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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
Cranked Car With Wheel
Helps in an Emergency

The real test Of motoring qualihca
tlons comes with the unexpected situa
tons Recently, observes writer In
the Scientific American. an owner
driver stalled his engine on busy
New York street crossing. When be-
kicked his starting motor pedal the
engine cranking mechanism failed 10
operate. due TO a rundown storage
battery. The frantic search that FOL
lowed failed to disclose n hand start
Ing crank in the tool box or under the
seat In disgust the traffic officer
helped to push the crippled machine
to the curb.
just then young man stepped out
Of the crowd and offered his assistance
If your engine is all right" he sug
gested, ~ think can start 1t for you.
Go ahead II you can" urged the
owner obviously.
Picking up a jack the young man
raised one rear wheel from the ground
and threw high gear into engagement.
Then he turned the iacked-up wheel
in a forward direction, being careful
to pull UP and lean away from the
car. In an Instant the motor was hum.
ming, and, after throwing the gears
into neutral position and removing
the Jack, the friend in need smiled
his appreciation Of the owners copious
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
GOOD ADVICE ON
CARING FOR CAR
Preventive for Every iii
That Cold Weather Brings
to Driver.

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
Mary FeIt "Squashed"

Mary's knowledge Of vegetables was
confined to side dishes on the table.
What they looked like "in the rough"
she had never given serious considera-
tlon. One day it fell to her lot to do
the family marketing. Walking be
tween the stands She bought this and
that. and then finally spied some ex-
ira large heads of caulihOwer.
Creamed caulifiower nothing wrong
with that for Sunday dinner.
How much is 1t a head?" she
asked the vendor.
"Fifteen cents, ma'am. Want twO2'
AS she reached out for the sack,
she asked doubtfully. 'This is cauli-
flower, isn't it?"
mo, lady, that's summer squash, "
said the man behind the stand dis
gustedly indianapolis News
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

scientists, experimenting. organizing a
radium treatment hospital during the
World war, winning Nobel prize for
ehemistry-these have been the labors
and fruits growing out OF the first
work with Pierre Curie in the little
inadequate laboratory when both were
poor and only the faith Of friends sup.
piled the money and the materials nee.
essary for experiments These things
Madame Curie does not wish to speak
Of but they are known everywhere,
and in every land her name is held
In honor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
Future Railroad Speed

Railway trains will travel as fast
as airplanes and more safely, the
president of the Pere Marquette pre-
diets for a not far-dlstant future.
Concrete ways reinforced with steel
beams will crtss-cross over the cOun-
try, and trains will run on roller bear
lngs at incredible speeds And 1t will
be safe. Interesting and not improb-
able. This nation has way Of over
coming almost any kind of obstacle
to obtain speed.-Capper's Weekly.
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Useless

Goal is too dear" said Gen. Palmer
Pierce at a luncheon at the Waldorf
Astoria. 81 don't know whether capt
tai or labor is TO blame. Coal, any
how, is too dear.
"An inventor visited coal man
and said
"T have here marvellous inven-
ton, slr-a substitute coal that can be
sold at half price
"Ratsg said the coal man
Haven't we got one already that we
sell at full priceT
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
TrUo Countries Claim
Nine. Curie as Theirs

Paris.-Two countries, France and
Poland, contend for the allegiance of
Marie Sklodowska Curie, known to all
the world as Nine Pierre Curle, CO.
discoverer with her husband Of one OF
the most treasured of sciences secrets
-radium.
But Madame Curie herself, though a
little touch Of homesickness takes her
back to Warsaw each summer, re-
reived French citizenship when she
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

married Pierre Curie In 1895, and feels
that she belongs TO the land that holds
his resting grave"
Since she has ehesens aFrench ma
tionality. there Is not Frenchman
alive who would refuse her-t title of
'the most notable woman in France
Madame Curie works and lives in
the street which the city of Paris has
named after her husband. No, l Pierre
Curle street is one of the newer build
ings and belongs to the scientific
school of the University of Paris.
Teaching constantly. advising other
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

A MOTHER attack on the dry laws,
"A from a rather unexpected source,
came last week. Rev. DR.. James EN-
pringham, national secretary of the
Church Temperance society of the
Episcopal church, announced that a
poll of the 10000 members of the so
ciety showed an overwhelming pre-
pOnderance in favor Of modification of
the Volstead act Consequently Doc
tor Emprlngham reported to a meet
ing of Episcopal clergymen in New
York that the society as a whole was
in favor of such modification. for
these reasons;
a. Because the effect of prohibition
has been to put an end to scientific
temperance teaching,
80 1t has discouraged the consump-
tlon Of wine and beer and increased
the demand for distilled liquors, which
today are mostly poisonous.
"3, 1t has resulted in increased
drinking among young people
Il II has brought about disrespect
for all laws
''5. 1t is class legislation, discrimi-
mating IN favor Of the rich.
IS. In our survey we found intem-
perance increased"
The society has no official connec-
tion with the church and many of the
Episcopal clergymen are not in ac-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
Where Is the Race Going?

