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The Washington times., 1923-03-04
MILKING With
MACHINE CUTS
DOWN EXPENSE
SIS a Year Saved on Each Cow,
According to Report of Ex-
pertinent Station in Illinois
FIGURES FROM SO DIARIES
Show Labor Saving Require
ment of 1873 Hours Yearly
for Animals MIXED by Hand

Machine milking costs SIS less
per COW, according to an investi.
cation made by the Illinois Agri.
cultural Station and recently~re.
ported in Bulletin 341.
BULLETIN SUMMARY.
The summary of this bulletin
follows: -
Investigations conducted by ex'
pertinent stations and the expert
ence of a large number Of dairy.
men have shown the practica hility
OF mechanical mixer from the
standpoint of their effect upon pro
duction, upon the quality of the
milk, and upon the physical condi'
ton of the cows. Data was OBJ
tanned from thirty-two Illinois dairy
farms on which $50 cows were
MIXED by hand. The farms were
as nearly as possible, comparable
IN respect to efficiency of manage
ment and methods of dairying ex-
cept as to the method of milking.
YEARLY EXPENSE.
THE average annual expense OF
caring for a COW MIXED mechanic
ally was $1S.64. Man labor consti.
tuted 76.5 per cent Of the total ex'
pense: power, 1872 per cent. and
mechanical mixer, 1913 per cent.
The average annual expense OF
caring for a cow mflked by hand
was 1914, or $3.50 more than the
average expense of caring for a
cow MIXED by machine. The la.
Dor requirement was 1888 hours
per COW per annum for the. cows
MIXED by hand as compared with
S1.5 hours for the COWS MIXED
mechanically.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
DIRT FARMER DIES
WORTH 81, 100000
Nebraskan Came to u S. as
Immigrant and Started
With Nothing.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 3.-The
richest man in Polk county died sud
denly the other day. He was Peter
Bergman, and every dollar Of the
million or more that he IL conserve
lively estimated to be worth WAS
made out Of farming and investment
in farm lands. He is also said to
be the only farmer IN Nehraslxa who
started with nothing and who de-
voted his work and investments 70
agriculture who ever accumulated
a million.
Bergman was the owner Of twenty
one quarter sections. or $3.50 acres
OF land in Polk county. averaging
5000 an acre in value. and also had
$40 acres In Lincoln county and .
large sum invested In Government
bonds: While neighbours Df his fell
victims to the craze, . few years ago.
to invest in corporation, stocks.
Bergman refused 70 put his money
into anything other than land or
Government bonds.
Bergman leaves d wife and no
children. All of his Remaining rel&-
tives live in Sweden. He came to
Nebraska In 1880, an immigrant from
Sweden. He bought q quarter sec
ton at a nominal figure, SIS and 81
an acre being the usual price Of farm
land in those days. Every dollar
that he made from farming and the
exercise of strict ffugaIity he put
into the purchase OF adjoining lands.
At the peak price these lands were
worth $3.50 and $500 an acre.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Stop Abusing Stock,
Is Advice Of Packers

Bruised beef to the amount of
S,716.000 pounds was discarded by
packers last year. Cruel treatment
Of stock IL held to be the cause
Of most Of this loss. Clubbine
may leave q blood clot that makes
an area unfit for use. The loss in
hogs Is far greater, reaching IT,
900, 900 pounds.
"Stop abusing stock" is the adj
nonition Of packers. They have
to figure on this loss when they
buy animals, and the producers
thus are the losers, although they
do not have the losses charged
against them directly. When the
animal is slaughtered the blem-
ishes show, and they show with
such regularity that packers have
to figure on them to protect them
selves.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Green" Farmer.
Now Hailed as
Oats Champion

WHEN j. w. BigIands ar.
w rived in LacOmbe, AL.
berta province, eleven years
ago, a ''greenhorn" fresh from
England, no one paid any at
tention to him. He settled
on q tract. of land, quietly
took up farming and minded
his own business.
When j. W.. BigIands came
back from the international
Livestock and Grain Show
held in Chicago recently the
town turned. out to receive
him. Bands played. He was
q hero. He had won the oats
growing championship Of the
world. He won over 365
other competitors.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Unfit Hay Kills
9 Farm Horses

