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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-29

family of New S'a-Cn were recent
visitors at the home Ct Mr.. and MIS-
E. w. Taylor.
Friends of Mrs. J. II. Bailey Will
regret exceedingly 10 learn that she
is severely i'll at her home ana
framed nurse In charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bellows and
George Bragg have returned from
hunting trip to Chesuncook Lake.
G. F. Ware of airheld was bust
ness visitor in town yesterday.
Mir. and Mrs. Wesley Wilson were
recent visitors at the home of Mr..
Wilson's uncle and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. F.. S. Wilson of East Winslow.
Charles n. Drummond
Funeral services for Charles II.
Drummond will be conducted from
the home at two o'clock this after
noon. Rev, F. S. Dolliff officiating.
The burial will be in the Howard
cemetery.
The regular weekly assembly
meeting of the Boston Avenue school
will be held this morning at $50 as
usual.
Mrs. Jennie Estes who has been
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bailey of East inslow has gone to
Augusta to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Mason and
children, Helen and Danny we're
visitors in Waterville Thursday aft
ernoon.
Miss Rena Roberts of Benton ave-
nue.. who teaches school at Phillips,
is at her home over the holidays oc-
casioned by the teachers convention.
Miss Phyllis Morrell is passing q
few days at her home on Beacon
street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-29
AUGUSTA LOCALS
-.la,hone Your Locals to 1877

a -. uarriet A. Grover, who has
- MIS-, soriouslv i'll at her home, Is
been street. was reported Thurs
sewa nrening to be improving in con-
dition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-29

IT. Augusta Business and Profess.
I lnI Women's club will have a
s ionss meeting at the Willow
linens room next Tuesday noon, at
l uibich a speaker will be heard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-29

ap,ame It to the Eyes is the sub
IN which Dr. sylvester J. Beach
~ y rtortland will speak at the regular
o. ,nner session of the Rotary club. TO
s soti beId This evening at the Augusta
House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-29
LOCAL NOTICE

The big Rexal lie sale at Hanna
ford's Pharmacy. the Rexal Store.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday, Oct
2S-29-30. Bigger and better than
ever before. Watch for fiiers. Phone
orders promptly filed. oct2 1d3t
Evening star., 1926-11-13
The Hudson River Bridge.

Private bids have been invited by
the Port of New York Authority on
the first block of bonds for the con-
struction Of the giant Hudson River
bridge that has been in contemplation
for many years. The total cost of the
project Is placed at $4,000, 600, and
one-third of this amount will be imme-
diateiy raised by the proposed issue,
the bids to be opened December 9. OF
the success of the issue there can be
project there can likewise be no doubt
1t has been planned with the utmost
care from an engineering point of
view, and all details are perfected.
The financing alone remains to be eff
fected, and that is about to be accom-
plished.
1t is expected that actual work on
the construction of this immense via.
duct will begin early next year. No
date has been set for, completion.
With the 100000 900 to be raised by
the first bond issue and an additional
$4,000, 600 advanced by the two States
of New York and New Jersey. half
of the estimated cost will be in hand,
and this sum, it is figured. will carry
the work along TO 1929 or 1880. Thus
il would appear TO be the expectation
that the entire work will require be-
+xraan seven and nine wears, In the
light Of other enterprises Of this char
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Why Europe Dislikes
The United States

