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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-15
GalAa Qrixa off Elect

Highlands. n. j.. Dec. 14.-(By A.
P.)-Icy gales kicked up such seas
along the Jersey coast today that all
but seven Of the Christmas rum squad
ron Of 20 vessels weighed anchor and
withdrew to the open sea to ride out
the storm.
The weather. aided by heavily REIN
forced federal, state and county stats
of prohibition agents at sea and ashore.
threatened to send glimmering the rum
runners last hope of landing and
smuggling through to the big cities the
thousands of cases Of whisky and wine
the rum fleet carries.
Not a bottle fisherman ventured out
to the feet. Even the super-rans craft
Louise, reputed flagship of fleet OF
fast bottle runners said by revenue
officers to be operated by a woman
known to them as Lucky Lady," re-
manned in her little landlocked basin at
Keyport.
LUCKY Lady" is a prepossessing
brunette Of 80 and the head of syndi-
cate of whisky smugglers that oper-
ates both water and land craft, accord
ing to the authorities. She accompa-
MED her own ships to Rum Row. they
say, bargained with the shippers there
for supplies of imported liquor. and di-
rected the unloading and reloading into
cars at the beach. She usually rode
the Louise" which federal rum hunt
ers whose mosquito fleet has tried to
capture say is one of the fastest bottle
leggers on the coast. An uncanny fac
ulty for keeping out of the hands of
the law earned Lucky Lady" her nick
name.
Lucky Lady is the second woman
authorities have identified with the
rum-running profession. Yesterday
state troopers reported having captured
q Keyport woman and turned her free
again after having confiiscated a coupe
full of liquor as she was driving
toward the cities.
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once inaugurated, will proceed, I'M
less interfered with by governmental
action, to a point of complete concen-
tration in an individual or q group
dominated by an individual. Should
situation Of this kind develop in
any federal reserve district, the fed
erai reserve bank there either would
be eliminated as a factor in the fin
ancial community or would be virtu-
ally under control Of such a group"
The constructive course. the report
declared. lies in relief for the nation
al banks. Such program, Mr..
Dawes said, should permit continual
ton of state bank privileges on their
present level while at the same time
the operations of the national insti-
tutions would be lifted up to the
same plane of competition. He said
that at present the national banks
We're handicapped by hard and fast
which they were bound to observe.
The comptroller declined, however,
to make recommendations to Con-
gress for national bank relief at this
time. He preferred, he said, to al
low Congress to solve the branch
banking problem. after which the sit
uation will be clarified so that sug-
gestions for improving the conditions
faced by national banks may be made
with some hope of beneficial results.
Either the national banks should
be accorded the full branch banking
privileges Of the state banks and ex-
tensive branch banking he permitted
in the federal reserve system" Mr..
Dawes added, cor statewide branch
banking should not be permitted in
the reserve system. There is
no middle ground. 1t is question
of either emkarking upon a career of
branch banking or. for all practical
purposes, curling it.
"The comptroller of the currency
suggests that a fair and reasonable
solution of the question of branch
banking in the, United States can be
made by Congress through the enact
ment into law of the substance of the
resolutions recently adopted by the
federal reserve board. at the same
time granting to national banks the
power. with the approval and under
the general supervision of the comp
troller to establish and operate branch
banks or branch offices under similar
territorial restrictions, but definitely
forbidding the establishment of such
facilities by national banks in those
localities where such privileges are
forbidden to state banks and trust
companies"
Turning to bank operations. the
comptroller reported that dividends
aggregating s179, 100000 were paid by
national banks in the year ending
November l. the greatest issue ever
made by the national banks Of the
country. He reported also that
$203. 100000 had been added to the
combined profits account of the ma
tional banks in the same period. This
represents an increase of more than
$20,000,000 over the preceding year in
the earnings of the national institu-
tons.
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Big Leagues Agree
On April Is Opening

