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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26

New York, April 25.-CBy A. P.)-
Lady Aston told leading editors and
publishers Of the United States today
at the annual luncheon Of the Asso-
ciated Press that America would yet
join the conference at Genoa
Il believe America can show the way
to peace" she exclaimed fervently
amid gale Of applause.
The reference to Genoa was but one
of score of subjects touched upon
by the Virginia-born member of the
British House of Commons IN a breezy
address on mother love and practical
politics that held the close attention
of her auditors in the grand ballroom
of the Waldorf Astoria. Her audience
was mostly men, although the boxes
in the CALLER were filled with women.
Lady Aston seemed perfectly at
home from the moment she tripped
jauntily into The room to the strains
of Dixie" She aoined ii. the singing
of Garry Me Back to Old Virginia"
shouted Hear, hear" when her hus-
band, Viscount Aston, spoke briefly,
and mounted a chair and waved good
bye" at the conclusion of The luncheon.
She depressed considerably from her
proposed address. touching at random
on such topics at Lloyd George, Boil
shevism, labor and capital, the power
of the press, closer understanding
between England and the United
States
Il have often been called wild since
called peach until / came back" was
the way she started her speech, re-
ferrng to her Introduction by Frank
J. Moves, president of the Associated
Press, who said in discussing the Apple
episode in the Garden of Eden, that
man has ever fallen for the peach,
whether it be wild or cultivated"
She proudly said she was "Vir-
cinia patriot and very ardent one"
This patriotism, she SAID, had stood
her well, because it has proven to
England that a real patriot can be
useful in any country and a narrow,
bigoted patriot is no use to any
country, even his own
She stopped to apologize for her
recent remarks against the bonus,
saying: Il forgot l ~as British
member of parliament and I spoke
as a Nirsinian. I seem to have wor-
ried some people," she said, but
perhaps these people are not fifty
fifty like I am"
Touching on politics, she said:
Continued on Page 4-Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Hunt for Slayer
Brewster Leads
to Vermont and n. II.

winchester, Mass, Apr. 2J-The
search for the murderer of Ralph
W. Brewster, railroad ticket agent
here who was shot to death when in
his Office late Thursday night, had
broadened tonight to take in points
in Vermont as well as in New
Hampshire.
A message received today from a
station agent in the vicinity of Bel
lows Falls, Vt, by Chief of Police
Mcintosh said that an Unidentified
man had alighted from a train the
night of the murder and had not
been seen since. The description OF
this man, Chief Mcintosh said, tai
lied with that Of the man who was
seen running from the scene of the
murder. with the exception that the
man seen in Vermont wore a blue
cap instead of having been without
headgear. The police said the time
of his arrival at the station in Yer
mont which they refused to name.
was such as TO make it possible that
the stranger was the man wanted.
A Woburn man was discovered to-
day who admitted having been in the
telephone booth at the Winchester
station when the shooting was sup
posed to have occurred. Questioned
by the Winchester police. he said he
was in the booth for two or three
minutes at about ga when a freight
train passed the station, but that he
heard no shots.
The police refused to divulge his
name.
The chief Of police said tonight
that the four detectives who were
sent to New Hampshire today went
as a result of tip originating there,
but that up to a late hour tonight 10
arrests had been made. He declared
that the police would make every eff
fort to run down the Vermont clue
tomorrow.
Crews Of trains which passed
through Winchester on the night of
the murder We're questioned further
today but no new light was shed on
the mystery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
NO TRACE MISSING
SEAPLANE WITH s
PERSONS ABOARD

Key West, Fla, April 25-Search
for the commercial seaplane Santa
Maria. which with six persons aboard
has been missing since it left here
early yesterday for Nassau, a flight
OF approximately 800 miles, has been
unsuccessful so far as was known
here tonight. Naval and CONNER
cial seaplanes left here early today to
look for the craft and radio stations
both here and at Miami requested all
vessels to report any trace of the
plane.
Aboard the Santa Maria when 1t
left here were an unidentified wom-
an passenger; DR.. Eugene Lowe of
this city; Pharmacist Leslie Curry
and Pilots Musick and Richardson
and Mechanic Roderick.
A stiff breeze was blowing off the
coast yesterday and it was hoped
here the pilot had anchored at the
shoals off Andres Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Unable to Locate
S. American Monster

