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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Public Speaking
Class at Colby to
Exhibit This Week

The end of the present week, the
class in advanced Public Speaking at
Colby college will give exhibitions
of their work in Memorial chapel.
Addresses will be made by the
members of the class, taking for
their subjects American Humorists.
These addresses will be given
Thursday and Friday afternoons
with six men speaking on each day.
The six men who will speak on
Thursday afternoon and the subjects
of their addresses will be as follows:
Ivan M. Richardson "a of Strong.
Simeon Ford" Willard A. Seamans.
'24 of Winthrop, Sam Walter:"
Oscar p. Benn, 20. of Houlton,
James Whitcomb Riley;" Percy G.
Beatty. "a of Waterville, "Artemas
Ward;" Mark L. Ames, "a of APP
pleton, "Oliver Wendall Holiness"
Russell NJ. Squire, '25 of Waterville.
BILL Nye."
On Friday afternoon the other six
speakers will deliver their addresses
in the chapel, the speakers and their
subjects being: Elmer NJ. Taylor, 20,
of Winthrop. "E. p. Dunne:.. Meyer
Chafetz. "a of Colchester. Conn.
John G. Sake" Howard b. Tuggey,
'25 of Pittsfeld, Mass. Eugene
Field" Manley o. Chase. "a of
Hinckley. Robert J. Burdette;"
Theodore r. Hodgkins. '25 of Far
mington. Josh Billings" Kenneth
E. Shaw. 10 of Clinton. Mark
Twain"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
n. E. Schools Gather
May 2 at Colby for
LvfOrd Prize Speaking

The annual Lyford Interscholastic
Prize Speaking contest will be held
IN Memorial chapel at Colby college
on the afternoon and evening OF
Nav Q. The Lyfords attract a great
deal OF attention from the high and
nreparatory schools throughout New
England and annually there are in
the vicinity of 80 schools in Maine.
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
who send to Colby young men who
enter into the contest in prize speak
Ing. .,oo
awarded annually in four prizes to
those considered the best by COM
petent board Of judges. The prizes
are the gift Of Will Hartwell Lyford
Of the class Of 1879. of Chicago. Ill.
secondary schools in Maine. New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, are
eligible for competition in the con-
test
Thus far DR.. Herbert G. Libby.
head of the department of public
speaking at Colby college, has re-
reived the names OF the contestants
from q schools as follows: Arson
academy, Strong High school, Lisbon
High school, Meredith. N. H.. High
school, Bangor High school. WASH
ington academy, Merrill High school.
Edward Little High school. Maine
wesleyan seminary. Hartland acad-
envy, Aroostook Central institute,
Beverly, Mass. High school. Orono
High school. Biddeford High school,
Woburn. Mass. High school, Fox
croft academy. Easthampton. Mass
High school, Worcester. Mass. Clas-
steal High school. Rockland High
school, Camden High school. Sanger
Vile High school, Westbrook High
school, Maine Central institute.
George Stevens academy. Blue Hill,
Dow, n. H.. academy. Shead Memor-
ial High school. v. A. Deane High
school, Leeds.
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INDICATIONS POINT
FASTEST BALL CREW
EVER IN ELM CITY
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kSpeCldl 10 henneDeC JOurnal)
Waterville. April S-Waterville IL
certainly going to have n big sum-
mer so far as baseball is concerned
for present indications point to one
of the fastest diamond crews in the
state making their headquarters right
here under the auspices of the Hol-
iingsworth and Whitney Co., with
'Baggy" Allen as coach.
The grounds have already been
staked out and the first base bleach
erS alone will have a seating capac-
ity of 800. The league will start on
June p and from that time until La
Dor Day, Waterville baseball fans
will have chance to see two games
a week at home, besides an exhibit
ton game with travelling team ev-
cry other week at home. After the
season is over the team will pass
two weeks touring the state playing
exhibition games at the fairs.
1t is going to cost something to put
this proposition across and it Is up
to those citizens who believe that
Waterville is a live town and want
to see it still livelier to dig down
into their jeans for enough cash to
make a go of the project. Come
through. and help put Watervilel
at the top of the win column. thing
that can be done with the backing.
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the federal judgeship by President
Coolidge two months ago, reconven-
ed the jury Wednesday. April .. 1t
mad recessed only a day of two pre-
viously after returning indictments
In liquor cases and adopting resoiu-
tons which criticized the attorney
general OF Montana for alleged laxity
In enforcement of prohibition laws.
Judge Pray thanked the Jurors and
permanently excused them today. AZ
ter the court had retired to chambers
District Attorney Slattery made a
plea that the names of the indicted
pending serving Of the warrants be
made public and Judge Pray consent
ed.
Judge Pray before coming to Mon
tana ~ years ago, was a reporter in
Chicago. He was county attorney of
Cascade County, Montana, in 1898
and was elected to congress in 1906.
1905 and 1910, defeating Senator T. J.
Walsh. In 1912 Senator Walsh defeat
ed Judge Pray for the United States
senate.
The indictment against Senator
Wheeler Is entitled the Omitted
States Of America versus Burton X.
Wheeler"
Stripped Of its legal verbiage the
indictment, which Is divided into
three counts, charges that Senator
Wheeler. after he had been elected
senator but before he had qualified
for office. accepted money for his SER
vices to influence the granting of oil
and gas prospecting permits in mat
ters pending before the department.
of the. interior and Commissioner of
the general land office.
The first sum Of money which the
jury finds Senator Wheeler accepted
was in sum unknown. This was
alleged to have been paid him Janu-
airy 8. 1923, at a place unknown. The
second sum OF money Is alleged to
have been $4,000 paid to him Mt Butte,
Mont. January 10, 1923. The third
sum, $4,000. is alleged to have been
paid him February 16, 1928, at Butte.
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Wheeler Indicted
CONTINUED from Page One)

