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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
B. u. Debaters to
Make Foreign Tour

Boston, Feb. 19-(AP)-With rec
ord of 20 consecutive victories to its
credit the Boston University debat-
ing team will go to England early In
May for three weeks period. during
which the Boston men will meet RI
walls from three universities to be
selected by the Institute Of Interna-
tional Education. The announce
ment was made today. Coach James
v. Giblin, Oxford and Cambridge
Universities will not be among the
opponents because their schedules
are full until late in the fall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Stubborn Fire in
Hold Dutch Steamer
At Portland Port

Portland, Me-, Feb. 19-(AP)-Fire
smouldering in the 5,oo0-ton cargo of
coal aboard the Dutch steamer Spar,
which arrived from Swansea, Wales,
yesterday, burst forth when the
matches were opened today
Live steam was turned into the
hold, but after hours of effort 1t was
evident the fire was so deep 1t would
be necessary to remove part of the
cargo. Arrangements were made to
have this done at State Pier. The
cargo Is insured. The vessel was be-
lieved to be in no immediate danger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Juggles Advert and
Noun to Poke Fun
At Prohibition Law

Washington, Feb. 1@(AP)-
Prohibition has divided congress.
men into two groups-"those who
still have a little, and those who
have a little STILL" Representa-
tive Celler, Democrat, New York,
today wrote o. r. Miller, presi.
dent of the National Civic
League, with offices at Albany,
N. Y.
"Prohibition-when does it be-
gin?" he asked in the letter,
which was a reply to a recent
communication from Mr.. Miller
saying that "funds are urgently
needed to arouse prohibition
sentiment among congressman"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
VIRGINIA SOLONS
WELCOME THE MAINE
PARTY At RICHMOND

Richmond, Va, Feb. 19-(AP)-
The general assembly of Virginia,
with Governor Harry Flood Byrd,
convened an hour earlier than usual
today to welcome Governor Ralph o.
Brewster of Maine and delegation
from that state here for the day.
The delegation with Governor
Brewster known as the State of
Maine Associates and composed of
$50 persons. were shown over the
state capital before the assembly
convened to receive them. Governor
Byrd welcomed them in short adj
dress and the governor of Maine res
pended.
The party is now en- route home
after a tour of the southern states.
Members visited scenes of historic
interest here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
General Forecast

The disturbance that was central
over southern Illinois Thursday night
has moved st-northeastward with
greatly increased intensity and it is
now a severe storm. with center near
Eastport, Me, where the barometer
reads 29.00 inches. The barometer is
below $3.50 inches along the coast as
far south as Cape Hatteras.
The weather will be mostly fair
Saturday and Sunday in the states
east of the Mississippi river. The
temperature will be lower Saturday
in portions of New England but Will
rise Sunday in the interior of the
middle Atlantic states and warmer
Sunday. almost generally east of the
Mississippi river.
Storm warnings remained dis
played from Jacksonville, Fla, to
Eastport, Me.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook:
Northwest gale diminishing, weather
generally fair Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
THE WEATHER
FAIR AND COLDER

f. Northern New England: Fair and
colder Saturday; Sunday increasing
cloudiness with slowly rising tenn
perature.
Southern New England: Fair. cold
err in east portions, Saturday: Sun
day increasing cloudiness and
warmer.
Eastern New York: Fair and con-
tinued cold Saturday: Sunday in
creasing cloudiness and warmer
probably followed by snow in north
and central portions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Ask Receiver for
Portland Supply Co.

