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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16
Farm Bureau Women
Benton and WinslOw
Food Habits Meeting

Thirty-fou women, members of the
women's division of the Benton and
the Winslow Farm Bureaus learned
a good deal about food habits, when
they held a joint meeting, Thursday
at the fine Benton Grange hall. Miss
Helen l.. Clark, home demonstra-
ton ogent of Kennebec Farm Bur-
eau and Miss M. Eleanor Jackson of
Orono. food specialist. were present.
Miss Jackson told the women some
very interesting facts about the sub
ject Of the meeting. Much interest
was manifested in the proceedings.
On Friday, Miss jackson and Miss
Clark met the women's division of
the Litchfield Farm Bureau and the
same program was conducted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Master Kermit Cunningham, one OF
the pupils of the Bolton Hill school
has been perfect in attendance fol
the school year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Miss Bertha NJ. Harvey will leave
this Saturday for Boston where she
plans to attend the Boston Univer-
sity commencement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Mrs. Spurgeon Hoar Of Oakland has
been passing a few days this week in
the city with friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Miss Margaret Buckley Of Boston
is passing a few weeks with Mrs. H.
F. Towne on Riverside Drive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Mrs. Thelma Tozier, Mrs. Alice
Maxwell and Mrs. r. w. Goss Of
Litchfield were callers, Thursday, in
the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Mrs. Charles Harrington of Me-
theun. Mass, is visiting her sister
Mrs. Charles Taber, 20 Spruce street
for q short time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16

Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Burleigh passed
Friday in Wiscasset.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-16
AUGUSTA LOCALS

w. ]. Warrell has returned from Z
few days business trip to Boston.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
WRECK AT CURVE
TAKES TWO LIVES
Engineer and Fireman Of Western
Maryland Train Victims
of Crash.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, August H.
Two met death late yesterday morn
ing in the wrecking OF Western
Maryland passenger train No. 10 on
a curve about one mile west Of
Barnum. w. Va.
William l.. Mickey. jr., engineer,
married. Ridgeley. w. Va, and How
ard c. Polling. fireman, single, 16
North George street. Cumberland. are
the dead
Mickey's body was taken from un-
der the engine. which turned over.
and Polling died of scalds just as he
reached Cumberland on the relief
train We was to have been taken to
a hospital at Keyser, nearer the scene
of the accident. but he INSISTED on
being brought to hospltai at MS
home. .
Mickey was thirty eight years old.
He is survived by his widow and two
sons. William L. Sd, thirteen years
old; Harold, eleven. and one daugh-
ter. Dorothy, two years. His parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. william l. Mickey, sr.,
also survive him. as do the folloWins
rMcFarland. Mrs. George Critzourg
and a brother. George V. Mickey, all
of Ridgeley.
Polling was thirty-three years OF
age. He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Nancy f. Polling, Parsons, w:
Va: a brother. James L. Poling or
Parsons, and nephew. James A. Pol
ing of North George street, with
whom he boarded. The body VIII De
taken to Parsons Saturday.
The cause of the wreck has not
been determined.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
DEMOCRATS FIX
PRIMARY SLATE
Diggs Choice for Nomination az
Chief Judge Of Seventh Mary
land Circuit.

Special Dispatch TO The, Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. August IT,
Seventy-fve democrats of Prince
Georges county at a conference yes
Plata for nomination at the pri-
maries September 10 for chief judge
of the seventh judicial circuit, COM
posed OF Prince Georges. Charles, ST.
Marys and Calvert counties.
The conference was divided as to
the nomination Of Ogle Marbury of
Laurel. Prince Georges county, and
urged against Mr.. Marbury was that it
would not be political expediency to
attempt TO nominate a chief judge
and an associate judge from the same
county; that the other three counties
of the circuit would resent this "hog-
ging" of the nominations. The con-
ference decided in favor Of Mr.. Diggs
by two-to-one vote. Others in
dorsed were:
For county commissioners, William p.
Magruder of Hyattsville and Phil G.
Miller Of Surratts district; members of
the house of delegates. Charles B. Ager
OF Chillum. George j. Hess of Suitland,
]. Guy Bell Of Bowie, Robert w. Brooke
OF Seat Pleasant and Henry L. Morris
OF Marlboro: for states attorney, j.
Frank Lillard Of Hyattsville; county
treasurer. George w. Waters of Laurel;
JuuscS vi lHS OrpnanS court, Richard
Irving Bowie Of Mellwood. William T.
MACPHERSON of Brandywine and John
A: Schultz: county surveyor, Millard
Thorne of Pitcataway: delegates to the
state convention, Judge P. Van Clagett,
r. Lee Mullikin, Lee Parman. Henry "a
Brady. j. j. Crowley and Alan Bowie.
The present members Of the state cen
tral committee were indorsed. J. Thew
Sheriff takes the place of George w.
waters on the committee, Mr. Waters
Delng indorsed for county treasurer.
Time for filing certificates for nomIna :
tior expires at midnight next Monday.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
FACES MURDER CHARGE.
Prisoner in California Wanted for
Virginia Staying.