Senator Wheeler, who Is the off,
cial prosecutor of the Daugherty in
vestigating committee. was elected to
represent Montana In 1922. In 1920
he was candidate for governor of
Montana but was defeated by Gov
ernor Joseph M. Dixon.
Daley, who was caught In the
Texas OIL probes in which DR.. Cook
was a defendant, is at present serv-
ing a prison term of one year on that
charge, according to federal off,
Gals.
Some Of the department Of Justice
operatives who took part in the Tex
as oil roundup we're among those
led to Senator Wheeler's Indictment
here today.
When asked IL It would be posi-
BILE to effect the arrest of Senator
Wheeler during the time that con-
gress Is in session. United States
District Attorney Slattery said: Il
don't see why It can't be DONE"
Siattery made his statement in
answer to hypothetical question
without admitting that Wheeler had
been indicted. rs
Bond Of 81. 900 will be asked of
Senator Wheeler and the warrant
for his arrest will be telegraphed to
Washington, It was said.
Senator Wheeler represented Cor
don Campbell before the department
of the interior in an application for
an Oil permit. officials here declared.
He appeared once for Campbell I'm a
Montana court In an. oil litigation.
N. T.. Lease. former mayor Of
Great Falls. and q member, of the
state legislature at the present time,
was the foreman OF the grand jury.
He has been q resident OF Montana
IS years and Is one Of the states
foremost contractors. He was elect
ed to the legislatures as Republic
can and mayor OF Great Falls, as q
Progressive during the Bull
Moose" campaign.
Judge Pray who was appointed to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Northeast Quintet's
Victories at u. of M.

