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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
WINTHROP
Boy Injured by
Sliding Accident

Andrew Kus, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Kus was quite severely injured
in sliding accident. Wednesday
night. He was taken to the Winthrop
Community hospital where it was
found that the upper jaw was broken
and the teeth on the upper jaw
knocked out.
He remained in the hospital We'd
nesday night but returned to his home
Thursday morning.
Charles Benson of Lewiston was a
visitor in town yesterday.
Mrs NJ W. Wiswell entertained two
tables at auction Tuesday afternoon.
The guests We're: Miss Hattie Wes-
ton, Mrs. Laurence Richmond, Mrs.
L. I. Carleton, Mrs. Margaret Foster,
Miss Bertha Hudson, Mrs. J. II. Well
man, Mrs. Everard French and Mrs.
u. Fl. Penniman. Mrs. Carleton re-
ceived the first prize and Mrs. Rich
mond the consolation. The hostess
served a delicious luncheon.
The Wednesday Auction club met
this week with Mrs. E. p. SturteHant
and with dinner at / o'clock
The substitutes were Mrs. T. H
Bates and Mrs. Roy Thomas. Mrs. w.
+. Packard received the prize. The
next meeting will be held with Mrs.
Scott Webb.
The regular meeting of Crystal
Lodge, /. 0. o. F.. was held Thursday
evening with work in the End and Bird
degree
Inc installation of officers of Ar
,hur Lovejoy Rebekah Lodge will be
hed Tuesday evening and will be
preceded by a supper at $50.
The regular meeting of the Mo-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
CAMP ICN Gets UNDER WAY FOR
SELECTION OF CARNIVAL Queen

Each of the quintet of girls has a
considerable strength, and it appears
to be a pretty even proposition from
the start. Besides the ballots, which
will be carried in these columns each
day until February 4, there will also
be coupons attached to the tickets
for the Carnival features. Each sea-
son ticket for the outdoor events of
the three days winter sports obser-
vance and every admission ticket for
the Carnival Ball will have an at
tached ballot good for ten votes.
The ballot box will be conveniently
placed in the Electric Shop of the
Central Maine Power Company on
Water street. The judges named for
the contest are Dwight L. Higgins of
the First National rGanite Bank, r.
Halsey Jackson of the Cushnoc Pa
per Company. and Earl c. Goodwin,
of the Old Scotch Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
KIWANIANS HEAR
talk BY EXPERT ON
MAINE HARDWOODS

Describing in some detail the ways
in which Maine hardwoods can be util-
lied and marketed to best advantage,
Eico c. ISola. timber expert in the
employ of Blaine S. Viles of Augusta,
addressed the Augusta kiwanis Club
at its regular luncheon meeting Thurs
day noon at the Augusta Girls Com
munity clubhouse.
The talk given by Mr.. Isola was one
of particular value in view of the re-
cent organization of the Maine Hard
wood Association and the attempt that
is being made by Mr.. Viles and some
of the other Maine lumbermen to de-
velop the hardwood industry in the
State. Mr.. Isola is a graduate of the
Yale Forestry school. one of the great
est in the country. and has made an
especial study of the subject which he
presented in an enlightening manner
to the Kiwanians.
He pointed out that II is quality
alone that will make hardwood opera
tons a success in the State and that
Names stand of hardwood is very val
liable because this state has the last
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

General hospital fund and that the
expenses of putting on the play will
be taken care of outside of the sale
of that number of tickets.
Announcement was made by Chap
lain Hayes of the National Soldiers
Home at Togus that the. next meet
ing of the club which will be under
the direction of the committee on
education, will take the form of a
district school and each member will
be expected to state in one word the
keynote of what Kiwanis means to
him.
1t was also announced that Ever
EFT II. MaXcy has been appointed
chairman of the 'On to Montreal
committee, which will be in charge
of securing delegation from the
club to attend the International
meeting of Kiwanis to be held in
Montreal in June.
KiWanis songs We're given by the
assembly led by a quartet composed
of Keith Ryan, Samuel Titcomb
fialsey jackson, and Charles L
MarStOn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
Facts About Scotland