Beloit college expedition is being
fitted ont for the purpose of tracing
the origin of man. 1t is believed the
expedition will find the beginnings of
the race In northern Africa When II
is known where the race came from,
will someone please fit out an expedl-
tion that will find out where the race
is going?-Kansas City Star
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

When making turn, be sure the
front wheels clear the curb A light
pressure in forcing the wheel against
the curb will bend the tie-rod, throw
ing the wheels out of line or sprlngins
the steering gear
A quiet street, level, well paved ano
wide, makes an ideal place to test
the accuracy OF your brake adjust
ments. The slightest mlsadiustment
will be noted in the tendency Of the
car to deyiate fr0m straight course
when stOnuing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

FINANCE MINISTER DOUMER OF
France announced that the govern
ment was ready TO receive offers from
any American syndicates for the pur-
chase or lease of the operation of the
telegraph and telephone system and
the mOnopolies in tobacco and matches.
An American group, reported to be
backed by the American Tobacco com.
pany, recently offered approximately
81 ,O0O,OOO,000 for a 99-year monopoly
on the sale of matches and tobacco.
A syndicate has been diclSering for a
long time to take over the operation
Of telephones and telegraphs
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

n ERMANY'S application for mem,
~ bership in the League of Nations
probably will have reached Geneva be-
fore this is published and II is expect
ed that Sir Eric Drummond, the sec
retary general, will convoke an ex-
traordlnary session Of the council at
once to act on it. The next procedure
Will be special meeting of the as
sembly, probably in March, to take
Germany in formally. The foreign af-
fairs committee Of the reichstag by
vote Of is TO decided to apply for
membership and the presidents Of all
the German states were summoned to
Berlin for final discussion Of the
form OF application Germany will be
the fifty-sixth member Of the league
Occupation of the first zone in the
Rhineland by the allies came to an
end when the last British troops
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

DORTUGAL had another Of its In
cipient revolutions the other day
under the leadership of Col. Justlniano
Esteves. But the government put 1t
down with neatness and dispatch and
the leader and his lieutenants were
arrested while they were attempting
to capture the barracks at Campollnl.
The day before two batteries Of artIl-
lery revolted and were shelled into
submission by the fortress of San
George.
In Greece a communist plot to as
sassinate Premier Pangalos and other
government leaders was uncovered by
a raid on Communist center
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

permit OF instantly taking out the
coils from above, This opening can
be closed with a hinged cover and
makes an especially desirable fea-
ture for ventilatlng this compartment
Of the car in warm weather.
The illustration shows the details of
the hinged cover, which is also use
full for giving access to coils and ven
tilation on converted Ford speedsters
using a low cowl extending rearward
C. A. Luers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

a MOTHER gallant rescue of sailors
1 \ on the storm-swept Atlantic
marked the week. The crew of the
sinking Dutch steamer Alkaid was
taken Off by the men of the Hamburg
American liner Westphalia in mid
ocean, the rescuers displaying great
bravery. Captain Fried and his men
of the President Roosevelt, who saved
% men from the British freighter
Antlnoe, have been awarded gold sill
yer and bronze medals by the British
government. the British board of trade
and LlOyds.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

A MONG the important statements
"A of the Presidents attitude, ema-
mating from the White House are
these:
The President is disappointed by
the postponement by the League Of
Nations of preparations for disarma-
ment conference, and If the leagues
conference does not materialize, Mr.
Coolidge will return to his original
plan to convene in Washington another
conference on further reduction of
naval armaments.
Mr.. Coolidge is still as much op-
posed as ever to the United States
Joining the League of Nations, be-
lieves the country still overwhelming
ly determined TO stay out, and regards
our entrance into the World court not
a step toward the league. but a dem
onstration of our care to avoid league
ENHANCEMENT.
The President condemns publicity
statements emanating from the War
and Navy departments charging de-
terioration of our national defenses,
characterlzing them as misrepresenta-
lions. designed to obtain larger ap-
preparations. Mr.. Coolidge regards the
condition of the army and navy as
satisfactory.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

