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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25

Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.. White and
daughter Winnifred are home after a
weeks vacation at Mars Hill,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25

Tho Boy Scouts will hold meeting
Monday afternoon at 2.30 at the play
ground.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25

Mrs. Roy Woodworth and daugh7
ter Claire of Atlantic, Mass, are
guests of Frank Hyatt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25
SLIGHT TREND
lContinued from Pace Qnal

appreciable increase in the demand
for credit. There was, nevertheless,
q movement Of funds westward anu
the federal reserve systems weekly
statement revealed that, temporarily
at least, IT has ceased artiffcaliy to
create credit by further purchases OF
government securities. The more
reasonable explanation for harder
money. therefore, was that western
banks were withdrawing funds to as
sist them in the movement OF the
crops, regular seasonal occur
renee.
Conflicting movements continued in
trade and industry but the trend
seemed to be definitely upward. With
the exception of petroleum, reports
from basic industries indicated that
consumption was beginning TO ex-
ceed production, while stocks were
further reduced. Steel sentiment im-
proved on better railroad buying, al
tnoQSh prices weakened somewhat. 1t
was pointed out in this connection
tkat following bull periods, a pickup
IN buying brings out competition for
the business which Weakens prices
until that movement has proceeded
Tor some time. Significant develop
ments were higher prices for scrap
ana pig iron. Railroad car loadings
we're only slightly improved, the lar
ger grain movement in the west be-
ing partially offset by the slump In
coal. Consumption OF goods in lar
ger volume during mid summer was
rehecled III the railroad earnings
statements for July which began to
appear not enough of them have been
pupilsned 10 date to warrant author
SIaTenanf0 h.rf
showed increases over the previous
month. Part of the gain was ac-
counted for by the effort of the roads
10 mold down expenses.
oll continued to be the weak spot
IN the industry. ACCOMMODATING
ahotner increase in crude oil prn.
auction, was reduction of Is cents
barrel in Pennsylvania Crude and
cut or one cent gallon in the
New York wholesale price of peso-
line. Despite the fact that Mt nres-
eht there are some 10000 600 motor
,ehlcles consuming gasoline and
iubflcating oil in this country. the
supply Is far in excess of the de-
mand.
Through all the cross currents in
the business situation, one fact
STANDS out. That is, that the agri-
cultural communities will have a
great zeal more money to spend this
lall and winter than they had last
year. Industries which sell their
products direct to the farmer al
ready are feeling the effects, which
sooner or later will be reflected else
where. More wheat at higher pri-
ces Tor live stock have been a boon
10 the west. Meanwhile the south
IS rs growing cotton crop some 800.
ooo bales in excess of last wears
out-turn. ample supplies for the
spinning mills, with CONSEQUENT
stimulation of sales.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25
WINTHROP
John Bell

Miss Annie Thaamun is visiting IN
Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25
LOCAL NOTICE

s.p,ressmaking at reasonable prices.
,s es,sphone laS7-w. Miss Harrington,
0uf. street. aug20dSt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25

sdo ce at Red. Mans hall, River
By S,,e every Monday evening. Musi
@ae2sat,mon,tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Everett tandage of Springfield.
Mass, is visiting friends in town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-25

selsrss novelty dance Tuesday night
chestrsue grange hall. Smiths Or
pays. aug25dst
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
POSSES Of 800.
HUNTING AK
SLAYER
infant Struck by "Trusty"
Convict Dead, and Mother,
Wounded, Dying

