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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Wells Town Records
Out of Order, Seek
Former Treasurer

Biddeford, Nc, April 3-A. A.
Whiting. for many years town treas
urer of Wells, is missing according
to the selectmen, who say an expert
accountant has been engaged to go
over his books.
Whiting was defeated for re-elec-
ton as town treasurer at the March
town meeting. He turned over his
books to his successor. Joseph r.
Littlefcld. Shortly afterward de-
mand was made on the newly elected
trea surer by the county treasurer for
payment of the county tax. Town
officials say the books showed The tax
was paid.
Whiting has been prominent il the
affairs of Wells, having invested
heavily in hotel property and other
realty Townspeople said he had APP
preached them Offering usurous rates
for the loan of $4,000.
Writings clerks said he was away
on business trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Four Suicides the
Days Record at n. Y.

New York. April 3.-Four men
committed suicide in New York to-
day by hanging, jumping from a
bridge. poison and shooting.
John Van Sickle, a lawyer. of Au-
burn. n. y. who came here Sun
day to consult nerve specialist,
twisted two towels together and
suspended himself from a transom
in his room in the Hotel Commodore.
Charles z. Da Vite, a landscape
gardener, who worked on the es-
tates of John d. Rockefeller. Jr..
and other wealthy men, leaped from
Washington bridge in the Bronx.
falling 100 feet into Washington
Park A blow on the head last
October left him mentally unbal-
anced.
Claudio Gutierrez, an Argentinan.
who came to this country two years
ago to study dentistry and who took
job as clerk to get enough money
to marry Lillian Schwartz mixed
himself death potion and swallow
ed 1t after the girl had refused over
the telephone to marry him because
or the difference in their religion.
A man identified from marks on
his clothing as "R Vanderpool." wa
found in Van Courtlandt Park. near
the golf links, with a bullet wound
in his head and a revolver nearby.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
DENY EXECUTION

London. April 8. (By A. PA
dispatch to the Times from Riga
dated Tuesday says: 1.-THE Soviet
government denies that Vicar Gen.
eral Butchkavitch has been shot. II
says the execution has been sus-
pended"
The Times prints the foregoing
beneath the announcement from
Moscow that the prelate was ex-
ecuted Saturday.
Editorially the Times alludes to
the dispatch from its Riga cores
pendent and expresses the hope that
the fate of Vicar General ButchEa-
witch will not long remain a ques-
ton of such grave doubt as that Of
Archbishop Benjamin of Petroerad,
regarding whom it says no definite
information has been received since
he was condemned to death in 1929
for interfering with the seizure OF
church treasures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04

Washington, April 3.--Announce-
ment of the resignation from the
international joint commission of
former Senator Obadiah Gardner of
Maine. its chairman, was made to-
day after the scmi-annual session.
The announcement was made by
fective April Is. and it is understood
that the vacancy on the American
section of the Commission. which
has jurisdiction over American
Canadian boundary waters. will be
filled by the appointment of former
Senator Charles f. Townsend, of
Michigan.
+Ir. Gardner has served nearly
ten years on the commission, most
OF the time as chairman and during
its important Investigations of the
St. Lawrence and other boundary
water questions. He was appointed
by President Wilson. but after sew
eral years, service. his resignation
was requested. President Harding
later had a vacancy on the commits
sion to fill and called upon Mr..
Gardner for further service.
No important decisions were made
at today's meeting of the commits
sion and it was said that most
pending matters would go over I'M
til the fall meeting at Ottawa. A
final, formal session VIII be held to-
morrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Eye Witnesses on
Stand for Defense
in Herrin Riots Trial

Marion, Ills. April G.-(By A. pm
Eight eye witnesses were called
to the stand 10y the defense in the
Herrin riots trial today in an effort
to establish positive alibis for Otis
Clark and Oscar Howard, two OF
the six defendants.
IF there is going TO be any MUIR
dering. I'll quit right now.5o three
witnesses declared they had heard
Clark say in a speech to crowd
of men, many of them armed. who
had taken 4S non-union mine work.
ers from the mine of the Southern
Illinois Coal Company.
For Gods sake don't do 1t. the
United Mine Workers won't stand
for murder" Clark was quoted as
telling members of the crowd who
were urging that the prisoners be
taken out and killed-"to wipe out
the bread"
Witnesses for the state previously
had identified Clark as having made
the speech urging the killing of the
prisoners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04

