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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-24

~TUDEBAKER offers a world-fanaous
Six, car embodying the best men
know, at a price that makes it folly to
deny yourself fine Car.
Here is the thrill of a powerful six-cylin-
der L-head motor; the comfort and luxury
of big, roomy body deep cushioned and
restful; beauty that -characterizes the most
costly cars,
Now in justice to yourself, look at this car.
Compare It with competitive cars at its price
then with cars selling for several hundred
dollars more,
Evening star., 1924-12-12
ARREST OF BISHOP
AROUSES FRIENDS
Holding of Anton Bast in Custody
in Copenhagen Shocks
the Public.
BY CHRISTIAN HUsUM.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
COPENHAGEN. December 1.-THE
arrest of Methodist Bishop Anton
Bast has shocked ihe public, which
is divided into two camps-one fight
ing for and the other against him.
Bishop Bast was arrested, suppos-
ing he would be held about three
weeks, but the police state the case
cannot be finished under six weeks.
From all parts of the world he has
received greetings since his arrest
Bishop William Anderson of Boston,
Mass, wired, Love and confidence"
DIR. Worth. chief secretary for the
foreign mission. who at the last con-
ference of that body signed state
ment to the effect that Bishop Bast's
accounts were correct, wired, My
love, confidence and cooperation"
Many of the Scandinavian minis
ters in America cabled, I'VE stand
with you to the last. Can we assist
you in any way?"
There also have been messages of
encouragement from the bishops
own district in Scandinavia and the
Baltic States.
The Copenhagen press has criti-
cized the way the police have treated
the bishop, who has not yet been
convicted of any crime.
An American commission of five
will leave on New Year for Copen-
hagen TO investigate the matter.
Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Coz
Evening star., 1924-12-12

workers to strike when he was a
Socialist member of the Reichstag in
1918, as had been stated by the editor.
He denied also that he urged the
strike on the ground that such a
procedure would shorten the war. or
had attempted to induce the workers
to disregard the draft warrants.
E Such utterances would have been
in complete contradiction with my
attitude during the war;" said the
president.
He added, under cross examination
by the court. that the official attitude
Of the Socialist party leaders con-
Cured with his own. The German
President also testified he had lost
two sons in the war and that third
one was wounded but returned to the
front after he had recovered.
The libel suit will continue into
next week. The defense is expected
to summon FORMER war leaders for
the purpose of eliciting testimony
that the Socialists primarily were
responsible for defeatism and that
the party stabbed the army in the
back"
Evening star., 1924-12-12
NEW DAY OF PEACE
!. y0UNG'S FORECAST
Dawes Plan Agent Tells New
Workers Great Development
Has Begun.
" the Associated Press

Fby Inc Associated fress-
NEW YORK, December 12.-The
Dawes plan, successfully worked out,
has brought the world to the thresh-
pld of a new day of peace and de-
Nelopment, Owen D. Young asserted
last night in his first speech since he
returned to this country. November
20. after serving as ad interim agent
general of reparation payments.
Mr.. Young was the guest at din
her given in his honor by New York
business men at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel. Before he began to speak he
received the cross of a commander of
the Legion of Honor, presented as ap-
preciation of his reparations work
by the French government.
A letter from President Coolidge
read: The commissions work is now
recognized as great contribution
TO the re-establishment of economic
order in Europe, and the distinguishe ed
part which Mr.. Young has played has
earned for him the gratitude of the
people on both sides of the Atlantic"
Premiers Give Praise.
Laudatory cablegrams Were re-
ceived from Premiers Mussolini.
Theunis, Baldwin and Herriot. Vice
President-e elect Charles q. Dawes,
still confined to his Evanston home
by recent operation, wired his
praise of Mr.. Young.
. During his speech Mr.. Young said
that when people first began to speak
of the Dawes plan, instead of the eX-
perts plan, at time when the out
come of the venture was exceedingly
dubious, Mr.. Dawes said: We'll, let
them call it the Dawes plan. Some
one has got to stand up and take the
garbage or the garla~--,' At that
time, Mr.. Young said. it looked very
much as if the garlands would be
largely of the back door variety
The first photograph of a sigma
ture to be sent across the ocean by
radio was flashed on an improvised
screen at the beginning of the ad-
dresses. II was that of Sir Robert NJ.
kindersley, associate of Mr.. Young at
the reDarationS conference. The
photo -radiogram read: MY warmest
greetings. r. NJ. kindersley."
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Child's Um brellas, ST.

to 81. Guaranteed fast colors in
Fruit of the Loom, silk and glori;r
cloths. Curved and straig h /
handles.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
ST, 200 TRUCK ROBBERY
is BEING INVESTIGATED
Grocery Vehicle Driver Reports He
Was Held Up South of
Highway Bridge.

