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hindrances and thare is 10 reason 10 feel
uerHn..s bout hun. 4 telegram from
S~ojtzbergea 10 the Shipping Gazette says
that Amundsen has not returned up to
this morning weather conditions not SO
Favourable Is eaEler
WASHINGTON. May 26th. President
Coolidge favours Governmental relief lfor
Amundsen bat ne = uncertain at present
thai he siCua' ION J%ustiies it.
Chicago. May zCth. president Burton
ol the University OF Chicago is dead.
He nas heeu com acted with the Univer-
sity since lis establishment thlrrytwo
wears ago. !.
Etpaso. Texas. Iay 26tb. The Mexi-
can 4mpricau con areaca to conclude Dor
der treaties havr finished their labours.
TIE delegates sid that a treaty had
been drafted and soon would be pre-
sentea Tor ~rat,ica i'm - born nations re-
Ia;irg +. lm;g.ati - %smug4.inI and
fishiue r.j E..
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ST. I.,JlA A.!0N
Paris, May 25rh-M CalIIaux rodly IN
troddcel 10 tna Chamber of Deputies a
Bill proposing adaiuonai taxation for The
remainder Of lais year TO 2rIog jn 500,
900. 600 lancs The BilI proposes 20
raise 3, 500, 900 francs by raXaC5on
0sI). May 25,n. lne hip.ng Gazette
SAYS thIt ne Arctic reGioa az, tAre3teu.
ell wjsh storms which ii IS taougaf viii
compe. Capt "a Anuad-en rstura in
medi4.eI}, Il ne is aot7. in weather
tore:.s. Is for snow ana log on WeJors
day.
New York, Nay z5th the Norta \
m4r.a1 aa geat2-" .ANlaaee' aaIoope
"a 5ng'I-n ne Associated Press al ain'
, 1925-05-29

THE Colonial 'ounciI for St. Croiy.
Z hiving been III ,solv4i III the
18th. day Of May 1925. an election
to the Council Of 3 members for the
Elective D3cr.t Of The Gown OF
DhristlaI.sted and Suburbs will ac-
cording to order from Government
take place at the Police curt House
in thristianstei on FRIDAY the
9th, day Of June 1925.
Che Polling will commence at 1
o'clock p. m. and in accordance with
paragraph 30 0 the Colonial Law,
close at the earliest 4 o'clock p. m
Pursuant to publication Of 18th.
November 1906, paragraphs l and2,
candidates in order to be considered
shall be announced by one Of the
electors of the Electoral District Tor
announce themselves as candidates
either by written announcement
signed by the announcer and sent to
the Hartman OF the Electoral
Board, at his official office not la.er
than 4 O'Clock, p, M, on Monday
the LIST. day Of Jane 1925, or by the
personal meeting Of the announcer
, 1925-05-29
Publication.

THE Colonial Council for st. Croix,
3 having been dissolved on the
18th. day Of May 1925, an election
to the Council Of ( members for the
Elective District of Chriatiansted
Country jurisdiction will according
to order from Government take
place at The Police Court House in
Christiansted on SATURDAY the
9th. day Of June 1925.
ihe polling will commence at
O'Clock p. M. and IN accordance with
paragraph 80 OF the Colonial Law,
close at the earliest / o'clock D. m.
Pursuant to publication OF 18th
November 1906, paragraphs l and 2,
indicates In order to be considered
shall be announced by one OF the
electors Of the Electoral District Tor
announce themselves as candidates
either by written announcement
signed by the announcer and sent
to the Chairman Of the Electoral
Board, at his official office not later
than 4 o'clock D. m, on Tuesday the
End. day Of June 1925, or by the
personal meeting Of the announcer
before the Electoral Board at the
place where the election IS to be
held between 3 and ! o'clock p. m.
on Wednesday the ord Gay of June
1925.
THE E4UCiQ2AL BOARD for the
Country District Of CdIistiansted Juris-
d@lc,Ion. St. Creix, Virgin Islands of the
United States Of America, May 10Th. 1925.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Chairman.
, 1925-05-29

before the electoral Board at the
place where the election is to be
held between 3 and 4 o'clock p. m.
on Tuesday the Emo. day Of June
1925.
THE ELECTORAL BOARD for Chris
tiansted Town and Suburbs s.. Croix,
Virgin Islands of the United States Of
America, May Doth. 1925.
A. d. STAKEMANN.
Chairman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Hold Seized Liquor
AS Evidence Against
Officers of Transport

