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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
1923 CAPTURED IN
DRY RAID STAGED
IN ILLINOIS COUNTY

Chicago, Dec. 24.-One hundred
and twenty eight persons arrested as
a result of the combing of William
son county for alleged. liquor law
violators. will be arraigned in Dan
Vile, March 81 Gus j. Simons. di-
visional chief of general agents, an
nounced today. A special assistant
United States district attorney will
be appointed to conduct the prose-
cutions. according to Simons.
Simons, who organized the raids,
and V. L. Armitage and J. +. Loef-
t1er. the two federal agents who as
sisted him, told vivid story of
how $50 farmers, business tGen and
miners took oaths both as deputy
prohibition agents and as deputy
sheriffs. and then raided seven towns
simultaneously. They told how the
raiding parties in a number of in
stances crept on their hands and
knees to garrisoned saloons or drop
ped behind buildings to escape a
fusillade of bullets.
Forty-one revolvers and about 10
automatic shotgunS were seized in
the raids. Simons said.
Otis Clark, who was indicted and
acquitted in connection with the
Herrin mine slayings, was one of
the men arrested.
When informed of reports that
400 knights of the ku 'kluX Khan
participated in the raids, Simons
said that some of the depu;ized citi-
zens told him openly that they were
klansnen. hut that he thought moth
ing of it and believed they were not
in II majority. He emphatically de-
MED that the Ku kluX Khan particle
pated as an organization or was
recognized by the department
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
DAnnunziO Gives
All His Possessions
to Italian People

Gardone, Italy, Dec. 24.-'Dy
Gabrielle d'Annunzio. soldler-poe .
has beoueathed all his possessions as
ian altar of victory to his coun GUN.
try. The bequest consists of his VIVA aa
and spacious gardens. where ne i,aS
erected numerous shrines in clrcuial
form, each shrine consisting OF r 'tbe
hewn from the Alps where .ne
fiercest encounters of the war &C.
Cured. Tho Gift
to Major Giovanni Guirati. 1or!ne a
minister Of liberated regions, anu
former chief of d'Annunzio's caplne,'
representing the government VIII.
a lengthy deed in which he says.
"Not alone my house.. but every
object chosen by me during my Ire,
I give. They are for my expressions
of spiritual revelations, like my
poetry. L offer all that remains OF
me, all I have collected, to the ltai-
ian people. .s,, .o
GAS death will consign my BODY 70
nv beloved land of Italy, so let tnls
gift be permitted to preserve the
best which my life has offered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
GROUP FEELING
OUT. PRIMARY POSSIBILITIES
DIPLOMATS BOOZE
ISSUE IN SEIZED
STUFF At CAPITAL

Washington, Dec. 24-The question
of immunity extending to liquors
suspected by the police of being the
supplies of bootleggers but claimed
as the property of diplomats de-
veloped as an issue today in the
, scandal which has resulted from a
p raid conducted here last week.
Although not naming any federal
| officials Commissioner Oyster of the
District of Columbia police, declared
that he had asked authorities" to
explain why $4,000 worth of liquors
located by the police in the basement
of an apartment building during the
| raid, but claimed by member of the
diplomatic corps, could not be seized.
AS result of the intervention of the
official of the foreign legation the liz
quor actually taken into custody in
the case amounts to only fifteen
quarts, which was seized in an auto
mobile.
At the same time there were midi
cations of sweeping inquiry being
undertaken into frequent charges Of
liquor drinking in high places, while
the disappearance of q list CT many
hundred customers taken dur ing the
raid resulted in demands from sew
eral quarters for an explanation
The district attorneys office is in
terested in the list with the view of
prosecuting those whose names ap-
!! peared on it and the demands for an
inquiry are expected TO be reflected
on the floor of congress Immediately
| after the holiday recess.
Commissioner Oyster declared to-
day that seizure of the liquor for
which diplomatic immunity is claim
ed was important to the place 1t
was not removed from the apartment
basement. pending investigation by
the State department, after D.. Ven
ceslas SokOdwiski. first secretary of
the Polish legation, who occupied q
room in Q house, had said the goods
were his md produced permits show
ing that the liCuor had been obtained
by him through the regular channels
! provided under the law for assuring
supplies to representatives here of
foreign governments.
With the showing Of the permits
there were indications that both the
state department and the legation
regarded the incident as closed.
Interest in the missing list of GUS
toners is the more intense because
the names have been declared by
some of the alleged bootleggcrs I'M
der arrest in. connection with the
| case to include several prominent in
governmental and society circles of
the gcapft,ri. Elmer Trey, chief OF the
, intelligence corps of the internal
revenue bureau. however. reitera TED
i tonight that none of the papers turn
ed over to him by police in the case
contained the list of customers. Both
he and the district attornev'sS office
indicated a thorough search would
be made for the Names
Police working on the case, which
has resulted in eleven arrests of
persons alleged to have been operat-
ing from the Office of bootleg ring,
turned their attention tonight to
outside points in an effort to dis
| cover he channels through which the
syndicate worked. 1t is believed they
lead to Canada.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Former Premier
Seeks Light on
Situation in Greece