/. Chicago. Dec. 14.-(By A. P.)-one
OF the final acts of the baseball mag
mates. who have spent the week here
in business meetings and player
trades, was the agreement of the major
league representatives on the opening
date Of April Is. Last year the leagues
opened on different dates.
President Barney Dreyfuss Of the
Pittsburg Nationals said that the OPEN
ing date was virtually the only thing
agreed upon but that the task of the
schedule committee Of each league next
February was considerably smoothed
by this arrangement.
Dreyfuss, President John A. Heydler
and a few of the minor league mag
mates who are directors of the National
Association of Minors were the last
of the diamond magnates to leave to-
night.
The American Association today
adopted a schedule of 16S games, also
opening April Is. The western clubs
will open in the eastern cities as usual.
A large number of comparatively
small salary claims were up before the
national board of arbitration of the
minors. The minor league club owners
were unanimous in their dissatisfaction
with the results of the Chicago meet
ing, as the minors joint sessions took
up so much of the time of the league
presidents that the leagues were able
to do but little real business of their
own.
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Merchant Filene
of Boston FavOrs
World Court Entry

New York, Dec. 1.-THE United
States can remedy the European sit
uation without sending soldier to
France and without joining the
league of nations, Edward Filene,
Boston merchant, decla1 ed before the
League for political education and
the Civic Forum at Town Hall to-
night. 600.
This we can do" he said" by
first adopting President Harding's
proposal to join the world court, of
which majority Of The other ma
lions of the world are already mem
hers. and second. by passing national
legislation pledging ourselves to in
stitute an economic blockade against
those who make war without first
submitting their case TO the interna-
tional court and awaiting its decis-
ion. by declaring that We will not
stain our hands by forging weapons
for those who attack their neighbors
instead of going to court"
In an analysis Of the situation in
France. and Germany. Mr.. Filene de-
clared Frances obstruction of Ger
many's economic recovery, which he
said was having a disastrous effect
throughout Europe. vas due to fear
of another invasion.
and that fear he added. was in
tensified by our failure to ratify the
Versailles treaty and the tripartite
agreement to guarantee French safe
ty."
an view of the ratification of
the stipulated guarantees from the
United States and Great Britain. he
continued. mo French government
could have survived il it had tried to
follow any other policy than that of
continued pressure on Germany. If
were Frenchman ] should have
supported Premier Polncare's for
eign policy
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NEWS BRIEFS

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE. Inter-
state Commerce Commission today
reversed a former decision in which
it laid down the b1 DAD principle that
no further railway construction
should be authorized to open new
coal mines.
Berlin. Dec. 14.-CBy A. P.)-
Americas prospective participation in
the reparations discussion receives
a general welcome from the German
press which while stressing its I'M
official character. nevertheless be-
lieves the part to be played by
American experts is destined to have
decisive bearing on the ultimate
conclusions to he reached by the In
ternational committees.
Boston, Dec. IA radio mes
sage picked up here today from the
steamer CASTOR said that her cir
culating pump was gone and she was
unable to make any Roadway in the
nortelyhr gale and heavy seas pre-
vailing. She gave her position as
fifty miles south by east, one-half
east, magnetic, off Cape Henry. The
CASTOR. small steamer, was last
reported as having left Norfolk on
Nov. % for Havana.
Raris, Dec. 14.-(By A. P.)-The
invitations to the experts who are to
st on the two international commit
tees tcat are to examine Germany's
financial troubles will probably lie
sent out early next week, it was said
today. 1T is expected that the conf
mittees will be able to begin thei:
work about Jan. 10.
San Antonio, Tex, Dec. IA (By A.
Identification of the northern and
southern branches of The Methodist
episcopal church and the duty Of the
church to hold fast to the established
falth and repudiate any tendency to-
ward heresay, are among the ques-
lions to be discussed by the College
of Bishops of the Methodist Epis-
ccpal Church, South. which opened
a three day meeting here today.
Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 1.-the sceno
or activities in preparation for the
Republican national cow | o n
which will be held here the week
beginning June 10 today shifted to
this city. David w. Mulvane of Kan
sas, chairman Of the National Com
mlttee on arrangements was expect
ed to arrive today. c. A. Thompson,
chairman of the local committee on
arrangements also is due to arrive
today from Washington.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1.-Two bandits
today bound and gagged the pay
master of Michael Melody & Son Co,
builders, in the Office OF the concern,
and fled with $15,7S6 which he was
placing in envelopes to pay the en-
ployes.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 1.-THE hoe
key season opens here tonight with
the first of two game exhibition
series between the Cleveland team
and the Parkdale Canoe sextet of
Toronto. Canada. The Same teams
play tomorrow night. The games will
be played under the new rules Of the
United States Hockey League which
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DECISIVE CLASH
ICantinuad from Pace Onel