Police of Arlington County, Va,
and the District are investigating the
report Of robbery said to have been
staged early last night about one mile
south of the Virginia end of Highway
bridge, In which c. F, Chenault. driver
of truck for the John H. wilkins
wholesale grocery firm, lost $1,000.
The report to the police said ban
dit jumped on the running board of
the truck when near the brick yards,
pointed a pistol at Chenault and de-
manded the money, which Chenault
had collected in Alexandria and vicin-
ity. Chenault, the report added, and
his colored driver were unarmed, and
lid not offer resistance.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
MASONS TO OFFICIATE.
Corner Stone of Church to Be Laid
Tomorrow Afternoon.

! The corner stone of the new Wesley
III. e. Church, Connecticut avenue be-
tween Jenifer and Jocelyn streets, is
to be laid by the Grand Lodge of
Masons of the District Of Columbia at
0 pm. tomorrow.
: Rev. DR.. William Frazer Mcdowell,
Bishop of the Washington Area, is to
deliver the principal address. Grand
sIaster of Masons Charles F. Roberts
Is to lay the stone.
! The exercises will open with a
bymn, followed by prayer by Rev. j.
Phelps Hand, district superintendent.
The benediction will be pronounced
by Rev. r. c. Reynolds, pastor of the
church.
The building being erected at this
lime is the first unit. 1t Is to be used
for Sunday school and social activities.
I Farmers of Spain are buying Amer
seaTrNfnaJe automobiles,
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Bill Folds-Wallets. 50

OF pin seal. lined with leather and
mounted with one-tenth 14-car rat
gold cofners. Some with clips
Each III lined gift box.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
EBERT TESTIMONY
IN SUIT IS READ
German President Denies He
Incited Munitions Strike
During War.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MAGDEBERG, Germany, December
12. - The testimony Of President
Ebert in the libel suit brought by
him against Editor Rothardt, pub
Usher of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung,
Fascist organ in Magdeburg, which
was given at a private hearing in the
executive mansion in Berlin Tuesday
was read in open court when the
trial was resumed here yesterday.
In his testimony President Ebert
denied having melted the munition
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Absolute Divorce Asked

Mrs. Miriam L. Chisholm today filed
suit for an absolute divorce from
Theodore l.. Chisholm, alleging deser-
ton and misconduct. and naming a
correspondent. They were married
June II, 1921, and have no children.
Attorney Stanley d. Willis represents
the wife.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Many Christmas Gift Suggestions
Women's $ Um brellas
$3.75

to 1915. OF silk and imported
gloria. Carved wood handles. Col
ors are black, red, purple and
brown.
Evening star., 1924-12-12

Farmers of Spain are buying Amer
eaTreinade automobiles,
Evening star., 1924-12-12

The largest and most powerful cleo
,ric locomotive in the world, capable
OF hauling a train of i SO loaded freight
cars, is being built by Henry Ford OF
Detroit for use on one of his rail-
roads.
Evening star., 1924-12-12

If the phone company ever runs out
of wrong numbers it can get plenty
off the income tax returns.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Extract and Toilet
Water, Csc and SOC

Fragrant extracts and toilet waters,
in very attractive gift boxes; Il
variety of odors
Evening star., 1924-03-09