Cholla. Territory Of Chubut, April
a5-(By A. PD-Martn Sheffield's fa-
nous plesiosarius if it ever existed,
appears to have fed to parts an
known.
The expedition recently sent out
from Buenos Aires under the leader
ship of Emilio Frey ras been una BILE
to locate the animal after many
nights of watching and hunting
around the lake near Esquel. where
Sheffield reported he bad seen such
monster.
AS a last resort. Frey exploded II
cartridges of dynamite in the lake last
Sunday, hoping this would force thc
elusive pre- historic animal to the
surface. This effort was without re-
suit however, and the expedition is re-
turning empty handed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Harvard Survey
Says Business on
Upward Trend

Cambridge, Mass. April 25.-Con-
tinued improvement in business, ac-
companicd by u rise in the Wholesale
prices of many commodities, is pre-
dicted by the Harvard Economic
Service in a survey of business con-
ditions made public tonight.
stronger economic forces" the
statement said, ARE now operating
to bring a return of prosperity. The
consumption OF manufactured goods
during the past year and half has
considerably exceeded production.
Stocks of goods in the hands of
manufacturers and dealers have,
consequently declined, greatly and
enlarged manufacturing output is
necessary to supply current de-
mand.
In February the output OF seven
leading groups of manufacturing in
dustrleS for which figures are OBJ
tainable. iron and steel, lumber, pa
per, textiles, feathers, food and to-
bacco, had increased one third from
the low point of~1921. In March the
shipments of manufactured goods
reached the highest figure since the
spring of 1920 when industrial acti-
witty was at high tide. This seems
that continued Improvement is in
prospect.
Increased industrial activity will
be accompanied by a rise in the
wholesale prices of many commo-
dities. Agricultural products have
already had a substantial price adj
vance and there is little reason to
believe that the advance has ended.
The wholesale price of other import
tant raw materials and basic articles,
which are relatively lower than the
prices of finished goods will also
move upward.
"Our banks are strong and credit
is available for financing a larger
volume of production that now exists
at a higher price level. Statistics of
bank loans and commercial paper
outstanding show that contraction of
loans for business purposes has end
cd and that banking expansion is in
prospect.
1T is evident that fundamental
economic conditions abroad are slow
ly but surely mendng and that
Europe will continue to be a large
purchaser Of our cotton. wheat. cop
per and other important products"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
STRIKE PICKET
SHOT IN ROW AT
PAWTUcKET, R. |.
Crowd Was Attempt
ing to Prevent Men
Going to Work
Man Not Seriously Wounded
Given 60 Days in Jail-Two
Others Arrested-Central
Falls Mayos Objects to Ac-
tivities Of Sheriff's Deputies

Providence, r. l., April 25-One
strike picket was shot and two others
arrested by deputy sheriffs today near
the Jenckes Spinning company plant,
Pawtucket, when the deputies sought
to dispense a crowd of $50 persons
who, they assert, were attempting to
prevent men from going to work at
the Jenckes mill.
Cazimiro Almeida Of Pawtucket, the
wounded man, was hurried to the
Memorial hospital, where it was
found that a revolver bullet had
ploughed through the flesh at the
back Of his neck and lodged against
bone. The wound was dressed and
Almeida was taken to the Tenth Dis
trict Court, where he was sentenced to
60 days in Jail on an assault charge.
Mayor Charles III. Lord of Central
Falls, where the Jenckes company
also has a mill, took a hand in the
controversy that has been going on
for a week between the sheriffs and
the strikers, and told Deputy sheriff
Nelson Pratt in charge of the officers
protecting the Jenckes property, to
keep his men out OF Central Falls.
The latter replied that he took his
orders from the sheriff of the county
and from no one else. Mayor Lord
later issued a statement in which he
declared that Deputy sheriff Pratt had
no right ito come into Central Falls
to make trouble"
IF he is looking for trouble" the
Mayor continued, '1et hi mstay on the
other side of the city line where he
will find enough to keep him busy.
We can take care of the Central Falls
situation and we intend to do So"
The mayor charged that Deputy
Continued on Page 4--CoI. s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Govt. Has Plan
to End Coal Strike
No Federal Control

