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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Suspect in Killing
Leblanc Girl Held
On Charge Larceny

Leomfnster, Mass, Dec. 23-(AP)--
Edward Rosseau, who was arrested
last night for questioning in connec.
ton with the death of Miss Lena LIE.
blanc, whose body was found in
pond last Saturday, appeared in dis
Lrict court today charged with break
ing and entering in the night time
with intent to commit larceny. He
pleaded not guilty and bail was fixed
at $4,000 by Judge Ralph w. Rob-
Fins.
Rosseau was identified yesterday
by two youths as a man they saw
in the street about the time Miss Le-
blanc would have passed on her way
to work. The police say he admitted
having seen the girl shortly before
her death and expected to be arrest
ed, Miss Leblanc had been missing
two days before her body was found
In shallow water in the pond. The
medical examiner reported that death
was not due to drowning but that
there was no evidence of violence.
Rosseau was on parole from the
Vermont state prison where he serv-
ed a term for assault with intent to
rob. He was formerly an inmate Of
the Lyman School for Boys at West
boro.
Hearing on the breaking and enter
ing charge was set for Jan. to give
the authorities time to investigate
the possible connection of Rosseau
with the disappearance of Miss Le-
blanc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Reaffirm Sentence
Of Broker Redmond

Boston, Dec. 23.--(AP)--A sentence
of 10 years in Atlanta penitentiary
pronounced year ago on George F.
Redmond, former treasurer of the
bankrupt brokerage firm of G. f. Red
mond & Co, Inc. was reaffirmed by
Judge Lowell in federal court today.
Redmond also was sentenced to two
years imprisonment for conspiracy to
conceal assets in bankruptcy, but the
two terms will run concurrentiy.
James s. Lamond. who was president
of the company, was given 1S months
in Plymouth Jail on the conspiracy
charge. Mrs. Mildred Redmond and
Mrs. Grace Lamont, wives of the two
men, who also pleaded guilty to the
conspiracy indictments. were not sem
fenced, the United States attorney an
nouncing that he would not move for
sentence in their cases.
Redmond and Lamont were convicted
of fraudulent use of the mails after
their company had closed by federal
injunction. Lamont served a term at
Plymouth, but Redmond appealed. His
appeal was dismissed and his sentence
of 10 years now becomes effective.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Bay State Registrar
Says Has Been Jail
Delivery Recent Years

Boston, Dec. 23.-(AP)-Claiming
that there has been "veritable Jail
delivery" in Massachusetts in recent
years through free use of the parole
laws, Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of
motor vehicles. today filed with the
legislature several bills seeking to
amend the statutes dealing with the
parole of prisoners and the granting
of stays of execution.
Mr.. Goodwin ddoted statistics pre-
pared by the state commission of cor
rection to show that at the end of
1924 there were only 1929 prisoners
in prisons and jails in the state as
compared with 6S77 10 years before.
Arrests for all kinds of offenses in
1924 totalled 197,095.
The proposed amendments would
prevent the parole of any person even
for minor offenses who had been
granted a parole previously within a
period of six years. No prisoner
would be eligible for parole from any
prison except the Massachusetts re-
formatory, the reformatory for women
and the state farm. who had been sem
fenced previously to term of impris-
onment. Every prisoner would be
compelled to serve at least his mini
mum sentence. Another amendment
would abolish the practice of allowing
cases to remain pending for sentence"
by making it necessary, where no ex-
ceptions have been allowed and no ap-
peal taken, for sentence to be imposed
within seven days from the date of
conviction, except upon a sworn state
ment filed by the judge that in his
opinion the person sentenced is not fit
physically to be imprisoned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Teaching Evolution
In Right Manner
Would be Acceptable

New Haven, Conn, Dec. %
(AP)-That the teaching of evolu-
ton in an authoritative manner
would be more conducive~t har-
mony between the scientific view and
the "fundamentalists" was the view
taken by several New Haven minis
ters in regard to an announcement
yesterday that local school pupils
would be aided in the study of evo-
luton by use of the facilities of the
New Peabody Museum of Natural
History at Yale University.
Il would certainly have no objec-
ton to the teaching of evolution to
school pupils under the guidance of
Yale University" said the Rev. Dr.
Orville A. Petty. pastor of the Ply
mouth Congregational church, and
chairman of the New Haven council
of churches. Il don't see any diff
ference in the teaching of evolution
theory and the teaching of the the
DRY that the earth goes around the
sun and not the sun around the
earth"
DIR. Oscar Maurer, pastor of Center
(CongregationaD church and Rev.
e. NJ. Mckee pastor of st. Paurs
Episcopal church, favored the plan.
Said DIR. Mauer: 1T seems to me
that such instruction would prove
very valuable. 1t would help to
straighten out many erroneous ideas
about evolution. SO many people
who are afraid of teaching evolution,
don't know what it means
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

