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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Pens Own Death
Notice and Kills Self

New York, May REHABILITATION
writing his own death notice for the
newspapers in which he said that he
had died suddenly" William Edward
Coffin, broker, today made good the
description by shooting himself
through the temple.
The body was found in Mr.. Collins
Office in downtown building several
hours after he had died, police said.
On his desk were death notices to
newspapers, reading:
Coffin, William Edward. May 22,
suddenly, in his 10th year; funeral and
interment private. Please omit flow
ers."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Stricken Victim Winthrop
Mystery Will Talk Today
Officers Hold Hope Mrs.
Towns May Give Some
New Clue in Crime

Despite Alertness of State, County
and City Police, Day is Barren of
Results-Sleuth Dog Fails to Pick
Up Scent Many Rumors Rife But
All Prove False--Sifting Ashes of
Cottage on Shore Lake Mariana
cook in Search of Clues--Other Va
cant Cottages to Be Searched
Plane Survey of Lake Yields
Nothing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
70 Confer on Maine
Hardwood Question
AT Augusta, Aug. LIST

Portland, Ne. May 22.--Governor
Brewster has called a conference Of
manufacturers. timberland owners and
Ill others interested in the hardwood
development Of the state to be held at
AuguSta June /. The governor has
invited Frank G. Wright Of Lee, Hig-
sinson q Co, New York, vice presi-
dent o. the Bangor & Aroostook Rail-
foed. to come to Maine at that time
md make q report as to the result of
be Investigation Of the hardwood pos
sibilities in Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
$4,000 Fire Loss
AZ PenacOOk. N. III.

Penaeook N. H., May 22.-(AP)-
ny q undetermined origin tonight
aestroyed the window sash and blind
netofy " G. M. & A. w. Rolf here
NH AZ estimated loss of $4,000. Help
va called from Concord and Bosca-
ven and heroic efforts Of the combined
Mpertments prevented the spread Of
ne names to nearby buildings and
dwellings, The fire was spectacular
snd drew hundreds of spectators from
distant points.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Sec. Weeks Plans
To COnvalesce in N. e.

Washington, May 22-(AP)-Sec-
rotary Weeks left Washington to-
night for Boston, travelling in a pri-
waite car attached to a through train,
accompanied by members of his I'M
mediate family, personal physicians
and trained nurse.
Mr.. Weeks has been Ill since April
1. when he suffered thrombosis at
tack, followed recently by a recur-
renee of gall bladder collie, an old
complaint. He plans to remain in
New England at least three months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Holds Belief Planes /
Have Been Forced Down

Boston. May %. - Lieutenant
Commander w. r. Byrd U. s. N,
second in command of the MacMil-
Ian naval Arctic expedition soon to
sail from this port. commented to-
night on the continued failure of
word from the Amundsen.E Ellsworth
planes on their attempted flight to
the pole. He said the situation
looked bad" to him, and that ac-
cording to his calculations the planes
were at least IA hours overdue, lead
ing him to believe that they had
been forced down.
There Is no reason to suppose
they would, have spent more than
an hour locating their position at
the Pole" he added.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
General Forecast

The disturbance that was over
Saskatchewan Thursday night has
advanced southeastward to Mime
sofa with increased intensity with
trough extending eastward to lower
Michigan and thence northeastward
to the Gulf of st. Lawrence. Pres
sure is relatively high from Bermuda
to the south Atlantic coast and over
northern Manitoba and Ontario.
The outlook is for unsettled wealth
err with showers Saturday afternoon
or night in the middle Atlantic states
and on Saturday and Sunday in
New England. 1t will be decidedly
cooler on Saturday in the lower lake
region and Saturday night or Sunday
in the middle Atlantic and north At
lantic states.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Fresh to strong southwest and
weather overcast with showers on
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Crippled Ship Holds
Up All BrOadcasting

New York, May 22.-(AP)-
Radio broadcasting was halted for
half an hour tonight while the
British steamer Clemenceau which
left Havre April IS for Kaolack, re-
ported the loss of its port propeller.
Broadcasting was resumed after
ample time had given ships at sea
to learn the Clemenceau's position
and whether or not 1t was in immed-
late need of assistance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Especial to Kennebec Journan

