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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

, way OF food, because appetites grew
10 colossal proportions under the
stimulating influence Of Kennebec
ozone. But feed them and feed them
we'll
The second thing which they most
desired was good, clean, wholesome
| Sleeping accommodations. Rest, sound
| rest-that's what they came for, and
they're bound to have 1t.
Last, but of first Importance, they
sought happiness, that glorious condi-
ton of mind that every human being
seeks to attain. He said there was no
doubt in his mind that happiness is the
direct result of honest service given
and received. To serve was to be
happy and make others happy. Speak
ing of service, he observed that one of
the largest chains of hotels in the
country had but one luxury to offer
the public, and that was service.
DR.. Haines assured everyone present
| In matter of fact way that there real
ly wasn't much money in the summer
hotel business, but stacks and stacks
or genuine happiness, which was the
only thing that amounted to mucy,
anyway. Too much depended on the
weather, and insofar as this natural
commodity was of an inherently tickle
disposition. one couldn't figure very
far ahead. The main factor off, the
business was the opportunity which
1T afforded for the study Of human
nature. And he found that all men
were after the same thing-happiness
Service clubs such as we have in
the city DR.. Haines thought gave an
excellent chance to many to make
others happy. This had been proven
locally in the cases of many children
who had been cared for at the expense
of these clubs.
Nature lovers he held to be the hap
piest people in the world, learning as
they must a wonderful lesson from the
universe.
In concluding the doctor said that
happiness is the first coin in the
realm of God, because it comes from
Him and goes back to Him"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
PITTSFIELD

Mrs. Roy NJ. Burdick left Sunday for
Farmington to attend the session of
the Pennington Normal summer
school.
Miss Lou Hutchins was a visitor in
Bangor Friday.
Mrs. Bert Josslyn passed the week
end in Portland the guest of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle McCrillis, Miss
Ethel Sanford and Miss Ruth Sanford
of Somerville, Mass, who is passing
the summer with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Sanford. are occu-
plying the log cabin of E. w. Kings
bury at, Lake Sebasticook for time
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Smiley have
moved into the George r. Written
house on Middle street.
Miss Winnifred L. Atwell has re-
turned from visit in Auburn and
was accompanied by Miss Irene Nut
ter, who will be her guest
Mr.. Watson Of Durham. n. H. is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

in town guest in the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Fred w. Lane.
Miss Mildred Palmer Of Lewiston is
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Conner
at their home on Franklin street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Richards OF
Shanghai. China, are guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. D. P. Perry at their home
on Lancey street.
Mrs. Allie Atwell and son Vernon
were in Waterville for the day Friday
Mrs. Merle Macomber. r. N, of Bos.
ton is passing her vacation with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.
Heaeley, on Waverly avenue.
Daniel Getchell and his mother, Mrs
Blanche Getchell, left Sunday morning
for New Hampton, n. H. They will
be accompanied home by Mrs. Muriel
Getchell and baby Gloria, who have
been passing two weeks there with
friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Mrs. Martha j. Mitchell

Mrs. Martha J. Mitchell, who re-
Gently underwent an operation, died
in local hospital Sunday morning.
Mrs, Mitchell is survived by her hus-
band, W. o. Mitchell; three children,
William ]. Mitchell, Mrs. Fred Sim
monds, Mrs. Ernest P. Oliver;
three grandchildren. William Nit
chell and Ellen and Viola Simmonds,
all OF Waterville; a nephew. George
Sweet Of West Barnstable, Mass.
Mrs. Mitchell was born in Eng
And 10 years ago. coming to this
city from Attleboro. Mass, q years
ago. She was a member of Cascade
orange and at the time of her death
held the Office of chaplain. Funeral
announcements will be made later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Autos In Crash

An accident occurred yesterday at
the corner of Maple and Ticonic
streets when DR.. c. T. Nioker of
waterloo, Ont, driving a Studebaker
touring car, ran into Chevrolet
truck driven by S. w. Knowlton of
this city. Mr.. Knowlton's truck
showed a damaged wheel and mud
guard as result of the collision. No
apparent damage was done to the
Studebaker.
othcer George Beckett appeared on
lne scene and after talk with both
men tried to bring about a settle
ment on the spot, but the parties
could not wholly agree. A little later
at police headquarters they evidently
viewed the matter in the same light
Mr.. knowlton accepting $35 from
Dr. Nicker, bringing negotiations to
a peaceful! conclusion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Still Working on
Legion Home Drive