Scotland is about the size of Maine;
England, the size of the rest of the
New England states with little bit
of New York added. When Rome I'm
, ally conquered the island It took
about forty thousand men four years
to reach the Scottish border where
they built the wall and apparently
they never did control Wales or Scot
land during the following four hun
dred years. 81
Following the above comparison the
wall would have been built from, say,
Lewiston, Maine, to the northern end
of the Maine New Hampshire bound
airy line.
That forty thousand men was near
ly one soldier for each square mile
of territory obtained in the four years
and they must have lost a fourth Of
the men, because the Ninth Legion
was practically wiped out at one time.
The number of soldiers in the
American Revolution was but one
man to two square miles.
There must have been some pretty
fair scrappers and quite a little ex-
element in the neighborhood of the
first Romans to land.-By A. Gray. in
Adventure Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
Gardiner Man
New Head Kennebec
Towage Company

Especial to the kennebec JournaO
Bath, Jan. 21-At the annual meet
ing of the Kennebec Towage Co., held
THURSDAY morning at the Bath Trust
T, Co.. Fred n. Boston. Gardiner, was
elected president; Thomas S. Glib
bons, Bath, vice president. treasurer
and general manager.
The following directors were re-
elected: Fred n. Boston. Gardiner;
Hon. Rupert H. Baxter, Bath: Thorn
as S. Gibbons, Bath; l.. G. Purinton,
Augusta: L. L. Cooper. Augusta;
Rodney E. Ross. Bath; Levi T. Will
liams, Hallowell; Haffy G. Deering,
Bath; Edward L. Russell, Gardiner;
William S. Newall. Bath.
An exceedingly satisfactory year
was reported. Each member of the
firm was presented with a photogra-
phic copy of the we'll known Kenne-
bee river tug, Seguin, which is used
to tow the 'rousands of tons Of coal
laden barges that have been brought
up from the open sea to the various
ports along the Kennebec river to the
head of navigation at Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
Augusta BPW
Has Interesting
Program Session

At largely attended meeting of the
Augusta Business and professional
Women's Tub, held Thursday evening
in the assembly hall at the Augusta
Y. NJ. c. A, Charles M. White. chief
of the Division of Markets of the
State Department of Agriculture,
gave most interesting talk on the
Optimistic Side of Maine Farming"
which was Illustrated with steropti-
con Views made in many of the
beauty spots of the Pine Tree State.
There was an interesting business
session preceding the program at
which Mrs. Viola Sawtelle was ap-
pointed committee from the Au-
gusta BPW to cooperate with the
State organization on "Restriction OF
outdoor advertising"
The emblem committee was also
named at the meeting last evening
with the following personnel: Maude
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

Tiers club will be omitted +b;s o,.
On Thursday, Jan. 2Sth, the menbers
OF the club will meet with the nrasi1
cent, Mrs. Ray Riley: A covered dish
dinner will be served. 1'''
MIS-. Rupy Whitney and daughter
Neana OF Wayne are guests of Mr.
and Mrs: j. p. Whitney.
D. D. Norcross, superintendent of tel
egraph of the NJ. c. r. r. at Portland
spoke before the students of Wintbron
hlgh school Wednesday. Mr.. Norcross
gave very instructive and interest
ing ADDRESS. explaining the history and
invention OF the telegraph, and exhib-
the CODE ANU
The annual fair to be given by Crys-
:al Looge, l: .. 0. F., and Arthur Love-
Joy Rebekah Lodge will be held two
afternoons and evenings. Feb % snd
20. On the evening of the 22nd tho
Drama The Deacon's Second Wife,
VIII be given with specialties. and on
the evening Of the 23rd the drama will
De repeated and will be followed NV a
dance. ~ ="
The editorial board for the Wintbron
winner for this year has been an
nounced as follows: Editor-in-chief
Rose Raymond; assistant editor, Anna
Brlggs; business manager, Raoul Foun-
tain; assistant manager, Robert Mac
Namara alumnae editor, Elizabeth
Maxwell; exchange editor, ,Thelma
Ilnkham; circulation manager, Hollis
Davis. Glass editors: Senior class.
GLADYS Aldrich: Junior class, Emma
davenport; sophomore class. Natalie
Riley; freshman class, Fernand De-
Blois.
The opening exercises of Winthrop
High school Wednesday morning were
IN charge of the freshman class and
were conducted by Robert Fleury.
Headings were given by Aurare Foun-
tain and Frances Edwards.
The quarantine for scarlet fever has
been removed from the home of Rev.
H. T. Aldrich.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

