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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Miss Harriet jackson has returned
TO Bath where she is employed after
passing few days in the city visiting
With friends and relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Coonel Asa Whitcomh chapter,
y A. R.. has invited the members
y Aopssinoc CHAPTER, p, a. r.. 70
I reception to be held In kingneid
y connection with the annual
s.ale D. A. r. Field day on the
Wsn,ns preceding the field das,
%Snday evening, July IA, at eight
Sssiock, at the home of Mrs. H. b.
nutchins, kingield. On the follow
s day, Tuesday, July is. at
msnnard time there will be smeet-
w IN the Universalist church,
snsInsheld, at 10 o'clock. Luncheon
sI m follow, at lI.se at the .Herbert.
ns,Mlsneld's new hotel Then the
,ang members Of the ID. A. n.
Nv the local chapter are to go 10
sxnepan, where at | p NJ. there
sM De exercises at the grave, OF
si.s aeeth Nichols Dyar. Later exer-
t'sss viii be held at two o'clock. II
h. pped that o number from the
s'scnapter may be able to attend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

The regular quarterly meeting OF
the Maine Children's Home Society
will be held July II at the Augusta
Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Harvard Young of Laconia. N. H.,
is passing a few days in the city
visiting with friends and relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Fred C. Pooler and John Lawrence.
Of Skowhegan were business callers,
Tuesday In the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

A, L. Deering. of Orono. state
nader of the Boys and Girls clubs.
conducted under the direction OF the
t1!ension Service. was business
sailer Wednesday in the city. He
came for the purpose Of comforting
Mh State Librarian Henry Il.
nlnnaok in regard to the Extension
eonference of next week at Oreno.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

J. A. Carnage and his neice, Miss
Nadge Cook OF New York City were
callers, Wednesday in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Cards OF Thanks. obituary notices, res
buttons Of respect, etc. will be
charged at the rate OF ten cents per
Zine No charge less than ~ cents,
Subscribers who fail to receive the
Journal promptly will confer 2 favor
by notifying tho office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Pettengill have
moved from their Augusta home to
East Vassalboro where they Will pass
the summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

The executive council of the Au-
susta Girls Community club will
meet Friday evening. $50 o'clock
q the clubhouse. All members OF
'he Council and members Of the
club are requested to be present as
lae summer plans are to he dis
eussed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Now summer weather is well on
the way because the hurdy -gurdy
man was Ia town, Wednesday,. doing
his stufr. All up and down Wat ,r
street his tunes added pep to the lag
gang steps and made the thoughts fly
faster over book and paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10
ALBION

AIRS. Mary Carson returned from
Danforth last week. where she visit
ed relatives.
Mrs. Rose Robinson and daughter
Glenna, returned from Waldoboro
last week.
Bertha Parkhurst has gone to
Pennington to attend summer school.
Carol Besse from Boston passed
a few days last week at the home
Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Everett
Besse.
1fr. and Mrs. A. c. Berry returned
to their home in South Portland
Monday after passing few days at
the home of Mrs. Berry's sister. Mrs.
J. C. Gould.
Mr. and Mrs George Hamilton and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence from
West Midway. Mass. are visiting at
the homes Of Charles and Henry
Taylor.
Mrs Elmira Strout and grandson.
Ray Baker, are visiting relatives In
town.
Mrs. Mary Taylor has returned
from a visit with relatives in Mass
achusetts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Theatre Manager: 7 really can't
use your play. 1t is too long for the
stage"
Amateur Playwright: But, say
look bere-fhat doesn't matter. Can't
you lengthsn the stage. you know !"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

Thursday, July 10, 1924
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

nj, North Augusta Dramat ic Club
naa present .sBar Haven ct Cpsh-
sSSssssass hall Fhursday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