I
Winthrop, Me- May 22-All investigating officers e.:
waiting for tomorrow when the story of Mrs Emma Towns
the Lake Maranacook mystery will give them something
definite to start 1t is believed that what knows the
keynote of this mystery The faeo Aida is just deep
mystery tonight it the morning of the fire. No
word trace single has been unearthed despite
the activities of every agency in the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Call DIR. FOsdick
To Park Ave. Church

New York, May 22.-(AP)-With an
opposition of only II persons the MEM
bers Of the Park Avenue Baptist
church voted tonight to call the Rev.
DR.. Harry Emerson Fosdick to the pas
torate to succeed the Rev DR.. Cor
nelius Woelfkin, whose resignation, eff
fective next January, was unanimously
approved at the same time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23

tempted to find a trail, but could not
do so, going around in circles.
Then the two men took the eager
dog to the trail which leads up from
the cottage through the woods to
the Heath farm. The dog followed
the path as any intelligent dog would
and they then took him around the
stone wall into the back yard of the
Continued on Page 3-Col. u
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
THE WEATHER
SHOW ERS

Northern New England = Showers
Saturday, cooler in interior; Sunday
showers and cooler.
Southern New England-Unsettled
and warmer Saturday followed by
showers in afternoon or at night;
Sunday fair cooler.
Eastern New York-Unsettled Sat
urday, probably showers, warmer in
south portion; Sunday fair, much
cooler
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Sticky in Chicago
With Mark 81 Above

Chicago May 22-(AP)-Chicago
sweltered today in the hottest May
day in the history Of the weather
bureau here, extending back over 54
years. The mercury reached "a at
p. M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
One Killed in Crash
Motor Truck and Train

{ Urieans, Mass, May 22-(AP)-A
Soston. Providence passenger train
@ ne n Y. N. H., & H. Railroad
Milded with motor truck at Skak-
= Crossing here today. and the driv-
4 ~, g ne truck. Richard Noyes of
u'eauss was instantly killed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Kicked by Horse
Fish Peddler Dies

Milton Mills, N. H., May Do
(AP)-Del Walker, fish peddler,
was killed today when his horse
kicked him above the heart while
being Embarrassed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Follows
s2OO.OOO Seizure from
Steamer Van at
Boston Port

~ Syndicates Believed to Be
Ming Business in Millions
Being Probed-16 Arrests
m Names of Over 1000
Suspects in Hands of Au-
ihorities - Believe Regular
fa6ic Maintained From
Cslada Across Northeastern
Part Of Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
Boston Forec asst

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Saturday unsettled and warmer,
probably followed by local showers
in the afternoon or night; Sunday
fair and cooler; fresh to strong
southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23
FIELD MARSHAL
FRENCH, WORLD WAR
FIGURE, DIES AT rs

Deal. Eng, May 22.-(AP)-The
Earl of Ypres, better known as Field
Marshal French, British world war
hero died here today aged 73.
The Earl of Ypres underwent an
operation on March 10. Soon he
was reported to be recovering, but
later his condition became worse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-23

Rising to the highest places and
honbrs in British military circles, the
Earl of Ypres often was character
lied as ''the luclziest man in the
army" and French luck became al
most proverbial among the British
soldiers. Later events, however,
caused a difference of opinion as to
whether the luck had been on the
soldiers side or on that of the
British Army and the British En-
pire.
Perhaps the most important event
of his career which had to do with
these two ideas was the historic bat
tie of Ypres in the World War, the
winning of which barred the chan
Continued on Page 3-CoI. a.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
Fashion S Fads
and Fancies
By Mildred Ash

Queen of Sheba's jewels had no
richer and more varied shades than
have the velveteen afternoon frocks
that feature the new rich jewel tones.
Styled in the simplest tailored fash.
ion, they are most youthful both in
cut and in coloring.
Old fables and new STYLES sem
to agree quite remarkably for surely
we can all recall the ancient story
about the tortoise winning the race
with the hare. And now the turtle
wins the fashion race when seatcrs
are the goal, for turtle neck sweaters
continue to keep far ahead of any
other type for general sports wear.
Girlish gayety can be no more joy
ously expressed. in millinery way.
than by the choice of one of those
gailycolored velvet hats intended to
brighten the dark tailored costume for
autumn days. The most vivid shades
appear in these ug-fitting, swagger
little models whose only trimming
consists Of grosgrain ribbon cocard
or perky bow or a novelty pin.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
Yes or No?

