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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-23
DOUBT TALE OF
CUNPOINT THEFT
OF DEPOSITION
Allen Agent Told Po-
lice Tufts Case Evil
dence Was Stolen
Haverhill Police Captain Finds
Flaws in Story of Agent and
His Companion - Attorney
General Allen Says No Pa
pers Have Been Lost From
His Office

Haverhill, Mass, July 22-Police Of
ficials of this city tonight expressed
doubt concerning the story told them
today by Thomas ]. Holmes. an agent
of Attorney General j. Weston AL
len, and George Kelley of Wakefield,
that a deposition for use in the pro-
cecdings against District Attorney
Nathan a. Tufts had been taken from
Holmes at sunpoint by three men
near this city early toady
The deposition. the men told the
police, was obtained yesterday from
"A tlaverhill woman" They said they
were bringing it to Boston when at
tackled on the Methuen-A Ayers road.
First reports we're that the deposition
Tas that of Brownie" Kennedy. who
has been mentioned in connection
with the Attorney Generals proceed
ings aaginst Tufts. Later, police Cap
tain NJ. y. Sullivan said neither
Holmes or Kelley mentioned this wo-
man.
Captain sullivan. after investigat-
ing the story all day, said tonight:
Il don't think there could have been
a holdup. / don't see how il could
have occurred where they said it
did"
Captain Sullivan explained that u:
the spot Of the alleged holdup it
would have been almost impossible
for an automobile to pass the car in
in which Holmes and Kelley sai4
they were riding, and then to swing
across the road, blocking their path
In their story the men said that af-
ter the car had blocked the highway,
three men got out of it. each with a
gun. ono OF the men, Kelley and
Holmes reported, pressed his weapon
against Holmes heart and demanded
the paper, which Holmes turned over
Captain Sullivan said that he found
10 automobile tracks at the spot ana
be added that ulIess there were def
mite developments tonight the case
would be dropped.
Holmes was a special agent en-
ployed by the Attorney General af-
ter he had told that official that he
NOuiN Stt " 4NtIlhc pttI IiS tldI = -
against Tufts.
Boston, July 22-No papers belong
ing to the Office of Attorney General
J. Weston Allen have been lost, Mr..
Allen said tonight in commenting on
the story told to the HaVerhill police
today by Thomas \. Holmes and
GEORGE Kelley of Wakefield that the
bad been robbed of a deposition for
use in the Tufts proceedings.
NTr. Allen said the reports in the
press today contained all the infor-
nation he had received in relation to
the matter.
When asked regarding Holmes en-
ployme0t by his office. Mr.. Allen as
serted hat two weeks ago, Holmes in
an interview at the state House said
he was in q position to secure certain
evidence which if obtained would he
material in the proceedings now on
trial and he was authorized to obtain
this information. Since that .!mo,
Mr. Allen said. Holmes had on
number of. occasions reported in r.
gard to the work he was doing Al
torncy General Allen said he had NJ
information that Holmes was III Hd
Nchhill prior to this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-23
THE WEATHER
FAIR

New England and New York: Fair
and somewhat warmer Saturday. Sun
Gay fair
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-23

Interesting reading-that's what is
found on the Classified Ad. page OF
the journal, because this is where
money is saved. And of course
that's interesting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-23

Miss Peters Splan, Rosetta McKin-
ney. Chimes Tell, Jr, also started.
Time-216 IA, 215 IA, 2.15 "a.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Recent Snow Removal
Cost City $l, 800, 900
Expense Incurred by StreetClean-
ing Commissioner III Manhai-
tan, Bronx and Brooklyn

