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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
ATTRACTIVE YOUNG
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
STRANGELY MISSING

Dropping out of sight completely
sometime between the forenoon and
afternoon sessions at Cony High
school last Friday, parents and
friends of Miss Cora Perkins, at
tractive bobbed haired student at the
school, are apprehensive as to her
present whereabouts and safety, and
police OF Augusta and other Maine
cities have SO far been unsuccessful
in finding any trace of the. Is year
old girl, daughter of Ora e. Perkins
of the Townsend road, North Au-
gusta.
Miss Perkins was at the high
school Friday forenoon and attend
ed the Rotations in her several
classes, but so far as can be learned
did not return after the noon lunch
con period. On that evening the
Senior class conducted school
dance in assembly hall, and the girl
had expressed her desire to attend.
Her father had told her that he
would come to this city for her at
o'clock in the afternoon and take
her home by automobile SO that she
might have an opportunity to don
her party dress, after which he
would bring her back to the city,
where she was to have her supper
at the home of an uncle on Bangor
street and then attend the school
dance in the evening.
Mr.. Perkins came to the city as
prearranged, but failed to locate his
daughter, nor had she been at the
home of. her relatives. Since she
left the high school following the
morning session, no definite trace of
the girl has been found.
The missing girl is Is years of age,
five feet and three inches in height,
and weighs about IS pounds. She
has fair bobbed hair and is of light
complexion.
She has good reputation, though
1t Is understood that she had been
friendly and had childish love af-
fair with young man, formerly a
resident of Great Works near Ban
gor. Efforts were made Monday to
get In touch with the authorities of
that place to locate the young man
in question, but no information of
consequence had resulted late last
evening.
A telephone call to the North Au-
gusta home of the missing young
lady late last evening revealed that
up to that time the members of the
family were still at loss to explain
the disappearance and present
whereabouts of Cora
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
POLICE BELIEVE
POOL ROOM THEFT
WAS INSIDE JOB

Sometime between the hour of
closing Saturday night and the OPEN
ing on Monday morning, two cash
registers in the Colonial pool room,
operated by John Terrio, were rified
and total of $40 taken by the
thieves. The money was left as pet
ty change, five dollars in each of the
two cash register drawers.
Officers of the Augusta police de-
partment who investigated the theft,
declared their belief that 1t was an
inside job" and had been done by
someone who either had access to
the pool room by key or who secret
ed themselves in the building and
took the money from the tills after
the proprietors had left for the
night.
A rear door on the river side Of the
building had one pane of glass
smashed out, but the theory of the
investigators that the robbery was
engineered from the inside was
strengthened by the fact that all of
the broken fragments of glass fell
on the outside.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

cord. The big bass drum became
dumb. The cymbals FLASHED in vain.
The kettle drums rumbled, but there
was no record. To express 1t tech
nically, the sounds produced by these
instruments were too slow of vibra-
ton to produce Photographic
record.
Whenever an orchestra played for
reproduction, these seven instru-
ments had to be eliminated and the
sound of most of the other instru-
ments was so shallow and weak that
not more than IL or 15' instruments
were ever effectively reproduced at
any one time. Choruses were like
wise limited.
With the new orthophone machine,
full orchestras Of 90 pieces and Choir
uses of $50 voices have been repro
duced with greater volume and fin
err effects than were ever possible
with the old machines.
The microphone with amplifiers and
a new metallic receiver did the trick.
The microphone picked up the deep
bass notes that had previously elud-
ed reproduction, converted them into
vibrations and transmitted them ac-
them up" until the slow vibrations
which they represented could be
transferred to the wax records in
the form Of "zigzags."
Some of these notes are as low as
so vibrations a second. The old pro-
cess of making records could repro
duce nothing lower than 900 vibra-
lions a second, so that all of the
really deep bass notes were out of
range of the talking machine.
Balancing the microphone In the
making of the records was the new
receiver in converting them into
sounds. This receiver has a dia-
phragm composed Of metals much
more sensitive than the old mica
diaphragm. It's construction is such
that it eliminates practically all OF
the noise Of the talking machine.
For this instrument the world Is
indebted to the telephone engineers
of the Western Electric Co., who built
it up on the principles and patents OF
which long distance sound transmits
used in transmitting the human voice
from Boston to San FRANCISCO are
used in building up the low tones of
the viol. horn and drum that can be
reproduced in no other way on
talking machine.
The combination of microphone,
ampliefiers and metallic receiver has
increased the sound range of the new
machine from so to 5000 vibrations a
second as against a range of 800 to
$500 on the old machines.
c. Z. Downing Co.. local agents for
the Victor machines, stated yester-
day that the new machines would be
placed on sale about Nov. l and that
previous to that date demonstrations
would be given where the public may
hear ana Judge their true value.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
Elect Officers at
Annual Meeting
Penney Memorial

