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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
FLOOD SWEEPS OUT
OTIS HIGHWAY BRIDGE

Otis, May 8.
The bridge on the Ellsworth road
near Harold Salisbury's went out
Sunday afternoon. caused by the food
from the big rain Of Saturday night
and Sunday. The lumber and shin
giles in Salisbury mill yards were
washed down against it, causing a
jam that cleaned everything before it,
The roads through Otis are badly
washed and it will be some time be-
fore they can be repaired to be pass
able
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

No one can predict now with any degree certainty
will be restored
RAILROAD SERVICE CUT OFF
Monday Tuesday, Ellsworth off from the outside
world by the cancellation of all trains because of wasouts The
places the line Mann brook just above Green Lake
station Ncon On the Washington County branch there
also many washouts
THE CTTYS LOSSES
general city from the destruction OF
an thousands Of dollars The Main Street and Infant
bridges be replaced well smaller bridges within
There were many the city, the early
Sunday by overaowed drains but these losses
The drain the Ellsworth greenhouse property
b ad damage done
here The drain choed the Carroll Felt Shoe Co. factory
flooding the basement and wetng down large quantity OF stock
All along both sides of Main street cellars flooded and
Few escaped without some loss.
the side by the going of the bridge and the
school, course discontinued No
think of anything but the reshet and watch fascinated
The garage of the MorangR Robinson Co. the end of
was flooded early Sunday before cars there mostly old cars and
pair jobs could removed At the the flood Wednesday
ee o@e @ in the @
Hancock House stable under water also tractors
The loss to the Hancock County Farmers Union
principally grain and -four the storehouses by the
early of all the stock not removed before the height Of
H. B. Estey the Ellsworth laundry, another loser
the laundry has been suspended for the The
Of the laundry flooded About wood
and Mr. Eeys small the mill road
ELLSWORTH NOT ALONE
Ellsworth alone From all sections of the county and
reports ehet damage Practically all
located river have suffered damage.
At Surry, the Patterns pond bridge carried away
the other bridge made impossible for time Egypt bridge
Franklin has gone
Gouldsboro the Dunbar mill swept away, large
quantity of logs and lumber.
Many impossible because of bridges gone
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

This is an emergency edition of The American, made
necessary by the disaster made possible by friends The
Bangor Commercial lives up the best traditions of the
craft and of the profession Manager Hargan, Editor
Hall and Foreman Curran have done everything possible
help in this emergency and acknowledge the debt
of gratitude. The calamity that has beaen Ellsworth has
off power and printing in office is mpossi-
be Much of the matter used in this issue loaned by the
Commercial and we give this credit here bodily.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
TEN DAYS TO EMPTY LAKE

An engineer estimates that it will
take eight to ten days to reduce the
storage lake to the normal flow Of
the river, but of course the flow
will gradually decrease unless new
breaks occur in the dam.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

southampton, Eng, May 3-Three
American ambassadors are on the lin
er George Washington whichS sailed
today from Southampton for New
York
George Harvey, ambassador to the
Court OF st. James, and Alanson b.
Houghton, ambassador to Germany,
embarked here and Cyrus E. Woods,
newly appointed ambassador to Japan,
formerly stationed in Madrid, will.
board the ship at Cherbourg.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02