RADUALIY some OF the truth
~ concerning the renunciation Of
Crown Prince Carol of Rumania is
leaking out The stories coming from
Bucharest reveal a palace scandal that
reflects seriously on Queen Marie and
Prince Babu Stirbey. her favOrite,
whose power in the government the
opposition party has been trying to de-
stroy. Gregoire Philipescu, deputy.
has been issuing series of posters
lampooning the prince and the latest
report is that Babu has fled from the
capital and that the queen has fol-
lowed him. Phillpescu's paper accuses
Prince Babu of robbing the Rumanian
deputies and of falsifying the parlia-
mentary reports TO deceive the people.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
President and His Critics
Accuse Each Other of
Playing Politics.
BY EDWARD W. pIckARo

DRESIDENT COOLIDGE, personally
In conversation with the Washing
ton correspondents and then through
a White House spokesman. told the
country last week that the critics of
his administration were playing poll
tics" and should not be taken too seri-
ously. Mr.. Coolidge alluded apparent
iy TO the investigations of the Depart
ment Of Justice for failure to proceed
against Secretary MELONS aluminium
company, TO enHi s.bu= Senator Nor
rls that the President exerted ques-
tionohle influence TO keep the tariff
board from making sugar tariff recon-
mendations before the election of last
fall, and to attacks made on the fed
eral trade commission. Mr.. Coolidge
said these charges were unfounded.
that the government was not derelict
In enforcing the law and that such at
tacks We're seasonal, coming in years
In which Presidential elections were
held
No sooner were these statements
made public than Senator Pat Har-
rlson Of Mississippi arose in the sen
ate TO express his great Indignation at
them. He described Mr.. Coolidge as
n imrchess politician" and said; 1T
does not become a resident of the
White House TO tell the country that
all the speeches here are to have
political tinge. There are political
speeches made here, and we invite the
President to make his political
speeches, whether he makes them to
the farmers in the West or the cham
ber Of commerce in New York. He has
not made a single speech from that in
New York to the fly-by-night journey
to Chicago but that was an effort to
win favor with the people-playlng
politics in his speeches. When he per-
suaded some gentlemen on the other
side Of the aisle to change their views
with respect to international peace in
the world he performed one of the
seven wonders of the world
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

NHTHLIAM A. CLARK former SEN
w ator from Montana. who died
last March, left fortune OF some
s50,000000. The other day three wom-
en- appeared in Butte, Mont. as claim
ants to share TO this estate, assert.
ing that they were Clark's daughters
by his alleged marriage to a woman
in Missouri in 1859. Attorneys for
the Clark estate say they know moth
ing of these women or of the alleged
marriage.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

marched out Of Cologne, the French
evacuated Bonn and the Belgians
moved out Of Moers, Dusseldorf and
AK la Chapelle. Thus 100000 re-
turned to the sovereignty Of the reich.
1t was said in Paris that the Occupa-
tion forces would be reduced to 6O.0O0
as soon as Germany entered the
league. But the official view in Ber-
lin is that after Germany has entered
the league and all the provisions of
the Locarno pact and the Dawes plan
are carried out, any occupation of the
Rhineland will be an incongruous OBJ
stacle to general paclfcation.
EAIRLY rapid action marked the
L senate's consideration Of the tax
bill last week, and on the cOntrover-
sial features the regular" Republic
ans and Democrats voted together,
sustaining the finance committees ac-
tlon and defeating the efforts Of the
radicals to amend the measure. To-
ward the end Of the week the pro-
posed repeal Of the estate tax and Of
the publicity provision of the present
law were the most interesting features
remaining to be acted upon, 1t is be
lleved the house will accept the SEN
ate's changes which make greater re
ductlons in the middle brackets.
THE house received from commit
Il tee the War department appropri-
alton bill. which calls for an army Of
approximately the existing strength
and recommends the expenditure dur
ing the next fiscal year OF 1899. 5s1 600.
This is nearly STOOO.OO0 more than
last years appropriation and S1,0S7-
900 above the budget estimates. or
the total amount military activities
would be given 1851 ,OS1 900. or an In
crease Of S1,223,OOO above current
funds and 1864, coo above budget fig
ures. Nonmilitary activities would re-
ceive s7s,5OO0O0, an increase of So
741 600 over current funds and s223.-
600 above the budget
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-12

XXTILLIAM NJ. WOOD. millionaire
w resident Of Andover, Mass, and
former president of the American
Woolen company, committed suicide
near Daytona. Fla. He had been In
poor health for several years and had
been despondent since his son was
killed in an automobile accident in
1922. He also had grleved over the
partial abandonment of his plans to
build a model village for the thou
sands Of employees Of the wOolen COM
pany. His associates did not approve
of the expenditure Of millions for this
philanthropic purpose. He retired
from the presidency of the company in
March, 1925.
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cord with its new policy concerning
prohibition.
II KENTUCKY authorities gave an ex-
IN hibltion of efficiency last week in
protecting a prisoner from would-be
lynchers and this was followed by the
swift melting out Of justice 10 the Of
fender. Edward Harris, a negro. was
accused Of murder and an attack on a
woman, and when a mob gathered at
Frankfort, where he was confined, a
thousand National Guardsmen with
all equipment. including tanks, were
called out, the threatening crowds
were dispersed by tear gas and Har-
ris was safely transported to Lexing-
ton. There he pleaded guilty to the
criminal attack and was sentenced to
death on the gallows on March 5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-15
ANSON

