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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Nearly 400 Defense
Witnesses to be
Called Herrin Case

marion, ILL.,, Jan. 1-(By A. Po-
With nearly 400 defense witnesses
witnesses waiting to be called. attor-
neys for the five defendants charged
with murder in connection with the
Herrin riots Of June % spent New
Years preparing for the resumption
Of the trial tomorrow.
When court adjourned December %,
the prosecution had rested it's case
after introducing 50 witnesses and IL
defense witnesses had testified.
The IL farmers and one union miner
composing the jury spent the Christ
mas holidays in dormitory on the
top floor of the Jail. where four of the
defendants. Peter Hitler. Joe Carna-
gh.. Otis Clark and Bert Grace, were
confined. The fifth. Leva Mann. was
allowed his liberty because of illness
in his family.
Indictments against 70 individuals
were returned by the grand jury which
investigated the riots at the Lester
strip mine. F'orty-eight indictments
charged murder and the other offcnses
ranging from assault to conspiracy.
The FIVE present defendants were So
''~ASu W dSICCIH:ul. the NUMBER
ing limited because OF a provision of
the Illinois law which gives 10 per-
cmrtory challenges to every defendant
and an equal number to the state in
murder cases. i. A..-
Separate verdicts will he returned
for each defendant and the Jury also
Will fix any penalty. ranging from one
year in the penitent;ary to death in
each case.
The state introduced witnesses In
GLIDING four survivors of the riots,
who described the rcopening of the
Lester mines during the coal strike by
the importation OF 45 non-union work
crs and 81 armed guards from Chica-
GO. the attack on the mine on June 81
during which three union miners were
killed. the surrender of As of the men
remaining in the pit the next morning
and the killing of 30 of them, includ-
ing G. X. Mcdowell, mine superintef1-
dent.
The defense has indicated its intcn-
tiQn of nleading An alibi for all of the
defendants and also setting up a plea
of 'justifable homicide on the
grounds that Williamson county "had
been invaded by armed gunner and
rose lin defense of its homes"
The first defense witnesses testified
that the armed guards at the mine had
held up and searched peaceable trav-
oilers near the mine, had shouted at
women and had. by their conduct,
aroused tho countryside.
The trial began December -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Schooner Jeanette
|Sunk in Collision
With Loss of Two

New York, Jan. IA WO-maSted
schooner sunk off Barnegat, N. j.,
in collision with the tanker Nora,
Saturday, with the loss OF two of her
crew. was identified tonight by A.
NJ. Beebe. of the United New Jersey
and Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent
Association, as the jeanette, OF
Halifax. Five Of the Jeanette's crew
were saved.
The Nora, from New York to
Tampico, was going full steam ahead
through heavy fog, said Captain
Beebe. when she hit the jeanette
amidships. cutting her in two ant
sending her to the bottom almost
instantly. The jeanette was under
stood to have been bound north
from Nassau, Bahamas. to st. Pierre
Miquelon, off the grand banks.
The Nora reversed her engines
and put over a couple of boats, Cap
tain Beebe said. but only five of the
Jeanettes crew could be found
struggling in the water. The Nora
then steamed back forty miles to the
Ambrose lightship. where the sur.
vivors were transferred to the pilot
boat New York. which brought them
to Staten Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Sons of Veterans
Hold Installation

ine oflicers Of II. G. Staples Camp,
suns OF Veterans, for 1928, were in
stalled Monday evening at the meet
rms winch was held in G. A. Fl. hall.
"e service of installation was con-
rue'ea BY Past Commander Edgar
"""er' The officers installed were:
, arthur {. Davis. commander; Harry
'"e' senior vice commander; Law
" ,v"ve FRAZIER. junior vice commander:
:, Imam, m Malloy. secretary: Clarence
-. o.an'' treasurer: and the following
r ,ns'rocrs camp council. John Frazier.
Nussr Fletcher, Frederick Ficke.
rollowing the installation ceremony.
vas. commander John Frazier was pre-
ssn'ea with beautiful past command
eFs jewel.
speeches by Commander George F.
a. me q. A. r.. Judge Robert A.
s,a 'ohh {. Howes. Edgar Fletcher
n,... M's. George Z. Gay followed the
svsentation. after which refreshments
we're served. '''''~ ~ .
". as,ore the installation the ladies Of
!, staples Auxiliary served a supper
,.,s"s nail which was very we'll at
N. considering the bad state of
su,,' weather. The installation of the
evoa, 'sry was postponed until Monday
s'oning. Jan. IL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Eel Symbol Of Devil