Van Buren,, Me-, April 3.-Five of
the 10 persons sleeping in the Kineo
House when it caught fire from a
stove in the lower hallway early to-
day, lost their lives.
-Four. including Caribou wo-
man and her two young children,
were suffoceted in their rooms on
the second floor of the two and la
half story frame structure. Their
bodies were blackened by the flames
SO it was difficult to identify them
The NTH victim was the proprie-
tor. Joseph Madore, who died this
afternoon from burns on the face.
back and hands. and from inhallns
the flames and smoke. The other
occupants jumped or were rescued
from the windows. their escape
through the hallway being cut off.
Two were severely burned.
Charles McCarty. one of the dead.
was basket maker. Although not
an Indian. he made his home with
the Indians at Grand Isle. near the
New Brunswick border. He was JJ
years old.
Mrs. Dell Bouchard. aged 40. who.
with the younger two boys of her
hNe children. one of whom was four
and the other less than year old.
lost her life. was on her way to
Campbellton, n. b.. for a visit. Her
husband. who, three weeks ago went
to South Portland, where he has a
brother and two sisters, and where
he was working in a rolling mill,
was notified and started for Van
Buren, on the first train tonight.
Mrs. Bouchard had lett their
other children, two boys and a girl,
aged five. seven and ten. at home
with the st. Peter family. relatives
with whom they lived, on the Van
Buren, road
Mrs. Mary RoiX. whose arms and
feet were burned. was on her way to
her home at Grand Falls. n. e..
from Boston. where she had been
working. She was confined to ben.
but Ter condition was not Consid-
cred critical. Paul Parent. Of Grand
Fails was burned about the head
ana neck. bat not seriously.
Proprietor Madore, who Succumb-
ed to his burns. is survived by a
widow and seven children, the
Youngest Of whom was born nine
DAYS IGo. The eldest is Is.
THO interior Of the house. W hicb
contained j.; rooms and is located
on station street in the center of
the town, was DESTROYED before the
fire WIS brought under control by
volunteer tircmcn. The loss was
given us SS.tan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Whiskey and Alcohol
Seized at Brooklyn
IN Craven Case

, new York. April 3.--Whisky, and al
,oaoI valued at $4,000 was seived
quay by prohibition agents in a Bronx
, ",a.eaouse, where they said it had been
S'ed oy Thomas c. Craven of Bos-
S Su ana New York. arrested several
s.ss ago with James Dorian. chauf-
~, arthur W. Clifton. a prominent
,l' asnhston attorney, and a woman en-
ro sis' on charge of conspiracy to
''v Ts the Volstcad act.
MAY, us arrests were made upon the COM
r. Gu oi special agents who declared
n. s.en had negotiated with them for
h i, sa!e OF liquor imported from a Gu
ln,,. ustilery. The arrests were made
M..s s the removal of 10 drums sup
,,se.. 70 contain alcohol. for which the
em a' !, said they had paid an initial
sssa Naea the next day. the drums were
e n.y. 70 be filled with water. The con-
n ~scy charge. however, held. United
n. Attorney Clark ruling that a
n, VI. y. alcohol. used as a sample"
v. 'amcient evidence.
be,,,,ss raven is president Of the Cum
--.Aaa Chemical Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04