nized with crocodile q hundred feet
long. Old things are usually sur
rounded with an atmosphere Of ven
Grafton. That probably was the
basis OF the sacredness with which
ancient India and Egypt clothed the
crocodile. .@
The terms alligator and crocodile
are with many people synonymous,
but there are distinct differences be-
tween the two. The most striking
feature Of each Is the head, the ALI
gator having a broad. rounded
snout, while that OF the crocodile is
narrower and more pointed. In the
crocodile the fourth tooth from the
front projects slightly outward and
FITS into a notch in the side Of the
upper jaw, while in the alligator the
corresponding tooth on each side
fits in a socket in the upper jaw and
is not visible when the creatures
mouth is closed. While the Ameri-
can crocodile is smaller in size than
his cousin. the alligator, he has
larger teeth and is considered quick
er and more active. Also, he is a
pale green in color, whereas the al
ligator Is dirty dark brown, and in
the larger ones Of the species, al
most black.
Afraid Of Man
While the alligator is still at
tempting to elude man by hiding in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
rotograms. N. y.


ket 100000 worth Of crops IN q
year. It's fisheries-but why give
the list? 1t is a story that will be
told many times in the next Few
years, with figures ever mounting
higher as the 100000 acres OF
available farm land are cleared and
planted.
Passing OF indians
With the alligator and the croco-
ollie, the Indians are going. The
1920 census showed SIS redskins in
the State-pathetic remnant Of the
once proud nation that claimed the
entire peninsula for its own.
A new empire is being founded
an empire which is tanning nature
and shaping a stubborn geography
to its will. What is an alligator or q
crocodile that he should stay the
march of the steam roller which in
vades his lair! And as for the few
survivors OF the Seminoles-perhaps
their salvation will be found in the
development by them Of their jungle
Businesses into new resort cities.
Stranger things have happened In
this Golconda Of 1925!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Narn Dry Agents
NJ to Be Reckless
I, Snending Money

Warrington. Dec. 2S.-(AP)-
Husritipn agents were warned to-
Prossat reckless unjustifiable ex-
days LEAVES" during their work in the
would cause their dismissal
she enforcement service.
n.y. letter to prohibition admin
lsscrs, prompted by the recent
s,'sSower Hotel case, in which two
49, expended nearly $1,000. as
assst Secretary Andrews of the
srurv declared that money for
~ down bootleggers must be
Sntelligently and economically
.sneyer used without complete
s1ihcation."
m. Andrews said he regarded un-
saver Investigations as probably
sss<,Irest way to break up, the boot
We Industry, but he warned the
I'm that they should not conduct
stss.elres in a way which would
u.s,alf yiolators of the law to plead
.nment as a defense.
3. added that reckless expendi-
80 were likely to influence the
~. against the governments case.
Il would have been better. he said,
i. nave handled the Mayflower case
y xIsclosing how the liquor was
%s..rvht into the city. Money spent
...ssiiieently to accomplish this pur-
49, he said, would have been am.
N justified.
~ he Mayfiower case involved the
.,,ssh Of two hotel employees who
a Couiffad
III. Andrews said that the May
e.-er incident which for several
49, has furnished the subject OF
ucr.e debate, occurred in the early
- 81 his occupancy of the assist
~ aecretary's Office and before he
M taken any steps toward reor-
r,nlsation.
y do not feel therefore," the let
i. aid, '.that it affords any &C.
..s,or for severe discipline of those
snrsred under the circumstances.
n IN that 1t affords a telling object
tsaon to the whole organization,
hnveyer. and therefore I am bring
~ K TO your attention with the un-
sSfanding that you will all give
I'M matter careful consideration
M see to It that your operatives
81 instructed and your supervision
MtAeir work Is so careful that any
iaInz Of this kind cannot recur in
IL future: with the added under
d,nding that hereafter any case of
rckless, unjustifiable expenditure OF
subllc funds will meet with severe
dbcIpline, and generally speaking,
III Immediate separation from the
.sswfeo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Dry Agents Make
Big Hauls Along
The Canadian Border

st. Adams, w., Dec. 23-(AP)--
Large seizures of alcoholic refresh
ment, intended to brighten the COM
ing holidays, have fallen to the men,
bers Of the border patrol within the
past day or two, according to an
nouncements by Collector of Gus
toms Harry C. Whitehill today. u
On the Vermont side of the river,
across from Colebrook, N. H., deputy
collectors and Inspectors Walker T.
Degree and l.. f.. Poirier, yesterday
captured car and arrested James
H. Davis, Who gave his address as
Hillside avenue, Jamaica, l.. !. N. Y.
In this car they found 500 bottles of
ale, rye whiskey, Scotch whiskey,
gin, brandy, champagnes and other
wines. MI
On the Lowell road, near Newport,
deputy collectors and Inspectors FL
field and Abbott captured a sedan
loaded with beer, and Scotch whisky
They arrested Gerard Tatro and L.
V. Bolton of North Troy, VT
A third seizure was made last
night near st. Adams after thrill
ing chase. Nearly 600 bottles of as
sorted wines and liquors are said to
have been taken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