Highlanders at one time declined
to partake of what they called
"feathered flesh or white flesh"
and hare and rabbit Almost all mod =
ern Scots taboo eel. The serpent is a
symbol of the devil, and all High
landers know that the eel, being like
Il serpent. is like tho symbol of the
devil, and is associated with the evil
influence.
In the West Highlands some peo-
pie will not eat mackerel, and until
recently others on the Solway would
not touch skate. Mackerel are sup
posed to cat human flesh. gorging on
the decaying bodies of the drowned
They are supposed to be poisonous,
and especially so if caught in the
moonlight.t Catfish and ling are still
tabooed in some. districts. Eels are
called devilfish. They are supposed to
originate from the hairs of horses
names and tails that had fallen into
pools or rivers. Those who cat eel
become md and set out to fight with
wild horses, according to supersu-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Relics of Spanish Ship

RecN1t finds by the treasure
seekers at Tobermory, Scotland, in
clude Misunderstanding iron gun, four
and half feet in length, and having
a bore of two and a half inches, sew
eral broken sword scabbards, and 4
large salver. possibly silver, which
has been taken to experts in London
for assay. In addition, there were
brought up almost daily during the
past fortnight stout timbers of the
old Spanish Armada ship in an eX-
cellent state of preservation. These
finds have been added to by the re-
covery of a Bronze cannon. four and
q half feet long and apparently of
the same caliber. On the iron gun
among other marks were the royal
monogram of the king and queen of
Spain. "P. and l." (Philippus and
Isabella). whose joint reign lasted
from 1859 to 1870.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Swedish Peasants Adopt Motors

All but one participant in a recent
farmers festival at kalmar, Sweden,
attended the event in motor cars. In
that particular section of Sweden"
says a consular report to the United
States Department of Commerce, "o&
carts not long ago were the only
means of communication. Peasants
and small village furctionaries. who
formerly looked upon the auto with
marked disfavor. have changed their
attitude and view it as a sign of
their country's prosperity. and arc
now doing their part in keeping the
roads in some kind of order" Three
thousand two hundred and thirty
passenger cars and 796 motor trucks
were brought to Sweden from foreign
countries during the first six months
of 1922. as compared with c.634 cars
and 54S trucks for the corresponding
six months of 1921.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Liquid Air Crscke Nuts

The chicha nuts from South Amer
lea have some excellent qualities, but
it has never been found possible to
crack the shells without damaging
the meat at the same time. United
States government authorities APP
piled liquid air to the problem. They
did not freeze solid piece of rubber
and use it as hammer. as is done
IL the classic experiment in. physics,
but they simply immersed the nuts in
liquid air for 80 seconds and cracked
them easiiy without damage to the
kernels. Now the physicists are try
ing to find out whether this method
can be applied commercially on
large scale. Chicha nuts were used
during the war to make charcoal for
gas masks and the oil from the ker-
nels is a valuable food similar to
copra.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02

fell Sunday night in the palace and
2 bone in her LETT arm was broken.
She was able tonight, however, to
attend the family New Years din
ner. The dowager is "a years old.
Boston-Edward Belivue, giving
addresses in Lowell and Cambridge,
was arrested in the visitors ro-
tunda Of the Charles Street Jail to-
day on a charge of attempting to
pass ten grains of morphine to JOS
eph Allen, a prisoner awaiting trial
on a charge of larceny.
New Haven. Conn.-Captain Law
renee r. O'Brien. long interested in
the Fenian movement and one of the
organizers OF several attempts in
America to help the cause of the Irish
Nationalists in the late COS, died at
the home Of his daughter here today
in his S1st year.
Chicago-Following charges that the
majority of firemen in one company
were members of the Ku Klux Khan,
FIRE Commissioner sCullerton today
transferred every member of the COM
pany to widely isolated districts and
ordered Fireman George Green, said
to be the kleaglc Of the fire department
Khan, to apply Immediately for retire
ment on pension.
Logansport. 1nd.-Using two pewter
spoons and pcnknifhe, Very Perry,
- Years old. Of Charleston. w. Va,
who was being held on a charge of
highway robbery dug his way to free
dom from the county Jail here early
today. Other prisoners confined in the
jail sang continuously to cover the
noise made by Perry while digging his
way out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02