No reports were tabulated last
night at the American Legion hall
teiatiye to the drive for a new post
nome The teams have been work
r ing and it is believed that the $1S,-
WV total reported at the last meet
ing a week ago has been substan-
uaiiy Increased. No official an
nouncement will be made until next
monday The boys are all alive and
readily aware that the drive Is still
On no one feeling a desire to go to
aeep In his harness. Next week it
Is believed will show satisfying re-
suits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Wash Women Strike

Paris-(P)-A class Of workers that
has never before taken any such con-
certed action has threatened to go on
strike in the little town of Gannat, in
the center of France. The wash
women have announced they will not
work for less than eighteen francs a
day. or something like a half dollar
at the recent rate of exchange. The
wash ladies exact in addition their
coffee in the morning and specify
that it must be pure coffee without
ChicOrV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

At the regular meeting Of the
George n Bourque Post. American
Legion, held at their hall on Silver
street last evening the following
delegates and alternates were ap-
pointed to attend the big State con-
vention to be held at Brunswick,
August 10. II and u. Delegates. Will
is Jones, Paul Dundas, John Choate,
Karekin Sahagian and Wilfred Boud-
reau; alternates, Richard Bull, II. c.
Marden, Ralph Barr, Franklin
Gsskell and James Mcmahon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Fined for Reckless Driving

Ralph NJ. Bean of Bingham paid
the price for reckless driving when
arragned before Judge Charles w.
Atchley of the municipal court yes
terday afternoon.
Complaint was made by State
Highway Officer Earle f. Grenier,
which in effect was that Mr.. Bean
cut around him Sunday afternoon on
College avenue at rate of speed
rendering such an act perilous to
life and property. Mr.. Bean pleaded
guilty, paying a fine of So a0nd cost,
amounting to S21.17.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Unreas ouable

"How do you like your new boss,
dearie?' asked Name of her friend
Gertie, the stenog.
20, $685." was the reply. But he
seems to have a one-track mind"
How come"
He thinks there's only one way to
spell word. American Legion
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The marriage returns of Harry
Sander of Winslow, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Saunder of Essex juno
lion, n. H, and Bertha NJ. Ham
mond daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles j. Clifford of Fairfield, have
been filed at the Office of the city
clerk. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. NJ. E. Curran of the Sa-
cred Heart church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Mrs Helen L. Dodge, widow of the
late Rev. A. D. Dodge, who at one
lime occupied the pulpit of the Get
chell Street United Baptist church,
died at a local hospital Sunday. Ar
rancements for the funeral have not
vst been announced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

wentworth Atwood Jordan died
Yesterday at a local hospital after
short illness. Mr.. Jordan was the
can Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wentworth Jor-
dan. ST., of Winslow, Me. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not Yet
been made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The marriage intentions of Charles
rdward Cote, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
rdsie ]. Cote of Is Gray street, city,
md Eva May Deag Cote, daughter of
nv and Mrs. Frank Deag. Al West
srn avenue, have been filed at the
sasre of the city clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

ed. after passing the week end at her
home on the Cushman road.
MAPLE RIDGE ROAD-Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Wilson enjoyed a trip
Sunday to Cundys Harbor, in COM
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Par
fridge of Augusta.
Mrs. Maria Wood, Mrs. Maud Gar
land and Miss Grace Garland were
guests Sunday afternoon Of e. W.
Towle and family.
Amos Pratt. of Boston. who has
been for some time the guest OIL
George Sabins family, returned home,
Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
MONTvILLE

Stillman White has purchased the
late Rev. I. r. Pentecost farm at
McFarland's Corner. OF Hiram f.
Erskin He has also purchased the
Fred Mason farm at McFarland's
Corner and intends to start a sheep
ranch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

