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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13

sETHCEHEM LODGE, NO IS. z. &
A. NJ. Special communication MONDAY
Work In F. C. degree. All sojournlng
brothers cordially invited.
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ALBERT NJ. PINGREE. Rec.
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Regular meeting Friday evening ct
7.30 o'clock. Friday evening, Oct. IL.
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JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT, No. 8,
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
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G. S. PEAsLEE, Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9. p. M,
Regular nestins every third TUESDAY
4 n DRUNMOND. Clerk.
6. 4. z, THE REGULAR MEETING
OF Seth williams Post no. 10, drst
Thursday Of each month
GEO q. GAY, Commander.
WILLIAM McDAvID. Adjutant.
QUEEN TEMPLE NO. 70, PyTHiAN
Sisters. meets In x. Of T. hall the sec.
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings OF
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COURT PINE TREE NO. 90. FOR.
esters Of America, meets In Golden
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13
Editorial Comment
Respect for Sex

NDUSIUN ITdHBCFIpID
Respect for sex is the first princi-
pie of good manners. No real lady
should smoke in front of a gentle
man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9. p. M,
Regular msstins every third TUESDAY
ct 3 o'clock.
JOHN PAY; ,G sgf r,,.-x
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13

JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT, No. 8,
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
at 7.30 P. M.
G.. S. PEASLEE, Scribe.
Evening star., 1923-12-09
Little Rocking Chairs

400 Little Red Chairs and Rock
ers to match. for $l.00.
Golden oak finish. with arms;
made strong; will last for years. At
$500.
Evening star., 1923-02-25
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONES Pages.

General News-Local, National, Foreign.
Community centers-Pase
Art and Artists-Page 10.
Parent Teacher ActivitIes-Page II.
Veterans Of the Great War-Paee ~.
Schools and coiIeaes-Pase %.
Radio News-Pase "a.
Financial News-Paees "a and 25.
PART TWO-2e Pages.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Around the cIty-Page II.
Officers Reserve Corps-Page 12.
o. A. r. ActIvitIes-Page 10.
Girls and Their AnaIrs-Psge "a.
Serial, 1.-The Scarlet Tanager'-Page ID.
Classified isements-Pages IS to
81.
Fraternites-Pages ~ and 22.
News of the CIubs-Paee %.
Spanish War veterans-Page 22.
PART THREE-10 Pages.
Observation-Disclosures ana the Photo
play.
Music in Washington-Paee 5.
Motorists and Motorina-Pages to 8.
Reviews of New Books-Paee 10.
PART FOUR Pages.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE-8 Pages.
Magazine Section-Features and Fiction.
ROTOGRAVURE-S Pages.
World Events In Pictures.
COMIC SECTION+ Pages.
Mutt and JEFF; RegIar FeIIers; Betty;
Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1923-02-25
TOUR OVER NATION
PRESIDENTS PLAN
Wants to Meet People Who
Elected Him and Have
Them Know Him.
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

President Harding has determined
to get better acquainted with the
American people. He wants to know
them and wants them to know him.
If his present plans hold and enable
him to keep the various promises he
has made during the last twelve
months. he will make a big Swing
around the circle" during the COM
ing summer or early fall.
1t is very doubtful whether the
President will be able to include
Alaska in his itinerary, much as ho
would like to. No President of the
United States ever has visited that
far northwestern territory during the
scores of years it has been under the
American flag. President Harding
has wanted to blaze the Alaskan
trail. but the doubtful state of Mrs.
Harding's health would preclude her
accompanying him to Alaska, and he
Continued OH Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1923-02-25
Maynard Easton Lives Only
Four Hours After Being
Dragged From Well.
BATTLED COLD 27 HOURS
UNDER TONS OF SAND
Pulled Free With Rope When Dig
ging Fails to Release I'm
prisoned Limbs.
By a Stan CORRESPONDENT

