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Evening star., 1924-08-04
BY FREDERICK Il. NEELY,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ON BOARD L. S. S. RICHMOND,
UNDER WAY TO REYKJAVIK, Ice
lano, August (via Wireless).-
Forced down with a dead motor in
the heart of the untamed North,
Lieut.. Leigh Wade and his mecha-
nician. SCRIPT. Henry H. Ogden, virtu-
ally counted themselves out of the
world flight today-the faithful ship
that carried them safely three quar-
ters OF the way around the earth,
having been abandoned in polar sea.
Barely snatched from death in an
Arctic hurricane that dashed the
ocean with staggering fury a brief
hour or two after they had been res
cued, the two intrepid American
aviators are hurrying to Reykjavik,
on board the light cruiser Richmond,
to meet Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith and
Lieut.. Eric Nelson, who have reached
Hornafjord, Iceland, safely.
Take Accident GameIy.
ITS all in a lifetime" was the
philosophic exclamation of Lieut..
Wade few minutes after his plane
had been abandoned while officers of
Evening star., 1924-08-04
STRESSES BERLIN PACT.
Herriot Says Dawes Plan Success
Rests on Germans.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 4-The ultimate
success of the interallied conference
on reparation now depends upon the
attitude of the Germans, Premier
Herriot Of France told the Associated
Press today.
"If the German delegates are WISE"
said NJ. Herriot, I'VE shall have a
good peace. not only for Europe. but
for the entire world. Everything
now depends upon a proper under
standing by Germany of the part she
is to play. The allies have reached
complete agreement.
TN the attainment of the happy re-
suits we have achieved France has
not made a bargain but has merely
proposed a thesis of justice, founded
upon full recognition of the princi-
pie of arbitration, which is the basis
of the London agreement"
Praises Americans Work.
The French premier paid tribute to
the helpful cooperation of Frank
B. Kellogg, the American ambassa-
dor, and the other American partici-
pants in the consultations, James A.
Logan and Owen D. Young, in bring
ing about the agreement. He ex-
pressed also his gratitude to Presi-
dent Coolidge for the friendly interest
Of the American Chief Executive.
1--WE have reached complete
agreement and America has been very
helpful" he added. 'It Is only nee
essary now for Germany to under
stand her duty"
From a French source it is learned
that M Herriot has spent the great
er part of his time since Saturday
discussing with members OF the dele
cation the procedure to be followed
at the conference after the arrival
of the Germans tomorrow. The ma
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column %
Evening star., 1924-08-04
RElNHARDT HOME BURNS.
Fire of Suspicious Origin Damages
Producers Castle.