About 125 parishners of the Pen
ney Memorial United Baptist church
were seated at the tables for the sup
per session. which preceded the an
nual meeting of the church Monday
evening. The delicious supper was
served by the women Of the church
at $50 o'clock.
At the business meeting which
followed reports Of the church Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
Ppreme Judicial
puft to Convene
October Term

6cia,s Nv. term of the supreme
the rsrt Will open this morning
b Inss;aenec county court house
Ebays s,sce Luere B. Deasy of Bar
II Il X 1eslding. The court will
Il IL ~ o'clock this morning and
|yer IL opening exercises with
Of ~ nsv' Andrew T. McWhor-
Sal ehs ny south Parish Congrega-
! term ~ the cases for trial 1T
turaliza,Hilac court will be assigned.
|Wedrssson cases will be taken up
report y, and the traverse Jury
CT t,n,s Thursday morning. ut
probab,,, ne nrst case for trial
De taken I'D.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
ficers and chairmen of committees

ficers and chairmen of committees
were read. Deacon and deaconesses
were elected as follows; E. w.
Church, Charles E. Milliken, d.
Saunders Patterson. A. L. stiles.
Leon Bartlett, r. D. Palmer. Arthur
Dutton, Arnold Harris, Mrs. E. s.
Fogg, Mrs. Alice Sheldon.
Church officers elected to serve
the parish for the ensuing year were
treasurer, Alice M. Rackliffe; clerk.
Alice T. Weston: collector, Ethel NJ.
Leavitt; superintendent of Sunday
school. Clarence A. Day. Charles I.
Penney was elected as the new men,
Der of the Board of Trustees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

The meeting of the Augusta
League of Women Voters which was
scheduled to be held this evening at
the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall has
been set ahead to Wednesday even
ing at the same place at 7.30 o'clock
to accommodate the speaker, Mrs.
James T.. Cheesman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

!, NY sa meeting of the fall sea-
Mos ,ae smith school Kindergar-
|ocp y'n NJ Club will be held at 8
: Wednesday afternoon. Miss
|tbs slarK, the school nurse, will
nro speaker. Another feature Of
lIr vs,'m Will be vocal solos by
ma mslcn. The meeting is open to
h i OF Smith school pupils,
~ y specially hoped that moth :
Andergarten children will
|tIciea y special effort to attend and
''e IN this first meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
LOCAL NOTICE

hWich' Incident, Home loaf,
b Rye french, entire wheat.
whss,. haisin, Nut. Rolls-en.
ben. fs A.. Parker House. Pan.
|ber i frankfurt, Bran muftins
|3dlt Hewett, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

The entertainment committee of
the d. A. r. will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 2.30 at the home Of
Mrs. Blaine 8. Viles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

k i !. Williams. local manager of
n ~ = !, strout Farm Agency, has
~ .ae 70 acre farm at Litchfield
Easr.uU owned BY F. E. Sylvester of
~ ca % Ada F. Sprague Of Bath.
n, I;pfasue has taken possession
kcia az 40 general farming but will
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

walter Hutchinson. who was called
su.ta BY the sudden death of his
ne late Charles w. Hutchin-
s,as e.arned to Boston, where he is
p'O'ed' Monday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

ns !. ana \ Mrs. Thomas c. Ingraham
asS Sace tle engagement of their
sf,sr, MS Deborah Ingrahafri, to
H. S"eu A. Griffith of Denver,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