BY a Stan Correspondent
SAVAGE, Md, February a4.-Death,
momentarily cheated of victim
sealed in sandy prison thirty-five
feet under the ground, claimed May
nard Easton as it's own tonight The
plucky lad, who had gamely battled
for life twenty-seven long hours
while buried under twenty tons of
earth in the pit of a well. died short
ly after o'clock, a few hours after
he had been taken from it.
The end came in the home. of Tom
Bassford. farmer for whom young
Easton was digging the we'll yester-
day afternoon when it's treacherous.
sandy walls suddenly oaved in on
him, completely entombing him at
the bottom Of the shaft at the very
moment he was waiting for helpers
above to pull him out for lunch.
Many Aid In Rescue.
Trapped a few minutes before /
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
twenty ytwo-year- youth had been
held fast by the wet. freezing sands
until shortly after o'clock this
afternoon. His rescue was effected
only after engineers from Washing
ton. firemen from Baltimore and
husky laborers from the Maryland
house of correction had replaced the
tired farmers who had struggled
taooughout a bitter cold night to re-
lease him from the creeping death.
Once released, however. the game
spirit that had sustained him through
out those cold hours and even en-
abled him to direct the rescuers in
their work snapped, and DR.. Frank
E. Shipley, who had stood vigil
throughout the night, realized. after
the first few moments he worked over
Easton. that death would win the
fight after all Specialists were sum-
moned from Baltimore. and. the din
ing room of the Bassford family was
converted into an emergency operat-
ing room for the use of the surgeons.
Weakens Rapidly.
But every precaution was in vain
Easton weakened rapidly. His body
was not only badly crushed by the
weight of the earth beneath which he
had been buried. but his heart had
been weakened by the shock of the
experience. This, coupled with the
cold, SO sapped his strength that he
had none left for the final battle.
William Easton, the boys father,
who had sat trembling beside the
well throughout the ordeal of the
slow rescue, was crushed when in
formed Maynard was dead At the
moment the lad was buried, Mr..
Easton was digging grave in a.
nearby cemetery. Had the cave-in
occurred two hours later. the father
would have been in the place of the
son, for he had left his work at the
well to dig the grave. The son, how
ever. had replaced him at the former
place.
Saved by Boards.
Just what caused the walls of the
we'll to collapse so suddenly has not
yet been determined. The frail
boards that had sustained them buc-
kled in such a manner that as they
fell they formed a small pyramid
over Easton. In this small chamber
he had been able to breathe from 1
Continued on Page ., Column S.)
Evening star., 1923-02-25
SUBSIDY STRENGTH
LOOMS UP IN VOTE
Proponents of Ship Bill Over
WheIm Opposition on
Two Roll Calls.
BUT ONLY DELAY DEFEAT
Death Blow Expected in Senate
Tomorrow When Ladd Moves
to Sidetrack It.

Proponents of the administration
shipping bill demonstrated their su-
perior strength yesterday in the SEN
ate, but their efforts only served to
pave the way for the death of the leg
islation tomorrow.
Those supporting the measure, al
though openly conceding it to be
doomed, defeated the opponents on
two roll calls by the identical vote of
46 to 3S. One vote was on a motion
by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
acting democratic leader, to table the
pending motion to proceed with con-
sideration of the bill. The second
was on the motion to proceed with
the bill, which motion was made
Wednesday right after the measure
had been laid aside to permit action
on two conference reports.
To Fight RecOmmittaI.
Thus the shipping bill was tenn
porarily revived. but Senator Robin
son Immediately presented a motion
to send the bill back to the commerce
committee and to its death. This mo-
ton was by agreement left pending
when the Senate adjourned for the
day and will come to a vote soon
after 1 o'clock tomorrow. Support
ers Of the bill expect to defeat this
motion.
The end of the legislation for this
Congress and of similar shipping leg
islation for at least two or more
years then will come on a motion ex-
pected to be made by Senator Iiadd
republican, North Dakota, to lay aside
the bill and take up the filled milk
measure. Senator Jones, republican
Washington, in charge of the ship
ping bill, said yesterday he would
vote for the Ladd motion and many
of the republicans who voted yester-
day to keep the measure alive are ex-
pected to join with him in such num-
bers as to pass the motion. Such ac-
tion would put the shipping bill be-
yond possibility of further considera-
tion before adjournment
Result Of Roll Call.
Supporters Of the ship bill claimed
that the vote yesterday on the motion
by Senator Jones to take up the
measure for consideration showed
that the legislation could have been
passed in the Senate if it had not
(Continued on Page 4. Column IL
Evening star., 1923-02-25
COnfesses Store R0bberies;
- $4,000 u, Loot Is Recovered