1t cost the CITY $500 900 to clean
the streets after the recent snowstorm,
according to g. report made public yes
terday by Captain John p Leo, Street
Cleaning Commis ioner This amount
was for the Boroughs of Manhattan,
Bronx and Brooklyn. Queens and Rich
mond take care of the snow removal
out of a fund provided by special
revenue bonds.
For emergency labor the Commits
sioner paid SS5o,0o0; to truck contrac-
tors, S525O00; for extra labor for en-
ployees Of the department, 100000,
and the remainder went for extra pay
for the employees Of other depart
ments who helped out in the emer-
gency.
In reply to question if it was not
a large sum to spend for srowstorm,
Commissioner Leo said:
"Of course, it cost great deal of
money, but, after all, the public wants
the streets cleared and cleared quickly.
We did it in this case and I need only
cite the deluge of complimentary let
ters received as Il result. I believe the
people do not care to stint on few
dollars when it is question of keep
ing business going and keeping open
the channels of commerce."
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Socialists Decry Three
Kinds of Race Prejudice
Assert Ku.Klux, Anti-Semites
and Anti-.Japanese Seek
tn Divide Workers

The national executive committee Of
the Socialist party met in this city
yesterday and mapped out the party's
program for the national convention in
Detroit, beginning June 25.
The committee came here from Bos-
ton, where it held series of prelim-
mary meetings, to confer with Mrs.
Harriott Stanton Blatch, the suffrage
leader, on plans for the picketing Of
the White House in Washington in be-
half of amnesty for Eugene V. Debs,
the party's Presidential candidate,
confined at the Federal penitentiary at
Atlanta, Ga, and other political pris-
oners.
The committee adopted a manifesto
opposing the open shop campaign and
calling upon all workers to resist the
demands of employers for the open
shop and rally to the support of the
labor unions.
Resolutions were also adopted pro
testing against Henry Ford's anti
Semitic campaign, the Ku-Kluk anti
negro campaign and the anti-Japanese
campaign cas- moves intended to incite
race hatred and to divided the workers
into mutually hostile camps"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Human, Bones in Old Mansion
Start Police on Crime Hunt
Workers Remodeling Colonial House in East Sixty
first Street Find Skeleton Believed Hidden Fifty
Years; Home Once Owned by Washington's Aide

Is declared to be ono Of only eight re-
naming In New York. Its original oc-
cupant was William Stephens Smith,
son-in-lnw Of John Adams, second
President of the United States, and
aide to General Washington and Cen
cral Lafayette in the Revolutionary
War. Smith was the first surveyor Of
the Port of New York and married
Abigail Adams.
There is n period during which the
occupancy of the mansion is vague, but
old inhabitants recall it RS hostclry,
known as Niblo's Roadhouse. 1t was
the first stop by post road en- route to
Boston, being about four miles out of
what used to be the city proper. 1t
stood in the center of 400-acre farm,
and many functions were held there by
fashionable New Workers Of the 30's
ard A0's.
Later the house was taken over by
the Towlc family, of New York, which
occupied it up to about thirty years
ago, when it was bought by the Stand
ard Gas Company, which i'll turn trans
ferred it to it's present owner.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Employees Reject
Cut Proposed by
New York Central
Officials and Men Affected
Are Unable to Agree ON
Terms at Meeting and
Arrange New Conference

A wage reduction Of from 5h to Ia
mon and unskilled labor in the employ
Of the New York Central Railroad was
proposed by the company at confer
ence Of more than fifty representatives
flcals Of the railroad at the Grand
Central Terminal yesterday.
The employees representatives re-
jected the proposition, and another
conference was set for March %, in
this city. In the meanwhile the repre-
sentativcs of the unions will refer the
proposition back to their constituents
for instructions.
ed clerks, maintenance Of way laboc-
ers, signal men, station employees,
crossing wntchmcn and common labor
ers in the passenger and freight de-
partments.
Yesterdays conference was held in
conformity with the transportation act
Of 1920 and with the recent decision of
the Railroad Labor Board which re-
jected the application Of the railroads
for revision Of existing agreements
and n reduction in wages and ordered
that the wage question be adiudicated
between the railroads and their en-
ployees themselves.
The company was represented at the
conference by w. j. Fripp. general man
ager Of the New York Central lines
east Of Buffalo. and A. S. Ingalls,, man.
ager OF the lines west Of Buffalo.
The company's proposal would reduce
the present wage of from 40 to 60 cents
an hour for the various classes of labor
involved to 34lA to al cents an hour
and would thus wipe out the increase
granted by the Railroad Labor Board
in July, 1920, following the series
of country wide insurgent strikes. The
number of men affected would be
about $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Police records for the last Atty years

