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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
ThOusand-Dollar Cane
Has Peculiar History

Police Judge Saunders Of Fort
Morgan, Col, owns a cane that cost
81. 900 and has an interesting history
which Frank Reynolds OF that place
relates as follows: The cane," he
says, "is made of 100 pieces Of COW
horn built around a steel core. It
was presented to him by his son,
Cecil, who secured it in New Mexico
in 1902.
"a Mexican killed a white man in
the town where Saunders worked and
was sent to the state prison for life,
Public sentiment started a movement
to secure the release of the slayer.
One thousand dollars was needed to
take his case to the Supreme court.
One hundred men each gave SO for
a piece Of horn to be put into the
cane, which was made by the Mex
lean as he languished III prison. Then
the cane was raffied eff to the men
who had given to the fund and was
won by young Saunders.
"When the cane wGs new II was
almost a perfect piece of work: one
could hardly see where the pieces
were Joined together, but age and at
mospheric conditions nave warped 1t
slightly. The cane served its pur-
pose because the Mexican was re-
leased when the case was taken to
the Supreme court of New Mexico.
This is one Of those intensely human
epics which characterize the heart Of
the generous West" - Pathfinder
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

Chair" and Linda Lou" Miss Smith
always delights her audience.
After the cabaret, the more seric is
side of the meeting was brought in
to play, the busir ess session was
held. Miss Ruth Leavitt gave a
most excellent account of the Janu-
ary rally which she recently attend
ed. In brief, direct manner, she
brought before the club members,
the proceedings of the ally. Her
notes were copious and she touched
upon the manv important phases of
the convention, showing that she had
kept her ears and her eyes open.
Miss Gaylord was most interest
ing in her talk upon what she call
ed her hobby "Self Government"
She brought some very important
facts to the club drawing upon her
wide knowledge of club activities.
Miss Smith made a number cf
announcements, including the sleigh
ride. next Monday evening. details
of the Carnival. a concert which the
Cecilia Club Is giving Feb. T., plans
for glee club, starting a millinery
class and other events.
There was a very fine attendance
and the event proved to be most en-
joyable. The business session YVES
presided over by Miss Winona Jen-
kinS. the president. The latter part
of the evening was passed in dane
ing and music.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

One of the cleverest and snappiest
acts on the big entertainment pro-
gram for the Carnival Ball, which
will be the big indoor feature on the
first night of the fourth annual State
of Maine Winter Carnival at City
hall on Thursday evening Of this
week. will be the English Tiller Girl
speciality by eight we'll known Bangor
young ladies Of Mrs. Rosanna B.
Odiorne's dancing classes. When this
novelty was presented at Mrs. obi
orne's holiday exhibition in Bangor
City hall it was pronounced to be
ono Of the best drilled and executed
group dancing numbers ever staged
in the Queen City.
Mrs. Odiorne's daughter. Miss
Charlotte Odiorne. who conducts
classes in dancing in Augusta. is one
Of the double quartet in the Tiller
Girl dance. and she will also appear
In an aesthetic solo number. which
her friends anticipate will be one of
the big features Of the splendid pro-
gram. The other young ladies in the
group are the Misses jeanette Bunk
er. Rose Maynard. Josephine Stanley
Winnifred Murrey, Mary Collins,
Catherine Lynch and Annah Fair
banks.
These seven girls will also be seen
in a series of speciality solo dances,
conceived and dirested by Mrs.
OdiOrue,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

pulled to the left near the other one
and they had scraped running
boards. Mr.. Pomeroy had complained
that his steering wheel had acted
queerly sometime before the acci-
dent. At the top of the hill the 9TH
er car had gone ahead and then 1t
the motorcycle, who was apparently
MIR. Roderick, arrest Pomeroy.
George Morency of Augusta. a
said that his steering gear had
worked peculiar some time before
the accident and he had told Pom
eroy to tighten it and probably it
would straighten out all right. Nor
cncy had gone to Winthrop on Sun
day evening to take out bail and had
driven the car back. He had noticed
that it pulled strongly to the left.
In the afternoon the defense pro-
duced Mary Visue, Frank Pomeroy
and Enid Bolduc who corroborated
the testimony of Royal Bolduc.
In rebuttal the State presented
Kendall Harris of Winthrop who
had taken Pomeroy and Officer Fow-
Ter to the home of the deputy sheriff
in his car. He testified that he
could see that the respondent was
under the influence of intoxicating
liquors at the time.
Floyd Yeaton had later driven
Pomeroy's car from the place where
it was left beside the road. to a
garage in Winthrop and had noticed
nothing wrong with the machine. 1t
had apparently steered all right.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

