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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15
Tarring Operations
On Maine HIGHWAYS

Tar Is being applied on the fol-
lowing sections Of State highway:
From Bangor to Bar Harbor. Tar
has been applied and this section
may be sticky on hot days.
From Presque Isle to Houlton.
Augusta to the bituminous maca-
dam road in Belgrade, tar has been
applied and will be sticky on hot
days.
From Fairfield about seven miles
toward Skowhegan, tar will be ap-
piled, beginning July 10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15
Wardens See $50
Deer on Trip Down
The st. John River

Two Of the Piscataquis county
wardens have just returned from a
trip across country from Moosehead
Lake and down the st. John river.
They report a very hard trip at this
time. When they reached Seven Is
lands, they found the water very
low. While on this trip they report
seeing $50 deer and two wild cats.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15
Getchell Again
Named Chairman
| WaterYille Reg. Bid.

Governor Baxter, Monday, nomi-
mated Colby Getchell of Waterville
as chairman of the board of regis
tratlon of that city. This is a re-
appointment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15
Amdavits Given

I, John A. Sweeney, Town Clerk,
in my judgment at June election,
sixteenth day of June about thirty
five per cent Rep. voters required
the assistance of one Rep. election
clerk. These voters were physically
capable of marking their ballots and
were not illiterate.
(Signed) JOHN A. SWEENEY,
Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this second day of July, A. d.
1924.
(Signed) JASPER H. HONE.
Justice of the Peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15

county. Approximately $500 acres
will be inspected in other parts of
the State. The total is about twice
as many acres as were inspected last
year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15

In my judgment about thirty-f1ve
per cent of voters at Fort Kent
Primary Election received assistance
in voting at said election.
(Signed) ARTHUR ]. NADEAU.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15

In voting at said election.
(Signed) ARTHUR j. NADEAU.
I, Joseph G. Ouellette. Town Clerk
of st. Agatha, hereby certify that at
the Primary Election held in st.
Agatha on June Is, 1924. the polls
were kept open until $50 (pine-
thirty p. NJ, Standard Time. The
reason was that the farmers here
had no time to vote before. Big
crowd between $50 p. NJ. and $50
p. M. There was about thirty vot-
ers near the building between $50
P. NJ, and 900 p. M. We had no
time to help them mark their bal
lots. Eighty per cent of the voters
asked for help and received it. We
didn't use booths but used tables.
We kept the crowd back twenty-five
feet anyway.
(signed) JOS. G. oUELLETrE.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this second day of July, A. d.
1924.
(signed) JASPER Fl. HONE.
Justice of the Peace.
. I, John B. Pelletier of Van Buren,,
Aroostook County, Maine, hereby
certify that I am Town Clerk. of
van Buren and also Chairman of
Selectmen of said Van Buren,, that
at the Primary Election held June
Ii. 1924, there were 4OS Republican
ballots cast In Van Buren, and 116
Democratic ballots and to my best
knowledge and belief about thirty
five per cent to forty per cent of
voters had to employ the services OF
election clerks to mark their ballots,
and these were allowed by me on
their request to use the services of
election clerks. some of the voters
pot being familiar with the marking
of ballots requested the services of
election clerks.
! further state that ! was asked
by Jasper Hone, Esq. of Pressure Isle
to open the sealed lists of voters:
viz, the ingoing and outgoing check
lists used on said June IL, 1924, and
that refused to break open the
sealed check lists, asking Mr.. Hone
to show me legal authority for SO
doing, a fact he was not able to do.
Dated at Van Buren,, Maine, this
first day of July, 1924.
(Signed) JOHN b. PELLETIER.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this first day OF July, A. ID. 1924.
(Signed) JASPER II. HONE.
Justice OF the Peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15