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Page were
business visitors in Mercer. Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fairfield were
In Albion the first of the week on
business.
Mrs. Delbert Parlin is confined to
the house by illness.
Mrs. Lucy Paine has accepted a
position as clerk in the Fairfield
Bakery.
Charlie Preb1e is i'll with the
grippe. at the home of his brother,
Everett Preble.
Mrs. Ethel McSorley left Tuesday
for Skowhegan, where she entered
the kennebec Valley Hospital for
surgical treatment.
Mrs. Susie Thompson. of Embden,
was visitor here, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mcdonald have
moved their family to the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Handley.
Mrs. Edna Beaumont is among the
sick ones.
Fred Withee left, Thursday, for
Machias, on a business trip.
Mr.. Langley, who has been occu-
plying the front rent of the Cooper
house on Church street, moved his
family the first of the week to Madi-
son.
Mrs. Vesta Burns, Of Carratunk, is
passing a few days with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Buxton.
Rev. Mr.. Clark was calling on
several of his Pensioners, Wednes-
day.
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Appoint Receiver
For the Deep Sea
Company, ROckland

Portland, Me-, May 14.-(P-Ira w.
Feeney. president of the Deep Sea
Fisheries. Inc, of Rockland, Me-, has
been appointed receiver of the COM
pany by Judge Clarence Hale in the
United States district court here. He
has qualified by giving bonds of $685.
600.
The appointment was made upon the
petition Of the American Surety Com
pany of New York City, holder of
notes on loans amounting to $4,000,
principal and interest unpaid
A lien mortgage is held by the Ca
nal National Bank Of Portland to Sc
cure bonds to the amount of S2,15O, 900,
of which $1,500,000 are outstanding on
which no interest has been paid.
Among assets are 20 fishing vessels
which are subject to a supplemental
mortgage to further sccureethe bonds.
Creditors are alleged to include one
Richard Deming with claim Of $4,000,
the Securities Trust Company of Rock
land for a large amount, and there are
asserted to be other debts to the
amount of $4,000.
The corporation succeeded the East
Coast Fisheries Co., which collapsed
several years ago.
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Things That Make a Violin

New wood and new violins are
like unripened fruit" says Joseph
Primavera, who has reputation for
making fine violins. "Old maple and
spruce, for the backs and bellies re-
spectively, are the kinds from which
we make violins. Sometimes apple
or pear are substituted for maple.
Seasoned wood may be put into the
violins without danger of any SWELL
ing or shrinking, which would ruin
the instrument. It will become lus-
trous, and it's f1bers will ripen to the
tones which only years of seasoning
can bring to the wooden box.
"Of course one must know the wood.
Not all old stuff is good. I expected
to get some from old Steinway Hall,
which they were razing In New York.
I looked for some among the old
buildings that they tore down in order
to make way for the Delaware River
bridge here in Philadelphia, but
found nothing good. The maple
should have the grains and colors
that give beauty. There is blue, white,
dark veined, tiger skin, double striped,
birds eye, cross-s slab, figured, and in
and-out' grained maple. We cut it
to the graceful shape of the violin,
cover it with coats of varnish very
slowly and very carefully, and you
see the woods natural beauty through
a mysterious 'enlarging glass;
Mr.. Primavera was willing to pay
twenty dollars for an old maple board
for very much the same reason that
man with the necessary fortune is
willing to pay as much as $65,000 for
a Stradivarius.
Better violins than the Stradiva-
RUS are being made today" he said,
"but they can not be made so old.
Only the centuries can do that"
One of the secrets of the young
Philadelphian's success Is that he
builds in such a way that his violins
will outlast the years and their tones
become rich with the influence of
age and use, even as those Of Antonio
Stradivari.
Five things distinguished the best
violins," he said, land only one of
them can not be obtained today. That
one is age. 1t takes at least a hun
dred years to produce the mellower
sort of violin. The other four things
are-materials, outline, workmanship
and varnish. There is nothing to
prevent all these from being as good
as in Stradivarius, an Amati, a
Guarnerius or a Da Salo, the first vio-
Inns of the present type that were
made back there in Cremona in the
sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. From Everybodys Maya
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