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 25-Forty cases
of Houor were held under strict
guard at the naval base here tonight
as evidence to be used against oiil-
GERS of the navy transport Beaufort,
aboard which it was seized on ar
rival here yesterday from the West
Indies.
A woman believed to be the wife OF
an enlisted man in the tropics. was
said to have tipped off the govern
ment that the transport, heading Tor
Hampton Roads, WAS carrying liquor
which at bootleg quotations here was
worth more than $4,000.
The information was received by
the assistant collector of customs at
Norfolk lie hurried to the naval
base and laid his information before
Rear Admiral Welles, commandant
of the fifth naval district. Upon Cr-
ders from Adrimal Welles, Captain
Wilbert Smith, assistant command
ant, led raiding squad of marines
and searched the vessel, and practl-
cally every person aboard the trans
port was placed under detention.
"A mad, wild scramble to get cases
and jugs overheard followed but
practically everything tossed from the
portfolios was Salvaged.
Admiral Welles ordered q board of
inquiry to convene Friday to investi-
gate the case. Every officer aboard
the Beaufort was summoned to APP
pear.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Want Ice Breaker
TO Be Stationed
On Coast of Maine

Senator Clarke of Hancock county
explained to the committee on reso-
iutlons, Wednesday afternoon, why
ne had introduced a resolve memo
rlalizing congress for an ice breaker
TO be stationed on the Maine coast.
1t was necessary, he said, if this i'm
portant artery of transportation,
water navigation, was to be made
aValible the year round. The light
mouse tenders We're not suitable for
such work. They could not smash
into the ice, back out and smash in
again; also. they were in constant
danger of injury.
An ice breaker was so built that
it rose up onto the ice field, its
weight broke the ice down and this
Kept the channel open. The closing
of these coast harbors was often
productive of serious conditions:
shortage of food and fuel Mails were
many times delayed for two, three
OF more weeks.
Selectman Hatch of Stonington al
so endorsed the memorial, as did r.
Il. Sargent of Sedgewick. Both said
that this was a serious matter, the
presence of ice in the harbors along.
thecoast and declared that such n.
boat would be kept busy all through
the winter months smashing ice bar
rlers from the various ports The
boat, they explained could be used
in government activities along the
coast throughout the summer
months
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
General Mitchell
Reviews Testimony
In Aircraft Dispute

Washington. Feb. % Brigadier
General Mitchell, assistant chief of
the army air service, who is on rec
ord voluminously in the aircraft con-
troversy, contributed to the situation
today a statement reviewing his tes-
timony before he house military COM
mittce at recent public hearing.
The statement said the national
defense system Consists of % an
army efficient as far as a land force
is concerned but practically helpless
in the air; (2) a navy of great capi-
tai ships, almost helpless in the air
and deficient in submarines and (3>
no air force whatever"
"At the present time" said the
statement, should a great national
emergency arise. on account of our
faulty system of national defense,
we might we'll be forced to ally our
selves to one of the great air powers
to maintain our very existence. -
der these circumstances our position
might we'll be that of a vaSSal state
to a wiser but poorer nation"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Pedestrian Shot
And Robbed When
He Accepts Ride

Keene, n. H., Feb. 25-Ihree men
who offered him a ride in their closed
car. shot Rodney E. Moore OF ware,
Mass, twice. robbed him of $50 ana
left him lying by the roadside tnree
miles outside of keene. Moore tolu
the police today after he had been
picked up by the driver of a passing
lumber truck. ,,.. -.
Moore is in a serious condition at
a hospital here as the result Oh
bullet wound three inches above the
heart and another through his iels
forearm. Physicians said that ne had
a chance to recover.
Moore said that he was walking
from Alstead, N. H., to Keene when
the robbers offered him a ride IN
their car which bore Vermont II.
cense plate. After travelling ABOUT
six miles, he said. they asked him 10
get out. on the pretext that the au-
tomobile was in need of repairs.
when he refused to turn over ms
money they shot him. Moore sald'
then robbed him and drove away. ne
was unable to ascertain the registrna- n =
tion number. A description OF tne
car has been broadcast to new
Hampshire police.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
SEE DEVELOPMENT
CHECK IN PROPOSED
power EXCISE TAX