sloping. evilly smooth slabs, ! care
fully watched Bruce to see how he
would tackle the formidable task
with which he was confronted on this
his first mountaineering expedition.
He did his work splendidiy and fol-
lowed steadily and confidently, as II
he were quite an old hand at the
game. Sometimes the slabs gave
place to snow - treacherous, pow
derry stun. with a thin. hard, decep-
tive crust that gave the appearance
OF compactness. Little reliance could
be placed upon IL and II had to be
treated with great care. And some
times We found ourselves crossing
steep slopes Of scree that yielded and
shifted downward with every tread.
Very occasionally in the midst of
our exactiug work We were forced to
indulge in a brief rest in order to
replace an empty cylinder. Of oxygen
by q full ono. The empty ones were
thrown away. and as each bumped it's
way ever the pyesipicesand the Eood
steel changed like q church. bell at
each impact. We laughed aloud at the
thouGht that there goes another FIVE
pounds on our backs."
Since leaving the ridge we had not
made much height, although we
seemed to be getting so near our
goal. Now and then we consulted the
aneroid barometer. and its readings
encouraged us on. 1t recorded $1,000
feet; then we gave up traversinE and
began to climb diagonally upward
toward a point on the lofty northeast
ridge. midway between the shoulder
nd The sil m nit -
Evening star., 1924-03-09
Concerning Your Watch

may balance the expansion of the
other. 5t'
A watch. should never be laid hori-
zontally at night, but should be hung
upon a nail. Change OF position will
not affect mechanically perfect
watch, but such a watch; is yet to be
made. Should the pivot of the bal
ance wheel be in the least worn the
change in position VIII make the.
watch gain or lose.
The jewel on the under side OF the
balance wheel is known as the cap
jewel, and the pivot does not go
through 1t. Unless the pivot fits right
up against this cap jewel a change In
position will make the watch lose.
Therefore, always keep your watch in
the same position night and day.
It is well known that a watch will
stop for some unexplained reason and
go on again all right IL It is given a
slight jolt. The. same trouble may
not occur for years. This is an acei-
dent to which all watches are liable
when worn on the person. 1t is due
to. the delicate hairspring catching, in
the hairspring stud or I'm the regulat-
ing pin. The cause is generally a
quick movement, such as stopping
quickly after running or jumping vio-
lently. A jolt is given to the balance
wheel and hairspring. and this rem
ders the catching possible. The jolt
must come at a particular fraction of
a second during the revolution Of the
balance wheel, otherwise the spring
would not catch.
A watch should be oiled every
eighteen months, because no oil can
be made which will not dry up in that
time. A watch will sometimes run u
number of years without 'oiling, but
the wear and tear on a watch in which
the oil Is dried UP Is much greater
than when 1T Is regularly and prop
eriy oiled. Never attempt to oil your
watch; let a matchmaker do IL.
Evening star., 1924-03-09
Blind Mans Work Gives
Hope to Others Blinded

a thousand persons of good will t.
do the printing, and he persuaded
the paper makers to give him tho
necessary material. In the United
States and England inventions were
being made. but they needed money
and he had none.
He set about improving what H.
could, and himself invented a whole
system of abbreviations in spelling.
ways of printing the raised charac-
ters, clever methods for those who
have lost sight when grown up, and
adapted what he could from foreign
inventions. Long before the war he
had typewriting machines, printing
presses and stereotype machines-all
for books for the blind.
Meanwhile. he had spread his net
| work of willing workers all through
France in every. class. of people. He
was a musician himself, and he
looked out carefully for musical
talent in all the blind who were
recommended to him. He brought
them to his own house, and the
greatest musical composers of France
Cesar Franck and Vincent d'Indy
came and played for them the great
works of modern music. Many a
blind man thus found a happy voca'
tion and a means Of support
Again, the literary men OF Paris
would come to talk with those who
had received sufficient education,
and pour out for them the treasures
of their own experience. One OF
them, Lucien Descaves, wrote a
powerful book on these human
beings walled in" from the rest of
the world, and this propagated the
work still further.
1t was not for the talented and
educated blind alone that Maurice de
All his work, the museum and the
library, were gratuitous and for all
who had lost the power of sight
At last me was able to concentrate
in one building a series of workshops
for all the many arts and trades
which human ingenuity has been able
to teach the blind. There was no
question of limiting them to the old
fashioned brush and basket making.
And he was one OF the first to realize
that medical massage would become
a, profession for men blinded in the
war. - ~
Man and woman do not live by
work alone. They. mus ssplay, and.
most of all. talk IN. cenlpsay. So he
added blind mems clifh rs his build
ing and came daily to ptay chess. at
| which he was an adept. He followed
closely all the adtosinventions. and
said: "I have hopes that some day
an invention will be made TO steer
us safely by ourselves through the
city streets. He also explained how
| the blind might enjoy travel-"hark-
ing to the sounds, smelling the per-
fumes. touching the, objects OF
! nature and art as they, pass.
STERLING HEIEIG
Evening star., 1924-03-09

