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Waterville Local News
William H. Mulholland of Portland
passed the week end at hie home here.
J. U. Oumey passed the week-end
in Bangor with friends.
Mrs. John Cl Ilford of Skowhegan
was in the city Saturday calling on
friends.
Frank H. Lessor left Sunday night
to go to Boston on a few days’ busi
ness trip.
M. L. Bawtelle went to Sidney
Sunday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Frank Bailey.
Miss Bertha Terry returned Sun
day afternoon from Boston where
she has been visiting for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burdeen went
to Gardiner Saturday, to pass the
week-end with friends.
Euclide Bourque of Corinna, for
merly of this city, was a business
caller in the city, Saturday.,
Mrs. Gene Warner Elliott re
turned to her home in Bangor Sat
urday night after passing a week
with friends in this city.
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Parizo and Miss
Juanita McLellan went to Boston
Sunday to attend the automobile
show for two days.
• ‘
Mrs. Andrew Rice left Saturday
for Plainfield, N. J.. where she will be
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. E.
R. Wheeler, for two weeks
Miss Alta Messenger returned to
Gardiner Saturday after visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jdsfie Richards of Pleas
ant street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Thompson re
turned Saturday afternoon from Lew
iston, where they attended the Shrin
ers' ball the night before.
An adjurned business meeting of the
Woman's Association will be held at
the Woman’s rooms at 4 o’clock this
afternoon.
Waterville Lodge. F. and A. M., will
hold a stated communication tonight
at 7.30 olclock with work in the Fel
low Craft degree.
Miss Greta Pennell returned to her
home in Pittsfield Saturday, after
passing the week with friends in this
city.
Miss Madeline Estey and Miss
Daisy Fellows left Saturday after
noon for Boston, for a few days'
stay.
The marriage intentions of Ainsey
Thompson of this city and Miss
Blanche Baker of Old Town were
tiled at the City Clerk’s office Satur
day.
Mrs. Charles F. Johnson returned
to Portland Saturday, after a short
stay nt* the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Henry W. Abbott of Gilman
street.
Roy B. Lancaster went to Skow
hegan Saturday, 11? the interest of the
new store which the Emery-Brown
Company is soon to open in that
town.
Miss Ada Bartlett of Lewiston, for
merly of this city, was In the city
Saturday, and left on the afternoon
irain for her home in Unity to pass
the week-end.
A battalion officers’ school was
held in the Armory Saturday after
noon and Sunday under the direc
tion of Major I. E. Thomas. Officers
of the Second Battalion of Maine
were present.
The Travel and -History depart
ment of the Waterville Woman’s
club will meet with Mrs. William
Fletcher, 161 College avenue Tuesday
evening at 7.30. Each member Is
requested to bring some item of the
nows of the day.
The inauguration of the new city
government will take place this
morning at 10 o’clock and it is
probable that there will bp a good
number of women present to see
how the work is done. The exer
cises will open with prayer by Rev.
J. H. Yates and the mayor will give
a short address.
Watervillo Dodge. N. K. O. P., will
hold a regular meeting Monday cve
ing in G. A. R. hall. The degree team
is requested to be present as there
■will be work. After the business
meeting there will be a hat trimming
contest. Each lady is requested to
bring a hat and the trimming for the
same and plenty of pins. The gen
tlemen will trim the hats for which
prises will be given. If there are any
ladies from whom food has not been
solicited, they are requested to bring
cake. •
Funeral of Mrs. Ella Woodward
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Woodward were held at the mort
uary chapel Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Rev. H. R. Mitchell officiat
ing. Burial was in Pino Grove
cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Mathoson
Mrs. Mary Matheson, 74, of Wins
low, died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Margaret Matheson, Sun
day afternoon where she has made
her home for the past 12 years.
Mrs. Matheson leaves two sons, Fred
of Roscoe, 111., and Daniel of Winni
peg, and two daughters, Mrs. Mar
garet Matheson of Winslow and Mrs.
y. J. Fuller of Waterville, Funeral
arrangements were not completed,
last evening.
Verdict For Woman Whose
Loan Was Thought a Gift
The civil case of Mrs. Etta Petrie
versus H. N. Hanscom for the recov
t ry of $100 which the plaintiff claimed
was loaned to the defendant was heard
ia the municipal court at 11 o'clock in
the forenoon Saturday. E. E. Pea
cock wae attorney for Mrs. Petrie,
while Hanscom was represented by
Blaokinton. The testimony revealed
the facts that Mrs. Petrie and Hans
com’s wife are sisters and the Hans
com family formerly lived here. Mrs.
Petrie wanted the Hanscoms to return
here and open a laundry on Charles
street. Mr. Hanscom said that he told
Mrs. Petrie that he did not have the
money to move and Mrs. Petrie offered
to Bend him $100 to come here on. Mr.
Hanscom considered it a gift and Mrs.
Petrie as firmly believed it to be a
loan. Judgment was given to the plain
tiff- - *
Mrs. P. R. Baird of Silvet street re- I
turned Saturday from Pembroke, |
where she has been visiting her pa
rents, Capt. and Mrs. J. L. Knowlton, |
for two weeks. j
James Henry McMahon *
James Henry McMahon, 63 years!
of age, died at his home on Western
avenu? Saturday evening at 9.30
o’cloek following a three months’ *
illness as a result pf a shock. Mr. ■
McMahon was bom in Kiladysart,!
