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, 1925-01-07
Emergency Fleets Powers Extended

Washington.-T e shipping board
has detailed almost complete authority
to the Emergency Fleet corporation In
the operation of the merchant fleet.
This action was taken in the adop.
ton OF a resolution by the board which
vas drafted to carry out, so far as the
shipping board might under the law,
the wishes expressed by the president
In his message to congress.
Under he resolution, the shipping
board would determine fine trade routes
to be served by the government fleet,
but the corporation Will have n free
hand in determining how and by which
ships the routes shall be served.
, 1925-01-07
Green's August FIouer

The remedy with a record of fifty
eight years of surprising excellence.
All who suffer with dyspep-
STA, sour stomach, constipation, indi-
gestion, torpid liver, dizziness, head
aches, coming-up of food, wind on
stomach, palpitation and other indica-
tons of digestive disorder, will find
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER an eff
fective and efficient remedy. For
ifty-eight years this medicine has
been successfully used in millions of
households all over the civilized
world. Because of its merit and pop
ularity GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER
Is found today wherever medicines are
sold. 80 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
, 1925-01-07

Alton. m.-Three aged patients Of
the state insane hospital three miles
east of Alton were burned TO death
early Sunday when a frame farmhouse
was destroyed by fire.
There were IA patients in the farm
house in the charge of Fred Tecken-
brock and his wife. The building was
n of four used to house patients
employed on the hospital farms and
was situated about a quarter of a mile
from the main institution. Tecken-
brock said he was awakened at 4 80 a.
m. by the smell of smoke and saw the
portion of the house occupied by the
patients bursting into flames, appar-
emily from an overheated stove.
, 1925-01-07
JURY FINDS Mccoy GUILTY
- AFTER A 70 HOUR SESSION

Los Angeles.-Kid Mccoy, former
pugilist, was convicted in superior
court late Dec. % Of ~manslaughter in
connection with h shooting h e
August II, last, of Mrs. Theresa Mors.
The penalty for manslaughter is from
one TO 10 years Imprisonment.
When the verdict was read, McCoy's
eyes became tear-dlmmed as he sat at
the end of the counsel table.
81 don't believe 1t was n just YER
dict" he said. IF I am not guilty
as charged, / am not guilty at all. 1t
was o n just verdict"
Defense attorneys announced at
night hat notice of appeal would be
filed at that time.
, 1925-01-07
cour, to Make ana" Own Boss

Temple. Texns.-Mrs. Miriam A..
Ferguson, governor-elect Of Texas,
Dec. 81 petltioned the district court
Of Bell county for removal Of all legal
dlsquallflcntions In making contracts
that might arise from her status as n
married woman.
Friends Of the family assert that
the move has been made In order that
no contract or document that she may
make while governor ran he attacked
through the courts ms invalid because
Of the legal dlsquallflcntlons imposed
on married women In Texas.
, 1925-01-07
Health in Argentina

Argentina's new national department
of hygiene is using modern methods to
teach health to the people. During the
last year railroad cars supplied with a
radio and a m~oving-picture outfit, with
frst-aid, dislnfecting material, and
with other health supplies were sent
through the rural sections of the coun
try. Lectures, posters and advertise
ments are also used to teach health.
, 1925-01-07
Denies She is Part Neoro

Nyack, n. Y.-Supreme Court Jus
tice Tompkins Dec. 81 awarded $500 a
month temporary nIlmony to Alice
Jones Rhinelander. pending trial Of the
annulment suit brought by her hus'
band, Leonard Kip Rhinelander, after
their marriage last October.
Rhlnelander. who is wealthy in his
own right and also Is the prospective
heir to millions. charges that his wife
is part negro and that she fraudulent
Iy represented herself rs white when
they were married.
Mrs. Rhinelander was awarded
s. 5000 counsel fees.
, 1925-01-07
Trockiess TroUeys