= The Augusta China Club will meet
at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

|al.nur + Parrot, Jr., returned to
N e. solkon the afternoon train Mon
M.er passing several days in this
Win his parents on Winthrop
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

aM ne lodge. Knights of Pythias
y no,1 roll call Wednesday eve.
s.n work in the third degree will
ioiloWed by refreshments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
AUGUSTA LOCALS

i a Lfskine 20 Gannett Street
Y @onaay on a business trip to
IA York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13

$500 and so effective that
NM l6fr mothers who once use
! NJ s.S' ~. tell others about them.
item t nlv.,.ssejsts. Trial Package FREE.
A ~ D' Sssner gray Co., lie Roy. N. Z.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-13
!, r,1ufRs ONLY KNEW

Many children are COM
plaining Of Headache.
Eeyerishness, Stomach
troubles and Irregular
Bowels and take cold
sssIly. II mothers only
NEW what MOTHER
cnAY'S SWEET pow
mis- would do for
tneir children no family
would ever be without
them for use when need
"a. So pleasant to take
aYocfivo that
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
Fourteen Year OH Boy Murders
 Principal With Shot Gun

incurred the enmity of young Stub blefield by efforts to discipline.
 Rumors of friction between the principal and his pupils led to meeting of the school trustees, at which loS parents were present. The meeting voted 100 to s to retain Professor Watkins and four of the eight negative votes cast, it is said, were by members of the Stubble- flld boys family.
 Police said the boy readily ad- mitted killing Professor Watkins, ito get rid of him" Waiting until his father and mother were away from home the boy took his fathers shotgun. gone to the Watkins home where several or the principals children were playing nearby and fired a shot over their heads as ruse to draw his intended victim from the house,
 As Professor Watkins came upon the road 10 investigate. he passed e clump of bushes, from which the smbblefiled boy fired a shot at close range,
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
ST. PAUL LAWYER NEW
 SOLICITOR GENERAL
William D. Mitchell, Re- publican, Appointed to
 Succeed J. M. Beck

Washington, June s. (R)--Wii- liam D. Mitchell, of St. Paul, was appointed today solicitor-general of the United States.
 Mir. Mitchell. former law part ner of Associate Justice Pierce But Ter of the supreme court, succeeds James NJ. Beck. whose resignation was announced several days ago.
 MT. Mitchell was recommended by William Brooks, republican national committeeman and by Senator schall, republican. of Minnesota. ln- dorsements also were received at the White House from many others prominent in Minnesota political life. He is expected to take office lmme- diately. MT. Beck's resignation was presented to be effective when suc- cessor was chosen. He expressed a desire, however, to remain in office until the end of the supreme court session, next Monday. MT. Beck has left Washington for a trip to Europe.
 Mir. Mitchell, 1t was said al the department of justice, has been a prominent lawyer for 25 years and has been retained in many of the big cases of his section. He is list ed as a republican In politics but has shown a degree of independence in formulating his political actions having in the past supported demo- cratic nominees. He has never De- fore held public office, although during the war he acted as counsel Tor for Governor Burnquist or Min- neSota.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE
 KING ALFONSO FAILED . FOURTEEN ARE ARRESTED
WOMAN, A, ACCUSED OF MURDER Victim Is Much Younger, Husband of Deceased
 Is in Hospital

New York, June 5 (AP)-Mrs Nora Prendergast, "A, her legs crip- pied with rheumatism and her sys- sight dimmed, is accused of beating to death a woman less than half her age with such fury that the victims skull was fractured and her body welted from waist to neck.
 The body of May McGerren, scan tily clad, was found by police In the dark basement fiat occupied by both women. Mrs. Prendergast herself reported the crime. Hobbling to a neighbor across the street, she told him that she had found something in her house."
 "She must have fallen from the couch," the aged cripple told police. But they noticed her crutch and eye glasses spattered with blood. In the Kitchen were found pals of discol- ored.. water and rags. Parts Of the floor had been freshly mopped. She was arrested and charged with mur- der
 Last night in jail she murmured again and again:
 Dear me, I can't understand. Why, she was my friend"
 Her greatest concern was for two net cats. The victims husband, chauffeur is in a hospital with a fractured skull, suffered in an auto mobile accident.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
Latest Attack Conduct. ed With Great Fierce ness Tide of Battle Turns.