Taking a purely astronomical point
Of view, it is surmised that this globe
was once a molten mass. AS 1t cooled
off, the surface hardened first and
consequently contracted, or tried to-
The resistance offered by the inter-
Tor fluid or SEMI fluid portion resulted
in contraction in one place and cor
responding expansion in another;
mountains were formed in one place,
valleys in another; continents rose
up and hollows occurred which were
filled by the sea.
This process Of readjustment has
been going on ever since-is still go
ing on, as manifested in the form OF
earthquakes and volcanic effects.
These readjustments were doubtless
far more violent in days gone by
than they are now. Whole continents
disappeared beneath the waves and
new ones came up. We know of sew
eral glacial ages" which were mere
ly phenomena in the process.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
Spanish Fliers Off
On Long Hop Today

Palos, Spain, Jan. 21.-(AP)-An-
chored in Domingo Rubio~ Canal at
Palos. the point from which Columbus
set sail in 1892 for the New World,
commander Franco and his crew are
awaiting the signal to take off at Z
o'clock tomorrow morning on their
flight to Argentina and, if possible, to
New York. The short flight from
Huelva to Palos was made today.
Premier Primo de Rivera, the rector
Of Madrid University, and the press
association have entrusted to the fliers
a message for the government of each
country touched. The aviators will
travel at cruising speed of $50 kilo-
metres (about 120 miles) an hour and
expect to traverse the whole distance
In about Sc actual flying hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
Characters We Should Remember

A French scientist recently lost
both arms and finally his life as a
result of his experiments with X-ray,
though all the time he was working
he knew what he risked. But he was
willing to make the sacrifice. and
humanity will be better~and happier
for his life.
There was once a young society
girl who, when her doctor told her
that she had only few years to live.
determined in those years she would
do something tGmake it truly wort n
while to have lived at ALL So she
gave UP the home and pleasures to
which she was accustomed and went
to live in the slums, becoming a real
friend and neighbor to all who need
ed her. And she did not die, but liv-
ed to see the house of friendship she
had started grow into one of the
largest and best-known settlement
houses. in America.
Down in Georgia Miss Martha Ber-
ry has created school for poor
whites which has won for her the
Roosevelt medol for distinguished
service. In Kentucky Cora Wilson
Stewart has spent her life and her
last dollar fighting illiteracy.
In high places and in obscurity
there are hundreds such as these.
Their way seems lonely one.-From
The Delineator
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

With the publication this morning
of the first official ballots in the grand
contest for the selection of a Queen
of the State of Maine Winter Carni-
val the competition is we'll, under
way, and it is anticipated that before
the polling place closes at noon on
the first day of the 1926 Carnival,
Thursday, February A. many thous-
ands of votes will have been cast for
the five fair candidates, all of them
attractive young student nurses at
the Augusta General hospital
Already several of the nominees
have perfected their organizations
for the brief campaign, and on the
other hand throughout the city there
are groups of friends and admirers
who are working for their favorites,
in many instances unsolicited by the
candidates and without their knowl-
edge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
The History of the Baopipe

The history of the bagpipe is, of
course, an interesting one with the
original sources far back in the an
Gent history of Rome, of Greece,
Persia and Egypt. 1t is most prob
able that the Romans were the first
TO introduce it into Britain. where
it Is known they had schools for
training pipers. From Britain it was
introduced into Caledonia and Ire
land simply enough OF course
there are variants in type of instru-
ments, formerly and now, but the
principle is the same. The bagpipe
Is a link between the syrinx and the
primitive organ. In the Highland
bagpipe the notes do not form any
known diatonic scale, as they are
not strictly in tune with each other,
aside from the C and F being very
distinctly too Sharply J. Allen
Dunn, in Adventure Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