Chicago, April 3-Judge William
E. Dever. running on the Democratic
ticket, was elected mayor of Chicago
over Arthur c. Lueder, Republican,
by plurality of 1OS,74S. according
to complete unofficial returns to-
night.
The vote was: Dever, 3S7,961;
Lueder 2S4,213; William A. Cunneau,
Soc;c"~t 4O,S41.
A Democrat city clerk and city
treasurer also were elected.
While the Democrats swept the
city ticket from one end to the other,
the Republicans were not without
consolation, for complete unofficial
returns on the election in the Second
Congressional District to fill the va
cacy caused by the death of Repre-
sentative James Il. Mann, showed
Morton D. Hull, Republican, elected
over Barratt O'Hara, Democrat, by
nearly $4,000 plurality.
The vote was: Hull. Republican
$3.50; O'Hara, Democrat. 42,495;
Seymour Stedman. Socialist, 1855.
While Judge Dever had rolled up
an immense plurality it will not
reach the record made by Mayor
William Hale Thompson in 1915,
when he won by HIATT votes. In
1919. however. Thompson's plurality
was cut to 21,G22 votes.
The withdrawal of Mayor Thomp-
son from the race prior to the ebru-
AIRY primary robbed the campaign of
what was expected to be one OF its
main issues. the merits of the
Thompson administration. Mayor
Thompson and his organization took
no active part in the campaign and
the man to which the support of
the organization would go had been
problcmat cal.
Today att epublican headquarters
leaders charged that Mayor Thomp-
sons organization had swung almost
solidiy to the support of Judge
DevCr.
Judge Devcr was born in Massa-
cllusctts in 1862 and came to Chica-
go in 1887, being later admitted TO
the bar. He served several terms
us alderman and in 10 was elected
a judge Of the Superior Court of
Cook County. being re- electcd in
1916 and again last June. He had
also served Us presiding Justice in
the main Appellate court for the
Northern District OF Illinois.
Where there Mere n few reports of
disorder, including fights. smuggling
and kldnapping3 Of election watchers
and each SIDE preferred charges of
lileg3i voting in certain precincts.
the election w2s unusually free
from the many acts Of lawlessncss
that have characterized elections in
other years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04

New York. April 3.-The divorce suit
instituted against Lou Tellegen by Ger
aiolhe farrar was halted today while
Miss Stella Larrimore 19-year-old act
ress named as one of the co-resnon-
dents. made a fruitlessseffort to obt,i,
4 jury trial of charges involving her
name. Counsel for Miss I.arrimore
however, obtained a postponement m
III next Monday of further referee
hearings. pending an appeal.
The actor, who has entered no de-
tense in the divorce suit, was repre-
scented today by counsel who announced
that he had been instructed by Telle-
gen to do everything possible to clear
MISS Larrimore of the diva's charges
In the absence of Miss Farrar, who
is on concert tour in Cuba, her attor-
ney, Samuel Cntermyer. today denied
an assertion by TelIegen in New Or
leans that he had agreed to enter no
defense only if the divorce was put
through quickly and quietly without
naming OF correspondents.
mo agreement was ever made" Mr..
Cntormyer said, ''and I would refuse
TO make one anyway if it ever had been
preached. l never have met the man.
so consequently l couldn't have en-
tered into any agreement with him."
New Orleans. La. April 3.-Lou Tel
legen, defendant in the divorce suit of
Geraldine Farrar. declared here today
he was dumbfoundcd when he learned
Or SnOndpntS had hsnn cd L. bie
wife.
Il am sorry my wife named anyone"
he said. 1T was not necessary. My
wife could have had the divorce in one
moment as far as | was concerned. The
divorce would have been hers for the
asking. ! agreed not to make any fight
on condition that tho whole matter
was TO be handled quickly and quietly
| was dumhfoundcd when learned
several correspondents had been
named"
Tcllcgnn sal: he wanted it UNDER
stood that. while he agreed not to Of
fer any defense to any charges Farrar
might make against him. he cpphat-
ically denied any IF tho Young women
mentioned in tho case had been guilty
of wronpdoing.
81 spoke to ono Of them or called at
her home to see her parents and,
presto veto, She was one OF the other
women" he added.
Miss Larrimoro. for instance" he
continued. II know her very charm
ing family ard she IS . lovely girl.
But she's as purc 3 the angels above,
7 am sorry that she or anyone should
be dragged into my case"
Tcllcgen added that as soon as he
had completed his present theatrical
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Presidents Party
Sees Exhibition
Baseball at Augusta

Augusta, Ga, April 3.-iresdfnt
Harding put one over on most of the
other baseball fans of the country to-
day by slipping out to Warren Park TO
see an exhibition game between the
Detroit Americans and the Toronto
club of the International League.
The chief executive was accompa-
MED by Mrs. Harding, who seemed to
enjoy the game as much as her hus-
band, who is quite a baseball fan. and
used to own stock in a club at Marion.
Ohio. They went to the game accom-
panied by half dozen other members
of their party as the guests of former
Judge Lands, commissioner of base
ball.
The president kept score as carefully
as any of the fans and he and Mrs.
Harding joined in the cheering when
Del Pratt, the Detroit second baseman.
knocked home run over the left field
fence in the fourth inning. The game
resulted in a to victory for Detroit
The president got in his daily round
Of golf during the morning over the
Augusta Country Club course and at
luncheon had former Senator Hitchcock
of Nebras ska. and DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, president of Columbia Cniver-
sity, as his guests.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
General Forecast

