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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
BOOK $50 BIG" Wins
$1,000 Prize AS BEST
NOVEL OF THE YEAR

New York. April c6.-The annual
Pulitzer prizes in journalism and in
letters for 1924 were announced today
by President Nicholas Murray Butler
for the School Of Journalism Of Column
b1a University. Edna Ferber, for her
novel 80 Big" was awarded the $1,000
prize for the best American novel
published during the year which shall
present the wholesome atmosphere of
American life, and the highest stand
ards Of American manners and man.
hood" The $500 prize for the best
cartoon published in any American
newspaper during the year" was given
to Rollin Kirby of the New York
World for his cartoon entitled News
from the Outside World" published
October s.
Sidney Howard. author Of "They
Knew What they Wanted" was
awarded the $1,000 prize for the orig
inal American play. performed in New
York, which shall best represent the
educational value and power of the
stage of raising the standard of good
morals, good taste and good manners"
Mr.. Towards play was one of 10 re-
Gently investigated by District Attor-
ney Banton on complaint of citizens
that it was an immoral production. A
citizens play jury later exonerated the
production.
For the best book Of the year upon
the history of the United States" the
$4,000 prize was awarded to Frederic
L. Paxson for his History of the
American Frontier" and the $1,000
award for the years best American
biography was given to NJ. A. De
Wolfe Howe for his Barrett Wendell
and His Letters" Edwin Arlington
Robinson was given the $1,000 prize for
the years best volume of verse by an
American. The winning volume was
THE Man Who Died Twice"
The Charleston, S. c.. News and
Courier was awarded the $500 prize for
the years best editorial article, for an
editorial entitled THE Plight of the
South" published November 5. James
w. Mulroy and Alvin II. Goldstein, re-
porters on the staff of the Chicago
Daily News, won the $1,000 prize. in
duplicate, for the best example of
reporters work during the year." The
award was made in recognition of their
services toward the solution of the
murder of Robert Franks, Jr, by Ma
than L. Leopold and Richard Loeb.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Governors of Nation at
Poland, June % to July 4
USE CHAMPAGNE
IN CHRISTENING
OF AIR MAIL PLANE

New York, April 25.-Breaking
against it's side bottle of pre-war
champagne which, prohibition Off
Gals declare had been carried to
Curtis field without the formality of
federal permit, Miss Anne Nor
gan, sister of ]. p. Morgan. today
christened new air mail plane, the
might Hawk"
L. Charles Cox of the Cox-Kle-
min Aircraft Corporation, designers
and builders of the might Hawk"
declined to say where he got the
champagne, although readily admit
ting it's use at the ceremony.
In the absence of r. @. Merrick,
enforcement chief for New York and
Northern New Jersey, one of his
agents verified the fact that no per-
nit to transport the liquor had been
asked or granted.
Maj. w. N. Hensley, Jr., COM
mandant of Mitchell field, who was
an unofficial visitor at the christen-
ing, said he had been told cham
payne was to be used and had ad-
Vised against it. Settler water was
ordered as substitute, he said.
The bottle which Miss Morgan
welded was decorated with red.
white and blue ribbons and carried
a label, dated 1914.
Some of the liquor splashed on her
dress as she broke the bottle on the
ships nose. Neither the army nor
the mail service, it was pointed out,
had anything to do officially with the
christening, which was arranged by
Mr.. Cox and the American Women's
Association. of which Miss Morgan is
treasurer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Warsaw Attorney
Shoots Polish Officer
Witness in Spy Case

Warsaw, Apr. 26.-(By A. P)-
Hofmokl Ostrowski, a prominent
lawyer and author, who was acting
as counsel for the defense in the
case of II Soviet spies. last night in
the courtroom fired six shots at a
Polish officer who had testified
against the prisoners.
Ostrowski was disarmed and
placed under arrest. He requested
permission to continue the case I'M
der a guard, but the court declined
to acquiesce.
Yesterday Ostrowski insulted the
officer while he was testifying and
after court had taken recess the
officer slapped the lawyers face. Os-
trowski went home, put his affairs
in order and took a revolver to court
with him. He had just begun his
plea to the jury when the officer en-
tered the courtroom. OstrowSki i'm
mediately opened fire upon him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
FIRES SWEEPING
VALUABLE TRACT
CUMBERLAND IN YORK