Nine horses died q few days ago
at Murphy's Corners in Snohomish
county, Washington. from eating
moldy hay. 1t Is said the owner
Of the horses, before going to
eastern Washington on business.
left a quantity of hay in the pas
tIIre for the horses. Neighbore
noticed that the horses were III
and reported to the sheriff that
they had been left without food
Investigation showed the hay was
moldy.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Get Real Benefit Out
OF Machinery YOu Ruv

There are always plenty of sales.
men ready to talk and demonstrate,
but the important questions that
the intending purchaser of machin.
cry should settle in his own mind
are:
VIII this machine enable me to
do my work more efficiently and
economically
IL II substantially constructed and
durable, and does IL represent the
latest and most up-to-date improve
mentg in machines Of it's type?
Can repairs for this machine bt
secured from local dealers, or from
nearby agencies, without aggravat
ing delays.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
GROWING CHICKS i'm LARGE FLOCKS
A Desirable System Dangers Are Avoided:
By PROF. r. II. sToNEsuRN,

BY PROF. r. n. SToNERURN,
Poultry Editor, N. Y. American.
Copyright, 1898, by Star Go.
"Old things are passed away; be.
hold, all things are become new"
These oft-quoted words exactly
fit modern methods OF poultry hus-
bandry. but apply with special force
to equipment for Matching and rear
ing chicks. Such great progress
has been made in this branch of
the industry that the growing Of
the seasons crop of youngsters, a
most important part Of the poul-
tryman's work, has become almost
mechanical. It is no longer drudg-
cry and uncertainty as in ''the good
old days"
The advantages Of rearing chicks
in one or more large flocks instead
of a great number Of little families
IRE obvious. This plan permits one
finish up In short order the ex-
acting work Of brooding and brings
.'urplus cockerels to broiler size at
practically the same time. Further.
1t means the pallets win be alike in
lge and size and come to laying
maturity at about the same time.
,hps simplifying the whole problem
# caring for them.
Progressive poultry farmers are
more and more endeavortng to rear
the entire seasons crop Of chicks
in one or two large lots instead Of
sussing ali through the Spring anc
Simmer with a large number Of
broods~of different ages. To &C.
:omplish this it is customary for
these business poultrymen to IN
stall incubators Of large capacity
Or secure from professional pro-
ducers Of baby chicks the required
number Of youngsters to make up
/ flock Of the desired size.
eroodlns Equipment Improved.
For years efforts were made to
leyise brooding equipment which
would grow good chicks in large
numbers, but even the great pipe
systems were faulty because they
were not, as a rule, very efficient.
Further, they required a heavy in
vestment in buildings, heaters and
piping. all Of which was used but
a small part of the year; and they
made 1t necessary to divide the
chicks into small lots Of fifty to
seventy-five, which did not permit
much saving in the labor item.
The colony brooder solved the
big problem, and nominate for
the Poultryman's Hall of Fame the
names Of John r. MacKay and
Ferry s. Martin, who, while work
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Egg Cleaner That Is
Great Labor Saver

A cooperative egg association in
the Petaluma district of California.
is using a cleaner which handles
thirty-two eggs a minute. They
are rotated on sandpaper and come
out free from dirt, and 1t is claimed
the process does not impair their
keeping quality.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
HORSES INCREASE.

Philadelphia now has $4,000
horses, an increase Of % per cent
over last year; New York, 72, 900.
IL per cent: Chicago, $1,000. 10 per
cent, according to the Master
Horseshoers' Association.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
OleOmargarine Finds
Favor in u. s. Markets

During the past year the amount
of oleomargartne consumed in the
United States was sufficient to re-
place about 5,000000,O0O pounds Of
milk that might have been used in
the manufacture of butter. This
is equal to the milk Of 900 900 COWS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Alderman FavOrs Home
For Retired Fire Horses

CHICAGO, March S:-Alderman
John 8. Clark has drawn up a
bill to provide farm where retired
city fire horses may live in retire
ment. There they would be pro-
vided with warmth in winter, shade
in summer and plenty Of oats,
corn, hay and hot bran mashes.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Expert Urges Farmers
To AdOpt Cost System

R.. N. Miller, specialist from the
State College. IL touring Washing.
ton State to induce farmers to adopt
a system Of cost accounting. He
tells them this IL an era of bust.
ness methods and that they cannot
afford to go on guessing about re-
suits.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
MINERALHED WATER.
ROUTS CHICKEN LICE
Tablets Dropped into Drinking
Founts Banish Vermin, Make
Fowls Grow Faster and
increase Egg Yield.

