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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01

Wheaton and companion started
along and We're arrested near Oquos-
soc.
you had heard no shots?" cross
examined Pattangall. NO Shots" re =
piled Wheaton.
At GIG Wheaton said the man left
the dock. The next day, Wheaton
saw his watch was a few minutes
slow according to the sheriff's watch.
Norman MaWson was next called.
He had much difficulty in speaking.
He recalled Haines Landing. Going
back he noticed a girl in window
wearing brown coat, the Welch
store.
Fred B. Burns, Jr. of IIaines
Landing, whose mother runs Moose
lookmeguntic house. testified he saw
Wheaton and MaWSOn the night of
the 9th, he showed the two men a
boat. The next day he observed the
boat had been moved. He knew
when Otis came to the landing be-
cause he knew Otis car.
Junior said he saw no one on the
Oquossoc road, that night, near the
TOothacher garage.
Miss Percy, boOkkeeper at the
NJ ooselookmesuntic hotel, testified to
going to the postoffice a little while
after supper Oct. 6. She saw one per
son there, Mrs. Bean. Miss Percy
| said she asked Mrs. Bean if she
didn't want the package of WOO
which had come. Mrs. Bean said
she would get it later as she wanted
to write a letter. She did not notice
! in what direction Mrs. Bean went
She heard shots as she was wOrkins
| on her books after returning to the
hotel. She did not turn on the stree
! lights that night. She had known
! Otis to turn on the lights at times.
Mrs. Bean, appeared very broken
| hearted. very unhappy when Mis-.
Percy saw her at the Welch home
| "Oh, Percy, why did they do it?" sh'
asked Miss Percy. A few days be
| fore Mrs. Bean told Miss Percy how
| sweet MIR. Bean had been towards
| her and how she wanted to go I,
work next summer to help him. /,
! indirect examination she said Mrs
Eeaa had never told her Mr. Bear
was mean to her.
| Archie III. Lufkins. a guide in tn,
! summertime. testified he was putin,
his motor boat up in ToOthacher gar
age on Oct. s. He saw Mrs. Beal
between 4.30 and ) at his camp. Sh
/ had never been there before tina
summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01
MORNING SESSION

Deputy Sheriff A. L. Blodgett was
again called to the stand in the
opening of the trial of Mrs. Ethel
II. Bean. charged with the murder
of her husband, Otis A. Bean. He
stated the amount found in the
mans pocket was S11.4S and not
$5.4S as stated yesterday.
Robert A. Martin. better known
as Bob Martin, testified as to his
movements on the day of Oct. e.
He stated upon being examined by
County Attorney Currier G. Holman
that he left his camp on the road
to Bald Mountain. at 6.22 for the
Welch place. Right below the spring
he heard the first shot.
LAS you went by Mrs. Beans
house did you see any lights there?"
Martin continued out to the WEIGH
place. going upstairs. Mrs. WEIGH
asked him if he heard the shooting
. Objection was raised to repeating
any conversation.
Judge Dunn in answer to Attorney
Pattangall said he realized the con-
versatiOn opened door and he
didn't want to take the door off the
hinges.
The Welches loaned Martin a
flashlight to get Mr.. I.ufkin. as Luf-
kin was wanted on the long distance
| telephone. He stopped and hollered
| to Archie Lufkin. Getting no an
! swer he turned around to go. His
fiashlight caught a man standing in
| the road. he could not tell exactly
| by the place where the man stood
another man came into view.
What happened them"
| This little man joined the other
man. I saw light down in by the
| Toothaker isarage. Thinking Mr.
Bean was there, getting ready to &C
| t. OquossOc. l hollered. Getting nc
answer / asked these men"
! Objection raised and carried.
What did they (the two mem
do?"
They turned and walked towards
| Oauossoc."
Il saw the body of a dead man.
| what did you do?"
| II turned right back and notified
Mr.. WEIGH"
WEIGH started ahead and Martin
| followed. going back to where the
! car came along. Martin when bacl
about 70 feet down the trail.
In the Welch car were Mr.. an(
Mrs. WEIGH and Mrs. Bean and they
went back to the WEIGH place.
Cross examination by Attorney
| William r. Pattangall: The ques
ton of time was delt upon to mucl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01
Quickly Drives
Out All the
Rheumatic Poisons
Acts on Kidneys. Liver. Stomach sna
Blood First Day.-Tliat's Rheumas
Way

