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SUPREME COURT UPH0LDS
BROWN. CASE DECISION

The United States Supreme Court yes
terday dismissed the petition of Judge
Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court
OF the District for a writ of certiorari
to the Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia in the case of the
United States against Willis Brown
appealing for review of the action
Of the Court of Appeals on the con-
tempt of court case in the Juvenile
Court. Yesterdays action Of the Su-
preme Court upholds the decision Of the
Court of Appeals, which reverses the
action Of the Juvenile Court. The
suit grew out OF the publication in
a Washington newspaper commenting
upon a case pending in the Juvenile
Court.
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MEXICO LURES FARMERS.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, October g.
In accordance with a proclamation by
President Obregon, all Mexicans de-
string to devote their time to farm
ing will be given from $50 to 500
acres OF land in Mexico.
According to local Consul Ismael
Magma. the decree Is for the ex-
pressed purpose of establishing firm
government on the agricultural pos
sibilities OF the country. The meas
nre is expected to relieve the exodus
to the United States and make IL pos
sible for the poor Of Mexico to make
m easy living from the natural re-
Bonress and wealth Of their country.
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Special DIspatch to The star.

4
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. October o.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, as
sistant United States attorney gen.
eral, last night discussed before the
forum the future of enforcement re-
lating to operations Of wealthy boot
leggers.
Her territory in her role OF enforcer
of the prohibitory laws Is the nation.
She is the force back Of the army of
men who guard more than 1000 miles
of seacoast and the international
boundary lines north and south. I'm
der her eyes pass the reports of graft.
smuggling, coercion and murder. and
all the evil attendant upon Illicit
/ liquor business.
With Mrs. Willebrandt was Will
liam j. Burns, head Of the bureau Of
investigation of the Department of
ering all phases of the liquor prob
!! lens. Mrs. Willebrandt talked OF
law enforcement. Mr.. Burns discuss
cd the work Of the enforcing agencies
OF the governm
Blames Buyers Attitude.
Can bootlegging be stopped?" Mrs.
wiliebrandt asked. NO." was her
no law ever has stopped all violation.
"But bootlegging VIII shortly move
out Of our. best families" That was
the point she emphasized chiefly.
With emphatic notes she pressed
home the real solution Of the great
national problem" the relegation OF
the bootlegger to the environs of the
underworld, where he properly be-
longs, to be hunted and Stunned as
the greatest enemy of American in
StifnfiopS
There are two evils contributing to
the growth and continuance of boot
logging, in Mrs. Willebrandt's opinion.
The first is the va.nglorious desire
not buy stolen goods from fence" or
"peddler," to impress upon the neigh
bors that he or she can afford to buy
liquor in these arid days.
Hits Political Appointees.
The other is the insensate desire of
professional politicians to bring about
the appointment OF prohibition Off
cials. AS Mrs. Willebrandt puts it:
mo one who is to Investigate liquor
recommended for appointment bv any
representative or senator. Politics
has no more place in this matter than
has religion"
Willebrandt in opening her address.
that the question Is mot. can boot
Logging be stopped? but that II must
be stopped The theme of my faith
is. whatever the obstacles. the United
States has never undertaken anything
it did not carry through. / shall not
consider merits or demerits of the
law ard the prohibition policy. / shall
only say the opponents of the eight
eenth amendment have given such aid
and comfort TO the Illicit peddler of
intoxicants he has, grown to be a So
cial menace. who through his opera
tions can amass a fortune, buy his
way into the best class and social cir
cles and thus promote his trade. This
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GIVES BLOOD TO ANOTHER,
Jailed Gunman Tries to Save Life
of Fellow Prisoner.

BY tne A6SOclateo FresS. =
DETROIT. Mich. October s.-Jesse
Bunker, alias Murphy, alleged gun.
man and hold-up man, was back In
his cell at police headquarters after
giving a pint Of his blood on the
operating table in a vain effort to
save the life of a fellow prisoner,
John Ezewekowski. fatally wounded
in a revolver fight with detectives
Saturday night.
= Bunker was one Of four men cap
tured q week ago when detectives
surprised them in an attempted bold
up of q saloon. Bunker, according
to police, has confessed participation
In more than 200 hold-ups in Detroit,
and has been identified as one of the
"AlIendale Inn" bandits. who. in their
motor policeman at MoRroe. Mich.
Evening star., 1923-10-09

