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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
REBELS CONFIDENT
MOVE WILL SWEEP
THROUGH mexico

Vera Cruz. Dec. 7.-(By A. Ply
General Guadalupe Sanchez, leader of
the rebellion against the government
of President Obregon, in 4 message
sent today to all the chiefs of mill
tary operations in Mexico announces
that $4,000 men, 230 machine guns,
4 batteries of artillery and all war
ships in the Gulf of Mexico. and last
but not least, the power of pubic
opinion. are hacking the ,Huertista
movement against the Obregon gov
eminent and General Gales"
Public opinion" adds the message.
"fs tired of toierating a government
of indecisions and outrage5. which
is seeking popularity in anarchy and
trying to impose a candidate Cor the
presidency. AS consequence all
those who fought against Calranza
must again oppose the candidate Of
the ObreSon government"
General Sanchez then makes a
plea to the country. inviting the peo-
pie to join the movement IN order to
avoid bloodshed
The gunboat Bravo sailed today for
TuXpam with troops under orders
of the rebel leaders.
Up to noon today no news had
been received as to the STATE of af-
fairs in Next. City. and nothing IS
known as to whether President
Cbregon has 1lready moved troons
against General Sanchez. Thus far
there has been no abnormal occur
.l'nce either at Vera Cruz or +he
advanced posts held by tbs rebel
troops.
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senate DEMOCRATS TO STAGE
FIGHT FOR RE ORGANIZATION
CR|Ff1S GETS q
MONTHS IN PLOT TO
kIDNAP BERGD0Ll

Mosbach, Baden, Dec. 7.-(By A. Pr
-Corliss Hoover Griffis of Hamilton.
ohio. was sentenced today to serve Fl
months in prison for conspiring to kid
nap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the
american draft evader. Carl Sperber
OF Paris was sentenced to IS months.
faust Gagarin, a Russian prince IN
eight months: and Eugene Victor Nal.
son of Chicago to three months, imnris-
onineht Tor their share in the Mot
wnlcn the group attempted to carry
OUT at Eberbach in August.
All the defendants will have s,,b.
.,acteu from their terms the period of
.nelr incarceration before the trial ana
Nelson was set free today, as the court
considered his term had been served
GrlI1c also was fined two trilIion
on pronouncing the verdict the iudpe
uiliitteo trims was actuated by ma.
.io.lc motives. which might be wholly
oheo IN principle. but which, new
,heiess, represented a grave viola.
cause of the manner in which tba nIo,
was attempted. The defendants did
not give notice of appeaT
In his recommendation To +bo $780,.
carrier In the day the states attorno,.
ierr Nepel, asked that Griffis and Sncr.
yer De sentenced to three years eacb
ddearlh TO one year and Nelson to civ
months. Herr Zeiss, counsel for Rera,
ooli' then spoke, contending that Grif,
rs was the leader of the con,niracr
that Sperber and Gagarin were merely
actlns under his. orders ana being ma id
ior tnelr services. Therefore he
,houeht that Griffis should receive p
heavier sentence than the other mer
Implicated in the plot
Herr Zeiss asserted that at fret y,
was inclined to believe the American
| Legion had aided in various WAYS in
the venture, but that later devotion.
ments convinced him the Legion had
nothing to do with it. He said IL wa
| evident from information in his hands
tnat MIN company in the United
states had given Griffis financial back.
| ing, hoping for exclusive pictures Of
, the Bergdoll capture, and that Griffis
was not inspired by patriotic motives
| as he had asserted.
Griffis. attorney. Herr Siefert, said
| ne hoped the court would take, into
consideration the contempt in which
| Bergdoll was held by Americans be.
cause of his draft evasion and his sub.
| Sequent actions. and held that "tht
sooner Germany gets rid of Bergdol
! the better for Germany" as Germany
| cannot afford to harbor forever within
her borders a man of Bergdolrs type
Pleading for leniency in behalf OF
| the defendants, Herr Siefert recalled
| that the testimony of Griffis showed
; he was inspired by patriotism in his
plans to get Bergdoll back to the Unit
cd States. He begged the court to beal
in mind that Griffis had already spent
+, four months in prison.
| By order of the court the automobile
| in which Griffis came to Eberbech has
been turned over to Maxwell X. Moore
| head. American consul at Stuttgart
| together with the army revolver which
| Grittis had in his suitcase at the time
as the court considered these to be the
property of the American government
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Jury Disagrees in
ManSlaughter Case