Portland, Me-, Feb. 1s-(AP)-A
petition for a temporary injunction
ana appointment of receiver for
mo sportsmen's Supply Co., at 600
congress street was filed in the SUI
g g judicial Court today by the
United States Trust Co. Hearing
was ordered for March 4.
Inc trust company which claims
20 De a creditor for s24.300 for five
notes issued the past four months,
saeges that the company Is in i'm
msoiate danger of insolvency by rea-
Of $4,000. - "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Deer Chased by Dogs
Dies i'm Rutland Plant

Rutland. Vt, Feb. 19-(AP)-A
wild deer. probably exhausted after
being chased by dogs through deep
snow. ran into the open door of a
manufacturing plant i'm the heart of
the city this afternoon and fell dead
while amazed workmen looked up
from their benches. To reach the
factory from the nearest woods the
animal had to run half mile through
traffic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Detective Victim
Vi Maniac Rifeman

" oIlana, Neb.. Feb. 19-AP)-Ross
,ho. 'vnhston, railroad detective, was
s saUs lour times by a man with a %
som.h rlfie In the railroad yards in
E p. Council Bluffs late today.
poppso oapiy will die, physicians said.
IN. .e OF the two cities were work.
rs va On tne theory that the shooter
wSo 1ne so-called maniac rif1eman"
dar. mas terrorized Omaha for five
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
GGallible John Victim
VI Midnight Robbers

rns,na.ord Mass, Feb. 1s-(AP)-A
Thihass aoorbell tonight woke John
tIrbt,,se Opening the front door
srmsa ne was confronted by four
they men men who informed him that
,ant "s ny Officers with a search war;
loved az az protested, but finally al
nr ths S TO enter. After ransack-
$780, mouse the men departed with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Drapeau Named by
RiddefOrd Democrats

Biddeford, Me-, Feb. 19.-(AP)-
Edward H. Drapeau was nominated
for reelection next March at gen.
eral Democratic caucus here tonight.
This is the fifth time that he mas
received the Democratic nomination
for mayor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Say Seneca Was at
Brooklyn on Feb. Is

Nv York, Feb. 19-(AP)-Officiai
of coastguard headquarters were I'M
able to say tonight where the United
States coast patrol cutter Seneca
was on February is, the day the cut
ter was said to have fired upon the
British schooner Eastwood.
The officials said the Seneca was
in the Brooklyn navy yards on Feb
ruary 16 and had not left since. They
said they had received no reports of
any of thir vessels firing upon ships
on February Is. The captain of the
Seneca could not be reached tonight.
Ottawa Unadvised
Ottawa, Feb. 19- (AP) The
schooner w. H. Eastwood is regis
tered in the records of the dpart-
mnt of marine and fisheris as being
owned by B. B. Cam, Yarmouth, N.
S., and as having La Have, n. s., as
her home port. This Is assumed to
be the schooner which reportd at
Lunnburg today having been bonn
barded by United States revenue
cutter.
No official communication rgarding
the affair has as yet reached either
the department of marine and fish
cries or the department Of external
affairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Woman Shot During
Row Over Boundary

Lowell, Mass. Feb. 19-tAP)-Mrs
Jennie HERE. mother of four chill
dren, was probably fatally shot this
afternoon during an argument over
a land boundary at the Silver Lake
district of Wilmington. Her assailant
Elmore L. Cook, was captured by
state police.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Saturday fair and colder; Sunday
partly cloudy and warmer: diminish
ing northwest winds Saturday, be-
coming southeast Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Rep. w o o d, Indiana,
Defends as Oldfield,
Arkansas, Assails
Economy Program

Former Points to Prosperity
and Fact That 100000
More Laboring Men At Work
Than When Coolidge Took
Office - Oldfield Declares
Farming Population Never
Has Been in So Bad a Fix
and Cites Bank Failures in
Agricultural Regions
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
BRAKEMAN KILLED
OTHERS HURT WHEN
TRAIN LEAVES RAILS

Newton Junction, N. H.. Feb. I'D.
-(AP)-A brakeman was killed and
several other trainmen were injured
when a Boston s. Maine passenger
train bound from Portland to Bos-
ton, left the rails here today and
ploughed through the station, The
passengers escaped serious injury.
early reports said.
The accident occurred at 9.31. A
local freight train on a siding at
the station here pulled out too far
onto the main line and the passen-
ger train sideswiped the head end
of the freight. All cars of the pas
senger train were derailed and the
passengers were shaken up but none
were reported seriously enough in
jured to require medical treatment.
The engine of the freight also was
derailed and thrown against the sta
ton building. Spencer was engineer
Of the freight train. The other train
men injured were attached to the
passenger train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Local Radio Report