Any poultry raiser ean salb ma hil tipck IL
lics and mites. make chickens nov ssssr sad
increase their eEs Yield b. simply addlne MIN
erals to the fowls drinking water. This dos
away with all bother. such % busting gFsasine.
dipping and spraying. The necessary minerals
can now be obtained In oonvsnient tablsts. known
As Paratabs Soon aftsr tbs fowls drink the
mineralized water. al lice and mites Ieays than.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28

Bangor. Me, Dec. 27.-Edmund w.
Grant. sheriff Of Aroostoolk county, on
trial in the United States district court
here for conspiracy to defeat prohi-
Lition in his county. was on the stand
this afternoon in his own defense. He
detailed his early life as woodsman
end woods cook, and told of entering
the employ of Sheriff Dunn as cook
at Houiton Jail, later being appointed
turnkey and deputy. then elected sher-
if, in which office he receives $4,000
salary, while his wife has $40 week
as accountant.
Witness told of purchase Of a motor
car. price $4,000. on which he paid
down 5000. the savings of himself and
son. Expected to pay the balance from
earnings Of the car in service of the
county. Could never get any money
from Calvin toward price of the car.
Never received any money whatever
from Calvin except what latter paid
in fines. Never received any money
from Attorney Levin nor from anyone
else for the protection of anyone.
It's not my way of doing bust
ness" declared the sheriff.
Did you ever give Calvin or others
advance information about raids?" he
was asked.
II never gave anybody any tips or
information. told Calvin once that
l would Go everything l could to stop
Continued on Page 4-Col. a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
.DIxMUDE seen
NEAR Big OASIS
IN SAHARA DESERT

Paris. Dec. 27-(By A. PA
message from Tunis. which. however.
is received with reserve here, says
the missing French dirigible Dix
nude was sighted south of Ain
Salah, a large oasis in the Sahara
Desert, yesterday. travelling in a
southerly direction. Ain Salah is
about 600 miles southeast Of Tan
giers.
The message quoted dispatch
from Ourgia reading as follows:
"Insalah telegraphs on Decemb ..
q that the Dixmude was signalled
going toward Hoggar, about 100
miles south of Insalah at 8 o'clocl.
Wednesday. flying at the same
height as when it passed Insalah
The wind was light, blowing in the
direction north northwest to south
southeast"
No such advices have been re-
ceived by the ministry of marine,
and in view of the circumstances
some doubt is cast upon the relia-
bility of tho report.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
Four Hats in Ring

The announcement tina: Nr. Far
rington is q candidate makes a four
Co 1ered fight for tho nomination,
with the possibility that other devel-
opments will come about In the near
future with the rumored announce
ment of Speaker Holley's entrance
into the gubernatorial race.
Frank G. Earring on was one Of the
first mentioned as a possible sue
cessor to Governor Baxter. Citizens
in all sections of the State have urged
his entrance into the primary scrap.
Just what will be the effect of the
announcement on the status of tho
already announced candidates from
Portland, Caribou and Bangor Ia a
matter for conjecture. 1t Is per-
fectly evident that the old political
pot, at least as far as lie Republicans
are concerned. has long since passed
the Simmertng stage and is now boil
ing i'll good shape. The 1924 cam
paign promises to bring forth pro-
nounced activity in the political field,
with tight little scrap up to the
date of the primaries.
other candidates who have already
announced themselves for the Re-
publican nomination for governor are
Mayor Albert Il. Day of Bangor, A.
5. Crawford, Jr.. Of Caribou and
Ralph 0. Brewster of Portland, a
member OF the senate from Cumber-
land county.
Another prominent Republican
whose name has been frequently
mentioned as a candidate but who
r no. yet made anyGannounccment
is Crank H. Holley OF North Arson,
who was speaker of the House of
Representatives of the last Legisla-
ture
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
up,Buildings
Burn in EastpQrt
with Loss $4,000

PASSPORT, Me, Dec. Gloss by
fire, smoke and water, estimated at
$4,000. mostly insured. resulted from
4 blaze which started about 1880
tonight in the wooden building on
Washington street. opposite the fed
eral building, occupied as a barber
shop by Smith and Savage, and
spreading quickly to the next build
ing occupied by John Hearn, tailor.
also wooden building. Both of
these places were badly Quilted and
the most of the contents ruined.
The buildings are owned by John
r. Roche. The fire then spread to
the Burr block. the store of S. II.
Kramer. dry goods and garments.
being much damaged by smoke and
water. The dental rooms of Doctor
Frank r. Holmes on the second
floor We're badly damaged and much
of the equipment and stock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
REFORM WITHIN
KHAN DEMANDED
BY FORMER LEADER