Lewiston, Me-, Dec. 7.-After de-
liberating more than four hours, the
jury hearing the case of Richard
:. Breen of Lewiston, charged with
manslaughter.. reported a disagree
ment late today. AS the result of
an automobile collision on the DAN
willie road last summer, Irven Cham
bers of Auburn sustained injuries
which resulted in his death. Breen,
as driver of one of the cars. was
He has renewed his bonds and will
be given second trial at the Feb
ruary term of the superior court in
Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
TsekOs Given Life
for Double Murder

Concord, N. H., Dec. 7-Nunie
George Tsekos of Franklin pleaded
guilty to first degree murder before
Judge Oliver w. Branch in superior
court and was sentenced to imprison-
ment for life late this afternoon.
The proceedings were brief and
simple. Tsekos was taken from the
jail to the court house about $50
o'clock and was there waiting when
his counsel. William S. McCallum of
Boston and J. Joseph Doherity of
Concord. arrived.
Tsekos was charged with double
murder. having killed his wife, Ma
talie Adams Tsekos, and his mother
in-law, Mrs. Catherine Adams, at
their home in Franklin, on or about
August II. He was arrested in Med
ford, Mass, two days later, after he
had transported the dismembered
bodies of his victims in an automobile
from Franklin, and has been de-
tanned in Concord Jail since.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Cannot Get Line on Attitude
Republican Insurgents -
Com m t tee Assignments
May Have Bearing on Stand
They Will Take - Sharp
Scrap for Places on Foreign
Relations COmmittee-Make
Up of Other Committees

Washington, Dec. 7.-While Con-
gress marked time today it's leaders
went ahead with the reorganization
of committees which is necessary be-
fore either the House or the Senate
can proceed with the serious business
of the session.
Republican and Democratic lead
er alike were striving to complete
committees assignments r." ~ 49,
when both Houses will convene after
after a week-e end recess. Senate
Democrats are prepared to launch at
that. time their fight for reorganiza-
ton of the Senate, but their motion
to proceed to the election of a presi-
dent may be deferred until the COM
mlttee assignments have been finally
determined nv that body.
The attitude of the Republican in
surgents in the prospective contest
over reorganization still is underlined
and may not be determined until af-
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KENTUCKY MINE
BLAST KILLS SEVEN
AND INJURIES SIX

Hazard, KY, Dec. 7.-Seven miners
were killed and six others were in
jured in a dust and gas explosion in a
mine of the Black Hawk Coal Co. of
Cars Fork, IL miles from here, late
today.
First reports received here were that
the seven men had been killed and that
10 others were entombed in the mine.
an undetermined number of the latter
being injured. Later officials of the
company were quoted as having said
that only Is men were in the mine at
the time of the blast.
The injured miners were being
brought to hospital here on a special
train.
The mine, which is near Carlo, was
said to have been unusually dry and
the blast is believed to have followed
the firing of 'shot" of explosives
by the miners to break down coal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
CANADA QUERIED
ON DEEP WATERWAY
IN ST. LAWRENCE

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE United
States government again has in
quired of Canada as to the possible
negotiation of a treaty which would
permit construction of a deep water
way from the Great Lakes to the
Atlantic by way of the St. Law
renee river.
Announcement of the forwarding
of the inquiries was made today At
the White House III explanation Of
the statement made by President
Coolidge yesterday in his message
to Congress that efforts were bei"S
made to obtain a treaty with Canada
which would make possible 1.-The de-
velopment of the great power and
navigation project of the st. Law
renee river" The project was given
the Presidents endorsement.
Inquiry was made of the Canadian
government about a year ago as to
it's position with regard to such a
treaty and the response received was
that Premier King and his govern
ment did not regard it practical to
sanction the project at that time.
The response was not interpreted in
Washington as definitely closing the
door to negotiation.
The White House announcement
made no mention of any reply to the
new inquiries of the American gov
eminent and it is presumed that the
Canadian government has not yet
forwarded it's reply.
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Waterway project has been energet-
ically advocated by the agricultural
interests of the middle west who see
in the construction of a deep water
way to the Atlantic direct outlet
for exports to Europe. Ranged
against the middle-western interests
have stood the business interests OF
New York and large proportion OF
the. New England states. who con-
tend that present needs of trans
portation by way of the Erie Canal
and the trunk line railroads are
sufficient.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
= FOR FREE TRADE