Almond, Olivulo and Rose City,
cerine Soap. .1oc ca, 8 cakes 25c
S5c Coty Compacts ..........3 $3.50
$500 Coty Perfume Flaconette.
ace.
$1.00 Compacts Sec
$1.00 Journey Face Powder. Ste
$500 Mineralava Beauty Clay Sec
$3.50 Boncilla Beauty Clay. Soc
$1.00 Lournay Lemon Cream. Soc
75c Vivandou Face Powder. Soc
Lot Of 81 Stationery. 80. Soc box
Lot Of Women's Handkerchiers,
worth SOC, ................ zee ca.
Lot of Women's Handkerchiefs,
worth 35c Csc ca.
Lot of Women's Handkerchiefs,
worth Csc 19c ca.
Lot of Women's Handkerchiefs,
worth 19c ...........1Z 1.Zc ca.
$1.oo and $3.50 Pocket Books. zee
Hot Dish Mats ........ zoe ca.
79c Bead Necklaces ......... .39e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-15

women's $3.50 Union Suits.
79c pr.
Women's 75c Vests. 49,. SOC ca.
Women's IS and 40c Vests Csc ca.
Children's Union Suits soc ca.
worth $1,000
Children's Union Suits ..25e ca.
worth 50c)
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20

Take Tanlac vesstabIs PIIIs.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20
with a little sob Of passion
his lips were pressed 10 hers.F-
tTo BE coNTINUED3


The doctor sent a bill for $40 to the
terrible tempered sfr. Bangs. The
bill read, 1.-TWO visits-s10"
you're o robber,g said Mr.. Bangs.
Five dollars a VISIT It isn't worth
IT"
& Fiji rewrfte the hill. said the doc.
tor, and Bangs smiled Theyscouldn't
put anything like that over on him.
Then the doctor wrote ITO getting
out Of bed at 2 a. M. answering phone.
disturbing my wife. dressing, going to
garage. cranking Tin Lizzie two-mile
drive in the cold. saving haby's life
return to gnrage. waking wife. undress-
ing. getting back into bed-Sl0r
He said to Bangs: II won't make
any charge for the second visit and
you need not pay for the tirsf unIess
you feel have earned the money
MF. Bangs paid the bIll.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20
WITH your.

SYNOPSIS. - Francis Ledsam
defends Oliver HiIditch, a busi-
ness man, In a murder case and
succeeds in getting him on, only
to be told by his wife that Hill
ditch Is an arch-criminaL Led
sam. dining with his best friend.
Andrew Wilmore. meets Hilditch
and his wife and Is invited to
dine with them at their home. AT
dinner with the Hilditches, Oliver
shows Ledsam how he killed his
victim and says his own death
the same way would make his
wife supremely happy. Return
ing home. Isedsam receives a.
phone call from Margaret Hil-
ditch saying Oliver has been MUIR
dered. Ledsam gets the coroner
TO set divers death down as sui
eide. He admits to Wilmore that
he has developed a keen interest
in Margaret He meets her Ia
ther, Sir Timothy Brast, the evil
shepherd, who tells him crime
will be committed before they
leave the cafe. A murder is COM
mitted. Lsdsam determines TO
solve the mystery. He meets
Margaret. She refuses him per-
mission to call and warns him to
have nothing to do with her IA
ther. Ledsam solves the murder
mystery and is congratulated by
Sir Timothy. Isedsam again
meets Margaret and asks to have
ssfrfs chance. ZWiimore's younger
brother mysteriousiy disappears
from LodRarh,R office.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20

r. f. Boyd, 5000 Fourteenth st.,
N. W., Washington. d. O., for forty
eight years prominent hardware mer-
chant In the national capital. but now
retired, lends his name to further the
cause OF Tanlac.
indigestion and stomach weakness
Of very pronounced type had troubled
me for several months prior to last
October fifteenth" said Mr.. Boyd. re-
Gently. shut sinca that deee the Tanlac
treatment has made a new man Of me.
Now eat heartily. never have q sign
Of indigestion, sleep like a log, and get
up mornings feeling like an athlete.
Today can outwalk men twenty years
younger. Tanlac alone put me ia my
present fine physical condition, en-
abllng me to get more real pleasure
than ever before out Of meeting and
mlngllng with friends. Tanlae has re-
juvenated me completely. so to speak.
It's the finest medicine ] ever ran
across.
Tanlac is for sale by al good drug
gists. Accept no substitute Over 40
million bottles sold.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20
Clean Child's Bowels with
California Fig Syrup"

