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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
Situations Wanted male

JOB WORk-By day or hour. J. l..
Wright, 100 High Holborn St. Car
diner
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
BUSINESS SERVICE {.
nSuranc0

JUST AS GOOD-As a savings account
and you're protected all the time.
That's life or endowment insurance.
II. Judson Cross. TdA rs. with the
Provident Mutual Life Jns. Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
Seeds, Plants Fertilizsrs

rOTATOES-Greon Mountain for seed
or otherwise. No. l stock. smooth
and nice. Grown from certified seed
$50 per bu. n. T.. Rhoades, r. SO,
Watcrville. Tel. 411-W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
Situations Wanted-FemAle

Situations Wanted-Feml 80
HOI' SEX EEPER : Desires position.
Write F,-5. care journal.
HOU1 SEX EEpER-Wid ow desires posi-
ton for widower. No objections TO l
nal. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
farms and Land for Sale

Farms and Land for Sale 50
FARMS acres on car line. Dutch
Colonial buildings. Electric lights;
never failing water supply at sink.
cock, Green's Hill. West Gardiner
FARMS-And city property Of all de-
scriptions. Prices from $1,000 to $1,000.
]. w. Jones Agency. Gardiner.
FARMS-And city property. All de.
scriptiona. Good values. C. H. Beane.
Gardiner.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
OPPOSES POPPY, DRUG SOURCE,
AS DECORATION FOR GRAVES

Should the poppy-the flower of
opium and the emblem of the dope
habit--be chosen as Americas ma
tional floral symbol and as the off,
cial flower for decoration of graves
Of American soldiers?
This Is the question raised today by
DIR. Lewis J. Battle, chairman of the
public health committee Of the Cham
ber of Commerce, in an interview as
q private citizen on this subject
DR.. Battle didn't know he was be-
ing interviewed until he finished
Then he gave permission for his views
to be used.
Source OF Many Drugs.
First of All, he made the point on
the basis of reports that the District
had authorized the
poppy as the flower for decoration
purposes on Memorial day. Then he
hammered in the following points:
In therapeutics the poppy is known
as the hoWer-by some technical
name-which produces opium and its
derivatives. Opium is known as q
narcotic-a drug that stupefies as
an anodyne-a drug that relieves
patn-and as hypnotic--a drug
producing sleep. Or. Battle admitted
that opium and its derivatives in
GLIDING paregoric, morphine, codine
heroin and laudanum, when skillfully
Evening star., 1923-05-25
Not New ANY More.

From the Chicago News.
Divorces declined SO per cent in
England in 1921. Perhaps the novelty
of the thing is wearing off.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
TRANSFERS ON new
BUS LINE PROPOSED
Utilities Commission Also
Considers Change in Water
Front Route.

The Public Utilities Commission, in
considering the application of the
Capital Traction Company for a bus
line from Sth and NJ streets south
east to the water front in the south
west section, will inquire into the ad-
visibility of ordering transfer privi-
leges between the busses and the in
tersecting car lines of both street
railway companies.
The commission disclosed this fact
yesterday afternoon, when II fixed 1880
on the morning of Wednesday, June 13,
as the time for a public hearing on
the application. The commission also
stated that it will consider a different
route for the busses from the one
suggested by the company.
Route Proposed.
In it's application the company pro-
posed to run along NJ street, Della
ware avenue, o street and Water
street TO the intersection of Water
and p streets, returning by way of
= street, Delaware avenue and NJ
street.
The commission states that it will
consider an alternative route as fol-
lows:
westbound - From 11th and NJ
southeast, along NJ street to Sd, on
street to z street and on p street to
Az street
Eastbound-From Az and P streets,
along p to Sd, Sd to NJ and thence
east to- the starting point at 11th
street.
Transfer Points.
The intersections at which the COM
mission will consider transfer ar
rangements are 11th and NJ southeast,
to Washington Railway and Electric
cars going south: at Sth and NJ, from
southbound Capital Traction cars to
stbound motor busses and from
eastbound motor busSes to north
bound street cars; at 41a and l.
streets. from westbound motor busses
to northbound cars of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric; at 7th
and l. southwest, from westbound
motor busses to northbound Capital
Ira Ction cars and westbound LIE
Droit Park cars: at II and p streets.
from 7th street Capital Traction cars
to eastbound motor busses and from
Az street Washington Railway and
Electric cars to eastbound motor
busses.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
PENNSY WILL TRY OUT
MORE COSTLY RAILS

PHILADELPHIA. May 25.-Engi-
neers OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
company have returned from an in
Evening star., 1923-05-25
NEW PHONE BUILDING
PLANNED IN BALTIMORE
Twenty-Story Structure to Cost
Over 2,OOo, ,ooO-Washington
Firm Architects.