the General Electric. American Lo.
connective and lngersollRand COM
panies. s,
No Smoke or Noise
The oil-electric locomotive Is
smokeless. cinderless and roiseless
It runs forward and back ward with
equal facility and power, obviattrg
the necessity for turntables or sfmr
liar devices 1t is SO easy to OPP
crate that any steam or electric en-
gineer can learn its manipulation
in few hours: and it can be placed
in service Immediately On any road.
practically without capital invest
ment other than its own cost
Cross Continent Without RefueIfnQ
It is so economical in the use Of
fuel that 1t can haul train across
the continent without refuelfng.
One tank car Of fuel OH used in an
oil-electric will do as much work
as twelve cars Of coal consumed tn
q steam locomotive. +
Real estate men point out Chat
the general use of the oilelectrfc
locomotive will make possible the
Identification of districts adjacent
to railroad tracks. and improve
health and working conditions
there. f
How Il Works e
The principle OF the oil-elsctric
locomotive is an internal combus-
tion oil engine which drives an
electric generator. the current from
which is applied to motors geared
to the axles Of the locomotive. The
heavy-oil engine has accomplished
amazing economies in ships and In
land industrial plants and its ad.
vent into the railroad field is being
watched with the keenest inter.
est By transportation authorities
throughout the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
AUGUSTA LOCALS
Mrs. Boone Honor Guest
Private Dancing Party

Miss Florence +. Smith entertained
at private dance last evening at her
home, % Chapel street, about twenty
State House employees of the state
laborat tory in honor of Mrs. Ada Il,
Boone, who has completed her work
there as she is to leave the state per-
manently. Then dance hall was
beautifully decorated with red and
blue japanese cord. A very pretty
di; md set bracelet was presented
to Mrs. Boone by DR.. +. w. Camp
bell in behalf of the guests. with very
appropriate remarks to which Mrs.
Boone replied very tittingly.
During the evening a delicious buff
fet lunch was served by Mrs. H. J.
Frederick, consisting of sandwiches,
ice cream, fruit punch, cake, candy
and nuts. Old and new dances were
participated in until late hour,
when the party broke up after wish
ing their~hostess much happiness
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

Catalina seal are poking their noses
high in the air these days. There is
reason. Catalina's seals bask on
silver pedestals.
Assayers have discovered that the
jagged rocks ON which the seal have
been disporting themselves for GEN.
turtles are composed of silver ore.
Seal Rocks are situated adjacent to
the Renton vein, the richest silver
strike made at Catalina since William
Wrigley, Jr., has turned miner. The
newly discovered vein extends for two
miles over ridge and down a canyon
to Seal Rock.
Catalina's guides proudly point out
golden seal mounted on silver
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22
An Honest Confession

Edward is five years old. When
his father came home from work
one night he happened to walk
around the house and noticed that a
window was broken.
"Who broke that window, Ed
,Tard?" asked Dad.
Mother said not to tell you any
thing about it until after you'd had
your dinner" countered the young
man.
rs that SOP" queried Dad. "And
when were you going to tell me
about ii?
Il wac not going to tell you about
it at ALL" was the frank reply
Seattle Argus
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UNKNOWNS KILL
Continued from Page one)


