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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-13
n. England Employees
Announced Winners
Vail Bronze Medals

Boston. April II our e!LlPioE =
OF the New England Telephone &
Telegraph Co. were announced to
day as winners OF the Vail bronze
medals for this year. The medals
awarded for distinctive service each
wear. were established by the Amer
lean Telephone Co. as memorial! 70
the late Theodore y. Vail. The New
England winners are Flora r Bron-
Ski. Boston: Marshal! \. Oliver Bid
deford. Me: Elizabeth ". LonerG3n.
Lawrence, and Olga I. Nosander'
Lowell.
Miss Bronski. supervisor ct Bo3s-
ton exchange. averted 4 serious nre
in a department store through bring
about discovery OF threaten 3
haze as a result OF her investigation
OF unusual lighted line signals on
yer rescued fellow linesman "no
came in contact with hiSa power
circuit as line was being run
through a swamp. Miss LonerSan
ar5 Miss Wosander (now Mrs Dus-
tin HambIett) through supervision
OF telephone calls assisted the ponce
to arrest a man charged with nlof-
der.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-13
MAN FOUND DEAD
IN VERMONT MAY Be
BICKFQRD, BELFAST

s.. Adams. Vt. April l2.-Possi-
hility that the unknown man whose
dead body was found at the Central
Vermont railway station here Sun
day night. bullet hole through the
head, and who was placed in a name
less grave Yesterday. is Charles s.
Rickford. city clerk aud treasurer Of
Belfast, Maine missing since ApT.l
). was made known today. The mayor
OF Belfast has been communicated
Wit, and it is anticipated that Il
Belfast resident will DC sent here
at once to identify the body which is
10 be eNhumed.
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Washington. April 1o N Charges
mat the fortune Of more than $500
900 which Charles Garland Of Bos-
ton refused to accept as an inhcri-
lance from his father is being used to
hrlng together an interlocking net
work of pacifist and revolutionary or
carnations Of more or less extreme
charactcr were made tonight in a
public statement by Samuel Comb
crS, president Of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor.
Along with the statement, Mr.
Gompcrs made public q letter from
the American Fund for Public Scr
vice. Inc, To which Mr.. Garland
turned over the bulk Of his wealth,
refusing to contribute TO the Work
er5 Education Bureau. a labor fed
GRAFTON, because the Bureau was not
definitely committed to a radical
Program in the way Of carrying on
the struggle for the emancipation Of
Their class in every sphere
An investigation Of the Garland
fund, Mr. Gompers said. has served to
reveal to some slight extent the
qualifications of revolutionary propa =
Ganda and revolutionary Influence in
the United states" and ito link the
American fund for public service
With perhaps 90 or more of the lead
ing pacifist, pro- Bolshevist and par
ior pink organizations. He declared
that Roger Baldwin. Robert Morse,
LoVett, Scott Nearing. William Il.
Foster, Sidney Hllman and others OF
the directors Of the Garland fund had
been more or less constantly asso-
cIated with radical .abor and other
organizations which the American
Federation OF Labor consider as
abusive of the best interests of
American citizenship and the princi-
pies upon which the American repub-
lie and the American Federation of
Labor are founded
1T should not be necessary here TO
declare with emphasis" Mr.. Comp
ers continued, that no organization
IN which the American Federation of
Labor is officially interested could ac-
cept money from my such source
The federation by vote Of it's conyen-
tons and by the convictions Of its
membership. is unaltera BILE in its sup
port Of democracy and in its hostility
u every suhrersive movement
whether tho movement he red rcvo-
lutionary. paciGist or autocratic and
rCactiOnary.'
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Bangor. Me, April 12-On the
strength IF a story told by a woods
man named Ernest Eodcrck, who
says that he can point out the exact
spot where the bodies OF the two
game wardcns, johnson and Brown,
missing since November 10. were
buried By their supposed slaycrs,
Dcputy Sheriff Sawyer left Green
Vile Tuesday for Portage Lake
there to meet Eodcrick ana his cou-
SIN. Joe, and proceed with them to
the bog near the lake, where the
game Wardens went in quest of
pOaChCrS.
The Eodcricks worked in logging
crew in the vicinity of Portage Lake
last November. and Ernest did a lit
tie trapping as a side line. He heard
about the disappearance Of the
Wardens. One day while lie was
tending his beaver traps in the woods
near the bog he saw two men APP
preaching He hid thinking they
were wardens. When the men came
closer he saw that they were drag
S;n@ TWO bodies. ana while he watch
cd from lis hiding place they buried
the bodies. covering the spot with
leaves. dirt and branches.
There is a reward Of $500 for in
formation leading TO the arrest of the
slayers OF the wardens, but R0der-
lex says he has kept quiet about
what he saw for fear of being prose-
cuted for poaching. Owing to hard
travelling conditions in the woods. it
viii be several days, possibly week
before the result OF this now search
for the bodies can be known
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SACCO INSANE AND
SHOULD Be GUARDED
BELIEF OF AL|ENISTS


