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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-05

Fifty years ago this month Doctors
French of Portland. Brickett of Au-
gusta and Horr Of Lewiston as a COM
mittee from the Maine Medical Socie-
ty,, presented bill before the legfs-
lative judiciary committee to institute
a State Board of Health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01

Although she is past 20 wears Of
age. Miss Louise Lee Schuyler of
Philadelphia. has begun a crusade to
decrease blindness among young chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Nancy IN Iaan

Prevailing .intcresl and COMM ssles,
Joseph !. WelleriSs;Ss .w'. ' :.S 1 ! wv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
BUYS THREE FIRMS.
Dawson Chemical Co. Acquires
Three Fertilizer Companies.

Three Fertilizer Companies.
SPECIAL Dispatch 81 The star.
BALTIMORE. July 1.-The Davi-
son Chemical Co, through the acQui.
sition Of the Miller Fertilizer Co. of
Baltimore. the Eastern Cotton Oil
20. Of Norfolk and the +. II. & J. a.
Meadows co. of Newhern. y. c.. has
hranched out into the fertilizer field.
Seven plants are included in the deal.
Two of the plants. those operated
by the Miller Fertilizer Co.. are
located in Baltimore. All the others
AZ" I'm the South. The Eastern Cot
ton Oil Co. has four plants which
MIXED fertilizer. with cotton oil as
q side line. All the plants are said
to he modern. and their combined
output will make the Dawson Chem
teal Go. one. of the largest manu-
facturers of MIXED fertilizer in the
United States. as we'll as the larg-
est manufacturer Of acid and acid
phosphate.
Evening star., 1926-04-16
American Curiosity.

A trait or weakness OF America ns is
Touched on in p cabled story Of the
tAeath Of Eugene Cornuche. once a dish
WASHER. founder Of Maxim's, the first
American har in Paris, and of other
Eelebrated resorts. After telling that
This rema rkable man bought a Paris
grogshop and converted it into Max.
fms. the cable says:
Cornuches $ next idea was that we'll
to-do foreign visitors would patroniZe
an exclusive Summer resort where
they would be sure of rubbing elbows
wJtn European aristocracy. Cornuche
purchased Dea uville, which was then
@ neglected village. letting most Of his
friends. who We're prominent pleasure
Towing aristoCratS. in on the deal. The
promoters made fortunes. America ms
hooked there. gladly paving eXorbitant
briceS for the privilege of watching
European royalty and nobility amuse
themselves.
The F'renchman sensed that Ameri-
cans would pay high to stand on the
hidelines and watch European aris-
Aocracy perform, and certain OF the
European n aristocracy helped Cornuche
Mat up the places and then patronlZed
them as bait for America There
f. humor in the narration, and the
writer of The dispatch sets il down
not In an effort to be droll but only
Evening star., 1926-04-16
Public Upholds Presidents
Coal Legislation Desires

saws he could afford 10 ignore noisy
criticism from men who had neglected
to give him any means OF intervention
in the hard-coal strike. and who are
still neglecting that duty and con
tinues with the comment, THE inter
vention ora tors can harry expect the
country TO take seriously any longer
their loud and empty complaints of
presidential inactivity"
The miners and the operators IN
the anthracite field have signed g FIVE
year contract and have resumed pro
duction" remarks the Abilene Report
er independent Democratic,, but this
does not mean al all that the industry
cannot again be shaken by upheavals.
Laws to prevent such disturbances
have been demanded by public opinion
for years. but 80 far Congress has
made no definite move to enact them.
The Buffalo Evening News Repuh-
Iicanl adds that III legislation to re-
lease the Government from the 'atti-
tUde Of humble supplica ton as Presi-
dent Coolidge puts 1t. is not enacted
al this session. the public will he left
without protection when the Jackson
willie agreement in the bituminous in
dustry expires" And the Worcester
Evening Gazette independently calls
attention to the fact that the Presi-
dent found himself no better equipped
to protect the rights Of the public than
President Roosevelt had been A quar-
ter Of a century before" Further
more. the Beloit Daily News dnde.
pendenl asserts that lit Is the publir
which invariably pays" as il takes
notice OF the fact that the anthracit"
operate give notice that the Gus
tomary Spring reductions on hard coal
will be dispensed with this wear.
President Coolidges plan for leCts-
lation TO protect the public from
shortage Of coal in the event Of future
strikes" states the Kansas City Post
independently. appears temperate and
reasonable" while the Schenectady
Gazette independent Democraticl be
Iieves that "a few emphatic words
from Mr.. Coolidge will have the de
sired effect. for this dilly.dally Con
sress will not dare to fy In the face NJ
public sentiment and the demand ot
the Chief Executive. The Ithaca
Journal News independently analyzes
the situation with the statement that
when a strike Is in progress II IS gen
orally held that attempts to legislate
would make the trouble worse instead
Of better. but when the strike is over.
Congress finds IL easy TO shirk die
agreeable task"
Evening star., 1926-04-16
with the purpose of telling what he