i. LOCAL NOTICE
As =. 7. Hoffman has returned to
Rsssssa and Is nIw at his once tn
" gpsra house block. JAlySeat.
Evening star., 1924-11-13
CHARGES OHIO kLAN
FORMED STATE POLICE
Armed Men Led to Believe They
Hold Official Posts, Prose-
cutor Says.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, November 13.-Dis-
covery of a Statewide organization
of armed men who were led to be-
lieve they are State police, developed
as an adjunct of the Ku Klux Klan
in Ohio, Is the latest startling reve-
lation made as an outgrowth of riot
ing at Niles between Ku Klux Klan
members and anti -klansmen, 1t was
said by Prosecutor Harvey A. Bur
CESS of Trumbull County.
Prosecutor Burgess has been as
sisting the military officers board of
inquiry investigating the riots, which
is to report to Gov. A. V. Donahey
tomorrow.
The alleged police were organized
under charter granted before the
Civil War to a township society
formed at Kinsman, Ohio, for the
suppression of horse thievery, Prose-
cutor Burgess said. The society died
after accomplishing its purpose, but
its charter, which was granted under
an ancient statute, has disappeared
Evening star., 1924-11-13
PONZI TO GO ON TRIAL
AGAIN NEXT MONDAY
Jury Disagreement Prevented Set
tlement of Case at First
Hearing.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, November 13. - Charles
PonZi, former get-rich- quick flnan-
cier, whose trial in Suffolk County
Superior Court on an indictment
charging larceny, ended in a jury
disagreement yesterday, will be
placed on trial again next Monday,
District Attorney Thomas O'Brien an
nounced last night. Ponzi, who acted
as his own attorney in the trial, was
admitted to bail in $4,000.
The case was given to the jury
late Tuesday, and the jury, after II
hours deliberation, reported that they
were unable to agree on a verdict on
any one of the four counts of the in
dictment.
The complalnants were former
clients of Ponzi when he was con-
Quoting his international postal re-
turn coupon business here. The in
dictment was for larceny of s10,S00.
Evening star., 1924-11-13

youth admitted that he had set fire
to seven barns on the Ford estate
last April.
Judge Adolph F. Marschner placed
McCammon on probation when Mr..
Ford assured the court that the youth
would attend the Ford Trade School.
Evening star., 1924-11-13

tions SO simple any woman can dye
or tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts
waists, dresses, coats, stockings,
sweaters, draperies, coverings, hang
ings, everything new.
Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind and tell your druggist whether
the material you wish to color is wool
or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton,
or mixed goods.
Evening star., 1924-11-13

Mr.. Burgess said this charter had
fallen into the hands of an organizer
for the klan, who, rather than Klan
leaders or members, is responsible
for the situation. The organizer
they said, is not member.
Evening star., 1924-11-13
GANGSTERS' CODE
TO SHIELD SLAYER
Police Expect No Prosecution
in Killing of Dion
O'Banion.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 1S.-Dion
O'Banion, florist-gunman, lay in a
$4,000 casket today amid thousands
of dollars worth OF flowers and
Wreaths. while police traced what
they considered the first tangible clue
to the identity of his slayers.
They held Jules Portugais, %, a
boxer, known as Jimmy Wells, in
whose garage was found a blue sedan
answering the description of that in
which the slayers fled from O'Ban-
ions flower shop after the killing
last Monday. The cars license plate,
police said, corresponded with that
which witnesses said the slaver's au-
tumobile carried.
II expect we will satisfy ourselves
to a moral certainty as 10 the identity
of the killers" said Michael Hughes,
chief of detectives But nothing
will come of it. There will be no
prosecution. It's the same old story.
Well never he able to get anybody
to identify them if we do get them"
"wilI shoot II Ont"
O'Banon's friends, processing ig-
norance of the identity of the slayerS,
also are investigating, Louis Alterie,
the slain leaders lieutenant, upon
whom O'Banion's mantle is reported
to have fallen. told reporters.
IF l can make an appointment with
the killers, l will shoot it out with
them" he said
He attributed the killing to jealousy
of O'Banion's growing power in the
underworld and politically.
The brain of OBanion, examined
by DR.. Joseph Springer, coroner's
physician, was pronounced excel
lent" and the gang leader mentally
normal"
The assures We're not deep, which
would indicate O'Banion was not
deeply intellectual, but there were
numerous convolutions, which showed
his mind was shrewd," he said.
The funeral of the slain gang lead
or will be held tomorrow
NEVER WAS IN IAII
Evening star., 1924-11-13

