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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29

anu AdNO Shyo ECSt Va bhC AOoA "a
bread with a can Of beans or some
thing like that.
You might not think 1t from look.
ing at the pushcarts and in the lit
tie grocery stores. but canned stuff
is the cheapest for one girl living
alone.
FOR FIVE YEARS.
1T SOUNDS LIKE YOU COULD
MAKE 1T PRETTY WELL, DON'T
1T? JUST TRY 1T FOR FIVE
YEARS AND YOU'LL FIND IT'S
A ROTTEN, Misunderstanding
WAY FOR ANY GIRL TO HAVE
TO LIVE. PITY THE POOR OF
F1CE GIRLS AND STENOG-
RAPHERS? ROT. THEY LIVE
LIKE QUEENS COMPARED TO
GIRLS LIKE ME. The ones tha'
have the chance to learn stenog
raphy or bookkeeping have all the
luck.
When you live like that the diff
ference between SIS and $12 IS
pretty big. 1t means the movies, a
vaudeville show, maybe, new hat.
But the laundry was too hard, and
l quit it, and went back to the $12.
At the time met Ed was work
ing at the Ostrander Company, Cliff
ton place, Brooklyn. There were
two things l liked about that job
One was I could sit down all day
and the other was that on the BACK
of the envelope it said Cecilia
Cooney, clerk.
Let me tell you the kind Of clerk
1 was. Did you ever look at the
fixings inside the socket of an cleo
trio light bulb? There's brass, and
little pieces Of black stuff, and
something else that looks like china.
all held together by tiny little
screws. l was the clerk, / and
lot Of other girls, sitting lat a long
bench, who put in those little
screws. Cecilia Cooney, screw
clerk. That sounds almost as funny
as Cecilia Cooney, bobbed haired
bandit, don't it? But. told people
l was a real clerk AID let it go at
that, and it gave them more respect
for me. They thought l worked in
an office.
Life is a funny thing. 1 know
I've done wrong. Here / am i'm
don't believe I'm bad. l don't believe
u
get to thinking of those electric
light sockets and the laundry, it
seems to me / had a better time and
more fun when I was holding up
BOhack's and all those other places
and soaring the police. Not the Ma
tional Biscuit Company robbery.
When I heard Mazio had been shot
l was sick and miserable for days.
But a lot of the rest Of it seemed
like play: like / was being somebody
else out of story.
The Difference It made.
Back in the factory it was: Here,
you girl; get a move on"
When l went out to be a bandit
with Ed 1t was: ooh, lady please
don't shoot!' and Great God, it's
the Bobbed Haired Bandit"
Nobody cared boot about me or
knew / was alive when worked for
Ostrander.
It's too much for me. / guess it
will be plain enough to the judge
when come up for sentence. wish
he could sentence me to start back
all over again to the night l first
told Ed that we were going to have
a baby.
Go Be COntinued.)
Tomorrow the Bodied Haired Ban.
dit will tell in The Washington
their cOurtship and marriage, and
how, to provide for the baby, they
planned and prepared for their first
robbery.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29

the last several years of it
was bobbed.
] was about fourteen
when | first started to work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
VOTERS IN OHIO
ELECT|NG 103
DELEGATES
Coolidge, johnson, Cox, and
McAdoo Managers All
Claiming Victories.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29.--
With President Calvin Coolidge and
Senator Hiram johnson as the op-
posing candidates in the Republican
primary, and former Gov. James M.
inee in 1920, and "favorite son of
Ohio" and William Gibbs McAdoo,
of California, running against each
other for the endorsement Of Ohio
Democrats, the voters Of the State
went to the polls today to elect
fifty-one delegates to the Republi-
can national convention in June and
fifty.two delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention in New
York.
Interest in the Republican race
centered in the fight being made
upon former Attorney General
Harry N. Daugherty. Of Columbus,
as q Coolidge candidate for dele
gate-at-large.
Supporters of President Coolidge,
while claiming a certain victory in
the preferential vote, admitted that
Daugherty might run far behind the
ticket, and IL the vote was light
might lose to one Of the seven
johnson candidates for delegate-at-
large.
IN the Democratic primary. sup.
poT!eTe Of Cox are hoping for a
sweeping victory, believing TINT
With the endorsement of his home
State behind him, the former gov
ernor will be one Of the leading
candidates for the Democratic ncnl-
ination.
On the other hand, Wilbur d.
Wilkin, Ohio manager of the Nc
Adoo campaign, claimed that the
Californian would break the slate"
Of Cox delegates ipnE4yeral districts.
Party organizat lined up
behind President Coolidge and Mr..
Cox respectively. A light vote was
predicted on all sides.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29

