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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Democrats Would
Hurry Consideration
Soldier Bonus Bill

Washington, Feb. 2S.-EToinpt
consideration Of a soldiers bonus
hill will be sought by Democratic
house members who at conference
tonight voted to request the house
wavs and means committee to re-
mort out an adjusted compensation
measure. lat the earliest possible
moment .,o,,
The conference. the vote OF Whlcli
was not binding, was attended by
practically all Democratic members
Various adjusted compensation plans
were discussed with Democratic
members of the ways and means
committee. but no speclhc recon-
mcndations were made.
The resolution adopted read:
"Rcsolved: that the chairman OIL
the conference be requested TO ap-
noint n committee of five members
Who are veterans of the World war
TO confer with the members OF the
ways and means committee relative
to the form and substance OF Il
measure providing adjusted com
nensation for the eX-service men of
the World War.
"Resolved, further: that it is the
sense of the conference that an ad-
iusted compensation bill be pressed
to passage at the earliest possible
moment"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Big Producers Asso-
/, citation Prepared for
! Finish Fight on Milk
Sale in BOstOn-New
Cut Cent a Quart to
Meet Competition of
Other Groups of
Farmers - Declares
Product Now Being
Sold for Less Than
It Costs to Produce

Boston, Feb. 28--The sales commit
tee Of the New England Milk Pro-
ducers Association announced to-
night a reduction Of one cent in the
prico OF milk to Boston dealers.
bringing the delivered IN Boston
price to IL cents q quart. Coupled
with this announcement was a state
ment that the policy Of the associa-
ton from now on would be to meet
the competition of other groups of
farmers, organized and unorganized.
who are trying to sell milk in the
Boston market. The statement from
the association was as follows:
Tho New England Milk Producers
Association has worked on the basis
OF getting n fair Gnd reasonable price
for the milk OF its members in the
it has endeavored to secure for its
members n price which was justi-
fed by the law of supply and de-
mand, taking New England as a
whole not on the supply and de-
mand OF any one dealer or any one
section Of New England. The as
ISOLATION believes that this is the
only way in which the dairy indus
try OF New England can be put on
tho permanently sound basis which Is
for tho welfare of consumers us well
as producers.
The present cost OF producing a
quart of milk and delivering 1t In
bulk in Boston averages S.54 cents
per quart. Since November the as
ISOLATION has been selling the milk
Of its members at less than the av-
eraee cost of production, because of
competition in the market between
groups OF farmers, both organized
and unorganiZed. The sales COM
mittee of the association has en-
deavored by every means to keep the
price where it would maintain the
dairy industry on Il sound basis and
lrotect tho consumers by insuring
them of continuous supply of milk
Of tho quality they now demand.
The competition between the va
rous groups of organized farmers
has now become SO keen. and price
cutting has become so general n
practice. that the association IS
bound to reduce the price of milk
Tor March to 6 IL cents delivered in
bulk in Boston. The association
from now on will adopt n policy OF
meeting the competition of other
groups OF farmers in the Boston mar
kct by reducing prices to their level.
This will be a real disaster to the
dairy industry Of New England and
will force thousands of farmers out
of the dairy business but the asso-
citation has no choice but to meet
this competition or surrender the
market to groups which are much
smaller in numbers and which rep
resent only limited sections of the
milk producing territory which sup
plies Boston"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Seaplane Pair
Tell of Narrow
Escape from Death

Miami, Fla, Feb. 2S-Walter d.
Hines, nationally known sportsman,
and G. J. Martin, prominent business
man of Miami, tonight We're recover
ing from night of narrowing ex-
periences in the mud of shallow
bay and in 4 mangrove swamp after
their seaplane was brought down.
out of gasoline, in the worst gale of
months.
The party made a safe landing in
spite of the gale. The tide swept
them rapidly toward the open ocean.
By wading and pushing the plane in
the shallow water they were able to
reach q small key several miles
from shore. In the darkness they set
out for the mainland, guided by the
flashes of lightning. They fioundered
on for six hours, reaching q man
grove swamp at one o'clock in the
morning. Over a fire made FROM
deadwood in the dripping mangrove
tangle they passed the rest of ..le
night. At daybreak they w.Sned
until they found a farm, from which
they telephoned for help. Rescuers
brought them TO Miami.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
LEADERS DISSATISFIED