Northeast Harbor, April S.-The
Gilman High school basketball team
has had a very successful season.
having won twenty-five games out
Of twenty-three played. This for
midable array of victories resulted
in this team being selected to COM
pete in the University of Maine
tournament where the best teams
from eight counties compete an
nually for the coveted trophy which
represents the championship Of east
ern Maine. Gilman high emerged
victorious, a very suitable culmina-
ton Of a long, hard season of VIC
tories.
During the season this team in
vaded Aroostook county where it
defeated every team which 1t played.
including the fast Fort Fairfield
team. county champions"
The record of the Gilman High
basketball team is the more impos-
ing when 1t is known that the school
which 1t represents has a total en-
rollment Of only twenty-six boys.
only eight of whom came out for
basketball practice. We have had
no second team this season. and the
coach. Mr.. Stanley Leeke, has thus
had to face more than the usual diff
ficulties in developing a team of
championship calibre.
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after was appointed Post Master.
which position he held for - years
and nine months. Upon finishing
his duties for the Government, he
at once opened Variety store.
which by many hours of hard work.
has made for him q very successful
and profitable business. He was a
man whom everybody liked, al
ways accommodating. and anxious
to please his customers. Mr.. Tink-
ham with his wife and daughter,
are contemplating q trip to Cali
fornta which will be made by auto
mobile.
Mr.. Tarr, his successor. was born
in Arson. and Is man of good
character and respected by all the
community. He served the town
last year az First Selectman and
was reelected to the same office this
year. His many friends wish him
the best of success in his new 'un-
dertaking.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Gaudette Signs
With Lewiston
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Lewiston. April S-Manager Pat
French of the local ball club tonight
signed Buck Gaudette Of Auburn to
play second base. Gaudette will also
take a turn in the box. The Auburn
boy has been holding out for more
money. He will be the only Local
player on the team.
A quintet of local rifie-men will 60
to Freeport on Thursday night to
again compete with the Freeport
sharpshooters. The Freeport rife
sharks have taken two matches from
the local boys by close scores this
year and the local boys are deter
mined that their opponents will have
to turn In some gilt edge work with
the small bore rifles II they take
this match. The Augusta men who
will make the trip are, Herbert Cald-
well, Charles Nelson, Paul Pickett,
Harry or Leon McCausland. and
Kenneth Lee who is the captain.
They will leave this city by auto
shortly after six o'clock Thursday
night and the match is to be held
about eight o'clock. !
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Gigantic Arapaho
Brave Aspires to
Good Berth Olympics

Lawrence. Kan, April Shy A. P.)
John Levi. Haskell Indian football
star. picked as All-America fullback
on many selections last fall, will at
tempt to win a berth on the A nerican
Olympic team which will compete in
Paris next summer. The gigantic
Arapaho brave. regarded the greatest
Indian athlete since the days of Jim
Olympic tryouts at the University Of
Kansas stadium here May 80 and 81.
Levi will enter the decathlon, in
stead of any single event. Coach
Frank Mcdonald believes his expert
cnce on the track and his strength
will enable him to make good show
ing in the events of the decathlon.
The Indian has carried his 200
pounds of Drawn over the 120-yard
high hurdles in OILS Us: over the 220-
yard low hurdles in 0.25 IS. and has
high jumped feet. He has put the
16-pound shot 43 feet "a inches. and
thrown the discus 1876 feet inches.
He has scored f1rsts in intercollegiate
in the javelin and is fairly fast quar-
ter and half miller, although he has
never competed in these events. He
has treated track competition as an
"athletic sideline."
big Jawn" will have his first taste
Of fast track competition in ail-round
events April rs, when he will particle
pate in the pentathlon in the Penn re-
lays.
During previous track seasons the
Indian star has devoted his energy and
time chiefly to spring football practice
and to baseball, entering practically all
intercollegiate meets with the scanti-
est of training and often with no train
ing whatever.
With the Olympics looming. Levi
will concentrate on the events Of the
decathfon alone, spending but little
time on spring football practice ard
baseball. The coaches believe that by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Senior Class Parts
for Commencement
in WOmen's Division

The members of the senior class Of
.ha Woman's division of Colby COL
isge elected Monday afternoon to
axe parts in the commencement
nroeram Of the division. The wom-
On of the college chosen to take the
uarts were as follows: Address to
Undergraduates. Mary E. Gordon of
powley, Mass: program committee:
mildred Z. Todd of Fort Fairfield;
Grace n. Martin Of Randolph and
Ethel Harmon of Caribou; class
noem. Donnie c. Getchell of Pitts
feld: class ode. Hilda A. Worthen
81 Corinna, Katrina I. Hedman Of
Jcmtland and Celia I. /Clary of
Iivermore Falls: awarding of hon.
ors. Anna c. I. Erickson Of Middle
boro, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Interesting Debate
For Murray Prize
Speaking April II