Police records for the East Atty years
will be searched In an effort to ex-
plain the mystery Of II skeleton found
yesterday by plumbers who nre re-
modelling an old hduse at AL East
Sixty-frst Street, which has been pur-
chased by Jane Teller, antiquarian
The skeleton, which was complete,
the skull, was found between
foorings on the second story Of tho
house, which was built in 1899 and was
an old Colonial mansion. So far as
more recent police records go-those
covering the last thirty-hve years
nothing has been found to indicate the
of crime on the premises
where the skeleton was discovered,
but the police say that it appears to
have been in its hiding place for per-
haps as long as fifty years.
The old house, which is regarded by
antiquarians as one of the best ex-
amples extant Of the Colonial period,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Heavy Fog Holds Up Liners

A thick, low-hanging fog which hung
over the harbor yesterday held up the
large vessels of the west and north
bound fleets that were scheduled to
dock
Shortly before sunset the mist thinned
out and nearly all Of the small steam
ships came through the Narrows to
Quarantine.
The French liner La Touraine, which
came aboam the Ambrose Channel
htshiD n the forenoon, dropped an
shor and, according to radio messages
rcc~I.D.. rom her, would not attempt
to enter port until this morning The
fog, which was not particularly thick
in the Upper Bay, did not affect the
ferry service.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Watch the change

Send the coupon for a To-Day Tribe
Note how clean the teeth feel after
using. Mark the absence of the viscous
film Watch how teeth whiten as the
fllm-eoats disappear.
Note the other effects. and read in our
book what each one means to you.
Compare your teeth now with your
teeth IN ten days. Then decide what is
best tor you and yours. Few things are
more important. Cut out the coupon
now.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Rail Mem Discuss Wage Cut

DETROIT, March 8.--The first Of a
series of meetings of officials of the
Ni"hi~an Central Railroad and en-
ployees' representatives at which wage
readj justments are to be discussed WAS
held here to-day. Scales for common
labor were taken up to-day. Subse-
quent meetings will deal with skilled
labor. Similar conferences have been
called by Grand Trunk officials for
Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
How teeth are ruined

That film is now known as the cause
of most tooth troubles. 1t is the basis
of tartar. It holds food substance which
fernents and forms acid 1t holds the
acid in contact with the teeth to cause
decay.
Millions Of germs breed in it. They,
with tartar, are the chief cause of pyor-
rhea. Also of many other troubles,
local and internal.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Smoke discoIors film

With men who smoke the film Is
often conspicuously discolorcd They
are apt to see the greatest effects from
the film removal.
Children need Pepsodent most Young
teeth seem most effected by these film
attacks. Dentists advise that Pepso-
dent be used at least twice daily frcfn
the time the first tooth appears.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Two effective methods

Two effective methods have been
found. Many careful tests have proved
them. They have been combined in a
dentifrice called Pepsodent.
Millions of people who have tried It
now employ it daily. Leading dentists
everywhere advise its use. In almost
every circle, glistening teeth show its
visible results.
Every home is welcome to a ten-day
test. Make it and watch the effects.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Other desired results

Pepsodent brings other effects whici,
authorities desire.
1t rnultiplies the salivary flow. That is
Natures great tooth-protecting agent.
1t multiplies the starch digestant in
the saliva. That is Natures agen, for
digesting starch deposits which NAV
otherwise form acids.
1t rnultiplies the alkalinity OF the sa-
Iva. That is Natures factor for neu-
tralizing acids which cause tooth decay.
These results come from every ap-
plication. They last for some time. And
they give Mature much-needed aid in
combating the possible effect Of modern
starchy diet on teeth.
Tooth pastes based on soap and chalk
have the opposite effect. Modern au-
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
The film discolors