County Clard, Ireland, the son of*
James and Bridget (Cusick) Mc
Mahon. He came to this country
with ‘his parents in 1867 and settled
in Brunswick. He attended the
common schools and graduated‘
from High school in 1876. He also
attended Three Rivers Seminery inj
Quebec. After graduating from the
latter institution, Mr. McMahon re
turned to Brunswick and opened a
tailoring establishment. He married
Miss Maty Elizabeth Dolan of
Brunswi'w and soon after they went
to Portli t»d where Mr.< McMahon j
continued in the same business. The |
family came to Watervtlle in IDO;)
and Mr. McMahon conducted a tail- |
oring shop at 124 Main street until'
his retirement several years ago. He
was a prominent member of tjhe An
cient Order of the United Workmen
and of Messalonskee..Council Royal
Arcanum.
Mr. McMahon is survived by two
■daughters, the Misses Mary E. and
Elizabeth F. McMahon; a son, James
E. McMahon, night editor of the Wa
terville Morning Sentinel, and two
grandsons, all of this city, and a sis
ter, Miss Margaret McMahon of Au
gusta.
i Funeral services will be held at
the Sacred Heart church, Tuesday
morning at 8 o’clock, when requiem
High mass will be aung. The re
mains will be taken to Brunswick
for burial.
Maine Central Team
To Represent City
On Diamond This Year
A committee from the Rotary Club,
another from the Chamber of Com
merce and several Interested citizens
met at the city council rooms Sunday
afternoon and decided to organize a
baseball team to represent the city
of Watervtlle for the coming season.
Preliminary meetings had been held
and the matter thoroughly looked Into.
The team will be made up largely of
members of the Maine Central team
of last season and will be known by
that name. It is planned that two
home games will be played each week
and that the team will play away
from Waterville two,games each week.
It is probable that the Waterville
team will belong to a league repre
senting other cities and some godd
games are promised.
A committee for the purpose of mak
ing plans to finance the team was
elected, of which Mayor E. E. Finni
more is chairman, Ray Clarke secre
tary and Fred D. McAlary publicity
man. For treasurer it is hoped to find
a man experienced in bookkeeping who
will be wilting to take the responsibili
ty, so that al lmoncys may be handled
1 properly and an accurate account of
expenses kept.
COLBY COLLEGE
Chi Omega Sorority Installation
The fifteenth annual initiation ban
quet of the Colby chapter of the Chi
Omega sorority was held in the Elm
wood hotel last Saturday evening. A
tea for te visiting alumnae and del
egates was held in the afternoon at
the chapter rooms. There were 48
present at the banquet, at which
Clara W. Carter, ’21. of Jefferson,
was toastmistress. Merle E. Davie,
'21, of Portsmouth, N. H., was cho
ragtifl. At the close of the banquet. I
the program, under the name of “Chi
Omega Days," was as follows: ;
“Dawn,” Dorothy E. Knapp. '21, Dan
bury, N. H.; “Morning,” Esther M.
Holt, ’24, Clinton: “Noontide,” Mary
E. Warren, 23, Waterville; "After
noon,” Gladys I. Briggs. ’22, Mon
ticollo; “Twilight," Dorothy Rounds,
'21, Portland; “Evening” was the sub
ject of the paper of Harriet D. Kid
der, ’06, Phladelphia, Pa., who was
absent. The paper was read by Sa
die Pennell Reed, '13, Masardis, Me.
“A Yesterday” was the subject spok
en on by Mary Margaret Rice, ’21,
of Waterville, and the speaking was
closed by Impromptu talks on “Other
Days.” The initiates were from the
class of 1924: Beulah Cook, of New
port; Beatrice May Ewan of Chel
sea, Mass.; Mary Ford, of Mars Hill;
Carolyn Lord Hodgdon, of Brewer;
Esther Martha Holt, of Clinton; Eth
el May Reed, of Harmony; and June
Belle Williams, of Bangor.
Calcutta Short of Homes.
So acute is the housing shortage in!
Calcutta, India, that work has been {
started on two camps or, the outskirts I
of the city, where the homeless will
be put up in tents or in huts if possi
ble. Arrangements are being made
to cater to the occupants of the
camps at a moderate price, and
every effort iq being made to keep the
charges as low as possible. ‘‘Winter’*
in Calcutta Is ideal and life in the
camps will not be a great hardship.
Plans for the construction of the
camps were precipitated by the news
that the Prince of Wales might vistt:
the city. This would bring thousands
of visitors to the city, for whom there
would be no accommodations, bjven
in the "off” season there has been a
shortage of rooms and rents are high
despite the recent Rent act, and with
the return of residents who have
been away for the summer many will
be unable to find accommodations in
the city.—New York Times.
' Loved Milliner’s Flowers
It is a custom of the Alaskan In
dians to deposit on the grave of a
friend some of the things the man or
woman had loved best in life. On one
grave a milliner in Ketchican, Alas
ka, recognized a long wreath of flow
ers as having been purchased at her
shop. Each grave is covered over
with a floor, roof and balustrade in
such manner as to resemble at a dis
tance a little white house.
