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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

which the bandit capitalizes the ef-
feet of surprise attracted nationwide
attention few weeks ago. The pay
roll OF large industrial plant had
been made up, and the paymaster
was making his rounds of the build
ing, paying off. At the foot OF a
stairway a man was standing, appar-
, emily engrossed in a newspaper. AS
the paymaster passed him the
stranger drew his pistol and demand
ed the money. Two other bandits
suddenly appeared with drawn re-
volvers and the paymaster and two
other employees were forced into a
small room while the hold-up men
escaped with $4,000.
And so the story goes. the fertile
brain of the bandit ever active in
his quest of easily won wealth. Some
times his work has a touch Of the
casual as he strolls into an Office,
picks up a few thousands and walks
leisurely out. Again he comes al
most with a blare of trumpets, like
the robber baron Of old. But always
he uses the method best calculated
to result in a transfer of possession
OF a considerable sum Of money.
Every payroll is fair game for him,
and it is indeed an optimistic prophet
who would forecast his defeat by
general use Of aeroplanes as treasure
ships.
Business Has New Plan
Banditry has continued to increase
with the expansion of industry and
the consequent increase in opportu-
nifty for profitable hold.ups. Other
types Of criminals who prey on busi-
ness have not had such easy sailing.
however. For instance, the forger
has found his formerly easy liveli-
hood seriously menaced. Check writ
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

nished the most recent case of an
elevator robbery. in which the op-
orator Of the car was clubbed into
insensibility when he attempted to
escape the hold-up men. the car run
to the street level by one of the ban
dts and the getaway made.
The vast majority Of payroll rob-
berries have one outstanding charac-
teristic-they show knowledge of the
safest place to strike. Frequently
there is evidence of inside" co-opera-
ton, but more of.en the success of
the bandit is due merely to weeks
OF checking up on the specific pay.
roll he intends to steal
Few "Water Hauis"
1t Is indeed seldom that a bandit
stages a holdup where there is no
money. The information on which
he acts is almost invariably correct,
and if he loses out it is because some
detail in his careful plan has been
overlooked, or those guarding the
money exhibit more than the average
nerve. For the bandit has secrecy
in his favor. He knows to a Ger.
tainty when and where he will strike,
and takes full advantage of his as
surance that his victim will be un-
nerved by the surprise attack.
The following extract from the
newspaper account of one OF the re.
cent payroll robberies illustrates
dramatically the strategy of the BAN
dit:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
Club to
sat saold Annual Rally
M COny Assembly Hall

on Tuesday evening. March 81. at
m Uue,ock. the Augusta College club
ran rm hoid its second annual rally at
,-ibis High school assembly hall.
d. as meeting is intended to bring to
Ia "a at.ention of girls the advantages
AM ~ derived from a college training.
aovs a also s to bring the girls who are
|tnd a. ~ college or, who will soon at
S INTO closer contact with the col
MN Naduates in this city.
M w.ss thN Ada E. Edgecomb is chairman
~ e committee for the rally meet
ilIis lIi,s h ana most interesting program
isrd,aesen ,Deen planned. The College club
d rOsaiiy oa,y invites all girls preparing
fh.ssah sohege in the senior and Junior
Nhrs,u,' o, OF Cony High school and Hal
~ se,l ~ High school with their moth
adsuD A. De the guestsfof the club. All
Ifrssas Graduates home for the spring
Thss-a ms are also invited. = 4
{pss Will be an important BUSH
lscIo.,m lso meeting for members at 7.3o
A IN one of the recitation rooms.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

ing machines, remarkable develop
ment in safety paper and the activity
Of insurance companies and bankers
organizations have made bis calling
hazardous in the extreme. Taking
advantage of this greater safety OF
the check, business men are turning
to it as a means Of avoiding the
handling Of large sums of payroll
money. Using the most improved
check writing machines and safety
paper produced by processes that
make successful check alteration
practically impossible, they are de-
feating the bandit by leaving their
cash in bank vaults.
For years the hazard Of forgery
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
ADJUSTMENTS
/. Palace is Big Scene in Pietu