I Mrs, Florence NJ. Wallace Of the
chamber of Commerce returned to
Nv desk yesterday morning after
s.yins passed a delightful week end
~ ~ souirrel Island as the guest of Mr..
~ Mrs. Frank NJ. Hanson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs, Ernest Gadbois and
.,rily enjoyed a pleasant automo-
n;is trip to Bangor. Oldtown and
Chinook, visiting friends, and re-
lining to this city yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

pa,ph Barr, well known local in
,.snce man, returned to his busi-
ss Yesterday after short vaca-
.;nr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Mrs. Annette Jepson, matron Of the
sunset Home, returned yesterday
from Squirrel Island where she had
Ian Ian visiting her friend, Mrs. Mary
G Hall,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Lightning Hits Walnut Street scboo

ehut o1reet School
call came in to police headouar-
l .Grs al $40 A. NJ, yesterday from
MIS-. Florence NJ. Ward of Myrtle
street stating that lightning had
altueh the Walnut street school, do
ing considerable damage to the chin :
ney. Mrs. Ward said that she made
several attempts to get some mem
pers OF the school board on the wire
but was unsuccessful.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
WATERVlLLE LOCAL NEWS
OFFICE l4 MAIN ST. TELEPHONE W rrpvu, r ooo

Nrs. Pelletier. who is employed in
80 local office Of the Metropolitan
i .e. insurance Co., began her an
LIZ nusl vacation Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
THREE

Gagnop were dinner guests Sunday Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Gagnon.
Alton Bowman and Miss Frances
Keene, Miss Katherine Keene and Roy
Weston and Mrs. George Chapman mo-
tored to Belfast Sunday.
Mrs. Leverette F1ewelling and chill
dren and John Brophy passed Sunday
with their mother, Mrs. H. D. Brophey,
in Castine.
Mrs. G. NJ. Chapman went to Belfast
Sunday to visit her son and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Chapman.
Alton Bowman, Mrs. Alice Bowman
and Miss Evelyn Bowman were IN
Skowhegan Saturday to attend the
races Mrs. Bowman and daughter re-
manned with relatives for over the
week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie King and family
passed Sunday at East Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Clair and Mrs.
Mary Murray passed Sunday at East
Pond.
The boys bnd will give a concert in
the park this evening.
CENTER-William Harrington ana
daughter, Leone, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Means and Mrs. Florette Means
passed Sunday at North Pond at the
Whitney cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cunningham
and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Lovejoy OF
Oakland, were callers at the home or
Louis Means, Sunday eveig.
A physician was called to the home
of Mrs. George Wood Monday, her
son. Harry Wood having appended
tbs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
| WOnen's
Peace>OfMind
under trying hygienie eondr
tons Is assured tins new way.
Gives absolute protection
discards Like tissue

A DANCE, a sheer gown to b
"A worn; a difficult hygienie stu
alton You need no longer give this
complication a second thought
The hazards Of the old-tine sani-
tary pad have been supplanted with
a protection both absolute and ex-
quisite.
It is called "KoTEX" Ave
times as absorbent as ordinary cot
ton pads.
Absorbs and deodorizes at the
same time Thus ending ALL fear
of offending
NYou discard IT as easily as a piece
of tissue. No laundry. No en-
barrassment
You get it for few cents at any
drug or department store simply by
saying 'KOTEX" Women ask for
It without hesitancy.
Try Kotex. Comes II m 4 package.
Proves old ways an unnecessary risk.
kOT G K
No La,sndr5-diseayd like e;snss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
TELEPHONE WATERVILLE 500

Mrs. Olive Pope Of East vassalborc
was business caller in the city yes
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-10

hardly less promising than to keep on
running before the wind and sea for the
Florida coast.
There remained one more alternative.
captain harrington may have decided that
the snip would not weather night of in
GIeasing wind and sea to make either the
Florida coast ahead of them or the Savan-
nah River behind them. He NAV have de-
clded to try to make the harbor of St.
Catherine Sound.
But this, too, was a desperate alterna-
tive: 1t would force him to turn al right
angles, and thus, for a distance of per-
co 1876 BY American WsakIvs 4,
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minutes be broadside to this terrific sea.
thus running the risl of being rolled over
or taking a heavy sea broadside, which
would smash in the glass windows and
sink the vessel.
But if by rare good luck they were able
to turn the vessel WITHOUT mishap. thew
had the difficult task y forcing the top
heavy house-boat agains. head sea and
head wind, which migk also slow them
down to a possible two miles an hour.
and would take them all night to make
the short twenty-five-mile run back to
shelter in the Savannah Riter-a prospect
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Photos by Morris ROssnfold. N. Y.