Trade of ‘the United States with
Germany totaled $400,000,000 during
1920, as compared with $533,000,000
in the biggest year preceding1 the
war—1913. -
OAKLAND
Cascade Grange at an all-day meet
ing Saturday In Grange hall observed
Educational day. A short business
meeting was held at the morning ses
sion and the applications of two can
didates for membership were accepted,
after which the following program
was carried out: Piano. solo, Cora
Shores; reading, “Song of the Opti
mist," Florence Gilman; reading, "The
Hunting Story of the Wolf,” George
Tracy; piano duet, Evelyn Bohl and
Martha Bohl; recitation, "Dad,” by
Frank Kelley of Belgrade Grange; re
marks by E. T. Clifford of Winthrop,
treasurer of Kennebeo Pomona Grange.
At noon about ISO sat down to a dinner
of baked beans, salads, pastry, dough
nuts and coffee. State Superintendent
of Schools Augustus O. Thomas of
Augusta, superintendent and teachers
of the town schools and pupils of the
high school were guests for the aft
ernoon. ' The program was in charge
01 Principal Dean E. Peacock, who
took for his subject “Longfellow,"
giving an interesting sketch of his
life. Poems and selections from Long
fellow were given by pupils of the
high school. The program for the aft
ernoon opened with ffiuaic by the High
School orchestra. Extracts from the
poem "Hiawatha” and ' the poem
"Something Left Undone” were recit
ed by Richard Bubier. An interesting
address was given by EJ. T. Clifford
of Winthrop, who spoke on the “Early
Educational Advantages of Maine and
Those of the {’resent Day." An orig
inal poem of welcome, was read by
Mrs. Bertha Wheeler. Miss Haze!
Clark, teacher of music in the public
schools, rendered a vocal solo, “The
Day of Sunshine.” The "Children's
Hour” was given by Wilma Hallett.
Augustus O. Thomas. State superin
tendent, gave an interesting address
on "Maine's Educational Resources”—
its condition in regard to education
compared with other states and its
rapid advancement. ^Vliss Hazel Rice
recited "The Hanging of the Crane."
"The Old Clock on Vhe Stair” was given
by Raymond Wort. Beatrice Lessard
recited extracts Iforn the poem "Evan
geline.” A vocal duet was given by
Ralph Bohl and Mrs. Winnie Toiler.
Edmund Longley reoited "My Lost
Youth" and Raymond Wort "The Day
Is Done.” The program was of un
usual interest and the day was much
enjoyed by all.
George H. Bryant has presented
the public schools in town and also
the rural schools with a framed
copy of the national hymn, “Amer
ica,” which is greatly appreciated
by tho superintendent, teachers and
pupils of the schools. Mr. Bryant
has been a resident of Oakland for
manyy ears and lias shown a kindly
interest in the progress of the
schools, and it was largely through
his influence that a sum of money
was donated from the Milton LaFor
est Williams estate for the purpose
of erecting a new high school build
ing. To this sum Mr. Bryant gen
ereously added the amount of
$2,500.
The affirmative team of Oakland
High school held a debate Friday
evening in Memorial hall with the
Good Will team on the question,
“Resolved, that the Federal Govern
ment should adopt an Immigration
Policy toward the Japanese and
Chinese similar to that applied to
other European Immigrants." The
Oakland team consisting of Lloyd
Fowles and Raymond Wort, was un
animously judged the winner. The
Good Will team was represented by
Raymond Sullivan and Ivan Wood.
The judges were Prof. Rolllno of
Colby, Mr. Russell, a senior at Col
by and Mrs. Dean of Winslow. On
the same evening the negative team
of Oakland High school, consisting
of Richard Bubier and Dorothy
Kierstead went to Good Will and
■were lost to that team by a vote of
2 to. Next Saturday evening the
affirmative and negative teams of
Oakland High school will debate
each other at Grange hall at 8
o'clock and the public are cordially
invited to attend.
Leorge Lewis, Age », Lies—
Hurt When Tree Falls
George, the eight-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Lewis, died Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at his home
on the Sidney road from injuries sus
tained earlier in the day. Mr. Lewis
was limbing out a tree while his young
son was at play in the branches. The
tree fell to the ground and the boy
fell with it. striking on the axe and
sustaining a gash in his side which
caused his death. The little fellow is
survived by his parents; three broth
ers, Roger. 'William and Charles; one
sister, Ruth, and grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Manter. Funeral
services will bo held at the home of
his parents Tuesday forenoon at 10.30
o’clock, Rev. W. P. Holman officiating.
f Trees for Hall of Fame.
A popular tree at Spartansburg.,
S. C., the top of which was shot off
during the Fourth of July celebra
tion in 1832, has been entered in the
hall of fame for trees which is be
ing compiled by the American For
estry association. From Lisbon, 6.,
comes the nomination of the tree
under which the Indians and white
settlers came to an agreement re
garding iron ore to be used in mak
ing kettles. Ralph G. Smith of Cir
cleville, O., enters the Logan Elm
in that city. C. C. Royce nominates
the Sir Joseph Hooker Oak at Chico,
Cal. General Sherman estimated
that 7,000 men could stand in the
shade of this tree.
A. D. Dart nominates the “Largest
Live Oak” in the South, at Bruns
wick, Ga„ known to be a veteran in
1763. It has a circumference of 26
feet.
-Perforation of Postage 8tampa
Forty-six perforations are made
around the edge of every postage
stamp. It is estimated that about
500,000,000 holes are punched every
day. This means a similar number
of bits of paper. They are collected,
repulped and remade into sheets of
paper. These are regarded so valu
able by the postal authorities that
barrels full of them are sold every
day.
