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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Lost $50 Bill Lined
Mouse Nest in Piano

Altoona. Pat was nothing new
TO the piano tuner sent to tune a
piano in an Altoona home to discover
a mouse's nest under the keyboard.
But when he noticed tiny bits of
paper like some OF Uncle Sans long
green his curiosity was aroused.
He fished out the nest. and, sure
enough. it was Sreenback somewhat
frayed around the edges. He called
the woman of the house and gave it
to her.
We'll, that's where our $50 bill
went" she gasped. Then she ex-
planned that last fall her husband had
slipped the bill under the parlor car
pet for safe keeping. Seven weeks
ago'they needed it, went for it, but it
was gone. The mouse had utilized
it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

ness visitor in Augusta FRIDAY and
Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Richmond has 20.
turned from several days visit vlt,
her son at Livermore Falls.
Mrs. Emma Richmond has M,
chased a house lot on Highland ave.
nue. OF the Misses Florence and
Helen Winslow. and expects to erecr
house in the near futu.e.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tinker q,
Auburn, have been guests this week
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Macomb,r
and Mr.: and Mrs. Warren Macon.
Der.
Residents of this town will have =.
opportunity on Monday. June 20. /,
see an exhibition and demonstration
OF the electric range at the local stora
of the Central Maine Power Com.
pany. The many advantages,of cook.
ing by wire will be explained and
demonstrated by an expert cook and
every one Will have an opportunita
to judge, from actual knowledge. Al
the merits of this modern way a
cooking, Among the advantages
claimed for the electric range and
low operating cost-at the rate avail
able here il is equal to coal at $40 to1
--cieanness, safety. ease of operation
and at least a 20 per cent saving Cd
meat bills. Miss Zemer. the dem
onstrator, will prepare meats. pas
try. cookies and many other tas1
dishes for those present to sample
ADV.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Gala COnfesses
Was One of Two Who
Murdered Kaber

Buffalo, y. V, June 11-Salvatore
Gala, who was arrested today at
Eden near here, confessed, according
TO District Attorney Guy B. Moore
that he was one of the two men who
killed Daniel kaber, Lakewood, O..
publisher. in the summer of 1919. Ac-
cording to the district attorney, Gala
said that he held kaber in bed while
Bictorio Pisselli, a companion, stabb-
ed the man to death.
The arrest of Gala followed infor-
nation through local probation Of
ficer who learned that the man was
staying at the farm of Joseph Giglia.
a relative, at Eden. Today District
Attorney Moore and four detectives
searched the farm and finally found
Gala hiding under barn. He did not
resist arrest.
Moore refused to make public Gala S
alleged confession, but he gave out
what he termed a summary of the
essential facts in it. This, in part,
follows:
Gala said that the subject of the
murder of Mr.. Kaber was first
mid wife. She told him that Mrs.
kaber wanted to get rid of her hus-
band as she was getting tired of him.
The midwife told Gala that she had
tried to kill Kaber by administering
poison to him on several occasions
and had failed.
Mrs. Kaber would pay $1,000 to him
if he would kill Kaber. the mid -wife
told him.
Gala and Pisselli met Mrs. Kaber
several days after this. They went
tothe kaber home and Mrs. Kaber
showed them the room in which Ka-
Der would be asleep. She told them
that she would let them know when
they were to kill her husband and al
50 agreed TO pay them $4,000.
Several days later, Gala was noti-
hed to come to the Kaber home
When he and Pisselli arrived there,
they found the front door open. They
heard the sound of womens voices,
but they walked into the house and
into the room where Kaber was
asleep.
Gala said that the man was slight
ly aroused, but he held him while the
other man cut him up with a knife.
kaber struggled with them and Gala S
partner in the crime cut several
times again. Kaber may have tried
to shout but his mouth was muffied
by Calais hand and he was dead in
bed before they left the room.
The men left the house without
seeing person. The door was open
for them and they heard women's vol
ces when they went out.
Gala did not receive the money.
and he thinks the Calavito woman
double crossed him. That is the
substance of his confession"
Following his statement to the dis
trict attorney, Gala was held incom-
municado pending the arrival of
CleEeland officials
There was nothing in CALAIS story.
Mr.. Moore said, to indicate how Pts
SELL came into the case or what be-
came of him after the murder. The
district attorney said that he cues
toned Gala on these points, but that
the mans replies We're vague.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Finds Child's Bank in
Debris of Express Car