Hurry Motherl Even constlpated,
bilious, feverish, or sick. collie Babies
and Children love 70 take genuine @Cai-
ifornia Fig syrup" No other laxative
regulates the tender little bowels 80
nicely. II sweetens the stomach and
starts the liver and bowels without
gripping. Contains no narcotics or sooth-
ing drugs. Say "Californiag to your
druggist and avoid counterfeits Insist
upon genuine california Fig Syrup"
which contains directions.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20
cnAPrER X

The IEftie party at the Sanctuary
sat over their coffee and liqueurs long
after the fall Of the first twilight siIl
the points Of their cigarettes glowed
Ike little specks OF fire through the
enyeI9ping darkness,
At last Lady Cynthia rose TO her
feet and shook out the folds Of her
diaphansns eewn. daring alike 10 its
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20
CHAPTER x-cOntInusd.

=
'Perhaps he decided not TO wait and
you didn't hear him go by"
Angrave shook his head.
'T do not see how ne could have left
the place without my hearing him,
STR" he declared. ''The door of my
ONCE has been open all the time, and
1 slt opposite to 1t. Besides, on these
stone floors one can hear any one
so distinctly"
'Then what" Francis asked. ''has
become Of himT'
The clerk shook his head.
II haven't any idea. sir" he con-
fessed.
Francis plunged into his work and
forgot all about the matter. He was
reminded OF II, however, at luncheon
time, when, on entering the dining
room OF the club, he saw Andrew VIII
more seated dgalone at one of the small
tables near the wall. He went over
to him at once.
"Hullo, Andrew" he greeted him.
s.what are you doing here by your
seIf?"
"Bit hipped. old fellow" was the
depressed reply. "SIt down, will your"
Francis sat down and ordered his
lunch.
"By-the-bye." he said, 'T had rather
a mysterious visit this morning from
your brother Reggie"
Wilmore stared at him for a mo-
ment, half in relief, half in amaze
ment.
Good God, Francis, you don't say
i" he exclaimed. How was her
What did he want7 Tell me about II
at onee2 We've been worried TO death
about the boy"
well. as matter OF fact, didn't
see him." Francis explained. "He ar
sived bef-re reached my rooms-as
you know, don't live there-waited
some time. began to write this note"
drawing the sheet of paper from his
pocket-"and when / got there had
disappeared without leaving a mes
sage OF anything"
wilmore adjusted his pinee nez
with trembling fingers Then he read
che few lines through.
Francis he said, when he had fin
ished them, "do you know that this is
the first word we've heard of him for
three days7"
"Great heavens y Francis ex-
claimed. He was living with his
mother. wasn't hep
Down 1T Kensington, but he hasn't
been there since Monday" Andrew re-
piled. "aIs mother is In a terrible
state. And now this. / don't under
stand It at ALL"
"was the boy hard up7"
"Not more ahan most young fellows
ire" was the puzzled reply. aHIs al
owance was dUe In a few days, too.
He had money in the bank, / feel
Bure. He was saving up for a motor
ar"
Haven't I seen him once or twice
L restaurants lately" Francis In
luired. "Soto's, for instance7"
very likely" his brother assented.
why not7 He's fond Of dancing,
md we none OF US ever encouraged
i'm to be stay-at-home"
"Any particular girl he was inter
sted lnY
"Not that we know Of. Like most
'oung fellows Of his age. he was
ather keen on young women with
ONE connection with the stage. bat |
ont believe there was any one In !
articular. Reggie was too fond Of
ames TO waste much time that way.
les at the gymnasium three evenings
week. -
Il wish ia been AZ the ofice few {
linutes earlier this morning Francis
bserved Il tezI y0u what. Andrew. / =
ave come paIs down az Scotland Yard
nd I'll so down and see them this
lxernoon. TbeyT want photo (
rmph. and 10 ask . fHw questions. I lr
are say. bmes sheuldn't talk abouf [
le matter toe much '
aYoa're very kind. Franein.s his {
aama rawasaa 'bug Il inza'k 30 e6ay 70 =
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20