VIENNA, August 4 (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency. Fire said to
be of suspicious origin last night
seriously damaged the castle near
Salzburg belonging to Max Rein
hardt. German theatrical producer.
The blaze was discovered several
hours after Mr.. Reinhardt and Nor
ris Gest, American theatrical pro-
ducer, had left for Venice. The castle
was greatly damaged and many rare
pieces of furniture and other treas
ureS were lost.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
BRITISH WOMAN'S
SLAYERS TRA|[ED
Federal Troops in Mexico
Seek Murderers of Mrs.
Evans Near PuebIa.
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoca ted Press.
MENICO CITY, August 4.-Federal
forces are searching for the slayers
of Mrs. Rosalie Evans. who was shot
dead from ambush near Texmelucan,
Puebla, Saturday night.
The widow of a British subject.
a former president of the Bank of
London in Mexico, Mrs. Evans was
one of the central figures in the re-
cent international affair between
Great Britain and Mexico, eliminating
in the withdrawal of the British
charge des archives, Herbert c. Cum
Minis. MIR. Cummins was accused by
the Mexicans of undue harshness in
his communications concerning AIRS.
Evans dispute with the Mexican gov
ernment over attempts to divide her
estate under the agrarian program.
Accompanied by John Strauss, the
German manager of her estate, Mrs.
Evans was driving homeward, when
shots came from the left and she
fell from the wagon. Her hair be-
came entangled in the wheels and
the body was dragged some distance,
made a desperate effort to defend his
employer, but was wounded in the
arm and forced to abandon the fight
He managed, however, to release her
body from the wheels and summon
help before colIapsing.
U. s. Envoy in Case.
American Charge d'Affaires Schoen-
field last night conferred with For
eign Minister Saenz. He said later
that they discussed the details of
the attack. but he was otherwise un-
communicative. Representatives of
the British consulate general have
gone to Texmelucan to bring the body
to Mexico City.
Mrs. Evans six-year fight to hold
her hacienda, consisting of 1850
hectares (about 436 acres) and called
San Pedro Coxtocan, has been fol-
lowed with intense interest in diplo-
matte circles and in both the British
and American colonies. Mrs Evans
was formerly of Brownsville, Tex.
The question figured in the pre-
recognition conferences last Summer,
when the American delegates unoffi-
cial efforts succeeded in bringing
about meeting between Mrs. Evans
and President Obregon. Several
months ago. when word reached the
capital that the hacienda was sur
rounded by armed agrarians, volun-
teers from the British colony visited
Puebla to help protect the owner.
She personally waged a fearless
fight, several times driving invaders
off her land at pistol point. She in
sisted on living in the ruined ranch
house, which had been burned, and,
besides her employees, was protected
by George Camp, a Texan, who aban-
doned his contracting business here
several months ago to go to the ha-
cienda- His present whereabouts is
unknown.
Official admission that the Evans
case had been taken over by the
American embassy came several
weeks after Charge Cummins' de-
parture, when Ambassador Warren
said Mrs. Evans had laid the entire
question before him. The Mexican
governments stand has always been
that Mrs. Evans was making obsti-
nate and unjustifiable resistance to
it's plans for the division of her es-
tate under the governmental agra
rian program, with proper remunera-
tion to her.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
BRITISH AWAIT REPORT
Leave Case Entirely in Hands of
q. S. Embassy.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
LONDON, August 4.-The British
government is leaving the case sur
rounding the killing of Mrs. Rosalie
Evans entirely in the hands of the
American embassy in Mexico City.
which has been handling British af-
fairs there since the withdrawal of
Herbert c. Cummins as charge des
archives.
Recommendations will be made
from London as to the course to pur-
sue as soon as full details have been
received.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
JAPAN GIVES LARGE
WAR MATERIAL ORDER
14O,0 900 Machine Guns and Spe-
cial Type Motor Lorries Bought
From English Firms.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 4.-Japan has or
dered 100000 machine guns from the
British Vickers Company which is
working on the order night and day,
according to the Westminster Gazette
The paper adds that another firm,
the Scrutton Company, is executing
a large Japanese order for a special
type Of tractor lorry, to be shipped
at an early date.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
Soviet Reported
Agreeing to Pay
Debt to Britain,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 4.-The Anglo
Russian conference here was reported
this afternoon to have concluded an i'm
portant economic and financial agree
ment. Official confirmation of the re-
port was not ohtainable.
1t is understood that the soviet gov
ernment has agreed to pay Great Brit
ain f28 100000 of the Russian debt,
which 1t was unofficially estimated vas
E16o, eo0. 900.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
British TraWIer Reported
Towing Wreck to Port.
Richmond Cut Machine
Adrift After Rescue.
OTHER TWO AVIAT0RS
MAY START TOMORROW
Commander Smith and Lieut.. Mel
SON Safe in Iceland-Next Hop
Is From Hornafjord to Reyk-
javik-Value of Naval Patrol
Shown in Disaster.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Lne AssOcldteu iEeSs'
REYkJ JAVIK, Iceland, August A.
The wrecked airplane which had
been piloted by Lieut.. Leigh Wade
in the American round-theworld
flight and which was abandoned
early this morning by the cruiser
Richmond is being taken to the
Farce Islands by the trawler Rugby
in order to ascertain whether it may
be possible to repair it in time to
continue the flight, it is understood
here.
II it is possible to repair the Bos-
ton, despite serious damage to the
planes wings and pontoons, the
cruiser Raleigh will bring the ma
chine to Reykjavik, where the repairs
will be made and where, if possible,
Lieut.. Wade will continue his flight.
1t has not yet been decided whether
Flight Commander Lieut.. Lowell H.
Smith ard Lieut.. Erik Nelson will
start from Hoefn Hornafjord for
Reykj;- sik today or tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
LAFOLLETTE HALLS
BACKING OF LABOR
Declares Endorsement Wiz
Make Achievement of Inde-
pendent Aims Likely.
PRAISES UNION CREED
Asserts Expression of Non-Parti-
sanship High Example of
Citizenship.
PRAISES UNION CREED
by G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