Athens, Dec. 24-(By A. Philip
therios Venizelos, the former Greek
premier, who is now in Paris, has
requested Colonel Plasturas, head of
the revolutionary committee. to
transmit to him Immediately the fol-
Lowing particulars relative to the
political situation in Greece:
First-the number and full names
Of the deputies claimed by the repub-
licans, liberals and liberal republi-
cans.
Second-The number of votes they
received in each province. and the
number of people who voted.
Third-The number of registered
voters in each province, and how
many of them are refugees.
Fourth-The number of people
voting in each province in the 1920
elections.
"If all these details cannot be ans
wered at once" Venizelos message
adds. please send an immediate reply
to my first question"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Death Prominent
Portland Physician

Portland, Me-, Dec. 24-Dr. Chaun-
cey Rea Burr, a leading physician
here for the past 20 years, died to-
day. DR.. Burr, who was born IN
Portland in 1862, was educated at
Yale and Dartmouth and received
his Nj d degree at Harvard in 1888.
lie was at the Soho Square Hos
pital in London in 1889. the BOSTON
Disp Is: ry. from 1890 to 1893 and
the Boston City Hospital for several
years. starting in 1898. He was jun
Tor medical officer on the U. S. :.
Monterey at the Battle of Manila.
He was vice consul for Spain here
In 1905. He was contributor to the
Boston Medical and Surgical journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
COnfesses to Nation
Wide FOrgeries
Netting 100000

Los Angeles. Dec. 24-Fred May
her, alias E. b. Hatfield. alias Will
liam +. Walker, was arrested here
today charged with swindling Kan
sas City banks out of $4,000. Police
say that Mayher confessed nation-
wide forgeries that have enetted him
more than 100000 from more than
score of banks in approximately a
dozen cities.
Banks in Boston. Brooklyn, Buff
1alo. kansas City. New Orleans. Chi
cage. st. Paul and other cities all
paid toll to this alleged master for
ger, the police said. All his proceeds,
he asserted. have been lost in stock
specuiations.
The list of his operations in recent
years, as given out by the police in
Guides the robbery, in 1921, of $4,000
from the Shawmut Bank, the New
Foundland Trust Company and the
Boston NATIONAL Bank.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
RUM CONSPIRACY
seen IN CAPTURE
M0TORbOA1 GROUP

New York, Dec. 24.-Prohibition
officials declared today they had un-
covered one of the greatest rum run
ming conspiracies, since prohibition
went into effect, when they arrested
Robert Graham Fothergill. an Eng
lishman, aad five others, on motor
boat off Fire Island.
Fothergil had $4,000 in his pos
session. which the authorities al
legged he had obtained in collections
from his schooner Wrack. which, he
said. sailed under lease from Mas
sau three weeks ago. He declared
it might be loaded with liquor and
member of the fleet Of II schoon-
ers on Rum Row.
He denied. however. that he had
been engaged in smuggling opera
tons or liquor dealings of any sort.
He and party of friends. he said.
were on pleasure jaunt in the mo-
torboat when the engine stalled. Dis
tress signals were hoisted. and the
coast guard cutter Seminole, cruis-
ing in the vicinity of the. rum fleet.
made the arrest.
FothergilI. the prohibition officials
said. had lists of names of suspected
bOotleggers all over the country and
other documents.
He was paroled without bail when
he and his companions were ar
raigncd on charges of conspirinG TO
violate the Nolstead act.
Operating near the Emile limit.
u coastguaId cutter found desert
ed seaplane loaded with seven cases
of whiskey and n case of cham
payne. The crew confiscated the
liquor and scuttled the disabled
plane.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
NOTE INDICATES
COMMON ENDS OF
SOVIET and REDS