;, With the recovery of $4,000 worth
of stolen property and charges of
seven cases of store robberies laid
against Elisha Edmonson, colored,
thirty-eight, of 1416 10th street. police
of the second precinct believe they
have cleaned UP the series of house.
breakings and night store robberies
stretching over period of six
months past, and costing local mer-
chants $4,000. approximately. in
stolen merchandise.
Edmonson last night admitted to
Precinct Detectives F. NJ. Howard
and H. E. Brodie at the second pre-
cinct that he had broken into and
entered seven, of the score of stores
reported robbed in the last six
months.
Arrested On 7th Street.
He wass arrested about 2 o'clock
Thursday morning by Policeman F.
s. Hathorne Of the second precinct
at 7th and NJ streets as he was about
to break into a delicatsssen store.
When brought to fha station and
Evening star., 1923-02-25

whose names they claimed not to
know.
Authorities of every division Of the
local and federal police system sur
rounded the property where the
seizure occurred, and Immediately be-
gan ripping open the packing cases
in the lodging house arsenal" They
found hand grenades, loaded and set;
rifle grenades, smokeless gun powder,
safety cartridges, machine guns,
rifles, ammunition, iron bombs and
quantities of iron rods, the purpose
of which was not known
Chiefs of the secret service, police
authorities. fire department officials,
heads of the bomb squad and of the
bureau Of combustibles and all de-
partments of the police in Hoboken
were summoned to join the investiga-
tion.
quite accidental. A policeman was
patroling his lonely beat along the
North river, where it is lined by piers
of the Cunard, White Star and French
line steamships, when, at 24th street
and Eighth avenue, he spied four men
working in the dark, heaving and
skidding a vanload Of crates down
planks into a basement.
What is itT' asked the patroIman.
as he inserted his night, stick under
the cover Of a case. 'Booze2
"No, canned goods" the workers
told him.
I've heard that one BEFORE" said
the patrolman, and he pried up the
lid. In the light of his pocket flash
he saw hand grenades and cartridges
Just then window three stories
up was raised and O'Buryne poked
out his head to shout down: 'Iti
amuaunitinak M anyhod1 wsnts +
tnox1r
Evening star., 1923-02-25
Sterling Will Poll Civil Service
Committee in Effort to
Rush Measure.
TAKES SHARP ISSUE
WITH STEWARD FOR ATTACK
Senator Declares Chief of Federation
Unwarranted in Remarks, as Work
ers Are Cared For.

Thousands of employees of the federal government in Wash.
ngon and of the District will their present pay
plus the bonus increased by the compromise recacaon bill
reported the Senate late yesterday Senator Soot of Utah
from the appropriations committee
None of the employees will have his her pay reduced below
the present pay, plus the bonus.
The BILL the request of Senator Smoo referred the
Senate committee civil service of which Senator Sterling of
South Dakota is chairman
Senator Sterling said last night that he planned po his
committee the compromise which both and
Senator Smoo agreed before upon by appropria-
report favoraby Senate tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-02-25

searched, a hatchet was found dan
Cling down his back, supported by a
cord around his neck. Upon search
ing his rooms the precinct detectives
found trunk jammed with wearing
apparel, revolvers, groceries and mis-
cellaneous items Approximately $3.50
worth Of jewelry was found in a
travelling bag.
The loot was diverse. When Lieut..
Ready opened the trunk in Capt
Peck's Office at the second precinct,
the first thing he picked out was a
can OF Asardines. The next thing he
found was a Jar Of preserved peaches.
Then he picked UP a brief case. Ex-
pecting to find legal documents of
some description in 1t, the lieutenant
discovered that the brief case was a
hiding place for seven revolvers.
Among them was a German luger, an
automatic and several other types of
weapon.
Find Fur Coat.
A fur coat, ladies' silk underwear. a
small bo1 fun OF imported copper pointed
OogAnu9d on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star., 1923-02-25
.Harvey Says US.
Will Help Britain,
Get Out of "Mess''
BY the .Associatad pr.s,