Is. Palace is Big Scene in Picture
An outstanding feature of "The
Bridge of Sighs," the Warner classic
of the screen, today at the Colonial
Theatre, Is the big Ice Palace scene
IN which several hundred extras in
he skating costumes take part with
ambitions by several fancy ice f1g-
we artists, from the Orpheum Cir
cult. It is an original set, with q
Offering ice canopy SNOWFALL fight,
md all that adds to production value.
The Bridge of Signs" Is from
Charles K. Harris famous song,
having reference to the famous
'brige Of sighs" crossing from the
New York ,Tombs to the criminal
court and IL a story Of New York
LIE. Phil Rosen Is directing and
the leading roles are portrayed by
Dorothy Mackaill, Creighton Hale,
Alec B. Francis, Richard Tucker,
Ralph Lewis and Clifford Saum.-
ADV
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
When the Payroll Takes Wings -

The robbery was perfectly timed.
The armored car, which only few
minutes before had brought the
money. had just disappeared when
the robbers entered the office. The
cashier was about to put the box
containing the money into the safe
when it was snatched from her by
one Of the robbers who pointed a
pistol at her. He then backed out
OF the Office aud was followed BY his
companions who had threatened
others In the ofacs With pistols. Tho
WhiYl OF q motor outside An instant
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

hindered the use OF the payroll
check. Science and invention have
largely so! ed this problem, however,
and the business man is able to sur
round the currency which he creates
by signing his name to check with
safeguards as effective as those en-
ployed by the government in produc-
ing paper currency. Not all checks
are protected adequately; for if they
were the forger would be out of job
for all time. But such protection is
possible, and as a consequence the
roll OF industries paying of with
check instead of cash is growing with
remarkable rapidity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
VILLAINS Parent Teachers
lntertain at Social Party

aancing and card party was en-
.r "sea oy large group of the parents
a friends at the Williams GRAM
Sa Saf school Friday evening, follow
IS the AFTERNOON food sale conduct
~ w the Williams school Parents
'eacher Association.
.t.ere t.here were about dozen tables Of
cna,a as. and a large number partici-
sh.' sa IN the general dancing for
..sa .acn music was furnished by Bunk
10 harmony Boys, Calvin Bunker,
lcasr. During the evening, Jerry
1,",. 1,.ey pleased the audience with a
mo selection which called for an en-
,s; W Refreshments were served.
ha,Iss iss henrietta Hanson was the
a,,nan of the committee which
: sos. st'ed the arrangements for the
10st successful affair.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
Southland Named
Eminent Commander
Of Trinity X. T..

Frank E. Southard was elected
eminent commander Of Trinity Com
mandery. No. I, X. T.. at the annual
meeting which was held Friday eve
ming at the Asylum on Water street.
The other officers elected are: D..
Arthur r. Fish, captain general;
Harold M. Stone, senior warden;
Harold S. Packard. junior warden:
Rev. A. Francis Walch, prelate: viii
l.. Hilton, treasurer; EN-. Albert M.
Pingree. recorder: and the finance
committee which is composed of Sir
Knights Southard. Fish and Patter-
son. The date of the installation
and the appointive officers will be
announced later.
The reports Of the officers and
routine business occupied the atteu-
ton of the Sir knights at this
meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
Photo By p. d A.

A collateral benefit Of the psy-fo1
check is the encouragement Of the
use of banks by the employees Of oon-
Germs adopting this plan. Oncs the
employee understands the check ~
tenn he is almost invariably IN hearty
accord with it. The hoh.uD man b
the only one who loses.
II the payroll check does AnaIly
displace cash payments, American
business will save millions Of dollars
now being spent annually to protect
money in transit between banks ana
industrial plants. which IL IN added
reason why the business man h ssis-
ing eagerly upon the payroll cAsck
~ . way out Of serious dilemma,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
SPEAKER GARDINER
GUEST MAINE CLUB
AT new HAVEN, CT.