drawn up by himself and the chancel-
Tor. I'm which the entire reichstag
delegation of the industrialists' party
demanded the abolition of all restric-
tions that would tend to hamper a
return to peace-time production.
Chancellor Stresemann's failure to
obtain the consent of the other coali
ton parties to this resolution precipi-
tated the crisis. according to Herr
SHINES. who declares: Il hereby af-
firm that all that the so-called
SHINES dictatorship aspired to meet
with the complete concurrence or Dr..
Stressemann and the entire peoples's
party as represented In the reichstag
the forepart of last week. although
IL refused to become entangled in the
subsequent fiuctuation of opinionss
and political confusion"
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SUES FOR s5o,ooo DAMAGES.

George M. Hess, formerly an auto
mobile mechanic, claims he is crippled
for life as the result of an automobi e
accident. and has filed suit in the Dis
trfct Supreme Court for S5o.0oo dam
owner Of the automobile. The accident
occurred December Ia last in garage
in rear of 1892 K street northwest
Attorneys Bell, Marshall & Rice repre-
sent the pIaintiff. &.
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And FOR BLIND ASKED.

A call for volunteers to assist in
Braille work for those who were made
blind during the war was issued to-
day by the clerical corps Of the Dis
trict Chapter of the American Red
Cross, which meets at the Dis irict
Chapter,s headquarters. 16 Jackson
place northwest, tonight. at 8 o'clock
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Any one can point out difnculties;
sit calls for brains and courage to look
beyond dimcuities to successful ac-
compiishment. ssssss
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y Your heart must inspire what your
hands execute. q the work will be
poorly done. 90 s.:
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Seeds Of discomfort viii take root
on any SOIL
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STOKES WITNESS
ADMITS PERJURY

tContinued from First Page.)
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STIFFNESS ULTIMATUM
DEMANDS FULL POWER
TO GOVERN GERMANY

Continued from First Page.)
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THIRD RACE-Purse, 81. 800, claiminr: ia
area.Ya ar-Qlds and I'M: six furlanes

. To. y. CoSCen entry.
IL. A. Buchanan and Ross entry.
SGreentree stable entry.
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sAppreatios allowance eilinsd.
wsathex elsaxs ttaek aAst -
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LAUREL ENTRIES
WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY.
FIRST RACE-Furse. 81, 800; for tvo-year.
olds; 1--WE and one-haH furlongs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-12

Pulling the orrows after pretty fair hits had been
made are (eft to righU Mrs. W. H. Palmer Jy.. of -
Da0'ds, Pa; Mrs II. L. Bailey, of Elizabeth AZ T. ana
A1s H. w. f1ntF, Of Merose Mass, This in tic National
arc@erV tournament at Jersey City ~ J. Beow is Miss
Dorothy Smith, of Netcton Center Mass notioso ,omon
champion acho is defending her title,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-26
THE CAPTURED CONFEDERATE
FLAGS
Whose Arc They? What Shall We
Do With Them?

We notice that Miss Plaisted, AS
sistant Secretary to Gov. Baxter, and
daughter of the late former Governor
II. NJ. Plaistcd, Ca civil war veteran
in Sunday Telegram is quoted as
champion of the unthinkable propo-
sion that these cmblems of a lost
cause shall he returned to the former
confederates. as an avowal of broth
erly love. peace and good will to
men" etc. Evidently they are be-
coming burdensome at the State
Capitol. and utterly worthless, the
nicc cabinet in which they have long
been preserved might be utilized for
other purposes. These flags, it
should he understood. are not the
sacred Maine Battle flags of which
Names gifted poet so prettily wrote,
and which no one would ever dare to
disturb. BIT those, the ensign of
rebeldom, carried or hung over forts.
during the unsuccessful effort to dis
the sun ev7r shone upon!
We observe that The Telegram
gives list of these flags. with cap
tor and states from whose troops
the" were taken, which includes one
in whose capture the writer had
hand way back in the fall of 1868,
down on the southern Texas coast.
The list gives the credit to the
Maine 18TH whereas it belongs to
Rar SONS brigade of the Thirteenth
Corps, in which were the Maine
Thirteenth. Maine Fifteenth. Thirty
fourth Iowa, and Battery F. First
Missouri Artillery. 1t was Fort
Semmes. on Mustang Island, and not
trt Terminus as the T. renders
it. One of the most strenuous, adj
venturous. and really severe. of all
our campaigns. was this covering a
period of five months. including the
trip by steamer from the mouth of
the Mississippi, to the return, in May
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-26