Reception was poor last evening
stations could not be brought in sat
isfactorily. The volume was very
weak.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Wife ColIapses

Portland. Me-, Feb. 19.-(AP)-
Harold NJ. Spencer. the freight
brakeman killed in a Boston and
Maine railroad accident at Newton
Junction, n. H.. today. was 35 years
of age and served overseas in the
Navy during the World War. His
bride of two years, in a delicate con-
dition, collapsed upon being inform
ed by q railroad official of the &C
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Mmni1H/

Did you know that Your spark
plugs probably have their points
set too far apart? The prevailing
opinion is "about the thickness of
a thin dime" Too much! Thin
dimes vary from around thirty
five thousandths of an inch to
forty-one thousandths. The spark
gap sho'ild be twenty-five 'ou-
sandths, or the thickness Of a IL
in. hack saw blade. Get a set OF
new plugs and hack saw blade
at Fifield's, OPP. depot.
feh20d1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
rnnferees A gree on
ssSl, 100000 for This
Year and $343,000,-
900 Thereafter

Figures Represent Increase
About s5O,000,000 Over
House Reductions and $751;
100000 Less Than Upper
Rranch's-Acceptable to Ad-
ministration - Inheritance
Tax Stays With Some Modi-
acations - Other Matters
Compromised
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS

Many families feel their children are not get
ing as much moral and religious instruction they
should have. Loose ideas of honesty and morality
held by good many people seem to suggest
that some form of training is lacking. And in
many families, it is big problem to know what to
do with those restless youngsters during vacation.
This problem is solved in Key West and some
other towns by the plan of vacation Bible school,
conducted by the churches. In Key West it is be-
school is cheerfully and truly non-sectarian. The
plan is made popular with the children by appealing
to their tastes. They have games and needed
training along with the instruction.
In one town of about 5000 people. 16O young
STEERS are taking such courses, and in Key West
They have teachers who know how to handle them
and keep them coniented. The opportunity is of
fered to teach them good many things they need
to know about moral conduct and religious faith,
and there probably good many parents who
are glad to have them aiken care Of for several
hours day and have them kept off the streets.
Probably the children really enjoy it better than
aimless loafing
The public school courses so full Of sub
jects that it is difficult proposition for them to
provide teaching Of this kind, and the different
religious beliefs could not agree anyway on what
should be given
The Sunday schools attempt to give this form
Of training, but they run up against many diff
culties Many of their teachers are not well
trained for their task, and in many cases do not
know how to handle children and give Them inspir-
ing direction.
The teaching of moral and religious truths to
children ought to be done by the homes, but the
majority of parents do not feel competent to at
tempt it nowadays Some such plan as these vaca-
ton schools would supply many children with ideas
which they are not now getting at all
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
THE FOUNDER OF DEMOCRACY

Many honors have been paid during recent
Declaration of Independence and perhaps the most
influential of the great men who founded this
government. tits well to reflect at this time that
jefferson was also the founder of the Democratic
party
If some of the founders of the government had
had their way, the country would have been shaped
on more arstocratic lines Some of the old patriots
would have liked limited monarchy They felt
that the people as rule were untitled for self
government. And there were many Also who while
favoring republic, would yet have founded it on
quite undemocratic principles They would not
have wanted anything like universal suffrage.
jefferson had supreme faith in the common
people, in their intelligence and sense of justice He
believed that the people would govern themselves
better than anyone could do it for them. These
ideas proved more influential in shaping the gov
eminent than those of the opposing parry.
To obtain the blessings which the fathers ex-
pected from free government, we need to stick by
We have to-day conditions which these old patriots
would have viewed with alarm. We see new powers
arising in the country created by vast aggregations
Of wealth, which were never dreamed Of $50 years
ago. They would have seemed mere menacing 10
the founders than all the kings and tyrannies whose
expressions were feared in those days.
We need to-day the spirit of Jefferson to as
sert the rights of the common people against all
forms Of oppression 1t is the mission of the DEM
oeratic party to assert these rights and defend
hem, and thereby carry out the spirit of the great
statesman who founded it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
THE JAZZ GENERATION