with the purpose of telling what he
understands to he facts.
Many Americans have been charged
with toadyism that takes the form OF
paying p his price to play, eat and
sleep close To princes and dukes. or
even close 10 desce ndants and remote
Kin of an extinsuiShsd nobility. There
is truth in the charge. II is not clear,
though. that this weak ness is singular
To Americans. London streets are
crowded when royalty parades. 1t is
commonly said thai this is because Of
patriotism Of the populace, its devo-
tIon to the crown. etc. IL Is probably
the same curiosity that fills An Ameri-
son passes. A Paris street will be
iammed with French Republicans to
watch q M"nteneGrin prince or what
not Of royalty ride from the railroad
station to his lodging. 1t Is said that
the crowd turns out to show respect
for the foreign government and eX.
press the friendship of the French
people for the Other people. The prob.
ability is that the crowd turns out for
the thrill of getting 4 peep at the
prince. tluman nature is not vastly
different in Washington. London and
Paris. but America nS abroad may be
less cautious Spenders than EurVpea ns
and are able and willing to pay bigger
prices to sit at a table in "A restaurant
where nobility sometimes eats. Ameri.
cans have the curiosity and are will.
ing to give up wads of money to sat
iSfV it,
Evening star., 1926-04-16
A Novel Filibuster.

Thirteen members OF the British
House OF Commons have been sus
pended for five days for blocking pro-
ceedinss. A bill was under discus
sion reducing the state contribution to
national health insurance. which pro
posal the I.aborites have been consist
emily opposing. The house divided on
a motion and the members went into
the Hobbies. A long delay ensued.
From the affirmative lObby-~the Brit
ish commons divide" by going into
different cha mbers and passing be
tween tellers- came family the strains
of John Browns BOdN,' which has
been adopted by the extreme Social
lists rs a war song. Investigation was
started and II was found that thirteen
Of the I.aborites were holding up the
vote by refusing TO pass the tellers.
This was ii novel situation There
were no rules governing ii. The
spea ker of the house was i'll and in bed
in his chambers la The Parliament
buildings. He was hastily summoned;
he dressed and hurried 10 the house,
where he heard report from the ser
geant at arms, and then he named"
the mutineers, whose suspension was
moved and carried amid scene OF
great disorder. The incident has
caused a revival Of I.abofite senti.
ment. The ministry In not yet out Of
the woods. The bill which proposes
az q measure OF economy The reduc-
tiOn OF the state contribution to health
lDsura nee. may vet be defea ted In
that case IA cha anBe OF ministry is pos.
sible. though this is not now believed
to be IN prospect, az the Liberal party
are in great strength. However that
may be, the spectacle OF members of
the opposition going out for division
and refusing TO return is altoge her
new in the history Of British pariia-
mentary procedure. There have been
many exciting scenes in the House Of
Commons. F'ilibusters have been
conducted there through protra cted
speeches and maneuvers Of delay, but
never before have the members gone
out TO vote and blocked the lobbies.
The adoption of this device may indi.
cate that the l.aborites are becoming
militant once more.
Evening star., 1926-04-16
Communism in New Jersey.