NORTON, Va. August 17.-Gentry
Jenkins, reported under arrest in
Fresno, Calf. on a charge of va
grancy, is wanted here on a charge
of murder in connection with the kill
ing of Patrolman Worley Wells. who
was slain in May. 1921. He is son
of Mrs. Eugenia Jenkins and Is a
member of a prominent and wealthy
family here.
According to local police records.
Jenkins and a companion were ar
rested by Patrolman Wells on a
charge of drunkenness. They were
released from custody about 4 o'clock
on the morning when the officer was
slain, and were warned to go directly
to their homes. Instead of following
instructions. it is said, Jenkins pro-
cured gun, and when the officer,
dressed him he opened fire. Wells
was shot in the stomach and died a
week later
Evening star., 1923-08-17
FEW WOMAN PRISONERS.
MARYLAND Records Show l to Every
25 Men Incarcerated.
sneciaI Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, August II
Woman inmates of the penal institutions
of Maryland number fewer In com
parison to the population of the state
than any other state Of the country,
according to Col. Claude B. Sweeney,
warden of the penitentiary and house
of correction. There is only one
woman sent to prison to each twenty
five men.
only two of the women are in
the penitentiary, where they are en-
ployed as domestics. The remaining
sixty-seven are in the house of cor
rectiop. In the same institution there
are 1906 men, nearly 60 per cent OF
whom are negroes.
Col SweeZey said: Women are
given more of chance and are NOT,
as, rule, sent to prison until they
have been brought into court repeat
edly. Consequently they arc more
hardened and stepped in crime than
are many of. the men. 1t Is a far
more difficult task to reform them
than it is the men"
Evening star., 1923-08-17
ROCKVILLE.

ROCkVlLLE. Md. August II (Spe-
cla).-James o. Thompson of Beth
'esda' who is employed as a foreman
I'm the refuse department of the Dis.
trfct of Columbia, has filed with The
supervisors OF elections, a certiNcata
OF candidacy for the republican nomi
nation sIr sheriff to succeed Sheriff
Alvie A. Moxley. If no one else files
before midnight next Monday, he viii
be certified by the supervisors of
elections as the republican nominee.
Mr. Thompson is a native of Wash
lngton county and has lived in this
county about four years. He was
candidate for the appointment of
Jail at the time the present head of
the institution was named.
y new weekly paper has made it's
appearance In Rockville. 1t is the
Rockville Independent and it's initial
issue. this week. consisted of four
pages. The proprietor and editor is
Burnett H. Ackert, for many years
Printing Office at Washington as
typesetter and proofreader
The dates for the annual Rockville
ago announced as September I2 to II.
inclusive, have been changed to Sept
ember 3 to 10. inclusive. 1t will be
given under auspices of the Swarth-
Pennsylvania, assisted by local or
ganization of which DR.. George =
Lewis is president
For operating his automobile in
excess of the legal speed limit of
twenty miles an hour in Chevy Chase,
this county. A. Reeve Hoover was
fined $40 and costs by Judge Samuel
tpjggs in the police court here
IN a charge of disorderly conduct,
preferred by Policeman Oscar Gather,
James Doy, a young colored resident
of this vicinity. was fined s25 and
costs by Judge Riggs in the police
court here. He misbehaved at a
colored dance here Wednesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wire of Boyds
this county. have announced the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mary
D. Wire. to Gassaway w. Linthicum,
also of the Boyds neighborhood. The
marriage took place in Frederick on
August IL. Rev. A. Lee Barrett Of
fciating.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
Bloodhounds Find Fugitive
is Sheriffs Unite Searches

! led to thickly wooded section OF
Shenandoah county. Officers had
Scott covered with rifles and revolvers
in his hiding place there, and he had
no opportunity to offer resistance.
The mafl-hunt was in progress be-
fore many of the Woodstock resi-
dents knew that bloodhounds had
been sent for. All kinds of wild
rumors excited the county seat, one
report being that the sheriff had
gone to raid a bootleg barbecue" In
the county and had taken Il large
force of special deputies with him.
In addition to the liquor charge,
Scott is also accused of breaking into
a building of a manganese company
and stealing clothing belonging &c
the manager.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
DEATHS.

