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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
(0RT ARTHUR. IS
| COAL OF H0RDES
/ |. ". ". MEMBERS
BRITISH Note ON
PREPARATIONS TO
ALLIES ON FRIDAY

London. July 1s-(By A. P.)-
The draft Of the British note to Ger
many was completed today and it is
expected that one sitting Of the cabi-
net council tomorrow will suffice to
secure approval Of the ministries, in
which case the note, with covering
letter, will probably be despatched
to the allied governments Friday for
their approval. and to Washington,
not necessarily for comment, but as
a matter OF courtesy.
1t is generally understood that
neither document will see the light
officially until the note is in the
hands Of the German government.
the date of which will depend upon
how long the British government has
to wait for replies from the allies.
1t is in the power of France to en-
ploy delaying tactics, but it is sup
posed that after waiting a reasonable
time Lord Curzon will despatch the
note to Berlin, with or without
French approval.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
700 Tons ''Fireproof"
Coal Condemned by
Mass. Authorities

Boston, July 1S-Seven hundred
tons of so-called "fireproof" coal,
condemned by state authorities and
doomed to be dumped in Boston
Harbor has been diverted to another
purpose. 1t will be used to fill in
and level Fairgrounds in the city of
Chelsea.
Mayor Lawrence F. Quigley Of
Chelsea today received permission
from the division Of food and drugs
of the state department of public
health tC take the coal from the
Roxbury yard where it has been
locked up. The state will save the
cost of carting it to the harbor,
while Chelsea will be saved the ex-
pense of purchasing needed filling
material. The coal was seized in
the yards of a Roxbury deal ,r under
a pure fuel act passed at the last
session of the Legislature.
At the time the seizure was made
coal was selling at SIG ton. and the
shipment, representing nominal
value of $1,000, is said to be the
most expensive material for filling
ever used in this district.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
Would Modify
Lapse Feature of
Insurance Policies

Washington, July IS Asserting
that insurance companies have con-
fiscated millions of dollars because
of lapsed payments by policy hold
ers, Representative Thomas, Demo-
crat of Oklahoma, announced today
he would introduce a bill in the next
congress seeking to guarantee to the
public 1.-The full benefits under all in
surance policy contracts"
The money held by the companies,
Mr., Thomas said, consists of funds
which "rightfully belong to the es-
tate of persons who permitted their
policies to lapse after making
sufficient number Of annual premium
payments to give their poncies a
paid-up or extended insurance value:
Failure of the companies to fully
advise policy holders of the value OF
their policies, Mr.. Thomas said, IS
responsible for the condition. Many
who have permitted their policies to
lapse she said, do not know sucn
nolicies have a value If they have
been in force for more than three
wears. land the insurance companies
taking advantage Of this ignorance
fail to notify them Of such value.
Mr.. Thomas said he made an IN
vestieation of the subject when
showed that during the past -
Years hundreds Of thousands OF poi
;cv holders have permitted Insurance.
aceregating s10,O00,000,000 to lapse
and through failure to make claims
For the surrender Of their lnsurance
have permitted the companies III
fect to confiscate hundreds OF NIL
lions Of dollars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
Hotel Burning
in Waterbury, Conn:
Man Burned to Death

Waterbury, Conn, July 10. a..
available piece Of apparatus IN the
city was called out tonight TOT a., q
three alarm fire in Hobson's no.et NJ
tha center of the business district %
the city. The hotel is much IRE
ouented by theatrical folk and trave no
ling statesmen. 1t has about !oo
ICONS M1 Several people have been re-
moved. overcome by smoke:
The body of an unidentineo maj
voc rn found in a room on the top moor.
It is supposed that he was burned ~
ae George Gagner of Medford, Mass IS,
who has only one limb, walking ny
Vans, W. If a wooden leg, was unaple
~ Get through the flames wnen I9 e
c ~ Of fire penetrated the halls ne
a aoren wav out Of the fast burning
h,'iiding. Finding window, ne caiieo
~ those in the rear Of the buiialns
to save him. Happy Daley ana MAJ Mas
~ Wheian risked the smoke ana
DANES and went to the mans rescue
They were forced to carry MN IN
their arms, licked by the flames anu
half suffocated by the smoke. to the
street. His clothes We're practically
off as a result of both tears and
burns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19