The deadly tsetse rs Of tho JungIes
is said to have been given It's double
maine from the short sharp sound
which II makes twice In quick success
sion.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20

It's a good deal easier to set en-.
gagged than Il is to get dlsengaged.
Belt Valley times., 1924-03-20

Holt didn't DO any good to calI
down the janltor about our cold
rooms. did ltf
she--Yea, It did. I got all warmed
up after gof through chasin' him
around the engine room with poker.
Evening star., 1924-04-13

tive Fitzgerald OF Ohio, Commissioner
Joseph B. Easton of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Representa-
tive Browne of Wisconsin, Repre-
sentative Moores of Indiana, DIR.
James +. Mitchell. Martin Wiegand,
Rev: DR.. II. H. Ranck, Rev. Dr.. H. s.
Lewis, Emil Berliner, Miss Grace
Litchtield, Representative Raker of
California; Rev. DR.. c. w. Locher. Col.
Henry May, Rev. DR.. G. f. Fultz, K.
d. Winger, John II. Storer. Theodore
Schwan, Christian HeuriSh, Edward
B. Buriing, Otto II. Tittmann, Samuel
Gompers, president American Fedora
tion of Labor; Rear Admiral Cary t.
Grayson, Mrs. Henry T. Allen. DR..
TT, Holmes. director, gallery of art
Smithsonian Institute, and Mrs. Wood
row Wilson.
Evening star., 1924-04-13
CLINIC FOR CANCER
CONTROL is CLOSED
Headquarters, Maintained During
Intensive Drive at 1716 M
Street, Ends Service.

With l0S patients receiving atten-
tion-the record for the week at the
cancer clinic maintained at the Med
ical building. 17I8 NJ street north
west, by the Medical Society of the
District of Columb bia-and speeches
at the National Theater and by ra-
dio, the intensive drive against can
Ger conducted by the District of Co
lumbia committee of the American
Society for Control of Cancer was
concluded yesterday.
The clinic was for the purpose of
encouraging early diagnosis and en-
phasizing the need for expert at
tention in combating the disease, and
more than 800 persons received ex-
animation and advice while it was in
progress.
The radio lecture last night. which
actually concluded the weeks effort,
was given from Station WRC of the
Radio Corporation of America, by DR.
James A. Cahill, jr., of Providence
Hospital, at 6:15.
Cancer month, which started March
IS, will be concluded formally Tues
day night at Sis o'clock. with a
public meeting at the Women's City
Club, where the speaker will be Dr.
+. A. Merritt, director of the H-ray
la horatory of Garfield Hospital.
The final noon meeting at the Nation
al yesterday was addressed by William
Tyler Page. clerk of the House of
Representatives, and DR.. William
Earl Clark. Members of the Girl
Scouts acted as ushers.
Evening star., 1924-04-13
FILMS DEPICT FEAT
OF CABLING REPORT
Show Steps From Moment Dawes
Document Was Handed to
Associated Press.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Motion pic
lures showing the delivery of the
Dawes reparation report from Paris
in the New York Offices of the Asso-
ciated Press. the longest cable dis
patch ever transmitted, were exhibited
in New York theaters today sirnul-
taneously with their release by Pathe
News for distribution in 5000 thea
ters.
Eighteen million persons will thus
be able to visualize the feat which the
Associated Press accomplished the
other day when it brought the 10000
word report TO this country over the
cables" said Emanuel Cohen, editor
Of Pathe News.
I'VE asked permission to make the
picture not only because we recog-
Evening star., 1924-04-13

