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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Surprised in Attempt to Enter
Purinton Building Early this
MOrnin g- Two Shots
Answer to Officers Command
to Halt-FOur Shots of Pa
trOlman Fail to Find. Mark
in Darkness-Pair Make Es-
cape in Direction HallOwell

Surprised in an attempt to burg
larize the Purinton block at 1890 this
morning, two thieves succeeded in
making their getaway through bro
ken window in the basement, closely
followed by Officer Bert Bowker.
One Of the fleeing robbers, in an eff
fort to halt the hot pursuit of Pa
trolman Bowker, turned and fired
twice, the bullets singing harmlessly
by the officer who answered with
four from his own gun, none of which
apparently found mark in the inky
darkness of the coal yard through
which the pair dashed to safety.
Workers in the Journal press room
which adjoins the Purinton Block,
attracted to the yard by the shots
were hurriedly told of the situation
and an alarm was sent in to head
quarters. Deputy Marshal Whitman
and Officer Rancourt were soon on
the scene.
A thorough search was made in
and around the coal sheds, garage
and other buildings fronting the RI
Yer but no trace of the marauders
was found. Officer Bowker,, in tell
ing of the affair, said that he was on
his regular round of the river front
and had reached the coal yard direct
ly back of the Journal building when
his attention was attracted to win
dow in the fireroom of the Purinton
block.
Turning his fiashlight in that d.
Continued on Page 5-Col. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Robbers in Gun Battle
With Augusta Patrolman
MITCHELL MUST
EXPLAIN LANGUAGE
/ TO COURT MARTIAL

Washington, Oct. 2-(AP)-Mili-
tary machinery to call Col. William
Mitchell to account for language
employed in his San Antonio state
ments which he'd considerable in
huence in the appointment of the
presidents air board will be put in
motion again next Monday with ev-
cry prospect that the officer will be
brought before q court martial here
within the next ten days or two
weeks.
The proceedings were deferred to
permit Col. Mitchell to appear as a
witness before the air board without
being under any charges. The board
notified the war department yester-
day. that it had completed the TAX
ingjof his testimony except for data
it Had asked him to prepare which
woqld require about three days. Col.
Mitchell, who was preparing to go to
Omaha as a delegate TO the Ameri-
cam Legion convention, was ordered
today TO report Monday to the in
speetor general of the army in con-
Iiection with the investigation pre-
viopsly ordered in his case.
While the actual order converting
the court is still to be issued, depart
ment officials already have given
thought to it's composition and prob
ably most of the officers called for
that duty will be either Majors or
Brigadier Generals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Boston and Maine
Seeks Rights on
Abandonment Lines

Washington, Oct. 2-(AP)-Final
agreement today before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission resulted
in the submission of what the ~os-
ton and Maine railroad regards as a
test question upon the right it may
have to abandon very extensive sec
lions of its line in New England. w.
A. Cole, counsel for the road. ex-
planned that while the applications
discussed today would give the rail-
road-if granted-merely the right to
cease operations on six short branch
lines in New Hampshire, aggregating
"a miles of line, it. had other applioa-
tions pending for abandonment of a
total of 215 miles of other lines TN
New England.
In addition, the road was studying
the earnings of other branch lines,
he. said, and proposed to seek per-
mission for ceasing operations on
these as well. under plan by which
the Boston and Maine Transportation
Corporation, which he said was a
subsidiary of the railroad. would es-
tablish automobile bus lines to re-
place sections of abandoned line
wheer the action might be held ne
ceSSary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Amateur Bungling Charge
Denied by Com. Rodgers
SEVEN MISSING IN
CAVE IN RAILROAD
TUBE IN VIRGINIA

