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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11
CHAPTER 201


An Act to Amend Section Two of
Chapter Thlrty-four of the Revised
Statutes as Amended by Chapter
Eigh1y-one of the Public Laws OF
Nineteen Hundred and TWenty-one,
Relating to the Duties OF the COM
missioner of Agriculture.
Section two of chapter thirty-four OF
tho revised statutes as amended ny
chapter cighty-one of the public laws
of nineteen hundred and twenty-one is
hereby further amended by striking
out in the tWenty-lirSt line of SAID
section, the words three thousand
dollars annually shall be made and
substituting therefor the following:
six thousand dollars for the year
nineteen hundred and tWenty-four and
six thousand dollars for the year nine
teen hundred and twenty-five is here
by made and provided SO that the said
section. as amended, shall read as
follows:
Sec. .. The commissioner of ag-
riculture shall by personal obserNa-
ton. inVestisa ton and correspondence.
acquaint himself with the methods
and wants of practical husbandry. the
means of fertilization. and the adap-
ton of various products to the soils
and climate of the state; also with the
progress of scientific and practical
agriculture elsewhere, with view to
the more complete development of the
natural resources of the state: he shall
gather statistics of information con
corning agriculture and publish the
same annually; he shall assist the
farmers of the state, i'll so far as IS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11
CHAPTER 1913

An Act to Amend Section Eleven of
Chapter Eighteen of the Revised
Statutes, Relating to Fees Charged
by the Board of Registration of
Medicine
Section eleven Of chapter eighteen
of the revised statutes is hereby
amended. by striking out III the third
and twelfth lines of said section the
word Fifteen" and insening in place
thereof the word twenty five SO
that, as amended, said section shall
read as follows:
Sec. II. Any person shall, upon
the payment of fee of twenty-fiv e
dollars, be entitled to examination,
and if found qualified by a majority
of the members of the board present
shall be registered as physician or
surgeon. and shall receive a certifi-
cate thereof under the seal of the
board. and signed by the chairman
and secretary. which shall state the
facts and must be publicly displayed
at the persons principal place of
business as long as said person con-
tinues such practice for gain or hire.
Any person refused registration may
he re-eXamined at the regular meet
ing of said board, within two years
of the time of such refusal. without
additional fee. and thereafter may
he examined as often as he may de-
sire upon payment Of the fee of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11
CHAPTER 1874
An Act to Amend Section Forty-three
OF thapter Nineteen Of the Revised
Statutes, Relating to Local Health

or Chapter Nineteen of the Revised
statutes, Relating to Local Health
G'hcers.
Section fortythree OF chapter nine
Ieen OF the revised statutes, is here
by amended by striking out. in the
third lire of said section. the words
Well-educated physician" and in
sorting in place thereof. the words
a resident of the town so that
section as amended. shall read as
follows:
Sec. 43. The municipal officers
may, appoint a health officer. who
shall be resident of the town. WAC
shall be the sanitary adviser ard ex-
ecutlve officer of the boa'd, ami who
shal! hold office during the pleasure
Of the board. The municipal officers
shall establish his salary. ar other
cofnI ensatim. and shall regulate ard
audit all fees and charges {: FER
sons employed by each board IF
hath, in the execution OF the hralt Il
laws and of their rcgula ;vns'- APP.
APR. 4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11