Welcoming the aid to the indepen-
dent progressive ticket for President
and Vice President. accorded by the
American Federation of Labor
through the action of the executive
council in indorsing the candidacy of
Senator La Toilette and Senator
Wheeler, Senator La Toilette in a
telegram to President Samuel Gompers
of the federation, today expressed
his appreciation of that action.
Senator La Toilette declared in his
telegram that with the aid of organ
lied labor, the farmers, business men
and professional men land all other
men and women whose sole interest
in government is that of good citize n
ship" it would be possible to achieve
the great object of the progressive
movement, which is ito break the
combined power of selfish interests
upon government"
Text of Telegram.
His telegram to Mr.. Gompers fol-
lows:
'I desire to express my deep ap-
the executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor in indorsing
the independent candidacy of SEN
ator Wheeler and myself. In taking
this step after deliberate judgment,
the American Federation of Labor
has adhered to its traditional nom
partisan policy.
nf ha
the American Federation of Labor
for the progressive ticket cannot be
overestimated. Your executive COM
mittee in stating the American Fed
eration's political purpose says: Or
ganized labor owes allegiance to no
political party or group. 1t is not
partisan to any political party or
group. 1t is partisan to principles
the principles of freedom, justice and
democracy.
Praises Labor Creed.
1T seems to me that in this brief
paragraph you have set forth a creed
of citizenship which, if accepted and
acted upon by the great body of
common citizens, would rapidly make
the government of our country what
it was intended to be, the peoples
own instrument of service. 1 have
in my public record attested my ac-
cord with the aspirations of Ameri-
can wage earners as represented by
the American Federation of Labor.
welcome this Endorsement"
ITO break the combined power of sell
fish interests upon government is the
paramount issue of this campaign, and
with the support of organized labor, the
farmers, business men, professional men
and all other men and women whose
sole interest in government is that of
good citizenship / feel confident we
shall win
Evening star., 1924-08-04
WEATHER.

Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow
partly cloudy and warmer; possibly To-
cal thundershowers- tomorrow night.
Temperature for "a hours ended
at pm. today: Highest. 50, at noon
today; lowest 81, at 6:15 am today.
Full report on page z.
Evening star., 1924-08-04

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Evening star., 1924-08-04

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 2
Evening star., 1924-08-04

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
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the Ice. and In an instant found my
self in little worse situation than
/ had been before The ice was
nearly but not quite thick enough TO
bear me- and was 50 far from shore
this time that | could not pull myself
out foundered about among the
broken ice and water for quite a little
while. but finally managed to relieve
myself OF my luggage somewhat after
the same manner as before. | then
succeeded in reaching the shore. not
in very good trim for travel either
for the ice, which had frozen on my
clothes during my three duckings,
made them very stiff and heavy.
In spite OF all this, | managed to
get to Folsom's; but here | had an
other disappointment. No one was
there. and the fire was all out. OF
course | could not stop in the con-
dition | was in, and | should have
frozen TO death in half an hour. The
nearest house was at Reeds, fifteen
miles further down the river. and
there was no other way for me but to
get there as soon as possible.
so | started down the river for
Reeds 1t was eleven or twelve
o'clock at night, and I had a pretty
hard time of it. but got there at last
Reeds house was on bill and when
| got to the foot of that great hill,
couldn't walk up it to save my life:
| had to crawl up on my hands and
knees. Finally | got to the house
and raped at the door, and Reed
came and opened it, | suppose l did
look rather forlorn; at any rate, he
seemed almost frightened at first. For
Gods sake, Hutchins, is this your
were the first words he said. | ex-
planned my circumstances to him, and
he took me into the house, built up a
big fire and thawed me out, and then
put me to bed where | slept till the
next day at noon, and then got up,
feeling as we'll as usual, only a little
stiff.
ut was thirty miles from the place
on the Androscoggin, where | first
started from, to our camp; fifteen
miles from there to Folsom's; and
fifteen miles from Folsom's to Reeds s,
in all sixty miles. started from
the Androscoggin at O'Clock in the
morning and got to Reeds at half
past three the next. morning, making
the whole sixty miles in nineteen
hours and half. | think if | had
disheartened l should have gone I'M
der; but l kept up good heart and
came out all right "
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Fairfield Man Has Original Tramp
Chair

Herbert York of Fairfield brought
to the Reporter Office recently an
interesting exhibit which was the re-
minder of the unusual method Of pun
ishment for tramps a quarter Of cen
fury ago. II was the patent chair
invented by one Baker to punish
tramp visitors when they came into
different communities. The chair
which Mr.. York brought TO the Office
was large enough for doll, which it
contained, dressed in mems clothing
The frame was of iron and was built
like cage, the chairs which came TO
actual use being large enough for a
man to set in The chair which Mr..
York now noWs was purchased by his
father. the late Lorenzo York who ~as
fond of collecting anything unusual
or antique.
The trampchairs never attained
great success in reforming the tramp
evil in this state. However. before
its failure became definitely estab-
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A Law to Prevent Despep-
tics from Driving Cars