Richmond, Va, Oct. 2-(AP)-Tom
Mason, engineer, is believed to have
been killed and six negro workmen
are missing, as the result of cave
in of the chesapeake & Ohio r. r.
tunnel at Church Hill, today. which
trapped more than two score men
engaged in reinforcing its walls.
Most of The workmen however. dug
themselves out of the fallen earth
and crawled to safety, and police
officials declared that little hope was
held out for any remaining in the
tunnel.
Gases drove the rescue workers
from the tunnel shortly after night
fall and 1t was believed that any
who may be entombed in the pass
ageway could not survive the pois-
onous fumes.
officials indicated that rescue OPP
era tions would not be resumed until
tomorrow.
The fact that those who escaped
were hurried to homes or hospitals,
prevented officials from making any
accurate check Of the men who were
in the tunnel when the slide came.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
President HOnOrs
Memory of Crane at
Dedication of Tablet

Dalton, Mass. Oct. 2-(AP)-A
tribute by President Coolidge to the
integrity and character of W. Murray
Crane, former governor of Massachu-
sets and United States senator from
this state, marked the dedication of a
tablet to his memory here today, on
the fifth anniversary of his death. A
letter from the president was read,
and Chief Justice Taft and Senator
William NJ. Butler spoke in praise of
Mr.. Crane.
1T is not only because he had a
great mind" President Coolidge wrote,
but because he had an even greater
heart, that his friends and neighbors
in Berkshire county have dedicated
this monument. a lasting memorial I'd
all that is finest and best in human
nature. 1t is one of the prides of my
lifeeto think that he was my friend"
Chief Justice Taft said that Mr..
Crane, although with large corporate
holdings, was NO burden or reaction
airy.
He insisted on fairness in dealing
with the public and individuals by
every company with which he was con-
nected He sought fair compromises.
He always tried to find common
ground with the other side .. l
cherish his memory as that of loved
and loving friend"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
All Aboard Were
DrownedwhenSub
Ssh Went Down
NAVY DEPT. LOATH
TO 0. K. CHANGE IN
STEAMBOATS, CELLS

Lakehurst, N. :, Oct. 2-(AP)-Au-
thorization for the change in the gas
valve system in the airship Shenan-
doah was given by the navy depart
ment bureau of aeronautics with
some reluctance and by way of exper-
iment and was accompanied by warn
ings that the innovation would furnish
an added reason for cautious oper-
alton of the vessel.
This Is shown by official correspon-
dence on the subject passing between
the bureau and Commander Zachary
Lansdowne, Captain of the Shenan-
doah, which was read into the record
of the naval court of inquiry here to-
day by Lieutenant Commander c. E.
Rosendahl, senior surviving officer, at
the direction of Judge Advocate Fo-
ley.
Writing at the direction of Rear
Admiral William A. Moffet, chief of
the bureau, Captain E. S. Land, of the
construction corps, warned Comman-
der Lansdowne on last May % that
the modified arrangement of the auto
maic safety valves lis not as fool
proof as the original installation" He
added that the proposed arrangement
imposes and added reason for eau
tious operation of the, ship near pres
sure height"
While Commander Lansdowne per-
sonally made the Recommendation for
the change and was somewhat ins1s-
tent upon having authority to go
ahead with its installation, 1t was de-
veloped through oral testimony later
that the change had the approval OF
all the other officers of the Shenan-
doah and had been agreed upon only
after long discussion. The argument
was that the new system would save
both weight and helium without In
any way endangering the safety OF
the ship.
Testifying today, Lief u en- a n
George v. Whittle, a gas cell spec
ialist, expressed the conclusion that
the helium filled cells could not have
been sufficiently distended after gas
had been Waived to have damaged
the hun of the ship before the crash
occurred. -, i,
Another witness also was called
today to reply to a part of Captain
Anton Heinen's testimony. He was
James Work, chief draughtsman at
the air station here. who had been
quoted as having said that men at
the station had fought the change OF
gas cell arrangement all along.
Denying that he had made such q
statement, Work said that he had
disputed with Heinen theory by the
latter that in authorizing the change
in the valve system the bureau OF
aeronautics had sent to their death
Commander Lansdowne and part OF
his crew. He made it clear, he added.
that the change was made at the IN
sistence of the ships personnel and
that the responsibility rested upon
Commander Lansdowne.
Incidentally, Work told the court
that when he had read later In
newspaper a statement bys Heinen
accusing the bureau of aeronautics,
he had told his wife that This man
is liar and he knows he is liar
because l told him this morning the
circumstances under which the
valves were taken out"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Broker Redmond
Concealed Assets
Warrant Charges