Paris, June 5. (APD-The Rifian tribesmen have launched the strong est and best organized offensive since their invasion Of French Morocco with a drive against Ia ounat, in the middle of the front.
 Official reports say Abd- El- -Krin' s men temporarily gained some ground, crossing the Ouergha river at several points, but were repelled by the French.
 The latter in a series of counter attacks reoccupied some of the posts north Of the stream which were abandoned during the volun- tary evacuation of that zone last week.
 The Rifian offensive was conduct ed with the greatest 1erceness the trihesmen have yet shown. Abe-El- Krim used Riffian regulars. his best shock troops. in theatiacks, but the French declare they were moved down by machine gun fire and that their losses were extremely heavy. shock troops in the attacks. but the their forces were larksr than in any
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
Industrial Growth of New Britain Shown by Census Bureau s Figures;
 Products Worth $S2,S6l, ,5lO in '23
Value of Goods Made Here Increases 3O2 Per Cent in
 Four Years Wage Volume 12.6 Per Cent

New Britain's increasing import ance as an industrial unit is reflected in statistics announced today by Thomas J. Kelley. manager of the Manufacturers Association of Hart ford County. The figures are for the calendar year 1923, the last per iod for which an industrial census was taken by the Bureau of the Gen. sus, United States Department of Commerce, and are made public to- day for the first time.
 An industrial survey is made every two years. The survey Tor 1921 in- cluded only cities having a popula- tion of 100000 or over and no sta- tistlcs are available for New Britain for that year. In determining the growth for this city, Manager Kelley contrasts the figures for 1923 with those of 1919, when New Britain was
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
Rhian 7nbesmen Launch Driue
 Against French m Middle Sector

previous operation of the campaign
 The pitched battle lasted from dayhreak 10 sunset yesterday, French reports said. Abd- FL -Krim's shock troops got their first real taste of modern warfare in a sting ing defeat in which the Riffians lost hundreds Of dead and many prison CTS The Rif1an warriors fought coura geousiy but were finally forced back by the French.
 The flerceness and stuhbornness of Abd-E -Krim's attack was inter- preted by the French as meaning his adherence 10 his original inten- tion to reach Fez. Taounat. his i'm mediate objective. is the key to the crossing of the Ouergha.
 Ii was learned that Franco. Spanish mixed commission will be appointed soon 10 discuss methods Of establishing blockade by France and Spain of the North African ports of Adiir and Alhucemas, where the Ritfians have been receiving arms and munitions.
 Franco Spanish conversations have been attempting to determine a way of establishing such a block Rde without offending neutral friendly powers.
 II was announced that the French would continue 10 press the Riffians and attempt to turn Abd- FL -Krim's present retreat into a rout. thereby. the French hope, making him more amenable to the idea of peace par Isxk
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
included.

iHtluutus
 In 1923 there were S6 manufac- turing establishments In this city. The average number of wage earn CTS was 1759S and wages paid amounted to s22.122,234. The value of products was $s2,S61.51O.
 The 1919 census showed 116 es- tabishments here. This is account ed for by the large number of enter prises which were created because of war conditions. The average num- Der of wage earners was 17,212 and the total amount of wages paid was $19.631,493. The value of products was $63,621,960.
 The increase in payroll volume for 1923 over 1919 was 12.6 per cent. The increase in value of products for 1923 over 1919 was 30.2 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
''Wanted to Get Rid of Him." Admits Youth Who Had Been Dis cipEned by Teacher.