Learned Lesson From Animals
As eminent a man as John Wesley,
in his directions on the art of keep
ing well, wrote that “many of the
medicines used among the common
people of my time were first discov
ered by animals using them to cure
their aches and pains.” He said also:
“It looked reasonable that If they
woiild heal animals, they would also
heal man.”
»
PITTSFIELD
Bernard Henry left on te Pullman
Sunday night for Boston, to.attend
the Automobile Show.
Fred Lucas of St. Albans was a
business caller in town Saturday.
Perley Wright is in Boston in at
tendance at the Automobile Show.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bigelow re
turned Saturday night from a month’s
vacation passed in the souther;/
states.
Mrs. Mary Lancaster has returned
from Waterville, where she was a
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Otis Al
len for two weeks.
Mr8. Sarah Morrill has returned
from a few months’ visit in Guilford,
Conn., and with friends in Massa
chusetts.
Harry R. Coolidge, attorney at law,
was a business caller in Dover, Fri
day.
Mrs. Sidney F. Jones was a busi
ness caller in Augusta, Friday.
E. P. Dyer of Hartland was in
town, Friday, leaving later in the day
for Stetson on business.
An entetrainment was given to the
public at Union Hall, Friday after
noon, by the pupils of the Riverside
school, to raise money to purchase a
victrola for the school. A large crowd
was in attendance and about $130
was realized from the entertainment.
The teachers of the school, Miss
King, Miss Dennett and Miss Larkin,
were assisted by Mrs. Ernest Max
field, Mrs. Less Hall and Mrs. Frank
Kierstadt and others who are to be
congratulated on the success or the
affair. Homemade candy, cakes and
fruit punch were on sale. ' A socfa!
followed the program.
Today is Pittsfield’s town meeting
day and a large crowd is expected
to be in attendance at the meeting
to voice their views on the import
ant items to be voted on. One
feaure that seems likely to be dis
cussed extensively is the overdrawing
of appropriations. Several of the
leading men and a part of the se
lectmen at least think enough
money should be raised at the meet
ing to carry each department
through the year and that then the
department should be held down
strictly to this amount and not be
allowed to overdraw. Inasmuch as
this will necessitate raising consid
erable more money than usual in
some departments it is expected to
develop considerable opposition. It
is likely that there will be consider
able excitement in the contest for
selectmen. Judge O. H. £>rake ap
pears to have no opposition for the
position of first selectman. For the
second selectman’s berth there are
two candidates, Hollis W. Stitham,
the present encumbrant who is a
candidate for re-election and Edgar
E. Johnson, who lives in the west
part of the town. It is understood
that J. D. Wentworth, who has been
third selectman during the past
year does not want the job again on
account of other business matters
and Charlie Ames will be a can
did.ate for third position. A meet
ing was held Saturday afternoon at
Union hall which was well attended
and the appropriations requested
for various departments were talked
over informally. It being thought
the several articles could be handled
more intelligently and expepeditious
ly if better understood by the vot
ers, and that many points' could be
brought out that could not bc taken
up so extensively in town meeting,
Monday.
Jesse Gatchell went to Unity Fri
day for a visit.
Effective Trespass Sign
There is one tiling the week-end
outers from a city are afraid of.
That is poison ivy and poison oak.
They may figure out a way to cir
cumvent the bulldog which the sign
tells one to “beware of,"and they do
not always heed threats of legal ac
tion mentioned on signs. But they
have wholesome respect for poison
vegetation. It means pain and loss
of time from work or pleasures.
When a rancher of California came
to the point of despair in regard to
keeping trespassers from his thick
ets, and tired of removing litter and
repairing fences and tr^es he resorted
to a plan that proved to be effective
in almost a hundred pet cent of cases.
He placed at the several points of en
trance to his property signs that
read: "Danger! Poison Oak! Keep
Out!" This did the work better than
threats or watch dogs; for the va
cationers could not know just when
they might stumble on to the source
of irritating trouble.
A Perfect Prune
Wilmington, Del.—The “perfect
prune” is soon to be grown in Ameri
ca, Prof. L. R. Detjen of Delaware
college announced in an address be
fore the thirty-fourth annual con
tention of the Peninsula Horticul
tural society.
Describing his super-prune, which
is to be evolved from a domestic
plum, Professor Detjen said it would
be the first time an American variety
had been adapted to prune purposes,
the output hitherto having been
grown from European varieties.
Professor Detjen explained that
his plum, while of no commercial
value now, will be carefully bred un
til it becomes the ancestpr of an
American prune aristocracy which,
he said will bo the "breeding stock
for a new and hardier race of prunes
for eastern America.”
Money takes its name from the
goddess Moneta, in whose temple in
Rome the coinage was made.
FIERY, ITCHY SKIN
QUICKLY SOOTHED
WITH SULPHUR
Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant cream,
will soothe and*heal skin that is ir
ritated or broken out with eczema;
that is covered with ugly rash or
pimples, or is rough or dry. Nothing
subdues fiery skin eruptions so quick
ly says a noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur prepara
tion is applied the itching .stops and
after two or three applications, the
eczema is gone and the skin is de
lightfully clear and smooth. 'Sulphur
is so precious as a skin remedy be
cause it destroys the parasites that
cause the burning, itching or dis
figurement. Mentho-Sulphur always
heals eczema right up.
A small Jar of Mentho-Sulphur may
be had at any good drug store.—Adv.
