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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-21
CHARGE GENERAL
WOOD WITH GRAFT

Washington.-Leonard Wood, gov
ernor general of the Philippine Is
lands, is using his position to repay
to American financiers who financed
his REORGANIZATION campaign for the
presidency of the United tSates the
sum of S1,773,O00, the Philippine Press
bureau charges in a statement issued
here.
ellis policy from the first has been
to turn our banks, our railroads, our
sugar mills, and vast tracts Of our
best public lands over to that class of
American fnanciers," the bureau al
leges. IF we did not oppose him we
would be unworthy of our independ-
ence."
Renewing its appeal for independ-
ence, the bureau says: America, our
patriotism and loyalty to you during
the war was sincere. We gave you
unbOunded support then. We appeal
to you now to return the compliment,
and not only to recall Governor Wood,
but to grant us that self-determination
that your congress twice sanctioned
for Ireland and that you insisted upon
for several Of the peoples of Europe
that are not better prepared or more
deserving of independence than are
the Filipinos."
Pending the granting of complete
independence, promised to the Fill
pinOs by two national conventions Of
the Democratic party, and refused
when the question was brought before
congress, the Filipino demand that
civil administrator and not military
commanders be placed in charge Of
the Philippine Island, it is declared.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-21
Fortune Uncovered;
May Be Bergdolls';
Finders In Dispute

Hagerstown, Md, Sept. with
the assertion today of Lee Houser, a
28-year-old farmer living near here
that the box he dug up last week on
the Brownsville Weaverton road con-
tanned between 100000 and $4,000
in bills, besides approximately $4,000
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-21

organized directly under a.
OF Communist Youth, whi IiIe League
OF older boys and girls from from Consists
The younger children from T,'' \, 10 to %
have these older ComsomoiqrIi ~ e Is
ers. '0''iS as lead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05

and diversions Of normal society
were lacking. and to meet this situa-
ton it was decided to form a secret
society merely for the purpose of
burlcSque and funmaking. After the
society was organized and a name
was sought, one of the members sug-
Eested the word 'kukloi,' from the
Greek word 'kuklos," meaning circle
Another member then suggested,
Call it Ku kluX,' and this suggestion
was at once adopted. with the ad-
ditiOn of the word khan.
The new society was a success
from the start. The Joiner of 1866
was no different from the Joiner of
1921. The boys made the organiza-
ton one of deep mystery: they
adopted grotesque and hideous cos
tunes which they wore to and from
their places of initiation; they gave
out hints of the wonders of the new
society, which played on the curiosity
of the public, and they had myster-
louS communications printed in the
local newspapers. The members
were required to maintain profound
and absolute secrecy with reference
to everything connected with the
order and went at their work with
great gleC, to the added mystification
of the community. The result was
that everybody in the city of
Pulaski and all throughout the sur
rounding country became possessed
of the ioiners' itch and sought ad-
mission"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
robson FOUND GUILTY

Thursday morning the case Of
State VS.. Robson of Caratunk,
which was opened Wednesday after
noon, and the states evidence put
in, was resumed. Judge Charles Q.
Small of Madison. attorney for the
defense, recalled Mr.. Walker, one Of
the States witnesses. before opening
his case and questioned regarding
Just where the Robson car hit his
Ford sedan and if he (Mr. Walker)
notified Highway Police Arthur A.
Cushman of the accident.
In opening the case for the de-
Tense, Mr.. Small stated that this
was an unusual thing for him to be
defending a criminal case, as it was
only a few times during his prac-
tice. which covered a long period
of years. that he had done so. Mr..
Small told the story of the accident
and stated that Mr.. Robson would
tell the jury that he was not under
the influence of intoxicating liquor
or any drugs at the time of the ac-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
LOCAL NOTICE