Beginning on the morning OF Janu.
AIRY % last, the PaSsaic textile strike.
AZ feature OF which some little chill.
day in an effort to invoke presidential Il
Intervention. is in fact the fruit of an
orga MIA ton formed q year ago in
Lawrence, Mass, known as the United
Front Committee. This committee is
he creation OF man who has devoted
his life to radical labor oTsaniza ton.
He went to Passaic, where there are
several large textile mills, and organ
ized there. AS result Of the depres-
sion in the textile business in the past
Two years, the mills have been run
ming on part schedule, and last Sep
tember most OF them made 10 per
cent wage cut. ON the 25th of Janu-
AIRY a deleSa tion representing the
United Front COMMITTEE went to the
management Of the Botany Mills and
asked for reinstatement Of the for
mer wages. Upon denial and without
waiting for a discussion, the commit
tee left the Office and went through
the buildings throwing OF switches
and calling out the workers. Ihe
strike spread to other mills and in
few days the larger esta blishments
had lost most Of their operatives. FL
forts have been made BY third parties
to secure arbitration and adjustment
bat without success.
The United Textile Workers OF
America the textile union affllia ted
with the American Federation OF
La Dor, has refused to take part in the
strike or to assist the Passaic strikers
on the ground that it does not repre-
sent an effort to help the textile work
ers. but is a move to bore from with
In" by the Communists, hea ded by the
| leader Of this strike. The head OF the
American Fedora ton Of La Dor has an.
nounced that the United Front Com
mittee has no standing that can be
recognized. The Associated Silk
Weavers OF Paterson, also affilia ed
with the American Federation Of
La Dor, has similarly refused to recog
nize the United Front orga MIA ton
Most Of the speakers at the strike
meetings in Passaic and elsewhere are
we'll known as Communists. This
fight is recognized by conservat tive
Ia Dor leaders and organizations as a
part of the radical campaign to gain
control Of labor orsa MIA tions. The
la test move in the matter is an appeal
to the Governor Of New Jersey, the
strikers seeking his Intervention. He
has sought from the attorney general
OF the State an opinion on the power
Of the executive to intervene.
The "children's crusade" to Wash
ington proved a failure. 1t did no
more than briefly arrest attention. It
did not distract public thought from
the fact that this industrial conflict
in New Jersey is part of a campaign
for Communism in the United States.
Evening star., 1926-04-16

Q. Does the crown prince of any
country lose his right to the throne
il he marries a commoner?-J. o.
A. The marriages OF members Of
the royal families are generally gov
erned by the laws of each individual
country. In most European roya,
houses member Of the reigDing
house can by law contract q perfect
marriage only with woman OF equal
rank. II the woma n be Of lower rank
the ma arriage is mOrga natiC. There
have been insta nces where the heir
to the throne has contracted NOR
CANA tic marriage. but in such case
the wife and the child must renounce
all rights TO the succession. An in
stan nee of this was the late Archduke
Fra ncis Ferdinand of Austria whose
ssa ssina ton helped to bring about
the World War. He married the
Countess Chotek. who was created
Princess Of Hobenberg Royal mar
ria ses in Great Britain are governed
by the royal ma rriage act of 1872.
@. When wa. the last eruption Of
Vesuvius?-R. X.
A. The last one noted was Jsnu-
uary 6.S, 1926.
q. Can mating and window shsdes
A. Both mating and window
shades car be painted to renew them.
The secret OF success in this work Is
to apply two or three very thin coats
Of paint rather than single heavy
coat.
.. What Is cracked" gasoline?
Can IL be used as a cleansing agent! =
j. F.. g.
A. when crude oil is subjected to
ordinary distillation BY FIRE the light
products distill off up 10 a tempera'
ture OF 572 degrees F. Above this
temperature the hydrocs rbons un.
dergo partial decomposition, with the
result that some light products are
produced. This is cracking" and the
light products are cracked gaso
line 1t Is Suitab bic for cleaning when
properly treated to remove objec-
tionable color and other constituents.
O. Where and when was VILLA m
]. Locke born?-E. A.
A. w. j. Locke was born in British
Guinea in 1853 both parents ca me
from pure South of England families.
The novelist was educated ct Trini-
dad. al Queens Royal College and at
st. Johns College. Cambridge.
Q. How many negroes were killed
In the World War;. r. r.
. A. The compilation does not in.
clude officers. Among the enlisted
men in our service the battle deaths
of negroes amounted 10 '747, while
the total deaths were 9.765. About
200, 900 negroes went overseas.
Q. Does more than one kind of tea
grow on hush?-A. r. +.
A. Four varieties of tea can he
Evening star., 1926-04-16
Hotel Men as Tourists.

