry man he fed him
A hungry child stirred his sympathy
Jesus knew life and was no ascetic.
But there is something besides flesh
and bread and houses and office build
ings and new bridges and factories
and bank accounts and profits and get
ting rich and automobiles and fine
gardens.
The biggest thing about a man is
that in him which responds 20 poetry
and to music, to the harmony asleep
in nature, struggling for expression
seeking to break through the walls of
things-things, idle, useless things,
Thio is the spirit of man.
Jesus was no fool. He believed in
the bread business.
He also believed in the right of man
to see the stars.
Evening star., 1926-04-10
SUCCESS OF LENTEN
SERVICES REPORTED
Estimated MONDAY Meetings Drew
2C.000 Persons, or About
700 Daily.

The most interesting feature of the
meeting of the executive committee
of the Laymen'S Service Association
Of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese
Of Washington Tuesday evening was
The report by DIR. l.. w. GlaZebrook,
chairman of the committee conduct
ing the MONDAY Lenten services at
keiths Theater.
Services We're held on 2S week days.
during which time it is estimated that
more than 10000 persons attended.
an average daily attendance of about
700. During Holy week the attendance
was doubled. and on the last day the
only vacant seats We're III the upper
galleries.
DIR. Glazebrook referred particularly
to Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Ralph
Wolfe and Mrs. j. {. Palmer, who
acted as pianistS for the services, one
OF them being present every day
Jack Bowie secured volunteer musical
talent for Tuesdays and Thursdays
throughout the season. and W. l..
Clark led the congregational singing
each day. w. f. Bowen had charge
of ushers:
George Ross of the Washington
Radio Corporation had charge of the
hroadcasting of the services and made
the announcements over the radio
So far as is known the most distant
station to hear the services by radio
was Parkersburg, w. Va, but hun
dreds of letters have been received
from invalids and others who listened
TO the services each day
The executive committee passed
resolutions of thanks to the mana ger
and employees of the r. F. Keith
Theater and the Washington Radio
Corporation.
Evening star., 1926-04-10
THE TWO-WAY PULPIT
VieWs of Opposing Religious Leaders
on Bible Questions.
BY JOHN ROACH sTRATON, DID,
TODAY'S TEXT
Man shall Not Lire by Bread Alone"

Pastor Calvary Baptist Church New York
President Fundamentals League.
This statement. both in Deuter-
onomy, SO, and here from the lips of
Jesus. asserts that man is Il spirit and
can only truly live hv what God the
Evening star., 1926-04-10
CHURCHES ADDED
100000 LAST YEAR
MethOdiStS Led Increase
With 22O,O ,OOO-CathoIic
Gain Was 2O3,990.

There was an increase in church
membership of more than 500 600 last
wear throughout the United States,
the largest gain for several years, the
Christian Herald census shows.
The reports Indicate that the largest
increases come from the largest and
best organized bodies, such as Bap-
lists. LutheranS, PreSbyterians. Metho-
dists, Episcopalians. Congreg gational-
lists. Disciples of Christ, Roman Catho-
lies and others.
Gains reported were: Methodist
l. bodies, 100000; Catholic. Western.
bodies. 203.990: Baptist. Il bodies,
104 1896; Presbyterian. 9 bodies, 6l.520:
Lutheran. l. bodies. ~ ,4S5; Disciples
of Christ. bodies. 0.493; Eastern,
Orthodox. Q bodies, 1850: Latter-day
Saints, bodies. l.4l6; Reformed,
bodies, S,5I9: United Brethren in
Christ, bodies. 6,S53; Adventist.
bodies, 1925; Brethren (Dunkards).
bodies, 6,273. and Moravian. bodies,
,002.
There were slight gains in other de
nominations, while some did not re
port.
Evening star., 1926-04-10
ELDERS ARE ELECTED.
Washington Heights Presbyter-
ians Hold Annual Organization.

AT the annual meeting the congre-
cation of Washington Heights Pres
byterian Church elected to its bench
of elders: DIR. John w. Kerr, Dr.
William Fl. Ross, John Glenn Town
send, Harry c. Allen. Maurice G.
Latta, Charles d. Weidenhamer, Ma
than Hazen and Robert T. McCord.
To its board of deacons: Loren Bur
ritt, Joseph F. Eshelman, f. Barrett
Knock. DIR. Ernest Guernsey, Norman
Weidenhamer, IL. j. Burch, Ralph Ma
gle, Harry ID. Evans and James B.
Henderson. To it's board of trustees:
William p. Mayfield, Eugene II. Tag
CART, DR.. J. Ramsay hewitt, Col Ed
ward S. Bailey, James Is. Henderson,
Maj, William A. Turnbull Appleton
p. Clark, jr.; Frank b. Gibson and
John S. West.
Reports were read from all the
church societies and substantial in
crease of salary was voted to the pas
tor, DR.. John c. Palmer
Evening star., 1926-04-10
BISHOP CALLS MEETING.
Executive Council Will Convene
Friday at Diocesan House.

The Bishop Of Washington has IS
sued call for meeting of the
executive council of the Diocese o.
Washington to be held at Diocesan n
House next Friday at 4:SO pm. The
executive council was created by the
last convention of the diocese to con
duct the affairs OS the church during
the periods when the convention is not
in session.
The first meeting. which was held i'm
March was largely devoted to organ
izing the various departments through
which the council is to work. FRIDAYS
meeting will receive reports and
recommendations from the depart
ments for action by the council.
Evening star., 1926-04-10

enceb we have Self-conSciOuSneSs
through the spirit we have God-con-
sciousness. The life of the body is sus-
tanned by contacts with material sub
stances, the soul is sustained by vital
powers. and the spirit draws its life
from the eternal Spirit OF God. Man
true man, spiritual man--cannot live
merely by bread that sustains his
physical frame nor by vital processes
that support his human self-conscious-
ness. No, Man can truly live only
by the importation to him of the
Spirit of God. This divine life comes
TO him only by the word of God
the living Word, Christ Jesus
tChrist in YOU the hope of glory'0:
and the written Word-the Bible
the record of the living Word. and
the source OF the faith by which we
come into the knowledge of God in
Christ Jesus, experience this regen-
Grating grace and thereby are given
the power TO live spiritually.
Thus all of beauty-music, poetry,
art, worship, service--makes its ap-
peal to man and speaks it's message
to the soul. a Scotch ploWman once
came upon a scientist examining a
spray of heather beneath the micro
scope. The scientist permitted him to
look AT the exquisite lovelinesS there
revealed, The old Scotchman looked
intently and then arose from the
microscope with tears in his eyes. The
scientist asked. "NNhy do you weep"
The reply was: Why, mon l was
only thinking that this rude foot has
crushed thousands of them
Beauty speaks to mans spirit and
feeds his life by the word of Cod
yea, and by that word we hear and
obey God in accepting Jesus Christ as
Savior and Lord. Then. through Him.
we accept and follow those divine and
heavenly ideals which constitute at
last the true life Sf man
Copyright, 1926
Evening star., 1926-04-10
ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH,
Rev. E. S. Dunlop Will Preach al
Morning Service.

The services at st. Margaret's
Church, Connecticut avenue and Ban
croft place, tomorrow will be as fol
lows: Holy communion, 1880 am !;
morning prayer for the Sunday school,
9:45 o'clock: morning prayer with
sermon, II o'clock; evensong with ser
mon at 4 80 o'clock.
The preacher at II am. will be Rev.
E. S. Dunlap of the clergy staff Of ST.
Johns Church, La Fayette Square In
the afternoon the preacher will be the
assistant minister.