Millinery Opening at her home, 26
turner Ave, Skowhegan. Mrs. r. +.
Daseett is prepared to make and
make over hats at very reasonable
prices. oct3d12t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Ernest Dimond of Boston ar
rived in town Thursday and is the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Fos-
ter.
Mrs. Forest Spencer and two small
children Of Machias arrived Wednes-
day and went to Canaan where she is
the guest Of Mrs. Robert Powell.
Mrs. Ellen NJ. Smith returned
Wednesday from Lynntield. Mass,
where she has been visiting with
Mrs Salley Russell and Miss Flora
Burlcigh.
Mrs. Harry 4. Dinsmore, proprietor
of a beauty parlor on Water street,
went to Waterville Thursday TO at
tend a beauty p2rlor display from
the Towers parlor. Boston.
Alfred Fayle, who has been in town
employed in the Elkins crew, repair
ing the local property Of the NJ. c. r.
r., returned Thursday to his home in
Pittsfield.
Mrs. Addie Gee, who was called to
Hartland by the serious illness and
subsequent death of her brother, Fred
s. Burrill. was in town Thursday.
leaving for her home in Lewiston.
Mrs. G. Ralph French Of Cornville
was a business caller in town Thurs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Skowhegan Grange
Interesting Meeting

The SkoWhegan Grange held a
most interesting meeting on Wednes-
day evening. The meeting was call
ed to order by the Worthy Master.
Charles c. Cleveland and the secre-
tary, Rev. Samuel +. Gould gave the
report of the former meeting. At the
business session which was brief 1t
was announced that on Wednesday
evening, Oct. 81, the grange will hold
/ a social in their hall. The following
committee was appointed to make
arrangements for the event: Miss
Gladys Parkman and Miss Doris
Whittemore. The following COM
mittee was appointed to purchase
some new table cloths: Mrs, Jennie
Whittier, Mrs. Eda Rowell and Mrs.
Emma Goodrich.
After the business session much
enjoyed program made up of the fol-
lowing numbers was presented: mu-
sic, Tuscan orchestral monologue.
Mrs Emma Locke; an original al
phabetical rhyme, Mrs. c. Davis Mil
Ter; discussion of the 48-hour bill was
opened by Mr.. Emerson and other
speakers on the subject We're L. L.
Sanford, E, E. Harris. P. c. White,
Henry Wentworth. B. A. Sawyer, Mr..
Sanborn, Charles H. Tilton. Fred
Tuscan, and Charles c. Cleveland. c.
D. Miller told an interesting story
which was applicable to the discus
sion.
The program closed with the pre-
sentation Of play More Time Out"
with the following cast: Mrs. Quinn
by, Mrs. Laura H. Dinsmore; Mrs.
Booth, Mrs. Emma Goodrich; Aman
da White. a colored girl, Mrs. Clara
Gaylord; Nora O'Towle, an Irish girl,
Mrs. Nellie Hill; Clara Montgomery.
the cultured girl, Mrs. Grace Tuscan;
the Swedish girl. Miss Lillian
White; the American girl, Mrs. Ina
Creation.
The program was arranged by Mr..
and Mrs. c. Davis Miller and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus Goodrich and was much
enjoyed by all present. The next
meeting will be held on Wednesday
evening, Oct. Il.
There will be an important bust
ness meeting of American Legion
Auxiliary of the Simon Peters Post
Monday evening in the Legion.
Attorney and Mrs. Edward F.
Merrill returned Wednesday from
business and pleasure trip.
Mrs. Nora Lancaster has gone to
Dexter where she is the guest Of her
mother. Mrs. Robinson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
'SKO HE(;AN LOCAL News,
Somerset County Headquarters Phones, farmers h ~
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Thomas Thomson and Mrs
Lawrence Cockburn went to Lewis
ton Thursday to pass a few days
visiting with friends.
Kenneth Copp returned to Water
vile where he is q student at Colby
college. after being in Bingham We'd
nesday evening to play at the
dance.
Mrs. o. r. Bracket of the Island
is very i'll at hospital in Lewiston
where she was taken on Sunday and
upon her arrival submitted to ser
ious surgical operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Davis and
Philip Provost of Dexter were in town
Wednesday on business. They also
called on Mrs. Aliens sister and hus-
hand. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L.
Ames.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ellis of DeX-
ter, who We're in attendance at the
Athens fair and visited in town
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. George
+. Wyman, have returned to DeX-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. I. Stcrry and Mrs.
Sterry's mother, Mrs. Bertha
Worthen and George Worthen and
Mrs. Herbert L. Ames. have returned
from an auto trip to Stratton and
Pennington where they were guests
Of relatives
Mr.. and Mrs Sanford Russell and
their three children have gone to
Cutler where they plan to pass the
winter with Mr.. Russells parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor have taken the
rent vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
on East Front street, owned by Wal
ter P. Ordwav.
Lawrence NEi1IoI- It-bn &c y Mort N =
Eastern College man and who has
neen in Sanford employed by Mr..
smell on construction of the Palm
Beach Mills, arrived Thursday and
IS the guest of his parents. Mr.. and
MIS-. Ncrn Wiley at MalbOn's Mills.
-ir. Wiley is soon to go to South
America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
ntire ponul2tion at 80 per cent.

