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Ellsworth American., 1923-11-14
COMING EVENTS.

Wednesday evening, Nov. IA, at Uni
tartan vestry-Public supper.
Tuesday, Nov 27, at American
Legion rooms-Apron and cooked food
sale, by A. l.. auxiliary.
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. and
6-Thursday club Christmas sale and
supper.
Wednesday, Dec. 70, at Unitarian
vestry-Sale and public supper by
Woman'S Alliance
Wednesday, Dec 12-Annual sale
and supper of the Baptist society.
Tuesday, Dec. 1S-Annual sale and
supper of ladies' aid society of the
Methodist church
Ellsworth American., 1923-11-14
CARDS OF THANKS.

We wish to express our sincere
thanks for many acts of kindness and
sympathy during the illness and after
the death of our son and nephew,
Arthur Walter Bonsey; especially for
beautiful flowers sent by friends,
neighbors and classmates, and for th e
kindly offices of the classmates who
acted as bearers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Bonsey.
Mrs. Elizabeth Meade.
Mrs. Annie NJ Terrence.
Mrs. Helen C. Gaspar
Ellsworth, Me-, Nov. 13, 1923.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

bile traffic lof the German reich. In
accordance with this ordinance the
police authorities of the various fed
era1 statest are Instructed. to combs
cate planes which violate this rule
pending the decision OF the air traffic
bureau.
IF the passengers are able to prove
their identity by showing papers
which are in good order, they are re-
lea sed at once. Even pilots are treat
ed according to. this rule, but only
after they have deposited security
for whatever damage they may have
made In landing=7if they landed In a
cornfield or garden, for instance. The
mail and percals on these planes are
expedited at once by the German post
office. German. experts dismantled
the airplanes, which are stored away
pending the outcome of the confisca :
tion hearing. So far. five planes of
the Compagnie Franco Rumano have
landed on German territory-three in
Bavaria in May and One in 'Wuert-
temberg and one in Baden. these two
last week"
Count St. Quentin. the French
charge daffaires in Berlin. told the
correspondent today that tho French
government has protested against the
confiscation- of these planes.
so far we have received no satis-
factory reply from the German gov-
ernment But we have already made
nearly 500 trips over German terri
tory this year, and what does one
plane in every 100 really mean?" said
the count.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
DOUBTS DRY FIGHT
FOR 1924 CAMPAIGN
Adams Says Neither Party viii
-. Make Issue of Wine
= -
=, and Beer. 7:

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 3e.-wines and beer
will not be made a national issue by
either republicans or democrats in
the 1924 campaign, in the opinion Of
John T. Adams. chairman of the re-
publican national committee. ex-
pressed in statement here. Mr.
Adams, who Is here arranging for one
of a series of regional conferences
Win state chairnen, said he did not
believe that there will be any wet
forms.
Regarding republican prospects for
1924. Mr. Adams said: = : :.
"There is no doubt President Hard
ing Will be renominated. The sound
economic policy of the Harding ad-
with the republican party in 1924.
The platform will be based on that
We believe the country realizes the
worth of the Harding administration.
and that the President can win on his
record of having redeemed the party's
pledges to the country"
Mr.. Adams said he did not care to
discuss issues, and that it was too
early to- talk of the republican con-
Vention city for 1924. Anything on the
world court that he might say would
be misinterpreted." he said, in steer
Ing away from that subject. On the
wet and dry issues question, he said: :
That will not be a national issue
with either the republican or demo-
cratic party. 1t will be state issue
no doubt. but neither party will put
any sort of a wet plank in it's plat
form"
The Chicago conference, he said,
will be held July 12, and will be at
tended by state chairmen from Illi-
nois,. michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa, Kan
sas, Missouri and Nebraska.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
CUNO WARNS RUHR
TO RESIST INVADER
Reiterates Fear Against Too Pre-
mature Dropping Of Passive
Campaign Against French.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BREMEN. June 30.-Reiteration of
his previous warnings against pre-
mature" abandonment Of the passive
resistance campaign featured the ad-
dress of Chancellor Cuno before the
Bremen chamber of commerce in his
swing around the country.
Every man and woman in tho bor-
der districts" he said. knows from
the bitter experiences Of 1918 what
would result In suffering for the oc-
cupied area and the entire father
land from premature laying down of
the weapon of passive resistance"
The chancellor declared he had
planned at first to proceed on a purely
practical and economic basis in tho
preparations question. but the Ger
man offer made to London and Paris
desired goal. 1t was primarily essen
tial that the people and the nation be
kept on their feet until the passive
resistance program was brought to q
successful conclusion.
Herman Rodenwald, vice president
of the chamber Of commerce, in greet
ing the chancellor, said he was conf
dent Herr Cuno would succeed in
bringing into safe harbors the ship
of state which is lighting hard against
high seas-bringing 1t in even II bad
ly damaged" and that he would then
call all men on deck to repair the
damage and make possible a new and
honorable voyage" From here the
chancellor went to Hamburg.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
MANY RUSSIAN HEBREWS
READY TO SAIL FOR u. S.
Several Thousand in Riga Now
Await Effectiveness of New I'm
migration Quota July /.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 30.-Several thou
sand Russians. mostly Jewish fam
lilies from the south. are concentrated
In barracks in Riga awaiting the nee
essary vises for their admission to
the United States. There are perhaps
another thousand each at CONSTANT
nople and Warsaw. according to re-
ports received here, but no great rush
toward America is expected when the
new immigration quota becomes ef-
fective on July ].
Representatives of English. French.
German and American steamship lines
are meeting in Moscow to reach an
agreement with the Russian volun-
teer fleet, which has been granted a
government monopoly on the emil
grant passenger business. There are
now no particular difficulties in OBJ
taiLing vises to leave Russia. but the
steamship companies, pending set
tlement of their status with regard
to the Russian business, are not hold :
ing out great encouragement to pro-
spective emigrants.
However, many white Russians and
Ukrainians desire to go to America,
and the quota undoubtedly will be
speedily filled If the steamship COM
panies succeed in their negotiations.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
TESTS GUN TO PROVE
PRIEST PURCHASED IT
Witness, at Delorme Trial, Iden.
titles Peculiar Scratch Made
on Bullet by Pistol.

MONTREAL. June 30.-The trial
of Adelard Delorme. former priest.
charged with the murder of his half
! Brother, Raoul, in January. 1922, took
dramatic turn today when Oscar
Haynes. gunsmith, made special test
TO substantiate his contention that the
three bullets taken from the slain stu
dents body were fired from an auto
matte pistol owned by the prisoner.
Calling the jury's attention to a Pc
culiar longitudinal scratch on the bull
let's taken from Raours body. Haynes
then went to the basement under the
courtroom and fired another bullet from
| the gun. 1t showed the same marking
as the others. Haynes testified that he
had sold the gun to Adelard Delorme
several weeks before the Staying.
At the conclusion of Haynes testi-
mony attorneys for the defense re-
quested the crown to delay the cross
examination in order that they might
summon experts from New York 10
make tests with the gun. The former
priests's attorneys claimed that the bull
lets that caused Raoul's death were
fired by different weapons.
Cross examinations were postponed
to Tuesday.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
H. C. /. SHOOTS THIRD
HIGHER IN GERMANY
New Wave of Increases Beginning
After Extraordinary
June Rises.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 30.--Living expenses
in Germany underwent a record
breaking increase during the past
week, retail prices going up 32.4 per
cent after an advance of more than
30 per cent in the wholesale markets
last week
The average retail prices during
June were 103 per cent higher than
~ May, and new wave of increases
will set in tomorrow, ranging from
necessities, or 476 times the pre- war
figures. For all living expenses
compared with 1914 the increase is
IL 900 fold.
With the first Of July the legally
fixed rents in Berlin will be raised
fye-fold. ~
The poor among the population
holding government. rebate. cards
will have to pay $500 marks to-
morrow for a loaf of bread, instead
of 3,100, the present rate. and rolls
Will cost them 130 marks each. in
stead of 100. For other purchasers
bread will rise to 10000 marks from
1000 for the loaf and rolls from 800
marks to 500 marks.
Railroad fares will be quadrupled
tripled for third and fourth class
passengers. Freight rates will be
tripled. The Berlin street cars.
omnibuses, hacks and taxieabs. will
raise their rates so per cent, postb
rates will go up to three times the
present figures and telephone tolls
Will be multiplied by five.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
MICHIGAN CAR LINES I.
SOLD FOR S5, ,oD, ,0oC
New York Trust Company Al
quires Number Of Properties I,
at Mortgage Sale.
By the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press. O. ~
JACKSON Mich. June s0.--Prop-.
critics of the Michigan United Raiiys
ways were purchased here today byi
the Irving Bank Columbia Trust Con, 8
pany Of New York city for SIS, 600. 900
at a mortgage sale. The bank and.
trust company were trustees for the
bondholders and were represented by
William MacAlister of New York city.
The sale was made by William s.
Sayres, jr.. special master of the
United States district court -
The property includes electric in-y
terurban lines from Jackson TO Bat2
tie Creek and Kalamazoo and to Lan-i
sing and Owosso, as well as a line
from Jackson to Wolf Lake, a suri-.
mef resort Street car lines An 5aelS,,
son, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo. Lam
sing and Owosso are also a part of
the property. There is d total of 25S
miles of trackage and complete equip
ment for operating the interurban and
street railway lines.
The bonded Indebtedness OF the
company is $l2 900 and the sale
calls for a reorganization of the COM
pany by the purchasers. Until the
reorganization is made the properties
will be operated by the present man
agement-
Evening star., 1923-07-01
By. A. G.. GARDINER,