Newport, r. l., July 1s.-Twenty-
two scouting, bombing and torpedo
seaplanes Of the United States navy
arrived here from New York today
to take part in maneuvers off the
coast between that city and Boston.
The air fleet. said to be the greatest
assemblage of naval aircraft since
the war. took off in sections of three
from the Hudson river, New York.
this morning and tonight were
moored at the aviation base near
the naval war college here. The
flight was made under the command
Of Captain Walter r. Gherardi,
commander of the air force in the
Atlantic whose plane flew the PEN
nant of the admiral of the fleet.
The maneuvers. which will be held
through July, August and part of
September, will demonstrate the use
of aircraft as the pivot of future
naval warfare and will be directed
by Vice Admiral Newton A. McCully,
commander of the scouting fleet,
which under the recent amalgama-
ton Of Atlantic and Pacific forces,
corresponds to the Atlantic fleet.
Four battleships, about twenty
destroyers and twenty submarines.
mine layers and auxiliary craft. will
operate in the maneuvers of surface
sub-surface and over-surface craft.
The aircraft will be based on the
u. S. S. Wright, Captain Gherardfs
flagship at Newport, and will be
served by the tenders Teal and
Sandpiper. Five OF the tactiful
problems arranged will consist in an
attack on hostile" forces on Mar
ragansett Bay. The entire fleet will
be split in two units. one defensive"
unit to be located in the region of
Boston and the other near New
York. The enemy" will be superior
to either defensive" fleet, but in
ferior in strength to the two COM
bined.
The aircraft must under the ar
rangements locate the enemy, notify
the defense fleet of it's presence and
Join in the defence. The war games
played last year off Panama are
serving as a model for the maneuvers.
Three hundred miles of coast line
and two cities said to be especially
vulnerable. to the air are included
in the terrain to be attacked and
defended, it is pointed out.
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MRS. Gait OFFERS
REASONS FOR WORLD
FARLEY ON PEACE

New York, July 1870 Of the 81
civilized nations of the world are
potential enemies of the United
States. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
honorary president of the National
League of Women Voters, today told
1000 women summer students at
Columbia University. Mrs. Gait
urged that this country call a con-
ference of all nations to solve present
world difficulties.
Disarmament, she asserted, was es-
sential to world peace and security.
Mrs. Gait, who is president Of the
Pan American Association for the
advancement of women, listed seven
teen Of the 20 Latin American re-
publics as among the potential foes
Of this country. She said these
countries believed the purpose of the
United States in maintaining the
Monroe Doctrine was not to prevent
foreign aggrandizement but ito
grab"
Americans think bumptiously,"
she said, adding that this attitude,
springing from great riches and
Po"Cis SduSCu Icui AIMING oliei pcOs
pies that the United States might
become their master.
Mrs. Gait said she favored can
collation. of the British debt to
America in order that Britain might
cancel the obligation of France to
her, so that the latter country could
apply the policy to Germany and
withdraw from the Ruhr. She as
serted, however, that the United
States should demand the signing of
a disarmament pledge as a condi-
ton of debt cancellation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19

Boston, July ia plan for the re-
employment of the striking telephone
operators of the New England Tele-
phone & telegraph Co. which provides
for the restoration of as many oper-
ators as possible to their former posi-
lions at. unchanged wages, was made
public tonight by officials of the COM
pany. In a statement the company Off
Gals maintained the stand taken pre-
viously that all new operators may re-
tain their positions permanently If
they desire, and added that to opera
tors who would return to their posts,
certain benefit rights which they for
feited by going on strike would be re-
stored after probationary period of
one year. and that certain seniority
rights would be permanently forfeited.
The statement, which was made pub
lie tonight, was presented to leaders of
the striking operators who walked out
on June 26 to enforce demands for a
seven-hour day and higher wages in
five New England states at a confer
ence today bysGeneral Manager George
II. Dresser Of the company. The strik-
erS' representatives, headed by Julia
S. OConnor. president of the striking
union. had requested for the second
time reinstatement en- bloc of the
strikers.
The company's statement says in
part:
THE New England Telephone Co. has
stated its determination to carry out
the promises which it made to it's new
operators that they shall have perma-
nent positions if they make good and
desire to remain with the company; and
that in consequence, it cannot take back
into its employ all of the striking OPP
orators.
Nevertheless the company recog-
nizes responsibility to those young
women who. misguided but otherwise
we'll intentioned, deserted their posts
of duty by reason of bad advice, and
who did not realize the serious nature
of theirsact as employees enlisted in the
public service"
The statement then describes the
conditions under which girls are being
taken back into service. OF wages it
Continued on Page 3-CoI. 81
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PROBE
U.S.. DRY REGIME TO
START IN PORTLAND
ARREST 3 after.
PARADE STRIKERS
BR0CKT0N, MASS.

