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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
Praises Proposed
Move for RefOrd
in Diplomatic Service

Boston, Dec. 30-LegisIation pre-
pared by Representative Rogers of
Massachusetts proposing certain
state department reforms was char
actcri..ed tonight by Professor Char
les Hedges of New York University,
president OF Delta Phi Epsilon, as
the biggest forward step in diplo-
matte reform since President Eoosc-
velt's administration.
Professor Hedges spoke at the ban
quct which concluded the annual
convention of the five chapters which
; comprise the nations pioneer foreign
service fraternity. Representative
Rogers bill, he said, was close to the
ideals Of the fraternity. because at
makes possible Il diplomatic career
based on individual merits instead of
wealth.
THE proposal means the estab-
lishment of both the diplomatic and
consular services on Il professional
basis with it's personnel as demo-
cratic in its national character as
the army or navy. We need this 10
protect our world for it is essential
to Americas future that the doors
be opened TO the trained man who
wishes to serve the United States III
career through the state depart
ment.
To-day the consul service. though
open to any American citizen who
can qualify, still has many handi-
caps better paid than the diplomatic
corps, it is still without adequate
compensation for a life career: lacks
the attractiveness OF other branches
of governmental service because of
it's limited field of development and
remains closed to advancement into
the diplomatic end of the state de-
partment.
The secretarial grades Of tho di-
plomatic service. while on a merit
basis, are underpaid from the stand
point of the consular corps and be-
come virtually closed to all without
private incomes and promotion to
ministerial positions has never per-
manency nor adequate compensa-
ton"
The Rogers bill. he said, would
remove these handicaps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
TWO KENNEbEC GIRL
and BOY CHAMPIONS
IN FARM CONTESTS
LIQUOR DEALERS
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND
PAID GRANT MONEY

Bangor, Me, Dec. 29-The taking
of testimony in the Aroostoo!l county
rum conspiracy cases being tried
before the United States district
court was ended at 3:05 +. NJ, this
afternoon and the arguments were
begun. Atty. Herbert r. Powers ar
gued for Sheriff Edmund w. Grant
and court suspended until Monday
morning, when Atty. Frederick w.
Hinckley will argue in the defence
of w. $. Levin, co-defendant with
the sheriff
Atty. Powers spoke for so minutes.
He attacked the character of the
governments witnesses and declared
attorney with Charles r. Calvin Of
Houlton, admitted co-conspirator,
was the poorest trade made since
Esau sold his biIthriSht for a mess
of pottage. No direct evidence has
been offered as to the payment OF
money to Grant by Calvin, who tes-
titled he paid thousands to the Shcr
if for liquor protection in his town.
The principal evidence at todays
session was given by Mrs. Charles f.
Calvin. who testified that during the
latter part of June. 1921, sch saw her
husband count $50 in bills in the
Calvin home, and that on the White
Settlement road at late hour in
the night of the same day She saw
him pass this package to Sheriff
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
HURRY NEGROES TO
JAIL FOR SAFETY IN
ARKANSAS KILLING

Fort Smith. Ark, Dee. 3O-Eleyep
negroes who barricaded themselves
In house in the Catcher Cormun-
lty, five miles from Van Buren,. Ark.
late today when white residents
threatened Il riot rs q result of the
killing late Friday OF Mrs. Robert
Latimcr, surrendered to national
gualdsmen from Ozark. and were
lodged in the Jail at Van Buren, carly
tonight for safe keeping.
y score or more of negroes were
hurried to the H'an Buren, Jail by
officers who feared 4 serious clash
between the races. The white popu-
iation offered little or no resistance
TO the guardsmen who were ordered
to the scene early this afternoon by
Governor 7. O. McCrac.
The ii negroes who harricaded
themselves in II house surrendered
only after Captain Otto w. XAVIER,
in command of the detachment of
troops, threatened them with ma
chine gun fire. They were assured
of protection and finally agreed TO
accompany the troops to Van
Buren,.
Quiet prevailed in the little COM
munlty early tonight and CAPTAIN
kayer said his troops would return
to their station at Ozark. No further
trouble is feared, the officer said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
.Airship Dixmude
Considered Lost
Commission to Probe