The second dsy you take Rheuma. I'll.
doctors remedy that is selling 50 rapisy
you'll realize that when Rheuma goes /,
uric acid goes out.
1t matters not whether you are tortured
with pain, crippled with swollen joints 0,
distressed with occasional twinses, Rheun,
is guaranteed by Fletchers Pharmacy 10
end your rheumatic trouble or money bses
Rheuma is just as effective in cases o,
lumbago. sctatica, arthritis and chroac
neuralgia.
rheumatism is dangerous disease II
often affects the heart and causes death,
II you have it in the slightest degree gs,
a bottle of Rheunla from your druggist TO.
day and drive it from your system nigh,
uow-4dy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01

when Mrs. Bean inquired on wla'
seat, Mr.. Bean rode when ne WEN
was alluded to by Mr.. Holman. Wnen
told he rode on the back seal. %
said they would show she SAID Fun.
ny. because he always rode on y.
front seat" He pointed this ou' -
another evidence of her Jealousy.
1.-THE State will show that one ai'.
ernoon after the talk, Mrs. Bean sa'
down to the landing. A man anu
woman came along. Mrs. Bean aD .s
another person began to tank aoO. .
a man travelling around with ND.
ried woman. IF my husband eve
does it he will never get away WIZ
it. were her words. it will be shoss
1.-THE night before the murdel u's
he had one girl with him. risaI a
practically the same place. ne pI,.
no attention to his wife. When a.
called to him, his answer PACK sa
so slight that the woman IN tGs ~
seat could not tell it. HIS VIE nj
to the garage just before ne star"
out with the car
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01

large hands must have made the
impressions.
by the defense include: Florence
Woodside. George Town, Nancy Rus
sell of Georgetown. DIR. Fl. ID. Meek
err, New York City, Theodore c.
Haley, Harrison Amber. DIN Rowe,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hollis. Miss
Reese, Miss NJ. G. Wells of Orange,
n. j.. James Mathison, Frank King
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. J. Canadian, Port
land: Bertha r. Toothacher of Phil
adelphia. the newly married sister
of Mrs Bean; Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Fanjoy. Albert II. Hamilton Of Au-
burn. n. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
c. Walker New York City
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01
Termination Flashes

County Attorney Currier "
man. working with Attorney usH. CIV.
Ransford W. Shaw in the Bean %sl
der trial. is piling up an en r"onIi
record in his county duties enV n,
the State win the Bean case ~.
Holman will have established
ord there az prosecuting attorney' a
in the present term he has lo'; -. n
criminal cases and has turnsu s0S a
the county treasurer some f-'
fines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01
DIE

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Fep' ~
FRYE~Bangor, FEB. IS, Mrs Nv
N. of Harrington. o. Annis
HARRIMAN-Ban FEB 70, " sstl
wife of Llewellyn Of Buekspor'' "
81 years. as Mah!
Bradley. Feb. 70, I POsl
infant daughter of Willis ~ anu -
A. aged 6 months. 26 days: c.or,ctts
MILES-Bangor. Feb. 20. C ~ xsars
widow of Cant. Charles. ase0 ~ -
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
MY MOTHERS BIBLE.

This book is all that's left me now
Tears will unbidden start
With faltering lip and throbbing brow
I press it to my heart.
For many generations past y
Here is our family tree;
My mothers hands this Bible clasped
She, dying, gave it me.
All! we'll do I remember those
Whose names these records bear;
Who round the hearthstone used to
close,
After the evening prayer,
And speak of what these pages said
In tones my heart would thrill!
Though they are with the silent dead
Here are they living still!
My father read this holy book
To brothers, sisters, dear;
How calm was my poor mothers look
Who loved Gods word to hear!
Her angel FACET see it yet!
What thronging memories come!
Again that little group is met
Within the halls of home!-Sel.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
PASTOR ADVISES LET
UP ON KU KLUX KHAN

atty to the constitution; uphold the
honor of womanhood; stand for one
language, one school, one flag, and
equal service to all; then l am the
last man in the country to offer de-
structive criticism and I would sug-
gest that once more we might apply
the teachings of Jesus Christ and
Judge the Khan by its fruits. This, in
the last analysis, is the acid test.
Will it stand the test? This I can
not answer. I, like the rest of you,
must aw; it the outcome"
Continuing, Rev. Mr.. Waite SAID:
"In the words of some, this country
is going to the dogs. I believe there
is enough character in this country
to hold the ship of state in a steady
course against the evils limited at in
the discussions throughout the press
1t is the duty of every American to
unselfshly give the best within him
to preserve a grand America for fu-
ture generations. He who lives to
serve the race, whether he be Protest
ant, Catholic, Jew or Gentle, rich OF
poor, high or low, need have nothing
to fear from any source whatsoever"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14