Both England and China, having
giving the trackless trolley busses Il
thorough test, declare them to be n
success. They have n capacity equal
to that of single-decked motor coaches,
and cheaper operation cost is claimed
for them as against the gasoline
driven type. Also, they can compete
successfully with surface railway
lines. The trolley busses have n radius
Of almost fifteen feet on either side
of the wires, including extension col.
l~ectors.
, 1925-01-07
Lob na Clerk In Bank

New York.-Gilbert Kahn. son Of
Otto Kahn, %finnncIer, has started 10
work as n clerk with the Equitable
Trust company. His desire TO avoid
being ~"coddled" led him to accept a
position outside of the firm of Kuhn,
Loeb Co, In which his father Is a
partner, Il IL said.
, 1925-01-07
Net Income Grows

New York.-A decline Of about sf55.-
600 in gross n of the Northern
Pacific during November was offset by
n gain Of nearly si5o.ooo In net income
compared with November, 1922. Net
for the II months Of 1924 Increased
s17. 4s5. 363 from S15.Oi926s for the
same period last year. although gross
fell more thnn s .OOO.OOO
, 1925-01-07
Food for Children

Child specialists inform us that be-
tween the ages Of four and twelve
years n very active child requires
double the total c%alories of n very
quiet child, and a moderately active
child requires one-third more calories
than the quiet child. Because Of the
demands incident to rapid growth all
children require highly nOurishing
food.
, 1925-01-07
EIks' Past Grand Dies

San Diego. Cal.-Robert Wood
brown, past grand exalted ruler of the
Elks and founder of the Elks national
magazine. died at his home here, Dec.
2S. of cerebral hemorrhaGe. He was
first stricken when visiting his moth
er's grave on Easter Sunday, 1923, at
Russellvllle. Ky.
, 1925-01-07

New York.-Robert II. Brlndell. for.
mer dictator Of New York city build.
Ing trades labor organizations, was
arrested by n federal officer upon his
release on parole from Great Meadow
prison here Dec. 20. He was charged
with making out fraudulent federal in.
come tax returns.
, 1925-01-07
Brothers Gun Kills Sister

Fort Collins. Colo.-Rea Eilene Dull,
4-yenr-old daughter of Ira Il. Dull. was
shot and killed here when n 22-cnlIber
rifle In the hands Of her ~6-year-old
brother vas accidentally discharged.
The bullet entered the back of the
child's head and emerged through the
forehead.
, 1925-01-07
Saved Through Ice Hole

st. Louis.-After being carried by
the current IL feet from the hole in
the ice through which he had fallen
into the Mississippi. Charles Mccoy,
dredgc workman. was saved from
drowning Dec. PC by fellow workers
who cut another hole and dragged him,
severely chilled. from the river.
, 1925-01-07
Bandits Rob Hotel

Chicngo.-Tw youthful robbers
held up employees and guests OF the
Parkway hotel Dec. "a and rifled the
safety boxes In the safe OF more than
100000. II was disclosed inter the
guests made n hurried checkup OF their
valuables. The robbers escaped.
, 1925-01-07
Plan, Wizard Improves Corn

Santa Rosa, Cnl.-Luther Burbank,
noted plant culturlst, who lives here,
announced he had perfected n new
variety OF sweet corn which he he
lleves will prove more productive and
sweeter than any sweet corn yet pro.
duced. He also announced the per.
fection OF n new variety Of gladlolus
and two varieties of ZinnIns.
, 1925-01-07
Unsafe

ats getting SOS it amt hardly safe
for n Teller to go to Kay See any
more" said Burt Burt of Petunia
"They've been holding up folks right
along, and now they're going farther
than that l see by the paper that n
hi-jacker went out and held up another
hi-iacker last night."-Kansas City
Star.
, 1925-01-07
Pnnalon BILL Slnned

washlngton.-Presldent Coolidge
Dec. "a signed the omnibus pension
bill granting pensions to n number of
individuals who have served In the
armed forces of the country.
, 1925-01-07
Noted EnuIneer Dies