CUMBERLAND, Md.-Mrs. Barbara
Elizabeth Devore, eighty years of
age, wife OF John D. Devore, died at
her home in Ellersville, Nd, Wednes-
day.
BECKLEY, w. Va-William Price,
a pioneer coal operator of this sec
tion, is dead. aged eighty-one years.
LYNCHBURG, Va. Mrs. Mary
Fisher Randolph, eighty seven years
old, widow Of Maj. Peyton Randolph,
died In Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
BROTHER ATTACKS WILL,
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va. August II.
John Linfield. brother. who was
cut off with bequest of s5, has at
tackled the will of the late Mrs. Mary
J. Phillips, widow of Bailey Phillips,
on the ground that the teStator was
physically and mentally unfit to exc
cute will when the instrument was
drawn in 1928, a few days before
death.
The two witnesses to the signing of
the will appeared at the hearing on
the contest and testified that they
believed the deceased to have been
of unsound mind at the time she
edirected that it be written by an
attending physician. The chief bene-
ficiarieS under the will are sisters
and other relatives. The hearing has
been continued until next week.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
BOMBING PLANES
OFF FOR BATTLE"
Three Martins Leave New
port News for Maine as
Van of Squadron.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, August IL
Three bombing planes Of the heavy
Martin type, the advance guard of a
squadron that will participate in ma
neuvers along the north Atlantic coast
during the next ten days, left Langley
Field today for Bangor Me. The flyers
expect TO make the trip. distance of
6s5 miles, in ono day, stopping only at
Mitchell Field. New York. The remain
ing ships of the squadron, fleet of
eighteen, will leave Langley for Bangor
Monday.
The maneuvers will simulate practi-
cal work of the bomb feet in time of
war. including the establishment of a
base for the defense of the coast
attack by an enemy fleet.
Upon completion of the maneuverS
along the northern coast the fleet OF
bombers will return to Cape Hatteras
for the live-bomb tests. scheduled for
September B.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
THOUSANDS attend.
HIGHWAY OPENING.
Pennsylvania and Maryland
Citizens Make Pike-to-Pike
/. Ceremony Auspicious.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


GRANTSEILLE. Md. August IL
An auspicious interstate event was
the formal opening of the Pike-to-
Pike highway today connecting the
National highway, three miles east
of Grantsville, with the Lincoln high
way at Jannertown. near Somerset,
and the William Penn highway far
ther north. The Glades or Bedford
and Mount Pleasant pike is also in
tersected.
} Several thousand persons from
Pennsylvania and Maryland joined in
the celebration, including members of
trade and commercial bodies. the
Commercial Club of Frostburg and
the Chamber of Commerce of Cumber-
land being among those represented.
The celebration was to have been
held two weeks ago. but was post
poned a week on account of the death
of President Harding. Then it was
tpostponed another week on account
OF last Friday having been the day
Of his funeral.
Assembling of Motorcade.
The motorcade assembled at Jen-
nertown at ! o'clock this afternoon
aud proceeded to the junction with
the National highway. near here.
where Frostburg. Cumberland and
tirantsville delegations were met.
From that point the party proceeded
70 victory Park. twenty-acre tract
at salisbury, Pa. five miles north of
she National highway. where the
: dedication ceremony took place
The Salisbury and Meyersdale bands
furnished music. Addresses were de-
uvered by Frank B. Black of Meyers
dale, former state highway commits
sioner of Pennsylvania, and others A
picnic is being held at Salisbury until
sundown. when the procession will be
resumed TO Meyersdale. where there will
be an elaborate display of fireworks at
the public Fairgrounds. Special bleach
"rS have been erected for the accommo-
dation OF the throng The celebrations
are held under the joint auspices of the
Meyersdale chamber of Commerce and
he Salisbury Board of Trade.
Now Model Road.
The Maryland section of the road.
which includes the historic Little Cross
ings thoroughfare, was completed last
year, when formal opening exercises
were held. Since then the road has been
completed on through to Meyersdale.
connecting with model highway, all
the road being of concrete There is
now model highway, over $50 miles
IN length, running from the national
hlghWay in Maryland north through
pennsylvania, finding it's terminus at
Olean, n. Y, vHnAre it intersects the
great southern in<enway. which runs be-
tween Buffalo and New York city
The new road avoids the famous,
torturous Hundsricll mountain, near
Meyersdale, the scene of many acci-
dents. and will pass under a subway
being built under the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks near Meyersdale where Just
now a short detour is made
The road puts Cumberland in an
hours motor ride to Meyersdale. less
than two hours TO Somerset and about
three hours to Johnstown. Heretofore
Somerset and Johnstown were only ac-
scessible by dirt roads of poor quality or
by roundabout rail route, taking about
half a day.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
2 Wage Earners,
With$5OOAssets, ,
$4,000 in Debt
SpeciaI Dispstch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, August IT
Bankruptcy petitions filed in the
federal district court here yester-
day by two wage earners, show
liabilities aggregating $4s.000. with
only $500 assets available for
numerous creditors.
The larger of the two petitions
was filed by Beverly T. Wrenn of
Lynchburg, an insurance agent,
who owes $26.677.94, and has $3.50
assets. The other was filed by
Horace NJ. Wise. Chesapeake and
Ohio shop foreman at Clifton Forge,
formerly of Nashville, Tenn, who
with $3.50 assets. His creditors
generally are located at Nashville,
Tenn. where the petitioner formerly
resided. So E s.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
Special Dispatch TO The star.