Representative Wing of Auburn
introduced in the House Wednesday
an act to raise an excise tax on cor
porations organized for making, gen.
Grating, selling, distributing and
supplying electricity or electric cur
rent for power. lighting, heating,
manufacturing or mechanical pur-
poses.
Every public service corporation
shall file with the Public Utilities
Commission on the first day of jan
uary in each year a statement under
oath of the total number of kilowatt
hours of electricity or electric cur
rent sold during the preceding
twelve months. The tax shall be one
mill for each kilowatt hour of cleo
tricity or electric current sold by the
public service corpora ton during the
preceding twelve months.
The Board of State Assessors on
or before the first day of April in
each year shall determine the
amount of the tax and the tax shall
one half on the first day of July next
after the levy is made and the other
half on the first day of the following
October. The tax shall be a lien on
all the property of such public serv-
ice corporations and takes prece-
dence over all other liens and en-
cumbrances.
This tax is characterized as a tax
for doing business in the State and
comparable with that imposed on
railroads, telephone and telegraph
companies. 1T is 10 be added to what
Continued on Page 5-CoI. u
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Marketing Bill
Rejected by House
Substitute Proposed

Washington. Feb. 25-The house
today rejected the Cooperative mar
keting bill which its agriculture
committee had reported as "A meas
ure to carry out recommendations or
the presidents agricultural confer
ence.
AS a substitute it accepted pro-
posal for federal assistance to CO.
operatives without federal control by
Representative Dickinson, Republic
can. Iowa. who contended it also was
in line with the cooperative market
ing suggestions of the presidents
conference.
Th. committees bill. known as the
Haugen measure, went into the dis
card by a standing vote OF 13S TO rs.
A roll call vote on adoption of the
Dickinson substitute will Re the first
order Of business tomorrow.
Chairman Haugen of the agrlcul-
ture committee predicted that the
Dickinson proposal would prevail. 1T
was put over today, he said, by a
coalition of Democrats and ."insur-
gents" who undoubtedly, he added,
would support it in record vote.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Motley Array of
Witnesses Heard
At Trial of Stokes

Chicago. Feb. cJ.-(By A. P0-
Six witnesses, each eccentric In his
way, testified for the state &c LAY in
the trial of w. f.. ID. Stokes, New
York millionaire, on trial here with
others for conspiracy to defame the
character of Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes of Denver, his estranged wife.
There was Il negro who admitted
he was intoxicated most of the time:
a dressmaker who designed gowns
for the girls of the notorious Ever
leigh Club of which Stokes is alleged
to have attempted to prove his wife
an inmate: an elderly jack-of-all-
trades, who walked about the court
room in q fruitless endeavor to
identify the defendants; a photo
grapher who took pictures OF dis
orderly houses for Stokes: an ILL.,
terate negro who oLce delivered per-
fumes to the inmates of the club;
and a cab driver whose faulty me-
mory gave the states attorneys
perspiring half hour.
c. z. Furnish, an aged handy
man. testified shrilly that he signed
an affidavit at the behest of scme
men and then went about the court
room, peering closely at Stokes;
Ianiel f. Nugent, Stokes former
New York attorney and other de-
PENDANTS without recognizing any OF
them. John Moore, negro, sara
he could not read or write but sign
ed some sort of affidavit by touching
q pen. He was scared and showed
If and the state was able to gain
little information from him.
Next came Nate Frazin. cab driV,
or. who was certain 1873 was lo-t
and who spent most of his time on
the stand in allowing assistant
states attorneys to convince MN
otherwise. Trazin said Joe Bruher
and Robert Lee, both indicted ~
connection with the case, had AT
tempted to have him identity pc
lures of Mrs. Stokes as a ar1ormer III
mate of the Everloigh Clup'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Two Citizens Offer $1,000 Each

This offer. presented by Walter s.,
Wyman of Augusta, president of the
power company, together with offers
of $1,000 each towards the station.
project made by two Augusta men,,
Hon. Blaine S. Viles and Hon. Guy.
P. Gannett, We're features of the.
hearing before the publicity commit
tee of the Legislature on Senator
Maher's resolve calling for an appro-
priation Of 100000 for the establish
ment of State raL.o broadcastins
station on State-owned land in Lu-'
gusta and $4,000 for each of the two
coming fiscal years for it's maintenI
ance. t..
Facts and figures relating to tha
establishment of such a station wera
presented to the committee by a ra.
dio engineering expert. George E.;
Chase of New York, broadcastinS
sales engineer for the Western EIec-
trio Company.
Suggestion that the matter be left
open for subscriptions was made br
MIR. Viles. who asserted his belief
that many public spirited people wilk
subscribe to it.
Professional and business men in
good numbers voiced their approval
of Names latest advertising project
when the matter came up for hear
ing.
Senator Maher Opens Hearing
The case of the proponents was di-
rected by Senator Maher of Kenne-
bee, who declared that data enough
couldn't be compiled and put into the
newspapers for 100000 for. what
Maine will get free in every news
paper in the country which will carry
the programs of the State of Maine.
the playground Of America-with
appropriate letters and allocated
wave length, If Maine decides to es-
tablish this station.
"This act is no attempt at artificial
publicity or propaganda" said SEN
ator Maher. There is no stressinss
OF any of the usual methods Of cre-
ating a ficticious demand. 1t at
tempts to take advantage of an un-
charted avenue which outside Of this
State is recognized as potentially the
most practical advertising medium
of the world.
II am told that Miami and st.
Petersburg, Fla, and Middle West
towns are now entering on this
method of publicity, and Sacramento
is now installing practically the pros:
posed broadcasting station suggested
Continued on Page 10-CoI. s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
SEEK RAISING
STANDARD APPLES
GROWN IN maine