Elizabeth. n. J.-Dnnlel X. Lester,
SO, engineer on the Monitor In Its
famous battle with the Mcrrimnc In the
Civil war. died Dec. 20 OF pneumonia.
For A. yenrs he was chief engineer Of
ferries operating from New Jersey
points TO Staten Island.
, 1925-01-07
Bank Randlta Get $4,000

Jennings. okln.@Two unmnskod men
robbed the First National bank Of
Jennings Of approximately $1,000 Dec
20 after locking the assistant cashier
and n customer In n vnult.
, 1925-01-07
Dom. Forge. cutIeura rareum

When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisite face, skin, baby and dust
Ing powder and perfume. rendering
other perfumes s%uperfluous. You may
rely on 1t because one of the Cuticura
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum),
25c each everywhere.-Advertisemen
, 1925-01-07
Great Carols Centenary

"Silent Night, Holy Night" for many
decades the favorite Christmas carol
Of Germany. meets with particular de
votlon this Christmas, It being one
hundred years old. this year.
, 1925-01-07
Thought and Labor

1t is only by labor that thought can
be made healthy. and only by thought
that labor can be made happy, and the
W cannot be separated with i'm
punity.
, 1925-01-07
AT HIGHEST
PRICES

All kinds of Scrap Iron, Copper. Brass.
Aluminium, Radiators, Battery Lead
Plates and all kinds Of Junk. Write
for our prices. FARGO IRON AND
METAL CO., Fargo, North dakota.
, 1925-01-07

For your daughters sake. use Red
Cross Ball Blue in the laundry. She
will then have that dainty, well-groomed
appearance that girls admire.-Ad-
yertisement.
, 1925-01-07
Retired officer Dies

pshington.-Coloncl William otn'
W. owen, army medical corps, re-
I'D |. brother OF Senntor Robert ]
owen Of Oklahoma. died suddenly OF
heart failure here Dec. 20.
, 1925-01-07

1t Is almost ms difficult TO tell the
nge Of nm egg as II IL that OF Il
woman.
, 1925-01-07

II one gets many letters, there ara
sure to he some unpleasant ones
among them.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
RETIREMENT LAW
CHANGES PROPOSED
P. O. Workers. Groups Agree
on Revision to Be Asked
of Congress.

Provisions to be incorporated into a
more liberal retirement bill for intro
duction in Congress next month were
agreed upon by representatives OF 10
national postal organizations yester-
day at the conclusion of a two-day ses-
sion held in the Capitol Park Hotel
called by c. p. Franciscus, national
president of the United National AS
sociation of Post Office Clerks.
The outstanding changes voted yes
terday We're: optional retirements
after 80 years service; annuities not
to exceed s. per cent Of the average
annual salaries for the five years next
preceding retirement: compulsory re-
tirement for all classes at age 70, with
the possibility Of two two-year eXten-
sions and deductions of 2la per cent
of the salaries Of all eligible employees.
The present retirement act provides
for maximum annuit'es of ST2o after
80 wears service, hut not for optional
retirement 1t is generally felt that
the coming session Of Congress VIII
make substantial reviSioDS in the cur
rent act
One of the outcones OF the session
was the formation of council or the
REPRESENTATIVES which for the present
will he known as the Association TOT
the Retirement of United States ClVll
Service EMPLOYEES.
Officers of the new council which
was established at the session are as
follows: President, G. p. Franciscus
New York. president of the United
National Association of Post once
Clerks: vice president, Frederick Mil
Ter. New York, chairman retirement
committee National Association OF
Postal Supervisors; ". F. Conroy.
Albion, \. Y. chairman executive
committee, National Association OF
Rural Letter Carriers; board OF di-
rectors, Mr. Franciscus, Harry Folger,
Pittsburgh, Pa. national president,
National Association Postal Super
visors; Roger Williams, New York,
national president, Railway Mail Su-
pervisors' Association: w. A. keown,
Rome, Ga, national president, Ma
tional Association Rural Letter Car
riers' Association, and Harry Weeks.
Patchogue. y. Y. president. Service
Postmasters' Association. and who
also represented the National Asso-
citation of Postmasters.
The council before adjourntnE
adop-ed a resolution commencing
Postmaster General New and his staff
for the inauguration of a general holi-
day on Christmas
Evening star., 1925-11-21