Say, listen, | had four
months of being a bobbed
haired bandit, but l had six
years of being a bobbed
haired working girl, at least
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29

and have the rest of the loaf Of
bread with a can Of beans or some
thing like that.
You might not think 1t from look
ing at the pushcarts and in the lit
tie grocery stores. but canned stuff
is the cheapest for one girl living
alone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
BRITISH PEOPLE
LIVING WITHIN
THEIR INCOMES

London. March. 31.-(By A. P.)-
John Bull continues, the excellent
practice of living we'll within his
means, a pre-war virtue not yet re-
sumed by all of his European neigh
bors. In the fiscal year ending to-
night his expenditures in running the
government of the United Kingdom
were nearly 50.OO0,OO0 pounds ster-
ling less than his total income.
The official figures as announced
by the eXchequer were: Revenue
S337 1928 pounds: expenditures
7SS.S40,211 pounds.
In the previous fiscal year John
Bulls books showed a surplus more
than twice as large as the one re-
vealed with no little pride tonight.
1t was 101 100000 pounds.
The slump in this years surplus
is almost entirely attributable to the
reduction in the tax on the incomes
of the British people, tax which is
still very high-from about twenty
per cent upwards.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
Trail Of Woman
Slayer Too Old
For Bloodhound

New York, Mar. 31.-The failure
of an American bloodhound and a
German police dog to pick up six
days old trail today marked the lat
est effort of scores of detectives to
track down the IMAM in brown"
who murdered Mrs. Maud Bauer be-
side lonely road In Chelsea. Staten
Island.
The dogs services were offered by
J. r. Margaroff of Westover, N. j.,
police officer who asserted they
often had picked up scents several
days old which led to the discovery
of lost persons or missing bodies.
For two hours the dogs coached
by their master and Captain of De-
tectives Van Wagner. nosed in vain
through the swampy copse where
Mrs. Bauer was believed to have
been killed. The murderer's trail
was too stale.
As a last resort workmcp were
set at burning the brush and drain
spot. TO facilitate the search for
clues to the slayer and the pistol
he was believed to have tossed away
there.
An anonymous letter. told police
today, Of a man who had seen Mrs
Bauer's body beside the road where
boys later discovered 1t. but had
driven on without investigating for
fear of becoming involved with au-
thorities. The man was being
sought tonight. In the meantime
detectives were reported checking
all telephone calls to and from Stat
en- Island In their search for the
man in brown"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
AGRICULTURISTS
OF maine GATHER AT
STATE UNIVERSITY

OronO, Maine, March S1-The
years chief event at the University
of Maine College of Agriculture
opened here today when visitors
from all over Maine commenced to
register for the annual farmers
week.
Both farmers and rural home
makers will be attracted by the pro-
gram of lectures. discussions and
demonstrations. the special poultry
school, the talks on various phases
of marketing and the annual meet
ings of nine agricultural associations.
The many branches Of farming-both
general and special-and the prob
lens of home economics will be con-
sidered by capable speakers.
The sessions will start at $3.50 A.
NJ. Tuesday and will continue until
noon Friday, April 4.
The agricultural organizations to
meet will be as follows:
Maine Federation of Farm Bur-
eaus, Tuesday; Maine Seed I'M
provement Association. Tuesday;
Maine State Bee Keepers Associa-
tons, Wednesday: Maine State Pom
illogical Society, Thursday; Maine
Livestock Breeders Association,
Thursday; Aireshire Breeders Asso-
citation, Thursday; Maine Jersey
Breeders Association, Thursday;
Maine Holstein Breeders Association,
Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
Thieves Strip
Home VassalbOrO
Man Absent in Mass.