Do any birds eat boil wecvils?
.. Is it known whether monkeys
live as long as men do!
.. Do twins tend to become more
alike as they grow older:
4. Was Galileo's telescope as good
as a pair of modern binoculars?
Answers to these questions may be
found
1. Yes. There are 40 varieties of
birds which feed on the boil wcevil.
The most active of these ore the swal-
lows and orioles, though turkeys and
guineas are very fond of them.
.. No. 1t is not known exactly how
old the great apes usually live to be.
but it is believed that their life, on
an average. is shorter than that of
man. One of the Oldest monkeys
known was estimated to be about 80
when he died. but his age was not
definitely known.
3. No. The resemblance of young
twiss is usually greater than that OF
older ones.
4. No. A good pair of modern binoc-
ulars is probably better than Galileo's
telescope.
Copyright, 1875, King Feature Syn. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
FOXY CRANDPA'S STORIES
Where Mosquito Netting Saved His Life.

skunk back in my cot as far from the
beast as 1 could possibly get. As /
drew away from him L let out the
most horrible shrek you could ina
inc, for there on the other side Of nv
bed was the tigers mate.
Badly scared, ! fell back on my cot.
as the two great tigers gave a leap
and bound and disappeared into the
darkness. had frightened them away
by my sudden cry and didn't know it.
In a moment out came Bunny.
'"Oh, Foxy Grandpa, l saw what
was going on and there wasn't thing
to do. was helpless.
But why didn't they eat me,
Bunny?" / gasped.
"Thc mosquito-netting Foxy Grand
pa. They shifted around at you and
when their noses touched the netting
they, pulled away as if they weren't
quite sure what it was"
No more sleeping outdoors for me
in this part of the world" / said,
carrying my bed into the shack.
Bobby wasn't far wrong when he
called this mosquito netting a life
saver"
Copyright. 1925. International Feature
Service, Inc.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08

"This mosquito netting certainly
saved my life,". muttercd Bobby as
he tucked it in under and around
the cot on which he was sleeping.
Il should say -so,- | agreed, giving
it an extra tuck before going into
my own room in the shack, in which
we were living in jungle in India.
IF you, had on a fur coat like
mine, bugs wouldn't bother you so
much" said Bunny, curling up on the
corner of Bobby's bed. But it Ger
tainly gets hot in these warm eli
mates" And he gave great sigh and
was soon sound asleep. dreaming OF
cabbage patch in a far-away tenn
peratc climate, | fancied, because his
whiskers had smile on them as
looked at my little pet just before L
blew out the candle.
| turned in under my mosquito net
and tried to sleep. But it was too hot
| tossed and turned some more. 1t
was blistcring. The heat fell like Il
blanket on me.
/ lit the candle and tried reading
But that was no good. The light was
too poor and it strained my eyes.
Suddenly ! had what / considered a
brilliant idea, but as it turned out 1t
wasn't so very brilliant after all.
You will agree with me, / am quite
sure, when j tell you what happened
to me on that hot night in an Indian
jungle.
Ny idea was to take my cot out
under the tree and hang my mesquite
netting to the limb of the tree and
sleep there. where it was few de-
grces cooler.
i followed out this foxy scheme and
I'm here to say that this time !
didn't live up TO my name. For j
was anything but Foxy Grandpa.
You won't think ] was worthy of my
name either when l tell you what
happened to me.
Yes, l did go to sleep. Quite quick
~, too. For there was just the faint
est breeze which / hadn't felt in the
house, and before | knew il j was
asleep, dreaming that | had to dance
and was dancing in a contest with
elephants and lions.
But my dream faded into nothing
ness ut this point. j was just dream
ing that there were tigers in the con-
test. too, when / felt something hot
on my face.
i sat up in bed. rubbed my eyes
and my heart stood still. My blood
froze in my veins. Was l dreaming
or wasn't I?
I wasn't. I was wide awake -
wider awake than at any time in my
life. and there shining right in my
face were the two bright, glaripg eyes
Of a tiger!
l shivered with fear and then /
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
ADVERTISEMENT
Dandruff Soon
Destroys the Hair