Englands primrose day" is a
tribute to the memory Of Lord Bea-
consf1eld. The primrose was his
favorite flower. The story is that
when he was a young man he made
a bet of a pair of gloves with a lady
respecting a wreath of yellow blos-
SONS. the point in dispute being
whether they were real or artificial.
Disraeli stated that they were real
and won the bet. The lady there
upon presented him with one Of the
primroses and Disraeli. with the i'm
petuous gallantry Of youth. vowed
that he would treasure the flower
and adopt it as his badge. "Prim-
rose day" was founded in 1882. Next
year it was determined that an au-
|nuaJ festival should be inaugurated.
Curiously enough, the primrose has
for centuries been esteemed an un-
lucky flower among the English
country folk Shakespeare alludes to
the superstition; and to this day in
East Anglia. as we'll as throughout
the western counties. it is esteemed
disastrous to take a single primrose
into a farmhouse. Serious loss among
chickens. lambs and calves will. 1t 10
averred. inevitably result.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
DIRECTS VERDICT
OF NOT GUILTY
IN P0MER0Y CASE

A verdict of not guilty was re-
turned Monday afternoon at the
Kennebec County Superior court by
the jury after they had been di-
rected by Judge William Il. Fisher
to deliver such a verdict. This was
in the case of State VS. Joseph Pom
eroy of Augusta charged with OPP
Grating motor vehicle while under
the influence of intoxicating liquor.
This was the only case to be heard
on Monday.
The first witness for the state was
Joseph Roderick of Winthrop, who
about noon on Sunday, Nov. 16 was
accosted by the occupant of an au-
tomobile on the top of Woodcock
hill in Winthrop believing that he
was state highway policeman. tho
this was not the case. The driver
of the car had requested that he
place Pomeroy under arrest as Pom
eroy was intoxicated and had just
been in a slight collision with his
car. He had talked with Pomeroy
and could see that he was under the
influence of liquor. Pomeroy de-
clared that he was perfectly capable
of handling the car and had gone off
down the road zigzagging as he went.
The state highway policeman, Il.
F. Fowler. who had been notified of
the occurrence by Roderick, took the
man up in Winthrop shortly after
ward and declared that he was un-
der the influence Of liquor. He had
taken him to the home of George
Brawn, deputy sheriff of Winthrop
and Polneroy had been locked up.
Brawn also declared that the man
was under the influence of liquor.
Mrs. Rose Bolduc of Augusta was
the first person called by the de-
fense. She stated that Pomeroy lives
at her home and works in the paper
MILL He had been on the night shift
Saturday night and had eaten break
fast at her house at S:45. He had
stayed about the house until eleven
o'clock at which time he had taken
her young son and daughter and the
young daughter of neighbor and
started for Livermore. She had not
seen any indications that he had
been drinking nor did she even
know of his taking drink.
Royal Bolduc, her son, who was on
the trip, stated that after fixing
blowout about two miles from Au-
gusta they had continued their jour-
ney and had endeavored to pass a
car before reaching Woodstock hill.
They had sounded their horn on
two occasions but the man ahead
would not leave the road. Finally
he had pulled out to one side
slightly and they had started to pass.
He then pulled back into the road
and although Mr.. Pomeroy had tried
to drive near the ditch, his car had
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
b|THER PHARMACY
IS PURCHASED BY
PORTLAND men

The pharmacy and general drug
store business which has been con-
Quoted by B. Earle Bither at the cor
ner of Bridge and Water streets
since 1911, has been recently sold
to 4. Lester CoWan and II. $. jack
son Of Portland, and their possession
dates from Saturday, Jan. 81. Both
Mr.. Cowan and Mr.. Jackson will
move their families to this city and
the store will be renovated, redeco-
rated and modernized and will be
conducted as n first class pharmacy
under the name of the Augusta Drug
Company.
The amount of the purchase price
was not announced, but it is under
stood that the transaction involved
upwards of $4,000. There has been
a drug store at that location cOntin-
uously over n long period of years,
and during the IA years in which Mr..
Bither was proprietor the business
was rapidly developed and increased.
L. Lester Cowan is experienced in
the drug business and for eight years
was the proprietor of 4 pharmacy
at Rumford Falls. He Is a registered
pharmacist and was a member of the
State Board of Pharmacy during
Governor Frederick w. Plaisteds ad-
ministration. For the past ten years
he has represented the Brewer and
Company of Boston, Fall River and
Worcester, in Maine and New Hamp-
shire territory. Mr.. CoWan is mar
ried and has one four year old son.
The family have already moved to
this city and are residing at II Ban
gor street.
The other partner in the Augusta
Drug Company, II. S. Jackson. is at
the present time employed by the
Manufacturers Finance Company at
Baltimore. Md. After closing his af-
fairs with this company, MIR. jack
son will come to this city with his
family and will be actively associ-
ated in the management of the drug
store. Mr.. Jackson's family includes
his wife and four children.
Mr. CoWan stated last evening
that some alterations and improve
ments were contemplated, which
would make the drug store thorough
ly up-to- date and modern in every
respect.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