By Cable to The Star. .y..
LONDON. June 30.--England has
been forced to enter on an extensive
program Of aerial development for
self-protection. Premier Baldwin's
announcement. however disguised, is
supremacy in the air. No British
political party is anxious to enter on
a policy which, If pursued to the end,
must eventuate in new competitions
in armament Public opinion
throughout England is weary of war
and militarism and Is genuinely
ready to adopt any measure of dis
armament agreed on In regard to
land, sea or air
Until the rupture caused by the
Ruhr occupancy the country turned
blind eye to the military prepon-
derance France had adopted. We af-
fected to believe that the preponder-
ance had no relevancy toward the
British position The first feeling of
concern was aroused by the French
insistence on submarines at Wash
ington. This passed. but the disquiet
was revived when France adopted
Il.
Then attention was directed to the
overwhelming superiority of the
French in the air.
See London Vulnerable.
1t was realized that London, for
tho first time in her history, was
vulnerable to an attack against
which no effective means of defense
existed. This situation was aggra-
waited by the knowledge that the
French superiority in arms was ex-
ercising a powerful influence on the
diplomatic situation everywhere. At
the back of the Lausanne confer
ences lurked the shadow of Frances
military power and the entire cpl
Sode of the Ruhr rested on the same
assumption.
1t has become obvious that, con-
Sctously or unconsciously. France
was assuming a dictatorship in
Europe by virtue of her unchallenged
military power This situation
rapidly has become both intolerable
and dangerous and though public
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Englamd's Auiation Program
Is Seen as Self-PrOtectiOr
n. G. Gardiner Says Prenaier's Stand for
Extension Is Direct Reply to Frances
dim of Air Supremacy.