SpPClaI Uspafch 70 TIC STAT.
WINCHESTER, Va, August IL
Charles ("Whitey") Scott. accused of
prohibition law violations and bur-
glary. was locked up in Jail at Wood
stock. Shenandoah county, last night,
after he had been trailed by blood
hounds taken to the adjoining county
earlier in the day by Sheriff Pannett
of this city.
Sheriff Sine of Shenandoah enlisted
the aid of his fellow officer from Fred
erick, after learning that Whitley,
believed to have been hiding some
where in Maryland, had returned to
his home county, and tho bloodhounds
quickly picked UP the trail, which
Evening star., 1923-08-17
VIOLENT STORMS IN ITALY.
Outburst Follows Three Months of
High Temperature.

LEGHORN, Italy. August 17.-After
three months of high temperatures
violent storms have broken out in
this region. accompanied by electric
The sudden breaking of the storms
caught the people unawares, particu-
larly around the shore, and many
woman bathers fed in panic.
The schooner Liberia entered the
harbor with broken mast and low
cred flag. two members of her crew
having been killed by a lightning
bolt which shattered the mast
Violent storms also are reported
from Florence and Pistoja.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
FLEE ROBED INVADERS.
Colored Habitues of Cafe Upset
Tables in Scramble.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, August IL
sudden and unexpected visit last
night by between twenty-five and
thirty white-robed men, broke up a
group of negro men and women at a
restaurant conducted by Harry Ran
son, colored, in East Piccadilly street
resulting in n general upsetting of
tables and chairs before terrified ne
groes could escape through back
doors and windows.
Citizens living in streets beyond
the restaurant had made numerous
complaints to the police, who had on
several occasions raided the place
Evening star., 1923-08-17
R0TARlANS TO FEAST.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

MART1NSBURG. W. Va, August IT,
Rotary clubs in the Cumberland
valley area will gather at Caledonia
Park. between Chambersburg, Pa.
and Gettysburg, Pa, next Friday for
an OK roast and barbecue, which is
being arranged by the Chambersburg
club. The clubs from Harrisburg,
Waynesboro. Carlisle. Chambersburg.
Pa; Frederick and Hagerstown, Md,
and this city have voted to partici-
pate in the affair. the program for
which provides diversified entertain
ment beginning at l pm, with the
barbecue late in the afternoon, to be
followed by addresses and closing
with dancing in the evening.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
RESPITE GIVEN SLAYER,
TWICE FACING DEATH

RICHMOND. Va, August 17-Jsmas
Patterson, alias "Bossy," a negro
twice sentenced to death for the muir
der of Herman Seid, Petersburg
merchant. two years ago, was given
Il new lease on life when Gov. Trinkle
granted respite, postponing the ex-
ecution for tomorrow until August II
pending action of the supreme court
of appeals on an application for a
writ of error.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
CORN BOOSTED BY RAIN.
Growing Rapidly and Earring
Well, Report Maryland Farmers.