BALTIMORE. May 25.--A twenty
story office building, to be occupied
by the local headquarters and down
town exchange of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company, is
20 be erected at the southwest corner
OF st. Paul and Pleasant streets. Ac-
cording to tentative plans already
drawn, the structure will cost be-
tween 100000 and s3,000,000 and
will be one of the most up-t o-date
Buildings of the kind in the country.
Tentative sketch plans for the new
building. which will be one Of the
tallest three skyscrapers in the city,
are nearing completion. it is under
stood. by Stern e. Tomlinson, Washing
ton architects, and 1t also is under
stood that the construction work will
be placed in the hands of the Weller
Construction Company, Washington
Contractors.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

administered by trained physicians,
had proved OF great benefit to suf-
ferers
Objects to Poppy symbol.
at is the Judgment of many" DR..
Battle said, that opium. with its
derivatives, forms a greater curse
to the individual. the family and the
world than alcohol. 1t is harder to
get rid of the habit The habit be-
comes an incurable disease.
Therefore / submit that the poppy,
while a beautiful flower, is also a
symbol of the habit its derivatives
form, and also that its brilliant red
is symbolic of blood, of carnage. or
encarnadined fields. In my judgment
the Iaruel. the rose, the violet and
the My are far more appropriate on
graves of American soldiers than
blood red poppies.
Some desire to make the poppy
the national flower. Let us consider
first, though, whether this should be
thef national flower because America
has the greatest per capita consump-
ton of opium of any civilized
country
Evening star., 1923-05-25
HALT OIL DRILLING
IN BURBANK POOL
Eleven Oklahoma Companies
ITO Put Lids on 279 Wells
Until Conditions Improve.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla. May 26.-Drilling in
the famous Burbank oil pool of Okla
homa slowed down today. under an
agreement reached at conference OF
representatives of eleven of the four
teen producing companies in the field.
It was agreed to close down drilling
on 279 wells.
Announcement was made by Z. r.
Perry, general manager of Cosden
Oil Company, that the lid would be
cIamped down and kept down until
the consumption demands for crude
oil warrant resumption of drilling.
The inability of the operators to
market the present production, be-
cause of Inadequate pipe line and
storage facilities. was said to have
Influenced the shutdown.
The Burbank pool is in the Usage
Indian nation in northern Oklahoma.
The triLe leases it's lands to oil Cp-
orators and collects millions of dol
lars a year from lease sales and Lro-
duction royalties.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
81 CATTLE AVERAGE
$3.50 EACH AT SALE
Gov. McCray Sells Two Bulls for
$4,000 Apiece and Cow
for $1,000.

By the Associated Press.
.KENTLAND, Ind. May 25.-General
improvement in the cattle industry
was demonstrated yesterday by Gov.
Warren T. McCray's annual auction
OF Hereford cattle. the prices paid
exceeding those of last year and of
moro recent sales. SiXty-four cattle,
including fourteen bulls and fifty
COWS and heifers. sold at auction for
an average of $3.50, the top prices be-
ing $2,500 each for two bulls and
$1,000 for cow. Several private sales
followed the auction, and ii was
announced that total sales amounted
TO $4,000.
The sale shows there is the feeling
of more security in the cattle bust
ness declared Gov. McCray. and
with the farmers in a better condition
the cattle industry will be as good
as ever"
Buyers from twenty three states
competed in the auction, which was
the fourteenth annual sale of regis
tered stock held by Gov. McCray.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
FURTHER STEPS TAKEN
TO SAVE RAILROAD
Scrapping on Maryland Line to
Eastern Shore May Yet
Be Prevented.