The disturbance that was central
over western Oklahoma Monday
night has moved rapidly northeast
ward to the, lower lake region and
another disturbance was central
over southern New Mexico Tuesday
night and moving eastward while a
third was over the far northwest.
Pressure was high, but falling off the
a tlantic coast.
The temperature continued to rise
Tuesday in the Atlantic states.
The southwestern disturbance will
move northeastward during the next
two days and it will be attended by
general precipitation mostly in the
form of rain in the Atlantic states.
The temperature. will fall in the
Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
states Wednesday and Thursday
Winds north of Sandy Hook. strong
south and southwest and weather
overcast and thick With local rains
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Reserve Decision on
Stillman's Appeal
from AlirnOnY Grant

Now York. April 3.-The appellate
division of the supreme court today
reserved decision on the appeal of
James A. Stilman from an order of
Supreme Court Justice MorsclIauser
granting Mrs. Anne u. Stilman, his
wife, aiimomy Of $500 a month and
$4,000 additional counsel fees. The
order had been made pending appeal
from Justice Morschauser's previous
DECISION dismissing Stillman's divorce
action against his wife.
Counsel for Stillman declared the
divorce litigation had cost his client
more than $4,000. He said alinony
should be based on Mrs. Stilman s
needs and not upon Mr.. Stillman s
wealth.
Mrs. StilInan's counsel said his eli
Ont believed her husbands income to
be about Si.0h0.000 a year. lie MAIN
tanned that before the divorce proceed
ings were begun Mrs. Stillman's on
pcnditures had been greater than $500
4 month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Constantinople Now
Under Prohibition

Constantinople. April 3. (By A
P)-Prohibition has gone into effect
In Constantiople under instructions
issued by the Nationalist govern
ment fro, Angora.
!. After tomorrow any person found
drinking alcoholic beverages will re-
ceive thirty strokes with the bas-
tlnado. long pliable stick.
Foreigners and traders selling
liquor are liable to a fine Of fifty
Turkish pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Bangor C. c. Plans
Breaking System to
Clear Winter Roads

Bangor. Me. April 3-Plans are
under way here sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce, to carry out
q operative arrangement among
nearby towns to keep the main high
ways open for automobile traffic next
winter. 1t is estimated that roads
can be kept clear at a cost not eN
ceeding $50 per mile. the expense to
be apportioned between this city and
the towns served. The experience
of the past winter which has been
one of the most severe on record, has
prompted the plan. The main ave-
nues of traffic out of Bangor are still
several feet under snow and ice and
it is not expected they will be disable
for automobiles before early in May.
A year ago at this time the dust was
blowing on all the highways in east
ern and northern Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
10000 Lowell Textile
Operatives Get Raise

lowell Mass. April 3-Notices OF
. wage increase of an amount not
stated were posted today in the Ap-
nleton Mills here. effective April oo'
Announcement will be maze t0mor-
low of an increase of II IL per
Govt in the Merrimack Mills al
thoneh no notices will be posted.
VASE increases of II IL per cent
will also be granted by the Boot
Mills and the local mill of the In
ternational Cotton Corporation. No
word was forthcoming from the
Massachusetts,. Hamilton or the Ire
mont & Suffolk Mills. The Increases
granted affect upwards OF 12,OOO op-
erativeS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Seventeen Women
Claim Aged "Sheik"

Rochester, n. " April S-SeVeH.
teen women now claim Charies W,
Davis. Civil War veteran, Whp -
haId IN Wilkesbarre, Pa. The score
rns augmented to II today by Mrs
M,nna Champion, of Hartford. Conn
Ghn said she married Davis in this
city in June. 1921. She charged IN
r,o Want that the aged "sheik" fled
with iewelry valued at $500.
Davis arrest in Wilkesbarre came
a ahro,,r l'e the mails and promised to
marry. turned out to be his wire WI,
several numbers removed. lie mao
wooed and won her under announcer
name, it is claimed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
King Refuses Accept
rendered Resignation
Spanish Cabinet