Chief Justice Taft made plain
speech to Yale men last year that
new Klansmen should Know. 1t was
a speech that should be radioed to
every college chapel in the land.
Stating frankly that although he
himself had been opposed to the 18th
amendment before it was adopted,
the issue had been decided against
him, in the regular appointed way,
"the rules of the game of popular
government are that all living under
the government must obey" He
stated clearly that there isn't the
slightest chance that the amendment
will be repealed. Some of his en-
phatic utterances should be printed
in the school books of the up-to-date
American school boy in the place OF
some of the history lessons that tend
neither to inform nor to increase a
child's sense of right and patriotic
duty. Among the striking state
ments that stand out in this speech,
the following may be remembered and
quoted:
II have confidence that when the
intelligent, the patriotic, the well-to-
do, as we'll as the plain people, face
the real issue, when they see whittier
we are tending in making fun of the
law and it's violations, all of which
tends to lead one to support those who
are engaged in violating it, when
they realize that others not so pat
riotic, and who are evil-minded are
only too glad to bring about demon
alization of all law, as the open vio-
lations of the liquor law necessarily
tend to do, then I believe we shall
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
The RIGHT OF THE STATE

or sect has the right to place it's au.
thority over the state in the matter
of compulsory education in our pub
lie schools, for when they attempt to
take this prerogative from the gov
eminent then we no longer have a
free government with the power to
insure the protection of our rising
generation.
with religious discussions we have
nothing to do. Masonry grants to all
men the right of religious liberty, as
each of US insists on his own right of
conscience and form of religious wor-
ship, but we do claim and insist that
our government shall be left free
without religious dictation to exer-
else control over the education of the
child, that the true democracy estab-
lished by our forefathers may 60 up
ward and onward, and that our future
citizens may be thoroughly imbued
with the spirit of patriotism and 10y
atty, so that all our people will have
the same opportunities for knowledge
to fit them for their duties as citizens
of our country"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14

Owosso, Mich.-Advice to adopt a
Christian attitude toward the Ku Klux
Khan was given by Rev. H. Waite,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
here, when he addressed big congre-
CATION let Sunday night.
LET me say this, my friends the
pastor said, "if the Khan is the bloody
bunch of hoodlums that some repres-
ent it to be; if the Klan sets aside law
and despises order; if it seeks to stir
religious hatred, denying the constitu-
tional right of American citizens to
worship God according to the dictates
of their conscience; if it spells terror
to law-abiding folk and makes the
midnight ring with the cries of its
victims; then, in the name of God,
it should be destroyed root and branch
the sooner the better.
Should Be Judged By Its Fruits
"On the other hand, if these $500
900 men who have banded together
have an unselfsh purpose in the pro-
lection of Americas right for Amer
leans; the protection of the church.
school and state; if they maintain
American tradition; insist upon 10y
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
A TRAIL. OF RUINS

blest,
The wealthiest man among Us IL the
best. aes
No grandeur now in mature or in book
Delights US. Rapine, avarice, ex-
pense,
This is idolatry and these we adore,
Plain living and high thinking are no
more"
An while he wrote, "plain living
and high thinking" were having the
opportunity of their lives on this
hemisphere, where the humble toilers
from all the earth were working out
the will of God, and planting the
new Jerusalem in Columbia's happy
land. Yet the things Wordsworth de-
plored are poisoning red here and
now. 1t is almost inevitable that
where wealth accumulates, men decay.
In many an artistic suburb of our
great cities the caste system shades
off from boulevard to back alley like
iris on the neck of FURNISHED dove, to
dull slate beneath. The "colonel's
lady and Judy O'Grady may be sis
ters under the skim" but it is what is
wrapped about their respective skins
that seems to make all the difference
socially.
Christianity came into the world in
a sunburst of song. Mary's magni-
feat was democracy's charter which
should put down the mighty from
their seats and exalt them of low
degree" Christianity came with a
demand for social engineering that
shocked the satisfied walkers on the
old trails. The hills of pride, preju-
dice, and privilege must be cut down.
The valleys of poverty and human de-
graduation must be filed up. The
crooked places must be Strengthened
and the rough made plain, and all
flesh should see it together, a demo-
cratic cosmopolitan group meeting ON
a common level in need of a common
repentance, common faith a require
ment, and common fellowship as of
one great brotherhood the sublime
ideal. If, as a nation, we have left
our program behind US, the church
within the nation must be the voice
that calls the nation back to first prin-
ciples.-Northwestern Chistiarn Ad-
vocate.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14