entire population at 80 per cent.
In other words, $50 people in Rus
STA out of 1000 can neither read nor
write. Ii children under are ex-
cluded. the percentage of illiteracy
still amounts to 60 per cent. AS is
the case in all backward countries,
the female population lags far behind
the male; 500 men and 300 women
out of every thousand people can
read. BY locality, it is found that
illiteracy increases centrifug ally from
Moscow toward the outlying parts OF
Russia, but more steeply in the east
ern direction, toward Siberia, the
Caucasus and the Transcaspian re-
publics. Thus, in the Samarkand
province of Turkestan the totally il
litcrate population constitutes 94.5
per cent of the total.
In Russia proper there were regis
tered 27,500,000 totally illiterate per-
sons bove the age of S; in the
| Ukraine. 12,000,000; in the autono-
nous Federated Republics, 100000.
and so forth-a grand total OF 54,-
| 000 900 souls above school age.
BY profession or occupation, the
highest standard of literacy was
| found in the Soviet army and navy,
| S26 per 1000 in the army and 942 in
the navy. Taking the entire able
| bodied working population of Soviet
| Russia between the ages Of 16 and
| so, there were found 70 per cent of
males and SO per cent of females who
can either read or write, or both.
Russias illiterate so per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Where the X. K. X. Got Its Name

Henry P. Fry, in The Modern Ku
Klux Khan" gives this account of how
the original khan got its name:
THE Ku KluX Khan was organized
in Pulaski. Tenn, in May, 1866. Sew
eral young men who had served in
the Confederate army, having re-
turned to their homes, found them
selves suffering from the inactivity
and reaction that followed army life.
There was nothing to do with which
to relieve it. There was but little
work to do, and but few had capital
to engage in new mercantile or pro-
fessional pursuits. The amusements
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Extension Work

The community committee of Scion
met recently at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Magoon in Scion with ten
present The Membership Campaign
was discussed. o. d. Dean is the
chairman for the men and Mrs. Ma
gCon for the women. Mrs. NaCoon
will distribute the membership cards
to the other women in the committee,
who will act as solicitors. The so
licitors for the men are Chester
Grant. C. o. Dean. H. c. Head. The
campaign for new members began on
Wednesday, Oct. 3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Country Club Ladies'
Happily Entertained

The ladies of the Country club
were happily entertained for a regu-
lar meeting on Wednesday afternoon
by Mrs Ernest Dunbar at her home
on Center street. A large number
We're in attendance and the after
noon was passed socially. The host
ess served delicious refreshments.
Plans were made for an oyster sup
per which will be served to the Ia
dies of the club and members of
their families on Wednesday, Oct. Il.
which is the day of the next regular
meeting of the club. The supper
will be served at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Blaisdell on the Wa
terVille road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Attending the Maine Musical Fcs-
tiVal in BANGOR

The following are among the
Skowhogan people attending the
Maine Musical festival in Bangor
this week, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G..
Lord, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Oddly. MI.
and Mrs. Joseph \. Smith, Mrs.
Archie Cote, Mrs. Theodore Pomer-
leau, Mrs. George Betty, Mrs. Ed
ward Weston. Mrs. a. B. Borden,
Miss Adelena Landry, Miss Geneva
Lancaster. Irwin r. Ladd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Murphy and Miss Violet
Allen of Cornville, who is the vocal
soloist at the Federated church.
Mrs. Daniel Thompson returned
Wednesday from Lynn, Mass. where
she has been the guest of her sister,
Miss Eva Bunker and other relatives.
Judge Thomas A. Anderson OF the
Eastern Somerset municipal court OF
Pittsficld, was in town Wednesday
on business at the supreme court.
Mr.. Anderson was accompanied by
Mrs. Anderson, who visited briefly
with her mother, Mrs Fanny Wlldes.
Hon. Clyde II. Smith spoke twice
in Portland Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings and spoke at labor
meeting at Vassalboro, and on sun
day night Mr.. Smith will speak in the
CITY Hall in Waterville. Mr.. Smith
is speaking in favor of the 4S hour
bill which he introduced at the last
Legislature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Russia's IlIiterate 60 Per Cent