Madrid. April 3.-(By A. P.)-The
king today expressed confidence in the
ministry of the Marquis of Alhucemas,
when the resignation of the cabinet
was rendered him. In consequence of
this the ministry remains in power,
with the exception of the minister of
finance, Jose Manuel Pedregal.
The premier. Marquis de Alhucemas.
conferred with the king for two hours
today. presumably concerning the cab
met crisis. After the conference the
premier Informed the correspondents
that complete harmony prevailed in the
cabinet relative to the Moroccan policy
and that any reasons there might have
been for the resignation of the war
minister had been removed.
The premier added that the Spanish
Episcopate's manifesto opposing any
constitutional change with regard to
religious matters would be discussed
later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Sentence Inventive
Mechanic Work House
to Take Drug Cure

New York. April Especial SEES
sions Justice Freschi today sentenced
William 7. Buckley. an expert in
ventive mechanic. said by his law
yers to be capable of earning $780,
900 annually. to six months in the
work house as a drug addict
Buckley, pleading guilty to having
possession of quantity of heroin in
his room on March 3, seemed plased
with the opportunity for cure.
Agents of the narcotic squad said
Buckeyes brother, Leo. head of the
Barcelona. Spain. agency of a large
automobile manufactury, had cabled
friends asking that his brother he
given cure so that he could join
him in Spain. where q good position
awaited him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Lighthouse Tender
Goes to Aid Ice Bound
Steamer at SearspOrt

Portland, Nc, April 3-The light
house tender Hibiscus today went TO
the aid of the steamer Lake Forney,
frozen in the ice in Penobscot Ba-,
upon receipt of word that the cutter
Ossipee was leaking slightly as the
result of ice breaking activities She
will attempt to break a channel in
to SearspOrt for the steamer. under
the direction of Captain e. r. Sher-
man. superintendent of the First
Lighthouse District. who is aboard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Dispute Snow Blanket
Grass Fire at Portland

Portland. Me. April 1.-THE first
grass fire of spring called out the
fire department late today. This
happened, despite the fact that
Portland still has on the ground
about a foot on the level of the
greatest snow fall for more than
half a century. exceeding 121 inches.
The fire burned over an acre OF
grass at the junction of the Western
Promenade and Danforth street, be-
fore it was extinguished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Meth0dists in S3rd
N. E. Conference

lew London, Conn. April 3-The
S3rd annual New England southern
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, opened here tonight with
more than $50 ministers from cities
and towns in New England in at
tendance. DR.. F.. Winslow Adams
of Springfield, Mass, was the princi-
pl.' speaker. The actual work OF
the conference will get under way
tomorrow morning, when the exam-
nations for candidates for the Meth
odist Episcopal ministry will start
Bishop Charles w. Burns, president
or the conference. will preside
throughout the session.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Further Ice Bucking
will Seriously Strain
Gutter OsSinee

Boston. April 3.-The coast guard
cutter Ossipee cannot do any further
ice bucking without seriously straining
the vessel. her commander reported to-
day in connection with requests that
he try and break the steamer Lake For
ney out Of the ice at Searsport, that
he crash a channel through Eggemog-
gin Reach apd that he open lane to
other Maine harbo-s. The cutter is
now leaking slightly as result of her
activities in fighting the ice to date.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
THE WEATHER
RAIN

North New England-Rain Wed
nesday; colder Wednesday afternoon
and night: Thursday cloudy and cold
err probably snow.
South New England-Eain Wed
nesday. colder by "Wednesday night ;
Thursday unsettled and colder, prob :
ably rain or snow.
East New York-Eain Wednesday,
probably changing to snow in ex-
IRENE north portion. colder Wednes-
Gay afternoon and night: Thursday
unsettled and colder. probably rain
on the coast and rain or snow in the
interior.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-04
Turns Down Appeal
for Writ of Error
"Fish Trust" Case

Boston, April ".-Chief Justlcc
Hall of the Superior Court today
refused to issue a writ OF error IN
the so-called fish trust case
which would have served 1urther
to delay sentence of the 10 de1end,
ants who were convicted seNerai
Years ago of conspiring to advance
FISH prices. The writ was sought on
tho ground that the statutes affect
ing monopolies under which con-
yiction was obtained. was not in
cord with the Federal Constitution.
The court said that until the de-
fondauts had been sentenced he
could not act and that on the
grounds already presented 1T would
be difficult for him to see his way
clear to grant the writ requested.