Brockton, Mass, July 1S-Three
arrests were made late today by the
police, after parade Of 200 striking
shoe workers. The arrests were
made when police attempted to break
up the demonstration.
P. T. Glaubert, president of the
striking stitchers, and Richard C.
Cliffard, formerly business agent Of
the edgemakers' union, who is a
strike leader, were charged with
disturbance and intimidation. Os-
car Peterson, d former councilman,
was arrested.
The 200 members formed in Main
street after regular daily meeting Of
the strikers and headed down Main
street toward the shoe factories at
Campello. Chief of Police Daniel T.
Guerin took. a squad through side
streets to head off the paraders and
met the column at Exchange street
and ordered the strikers to disperse.
Most of the marchers obeyed the or
der, but small number held their
ranks.
These were charged into by mount
ed police and routed. The arrests
followed.
Few pickets were on the lines to-
day. A large number of shoe work.
ers struck for higher wages and ar
bitration of disputes by a local board
without authorization from the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union, which has
a contract with the Manufacturers
Association. The city solicitor has
ruled picketing to be illegal and
pickets are subject to arrest and in
the last two weeks there have been
numerous clashes between strikers
and policemen.
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Church Group To Study
All Phases Prohibition
In U. s. and Canada
r epre S e n t a tiv e s
of Commission Will
Visit All of Leading
Cities Findings to
Be Kept Secret Until
End of T0ur-RepOrt
Ready Before Next
Local Option Election
in Scotland

Portland. Me-, July 1S-Portland
has been chosen as the first point Of
preliminary investigation by a COM
mission Of Scottish churchmen in
vestigating the working of prohibi-
ton. The Rev. John Malcolm Nun
commission. accompanied by Will
liam Pringle Livingstone and Nc
Indor Burnie, the latter director Of
the Edinburgh Y. NJ. C.. A., are in
the city and are going from here to
Boston and New York where they
will be Joined by other members of
the commission and special COM
mittee accompanying them.
The party will visit all Of the
leading cities of the United States
and Canada and will remain in Am
erica until August 10. The data
compiled will be used in a report to
be made prior to the next local OPP
ton election in Scotland in Novem-
Der and December.
The findings of the body are to be
kept secret until the tour Of the
United States and Canada Is made.
They plan to go to Boston tomor-
row, where the yiwll meet the Rev.
DR.. William Swan of South Leith.
Convener of the church of Scotland
Assembly's committee on temper
ance, who is a member of the COM
mittee accompanying the commits
sion.
At New York they will be Joined
by sthe Rev. Joseph Johnston of the
United Free Church of Scotland. and
Robert Gibson, lawyer Of Edinburgh,
the other two members of the COM
mission, who will arrive Friday on
the Scythia.
The commission Is given q broad
scope in it's authorization. 1t Is
called upon in the first place to in
vestigate the origin, nature ana
working of prohibition and other L.
quor legislation in the United States
and Canada. 1t is called upon to
collect reliable data regarding the
effect of such legislation upon health.
business, industrial and agricultural
efficiency, finance, savings banks.
insurance, amusement, convictions
for crime and statutory offense, and
on domestic, social, and other con-
ditions.
The commission is also called upon
to form an estimate of the position
and prospects of enforcing the leg
islation regarding liquor and of the
amount of law breaking and evasion
and their effect upon the natioal
character The commission is fin
ally asked to consider the bearing of
American and Canadian experience
ON the present position in Scotland,
with special reference to existing
temperance laws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
LYMAN SHANCHA|ED
Is MILES At SEA
CLAIMS ATTORNEY