Washington, Feb. 2S-Renewed ef-
forts to bring about the resignation
of attorney general Daugherty are
under consideration among senate
Republicans.
Some of the party leaders who
have participated in recent negotia
tions looking TO his retirement are
not satisfied with the arrangement
which permits him to remain in the
cabinet until the senate investisa
ton of his administration is con-
cluded. This plan, they say, may
mean an indefinite delay.
The statement of Mr.. Daugherty
before nc LETT suddenly yesterday for
Chicago was an evident ulsappoint-
ment to these senators. Although
the general belief is that his resig
nation will be demanded at the con-
clusion of the senate inquiry, il Is
argued by his critics that he ought
not to be allowed TO remain in oiIice
to influence the course OF the lnves
tiSation.
Ihe resolution Of inquiry is to be
Adopted tomorrow under "a formal
agreement entered into late today,
giving its exclusive right OF way. It's
author. Senator Wheeier. Democrat,
Montana, remained on watch all day.
but in the turmoil OF other senate
affairs, was unable to find an oppor-
tunity to call it up. Late in the al
ternoon Senator Robinson OF Arkan-
sas, the Democratic leader, obtained
, an unanimous consent agreement for
its consideration tomorrow imme-
diately after the usual routine bust
ness, and it will then be debated con-
tinuously until a final vote is report
ed. The leaders expect compare
lively little discussion and adoption
is assured.
In tho brief discussion today Sen
ator Willis, Republican, Ohio, rtcog-
niZed as spokesman for MIR. Daugn-
erty, said there was no desire TO
hamper or delay the Wheeler resolu-
ton. He and others will oppose the
provision naming Senator Brookhart
of Iowa, and insurgent Republican,
70 head the investigating committee,
but it appeared likely tonight that
he and the other committee members
named by Senator Wheeler would be
chosen by a majority vote of the
senate
1t is the plan to begin the inquiry
next week. Whether Mr.. Daugherty
will be present is uncertain, since he
expects to go from Chicago to F'iori-
ga. He has requested the privilege
OF Icing represented by counsel, and
senators have indicated that this
probably will be granted, but there
is no thought of delaying the hear
ings because Of his absence from
Washington.
How long the inquiry will take no
one will predict, but if 1t runs the
course of most congressional inves-
legations it may take several months.
1t is this prospect which has led to
renewed dissatisfaction with the
plan to keep MIR. Daugherty in office
until the hearings are concluded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
PARTY LEADERS SEEK "
Way EARLY 0uST|NC
STUBBORN DAUCHERTY

Point Out That Inquiry Into Regime of Attor--
ney General May Take Several Months -
Declare His Presence in Cabinet Means
Serious Handicap to Administration = Sem
ate to Adopt Wheeler Resolution of Inquiry
Today-Wil Start Next Week with Appear
ance of Daugherty Uncertain - Oil PrObers
Uncover Mysterious Characters Designated
in Code Messages Between Washington
Post Publisher and His Employees
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
iii with tuberculosis
Commits Suicide

New Bedford, Mass. Feb. 28-
James Marder. who retired on a
pension from the New Bedford police
department two years ago. engaged
a room at a local hotel today and
ended his life by shooting. Il hope
my decision is for the best" read a
note left on the bureau.
Mr.. Marder who was IS years Of
age and unmarried, was believed to
have been Respondent as a result of
losing fight against tuberculosis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Portland Man
Depressed, Ends
Life by Hanging

Portland. Me-, Feb. 2S.-Depress-
ed because his son, born Saturday,
could not live, Ray Dolloff. aged so,
committed suicide Tuesday by hang
ing in the barn cellar at the farm
OF Former State Senator George II.
Babb. his father-in-law. 1t became
known here today. The baby died
this morning. A double funeral was
held this afternoon at the Babb
home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
u. S. to Get New
Dirigible in MAY