The annual Murray prize debate
will be held week from Thursday
evening. Apr. II. in Memorial chapel
at Colby college. This Is one of the
most interesting programs that the
Department of Public Speaking at
Colby holds annually and the COM
petition for the honors is keen. This
year. the subject which has been as
signed to the teams for debate is
as follows: Resolved. that the city
Of Waterville should adopt the pres
of Portland.
The affirmative team in the debate
will be composed Of the following
men: Chester A. Brown. '25. of Free
port: Donald f. Sprague. 26. of
Boothbay Harbor: and Clair E.
Wood, '26, of Houlton. The negative
side of the question will be upheld
by Clarence s. Roddy, 20. OF Cam
bridge; Roger A. Stinchfield. '26. Of
Clinton; and Paul M. Edmunds. '26.
Of Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Murray debate is possible
through the generosity Of George
Edwin Murray. 20. Of Lawrence,
Mass, who annually gives the sum
of 500 to stimulate interest in de-
batting at the college. The prizes
are open to all students who are en-
rolled in the advanced classes in
public speaking and the contestants
are governed by the following rules:
/. Students shall be required to
prepare a written argument on
question to be submitted by the in
structor in charge and 10 deliver an
excerpt from this argument before
a board Of judges. The written ar
sume6t shall count SO points and the
oral work so points. OF those COM
petinp. six shall be selected for the
final debate.
9. A public debate shall be held
as soon after the end of the first
semester as possible. at which time
the six debaters shall be assigned to
teams representing the affirmative
and the negative side of the question
for discussion.
g. Three judges. to be selected by
the president Of the college, shall
pass upon the merits Of the debate.
4. The judges shall award the
prizes on the basis of so points. Of
which value of argument shall count
25. appearance 10. pronunciation 10.
8. The awards shall be as fol-
lows: To the winning team. $50 shall
be given, the same to be divided
equally among the three speakers:
to the losing team. $25 shall be
given, the same to be equally divid-
ed among the three speakers.
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Power, Gannett
And V. & HI. Girls
Win in Bowling

The Central Maine Power girl
bowlers trimmed the Miscellaneous
lassies by wide margin Tuesday
evening at the Y. NJ. c. A. alleys and
easily took all four points. Thomp-
SON Of the Cempco team was high
total with 257 while her teammate
Hanks. took high single with q 81.
Kanaley was high for the Miscei-
laneous with 200, and 90.
The Gannett Publishing Company
quartette bowling a dummy trim
med the Bankers. also bowling q
dummy by three points to the one
captured by the Bankers. Best was
high total and single for the match
with 30 and 81 while Shea Of the
Bankers took both honors for her
team with 2o4 and "a.
The Vickery and Hill girls took
three points from their sisters at the
State House. D. Harris of the Vick-
cry and Hill aggregation was high
total for the match with 265 and her
teammate Overlook. captured the
single honors with "a. Brennan
was high single and total for the
State House lassies with So and 236.
The totals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09

hall at Sis, after which the delegates
adjourned to a smaller room for the
meeting. Several matters of routine
business were disposed of, DR.. Sam
uel H. Kagan of Augusta. gave an in
teresting paper. the topic of which
"A Case of Acute Leukemia" DR..
Ralph c. Larrabee of Boston former
ly specialist on blood diseases at
Tufts college and at present holding
similar position at the Boston City
hospital read a paper on 1.-THE Sc
we're Anemias Of Pregnancy and the
Puerperim." This was followed by
a general discussion of matters in
teresting to the physicians. DR.. Her.
bert w. Hall, president of the Asso-
citation presided.
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KNOCKED OUT
TROUBLES SAYS BOUYlEp

81 could hardly sleep, had no ap-
petite, suffered from gas. bloating,
heartburn. headaches and dizzy spells
of the worst kind. and my strength
was absolutely gone. I had always
been constipated but now worse
than ever and ! was mighty near
all to pieces.
but Tanlac knocked out my
troubles so thoroughly I have never
taken a dose of medicine since. ! am
the proud possessor of what / call a
new stomach and feel rejuvenated
all over. My appetite can't be sat
isfied. sleep like l hadn't a nerve
in my makeup. my weight has gone
up ten pounds. and / am stronger
and feel finer than in years. shall
recommend Tanlac and the Vege-
table Pills as long as i live"
Tanlac Is for sale by all good
druggists. Accept no substitute.
Over 40 Million bottles sold.
Take Tan1ac VEGETABLE Pills
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BEER PROTECTION
Continued from Page One)