Speclal Diepatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 17.-Mary-
lands corn crop is making quick re-
covery from the dry spell of july and
early August. according to a state
ment of the local weather bureau.
Corn Is reported as growing rapidly
and caring well. Harvesting of sugar
corn continues
Showers, says the report, DELAYED
thrashing OF wheat and rye and cut
ting Of oats in Allegany county, es-
pecially the mountain sections Pas
lures show further Improvement, and
in general are better than at any time
since spring Harvesting Of early DO
tatoes In the state. except In the
mountain regions. is ended Sweet
potatoes are being dug Tomatoes
are ripening and reported as doing
well generally. Tobacco has improved
is In good condition and nearing the
ripening stage. Harvesting of canta-
loupes. early apples. pears. peaches
and garden crops continues
The great trouble with family Jars
is that they are never Theoretically
sealed
Evening star., 1923-08-17
100 HORSE ENTRIES.
Rockville Fair to Include Many
Harness Events,
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, August 17-Ap-
proximately one hundred trotters and
PAGERS have been entered in the vari
Gus harness events. scheduled for the
annual fair to be held here next week.
according to announcement today by
the race committee OF the fair asso-
citation. The list. which Is one of the
largest in the history of the associa :
ton. includes many high-cIass per-
formers, and the indications are tha
close contests and fast time will be
the rule. The purses for the eight
events on the program aggregate
S24O0
Evening star., 1923-08-17
FAIR TO BE IN ARMORY.
,pecisi Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md. August IT,
The annual exhibition of the Cum
berland Fair Association will be held
in the state aTmory. instead of at the
proposed new fair grounds, near Am
celle. McMullen highway, this fall,
according to announcement of the Of
flcerS.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
"Wife Has Spell
Ouer Me-" Cries
Fallen Workman
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
MARTINSBURG. w. V

MARTINSBURG. w. Va. August IT.
William Rogers, a workman at a
local quarry, declined medical atten-
ton when It was offered after he
had fallen In a swoon.
my wife has cast a spell over me-
Ae cried, land 1t is no use trying to
doctor me until she takes that spell
awey-and she won't take it away"
Physicians hurried him away to. q
hoepital~ howevers-an and he erEecoyeEeds
Evening star., 1923-08-17
DIES IN PATH OF TRAIN.
ecial Dispatch to The star.

CUMBERLAND, Md, August IL
Anthony Farral,e, an Italian, thirty
two years old. was struck and killed
by Western Maryland railway passen-
ger train No. at Morentown, near
his home Thursday afternoon. He is
survived by a widow and six children.
The body was brought to this city.
Evening star., 1923-08-17
ROAD TO IMPROVE YARDS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LYNCHBUURG, Va, August II
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway is
planning spending 5000 here in the
installation of an interlocking system
for it's local yard and a new telegraph
tower at the junction with the Nor
folk and Western railway.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
WOMAN IS SLAIN
Sonorn Officers Search for Rrother-in.
Law OF Victim.

Sonora, Tex, Jan. 6.-Pedro Chico,
Mexican, who is alleged to have stabbed
Brun Martinez, his sister-in-law, Mexi-
can, to death here "Wednesday night,
has not been found despite the search
being made by Will McComb, sheriff,
and his deputies.
Chico is alleged to have entered the
home of his wife's sister, knowing her
husband TO be away from Sonora, and
with a large dagger made five deep
gashes in the breast, any of which it is
thought would have proven fatal. An
empty tequila bottle was found in the
room, leading TO the belief that Chico
was drunk. 1t is thought he was not
insane.
Chico was employed on a ranch ten
miles from Sonora and left home We'd
nesday afternoon, telling his wife he
was going to Menard. 1t is thought he
Immediately came to Sonora. From the
appearance in the room where the kill
ing occurred fight preceded the killing.
A scabbard for the dagger was found
in the room.
Another Mexican woman, coming TO
stay with Mrs. Martinez during the
night, arrived just as Chico is said to
have left. He was tracked Thursday
morning by officers about a mile. His
tracks showed he was running and at
times jumps of six feet were made.
After trailing about a mile no trace
was found. All neighboring towns have
been notified and descriptions given.
The murdered woman is survived by
husband, two boys, one 16 and the
other IA years old. and a girl, Il years
old. The younger boy and the girl have
lived with Chico about a year, while
the other boy is employed by local
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