Washington, Feb. 2S-The Ameri-
can Dirigible ZR-3, under construc-
ton in Germany. will be completed
and ready for acceptance tests in
April.
Reports received today from Navy
officers on duty at the zeppelin plant
where the ship Is being built said
that in the, event the dirigible sue
cessfully underwent the preliminary
tests. it was planned to fly it from
Germany. via Spain and the Azores.
to the United States some time in
May.
1t is expected the new craft will
be stationed at the Lakehurst, n. j..
air service depot and be operated as
sister ship Of the Shenandoah.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
u. s. Cruiser at
Ceiba, Honduras
AS Safety Measure

Washington. Feb. 2s-Arrival at
Mt Ceiba. Honduras, of the cruiser
Denver. with Rear Admiral Dayton
aboard. was reported today to the
navy departments Other advices re-
ported the arrival of the cruiser Mil
waukee at Acapaulco, Mexico.
The presence of the ships at Hon
duran and Mexican ports as direct
ed by the navy department, acting on
suggestions from Secretary Hughes
that naval craft be kept temporarily
in those waters because of revolu-
tionary conditions in the two coun-
tries
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Murder Conviction
in Record Time

Elizabeth, \. J., Feb. S.-Jersey
Justice moved with proverbial swift
ness today when Felix Salazer. Fill
pino, was tried, convicted and sent
enced to life Imprisonment within
a few hours. for the. staying of IL
year-old Ellen Albers in a boarding
house here on January 10. The
Jury, which was selected n 20 min
utes, took just a half hour to return
a guilty verdict.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Northern New 'England-Fair and
slightly colder Friday: Saturday
cloudy. probably becoming unsettled.
Southern New England-Fair Fri
day: Saturday cloudy, probably be-
coming unsettled: not much change
in temperature.
Eastern New York-Generally fair
Friday; Saturday unsettled, probably
light rain or snow on the coast and
snow in interior; not much change in
temperature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
General Forecast

The Atlantic coast storm has con-
tinued- to move rapidly northeast
ward and its center was between
Nova Scotia and New Foundland
Thursday night, sydney. n. s., re-
porting barometer reading of 1854
inches. Another disturbance from
the far northwest was central over
southern Saskatchewan and moving
southeastward.
. The temperature was above normal
Thursday night except in the ex-
treme south.
Fair weather will prevail almost
generally in the Washington forecast
district Friday, but the southeast
ward advance of the northwestern
disturbance will be attended by in
creasing cloudiness with probability
of light precipitation in portions of
the Atlantic states.
The temperature will not change
materially during Friday.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Moderate to fresh northwest and
weather fair Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Grant Mail Frank J, !.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson

Washington, Feb. 2s-The house
today passed a senate bin granting.
using the mails without cost.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Friday fair: Saturday becoming I'M
settled: not much change in temper
allure; moderate northwest shifting
to north and northeast winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-29

Don't guess the best store.
Study the advertisements and
know. .,,<s 49,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
On Buying AHdt
Of all earthly transactions that one which
 iu hat .tl k-l-.
By uR. THANK CRANE