One Of The speakers at the American Bar as
ISOLATION convention attributed the prevalence of
crime to the jazz generation"
A love for Jazz music dancing does not
make anyone criminal. These diversions express
1 desire for ry.hm and music that Is about fun
damental in human nature as eating
But some pople cant be happy unless they are
iazzing around about all the time. When they are
nominally working and studying. they really
planning the next jazz party. 1t takes money 10
play that game. II is commonly learned that the
average position does not provide funds in suffi-
cient volume. Hence there are some who resort
to crime TO make up the deficiency. They end up
in q place where the Jazz instruments cease from
troubling. and the weary have more rest than they
know what to do with.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
A cHAoTlcAL PERIOD

An English minister, Rev. Walter Wynn, pre-
detedisome days ago that world was about to enter
a "chsotieal' period, basing his forecast on writ
ings on the great pyramid Of Egypt
He need not look back to hose pyramids as a
basis for such forecasts, as reading any newspaper
would suggest that we have been in chaotical per-
Tod for quite some time. The old standards by
which people regulated themselves have lost their
control and staggering under he burdens created
BY a terrible war. people are doing oil kinds Of
feclish and wicked things And yet the eternal
principles Of righteousness sill hold good In due
time people win see that chaotic conditions can al
ways Be cleared up where people are willing to do
what Is right and fair.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
ADVERTISING RELIGION

NOsld wide campaign is to be carried on for
advertsfns religion, b. the Associated Advertising
Clubs 81 the World working with the churches
Religion is sometimes advertised IN an undigni-
fled WY preacher once remarked that II he
would stand en- his head in the pulpit. he would
have ne trouble in drawing audiences. Ard If re-
ngioas services advertised as stunts and anus
ing performances, theg may draw the crowd. but
the crowd that comes from that motive does not
gsin much
The people whe are backing the campaign
abovs referred to win avoid such methods Their
advertising win be good publicity in that it viii
sive information. !. win present the truth. and re-
mind people Of taings they base forgotten. Most
people believe in religion hut have forgotten how
valuable it is. and they need some reminder
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
MOTHERS

Watch for symptoms of worms
N yopr children. These parasites
ere the great destroyers Of child
;ife. II you have reason to think
rpur child has worms, act quick
r. Give the little one dose or
two Of Whites Cream Vermifuge.
Worms cannot exist where this
time-tricd and successful remedy
IS used. 1t drives out the worms
and restores the rosy hue of health
to baby checks, Price 35c. Sold
By all druggists. II w r
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
> NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DAILY LESSONS in
ENGLISH
Ry w. L. GORDON
sssessssse=ssssessse0sss

Words often misused: "Staid"
means steady and sober Don't
confuse it with stayed"
Often mispronounced: Moist
en-. The t is silent.
Often misspelled: Hoosier, S,
not z.
Synonyms: Attach, connect,
join, unite, affix, conjoin, adjoin.
Word study: 'Use word three
times and it is yours" Let US
increase our vocabulary by mas
tering one word each day.qT oday's
word: Gorgeous: glittering in
various colors: snowy. 'The of
ficers were stripped of their gor-
geous uniforms"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
Stewards AZ
WASHINGTON L52
LETTER zSg1
81. CHARLrS p. STEWART
SEA eef..se wl...r