Only one Of the several measures
considered by the committee on agri-
culture. Wednesday, had smooth sail
Ing To the others there was oppo-
stion aplenty. The sole bill to es-
cape opposition was that penalizing
dealers in milk or cream for sale OF
their goods after they had been re-
fused certificate as a dealer.
Rep. Towle Of Winthrop said he
believed the bill to change the apple
packing law was a step in the right
erection. This bill provides that the
present wording of the grades, one
ana two. be changed to A and B; and
nat the standards be raised on the
nrst grade from 2 Ia inches to IL
.ncnes, and on the second grade from
10 Ia inches. He said there was
demand for the change among this
apple buyers.
!, hep. White of Bowdoinham said
.le Dill had been endorsed by the
na.t growers and by the pomological
socisty. While there might be some
AfieIes of apples that could not be
lVontinued on Page SCol. 81
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Prepare Budget '
For Brunswick
Town Meeting
lSnecial to kenenbec JournaN

Especial to henenDeC JOulndi)
Brunswick, Feb. 26-The commit
tee Of twelve met tonight to prepare
the budget to be presented at the an
nual. town meeting Monday. The
budget as announced calls for ap-
preparations tOtalling $4,000. Last
year the total appropriations were
s134,SO3. A big increase is recon-
mended in the school department ap-
preparation totallinS Sl1,500. An In
crease of $4,000 is recommended in
the highway department and $500
in the poor department.
The committee recommended that
a three room addition be built to the
Longfellow' school building to cost
$4,000. to be raised by bond issue.
Special appropriations recommended
were $4,000 to pave Mill hill. sec
tion Of Main street from the Top
sham bridge to Cabot street and
$1,000 to buid tarvia surface on
Main street south of the railroad
track. Unusual recommendation
was made at the suggestion of Prof.
Orrin c. Hornell who recommended
to the committee that $4,000 of the
amount received from the state for
the tax on bank stock be applied to-
ward the reduction of temporary
loans.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Indiana State Senators
Bolt to Block Passaqe OF
Cerrymander Measure
Is Democratic Members Who
Fled State Being Sought by
Senate Offcers-15 Believed
at Dayton, Ohio-TO Move
for Indictments T O d a y
Doubtful over EXtradition

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. o5 (By A.
P)-Eightecn Democratic members
of the Indiana senate bolted that
body today seeking by their action to
prevent passage of gerrymander
bill which they declared would react
against their party in the second
Indiana congressional district.
Reports were received tonight that
10 of the boilers were at Dayton, O.,
and Jerome Brown, principal door
keeper of the senate, departed for
that city armed with a mandate from
the senate to arrest the fugitives.
Emulating the Rhode Island Re-
publicans who performed similar
coup several months ago. the Indiana
democrats left the city secretly and
for several hours were the object Of
an intensive search by senate offic-
lals. Three of the Democrats were
reported to have been seen in Indi-
annapolis tonight but Mr.. Brown and
his deputies had not succeeded in To-
eating them.
Republican members of the senate
declared tonight that indictments
against the fngitives would be sought
IN the Marion County criminal court
tomorrow under a law which pro-
Vldes fine of $1,000 for leeisla tors
Continued on Page 5-CoI. g.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
Abbie Rockefeller
To Wed Sweetheart
Of Childhood in Nav