Bar Mills, Me-. Apr. 26.-More
than g. million feet of lumber was
destroyed today in two forest fires
In York county. the loss being many
thousands of dollars.
One fire, between Ross Corner and
Sharpleigh. had burned over a thou
sand acres of land tonight and still
was sweeping through the woods de-
spite the efforts of hundreds of men
from surrounding towns to get it I'M
der control. while 100000 feet Of
boards belonging to Jason CARL of
WATERFORD was lost. Surrounding
villages sent help.
Another fire on what is known as
Shapleigh Plains, between North
Shapleigh and Newfield, had swept
over a big tract up to nightfall and
was mounting the side of Mann
Mountain, while it was reported that
half a million feet of lumber be-
longing to Roy Stetson had been de-
StrOyed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
President Also Expected to At
tend-Will Come AS Far As
Portland in Mayflower-Plan
to Have Army and Navy
Squadron of Hydro and
Aeroplanes

Portland, Me-, Apr. 26-The gov.
ernors' conference will be held at
Poland Spring from June e to July
q, it has been definitely decided.
President Coolidge is expected to
attend the conference and it is con-
sidered probable that he will come
to Portland in the presidential
yacht, the MayfIower, and from here
go to Poland Spring by automobile.
Governor Brewster is arranging to
have the army and navy send a
squadron Of hydro and aeropIanes
to Poland Spring or to Portland.
Among those upon whom it is be-.
lieved the governors will call while
they are here are Cyrus H. K. Cur.
tbs, who has a summer homo at
Camden; Henry Ford, who owns a
summer place at Dark Harbor and
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who is a
summer resident at Bar Harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Heiress Garland
Weds Son Rail Head

New York, Apr. 26-Hope Garland,
10 years old, heiress to approximate
ly $1,600,000 of the estate of her ia
Their, the late James A. Garland, was
secretly married here on Friday to
Winchester Fitch Ingersoll, son Of
Howard Ingersoll. vice president of
the New York Central Railroad, it
was learned today.
The couple were married in Grace
church, in Lower Broadway, by the
Rev. DR.. w. Russell Bowie, with only
two witnesses as required by law.
After the wedding the couple went to
Washington.
Miss Garland was the youngest of
James A. Garland's children. She
will receive her share of the estate
in two years, when she becomes Fl
years old. In 1922. 1t was estimated
that her fortune would total $4,000
900 by the time it passed into her
possession.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
half SCORE MINERS
TRAPPED BY BLAST
IN PENNA. SHAFT

West Newton, Pa. Apr. 26-An ex-
plosion in the mine of the Westmore-
land Coal Company near here late
tonight trapped eight or ten men in
side the workings, according to first
reports reaching here of the acci-
dent.
News of the explosion was tele-
phoned to Pittsburg to the offices OF
the United States Bureau of Mines
and rescue crew. it was stated.
would be dispatched to the mine at
once. The explosion was of sufficient
force. it was said. to wreck the tipple
near the shaft. First reports We're
brought here by motorists. hundreds
of whom were attracted to the scene.
Gas is believed to have caused the
explosion, which is said to have
closed a slope in which a number of
men were working.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
President Advised
Returns in Germany

Washington. April 26.-President
Coolidge. on board the Mayf1ower to-
night with party of friends, was kept
advised of the German election returns
by radio.
Dispatches received by the Associat-
ed Press giving the returns and news
Of the election OF Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg as president of Germany
were sent to the Mayflower through
the naval communications service
while the presidents yacht steamed
back to Washington after a cruise
down the Potomac.
The cruise took the president and
his party into Chesapeake Bay. The
guests included Secretaries Mellon and
Hoover, Commissioner Arthur P. Den
mis- of the tariff commission, and Mrs
Dennis, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Il. Noycs
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Hight of
Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
u. of NJ. Frat Meet
Ends With BANQUET

Orono, Me, April 25.-The annual
convention of the New England Area,
Scabbard and Blade fraternity, ended
tonight with a banquet at the penob-
scot Valley Country Club. Col. l.. G.
Boyer and Major Martin Shute of the
30ord Infantry We're the guests of
honor.
review of the r. o. T. c. on the
parade ground completed the fore
moons deliberations and in the after
noon Col. Boyer and Is students were
initiated into the fraternity. Among
the guests were 1t. r. Z. Vermette
and 1t. Richard G. Mckee, who will
be members of the instructing staff
here next year.
Students initiated into the fratorni-
ty were: Mansfield Packard, Ernest
Ridlon, Ernest Haskell, Eugene Winch,
Laforest salisbury, Sumner lifeld,
Joseph Doherty, Kenneth Barker S.
l.. Sawyer, George Muzzey. John Mar
shall. William True, Francis Wealth
erbee. Hoyt Savage and Charles
Moody.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
TIE UP BULGARIAN
PLOTS WITH REDS IN
MOSCOW, Vienna