Of all earthly transactions that one which must detest is buying q hat. ;.
 don't mind getting new suit of clothes. Nowadays it is real diversion. Not going to "a tailor, of course, who tells you what you ought to wear makes you take what you don't want, and charges you double; but going to the clothing store, where acres of counters are covered with cords of ready-to- wear suits and trying them Ch..
 Trying out new suits is a genuine pleasure 1t enables you to consider yourself in diff ferent colors, styles and effects. You realize the many -sidedness of your personality. x
 enjoy purchasing new outfit as much as q snake does moulting,. enter into the spirit of the man who was accosted one morning, by an contemplating clothier and asked if he wouldn't like to come in and try on a few of the new spring goods. He said, after looking at his watch, that he didn't care if he did he wasn't due at the office for an hour. The delighted merchant, took him in and arrayed him in some thirty con- secutiye arrays, more or less. At length the man said, consulting his watch again, that he'd have to be going. but that any morning the merchant would like a few suits tried on he wonld be glad to accommodate him. fts Shoes are not so difficnlts to buy and gloves, and even false teeth, and enjoy buying neckties as much as I enjoy a bad habit; but hats!F h.gi .s asa ;; [. sas ,:,ts sss AS You getyattached to your old hat. To cast it away is like casting away your old wife for new one, just because you happen to have money. It seems spiritually unclean. And the new one, when you finally shut your eyes, breathe a silent, All is well-ali is good--ho ,pain--no evil, :" and take the blooming thing and put it on your head and walk out into the street, the new one then seems as conspicuous as a flag. You are sure everybodygis looking at it. s ss
 Your friends meet you, gaze at. your top. and insnltingly turn their gaze quickly away.
 When you go home the children laugh at you. What do they laugh for?
 Your wife criticizes your selection What ever you bought you, shouldn't have bought it. The style don't suit. you. s--l-st q Even the dog eyes you sadly
 Why dospeople wear hats, anyway? Come to think of 1t, it is a ridiculous custom We could all get used to doing without theni . They produce badness They blow off, They get lost. ,ss ~4
 We take them off always in the presence of ladies' And no gentleman should do things he wouldn't do when ladies are present -s
 They get lost. said. Nothing can get 90 lost as 2, hat. I am never able td find mine when go out. And can you conceive of any more tormented feeling than not to be able to find what you don't want but have to have Es:1 4
 Hats are the most unpoetical of things. Hats rhyme with nothing but rats, cats, bats, slats, and such low things 1aa
 would like to vote for president who stands on the platform of prohibition-of hats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

I Commerce. defends the detour by way oi Selma. but, shows strange failure to realize the moral obligation of the highway commis sion to keep to the federal-aid routes. r. Mr. Basil A. Wood, chairman of the good roads committee of the Birmingham Motor Club, writes:
 The good roads committee of our club
 has carefully checked the facts presented ' by the Selma delegation, and from other
 sources. seeking to have the main trunk line of the Bee Line Highway diverted
 into Selma. Due to the fact that this
 change will fall on the heads of Alabama taxpayers entirely, as federal aid funds cannot be used for this purpose, together with other facts, we are opposed to any such change. However, we are in favor
 of Selma, and all other traffic centers,
 being connected with hard-surfaced roads with the highways constructed with fed eral aid.
 Certainly no one denies the right of Selma to outlet in every direction. The poInt at issue is whether the state should undertake detours for that purpose or whether the local communities should send out spurs, to cor meet with the trunk lines. Surely there is a part which the counties must perform for themselves. p.@.g
 In an interview, Mir. J. H. scruggs. eoai- missioner of state highway construction. as to the federal aid system, declares
 l had understood that the state bond 5
 issue was voted in order that this system
 might be constructed. In my opinion
 we should not deviate from the ser plans
 except in cases of dire need or where
 counties themselves are willing to match
 the state funds. Unless a firm stand
 is taken against changes and revisions,
 the whole program will be torn to pieces. This is warning the people will do well to heed. MT. D. H. Byrd of Doiges tells us that Chairman Rogers himseif is on record as to the obligation to adhere to the federal aid system, and MT. Byrd adds: T feel that if you look through your files you will find statements and speeches to that effect and that am ccrrect, and you could use. these for the public good right now" We may assure Mir. Byrd that his suggestion is timely and will be followed R. B. Waller and H. c. Childress of Greensboro, ;u Hale county, call for road as near the geographical cen ter of the county as possible, and Mrs. Rob- ert K Greene of the same city also calls for similar route and says: "Ihe highway commission can carry out the letter and spirit of the law and can make good the cam paign pledges made to the people, if they de- sire to do so'' To be sure they eau, and they can also discover the understanding the people have as to the commissions moral obligation, if they will read the letters al- ready printed and those yet to be printed ex- pressing the popular attitude. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
Forum. Of The People
A (Irievous State Of Affairs
he Editor of The Age-Herald:

We have come to a crisis in administrative affairs in Alabama. What creates respect for law? Is it not confidence on the part of the law-abiding, and fear of punishment on the part of the lawless? All officers should strive to execute the law impartially and rigidly. When an officer assumes the role of a dictator, confidence is destroyed, fear give way to passion, and lawlessness fol lows. Crime is on the increase, because of ficers too often wink at lawlessness. There are certain towns where few known boot leggers have grown rich, because they have paid for their immunity. This begets a spirit of rebellion in the heart of the true citizen. General unrest follows So few who commit crimes are ever punished that there seems to be a great premium for lawlessness. A person commits crime because he thinks he can get by with it. Nine times out of ten he is exOnerated. This emboldens the criminal and discourages the true citizen.
 Can one be enthusiastic for his state off, ficers when he sees the constitution an- nulled? His own taxes spent in private road enterprises; bootleggers about our large cities becoming immensely rich, and criminals turned loose to encourage others to be crimi- nals? J. E. GARRETT.
 Boligee, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
The Right Word
Who And Whom
By CURTIS NICHoLsON

 Yesterday the use of who and whom in interrogative sentences was discussed. Today a few suggestions as to the use of these words in adjective clauses will be given. An adjective clause is a group of words that describes or limits noun as, The. girl who will accompany you is in the other room In the foregoing sentence, who is correct because it is the subject of will accompany. Whom is used when it is the object of verb or of a proposition; as, The girl whom you invited is in the other room The girl whom you were talking about is in the other room. The reasons for the use of whom are clear when the clauses are arranged in grammati- cal order: as, you invited whom you were talking about whom. However, the form about whom you were talking" is more ele. gant
 Singular Or Plural With None x. Y. Z., New York Which sentence is correct None of the firm was there; None of the firm were there?' Sg Z
 Answer: Either was or were is correct Suggestions
 Kathleen Brown, West Point, Va. Please speak of the following in your most interest ing column.
 ,"1. The rule for capitalization in titles and in such expressions as War Between the States, Travelling Along the Rio Grande.' begin with capitals? Does the length of the proposition determine whether or not it should be capitalized?
 '2 Are the accommodations gi-yide (guide) i, gi-gard, (guard) etc, correct? Should not such habits of pronunciation be overcome?
 "3. They returned to see if there were any of the cake left Should were be used here, or was?
 "4. What is the meaning of et als' ?''
 Answer: l. The articles and small prep ositiOns are usually not capitalized as !; the; at; for. (2) The pronunciation of guide and guard are gaid and gard tai as in aisle; a as in art). (3) Was is correct, (4l 'Et als" means "and others"
 Eff Yesterdays Error 1 Wrong: When asking a question: the se- lection of who" or whom" depends
 Right: When asking Il question one se- lefts who or whom in accordance with wheth- CT the word selected is the subject -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
Watching The Pdrade
By JOHN PILGRIM

I We signed treaty of peace at our house last night. The light of my life and Old Bill Weems, who is as close to both of us as the back porch, have agreed not to discuss international politics at all. It doesn't pay. They agreed that if they got into it the time | would come when Mrs. Pilgrim would crown him-or else Old Bill Weems would toss out of the house wondering why he hadn't slapped her.
 | Because Mrs. Pilgrim thinks that the French have been absolutely right in every detail of their policy. Whereas Old Bill thinks they have been absolutely wrong.
 The signatures appended to the treaty were those of Mrs. Weems and Mrs. Pilgrim. Old Bill was detained downtown by a late caller, and his wife got to our place first. She told of some of Old Bills most recent and most frenzied utterances, whereupon Mrs. Pilgrim without any difficulty broke into speech:
 CT want you to meet Bill at the door, E said she, land ask him for both our sales not to mention France, Germany, the war, reparations, foreign commerce or the Ruhr. I'll tell you why. I'm more fond of him than if he were brother, but I feel just as deeply on one side as he feels on the other. And know that if we begin to talk about these things the talk will become q debate and the debate quarrel. Let's avoid the possibility ef>ill feelings"
 So Mrs. Weems met Old Bill at the door, and while 'she was shaking him out of his overshoes and strengthening his tie and brush ing off his coat collar she gave him his orders. And we had a mighty pleasant, sociable, friendly evening, sand Old Bill kissed the adornment of my home when he said good bye.
 You're a smart girl" said he, in indirect allusion to the compact. "Tm going to take your tip"
 What lot of chumps we are, anyhow, to make friends into enemies over something neither can help. It is possible for two peo- pie to- hold contrary opinions without trying to jam them down the other fellows throat. Just little silence will do the trick.