London. Dec. Z By A. P)-Tlw
moral of the general elections which,
have resulted so disastrously for tile
government of Premier Baldwin &
that the British people still are, as
they were in 1906. convinced sup
porters of free trade. -
The fat, which has come upon tire
Conservative party so soon after II
discarded the coalition leadership Of
David Lloyd George is due primal.
lily to the Free Trade convictions OF
the oople. but also partly to a num-
Der of other attendant Circumstances.
The first of these circumstances is
that the party itself was divided ON
the wisdom of choosing the plank or
protectio.- upon which to challenge
a ne mandate from the country,
since, Judging from abe experience OF
1906, there was every prospect of a
repetition of the disaster which over@
took the party when it trod a sim.i
liar path pointed out by Joseph
Chamberlain. No other possible
policy, other than that of protection.
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Derry AbandOns
Portland Contest

Portland. Maine, Dec. 1-Dr. Louis
A. Derry, defeated candidate for the
school board, announced late today
that he had decided not to contest
election.
He took the stand that a public
service had been rendeded in focus
ing the public mind on certain al
legged Irregularities by officials in
several voting precincts. When two
bills in equity in which he was named
as complainant were dismissed yes
terday it was announced that further
action was contemplated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
HARTLAND ACADEMY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
WITH Loss $4,000
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Especial to Kennebec JournaD
Hartland, Dec. 7.-Hartland Acad-
envy, one of the Oldest in the State,
was destroyed by fire early today.
The building was of brick, two stories
in height and the flames practically
Quilted the structure. The fire is be-
lieved to have started around the
furnace. The loss is estimated at
100000, with an insurance of $4,000.
/ 1t could not be learned what plans
are contemplated regarding rebuild
ing or disposition of students.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
COOLIDGE AGAINST CHARITY
APPROPRIATION FOR GERMANY
ROBB CONFESSES
ILLEGAL SURGERY IN
SUITCASE DEATH

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 1.-THE So
luton Of the suitcase mystery, one
or the most sensational cases to
come before the police of Massachu-
etts in years, was written today
when DIR. William H. Robb, held I'M
der an indictment for first degree
murder in connection with the death
of Mrs. Alice NJ. Wolschendorf of
East Bridgewater,. pleaded guilty 20
charge of illegal surgery in Mid
dlesex' superior court. DIR. Dalva II.
Swope of Brockton, indicted as an
accessory before and after the alleg-
ed murder, was reindicted today as
an accessory before and after the
illegal operation.
District attorney Arthur K. Read
Ing moved for sentence next Tues
day. The murder indictments have
not yet been mol pressed.
On the first day of September of
this year. the headless and dismem-
bered body of a woman was found
floating in the Merrimack river near
Tyngsboro, Mass. Two days later,
the limbs of the body were found in
second suitcase in the river two
mile away. State detectives and po-
lice of a dozen cities joined in the
unravelling of the mystery. Through
scar on a finger of the right hand,
the body was identified by George
Wolschendorf as that of his wife who
had been strangely missing. William
Bowen, who had employed Mrs. VOL
schendorf as a chauffeur also identi-
fed the body by means of the scar.
Through information furnished by
the two men the authorities investi-
gated the movements of DR.. Swope of
Brockton and RI. Robb of Boston.
In the meantime, state detectives
had traced down two suitcases which
were of the variety packed on the
back of a certain make of automobile
and it was discovered that DR.. Robb
although he had a practica,e' eew
car. had recently bought a >econd
set of suitcases. While the investi-
CATION was in progress. De. Robb dis
appeared. His automobile was traced
to a garage in Springfield. Finally,
on the morning of September Is, DIR.
Robb and DIR. Swope were arrested,
They protested their innocence.
Two days later. William Bowen,
Mrs. Wolschendorf's former employer
attempted suicide. although investi-
gators had never linked his name
with the crime.
According to investigators. Mrs.
Wolschendorf died under ether in the
physicians office and then. to avoid
Identification. the body was dismem-
bered. Portions of the body and the
head were never found.
DR.. Robb was indicted for murder
on september IS. and on the same
day DR.. Swope was indicted as an
accessory. DIR. Robh has been made
defendant in suit for 100000 by
the husband of the suitcase victim.
Dr. SwOpe was not arranged in
court today and asked for a week in
which to examine the new indict-
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
HALF SCORE CASES
SELF-DESTRUCT|0N
IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, Dec. "A wave Of sui
cides in the metropolitan district to-
day prefaced the holiday season.
Ten cases came to light.
A man believed to be NJ. E. ketch-
am, of Babylon, jumped from the 18th
story of downtown Broadway office
building.
A man of middle age plunged to his
death in the Harlem river from the
145th Street bridge while passengers
in {. passing trolley car looked on
Mortified and powerless to stop him.
The body of a poorly dressed man
was cut down from the bough of a
tree near the West drive in Central
Park. Police expressed the belief he
had been out of work and despon-
dent.
Business difficulties was said by
friends to have caused Alexander
Meyer to shoot and kill himself.
Ill health was believed to have
caused Charles G. Schwartz to
drown himself. Police dragged We
quahic Park Lake in Newark, n. j.,
for his body.
Paul Alexander Tihler, of Youngs-
town, Ohio, a student at Columbia
University. and q war veteran, COM
mitted suicide by turning on the gas
in his room. Police said he had been
worried.
Michael Dillon held his head over
the outlet cone of a gas meter until
= he died of asphyXia ton. He had been
I'll.
Frederick Bernhard inhaled gas
through a tube. He left a note saying
he was tormented by fear that gum
men were seeking him.
Andrew Malcolm, an elevator OPP
orator who had been i'll, killed him =
self by gas in the basement of the
Riverside Drive apartment house
Where he had been employed.
Joseph Fried pinned himself be-
tween the wall and a bedstead in his
boarding house room, turned on the
gas and waited for the end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
THE'WEATHER
CLOUDY