NEWPORT
Mrs. Georgs Bonoott
The many friends of Mrs. George
Bennett were grieved to hear of her
death, which occurred Wednesday
morning, March 8, at the age of 70
years, following a paralytic shock.
The funeral was held Friday from
her late home at 2 o’clock. Rev. C.
H. Bryant, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church, officiated.
Mrs. Mary J. Bennett was born in
Sangerville and had lived in New
port for many years. She was an
active member of the , Methodist
church and of the Ladies’ Aid, hav
ing been treasurer for more than 35
years, and even after her illness she
kept on with the work. For several
years she was a member of the
church choir and was able to do
most any part of the work. She will
be greatly missed in her home as
well as in the church.
She is survived by her husband,
two sons, William K. Bennett of
Newport, and Waldo H. Bennett of
Bangor; a daughter, Mrs. Charles A.
Croxford of Newport; a grand
daughter, Mrs. Donna B. Mclntire,
who is in the south on the Chautau
qua circuit; a grandson, Willard E.
Bennett of Boll, N. H,; a sister, Mrs.
E. T. Crockett of Foxcroft, and two
brothers, William A.«dnd Alden San
ders of Sangerville. The family
have the sympathy of the entire com
munity. . The bearers were Harry
Sanders, Ned and Leon Crockett and
F. G. Boston.
Interment was ir\ Riverside ceme
tery. Those from out of town who
attended the funeral were: Harry
Sanders of Greenville, William
Sanders of Belfast, Alden San
ders, Mrs. Vina Marsh, Mrs. C.
Sanders, all of Sangerville; Mrs.
Lucy Crockett, Mrs. Rowell, Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. A. Gray, all of Fox
croft; Mrs, Cora Leavett of Brock
ton, Mass., and Sir. F. Dillingham
atid Waldo Bennett of Bangor.
Walter Moore, U. S. N., lias re
turned to Cuba, after a cruise of a
few months.
A very enthusiastic meeting of H.
G. Libby Circle, W. R. C., was held
Thursday afternoon, when six candi
dates were initiated. Sandwiches,
cake and cocoa were served and a
general good time enjoyed. Mrs.
Harriet Brann extended an invita
tion to the members to come to a
picnic dinner at her home on Thurs
day, March 17.
Newport High school and Maine
Central Institute, who have entered
the Bates Interscholastic Debating
league, held a very interesting debate
in the Grange hall Friday eveening.
Newport took the affirmative on the
question: “Resolved, That the Fed
eral Government Should Adopt an
Immigration . Policy Toward the
Chinese and Japanese Similar to
That of the European Countries.”
Maine, Central Institute won the
debate.
Annual Town Meeting
The annual town meeting was held
in Odd Fellows hall and was largely
attended by the voters of the town,
both men and women. The women
took very little part and the meeting
was a harmonious one. There were
57 articles to be voted on and they
were ably disposed of. There W'erc
no office seekers among the women
and,although there came near being
one, a member of the school board,
it was found that there could only
be three members as the law stands,
and as there had already been a man
elected, there could not be a change
this year. The officers elected were:
Moderator, B. \V. Lenfest; town
clerk, A. L. Lander; selectmen, W.
•E. Rackliffe, J. H. Budge, A. L.
Gray; treasurer, L. O. Barrows;
member of school committee, P. L.
Oakes; road commissioner, village,
Chandler Knights, road commission
er, north, William Morrill; road com
missioner, east, Fred Hanscome; fire
efyief Charles Sheridan; assistants,
George W. Newton and C. F. Chase;
night watchman, John Tripp; sex
tons, L. A. Pennell, Rowe cemetery:
J. E. Morrill, East Newport; B. P.
Patten, North Newport; town audi
tor H. M. Wardwell; tax colelctor,
J. B. Marsh. The following budget
committee was chosen, F. R. Coburn,
C. E. Smith, L. B. Soper, D. C. Boyd,
P. L. Oakes, Mrs. Flora Chad
bourne, J O. Gilman W. S. Town
send, Mrs. Mary Bradbury, Mrs. W.
S. Townsend. The amount of money
raised was $36,843.20.
The dinner served in Grange hall
was well patronized and the tag girls
received ?40.27 for the starving chil
dren of Europe. Much credit is duo
Elsie Holbrook and Julia Turner for
their kindness In helping the com
mittee.
Lewis Cook has accepted a posi
tion as clerk in the Old Town Trust
Co.'s bank and assumed his new
duties on Monday. Mr. and Mrs.
Cook will move to Old Town where
they will reside for the summer.
The store and tenement known as
the Frank Cook store has been sold
to Mr. Wardwell and Mr. Gilman
who own other parts of the business
block which was badly damaged by
fire a week ago. i
‘ C. E. Jones, agent for the Ameri
can Woolen Co„ has returned from
a business trip to Boston and New
York and the mill has begun opera
tions. The full crew will be at work
as fast as they can be placed. The
orders are coming plenty now and It
will be a welcome sound to many
who have been out of employment.
Hurry A. and Norris H. Friend of
Friends' garage are in Boston this
week at the automobile show.
Famous* Singer of Olden
Days Dies in California
Los Angeles, Cal.* Mar. 13.—Mrs.
Jenny Kempton, 85, who won Inter
national fame as a contralto singer
more than half a century ago, died
today at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Roth Hamilton. She had been
in failing health for several years.