eral column pursuing the flying rev.
olutionist forces. a.:
General Casas took command Of
the federal forces at Topic following
the skirmish when General Antonio
Ortega, in command Of military OPP
erations in Sinaloa reported the re-
gion entirely tranquil.
Governor Bays telegram to Mexi-
can Consul Joaquin TerraZas here,
follows:
Eermosillo, Sonora, Dec. IA
Mexican Consul,
Nogales, AriZ.
II have Just received a telegram
from General Casas at Topic, Nay
art, in which he infroms me of hav-
ing occupied that point without re-
sistance, the rebels having fled to-
ward Jalisco at the head of column
composed of the regiments of cavalry,
33rd and 46th and the 18th Infantry.
General Herriberec Casas advanc-
ed yesterday from Topic in a direc-
ton towards Jalisco in pursuit of the
communication from Mort and Maui
ing their services to this government
in opposition to the rebellion, and
manifestly they are now ready to
move 1000 Indians to any part Of
the country that may lie thought ne
cesSary.
General Ferreira, at Mazatlan, re-
ports that that region Is entirely
tranquil.
"Signed,
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Consideration Due
(HAnkinnol 8.. H.. Al

lief, and the fire wagon, if it arrives
at all, will approach IN orderly and
dignif1ed fashion long after the last
wisps of smoke have floated away
and the ashes cooled. This state
ment would still be made if absolute
assurance could be given that the
ablest men in the world would al
ways sit on this board. Boards is
boards
Il cannot resist a feeling little
short Of resentment that so many
suggestions and so many tendencies
seem directed along lines prejudicial
to the national banking system. If
we are to have a national banking
system over which the government
exercises supervisory control, that
control must be in the hands of an
independent executive and not the
representative of a preferential cred
itor. The only fair and only logical
thing to do is either to continue the
present system with an independent
comptroller or abolish the system
entirely. A man cannot serve two
masters, and trustee who will act
for two conflicting interests is ipso
facto incompetent either mentally or
morally" T..
The branch banking problem. the
comptroller said, presents a clean
cut issue as to whether the country
prefers system of privately owned
branch banks or reserve system I'M
der federal control. The question, he
added. was interviewer both with the
life of the federal reserve system and
the life Of the national banks which
are compelled by the federal reserve
act to retain membership in the re-
serve system.
Branch banking, the comptroller,
asserted. was essentially monopolis-
tic and he added that to assume that
half a dozen or a dozen state banks
would not have some mutually of
action in states where they controlled
a large portion of the banking in
terests was to ignore the fundament-
al basis of human action.
IF any lessons are to be drawn
from the development of large indus
trial enterprises in the United
States" he said, 'it is that the
principle Of GENERALIZATION, when
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SHUGRUE WINS
OVER VICENTINI

New York. Dec. 14-Johnny Shu-
grue. of Waterbury, Conn, tonight
administered to Luis Vicentini, the
Chilean lightweight, the first defeat
he had suffered since coming to this
country. Shugrue was given the
judges decision after their IL round
bout in Madison Square Garden to-
night.
The pace had been extremely fast
and the battling very heavy for ten
rounds, and though he could not
sustain his speed in the eleventh
Shugrue fought toe to toe in ex-
changes to the head and body. In
the twelfth both fought with all the
speed of the early rounds, Furnishing
each other severely.
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KOra Temple Elects
at Lewiston Meet