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. g.
More than 500 men, heavily armed,
today were searching the woods
near Morris. Ala, for a negro who
late yesterday attacked Mrs. Blaney
Collins and her eight-month old
baby with an axe, inflicting wounds
from which the child died this morn.
ing. The mother lies at a local
hospital in a dying condition.
Both the mothers and the baby's
skulls were fractured. Hospital at
tendants said there was little hope
OF recovery for Mrs. Collins.
The attack occurred near a con-
Wet camp fifteen miles from
Birmingham. The negro, John Mil
ton, was trusty at the camp, Of.
ficials at the sheriff's office said,
and he overlook the woman and her
baby as they were going down a
lonely road.
Using a double blade axe, the
negro first struck the mother on
the side OF her head, and then
crushed the baby's skull.
For three years negro axe men
AuNC DCSA ICALAAyAHB certain QlS.
tricts Of Birmingham, claiming more
than two dozen lives during that
period. Scores of others were
victims Of axe assaults but re-
covered.
AS a final effort to get a con.
viction, Solicitor James G. Davis a
few months ago subjected several
suspects to the Truth Serum" and
obtained confessions which led to
the conviction of four, three of
whom have been sentenced to death.
While under influence Of the
drug, two of the subjects gave
meager information regarding a
murder organization known as
knights Of the Kohl OIL" Members
OF this order, according to the
statements given to Solicitor Davis,
met at regular periods and often
drew straws" to see who would
murder the next victim.
After the robbery, they would
meet again and divide the spoils.
In every instance an axe, a clever,
or some similar weapon would be
used for the work.
1t took officers three years to
get sufficient evidence for a con.
Viction and that only after Solicitor
Davis used the Truth Serum. A."
which he gave credit for the an.
prehehnsion Of those already under
arrest.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
WOMAN SHOOTS
SELF,FEAR|NG
MADNESS
Mrs. shafhirt, Dying Here in
Hospital, Consoles
Husband

A haunting fear that she would
go mad Is believed to have driven
Mr.. Molly Schafhirt, fifty.eight,
wife OF Doctor William S. Schafhirt.
dental surgeon, to fire a bullet into
her temple last night, in an effort
to end her life.
Today, hanging to life by a
thread, Mrs. Schafhirt, in ner con.
scious moments. consoles her sriey.
ing husband, who has not Departed
from her bedside at Emergency
Hospital since last night. She pats
him softly on the cheek and calls:
My dear husband-I'm sorry,
I'm sorry"
Doctors at Emergency Hospital
do not believe the woman will live
longer than twenty.four hours. The
bullet is said to have passed
through her right temple and out
OF the left side of her head.
After inflicting the mortal wound,
Mrs. Schafhirt, always a religious
woman, dragged herself before the
picture Of Christ and made a cross
over his forehead with blood from
her wound. Then she fell in
SwOon and lay until discovered by
her husband a few hours later.
Ever since her mothers death a
few years ago, Mrs. Schafhirt is
said to have been Obsessed by the
notion that she might lose her
mind. 1t is thought that she had
been planning her death for several
weeks.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
To DEMAND
RHINE BILL
Be PAID
observers" to Press for Pro.
Rata Share of German Pay
ments at Paris Farley
BY H. K. REYNOLDS,
International News Service.

Pro rata division and no pri-
critics will be the policy of the
United States in the forthcoming
Paris conference to discuss the
ALLEGATION of PREPARATIONS pay
ments made by Germany under
the Dawes plan, it was learned
officially here today.
This Government is interested
in the German payments to the
extent of $255, 900, OOO-the cost
of maintaining the American
army of occupation on the Rhine
and will insist that the first
and all subsequent payments
made by Berlin be divided in such
way that the United States will
receive share on a pro rata basis.
Any efforts to grant priorities to
any of the allied nations will be
strenuously opposed.
instruction Sent Abroad.
Instructions to this effect have
been sent to Ambassador Frank B.
Kellogg and Colonel James A. Lo-
gan, who have been appointed by
President Coolidge to represent the
United States at Paris as they are
doing In the London conference.
Their presence at the Paris confer
ence, according to the State Depart
ment, will be even more official"
than is their participation in the
negotiations at London.
The United States has been try
ing for four years, always unsuc.
cessfully, to obtain specific promises
from the allied nations for the pay
ment Of the cost of the Rhine occu-
patton. The Governments efforts
have been unavailing, however, be.
cause the bill was against Germany
and a succession of reparations
deadlocks had kept the money tied
up. Administration officials now
feel that the time is rapidly ap-
preaching when the funding and
payment Of this quarter of billion
dollar debt can be started.
U. S. Only Bill Left Unpaid.
1t was pointed out at the State
Department that Great Britain and
other nations which maintained
armies on the Rhine after the armi-
stice have been reimbursed, while
the American bill has been left I'M
paid, even when money was avail
able for this purpose.
This claim is the only one that
the United States has against Ger.
many in connection with the pres
ent reparations settlement. From
the beginning when the American
army was left in Germany at the
requests of the allies and the Ger
man government the understanding
was that it's costs, with like army
costs, should be a first charge upon
the amounts paid by Germany.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
CARS OF DAZZLING HUES
TO SClNTlLLATE ON ROADS