uninjured The Foundry and Machine Works that
still doing business the and that suspension OF its
chine shop and foundry business will be but temporary
THE LOSSES
An estimate of 100000 damage believed be
tve allowing salvage of boats and other property he
heaviest and approximate losses follows
Whicomb Haynes & Whitney, $75,OOO
Bar Harbor Union River Power Co.. $l25,0OO
Ellsworth Foundry & Machine Works. $4,000.
City of Ellsworth $4,000.
Boats allowing for salvage and Insurance. Sooooo
r. P. King, Digo Theatre $4,000.
c. J. Treworgy Corporation $I5,OOO
Morang Robinson Co. Garage $4,000.
Hancock County Farmers Union, $4,000
H. S. Jones, buildings, replacement valuation S3,ooo
Other losses 5000.
STORY OF FRESHET
The eshet the toential rain of Saturday night
and Sunday 400 inches of fell in ~ntyfour hours
This alone IL inches the entire Union
watershed sufficient bring the to eshet PITCH but
added this from three feet of snow still remaining the
up-r woods.
The result inevitable The rive. freshet pitch
wing Whtcomb Haynes Whitney dam and the
of the lower dam letting down wall OF water
that the foundry building Machine Works plant collapsed
Already much damage had been done by the running logs from
broken booms Infant bridge had
million feet of logs and thousands of cords of stave and
pulp wood had been swept
buced under the strain but held The previous
doueT do saved e at @ n me for the bridge
seemed passed Tuesday morning when Howard Moor with an
jam of had formed beneath the bridge and half across
the The eshe not gaining and by tuesday had re-
ceded slightly Wednesday morning all were breathing easier
believing the real crisis past
Then came calamity of Wednesday afternoon. During the
disturbing had from time time from the storage
dam First information that the the dam at
onea nchor about four feet above the level
expected maintain it. This had been caused
raising Of the the foot of Green lake. where
threatened of the cottages From time to time
reports breaks the dam and efforts
breach Then the final catastrophe.
Today (Thursday) the be recedng slightly,
though pouring bukheads of the power dam and
rushing from the of the dam from which
Royal and Central sweeping through
George Ob and the Misses Baker and finding its
way through the guey the Baker house Unless
the storage dam goes the past but alter the
experiences of the week, one is confident
LIGHT WATER AND POWER GONE.
Ellsworth off from light power and by the flood
ing the power station and the pumping station For time
Wednesday, restored the side of the
but the pumping well filled with water and Health Officer
notice that only fit for drinking after boil
ing The side has been off from water Monday by
breaking the the bridge The fear of fire under
adds the the
The company working desperately restore light
power service Wednesday, when the final catastrophe
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-02
WAS FORMER MASTER
OF MASONS OF MAINE
Lewiston, May 3.

Lewiston, May 3.
DR.. Frank E. Sleeper, II, past grand
master Of the Masons of Maine, died
wednesday night at his home in Sa-
battus. He was member of the first
class, 1867, to graduate from Bates
College, and was graduated from Bow
ooin Medica! school in 1870. since
which time he had practiced medicine
at Sabattus. He served wo terms
in the state senate, from 1886 to 1880,
Evening star., 1923-12-24
CHRISTMAS BONUS
PAYMENTS SMALLER
Bucket Shop Failures Have Hurt
Brokers Business During
Past Year.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24-Wall
street bank and brokerage house en-
ployes went to work In q cheerful
frame of mind this morning because
this was Bonus Distributor day
In many of the largo institutions.
While no estimate can be made OF
year. the Christmas gifts of a number
of the stock brokerage houses are re-
ported to be smaller than usual
owing to the relatively poor COM
mission business for the greater part
of the year. Bucket shop and other
brokerage failures have kept hun
dreds Of spectators and investors
out of the stock market this year
The metal exchanges In New York
and London were closed today.
Stockholders of the Jordan Motor
Car Company have approved the dec
laration Of 500 per cent stock divi-
creased from 10000 to 100000 shares
of no par value and $4,000 shares OF
Treasury stock will be sold to the
public at $40 a share.
The Motor Products Corporation
has declared an initial dividend OF
81 a share on the new preferred
stock.
General Electric Company. has been
elected a director OF the RADIO Cor
poration.
The Farrell Works of the Carnegie
Steel Corporation at Sharon. Pa. have
broken all previous yearly production
records this year. The previous
record was made in 1919.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
GRAIN EXPORTS OFF
DURING PAST WEEK
Commerce Department Reports
Only 461, 900 Bushels of Wheat
Shipped in Seven Days.