Altoona, Pa.--Rummaging through
the debris thrown on a dump from a
Pennsylvania Railroad express car
which caught fire and was destroyed
at Kittanning Point. Emileo Delio. u
years old, found little bank which
had been in a trunk and which con-
tanned 293 pennies.
The heat had fused some of the
coins together. The lad turned the
bank and contents over to a railroad
officer, who returned it to the local
office of the American Railway Ex-
press Company Express Agent Will
liam E. knerr rewarded the boy for
his honesty today by giving him all
the pennies fit for currency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
SIOJX INDIAN FIRST OF
RACE TO BE MADE CITIZEN

Cheyenne. Wyo.-The first full
blooded Indian ever admitted to cit
izenship in the United States accord
ing to officials. was given complete
naturalization here by Judge John
Riner. of the federal district court
He is Thomas Blackbird. 23 years
Old. of the Sioux tribe, d veteran OF
the world war.
Blackbird was admitted under an
act OF Congress passed November S,
1919, by the provisions of which any
Indian of legal age who has served
in the war may upon application. be
admitted to the rights of citizenship
without first making any formal dec
laration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Ridley

Fred c. Ridley of Bangor and Miss
Grace b. Chapman OF this city were
united in marriage May 80. at Bangor,
Rev. Ashley \. Smith officiating. The
bride was formerly district superin-
tendent for the Maine Children's
Home Society and has many friends
in this section of the State, who ex-
tend their best wishes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Cleveland, Ohio, is prepared for the
sixth International Kiwanis Club
convention, which is expected to be
the biggest gathering of business and
professional men ever held n that
city The convention will be htld the
week of June 20. Eight thousand
delegates and visitors are expected
They will come from 800 clubs. located
in as many cities of the United States
and Canada.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Prof. Tubbs of Bates
To Give Baccalaureate
Sermon to Cony Seniors
Service Will Be Held at $50 Sunday
Afternoon at Penney Memorial
Church and the Public is Most Cor
daily Invited to Attend

The annual baccalaureate sermon
to the class of ~ at Cony High
school will be delivered by Prof
Frank u. Tubbs, :. r. D.. OF Bates
college at the Penney Memorial
chruch on Sunday afternoon at 4.30
O'Clock. Music for the occasion will
be under the direction of Seth Cor
don Emery, director of music in the
public schools of the city. The class
will march to their seats, marShaled
by Joseph Farnham, the class mar
shall.
Professor Tubbs is a speaker of
ability and will doubtless bring Il
great message to the graduating
members of the school. This service
is open to the general public and all
parents and friends of the class will
be most specially welcomed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
AUCTION

At the Herman Richardson Farm in
China near East Vassalboro on Sat-
urday, June 18th, 1891, at O'Clock
A Lot of Household Goods: Cook
stove, Heaters, Tables, Stands,
Chairs, Lamps, Beds, Crockeryware,
Couch, Churn, Desk, Chamber Set,
Fruit Jars, Mirrors, Rocking Chairs,
Carpenters Tools, Shot Gun and many
other articles.
In case of stormy weather sale will
take place on next fair day at same
time, Sunday excepted.
j. HERMAN RICHARDSON.
w. s. BRADLEY, Auctinnaar.
inl7Gat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
1900 Divorces Granted
In Chicago in 2 Months

New York-In Chicago there were
900 divorce DEGREES granted in Janu-
airy and 1000 in February. In Los
Angeles, 3S6 We're granted in January
and 80 in February. New York
county had IFS in January and POI in
February. In Dallas, 176 We're di-
vorced in January and 155 in Febru-
airy. In ST. Louis there were 372 de-
crees in January and 32S in Febru-
AIRY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Used Washing
Machine as Still

Kansas City. kan.-Philip Cooper
used the family washing machine as
u still and the wringer as a raisin
press. The concoctions tested "A per
cent alcohol-S200 fine and sixty days
in Jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Al members of the different
branches of the Odd Fellows will
meet at Odd Fellows hall Oh Water
street Sunday morning at $50
CLOCK for the purpose of attending
divine worship at the First J-niver-
sallst church. Rev. Mary J.. HadIev.
Will address them. All soiourning
brothers are cordially invited to at
tend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Plans for work for the Christmas
sale will be started Monday evening
at the Augusta Girls Community
club. Articles of any kind win be
accepted from the members and
friends. Everybody is urged to come
donw Monday evening and work. The
get-together will be in the nature of
: porch party from 7.30 to 10 o'clock.
This is the first of a series of such
parties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