! opinion deploreS the necessity OF the
new policy 1t unanimously agrees
no other course is possible IL Eng
| land is to preserve her security and
liberty of action.
The Significance of tho movement
is quite understood in France. 1t Is
claimed that French airplane build
ing is directed only against Ger
many, but the facts of the situation
make nonsense of that claim. The
planes at all while France Is equipped
with 140 squadrons. a total far ex-
ceeding all the rest OF Europe put
together. The seriousness OF this
fact Is appreciated only when. con-
sideration Is given similar French
preponderance in the field, her equip
ment OF allies Hike Poland. her readi-
ness to finance Rumanian militarism
and her control of practically all
armaments OH the continent west OF
the Vistula.
Poincare Given Due Notice.
These arethe considerations behind
this weeks announcement and Poin-
care fully understands that England
has been driven to the utmost limits
of surrender and will go no further.
What the effect will be on the
French policy remains to be seen.
Whether Poincare takes the hint and
calls a halt he alone can tell. Much
depends also on the result of the
long prolonged Anglo French nego-
tiations in respect to the reply to
the German note. Three weeks have
passed since the latest German offer
was received and 1t still is unan-
swered.
Belgium is largely the key to this
situation. opinion is sharply divided
there between the WalloonH who
are pro-French and the Flemish who
are pro-English. The latter have no
desire to see Belgium become a
feudatory OF France and suffer from
disruption of trading relations with
central Europe.
The peril of allowing this deadlock
to continue is that Germany will col
lapse while the outsiders wrangle
about laying out tho corpse. Were
the moral sense of Europe not dead
this scandalous delay in reaching a
decision would be impossible, es-
pecially in view of the overwhelm-
ing conviction of disinterested opin-
ion that the German offer is fair and
ought to be accepted forthwith.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-07-01
SEE PLOT
TO SEIZE PLANS
Think Germans Using Mys.
terry Wireless Waves to
Force Airships to Land.
BY GEORGE WHITE.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New
Copyright, 1873.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1873.
BERLIN, June 80 - German sci
entists continue to experiment with
the mysterious radio wave which
three weeks ago stopped a score of
magneto-equipped automobiles on
According to a report circulating in
inter-allied circles in Berlin. this
wave is being tried out on French
airplanes. which, against the will of
the German government. are flying
over German territory.
1t is pointed out that two planes
were forced to land in Germany last
week. with the result that the ma
chimes were confiscated by the Ger
man authorities. Altogether five
French planes, belonging to the Com
pagnie Franco -Rumania, have made
forced landings in Germany. Mill
tary and aviation experts attached to
the inter-allied commission here, who
have been trying to discover the mys-
terious radio wave, claim that 1t is
other big wireless station is sending
out this wave and forcing them to
land.
Germans Make Statement.
In connection with the confiscation
of these French planes, the German
foreign office made the following
statement to the writer today:
LAS is well known, the limitations
imposed by the treaty OF Versailles
on German right in the air. and
which forced Germany to tolerate al
lied planes over German territory,
ceased January l. fact which was
acknowledged by the allied powers.
Since then our laws and re5ula tions
have been applicable, and especially
the ordinance of April 80, 1920. which
DEGREES that all passenger airplanes
travelling within Germans boundaries
shall, be confiscated if the planes and
pilots have no licenses issued by the
department for airplane and automo-
Evening star., 1923-07-01
TUGBOAT BEATS RECORD.

NEW ORLEANS, La. June 30-Ofi-
service claimed a new record in Mis-
sissippi river transportation today
with the arrival here of the towboat
Baton Rouge with a tow from Cairo,
Ill. after run of only three days.
The Baton Rouge left Cairo Wed
nesday morning with one barge which
had aboard the equivalent of approx
imately sixty-f1ve railroad cars Of
freight, or d solid trainload The
cargo was in New Orleans as quickly
as If 1t had started by rail.
The usual time consumed by tow
boats on the run from Cairo to New
Orleans is about week 'H.-
Evening star., 1923-07-01
ARREST Ex-DRY OFFICER.
virginian Recently Suspended
Charged With Violation.

NORFOLK, Va, June 3o.--M. L..
Chase, suspended federal prohibition
officer, today was arrested at his
homo In Portsmouth ON a. charge Of
transporting whisky. The arrest
grew out of charges recently made by
Bennie Brewer. taxicab driver In
dicted for violating the state prohibit
tion law and the publicity given to
the charges
Federal authorities, district attor-
ney Paul W. Kear said today. decided
upon q trial as the best means Of in
vestigating the charges. Accordingly,
n warrant was sworn out by Fred
Emswllss, field director Of the federal
pfunibitjon forces. Chase was released
On 17oe bail until Monday when he win
be given q preliminary hearing.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
WILL BAN BULL FIGHTS.

AUGUSTA. Me. June 3e-"Louisi-
ana is a law-abiding state and you
can rest assured tha no bull fights
will be permitted"
This reply from Gov. John NJ. Par
ker of Louisiana was received by Gov.
Percival p. Baxter today to his teIe-
gram protesting against a series of
bull fights scheduled to be held in
New Orleans. and requesting Gov.
Parker to exercise his authority in
having these "barbarities" stopped.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
DENIAL IN LOVE SUIT.