North New England-Increasing
cloudiness Saturday probably fol-
lowed by rain Saturday night or
Sunday; warmer Sunday and in New
Hampshire and Vermont Saturday.
South New England-Increasing
cloudiness and somewhat warmer
Saturday, probably followed by rain
Saturday night or Sunday.
Eastern New York-Cloudy Sat-
urday and Sunday, probably rain
Sunday and in north portion Satur-
day: warmer Saturday; colder by
Sunday night,
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Oklahoma House
@. KS Anti-Klan Bill

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. THE
senate anti-Ku Klux Khan bill prohibit
ing the wearing of masks, but minus
provisions regarded by it's supporters
as necessary to make the act sufficient
ly drastic. was passed today by the
lower house of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture.
The action brought to close the
controversy which ragged for weeks in
both houses of the assembly during
which the Ku klux Khan and it's ac-
tivities and former Governor J. C. Wall
toms spectacular opposition to the or
ganization formed the chief issues.
With 10 days to act on the mea sure,
Governor M. f. Trap tonight declined
to indicate whether he would approve
or reject.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
BONUS WOULD Defer TAX CUT
] MANY YEARS, MELONS WORD
Rei;terates Neces-
[ sity for Sharp Tax
Reduction in Annual
Report - Notes I'm
provement Since De-
preston of 1921

Washington, Dec. 7-Secretary
Mellon, in his annual report trans
mitted to Congress today, described
treasury operations under which the
nations debt had been reduced 1913,
674343 in the fiscal year 1923, and
again urged sharp reduction in taxa
,on based on rigid economy and
barring authorizations for new and
unexpected expenditures The re-
mort contained copy Of Mr.. Mel
Inns letter to Acting Chairman
Green. of the House Ways and Means
Committee, in which the Secretary
said "a soldiers bonus would post
none tax reduction not for one but
for many years to come"
To the usual review of official &C
,,vities under his direction, Mr.. Mel
Inn attached additional argument for
Tho general reduction in income tax
40 which he has urged. He particu-
iarlv stressed the advantage which
no has predicted would come from
cn,ting the surtax rates upon large
incomes to a maximum of % percent,
IN the ground that it would actually
increase government incomes, as well
AZ indirectly benefit the public at
large by reducing burdens on pro-
ductive operation.
The government, firmly esta pllsh-
al nm the basis of balancing it's bud
get each year." Mr.. Mellon said,
brought the national debt, once at a
Sv,re of over $26.000.OO0.O0O. down
to total of SO ,0S2, 209. 1000 on Octo-
her 81. The record he said, was one
brought about "only by the most
rigid economy and the application OF
business principles to the govern
ment's finance" On the present basis
Of taxation and expenditure. he cited
an estimated Treasury surplus next
July Of about $329,0O0.O00. and a
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Johnson Pleased
Over Prospects in East