Paris. Dec. CODY 4. PD-Oficial
announcement was made today by the
ministry of marine that tho super-
drlsible DiXmude might be definitely
considered as lost.
a commission to investigate the loss
OF the alrshlp has been appointed by
Vice Admiral Fatou. commanding the
southern maritime frontier The COM
mission is composed of Captain De
Laborde. chairman, and Captains Dare
and IeEros Didier and Lieutenants
Beauvais and Naugeois.
me recovery of the body of Lieu
tenant Grenadan. commander of the
DlXmude, remains thus far the sole
evidence that the great French di-
rigihle found a resting place at the
bottom of the ocean. The search on
the sea has been hampered by storms
ana to a great extent the patrols
have been called in from the interior
sections of Tunis, Algeria and the
Sahara Desert.
While hope has been abandoned re-
speeding the possibility of any of
those ABOARD the DiXmude surviving.
there is Il deep desire on the part OF
the government that the bodies of the
other victims be found and that the
exact cause of the Dixmude's disas-
ter be disclosed.
Among the missing men is Quart
ermaster Hamon. This aerial navi-
gator in January, 1918, piloted a di-
r!gible over the Mediterranean, his
superior officer being Lieutenant
Roustan, who is also missing. Both
fell in to the sea when the dirigiblc
was torn open in a sale, but they
were rescued after 16 hours in an
angry sea. Hamon suffered another
mishap toward the end of, that year,
he being the only survivor of a crew
OF II when the airship broke asunder
in terrific gale, Hamon seized u
barrel and chung to it - hours be-
fore he was rescued by a passing
mine sweeper. In neither case was
the destruction of the airship OBJ
served from land or ship.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31

New York, Dec. 30.-Pulpit argu-
ments in the controversy between
fundamentalists and modernists we've
resumed with vigor today, three min
listers chamDioning the cause OF
modernism and one flaying it as the
fruit of ignorance"
The old era of He'll and the devil,
and the cowardly evasion of truth,
will rapidly pass away and be sup
planted by newer and greater
religion" predicted the Rev. Charles
Francis Potter. of West Side Unitar-
ian church. DR.. Potter was adjudged
victor in a recent debate in which
he argued the negative against DIR.
John Roach Straton, Baptist, on the
Instability OF the Bible as the word
of God.
Death from boredom would be the
fate of the Christian religion il So
called organism" were not called
upon to re- vivify it and keep it apace
with human progress. declared the
Rev. DR.. William Guthrie. pastor of
St. Mark s. in the Bouwerie
Martin Luther's so-called Refor-
nation was defective in that it CON
fined itself to eccleSiastics instead
of reaching out into the realm of
economies, said DIR. Percy Stickney
Grant, rector of the Church of the
Ascension, expressing the hope that
the present church controversy
would not cOnfine itself to a mere
quibbling over doctrine. In keeping
his hand out of economics Luther,
DR.. Grant said, taught the German
princes to hold what did not belong
to them and was. in effect, respon-
sible for the World War.
Luther" he added, "was a pro-
gressiye. And when We talk about
modernism today, We mean pro-
Sressivism.''
DIR. Joseph G.. II. Barry. rector of
the Church of st. Mary, the Virgin,
declared that unless the bishops en-
forced discipline the Episcopal
church would face it's most serious
crisis. He severely criticized the
preachers he said were attempting
to split the church into a hundred
different factions. He said Protest
antism was going down Hill because
OF those who disbelicyed in orthodox
Professionalism.
Modernism. he said. was the fruit
OF ignorance. He admitted. however.
that all modcrnists were not Ignorant,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31

Washington. Dec. 30.-Details of
the contemplated sale OF surplus
army war materials to the Mexican
government occupied war department
officials today and it was indicated
that orders to depot commanders
from which the rifles and other
equipment are to be taken will go
forward Within a day or two.
Final decision to grant the re-
quest of the Obregon government
and make the sale direct by the
Washington government was not
reached until Saturday, although the
request is understood to have been
before administration officials practi-
cally all of last week. Although there
has been no indication that the pro-
posal was the subject of extended
discussion OF the cabinet meetings
on last Tuesday and Friday, it is
unlikely that President Coolidge
reached the decision to depart from
the policy of the Harding admins
tration in relation to the sale of
surplus arms without laying the
matter before his advisers
Presumably no publicity will he
given by the Washington government
TO the time or place when any of
the supplies are to be turned over
to Mexican forces. Reasons of mill
larN prudence would require the
CONTINUED on Page 3-CoI. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
Kellogg Arrives
in London to Take
Up His New Duties