holes in the dense undeveloped. in
terror of the state, the crocodile is
to be found only in the almost i'm
pregnable swamps of the far south
ern portion. And despite the dark
deeds with which some writer's have
credited them, both branches Of the
saurian family recognize in man a
powerful enemy and get as far as
possible away from him.
The zoos Of the world. says FTori-
da, will not have their supply Of
gators cut OF, even though prog
ress does eliminate them in the wild
state, as now appears to be inevita-
BILE. The alligator has become a
business, as attested by the alliga-
tor farms.
There's something allegorical
about that alligator farm" said one
of the builders Of industrial Jack
sonvilie recently as he showed Wis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Would Solve Bird
Riddle in Flight
Over the North Pole

New York, Dec. 23-(AP)-Solu
ton of an Arctic riddle that has
fascinated explorers since first they
began penetrating the Polar regions
will be sought by Captain George Fl.
! Wilkins and his companions on their
proposed mons stop. flight next spring
over the top of the world.
The riddle, briefly, has been:
"Where do the birds go when they
keep on going north?"
Almost every Arctic expedition has
observed the phenomenon and it has
led to the belief that land must exist
somewhere beyond the farthest point
reached by man. The land is thought
to be somewhere near the ice pole, or
what Vilhjalmur Stefansson, noted
explorer, had termed the inaccessible
pole. Mr.. Stefansson is one of those
planning the fight.
1t is over that pole. rather than
over the geographical North Pole
that Captain Wilkins will fly next
year in an attempt to go from Point
Barrow, Alaska, to Spitzbergen. If
land is discovered it will be claimed
in the name of the United States.
The ice pole is in the center of the
frozen Arctic Sea, it would CORES
pUIu " tue StOSI plIlIcil polS II thS
ice pack on top of the world We're on
straight, but the pack leans to the
west.
The Detroit Aviation Society, of
which Henry Ford's chief engineer is
president, is backing the expedition,
with the American Geographical So
ciety. Captain Wilkins, who was
world war aviator, Stefansson's aide
on two other Arctic expeditions, and
on two Shackleton Antarctic expe-
ditions. also has contributed to the
costs of the flight, which will be be-
tween 100000 and $150.000.
Government aid and the use OF
Lieutenants John A. Macready and
James II. Doolittle, crack army avl-
ators, has been asked but reports
from Washington said the first could
not be granted without congressional
approval. Though the two aviators
have expressed a desire to go. the
army has not given them permission.
Lieutenant Carl D. Wilson, a world
war flier in France and recently an
air mail carrier in Alaska has 'oinsd
the expedition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

that vast portions OF the State could
never be drained. Now that solace
has been snatched away by the re-
source OF modern drainage experts
THE crocodile in Florida is due
for almost immediate extinction be-
cause OF the inroads of civilization,
which are rapidly draining the
marshes, his natural habitat" says
Dr.. Raymond Lee Ditmars, curator
of reptiles of the New York Zoo!ogi-
cal Society. and one of the greatest
living authorities on reptile life.
alligator is due for similar
fate. The tremendous expansion of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

Southwark from Jacksonville
stretches a vast network of rail-
roads and highways, the aspect OF
which is changing from day to day,
driving the alligator ever deeper
into the undrained portions of the
State. In common with the Semi
noles. the alligator finds his horizon
in the land over which he once lord
ed ever growing more CONSTRUCTED.
His consolation once was the ex-
pressed doubt of some engineers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

the crocodile may be found. from
the oldest resident, who has seen
nine centuries, down to babies strug-
Cling out OF their shell. The visitor
to the alligator farm is impressed
with the grim humor Of the place
the venerable lizard sleeping quietly
within his wire enclosure, while the
smoke from several hundred indus
trial plants nearby writes upon the
horizon the doom OF the animal who
could not stand the pace!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

