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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Men Arrested Claim "Red" Nc
Cam One Who Shot Officer
Was in Pursuit of Stolen
Car - Overlook Trio and
Shooting Followed - RevOl-
yer Found on One OF Men
Held

Boston, Oct. 21.-Two mon who
were arrested in Norwood have
confessed to Boston inspectors that
they were present early today when
Patrolman Joseph Gonya of the Hyde
Park police station was shot to
death in Readville. They said that
a third man named Red Mccain"
was with them in an automobile that
Officer Gonya halted and that he was
the man who shot the officer.
The two men arrested were
charged with the murder Of Officer
Gonya. They were identified as
jeremiah Horgan Of Cambridge and
Henry IT. Keefe of Somerville. both
OF whom according to the police,
have criminal records.
The shooting occurred near Pals
Bridge, Readville, after Officer
Gonya had pursued an alleged stolen
automobile in a Communicated ma
chine. After race of several
blocks the fugitive car was over
taken and the driver obeyed the pa
trolmans command to halt. AS Or
ficer Gonya stepped into the glare
of the headlight with drawn revolver
he was shot in the chest and crump-
Ied nm on the road The fugitive car
then sped on, almost running over
the prostrate body in the road be-
fore it.
Morgan and Keefe were arrested
nv Patrolman Donnell in Norwood
Who sighted them hurrying through
a stretch of Marshland. Soaked ana
bedraggled. He said that heetc
tried to draw a revolver Wnen ne
annroched them but that he beat
him to the draw. According to INC
pclice a revolver found on kectcS
nerson contained an empty carthage
which correspondent With the bullet
found in the officers body.
OA7cer Gonya, whose home was IN
Mansfield. was appointed to the po-
lice force only three months ago.
George A. Taylor. whose automo-
bile officer Gonya commanoeercd 10
nursre the stolen automobile, toid
the notice that a gun battle ensued
Wien the fugitive car was forced to
half after he and the officer had
nassed it and stopped the second car
ocross the road He said as the OF,
ficer advanced toward the alleged
bandits shots were fired from the
rear seat and that the oincer re-
turnet, the fire briskly.
Three shots were found in the
natro,,nan's body and n fourth in his
Continued on Page 8, Col. y =.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
CONFERENCE SON
emf 0RCEMENT
IN MANY STATES
RIVAL BOOTLEGGER
GANGS STAGE GUN
FIGHT IN N. JERSEY

Red Bank, n. J., Oct. 21.-Six men
arrested and one man in the Long
Branch hospital suffering from dan
gerous bullet wounds, is the toll to-
day of what police describe as. pis-
toll battle between two rival gangs
of bootleggers at the Atlantic High
lands railroad station last night.
The fight in which fifty shots were
exchanged is declared to have been
the outcome of a feud between two
groups of rival interests. one from
Highlands and the other from New
ark. Twenty men are believed to
have participated in the battle.
According to chief of/county de-
tectives Smith, the two gangs had
engaged in several alterations
which came to a head last night
when four cars containing fifteen
Newark men and five Highlands mon
met at the station at Atlantic High
lands where they engaged in a run
ming fight. The men dismounted
from their machines and poured q
fusillade of shots at each other while
passers-by scattered in every dir
ection.
At least six Of the men are be-
lievcd to have been wounded in the
exchange. four of them, it is believed.
being carried back to Newark by
their comrades. After fully fifty shots
had been fired the men leaped into
their machines and disappeared.
With the arrival of police and
county detectives a short time later
q search was started throughout the
neighborhood and Frank Laconte of
Newark was found a short distance
from the scene. A bullet had pierced
his body. He was taken to the Long
Branch hospital but steadfastly re-
fused to say who had shot him. an
swering that he would point them
out when he got well. His condition
grew steadily worse and tonight it
was not believed that he would live.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
KENNEDEC'S SHERIFF IN
SERIES OF RAIDS; SAYS is
OUT TO PURGE THE COUNTY
RAIL LABOR BOARD
GRANTS INCREASE TO
| CERTAIN GROUPS