The last All-Russan National Gen.
Sus carried out ny the Central Statis-
teal bureau of the Soviet Govern
ment in August. 1920. showed the
capita percentage of literacv for the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05

The worlds largest room is the
passenger concourse of the Union
Station, Washington. 1t is 760 feet
in length, and an army of 10000
men could be Accommodated on its
floor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-05
Sheen Injured by Docs

Mont Russell on Wednesday had
one Of his fine Hampshire sheep bod
~ torn and injured by dogs and two
others injured and chased in the
Russell pasture. About ten days ago
sheep belonging to Mrs. May Knight
were driven to the barn by dogs. The
dogs have been seen in the act Of
chasing the sheep and are said to be
two in number, one large Shepherd
and the other is black and tan. This
is the third time recently the Russell
sheep have been chased.
Mrs. Margaret Macphail, the man.
ufacturer Of the Macphail Preserves,
went to Boston Thursday where she
is to display her preserves and jellys
at the Food Fair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
D. c. MAY CALMLY
NEW BUDGET
RULE
Cuts by Bureau to Be Taken
Up in Detail Before Con-
gress Gets Them.

The District government may
benefit by today's announcement
by Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director
Of the Budget, relative to the course
to be followed in finally formulating
figures for appropriations for the
next fiscal year to be submitted to
Congress.
Gen. Lord, after a conference
with President Coolidge, declared
that It would be the practice, in all
cases where the Budget Bureau
deemed cuts necessary in figures
from the Federal departments or
other Governmental branches, and
where such divisions believed the
original totals should be allowed,
to receive any representations they
might desire to make. Thus the
departmental or divisional heads
will be enabled to present theie case
more specifically IL disputes occur
over the proper totals.
It was recalled that last year the
District Commissioners submitted
ordered cut to $24,O0O,O 900. Sub
sequently supplemental estimates Of
So, 600. 900 were allowed by Gen.
eral Lord. But when the two
houses Of Congress had finished
pruning operations, the city got
only $4,000, 900. Many Of the
supplemental items were lost, it il
held, because the legislators re-
garded them as afterthou3hts, or
requests for appropriations for
which there was no vital need.
BY the present arrangement, /.
Is believed the Commissioners, IL
they feel that the Budget Bureau
is cutting too deeply into figures
for necessary projects, will make
specific representations to that eff
feet, obviating the necessity Of re-
adopting the supplemental scheme.
Thus Congress will receive but one
set Of items, and will, in all prob
ability, give them more favorable
consideration than If there were
two tabulationS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
GOLF BALL LODGES ON
BACK OF LIVE FROG

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-The ar
chives Of golf immortalize a Bish-
opbriggs cow which carried a ball
for some distance impedded in its
foot. The latest is a frog as an in
teresting agency which caused much
bewilderment on the historic Glen
agles links.
The player drove the ball to the
edge Of a bunker and into fairly long
grass. The player. in addressing the
ball, noticed that it moved as if
there was life in it. Investigation
showed that the ball had come to
rest on the back Of a large frog.
Must the ball be played from the
frogs back or could it be lifted
without a penalty?
The question was finally answered
by Rule IT, which provides that ''if
a ball lodge in anything moving, or
is moved when at rest by any
agency outside the match, the same
ball or another can be played with
out penalty from as near as possible
to the place where the ball was
first moved"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
j. 8. DRY AGENT
SUSPENDED IN
BRIDE CASE
Azores Thompson, Mentioned
in Previous Charge, Dis
missed in Baltimore.