The many friends of Miss Helen
c. Fisher of this city will be inter
ested to learn that she graduated last
Monday from Simmons college after
completing the four years course in
the secretarial school, and received
the bachelor of science degree. She
plans to return to this city in about
two weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Seekins and
Master Ralph, accompanied b. Mr..
Seekins brother were recent visitors
at Belfast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Cleber Cooley of 16
Court street are receiving congratula-
tons on the birth of a baby boy on
Monday morning. The young man
weighed nine and one half pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Warren Malcolm and Eden Hanks
were business visitors Friday at
Lewiston. They report making the
trip by automobile in forty eight
minutes from Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Among the Augusta people attend
ing the Macmillan demonstration at
Wiscasset Friday We're Dorothy and
William Viles, Richmond Purington,
George Andrews and Mrs. Charles
Andrews
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Miss Harriet Blaisdell of Boston is
visiting at the home of her sister
Mrs. {. w. Chapman, ii State street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

General Elliott c. Dill of Roselle
Park, n j.. has arrived in Auburn.
being called there by the passing
away of his father. Mr.. Dill has
many friends in this city, who offer
condolences in his recent loss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

A pet cat belonging to DR.. a. X.
Wood of Haddonfield. ~ j., has
passion for automobile touring, and
insists on riding on the top of the
sedan whenever the car is put into
service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Mrs. Gertrude Ellis, waitress at
Viewers restaurant, was Il visitor
recently at oakland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Elmer Taylor of Winthrop was ad-
mitted Friday at the Augusta Gen
eral hospital for medical treatment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

Ernest Mclean of the law firm of
Mclean, toGg and Southland passed
Friday at Portland. Mrs. Mclean &C
companied him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
John Coughlin
Tie RsxaG Stare

as follows: Mass and sermon by Rev.
FIR. Mclaughlin at $50 and protes-
tant services by ev. f. L. Phalen at
1910.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18

EAs5T-Alrs. S. Aston Wrage n
Columbus, Ga. and three daughter,
VINO are to pass the summer on Cob
bossee Stream. were Weekend guest
OF her sister. Mrs. Allan ID. York;
at her new home Lakeview. forme.
~ the Pinkham house.
+. ID. Smith of New York was A
Camp Yukon for few DAYS In
past week.
Rev. and Mrs. L. r. Cook and so,
Walter went to Appleton Tuesday t,
attend Il wedding. They returned
on Thursday.
Edwin Packard. who was operated
on FOR appendicitis a few weeks AID
at the Kennebcc Valley hospital ID
Skowhcgan. has returned to bid
home.
Word has been received of til
birth OF daughter to Mr.. and llri
Harry Packard Monday morning d
Baltimore.
D CENTER-Dr. c. Is. FAIR of All
ron. o., and sister. Miss Edith Far
OF Philadelphia, are passing fef
days with their aunt. Mrs H. u
Bailey.
Mrs. Allan Pinkham OF I.itchfc.
is the guest of her sister Mrs. n
j. Bailey.
Mrs. Rose Caron. who recent1
underwent surgical treatment at th1
Augusta General hospital. returneI
Wedne sday to her home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
LOCAL NOTICE.

Old-fashioned Social Dance at G. A,
r. Hall tonight. june1Sd1ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
Sundays Concert Program

Sundays Concert Program
March-"KinG Monopoly" Lahglear
Overture-"Guy Mannering" Bishop
Paraphrase on "Silver breads
Among the Gold ..........D ank
(Trombone solo by Fred Fair
brother)
Offenbach
'Loin du Bali .............Gi llet
Fantasia-"A Trip to the Farm"
Huff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-18
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Charles Ellis of Oakland was Il re
cent business caller in this city.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13