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. exit
the sombre.colored motor car. The
highways and byways will hence
forth scintillstc with machines in
vivid hues, according to forecasts
made by speakers before the joint
convention Of the National Associa.
ton Of Automobile Shows and
Association of Managers, at the Am.
bassador. Herbert Buchanan, said
that the tendency is now in favor
Of brighter shades. A majority of
delegates shared his view. They
said the change was being
brought about through the influence
of women in the purchasing Of cars.
THE conservative colored car will
be limited to the actual business bus
by next year said Buchanan. II
base this prediction on the orders
which have already been given to
the manufacturers. Beige will be
most in favor. closely followed by
the lighter shades OF blue"
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
ScHULDT FAVORS SENDING
TRoUBLEMAKERS TO JAIL

Chronic trouble-makers-persons
who appeal to the courts for re.
dress against imaginary wrong.
doors, were characterized as busy
bodies" in Police Court yesterday
by Judge Schuldt, who said that
he was sorry he could not send
some of this type to Jail.
The criticism arose from the
hearing of evidence in court on
the charge of carrying a concealed
weapon lodged against Percy Clark,
colored Eta McKendrick, colored,
had the man arrested on suspicion
at police station, but when called
upon to testify in the case plead
ignorance of the situation. AS the
Police Court docket is choked at
this time, Judge Schuldt displayed
his annoyance and severely rebuked
the woman
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
MD, CADET DIES
AFTER SHELL
BLAST
Hagerstown Youth Injured in
Artillery Practice at
West Point

WEST POINT, N. Y, Aug. g.
Jack Carmichael, Of Hagerstown,
Md, a member of the class Of 1927
CT West Point Military Academy,
Gied today from injuries received
in a shell explosion during artillery
practice yesterday afternoon.
The accident occurred while Car
michael was engaged with a class
in artillery practice. A shell ex-
ploded prematurely, after it had
left the muZzle of the gun. Car
michael was taken to the Cadet
hospital, badly mangled. He did
not regain consciousness.
Officials of the institution are at
q loss to explain the accident.
The body of Carmichael will be
shipped to his home in Hagerstown
this afternoon.
One other member Of the class,
Edward Holtzworth, was slightly
hurt.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
GIBBONS WINS
FIGHT IN
THIRD
American Knocks Out Bloom
field With Right to Jaw After
Telling Him Twice
INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
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came in the first minute of fighting
in this round.
From the first it was apparent
that the American was the better
man. Bloomfield repeatedly
clinched to save himself but showed
considerable skill in warding off
Gibbons powerful right jabs
In the second round, Bloomfield
took two terrific wallops and was
through the ropes almost helpless
when the bell saved him.
The great crowd cheered Glib.
bons. It was typically impartial
and sporting British assembly.
But when Bloomfield came up
for the third round 1t was seen
that he was groggy and almost
helpless. The crowd began to
shout to Referee Eugene CORR to
stop the fight. But Bloomfield
was game. He was ready for
more punishment. Gibbons went
after him. Bloomfield clinched,
but the American shook him off.
The right hook to the jaw then
put Bloomfield through the ropes
and he was unable to get up.
Never Had A Chance.
The fight was one-sIded through.
out. Bloomfield never had a
chance Of victory. Gibbons was
never forced to extend himself.
In the first and second rounds he
reduced Bloomfield to a state Of
helplessness with right jabs.
At first Bloomfield was able to
ward them off but his steam was
soon gone and he could counter
only with weak lefts which never
hurt the st. Paul man. Bloom
fields legs were wobbling when
he came up for the third and
final round. He could not hold
Gibbons off and when Gibbons
hit him on the jaw with a right,
he crumpled, helpless.
Gibbons was practically unmarked
as he left the arena.
AS Bloomfield staggered from
the ring, he was cheered but cheers
meant nothing to him just then.
His plans to visit the United States
and challenge Jack Dempsey had
fallen before the American Cd.
ponent.
Bloomfield was hopelessly out.
classed," Referee CORR said. after
tn" contest. Gibbons right hook
was 100 much for him."
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
MAN PREDICTS
EXACT TIME OF DEATH