Especial to kennebec JOurnale
East Nassalboro, Me-, March 81
IF last Saturday had been the next
Tuesday, Charles Tufts. recently re-
turned from winters visit In
Massachusetts,, might have yelled
April Fool" when he opened the
door OF his East Vassalboro home.
and discovered that the furniture,
the silver. the bedding and even the
carpets from off the floors had been
carried away. But it wasn't a joke
and that Mr.. Tufts soon found out.
when no clue as to the whereabouts
of his goods and chattelS were dis
covered. Now he Is wondering whose
home is an exact replica of his, be-
cause certainly somebody is enjoying
the use OF his worldly goods that
once made his East Vassalboro home
coy and liveable.
Mr.. Tufts returned from the Bay
State after passing the winter there
with relatives and friends. He
didn't hurry home, after reaching
Maine. but visited along the way. 1t
was a feeling of gladness that en-
tered his heart. when he inserted the
key into the door Of his home and
the old refrain. BE 1t ever so hum
BILE. there's no place like home"
found expression in his mind.
But. when he unlocked the door
and it swung back on its hinges. IN
the darkness as his eyes become &C
customed to the change OF the light.
he discovered his home was sans
furniture. sans silver. sans carpets
and In fact sans everything. The
folks who helped themselves SO gen.
erously to Mr.. Tufts home .adorn-
ments left no clues whatever. Now
Mr. Tufts is taking to looking around
and he feels confident that he'll fnd
his goods. because a whole house,
hold cannot walk away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
Air Stock Case in
Misrepresentation
Hearing at Portland

Portland, Maine. March Sl--Evi-
dence purporting to show misrepre-
scntation on the part Of Ernest N,
Brown and w. F. German, New York
construction engineers. in their pro-
motion of schemes to sell stock OF the
Confederated Home Abattoirs Cor
poration, and intended to substanti-.
ate allegations Of fraud, was offered
in Supreme Court today.
This was given by Charles w. Pope
of Allentown, p, on the fifth day OF
the hearing on the petition OF Michael
Abel of Hastings, Pa, to have Eugene
L. BODICE Of this city made permanent
receiver Of that corporation. Pope
formerly a peper- hanger. became
stock salesman for the III. V. Greene
Company of Boston. and later ofiice
salesmanager for the abattotr cor
pcration.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
HOLD RUHR UNTIL
PREPARATIONS PAID
VIEW OF P0INCARE

Paris, March 31.-(By A. PIN his
ministerial declaration to parliament
today. in presenting his reconstructed
cabinet. Premier Poincare Insisted
upon the payment of reparations by
Germany, with France holding the
Ruhr until an equitable settlement
was made, and upon guarantees of Sc
curity from an unprovoke1 attack.
The premier made reference to the
role which he said the League of Ma
lions was destined to play as arbit IN :
tor Of the nations international dif-
ferences. but in his opinion interven.
ton by the league was some what dis
tant.
when the treaty has been fully ex-
ecuted and We have obtained rcnara :
lions. security and Justice" he de-
clared, France, with maintenance of
her independence as her only desire,
viii be the first to give an example Of
magnanimity and will help to develop
the League of Nations, the idea and
ideals of which she first conceived
and In which she has played the role
OF conciliator for the past four years"
France has the keenest desire to
reach an agreement with her allies and
associates as soon as possible, he said,
but there were two questions upon
which her future depended, namely,
reparations and security. -
The declaration was received with
almost open hostility by the chamber
and respectful indifference by the SEN
ate. In the chamber he was interrupt
cd rnnaQfaHlv xvhf1A a. An hoA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
M|ANE REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM STRONG
FOR GOOD ROADS

Portland, Me, Mar. 31.-Formal
endorsement of Coolidge for Pres
ident by the Republican State con-
vention. which is to be held in Port
land, April 3. is expected. If that
is not done the delegates selected
to the National Republican conven-
ton at Cleveland will meet imme-
diately following the close of the
convention session and vote to
stand solidly for Coolidge. Such was
the plan outlined by Republican
State leaders in session here tonight
for the discussion of the platform
and other details of the convention.
The platform committee did not
complete its work tonight, as one
of the members Mrs. Dora Bradbury
Pinkham of Fort Kent, had not ar
rived.
Four plan4xs are under considera-
ton by members of the committee
upon the school appropriation ques-
ton.
The enforcement plank will de-
clare for the Volstead act IN its
present form and pledge all State
officials to do their utmost to CO.
operate with the Federal authorities
in rigid enforcement.
The highway plank will pledge TIE
State to the continuation of its trunk
line highway policy augmented by a
generous appropriation for farm to
market roads, the funds to be raised
either by bond issue or direct taxa
ton.
While some opposition has devel-
oped regarding the primary law
amendment declaration, the opinion
was expressed that the original
declaration would stand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
FIND CONTEMPT INDICTMENT
AGAINST OIL MACNATE SINCLAIR
Resulted From His Refusal to
Testify Before Senate In
vestigating Committee -
Counsel Says Oil Operator
Will Voluntarily Return to
Washington to Face Indict-
ment