Washington. Dec. GA demand
for reform within the ku KluX
Khan" was made here today by L. 7.
Clarke, formerly high in the coun-
ellis Of the organization. and was met
by a statement from Milton Elrod!.
director of the department of publi-
cantions and education of The Khan.
that Clarke for months had been at
tempting to destroy" the order.
Mr.. Clarke made known his posi-
ton through a letter to President
Coolidge Offering to cooperate with
the executive in investigating the ac-
tivities of the organization which he
said was rendering the Khan an or
der far different fr6m that planned
by it's founders, and through an
nouncement of his intention to call
the better element either to take
hold and remedy the existing evils
or disband the organization.
Mr.. Elrod in reply issued a state
ment in which he said that from
less than one hundred thousand
members after seven years of Clarke
regime, to q growth OF IU,VD per
week in the month of November this
year. and d total membership of mil
lions under the present administra-
ton, is evidence of the sincerity of
purpose and the knowledge OF
Klans themselves of the true ideals
and high purposes of the knights or
the ku Klux klan."
"ro the Elansmcn OF the nation"
he added. II would only refer them
TO Ecclesiastes 7:21-they know full
we'll the meaning thereof"
ALSO take no heed unto all words
that are spoken: lest thou hear thy
servant curse thee"
Mr.. Elrod stated that he was
opening permanent Offices for his de-
partment in Washington but did not
indicate whether other offices of the
Khan would be established here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
CONFESSION BRANDS
MAN MANY ALIASES
AS FlEND INCARNATE

New York, Dec. 27-Captured on
the tip of keen-eyed employment
agent. Frank Bennef, alias Collins
and Carleton, claiming to be a war
veteran, was alleged by the police
} to have confessed today that he as
saulted and murdered Miss Estelle
Phillips in this city last October, and
that three weeks ago he attacked
Mrs. May Mitchell. nurse in hos
pital in the Chestnut Hill section OF
Philadelphia, torturing her so that
she is still an invalid.
Detectives were trying tonight to
connect their prisoner with the MUIR
der and mutilation of pretty Ream
HoXie, II, in New York in February
1920. and with similar crimes re-
ported in a half dozen cities by a
man answering the prisoners gen.
eral description.
, Maybe 1t was the war that put
such ideas into my head" Benner
was alleged to have declared at the
end of a frank. Unconditional confess
sion. II got wild, like a maniac"
His father, lie says. is a church
worker. In his pockets were letters
received today. one signed. Mother,
| SISTER"
Miss Phillips, young and attrac
tice department store clerk. roomed
in a house on West 9th street next
to Bener when he was employed al
the Reconstruction hospital as a
chef.
About midnight October II. ac-
cording to the prisoners alleged con
fession, he forced entrance to the
girls room. attacked and strangled
her, mutilated her body, and fled
with his belongings after having left
in the bathroom handkerchief with
a tell-tale laundry mark.
Bremen told of seeking refuge In
Pennsylvania, where he worked in a
girls school in Bryn Mawr. a sub
urb. Later he became acquainted
with Mrs. Mitchell, employed at the
home for consumptives in Chestnut
Hill.
One night he accompanied her to a
dance and, on their return, attacked
her with a broken Lottle, according
to his alleged confession. He left her
half dead. She is still under care OF
doctors.
Il was a good boy until came out
of the army" the prisoner told de-
tectives. i've shifted for myself
since l was eight years old. when
my father died. was in the army
three and half years. with the 50th
Infantry. as company cook"
His statement to detectives in
cluded the admission that he had
been convicted for larceny at Wash
ington, d. c., soon after being dis
charged from the army in 1919. and
that he was in prison until "early in
February, 1920 the month the
Hoxie girl was slain in New York.
Benner was identified by the pres
ence of a tatooed mermaid on his
arm and the absence Of three toes
from one foot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
Babe Strangely
Spared by Snow
Now in Care State
fSpecial to Kennebec JourhaI 7.