Coal miners of the Netherlands re-
Gently won their strike against wage
cuts by extending the working time
from i6 to As hours a week.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
TOWN SHORTAGES
DISGUST governor
Bay State Executive Pledges
No Truce With Officials.
$4,000 Missing in Year.
By the Associated Press.


BOSTON, November 21.-Wide
spread revelations of shortages in the
funds of municipalities in Massachu
sets has led Gov. Alvan T. Fuller yes
terday to declare that town officials In
the future are going to be prosecuted
as If they were not city or town clerks
and had no influential friends. The
governor described as ''intolerable" the
situation which has resulted in thefts
of public funds totaling at least $500,
600 in some 60 municipalities since
1910.
He said he was contemplating the
appointment of an assistant to the
attorney general, whose duty it would
be ito put these city and town officials
behind the bars"
Within the past year audits of town
books have revealed discrepancies ag
gregating fully S160.000 in various
communities. One town treasurer re
Gently received a two-year sentence
Another, whose shortages totaled $50,
900, was sentenced to serve from &c
II years. A third, Harris Dodge OF
Charlton, burned his books and com
mitted suicide. An audit showed q
S2S, 900 shortage.
In the 60 cases that had come up
the governor said, there had been not
more than dozen prosecutions by
district attorneys. In explanation OF
this lack of prosecution of defaultins
officials, the governor said:
"Ill tell yeu why. They belong &c
preferred class in these communi
ties, the class which seeks to dictate
all the local affairs. If any effort is
made TO prosecute them their friends
jump to their assistance and shout
Don't touch our crowd or you'll get
into trouble
We're going to make a change"
Evening star., 1925-11-21
WOMAN GOVERNOR.
DEFEATED IN court /
Road Contract Profits Re-
paid-Further Action Up
to Grand Jury.
BY the Associated Press.

AUSTIN, Tex, November 2l.-The
State of Texas has emerged victorious
in its legal battle against the letting
of contracts by Gov: Miriam n. Fer
guson's highway commission.
The American Road Co, defendant
in suit brought by Attorney Gen
eral Dan Moody, agreed in court late
yesterday that the State should re-
cover from it $500, 900 in alleged excess
road profits, that the road compan ny )
permit to 90 business in the State
should be Cancelled and that 1t should
pay costs of the suit.
The 5000, 900 the State will recover
is about two-thirds of the total profits
of the company from it's road surfac-
ing work
Attorney General Moody said that
he would not have brought the action
had he not believed the disputed CON
tracts We're conceived in fraud for
fraudulent purpose" Any criminal
action that may grow out of the suit
will rest entirely with the grand jury,
he added.
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, pitted
with the highway commission against
Attorney General Moody in an un-
successful intervention attempt seek
ing dismissal of the action. was silent
regarding the outcome Of the suit.
Neither was comment available from
Frank Y. Lanham. commission chair
man. Former Gov. James T.. Fergu.
son, husband of the governor. and
speaking for her. viewed the sudden
climax of the suit as Of too great
magnitude" for immediate comment.
He indicated that no statement would
be forthcoming from the governors
mansion until the courts official order
had been examined by the governor.
From San Antonio came reports
that United States District Attorney
John ID. Hartman was taking cogni-
Zance of allegations made during the
hearing that Federal aid funds show
ed a considerable discrepancy be-
tween the amount paid out from
Washington and the amount on hand
in the State treasury. Mr.. Hartman
lntimated that the Federal grand jury
which meets In Austin in January
might be asked to look into the
matter.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
SEEKS TO COMPEL
PASSPORT FOR NIECE
New York Man Says Visa Was Re.
fused Without Rightful
Authority.