London, Dec. 30 (BY y. P.)--trank
. +. KELLOGG, United States ambaSSa-
1. dor 10 Great Britain. and Mrs. KEEL
logg. arrived in their new hometown
today from Plymouth, where they
landed from the steamer President
Harding.
They saw little of the city, how
ever, as great clouds of fog hung
over it, Mr. Kellogg did what he
could to add q ray of Sunshine and
Of hope to the drcary surroundings
by telling the newspaper men who
greeted him at the PaddinSton sta
ton that he believed the year 1874
would be brighter than 1923 because
the world gradually was recovering
from the effects of the great war.
The new ambassador declined to
discuss international or American or
domestic affairs, but he did say: Il
believe British and American rela-
tons will grow more and more
friendly as time goes On, and l shall
do my best toward this end"
All the members of the American
embassy staff met Mr.. Kellogg at
the station. A representative of the
foreign office conveyed to the am
bassador the greetings of Lord Cur
ION, the British foreign secretary.
Delegates from American organlZa-
tions in London and the Pilgrims IN
formally paid their respects.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kellogg then motored
to West End hotel which since the
days Of Queen Victoria has been
known as the Annex of Buckingham
Palace, because of so many royalties
have stopped there. The hotel has
two royal suites, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kellogg will occupy one of these I'M
til they can rent n house suitable
for an bassadorial residence.
Mr.. Kellogg will have a week of
rest and time to get acquainted with
the embassy before King George and
Queen Mary return from their
Christmas holidays at Sandringham.
The ambassador then will be received
by the king. Afterwards he will be
the recipient of Il round of dinners,
receptions and entertainments.
Until the arrival of George Harvey
as ambassador, it had been the Gus
tom of newly chosen ambassadors to
spend most of their first year at be-
ing entertained by envoys who long
had been in London. Mr.. Harvey,
however. started the system of re-
turning dinner for dinner. and it is
said that Mr. Kellogg will adopt a
similar system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
Dallinger Not
to Withdraw in
Mass. Senator Race

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. 30.-Ecpre-
sentative Frederick T. Dallingcr today
denied that he had any intention of
withdrawing his name from considcra-
ton as Republican nominee for the
senatorial primaries to be held next
year. William NJ. Butler, Republican
national committeeman for Massachu-
sets. and Louis A. Coolidge, treasurer
OF the United Shoe Machinery Co. have
already announced their candidaci
David I. Walsh, Democrat, is the pres
ent incumbent of the seat.
The statement in one of the Boston
papers that within a few days ] shall
formally withdraw my name from con-
sidcration for the United States Son.
ate" Mr.. Dallinger said in statement
issued today. lis entirely unauthorized
and without foundation.
For some time I have bean urged
to enter the senatorial contest by Re
publican voters in all parts of the state
who have felt l would be q stronger
candidate at the polls than any other
of the candidates who have been men,
toned. After the Republican national
convention next June / shall decide
whether to enter this fight or whether
l. shall be candidate for denomination
and reelection to the House of Repre-
scntativeS from n district in whose
service [ have given the best Years of
my life and which has always given
me such generous support. What my
decision will be depends on the wishes
of the Republican men and women of
the commonwealth.
The first consideration for all of
us must be the reelection of President
Coolidge, and the. next should he the
choice OF a candidate who has the best
chance to win the senatorial fight. No
matter what happens. l shall be on the
firing line for the Republican party
next fall"
Mr. Dallinger has represented the
eighth Massachusetts district in the
House of Representatives for the past
five terms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
Steamer with Banked
Fires Lurking Near
Jeffries Banks
SchOOners and Fish
ing Y Sc IS Clus-
tered Spotted
by Cutter Ossipee =
All B eyOnd Smile
Limit