Chicago, Oct. 21-The United
STATES Railroad Labor Board today
MADE pubic a decision awarding in-
crehses of one to two cents an hour
to flerks, station forces, dock, ware
house, and platform freight handlers
and similar employees of IS carriers.
An unusual provision of the de-
cision is that the sum of the increas-
es iGranted to the employees in each
section shall be distributed by joint
action of the representatives of the
carriers and of the employees in such
a manner as to bring about just and
equitable rates for the employees in
each Of the various sections for which
increases are provided.
The opinion prefacing this and
other provisions found that 90 car
riers and employees of the class in
volved had negotiated agreements in
creasing pay for some OF the groups,
but that there was no uniformity in
the agreements.
another denying an increase to sig
nalmcn.
The present decision reads:
In the case of the Signalmen, their
present rates of pay and the very
favorable treatment they had re-
ceived in previous wage orders and
adjustments. made it seem inequita-
bic to award them an increase of
wages under the state of proof before
the board. In the case of the clerical
employees proper, it is undoubtedly
true that their present wages and
the previous wage awards and orders
affecting them through long period
of years do not show that they have
ever received treatment which would
be termed preferential"
\ dissenting opinion accompanied
the previous decision denying an in
crease to the signalmen.
The employees affected by the pres
ent decision were represented by the
brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship clerks. Freight Handlers, En-
press and Station employees. by the
brotherhood of Railway Station en-
ployes. and by the International
Longshoremen's Association.
The carriers affected include
among other roads the Boston and
Albany. Boston and Maine and the
Maine Central with the Portland Ter
minal Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Impressive Start
Made by Sheriff
i'm Cleanup Drive

AS a result Of the activity of
Sheriff Henry Cummings and his
force of deputies Saturday afternoon
and Sunday, twelve cases will be
heard this morning at the Augusta
municipal court, and one in the
Gardiner court. The list of cases is
varied and as the sheriffs searched
several other places where they did
not find anything, it is evident that
they had two busy days.
The first results from their activi-
ties were apparent Saturday after
noon about 3 o'clock when they in
tcrcepted Lyman McCurdy of Au-
Gusta as he was attempting to Opcr-
ate a motor vehicle on the road be-
tween Augusta and Farmingdale. He
was held on a charge of driving a
motor vehicle while under the in
fiuence of liquor.
From that time on the cases piled
up with astonishing rapidity. Short
ly after getting McCurdy, the sheriffs
armed with a search warrant entered
the house occupied by Clyde Sim
mons of Chelsea, situated opposite
Britts gully. and seized seven cases
containing 81 bottles of home brew
cd beer.
They then went to Randolph where
they SOl ii SdliOH CIn nall lull Oh
alcohol and two quart bottles full
of the same kind of liquor from the
house of Frank Eastman.
About II o'clock Saturday night
they entered the White Bear pool
room on upper Water street and in
the basement found four men group-
ed around table, shooting crap.
They seized the dice. $3.45 in money.
and arrested the four men as well
as the proprietors. Harry Slosberg
and Felix Desharnais.
On Sunday morning. they made a
journey to Togus. There at the
home of Fred Carey. one of the de-
puties purchased a bottle of alcohol
and they seized three bottles in all
which according to the officer he had
hidden under a rock in the yard.
Later in the day, they seized a
Buick car driven by Jasper Bumford,
which contained :. gallon can of al
cohol. Here the deputies had a little
trouble. The car was on the Muster
field when taken and as Deputies
Harry Pinkham and William Cole
jumped onto the running board of the
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
STATES>DUTY TO
CARRY OUT DRY LAW
VIEW OF COOLIDGE