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2. = Lester
E. Wallace, thirty-eight, employed
in the publicity department of the
Westinghouse AirbraKe Company,
predicted Monday, when he was
forced to leave work for the first
time in years, that he would die
Thursday morning at 9:25 a. m.
Wallace died at 9:25, exactly, &C.
cording to members of his family,
as he predicted.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09

pold had gone into 1t at Loen's be.
hest. and because Of the enjoyment
they both got out of planning the
crime. The ransom money. he said,
was of secondary consideration, al
though 1t figured somewhat because
Leopold wanted some more money
than he had, as he was going
abroad in June.
He was always we'll supplied
with money by his parents. but he
wanted more in his own name in
the bank. He didn't need money
particularly"
Extremely precocious" was Doc.
tor Hulbert's description Of Leo
pold's mentality, land one IL i'm.
mediately struck with the great dis.
parity between his intellectual pow.
ers and his emotional powers"
Judgment OF a Child.
His judgment is that of a child.
He has many superstitions which
he has never outgrown."
"Pathologically abnormal" was
another description of Leopold used
by Doctor Hubert.
His conception Of himself as the
supreme being of the world is def
mite proof of abnormality," sold
the doctor.
His Indifference toward the crime,
his lack of horror of it, his lack
OF stability in being led into it when
ne had no stomach for it are def.
mite instances Of an abnormal
mental state.
His interest in himself il tire.
mendous. Normal persons do not
FUSS about having a drop Of blood
taken out Of the lobe of their ear
to provide means for a blood test,
as did Leopold"
Court adjourned until Monday
morning with Doctor Hubert still
on the stand. He will conclude his
direct testimony then and be cross.
examined by the States ATTORNEYS.
Clarence barrow, chief Of the de.
tense counsel, said it was slot the
plan Of the defense to call anv
other alienistss-Aeing content to rest
their case on the definite statement
OF four doctors that both LEOPOLD
and Loeb are thoroughly sbnormal
and mentally diseased"
Grove Prepares Attack,
OO"o 10 preparing to pour Ver-
bal hydrochloric acid on the testi.
mony of the psychiatrists-all of
them. Alienists, employed bv the
state, surround him and make pen.
ciled notes of what the doctors on
the other side say.
When the time comes. nrohahlv
next week, the states attorney f.
going to rise and verbally strin
this case Of all it's double barrelied
ana triple-barrelled words, and de.
mand that "Dicky" and Babe %
to the gallows as would anv other
young men convicted of first degree
murder who did not have the
wealth to employ SQUAD of
scientists to explain to the court
their glands, their metabolism, and
their childish phantasies.
After much uncertainty, It is Oar.
rows present plan not to put the
slayers themselves on the stand.
This decision. however, is subject
to change without notice.
The State VIII consume several
days with its own doctors and some
lay witnesses, among whom prob.
ably will be Susan Lurie, a girl
friend of Leopold's. He did not
have many.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
BOY SOUGHTFOR
G|V|NGG GIRL
DRUG
May Have Been Attempt to
Poison ChiId-Bad Taste
Saved Her

Eleanor Middleton, eight years
old, of Silver Hill, Md, today is
recovering at Casualty Hospital
from bichloride of mercury poi.
son, given her last night by
Charles C. Manuel, colored boy,
who has since disappeared.
The peculiar taste of fried
cymling, given her by the boy,
caused the girl to eat but little
of the food. Had she eaten more,
Casualty Hospital physicians say
her death might have resulted.
Done for Revenge.
Authorities believe the boy,
angered because the Middleton girls
parents planned to return him to
the Cheltenham Reformatory next
Sunday, poisoned the girl for
revenge.
County police today are searching
the neighborhood Of Silver Hill for
the boy. He will be Immediately re
turned to the reform school
Charges may also be made against
him, it was said today.
Eleanor, daughter of Charles Mid
dleton, dog fancier, was playing III
the yard while the colored boy pre-
pared the poison He Is said to
nave crushed bichloride tablets and
sprinkled the powder on the
cymling.
Confession Claimed.
Knowing the girl was fond of
cymling, the boy told her to eat it.
She did, but took only a part of it,
saying 1t didn't taste good"
! About o'clock, the girl became
violently i'll. She told her mother.
Mrs. Helen Middleton, that Manuel
had put some powder on the Gym.
ling. The boy, confronted, is said
to have confessed to poisoning the
girl.
Eleanor was rushed to Casualty
Hospital, where physicians found
she suffered from bichloride of
mercury poison. However, the
dose was small, and the child will
be allowed to go home in a few
days.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
LABOR DEMANDS
END Of MINE
TERROR
A. F. of L. Calls on West Va.
Governor to Stop Evictions
by Company Gunner
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stincts Of humanity. The inhuman
process Of throwing the miners,
their families and their household
goods out of the houses owned by
the coal corporations into the roads
and by.ways is being carried out
by gunner, so-called private detec.
tives, who are in the employ of
the West Virginia coal companies"
Green's resolution ordered
Morgan and demand that the
State government give to the
miners the protection to which
they are entitled as human beings
and citizens of our republic and
that the eviction of families by
gunner in the employment Of coal
corporations shall cease"
Full Support.
The full support of the FEEDER.
alton was offered to John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine
Workers, in projecting the West
Virginia miners.
In winding up it's ten-day session
the council also worked on a reply
to William B. Wilson. formerly
secretary Of labor, who sent
second letter to Gompers pointing
out why, in his opinion, labor
should support Davis instead of
Robert M. La Toilette, the third
party" candidate IN the Presidential
race.
The reply, it was learned, will
set forth again that Davis is un-
acceptable to lahor''J and it will
further deny Wilson's statement
that the Democratic nominee was
chiefly instrumental in, framing
legislation favorable to American
workers.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09