Portland. Ne. Dec. Gothic coast
guard cutter oSsipee returning today
from cruise along the New England
coast in search OF rum runners re-
ports sighting a British steamer of
about 1000 tons lying to. with fires
banked, off the north, end of Jeffrics
Banks, about 40 miles from Portland.
Nearby were Two schooners haiIing
from LuncnburE. y, s, as we'll as
several sood-sized American fishing
vessels. Officers Of the Ossipee said
none Of the local fishing boats were
among the vcS=cls Observed
No Communications were observed fo
be taking place between The steamer
ana the SchOOncrS lowering near, and
even If there had Leen Captain Ran
dolph IIdSely said he could not have
lhteriered as tho vesccls We're miles
beyond the thrcc-milc limit.
Captain Rdgely said that the cir
GuIl&tanccS appeared suspicious how
ever, ana the customs officials say they
nave every reason to believe that the
rum-funnlns activities lately prevalent
aroulH Bar Haroor have been trans
ferrcd To this vicinity. and that the
Scho"icrs now off .Ieffries Banks are
await Ens their chance To land LIQUOR at
some point along the Maine or New
Eamushire coast
Tho OsSipcc left this port last Thurs
DAY on cruise TO the west ward, spend
ing considerable time around Cape Ann.
and ALSO putting into Boston for a few
hours, Reports hal reached the Off
claIs soI the coast GuaTd service that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
Republican Journal
i'm Belfast Is Sold
Especial to Kennebec LournaN

tSpeclal 10 henneDeC JournaD
Belfast, Me-. Dec. 29-The Republi-
can Journal, a weekly paper publish
ed in Belfast for 95 years, has been
purchased from its stockholders by
Nathan Houston Small, of Belfast. n
University of Maine graduate. who
will be the sole owner and editor.
The Journal was first published
Feb. 6. 1929. and for 80 years was n
Democratic paper. but on July 3.
1879. it announced its Republican
leaning, since when it has been
strong for that partys interests.
Hon. Arthur l. Brown, former secre-
tary of State. has been the editor
since the death some years ago of
Charles A. Pilsbury, who held that
portion for many years.
Mr.. Brown will remain for n few
weeks with the new owner, after
which he will go to Mechanics Falls
where his son resides. The new edi-
tor is the son of the late A. A. Small.
is an eX-service man, and this will
be his first newspaper experience.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31

Paris, Dec. 30.-(By y. P)-The
rivers of France are at freshet pitch,
causing great suffering to the peo-
pie and much damage to property.
The situation along the Seine in
Paris will become critical tonight
Officials forecast Il further rise of
two feet in the river by Wednes-
day, when the inundation will be-
gin to take the aspect Of Il disaster.
Sixty blucjackets with nineteen col
lapsib!e boats are due tonight from
CherbourS.
Already the quays in Paris and the
suburbs are under water; cellars
have been flooded and some house
holders in the loW-lying quarters
have been Obliged to move.
In tho provinces the situation is
even worse. The low lying country
through the Rhone flows is sub
merged. At Movers. on the Loire. half
the town is inundated. and 400 per-
sons have had to quit their houses.
Water is pouring through the rail
road cut IN the neighborhood of
clamecy. Tho overflow of the Marine
has converted the country from
Nitry lc Francois to Chaluns into Il
vast lake.
lii addition to the floods in the
south Of France there HAS becn II
mistral of exceptional violence which
has put telephone communication
between Paris, Marscillcs, Nice and
Italy out Of commission, and also
almost completely cut off Geographic
communication.
Vt Toulon the transport Indrus
parted her cable and was blown
ashore. All ports and inlcts are filed
with ships seeking refuge. Numerous
distress signals from villages in diff
ficultiCs have been reported from
various wireless stations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31
General Forecast

a disturbance of considerable in
tensity was centered over New
Mexico Sunday night and moving
southeastward. and another was CEN
trail over Illinois and moving north
eastward. The temperature was zero
or below Sunday night as far south
as eastern Colorado and northwest
Kansas and northwest Iowa and was
20 to 26 degree below zero at
Helena and Iavre. Montana and
portions of the Canadian northwest.
Precipitation has occurred over the
greater portion of the country since
Saturday night. 1t was in the form
of snow in New England and in the
interior of New York.
There will be rain or snow Monday
in the north Atlantic states anc prob
ably snow on Tuesday.
Storm warnings are displayed from
Delaware Breakwater to Eastport,
Ne.
Advisory storm warning-Storm
10 P. NJ, Delaware Breakwater to
Eastport, Me-; disturbance central
over Illinois. moving northeastward
viii he attended by strong east and
southeast winds late tonight or Mon
day.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Strong cast and southeast and
weather thick with snow or rain
Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-31