hapS twenty miles and period of per-
haps four hours. risk taking the seas
broadside. This would mean not only the
danger Of smashing in the great windows
of the dining salon and lounge, but also
the probability that a sea might catch the
vcSsl on the beam and turn her over.
Which of the three alternatives did
Captain harrington elect as he held his
consultation in the darkness that night.
twenty miles off-shore. with a bowling
wind and a heavy following sea? If any
member of the crew had lived to answer
this question it would be possible to fore
Grssi Erlain RIrlis Rss.rrnA
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chairs, wardrobes and tables.
The reception room. in the "A bv II
loot deck-house, was constructed entirely
OF panelled mahogany; and the dining
room, far bigger than many New York
apartments entire, was finished in ivory
enamel, with hangngs and upholstery of
delicate French hues. The quarterback
under Its canopy, was big enough to hold
a good-sized dance party. and the rest of
'he ooat-guest staterooms, baths. GALLEY
engine room and crews uuarterS5-v,:,
quite IN Keeping with the luxuriousnes.
oI the show spots. Altogether she cost
around $4,000 completely furnished
- ne yacht was owned by Mr.. p NJ
otatler, the millionaire hotel owner and
aIter long Summer in northern waters
Fall. ia'e tlis
Captain harrington was an old. ex,o,.-
fenced yachtsman, but he was in hurry
TO reach Miami by December 4tb,
prudence and ordinary good iudvmen,
would have persuaded the captain of am,
house-bOat not TO undertake a nicbt,s rn,,
with all the signs that storm was r;s;n,,
But Captain harrington was in bnrrs
ne ana not realize what an unseawortbv
craft is top-heavy house-boat, flat-bot-
toned and shallow of draft. Or. If he Iii
realize this, he took the chance which
cost his own life and the other eleven men
on board.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-10