Permission to flo n proceeding to
compel United States Consul General
Halstead at Montreal 20 visa a tenn
porary passport to Rosa Porter. his
niece, TO visit this country, will be
asked OF the Supreme Court Monday
by Marcus Gruher of New York.
The niece arrived in Montreal in
September from Russia. and Gruher
charges in the motion TO be presented
TO the court that the consul generals
refusal to visa the passport was ''ar
bitrary, wrongful. tyranniCai, capri
cious and not based upon any author
ity." The reasons upon which the
consul general based his refusal. he
asserts, We're that Rosa would have
preferred to come to the United States
permanently if she could have OBJ
tanned quota number under the i'm
migration act of 1924" and that be-
cause she would have preferred to
come 10 the United States rs an i'm
migrant she was not entitled to enter
the United States as q visitor"
Gruber will tell the court that he
advised the consul general that he and
his wife were we'll able to take care
of Rosa during her visit and that he
had arranged to furnish bond Of. $500
for her departure from this country
when required.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
Dog, Challenged
By Bark on Radio,
Eats Up the Set
By the Associated Press.

; FARGO, y. D., November Ell
program broadcast by WHIT,
Chicago, last night brought havoc
to the receiving set of Charles Z.
Finkle here.
King, Finkle's bull terrier,
awoke from "a nap in time to hear
an imitation of dogs and cats fight
ing coming from the loud speaker
and decided to join in the row.
King had demolished the loud
speaker and had started on the set
before Finkle interferred.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
House in Ruins, Three Missing

MILLS. Mass. November q (P).--
Firemen from two towns hunted for
bodies among the ruins OF stone
dwelling demolished by three eXplo-
sions yesterday morning. A large still
discovered in the burned wreckage ex.
planned the first and greatest explo-
sion and the others were accounted
for by large cans which evidently had
contained alcohol Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gordon and their daughter
Lena. a school girl, were missing. 1t
was feared that Lena had met her
death in the accident
Evening star., 1925-11-21

April l to September 80. aggregated
67.0S6. OF this number 11,199 per-
sons came from the United States.
During the same period 1922
Canadians returned to the Dominion
from the United States. where they
had been resident for six months or
longer.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
Daddy of Bowling Game" Dies.

CHICAGO. November 81 CR.-
David A. Luby, publisher Of the Bowl
ers' Journal. and known as the
daddy of the bowling game" died
Yesterday. aged 90. Mr.. Luby was a
member OF the Old-timers Base Ball
Association and was at one time Chi
cago representative OF the American
Bowling Congress.
Evening star., 1925-11-21