BALTIMORE. May 25.-Two sepa-
rate movements are under way here
and in Philadelphia to save the Mary
land, Delaware and Virginia railroad
TO the eastern shore and to prevent
scrapplng of the road. as a result of
its recent sale at public auction to
L. B. Leaf & Co. OF Philadelphia.
Adoption of either plan would insure
continued operation Of the road.
While group of Baltimore bust
ness men are negotiating with f. B.
Leaf & Co. for outright purchase
OF the road, informal negotiations
are under way between the Maryland
public service commission and the
Pennsylvania railroad looking toward
repurchase of the Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia by the Pennsylvania
and its operation in connection with
a fast ferry service between Balti-
more and Love point, on the eastern
shore.
The members of the public serv-
ice commission feel that continued
operation by the Pennsylvania offers
the only hope for the future of the
road.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
HACKER LOITERING
LAW BEFORE COURT

The District Court of Appeals will
pass on the validity of section s,
article 4, of the police regulations
relating to lettering by public hack
ers about Washington hotels. Justice
Robb yesterday granted writ Of error
to tie Police Court at the request of
Walter Willis. a hacker. who was
fined S5 by Judge Mcmahon, April
9 last, for driving slowly around the
Willard Hotel. The record of the case
will be sent to the appellate court.
Attorney Campbell Howard for the
hacker claimed that the section of
the police regulations had been re-
pealed by the act of Congress of
July II, 1919.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
SUES PIGGLY HEAD
ON $4,000 NOTE
New Orleans Man Brings Action
Against Saunders for Money
Advanced"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. May 25.-Sydney
w. Souers, president of the New Or
leans Mortgage and Securities Com
pany, and said to be the head of the
New Orleans Piggly Wiggly pool. has
filed suit here against Clarence
Saunders of Memphis. president of
the Piggly wiggly Stores, Inc, for
$4,000 on a note executed March 2s
last on the Interstate Trust and
Banking Company and payable May L.
Mr.. Souers declared the suit was
for money advanced 1t is believed,
however, the suit is based on the
same note which figured In a SINH
lar action instituted in Memphis last
week
No mention of the Piggly Wiggly
Company was made in the court
records.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
TWO BROKERS MUST
REMAIN IN JAIL
Fuller and McGee Fail in Habeas
Corpus Action-Held for
Contempt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 25.-Edward NJ.
Fuller and William F. MCGEE. stock
brokers. who failed for more than
s4,o00,0o0. lost their fight to obtain
their release from Jail. where they
had been committed for contempt of
court, when Federal Judge Learned
Hand yesterday dismissed a writ of
habeas corpus brought In their be-
half. They were committed last week
when they failed to turn over to the
trustee in bankruptcy of the defunct
firm of L. NJ. Fuller e. Co. books and
records as ordered by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
At the same time a grand jury was
questioning former members of the
Fuller firm in it's investigation Of
charges that witnesses had been
tampered with In the recent third
trial of Fuller on charges of buck
citing orders. Fuller's fourth trial
was set for June II.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
LEAF TOBACCO RECEIPTS.

BALTIMORE, May 25.--Maryland
leaf tobacco receipts for the last week
were again small, totaling las hogs
heads. with sales Of "a hogsheads.
Prices ruling firm.
Maryland prices per 100 pounds-1n-
ferior and frosted, 4.00a450; sound
common, 5.00aS.00; good common, 500
a1S.00; medium, 1S.00a2S.00: good to
fine red, 2S00a42.00; fancy, 1900; Sec
onds, common to medium. 4.00al0. 90
seconds, good to fine, 13.00a26.00: up
per county, air-cured, nominal
Sroundleaves, new, 3.00a23.00.
Unsound and badly mixed pack
ages from to cents lower.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
Regarded Unit.

Edward W Box. IN the Atlantic Monthly.
There are two kinds OF men who, in
Cyrus II. *. Curtis estimation, never
amount to anything, and for these he
has no use-the one kind, those who
cannot do what they are told; the
other, those who can do nothing else.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

as far west as II. Louis. This trip
was made with a view TO ascertain
the amount of steel rails to be al
located to this part of the company's
lines.
On the mountain division west of
Altoona, at a point near the Horse
Evening star., 1923-05-25

Shoe curve. new rails os snanganese
steel are to take the place of che
standard rail now in use. This ra4l
costs about $3.50 ton, but IL lasts
three to four times longer than the
present rail. 1t Is said more than
1000 tons will be required for this
piece of track
, 1923-05-24