Washington, April 25-The govern
ment is working on a plan looking
to the ending of the coal strike
which it will submit soon to both
operators and union leaders, it was
said today at the White House.
Details of the plan were not dis
closed, but it was said that it does
the coal industry.
The plan which now is receiving
the attention of President Harding
and his advisers was said to con-
template a permanent solution, if
possible, of the basic problems of
the industry. Presentation of the
plan, it was indicated, wuold be made
when a favorable opportunity pre-
Sents itself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
COAL SUPPLY
ADEQUATE FOR
TWO MONTHS
Survey R e po r t with
Strike in It's Fourth
Week
Stocks in Other Places Will
Last from 80 Days to Four
Observation-Disclosures the Rule
in Reports from 13 States
Prices Generally Static

Chicago, Ill. April e5.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press).-With the coal strike
in its fourth week. a survey of 10
states. including Pennsylvania, Ala
bama Kentucky, Texas and most of
the mid-western states, indicates that
coal supplies for at least 60 days are
on hand generally, while stocks in sew
eral places were expected to last
from 80 days to four months.
Many of the larger factories and
public utilities reported the posses
sion OF enough fuel TO last well into
the summer, but in some states the
smaller towns and some independent
factories were less amply supplied, al
though relief sufficient for emergen-
cles was expected from non-union
mines still in operation. Many Ken
lucky mines were said to be working
day and night, and Alabama produc-
ton was described as near normal.
Confidence rather than anxiety, so far
as the fuel supply is concerned, was
the rule in all states from which re-
ports were received.
Little unusual demand was evident;
in some cases dealers declared that
there will be no market" or that
they had more than enough coal on
hand. Prices generally are static.
Operators and dealers announced, how
ever, that there would be no summer
reductions, with the striking excep-
ton of the Alabama district, where it
was stated that summer prices would
be thirty per cent lower than last year.
Reports by states follow:
PENNSYLVANIA Producers have
not put into effect the usual spring
reduction, and prices of domestic sizes
Continued on Page 1o-CoI. s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Il DEAD AND
HEAVY DAMAGE
FLOODS TOLL
JUDGE PIERCE TO
TAKE STAND IN OWN
DEFENSE AT BOSTON

Boston, April 25.-Suprcme Justice
Edward p. Pierce was sworn as
witness today when the defense
opened at the legislative committee
hearing on charges seeking his re-
moval. The judge is charged with
having conspired to obstruct justice
in litigation involving the Waban
Rose Conservatives and the Henry
Woods Sons Company OF Wellesley
Counsel for Judge Pierce did not
indicate when the respondent would
take the witness stana The hearing
Of the testimony offered by Repre-
sentative Loring Z. Jordan and his
law partner, George NJ. Poland. who
brought the removal petition, occu-
pied two weeks, and the defense is
not expected to conclude this week,
inasmuch as no hearings are held on
Fridays and Saturdays.
The first witness for the defense
was A. Pierce, rose grower who is
not related to the respondent, and
G. K. Kicker, an accountant, who
were called to discrcdit testimony of
fered by the petitioners or to the
productions and sales at the Naban
Conservatives during the time that
roses were being sent Judge Fierce.
Testimony offered by the petitioners
said that w. Edwin Timer, former
manager of the company made fire.
quent gifts OF flowers to the judge
at times when roses We're scarce and
expensive. Judge Pierce has said
the roses he received were short
stemmed and unsuitable
F.. A. Pierce testified that i the
varieties of roses grown At the con-
scrvatories had been proven un-
productive by most of the rose
growers of the country. He de-
clared that "it was losing game at
Waban" and that he would not have
accepted the plant as gift.
Kicker who was bookkeeper for
Timer in 1919. took the -tand few
minutes before adjournment
Attorney Poland, the last witness
for the petitioners, testified that
Joseph c. PelIetier, former district
attorney of Suffolk county, had asked
him to serve as his personal counsel
in removal proceedings against
Judge Pierce and had asked him TO
prepare an impeachment petition
Poland said he had refused.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
army OF 10000 TO
INSURE SAFETY U. s.
ARMY HEADS WARN
Force Of Adequate
Size w Ould Have
Prevented w World
War, Gen. Pershing's
Belief Danger in
Proposed Army 49,
600, Sec. Weeks Dec
laratiOn