CAAITGN 2O4
AN ACT 10 Amend Chapter Two Hun
dred and Ninety -four of the Public
Laws OF Nineteen Hundred and Sew
cuteen. as Amended by Chapter
Sixty-three of the Public Laws of
Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one,
Relating to Intoxicating Liquors.
Sec. |. Chapter two hundred ninety
four of the public laws of nineteen hum
dren and seventeen, as amended by
chapter siXtN-three of the public laws
hereby further amended by striking out
the words illegal sale within the
state in the third line and inserting
in place thereof the following words:
in the possession of or i'm the control
OF any person transporting the same
without being in possession of permit
therefor duly issued under authority
by the provisions of the national prohi-
bition act of October twcnty-eight.
nineteen hundred and nineteen and
amendments thereto providing for the
enforcement of the eighteenth amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States; by striking out the words
using them for the transportation Of
intoxicating liquors intended for sale
within the state" in the fourth and
fifth lines. so that said chapter as
amended, shall read as follows:
Sec. /. All automobiles. trucks.
wagons. boats or vessels and vehicles
of every kind, rot common carriers.
containing intoxicating liquors intend
cd for sale or containing Intoxicating
liquor in the possession of or in the
control of any person Transporting the
same vii hout being in possession of
permit therefor duly issued under au-
thority by the provisions Of the ma
tional prohibition act of October
twenty-eight. nineteen hundred and
nineteen. and amendments thereto. pro-
Niding for the enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment to the constitu-
ZION of the United States. found within
the state in the possession or in the
control of any person, shall be seized
by any officer Selling the liquors trans
ported therein. shall be liheled as is
provided for the ibeling of intoXicat-
ing liquors and the vessels in which
they are contained under chapter one
hundred and twentyseven of the re-
vised statutes. and shall be declared
forfeited by the court and sold in the
same manner as is provided for the
sale of vessels containing intoxicating
liquors.
See. .. Chapter two hundred and
of the public laws of nine-
teen hundred and seventeen, as amend
Evening star., 1923-08-14
PREPARATIONS TO STOP.
Germany Formally Notifies Com
mission at Paris.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 13.-Germany for
mally notified the reparation commits
sion in a letter dated last Saturday,
and just published. that all repara-
ton deliveries in kind would cease
after that date because of the great
expense involved, which it was believ-
ed might jeopardize the pending Ger
man gold loan and tax reforms.
Germany announces she had no in
tention of permanently disseminating
these deliveries, but said her burden
must be lightened to "avoid a complete
breakdown Of the German economic
ana financial system" The cessa-
tion affects principally those coun-
tries that did not participate in the
occupation of the Ruhr. as such de-
liveries to France and Belgium ceas-
ed soon after the troops entered Es-
sen.
The letter says that the financing
of these deliveries is largely respon-
sible for the budget deficit and in
fiation," adding: Deliveries under
taken up to the present and not yet
paid for alone necessitates, at the
present rate of mark, an expendi-
ture Of 100000, 100000 marks"
The promise Is made that the deliv-
cries VII be resumed "as soon as the
finances and currency of the reich
are on firm basis. -
Evening star., 1923-08-14
Washington Elm,
Famed in History,
Dead; Faces Ak