New York, Dec. 7--Senator Hiram
w. Johnson of California tonight ex-
pressed delight with his political
prospects in New York and east gem
orally. That was the only comment
he had to make on the political sit
uation at the close of an all day ses-
sion with Republican leaders and
Franl1 w. Hitchcock, nation manager
of his campaign for the Republican
nomination for president.
Senator Johnson will leave for
Washington some time tomorrow.
He refused to comment on Presi-
dent Coolidge's message to congress
although he said he might have
something to say about it later in
Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Amoskeag Company
to Omen More Mills

Manchester, N. H.. Dec. 1.-The
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
today announced the resumption Of
work Monday, December 10, in num-
Ders 3, and II weaving depart
ments. This week work schedule
Will be varied, and has not yet been
announced. This new resumption
will bring the total of employed to
u,50O. Only about $500 operatives
are yet out of employment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Bank and Hotel
Destroyed by Fire
in Alberta Town

Calgary, Alta. Dec. Fire today
destroyed the Royal Bank and a
hotel at Gleichen, swept through the
Bank of Commerce building and
menaced other business places, ac-
cording to telephone reports received
here. Local fire apparatus was dis
patched to the scene.
The fire started in the hotel from
a gasoline coffee urn. The content,
of the bank were removed before the
fire reached the structures. Goods
and supplies were removed from az
joining stores.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Ford Buys Fancy
Herd ShOrthOrnS

Chicago, Dec. Henry Ford today
purchased an entire herd of milking
shorthorns, comprising IA head of
animals. for $4S,000 from the Bach
elder Farms of Mount Vernon, N. H.,
at auction at the international live
stock show today. Bachelor Farms
are owned by E. H. Best, wealthy
Boston merchant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
New Rigby Park
Terminal to Be
Opened Dec. 16

Portland, Maine. Dec. THE Rig
by Park extension ofQhe Portland
Terminal Company, built at an ex-
pense of about $1,600,O00, will be
opened on December is. it was an
nounced today. Practically all the
work done at the local yards will be
handled there.
The new terminal has 81 miles Of
trackage. which will care for 1000
freight cars. An engine house has
Accommodations for 40 locomotives.
There is ground for the storage OF
$1,000 tons of coal. besides a shed
with 1000 tons capacity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Mississippi G. 0. P.
Out for Coolidge

Jackson, Miss. Dec. THE Mis-
sissippi delegation to the Republican
national convention next summer will
support President Coolidge for the
Republican presidential nomination
as a result of the action of the state
executive here today in giving him
its endorsement.
The Republicans hold no primaries
in Mississippi.
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False Alarm
Calls Out Ladies'
Early This Morning

The Augusta fire department res
ponded to an alarm which was rung
III about 1850 this morning from box
q at the corner of Northern avenue
and Jefferson street. Upon arriving
there no trace of a fire was found
and the all out sounded shortly after
wards.
Chief Small was unable to account
for the alarm and the matter will
be- investigated today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-08
Demands Resignation
of Governor McCrae

Indianapolis, Dec 7.-Declaring that
the only hope he can see for "a speedy
termination of the present disgraceful
situation is for Governor McCrae to
resign and take with him every one
whose conduct and mode Of thought
agrees with his" Clyde Walb. Republi
can state chairman. tonight announced
he will call meeting of the commit
tee at the earliest possible date to af-
firm his stand.
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General Forecast

There have been rains within the
last "a hours in northern New Eng
land.
The indications are for increasing
cloudiness in the Washington fore
cast district Saturday, which will
probably be followed by rain Satur-
day night or Sunday. almost gen.
orally in the eastern states.
Cold weather will overspread North
Atlantic states Sunday or Sunday
night.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Increasing southerly.