Lewiston, Me, Dec. 14-At the an
nual meeting of Kora Temple, Mys-
tic Shrine, here tonight, Walter l..
Emerson of Lewiston was chosen
illustrious potentate: Ernest L..
Wellman, Auburn recorder. and this
following named as representatives
to the imperial session at Kansas
City next June: Walter l.. Emerson,
Dana S. Williams. Lewiston: Sher-
man Shurtleff, Portland. and Ralph
Il. Littlefield, Gardiner.
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BOOZE RUNNERS
Continued from PAGE One)

ers Of his ilk, was being sought to-
night and the troopers said they hoped
to have him behind bars soon.
Many of, the '.hi-jackers" are mere
youths, the authorities say. and some
of them are reported to be former New
York gunner. Quite a few Of them
were born abroad and a number have
known criminal records.
All Of them were at one time en-
gagged in the Legitimate" bootleg pro-
fession. but were declared outcasts be-
cause they equealed or double-crossed
their agents.
y The big bootlegging agents will not
hire them. the .'hi-jackers" disdain law
Iui work. and so they exc out an exist
9nce by proving on the bootleggers.
knowing the inner secrets of the snug
siers: organization. they know where
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Harding Memorial
Campaign in January

Washington, Dec. 14-Continua-
ton of the Harding memorial cam
paign through December and as far
into January as may be necessary to
reach the community, county and
state quotas assigned for the $1,000
600 memorial fund sought, was de-
cided upon atsa meeting OF the me-
moridf Associations Legislation COM
mittee today. A message of appre-
citation was sent to all charmen for
undertaking the direction Of the
campaign.
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Hildreth Captain
BOWdOin Gridders
Especial to kennebec Jour-

Especial TO hennebec JournaI)
Brunswick, de, Dec. 14-Charles
L. Hildreth Of Gardiner, was this af-
ternoon elected captain of the Bow
dom college football team for the
coming year. He has played end on
the varsity team for three years and
has also won his letter in track
sports. He is president of the Bow
dom Y. NJ. c. A., and holds other
olclege offices. His fraternity is Zeta
Psi,
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to lie in wait and where to strike.
When .hi-jackers" meet bootlegger.
gun fight is in prospect always. unless
the bootlegger is caught Off guard.
The authorities say that much OF
the liquor confscated recently contains
denatured alcohol. The labels are
faxed in many cases. Even the sup
posed real" beer and ale is ethcrized
in many instances.
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AUGUSTA LOCALS

On Sunday evening, Rev. Andrew
r. McWhorter of the Congregational
church of this city will speak at Sal
walton Army hall. The meeting will
begin at 8 o'clock. Ensign Dixon Of
Portland who is now in the city in
the interests Of the Salvation Army
drive, will also speak vat this meet
ing
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Pittsfield A. A. S. Trim
Waterville Team 1928

Especial to The Kennebec Journal)
J Pittsfeld, Dec 14.-In fast,
clean game at Union hall tonight,
Pittsfield A. A. defeated the Water
Vile American Express basketball
I'VE by score of IS to %. Dorr
aMa Newhouse were the best point
ners for the locals and Beatty
STrTr .r Tor the sWaterville team. =
Newhns,.sEi 4. WATERyILLE
Dorr. ~ u .,......... If, Beatty
prescctt .'....'.ss... IF, Mcdonald
49, S s........ .-a8 c, Lonrlev
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Polo. PIayino in Texas

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 14(A.; PO
Polo teams from four, colleges and
more than a dozen civilian and army
quintets will make up the field Of the
annual winter polo tournament,
starting here December 20 and con-
tinuing throughout the Christmas
holidays. 1t is the first time the
three branches will compete as a
group, the various classes heretofore
holding individual tournaments.
Civilian teams from Detroit, ST.
Louis, Dallas, Kansas City and Des
Moines are expected, while the best
of the cavalry polo fours along the
Mexican border will battle with the
one civilian and the seven army
teams which are located in San
Antonio.
The college teams to compete are
University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. !;
New Mexico Military Institute, Ros-
well. N. NJ; University of Oklahoma,
Norman, Okla, and Texas A. 6, NJ,
College Station, Tex.
1t is planned to have the winner of
the college event here meet the
champion of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate tournament at a subsequent
event to be staged in San Antonio In
the early spring.
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Clerks and Legion
BOWlers Divide
Points in Match