Suggest New Course.
A 750-mile hop from Iceland to
Cape Farewell at the southern tip
OF Greenland was looked upon to-
day by Air Service officials here
as the best course to be taken by
the American round-the-world fliers.
Reports received from Lieutenant
Lowell Smith, commanding the
flight, indicate that it will be
virtually impossible either to es-
tablish a base at Angnagasilik be-
cause of the ice or to refuel the
airplanes at sea.
Officials here feel that Cape
F'"""''.~-, :: silv within cruising
distance Of Reykjavik, where the
filters are now waiting for the
establishment Of bases in Green
land.
To further safeguard the flight
from Reykjavik to Cape Farewell,
1t was suggested here that a float
inc base could be established half
way between these two points SO
that landing at sea would be pos
sible should trouble develop during
the long hop across the ice-bound
North Atlantic. Cape Farewell,
according to reports received here,
is free from ice, while the rest of
the Greenland coast is surrounded
by an ice floe varying from Is to
100 miles in width.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
SALE OF SEALS THROUGH
POSTOFFICE Is STOPPED

The custom of allowing the sale
If stamps and seals to aid tubercu.
losis sanitariums and similar insti-
tutions has been definitely stopped
by the Treasury Department.
In reply to a request of the Cali.
fornia tuberculosis Association, for
the permission to sell seals and
stamps at the postoffice in San
Francisco, transmitted by Senator
Shortridge of California, Assistant
Secretary Mckenzie Moss said he is
trying to enforce the regulation
which specifies that Federal build.
ings are to be used solely for trans
action of official business.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09

teenth and Girard streets northwest.
He is at Garfield Hospital. His
skull Is believed fractured.
Collision of their machine with
another last night caused injury
to oliver Kirkman, $40 Jefferson
street northwest, his wife and
daughter. Their injuries are not
regarded as serious.
Others hurt were James Mat
thews and w. A. Cole, both Of 900
Twenty.fifth street northwest;
Robert Cox, Anacostia, D. c., and
]. T. Cory, ST West Virginia
avenue northeast.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
BOY TRIES TO SAVE CHUM;
BOTH DROWNED IN POND

CORTLAND. N. Y, August g.
Milton Cleveland and Luther Car.
penter, sixteen-year-old farmer boys,
were drowned in pond near here.
Cleveland had taken his parents to
church and then, with Carpenter,
went for a swim.
Cleveland, unable to swim, stepped
into hole and sank In the deep
water. Carpenter swan to his
friends assistance. but both wen.
down. The bodies were recovered.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
MOTORCYCLE CATCHES
FIRE; COP IS BURNED

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Aug. o.
Motorcycle Patrolman c. Frank
DIVINE was severely burned yes.
terday evening when his motor.
cycle caught fire in the rear of
police headquarters.
Divine was pouring gasoline in
the tank of the machine when in
some manner the engine started
running. A moment later the
machine was enVeloped in flames.
Divine was burned on the hands,
arms and face.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
MOTORCYCLE COP SEXES
80 GALLONS OF LIQUOR

Fifty gallons of alcohol and
thirty of corn whiskey were
seized by Motorcycle Policeman F.
l.. Arlington, of the Third precinct,
after chase yesterday. The driver
Of the bootleg machine escaped.
The pursuit began at Twenty.
second and y streets northwest.
The bootlegger abandoned the
machine and ran when tire blew
cut at Twenty.third street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.