allowing themselves to be overawed
and ruled by the children. People
are growing profligate in new luxuries
because they can be had on the install
meptI plan, which, he asserted. is be-
coming an economic capacity. These.
combined with capital, he character
lied as the corner stone of credit" :"
Evening star., 1925-11-21
LAX YOUTH MENACES
BUSINESS, SAYS LEWIS
e. w. u. President Tells Baltimore
Credit Men Responsibility
of Parents.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 21.--Lack
of discipline among the youth of the
Nation Is a menace to the business
world, DIR. William Mather Lewis,
president OF George Washington Uni
versity, Washington, declared in an
address before the Baltimore associa-
ton of credit men at its annual meet
ing and banquet.
Men and women are giving up too
much the duty they owe as citizens
and parents, the speaker declared.
Parents especially. he asserted. are
Evening star., 1925-11-21
MRS. CONSOLvO FILES
new 100000 ACTION
Alienation Suit Replaces That
Against Father-in-Law Dis
missed Thursday.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. November 2l.-Mrs
Evelyn Lamb Consolvo yesterday MED
a new suit, asking 100000 for alleged
alienation OF the affections OF her
husband, against Charles II. ConsolVo,
her father-.n law. \ similar suit was
dismissed Thursday by Judge Eh
Frank on the grounds that no malice
mad been shown by the defendant IN
his alleged parting of his foster son.
Charles H. Consolyu, ir., and the
ls-year-oId Evelyn Lamb Consolvo.
\ nol-proSse motion hy y. carter
Hammond, counsel for Mrs. conso!Vo,
opened the way for the new suit.
Charles Fl. ConSolvo is proprietor
of the Belvedere Hotel here and the
Monticello Hotel In Norfolk, Va.
Young Consolvo married Evelyn
Lamb on September /, 1924, III Ell
colt City. A short time later a peti-
tion OF the elder ConSolvo il Circuit
Court for arnuiment of the marriage
was dismissed.
The Federal Government has spent
$500 600 goo to irrigate 1000, 900 acres
since the reclamation act passed in
Evening star., 1925-11-21
THREE SLAY BIG BUCK.
Hunters Shoot simultaneously and
Bag 2OO-Pounder.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va. November 2l.-A
200-pound buck, with a fine spread of
antlers, was shot by three huntsmen
in Caswell County a few days ago, ac-
cording to word from Yanceyville.
PIG. Sacrinty, Jack Small and Jake
Giles were hunting birds when the
deer bounded into n clearing. The
three men fired almost simultaneously
and brought the buck down. 1t had
the appearance of being 10 years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Justice Bassett
Advises Jurors to
Keep Their Temper
(Snecial TO Kennebec Journal'

Especial to kennebec Journal)
Belfast, Me-, Sept. Pain making
his first charge to the traverse jury
in the Waldo county supreme judi
cial court today, Associate Justice
Norman L. Bassett Of Augusta said
Keep your temper and listen to what
your neighbor says. Take his sug-
gestions and his viewpoints and con-
slider carefully. Keep your temper
all the way through. The man who
says he will hang by his opinion and
won't bulge is not proper man TO
have on the jury"
Cases assigned for trial today were
disposed Of as follows:
Alice Brown VS.. Charles Grant.
defaulted by agreement for $50 and
costs.
Malcolm Mcleod and c. N. Pen
dleton VS.. Ada Diesher, judgment
for $3.50 for plaintiff.
The damage suit brought by Stella
J. Burgess of Belfast against Hiram
o. Burgess for obstructing a right of
way occupied the court all day, going
to the jury about p. NJ. AZ Z
o'clock it had not reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
New Owners Bath Iron
Says Plant Will Continue
PLAN EXTENSION
OF MATURING BONDS
BOSTON AND maine

Boston. Sept. 24.-(AP)-Approv-
al of the reorganization plan where
by Boston and Maine Railroad bonds
maturing within the next seven years
will be extended Is years and there
will be new issue of prior prefer
ence stock has been voted by the
stockholders. A count today of the
ballots cast at yesterdays meeting
showed a vote Of 557.416 shares in
favor of the plan and only 1885 in
opposition.
Propositions to carry the plan into
effect were adopted by the following
votes:
Authorizing application for ap-
proval by the state public utilities
commission of the issue of $4,000
600 prior preference stock. 557 ,372,
to 1884.
Authorizing a similar application
for approval of extension of $43, 500, :
600 bonds for Is years, 557 ,672 to
1908.
Authorizing the board of directors
to take such further action as may
be necessary to carry out the reor-
6dHA1dtiOu pan, OOt ,ffl 10 &SOf.
By vote of 55S,349 to 1888 the
stockholders amended the bylaws
so as to permit the executive COM
mittee to elect its own chairman.
An underwriting syndicate has
agreed to buy any of the prior pref
erence stock not taken up by stock
holders and to establish loan fund
of $5OO0OO for the benefit of small
stockholders unable to take up their
share of the new stock.
Wrodman Peabody. chairman of
the general reorganization commit
tee. told the stockholders yesterday
that, with the adoption of the plan.
dividends on the present preferred
stock should be in sight and con-
tinued improvement in earnings
would greatly benefit the position of
common stockholders. The new cap
ital, he added. would improve the
position of the bondholders.