Sofia, Bulgaria, Apr. 26-(By the
Associated Press. AN official COM
munication issued today says that
Investigations have been rewarded
by the discovery of many important
facts which throw light ION the
widespread Communist conspiracy
in Bulgaria.
The police also have been able to
establish the exact method by which
the conspiratOrS are financed from
Moscow and Vienna.
Another official statement says the
body was found two months ago in
the streets of Sofia, had received
large sums from foreign sources, of
which he handed 10000 levas (the
normal value of the leva is about
twenty cents) to the agrarian leader
Bourgoff, retaining 10000 levas for
himself. Bourgoff gave 1000 levas
to the agrarian Petrini. who for
warded 10000 to members of the
Communist party at Trieste, keep
ing the balance for himself. 1t would
appear, says the statement, that
Ivanoff was assassinated by Com
munists who suspected him of hav-
in, Incorporated the funds.
1t is announced that the assistant
director of a banking concern has
been arrested on a charge of receiv-
ing and transmitting Communist
funds.
A dispatch from Sofia Saturday
night said the director of the French
Banque Generate had been taken in
to custody on a charge of trans
ferring money to communist agents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Vain Search for
Granville, Vt. Girl
And Farm LabOrer

Granville, Va, April 26.-CitiZens,
headed by the selectmen and Deputy
Sheriff H. +. Ford, returned tonight
from a vain all-day search for Lu-
ellie Chatterton, IL year old daugh-
ter of Walter Chatterton, and Earl
Woodward, a farm hand employed
by her father, who disappeared Fri
day evening.
A fresh posse was organized to
take the place of the weary men
and the hunt will be pressed all
night. In the scattered snowdrifts of
the woods the searchers found an
occasional child's footprint, some
times accompanied by those of a
man. Granville lies in the center of
the state, a mountainous section,
with few inhabitants.
The girl was last seen by her faith
err who Friday evening sent her to
get q pail of water from a nearby
spring. Woodward, whose father is
believed to be living in Warren. was
said to have been released from his
second term at the Windsor state
prison last fall and since that time
had worked on the Chatterton farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Msy Victims of
1s Ambuscade

eM Apr. 26.-By A. P.)-Three
Tour persons killed in the
S, nde OF the m, citing Of the ma
Aepublican League in the Rue
@ont early Friday morning
ied from Notre Dame ca
IN Today. The ceremony took
Ii II cnaracter Of a national ap-
sw and order.
ena President Millerand. Gen.
r0stelnau, head of the mill
tlssnoiic organization; Deputy
fSss, leader of 1.-The Patriotic
% which the victims of the
fisee belonged. and Maurice
~, president of the city coun-
\ fed speeches over the three
~ the great square before
|!Qnss me. Many thousands of
- n!!ed the streets and the
sMnin sight of the cathedral.
.ces Of police, military and
h.s ni.ations were on hand to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Sketch of President Elect
(By the Associated Press,


Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
lifelong soldier, war time military
nero of Germany. by training and
temperament alien to political cam
paigning, was drawn reluctantly in
his old age into an arena unknown
to him when he consented to be-
come a candidate for the presidency
of the republic of Germany for the
parties of the right, known as the
Nationalist conservative bourgeois
bloc.
The martial figure of the imperial
Germany that has passed, seemed to
fit akwardly into his new role. His
speeches were few and brief; he did
not travel from his home town of
Hanover. His press agents found
him unskilled in the wiles of pub
licity and not adept in the ways of
self-seeking. Won Hindenburg had
declared in resisting the attempts to
make him a candidate that he was
too old, that he could not under
stand the new generation.
His entire campaign activities con-
sisted in receiving delegations that
came to Hanover, making several
short addresses at his home, and,
toward the last, giving interviews.
The outstanding points of his
speeches We're an appeal for unity of
the German people, a declaration of
lis aversion to war, his insistence
II at Germany must regain her indie
pendence, and not be dependent upon
other nations.
Only the future, he informed the
Associated Press, could show wheth-
er the Dawes reparati ton plan was
capable of fulfillment and, declared
the field marshal, Germany will not
be able to fulfill the conditions I'M
less the foreign powers participating
in the pact evince political and eco
nomic loyalty"
In his first and most important
campaign speech, delivered before a
great Nationalist gathering at Han
over. Won Hindenburg denied that
his candidacy represented reaction
or was inimical to the republic. He
spoke however, for a place in the
sun" again for Germany. and avoid =
ed any references to such interna-
tional issues as the security pact,
the league of nations and repara-
lions in general.
After the first presidential election
On Mar. 10, DR.. Karl Jarres. Nation
alist leader, and DIR. Wilhelm Marx,
former chancellor and nominee of
the Republican bloc, emerged as the
apparent candidate for the second
and final test by ballot. But the Ma
tionalists. fearing that Marx would
defeat Jarres. appealed to Won Hin
denburg to replace Jarres, which
under the German system was posi-
lie. The field marshal after several
days delay, yielded, declaring that
he did so because of a feeling of
duty alone and not by personal in
clnation," and asking God to grant
the prayer. that, if elected, Il may
at the end of my life be still of some
use to the beloved Fatherland."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Life is Shortened By
An Hour for 3 Men
By Daylight Savings

Ossining, April Wv hen war
den Lewis E. Lawes advanced the
clocks of Sing Sing today with the
advent of daylight saving time. three
condemned men, Morris and Joseph
Diamond and John Farina of Brook
lyn, had their lives shortened one
hour. The three men were convict
ed of the murder of two West End
bank messengers in 1928.
Their execution has been set TOT
Thursday night Even If a reprieve
were granted. 1t would not. In all
probability. continue until the return
to standard time in the fall. so they
cannot recover the lost hour to
them today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Claims Peary
Did Not Actually
Discover North Pole

Montreal, April 25.-The Montreal
Standard today quoted Capt. J. e.
Bernier, Canadian Arctic explorer, as
asserting, in an interview in Quebec,
that the late Rear Admiral Robert
Peary, L. S. N, did not actually dis
cover the North Pole in his expedition
of 1909, as the latter believed.
Capt Bernier quoted from records in
his possession to show that in April,
1909, when the discovery was supposed
to have taken place. Admiral Peary
could not accurately have ascertained
his position, as the maximum height
of the sun was only five degrees above
the horizon and on many days the sky
was entirely obscured.
The veteran explorer also said that
he had an official communication from
Sir Clement Markham, at that time
president of the Royal Geographical
Society Of London, which stated that
the society awarded a medal to the
admiral for his work in the Arctic"
but not for discovery of the pole. Sir
Clement. according to Capt. Bernier,
stated in the communication that the
society could arrive at no decision as
to the discovery of the pole, even after
the records had been studied in detail.
When questioned regarding his be-
lief in the authenticity of Road
Amundsen's claim of discovering the
South Pole, Capt. Bernier said that
claim was substantiated by three cap
able men with Amundsen who took
separate observations which tailed
practically in their entirety. A re-
discovery by Capt. Scott confirmed
Amundse1s claims, as we'll as the fact
that conditions were favorable at the
time of Amundsen's discovery for &C.
curate observations, Capt. Bernier
said.
Capt, Bernier asserted he had no,
made public his beliefs previously as
he wished to avoid a controversy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Two Death Victims
Of Canoe at Dedham
Three Others Saved

Dedham, Mass, Apr. 26.-Two
men were drowned and three others
saved today when canoes upset with
in a mile of each other on the
Charles river here. William Cuffen
of Boston was drowned near the
Dedham pumping station. His two
companions were saved and Cuffen's
body was recovered. Thomas Glynn
of the Jamaica Plain district of
Boston was drowned near the Bridge
Street Canoe House. Neither he nor
his companion, Wallace Mitchell of
Jamaica Plain, could swim but other
canoeists saved Mitchell. Glynn's
body was not recovered. The river
swarmed all day with paddlers who
took advantage of the most spring.
like day of the season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
Railway Workers
See Danger in
Coming of Bus Lines