Broolhaven, Miss, June 5. (AP) -Noland Stubblefield, second H. year-old Mississippi youth to face a murder charge within a month, to- day was in jail here accused of kill ing A. K. Watkins, his school prin- cipal.
 The boy, Of slight stature, told of the staying, officers said, after his capture in a dense wood near the spot where the body of Professor Watkins was found with a shotgun charge tn the breast.
 Professor Watkins is said to have
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
SOVIET INFLUENCES
 WORKING IN CHINA
U. s. Hears That Armed
 Struggle Is Impending
WHOLE COUNTRY INVOLVED
Control Will Be Sought Which Might Mean Another War Be- tween Japan and Russia-Powers
 
 Displeased With Ambassador.

Washington. June (AP)-Infor- nation has reached The Associated Press pointing to direct Russian so- viet participation in an impending armed struggle for the control of all China.
 The preparations already made contemplate civil war of major proportions, centering in the north ern provinces and dwarfing in im- portance the present sporadic dis turbances In the south.
 { The ultimate political copse~ 'quences can only be sconjeetured. The area of probable operations is in the sphere of greatest interest to Japan, and the aid of the soviet is being thrown behind the standards of Feng Yu Hsiand, leader of the faction least friendly to Tokyo. Op- posing Fen stands Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchuria war lord, reported to have the moral if not the actual physical support of the Japanese government.
 In its last analysis such a strug- gle might easily approximate a war between Japan and Russia, with the actual campaigning car ried on by Feng and Chang and the supplies furnished by Moscow and Tokyo.
 Already considerable quantities of arms and ammunition have been sent across the frontier from Russia, and Russian army instructors have gone into inner Mongolia to CO., operate with the officers of Feng.
 In some places steps have been taken to mobilize railroad equipment in Mongolia for Feng's troops, while at other northern points railroad facilities have become a prize for acute but inconclusive maneuvering.
 The Russian ambassador at Pek- ing. Karakhan. has given open en- couragement 10 the forces of unrest in manner which has incurred the strong displeasure of the envoys of the great world powers. Russian propaganda has been increasing in volume not only in the north but also at Canton and other ccnters in the south.
 Information of these develop ments has been placed in the hands Of the American government which views the situation with an absorb ing interest with some anxiety. Its officials are withholding comment.
 The precise relation 10 the cur rent southern outbreaks to the threat of an overshadowing war in the north is not yet entirely clear, but 1t would appear that soviet in- 1uence in the south while of ad- mitted potentiality. is largely inci- dental 10 other factors of unrest.
 Increasing Agitation
 Tn all parts of China there has been increasing agitation of an un- organized character to divest the foreigners Of his long standing extra territorial rights. This move mcnt which recently has led to serl- ous outcroppings at Shanghai. fits in naturally with the aims of the soviet.
 At Canton the recent troubles ap- pear to be rooted in factional quar- rels among those south China leaders who formerly were united under the banner of the late Sun Vat Sen. But there have ben open evidences of aggravation by soviet sympathizers and one faction as Canton has charged that the party now in the saddle there is receiving regular financial support from Mos COW,
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
New York Man Shot;
 Alleged Assailant Held

New York, June (AP)-Ihohlas L. Leeming. an importer, was shot and seriously wounded today in an office building in William street. Charles Muller. of Saratoga N' f" who was identified by Leeming as his assailant, was arrested after a chase of several blocks.
 The shooting occurred in me crowded lobby of the building. Ac- cording to the police report Mii'er followed Leeming into the building and insisted upon interviewing him rhe importer is said to have object ed and turned to enter an elevator when three shots were fred all taking effect in his back.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
HEAT CLOSES ALL SCHOOLS
 AFTER ACHERS PETITION;
 AGED AND SICK SUFFERING
COOL AT SEA

New York, June 5 (AP)-some freak ocean current Is giving rum row a cool, snappy spell of autumnal weather while the land lubbers--especially in the East Atlantic Statcs-are sweltering under a record heat wave.
 Two transatlantic liners arriv- ing today reported their pas- sengers wore oyercoats and furs until almost in sight of New York. The steamship Arabic logged "a rough and cold pas sage" with steam heat in all cabins until she neared quaran- tine, and the Lapland recorded that her crew as well as the pas sengers wore their winter apparel up to the sighting of Nantucket.