Washington, Dec. ga translation
of the full text of the article signed
by Steklov, editor of the Soviet or
gan Izvestia, which appeared in that
publication on November 7, 1922. and
acknowledged the close bonds be-
tween the Soviet regime and the
COMMUNIST International. was made
public tonight by the State Depart
ment.
Excerpts from the article were
quoted recently by the State Depart
ment in substantiation of It's charge
that the Soviets were active in con-
Quoting revolutionary propaganda in
this country and that there was no
real difference between the commun-
list international and The Soviet gov
eminent. Subsequently Steklov chal-
lenged Secretary Hughes to produce
the date on which the article appear.
ed. and the department not only an
nounced the date hut made public the
full text as follows: ~
Republic and sSoviets and Third
Interna tional.
"The coincidence OF the date of the
CONTINUED on Page 13-Coi. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Slayer OF 4 WOMEN AND
YOUTH BURIED WITHOUT
CEREMONY IN REMOTE SPOT
Especial to Kennebec dournaD

Especial to Kennebec Journal) Z
jefferson, Maine, Dec. 2f,-At "a
lonely spot on the Brann farm in
jefferson. 500 or more yards from the
road, the body of John Snow, the
Pole, who shot and killed five people
in that town and Whitefield on Sat
urday was. laid away this morning
at 10 o'clock. No minister was
present to conduct service over the
remains of the man who had marred
the Christmas in these towns by one
of the mosts fiendish crimes ever COM
mitted in the State. nor were there
present either relatives or friends to
mourn his death.
In a solitary grave in an unfre-
quented portion of the, farm upon
which Mrs.. Ruel. BranI1 her dau&
Ter, Mrs. EVA Eaton and her grahoN'
daughter, Mrs. Ida Snow. three. or
the victims of the unhappy man mad
been living, the body was deposited
by the undertaken with little for
mality. The farm. really the pro-
perty of the town of Jefferson was
designated as the final resting place
of the murderer by the citizens OF
the town who refused to have the
body Placed in the cemetery where
the victims were to be buried.
Shortly after one o'clock this af-
ternoon n. very different service. was
held in the home where on Saturday
in a few brief minutes three lives
weres snuffed out by the mad man
who then turned the revolver upon
himself and fell dead by the side
of his wife. Here Eugene Brann. a
son of the murdered Mrs. Brann. his
family and many neighbors assemo-
led to witness the last sad rites for
three victims of the killer. A very
beautiful service was conducted ny
Rev. f. l.. Sampson of South JEFF
ferson. The three bodies were later
inferred side by side in the Shep-
herd cemetery in West Jefferson.
Arrangements for the funeral OF
Mrs. Frank c. Jewett and her son,
Kenneth, the other two murder vic
tins have not yet been completed
as it is desired to delay the 1uneTal
until the arrival of Mrs. Forrest
Parker and Donald Jewett, two of
her children who are now on their
wa yeast from California.
The little three months old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ida Snow, one Of the VIC
Tins and of John Snow the murderer.
is being temporarily cared for by
Mrs. Lionel J. Cooper of East JEFF
ferson. Ernest Brann, the 81 year
old son of Mrs. Ruel Brann, who was
one of the two discovering the crime
is nov staying with a friend William
H. Sprague, and Percy Eaton, son of
the murdered Mrs. Eaton is now with
his father. Pearl Eaton of Jefferson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Woman Killed by
Trolley in Portland

South Portland, Me-, Dec. 24-Miss
Ruth Bachelor, Is years old, Of
Omaha, Neb., a student at the Leland
Powers School of Expression in Bos-
ton, was killed tonight by a one-man
trolley car while with a group of
Christmas carollers touring the
streets Of Cape Elizabeth. Miss
Bachelor was temporarily separated
from her companions. who helped
pick her up when the car halted. The
motorman stopped when he heard a
thud, not having seen the girl, ac-
cording to his statement.
Laid under Christmas tree in a
nearby hometa physician pronounced
the girl dead. while several of her
companions collapsed. The medical
examiner said she had been killed in
stantly.
Miss Bachelor came here to spend
Christmas with schoolmate, Miss
/ Elizabeth Hunt of Mountain View
Park.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Christmas for u. S. S.
Concord in Egypt