1.-THE National Prohibition act pla-
ces the duty OF it's enforcement on
the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, his assistants, agents and in
spectors. In accordance Herewith,
there is an assistant commissioner
in direct charge of prohibition en-
forcement, and there are prohibit
ton agents and inspectors in each
state. Corresponding provisions
will be found in nearly all state
laws.
1.-The Constitution and the laws
of the nation and of the several
states are binding alike upon all
the inhabitants. 1t is the Constitu-
ton upon which we have given our
oaths to support-the Constitution
which requires OF the President
that he shall take care of the laws
be faithfully executed. and the state
Constitutions lay a similar obligation
upon their governors.
THE Constitutions and the laws
are perfectly plain and the direct
ions which they contain to the Pres
ident and the governors are equally
plain. The country ought to know
all this.
'If there he any principle which
Continued on Page 9-Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
HOLD TWO, seek Third IN Staying
PATR0LMAN, READvILLE, MASS.
Senate Committees
to Probe Veterans
Bureau and Oil Lands

Washington, Oct. 21-Inquiries by
two Senate committees are set down
for tomorrow in advance of the as
scmbling of the new congress. Others
will get under way soon, and as a
number of the leaders and many of
the rank and file of the membership
are gathering in Washington the
capital again will be the scene of
comparative activity after eight
months of congressional vacation"
One of the Investigations starting
tomorrow will be that into the Veter
ans Bureau by select committee
composed of Senators Reed, Repub-
lican, Pennsylvania, chairman; Oddie,
Republican. Nevada; and Walsh,
Democrat, Massachusetts. The other
will be conducted by the Senate pub
lie lands committee, Senator Smoot,
Republican, Utah, chairman, into the
leasing of the naval oil reserve in
Wyoming, known as Teapot Dome"
Major General John f. Organ of
New York will conduct the inquiry
into the Veterans Bureau and will
cass as the first witness Brigadier
General Frank T. Hines, retired, di-
rector of the Bureau. General Organ
and staff of assistants have been
engaged all summer with a private
inquiry for the collection of facts and
data which will be presented to the
committee.
Much of the interest in the Teapot
Dome inquiry centers on the reports
of the biologists who surveyed the
Oil reserve to determine whether
there had been drainage of, the field
by wells sunk in nearby territory.
Reports made to the Navy and In
terror departments by biologists in
Dictated that the reserve was not
nearly so rich in oil as had been as
sumed at the time of the leasing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Waterville Auto
Driver Held on
Charge of Murder

Bangor, Me-, Oct 2l-Lous Dlvier
of Waterville is held by the Bangor
police on charge of murder, in hav-
ing this evening caused the death of
John Spencer. an aged inmate of the
city almshousc. by running him down
in the outskirts of the city with a
motor car Spencer's neck was
broken. Divier says that Spencer
stepped directly in front of the car,
after the horn had been sounded.
Spencer, who was mentally .unbal-
ancod, wandered away from the
almshouse today and the police bad
been searching for him when noti-
fed of his death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Salem Theatre-g0ers
Calm as Fire Breaks
Out i'm Nearby Bldgs.

Salem. Mass Oct. 21-Seven hun
dred persons filed quietly out of q
theatre here tonight when fire
broke out in a nest of wooden build
inGs adjoining. The cafe in which
the flames started was located in
the heart of the business section
and general alarm was sounded.
Firemen checked the blaze after it
had caused damage of $1,000.
Fireman Harry J.. Anders escaped
injury when he WIS thrown to the
street when his ladder came in con-
tact with trolley feed wire. The
general alarm brought out a crowd
of 10000 persons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Ellsworth Flood
Damage Suits
Settled Out Court

Bangor. Maine, Oct. 21-Thc Il suits
brought by Ellsworth parties and cor
porations against the Bar Harbor and
Union River Power Company to re-
cover damages totalling over 100000
for destruction of property by the
flood of May 2, 1923. have been set
tied out of the court, after the first
suit. that of the Dirigo Theatre-Com-
pany. to recover 100000. had been on
trial for three days.
Plaintiffs in the suits alleged that
the destruction of their property was
due to the breaking away of part of
the reservoir dam of tn. defendant
corporation on Union River few
miles above Ellsworth. and that the
breaking of the dam to foulty con-
struction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Death Attorney
Mason at Bangor