7s%F
Jap or Chinese

The eldest son of the mayor of
Jeffersonville, who is about nine
years old, is shrewd observer and
no doubt marks what his elders say.
He can. however. find his own way
OF expressing himself. He was in a
newspaper Office a few days ago when
an eastern drummer came = in,
showed his wares and said he would
call again. 4 discussion ensued in
the office whether the visitor was a
Chinese or Japanese, when Hiram
spoke up: "He said he would come
back. If he does. he is a Chinese,
but if he doesn't come back you can
know he is Japanese" Evidently
the Chinese have an enviable reputa-
} ton, in Hiram's judgment. for truth
and veracity." .u.,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Boardman's Celebrate
Their Fifty-Third
Wedding Anniversary

MR.. and Mrs. A. r. Boardman VS.
'erday quietly celebrated their sard
~euuihs anniversary at their homo
90 uroVe street and received many
rememorances Of the day from thei,
friends here and in Portland.
Mrs. Boardman had Tut IN b.,
wedding bonnet and gloves snd ~.
at her throat little tie made from
me green silk of her wedding gown
Inc bonnet was a tiny affair Of green
Neivet and palest gray silk lace AND
us trimming a spray of Zeal oranoe
o'ossoms and buds waXed to pre.
serve them. The gloves We're ~
green Kid. made very short accord :
ing TO the style of the times.
Mrs. Boardman's maiden name wa,
Susan jackson of Portland and sbe
mas an aunt, Mrs. A. j. Parmenter
ased 81. who is still at her home in
Old Orchard. They were married in
r'rtlahd and have lived in that city
and Augusta practically all their
lives.
MI. BOardman was for some L,
years employed at the Augusta post
once. having gone in as a clerk m
Ger postmaster Joseph Marley. He
heid several positions, serving as day
clerk, night clerk, and was for a
time, in the railway service between
Augusta and Portland.
When change in the political nd
r'nistration at Washington removed
him from the mail service, Mr.
Boardman conceived the idea of
starting ten-cent parcel delivery in
this city. This proved successful at
once and he soon added the passenger
service to his BUSINESS. On the re
turn of the Republican administra =
ton under President Harrison, he
resumed his place in the postoffice
and continued until he resigned to
go to Portland. In that city he was
employed as night Waterman at the
Clark Eddy Company. cry goods
house. for about 10 years when i'll
health forced him to give up work
entirely. For the past three years
ar. and Mrs. Boardnan had been liv-
inS Norridgewock but they returned
TO their old home in Augusta last
spring and will reside here for the
future.
Mrs. Boardman was as we'll known
here as her husband, having worked
for ten years in the printing Office of
the J. A. Romans publication, The
Gospel Banner When Mr.. HON
ans sold this paper and purchased
The Maine Farmer, Mrs. Boardman
went into the new Office and contin-
ued to set type and read proof.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
NEWS BRIEFS

London-The Times quotes the
Ciornale DItalia as reporting that
the Italian cruiser San GiorGio aid
ed by airplanes, has bombarded the
Notifications of the rebel forces at
Misurata, on the Libyan coast of
North Africa.
Denver, Colo. - Three western
states inaugurated governors today,
Arizona restoring to office her first
chief executive, George 7. Hunt, Will
liam B. Ross assumed Office in wy
oming and James +. Hinkle in New
Mexico.
New York-Plans for concentration
Of all ship building activities of the
Hartman interests at the Cramp
Ship Yards at Philadelphia, were an
nounced today by r. II. NJ. Robin
son, chairman of the William Cramp
& Sons Ship & Engine Building
company and president Of the Mer-
chant Ship Building Corporation.
London-The Times announces the
death in the workhouse on the Isle of
Wight at the age of 81 of Captain
Richard Reed, of Cowes, who navl-
gated the schooner Cambria in the
trans Atlantic race against the Am
erican schooner Dauntlcss in 1870
and later competed for the Americas
cup against the schooner Magic.
San Francisco. Caffeine Sarazen
national open golf champion, and
Jock Hutchison. former British open
champion. won from Harold Sampson
and Willie McEwan, San Francisco
professionals on the Preside course,
four and three, today.
Mexico City-Off1cial promulgation
of President Obrcgon's amnesty de-
cree. approved q week ago by oCn-
gree. was not given today. and there
fore a score of prisoners. either serv-
ing sentences as rebels or awaiting
trial, did not receive the New Years
sift of freedom they thought in store
for them. 1t is understood the prcsi-
dent will sign the decree during the
present week.
Chicago-Three hundred coal OPP
orators and miners Officials for from
bituminous fields will be here We'd
nesday to renew negotiations looking
toward peace in the coal mining in
dustry. The sessions will continue
three days. An attempt will be made
to reach some agreement for elm
ination of strikes, lockouts and other
troubles for stated period. A con-
ference several weeks ago failed to
settle these problems.
The Hague,-Dowager Queen En-
ma, mother of Queen Wilhelmina,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
PigWced Hard to DISCOURAGE