Your teeth are coated with viscous
film. You can feel it with your tongue.
1t is ever present, ever-forming. 1t
.clings to teeth, enters crevices and
stays.
The ordinary tooth paste does not
end that film. The tooth brush, used in
old ways, leaves much of it intact So
very few have escaped the damage
which that film creates.
That filrn-coat absorbs stains, rnak-
ing the teeth look dingy. Countless
facial attractions are marred in that
way. Combat that film for a little while
and see how your teeth improve
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09

You can see and feel what Pepsodeut
Is doing. A book we send explains
every effect. Watch these results learn
the reason for them. Then Judge for
yourself between the new way and the
old.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Bernstorff Seated i'm Reichstao

BERLIN, March S.-Count Johann
Won Bernstortf, former German Ambas-
sador to the United States, took his
seat yesterday as Democratic Deputy
for the Schleswig- Holstein district.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09

Despite the tooth brush, these troub-
les have been constantly increasing.
Some have become alarming in extent.
SO dental science has for years been
seeking ways to combat that film.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
How ! eeth Show!
White or dingy-h how conspicuous they are
Remove the cloudy film

There is way to keep teeth whittier,
cleaner, safer. Millions now employ it.
The glistening teeth you see every
where now largely result from this
method.
This is to explain that method. To
tell you why authorities advise it. Then
to offer you ten-day test and urge that
you accept it.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09

thorities oppose them So Pepsodent
o1nits these ingredients.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09

We Give
A To-Day Tube to All
Send the coupon for a tube of
Pepsodent. Watch the effects
for ten days. Then let your mir
ror tell you what this film re-
moval means.
To millions of people this ten
day test has been revelation
Make it for your own sake
now.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Concrete Finish

Watcr-proofs brick, stucco, etc.
A scientific product that over
comes the alkali which attacks
most paints. 1t forms a per-
feet bond with coacrets and
waterproofs thoroughly.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09

ITO provide for its further require
ments the Treasury has decided, on the
basis of the best available estimates, to
offer Treasury certificates of indebted
ness to the amount of 100000 coo, or
thereabouts, in two series, both dated
March l5 1921, one series designated 7.
S. .2-1921, bearing 5 z per cent interest,
maturing September l5, 1921, and the
other series designated T. M-1922,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Sherwin-Williams
Porch & Deck Paint

Prevents warping and splitting,
is economical, easy to apply,
attractive in colors, water
proof and almost wear-proof.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18

A French aviator recently made the
flight from Paris to Lyons at the rate
Of nearly two and one-half miles per
minute. He did this by ascending to
height SO great that air resistance
was much decreased. Hitherto this
advantage has been Offset by the fact
that engines deliver less power at high
attitudes, but a simple device FOR com
pressing the air before 1t Is forced into
The carburetor has overcome the diff
Guilty. One more victory in the con
quest OF the aerial ocean. but while the
invention will speed mail deliveries
land be o. great advantage In emersen
cies OF all sorts, II win cut no figure
in the air transportation Of passengers
says Chicago Evening Post. Only
people in fairly robust health can
stand the strain of being hoistedain q
few minutes 10 an elevation five or sly
thousand higher titan Pixies Peak, and
let down TO ordinary levels still moro
suddenly when the voyage Is over.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18
GLORY ACCRUES 10 LEADER
To De Remembered, Ore ,'sa Only TO
Be First in Some Undertaking
That Succeeds.