also felt sure that these belonged to
her.
Schulz told the police that Miss
Dletich, who was "a years old and
employed by Philadelphia publish
ing house. had disappeared Tuesday
night. She and Mrs. Schulz had been
shopping in Philadelphia that day
and separated shortly before CLOCK
Mrs. Schulz going to her husbands
office and Miss Dietrich remaining in
the city for dinner. She had not
been seen since then.
An hour later the legs We're dis
covered in high grass Is feet away.
The head is still missing.
Inc arms were intact. One the left
wrist was gold watch. 1t bore the
initials III. B. 2. to T. T." There
was stamped near the initials the
letter H" followed by. the numerals
"6-12-23."
The body was found on the extensive
estate of Samuel ]. Henderson, a Phil
adeiphia lawyer, and lay a short dis
lance back from the road. The spot is
near the clubhouse of the Rose Tree
hunt, whose members are socially
prominent in and about Philadelphia.
The body was found by Mrs. Sallie
Worrell, who lives nearby Mrs. Wor-
rell discerned what appeared to be a
bundle near some trees
She hurried to the blacksmith shop
OF William L. Rowson. Rowson inves-
ugated and in the underbrush found a
large brown paper package strapped
with two heavy mems belts. Opening
1T he discovered the body covered with
two newspapers. One bore the date of
December % and the other of January
10.
Authorities were Immediately Aoti-
fed. There was little blood found on
the ground, icating, the police said,
that the murder had been committed
at distance and the body thrown in
the woods. Motor car tire tracks were
found in the deep mud on the road
nearby.
Examination Of the body by ply
sicians showed that it had bee, dis
membered apparently by an expert,
as the mutilations were clcan-cut.
The clothing indicated evidence of
refinement. The body was clad in a
shor. dress Of blue serge with light
stripe and a short blue coat. The
lingerie was fine and evidently eX-
pensive. The body was fully clothed
and the clothes were not disarranged
The legs were encased in flesh
co.ored silk stockings with low brown
shoes which had calfskin upper and
white buttons. The shoes were made
by New York manufacturing COM
pany which has store in Philadel-
phil. At this store, the police learn
ed, the shoes had not been in stock
for several months.
Until Saturday workmen employed
by Mr.. Henderson had been cutting
trees sixty yards from the spot
where the body lay. The police do
not believe, therefore. that the MUIR
der could have been committed earli-
er than Saturday afternoon. The
presence of the newspaper of last
Tuesday W taken to indicate the
young woman was not killed before
that day.
Mrs. Fannr Griffith. wife of the
foreman of the Henderson estate,
said she heard no noise last night
and saw no one to arouse her suspi-
cion. She m sntioned the fact that a
large black shepherd dog. never seen
in the neighborhood. was noticed in
{ DDS this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22

Here's to laughter, the sunshine Of
the SOUL the happiness of the heart,
the leaven of youth, the privilege of
purity, the echo of innocence, the
treasure of the humble, the wealth of
the poor, the head of the cup of
pleasure. it dispels depreciation, ban
ish blues, and mangles melancholy;
for it's the foe of woe and the de-
stroyer of depression, the enemy of
grief; it is what kings envy in the
poor the guilty envy in the innocent;
it's the sheen on the silver of smiles,
the ripple on the waters delight, the
CLINT of the gold of gladness; with
out it humor would be dumb, wit
would wither, dimples would disappear
and smiles would shrivel or it's the
glow of a clean conscience, the voice
of pure soul, the birth-cry of mirth,
the swan song of sadness-laughter!
EXCHANGE,
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FIVE

genius of Tshaka, a son Of Senzan-
gakoni, that the numerous tribes at
that time living In what is now
known as Zululand were, by degrees,
and yet within dozen years, formed
into a single, compact nation, by far
the most powerful in South Africa.
Because Tshaka belonged to- the
Zulu tribe-then, as 1t happened,
tributary to the more powerful one
of Mtetwa, occupying territory on
the northeast coast of Zululand--the
great nation he afterwards created
came to be known as that Of the
Zulus. 40
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Income from $1,000. 900 has been set
aside by the Carnegie Corporation to
establish a system of scholarships and
fellowships in the arts. The purpose
is to enable candidates of promise to
prepare themselves to. be college
teachers of art.
In addition, 100000 has been set
aside for the purchase of teaching
equipment for departments of fine
arts in colleges and universities.
The trustees of the corporation feel
that the number of competent teach
ers of art is entirely insufficient and
that few colleges have either proper
equipment for teaching art or the
knowledge of how to procure it
School Life
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that, at one point during the run
from Erie, It pushed stalled
freight train of 81 cars over a one
per cent grade without uncoupling
its own load. A previous test show
ed this locomotive. with trailing
load Of 1915 tons, starting from a
standstill on a one per cent grade
and accelerating up the grade to q
speed Of six miles an hour.
Eight Big Roads Place Orders
The 1O0.ton oil-electric iocomo-
tive now In use on the Long Island