To the Editor of The Star:
The late letter Of Bertrand Shad-
well in our Star, under the head
ing of European Peril Seen." comes
as q shock to many of us. Dean
Inge is quoted as saying:
TT is more than possible that the
nations of Europe, enraged by the
bloated prosperity and airs of supe-
riority Of the man who won the
war;, may combine to draw Shy
locks teeth"
Mr.. Shadwell adds: HE predicts,
nations Of Europe will some day COM
bine' to rob the United States of Amer
lea of its vast accumulated wealth."
While England's gloomy dean is not
representative of all Britain. he is the
head Of the established church, and
the question arises, Are such senti-
ments even remotely justified? A
retrospective view Is in order. Until
the signing of the armistice the United
States and it's allies were wholesomely
united, and when Wilson, looked upon
in Europe as representing uss proposed
League of nations" in furtherance
of peace, the union seemed more
closely knit. Then came the political
HSnC mere, WHICH, ICSultOu III tAAO AO-
pudiation of Wilson and his dream" 4"
This was staggering blow to Europe,
especially when American women
dropped their knitting needles as If red
hot and the men in control Of the new
administration derided and abused
"the league" preaching isolation.
Then it was that Europe's cup Of bit
terness was filled to overflowing. Sick
unto death, gasping from the wounds
Of the war, blinded, Europe felt the
helping hand was witlsdrawn-the
powerful friend that was was no
more.
And when we rather abruptly and
illogically demanded our pound Of
flesh" from practically bankrupt ma
tions. then we were seen by many as
a "Shylock."
While the hearts and minds Of the
American people are sentimental and
generous, as we'll as practical, are not
our rulers a little harsh and cruel?
Anyway, Europe today looks askance
at the United States. Is Europe
all wrong; are we all right? Are not
Mr.. Shadwell's letter and our Stars
heading to 1t, European Peril Seen, "
in line with the unjustifled conception
that the earth's mightiest nation takes
of a weakest Europe? Is ITO arms!'
the needed cry? Would not a sympa-
thetic message be more effectual?
w. G. KENT.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
The Throb in the Sky.

dull throb of vibration sounds.
An airplane, perhaps. Folks look UP
from the street or out of the win
dows. Not many of them, for those
pulsations are not uncommon nova
days. Is it an airplane, after all? No,
dirigible. A great shape appears in
the sky, long, silvery, almost trans
lucent form, moving steadily ahead,
with letters on the sides. A brief
glance at the wonder Of the sky, a
word or two in comment, and then
something else draws and holds the
attention. A marvel, but q common
place.
Truly, this is a token of the re.
markable advance of a very short ne.
riod of time. Yesterday such a spec
tacle appeared over Washington, and
just that reaction occurred Nobody
but few officials knew that Los An
geles was to make the Capital a visit.
And not until the newspaper an
nouncement of the call was the iden-
t1ty of the giant um.sustained air.
ship positively known. But nobody
was excited. 1t was Just anoth 70.
glimpse at the biggest of the g
fioaterS.
A dozen years ago, or even less. this
spectacle would have caused the crowd
ing of the streets, with much excite
ment. Yesterday 1t was merely an in
cident to be mentioned as part of the
days happenings. And doubtless in
the minds of all who thus caught sight
OF Los Angeles was the thought that
in little while there would be dozens
of these aircraft in action all the time.
with hundreds of planes buzzing about
on various errands
1t was just a little while ago that
the country laughed at Langley for
the failure of the "Buzzard," as his
pioneer heavier-than-air machine was
popularity called in derision. 1t was a
slightly shorter time ago that it stared
IN wonder at the spectacle of the
Wright brothers flying at Fort Myer.
Now the pulse Of life pauses not at
all when the air throbs witN the sound
Of the flyers.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

acter it Is more likely to occupy the
longer rather than the shorter period
1t would be in the line of experience
to find the Hudson River span ready
for use in a decade.
One of the major difficulties in the
way Of accomplishing this long-sought
facility Of travel has been the division
of jurisdiction between the two States
While the engineers were busy on
the plans negotiations have been in
progress to effect working financial
arrangement satisfactory to bQh. The
engineers, indeed, have accomplished
their task ahead of the financing
bodies. Now the adjustments have all
been perfected, and the work is to
start.
The idea of bridging the Hudson at
New York has allured engineers for
many years. The problem has been to
create a structure of which one span,
that in the center, must be more than
two-thirds of mile in length without
support. 1t must be high enough
more than 200 feet-to permit ship
ping to pass beneath. To give this
height it must be approached from a
long distance from the shores. All
supports must go to a great depth to
assure stability. A concept of the mag.
nitude of the work is to be gained
from the fact that it will be two and
a half times the size Of the old Brook
lyn Bridge. once regarded as one of
the worlds wonders, and twice the
size of the new Philadelphia Camden
Bridge across the Delaware River.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