Adams Glory vas IN being Che FIRST
man, and Ewes in hcing the arst wom-
an. They have been talked of through
all the centuries FOR noding except
hat they were the first 10 live tho
first to be tempted and the first to
fall.
And so 1T is with many other per-
sons and events that find their places
in history. Always It is tie begin
nings Of things that shed glory on the
participants, Christopher Columbus
has just been honored again because
he was the first to discover America,
and the landing of the Pilgrims is
celebrated because they were the first
20 colonize Massachusetts, Harvard
rsioices in being the first institution
of learning in what is now the United
States and having set up the first
printing press. The first settlers of
any community are always persons Of
prime interest and the first man to
wear pantaloons or carry an umbrella,
II living today could coin money by
putting himself on exhibition.
II one wants to be remembered, ono
has only to pick out the spot where d
great city is to be built, or connect
himself with an industry that is bound
to grow, or do something that is bound
10 become the fashion. He is at once
immortaizod, Generation after gen.
GRAFTON will speak his name, and on
anniversary occasions orators viii
sound his praise, He may be indlvld-
uaily no greater than thousands who
have come after, but the glory OF hay
ing been 4he first viii be upon him
forever and a day.--Columbus Dis
patch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18
EATS EVERYTHING THAT
lES ALONG, NO
MORE DIET

"As you have been Godsrnd to
me, that Is a friend II need is a
friend indeed / viii write and tel
you about tho value Of your mediciuc
DIR Truo's Eixr has for me- believe
me- It did me good. eat everything
that comes along. no more d ct. even
tried raw onions for a test. IL that
not luck, after nine 'ong years of only
milk and eggo?' Mrs ]. e, (Nutley
~ j.
Here is one Of thosuands Of cases
where Dr. .Trua's Elixir has helped
SUI 'erers Of constipation and indlges.
ton must have a Laxative is es.
sental to good hea tn. Try Dr.
F'vir GOD howe no more re.
grsts; it will surely win your
- .As Easy u take mild--no harm
III drugs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18
TUESDAY, JANUARY ts, 1921.
LANoi ORD e Atf.An.

With the discovery of lauGlt'l
who says he refuses to prohteer an'
that the 10 per cent return on his ~
vestment under the old scale Of rents
Is enough for him there might seem to
be ground for hope that the era Of sky
rocketing prices for homes was near ri
end. But, alas, enc such landlord is
very like the single swallow which does
not make a summer This landlord 10
refreshlngly old-fashloned. He has
had the same tenants for many years,
and he wishes to keep them In hls
house. He lives In the building him
self, and finds il agreeable 10 be
friends with his neighbors. Tint is
the explanation Of his astonishing but
welcome stand. He always has been o
good neighbor; he appreciates other
good neighbors around him and he
doesn't wish to be unneighborly to-
ward them. "Small town stuff" the
scoffer may 1eer. But it is more OF
that small town spirit and willing to
be Of friendly frame Of mind that
New York and other American cities
need. In the small town kindly cour-
tesy and mutual helpfulness go far to
ward making life worth living for its
brightness and good cheer, says New
York Telegram. Let's have more Of It
here In New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18

New York is quick to take up fad,
wherefore New York adds much TO
the joys of life. The latest seems to
be glad disposition to cut down the
profits on clothes, following the over.
all crusader 1t is bound to be popu.
lar and worthy OF general emulation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18

Travelling l2coo feet high, Fin.
nsh officer and Italian aviator ran In.
70 n snowy ICY peak, probably mlstak-
,ng it for white cloud Their frozen
aocles were discovered last weak,
.natlth after tlicig death.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18
Budget Day, Thrift Week.

To emphac 70 the Importance of plan.
n'ng eXren1itWes, etc. Insure to pro.
vide continuance of your income &c
meet the family budget if you do not
live. Consult us. National Life ms.
Co. CT VT (Mutuall Earle S. Kin
sley, General Agent, Mead Build ng
Rutland, VT Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18

should it happen that The white
collar men decide to go after Che job
and the wage, Synonymous with the
Overnlls they are affecting, the worlds
work will be done with neatness
and dispatch that will illuminate In
dustry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18
The Military Game.

"Thls baseball team which wants
10 get into the big association. IS .
private enterprise"
Then II IL is private affair, hoW
is tt possible for Il to be IN a major
lelgueY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-18

Iawyer-Are you positive the prls-
oncr Is The man who stole your horse?
Prosecutor was mtl You cross
examined me. Now I'm not sure II
ever had horse at all.-London An
Swers