Grain exports from the United
States last week amounted to 1,093,-
600, compared with 2,491.000 bushels
the previous week.
Figures made public by the Com
mtrce Department today gave the
following comparisons between grain
exports of last week and those of the
week before:
Barley, 5000 bushels, against 1885,
600 bushels: corn. $4,000, against
$4,000: oats. 1000. against $4,000;
rye. $1,000. against $4,000; wheat,
$4,000. against 1.451 900.
Canadian grain shipped from United
States ports amounted to 5.460,00O,
against 5.155,000 the previous week
No -four exports were reported for
last week from the United States.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
ADDITIONAL USES
FOR SILVER SOUGHT
Interior Departments Move
Recalls Part Played by
U. S. in World Output.
Special Dispatc to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 2l.-An-
nouncement that study of possible
new uses for silver in the industries and
commerce is to be undertaken by the
United States Department OF the In
terror lends interest to sorne caicula-
tions made by the Trade Record Of the
National City Bank of New York as to
the share which we are producing Of
the worlds silver output and the pro-
portion used in the industrial arts.
These figures show that the United
States produced in 1922 about 269e OF
the silver turned out by the mines of
the world as against 269o in 1910, 339o
in 1900. 2so in 1870. 249o in 1866 and
SO in 1851, the initial year Of our recog-
milton as an important factor in world
silver production.
Great Strides In Output.
Prior to 1860 our share of world
production was extremely small. but
fraction OF %. Our production OF sill
yer. which amounted to only 1905
ounces in 1860 and 1,547,o0O in 1851.
first the first time crossed the ten million
line in 1857. being for that year 10.441,-
900 ounces: in 1870, 1900, 900: 1880,
100000: 1890. $4,000. 900: 1900, 5s,-
100000; 1910. 100000 1915, 75,ooo,-
600. and in 1922. 56.24o.000 ounces.
Although we came late into the
field of silver production. the share
which we have supplied Of the worlds
outturn of silver from 1892 to the end
Of 1928 is about 81 per cent the total
outturn, according to accepted au-
thorities. Of 2that 431-year period hav-
ing been 13.170.ooo,0oo troy ounces,
and our own outturn since we entered
the field ninety years ago 2.735, 900, 900
ounces. with a commercial value of
$2.255. 100000.
Chief Producing Countries.
While other parts Of tine world de-
creased their production during the
war, our own output was larger dur
Ing that period than at any other
time. advancing from 66.SoO. 900 ounces
in 1918 to 72.500. 900 in 1914. IS,
600 in 1915. 74,500.0o0 In 1916. and
7l70o.000 In 1917, dropping a little be-
low 10000. 900 in 1915. and standing,
1922. -'''V' !"
The chief reproducing countries
OF the world are, stated in their order
OF magnitude Of production in 1922,
Mexico. the United States. Canada
dia, Japan, Spain and Chile. In our
own country the chief silver-produc-
ing states are, naming them in 3he
order OF their output in 1922, Utah,
Montana. New Mexico, Colorado,
Idaho. Arizona and California.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
+ ENTIRE COUNTRY

BOSTON, December 24.-On the eve
Of Christmas turkeys are command
ing 40 to 80 cents a pound retail for
western birds and IS to IS cents for
northerns. Green geese are quoted
at 40 to IS cents and western geese
at 25 to 35 cents. Turkeys are 20
to 80 cents lower than last Christ
mas.
ST. PAUL, December 24.-Turkeys
are selling for 10 cents a pound less
today than last Christmas and to
cents a pound less than at Thanks
giving.
KANSAS CITY, December 24.--The
turkey market here Is flooded and
prices are low. Nearly all varieties
Of green vegetables are cheaper by
s to 80 per cent.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. December
24.-Manufacturers have been de-
luged with orders for period furni,
ture this season and many small
plants here have been running AT
capacity turning out ornate CABINETS
for talking machines.
SAN FRANCISCO. December "a:
oil stocks in California increased
27.s1s.417 barrels up to November 80.
One hundred and eleven new Wells
were completed last month with an
initial daily production OF 80, ,7s7 bar
rels, compared with ninety nine wells
with an initial production OF IT,
759 barrels in October.
BISMARCK, N. D., December "a
Automobiles licensed in North Dakota
Increased this year from 99,207 to
I09.2l4. the largest gain In year
ever recorded.
DETROIT, December 24.-Mechani-
cal toys have been in extreme de-
rnand this season. with a call for toy
automobiles of the closed BODY type
and other expensive playthinEs.
Stores handling the cheaper grades
Of toys have repeatedly restocked
their shelves.
PHILADELPHIA. December a.
The sales of automobile accessories
In the last weeks have been at rate
nearly 40 per cent above that for De-
cember, 1922.
SACRAMENTO. Calf. December "a.
The sales which disposed OF the re-
naming carry-over stocks of 1922
prunes were the result of heavy pur-
chases by England and Germany.
RICHMOND. Va, December "a
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association has closed its receiv-
ing stations in Virginia and North
Carolina over the holidays. Deliveries
of the last ten days surpassed all for
mer records for the period. The as
sociation's receipts for the year will
be about 115.000,000 pounds.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
CHRISTIAN WINS $40
PRIZE IN CONTEST
Nothing Takes Place Of Leather" !"
Topic Written Upon by
Contestants.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Win-
ners In the Nothing Takes the Place
OF Leather" assay contest were an
nounced by T. F. Elcock. president
OF the American Sole and Betting
Leather Tanners.
The first prize Of $4,000 was award
ed to Q. H. Dennis OF 422 West
1th street, Erie, Pa. The sec
ond prize Of $500 went to Lawrence
L Lewis Of Fresno, Calf, and the
third award. 5000, was given Edward
Miles Of Concord. N. H. There were
In ali lib prizes. totaling- $1,000.
The $4,000 essays entered in the
contest were from every part Of the
world and represented every intel
lectual. grade from tannery laborer
to college professor. Among the no.
table contestants was George b.
Christian OF Marion. Ohio, secretary
to the late President Harding. He
will receive a check for $40.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
BOSTON HAS PLAN
TO AID BUILDING
81 100000 Loan Proposed to Help
People Toward Owning Own
Homes.
Special Dispat tch to The Star.