the charges he made yesterday that
brewerics were permitted to operate
IN Chicago. largely through the as
slstance OF local politicians" He
gave the names of plants and assert
ed that the department of Justice
and the prohibition unit had failed
10 bring Injunction proceedings that
would close them.
When he named the Standard
leverage Company as one still In
operation and for whom the depart
ment OF justice had "interceded" to
prevent its being closed, the COM
mittee asked for Mr.. Yellowley. who
appeared with records I'm the case.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Wiliebrandt, as
sistant attorney general in charge Of
prohibition enforcement. Armstrong in.
sisted. was anxious to press prosecu-
tions.
storck said war department auditors
mad made three reports on the Old
hickory accounts but had been stop
PED and that John w. II. Grim, assist.
ant attorney general. had ordered him
70 go to Nashville in the summer of
1879 and Survey" the situation. He
SAID he recommended that 40 men. ac-
countants and investigators, be put on
the work, after his preliminary survey.
ana ne turned in report to M. Grim
explaining the points which he con.
sidered should be brought out by tha
accounting force.
In later conferences with war deparf-
ment and department of Justice off,
Gals. Storck continued, he found his
report was In the possession Of attor-
neys Tor the DUPONT interests. No ac-
non resulted. although he remarked
mat AFTER the Senate committee began
Its Investigation two special assist-
ants had been assigned to the case.
A Captain Foulke, son-in-,aw of
one OF the DuPonts." had superintend-
Cd performance Of the Old Hickory
contracts. he said, and padding" OF
freight accounts, disregard OF short
ages IN deliveries to the government.
and other matters had been shown 10
the degree that the 'DuPonts have 81
100000 on deposit to pay over IL they
can get a. clean bill Of health in the
matter"
Il can show you where the money
was made" he asserted. The DuPonts
only paid 81 for this contract. But be-
tween $13s.000.000 and $4,000, goo was
spent for materials with the DUPONT
SUBJ -~iary companies"
The furnishing Of his report 20 the
DUPONT attorneys. Storck told Senator
Wheeler. Democrat. Montana, the COM
mittee prosecutor. had made Il possi-
BILE for them ito cover UP II they have
the disposition"
In a brief sketch OF the Green case"
Storck said that in February, 1921,
he had been ordered to audit records
which showed $4,000, 900 involved In
stock selling operations. II. ". Green,
whom. he named as head OF the firm,
warned him, he said, that III. M.
Daugherty is my attorney" and he re-
ported this TO the department OF Jus
tice. No federal prosecution was insti- /
tuted, he said, but two years later
Massachusetts, state officials took ac-
-tion against Green. ----7r7
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BATES COLLEGE
FOOTBALL DATES

Lewiston. Me-. April S.-Athletic d.
rector Cults of Bates College today an
nounced the 1924 football schedule.
Five games will be played on the home
gridiron. The schedule:
Sept. 27-Lowell Textile at Lewis
ton.
Oct. MASS. Aggies at Amherst.
Oct. 11-Tufts at Lewiston.
Oct. 1S-NIaine at Orono.
Oct. 25-Bowdoin at Lewiston.
Nov. 6-Rhode Island State ut Lew
iston. III
Nov. 11-Colby at Lewiston.
Nov. 15-New Hampshire at Durham.
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RENO TOO MUCH
FOR MILLS IN A, c.
show, PORTLAND
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Portland. April S-Joe Reno or
Trenton, n. j.. tonight defeated Pat
Mills of Buffalo, n. Y, in the twin
six main bout at the Eastern A. C..
show here. While not as ferocious
a battle as the previous engagement
between the two here several weeks
ago, tonight's fight was hard one
all the way and though he took
punch after punch on the jaw.
throughput. Mills kept forcing the
action until the finish. ...
In the semi final Lewis Kid LAM
bert of Berlin. N. H., had the better
of Nick Madonna of Lexington,
Mass. during the early rounds but
in the fifth was out on his feet, al
though the bell saved him and he
stuck through te final frame. Eddie
DeSautel of Dover. N. H., defeated
Young Brown of Biddeford. Young
Drew of Biddeford shaded Young
Laliberte of Lewiston and Walnut
Walton of WestbrOok defeated RIP
Van Dyke of Portland in the prelIm-
mary.