regular morning lineup. Although
stoutly protesting his innocence he
seemed doomed to a long penitentary
sentence.
His case was reached the other day
in court. Francis Haley. fingerprint ex-
pert on the New York police force.
was first on the stand The prints
of the diamond thief and of Felt
were handed to him and he was
asked IL they were the same. Posi-
lively not" answered Haley, "al1
similarity ceases when the third fin
ger is reached" That was all the
testimony needed and the jury
promptly acquitted Felt.
The fingerprint system has dem
onstrated its value beyond question.
In innumerable cases criminals have
been convicted when there was mo
other possible means of sure identi-
fication. In this case, as in others,
an innocent man has escaped pun
ishment through the infallibility of
the system.
Used in the Army and Navy, in
all State prisons and Federal peni-
tentiaries, fngerprinting is accepted
today as an unmistakable method of
ascertaining identity. A case has
never been known in which the
prints of two persons have been
exactly the same, so it is small Won
der that the public is convinced of
its reliability. No great success is
predicted, therefore, for assaults on
valuable aid to the law in the solu-
ton of crime.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

special seriousness in London because
1t is interpreted as a rebound from a
speech by Sir Austen Chamberlain,
British foreign secretary, shadowing
a friendly alliance between Great
Britain and Italy, supplementing the
alliance between Italy, Greece and
Bulgaria, and the report that the
latter. alliance is for aggressive at.
tack on Turkey to seize Anatolia and
Eastern Thrace.
At the recent opening Of the Turk.
ish Parliament, Mustapha Kemal
Pasha spoke of the growing friendli-
ness between Turkey. Persia, Afghan.
istan and Soviet Russia.
The newly appointed British Min
lister to China holds letters of official
authority addressed to "The President
Of China" but as there Is no such Of
ficial, he is instructed to send copies
to China's foreign secretary and ask
recognition as British representative.
The great diplomatic Interrogation
point is, what is the nerve stimulant
which enables China, without a presi-
dent and, with internal wars, holding
vast provinces. to defy the Occident
and lead in an "Asiatic League of
Nations?
Copyright. 1895. by Paul V. Collinsl
Evening star., 1926-11-13

@. Can fresh reindeer meat be
bought in the States?-C. D.
A. Reindeer meat exported from
Alaska this Fall for consumption In
the United States will soon be on sale,
and the prices will be reasonable. one
leading reindeer company in Alaska
expects to export at least 5000 car
casses, and will export more II vessels
with refrigeration facilities can be OBJ
Nome to Seattle.
O. How thick is the layer of gray
matter which composes the brain?-
T. A. r.
A. In some places It is q quarter Of
an inch thick, while in the thinner
parts It is but one-tenth OF an inch
thick.
O. How long will an asparagus bed
produce?-E. L. G.
A. A bed Of asparagus will produce
for a century, but 1t is at its best be-
tween the third and sixth years.
@. Please give some information
about the oregon Trail.-R. s. IL.
A. The Oregon Trail was an emf
grant route, about 1000 miles lonS'
from Independence, Mo-, to the Co
lumbia River. Originally 1t was made
in part by the Indians and trappers.
A part of it was blaZed by Verendrye
in 1742, and the expedition of Lewis
and Clark in 1904 made more OF 1t
known. Others who helped to estab'
lish the trail were: w. =. Hunt,
Robert Stuart, S. H. Long, w. II.
Ashley, Smith. Jackson and Sublette.
Nathaniel J. Wyeth made the first
continuous overland trip on record IN
1882.
O. How do bees keep warm during
the Winter?-N. w.
A. A temperature of about so de-
erees is maintained. The heat Is pro-
duced by physical exercise, humming
and buzZing 1t behooves beekeepers
to protect the bees, as overact1v1ty
uses up vitality.
O. Is Karakul a fur taken from an
animal of that name, or Is 1t a. trace
name?-W. r.
A. Karakul is the fur of sheep known
as Karakul. The Karakul sheep
takes it's name from Kara Kul (Black
Lake., a village in the eastern Vok-
hara, q province of central Asia.
The fur is taken from the young
Karakul lambs when they are but a
few days old, as the character of the
curls deteriorates with age. The skins
of prematurely born lambs have
value as fur, but the ewes are not
sacrificed to secure them.
O. What does the stork signify
when woven in Chinese rugs?-T. A.
A. It is the emblem of longevity
The stork was thought to live to a
fabulous age; at 600 years, being toe
Old 1t could only drink. and turned
black after 1000 or 1000 years. A
black stork in the design of the rug is
particularly significant.
@. What caused the French Revo
lution?-R. P.
A. It was mainly the result of the
oppression Of the French people, who
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Fingerprints and Identity.