A pigweed is both an irresistible
force and an movable body, blend
ed into one and working overtime.
Piswecds don't ask anything of any
body. They don't need to. Even
Dame Nature turned round and went
away as soon as she'd introduced
him. Books on gardening dismiss him
with a jaunty direction to keep
the weeds down." But you can't
ostracize a pigwecd that way.
A. pisweed begins making trouble
the minute he shows above ground
I never saw 4 pigweed that could
look more like more kinds of young
plants. You can't tell by pulling 'em
up, for the pigweed has long, thin
red root. but pulling up little flower
and vegetable plants by mistake dis
courages 'em, even if you admit your
error and apologize. And, on the
other hand, it does not hurt the pig
weed. Just let him lie on the ground
and his roots curl into it and he
goes on growing as if nothing had
happened. If you mash one into the
ground with your heel, you just give
him better start.
All they ask is to be near enough
the ground to see it. brought some
into the house and put them on the
window-3ill, where they could sec
out by raising up bit. and they
all grew. You could lock them up
in closet, and if your hands were
soiled when you handled 'em, they'd
get enough nourfshmcnt to live on
The only sure way to get rid of one
is to can him and burn the cam
Everybody's Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Sayinus that Mean Reverse

1.-TWO or three always means at
least three, or three and upward
Zone or two" seldom means one. "In
minute" always means anywhere
from five to SO minutes. THAT re-
minds me of q story" means Nov
you keep quiet while tell my joke
II hold no brief for" means II am
now going to Defend" while
do not wish to appear critical" means
But 7 am going to have my say out
anyhow" "Of course it's no business
OF mine" means Il am simply de-
vourcd with curiosity" "My conduct
calls. for no apology and needs no ex-
PLANTATION" is the usual Introduction
for an apology or an explanation
mo one could possibly have mistaken
my meaning" is what We say when
some one has mistaken it.-Indepen-
dent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
Temple Is World Wonder

What is claimed to be the eighth
wonder of the world is the great
Buddhist temple of Baraboedoes, in
Java.
This gigantic building. which
makes even the Pyramids of Egypt
look small" was built centuries and
centuries before the coming OF
Christ.
The builders first made an enor-
nous, artificial, at-topped hill, 15C
feet high, and on this they erected
their temple, a building measuring
1000 feet in circumference and six
stories high.
There are miles and miles of gal
leres and hundreds of rooms, and the
walls are carved-every inch OF
thcm-with marvellous pictures that
tell the story of the birth and life OF
Buddha in his various incarnations
It. is the picture bible of the Bud
dhists, the most beautiful thing OF
it's kind ever created by human
hands. ~ 49, ~ = ~ ~
But the strange thing about this
enormous building is that it was lost
for a meriod. of more than 600 years
And not only lost, but so utterly for
gotten that its very name was not sc
much as mentioned. ---- -
How this extraordinary thing
came to pass is told by Dorothy Dis
in her travel book entitled MY JOY
Ride Round the World"
When the Mohammedans conquer
ed Java they imposed their religion
upon the islanders and destroyed the
Buddhist temples. All, that is. save
this one. which was covered ovei
with earth by the conquered people
In that hot, moist climate the jun
gle in an incredibly short time closed
in about the temple, aud as years
rolled on the memory of it faded
from the minds OF men.
Then about century aGo, the for
tune of war lmade Java a British
possession, and Sir Stamford Raffles
was in charge of the administration
of the island.
Through some old papers that
came into his possession he got on
the track of the lost temple and
started to work clearing the jungle
and removing the earth from above
it. When the structure was finally
unearthcd it was found to be almost
as perfect as when it was built.
1t had been Theoretically preserved
to come to light as the eighth Won
der of the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02