nized the historical Importance of the
occasion, but also the magnitude of
the task involved i'm transmitting, as
sembling and distributing such a vol
ume of copy"
The film depicts an Associated Press
operator "cutting-in" the four cables
that carried the report direct from
Paris. 1t shows other operators
transmitting into English on a type
writer at rate of 2,700 words an
hour the wavy lines of the cable
cipher as they slid from the sensitive
needles.
Evening star., 1924-04-13

planned that neither OF the brothers
had replied TO repeated letters from
him, as trustee and executor of the
$SS,000 estate, asking them to accept
the bequcsts..
Mr.. Semple petitioned the court to
let him turn the legacies over to the
city chamberlain, in the Garlands'
names, SO that that official could become
responsible for delivering the money.
Mrs. Garland's will stated that she
made only minor requests to her
grandchildren, because they had been
substantially provided for. Accord
ingly she felt free TO leave her es
tate to charity.
Evening star., 1924-04-13
WOMAN GIVES BAIL
IN DUAL LIFE QUIZ
Charged With Fraud and Bigamy,
Says She Is Victim of
Blackmail.
TWO CLAIM LOSS OF $4,000
Cross Complaint of Framing" En-
livens Police Hearing.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April 12.-Mrs.
Anna Beswick, alleged .bigamist, was
held In $4,000 bail today on charges
of defrauding two men of $4,000.
blackmailing her through threats to
reveal her dual existence were also
held.
Detectives, meanwhile. were investi-
eating the various operations Of Mrs.
Beswick. 1t Is alleged that seven
gerry and that on another occasion she
was said to have been Jailed for de-
frauding friends and merchants.
Confronted with the three men she
accused OF extortion before her hear
ing, Mrs. Beswick engaged in YER
bal battle with them, claiming they
were framing" her, while they in
turn said she was framing" them.
In a confession to detectives. Mrs.
Beswick is said to have admitted
marrying William c. Martin, fifty five.
a bank official and president Of cold
storage plant, although her first hus-
band. Samuel f. Beswick, sixty-three,
is still alive and she is not divorced
from him.
Claims Eighteen Children.
She stated she was the mother OF
eighteen children, although Beswick
said the number was fifteen.
Her apprehension was brought
about by Ralph Hawthorne, a chauf-
feur, and William Schuman, who
claimed Mrs. Beswick owed them S5,-
600, which she had borrowed after
representing herself to be heiress to
large estate.
Despite her confession of dual mar
riage. no charges were preferred
against the woman by her first hus-
band or by Martin. The three men
held she accused Of Matchmaking her
when they discovered she had two
husbands through her continual use
of their taxicabs TO journey between
Evening star., 1924-04-13

Among the Bahuma tribesmen OF
Uganda the women are unusually
fat, as corpulcncc is looked upon as
"a sign of beauty. Girls before mar
riage are not allowed to walk about
and are encouraged to drink as much
milk as they can in order that they
may become as fat as possible before
their affianced husbands come TO
claim them. The fatter they are the
bigger the marriage dowry the par
ents receive. Many of these women
almost lose tho power Of walking
Evening star., 1924-04-13

her home and the residence OF Mar
tin in Fox Chase, a suburb.
To detectives she stated the men
had extorted money from her which
she in turn obtained from Martin. She
placed the amount at $4,000, al
though this was subsequently denied
by the assistant district attorney,
who said Martin had told him the
sum was $4,000.
Evening star., 1924-04-13

Cynic's definition of love: The con-
viction that it is easier to keep house
than to work behind a counter.
Evening star., 1924-04-13
CONDEMNED AVOIDS KNIFE
Mrs. Buzzi, Stricken With Appen-
dicitis, Is Better.