New Haven. Conn. March 20 -
w. Tudor Gardiner, speaker of the
Maine house of representatives. was
the guest at a dinner of the Maine
Society here tonight. There were
1o5 men and women present and they
responded to the roll of NAine
counties.
Governor Ralph o. Brewster Of
Maine was unable to attend.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

the Hotel Savoy, in London, was re.
ceived here clearly. It was trans
mitted by land wire from the hotel
to a station at Chelmsford. England,
crossed the Atlantic on a 1900 metre
wavelength to the receiving station
at Belfast, Maine. and from there
came on 100 metre wave length to
the experimental station at Van
Cortlandt Park.
1t came from there by land wire
to station WIZ and was re-broadcast
to the nation on a AS metre wave
length.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

EVANGELIST l.. B. Greenwood wip
,,ntinue his series Of addresses to.
uorrow at Grand Army hall on the
nsueral subject. THE Reliability Of
f Iss,,s ), There will be a gospel broad.
ssstinr service at Z O'Clock at the
oorner of Oak and Water streets, fol-
,oved by the gospel service at G. A
p hall, This evening Mr.. Green.
wood ~ will speak at the same place
at s o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
AUGUSTA OPERA HOUSE

Ioday showings will be continuous
from precisely 2.15 until after 10
I. NJ. Of the two excellent features
cuo the serial. Florence Vidor and
slve Brook appear in Edgar Sell
.yns stage play success, transferred
.o me screen, with happy ending,
etltied THE Mirage" This proto-
say Is well produced, has a fine
s'o,y ana is superbly acted.
maDberton's popular novel, read by
Mmlions. In which Baby Peggy and
lara Bow appear, "Helen's Babies"
screamingly delightful feature
pMsotoplay. The serial. 1.-The Riddle
Aioer, grows in interest.-AdY.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

rhe mothers and teachers of the
,,,sh school, members of the Nash
N,sa,her's Nh. Club entertained Friday af-
.aunoon mu. In the Kindergarten room at
.sa y. school with IL tables Of whist.
-. -. sffair was most enjoyable and
iiansreshments ins were served by Mrs.
;pnssellr J. Potts, Mrs. Gilman, Mrs.
c.nhorn and Mrs. Eastman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21


Transportation of payroll funds
through the air is logical develop:
ment in the progress Of aviation, and
an eastern contractor has recently
blaxed the way by making up his
payroll and transporting it to his
building operation by aeroplane, ar
irving Just in time to pay off. The
attention that has been attracted to
this device may be expected to result
In . more or less extensive use OF this
method Of transporting large sums Of
money. and as a consequence police
o@cials are already beginning to con-
slider what steps can be taken to COM
bat the air bandit.
Bandit Careless Of Life
The payroll bandit cares little for
human life, argue the police. Almost
every days news carries story Of
q payroll robbery. with its grim ac-
compartment of death whenever re-
sistance is offered. Therefore, it is
not without the realm of probability
to contemplate a modern Dick Tur-
pin taking to the air with machine
gun mounted on the fuselage and
forcing down the payroll plane with
the same technique that he has ex-
hibited In forcing money-carrying
automobiles OF the road at pistols
point
Even az the freebooter of old lay
In wait behind some headland for
the richly ladened treasure ship, so
does the land pirate of today ferret
out the payroll messenger and strike
at . strategic time and place. 1t may
be on q swiftly moving express
train, as demonstrated recently when
$4,000 intended for a Pennsylvania
mine was taken from a messenger
who lost his life in defense Of the
money. Or 1t may be as carefully
timed as another very recent hold
up. in which the weekly payroll of
New York manufacturing plant was
taken by three armed bandits a mo,
ment after it was delivered to the
Offices of the plant from an armored
car.
Strategic Point Selected
Sometimes the route of the treas
ure is SO carefully checked that the
one unsuspected weak point in what |
was thought to be a perfect defense
IL discovered by the bandit to be in |
Q passenger elevator. or some other |
equally unusual place. Chicago fur
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

~. combination chemical truck
ln0 the Hartford fire station was
llvn. mna ~ the home of Turner Jewett
" Green street at 3;45 O'Clock Fri
on on, .fternopn for a chimney fire. 1t
oay unnecessary to use any Of the
wac N.rat,a and there was no damage.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
7ICK TURPIN rode a horse.
So did Jesse James.