The state in America has the right
to compel the parent to educate the
child, and the fact that private
schools instead of public schools have
been allowed as a privilege and not
as a right, means that when this
privilege is abused it certainly can
be withdrawn, declared Ford Van
Hosen, deputy grand master, Ma
sonic Grand Lodge of Iowa, at its
annual meeting in Sioux City this
month. He said in part:
"In this country the right of Ne
children of the state to receive at the
hands of the safe an elementary edu-
cation is almost as firmly rooted in
our system of government as are the
guarantees of protection to life and
liberty and safety of persons and
property.
"There are now agencies in our
country that attempt to subvert the
rights guaranteed by our laws anil
constitution, and even the rights of
the parents themselves in debating
the education of our children by say
ing that education is none of the
states business Surely no church
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
A KANSAS DEFENSE

der the collar, and he is responsible
for this outbreak: "The above nara
tive is a short prevarication that has
obtained circulation among people OF
vivid Imagination, such fabrication
has hindered immigre ton, retarded
education, prevented irrigation, the
same of civilization, and is absolute
ly without foundation. The popula-
ton mentioned in the above narration
are the scum of creation, are beyond
salvation, deserve starvation and can
have free transportation to that land
of speculation or to the Indian Ma
ion, or to helendamnation upon appli-
cation"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
A MILLION FOR A CROSS
WHEN THE CROSS OF


A fool and her money are soon
parted. Observation and velvety re-
straint in nice cotton-upholstered
psychopathic ward would seem to
be a logical necessity for some rich
American women. There's Miss
Belle Skinner of Holyoke, Mass, for
example-Miss Belle Skinner, "too
much rich," who has wasted one
million dollars and five years time
in rebuilding a moss-covered, CHS
toric" French town of two hundred
inhabitants.
When one thinks of the hundreds
of struggling, poorly endowed Amer
lean colleges to whom a million dol
lars or any reasonable part of it
would be a godsend and a continu-
ing blessing to countless American
students, enc feels constrained to say
to such an irresponsible person,
"Waster and fool, the gifts of Provi-
dence whose steward you are, slip
through your spendthrift fingers. The
wistful eyes of innumerable school
children of America look reproachful-
ly at you'll"
To throw away one million excel
lent American dollars on two hum
dred French peasants when a few
thousands of that sum would have
built them good comfortable homes,
if such philanthropy were deemed
essential to the welfare of the world,
is little less than a crime against
ones country.
In the final analysis, people Of
great wealth and power do not be-
long strictly to themselves-they
belong to their nation. And their
resources should be administered as
carefully as any public trust. But,
perhaps Miss Skinner was merely
playing to her own vanity and pay
ing a fancy price for the Cross of a
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
with which foreign bauble the French
government decorated her.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14

A wagon passed through Kansas,
says a Missouri paper, bearing the
following inscription:
Colorado and irrigation, Kansas
and starvation, I'm going to my
wife's relation, and make no demon
stration." A Minnesota editor took
up the matter and answered as fol-
lows: "They ought to come to Mimi
esota-where there is no irrigation
and man with education can engage
in speculation, bring along his wife's
relations, have a good time and free
salvation, with no danger of starva-
ton. This is worth consideration"
That made Kansas editor warm I'M
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
1.-THE LAW is ON THE
BOOKS, SO ENFORCE IT.