rllla leaders. Men like Makhno. Gri-
goriev and the numerous lesser imita-
tors, half bandits, half revolutionists,
represented the more or less conscious
~ formulated desires and will of the
ukrainian PEASANTS, These peasants
were impartially opposed to any strong
government. They fought the German
forces of occupation; they fought Pet
lura; they fought the Bolsheviki; they
fought Denikin. They were equally
opposed to communist government
which requisitioned grain for the cities
and to monarchist government which
requisitioned grain for the landlords.
What they desired was complete free
dom from rent and taxes, absolute pos.
session of the land on an individualist
basis and license to plunder the cities
and murder the Jews. The rapid loss
Of the Ukraine by the Bolsheviki and
its equally rapid recovery are largely
due to the activities of these irregular
oands, which carried on yerv effect
I've partisan warfare against any gov
ernment which attempted to exercise
control over the Ukraine.
Amid the turmoil Of civil war the
unfortunate Jews were the worst suf
terers. Denounced as Bolsheviki bv
reactonary anti-Semites, they also
were assailed as bourgeois" bv bandit
leaders who desired an excuse for rob
bing and numbering them. DR.. Hcifetz
estimates that 10000 Jews were
slaughtered in the reign of terror.
Whole communities were wiped out:
tourishing towns were reduced to
ruins; large population was reduced
to unspeakable depths of misery and
despair. Tho whole story of the
Ukrainian pogroms is one of the dark
est chapters in the history of the Jew
ish race
DR.. Heifetz's book is calculated to
arouse the deepest sympathy for the
victims of these outbursts of mad
ferocity. 1t also casts much light upon
an obscure and puzzling phase and
epoch of Russian revolutionary history.
1t deserves the widest possible audi
ence.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
1heserton Stepped Ashore With New Book in Each Hand

lest Of the missions, established in
1859. Is San Diego de Alcala, in South
ern California, and Mr.. Halls story Of
the events connected with its founding
is imaginative and colorful. We leave
San Diego over the way always trav-
eled by the sandal-shod Fathers" of
years ago, and arrive at San Luis Rey,
the eighteenth mission in order of crea-
ton, dating from 1898. This mission has
enjoyed fortunate fate, for its rededi-
cation in 1893 as the seat of a college
for training Franciscans gave it a
new grip on life and helped to pre-
serve many Of it's old structural attri-
butes. The next mission reached on the
journey is that of San Juan Capis-
t-ano, probably no other mission church
was so elaborately carved" with its
memory of tragedy through earthquake,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
Capitalism Defended

The CASE FOR CAPITALISM. Nv u.
ley Withers. Published by 2, p nat nnsFts
&. Co. cuttss
E'HE case for the capitalist mstb,.
of production is effectively s,.,.s
by Mr.. Withers, the we'll known i,,,.
national financial expert. He takes =,
in tolerant but vigorous fashion ~,
familiar arguments advanced bv ,sv,
Gates of various kinds of socialism y.
comes to the conclusion that stat. :.
cialism, while practicable. would j.
troduce a servile state which soul,
destroy freedom and individual min.
tive. He considers guild soci.li.v
quite utopian, because it only t,t,,
into account the interests of bun,,
beings as producers and makes n. =,
fective provision for the ccnsur,,
He admits that capitalism has q.
abuses, and especially deprecstes u.
modern tendency toward monopoly con.
troll in many industries.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
~ RoWTH OF THE SOIL, Knut
w Hamsun's novel, which, in all


Y. n Hamsun's novel; which. in all
~ probability, won him the 1920
Nobel prize for literature, has
been definitely announced for publica-
tion in this country on February 25, by
Alfred A Knopf, Hamsun's authorized
American publisher, who brought out
his novel Hunger last fall
Growth of the Soil is described as
an epic of the soil. 1t is long book,
of 900 pages, in two volumes. 1t was
published in England in 1920 and
created q veritable sensation there,
since Hamsun was hitherto almost un-
known in that country except to very
few, and the publication of what is
considered the Norwegian's greatest
effort had the effect of a meteor.
W. W. Worster, the English translator,
writing in the December, 1920, issue of
The Fortnightly Review, said:-
ats reception here was one of i'm
mediate and unstinted appreciation,
such as is rarely accorded to a trans
lated work of an alien author prac-
tically unknown even to the critics. A
noticeable feature was the frankness
with which experienced bookmen laid
aside stock phrases and dealt with this
book as in response to a strong per
sonal appeal"
Perhaps the most remarkable tribnte
came from H. G. Wells, who wrote
in letter to Hamsun's English pub
lishers:
Il am ashamed to say I have never
read a book by this great writer and.
indeed, did not know of his existence
until now. 1t amazes me that he has
so long been kept from the English
reading public, and the sooner you give
us more of him the better | shall be
pleased.
II do not know how to express the
admiration l feel for this wonderful
book without seeming to be extrava-
CANT. | am not usually lavish with nv
praise, but indeed the book impresses
me as among the very greatest novels
have ever read. 1t is wholly beauti-
full; it is saturated with wisdom and
humor and tenderness; these peasants
are triumph of creative understand
ing.
81 have seen no reviews here that
do justice to this work. But | find my
friends talking of its and, as it we're,
getting up their courage to appreciate
it at its proper value. Give US one or
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13