by the Associated Press
LONDON. February 24.-Ambas-
saoor George Harvey, speaking as
the guest of honor at the dinner
OF the London Press Club tonight,
re1erred to statement he is re-
ported to have made on his recent
visit to Washington that "Ameri-
ca is well out of the whole mess"
and said:
was glad that we We're ont
OF the mess. as England would
be glad if she were out the mess
III isn't a question of the policy OF
nation; it is a question of the
necessity of nation.
have real. plain. simple
desire to do everything L can, and
everything my country can, 10
help this empire in the terrible
distress she is into help her out
OF the mess that she has got TO
get out of. and there is no limit
| would not so and my people
would not SO. now that the wretch
ed debt business is out of the
way, TO help this country"
Evening star., 1923-02-25
Explosives, Crenades, Guns
Seized IN Ne,O York Basement

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 24.-The
seizure of seventy-five cases of hand
grenades and high explosives being
unloaded from a truck into a base
ment in the Chelsea pier district to-
night, led to the discovery of 100
more cases, which had been secreted
in river front lodging house.
A few minutes later city and fed
eral authorities uncovered in the same
building 200 rifles, twenty machine
guns and large quantities of steel
jacketed machine gun ammunition in
belts.
Labeled Explosives.
The explosives in hugh packing
cases, were addressed to IS. C. S.,
New York." and to Arthur Leibinger,
263 West Thirty-fourth street" All
were labeled "Precaution, high ex-
plosives-handle with care
Edward and Patrick Howey,
brothers, who claimed to own the
moving van whence the explosives. in
huge packing cases, were being skid
ded along a plank into the basement,
were taken into custody, as was Jo-
seph O'Buryne. proprietor of the
lodging house.
Tenants Questioned.
Two other men who were engaged
in unloading the munitions when a
waterfront patrolman became sus-
picious and summoned police and Sc
cret service agents,~escaped. A half
dozen tenants of the lodging house
also were taken to headquarters to be
questioned.
The Howey brothers claimed to
have hauled the seized cargo from
"a red brick warehouse" on River
street, Hoboken, N. J- at the instance
Of ehe two men Wild escaped and
Evening star., 1923-02-25
RUHR HOST|U|T|ES
FEARED IN 60 DAYS
French Moves Disclose Plan
to Put Down Attacks
in Occupied Area.
WOULD INVADE BAVARIA
Military Leaders Expect People
Will Rise at Call of Ger
man Nationalists.
WOULD INVADE BAVARIA
BY Gable 10 The Star.

BY Cable 10 The Star.
PARIS, February 24.-Studied opiu-
ion here admits the probability of a
state of open military hostility be-
tween France and Germany within
sixty days unless the Ruhr situation
is brought to a close by some medium
or Intervention or the abandonment
or the struggle by one side or the
other before that time.
Fruitful signs of intervention cap-
not now be seen from any quarter
and the outstanding signs Of approach
ing hostility come mainly from TN
occupied Germany, especially from
Bavaria and eastern German prov
inces, hotbeds of nationalistic agita-
tion. where responsible leaders inces-
sanity are tanning up flames Of re-
venge and violence. From Berlin. too.
come reports of the governments
tendency officially to recognize the
secret bands as the skeleton forma-
tion of big military force.
If under these circumstances Ger
man nationalism Is secretly prepar-
ing war the only advice one might
OFFER the Germans from this side is
Don't start anything" Public opin-
ION in France would not support q
purely unprovoked attack even on
the Germans if the Paris ministers
were SO inclined, but 1t would over
whelmingly approve the chastise-
ment of war snorting Teuton nation
alists. Signs are not lacking that
the Paris war ministry is fully aIvie
to new methods of treating with
eventualities.
French Ready to Strike.
The entire French plan of mobili-
cation has been changed as a result
of the Ruhr experiment. Until re-
Gently the basic line of departure of
the French forces in case of German
declaration of war has been Rhine
land from Mayence to Dusseldorf.
But the semi-peaceful occupation of
the past sixty days has demonstrated
the ease with which German railroad
workers, state functionaries and the
populaces in general could passiveIy
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1923-02-25

Would Pass Bill Quickly.
The bill will then be before the
Senate for action. Effort will be made
to pass it without delay, so that it
may go to the House for action be-
fore the close of the session.
If the compromise bill should fail or
be delayed, reciassification legislation
again will be deferred, and the s240
bonus for government employees will
have to be resorted to for another
year. or the government employees will
be forced to accept less pay during
the next fiscal year than they receive
today. The House appropriations
committee has prepared a bonus bill
Evening star., 1923-02-25
S24O CLERK BONUS
NEARS HOUSE VOTE
Measure Will Be Reported
Tomorrow, According to
Chairman Madden.