rouse ourselves and create a public
opinion through self-discipline. y
< We don't want to drift into that
Indifferent attitude oward the enforce
men of a law as conspicuous as this.
You can say it is parochial and that
there ought not to have been consti-
tutional amendment of that sort be-
cause it is parochial; but it is on the
statute books and we can't get rid of
it, and it is there by vote according
to the form of the constitution. You
can say it isn't popular. Well, that's
like fighting against the result of a
ball game when there are good UNI
pires who have decided and who know
what the rules of the game are.
The 18th amendment was adopted
4 T."
No man dare change his opinion
on law enforcement in respect to the
Volstead amendment. He dare not
do it. From the highest justice in the
land to the lowliest citizen of us all
the stand must be made so long as the
prohibition amendment is part of
the constitution. Who will dare, there
fore, by his antogonism, in the final
issue, to aid those who stand against
enforcement? Not any Klansman in
the world. We dare not impair the
influence of the constitution-we dare
bot dream of an alliance with the dark
powers that work against us. To fight
any clause of the constitution is to
seek to wreck the future of our exper-
iment in society-our country, whose
basis must always be our laws and
nothing else!
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14

Housekeeper: I asked you to send
me young chicken.
Butcher: Well, didn't you get one?
Housekeeper: Young? Say, it was
old enough to dress itself!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-11
ENSLEy |S FACING. LOSS OF NATIONAL.
 GUARD COMP ANY
Financial Assistance And Interest Of Citizens De-
 Clared Necessary
ENSLEY BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALD ! Ensley. Ala. July 10

Unless the citizens of Ensley evil dence a greater interest in the mill tary company stationed in Ensley and also undertake to assist the com pany financially, it is believed that the troop will be moved from Ems ley or mustered out of the service That information was disclosed here Tuesday. Efforts will be made to enlist the cooperation of the .Ensley Associated Merchants or the Kiwanis club or both to keep the company spends about 1000 per year on the company in payments for drills ev- cry week, besides a small sum for rent and other expenses. However, the company has never been able to fill it's full position here on account of the high armory expenses. The soldiers have no recreational ad- vantages at their meeting place, it is said.
 It was stated Tuesday that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company had indicated it's willingness to cooperate in solving the prob lem confronting the soldiers. How ever, the opinion prevails that the business men and others interested in the troop will have to underwrite some of the annual budget and will have to provide some additional fea- lures if the company is to remain here and fulfill it's full mission.
 It is believed that the proposition will be presented to the Kiwanis club at it's Thursday meeting and 1t is believed that body of men will enthusiastically favor going after whatever 1t takes to keep the com pany in full standing and satisfied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-11
MISSION SOCIETY MEETS

All circles of the womans mission ary society of the Seventh Street Baptist church met Monday afternoon a; the home of Mrs. R. $. Nolan. The Carson circle had charge of the pro- gram which was on eVangellstic agencies of the foreign board Mrs. w. R. Parker acted as leader and the following appeared on the pro- gram: Hazel Page, Frances Jones, Meredith Langford, Grace Willis, Elizabeth Parsons. Jeanette Langford, Zelpha Parsons, Mrs. G. A. Burgess. Mrs. T. T. Langford, Mrs. J. R. Hous- ton, Mrs. J. D. Murchison, Mrs. G. A. Harris, Mrs. C. H. Brown, Mrs. R. s Nolan, Mrs C. N. Langford, Mrs. w. S. Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-11
KIwANIs CLUB LUNCHEON

The Kiwanis club of Ensley will hold a regular luncheon Thursday at 1 o'clock in the Masonic temple. President w. E. Turnipseed will pre- side, The program committee, of which Roscoe Scott is chairman, has outlined a live program, it is stated. Every member of the club is expected to attend. Those who cannot come are expected to send excuses not later than Wednesday afternoon. It Is understood that several very im- portant matters will be presented to the club at the Thursday meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-11
,JONEsRORO ARTISTS MEET

The Jonesboro Baptist Women's Missionary society held largely at tended meeting Monday afternoon. Mrs. l.. A. Hurst was in charge of the program, which was as follows: Our Future Business" Mrs. Saun- ders; The League of Missions" Mrs. Alice Breem; Our Large Fields, Mrs. Charles Essman; What of Ja- pan?" Mrs. Mason Evangelism" '" Mrs. l.. A. Hurst: Come Over and Help Us" Mrs. c. D. Bryan; Our Second Largest Field" Mrs. Will Ess- man: ''Over the Border" Mrs. Cecil; "Go," Mrs. Jenkins; Prayer" Mrs. Brand