1864, to engage in another severe
campaign, the Red River EXpedi-
ton in Western Louisiana. The
Mustang Island incident was in No
vember, 1868, from Brazos Island near
the mouth of the Rio Grande. RAN
SONS brigade alone. and was the
initial assault upon a number of
Notifications, extending down the
coast nearly to Indianola and CAL
weston. where the rebel general, Ma
gruder was understood to have gath
cred a force of twenty to twenty five
thousand. The forts along the coast
dismantled were the chief achieve
ment. as was that at Fort Semmes,
though here we captured hundred
prisoners, and all the munitions, and
artillery, as we'll as the little flag
over which such hullabaloo is be.
ing raised.
Just who brought the flag to Au-
gusta we are not advised: either Col.
Dyer, who was placed in command,
or Lieut. Col. Murray. we suspect.
One company from each the Maine
18th and 18th were marched Wlthln
the works anC took possession, haul
ing down the rebel flag and replacing
it with the stars and stripes. OhVl-
ously, the captured flag belonged to
the captors: and our State was their
trustee. The few survivors ought to
he consulted as to its disposition
TIT is true. likewise, as to the 9TH
crs mentioned.
Suppos. we hold a referendum at
the G.. \. Il. meet at Augusta, June
this wear? That is the view taken
by the writer. who has, sixty years
later vivid remembrances OF the oc-
currcnces of that trip. while living
will protest. against any such dls-
position of the flags as has been pro-
nosed-H. 4. S. in Bridgton News.
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visiting relatives in Thorndike. ma
returned home.
Ivan Place was in Thorndike nS
week visiting relatives.
Friends here have received new
that a daughter arrived Marcn s.a
at the home OF Rev. and Mrs. franA
{. Wooster. at Lawmoor. Iowa. Inc!
have named the new daughter Geoi.
giana Wooster. They were former!
of Maine and have many rela!Na
and friends here.
Misses Marcia, Nettei and Ailes
Hurd of Knox. were in town a''
week. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elpe''
ton Hall.
Miss Thelma Clement of BeliaM
was a recent guest of her motne'
Mrs. Ralph Clement.
Mrs. Ralph Clement, Miss Theims
Clement, Mrs. Efie Hussey, saS
Thomas Vose. recently visited y"
and Mrs. James jackson, and la'n'
lily at South Freedom.
Miss Jessie Whitcomb. who n@
been visiting Mrs. Oramandei MOTIF
has returned home to Freedom.
Merle Hurd of Knox, was IN t0"n
last week on business.
Misses Oracle and Thelma Tnomp'
son were guests last week OF MI
and Mrs. John Downer in Freeaon.,
Dan Twitchell was a recent tue''
of Orrin Bartlett in China.
Pearl Gray has gone to Pennsyf
vania.
Oliver Billings has sold his farm
on Oak Hill.
Mrs. Ella A. Thompson IS v.s
ing her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth VIZ"
in Searsmont.
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CLINTON

Fireside Chapter %. r. S. will
meet Monday evening at Masonic
hall.
Miss Winnifred Shaw arrived Sat-
urday afternoon from Lancaster, N.
H., where she is the English teacher
in the high school. She will spend
the Easter vacation with her par
ents. DR.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Shaw.
Mrs. J. G. Hutchinson OF Buxton,
is at the. home Of her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Elmer f. Longley. for a
two weeks stay.
Mrs. Jennie Blaisdell of Water
Vile. returned Saturday to her home
after a visit of ten days with Mr..
and Mrs. II. A. Dixon.
Mrs. Arthur p. Adams was a visit
or in Augusta Saturday.
Mrs. Nellie Shaw and Mrs. Pearl
Watson Of Burnham. were in town
Saturday. calling on friends.
Miss Bessie Higgins is spending
the spring vacation with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. George Higgins.
Mrs. Mary Hatch of Waterville
was a Saturday visitor at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. r., r.. Goodrich.
Mrs. Edna Trip of Maiden. Mass.
has been called to town by the Ill
ness Of her mother. Mrs. Hatch and
her sister. Mrs. II. B. Miller.
Miss Mabel Larrabee of Pittsfeld.
was a week lend visitor at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert G. Waldron.
Fl. Ellsworth Decker is very i'll
with an attack of grippe.
+. Isaac Irving returned Satur-
day afternoon from Boston. where
he went for throat treatment.
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A FUNDAMENTAL IN MOTORING