Washington, March 31-Indictmeni
by federal grand jury here today
OF Harry F. Sinclair, to whom the
government leased the Teapot Dome
oil reserve. on contempt charges res
sulting from his refusal to testify
before the senate committee consti-
tuted the first action of the kind to
grow out of the senate's investiga-
ton Of oil leases. The action even
tually, it is believed. may lead to a
ruling by the United States supreme
court on the authority of congress
to develop evidence along lines fol-
lowed in the present inquiry.
Counsel for Sinclair here stated
that the oil operator was not In
washington but that it was their be-
lief he would return voluntarily to
face the indictment. Ten counts
were listed in the indictment, which
was signed by District Attorney
Gordon and Atlee Pomerene and
owen j. Roberts as special assist
ants, each referring to specific ques-
tons asked Sinclair by Senator
" N~~SAb ~~SAhONAeitp VuOAtdud, III lUG
course of the oil committees INQUIRY,
The questions, which Sinclair des
clined to answer. declaring he would
reserve any evidence" he might be
able to furnish for the courts, were
declared by the grand jurors to have
been pertinent to the matters and
questions then under inquiry" before
the said committee.
The indictment recited at length
the Oil policy determined upon by
congress, and declared the senate oil
committee was authorized to inquire
into all phases of the leasing OF
naval Oil reserves. which, 1t was held,
was being done at the time of Sim
clair's refusal to answer questions.
The case had been in the grand
1ury's hands only a few days and
with the expiration today Of the ten
ure of the present jury, a new panel
is expected to be formed, probab
some time this week, to receive the
evidence to be presented by special
oil counsel regarding alleged criminal
cases attached to the Oil leases.
In volved in the contempt case are
the contentious of counsel for Sim
clair that the evidence thus far ad-
duced by the oil committee already
was in the hands of government at
torneys for civil and criminal action
when he declined to submit to inter-
rogation.
Colonel James w. Zevely, Sinclair's
Washington attorney. said tonight be
mad not had an opportunfty 70 dis
cuss the indictment with his client.
He indicated, however, that Sin
clair would not oppose his return
here, to furnish the necessary bail. :
Section 102, of the revised statutes,
under which the indictment was re-
turned, provides for both q fine of
from 800 to $1,000 and imprison-
ment of from one to IL months in
the district Jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
Head G. F. Redmond
Co., Brokers. Refuses
To Answer Questions

Boston, March 31.-EnOrtS on the
part of B. A. Brickley. a receiver for
q. F. Redmond Co, Inc, investment
brokers, to ascertain the whereabouts
OF 100000 worth of securities deliv-
cred to James S. Lamont, president of
the company, on March 4, the day the
house was closed, were baked today
when Lamont refused to answer a
point-blank question by the receiver.
Lamont's refusal to answer was based,
he said. on the grounds that to answer
might tend to 'incriminate hime. The
questioning took place in a hearing
before a referee in bankruptcy.
Lamont. in reply to questions. said
that although he was president of the
company, he did not know from what
source the firm obtained it's informa-
ton on stock quotations and that he
did not know who handled the cash of
the company when he became presi-
dent. He said that his salary had been
increased from $40 a week when he
Joined the company as clerk in 1918
to $3.50 weekly. He said he understood
that George r. Redmond as treasurer
received about $500 a week.
An appeal by the receivers to Judge
Morton to compel George F. Red
mond to answer questions which he
had declined to answer in the bank
ruptcy hearings was decided In Red
monds favor today when the Judge
upheld his right as a defendant un-
der indictment. to refuse to answer
not only questions which would In
criminate%h him but also questions
which might tend to incriminate
him.
The securities whose whereabouts
Receiver Brickley today sought Ito
discover were given to President La
mont on the day the brokerage house
was closed and receipted for by La
mont in the name of E. +. Warland,
a customer. stock clerk testified
last week.
Lamont said today that neither
Warland nor he had obtained pos
session of the securities although
they had been delivered. He then
declined to answer two direct ques-
lions as to who received tho bonds
and their present location.
In further questioning. Lamont said
that he was not at all sure chow
many departments there were In the
organization but finally fixed on
three. Asked IL he remembered any
customers being paid in 1923, and
their names, Lamont replied:
II know that customers were
paid"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01