BOSTON, December 24.-The Bos-
ton conservation bureau in it's an
nual report has urged that the city
ask the state legislature to authorize
borrowing to the extent of $1,o00.000
above the city debt limit to secure
funds for aiding citizens to own their
own homes. 1t is estimated that the
million dollars would finance the
building of 200 homes annually
through five-year loans to each in
dividual builder.
The idea is to provide funds at
cheap rate of interest, and the plan
provides for the steady amortization
of the principal. 1t is felt here that
the proposal will be vigorously op-
posed on the grounds that 1t would
involve the city in real estate loans,
which savings banks will not touch.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
LOST
$4,000 IN DAY
Margin Clerk Testifes Accounts
Were Closed Out in Fic-
titious Deals.

By tho Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Cus-
toners of Scott, Norris & Co.. bank
rupt cotton brokerage house, lost
$4,000 on November 9. when their
accounts were closed out in ficti-
tious transactions. Benjamin Spicker,
twenty-year- margin clerk. testi-
fed at bankruptcy hearing today.
Accounts for approximately 1000
bales OF cotton. he said, were wiped
out when the firm set a false quota
tion of 1925 cents q pound. Is points
below the market Arrangements
were made through the National Cot
ton and Grain. Exchange. he assert
ed. to sign sales slips at that price
with other brokers.
Within few minutes after the
accounts had been closed, Spicker
testified. the market advanced zoo
points.
When Scott Norris & Co. failed on
November 16, he said. the firm was
short $4,000 bales of cotton, worth
almost 100000 900.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
BALTIMORE NEWSPAPERS
TO SUSPEND TOMORROW
City as Whole Will Take Halt
Holiday Today Beginning
at l~o'Clock.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. December 24.-For
the first time In its history since
newspapers were published here. Bal
timore will be without q daily paper
tomorrow. Heretofore the afternoon
papers have suspended publication on
Christmas, but this Is the first time
that the morning papers have sus-
pended.
While neither the governor nor the
mayor have declared 1t so, today will
be a halliday holiday with the eX-
changes. banks and business geaarai-
~ closing at l o'clock.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star omcs

15h. Trading in the mining group
fell of decidedly and the majority
were unchanged from last weeks
close.
Motor stocks did somewhat better,
the new Hupp getting up again to
1874 and WHY'S first preferred up
fractionally to Sh. REQ at 17h also
showed a slight gain.
Trading fell of In the mining Sec
tion. but the favorites remained firm
around recent top prices. Included
among these were Hawthorne at 73
and st. Croix at ~.
1t was reported that a new vein
had been uncovered at the mine of
the latter company and that new
equipment had been ordered to carry
on development work at the st. Mary's
claim.
Declaration OF q IL per cent initial
dividend on Universal Pipe and Radi-
ator preferred was not reflected in
the market for the stock.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
BUSINESS TOPICS.
Aid for Ex-Service Men-Wage
Roost-Lower Bank Interest.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ. December
"a reclamation project insol'ihs M ing
Colorado line. has been approved ,,s by
voters Of the district and Will be un-
dertaken about February !. LANDS
of more than 100 ex-service men Will
be benefited and the way paved FOR
tremendous production of hydro-elec-
tric power.
CLEVELAND, December 24.-An in
crease in wages of 81 per cent has
been granted the Cleveland Typo
graphical Union by the Employing
Printers Association. The new
agreement provides pay of 81 an
hour for day men and $1.1o for night
workers.
MINNEAPOLIS. December 24.-The
principal banks here will reduce In
terest rates on savings deposits one
half of one per cent January !. Poor
returns on Investments, high over
head and high taxes are given as
reasons.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
ART STUDENT LOCATED,