Boston, Oct. 2-(AP)-George r
Redmond, treasurer of the bankrup.
brokerage firm of G. F. Redmond ana
Company, Inc, was arrested tonlen'
on a federal warrant charging con-
cealment of assets in bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. Mrs. James F. Lamont
wife of the president Of the concern
also was arrested on a similar cnaree;
In default of $4,000 bail, Redmond
and Mrs. Lamont were locked up IN
EaSt Cambridge Jail.
Redmond last year was sentences
to serve 10 years in the federal prison
at Atlanta for using the mail IN
scheme to defraud. He appealed ou.
last week the u. s. circuit court OF
appeals upheld the conviction. James
S.Lamont, his partner In a pan 70
sci, stocks on partial payment pa
sis. also was convicted and served a
short term in Plymouth jail.
Both Redmond and Lamont spent
several months in jail on commlt-
ments for refusing to hand over 70
receivers of the company S20V.ooo IN
securities which, it is alleged, dis-
appeared when the firm was closed ny
federal iniunctions in March. 1874.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
GOVERNOR LAUDS
WORK new FORCE
HIGHWAY POLICE

Governor Ralph o. Brewster sent
letters Friday to the members of
the State Highway Police force as
serting that they have reason to be
gratified at the place they have es-
tablished in the respect and esteem
of the citizens. The Governors let
ter reads as follows:
1.-THE Inauguration Of a State Pol
ice Force presented a great many
pitfalls into which it would have
been easy for us to fall. The extern
sion of powers involved almost end
less possibilities of conflict with the
various authorities who for a cen
tury have been responsible for law
and order in our communities and
also afforded a great many chances
for friction with the great host of
people who now pour into our State
each year.
1T is most gratifying to a great
many thoughtful citizens of Maine
that not only have these possibilities
of difficulty been avoided, but that
on the contrary the State Police
Force has received widespread COM
mendation both from our visitors
and from our own people as we'll as
for the helpful service which they
have rendered while yet protecting
with a firm hand the great mass of
law hiding travellers from the men,
ace of the occasional violator of the
laws of the road and the State.
Hardly day has passed this
summer but there has been report
ed some incident showing the very
important part which you and your
associates were playing in proving
the unity and hospitality of the citi-
zens of Maine in welcoming our
visitors to our midst. In myriad
ways you have riveted the chains
that are holding hundreds of thous-
ands of people loyal to our State.
AS one who has spent a great
deal of time this summer on the
highways Of Maine. it is a pleasure
to, add my personal testimony as to
the very courteous and considerate
and efficient way in which the traf-
fic has been handled and travellers
protected, to a substantial extent as
a result of the respect which you
have inspired.
Your task may sometimes seem
hard and thankless as you travel in
all conditions of weather and at all
hours of the day and night and have
your occasional necessary contacts
with those persons who are not will
ing to observe our laws.
You have occasion, however, to
be gratified at the place you have
established in the respect and es-
TEEN of our citizens. You have DEM
onstrated in splendid fashion the
possibilities of harmonious cooper
alton with the long established
agencies for the enforcement of all
our laws"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
President Mods
On Boards Move
In Case of Palmer

Washington. Oct. 2-(AP)-Ine
shipping board. in the opinion. of
President Coolidge, acted unwisely
in stripping President Palmer OF the
fleet corporation Of his powers, but
it was indicated today at the White
House that he contemplated no new
move as result Of the boards at
titude.
While the president does not pro-
fess to be an expert onshipping mat
tiers, it was pointed out today at the
White House that his advisers have
been practically unanimous in their
belief that operation of the merchant
fleet should be in the hands of the
fleet corporation head.
Senator Jones, of Washington, an
author of the shipping act, has so
advised the president, as have Secre-
taries Mellon, Hoover. Weeks ana
Wilbur, and Chairman O'Connor of
the shipping board.
President Coolidge selected H. G.
Dalton of Cleveland to conduct
survey of the merchant marine situa-
ton in the belief that, coming as he
does from the Great Lakes region, he
Is neutral and his recommendations
should carry weight,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Indict Captain
And Engineer in
Mackinac Disaster