II you want plenty Of thick. beau-
tiful, glossy. silky hair, do by all
means get rid Of dandruff, for it
will starve your hair and ruin it if
you don't.
II doesn't do much good 10 try to
brush or wash it out. The only
sure way to get rid Of dandruff is
TO dissolve II. then You destroy it
entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces Of ordinary liquid aryon !;
apply It at night when retiring: use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub
it in gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most IL not all, OF
your dandruff will be gone. and two
or three more applications will conf
pletely dissolve and entirely destroy
every single sign and trace of ii.
You will find, too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop.
and your hair will look and feel n
hundred times better. You can get
liquid avon at any drug store. Four
ounces Is all you will need, no mat
ter how much dandruff YOU have.
This simple remedy never fails.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08

am not interested in politics. But
am interested in womcn's backachcs
and heartachcs, especially my own.
I do not care two boots for party
lines or platforms.
But it's a matter of extreme concern
to me whether the house l live in be-
longs to me or to possible husband.
Also, if l have a child, can that
theoretical husband dispose of the
child as he wishes, or have some say
in the matter?
Then, too, how about my paycheck
Is it as big as the mans who labors
less hard on the same job? Or is he
getting more merely because he wears
pants while I'm pcnalized for my
skirts?
And suppose I. being. young, ardent
and foolish, bring babe into the
world without process of wedlock
And, having brought that babe into
the world, | wish to keep and cherish
lit? Must l make my fight alone. and
Or will the law make the father OF
that child help in its support? And
will society recognize my dignity as a
mother?
When the child grows up, what pro-
lection may / claim for it?
What weapon have l to fight the
greediness of capitalists who may seek
ITO use its feeble strength in factories
or fields? What weapon against the
stupidity of educators who would deny
it decent learning?
Again I say, l am NOT interested
in politics.
But l have a kitchen that is my de,
light and / am proud of the table j
set.
Is it possible for me to get good
water to put on that, table or must
every mouthful we drink be boiled?
And what of the dairy that supplies
the milk? l have never seen the place
wonder what it is like. Clean oil
filthy? And are the cows healthy oil
dying with II. B.?
What Of this bread which has al
most doubled in price within the las
two years?
Why must peaches be a luxury or
nv table when they are throwing car
loads of them away in the fields anr
water fronts-to keep up the price?'
The very gas 1 cook with-have
no voice in settling the price of Thu
necessity?
/ am not interested in politics.
Politics are a part of that ancien
man-expression which seems quite for
aign TO nv woman nature and aims
I'm not interested in them.
But wherever / move, in whateve
T attempt to do or be. l find thing
in which I'm interested:
In the inspected shrub which plan
in my garden
In the uninspected slum in whici
nv ianitress dies
In the laws which protect me ant
mine
And the laws which may expos
me and mine to cruel injustice
In every slightest and greatest thin
which pertains to my life l am in
THEN WHY IN HECK DON'T
iPAY MY POLL TAX?
What has paying my poll tax to dt
with it? =,
II has everything to do with it.
For unless | pay it can't VOTE
But didn't l say l wasn't interested
in politics?
it over, that was very stupid thin
to say. ,,,,r =,
is THE MACHINE THAT CON
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
POINTERS ON ETIQUETTE
Wearing Mourning.

wear mourning, and he wishes to have
you, then you should. 1t would be
most unkind and discourteous to him
and TO the memory of his mother il
you did not take into account his
wishes on this matter. Often one has
relatives and friends that are of such
a formal kind that they expect one TO
wear mourning for at least few
months. If this is so, then it is bet
ter to respect the wishes of others. In
other words, circumstances have prac-
tically everything to do with the wear
ing of mourning. IL you feel any
question about it. you will be correct
in wearing black mot veil. how
cver) or black and white for, say,
six months.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
DEAR MRS. BEECHMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECHMAN:
Would you kindly advise me il |
must wear mourning for my husbands
mother and, if so, for how long?
b. c.
The wearing of mourning nowadays
is almost entirely, indeed entirely.
matter of personal choice and circum-
stances and convenience. The former
strict rules for wearing mourning. as
to kind and degree and length of time
no longer are regarded. and people do
about as they wish. You should wear
black to the funeral. and wear dark
clothes for a few months after the
death. However, there are several
points that must be considered. II
your husband thinks that you should
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
LISTEN, WORLD! Why y, Pay 't. !' :s. ': TAXI
/, By ELSIE ROBINSON