Port Soudan, Egypt, Dec. 24--Thc
American cruiser Concord put into
port here today for the Christmas
holidays. The vessel was greeted by
salutes from the British and Egyp-
tan authorities. The crew of the
warship played an exhibition baseball!
game this afternoon before 10000
native spectators.
mitted to go on board the cruiser.
Advantage Of this was taken by
many of the natives who brough,
with them various gifts, among them
baby elephant. The captain of the
cruiser, however. politely declined to
accept the pachyderm, explaining
that the quadruped quota of the ves-
sci had already been exceeded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
ANXIETY HOLDS
over SAFETY Of
FRENCH DIR|G|pL.E

Toulon, France. Dec. 24-By A. Pr
The dirigible DiXmhde, which has
been sailing for many hours over
Tunis. apparently in a fruitIess
search for landing place. was sight
ed at six o'clock in the Tatahouin
region, and later further inland. The
headlights Of the airship were lit,
and the craft seemed to be in control.
The wireless stations continue to
send messages, but the Dixmude does
not reply.
Cuer- Pierrefeu, France, Dec. "a
(By A. P.)-The personnel of the
aeronautic station here express con-
fidence that the dirigible Dixmude
will be saved. They express the be-
lief that the airship has succeeded
in getting south of Tatahouin and
that it already has landed at some
distant isolated SPOT, whence it has
been impossible to communicate ow-
ing to the failure of it's radio. The
belief prevails among them that no
matter where the airship now is all
aboard will be saved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Takes "a Days to
Complete Errand

New York. Dec. 24-Peter Glynn. a
messenger boy, got back from a lit
ne GRAND today. He was sent on il
~ days-not hours-agt and at the
ordinary rate of messenger boys he
shouldn't have been gone more than
the hours interveningsfrom his start
until quitting time that day.
Peter was dispatched by Paul d.
Cravath, lawyer, to the liner Sanraria
to deliver a present into the hands
OF Richard Washburn Child, Ameri-
can ambassador to Italy, who was
sailing. Mr.. Cravath wished him to
receive 1t as he stepped into his
cabin. t
Mr.. Child received the present. hut
Peter liked. the ship so well he de-
cided to take trip himself. He took
the cabin next to Mr.. Child, which
was unoccupied, and travelled first
class to Liverpool. When customs
officers there asked for his passport
he reverted 10 the status ~of5an
American office boy out on a prank.
He spent few days in a Liverpool
jail and came in this morning on the
Scythia, dropping into the subway in
time to get to Mr.. Cravatll's Office be-
fore the Christmas bonus was dis
tributed. 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
NATION TO PASS ON
PEACE Plan; NAME
winner WITHHELD

New York, Dec. 24.-The prize
winning plan in Edward w. Bok's
100000 American peace award con-
test was presented to Mr.. Box to-
day by Elihu Root. chairman of the
jury of award. Box came here from
Philadelphia to read the plan and
transmit. 1t to the policy committee
of the contest
The author of the plan will receive
$4,000 at once, but his name will
not be disclosed until his peace
proposal can be submitted to pre-
ferendum of the American people,
which will be undertaken through
the press. churches. clubs and post
offices of the nation beginning jan
uary THE date of the terms of the
winning plan will be made public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25

Cong. Nelson Urged to
Make Race for Gov
ernOr Approach
Follows Secret Par
ley at A ug us t "a
Viles Scum d e d
Whether Would En-
ter Third District
Race - Both Reluc-
tant to Make Clear
Cut Statement

Congressman John E. Nelson for
Governor, and Blaine S. Viles for the
Third District Congressional seat is
the ticket which certain group in
the Republican party are said to fa-
yor, and hope will be made reality
before the 1924 primaries. Word has
zone out that q small group met
at the Augusta House the latter part
of last week and mapped out a ten
tativc program Of procedure and
.plan of campaign. OF course II there
was such gathering of the council
lors, any program which they outlin-
ed is more or less contingent
nm the attitude of the interested
parties, and they have been found
tn he even more close mouthed on
The matter than those who were said
10 have attended the session in the
old hosiery which has been the
SCENE of many another meeting or
groups in days gone by.
Held Secret Council
r. ,s generally understood that the
nrbSent IcpubllCdit ostAtS
chairman Robert Peacock of Lubec.
The Maine member of the National
co,nmittee, Hon. Harold NJ. SeWaii
Of Bath; Joseph Simpson. IL former
state chairman and State treasurer;
Arthur G, Staples. editor of the Lew
iston Journal. Byron Boyd former
secretary of state and for many years
a mower i'm the councils of the Re
nublican party, and several others
were present at the council last
week. 1t has also been reported
that because of the general admis''
Lion that the water storage basin IS
cue will be a factor in the coming
election, a representative OF those
interests had a chair at the taple.
me calling of the meeting was evil
dentIy void of undue publicity. nor
il it apparent that several o!ners
Who are supposed to exert CONSIDER
able influence in Republican RANKS 80
rece;ved any embossed invitations 10
the meeting. It seems to heve oeeii
= rather close corporation affair; nae
with the evident intention or arrls-
ING at some kind of solution Lot
what they consider the tangie Una.
Renublican affairs seem to be neaa-
cd for in the state. particularly ~.
relation to the seemingly ro,,''a'
acont;nued on Page 1o-col. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Mother and. Babe
Dead in Auto Crash