VA. nStcn, April 25.-A plea for
r.,ora. military policy which
,oal4 assure tho checking of ag-
r.e,son ny foreign powers in its in
,,.er.r ana which would avoid
CONFUSION, disorder, delay and ex-
,.,,ar,rrc when emergencies arise.
.,,na!. today by Secretary Weeks
Ala Gencu rcrshing before a Sen
M committee In support Of the war
,ersr,mcnt program for an army of
-e,n thousand officers and $50, 900
,,aHoI men.
T.e statements by the two army
heads concluded the public discus
soa az me annual army supply bill
...l t.e appropriations committee
v..H .ls charge OF it will begin
immediately 20 write the measure
NTH. t. prospect said to be for an
.r.a.a u.tr the House figure of
...l oglrcrs and $4,000 men.
General Tcrshing declared that had
,.er.'.r boon adequately prepared.
.'rr-a .e little question that the
Inf.. -..f,s under a strong leader
r.n ,.i have prevented the
,..l var altogether" lie added
t.., t.o was no doubt that the
O... nar likewise never would have
occurred Ial inc Union been equip
W.T.. WITH .N army Of reasonable size
.-It. rr immediate use.
Tt a.uv ur $4,000 mon and H.
..U., f... fixed by the House was
considered Dv Secretary Weeks TO be
Dnv ''.r safe minimum require
mee'.' o. Tho country. lie asserted
.7' "ur He ncsslike" conduct of the
H. n.v Establishment in years gone
\. v.s tasponslble for the eNpendi-
Mic X necessary billions in the
a-r.era'o 10 Americas war.
Ne entered each war with
r- NATIONAL defense system un-
--~e.f Mr. Weeks continued.
'r.e Die -cquIred an cxtemporizcd
,rar....a thrown together in
l..f Irs'r and resulting always in
r.rsr,r Cv~cnditure and excessive
f.r7.u. O. sturhancc. In each war
~ 1..e consistently adhered TO
or Ginning great citizen
r.e Il. +, r.forcc o.:r small regular
.e'7H .s.n. r'. but in the absence of
Mr.. arrto plans the process OF
ta.rr- t.ts ciGzcn army has been
c-s 70 ...n ION. disorder, delay and
rr..rIu.e"
Ia C...-1l Pcrshtng's statement
lcor 0ued or Page 10-Col. y
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o.. I'd
Tax Manchester
Mayor for Failure c-
TO Attend Conference

Nan ar.,,r. y. II. April 25-The
Z l'te o., the textile strike in tins
org tnllr was tho demonstration
made oy several hundred strikers and
fmIa'hzcrs at tho city hall. when
committee from the workers, delegat-
II hr 'ao lo.aI textile council board
4. strategy visited the mayors office
N ask rm vhv he dii not attend the
conference of New liamr shire mayors
a.. sc.emon at Dover yesterday.
TITO m''ur replied that he had
01sai Man hester sighted as there
N',' over 10000 strikers here. and
''a'. hcs',r should have been the
.N." ~ tho conference. lie stated
:. az mi ne known there had been a
oes-o On thc part Of the strikers for
m - attend the conference at Do
W.T. to would have gone there.
YEN ica1ir acrimony developed at
'.'f l.. meeting. The strikers
''med That the mayor was an agent
'1" Amoshcag company" while the
MAYOR was vehement in his denials.
""'" n" Conference was going on in
cry fl''. several OF the strikers
"'' mrl'hiZcrs gathered on the
'''.'" ~ the building TO await the
t'Aah'e ~ the committee.
!, ~ President James Starr today
statement criticizing the
..'fa'.'n ny the Amoskeag Com
2. u.s. regular quarterly dividend
f'a' re- share on the common
'N' PAYABLE May .. This is a fair
l....,''''n OF how hard up the Amos
IS company is" said Mr.. Starr.
'se' can't stay up but dividends
~ 90 on, business or no business"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Claims Dry and Chem
ical Interests Out to
Fatten Pockets
Through Increased Duties on
Drugs, Dyes, Inks and Paints
Scores "Falsc Propaganda
Designed to M;siead Amer
lean People"-Jones, Demo-
crat, Says Fight on Hundreds
of Rates