Boston, July 1S.-Captain Frederick
LYMAN. the negro skipper of the Brit
ish fishing schooner Kaduskak, seized
at sea yesterday by the United States
coast guard cutter Ossipee, pleaded not
guilty in the federal court here today
to the charge Of participation in an
alleged rum-running conspiracy entered
at Bar Harbor. Me-, last September.
He was held in bail of $4,000 for hear
ing on August Is.
William H. Lewis, an attorney re-
tanned by the negro skipper when he
was brought ashore, declared that his
client had been "shanghaied" far at sea
in violation Of the laws of civilized ma
tions. There was speculation here as
to the possible attitude Of the British
government toward the arrest Of Hy-
nam and his vessel, as the latter it is
stated, was rs miles off Cape Ann
when taken in tow by the Ossipee. The
arrest was made on the recommended
ton of District Attorney Frederic r.
Dyer Of Portland. Maine, to the Ossi-
pee's commanders superior officer aft
er a wireless message from the Ossipee
that the Kaduskak had been sighted
eight miles off shore. Mr.. Dyer, it is
expected, will assist in the prosecution
of LYMAN.
Captain LYMAN readily admitted to-
day that he had on the Kaduskak
about 1900 cases of whisky and gin, con-
signed from Trinidad to st. Pierre
Miquelon. and declared he had moth
ing to conceal. He is said to be a COL
lege graduate and to have been born in
Scotland.
"Of course I couldn't do anything
when the Ossipee's commander told me
I was under arrest" he remarked, but
if we had had guns like the Ossipees
l wouldn't have come without fight"
A well-known Boston lawyer likened
the Kaduskak seizure to the historic
Mason and Slidell affair which nearly
provoked a war with England during
the Civil War, and declared that the
government officials were in the wrong
in arresting the Kaduskak and it's
skipper on the high seas.
Later Captain LYMAN was arraigned
before the United States commissioner
and entered plea of not guilty to the
charges contained in the indictment.
He was held in $4,000 bail for hearing
August Is.
Counsel for the skipper entered a
vigorous protest against what he term
ed the "shankhaiing Of LYMAN on the
high seas" He declared that the cap
ture of the schooner beyond the three
mile limit was contrary to the laws of
all civilized nations.
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Preparations Group
Get Together y
After Long Lay Off

Paris, July 18.-(By A. P.)-For
the first time since the French en-
tered the Ruhr on January IL, a full
meeting of the reparation commits
sion was held this afternoon. The
renewal of the activities of the COM
mission was marked by one of the
rare appearances Of German dele
gates before the body.
The only question on the agenda
was whether France was entitled to
receive sugar from Germany under
the terms of paragraph 10 Of Annex
2 Of the Versailles Treaty.
Colonel James A. Logan for the
first time acted as the official OBJ
server for the United States in the
absence of Roland w. Boyden.
The reparation commission re-
served decision. which is expected to
be rendered next week.
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cAdo0 Tells of
walrness u. S. to
fse Concern

|isssSa eton. July 1S-Evidence in
|6s sooay at the Morse trial
SEiMs.ense included q brief read
~ ~ J. 9: McAdoo, former sec.
INs s, sne treasury, at q meeting
4 i, saipping Board in August,
fnis wS tch he charged that the
6s cos Saipouilding Corporation, a
nssaa0rdinary and inexplicable
yAdoo 's oy the government" Mr..
)sorss" VINO at the time represented
4yssts,s,n interests as counsel, testi-
1icss S' for the defense.
hs " ~ a serious housing short
a ar-onel continued, the Morse
IA hr .Isements to have boats
ma. Them taken to Alexandria,
il line Virginia Company's
Mere 'vucaled. to house workmen,
IL tSo NOT permitted to do so be-
LIE eovo uoats were requisitioned
ssS 1G s,y every other company"
IA ~ Mr. Mr., McAdoo, that was
eeal a ouiio its housing was given
Ne poSralstance for that purpose
eanv ohteernment. The Virginia
tousirnn mas received no advances
4 Fng purposes"
edinr y sency Fleet Corporation,
he VT, ~ the brief, a; reed to
snct,on slnia Company for plant
Tie Chm con- dollar for every dol
se, bn!p expended for that
Fleet Gov harles Piez. head of
Ibis arrsIporation, failed to carry
tequest,sese though repeat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
Sees Four States
Out of Alaska When
Region Is Developed