COON afterward an accident put
~ Bruce's oxygen apparatus out of
action. He was some twenty feet
below me, but struggled gallantly
upward as 4 went to meet him. and,
after connecting him on to my ap-
paratus and so renewing his supply
Of oxygen, we soon traced the treu-
BILE and effected a satisfactory repair.
The barometer here recorded a
height of 27.300 feet. The highest
mountain visible was Cho Pyo, which
is Just short of $4,000 feet. We were
we'll above 1t and could look across
1t into the dense clouds beyond. The
great west peak of Everest. one of
the most beautiful sights to be seen
from down in the Rongbuk valley.
was hidden, but we knew that our
standpoint was nearly 1000 feet
above it.
Everest itself was the only noun.
tain top which Ne could see vithens
Evening star., 1924-03-09

AhiO 10 THO Story U Wnat one man
condemned to total blindness
has done for those like him in
the whole country Of France.
The war came and thousands upon
thousands OF soldiers were blinded
forever and multiplied the cruel need
of work like his. Now he has died
at the age Of sixty seven, worn out
with labor. but feeling that the motto
Of his long life was being realized
moro and more. He said and wrote
and proved for more than half a CEN
tpry "The blind may be useful"
Maurice dc Ia Sizeranne was the
son of an educated and rich family.
as riches were then. He was shoot
ing with q bow and arrow one day
whom he was nine years old in the
park around his home by tho river
Rhone. when an arrow fell back into
one OF hts eyes and he became totally
blind.
Everything that was possible at
that time was done to bring him UP
to a life of his own. He learned Ian
guages and music. and decided when
he grew UP to give his whole life
were blind like himself.
He went through Europe. wherever
work was. being done for the blind.
and he tried to acquaint himself with
what was being done with SO much
success in the United States. Then
he came back to Paris and began
with the National Institution for the
Blind, where he had had his own
training. He spent all that he could
from his own means and begged sea-
sonabiy and unseasonably from
others, but always for some practical
work. Everything he did and all the
many little books he wrote were for
the one thing-"help the blind to
become useful"
His was an apostleship, and, wheth-
er they wished or not, people had to
pay attention. Forty years ago the
historian of Private Charity in
Paris" had to give a chapter to the
blind folks Of La Sizeranne. Mrs.
Augustus Craven, one of the popular
novelists-her Sisters Story" is still
read-put him and his work into
book. So that his work might not
die with him, he succeeded In found
ing an association in 1889, and this
has had for its presidents some OF
the best known men IN France-Jules
Simon, who had been at the head OF
the government; the poet, Francois
Coppee; Noblemaire, the great rail-
way man, and Gen. Balfourier.
What has been done-and how?
Not much schooling can be had
without books-and when La Sizer-
anne began all the work of printing
books for the blind In raised letters
the Braille Alphabetical to be
done by hand. He had little money,
but he got first a hundred and then
Evening star., 1924-03-09
HIGHEST HUMAF0OT MARK ACHIEVED ON MOUNT EVEREST AFTER OXYGEN AVERT


Tn THE first attempt of this great
= expedition, described last week by
Mr.. Leigh Mallory. who led the ini-
tial dashtto the unprecedented height
of 1855 feet, the failure to proceed
farther was due primarily to the fact
that the party had spent the night in
"a camp at $4,000 feet instead of at
loftier elevation. This made the final
days stretch too great to be accom-
plished within the allotted time even
if endurance remained, also, since
member of the expedition had been
left in camp, unable to proceed. II
was considered necessary. to return
to him before nightfall.
On the way down after returning to
this camp the first climbing party,
now consisting of four. had the clos
est escape from tragedy when one
member slipped and three of them
went skating toward a 3,5e8-foot
precipice. The leader of the party
managed to fasten the pick of his
axe in the ice, wind Il rope around 1t,
and stop them in the nick of time.
This is the second article of the
StlleS utdlinS With he ASSduil oIl
Mount Everest" by the British ex-
pedition under commans .. 3rig. Gen.
G. G. Bruce. c. B., NJ. r. o.
Mount Everest, the worlds highest
peak, rises to an altitude of 29002
feet. 1t is surrounded by a battle
Ineht of prodigfous mountains, sew.
esal of them in excess of $4,000 feet,
While there are hundreds altogether
II the Himalayas higher than 10000
feet.
Particular interest attached to this
second attempt since it was to be un-
dertaken with oxygen equipment.
There had been much debate as to the:
efficacy of this in mountain climbing.
On the morning of May "a, 1922,
Capt. Finch with Jeffrey Bruce. Capt.
Noel and Lance Corp. Tejbir OF the
9Th Jurkha Rifles. Capt. Bruce's regi-
ment. all using oxygen. went up to
Camp Nv on the north Col. Bent on a
determined attack, they camped there
for the night
Evening star., 1924-03-09