Mrs. Kempton was a daughter of
Reuben Twitchell, of Dublin, N. H.,
bandmaster of General Sherman’s
headquarters band on the famous
march to the sea. When 14 ^eans old
she sang in the American Premiere
of the Oratoria “Elijah” in Boston.
She soon thereafter began an Eu
ropean career in which she appeared
before most of the reigning raonarchs.
She became a protege of Rossini and
sang in the Paris premiere of his
“Stabat Mater.” Among her most
prized possessions were gifts from
Queen Victoria, Napoleon III. and
Victor Emmanuel. Later she organ
ized an opera company in Boston and
toured America. Her husband died
several years ago. .
Tar and Grass for
Non-Partisan League
Officers in Kansas
Great Bend. Kas.. March IS.—De
tails of the anti-non-partisan League
demonstration in Butler county yes
terday and last night which reached a
climax in the escorting from Great
Bend of J. Ralph Burton, former Unit
ed States senator from Kansas, and
the tarring of J. O. Stevie
and A. A. Parsons, officers of the
league, revealed today that Stevie and
Parsons were compelled to apply a
coating of tar to themselves after
their clothing had been removed. Aft
er they had been forced by the crowd
of several hundred menn to all on the
ground, their clothing was returned
and they were told to leave the county.
The whereabouts of Stevie and Par
sons, who are state organizer and state
secretary, respectively, of the league,
were not known tonight. Neither had
word been recelggd here as to the
whereabouts of Burton or of a Prof.
Wilson, another organizer of the
league, who was with Burton when
he was forced to leave Great Bend.
Burton and Wilson were on their
way to Ellinwood, a small town in this
county, where they were to address
a meeting yesterday afternoon. When
they dicT^not appear. Stevie and Par
sons came here to learn what had be
come of them. The latter pair was
then taken out of the city and told
not to return. ‘When they again ap
peared they were tarred.
When it became known at Lyons,
a small town nearby.that Stevie and
Parsons had returned to Ellinwood
again, American Legion men are re
ported to have gathered for the pur
pose of going there after them. Bu
gle calls were used to rally a crowd
to make the trip and the gathering
left at six o’clock. They interrupted
a non-partisan league meeting and
brought Stevie and Parsons to Great
Bend, arriving about 9:30 P. M.
The party numbering about 200
men, took Stevie and Parsons out on
a road leading north from here. No,
opposition was met. A few miles
fiom town a halt was called and the
men were ordered to remove their
clothes.
Protesting, they obeyed and a sup
ply of tar was brought forth.
“Smear that on,” was the command
and the two, trembling from the cold
night air began the application of
the substance to their naked bodies.
When they had finished ttiey' were
ordered to lie down and roll in the
grass. Lack of feathers made this
imperative, members of the crowd
said.
Their clothes then vfere returned
to them and the mob turned back
to town, warning Stevie and Parsons
never to return. To Stevie it was
explained that this treatment was
given him because he had violated
promises to remain out of the coun
ty and that the purpose was to keep
him out through fear.
The Legion men made it plain that
they were not acting as members of
the Veterans’ organization but as in
dividuals.
Stevie’s home is in Topeka. He
has been active in non-partisan
league circles more than a year.
'Former Senator Burton announced
at Hutchinson just after the Ellin
wood disturbance that he would
make a formal statement relative to
what he termed “this outrage” when
he returned to Salina.
Sheriff Sam Hill, of Great Bend,
said tonight that he had been una
ble to secure any evidence that there
had been a tarring party. Stevie and
Parsons were in town yesterday, he
said, and after there had been sev
eral near fights, he accompanied
them out of town for seven miles,
following behind in a second automo
bile as a matter of protection. He
saw no other machines or any evi
dence of a demonstration, he said: He
also said that he had not seen Sena
tor Burton.
Reichstag Approves
Refusal to Pay
Berlin, Mar. 12—(By tlie Asso
ciated Press)—Approval of the Ger
man government’s attitude toward
the allied reparation demands was
voted by the Reichstag today after
Foreign Minister Simons made a
lengthy explanation of his work at
the London conference.
There was a partisan debate over
the resolution of approval which was
moved by the coalition parties, but
it was finally adopted by a vote of
26.S to 49. The nationalists and ma
jority socialists voted with the gov
ernment bloc.
A communist resolution demand
ing the immediate establishment of
diplomatic relations with Soviet Rus
sia was decisively defeated.
The House laughed when Dr. Sim
ons explained the delay in the ap
peararice of a white book on the
London conference on the ground
that the public printer had accident
ally inserted parts of his speech into
the reply made by Permier Lloyd
George to the German counter-pro
posals. The white book, he declared,
would not contain the details of sig
nificant negotiations carried on out
side the official sessions through tho
mediation of persons actively con
nected with the conference. These
proceedings, he said, wore sealed up
through a mutual pledge of secrecy
and he would not violate the con
fidence so long as the other side ob
served it.
“The suggestion of a period of pro
visional payments was officially en
dorsed by England and if Mr. Lloyd
George now takes tho opposite atti
tude this is in contradiction to fits
former position,” the foreign minis
ter asserted.
The present invasion of the unoc
cupied areas of Germany, he brand
ed as “the worst sort of an attack
that possibly can be made on any
state.”
Big Increase Bank Deposits
New York, Mar. 12—Savings banks
deposits throughout the United
States in 1920 eclipsed all previous
records.