The emotional ebb-tidc which fol-
lowed the signing of the armisticc
was too natural to be deplorcd, save
that it gave to Obstructionists and
scntimcntalists their chance to decry
the matchless heroiSms of the war.
No people can be heroic over the pro-
blem of paying debts out Of an empty
treasury. Need drives men to envy
as fulness drives them to selfishncss.
Bargaining is essential to the life of
the world; but nobody has ever
claimed that it is an ennobling pro-
cess. If it were given to debtors to
love their creditors. there would have
been no persecution of the Jews. If
it were given to creditors to love their
debtors, there would be no poverty on
earth. That all the nations, now
presumably on friendly terms, should
be following their own interests
would seem to most of us the normal
thing it is. if they did not so persist
emily affect to be amazed and gricved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
CASTING the Dead to Hyenas

To certain tribes of East Africa, a
dead body is taboo" and they will
not touch it. They look upon the
hyena. who is believed to embody
the spirit of their ancestors. as a
friend. and it is these scavengers
that their bodies are delivered at
death-and even before death, many
of them being torn asunder and wor-
ried while still alive. When a native
Of these tribes. is i'll, food and drink
are giv0n until the hope of recovery
is abandoned: and the patient is put
out at night for the hyenas. In many
instances where it is suspected hat
the illness may prove fatal. a string
! is tied to the toe of the sick one. and
so long as there is an answering pull
on the string the patient is provided
with food and drink each day, but il
there is no reply to the pull of the
string no investigation is made, and
the hyenas, never far away, can take
their prev
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
A Persian TRAGEDY

Suddenly l heard steps in the room.
They were those of a young Persian
princess whom I recognized as the
Queen of the Crowns" celebrated
for her great beauty, which she was
willingly destroying by the opium
that made her forget her sorrows.
Her story was known to all Persia.
According to the custom of her peo-
pie, when she was eleven years old,
she was married to a young prince OF
the court. At the end of two years.
her husband was told that she was
now old enough to be his wife, and
she was led to his apartments. But
the prince a young gallant of twenty
three years, was not at all interested
in the timid child. He accepted her
with every courtesy and continued
his usual life of gaiety outside the
| walls of his house.
The young wife suffered torments
She loved him, while he, too careless
for scorn, did not think of her at all.
Too proud to plead, she endeavorcd
to hide her anguish. But when, after
days of loneliness, she saw him re-
turning, happy, she upbraided him,
/ threatening to kill him and to kill
herself. ~vs
The young prince found himself
| married to a whirlwind that upset his
| whole household. AT length he per-
ceived q happy road by which he
| might escape such turmoil and again
| live in peace. Pretending to adore
her, he remained at her side, lavish
| ing upon her all the tenderneSSes of
! love. while he taught her the delights
| Of the drug that destroys realities and
| fills the mind with fantastic and de-
learned to give her days and nights
| to opium, and the prince returned to
| his cOurtesanS.
Thus four years passed, and the
princess was a woman. One day her
husband passed through her apart
ments and was struck mOtionlesS by
her beauty. She had bloomed like a
flower. The prince took her in his
arms and covered her face with
kisses. She; remained Indifferent.
Chilled by her coldness, he left her
apartment. But from that moment he
was unable to erase her image from
! his mind. He abandocd his friends.
dismissed his dancers and remained
in his own house, trying by every art
to win the love of this woman. Hop
ing 10 melt her coldness by arousing
her former jealousy, the prince an
nounccd to her that, in accordance
with Mussulman custom, he was
about to take other wives. But the
Queen of the Crowns while the
musicians were playing at the mar
riage feast in the house of the new
bride. went before the cadi and d.
vorccd herself from her husband.
When the bride entered the house of
the prince. the queen of the
Crowns" met her on the threshold.
81 give you the keys of my house."
she said courteously to the new
conner. Hereafter it is yours, yours
alone" And she went out through
the gates and returned to the house
Of her mother. The prince who still
loved her, never saw her again
From The Dancer of Shamakhav by
Armcn Ohanian, in Asia Magazine.