H ironic in the swift fate that
III Is overtaking the alligator
and the crocodile in Flor
ida.
Nine million years ago. say sci
entists. the saurian appeared in Just
about his present form, doing in
the primal oose and battling with
his fellow dionosauri. Il II some
thing to have preserved identity of
species for nine million years-and
this tribute to the alligator has in It
no intent TO precipitats further dis
eussion between the evolutionists
and the fundamentalists, for it con-
tains something In support of both
sides Of the argument.
But II the gator has stood sim for
90 many ages man has not. In the
days Of the PharAohs the revered
beast could bask In peace upon the
banks Of the Nile with time clicking
on the centuries and never q worry
IN the world. Even in tho recent
yesterdays Of the Sixteenth century,
whom Ponce dc Leon strolled
through the Florida Jungle kicking
the giant reptiles from his path,
there was little reason for eli legato.
Is the Spaniards knew him. to wor-
~ about the future.
Fiorida's Redlseovery
Then came Florida's rediscovery,
when Plant and F1agler thrust their
/ steel trails through the jungle, rout-
ing the alligator from the right of
way. Alligator bags came into
vogue. Hunters found In the SOM
nolent beast opportunity for the
weaving Of colorful stories of their
exploits and the collecting OF formi-
da3le trophies. Pioneering farmers,
resenting his inroads upon hogs and
other live stock, declared war on all
his kind. And still the tough skin.
ned relic Of the prehistoric held on
stubbornly.
That was before the builder Of
concrete roads, the developer of in
dustry and the seller Of real estate
tore the jungle asunder-before
"Poppa" and "Momma" left the in
clement winters Of the North for
the new fairyland-before q million
people year began to pour into the
state, on business or pleasure bent.
Years Are Numbered
It has been too much for the beast
who has seen the rise and fall of so
many civilizations. His years are
numbered, barely extending into
two figures. say the scientists.
In some sections Of Florida his
disappearance is already complete.
Take the northeastern section. CEN
tering around Jacksonville. as an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Accidentally Shot

Brattleboro, VT. Dec. 23.-(AP)-
With a bullet wound at the base of
his skull, which the officers think
was the result of an accident, Har-
land Smith, aged "a, of North Hins-
dale, N. H.. died this morning, in the
Memorial Hospital here. Smith was
watching game of cards in a wood
choppers shanty in North Hinsdale
yesterday afternoon when a bullet
came through the side of the shanty
and passed through the back of his
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

real estate and industrial projects
throughout Florida are gradually
making the most remote parts of
the State uninhabitable for the
tough skinned beast. Where the
drainage Of marshes is not making
him homeless, hunting parties are
killing him OFF as rapidly as high
powered rifles will permit. Within
the next generation there will be no
more alligators in Florida unless
drastic legislation is passed for their
protection.
Gators Last Refuge
"In the marshes of Louisiana and
Georgia and throughout the delta Of
the Mississippi there are regions
which the developer has not yet In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Potatoes From
Remote Provinces

Winnipeg. Man., Dec. 23.-(AP)-An
experiment to determine whether Man
itoba and Saskatchewan, despite the
long haulage necessary. can compete
in the potato market Of the Unites
States, has begun with the shipment
of 25 carloads of potatoes from Win
nipeg to Pittsburgh.
The freight to that city Is rs cents
per hundred pounds and the duty so
cents for the same amount, in addi-
ton to a payment of So hundred
pounds for the potatoes. The potatoes
will be graded in conformity with
United States regulations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Asks Safety of Jail
To Dodge Stealing

Boston. Dec. 3.-(AP)-Probatio
officers today are hunting a job for
a man who could never steal"
He is Louis FELTON,, Negro, of Ro-
anoke. Va. Last night FELTON, met
policeman Richard Butler, the lit
ter walked his beat in the West End.
Winter was coming and he wanted
to get to Jail quick.
The difficulty was that he couldn't
steal.
The policeman thought for a mo-
ment, then obligingly compromised
and took him in as vagrant. But
If the efforts Of the probation de-
partment are successful FELTON, won't
have to stay "uhder cover" until
spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24

vaded. Many OF these districts are
not likely to be developed because
of the prevalence Of fevers. which
make them practically uninhabita-
BILE. In these the alligator will find
refuge for many years after Florida
progress has driven him from the
state"
To the scientist the picture paint.
ed by DR.. Ditmars is a pathetic one.
Here is one Of the few threads con-
Meeting modern man with the days
when the earth was young-the
days when the iguanodon, the stego-
saurus and the triceratops frater-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Pilot Forced
To Take Sea Trip

Boston, Dec. 23.-(AP) - Captain
Charles W. Frye, the Boston pilot,
who took an involuntary trip half
way across the ocean when the high
seas prevented him leaving the
steamer Thuripgaria, which he was
plotting out of the harbor. will spend
Christmas with his family in West
Medford after all.
Frye was transferred to the steam
er Westphalia on the high seas and
his wish to be home for the holidays
became a certainty yesterday when
he landed in New York It was the
first time in rs years Boston pilot
had been taken to sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-24
Threatening Fire
Early This Morning
In Bangor Building

Bangor, Ne, Dec. 24-(AP)-Fire
was discovered soon after midnight
in the Largay building, State street,
and at 1890 o'clock this morning
threatened serious damage. Two wo-
men dodgers on the third floor were
taken out on ladders by flremen.
The first floor is occupied by the
University Lunch, large restaurant,
while the upper floors are given over
to small shops, offices and apart
ments. William j. Largay is owner
of the building.