OSSINING, n. Y, April 12.-Mrs
Anna Buzzi, in the death house a.
Sing Sing, awaiting electrocution fol
the murder of Frederick Schn er
Bronx contractor, will not have to be
operated upon for appendicitis, DIR
Amos o. Squire, prison physician n
said today.
For the first time since she wa:
stricken several days ago Mrs
Buzzfs blood pressure was reported
normal.
Evening star., 1924-04-13

u. S. Prelate Visits San Reno.
SAN RENO, Italy, April 12.-Car-
dinal Hayes of New York arrived
here today. He will remain for a
short visit
Evening star., 1924-04-13
TOILET ARTICLES

Csc Djer.Kiss Double Com
pacts and RefLs .59c
l con Csc MeEba Toning Po4r-
der FREE Nth the purchase
Of q tube of MeLba Sharing
Cream at. Gt................ .35c
25c Carpenters Or Marrow
Ponrude ................. .I9c
SOC La Creole Shampoo. .... .33c
500 TerTa-Derma.Ldr Cold
SOC ID e r. Cold Cream. SIC
30c KoIynos Tooth Paste. .l8c
SOC MuIdfed Cocoanut OIL. SIC
30c Lyons Tooth Ponder.
I7c; 8 for Soc
30c FrostiIId Lotion .I9c
SIPS L'Origan Face Po,Ddr. .7oc
Csc Mapis TaLcunu Ponder. +. .I6c
Csc Teasing Brotun Face Po,p-
der ................ -. .l9c
$1.00 Terrd-Derma-Ld1 Beauty.
Clay .59c
: Soc Laco Shampoo. .33c
$I.00 TokaLon Face Potcder. soc
Soc .Caraco Shampoo. ....... .33c
25c PaImosiue Egyptian Tale 14c
fI.00 TokdIon Cream. .59c
CrahaH,'s Ideal GLycerine
Jelly, --.............. .14c
$l.00 L,Ame Compac1s .49c
25c PensLW TaLchm Powder. .l<c
soc Anselus Cream. $50
loo KniclerbocIeer Egg Soap. Sc
800 Beau TENT Beauty Clay soc
Evening star., 1924-04-13
GARLAND REFUSES
ANOTHER LEGACY
Man Who Gave Away 1901 600
Fails to Take Small Sum
Left by Grandmother.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. April 12-Charles
Garland of Buzzards Bay. Mass, who
inherited 1901 900 from his father and
then gave it away, has refused an
other legacy.
His grandmother, Anne Louise Car
land, died a year ago, leaving an
sS8.000 estate and a will beQueathing
S1,240 each to Charles and his broth
er James of Warwick, England.
In surrogate's court today Lorenzo
Semple of Mount kisco, \. Y, com
Evening star., 1924-04-13
Canal to Open Ten Days Early.

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, April
12-The Welland canal will open for
navigation on April 16-ten days
earlier than the opening last year.
Evening star., 1924-04-13
Wife of Artist Dies.

Mrs. Nina Fonda Ochtman, wife of
Leonard 0chtman. the artist, died at
her home, Cos Cob. last night Mrs
Ochtman also was a well known
artist.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-04

ty members and non-partisans. We must, listen to the voice of the peas ants. If we fail to direct the grow ing political energy of the peasantry into the right revolutionary chan nels, it will burst in upon us in the form of banditry much as it did dur ing the Geogian occurrences.
 Concluding his appeal Stalin as serts that the immediate task of the party is to enlist the peasantry into the management of the country. The conditions for the realization of this program are favorable, he says, be- cause of the rising political activity Of the poorer peasants. He calls for a united front of workmen and peasant against the dominating ten dencies of the farmer-profiteer. The local village budgets, revenue, expenditure, taxation, are questions of immediate importance to the peasant, whose active cooperation in the work of the soviets must be en- The effective assistance rendered by the soviet government in the districts affected by the crop failure has revived the peasants confidence and provided a basis for the ''re-animation" of the village Soviets.