Statistics made public hero tonight
by the savings banks association of
the State of New York, showed that
deposits in the 635 savings institu
tions on January 1 last toalled $5,535,
389.905, an increase of 9.38, per cent,
over the previous banner year, 1919.
The 410 banks in the New England
States had deposits of $2,112,637,321,
representing an increase of 7.53 per
cent.
A change of 21 engines is needed
to pull the fastest present day pas
senger express train between New
York and San Francisco.
QUEEN MARIE
(tentinMd from Pas* On*)
ious that the ceremony of coronation
of the kins end myself occur early
this summer. It has been postponed
for year* on account of the war. I
shall remain In Greece for a fort
night, seems temples, rums and an
cient battlefields. I also desire to
visit old shrines and monasteries es
pecially' those in the mountains
where visitors are hauled up to the
doors in baskets."
The correspondent was received in
a private dwelling which was as
signed to the queen during her stay
In Athens, as she found King Con
stantine’s palace was too crowded and
was too crowded and was unsuited
for her particular needs. This house
Is some distance from the palace, and
allied ministers have been able to
call upon the queen without being
embarassed by the presence of King
Constantine, who has not as yet been
Officially recognised by the great
powers.
Queen Marie described as "ridicu
lous” reports that she had brought
about the marriage of her daughter,
Princess Elizabeth, to Crown Prince
George of Greece with the idea that
the prindess would same day become
Queen of Greece.
“When the young people became
engaged last summer," she said, "no
body could foresee the return of King
Constantine to Greece, much less the
possibility that George might ascend
the throne and that my daughter
might become the queen. It was
a love match, pure and simple. Ellza
b*. h and George have known each
other for six years and my daughter,
much touched by George’s love, and
with my consent, decided to accept
him, although at the time of their en
gagement he was without money,
home or country.”
Schooner Frieda E.
Destroyed by Fire—
Crew on Jap Steamer
New York, Mar. 13—A schooner
believed to be the British ship
Frieda E., was abandoned at sea to
day on account of fire, a radio mes
sage received by the Naval Com
munications Service here said to
night. The captain and crew of the
burning ship were taken on board
the Japanese steamer Hofuku Maru,
bound for Baltimore, which sent out
the message.
The Frieda E., a four-masted
schooner, sailed from Gulfport,
Miss., on February 18, for Bahia
Blanca.
President Having
Trouble Over
Appointments
Washington, March 12—Plans of
Senate leaders to end the special
session today were overthrown by a
combination of further delays at the
White House and Capitol affecting
important appointments on which, the
administration wants action before
adjournment.
Failure of President Harding to
send in his nominations for the ship
ping board is understood to have
been the principal barrier to bringing
the session to a close. It was indi
cated that the President was having
difficulty in Inducing some qf the
men he wants to accept, and both he
and the leaders in Congress are anx
ious to have the appointments made
and confirmed before the Senate
quits, f
wnue it waited ior me snipping
board nominations the Senate heard
also that Mr. Harding might ask it to
pass Judgment on the nomination of
Colonel George Harvey, the New
York editor, to be ambassador to
Great Britain. Selection of Colonel
Harvey is understood to have been
definitely decided on, and although
Mr. Harding was not ready to trans
mit tjie nomination today, the Re
publican managers in the Senate re
ceived advance information of such
a positive character that they con
ducted a poll of the foreign relations
committee on the question of confir
mation.
Still another cause for prolonging
the special session was provided by
Senator LaFollette, Republican, Wis
consin, who objected to Immediate con
sideration of the nomination of former
Representative Esch of that state to
be a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Under the Senate
rules the nomination, sent from the.
White House yesterday, had to be put
over until Monday.
Meantime the Senate cleaned up most
of its slate of accumulated nomina
tions, voting confirmation of a number
sent in earl.Vr in the week and of sev
eral Mr. Harding submitted today.
Mark Potter of New York, whose nom
ination to the Interstate Commerce
Commission was sent to the Senate
along with that of Mr. Esch, was one
of those confirmed. AmOng the selec
tions submitted by the president dur
ing the day and favorably acted On by
the Senate were William W. Husband
j of Vermont to be commissioner gen
eral of immigration; Harry. H. Billany
of Delaware to be fourth assistant
postmaster general, and Carl Mapes
of Michigan to be solicitor of the
bureau of internal revenue.
Word that the president might ask
for early action on the nomination of
Colonel Harvey came as a surprise, the
general expectation here having been
that all diplomatic appointments would
| be put over until the session that Is
to assemble next month, iohn W. Da
vis, the retiring ambassador at London,
is on his way home, however, and it
was indicated that Mr.’ Harding had
about decided it would be unwise to
leave the post vacant until Congress
reassembles.
The belief tonight was that the
Harvey nomination, along with sever
al selections for the shipping board,
probably would be ready to send to the
Senate early next week.
U. S. SAILORS REPORTED
SLAIN IN MEXICO
Mexico City, March 12—Four sail*
ors, said to be Americans, were killed
in Tampico, yesterday, according to
newspaper despatches received here
today.. Up to noon, the United States
embassy here had received no reports
of th killing other than the newspa
per advices.
The mon, who were part of the
crew of the Norwegian ship Bason,
were attacked as they were board
ing a launch by five masked men in
another launch, the press despatches
say. The bodies have not been re
covered.
AUGUSTA LOcHj
POP CONCERT BY
MAINE UNIVERSITY Rai
FINE MUSICAL EVENT!