MA Service ssEstER
WTASHINGToS.-With TIE final,
w though belated. adoption of the
roll collar. on coats and over.
coats, the United States army at last
has evolved as comfortable a uni.
form as has any army in the world.
The soldiers convenience hasn't
been the sole consideration. in
American history. in debating what
the nations lighting men were re.
quired TO wear.
True, most wars-not only ours
but others that we've watched from
the side lines-have brought modifi-
cations in the color and cut OF our
| military rainfent. Many another
change. however. has been purely q
matter of some new style--of no
more real utility than the hustle had.
TNGHTING in Cuba and the Philip.
pines introduced khaki There
were two reasons why.
The Revolutionary musket had but
a 100-yard range Even the Civil
War weapon carried only four times
that far. At such distances protec.
tive coIoring didn't count. II a man
was close enough TO hit he was close
enough to ses. no matter what colors
he wore. But now ranges were
much greater and the soldier had an
object in fading into his background.
The neutral-tlnted khaki gave him
some chance TO do t.
Also. the dark blue Of the earlier
uniform was absorbent of the suns
rays. and. therefore. for tropical war.
fare. too hot.
TyHE World War found the army
III in It's present olive cab. but
with standing collar and some.
what abbreviated skirts to the coat.
Now a standing collar is nncom.
Portable on warm day and a bob
tailed coat lacks elegance. Some OF
our officers overseas took look at
their British brethren and suggested
that they'd lin lapel coats. and
longer ones Large bodies move
slowly and the war department only
recently approved the change. but
ultimately 1t did.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

A novel reference book has been
compiled by London clergyman
for the protection of those who
might otherwise be deceived. by
the plausible tales Of professional
heggars. II is a complete Who's
Who" Of rogues of this class. and
gives the stories they tell in or
der to abstract money from the
pockets of the der-hearted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

BY a vote Of nearly 1000 AM
arican and foreign school children
the IL greatest men and women
wre declared to be Louis Pasteur,
Abraham Lincoln. Christopher CO.
Iumkus. George Washington. Ben
iamin Franklin, Woodrow Wilson.
Florence Nightingale, Joan of
Arc. Socrates. John Gutenberg.
David Livingstone and George
Stephenson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

Many man wears old clothes be-
cause he doesn't owe for new ones.
II you never have any troubles
you never know what 1t means not
to have any troubles.
You are not old until you quit
wanting to join the navy.
In certain sections OF the United
States grown men eat salads.
II you had your way about u
others wouldn't have theirs.
New auto horn .moces" like a
cow. We need one Initiating a goat.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service. Inc. j
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

As a result Of SO much trying to get something
ftr nothing. the American people are very apt to
fpd that they have gotten nothing for something
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

Nearly 100000 appendicitis OPP
erations are performed in the
United States each year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

Although the public debt has been reduced
ss.ooO.ooO,ooo within six years. collectors say it
comes mighty hard to get $3.50 out Of some of
their debtors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

: There are said TO be 100000 American tour
is n France this year, but they should not all Try
4 swim the English channel on the same day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

These creatures al decorated up with warpaint
their enemies but merely the modern flappers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

The use of automobiles tends 10 prevent shoe
leather from wearing out, but the kids Of the family
ace doing their best to keep the shoe factories busy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04
LOOK AND LEARN
BY A. c. GORDON


1. What is the approximate
number of motor vehicles in the
u. S.?
What river in North America
means Thunder of Waters"
8. Who was the only man in
American political history to be
chosen a third time to lead his
party for the presidency after two
previous defeats.
A. What is the smallest portion
of every element yet Invisible by
man?
5. What place Is the key Of
st. Lawrence River?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

The healh experts tell US to eat more vegeta-
busb but they do not have to remind US Of the
SPY Of eating apple pie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

The American people constantly looking for
more favorable terms in their bargaining but what
many need is Jail terms.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

The recent congress passed s97 new laws but
most Of us have not had time 10 read them over and
see If we were violating any of them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

The philosophers tell us Of the necessity for
self control but the majority of folks would rather
ctntroI their neighbors
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

In. spite of all that is being done to improve
8 roads. some drivers seem to prefer to drive into
: ditch.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

Eve probably encouraged the serpent b. re-
narking than her husband did moi understand her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-04

: sosfar no one in Key West has suggested that
Z rising generation should be called the early
snsIone.