The S240 bonus bill for govern
ment employees is to be reported to
the House tomorrow and taken up
on Tuesday or "Wednesday, according
to present plans of Chairman Madden
of the House appropriations commit
tee. Estimates for the bonus ap-
proximated s3s.0O0,000, but this
amount was cut by the subcommittee.
Representative Madden has called
a meeting of the full committee for
tomorrow to formally report out this
bill, which is adjusted compensation
continuing the So-called bonus grant
ed to government employees in lieu of
salary increases TO meet the high
cost of living while awaiting for the
recIaSsification bill establishing new
grades and determining salary sched-
ules to be enacted.
This action of the House appropri-
ations committee means that House
leaders have about given up hope
that the reclassification bill which
has already passed the House and is
awaiting action in the Senate will be
passed at this session.
The subcommittee, of which M
Madden himself is chairman, closed
today. The bill as ready for approval
for the full committee is identical
with the bill passed last year.
Only those bureaus which submit
ted estimates showing a material in
crease in the amount asked over what
was provided to pay the bonus dur
ing the present fiscal year were heard
by the subcommittee. These included
the bureau of mines, the Department
of Justice, the Engineer Corps of the
War Department, the finance division
of the War Department, the bureau
Of foreign and domestic commerce
and the census bureau.
Not for Laborers.
The bonus is not given to laborers
nor to men employed for only a six
months period. 1t is not given to
laborers because they are paid the
same rate as that received by labor
ers in similar employment outside of
the government service. If the gov
ernment laborers were granted the
bonus it would upset the labor rate
for outside employers. 1t was dis
covered by the subcommittee that
some of the departments have been
paying the bonus to men who were
employed for only a six months
period, although explicit direction in
the law is that they shall not pay.
To correct this situation the COM
mittee made substantial cuts in the
estimates where this abuse has been
practiced.
Besides Chairman Madden, the COM
mittee which has been working on
the bonus bill includes Representa-
tivesNCannon of Illinois, Wood Of In
diana, Cramton of Michigan, Kelley
of Michigan, ;Byrnes of Tennessee,
Sisson of Mississippi and Galliyan of
Massachusetts -
Evening star., 1923-02-25

Cloudy today and tomorrow. prob
ably occasional rains; warmer today.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at 10 pm. last night: Highest
37.S: lowest 49,
Full report on page )
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-29
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

The Department of Justice has for
some time been considering evil
dence relating to the Veterans Bu-
reau, with a view toIpossible crini-
nal prosecutions, it became known.
Representative Graham (Rep., ill.)s
after conference with the President,
says he will fight to finish for
election as majority leader of the
house.
Investigation of the Shipping Board
while it was headed by Albert D..
Lasker of Chicago will be demand
ed in resolution to be introduced
by Representative Edwin Davis,
Tennessee, Davis announced.
Democrats plan own tax reduction
measure.
Coolidge takes hand in fight of party
factions in House.
New anti-aircraft guns, most powerful
in the world, developed by Coast
Artillery Corps.
Coolidge to oppose fatty bonus and
back MELONS tax plan.
Daughters of Confederacy stage DEM
onstration of affection at Wilson
home. Ex-President formally ex-
presses thanks.
Senators Shlpstead and Magnus john
son undecided whether to join In
Republican caucus.
United States to comb entire eastern
seaboard for prominent leaders OF
big liquor ring. Hundred and TWEEN
ty-six Indicted at Savannah.
Senator Magnus johnson views Sem
ator Hiram johnson as "backslIder"
from Progressivism and opposes
him for presidency.
Rejection by Penrose in 1919 Of VIII
sons plea for bipartisan TAX action
chief obstacle to Democratic sup
port of MELONS program.
Federal Council of Churches sees
President Coolidge to urge his aid
on United States Joining world
court, but sails to get promise.