Jefferson. Dec. 27.-Little Miss Ma
ZION Snow, the three -months-old daugh-
for of Mr.. and Mrs. John Snow VINO
was orphaned by her fathers crime In
the recent tragedy here. has been taken
in custody by the State Board OF Cnari :
tics and Corrections at the request ol
tho selectmen. Since the tve-lold muir
der and suicide last Saturday wheh ne.
life was strangely spared by the gan.
Polander, the infant girl has been careu
for by Mrs. Lemuel j. Cooper, neigh
bor. She was taken to Augusta Ihurse
dav by Secretary CRUDE b. CORNISH ol
The charities board md was placed III
one of the boarding bomes in the cl'v.
There were no new Developments To-
day in the investigation of county OH
Gals regarding the act OF group vi
,,nlSnowns who took the body OF snow
and placed it in the Brann nome ahu
then fred the structure.
The funeral of the wife ana son OIL
DEPUTY Sheriff Frank &. Jewett' "n ',
we're the first two slain by SNOW, WI.
he held at the home in Whitehead at
p. NJ. Saturday. Relatives are speed
ing here from Florida and Will arrive III
Gardiner about midnight tonlght.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
Hold Youth in
Attempt to Kill
japanese Prince

/. Toxic, Dec. % (By A. PA
youth dressed as a laborer was ar
rested >by police today shortly after
he had fired at Prince Regent Hirch-
ito in an attempted assassination.
The youth is 20 years old. Police be-
lieve he is insane. The shooting has
aroused intense excitement and feel
ing is running high throughout the
city.
The assailant OF the prince regent
was identified some hours after his
arrest as Daisuke Namba, q. the son
of a politician of minor note. He
formerly was a student at Waseda
University but was driven by force
of circumstances to work as a Ia
borer.
In this occupation he became in
terested in communism.
Namba denied that he had any &C
completes and told the police his act
was committed in the hope that 1t
would lead to a social revolution.
A. stream of callers began flowing
to the regents palace as soon as
word of the attack got about, all OF
them seeking to express their CAM
paigns to the prince ON his escape.
One of the first to arrive and he
received was charge daffaires Gaf-
fiery of the American embassy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
Start Four Probes
Fire i'm Annex of
Chicago Asylum

Chicago, Dec. 21.-Four separate in
vestigations of the fire which last
night destroyed an annex building of
the Chicago State Hospital for the In
sane at Dunning. on the northwest edge
of Chicago. were under way tonight as
the body of the 18th victim was re-
moved from the ruins. More than 500
patients were rescued.
Ten of the IS victims had been iden-
titled late today. Besides the eight
bodies identified. five other inmates of
the building still We're missing. these
being about so patients who escaped
during the fire. None of them was dam
gerous. hospital officials said, and eX-
pressed the opinion that all would be
returned to the hospital in a short
time.
Coroner Oscar Wolff announced to-
night that among the prominent Chica-
Coans selected to sit on the coroner
jury which will investigate the fire
will be Reed Lands, son of former
Judge X. NJ. Lands.
Twenty-four hours after the razing
of the old wooden structure referred
TO by. patients as the death house.
the origin of the fire still was a mys-
terry. Hospital officials expressed the
opinion that no more bodies remained
among the debris. Three of those who
persisted included an attendant. his
wife and son. All the rest are believed
to have been patients.
The various investigating bodies ad-
mittcd as they started to work that
the building which burned had been
crowded and was a fire hazard. hut
maintained that it was the best that
could be afforded under the circum-
stances.
Steps to give temporary relief to the
more than 500 patients who were
housed i'm the building that was burn
ed have been taken. The Dunning asy-
Ium has $500 patients and is crowded
to capacity officials declared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-28
Smallpox Breaks
Out in N. III. Town
Are Guaranteed

Sanbornyille, n. H., Dec. e
FIFTEEN persons are under quarantine
and schools. churches. lodges anu
for two weeks as the result of the
discovery dis of four cases of smallpox
heer' The order barring all public
meatines was issued late today by
Dr charles duncan of Concord. dir
ector of the state board Of health:
He said that more than ioo pelson'
had already, been exposed to infec-
ton. o- IF
Four households in which cases OF
smallpox were discovered were
discovered were quarantined immed-
lately upon the diagnosis of the dis,
ease, after which the state poaIu
of health assumed charge OF tiie S..
nation. All persons exposed to in
lection have been ordered vaccinated
and the vaccination of school chill
dren is already in progress.