PRESIDENT George Randall OF the 9TH
annual Chizzle Wizzle Fair Of Conv
High school. at the school assembly
Monday morning announced the Sc
lection by the executive committees of
Irinc1pal Everett V. Perkins as the
interlocutor for the Chizzle Wizzle
! Minstrels which will be the entertain
ment on the first two nights Of the
big school venture to be staged at
augusta City hall February. 16. II
and IS.
The choice of Principal Perkins for
the throne position in the minstrel
circle meets with the approval of
students and citizens alike He can
be depended upon to keep the show
running smoothly and has a splendid
stage presence himself, which will add
considerably to the assurance of a
9ood entertainment.
The winner in the essay contest
was also announced at the assembly
yesterday morning, and the essay by
Miss Ida Drapkin was declared to be
the selection of the judges as the best
of the many submitted in the compe-
titton. Miss Drapkin read the winning
essay at assembly and a copy will be
printed in these columns Wednesday
morning. The judges in the essay
contest were Principal Perkins, and
Miss Edna Briggs and Miss Vivienne
Rogers of the faculty. Miss Drapkin
will be awarded the silver trophy cup
presented by c. +. Bilodeau. at the
senior play on the final night of the
fair.
To the students of Cony and to
ty,,p off ha
gala entertainment and social event of
the season. The fair is being put
| over commercially by the executive
committee. Things are being handled
in real businessike manner. The
big choruses are already nearly note
and letter perfect on the songs, and
under the direction of Harrison c..
Lyseth have developed real harmo-
nious combination.
Miss Theodore Barentzen. coach OF
the senior play, admits satisfaction in
the way the students are interpreting
their Eoles. Miss Nichols, who is di-
recting the rchearsals of the dancing
choruses, states that the dances are
practically ready for presentation.
This year the dances will be used be-
hind soloists, which will lend beauty
and zest to the olio. The endmen are
DelnS drliled py CnafleS klnSman, ana
much latent talent has been uncov-
cred amongst the high school come
dians.
Local verses are being composed by
the students to be used in the end
songs. introducing slams on local per-
sons. Candidates for the olio part of
the minstrels reported lin assembly
hall directly after school session Mon
day and there was no dearth of ma
terial. There were soloists, clog dane
ers, duets. solo-ukulele act. male quar-
tet with real harmony. dancers, saxa-
phone quartet and humorous skits,
which would make up a whole show
in themselves.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
THE TILLER GIRLS
C0NY HIGH PRINCIPAL TO APPEAR AS
|NTERL0CUT0R CH|zzLE WHILE MINISTRIES S
COLLECTOR HAM
EXPL AIMS INCOME
TAX PROCEDURE

Hon. Frank J. Ham Of this citv. the
collector Of internal revenue for the
District of Maine. said Monday that
millions of forms for filing returns Of
income by individuals and corpora :
tions have been sent to taxpayers who
filed similar returns in 1924. Failure
to receive a form. however, does not
relieve the taxpayer Of his obligation
to file return and pay the tax on
time. Copies of the forms may be OBJ
tained at the office of Collector Ham
at Augusta and at the branch offices at
Portland. Lewiston and Bangor. To
avoid penalty. the return must be filed
with the collector Of internal revenue
for the district in which the taxpayer
lives or has his principal place of
business on or before midnight of
March Is, 1925.
Individuals whose net income for
1924 was derived chiefly from salary
or wages. and was $4,000 or less. are
required to file their returns on Form
104OA. Individuals whose net income.
regardless Of amount. was derived
from business. including farming
are required to use the larger form,
1910. The use Of Form 1910 is also
required in cases where the net in
come was in excess of $4,000, regard
less Of whether from salary, business
profession or other taxable sources.
Many corporations engaged in spe-
cial kinds Of business, such as manu-
featuring tobacco or oleomargarine,
dealing in narcotics or spurious IL
quors, etc. are required to make spe-
cial reports. Corporations subject to
salse take also have their particular
form to fill out. A domestion corpora
tion must file annually. during July,
return on Form 707 showing the
fair market value of its capital stock
for the preceding year ending June 80.
In the case of foreign corporation
doing business in the United States. it
Is required to file a return on Form
70S during July, reporting the aver
age amount of capital employed in the
transaction of business in the United
States during the preceding fiscal
year.
The forms required from corpora
tions in general for income tax pur-
poses may be divided into two classes.
those required in connection with their
own income and those required with
respect to the income of other taxpay-
ers. Some Of the forms required to
be filed by corporations in connection
with their own incomes are as fol-
lows: Form 1920, If the corporation
files on a calendar year basis; on Form
1120A if 1t files on a fiscal year basis.
Life insurance companies file on Form
1120L. A subsidiary or affiliated cor
poration whose net income is included
In a consolidated return filed by the
parent corporation must make an in
formation return on Form 1922. A
certificate Of inventory on Form 1925
must he filed by any corporation en-
gagged in trade or business in which
the production, purchase or sale of
merchandise of any kind in an income
producing factor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
Honor Miss Gaylord
Girls Club. Monday