A vVy Pleasing musical event j
the pop concert given by the J
ty ot Maine Band on
on Saturday e
S the
was a large attendance and the '
nlng at City hall, this being th
concert of the band's 1921 tour J
was a large attendant .1
program was greatly enjoyed anitl
erally applauded. General Jj
followed the concert.
Among the features of the
program were the vocal sel
“Margie,” "Alice's Blue Goirtr
“On the Trail of Home Sweet
which were sung by Harry BelveJ
Gardiner. Among the splendid,
bers played by the band were J
Glow Worm” (Lincke), ae, J
from the comic opera “Pinafore"^
11 van) and the descriptive fantJ
"Cavalry Charge” (Luders), the in
sis of which follows: Morning 0n
battle; infantry heard approacJ
with lift and drums; cavalry, fo.
distance, coming nearer and ne«
until they charge the enemy; cjJ
infantry and artillery lneth* mel*
battle; defeat of the enemy, purJ
In the distance by the cavalry. |
The following concerts have k
given in the 1921 season tour 0fl
musical organization: Bangor, jJ
5; Portland, March 9; Saco, March
Lewiston, Maj-ch 11; Augusta, )(^
12. Armand T. Gaudreau of Lewi]
is manager of ttie band, and c
Woodman of Plymouth, N. H., is J
er. The musical director is Adelt
Wells Sprague of Bangor. The mi
bers of the organization are: J
and piccolo, P. E. Boyd, Bangor; !
nets, E. E. Lineken, Thomaston, Hi
Fendcrsbn, Saco, A. E. Coveil, HiJ
ley, A. T. Gaudreau, Lewiston; h
tone, W. S. Murray, Hampden n|
lands; alto horns, F. J. Carlin, a
gor, G. W. Crane, Foxcroft, X.
Simpson, Sanford; tuba* I. R pJ
Wilton; clarinets, D. H. Daniels'
brarian, Woodfords, V. O. Harkti
Veazie, J. K. Black, Vinalliaven, s]
Beeaker, Rumford: bass saxophomj
Wiswell, Machias; saxophones,;
Grindle, Vinalhaven, R. E. sJ
Brewdr, A. George, Fitchburg, u]
trombones, C. A. Walker, Bridge
J. Titcomb, Farmington, A T. a
man, Bangor; drums and bells, it
Cobb, Woodfords, J. L. Stevens, pj
land; cymbals, A. R. Brewer, 1
Harbor.
Sheriff Seizes
Home Brew Outfit
on East Side
raj
A home brew still in ope;
about 15 gallons of the mash, five
Ions of the home brew and a qi
of the clear liquor were seized
day evening at the home of Ena
Chase, which is located at the red
Shatv’s woodshed on Willow1 stn
The seizure was made under the,
rection of Sheriff E. D. Harwood
Deputy Sheriffs L. T. Dutton I
Francis Harwood of this city 1
Arthur G. Robinson of Gardiner J
took out the warrant. As the res
of the seizure, Chase was arid
and hearing on the case will prod
be held this Monday morning btf
Judge Robert A. Cony at the Aid
ta municipal court.
When the deputies knocked at
door. Chase, after a little delay
ened the door and they went in
they were just in t,ime to got
still, which was a good-sized end
I
operation, and also the mash ani
quor. Chase Is a painter by
and lives alone In the house. By
quick work on the part of the shi
and deputies another blow
to the home brew’ industry.
alow was i
jstry.
Harding Hears Worj
God in A. M—Givesi
White House 0. 0.1
Washington, March 13.—WcariHj
a week given over to an almost j
tinuous round of conferences, ffl
dent Harding today cast aside I
cares of office and rested.
Accompanied by Mrs. Harding,]
president attended the morning j
ice at Calvary Baptist church ant(
cr dinner with a few intimat* fr«
as guests strolled through the "
House grounds and took a long *
mobile ride. ,
The church was crowded, word
ing spread that Mr. Harding **
attend the service, and hundreds'
unable to gain admittance. They!
ed outside to get a glimpse of
president.
Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, presides
Howard University, occupyng the
pt, expressed the belief both 1“
prayer and sermon that the nation
the world, including "distraught
sia, would come to a common o
standing, insuring perpetual P1
His prayer contained a request
the president and his cabinet be
vinely guided in solving perpM
domestic and international probl*1
During an afternoon of almost !
mfer-llke weather Mr. Harding too
vantage of the first real 0PP°rM
to get acquainted with 1)1* *urMI
ings at the White House. He IMP1
the immense yard that stretche*
ward the Potomac.
There was no intimation today*
WhTte House as to whether an*
portant nominations, including
of the shipping board, would W
to the Senate before it adjourn*
ably late tomorrow. It was
cred likely, however, that >p
batch of appointments would J
nounced tomorrow but no ink'*’1
given a* to what posts wodld o*
Robbers Take Toll
at “Quiet Little
Game” of Hub Men
North Reading. Mass., Man*'
Masked men at revolver point »»
32000 from Greater Boston men I
ered in a shack at Martin's P®41
today. They had hardly le”
scene when a squad of North •
police came up on it. TM
the shack were indulging in
of cnance, the police said
The robbers worked so *n°r
that only a roll of bill* tun1"
$200. kicked under a table by
the men after they had been ^
against the wall, escaped the
Even the rings on the men*
were removed. s
No nOtice of the robbery
to police headquarters, but a •
an adjoining camp who saw
leave sent word to the officers.