New York, Feb. 2J-Mr. and Mrs
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., tonight an
nolnced the engagement of their
cnly daughter, Abbie, to David
Merriwether Milton, Jr., young
.]ew York attorney who has known
Miss Rockefeller since childhood.
The wedding will. be in May. The
couple plan to take a small apart
ment in keeping with Mr.. Milton's
salary.
The Milton family have been
neighbors of the Rockefellers at
Pocantico Hills for years and they
have also occupied adjacent summer
homes ut Seal Harbor, on the Maine
coast.
Mr.. Milton. who is % years old
is graduate of Williams College
and of the Columbia University law
school. During the World War he
served in the naval reserve unit at
Yale. He was admitted to the bar
a few months ago and now is aSso-
ciated with the New York law firm
Of Satteree and Garfield.
Miss Rockefeller is 81 years old.
She was born in New York City Ind
was educated at q private school
here. Her name was prominent IL
the newspapers last summer after
she had received suspended SEN
tence in traffic court on a charge of
speeding. An investigation ordered
by Mayor Hylan disclosed that it
was her second offense but that the
record had been changed so as to
list her as first offender.
The police officers adjudged res
ponsible for suspending the second
sentence were disciplined.
Mr.. Milton. friends said tonight.
was with Miss Rockefeller when she
was arrested and represented her in
court. The car she was driving was
his.
Mr.. Millions father. an attorney,
was a native of Louisville, Ky. He
died in 1918.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
NO OPPOSITION TO
PROPONENTS FOR
MATERNITY ACT

In decided contrast to what hap
pened two years ago, not a voice was
raised in opposition to Maine's ac-
ceptance of the provisions of the
Shepherd -ToWner maternity act, So
called, when hearing was held before
the committee on public health We'd
nesday afternoon.
With the exception Of DR.. Clarence
+. Kendall, state commissioner of
health. all the speakers who appeared
in favor of acceptance, We're women.
each of them saying she epresented
some large group or organization
which wishes the state to accept the
federal maternity law.
Miss Mabel Connor of Augusta
opened the hearing by saying that
the Shepherd-Towner act represent
ed the first concerted Legislative acti-
witty of the women of the country,
who felt there was great need o. such
a measure. For states which accept
it, the act provided $4,000 down and
an additional $4,000 if it is matched
by the state.
The 40 odd states which have ac-
cepted it, she said, have used the
money in various ways. for making
surveys, registration of midwives.
travelling instructors. distribution of
literature. etc. For Maine, it would
mean simply an extension of work
now being done by The state health
department.
She reminded the committee that
two years ago Governor Baxter ve-
Il 81, hot
it meant federal interference but that
Governor Brewster favored it in his
inaugural address. She mentioned
a federal appropriation recently Sc
cured for the control of blueberry
pests and suggested that if federal
money is good for bluberries, why not
also for babies?
Miss Jennie Ballantyne of Augusta.
representing the Central District
Nurses Association, said that organ
ization favored acceptance and feels
it would be of much benefit to the
state.
Mrs. Althea G. Quimby Of Turner,
state president of the w. G. T. u.
said that both the national and state
organizations favor it and want it ac-
cepted by all the states.
Dr. Kendall told the committee
that acceptance of the measure VIII
simply mean that the state will have
$4,000 for child welfare work in
stead of the $4,000 appropriation now
made by the Legislature. He said
$4,000 IS not enough to scratch the
surface of the state, since the en-
ployment of four nurses requires
$1,000 in salaries alone. and the bal
ance of the appropriation does not
cover other necessary expenses.
Mrs. Il. f. Ross of Guilford. speak
ing as the Legislative representative
of the State Federation of Women
Clubs. said the federation favors II
as strongly as two years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-26
New Impetus Given
State Radio Station
COMMITTEE FAVORS
BILL BLOCKING AID TO
SECTAR|AN SCHOOLS

The legislative committee on edu-
cation, Wednesday, voted a practi-
cally unanimous report in favor of
the Barwise bill submitting an
amendment to the constitution pro-
viding that no public funds shall be
used for the support of sectarian
and parochial schools. 1t is rl:mored
that one member of the committee
who was not present at the execu-
tive session ill cast his vote ;.glinst
the measure.
The Barwise bill is the Brewster
measure of the Legislature of two
years ago. 1t was introduced early
in the session and referred to the
committee on education, which held
hearing last week.
1t is said, however, that the bill
will strike hard shedding in the Sen
ate. and that the opponents OF the
bill have a sufficient number of
votes pledged to prevent the neces-
sary two thirds votes to pass the bill.
1t is a question whether or OF the
bill will be killed at the time the
committee report comes lin, depend
ing upon whether or not the opposi-
ticn can muster enough votes to
prevent favorable action on the ac
ccptance of the report. first and sec
end readings. and passage to be en-
crossed, which requires out ma
iority vote.
Judiciary Committee Reports
The judiciary committee will re-
port ought not TO pass" on the
measure to regulate that portion of
loans secured by mortgage CT pledge
of household furniture: and ''ought
rot to pass" on the Measure increas-
ing the amount of personal property
exemptfrom attachment from 500
TO $500.