bo9'oh' Npfil l---NIcoia Sacco'
convicted with BartolomcO Nanzctti
in 1921 Of tie murder Of n paymastcr
,,d III c,,,d >, c,,t, p,a,,., J..
''o''' ''"'i', - =
u unSouhu NINA ana deilhitciy re-
quircs hospital care and treatment,
and should be committeod for such
TO a h0spjtal for mental diseases in
The opinion Of AIionists insfr,ctcd
by Judge Webster ,Thavcr of tho Gu
perior Cont 10 observe Sncco,e
SUMMONS and mako - rc,o,t rio
substance of this ronort which v,s
completed Anril 10 became kno,rn
tonight
I,,,,,,i,;, a.. ,..
~ :, ~ ~ ,'''oI ict,'
- = .h"c'lc ,ahi'pcii. Supcfihtend-
It,.i,i, 'oou'i "H'h"P' ~,
~ WY pi'''i''c' " Iec'lleu
a. '[, i.t,,, ".N e,opsp is''n'd' "
~. - Dcui''.t'i JaIl I" ~
IL IL eou. dctloi on the pe'itloh Oh
~ ro''iiAoi 1T . ne" tt'dl'
IN view OF the uncertainty as to
tiic pefinancncc OF his insight into
me dcluSionS to which he was then
subject, in view of tho great prob
abilitN that return to the prison en-
Hlronment Will precipitate return
OF the dciuslons. and in view of the
reported threats of suicide and cpl
sooeS OF lmpulsiVc behavior with
statements OF hearing voices, DIR.
campbell reported, Il am of the
OPINION mat the patient is of I'M
Souhd nina and definitely requires
hoSpltal care ana treatment and
should be committed for such to a
hospital TOT mental diseases.
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ATTENTION
TURNS TO WALL ST,
ON SUGAR PRICES

New York. April IA focusing
upon Wall Street Of the government 5
investigation Of sugar prices was in
dicated today in the arrival Of Act
ing Attorney General Seymour from
Washington for secret conference
with William Hayward, United
States attorney for New York
Nh Seymour was reported To lake
conferred with President Harding
Yesterday as 10 the most direct meth
Oh OF prosecuting the sugar inquiry
instituted by the department Of jus
ticc. Shortly thereafter he started
for New York.
Mr. Hayward. who was placed in
direct charge of the inquiry. admit
ted that Mi Seymour had arrived
here and telcphoned ARRANGEMENTS
for a meeting tonight at 4 place Mr..
Hayward declined 70 designate Mr..
seymour had expressly cautioned him
about making any statement that
would disclose the plans OF The dc
paTtment Of justice. he said. and had
requested that all information con-
corning the proposed inquiry lie
withheld until issued from Washing
ton.
Willie he acknowledged that the
burden Of the investigation had been
Intrustcd 10 him, the district attor-
ney implied that lie would be guided
by Washington IN his line nf attack.
1T is logical that VIC should main
tain secrecy at this time" he said
we want to get the l.G Offenders in
this group and lf We make our plans
wi, VA
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Boston. April IAN increased de-
mand for competent farm labor and
a generally healthy industrial en-
ployment condition. are reported by
the Employment Service Of the Uni
ted States Department Of Labor in
an analysis Of industrial employment
and unemployment in New England
for March. made public today.
In commenting On the industrial
employment situation in New Eng
land, the report said. 1T is safe to say
that there is Il healthy and robust
condition existing, which is producing
an optimistic outlook for the steady
decrease Of unemployment in every
section of the New England states.
What is perhaps the outstanding
feature Of the March analysis. is the
increased demand for competent farm
labor due to the resumption of agrt-
Continued on Page 3-Col. 81
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General Forecast