What is the fundamental thing to
be considered in respect to legislation
regulating automobiles? The safety
Of the public is it not? Even those
whb gladly sell insurance, are telling
us that There comes to the desk
circular letter from the executive
committee of the Insurance Fedora
ton Of Maine. They have noted COM
ment on legislation that would COM
pels bonding or insuring of automo-
biles for the purpose of compromising
those who may suffer injury on ac-
count of them.
The committee would not have the
fundamentals overlooked. They say:
From an economic standpoint only,
the loss of life or the usefulness of a
person is of far greater consequence
than the mere pittance which might
be secured as compensation by the
injured or his legal representative.
The reduction of accidents could
seemingly best be accomplished by
more stringent requirements as to
qualifications in licensing; more
stringent rules as regards passing OF
cars. particular attention being given
to cutting in, so called. or the pass
Ing Of cars on hills or curves. IS I'M
uuestionably the great number OF
serious accidents occur from these
causes; and to some supervision be-
ing given to the physical condition OF
cars that arc permitted to travel on
the highways. Above all, let the saw
Ing of life be considered above fin
ance; and in any law that may be
proposed, let the protection of life he
considered rather than the financial
compensation which may be obtained
for its loss"
The phases Of motoring to which
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Mussolini Tells
WhVHe Quit Reds

Rome, March 24.-(By A. P)-El-
bert Fl. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation, was the
guest of honor at several gatherings
today-a reception at the capitol by
Sgr. Criminisi. head of the royal
commission of Rome, a banquet by
the Italo- American Association and a
luncheon by Signor Quattrine, for
mer Italian financial agent in
America. Members of the cabinet.
numerous deputies and Fascist and
the American delegation to the con-
gress of the international chamber
of commerce attended these func-
tons.
Judge Gary. in responding to the
various addresses, made reference to
the assembling in Rome of the Con-
gress, saving that some great Italian
American representative men had
been III communication over the
greatest question confronting the
world of furnishing humanity with
the necessities of life. He urged the
nations of the world to cooperate
with each other in order to attain
prosperity and happiness.
Ivy Lee of New York. one of the
delegates to the international cham
Der of commerce, was received pri-
vately by Premier Mussolini and
asked the premier for an expression
of the Italian situation for commu-
nication to America. Cussolini an
swered Immediately:
First, Americans should UNDER
stand that there is stable govern
ment in Italy; second, that economies
are being introduced in order to bal
ancc the budget. the result of which
will be realized within two years.
and, third that Italy is country
where great liberty is permitted to
its people, but at the same time the
Fascist government insists that
there must be no nonsense in the ex-
ercise of liberty. / am for the work.
ing man." When asked what had
caused him to change his view from
socialism to capitalism, Mussolini
promptly and frankly said that for
a decade he had been a leader in the
specialist movement. but he began
to realize the disintegration of social
ism. while the collapse of the Rus
sian onslaught on capitalism showed
him that capitalism was the only way
out.
Speaking of the League of Nations,
Mussolini said:
THE league would be much strong
er IT America would join. but as for
the psychological moment when the
best result is to be realized even if
America should decide to enter the
league. it would probably be wiser
to wait.
"A great desideratum would he
that America, Germany and Russia
enter the league. America may well
reserve her influence and use 1t in
the direction of larger achievement"
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Editors Letter Box
The Oldest Bible
In New England =
state of Maine
Department of Education,