Providence, r. l., Oct. 2.-(AP)-
Captain George w. McVey and Chief
Engineer John A. Grant of the ex-
cursion steamer Mackinac on which
a boiler exploded August Is in
Newport Harbor costing 80 lives,
were indicted by the Providence and
Bristol counties grand jury here to-
day for manslaughter. George j.
Kelley, general manager of the
Blackstone Valley Transportation
Company. operators of the steamer
was charged with being an accessory
before the fact.
Nine indictments were returned,
the grand jury acting on evidence
presented by Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Oscar l.. Heltzen who based lis
case on three of the 55 deaths Three
of the indictments charged McVey
and Grant jointly with manslaughter
and Kelley with being an accessory
before the fact. Three indictments
charged McVey with manslaughtel
and the remaining three charged
Grant with the same offense.
Capias were ordered issued for the
three defendants, who will appear In
court Monday or Tuesday to answer
to the charges, according to John
Fitzgerald, their counsel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Fred in Self Defense in
Killing MacEwan, Word
Turner in Murder Case
NAME COMMITTEE
TO PICK PRESIDENT
FOR UNIV. OF maine

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Orono, Oct. "A special committee
on the selection of a new president
for the University of Maine, was ap-
pointed at meeting of the board of
trustees held at the university this
afternoon, the members of this COM
mittee being the following trustees:
Col. Frederick Strickland, chairman
of the board, DR.. Augustus o. Thorn
as, state commissioner of education,
and Rex o. Dodge of Portland.
This committee will look UP avail
able material for the Office, although
no immediate action is anticipated.
Dean Boardman was recently ap-
pointed acting president of the insti-
tuition.
Commissioner Thomas stated today
following the trustees meeting that
Acting President Boardman and
Treasurer Youngs will make survey
of the university conditions looking
to proper economic administration as
well as professional organization.
They will take into consideration the
teaching load and the number of
teachers necessary to care for the in
creased enrolment. Every effort is
being made to develop the present
work in the university strongly be-
fore too much in the way of new
things is undertaken.
The freshman students are Of a
very high order and the general be-
lief is that the high schools of the
state are showing increased efficien-
cy, Commissioner Thomas declared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Merciful Death
For Sub Victims
Christy Points Out

On Board the u. S. 5. Camden,
Oct. 2-CBy Wireless to the Associat-
ed Press)-"The rescue force will re-
main here to search for bodies of
the S-51 Victims" Rear Admiral II.
H. Christy, in charge of the rescue
work, announced late tonight. I'VE
shall recover all the bodies we can
without jeopardizing the lives of the
divers. We will go as far as is prac-
ticable"
The admiral, commenting upon ev-
idence disclosed by divers today that
the $751; was flooded almost upon
being rammed by the steamer City
of Rome, took comfort in the fact
that death was swift. for the i'm
prisoned officers and crew.
IF this had to be-" he said. ut
was merciful that they drowned
within a few minutes. 1t is difficult
to imagine what men entrapped In a
submarine would go through in their
last few hours. hearing rescuers near
but beyond their reach"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
FAILURE OF FARLEY .
REGRETTED BY US,
THOUGH STILL firm

Washington, Oct. 2-(AP-Al-
though the tenseness of the French
American debt funding negotiations
had faded from the picture today.
the results of the conferences which
were concluded yesterday. stood out
above all other discussions in offic-
ial circles.
The administration and its sup
porters and many others in official
life held, however, that the American
commission had suggested the only
available solution for the problem
at this time in the f1ve-year lump
sum payment plen which Finance
Minister Caillaux took back with him
to Paris. Regret was voiced gener-
ally that settlement of a perma-
nent character had not come from
the negotiations, Yet the feeling was
evident from statements of admins
tration leaders that both America
and France may benefit from the
breathing space allowed under the
temporary proposition.
Pres. Coolidge entertains the view
that France will improve economi-
cally and financially in the FIVE years
which may elapse before a perma-
nent pact is arranged. He most
earnestly desired a final settlement
at this time but was convinced that
such was impossible. His thought
was that the Americans had made
every concessions that was practic-
able and had assured continuity OF
the conversations which may lead to
the right sort of agreement for ex-
tinguishing the entire obligation.
The president, of course. was dis
appointed, and he had held hope
nearly to the end that different
sort of success than that which came
would result. The chief executive.
nevertheless, believes the French
mission did the best it could to come
to terms with the Americans and
were prevented from doing SO only
by insurmountabie conditions.
In allowing for an elapse OF hve
years before permanent pact Is
necessary, providing the plan sub
mitted is approved by the French
government, the president feels that
France will have put her finances IN
finances in shape, fund her internal
shane. fund her internal obligations,
restore her devastated regions ana
re establish her currency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