Bangor Me-. Oct. 21-John +. Ma
son, prominent member of the PEN
obscot Bar and since 1898 referee i'll
bankruptcy. died at his home here
today aged rs. He is survived by
his wife. n son and a daughter.
Mr.. Mason was a native of Bangor,
attended Bowdoin college one year,
was graduated from Harvard IN 1869
and from Harvard Law school IN
1872. From 1879 to 1875 he practiced
law in Boston. then was admitted to
the Penobscot bar and had practiced
here ever since. He was a member
for many years of the University
club in Boston and of the Harvard
and Tarrantne clubs in Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Three Killed i'm
Crossing Crash

Cleveland, Oct. 21-A man, woman,
and child were killed and three 9TH
er persons were probably fatally in
jured tonight when shore line in
tcrurban struck an automobile at Il
road crossing in Nottingham. Of
seven occupants. all residents of Eu-
cid Village. only one escaped with
slight injuries.
So badly was the machine wreck
cd that police declared they were
unable to identify its manufacture
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

North New OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cloudy Monday and Tuesday. pro-
badly rain near coast; little change
in temperature.
South New England-Cloudy and
unsettled Monday and Tuesday. pro-
badly rain, little change in tempera-
ture.
Eastern New York-Generally fair
in north and central: unsettled, pos
slblN rain in extreme south portion
Monday and Tuesday, little change in
temperature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
FIND Body Unknown
Man in Brewer

sangor, Nc, Oct. 21-The body Of
co man. in an advanced stage of de-
wyomaposition. was found today in the
e ~oOus off North Main street, Brew
ala inc body, evidently that of an
sn;. eriy man. was dressed in a black
IN IN. !, straw hat and high laced shoes.
NIL, ue pockets were found news
r,, psr clipping of the obituary Of Au-
f ors L. Rimbach. who died in San
tbaa' Me-, July q last, announcing
ho hoo. her funeral would be held at the
p.,ue OF her son, F. L. Rimbach. 10
amer street. Arlington, Mass; also
nash containing a ten dollar bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Pittsfeld Man
Dies Auto Injuries

Pittsfield. Mass. Oct. 21-Danicl Far
rcll of this city died in a hospital hero
today as the result of injuries in an
automibilc accident last night. Will
liam Sheridan, in whose car he was
riding when it struck a machine driven
by Harry Murphy of New York City.
was arrested. charged with operating
enCc of liuuor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22

Twelve Cases to be Aired in
Augusta Municipal Court
This Morning as Result OF
Week End Activities -
Varied Assortment of Liquor
Taken in Series of Visits
Two Autos Seized-Gamb-
ling Gan me Interrupted -
Asks Cooperation of Citi-
Zens il Campaign
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
General Forecast


Pressure was low Sunday night
over the Canadian northwest, Mon
tana and the Plateau regions and it
remained relatively low Sunday from
the vicinity Of Jamaica northward
over Cuba and the Bahamas to
about latitude 80. high pressure pre-
vailing almost generally east of the
Rocky Mountains. Except showers
in the north Pacific states. fair
weather has prevailed almost gener-
ally during the last "a hours.
The weather will remain generally
fair Monday and Tuesday in the
states cast of the Mississippi river
except that rains are probable along
the Atlantic coast. The tempera-
ture will not change materially.
Winds-North of Sandy Hook:
Fresh to strong north and north
east and overcast, thick and showery
Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Hit by Auto While
Crossing Street, Dies

Needham, Mass. Oct. 21.-Isaac
Warren of this town was run over
and fatally injured by an auto
mobile driven by Hollis Fairbanks
of WATERFOWL here today. Warren,
| who was 6S years old and the care
said to have become confused when
crossing the street. He died in a
hospital a short time after the ac-
cident.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
ProclamatiOns in
Aix-la- Chapelle
Call for Republic