Washington, April o5-Increased
duties on drugs, dyes, inks and paints
proposed in the administration tariff
bill came under fire today from the
senate democrats in the second day Of
general debate on the measure.
Reviewing the rates in the first
schedule of the bill. Senator King,
Democrat, Utah, said the increases
proposed ranged from 15J to 600 per
cent; presented statistics to show
that imports of the commodities I'M
der discussion We're negligible and
charged that the result of enactment
OF the proposed duties would be to
increase the ALREADY swollen fortunes
Of drug and chemical manufacturers
at the expense of the American peo-
pie"
Attacking what he characterized as
the dye monopoly, Senator King de-
clared that the propaganda which he
charged that it had circulated was
false, decetful and designed to mis-
lead the American people for having
erected the embargo which it sue
ceeded in obtaining" He warned cor
porations and business men generally
that unless they treated the consum-
ing public fairly, the people would
rise up in their wrath and pull down
the temple" of business.
Serving notice on the senate that
there would be votes on each Of the
hundreds of rates in the bill, Senator
Jones. of New Haven, Democratic
member of the finance committee
asked members of the committee ma
iority to explain on what information
the majority had acted in transferring
acetic acid from the free list to the
duitable list. He asserted that there
was nothing in the printed hearings
about costs of production either in
the United States or elsewhere and
that this case was typical" Of the
action Of the majority in drafting the
bill.
After some cross fire Of debate,
Senator Smoot of Utah, ranking Re-
publican on the committee said Cam
ada had found a new process for maxi
ing acetic acid during the war and
that it was a case Of protecting the
American industry cr turning the
home market over to Canada. He
added that information as to prices
OF the commodity in Germany justi-
fed the rate imposed.
There followed a long discussion of
the new Canadian method of produc-
ton from calcium carbide. At its
conclusion Senator Harrison, Demo-
Graf. Mississippi. offered a resolution
calling on the tariff commission for
as to the result of the
operation of the emergency tariff
bill.
He asked for immediate consider
alton. but Senator Smoot objected,
saying it could he acted upon tomor-
row without displacing the tariff bill.
I'VE were told" said Senator Har-
rison, that the emergency tariff was
TO be the panacea for all agricultural
ills. We knew that was largely bun
comb. The tariff commission has
gathered the facts and congress and
the country are entitled to know what
they are. The facts will help in a
wise consideration OF this bill"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
One Dead in Fire
Following Still
Blast at Haverhill

Haverhill, Mass, April 2o.-Alec
Marcoux, 81 years old. was fatally
burned, and Andrew Stone, who at
tempted to rescue him from a burn
ing shack on the outskirts of this city.
was overcome by heat and smoke late
today. The police said the fire started
when a still exploded.
Stone left the shack this afternoon
and soon afterward as he was return
ing saw the shack on fire. He found
Marcoux unconscious in the burning
building and attempted to carry him
out. but was overcome.
A ncighbor, David Chase, attra acted
by the flames. arrived in time to carry
Stone to safety. He then took Mar
coux from the building and rushed
him to a hospital whore he died soon
aftcrWard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Blizzard Blocks
Traffic in Interior
of New FOundland

st. Johns, y. F.. April 25-Winter is
lingering very vigorously in New
Foundland. A blizzard which has
ragged for two days and which con-
tinued tonight has blocked express
trains in the interior of the colony
and it is believed no train can get
through before the end of the week.
Snow drifts in some places are ten
feet deep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Lewiston and
Auburn to Have
Daylight Saving

Lewiston, Me-, April 25.-Represen-
tatives OF mill factories OF this city
and Auburn, across the river, decided
today to adopt daylight saving time
on April 80 and to return to standard
time on the last Sunday in Septem-
Der. Schools and trolley cars will
conform as will the rest Of the COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Fire Destroys
Fine Woods in n. III.

West Moreland, \. H., April %
One hundred acres Of choice woodland
were burned over here today and so
threatening became the fire that help
was summoned from Keene. The fire
got away from the volunteer fire fight
ers. The fire is said to have started
from railroad engine sparks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

North New England = Cloudy
Wednesday; Thursday cloudy and
cooler.
South New England-Cloudy with
probably showers on Wednesday;
Thursday cloudy and cooler.
East New York - Local rains
Wednesday, cooler in extreme north
portions; Thurs Joy cloudy and
cooler.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Offers for Muscle
Shoals Unacceptable

Washington. Apr. 25-(By A. P.)
Consideration by the House mill
tary committee in executive session
Of the various private offers for the
government projects at Muscle
Shoals, Ala, has reached the stage,
it was said. today on good authority
where it appears probable that none
of the offers will be recommended to
the House in their present form for
arreptanco
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
Boston F orec asst

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Wednesday unsettled, probably show
ers; Thursday generally fair, cool
er; moderate mort h~cst winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-26
AMERICA TO
GENOA BELIEF
OF LADY AST0R
Says This Country Has
Best Formula for
Peace

Amc- ..can-Born NJ e m Der of
British Commons Touches on
Many Other Topics at Annual
Luncheon Associated Press
at New York - Refers to
Woman's Work in Politics