~ When the modern bandit starts the trail of fat
49, payroll, however, he high powered motor
and in his efforts to keep with the fertile brains of the
inventor and the business he take to amored
tanks and aeroplanes. Pitting his and ingenuity
against business and science the bandit apparently
nzes limitations, and American business watching with
keen interest the effect that transportation of by
aeropane and armored motor will have the rising
~ - k,cipo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
Jimmy Evans at Augusta Opera
House, Starting Monday - Ono


Delightful is the prospect Of the
musical comedy which will delight
the Augusta public. starting Mon
day. Jimmie Evans and his company
Of faverites will arrive in Augusta on
Monday with a repertoire Of song
hits and novelties that are sure to
delight the Public, Monday after
noon this delightful company will
sNunch its, initial performance, and
ftAtrons are envited to be en- masse
10 welcome them. There is always
such q breezy pep" at the initial
performance in any city. that it is
well worth while to 'cull' this pre-
miere melodies. such as Jimmie can
best Introduce into his program: a
fascinating. graceful chorus, such as
he best knows how to drill: beauti-
ful costumes. attractive new sets Of
scenery. in sum, all that goes to
make up a fast moving. luxurious,
sparkling, catching entertainment.
SdSeral new members have been
added to the cast and judging by the
iavor they already have received
elsewhere. their reception here Is as
sured. Mabel Normand, appearing
n feature photoplay entitled "The
Extra Girl" and Pathe Weekly will
Necede the musical comedy revue
It the matinee and at the night per-
i.ormance. Matinee prices will be
NC and 35c; mite 35c and soc. A
ueat to the eye and a feast to the
ar. Program changes three times
eurlng the Week.-AdY.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
Guest Sunday at M. e. Sunday
School

Guest Sunday will be observed to-
morrow at the Methodist Sunday
,chooL Every member of the Sunday
,rhool is urged to bring a guest to
he regular meeting at IL o'clock.
rhis is done to stimulate interest in
me membership contest which Is now
,eing conducted there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
uouse-Today-Baby Peg

49,. House -Today-Baby Peggy
VIsse,en's Babies; Florence Vidor
IN Give Brook in the gripping stage
anu anu s,,ccess. now on the screen.
pay Mirage; 1.-THE Riddle Rider"
ny .nt,nmous showings from 2.15 to
~ on D NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
CHURCH NOTICES

q. A. =. hall, Evangenlist Lawrence
3. Greenwood: p. NJ, Nuts for
6keptics to Crack: Was Satan Ever
Ruler of This World? Has Satan Any
thing to Do with Geology" Second in
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

.a.. yncille Oakley. who has been
@,is .h. Augusta General hospital
a. s senten1ber last with a broken
slncI hss returned to her home, IA
ss,.,.h sfreet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21

Members will note particularly that
the business meeting will be called a
half hour before the rally.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-21
AUGUSTA LOCALS
,urATRE ATTRACTIONS

.,..;.i Theatre-Dorothy Mac
Coo"1 om1 Creighton Hale in THE
! laii.i i.rs sI of Sighs," also Sennett Conn
Briosvn American Feature News.
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