Greenfield, Mass, Dec. 24-Mrs. ".
w. Tyler of Wilkesbarre, Pa was
killed and her IS months old son re-
ceived fatal injuries when clossu
automobile driven by the woman =
husband was struck by Boston anu
Maine train at Hale's CROSSING nsar
Bernardstown, today. Mrs: 1yis
was killed instantly and the cniio n ny.
tonight in a hospital here. Mr.. Ty-
Ter. who was also injured. will be able
to leave the hospital tomorrow, II
was said. /.
The family were on Their way to
Brattleboro. VT, to spend Christina.
with relatives there. A light fall OF
snow caused the car to skid when
the brakes were applied as the train
approached, it was believed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
FIND STUDENT
BADLY INJURED
ON PILOT ENGINE

Elkhart, Ind, Dec. 24-Jame Dom
ohue. rs. of South Wellington, Mass,
who is attending the University of
Notre Dame, was found severely in
Jured on the pilot of the engine of a
New York Central passenger train
early today. When he regained con-
seriousness several hours later he was
unable to tell how he got on the en-
CINE or give any details of what had
happened to him. Elkhart is 16
miles from South Bend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Holiday Hats
Hunt for KOretZ

Chicago, Dec. 24-Search for Leo
koretz. missing promoter who fed
after friends and relatives invested
millions in his Panama enterprises,
came to virtual standstill today,
the holidays and exhaustion of all
lkeiy clues as to- his whereabouts
combining to slow up the hunt,
Hearings of the Koretz case be-
fore a referee in bankruptcy win be
resumed Wednesday.
On a tip in which the authorities
admitted they placed little credence.
the authorities at Honolulu were
asked to watch for Koretz there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Gold Coins Will
Represent Many
Christmas Gifts Today

washington, Dec 24-Gold coins
will be left by Santa Claus in a
greater number of Christmas stock
ings this year than ever before.
+ The total gold held by the Federal
Reserve Bank has decreased by more
than s62.000,000 in the last ten days
while the gold settlement fund OPP
Grated by the Federal Reserve board
has decreased by about $43.000,000
showing flat an unusual drain has
been made on the stocks by those
who desire to employ the coin as
Christmas gifts.
The cash room at the Treasury has
been drawn on heavily and today
scores waited in line at the paying
Federal banknotes to exchange for
coins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
WASHINGTON ON EVE

Washington, Dec. 24.-Christmas
in Washington finds governmental
activities almost entirely suspended,
and President and Mrs. Coolidge
participating actively In the capitol's
observance of the holiday.
The Chief Executive himself
formally started the city's observ-
ance at 8 o'clock this evening by
turning a switch which lighted
thousands Of lights on the big ma
tional Christmas tree" erected on
the ellipse directly south of the
White House. Later in the evening
the President and Mrs. Coolidge
threw open the gates of the white
Continued on Page 13-col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
THE WEATHER
FAIR

North New England - Generally
1alr with rising temperature Tues
day; Wednesday cloudy and unset
tied.
South New England-Fair with
slowly rising temperature Tuesday.
Wednesday cloudy.
Eastern New York Fair and
slightly warmer in south and cloudy
and warmer in north portion Tues
day; Wednesday cloudy, probably
local rain or SHOWS and cloder in
north and west portions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-25
Negro Sentenced
to Death Chair

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 24-John
Thomas Shaw. negro, was found
guilty of first degree murder and his
sentence fixed at death in the cleo
trio chair for the Staying of Helen
Hager Whelchel. by a jury in Grim
inal court here late today. Date of
execution was not set.