COMEWHERE between New York har-
Dor and the coast of Florida, on the
sandy bottom of the Atlantic, lies
the yacht Miramar.
Ordered south to join the fleet of mil
liohaires' yachts in the Winter colony, the
splendid big bouseboat left New York with
Captain Thomas Harrington in command
and a crev If eleven men. Passing along
down, ihs coast, the Miramar reached
Charleston, South Carolina, and there
picked up a companion voyager, the yacht
Seyoh, IN command of Captain Klang, also
bound SOUTH
1t was the morning of November 30
when the Miramar and the Seyon put out
together from Charleston-the Seyon
bound for Jacksonville and the Miramar
for Miami, further south.
Now the stretch of water from Charles
ton to Jacksonville is none too well liked
by yacht mariners. Even sea-gong cruis-
ers like the Seyon usually wait their
chance \of good weather to start the run,
and thsn hold inshore, so that they can
put into the tidal rivers or behind the
Georgia islands when one of the numerous
Autumn gales spring up.
Though it was fair weather when they
left Charleston, the barometer showed
signs of dropping, and Captain Klang, not
being in a great hurry, decided to put in
for shelter in the Tybee Roads at the
mouth of the Savannah River, Georgia.
The wind was northeast, the clouds
were he&vy, and already a nasty sea was
beginning to rise. As Captain Klang put
over his wheel and turned his bow toward
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landing thousand tons of sea water on
ner stern, crushed in her upper work and,
running through the lounge and the dining
room, flooded the engine room-and the
vessel foundered. WIG
If the Miramar turned in its tracks and
started north to try and make Savannah
the vessel may have succeeded in turning
about without mishap, and then. through
the long and almost hopeless drive
against the bead seas, may have taken a
huge load OF green water over the bow.
which carried away the forward house
and, perhaps, swept Captain Harrington
and the men in the wheelhouse into the
sea.
But if the decision was made to try and
make harbor in st. Catherine Sound. a
beam sea may have crashed through the
windows and flooded the vessel: or the
ship may have been caught in the trough
of roller and bowled over. st. Catherine
Sound is not an easy place to enter ex-
cept in daylight. whistling buoy lies
about five miles off-shore, which would
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he difficult to hear on such a boistero,
night. But even if the Miramar found iii
whistle, it would then be necessary to pic
its way through five nun and can buoys Il
bell-buoy on a four-foot shoal. In thd
darkness, rain, mist and spray, even with
searchlight, it would be almost miracle
for even a local pilot to find each of those
struggling buoys-and miss any one Of
them meant going ashore on a shoal.
And even if Captain Harrington, with
rare good luck, found his whstling buoy,
picked up the five unlit buoys in the dark
ness and heard the bell on the four-foot
shoal, he was still three miles from the
entrance to the Southland exactly in the
middle of the entrance stretched treach-
erous sandbar with an unlit buoy on it.
1t is possible that after weathering the
beam sea and almost within reach of shell
ter the Inflated houseboat struck one of
the multtudinous shoals off st. Catherine
and pounded to pieces.
But the fact that no driftwood or float
ing parts of the lost yacht have been
found along the shore would indicate that
the vessel was not wrecked on a shoal, but
probably sank in deep water somewhere
well off-shore. Ii is. of course, possible
that in the pitching. tumbling and strain
ing in that boisterous sea, the rivets in the
steel plates may have been cut and plate
in the ships bottom sprung leak beyond
the power of her pumps to control
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that course in view
of the fact that the
vessel was making
very bad weather of
it and the sind and
sea were tgrowing
worse.
Another Slterna-
tive was tol turn
around, retrac1 their
course and try to
make Savannah. But
to do this involved
two very serious diff
ficulties. The lhip
would have to be
turned around, aad
for four or five
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fairly we'll off-shore, intending to cut
across to the Florida coast.
As darkness settled over the ocean the
wind increased in violence and the sea
rose rapidly. By o'clock in the evening
the big houseboat was probably twenty
miles off-shore and about opposite the en-
trance to st. Catherine Sound, the harbor
next nearest to Savannah, and twenty-five
miles further South.
The barometer had fallen, rain had be-
gun to fall, the wind now was whistling
through the rigging of the signal mast,
and the unfortunate vessel was laboring
heavily in the boisterous sea.
Captain Harrington must have held
consultation with the mate and the en-
gineer. There was every evidence of
very nasty night, and the Inflated crew
must now have realized their error in
judgment in not putting in for a safe shell
ter when they had daylight to see the
channel buoys of the Savannah River.
There were three things which could be
done.
The Miramar, already slowed down to
not more than probably four or five miles
an hour, might try to weather the gale
and keep on to the Florida coast with
more than an all-night run ahead of her. p
But il is hardly likely that the experienced
officers of the yacht would have chosen
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cast pretty closely just
what happened to the
Inflated Miramar.
If the officers of the
yacht decided to keep
on their course, run
ming before the wind
and sea, it is probable
that some huge green
com er overlook the
vessel from behind and
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The yacht was a
young boat, launched
in 1922. And she was
a hundred feet overall
in length and twenty
one fee in beam. De
signed for sh allow
Flori d a waters. she
drew only four feet
three inches. Extreme
ly heavy twin Diesel
type engines gave her
a maximum speed of
ten miles an hour.
And with that shall
low draft went tall
superstructures - and
only some four feet of
freebOard. A magnif-
cent craft in still rivers
and bays, a real float
ing pa ce W h EN-
moored safely along
side some yacht club or
in a sheltered harbor.
but never the craft to
ride out a heavy sea or
to maneuver in a gale
of wind.
The Miramar, the
first of the power boats
to be fitted with heavy
oil engines of the Die
sci type, had attracted
admiration IT the
time of her la ming
because of Alsvish-
ness with Which she
was fitted out. The
owners quarters were
not merely a commo-
iiious c a b n, but a
spacious apart
ment, with panelled
walls and beamed cell
ing, containing all the
furniture that a similar
bedroom ashore would
lold-double bed, day
bed. window seat, arm