Thursday night the pressure was
high of the Atlantic coast. Local
rains have fallen along the northern
border OF the Great Lakes eastward
and in the northwest. There has
been marked rise in temperature
within the last - hours in the upper
lake region and the upper Mississippi
and central Missouri valleys and
decided fall in temperature over the
northwestern states and in the New
England states.
In New England and New York
cloudines5 Will increase and the
weather become somewhat warmer
Friday and be followed By rain b.
Friday night and On Saturday.
Winds north Z Sandy Hook. fresh
shifting. mostly southerly: increas-
Ing cloudiness Friday, probably rain
Friday night
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London. April l. O;y 4. rD-Thc
attitude of the Soviet toward tho
Christian citizens OF the world. as
manifested in the recent execution
of Vicar General Butchkavitch and
til, condemnation of Arch Bishop
Zepliak. forms the subject OF an in
dignant protest issued today over
the names OF the Archbishop of Can
terbury. the Archbishop of York,
Cardinal Bourne. Rabbi Hertz. Gen
eral Bramwell Booth ard other re-
ligious heads, representing almost
every section in England. Address
sed TO "all mon and women of good
Will the document exhorts those
who believe in the maintenance of
religious liberty TO register their
condemnation of the Soviets' &C
tons.
The last few weeks" says tie
protest. have witnessed a portent
which has filed all generous hearted
men and women with horror. Tie
ruthless warfare which the Soviet
government has long carried on
against all forms OF religious belief
has come to a head.
Hundreds Of thousands of rcl-
gious people and the ministers Of
religion OF all ranks and creeds have
been subjected 10 savage prescott
ton, the express object OF which has
been to root religion out of the
land. The central facts for which
religion stands have been system
atically outraged and insulted. The
most sacred OF religious festivals
tE,aster) has been made the occa-
sion for blasphemous trayestE.
The Bolshcviks themselves have
not disguised the purpose they have
in view In their own journal they
declared: We must carry on our
agitation against religion just as
Systematically as we did in political
questions. but with even more de-
termination. Although we have de-
clared war on the denizcns Of heav-
en-, it is hy no means easy to sweep
them from the no schools of the
Workmen.
The pronouncemont then saws i IS
for the sake OF those workmen and
the whole people OF Russia. and Tor
the preservation in their hearts Of
their faith in God that the appeal is
made.
we are Of many religious com
munions and many political opin-
ions" il goes on. but We arc united
in the Indignation and horror with
which we regard the present policy
of systematic persecution Of religion
in all its forms. Such policy can
not he tolerated in silence ny those
who value religion or liberty. our
protest Will. We are confident. evoke
a response everywhere on tie part
OF those who have at heart the we'll
being Of the world
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Wards Counsel
Questions Validity
Peace, Safety Act

New York. April 12-Counsel ror
tn" family OF Walter s Ward, adj
mitted slayer OF Clarence s. Peters of
Eaverhill. Mass whose death is be-
in; investigated by the attorney gen
erals department. late today began
action AGAINST the Western Union
ana III" Postal telegraph company
dnd Deputy Attorney Generals
Chambers ana Cohen to test the
validity Of the Peace ana Safety Act
~ 1917. under which the attorney
general is conducting the inquiry.
The action by the Ward counse!
came after supreme Court Justice
StalcT at Albany had issued an or
der that the Western Union and the
Postal companies show cause why
they should not produce the cable
fnessaGe and kilograms sought by
the attorney generals Office. The
Staley order is made returnable ut
Albany Saturday but the latter sub
pnona on the telegraph companies
and the attorney generals depart
ment is returnable tomorrow
II WAS announced that Attorney
Genera! sherman would not press
action On the Stalev order. as he had
boon assured ~ counsel FOR the toln-
- "pii companies lnar II inc act IN
question is declared valid tho cable
and telegraph messages would DE
produced immediately.
j. is not known in what court the
validity Of the act would nc deter
mined. hut il was presumed that
Justice Stalcy would decide the mat
ter.
Complete accord was said to have
been effected between the attorney
generals department and counsel to
the telegraph companies. representa-
tivns Of which held secret confer
ence today with Attorney General
Sherman IT his office in this city.
The hearing which had been trans
frrred n this city from Albany was
adjourned until next Monday morn
ing at Albany.
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Govt. Yields to
.LabOrites and Calm
Reigns in Commons

