Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-06

ping Board on the eve of his depart
ure for Portland to inspect the new
State pier. Mr.. Kccne is a Maine
boy who has made good in the COM
merCial world and his ability is rec
ognized by Shipping Board officials
who hold him in the highest
esteem.
Interest in the Bean murder case
has been greatly revived in tie past
few weeks at Ranccley since the re-
port became current that a secret
investigation had been underway for
some months. While. many, par
ticularly in the immediate vicinity
of Haines Landing. appear to be
reluctant about discussing the case
with. outsiders, others appear to have
we'll defined views on the subject
and do not hesitate to express them.
Though nearly years has passed
since the finding of the bullet rid
died body OF Otis \. Bean. woods
guide, lying in a pool of his own
blood before the door of TOoth2ker'S
garage, at Haines Landing, on the
night OF Oct. 6, last, the affair is
uCIlN itN ltNtNi HUN li!t'llN ans w.
This interest became intensified with
the appearance at Haines Landing
several weeks ago OF two men
ostensibly up for the spring fishing
but with a curious interest in the
Bean murder case. Though these
men were at the landing only a short
time, the suspicion that they were
special Investigators gained wide
support in this community, so much
that their disappearance which is
said to have been as mysterious as
their coming. has not in the least
dispelled the belief in tho minds of
many here that an investigation is
still going on.
Charles f. Tefft of New York. an
eminent sculptor, whose former home
was in Brewer and Bangor, created
some years ago one of the finest
statues, so the best critics said of
Abraham Lincoln ever produced in
this or any other country. 1t is
mcditatiVe Lincoln. the martyred
president represented as sitting and
gazing with an earnest and contem-
! platiVe cast of features which per-
haps shows the great American in
better light than any other repre-
sentation of him. When the model
was shown by Mr.. Tefft it created
a furOre and experts stated that it
| would go down in history as a Won
derful example of art and expression,
the gifted sculptor having caught
| the soul of Lincoln in his interpreted
! ton. The city of Minneapolis, Mimi.
| was anxious to obtain the work and
| made an offer of $4,000 for it, but
, this offer was refused. Now a plan
| has been completed for sending it
! from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast, the school children of Greater
New York having raised a fund by
| subscriptions and otherwise to as
sure its presentation to the city of
San Francisco. California will,
! therefore, get a work of art which
| will increase in value as the years
go by and the impression given by
I the Tcfft Interpretation deepens.
The statue will be of massive size
and will be without question one of
the art features of the Pacific coast.
The L. S. S. Langley, the navy's
| only aircraft carrier was expected to
arrive Saturday at Bar Harbor for a
stay of four days. After considerable
agitation by the Board of Trade and
others, the Navy was prevailed upon
to send a ship of the fleet to Bar
Harbor, during Tennis week, which
promises to be the peak of the social
! season. Not only has the Navy
complied but it has been far more
generous than it was hoped would be
possible. The greatest that the COM
mittee dared hope for was battle
wagon. but instead is sent the Lang
ley, the only ship of it's kind in the
Navy and far greater treat to Bar
Harbor folk than the greatest of the
line warships. The Langley is not the
ultimate in aircraft carriers but Is
serving as practical experiment and
research laboratory for the develop
ment of aviation with the fleet. The
lessons learned from her are being
embodied in two $4,000 ton aircraft
carriers now under construction. The
Langley is over 600 feet long. and is
of about $4,000 tons burden. The fly
ing deck that covers the entire ship
is really floating and mobile avia-
ton field upon which planes can land
and take off The smoke stacks are
on the side. out of the way, and can
be turned down below the level of
the flying deck. Being an expert
mental ship. she is not included in
the $4,000 tons of aircraft carriers
allowed this country by the terms of
the Limitation of Armament Treaty.
England it might be noted, has seven
Of these carriers, all Of which are
classed as experimental and therefore
are not included in the allowed 1876.
600 tons. part of the Five-Five-
Three ratio.
A Bath man has discovered a plan
by which he says he can make one
ton of pea coal last six months and
yet keep a fire with it in his kitchen
range every day. He passes the direc-
tons along. Here is what he says:
Take your last winters ashes and
sift them through q dne sitter.