In the notorious Hall-Mills muir
esr trial in New Jersey the defense
G. endeavoring to break down the
reliability Of fingerprints, but there
u a young New York merchant who
lasiay not only believes implicitly
Q. the fingerprint theory, but who,
Il his just concluded trial. made no
ssort whatsoever to question II. The
Rev York man is William Felt. who
has literally escaped prison by his
rnrertips more specifically his third
rnGertip.
Eacause of a striking likeness TO
g. asaver diamond thief Felt was
rIo.aA up by the police. He was
RsCEfwsly identified by detectives and
eeyeral of his alleged victims at the
Evening star., 1926-11-13
THIS AND THAT
by CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

"Jellyfish music" is what one is
tempted to call some of the modern
istic" stuff that is more and more
cert programs.
An amorphous mass of sound, mean
ing nothing and getting nowhere, in
a musical sense, as that term has
come to be understood through the
ages is distinctly not our idea of
music.
Chinese music, of course, strikes the
so-called Occidental ear just that way.
so we confine our remarks to music
as it has been developed in the Euro
pean countries and North and South
America.
Nor must it be forgotten that Rich
ard Wagner's music dramas struck
German musical ears of his day and
age in exactly the same way that this
"jellyfish music" hits a sensitive mod
ern ear.
Yet one will hardly be constrained
to grant off-hand that ''moderns," as
they delight to call themselves-as If
there were any particular personal
merit in living when one does live
are all Wagners simply because they
are hard to understand"
One may have a reasonable sus-
picion that in music it is much the
same as in writing. A writer who IS
difficult" generally needs to study
his medium more than he has ever
done.
The greatest thoughts, even in
science, have been put in crystal clear
prose and verse. Those who cloud
knowledge are distinctly less great
than those who set forth their
thoughts in orderly, easily understood
sentences.
Writing that must be pondered over
is hardly ever great or even good
writing. although there are some few
exceptions. Yet thousands in every
age delight to regard such writings as
mysterious" and to brand them
selves as stupid because they cannot
understand them.
Often simple liquid prose, that says
something, and gets where 1t is go.
ing. is held by those who look with
awe upon artists as less valuable than
some irksome, perturbing hodge.podge
Of nonsense.
Among music lovers there is a Ger.
tain number who incline to believe
that so long as a piece of music has
no particular form. and relentlessly
violates all previous canons Of good
taste, it must be thoroughly great
music.
The less they understand" 1t, as
the foolish saying has it, the more
they pretend to like" it. The less
invention the composition shows the
more ultra-modern it Is, and the
greater the applause at the end of the
number.
Recently we had the pleasure of lis
tening to a capable string quartet rlay
three numbers, the first by Mozart,
the second by Beethoven and the third
by modern" American composer,
who shall go nameless here forever
more.
Mozart's movements were delightful
to the ear brought up on the master 5
music. Let this much be granted. The
Beethoven numbers, likewise, struck
such ears as concord Of sweet sound.
There was, in both Quartets. q fine
sense of balance. order, neatness In
musical ways, melodic invention,
surprise and true climax.
The audience was enthusiastic, as
we'll it might have been. Remember,
this was not a group of Orientals ap'
plauding the whang of kettle drum
and amblings Of the one-strinS dulci-
mer.
1t was a gathering of friends of
Evening star., 1926-11-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