BY the Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. August II
The Washington Elm is dead. The
official demise of the famed tree be-
meath which Washington took com
mand of the Continental Army. vas
announced yesterday by Dr. C. S.
Sargent, director of the Arnold
Arboretum OF Harvard University, in
a letter to Mayor Edward W. Quinn
of Cambridge.
IAN signs of life have now gone
from the Washington Elm" DIR.
Sargent wrote. '.and there is no
longer any chance of keeping it
alive until the autumn. So far as /
am concerned, it can be cut down
at any time"
Mayor Quinn, it is learned, is eager
to raise a fund from the school
children of the country for a shaft
to mark the historic spot when the
tree has disappeared. The trunk will
probably be cut into small bits to be
distributed as souvenirs among the
museums OF the country and the
Cambridge schools.
An offshoot of the Washington Elm
was planted on the Cambridge COM
mon forty years ago and now is
flourishing.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
SEES WAR MENACE
IN SOUTH AMERICA
Uruguayan Delegate to San
tiago BIames Argentine and
Brazilian Armament.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, August 14-Senator
Gimenez de Arechaga, one of the Uru-
guayan delegates to the recent Pan
American conference al Santiago, yes
terday asked the minister of war as to
"the real state of efficiency of the
Uruguayan army in the event of an
international conflict
Col. Riveros, the minister. replied
that the government had appointed
special committees to study problems
involved in better organization of the
army and navy. He added that the
government would soon send to con-
gress a bill proposing a new plan for
the organization Of the army.
Senator Arechaga maintained that il
all nations of the South American
continent were not near war. they
were confronted with the prospect of
living In an armed peace or under the
constant menace of war.
The Santiago conference he said,
"as we'll as a majority Of the South
American press. show the existence
of deep currents of opinion which agi-
tate the multitudes on this continent.
Misgiyings exist between all the
American nations"
The senator asserted that "the A.
E. c. is existent only as memory of
an artificial and ephemera1 union
and expressed the opinion that the
most disquieting factor in the situa-
tfon was in Argentina and Brazil.
He analyZed the military and naval
developments Of these countries, Civ
ing figures which he said showed the
exaggerated armaments of Brazil.
This, he added, was undeniably the
cause of the prevailing disQuietude.
The senator expressed the opinion
that 1t was necessary for Uruguay to
acquire strength in proportion to her
dignity. The senate took no action.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
2OOMEN TRAPPED
AS BLAST BLOCKS
MINE IN WYOMING
Slight Hope Held Out for
Many Entombed Near
Kemmerer.
FIRST BODY BROUGHT
OUT BY RELIEF CREW
Pumpman Found Dead in Shaft.
Explosion, Mile Below, Not
Heard Above.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KEMMERER, Wyo.. August IA
Two hundred miners in No. mine Of
the kemmerer Coal Company were
entombed this morning following an
explosion.
The explosion occurred in the low
err levels. A cave-in at entry No. Is.
cut off all communication with the
men who were working around the
twenty sixth and twenty eighth en-
tries. Up to noon one body had been
recovered
Relief workers Immediately went
seventeenth entry the body Of pump
man was found.
Not Heard Above.
Black clouds OF smoke from the
mine fan were the only indications Of
an explosion at first. No intonation
was heard above ground, as it was
estimated to have taken place nearly
d mile under ground.
Nothing definite concerning the
condition of the entombcd men has
come from the depths Of the mine,
but experts In nlIle-reSCue WORK Qe-
clared they saw little hope of rescu-
ing the men alive.
A United States mine-rescue car
which left kemmerer this morning for
Utah fields nearby was hastily ordered
to return.
AS the volunteer workers dug fran
tically toward the entombcd men, hun
dreds of women and children. rela-
tives of the miners. waited patiently
at the mouth of the mine for word
from within.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
MEXICAN PACT NEAR
STAGE FOR SIGNING
U. S. Representatives Say Approval
Only Awaits Translation Into
English and Spanish.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, August 14.-Only
the exacting task of rendering into
English and Spanish the findings of
the recognition conference is delay
ing the final meeting of the commits
sioners. when the formal minutes
will be signed and approval given to
the two claims conventions.
Charles B. Warren and John Barton
Payne, United States representatives.
made this announcement last night
after holding a final conference with
Secretary de la Huerta of the treas
ury.
They also conferred with Augustin
LIE GoTreta, director of the Banco
Nacional de Mexico, who is conduct
ing negotiations with American and
European bankers relative to the es-
tablishment of Mexican central
bank of issue.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
SITE ON N STREET
PICKED FOR. SCHOOL
New Junior High Will Adjoin
Rock Creek Parkway Be-
tween 24th and 25th.

The new junior high school pro-
vided for in the 1924 appropriation act
will be located on n street between
oath and 25th streets, adjoining a Sec
~tion of the Rock Creek parkway.
This was made certain by the Com
missioners today when. in board ses-
sion, they authorized the purchase of
part of the site from Miss Margaret
Loughran for s32,5oo. There is one
more lot needed, but Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner Wheeler told the
Commissioners he had not yet been
able to negotiate for 1t.
The appropriation act made $4,000
available for a site and specified that
it should be selected from the area
bounded by Goth street, Rock Creek, X
and o streets.
Funds with which to begin erection
of the building probably will be
sought in the next appropriation act.
The city heads also purchased sew
eral additional lots adjoining the COL
ored Dunbar High School, which is on
LIST street northwest between N and
o streets.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
GASOLINE PRICES
SET LOW RECORD
Range From II to 22 Cents
in West-Sharp Cuts Made
in 10 States.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 14-Reductions
in gasoline prices. begun when Gov.
w. II. McMaster of South Dakota
ordered state highway supply de-
pots to sell gasoline at 16 cents a
gallon, assumed national aspect
today when price cuts announced
by the Standard OIL companies of
Indiana and Kentucky anu independ-
ent producers became effective in
midwestern and southern states. A
threat of federal investigation of
gasoline prices and general oil cordi
tions and announcement OF further
curtailment of production also are
features in the gas price war.
Gasoline today is selling at 1J.4
cents in Chicago. 16A cents in
Omaha, 15.9 cents in Kansas City,
- cents in Louisville. Ky; II cents
in Dallas, Tex. and from Is 20 16
cents In other parts OF Texas, with
prices in other sections affected by
the reductions varying according to
freight rates.
In Illinois. Iowa. Michigan. Wis
consin, Minnesota. North Dakota.
South Dakota. Kansas, Missouri and
parts of Oklahoma, the cut made by
the Standard Oil Company of In
diana. is 6.6 cents and that of in
dependents in the same territory o
(Continued on Page 3, Column 81
Evening star., 1923-08-14
SIXTEEN KILLED IN RIOTS.
Mob at AK La Chapelle Tries to
Storm Police Station.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
AK LA CHAPELLE, August IA
Twelve persons were killed and more
than eighty were wounded here last
night, when crowds attempted to
storm the police headquarters and
rescue prisoners taken during the
day, when the police broke up a
food shortage demonstration.
All the victims were German
civilians. In yesterdays demonstra-
tion four Germans were killed and
forty wounded.
The crowd was composed for the
most part of idle workmen. 1t laid
regular siege to the headquarters and
refused to heed the police warnings
to disperse.
After throwing hand grenades into
the crowd and firing several volleys
the security police emerged and
charged the mob with sabers and re-
volvers.
Mounted nolice now are patrolling
the city. The Belgian troops did not
interfere in the affair.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
THIRD STREET "SING"
TONIGHT IN GEORGETOWN