The Clerks and the American Lee
gion bowlers split the points in their
match Friday night at the Y. NJ. C.
A. alleys. Giroux of the Clerks was
high total with 317 and high single
with 127. For the American Legion,
Lausier was high total with 300
and high single with 107. The totals:
CTEpKS
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Baked at Rockaway

Rockaway Beach. N. Y, Dec. II
Rum runners tried to land some OF
their Christmas cargo here today but
were frustrated by the police.
A motorboat, with no cabin and no
lights, pulled UP to the foot of 11Sth
street at Jamaica Bay. At the same
time a. motor car arrived.
The driver of the car, seeing po-
liceman, sped away. in furry Of shots.
The boat also escaped.
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ALEJO BAY
Governor of Sonora.

Galveston, Tex, Dec. IA decis-
i've battle in the vicinity of Esperan-
Ia in the state of Puebla is expected
within a week, according to a tele-
gram received today by I. Magma,
Mexican Consul, from the Mexican
embassy at Washington quoting
dispatches from President Obregon.
Federal troops are concentrating at
Esperanza fe ran offensive against
De La Huerta, the message said.
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Grover, lg ........... lg. johnson
Dobson, re- ......... re, Ingraham
Substitutions: McLaggon for Dob
son, Luce for Grover, Huff for Luce.
Goals from floors Newhouse z. Dorr
10. Prescott f.. Dobson H. Grover 1,
Luce i, Beatty,7, Mcdonald 1. Long
ley !, Ingraham 2. Each team was
awarded / point on fouls. Referee,
Smiley. -Four 10 minute periods.
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Washington, Dec. 14-Indications
are becoming clearer that the Re-
publican national convention may be
the scene of sharp fight over the
national committees action in restor-
ing the delegate strength of south
ern states in it's unexpected revision
this week of reapportionment fig
ures. This trend first developed dur
ing the committees discussion of the
question. became. more marked to.
gay with publication of statements
oy senator johnson of California,
candidate for the Presidential nonoi-
nation and Chairman Adams Of fine
committee. attacking and defending
the action.
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New York, Dec. 14-Announcing
himself as the representative of
Ad.lfo de la Huerta, who is leading
the rebellion against President Obre-
gon of Mexico, Senator Martin Luis
Guzman, tonight, tonight revealed his
presence in New York. He is chair
fairs of the chamber of deputies.
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Contributions to 3. A. Drive Light

The latest reports from the Saliva
ton Army drive which is now being
held in this city are not very salts
factory. The total to date is about
$500. The amount for which the SAL
walton Army Corps is. working is
$4,000. Nearly the entire residential
vaSSed.
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Sch. Via Jante in
After Tough Voyage

Newport, r. l., Dec. 14-With her
topmast gone, one anchor missing
and her mainsail torn 20 ribbons, the
Portuguese schooner Via Jante ar
rived here this afternoon with a tale
of being all but wrecked in a gale off
Diamond Shoals lightship on the
North Carolina coast. The Via Jante,
which is owned in New Bedford,
Mass, left New Bedford on November
81 for South America Blown far
to the northward off his course by
the gale, Captain James Sena decid-
ed to put into port for repairs. The
vessel will be taken to the Providence
drydock tomorrow,
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Score Cony High School &c, Alumni
90. Goals from floor Poor 5, Stafford
a, Howell ., Boyd 2, Hall ., Winslow
/, Prime l, Overlook 1. H. Stiles I.
Goals from fouls Prime 8, Winslow 2.
Poor 9, Stafford 1. Howell /. Overlook
/. Referee Richmond. Scorer Viles.
Timer Kennedy.