OF the owner or his duly authorized
and accredited agent, wilfully, want
only, or maliciously take possession
of, or drive, or propel, or take away,
or attempt to take possession OF,
drive, propel. OF take away an auto
mobile, the property OF another, for
the purpose Of temporarily making
use of the same, Or who shall know
ingly aid, abet or assist another in
so doing shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony and shall be pun
ished by Imprisonment in the state
p~enitentiary for not less than one
year nor more than ten years..
Sale OF Stolen Automobiles or
Parts-Penalty.
Section 3. Any person who buys,
sells, exchanges, trades. receives,
%conceals or alters the appearance of
an automobile, or any automobile
part, equipment. attachment, Access
sorry or appurtenance, the property
of another. or any person who at
tempts so to do, or any person who
aids or abets In the commission or
attempted commission of such act or
acts, knowing or having reasonable
cause to know and believe that such
automobile or automobile part,
equipment, attachment, accessory or
appurtenance is stolen property
shall, on conviction be guilty of a
felony and shall be imprisoned in
the state penitentiary not less than
one year. nor more than ten years.
Theft OF Parts or Accessories Of a
Value Of Less than 800 .OO-Penalty
Section 4. Any person who shall
wilfully, maliciously or unlawfully
remove or attempt to remove or de-
tach or take from an automobile,
the property Of another. any part,
equipment. attachment. accessory OF
appurtenance contained in. or form
ing a part thereof, Of a total or COM
bined value OF less than twenty dol
lars $4,000; and any person who
shall wilfully, maliciously or unlaw-
fully tighten. loosen or attempt to
tighten or loosen any bolt. bracket,
wire. screw or other fastening con-
tanned in, on or forming a part of
such automobile; and any person
who shall wilfully, maliciously or un
, 1923-05-24
CHAPTER ~. s. Il. 1923
AUTOMOBILE ANTI.THEFT LAW.
nloft,;s;n-

Section I. The words and phrases
in this act shall, for the purposes of
this act, except when otherwise ex-
pressly provided, be construed as
follows:
AUTOMOBILE shall be construed
to include all vehicles of whatever
description propelled by any power
other than muscular, except vehicles
running on rails:
OWNER shall be construed to in
clude any person., firm. co-partner-
ship, association or corporation.
DEALER shall be construed to in
clude all persons. firms, co-partner-
ships, associations or corporations
engaged in the business or vocation
or manufacturing. buying, selling.
trading or dealing in automobiles, or
in secondhand or used automobile
parts. equipment, attachments. aces
series or appurtenances common to
or a part of automobiles;
OFFICER shall be construed 10
mean any duly constituted peace of
ficer of this State. or OF any town
city or county in this State;
The word PERSON shall be con.
strued to include a co-partnership,
company, corporation or association
Theft OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Section =. Any person or persons
who shall without specific authority
, 1923-05-24

lawfully shift or change or attempt
to shift or change the gears or
brakes Of such automobile; and any
person who shall scratch, mar, mark
or otherwise damage an automobile
or any part thereof, while commit
ting or attempting to commit such
unlawful act or acts; and any person
or persons aiding, abetting or assist
ing in the commission OF attempted
commission OF any such unlawful
act or acts enumerated in this Sec
ton shall, upon conviction, be guilty
OF a misdemeanor and shall be fined
in a sum of not more than five hum
dred dollars N5O0.00) or shall be
imprisoned in the county Jail not
less than one month nor more than
six months, or both.
Theft of Parts and Accessories of .
Value of More than $40 .OO-Penalty
Section 5. Any person who shall
wilfully and feloniously remove, de-
tach or take from q nautomobile,
the property of another, any part.
equipment, attachment, accessory or
appurtenance contained in, on or
forming a part thereof, Of a total or
combined value of twenty dollars
($20.0O) or more; and any person
who aids, abets or assists in the COM
mission of any such wilful and felon-
ious act or acts, shall, upon con
viction, be guilty Of a felony, and be
imprisoned in the state penitentiary
for a term of not less than one nor
o than ten years.
Bill OF Sale to be Furnished
BY Vendor.
Section @. 1t shall be the duty of
every dealer to furnish to each pur-
chaser of a new automobile a bill
of sale, or certificate of ownership,
therefor on a form prescribed by the
secretary of state; and it shall be
the duty Of every owner of a second
hand or used automobile upon the
sale Or other disposition thereof to
furnish to the purchaser the original
bill Of sale, or a certificate Of owner
ship, duly sworn to, or a duly certi-
fled copy thereof; as hereinafter pro-
vided for, and to attach thereto an
assignment thereof, duly executed by
the owner to the purchaser; such as
signment to be subscribed and sworn
to before an officer duly authorized
to take oath: and all subsequent as
signments shall be executed in the
same name and attached to the
original bill of sale, or certificate
OF ownership, with all previous as
signments attached thereto, or a
duly certified copy thereof. as here
matter provided.
Sale Of Automobile without
Bill OF Sale-Penalty.
Section .. (a) 1t shall be un-
lawful for any person. firm or cor
pOration to offer for sale, attempt
to sell or to sell any second hand
used automobile unless the or
iginal bill of sale thereof, or GER
tificate OF ownership as provided
for in this act. and all assignments
, 1923-05-24
new AUTO INSPECTORS
INCREASE THE REVENUE
over $4,000 INCREASED LICENSE RECEIPTS AN
1IClPATED FOR PRESENT YEAR. FULL Text
OF AUTOMOBILE ANTlTHEFT Law.