find nothing interesting in the crea-
ton, any more than / find interest in
my egg beater as an egg beater.
But i am decidedly interested in
what my egg beater can DO.
And I am also DECIDEDLY IN
TERESTED IN WHAT POLITICS
CAN DO.
Then. why. WHY. WHY DON'T i
PAY MY POLL TAN?
AND WHY DON'T YOU?
Cartwright. 1925, King Features Syn, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
Meditations of
a Wife
With a Dash of Paprika.
By Helen Rowland

With a Dash of Paprika. )
Lives there a man with soul so
dead, who never to himself hath said,
"Oh, well. I'm sort OF attractive.
Darned. if I'm mott" as he cast a
final glance in the mirror and gave
the last flick to his evening tie!
Conscience might make a man share
his last crust or his last dollar with
you, but nothing less than a grande
passion would tempt him to share his
last bottle of pre-war stock. 4
When a woman is suffering from
nervous depression, she doesn't know
whether to go TO nerve specialist orf
to a beauty parlor. A new hat will!
often do more to soothe and revive
her than n dose of bromide-and many
n girl has been cured of temporary
heartachc, by permanent wave. !.
A girl can marry almost any man
she wants-simply by persuading him
that she doesn't want him. But that's
no sinecure; it's feat.
Perhaps the reason why the mod
ern girl won't waste her time improv-
ing her mind and learning to cook.
is because the modern man wastes
most of his on the girl who rolls her
stockings and can dance the Charles
ION.
Nothing gives a mans vanity such
a solar plexus blow. as TO discover that
all the women under 30 are beginning
to consider him perfectly safe"
The average married pair appear
to spend most of the honeymoon, lay
ing up ammunition TO fire at each
other, the moment the armistice ends.
The man who raves most bitterly
against womans slavery TO fashion.
hasn't the courage to part his hair
on the other side.
Life is chalice. which holds just
so much. If you save it and sip it
slowly. it is apt to 20 stale. II you
gulp it all down-there isn't any
more. And that, alas, is the problem
Of the human race.
Copyright. 1928, King Features Syn. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08
Who Said II and Where

Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the cath o'ewhelm them
to mems ees."
His sins will find q man out,
Shakespeare reminds us in Hamlet"
"Bc checked for silence.
But never taxed for speech"
This worthwhile advice Shakespeare
gives in "All's Well That Ends WE'LL
Copyri ght, 1925, King Feature SYM Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08

The man who raves most bitterly
against woman's slavery TO fashion.
hasn't the courage to part his hair
on the other side.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08

Two cups molasses.
One cup sugar.
One lemon.
Three tablespoons melted butter.
Three eggs.
Grating of nutmeg. g.,
Combine all ingredients and bea'
Put in one crust ant
bake (About one hour at. $50 dc
crccs.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08

The average married pair appeal
to spend most of the honeymoon, lay
ing up ammunition TO fire at each
other, the moment the armistice ends
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-08

Nothing gives a mans vanity such
a solar plexus blow. as TO discover that
all the women under 30 are beginning
to consider him perfectly SAFE"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-02-14
Youth and Old Are

To know what you like is the he
ginning Of wisdom and of old age.
Youth Is wholly experimental. The
essence and charm of that unquiet
and delightful epoch is ignorance of
self as well as ignorance of life.
These two unknowns the young man
brings together again and again. now
In the ARREST touch. now with bitter
hug; now with exquisite pleasure, now
with cutting pain; but never with in
difference to which he is a total stran-
ger and never with that near klns-
man of Indifference, contentment. II
he be a youth of dainty senses or a
brain easily heated, the interest of
this series of experiments grows upon
him out of all proportion TO the pleas
IRE he receives. 1t is not beauty that
he loves, nor pleasure that he seeks,
though he may think so; his design
and his sufficient reward is to verify
his own existence and taste the va
riety of human fate.-Robert Louis
Stevenson