American hotel men are well ac-
ousinted with the tourist type. They
entertain millions OF sightseeing
travellers in the course of a single
year, aking them comfortab BILE dur
ing their brief stays in their own
towns, guiding them and giving them
: the fullest opportunities to see the
points of attraction" within their
own field. Now American hotel men
are doing little sightseeing on their
own account. Some dozens Of them
are now in England in attenda nee
upon convention and are being
treated by their fellow British boni-
faces as especially honored guests
and afforded every facility to see the
sights. A dispatch from London
tells of a characteristic day. The
Americans left London early In the
morning, did" oxford in two hours.
visited StratfOrd. saw everything
there Of interest and returned TO
I.ondon in the evening to dine and
dance until Il late hour. PrOba bly,
every one OF them ia his heart felt
Bit recreant to the FIRST principles
of good hotel keeping. The idea Of
a visitor to a historic point of in
terest fitting between meals is
anathema to the host Of a place OF
public entertainment. Suppose the
party Of Britishers were to come over
here and cover within the span of q
single day the most famous seat of
learning in the United States and
the greatest literary shrine! From
| the hotel mans point of view oxford
a lone should have had two days and
Stra tford a week. Perhaps. after all
hotel men are not realty good sight
| seers. II Is somewhat Of an uncon-
! Portable thought that khey are less
Evening star., 1926-04-16
Too Much l. Law.Breaking,
Too Much Buck.P Passing

TO the Editor of The star:
The tone OF your editorial in
Wednesdays paper, respecting the
traffic and police mess in this CITY
will find sympathy with those OF ns
who have municipal welfare next 10
our hearts.
Plain citizen is wondering no"
much longer the authorities, from
Congress to crossing cop, are going
TO piay with the traffic and crime
question before they either get down
to business. Ii is bad enough 10
have to depend on tardy and uncer-
tain legislation by common coun-
ell" the most of whose minds and
interests are daily elsewhere than on
the city for which it legislates, but
with the executive and JUDICIAL
branches amusing themselves with
showing mp the other fellows snort.
con1ings. and careless newspaper ana
movie gossip and jokes about the
law, we have come to disgracelul
situation for city which considers
itself civilized" We have had reg
uIstions made, amended. twisted, un-
enforced and wrecked by those sworn
to uphold our civilization. Too much
brain wasted on "buck.pa Ssins.
We incline to the impression that
those In authority. much as we re-
spect them, must have gone DAFT on
their Jobs for fear OF hurting the
feelings of the criminal We have
plenty Of officials, including police
plenty Of regulations. plenty OF law
breakers, but are short on courts
schools, ash. garbage and trash col
lectors. Let Us have few more
ma agistrates to bring the dockets up
TO date, so that judges can hear
.F n rn9fnnnR
Convict the criminal when arrested
instead OF losing him on bail to mul
tiplv his offenses q nd swell our arrest
totals.
Is il not true that because there
are 100 600 arrests locally one in five
of our citizens is a lawbreaker? A
few thousand keep the courts busy
because they can compromise their
offenses with o little fine or get out
on bail" until the cases are old
enough to be dropped quietly.
There have been plenty OF sugses
, tions capable of reducing arrests. The
card system for autoists used else
where for an age is one. but is toe
good TO and welcome here. Obey
the law is another. Convict the law
breaker is a third. Why not stoI
chatter and do something besides
knocking fellow.employes? 1t Is time
for the three branches of the Gov
ernment TO stop making faces and
rema rks like spoiled children, and
show some manhood by cooperating
No government can sow the vino
nd escape rea ping whirlwind. Dis
cord has been nursed for severa
years. but even the good nature OF
America has its limits. One mar
wants a regulation abrogated so that
he can raise hob with his auto and
charge all his offenses to accident
Another wants his liquor stronger
so that he can get drunk and bea,
up his family, as used to be the
custom. Another wants wife with
out the responsibility of marriage
The way of civilization is not to can
Gel laws to please the breakers. but
compel them to respect the law.
They also serve who only sta nd
a nd wait" Huh! That Is not what
they draw pay for.
w. K. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1926-04-16
All Great Movements
Have Been Opposed
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
THANK heaven" said when ! had
read the editorial. "F'aithless Enforc-
ing Agents" in The Star of the 7th
instant. THANK heaven, we have a
paper in the Capital City of America
not subsidized by the brewers and
liquor sellers of the country who want
to be In control of politics again and
in The saddle to ride roughshod over
any laws regulating the sale Of their
product.
A paper whose editors realize we
have grown to larger estate and q
concept of the misery and economic
waste from the supremacy Of those
who ere fostering degeneracy. And,
In the reaction from this. a great
movement has been born, and. like all
great movements from Christia nifty
down, this one has its opponents.
Some months ago the North Amer
lean Review published some articles
OH the prohibition problem, and in
referring to these the New York Times
in an editorial said:
Everybody ought to be interested
in the effects of prohibition as seen
by representative business man.
The point of view of the working man
who f3vors prohibition IL presented
by member Of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Ensinesrs, ana his ~.
Evening star., 1926-04-16
Observation-Disclosures
Queries and Answers
To the Editor OF The star:

To the Editor OF The star:
April II to April Il is called BE
Kind to Animals week VIII we he
any kinder this week than we were
last? We will not.
Do any Of us think that the slogan
in intended as a reminder to us to he
kind? We do not.
VIII the owners Of horses see that
their teams are permitted to work
comfortably and not he compelled to
endure unnecessary pain from over
checking and bad Harvesting? They
will not.
Win the owners see that Ions tuss
are shortened and ds angling hreechinE
made smaller and raised high on the
tanks in order that their horses may
be enabled to handle their loads more
easily? They will not!
Will owners provide stra light rubber
covered bits for their horses and
mules in place Of Rockwells. j. I. C.'s
and jawbreakers? They will not.
win owners and drivers remove all
checkreins from nervous" horses and
permit them TO work quietly. which
they will do when free from pain?
They will not!
win owners and drivers believe
that short checkreins and too small
brides cause the iron bit to saw W deep
ly into the horses mouth at the cor
ners and Oblige the animal to work in
pain all day long and also make eat
ing painful when tho horse is in the
barn? They will not
Do drivers know that a horse will
drive OF stand quietly unless he is In
pain-either from overcheckinR or a
sore under the harness? They do not.
viii they loosen the checkreins and
give the animal a chance to prove his
case? They will not!
Will owners put their single horses
in breast collars during the hot
weather and relieve them from the I'M
necessary torture ri the hame. collar?
They viii not.
MRS. CARRIE X. HUNTINGDON.
Evening star., 1926-04-16
10 the Editor OF IN. s,.,.

70 the Editor OF The star:
Your editorial on traf1c regulation
In Wednesdays Star hits the bulls
eve. Washington motorists have only
themselves to bls me for the recent in
crease in arrests. They were coddled
so long under the old regime that they
seem even vet not TO realize that the
rules apply 10 them. Many OF these
alleged trivial provisions are contained
In the uniform vehicle code adopted
last month by the National Confer
ence on Street and Highway Safety
as the best Judgment Of 500 experts
from all over the country.
In one respect J think you are in
e0or. You say Washington is now
getting enforcement. Large an has
been the increase in arrests, there are
numerous important provisions that
are hardly enforced at all. This II true
Of most Of the provisions vita 10 the
safety OF pedestria MS. Although Hlegal
and dangerous TO pedestrians. over
taking at intersections Is constant
occurrence. Though the law forbids
parking within 20 feet Of an inter
section-a. necessary provision TO
enable pedestrians to see oncoming
traffic-psrking right up to and ire
quenily on crosswsiks IL done con
stantly
the police were going TO enforce the
rule prohibiting the riRht-hand turn
when the sign SAYS stop They are
not doing II. Every day ! witness the
amazing spectacle Of men and women
proceeding with the 60" sign having
to run q nd dodge for their lives while
some motorist is bea ring down on
them and making this iilegal turn IN.
molested by the officer. And, Of course.
l.
turn are permitted TO run halfway
over the crosswalks before they stop.
As for the unofficered intersections.
the average motorist regards the
pedestrian right-of-way rule as joke.
He blows his horn and steps on the
gas, regardless Of the number. age or
sex of those trying to cross on foot,
except that IL the pedestrian IL IN old
lady and uncertain on her feet ne is
more impa tient, and bonks louder.
The fact that the intersection Is
blocked so he can't get across does
not deter him in the least from crowd
ing upon the cfOSswaik so the peues'
trian cannot get through.
or course. the Washington motorIst
takes his cue from the police. And. In
this city. the show place OF America
visited annually by thouss nds and
tens Of thousa nds. many OF them dls'
tinguished people and all OF them moV-
ing about necessarlly on foot a great
deal, so that in Washington or all
places the pedestrian should he pro
tected. the police. In general. regard
him as the scum Of the earth. and
ignore him completely.
Is IL not about time to face this is
sue squareiy, and marshal pubic
opinion to Doint where the Police
Department will be compelled 10 admit
that trafic control means something
more than helping the wheels moving
Regulate the pedestria n-yes. But pro
rect him when he obeys the regula-
tiOnS. =. W. 81 Ann.