CHICAGO. June so.-1n a plea filed
in superior, court today. Charles w,
Jackson denied all charges made
against him by Mrs. Mary West, music
student of Grand Rapids. Mich. who is
suing Jackson as result of an affair OF
the heart.
Willis B. Perkins Of Grand Rapids
here today, that the suit would be
dropped, were denied by Jackson's
counsel
Evening star., 1923-07-01
TAKEN AFTER GUN FIGHT,

PoUGHKEEPSIE. N Y, June 30
Fred s. Strietz. charged with black
lacking and robbing a negro bank
messenger Of the Manhattan Electri-
cal Supply Company of $1,000 in Jer-
sey City. June 12, was arrested after
a running gun fight at Pleasant
Valley tonight. No one was hurt.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
His Modest. Prayer. /.
From the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript,
| A small Brookline youngster whose
new suit arrived on Friday added to
HIS prayer that night. Please, God.
make tomorrow Sunday; don't mind
Saturday this week"
Evening star., 1923-07-01
A New Vale for Tears.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
First Lady-Is Lucy happily mar
ried?
Second Lady-Well, I should say!
She has to go to the theater every
once in a while to get a real good
cry.
Evening star., 1923-05-13

In fact, the survey and calculations
have been made u number of times
during the past quarter century. The
creation of a lake, tentatively named
Lake Meigs, would call for the con-
demnation and preservation for public
use of large areas of natural park
land on both sides of the river, and
land on the Virginia side between the
Leesburg pike and the river, and from
Little Falls to some point above the
dam at Great Falls has long been in
dicated as land that: should be reserved
for public use.
While the Little Falls to Great Falls
project has occupied most of the at
tention of engineers, the power pos
sibilities OF the upper Potomac seem
not to have been investigated with
much determination. At many points
along its course from the upper slopes
of the Alleghenies to Georgetown the
Potomac passes through gorges or be-
tween tall ridges, and those points on
the river are potential dam sites. At a
number of places along it's course are
rapids where power plants might be
seated. Notable among these rapids,
marking considerable fall in the
river, are those at JIarpers Ferry,
where the Shenandoah and Potomac
unite, and at Seneca, about six miles
above Great Falls. Power development
Of the Potomac will be undertaken
some time.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Power Of the Potomac.

The Susquehanna river is to be
called on to produce more electric
power, and it is said that part of this
power will be served to Washington.
Power development of the Susque-
hanna has already been carried far,
and the new plan is to build dam
103 feet high at tidewater near Havre
de Grace and Perryville, seventy-flve
miles from Washington, impound wa
ter from a drainage area. of $1,000
square miles and generate electric
current of 100000 horsepower. There
is nothing novel In the plan. Not
everybody is doing it, but it is being
done in most parts of the United
States where there are creeks and
rivers. Hydro-electric energy is being
developed and transmitted in many
parts Of the world outside OF. the
United States.
This calls to mind that the Potomac
lags. Not that the old river itself
looked for elsewhere. The construc.
ton Of a dam at tidewater just be.
low Little Falls to impound the water
back to Great Falls has been planned.
The plan is still pending somewhere.
1t is still in the air, but very much in
the air. Some day it will come to
earth and will be realized. There is no
question as to the feasibility Of the
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mapped, calculated and blueprinted,
Evening star., 1923-05-13

and 1t may. be that the story is not
quite gtraight in It's details, though
trained men did their best to get it
straight. If the four men were rob-
bers they were inefficient robbers to
be driven from their job by one watch
man with a pistol. But there Is some
thing significant in the attempt. There
seems to be a spirit of lawlessness in
the air. 1t seems that there never
were so many people who have no re-
spect for law or the rights of other
people unless the law and rights are
maintained by strong man with a
club or gun. This may not be so, but
it surely seems 50 to a great many
men who have spent some years on
this earth.
If gang of men can plan to drive
up to an apartment house at midnight
to carry off carload Of furniture,
might not a gang Of men so to any
home in the city, day or night, over
power the family and commit whole
sale robbery at leisure? If that can
possession Of an apartment house, cut
the telephone wires and rob the ten
ants?
Banditry is being practiced on a
wholesale scale in China. and while 1t
is not likely that We can ever rival
China in this peculiar industry. We
should look to our lawless element.
Taxpayers should be liberal with the
police department, and citizens should
take vigorous interest in that de-
partment, insist upon the highest de-
gree of efficiency in it, support the po-
lice when it is evident they are right
and bring the matter before the proper
authorities when it seems that the
police are wrong.