Mrs. Mary +. Welch, for many
years a resident of Dover and Cam
den, Delaware, passed away at the
home of her only son, Mr.. Kent Fish
er, at Binghamton, N. Y, Saturday,
December 3, after six weeks of pa
tient suffering with intestinal trouble.
The remains were taken to Camden,
on Tuesday, January 5, where the
funeral services were conducted at the
Episcopal chapel, by the Rev. Thomp-
son, interment being made at Odd
Fellows cemetery, Camden, by the side
Of her husband. About years ago,
Mrs. Welch left Dover, to live with
her son at Binghamton, taking her
grandson, Leonard Fisher, who had
been living with her there, with her.
She leaves, beside her son and grand
son, one sister, Mrs. John Griffin, of
Camden, one nephew and a large host
of friends to mourn her death.
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

Conrad, Philip Cook, Daniel Corbit,
w GriscOm Coke, Alex. F. Crichton,
Charles w. Cullen, M. E. Culver,
Charles M. Curtis, J. Irwin Dayett, S.
S. Deemer, William D. Denney, Hor-
ace L. Dilworth, John J. Dougherty,
J. A. Draper, Russell H. Dunham,
Henry A. DUPONT, T. Coleman dupont,
George E. Dutton, ]. A. EllegOOd,
George A. Elliott, Charles B. Evans,
Peter J. Ford, G. w. Forrest, William
B. Foster, William Frederick, C. d.
Garretson, Fred H. Gawthrop, James
Edward GOslee, H. 7. Graham, A. C.
Gray, Frank L. Grier, G. Layton
Grier, Newton L. Grubb, George H.
Hall, Hervey P. Hall, w. Watson, ,Har-
ringtOn, Leroy Harvey, Harry G.
Haskell, D. o. Hastings, William S.
Hilles, Walter o. Hoffecker, Joseph E.
Holland, H. V. Holloway, Macmillan
Hopes, Robert G. Houston, Harrison
w. Howell, James H. Hughes, Walter
Hullihen, John B. Hutton, F. deli.
Janvier, B. M. Johns, Everett c. John
Jones, Henry J. Krebs, William F.
Krebs, William F. Kurtz, Caleb S.
Layton, Lee J. Levinger, Leland Lyon,
Arley B. Magee, L. l.. MalOney, David
T. Marvel, Josiah Marvel, Max Mat
thes, Harry Mayer, James B. Nc
Manus, William F. Metten, Charles r.
Miller, George B. Miller, Edmund
Mitchell, John J. Monaghan, o. A.
Newton, John P. Nields, Otho Now
land, Joseph H. Odell, James O'Kane,
Charles B. Palmer, Charles L. Patter-
son, Rowland G. Paynter, James Pen
newiu, Frank w. Pierson, Howard A.
Pool, William S. Prickett, Joseph NJ.
Pusey, Clarence J. Pyle, j. ]. BaskOb,
Charles L. Reese, David ]. Reinhardt,
j. Edgar Rhodes, Herbert L. Rice,
Charles S. Richards, Robert H. Rich
ards, John Richardson, Henry Ridge
| ly, Robert P. Robinson, Richard S.
Rodney, Norman P. Rood, John S.
Rossen, John c. Saylor, Harold S.
Schutt, Harlan G. Scott, Henry P.
Scott, Howard L. Seaman, William F.
Sellers, Eugene H. Shallcross, Benja-
min F. Shaw, Jesse L. Shepherd, j. T.
Skeelly, J. Ernest Smith, David Smell
lenburg, Elwood Souder, Willard A.
Speakman, w. C. Spruance, William
c.. Speakman, Frederick f. Stone, F.
G. Tallman, Walter G. Tatnall, Will
liam G. Taylor, Henry B. Thompson,
Charles Topkis, John G. Townsend,
Jr., S. D. Townsend, Sylvester d.
Townsend, Jr., Theodore Townsend,
Richard w. Trapnell, William Z. Val
liant, Joseph P. Wales, c. L. Ward
David A. Ward, H. H. Ward, Alfred
D. Warner, Jr., Charles Warner, Vic
tor D. Washburn, Wesley Webb, WI
Webter, William P. White, Horace
Wilson, James H. Wilson, Thomas w
Wilson, James p. Winchester, J. o
Wolcott, Samuel J. Wright.
The dinner committee has opened
an office at 4117 DUPONT Building,Wil
mingtOn, telephone 307.
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