rose in revolt against the extrava
gance and tyranny of the kings anil
mobiles. In addition they had no ade
Quate representation in the LegiSla
ture. The taxes were heavy and In
1777 there were as many as 1.250.00h
beggars I'm France. Alarmed by the
increasing signs OF unrest in the
country. the King and some of the
mobiles began to gather the army near
Paris. This so enraged the people oi
Paris that they stormed the BaSt1lle
on July IA, 1889. This Is regarded aS
the beginning of the Revolution.
O. What countries are representa-
at the Twenty-fifth Annual lnterna
tional Exhibition at the Carnegie IL
stitute. Pittsburgh?-L. G..
A The countries represented In
clude: The United States, Great
Britain. France, Italy, Spain, Austria.
Hungary. Poland. Rumania, Czecho-
sloyakia. Germany. Norway. Sweden
Russia, Belgium and the Netherlands.
There are 37S paintings shown; 272
are from Europe, 106 from America.
O. How did Peary and his men keep
their meat from freezing?-W. ".
A. When away from base each man
carried his meat inside his shirt, in
| order that the heat OF his body might
keep 1t from freezing.
@. How many kinds of snakes are
| there?-B. G.. Nick.
A. There are about ] 500 species.
| The rattlesnake Is among the most
| poisonous.
@. When was the electric motor I'm
vented?-C. J. E.
A. The invention of the electric
motor is based on the discovery of
iHans Christian Oersted, 1777-1S51, that
there is a force acting between a
magnet and Il wire carrying electro
current. Following the discovery In
| 1878 of the reversible action OF the
dynamo and its use as Il motor. ef-
| forts began to be made to apply this
knowledge to the transmission or
power between the years 1880 and
| 1884.
| O. How many cities are there In
| the United States with a population
of $500 or more?-D. T.
| A. In 1920 there were 2,7SI.
|
O. How many people in the United
States are without public library
facilities?-W. II. 7.
A. There are about 10000, 900 people
without such service.
| You trdnt to knOD something. You
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ahead. Well, The EUenin0 Star loiU tell
you achdt you 1cant to EnO,O and give
you assurance before you proceed.
our Washington bureau cGn GnStCer
any question of fact pr0pOunded to II.
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redu, Frederic j. HGSkip. director,
| Washington, ID. C..
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Gangland Takes to the Air.

Civilization in the United States is
progressing steadily. Science is al
most daily making new discoveries
the country is prosperous and the
people, as rule, are quite contented.
Nothing is done in America with
halfway measures. The whole hog or
nothing seems to be the motto. 10 be
convinced that this is the condition of
the people Of the United States it is
only necessary to read of the latest
encounter between Illinois gang fac
tons in their perennial war.
Here it is found that even science is
progressing hardly fast enough to
keep up with the demand. 1t used to
be that piece of heavy lead pipe or
a small and easily concealable dagger
was the accepted means of dumping
Off" a member of a rival gang, This
method soon gave evidence of possess
ing flaws; the victim might make {.
determined fight for his life and the
whole thing would have to be done all
over again.
The gangs, not to be balked of their
prey, turned to the pistol and the rife.
But, 10 and behold. their sharpshoot-
ers would miss occasionally and it was
apparent that something should be
done about it, or one or two members
OF the rival faction might live beyond
the ripe old age Of thirty. A master.
mind OF the gangsters than conceived
the brilliant idea of sawed-off shot
guns and machine guns, confident that
if one of the victims ever got in front
of these weapons of death they would
never be troubled by him again.
This plan worked we'll. One man,
two, three or four were sometimes
bumped off without the slightest trou-
BILE. A side-curtained car was all that
was necessary. The victim would an.
pear in a doorway, the automobile
would slow down, and the death tune
would rattle at six hundred shots a
minute.
The only trouble with this scheme
was that four was about the limit that
could be bagged at one time. 1t was
almost as if strict game law was
being enforced. Plenty of ammunition
was on hand and plenty of inclina.
ton, but it was dangerous to lineer
on the scene because a warden might
come along and spoil the sport.
-nlI ~
only one thing to do about it. So an
alrplane was purchased and elaborate
ly fitted up with bomb carriers. Yes
terday this machine was put in opera
ton and but for lack of practice on
the part of the pilot might have wiped
out an entire battalion" of the rivals.
Three bombs were dropped, one of
them striking within one hundred feet
Of the enemy fort" but the damage
was negligible.
While it is nowhere recorded that it
has already been. done, it would ap-
pear that the logical step would be for
the fort to install a few slender anti
aircraft guns, along With some obser-
vation balloons. few hundred tanks,
plenty of mustard and other deadly
gases and few thousand men. 1t
should be noted at this point that the
fort is admirably prepared for siege;
it is a nice big roadhouse outside of
Herrin and there is plenty of food
and liquor on hand.
Yes, civilization is undoubtedly get
ting along very well, thank you.