Boston, April 26.-The railroads
now opposing the establishment and
maintenance of motor bus lines in
their territories gained new adher-
ents today when New Haven lodge
~ of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen went on record opposing
such lines. The extension of the SER
vice, speakers declared, would soon
bring the discharge of railway en-
ployes through the discontinuance of
trains.
Instructions We're given the
lodges legislative agent of the
Brotherhood on the Boston and
Maine and Boston and Albany Rail-
roads. In their campaign for legisla-
ton restricting bus services. The
lodge voted in favor of law impos-
ing a substantial tax upon bus COM
panies for maintenance of state
highways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
NstOn and Maine
m ! Deficit $15,797
tof First Quarter

- on Apr. ga deficit Of $15,-
,,..us me first quarter OF 1925 Is re-
c ~ the Boston and Maine
- This compares with . de-
= ~ N62,s44 for the first quarter
n,t... Net income for March was
.s 's g compared with a net in
\. A $27o,444 in March last year.
Jump in operating revenues for
~ ter was placed at $478,756 Of
~ MIs.6S4 was a reduction in
EG receipts. The revenues in
~ r lel of $353,406 as compared
m lsfch 1924, Of which $344,922
reduction in passenger re-
nis This was attributed by the
m a largely to bus competition
y We use Of private automo-
g VIBRATING economies offsat
~. uced revenues in a large part,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
O@cers Flash Guns

~ arrests were preceded by some
Ind gun play on .the part Of the
&Ms bsfore the sextet were placed
N y combat. According to Fed
~ Prohibition agent William Cor
III iagotiations had been made by
II with the gang for delivery Of a
u assignment of liquor at an
lueed upon spot in the woods near
~ tgwn.
Assdy for Double Cross
! esnsght wary and duly cognizan.
= ~ Nlys Of bootleggers. the dry
1aG16 -aok only prepared to nab the
Saelnts Of the booze-bearing car,
II NJ anticipated a double-cross-
f. 1bant by hi-jackers. Preceding
Gtlme set for the meeting with the
~ car, agents Corbett, Weaver,
had, Jones and st. Peter con-
enlk themselves in the woods. With
AGGfival Of a trio. said by the
11t 70 be gunner specialists in
Mh-hcking game and in the en-
Nsof Frankie, the agents beat
70 the draw" and quickly plac-
04he bracelets on the trio.
Second Gang Easy
Aftsr securely tieing and gagging
~ group, the officers then awaited
= coming Of the car with the liquor.
Mhih the subsection of the gunner
~ accomplished only after some
elphy Of nerve on the part of the
emcen. the netting Of the second
eng proved easy due to the absence
9 suspicion on the part Of Frankie
~ BIZ two companions. With this
ulo also securely handcuffed the en-
ne tang Of six was brought to the
eek.up here where they were held
svG Sunday.
Weeks Of Investigation
THIS morning Frankie and his five
Gpanions will be taken to Port
- WHARF they will be given a hear
hefma U. S. Commissioner Gouio.
vc9 Corbett stated tonight that
mapping of Frankie was accom-
md only after several weeks O
49, work and the investigation
4ing that period revealed an as
mug amount Of liquor trafilc
- Boston into Northern New
snad He said the stun is Of
quality and believed to be COM
nun Rum Row.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
E. Winthrop Man
Dies in Portland

Especial to Kennebec JournaD
Portland, April 26.-Charles w.
GRAHAM of East Winthrop died in
Portland, April "a, aged "a. aged "A
years. Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 2.30 at 149
Congress street. Interment will be
in the Western cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
General Forecast

Pressure is low from northeast
ward. to the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
There have been local Thunderstorm
ers within the last "a hours in the
middle Atlantic and north Atlantic
states.
The temperature was higher Sun
day in the Atlantic states north of
Virginia, while the weather became
cooler from New Mexico and Colo
RADIO northeastward to Ontario and
western Quebec.
The indications are for mostly fair
weather Monday and Tuesday in the
middle Atlantic and mort Atlantic
states. The temperature will be
somewhat lower Monday and Mon
day night and Tuesday in the middle
Atlantic states.
Wind: North Of Sandy Hook:
Fresh west and northwest and wea-
Their partly overcast Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-27
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Northern New England: Generally
fair and cooler Monday and Tuesday.
Southern New England: Clearing
and cooler Monday; Tuesday fair
and cooler.
Eastern New York: Generally fair
Monday and Tuesday; cooler Mon
day and in southeast portion Tues
day.