The valuable work performed by
state automobile inspectors Frank j.
keefe and Warren Daily was evid-
enced asst eek when figures issued
from the offices of the Secretary of
State indicate that before the pres
ent year expires the state will be
$4,000 better off by reason of the
hiring of the two inspectors thar
would have otherwise have been the
case.
The two inspectors took office
April 1st and automobile license re-
ceipts have already greatly exceeded
the license receipts for the same per-
iod in 1922.
1t is reported in the offices of the
Secretary of State that not only is
Wyoming getting a much larger re-
venue but the highway bonds stand
a chance of being paid off a year
earlier as the result of the decision
of h Legislature to create the Of
flee of automobile inspection.
The inspectors have ferreted out
quite a number of men who have vio-
lated the law in the past. In one
county they found owners of five ton
ton machines and thereby saving
from $40 to $50 apiece. Elsewhere
they report that they have run a
cross instances Of men owning two
cars each, taking out only one per-
NIT and using the tags alternately on
their machines.
In addition to the work done by
the state inspectors in running down
auto owners who fail to obtain the
required automobile licenses they
also perform valuable services in the
tracing of stolen automobiles.
Owing to the large number OF in
stances of stolen automobiles the
1923 legislature passed an automo-
bill Anti-Theft Law. Numerous re-
quests received in the Offices of The
Republican that we print the full
text OF this law prompt us to pub
fish the entire text of the law in
question::
, 1923-05-24

thereof, II any, shall have been re-
corded in the office OF the county
clerk and recorder of the County
where such secondhand or used
automobile is offered for sale, and it
shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to purchase a
secondhand or used automobile un-
less the original bill Of sale or Ger
tificate Of ownership, as provided
for in this act, or a duly certified
copy thereof, together with all pre-
vious assignments as above provided
for have been duly recorded in the
county where such transaction takes
place, and the said bill of sale or
certificate OF ownership. as provided
for in this act, and assignments OF
duly certified copies thereof r de-
livered with the secondhand or used
automobile. Any person convicted
of violation Of the provisions OF this
section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be punished by a
fine Of not more than five hundred
($500.0O) dollars.
CD 1t shall be and hereby is
made the duty of the county clerks
of the several counties in this state
to record or cause to be recorded in
a suitable record book all bills of sale
and certificates Of ownership, and as
signments thereof, provided for in
this act, and said county clerks shall
receive as fees for the recording of
such instruments and for certified
copies thereof the fees prescribed by
law for their services in recording
and issuing certified copies of docu-
ments or instruments of similar
character or kind: provided, such
certified copy Of the original bill of
sale, certificate of ownership and
assignments thereof. shall be taken
and deemed to be the original for
the purposes of this act: provided,
, 1923-05-24

also, said county clerks shall on each
working day transmit to the secre-
tary of state, on forms to be furnish
ed by him an abstract Of the record
Of all instruments provided for In
this act and recorded or filed or
certified to by said county clerk dur
ing the preceding twentydour (24)
hours, and the secretary Of state shall
file and keep such reports in con-
venient form and same shall be open
to the inspection Of the public during
reasonable business hours.
(c) 1t is hereby provided that no
state registration license certificates
shall be issued by the secretary of
state, or his authorized agents, for
the registration of any automobile,
the owner of which fails or refuses
on request to produce for examina-
ton an original bill OF sale, or q
certificate of ownership, and assign
ments, II any, of such bill Of sale
or certificate OF ownership. and any
automobile the owner OF which so re-
fuses or fails to so present such bill
OF sale. certificate of ownership and
assignments, II any, may be seized
and held by the secretary OF state,
his authorized agents, Or motor We
hicle inspectors, for reasonable time
in which to investigate rightful own
ership of such automobile.
Certificates of Ownership.
Section 8. 1t is herein and here
by provided that in the event a deal
err, or an wne of an automobile
that was acquired or purchased pre-
vious to the taking of effect of this
act is unable to obtain or secure an
original bill of sale, or assignments
thereof. or a certified copy thereof,
then such dealer or owner before
selling or disposing of such auto
mobile shall execute an instrument
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