Washington, Dec. 30-Charges
that there is an organized conspir-
acy to cocrce senators and represen-
tatives to support the Mellon tax bill
before they have an opportunity to
study its provisions were made to-
day in a statement by Representa-
tive Garner, Texas. ranking Demo-
crat on the ways and means COM
mittec. The statement issued by the
Democratic national committee, SAID
Mr.. Garner. spoke for the minority
mcml rs of the committee, which
has been considering the measure for
several weeks.
Evidence IS daily coming to
light" said MI. Garner, that the ~
ton wide propaganda to commit the
people and their representa- ives in
congress to the Mellon tax bill before
all OF its provisions were made
known, is the result of huge or
sanized conspiracy on the part of
the predatory interests constituting
special privileges.
plain and convincing evidence of
tllH ID lOuIlu Ill lIlS
wording of kilograms and letters be-
ing received by senators and Repre-
sentatives in congress which are, in
Identical language, showing that they
emanate from the source although
coming from various sections of the
country. This is n form often en-
ployed by these predatory interests
to influence the unsuspecting public
and to bulldozc, intimidate and CO.
cree congressman.
I'm this case the propaganda en-
anating from this organized conspir
acY attempts to ccerce senators and
representatives to support the Mellon
taN bill before they have had the
opportunity to see the bill or tC
study and to understand its provis-
ions. 1t is plain evidence also that
the constituents of the senators and
representatives who signed these
messages could not have known all
OF the provisions of the Mellon tax
bill, becauGc most of the MESA es
We're received before the bill was
made public.
The unreasonable instiGators oil
this conspiracy have not only sought
in this way 20 hrowbeat and coerce
congress, together with the implied
threat contained in these identica,
form messages. but they have at
tempted, and in large measure APP
Continued on Page 3-Col. 81
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Captain and Crew of 81
Lost When COneioS
Sinks During Terrific
Storm On Black Sea
Was U. S. Shipping
Board Freighter -
Sent Out S. o. S., But
Aid Arrived Too
Late - No Trace
Found of Ship or
LifeEOats LITTLE
Hope Of Survivors in
Rough Sea

Constantinoplc, Dec. 80 (By A. P)
Confirmation was received today
OF the sinking of the United States
Shipping Board steamer Conejos in
the Black Sea. All on board were
Il =
The COncjos, which was a freighter
bound from Batum for New York,
went down in the Black Sea on
Thursday. The last wireless mes
sage received from the vessel, picked
up by the British steamer Molesley.
said: Sinking fast. Hold number
one full OF water. Have received no
rcspCne to calls for help"
In addition to her captain, the
ConejoS carried six officers and about
thirty seamcn. American vessels
which rushed to the assistance of the
distressed Concjos when her first
cry for help was flashed by wireless
report that they found no trace of
the steamer Or of lifeboats from her.
1t is assumed, therefore, that if the
officers and crew took to the small
beats they later We're lost in the ter
rifle sea running at the time.
The last IS. o. S" of the wireless
operator on board the Conejos, COM
planning that he received no response
to his calls for assistance, makes it
pathetically clear that the ConejoS
sank before her sister ship. the
ClOntarf and other vessels which
We're rushing to her aid. could reach
the scene All these vessels sent re-
assuring radios TO the Conejos that
they were responding to her appeal.
and it is assumed that the stricken
freightcr's radio failed shortly after
the vessel began to sink and that she
went down in the belief that no aid
was coming to her. SCant hope is en-
tertained that any of the crew of tho
Cone.,os escaped, as it is believed it
would have been impossible for her
small boats to keep afloat in the
mountainous seas which prevailed.
There has been series of violent
gales. coming from all points of the
compass. in the Black Sea and in
Turkish waters during tho past fort
night. The gales have been accom-
panied by rain and snow. Havoc has
been wrought among shipping.
Even the powerful American torpc-
DO boat dcstrOycrs and other naval
craft have been forced to seek shell
ter Numerous small boats have
foundercd, entailing considerable loss
Of life
The Co.-cjOS was one of tho feet of
United States Shipping Board steam
ors which specialize in manganese
ore cargoes, picked up at various
Black Sea ports for transportation
To the American market.
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GIRL COASTER
KILLED BY AUTO

Fitchburg. Mass. Dec. 30.-Louise
Gedeon. IL years old, was fatally in
jured here today while her brother AL
bert, passenger in the car which
struck her. looked on powerless to pre-
vent the accident. The little girl,
ceasting on n hill. lost control of her
sled when she attempted to meet an
automobile driven by Samue! Linden.
a bOarder in her home and was caught
beneath the wheels of the car. She
died in a hospital.