Anchorage, Alaska, July 1S-(By
A. PA pledge that steps would be
taken within three months which
would place Alaska more in the way
Of progress than ever before has been
given the people of the territory by
Herbert Hoover. secretary of the
Department of Commerce. Speaking
last night at dinner Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, the secretary
said:
1.-THE greatest thing we might do
is to establish happy cooperation, to
build new country so that Alaska
will have a greater mission and
vision to America than the matter of
control of her fisheries and lands.
She has the building of great
state"
Secretary Hoover said he believed
that Alaska would not be developed
in great rushes like Oklahoma and
California, but "some day would de-
velop four or five great states"
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Mrs. Kopple Found
Guilty of Killing
Her Foster Son

Mason, Mich, July 1S.-Mrs. Emma
Kopp,e, SO years old Lansing woman.
this afternoon was found guilty of
the murder of her foster son, Harry
Brill, by jury in circuit court here.
The boy died of poisoning May 10.
1t was charged that Mrs. Kopplc
conspired with James Shannon, a
roomer, at her home, to kill the boy
in order to collect $1,000 insurance
money on the lads life.
The jury, which deliberated fifty
minutes before reaching verdict,
was composed of ten men and two
women.
In charging the jury as to it's duty,
Judge Leland w. Carr said that In
asE,uch as only circumstantial evil
de, &C was involved in the case there
could be but one of two verdicts re-
municipality or not guilty.
Immediately upon receiving the
verdict Judge Carr sentenced Mrs.
Kopple to life Imprisonment at hard
labor. After sentence had been pro-
nounced Mrs. Kopple continued to
declare her innocence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
Believe Missing
Farmer-Business Man
Attacked and Robbed

Colebrook, n. H.. July 1S.-ThN police
and posses of citizens tonight were
preparing for an organized search for
Job Cross. a farmer and business man
residing IS miles from this place. who
disappeared last Thursday. An auto
mobile which had been standing at the
foot of Coles Hill, near Averill, VT.
since last week. was found today to be
one in which Cross was last seen driv-
ing. Near the automobile were num-
Der of valuable papers and the mans
overcoat, but despite the rains of last
week both were quite dry, which led
searchers to believe they had been
placed there since the rains.
The police were working on the theo-
~ that Cross had had a large sum of
money on HIS person when he disap-
peared. His wife, who had been spend
ing a vacation at Connecticut lake, said
tonight that persons in Averill owed
him large sum of money and as the
automobile was headed for his home.
the theory was advanced that he had
been attacked and robbed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19

New York, July 1S-Firmly be-
kNng in the efficacy of direct ac-
IA" hundreds of members of the
| w. ". are leaving here tonight on
Icnsade to Port Arthur. Texas, the
1sct Of which is the protection of
Nv. ". constitution" and the
Fits Of three "wobblies" said to
es been kidnapped and severely
|aten there
1--WE don't believe in doing things
I official delegation. When there Is
| lib to be done by the I. w. W. the
G and file go to it without both
DIG about their officials" is the re-
j Of the exodus given by local
Saiquarters Of the Marine Trans
1t Workers branch of the organ
Elon.
How the men will cover the $500
&c W wv al tlltil 10 Il
ldquarters as a minor detail.
sre than 10000 of them are on the
I've from all parts of the country,
foot by freight train and by sea,
fordlng to John Shuskie, the sec
-ary- treasurer.
Foincidentally with the I. w. w.
Pdus came a pledge from the Civic
Perties Union to the General De-
ve Committee of the l. w. w. in
$tornia of help in the fight against
recent injunction which renders
fneership in the I. w. w. in that
(s contempt of court, punishable
Z prison term of six months.
me Injunction, which followed the
faatlon of a general 1. w. w.
ae in California comes as a re-
Of the pressure of corpora
as asserts the Civil Liberties
slon, and is unconstitutional.
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Wiscasset Man
Regains Bonds and
Part Stolen Money

Wiscasset, Maine. July .1S.-James
e. Foye has regained possession Of
more than $4,000 in securities and
$500 of the 5000 stolen from his home
on the Gardiner road on the even
ing of June %, during the farewell
reception extended by local citizens
to Captain Donald B. Macmillan as
he was about to start on his expedi-
ton to northern Greenland.
The $500 apparently was over
looked when the wallet in which was
a similar sum was taken from a box
containing the valuables before the
Dor was left. in a neighboring field
where it was found by men engaged
in haying,