The third Georgetown street sing
will be given tonight on Potomac
street between N and O streets. at
Sis o'clock.
The police department has arranged
to rope of Potomac street at p.m,
to accommodate those bringing camp
stools and chairs
Mrs. Maurice Beckham, contralto,
Will be the soloist of the evening.
Mrs: HI. Clyde Grimes will assist Mrs.
company the community singing,
which will be under the direction OF
Robert Lawrence.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
Frances Reply
to Reaffirm
Ruhr Course.
ENTENTE HELD
NEAR DEFUNCT
Curzon Suggestions
Regarded as Shift
of Responsibility.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 14-Premier Poin-
care. who will return TO Paris to-
night. has informed his collaborators
at the foreign Office that he intends
I'm the most courteous manner posi-
ble" to reply. point by point. to the
note of Lord CurZon, British secre-
.tary for foreign affairs. on the repa-
will be courteous. it is asserted in
foreign Office circles that it will be
d stout reaffirmation of the French
Viewpoint and a fiat rejection of the
British suggestions.
Reply to BE Sent Soon.
The reply will be sent as soon as
possible. probably before the end of
the week.
Although 1t is no longer assumed
in official quarters here that the en-
tente may survive the present diff
ference, the situation is taken with
perfect calm in governmental circles,
as we'll as by the press and public.
The French have, in fact, long con-
sidered the entente as virtually defunct.
SO far as concerns cooperation between
England and France on the applica- :
Versailles.
Lord Curzon's note is taken merely
as public recognition of that fact
by the British government, with the
aim Of throwing the responsibility for
the rupture upon France.
VIII Avoid Rupture.
Z Premier Poiucare. it is understood,
will carefully omit anything that
might be taken as Il denunciation of
the entente. leaving the initiative in
the final rupture to the British gov
ernment.
If Prime Minister Baldwin decides
to call an international conference to
1ix Germanys capacity to pay, that
action will be taken by the French,
il is forecast, as an unfriendly act
which will end the cordial relations
that have existed for nearly twenty
years. France will then simply recall
the fact that after all she is the prin-
cipal creditor of the Germans and that
care must be taken that her rights as
such are not infringed upon.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
SHOOTS WIFE DEAD,
THEN KILLS SELF.
Daughter of Constable Garri-
son Victim of Double
HyattsviIIe Tragedy.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpeCltl D!spdtcH 10 Inc Slhr-
HYATTSVILLE, Md. August IA
two-month- old infant is today at the
home OF Constable and Mrs. Thomas
II. Garrison, fatherless and mother
less, as the result of a double tragedy
enacted on the streets here last night.
The m9ther, Mrs. Ivy Estelle Garrison
Cartmel, daughter of the constable,
was shot dead by her husband, Beaver
y. Cartmel. who a moment later
ended his life
The act is believed to have been the
elimination of an unsuccessful at
tempt on the part of Cartmel TO effect
third reconciliation since the mar
riage September %, 1921. a memo
randum found in Cartmers pocket
showed the couple were separated
February "a. 1922; there was recon-
cuiation August 19, 1922. and another
separation May 10 of this year. on
June Ii baby was born.
The shooting occurred about $40
o'clock last night in front of the Ar
cade moving picture house, Spencer
street near the Washington -Balti-
more boulevard.
Afraid of Husband,
According to Carroll l.. Garrison.
an overseas man. brother of the dead
girl, when his sister was about to
leave the theater she approached d
him and asked that he accompany
her home to the residence of her
parents.
Il am afraid of Jack. l believe I
felt gun in his pocket and l want
you to go home with me-" she said
Fearing for the safety of his sis
ter, Toots. as he is Familiarity
known. went with his sister out of
the front door of the theater. They
had gone down the steps of the pic
ture house and We're we'll onto the
sidewalk when Cartmel. who had
gone out of the back door of the
theater, came upon them. Cartmel
displayed a gun and Garrison asked
him what he was going to do with it.
Without warning. according to Gar
rison, Cartmel opened fire on him.
two shots missing him. although he
was but six feet from him. Realizing
that trouble was brewing. Garrison
rushed to his home for a gun. EN-
NETT ID. Dowden of Hyattsville. fear
ing trouble, came out with "Toots"
Garrison and his sister and, accord
ing to his statement, Cartmel fired a
shot at him.
Although tneTe We're no eyeWlt-
nesses to the murder and suicide, it
is believed that Cartmel, seeing that
his wife's brother and Dowden had
gone. deliberately fired a bullet into
his wife's head and when she fell
fired another shot into her body.
Feeling certain he had killed her,
Cartmel then placed the gun against
his right temple and killed himself
When DIR. Hillary T. Willis arrived
he declared Mrs. Cartmel without
pulse, but owing to the confusion
lContinned on Page = Column 2
Evening star., 1923-08-14
BUY 100000 AUTO TAGS.
d. C. Commissioners Place Order
for 1924.