volstead act to Chicago. He ranked
with Frank Lake and Terry Druggan
as man of wealth. although his
position was solidified by an un-
mistakably aristocratic demeanor.
Involved I'm Feud.
This life brought conflicts and kill
ings. The beer runners war found
O'Banion in the midst of it, sus-
pected of knowing intimately of some
OF the brutal murders that grew from
the war. Out of it came feud be-
tween the Miller brothers, Make and
Hirshie and Dion, over division of
profits. O'Banion shot Make during
the theater rush last Fall, in front
of the La Sale Theater here, and
Hirshie was ambushed and his car
riddled the same night. AS q re-
suit Two-Gun Johnnie" Daugherty,
figure among the gunmen. was Of
fered $4,000 to kill O'Banion. In
stead, Daugherty was killed. Dapper
Dion was suspected here, just as he
was in the killing of John Duffy and
Maybelle Deley, his girl, who were
shot last Winter.
But with it all O'Banion kept out
of prison. He knew of the Werner
robbery, in which nearly $4,000, 900
in negotiable securities were taken
from safe deposit boxes after an evil
dent inside job. He was suspected
of being one of the engineers of the
Sibley warehouse robbery, in which
nearly S1000,000 worth of liquor was
stolen.
He gave the tip-off that resulted in
arrest of the Newton brothers. con-
fessed participants in the S2,000.000
Rondout mail train robbery. He was
on the inside of the huge bootleg
deals that have characterized prohf-
btion here.
Always Had BodyGuard.
After all this and more, it was
dangerous business. even to retire to
the flower business. With all his
wealth, his power in the great crime
world, his immunity to police mo-
leStation, O'Banion dared not step
into the street without bodyguard.
His own leadership had brought a
price on his head-hiS romantic
achievements only shortened his
days.
Hired gunmen whom he recognized
and knew shot him down among his
flowers. Who now will take up the
toga he relinquished when death
finally removed him from any claim
to the throne of the underworld only
new killings and future huge crimi-
nal forays now common here, can tell
Evening star., 1924-11-13
FORD SAVES YOUTH.
Wins Leniency for Boy Who
Burned His Barns.

DETROIT. Mich, November 13.-A
request to the court from Henry
Ford saved John McCammon, 18
years old, from a probable jail SEN
tence in court here Yesterday. The
Evening star., 1924-11-13
"DIAMOND DYES"
COLOR THINGS NEW

Beautiful home
dyeing and tint
ing is guaranteed
W i t h Diamond
Dyes. Just dip
in cold water to
tint soft, delicate
shades, or boil to
dye rich, perma-
nent colors. Each
l5-cent package
poDtaipa dirac-
Evening star., 1924-11-13

A woman isn't necessarily a good
cook because she roasts her neigh
bors
Evening star., 1924-11-13
NEVER WAS IN JAIL.
O'Banion Often Suspected, But AL
ways Had Alibi
BY Consolidated Press.

BY Consolidated Press.
CHICAGO, November 13.-The shoot
ing of Dapper Dion OBanion, dandy
among high-powered criminals, sus-
pected in numerous killings, re
puted safe blower, hi-jacker extra
ordinary, aristocratic leader of the
developing plutocracy of crime.
marks the end of another of those
careers that are holding a high place
in present day romance.
Immune always to the rigors of
the law, suspected in the most spec
tacular of crimes time and again, but
never cornered in prison CELL
O'Banion still was rot immune to
thrusts of gunner upon whom he had
depended in innumerable instances.
So today ne lies in the morgue, the
301st person slain by guns III Chica-
so this year.
Suave even tempered, a diSarming
gentleman in evening toggery, this
king Of the underworld piled his pro-
fession for years until recently he
determined to retire to devote himself
to the growing of fowers-a task he
loved He retired. though, with a high
price-at least S10,000-on his head,
placed there by rival government
in the comm onw ealth of crime. That
tempting reward, coupled with rea-
being the direct cause Of the staying.
Power in Underworld.
Here in Chicago, where there is.
Increasing evidence that crime is be-
coming one of the recognized, pro-
tected professions, OBanion had
brought himself up to wealth and
prominence He was the product of
a neighborhood gang on the near
North Side, where deSolate surround
fngs give little room for useful ap
plication of a fertile imagination. In
stead, young O'Banion began to en-
vision himself a leader in the life
with which he was becoming ac-
quainted-a life of crime.
First, though, he was newsboy
in the Loop, a choir boy in the Holy
Name parish, in which he always
lived. Then police heard of him as
a minor safe blower. That life car
ried on until prohibition Here
O'Banion grasped the possibilities. He
became a bootlegger, then a hi-jacker
on grand scale, directing the parties
that held up the brewers who were
marketing their product through
illicit channels. Profits piled up.
O'Banion became known as a power
in the realm of outlawry that de-
veloped from the application of the
Evening star., 1924-11-13
Always Had BOdySuard.