JUNGLE ROADS AND OTHER TRAILS
or ROOSBF BY Daniel Henderson.
Published by h. p. Dutton & Co.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT is en-
phatcally boys hero. His &C.
tive, virile career, his many adven-
lures, his downright sturdiness of
characteral all these qualities make an
irresistible appeal to the average
American boy, who adnires men who
do things. SO it was happy inspira-
tion of Mr. Henderson to write this
brief biography of Roosevelt, enphasiz~
ing the incidents best calculated to at
tract youthful audience. Roosevelt
is shown holding his own with the
rough Western cowboys, leading his
men to victory in Cuba, exploring the
jungles of Africa and South America,
playing with his children and being as
much of boy as any Of them. The
book is appropriately dedicated to the
Boy Scouts of America.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
A Slaughter Of the Jews
Detailed Account of Pogroms in Southern
Russia in 1919

TILE rsLAUGHTMR CT THE JEWS IN
THE UKRAINE IN 1919. BY Elias
ME- civil war which devastated
I the Ukraine during 1919
brought in its train tornado Of
pogroms. The disappearance Of strong
organized government and the preva-
lence of anarchy in large districts ex-
posed the Jewish population to the
cruelty and rapacity of the innumera-
Bile robber bands which wandered over
the country. Moreover, the Ukrainian
nationalist leader Petlura, and the
head of the Volunteer Army. General
Denikin, were inclined to tolerate or
even TO incite pogroms for political
purposes.
Hitherto we have had mostly frag-
mentary, although appalling, accounts
Of individual massacres. DR.. Hefetz
makes more complete and scientific
study of the subject. He assemblies a
mass Of testimony, revealing the sick
ening details of many 'pogroms. But
bis book is not a mere recital of
horrors. Reviewing the history of the
year 1919, and analyzing the social and
political conditions which existed in
the Ukraine at that time, he shows
why the posroms took place and whsrc
the responsibility for the outrages
must be placed.
There were, as DR.. Hefetz points
out, three main classes of pogroms:
| those committed by troops and bands
operating in the service of Petlura,
those committed by General Denikin's'
Volunteer Army and those committed
by independent guerrilla leaders, such
as Makhno and Grigoricv.
An element of nationalism. enters
into the outragcs perpetrated by Pet
lura's forces. The Jews were repre-
sentcd as agents of the Bolshevk gov
ernment at Moscow, which aimed to
destroy Ukrainian independence. The
most ferocious pogroms generally took
place after the Pctlurists had suffered
a military defeat at the hands of the
Bolshevisi. In August, 1919, after Den
kin had monopolized the slogan
Death to the Jews!" Petlura issued an
order formally denouncing and repu-
dating anti-Semtic outbursts. The
hypocrisy of this order is abundantly
demonstrated both by the massacre at
Vinnitza, carried on in the very pres
ence of Petlura without any protest
on his part, and by the promotion of a
notorious Jewbaiting officer, Colonel
PetroV, to the post of Minister of War
in the ukrainian government.
During the summer of 1919 Denikin
occupied the whole of the Ukraine, ex-
pelling both the Bolsheviki and the
forces of General Pctlurs. Despite the
liberal claims advanced 10 his behalf
Denikin apparently believed in the old
fashioned ideal Of "Holy Russia" in
which Jew was a pariah, to be killed
or plundered at will. DR.. Heifetz ad-
duces documentary evidence to prove
that the numerous pogroms carried out
by the Volunteer Army were delib-
srately stimulated by food of anti
Semitic propaganda put forth by va
rious notorious Black Hundred officers
who held high positions in the Denikiu
military regime.
A different set Of motives must be
sought for in the case of the rnassacres
laid to the account of the local guer-