In in effect on the driver there is
no difference between auto-intoXica-
tin and alcoholic intoxication Many
legal authorities believe that anyone
suffering from dizziness. whether
caused by drinking or Indigestion, is
a menace to life when at the wheel
of an automobile.
The real remedy, of course, is to
get rid of the indigestion. II you
suffer from periodic dizziness or auto
intoXication it is a sign that your di-
gestiye apparatus is deranged. Go
at once to your aeighborhood druggist
and get "A box of TRU-VTM, the new
preparation put up in capsule form
that gives immediate and sure relief
The price Is 80 cents a box and IL
You do not get relief from this danger
GUS symptom, he will return the pur-
chase price. For sale by
SkOWTIEGAN, G. II. Fogg. +. W.
Buchanan. Simpsons, The Fuller Drug
Store; SOLON, l.. W. McIntire: NOR
RIDGEWOCK. Frank w. Spaulding:
MADISON, II. II. Haines; f. W.
Wright; BINGHAM, +. w. Moore:
ATHENS, l.. c. Williams; NORTH
ANSON, F. II. Holley.
Britton Manufacturing Co,
East Orange, n. J.
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OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS
At LAKEWOOD
Sk0Mhegan and Madison People En-
Joy House Parties and
Winter Sports

Last Sunday was another big day
for winter sports at Lakewood. The
weather was ideal and many people
from Skowhegan and Madison avail
ed themselves of the pleasures which
the opportunity and place afforded
Around fifty people enjoyed house
parties at the Butler cottages and
there seemed to be a decided increase
in interest in the opening of Lake
wood for winter sports. Skiing and
snoWshoeing were pleasant diversions
and crowded cars were in evidence on
the trolley line. E. c. Butler enter
tanned John C. Roaf, Julian c. Good
rich, James Stanley and Thurman
Cole. Another party included Mr..
and Mrs. Dana Blanchard, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. l.. Conant, Mrs. Walter Wy
man, Daniel Steward and others. In
the evening Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. SWEET
entertained at the tea room Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. l.. II. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. E. Smith, DIR. and Mrs. r. A. Derby
shire. Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Jenkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Page, Mr. and
Mrs. c. NJ. Holt and Mrs. f. o. Saw
yer. In still another cottage were
several Skowhegan and Madison
young people including Mrs. Marion
Oddly, the Misses Sadie Martin. Ruth
McQuillan, Christine Bison, Virginia
Stinchfield, Charles Corriveau, Reid
Appleby, Paul Steward, Guy Gibbons,
Duncan Bitters, A. o. Dostie and Miss
Velma Holt and Frederick Lewis of
Madison. Another afternoon party
included the Misses Amanda and
Juliette Corriyeau and Miss Blanch
Cole.
Next Sunday Frank Thibodeau as
caterer, will serve a special oyster
stew dinner from noon until eight
O'Clock at twenty-five cents per per
son, in addition to the regular lunch.
The tea room has been engaged for
next week for large party by Mrs.
Maude Schenck of Madison.
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Born in Somerset county

Under date OF February 18th. G Z.
Smith OF Newport, writes in part as
follows
have a very warm spot in my
heart for Skowhegan and its rep
resentatives. as Skowhegan is my
native town having been born
there November 10. 1886, and
while l left there at the age OF
four years. | have always had
tender feeling for the good old
town ! was much interested in
the booklet. issued by you. as |
can remember most OF the Old
people connected with your pa
per Moses Littlefeld married
my parents in 1S4S
Mr. Smith is a member of the State
Board of Hospital Trustees He has
recently been appointed to the mem
bership on the executive committee of
the Maine Chamber of Commerce aud
Agricultural League The booklet
he refers To above is one recently
issued by the independent Reporter
Company, commemorating the one
hundredth anniversary OF the estab-
lishment OF the first newspaper in
Somerset County
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ADVENTURE WITH A
WILD CAT
lad. Had Unusual Experience
in Lexington Plantation
Last Week