ing, which will be the only one of the
committee as a whole, will be to or
ganize from its membership a small
er Campaign Executive Committee
which will act for it in the organizing
and directing of the campaign under
the guidance of the Campaign Direc-
tor. Another purpose of the meeting
will be to thoroughly inform, and by
presentation of fact, inspire the MEM
bers of the committee with the prac-
tibihty and desirability of uniting in
an old fashioned war time unanimous
spirit in placing Dover in line with
thousands of other progressive COM
munities that have provided for
health assurance by establishing hos
pitals. DR.. Henry D. Jump, promin-
ent surgeon and physician of Phila
delphia, who was a former resident of
Kent County, will be the principal
speaker at the Citizens Committee
meeting on Friday evening Mr.. HOff-
Sommer of New York will also out
line the plan of organization and
Said Captain Herman H. Hansen,
President of the Rotary Club, Gas
Rotarians We have undertaken the
temporary leadership in initiating
this movement, because we believe,
first that a hospital is needed, and
second, that our citizens that have
given any thought to the subject real
ize this. Rotary Club stands for SER
vice and we believe no greater ser
vice, at this time, can be rendered to
Kent County and vicinity by US than
what We are now undertaking, and
while we realize that this is big en-
terprise, we are taking the initial
steps in the firm confidence that the
entire citizenship, men and women, of
our community will commend us and
none of them will refuse an unselfish
service in helping us to complete sue
cessfully our great program
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14
MOVE FOR HOSPITAL IN KENT
Proposition to Place One in Dover, the
Center of the County, Under Way


Center of the County, Under Way
Kent County and vicinity is going
to start the New Year properly with
a great civic movement that will be
of interest to every public spirited
citizen who is concerned in the health
conditions. general welfare and pro-
gressiveneSs of our community.
For a long time, more or less of
discussion has taken place concerning
a proposed hospital at Dover which
is very much needed and for which
years ago a bequest, which with in
terest now represents almost $4,000
was made as nucleus for such
fund
The fact that there has been delay
in cOnsummating this program is not
exactly a reflection on the public spir-
itedness of the community, but has
been due rather to the generally
known fact that everybOdy's business
is nobOdy's business. Now, the Do
yer Rotary Club, one of the live or
ganizatiOns of the state, has made the
establishment of the hospital its bus
mess, and a committee headed by
John B. Hutton and including D.
Rodney Bice, Arthur T. Davis, Her
man H. Hanson, S. Maxwell Harring-
ton, Harry V. Holloway, DR.. Joseph
S. Mcdaniel and Edward J. Scanlon,
is focusing the civic spirit of the
county and vicinity. To assure, with
out any doubt, the success of the en-
terprise, they have enlisted the SER
vices of Bard, Hoffsommer & Will
liams, the National Service Asso-
ciates of New York, who have had
great success for seventeen years in
similar hospital financing, to guide
them in organizing and directing the
appeal for 100000 which will be re
quired to purchase site, erect anC
Iequip building ready for service. Mr.
A. +. HOffsommer, Vice President o.
the company is in Dover cooperating
with the committee, which has helC
almost daily meetings during the pas
week in preparation for a meeting o
Citizens Committee to be held il
the House of Representatives Assem-
bly, Room of the State House, Friday
January 9, at 7.30 p. M. Fifty o
more men and women, representing
the entire county and vicinity to b
served by the hospital have been ap
pointed as members Of this committee
Because of the unusual wide sprea
interest, it has been difficult for tn
Organization Committee to make SC
, lection without appearing to discrin
mate, but Chairman John b. Hutto
. has said, owe appreciate that ther
3. is large interest, and that We migf
4 have $50 members on this first con
!. mittee, but we must draw the linn
: somewhere, and we are confident thi
!. others not asked to serve on TIL
|. committee will gladly cooperate
!. substantial ways to forward tn
!. great enterprise"
:. One Of the purposes Of this NEE