AK La Chapelle. Prussia. Oct 81
(By A. PA RhinelanG republic
was proclaimed here today.
Rhinelanders occupied the public
buildings at o'clock this morniE =
Continued on Page 3-Col. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22

Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Unsettled Monday and Tuesday
probably rain, not much change in
temperature; increasing northeast
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Brand New Leather
jenkins
Al CO 60

All Sizes $3.50
Mail Orders promptly filled
ECC, !OMY CLOTHING co.
"a L;obon St., ston, Ne.
7ct1Gd6t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22

Detailed programs from principal
radiophone broadcasting stations
may be found In this Issue.
Evening journal., 1923-02-14
URGE MORE, BETTER
HIGHWAYS in KENT
STAR Corresnondent.

STAFF Correspondent.
STATE HOUSE, Dover. Feb. IA
Several speakers made pleas in be-
half Of the upper Kent county dele
cation urging the Legislature to
provide 100000 for State-aid roads
yesterday afternoon.
Among the speakers were John p.
LeFevre. OF Dover. former Repre-
sentative Tarbutton. former Senator
L. NJ. Price. former Congressman
W. o. Hoffecker and the Rev. John
J. Bunting. of Smyrna.
Kent county. IL was claimed, has
only $4,000 left for road construc-
ton but of an authorized bond issue
OF 100000. with this additional
100000. Mr.. Hoffecker said. Kent
county would be able 10 honeycomb
the county with good roads. and
would be enabled TO get its portion
of Federal aid. The speakers point
ed out that the delegation would
have been much larger II a rain OF
the night before had not made roads
impossible. Some OF the delega-
ton. unable 10 travel by road. It was
said, came to Dover by train. The
importance OF good roads 20 the
farmer and the consumer OF farm
products was emphasized by the
speakers.
Evening journal., 1923-02-14
GEIST TALKS TO
LADY EAGLES"

Edward Geist. a native OF Munich.
who Is touring the United States
az a portion OF hts intended 80. 900
mile walking trip through South
American. North American. Aslatic
and European countries, arrived IN
Wilmington yesterday afternoon.
and addressed the Ladies OF the
Golden Eagle last evening. Mr..
Geist intends speaking 10 several
German societies In this city before
his departure.
Mr.. Geist r. a writer OF note and
his tour throughout foreign couu-
tries has been for the purpose OF
seeing tho relations between Ger
mans IN Germany. Germans In col
onles OF the Fatherland. and Ger
mans in foreign countries The
books which he will write will tell
Of German business institutions, and
German organizations. They Will
he printed In several languages. FIVE
OF which Geist speaks nuently: Ger
man, Spanish. Italian, English and
French.
Mr.. Geist says: Peru has the
finest scenery on this hemisphere:
the Canary Islands have the most
delightful cltmate; but the United
States IS the best place 90 live and
work"
Mr.. Geist Will leave here for New
York City. Saturday. He was born
In Muenchen. Bavaria, Mr.. Geist Is
a Photographer. and Is photograph
Evening journal., 1923-02-14
ALLIES MUST
SETTLE DEBT
LODGE SAYS

CONTINUED From First Pase)
for twelve hours or more 20 accom-
plish that object
Opponents OF the bill. who have
not yet been heard from, secuted the
idea that debate could be finished
today. and said they would oppose
any effort 70 put it 20 a vote before
a fun discussion had been had.
Senators Lodge. Massachusetts,
Reed. Missouri Borah, Idaho. and
Mcclellan. Tennessee. were sched-
uied 20 discuss the measure today.
Mcclellan Is tho only one OF the
three who is openly hostile. Reed,
however. has yelled his opposition so
thinly that he also Is counted as
certain TO vote against the bill.
Borah. while he may vote for Il. will
speak IN criticism OF the settlement
on the ground that Il has rendered
the United states relatively 70 die
tate a European return 10 sanity and
normally. Nine or ten votes against
the bill Is the maximum now appar-
ent. Some OF those may In the end
be cast IN support OF the bill.