One of the most delightful events
of the Augusta Girls Community
club was the cabaret meeting, Mon
day evening in honor of Miss Gladys
M. Gaylord of Boston. field secre-
tary of the Augusta Girls Commu-
nity club, with which the local or
ganization is affiliated. One of Mrs.
Springers famous suppers was serv-
ed. hot and on the spot.
Miss Constance Flynt, very dainty
in white crepe de chine, yellow flow
ers trimmed, did a poppy little
dance, which brought forth rounds
CT applause. MIR. Reny accompanied
Eer at the piano. Miss Gladys Ma
dore sang I'm the Garden of Yester-
day" which was very much enjoy, !.
Miss Jerry Bachelor, favored the
folks with q selection on her man
dolin, and Miss Ruth Leavitt, sang
"Follow the Swallow" .laying her
ukulele, winning high approval of
her listeners.
Miss Mary S. Smith. executive Sec
retary of the Augusta club, sang,
playing her own accompaniment.
Among her songs, were the chorus
of "All Alone" the song. "Eocking
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
| Mother Goose
f: Real Character

IN Boston over two hundred years
ago, writes Vincent S:arrett in The
Forum. there was an old woman.
who. though she didn't live in shoe,
had so many child, en- she didn't
know what to do. until she had the
happy thought Of inventing rhymes
for them. Her real name was
Elizabeth Foster Vereoose, and she
was and is the immortal Mother
Goose.
She was daughter Of William and
Ann Foster of Charlestown, and was
born April 5, 1865; so that at the
time of her marriage, en- July 5, 1892,
she was twentyseven years of age,
and Isaac, her husband, was about
fifty-five. She became the mother
Of at least six children, and by mar
rying Isaac she became stepmother
to his ten children by his first wife.
Unlike the distracted old creature in
the rhyme, however, one fancies
Mother Goose knew exactly what to
do with her children. She didn't
whip them all sounlly and send
them to bed; instead. she told them
a story and sent them 20 bed.
teISOOSS uicu Oh &NONCHlUCl
90, 1710, at the age of -, and by that
time he must have known all the
rhymes by heart, and possibly he
sang them to the children himself
when Mother Goose was busy mixing
the cough syrup. One Of the daugh-
ters of Isaac and Mother Goose mar
ried young Thomas Fleet, who was a
printer and bit OF q wag. He
came to Boston In 1912 and estab-
lished a printing shop in Pudding
Lane. Soon after he married Eliza
beth. Mother Goose was Grandmother
Goose, and then there were children
upstairs and downstairs and in my
lady's chamber" Mr.. Fleet, out Of
his wits with her endless rhymes,
probably began to talk ir his sleep.
and possibly, to get them out of his
head, he resolved to publish them in
a book. After whiie the volume
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
RAINING Extension
MEETINGS This Week

i. ne following planning meetings
- Extension work, will be held this
.ssk at the various Farm Bureau
IA ~ ~ IN kennebec county: Tuesday,
1v a. NJ, Litchfield Grange hall, j..
:, lurington. community chairman
= cnarge: Wednesday. 1 P. NJ, East
Musuta at home of d. E. Foster:
wusa,,asday. 1880 A. NJ, Riverside and
m~sooer Pond Farm Bureaus, joint
sss sssrssung, Cushnoc Grange hall. This
w complete the series of planning
meetings. for 1925.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
MANCHESTER