The District Commissioners today
purchased 100000 automobile tags for
1924. The contract was given the Ma
tional Colortype Company. An order
also was placed for $500 motor cycle
tags.
The 1924 tags will consist Of white
numerals on a black field. =
Evening star., 1923-08-14
woMAN's BODY RECOVERED.
Several Autos and Passengers Said
to Have Been Lost.

OGDEN, Utah. August 1.-THE body
of Mrs. John Ward Of Willard was
found by searchers in the cloudburst
debris there this morning. according to
'9formation received here. There are
rhree or four automobiles stalled on
rhe highway near Willard, and farm
ers claim to have seen occupants of
some cars carried away by flood
waters.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
FIND EIGHT BODIES
AFTERUTAHFLO
Property Damage of ST, ,00O,-
900 Estimated-Wire and
RaiI4ines Crippled.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August II.
Eight bodies of persons killed or
drowned as a result of a series of cloud
bursts in the vicinity of Salt Lake City
and Ogden. early last evening had been
recovered up to IL o'clock this morn
ilg. Three persons are missing and
property damage is expected to total
upward of 100000
Four persons are known to be dead
at Pennington, Utah, Just north of Salt
Lake City; two men and a woman are
reported dead at Willard. Utah, and
five Boy Scouts are reported drowned
3n a canyon east of Pennington.
The cloudburst, preceded by a severe
electrical storm, tore down the tele-
graph poles. and communication is Grip
pied.
Flood Came Suddenly.
Flood waters from the Wasatch
mountains rampaging through farm
settlements In northeastern Utah last
night in the wake of series of cloud
, bursts. caused property damage to
farm lands, amounting to several hun
dred thousand dollars.
Coming with startling suddenness
and intensity, the cloudbursts, coup
led with severe electric storms, sent
great walls of water down low bitches
and streams, sweeping through COM
rnunities in Box Elder and Weber
counties and leaving behind inun-
dated farm lands.
500 Persons MaroOned.
Today the flood had receded at most
points almost as suddenly as 1t arose.
Water-covered farm sections, upon
which last night were swept debris
and wreckage. today were nearly dry
with rivers and streams in almost
normal flow.
Five handred persons were stranded
for several hours at Lagoon, a resort
on the outskirts of Pennington, when
transportation means were paralyzed,
but a train of the Oregon Short Line
arrived in Salt Lake after midnight
carrying more than 200, and another
train took the others to Ogden.
wOMAN'S BODY RECOVERED.