Washington. March 31-A decision
to continue the work was reached to-
day by the Daugherty investigating
committee. Disregarding the reslg-
nation of the former attorney general
the committee in two executive ses-
sions laid out a tentative program
which will. Chairman Brookhart an
nounced keep 1t in open session for
the taking of testimony until the end
OF this week. Notwithstanding the
|indieated purpose of the committees
members to seek new light in the fur
ther proceedings on the department
OF Justice record of war fraud and
anti trust prosecutions, Its closed ses-
sions today were given over largely
to consideration of problems arising
out of its earlier airing of charges
against Mr.. Daugherty.
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes
was called into the afternoon confer
| Gnees TO discuss WAYS and means. of
brthlRfng under examination the books
OF the. Midland National Bank at
Washington Courthouse, Ohio. Of
which NJ. s. Daugherty, the former
attorney generals brother, Is presi-
dent. The bank president has refus-
ed both to answer the committees
subpoena or TO Allow Its agents to in
speot all the records. but a motion
before the committee TO cite him to
the senate for contempt was left
pending, to be called up later.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat. Mon
tana the committee prosecutor, also
interview Acting Attorney General
Beck. during the day and arranged
tentatively to have CASTOR B. Means,
a former government investigator.
left temporarily in the committees
service. in spite of the issuance of
bench warrant early today requiring
his presence before the federal court
in New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
VANDERBILT MAKES ANSWER TO
CHARGES IN $6OO,OOO LIBEL SUIT
BREWSTER POINTS
OUT CALIBRE Of MEN
PRIMARY SELECTS

Portland, Me-. Mar. 31.-''The d.
rect primary has furnished salvation
from ills which we have promptly
proceeded to forget" said Senator
Brewster. addressing the Mems
Brotherhood. here. II have no de-
sire for their return. For the past
four years the direct primary has
been the object Of a good deal of
subtle propaganda. It would be un-
fair to imply that all of the citizens
who are now. disturbed over the
working Of the direct primary law
are the servants of some selfish in
terest, but the chief criticisms direct
ed at 1t are not warranted in my
Judgment by the experience of this
State.
Senators Hale and Fernald and
Congressman Beedy, White, Nelson,
and Hersey are products Of the d.
rect primary. For which of these
men is the direct primary now
stoned? Senators Hale and Fernald
have been on opposite sides of sew
eral OF the most important issues be-
fore the country. One Of them at
least must be a monument to the
success of the direct primary in Sc
curing the correct viewpoint on gov
ernmental affairs. 1t Is the very gen.
eral opinion that neither Governor
Milliken nor Governor Baxter would
ever have been nominated under the
convention system. The chief crit
icism of the direct primary is that
1t produces spineless men. No one,
however, has ever heard such a
criticism directed at either Of these
two governors.
1T has seemed to me that the OBJ
ject of many Of the critics is to pro-
duce something that has the appear
ance of a primary and the substance
OF q convention. The last legisla.
ture enacted q law that will remedy
one Of the difficulties with the pri-
mary by prohibiting the change Of
party enrolment within six months
OF the date OF the primaries. This
might wisely be carried q step fur
ther and no one permitted to vote
In a primary who has not enrolled
in the part Of his choice substan-
tial period before the date of the
primary. Over one-half the voters
in some of our cities are not enrolled
in any party. IT is only fair TO ask
that they should elect the party III
whose councils they desire to partic-
ipate reasonable time before the
extgepcteS al. personal politics shah
SWING them TO one Side or the other. .