London. April 1e-fBy 4. PJ-The
parliamentary crisis was quietly sur
mounted today when. the government
having yielded to the Laborite de-
mands and undertaken to appoint a
committee to investigate the griev-
ances Of the ex-service men the oppo-
sition permitted motion that the
speaker leave the chair to be put with
out further resistance
Thereupcn. in accorda nee with leg
islative usage the grievances must be
heard the house began a discussion of
various subjects, including that OF in
terruption Of British trade by the
French. The discussions having pro-
ceeded about three hours. with only oc-
casional erervescence from the Labor
benches. Sir Philip LIoyd-Greame. for
the gov eminent moved closure. which
was carried 242 to I55. and the motion
that the speaker leave the chair was
agreed to uncppcsed.
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FATHER OF HARDING
GUEST CONFEDERATE
VETS, new ORLEANS

Now Grlcaue Ia ,,ri, - m. I,
PJ-,;onarsI William = u,Ide,,Iar nf
louisville. ky. vas ofarrrd camn,ard-
cr-iA-chiof Of tho I-n:t.d t.nrr.gi.rato
Veterans al ,ho cI.sjr:, hvsine.s III
sion Of thu annual reunion TO-DAY ana
Memphis. Tenn. was selected ~ TIL
1aol reunion ritv
Dr George ifard.nE III Marion phtn
fath.r NJ President Harding su...a
twice today. He dccrar. j ~. runs.d.r, u
Robert Il. I.ce the Ercafe-t vi ttncr!-
Can generals apd T.ffcrsn, ba,ss r,o
Of thu country : greatest statesmen.
III said he felt yery kindly toward
tho South ina s:nGch A. W. grandmother
was a cousin nj tho mother If jefferson,
DAVIS. He declared he wanted :: 70
union Of iae Blue and Gray in Wash
ington next year # possible
After thanking the veterans for the
manner in which he had been To-
ceived. he added: Il want 10 thank
the southern pe0ple. too. for the
kindness with which thew have
treated ,nv an. TIL. south never
had Il better friend than Warren q;
Harding"
General JuIiar ( Clrr of pyrja-rr
n. III. commander chief III rha
forenoon session. during d discussion
Of the term rebel as ;tppiied u con
Tolerate soldiers. shouted II an h
rchct aud " ku kiuN. tgp." In TILL
afternoon h. loudly repeated Tie
Thruse and this time shouts of Il am.
too" cane from all quarters.
J. u. Trout, Of jackson. Tenn.
ieapeI To his feet declaring that H."
was Opposed to anything but law
and order and "unait"rably opposed
I" lug-ln- anything VI that kind into
the discussion The discussion was
soon ended.
4Ig discussion Of tic term John
nit kco ana rebel arose with the
fe-diAF All q telegram ty General
cdfF from the Columbia g. -
1Ilsl-' aaAlng u tnc veterans regard
~ @1ch terms as proper WeAn dp-
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washington, April to-(By a. P.)
preliminary discussion relative to
the 1924 convention Of Republicans
together with the making of plans
10 wine out tho remainder Of the
deficit incurred hy the Republicans in
The 1920 campaign and a survey of
tie general political situation con-
stitute the outstanding features of a
series Of conferences with Republic
can leaders concluded here tonight by
Fred ". Upham, treasurer of the
Republican National Committee.
Participants in the conferences
with Mr.. Upham included John T.
Adams, chairman OF the Republican
National Committee, Rush l.. IIol-
land. assistant attorney general, and
others prominent III the councils OF
the party.
Mr.. Upham. during his two days
stay in the capital, also has had two
conferences with President Harding
but politics were discussed only in a
general way.
The discussions which have been in
progress and which Will be con-
tinuei tomorrow in New York are
understood from some OF those who
saw the Republican treasurer. to
have developed:
That certain large cities have
been considered as tile site OF the
1874 convention.
That the deficit resulting from the
last convention has been reduced
and that steps have been taken which
is hoped viii wipe it out completely
ly june !.
Tia, party leaders expect that the
fortunes If the Republican party in
1874 may turn largely on the general
business conditions obtaining during
the next y months.
Mr.. Jph5.n in his conference with
the president dlscusSc,, II some de-
tail the lrtp - Alaska planned by
tie executive, hut this discussion
was II non political nature. the
president being firmly opposed 10
giving the tour political tinge. The
Republican, treasurer asked the
president to make an address in Chi
caso OF his re:urn frun Alaska.
The discussions relative 10 the pro-
posed trip were said to. have devel-
oped that tie president has tcnta-
lively decided upon = addresses in
the west. about SIX to be made en-
route 10 the asst by the southern
route. probably thre. in coast cities
and Some half dozen on his return
eastward by tho northern route.
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Kalamazoo. Mich. April 12-The
Reverend Father Charles Dillon. as
sistant rector of St. Augustincs
Catholic church, shot and killed
Rev Father Henry O'Neill. rector of
the church. as they sat at the din
ner table tonight, then calmly went
to the telephone and notified the
police and coroner.
Dillon fired four shots, all of
which took effect AS Father o.
Neill fell dead. Dillon turned TO the
Rev. Father Mccullough. the only
witness of the tragedy and handed
him phial containing holy oils,
with the request that he administer
the sacrement of extreme JUNCTION.
According to a statement the as
sistant rector is said to have made
to police and county officers, he was
driven 70 fury" by alleged ill-treat-
ment at the hands OF the dead
priest.
He treated me with dsrespect
ever since ! came here. thirteen
months ago from Battle Creek" he
is reported as having told the au-
thoritics. He assumed toward me
the attitude of car
He treated me as little boy. re
fusng to permit me to visit the
families of the parish. or take any
part in the life Of the parish. ! pro-
tested in vain against his attitude
and tonight. when We quarrelled
over the matter at the dinner table
he ordered me to pack my belong
inSs to get out.
II got up from the table and went
upstairs to pack up. but it was a re-
yolver. not a suitcase | packed.
picked mp phiaI Of holy oil and
went down stairs where Father o.
Neill and Father Mccullough were
eating. | intended TO give linn q
chance to confess and to repent be
fore ! killed him. but as ! advance
into the room with the hand hold
ing the revolver extended. | saw hin
grab a salt cellar to throw at ms
ana ! fired twice. After that | dc
not recall very well what hap.
pcned."
Rev. Father O'Neill was born al
HubbardstOn. Mich. about ~ year:
ago. He was a graduate of Assump
ton college. Sandwich. Ont. and o.
the Seminary at Baltimore. He wa!
| ordained ~ years ago and became
! pastor of st. Augustine's. Novembel
]. 1921, succeeding the late Rev
Mgr. +. A. O'Bricn.
Father Dillon was member o
/ the Carthusan Fathers order HI
had travelled widely. serving "a.
J missionary in many countries.
Calmly discussing tho shooting IL
the office Of chief Of police tonig hit
/ Father Dillon said that for SOM
/ time he had been prepared for sucl
an ending TO the lonG-continucd diff
ferences he said existed between
him and the slain priest
AT first thought you'd think
was insane. but I'm not" he said
Il can go through with all the
mentality tests, and they'll show
| am sane"
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BOrah Sees Lack
Power Permanent
Court of Justice