No wonder a yacht jumps up and
down when 1t is forced to get on
another tack.
Evening star., 1924-03-26
PATIENTS WORK PUT
ON PUBLIC DISPLAY

An exhibit OF articles made by pa
tientS of the Washington Tubercu-
IoSis Hospital was formally presented
last night at joint meeting of the
Washington Tuberculosis Association
and the OcCupational Therapy Asso-
citation of the District of Columbia
at the social service house, 1922 1lth
street northwest.
The exhibit was produced under the
direction of Mrs. Agnes ii. Stewart,
director of the occupational depart
ment of the hospital. and it Will be
Open to the public all Of today. The
:, articles are for sale.
Wants Compulsory Treatment.
Miss Alberta Montgomery, president
of the Occupational Therapy Associa-
tion. presided at the meeting. Walter
). Cford, secretary Of the Tubercu-
losiS Association. spoke briefly on the
neighborhood problem in the con-
.iuest of tuberculosis He favored
giving the health department power
- compel negligent cases Of the dis
case to be removed to hospitals or in
other ways to be Quarantined He
also said that with proper care the
sanatorium or hospital could be made
pleasant and hopeful. especially with
the occupational work under medical
supervision.
Miss Gertrude H. Rowling, director
Of the Visiting Nurse Society, said
that one of the essential purposes of
the public health nurses is the early
nnding and reporting of tuberculosis
cases and the encouraging of such
persons to go to the health clinic
She urged more adequate provision
for the health department to enable
tito employ more nurses.
Treat 9I5 New Patients.
pr. j. w. Peabody, superintendent
OF the Tuberculosis Hospital told the
history of the dispensary, how it was
1T first financed by the tuberculosis AS
sociation, but since 1918 had been
taken over by the health department.
He cited the fact that last year this
dispensary had treated 915 new pa
tients and had received 6,626 visits.
Dr. W. d. Tewksbury. chief OF the
'Aedical staff of the Tuberculosis Hos
pital, and DIR. B. w. Carr, clinical di-
RECTOR of occupationai therapy of the
Veterans Bureau, dwelt on the thera-
peutic value of properly supervised
Occupations in the recovery of tuber-
culous patients. DR.. Carr emphasized
the point that the commercial OBJ
iectives must always be kept second
Try to the curative considerations of
ugh work.
Evening star., 1924-03-26
GROWING ROOSTER
GIVES FIRE ALARM
"Bandy," Feathered Pet of Produce
Dealers, Broadcasts Warning
to Watchman.
PROUD OF ACHIEVEMENT
Damage Estimated at More Than
$500.