Azores Thompson. Federal prohi-
bitiOn agent whose name was men
toned in the case of Agent Leon
Alderman. accused of accepting a
bride, has been suspended from the
force on a similar allegation, it was
learned today.
Following the Alderman episode,
Thompson was transferred, against
his wishes to Baltimore. Because
Of his association with Alderman,
it was said, he was closely watched.
According to reports reaching
Washington today Thompson assist
ed in a case made against a Balti-
more saloon. AS in the Alderman
case. an agent and his chauffeur
were involved. Information allege
that a bride Of 5000 passed hands,
the money being equally divided be-
tween the participants.
1t was stated that Linton s.
Evans, agent in charge OF the Bal.
timOre office OF the Washington
division, was responsible for the ar
rest. Acting Divisional Chief Harry
M. Luckett also figured prominently
in the case.
E. C. Yellowley, Federal chief Of
general prohibition agents, said to.
day he could not comment upon
the case until matters had prog.
ressed further. At noon today
no formal report had been made to
Luckett or Yellowley.
A considerable part Of the in
vestigation was conducted by the
special intelligence unit of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
CITIZENS
ON.HUNTFOR
MAD DOG
Big Black Mastiff Terrorizes
Arlington County Residents
for Three Days.

Arlington county's Hound OF
Baskerville" still lives to carry on
its depredations against the citi'
zens Of that county, despite n
determined search by armed men
last night. A posse secured the
vicinity of Relee, Va, last night
determined to put an end to the
giant black mastiff that has terror
lied the neighborhood for the past
three days.
Credible witnesses have certified
to the statement that the dog, appar-
emily gone mad has attacked sew
eral grown people and children
and has made life miserable for
other dogs. The dog attacked three
people yesterday, one of them be-
ing Minton Johnson, colored, of
Relee. Johnson is authority for
the statement that the dog has
the appearance Of being a monster.
John Wringer and Archie Smith
were two others who testified to
the dogs vicious attacks.
Numerous persons reported seeing
the dog. He Is said to have taken
to the swamp land that lies ada
cent to the plant Of the Capital Re-
inning Company on the Columbia
pike and the Governments expert
mental farms at Arlington. The
dog Is described as being three feet
high and of massive shoulder and
build, and having tremendous
strength.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
SPECIAL APPEAL
IN KELEHER
CASE
Prosecutor Contests Search
Warrant Decision Given by
Justice Bailey.

Application for a special appeal
from the decision Of Justice Bailey
of the District Supreme Court to
the effect that the search warrant
by which betting paraphernalia was
seized by the police May last at
the apartments of John B. Keleher.
1885 l street northwest, was illegal
because not served by Major Dan
lei Sullivan, superintendent Of police.
to whom it was directed, was filed
today in the Court Of Appeals by
District Attorney Gordon.
Justice Bailey also held that Sec
ton % of the espionage act must be
read in conjunction with the provis-
ions of section Oil of the District
code, which provides how search
warrants may be issued and served.
Petitioners inform the appellate
tribunal that If the ruling of the
lower court be permitted to stand 1t
will not only preclude further action
against Keleher, but will interfere
with the Government in a number
Of handbook prosecutions pending at
the time in the Police Court. The
District Attorney claims that Sec
ton Oil is in no manner altered by
the general espionage law; that the
case Is pending in the Police Court
and there was no jurisdiction in JUS
tice Bailey to order the return OF
the property to Keleher, and finally
that all processes issued out Of the
Police Court are required by law
to be in the name of the major of
police and may be and are daily
served, not by the latter, but by
any member of the police force.
The prosecutors point out that there
is no exception in the law as to
service Of search warrants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
WILLIAM L. YAEGER, JR.

Funeral services for William
Leonard Yaeger, jr., thirtythree
years old, head Of a local account
ancy firm, who died Sunday at his
fathers home, 1855 Newark street,
Cleveland Park, will be held at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning at the
family residence.
Mr.. Jaeger was born in Penn
sylvania and came here with his
parents in early childhood. He at
tended the Washington public
schools and was a graduate of
George Washington University. He
travelled over much Of the old world
while in the employ OF the Inter
national Banking Corporation and
for time attended Kings College.
London.
In 1914 he returned to Washing
ton as the head Of an accountancy
firm with his father and brother.
At the outbreak Of the war he en-
listed and was commissioned q
lieutenant in the quartermaster
corps. He was member of Epsilon
Chapter, Sigma Chi Fraternity. He
is survived by his parents and
brother and two sisters. the Misses
Mildred and Dorothy Yaeger.