Washington. ApriI Recommending
on Secretary HoovcT's speech last night
in Des Moines. la. in which the com
merce secretary advocated accepta nee
BY the United States OF conditional
membership in the Permanent Court If
lntcrnationa! Justice. Senator BoraF in
statement declared today that we
should ither make it a court with some
power to II. with some effectiveness
or We should turn our attention ex-
cluSiyciF To the questions which are
troubling the American taxpayer and
the American business man ard the
American farmer at this time"
Senator Borah expressed the opinion
that IF the court is what Mr. Hoover
describes it TO he. il is no different
from the court which We have had for
the last - years at The Hague md
which no government Of Europe has
ever used in the matter of peace or
war"
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Riddles Trapped
IA Hours in Closet

Warren. Ohio. April I2-After being
imprisoned in closet in a vacant
second story room Of a downtown
building for ~ hours. Theresa Sand
ford. ,; John Williams. and his sis
ter. Margaret, ; years Of age. were
safe at home tonight recovering from
the i'll effects OF their long confine-
ment without food and water.
The children had selected the
closet, tiny box Of a place measur-
ing approxima teIy six feet by three.
as place 10 play They were
trapped when the door with a small
spring lock swung shut
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Flames Destroy
G0Odell Place on
East Monmouth Road

tSptcla- @ NeNNtNFC JOHrNaI)
Winthrop. April 1.-THE brick
house. with wooden eli, known as
the GooGcu place, owned by Dular
H. Dostic. ana situated on the East
Monmouth road : miles from Win
throp village. vas completely dc
strotcl Wy fire tonight. The family
vas seated at tie supper table when
a neiGhbor attracted their attention
by rappinG on the window. ana told
them THAT the root vas all afire
Viii the NClp Of rei=h3ors ana the
Winthrop Fire department. the fur
niture WAS saved and the fire was
prevented from spreading to the
barn and out buildings. II is be
lieved that the fire caught about the
chimney. The damage is not known