While flames licked the walls OF
the Manassas Produce. Company
establishment at 207 10th street, last
night. "Bandy." pet bantam rooster
Of produce dealers of the vicinity,
pSrched on top of a crate of ordinary
chickens and broadcast a fire call,
Hist strident appeal was hear I'd above
the clamCrirg chorus of caclsinp
chickens The noise as we'll as the
smoke attracted the attention of a
night watchman. who turned in an
alarm
AS the door was broken open by
arriving fremen. out marched Bandy
serene and Indifferent. proud with
the realization that comes from duty
Wei done. and he stood on the curb
ing preening his smoked feathers
while ffrenghters launched into a bat
tie against the treacherous spread of
flames.
Tho fire really started in the fruit
ana produce store of ]. II. KciSter at
2o3 10th street. 1t ate its way int
several boxes of granefruit and other
products. About S400 damage was
caused to Keister's stock.
Chickens Suffer shock.
Next door. however, when the
wreckage was pulled out, ten crates
OF chickens suffering from shock and
smoke were rescued. Then came a
dozen or SO calves. dripping from
their immersion in the streams from
fire hoses. One hundred and fifty
crates of eggs were just about ruined.
Damage was not officially estimated,
but was put at more than $3.50.
Damage to the buildings also was
considerable. Insurance covers all
damage. Cause of the fire is unde-
termined.
Bandy was back on the job today
strutting about like a spurred Ma
poleon, overseeing the assignment of
chickens to crates and giving vent to
a few defiant crows every now and
then.
He was reticent when interviewed
I'm modest little rooster" said
he, with a blink, and j am not
spreading myself when l say that |
probably know better than. any other
living rooster just how a chicken
feels when il is being baked. Now
don't roast me in your paper for
saying this, will you?"
Evening star., 1924-03-26
ARLINGTON TO GET
ROAD BOND RULING
Supervisor Promises to Aid in Set.
ting Obstructive Legal
Questions.
Special pisps teh to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, March 26-Hop-
ing to settle quickly and definitely
several legal questions that have
| arisen in connection with the pro-
Arlington county. for road develop
ment, the Arlington good roads COM
| mission has sought and has been
promised the aid of William J. In
gram, supervisor of Arlington dis
trict.
For a month or more the commits
sion's hands have been tied in its in
vestigations by uncertainty as to the
extent to which the county and dis
| tricts may bond for various improve
| ments. Several attempts of the COM
mission to get competent legal
opinion" in the matter have failed.
A resolution adopted by the execu-
Monday evening, which requests the
aid of Mr. ingram, sets forth that
there is strong sentiment in favor
of the early submission of the mat
ter to the people, in order that road
improvements, il authorized. may be-
gin during the coming summer.
Three Questions Concerned.
Mr.. Ingram is requested by the reso-
luton to secure FRI IN the commonwealth
attorney of Ar ington county. or
in the discretion of the common
wealth attorney he to secure from
the attorney general OF the state an
opinion on the following three ques-
tionS:
l. Assuming that Arlington county
follows the policy of issuing bonds
for roads by magisterial districts
under, an act of the general
assembly. approved March, 2s. 1922.
enact an act to provide for the is
suance of county bonds for perma-
nent road or bridge improvement in
the magisterial districts of the coun-
ties of the state, and repeating all
acts in so far as the same are in con-
fiict herewith, approved September
5. 1919" (chap. 513. p. SsS. acts of the
| assembly, 1920. what is the limit.
county, of the bonds which may be
so issued, and is this aggregate in
any way affected by, or does 1t in any
manner affect, the amount of bonds
! that have been, or may he, issued in
| the county for sewers and water or
! schools?
=. What is the aggregate amount of
| bonded Indebtedness that may be
| created in Arlington county for sew
| ers and water under an act of the
| general assembly, approved March Is,
| 1922, entitled An act to create Ar
/ lington sanitary disArict." etc. (chap.
| ESQ. acts OF the assembly. 1922, p.
445); and is the aggregate amount
of the bonds that may be so issued
affected by. or does it any man
ner affect, the amount of bonds that
| have been. or may be, issued for
| schools and public roads?,
3. Must the amount of bonds is
Evening star., 1924-03-26
ALEXANDRIA,.

ALEX ANDRIA. Va. March 26 (Spe-
cial. - Rex omme ndation tlat the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
make the city auditorium issue the
chief aim OF the present year was
made TO the board Of directors by
the members forum, which was for
merly the civic bureau of the cham
ber. In this connection an auditorium
has been suggested for the new kigh
school building. which will become
necessary shortly. Others have said
that another story should be added
to Armory Hall for this purpose.
Still another possible means for
securing the auditorium would be the
torpedo station, which practically is
abandoned so far as the Navy De-
partment is concerned. Several good
rooms of sufficient capacity are avail
able. The general idea, however, is
that the new auditorium had best be
building plans. While it has not
been definitely decided that this
building will be built at an early
date, 1t has been pointed out that it
crease in enrolment is made next
year.
Members of Potomac Baptist Asso-
citation will meet in the First Baptist
Church here Monday afternoon.
Na March 81; at ! o'clock to consider de-
pledges made to the s75, 200, 600
campaign of the Baptist denomina-
tion, which has been in progress for
several years. The meeting has been
called by James r. Mansfield, asso-
ciational campaign manager.
Administrators Qualities.
Charles r. beavers has qualified in
the circuit court of Alexandria as
administrator of the estate of his
father, Charles A. beavers, who died
last week.
Joseph +. Kidd and John l.. Kidd
were dismissed yesterday in pniice
court on charges of impnding officers
They prevented officers from enter
ing their home until one of the num-
ber had returned to police station
to secure a search Warrant
The case of Francis Wells. nineteen
years old, charged in police court with
stealing 1880 from Thomas Meltis,
owner of the Lyric Cafe. was taken
under advisement In police court af-
ter the boy pleaded guilty. Wells
said that he lived originally in New
York.
Henry Starkey Of Bluemont, Va,
was held for the action of the grand
jury this morning, charged with vio-
lation of the prohibition law. Sergt.
Campbell and Capt. Durrer arrested
him on North Fairfax street after he
had broken two half-gallons of whis-
ky in the street, according to their
testimony.
Charles Tyler, colored. for many
years a familiar figure at King and
Royal streets, has disappeared.