Augusta. Mar. 20, 400
Kennebec Journal, Augusta. Me.
Gentlemen: Relative to an article IN
your issue of March %, concerning
old Bibles in New England, 1T may
he of interest for the readers of your
paper TO know that there is in the
possession of Harvard University, a
Bible presented by John Gardiner. 1t
is a Latin Bible. perfect in the fine
type Of 1914. The following inscrip-
ton in the handwriting of Mr.. Gard
liner is found pasted inside the Bible:
This Bible was delivered to John
Gardiner upon his return from Great
Britain in October. 1855, by his father.
DR.. Sylvester Gardiner, who informed
him that in his last illness the pre-
ceding year. DR.. Charles Brockwell,
who was then the Kings Chaplain at
the Chapel in Boston. delivered this
to him. saying, Doctor, you have been
very kind at all times to me and my
family. and have attended us, and
administered medicine to us from
time to time. without charging or
taking anything from me, therefore:
l have nothing to reconpense you
with, but to show my respect and
gratitude as far as l can, permit me
10 request you to take care or TINS
BiDle, ana III my lldlile W pieoSill II
to your son, John, when he returns
from Glasgow. l value it very much.
1t was given to my father by King
Charles the First, who presented 1t
to him with his own hand, after hav-
ing taken it down. from shelf IN
kis library when my father was there
with the royal martyr.
SO far as l can learn this is the
oldest Bible in New England. and is
in fine state of preservation. john
Gardner who owned this Bible was
the oldest son of DR.. Sylvester Gard
iner who was one Of the chief pro-
motors Of the kennebec Purchase,
and whose descendants still live in
Gardiner, and from this family the
city takes its name. John Gardiner
was an exceedingly able and eccen-
trio man. He practiced law in Eng
land and in the West India islands.
and also in Boston, and for several
Eears represented the town of Dres-
den, at that time known as. Pownal-
borough, in the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature. He was drowned off Cape
Ann while on his way from Pownal-
borough to Boston to attend a session
of the legislature.
Yours very truly,
BERTRAM f. PACKARD.
Deputy State Supt. of Schools.
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gifts among which were two birthday
cakes one from Mrs. Spencer and the
other from her daughter. Mrs. ork,
She also received q shower OF cards
from absent friends one Of Which
came all the way from Nebraska.
Miss Eleanor Spencer. who is a
music pupil Of Miss Pattee. enter
tanned the company with music on
the organ. Delicious refreshments
were served and the guests LETT In
the late afternoon declaring they had
passed a most enjoyable afternoon
and wishing Mrs. Cobb bany happy
returns Of the day. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Warren, for
merly Of Waterville, are at the home
Of Mr. Warren's mother, Mrs. Emily
Morang, for an indefinite time.
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Monday, March rs, 1923.
TWO CONFLICTING STANDARDS

In England and in several of the
European countries doles have been
provided by the government for the
unemployed. This evidently was a
necessity. born of the situation fol-
lowing the war; but as an encourage
ment to employment and better con-
ditions it appears to lave failed.
Such methods though not parallel
do bear some relationship to some Of
the ideas about promoting agricul-
ture, such as guarantee of crop
prices. Government ownership of
railroads required to haul farm pro-
ducts for less than the cost of haul
ing. anything which. seems to afford
some immediate relief to conditions
which are not favorable. Methods
like those never encourage initiative.
enterprise or confer reward for in
dustry. They poultice for a pain
without attempting to remove the
cause.
Diligent and intelligent search and
tial to recovery. The Dean of the H.
inois College of Agriculture had this
to say respecting what he believes to
be a cause, source of degeneration
that unrelieved will be productive of
serious results:
There are two standards among us
as to what shall constitute compensa-
ton for labor. In the organized in
dustries it is all that force can screw
out of employment by every means
known in modern warfare-indeed. it
is frankly called warfare. The other
standard is upon the land and there
the measure of a labOrer's day is
what Nature will produce through
sun and rain and fertile soil, after
man has done his best in preparation
for the crop.
Here is a yardstick that measures
the value of human endeavor in such
masses that it cannot be disresarded
by any nation that would live. An
organized guild may exact a double
compensation, and to that end it may
even limit the number of appren-
tees it will permit to learn the trade.
BY working together the members of
any essential craft may so terrorize
the public as to exact bakshiSh out of
it; 1but no such methods will cause
one more spear of wheat to sprout or
one more ear of corn to ripen than
wobld the most peaceful methods.
'trhis is why it will always be true
that industrial advantages gained by
force cannot be carried into farming.
Faimers may hold their crops for
higher prices and by combinations
might possibly exact the pound OF
flesh, as labor is doing and as some
farmers would like to do; but eVSn so,
our good Mother Nature will not be
Influenced in production. She may be
coaAed but she cannot be coerced.
How long will it take the world to
leatn that we cannot conduct half OF
our industry by the methods of war
fare when the other half, which pro-
vidhs the means whereby we are fed
cart prosper only in peace?'