E,uo in Lexington last week, Regi-
| TAYLOR of North New Portland,
Years old and Mahlon Beane,
|ber Young boy, whom he was Wis
l had an exciting adventure with
F. wildcat. tThis was not a
IL but a real Wildcat. They
[, over into Il swamp across the
|. from Omar Chase's farm to hunt
Las After a while because the
Inn was too thick to hunt success
\ thew separated a little ways.
short time Reginald saw this
! cat coming toward him only a
| tset away. The boy was much
Istened but fired a shot at the cat
libis did not stop him and he kept
ing toward Reginald. He called
loudly to Mahlon TO come and
\ him and all the while he was
|rg 10 load his gun again and also
|rg 10 back up on his snowshoes,
thew dug into the snow and he
hi not get back any more and 1t
Cd as though the wildcat would
4 tackled the boy If the other one
mt come to his assistance. They
4 killed the cat and as it is an
Intionally large one they felt
proud of their days work. After
|ming it to the few people nearby
! went to Ralph Dexter, who is
n clerk. and claimed the $40 boun-
Pretty good for two young boys.
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BAKER TRAMP CHAIR

BAKER TRAMP CHAIR
lished, many Maine towns purchased
one of the chairs, and today there
are many junk piles of the state speci-
mems of the char in varied states OF
preservation.
This chair was nothing more or
less than a cage Of strap iron built
in crude imitation OF a chair The
front would swing open SO that the
hobo sentenced TO do his bit in the
contraption could step in and sit
down. 1t was then swung back and
locked. There was very little OPP
portunity for moving. SO that the
thing was actually a machine 10 tor
ture rather than punishment. 4
shelf on the front served as table
from which the tramp inside could
eat The chair was mounted on
wheels SO that il could be moved
about
What BROUGHT This chair into e1is-
tenee, undoubtedly. was the exposure
by the Boston Globe of system OF
graft in vogue In York county and
some other sections OF the st..e by
making use 81 the Maine tramp laws
The plan VS. combination between
certain trial justices. deputy sherifs
and cnnstable5 10 keep the justices
busy trying tramp cases and the Jail
full OF The Waylarers These trial
justices got tee from the state for
every ease they heard. The officer re
ceiYed iee Tor the arrest and trans
portation OF the prisoners and the
shern got SO much day for each
prisoner hc Lad in the Jail In order
70 make The scheme work they had to
have sufficient number of tramps.
and this was what in the end led to
It's expose. These men didn't try 10
hog all the money. In order to be
SURE Of sufficient supply OF raw ma
tefal in the person OF tramps they
paid the tramps percentage of the
amount OF fees received This kept
the raw material Interested
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short sentence vere given Ia -
cases Ton dass in ~ at VS. =
long f5ar Usually be 49, nnf maH=
than s#A Ths sheriff aIH r1f aasz
thea hard. ODD fh.m asH and f#.s
were ALWAYS s#Hs Df good bed aHa
4 warm uI.la - STAY II aafd vssazH
or When i f#smr Hzs released
from lie aii - 4as e.4an directions
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Mr.. Wild Cat mt Pleasant Ridge

Some animal with fondness for
chicken entered the poultry house of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Steward last Thurs
day night, Feb 2Sth and killed the
entire flock of twenty-five nice fat
hens and a rooster. The fowls
were bitten through the heads and
recks as clean as pen knife cut but
none were eaten On Saturday
morning Mr.. Steward found Mr. wild
cat caught in two traps just inside
the hen house but very much alive
and cat like as he had scratched and
torn the boards on the wall near him
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Free; Come and Get One

The Independent Reporter IS con
sidered as general information bu-
reau. We are proud of it and very
happy in thus being useful. Week by
week the number of telephone calls
and personal visits, seeking informa-
ton on every conceivable subject, in
CreaseS.
For the convenience of the public
and TO lessen, where it can he con-
veniently done, our own labor in the
matter, VIC have fallen into the habit
of compiling card, twice a year,
containing all available information
as to trains, mails, fire alarm and
school signals, etc These cards arc
entirely free and it is very much to
our advantage that every resident Of
Skowhegan should have one. Call at
our Office II convenient. If not.
telephone or write, and one will be
forwarded
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1t was about the beginning of the
year 1889 that Sebastian Rale came
to Norridgewoek. He found the In
dams acquainted with the art of max
ing candles: for. he SAYS. that with
,wenty-four pounds of the wax of the
Oayberry. and twenty-four pounds of
tallow. he made one hundred candles,
one foot in length. which he used for
the purpose of illumin ting his cha
pei which was at first mere hut.
In 1897 or 1898 a more convenient
one was erected