NEW YORK. December 24.-Search
for Miss Eva Gosinski, art student
peared q week ago, ended when
her landlady received 4 message
from relatives of the young woman
saying she was Ill at their home.
Miss Gosinskfs parents live in Bay
City, Mich. The landlady declined
to tell the police where the relatives
lived.
Sisters Of Miss Gosinski live in
Trenton, N. J., and in Pittsburgh.
The young woman. who lived with
friends near the Three Arts Club, OF
which she was 4 member. was seen
last when she left 4 5th avenue gown
shop q week aSo. :.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond and Ar
thur Train. novelist, friends Of Miss
Gosinski, joined in the search for
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Received by Private
BY WILLIAM r HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Oil
stocks made further gains in the
early dealings on the curb market to-
day, b0 the usual dullness preceding
holiday prevailed in other parts
of the market.
The demand for Southern States
OH showed no signs of abatement and
the stock rose over a point to 33M
In the first hour. Carib Syndicate.
which assumed leadership. Of the
South American oils last week, reach
ed q new high on the move above 6.
Swan and Finch advanced 3 points to
SO. and Imperial Oil Of Canada at
113a was up points. Other stand
ard issues were slightly higher.
The new Hupp Motor shares were
gutter and up only fractionally at
Evening star., 1923-12-24
WOULD ABANDON LINE.

The Delaware and Hudson railroad
asked the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today for permission to aban-
don q thirteen. mile branch line in
New York, extending from Canada
Junction to a connection with the
Grand Trunk railroad on the Cana
dian border, because other routes are
available, 1
Evening star., 1923-12-24
B. & 0. SHOPS CLOSE.
$500 Workers to Be Idle From
Now Until January 2.
scial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. December 24.-The
Mount Glare shops Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad will be closed until
January 3, laying off 1880 workers, it
was announced at the shops.
The shutdown Is due to the general
business depression affecting the rail-
roads, the men were told in a message
from President Daniel Willard.
Two hundred and nifty men at the
shops, who were laid of November "a
for one week, have been suspended in
definitely.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Washington Stock Exchange,
SALES.

SALES.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. 4s-$l 900 at
70A.
AFTER CALL.
sWash. Rwy. & Elec. com.-10 at 69E, at
69h.
Mouey-CalI loans, 5 and per cent.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
ANADA's MEAT EXPORTS.

AWA, December 24.-Canada's
4ports in November were val
$2,196,000 of which $421, 900
mt to the United States. The
pgdom took $1,72S,o00 and
ries. $4,000.
months ended with No
meat exports were $24.-
Il $4,000,000 less than. in
pdinF period Of 1929.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
FISHERS PRICE INDEX.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. December "a
(SpeciaD.-Last weeks prices aver
aged $50 per cent. of prewar level.
The purchasing power of the dollar
\Tas Sc 5-10 prewar cents. Irving
sher, Yale economist, announces.
Evening star., 1923-12-24

NEW YORK. December 24.-Follow-
ing is an official list OF bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Money to Loan

Secured By drst deed Of tiust on real estate
Prsvailing interest and commission.
I1s>oLI Ny.11.. 40 Wash. L q Trust
Evening star., 1923-12-24

SACRAMENTO. Calf. December "a.
The sales which disposed Of the re-
naming carry-over stocks OF 1927
prunes were the result of heavy pur-
chases by England and Germany.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices,
MISCELLANEOUS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

ID, g. Paper MIG. o.. ...-s....ss oV
Riggs Realty 5s (iong) ........ w .....
Riggs Realty 5s (shorD ........ 81 49,.
wash. Market Cold Storage S.. 81 05
Wardman Park Hotel 6s....... 003a .....
Evening star., 1923-12-24

PHILADELPHIA. December 2+.-
The sales of automobile accessories
In the last weeks have been at a rate
nearly 40 per cent above that for De-
Gambler 1922