Tits expanse. On the face of Geoffrey
Bruce, courageously cheerful as ever,
was strained, drawn expression that
did not like. Provoked, perhaps, by
my labors outside the tent, a dead,
nurnbing cold was creeping up my
iimbs-a thing 1 had only twice be-
fore felt and to the seriousness of
which I was fully alive.
Something had to be done.
Like an inspiration came the
thought of trying the effect of oxy-
gen. We hauled apparatus and cylin-
ders into the tent. and, giving 1t the
air of a joke, we took doses all round.
Tejbir took his me dicine reluctantly,
but with relief / saw his face bright
en- up. The effect on Bruce was visi-
BILE in his rapid change of expression.
A few minutes after the first deep
breath felt the tingling sensation of
limbs
We connected up the apparatus in
such way that we could breathe
small quantity of oxygen throughout
the night The result was marvellous.
We slept well and warmly. When
ever the tube delivering the gas fell
iout of Bruce's mouth as he slept,
could see him stir uneasily In the
lurid. greenish light of the moon as
1t filtered through the canvas. Then
! half unconsciously replacing the
tube. he would fall once more into
a peaceful slumber. There Is little
: doubt that 1T was the use of oxygen
! which saved our lives during this
second night in our high camp.
Before daybreak We were up, and
proceeded to make ready for our
/ climb. Putting on our boots was a
struggle. Mine I had taken to bed
with me. and quarter of an hours
striving and tugging sufficed to get
| them on But Bruce's and Tejbirs
were frozen solid. and it took them
more than an hour to mold them
into shape by holding them over
lighted candles. Shortly after 6
we were assembled outside Some lit
tie delay was incurred in arranging
the rope and our loads. but at length,
Evening star., 1924-03-09
By=Product Potash.
TT appears. from q statement ma

TT appears, from q statement made
by an expert in the manufacture
Of cement that potash may be recov-
cred as by-product from that mato-
rial. 1t Is thought that, under nor
NAL conditions of operation. It msv
be possible to reduce the rather high
cost per ton: therefore II would seem
that we have here a source Of potash
which can compete with the German
article under most market conditions
While the present production of pot
ash from this source is not very
great, the potential possibilities are
enormous, especially when the use OF
high potash materials for the manu-
facture OF cements is taken into con-
alteration. For some time plants
have been installing apparatus for
the recovery Of by-product potash.
Evening star., 1924-03-09

have its effect on Tejbir's sturdy con-
stitution, and he showed signs of
wavering.
*aF
RRUCEs eloquent flow of Gurumuki,
however. managed to boost him
up to an altitude Of $4,000 feet. There
he collapsed entirely. sinking face
downward onto the rocks and crush
ing beneath him the delicate instru-
fnents of his oxygen apparatus.
stormed at him for thus maltreating
1t, while Bruce exhorted him for the
honor of his regiment to struggle on !:
but 1t was all in vain. TeJbir had
done his best, aud he has every right
to be proud of the fact that he has
climbed to a far greater height than
any other native.
We pulled him off his apparatus
and. relieving him OF some cylinders.
cheered him up sufficiently to start
him with enough oxygen on his way
back TO the high camp, there to await
our return. We had no compunction
about letting him go alone, for the
ground was easy and he could not
lose his way, the tent being in full
view below.
After seeing him safely OFF and
making good progress, we loaded up
Tejbir's cylinders and, in view of the
easy nature Of the climbing. mutu-
ally agreed to dispense with the rope
and thus enable ourselves to proceed
more rapidly. Climbing not very
steep and quite easy rocks and pass
ing two almost level places, affording
ample room for some future high