U. S. Submarine Base, New Lon
don. Conn.,. Oct. 2.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-The lives of the men
who went down on the submarine
Sol were snuffed out almost imme-
diately after she was rammed and
sunk by the steamer City of Rome
off Block Island a week ago tonight.
The death toll stands at 80.
This was established today when
divers found that the last two COM
partments in which 1t had been
hoped there might have been air,
motor and torpedo rooms. were fill
ed with water. None of the crew
who went down had chance for
his life. The submarine sank 30
quickly that they were unable to
shut the watertight doors connect
ing the end compartments and thus
give themselves a fighting chance of
being brought to the surface with
their ship. The story Of their eff
forts to save themselves never will
be told.
All that remains now for those
who have toiled at the task of res
cue is to recover and identify the
bodies, after which the submarine
will be turned over to wreckers for
salvage.
Two bodies were recovered today.
They were those of Walter E. Law
ton, electricians mate of New Lon.
don, and Bradley ID. Lindsay, en-
gineman of Pensacola, Fla. The
divers who recovered the bodies
came upon them as they were fore.
ing their way through the engine-
room.
The search for bodies, which is in
accordance with wishes of Secretary
of the Navy Wilbur, may take sew
eral days, it was said by officials
who pointed out that it would be
necessary to remove wreckage to
permit divers to move about.
In approving the recommendation
of Rear Admiral H. II. Christy, in
charge of the rescue operations, for
the release of the giant derricks
which yesterday found it impossible
to raise the submarine, the secre-
tary told the admiral that all equip
ment that would be useful in con-
tinuing the search for bodies should
be retained.
Rear Admiral J. D. Beauret, chief
of the naval bureau of construction
and repair at Washington, visited the
scene of the wreck today, making
the 90-mile trip out and back in the
submarine ST.. He was accompa-
MED by Simon Lake, submarine ex-
pert, and builder of the sunken ves-
sci, and by officials of the wrecking
company which are expecting
eventually to be given charge of
salvage operations. The $50, sis
ter ship of the S-51, which has been
used to pump air into the submerged
vessel and to acquaint divers with
details of her compartments, return
ed to the submarine base tonight.
Officers said air pumping apparatus
still was available on other boats
at the scene.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Enterprising Moose
Would Go to School
But Teacher Objects

Belfast, Me-, Oct. 2.-(AP)-At.
.ention OF State. officials has been
called to the actions of a big bull
moose which has been frightening
SSnliaren at the Porter school at
SSsarsport, by Superintendent of
S.,. Z. +. Roderick, he said to-
All summer the moose, his COW
.na their baby moose have been
sIen IN that vicinity. AS there is a
~ .,ose time on them, they are free
~ ~ 60 where they please. Recently
"a de puii seemingly has been attract
is IN Dy the children, and went de-
h,u;u,isateiy to window of the school
'u1oing. badly frightening them.
n. Complaints were received by Su-
rr I'LL Roderick and he has
hh o.ed T. M. Bailey, a game warden
- he also called the attention
~ =, a. Y. Thomas. State commissioners
c ~ ,ssaaucation, at Augusta, to the Pc
~. dr condition of affairs in which
h sne states protected animals have
'ecome involved.
IN. Jug moose really had done moth.
w. , except to frighten the children,
in aUi, ne seems to like. but Super
=, snaent Roderick is fearful he may
any time harm someone.