Owing to the severity of the
weather only a few members Of the
Community Club were able to meet
with Mrs. Sophia Hawkes. Thursday.
Miss Katherine Farr was a visitor
at the home of Mrs. Mabel Foster
for several days last week.-Mr.
and Mrs. Asa Benson visited their
daughter in Augusta last week. Mrs.
Donald Metcalf.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
Died in Massachusetts,

Word was received Monday by
relatives of Frank A. Gannett for
merly of this city of his passing
away at Swampscott. Mass, after a
short illness with pneumonia. Mr..
Gannett will be remembered as the
youngest son of the latoG. Frederick
and Esther A. Gannett. He was
graduate of Cony high school.
Since leaving Augusta he has made
his home at Swampscott, Mass,
where a wife and daughter survive.
He is also survived by two brothers,
Charles II. Gannett of Arlington,
Mass, and George F. Gannett of this
city and a sister. Mrs. Addie G. Fogg
also Of this city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
Royal Purchases
Barker Department

H. G. Barker Company has sold
the fur manufacturing alteration and
repair department of. their business
to George A. Royal, their furrier.
who has had charge of that part OF
their business for a great many
years. He has been with them for
the past 27 years and is an exper-
fenced furrier, and customers will
receive the same attention and SER
vice as in the past. Mr.. Royal will
occupy the same quarters at H. G.
Barker Company's store in Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
Funeral of Miss Amanda Roy

Funeral services for Miss Amanda
Roy were conducted at the st. Au-
gustine Catholic church at O'Clock
Monday morning by the Rev. Father
Armand j. Chabot. There was Il
very large attendance Of the relatives
and friends and many beautiful for-.
al tributes testified to the love and
esteem in which the late Miss Roy
was held by all who knew her. -,
The interment was in the family
lot in the st. Augustine cemetery
and the bearers were the four cousips'
Placide Roy. Fortunat Roy, Delphls
Row and Placide Roy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
The Day in Washington
The house passed the Elliott $1~O
600 public buildings bill.

The house passed the Elliott $40,
600 public buildings bill.
The house agricultural committee
began consideration Of farm legis-
lation.
The official text of the Paris re-
rarations agreement reached the
state department.
A bill! designed to prevent clog
ging Of the supreme court docket
passed the house.
The contempt case of Harry F..
Sinclair was argued in the District
Of Columbia court of appeals.
The Department of Justice an
nounced it had identified 332 foreign
rum runners in the last year.
Attorney General Stones nomina-
ton for the supreme court again
was approved by the senate judi
ciary committee.
A report recomn ending the seat
ing of Senator Mayfeld OF Texas
was filed in the Senate by the elec-
tions committee.
Senator Magnus johnson Of Min
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
Special Notice From
Prof. Pole

The sick people Of Augusta and vi
cinity who are unable to pay $4,000
for a full course of treatment, may.
between Jan. % and Feb. %. paw for
each treatment as taken, at $500
each. Office at Opera House Block,
Augusta, open Tuesdays, Wednes-
days and Thursdays from to S and
to p. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

appeared, and this Is what you might
have seen on its wrapper:
SONGS FOR THE NURSERY
MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES FOR
CHILDREN
Printed by II. Fleet at His Printing
House. Pudding Lane, 1719
Price: Two Ccppers
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

The Lincoln school Parent-Teacher
Association will meet at $3.50 tins
Tuesday afternoon at the school
building with Col. Francis H. Far
mum as the speaker. Col. Farnum
will talk on Spanish Schools" and
the members anticipate most inter-
esting and enjoyable session. Mrs
ARA s. Metcalf is the chairman OF
the hostesses for the meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

Russian Soviet government grants
amnesty 10 all identified with anti
Soviet armies of Denikin and
Wrangel or with the anti-Revolu-
tionary movement.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

Richard e. Seehagen Of Ill Bridge
street. who was admitted to the Sis
ters' hospital in Waterville Sunday
for an operation on the nose. was re-
ported Monday evening as resting
fairly well.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03
County Real Estate Transfers

The following deeds conveying real
estate were received on Monday at
the Kennebec county registry of
deeds and were recorded in the regu-
lar order:
Farm!ngdale - Hannah N. Seavey
to John F. Archie Of Stony Creek.
Conn.,. land and buildings on the
Gardiner. Augusta road.
Observation-Disclosures w. Mower of
Oakland to Benjamin H. Weston Of
Hallowell. land.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-03

me Missionary society Of the Pen
~: ~ Memorial United Baptist church
III % entertained by Mrs. H. H.
Iown at the parsonage. Tuesday
yselng at 7.30 o'clock. Mrs. Solon
llnton will have charge of the