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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
EDWIN TOWNE
QUIETLY PASSES
81ST BIRTHDAY

Edwin Towne passed his S1st
birthday quietly at his home on Elm
street Saturday, members Of his fam
lily being present to brighten the ses-
sion. Mr.. Towne was the recipient
of many cards from his friends wish
ing him happiness in the years to
come and hoping that he would cele-
brate many more birthdays. Those
present from out of town were his
son. F. H. Towne of Belgrade, and
his daughter. Miss Eva Towne, teach
er of music in the schools Of Gardi-
ner.
Mr.. Towne was born in winslow
and has passed practically his entire
life in Waterville. For a few years
he lived in Massachusetts,. Mr..
Towne for many years conducted a
grocery store in the location on Main
street now occupied by the Levine
clothing store. Here he built up a
large business and made many fast
friends. Twenty-Five years ago he
resigned from active business and Is
now making his home with a son.
Alvah Towne on Elm street. Another
| son is DR.. John G. Towne of this city.
MIR. Towne has always been active
in the work of fraternal bodies. He
| is member Of the knights Of
/ Pythias. the Masons and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, of which
he Is financier. His wife died two
and half years ago.
The elderly gentleman enjoys tho
best of health and is wide awake to
all that is going on in the world. He
reads a great deal each day and al
ways, when the weather is fair, goes
about out doors. Radio has lately
become one of his hobbies and he lis
tens in far into the night.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
Portland Girl
Thrown Downstairs

Portland, Me-, Feb. 2S-A distant
earth tremor, which in one instance
threw a girl down a flight Of stairs
was felt in this city and vicinity
shortly before 9:3 tonight. 1t lasted
from seven to 20 seconds. according
to the sections of the city affected.
Miss Ruth Merrill Of Falmouth
street was mounting flight of stairs
in her home when the shock toppled
, her over backwards. She was un-
hurt. e.
In many other homes, dishes were
smashed and doors opened and shut
mysteriously. Lamps and furniture
rocked back and forth for several
minutes.
People in a South Portland home
reported that the quake lasted from
seven to 20 seconds and that they
were forced to remain sitting in
chairs until it's end. Telephone SER
vice was disrupted on many circuits
and radio sets were generally thrown
out of commission.
Hundreds of citizens besieged po-
lice and newspaper offices with tele-
phone queries, but there were no re-
ports Of material damage in this
section.
Tenants Of an apartment house on
Chadwick street were aroused by the
quake and some ran into the streets
in their night clothing. Inmates OF
the county Jail were in panic for sew
eIal minutes and beat on the doof Of
their cells clamoring for release.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
President Coolidge
Cables His Regrets

Washington, Feb. 2S..-Presldent
Coolidge on learning of the death OF
President Ebert of Germany sent
message of regret to Hans Luther,
German chancellor
Il have learned with very great re-
gret of the death of President Ebert,
he said, "and desire to extend my pro-
found sympathy and that of the gov
ernment and people of the United
States to the government and people
of Germany, in the loss they have sus-
tained, and to the family of the late
president, Mrs. Coolidges and my sin
cere coincidence"
Frank b. Kellogg, secretary OF
state designate. made this statement:
ut is with deep regret that l have
learned of the death of President Ed
ert of Germany. He performed a
great service for his country in a
most difficult period, and his death is
not only a loss to Germany, but to Eu-
rope
Secretary Hugres epressed deep re-
gret at the death of President Ebert
II have most agreeable memories OF
President Ebert" he said, having
been received by him last year whlle
I was in Berlin, where | formed hlsn
opinion of his great ability and the
part which he played in the deNeiop-
,nent OF the German democracy since
the war.
"I am deeply shocked TO hear OF ms
death, which removed great nsule'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
Continental Shelf
May Have Slipped
Scientists Suggest

Boston, March IA shudder or
the earth from east to west caused,
possibly. By a slip Of the continental
shel or by a disturbance in the bot
tom of the Atlantic, scientists to-
day said tonight might explain the
earthquake which. Jared northc
United States and a portion of Cam
ada last night. The tremors were
pronounced by Professor Regineld
a. Daily of Harvard as the most sew
ere in the eastern United States
since the Charleston, S. c., earth
quake in 1856. In New England, no"
serious damage was reported al
though the tremors were pronounc-
ed throughout the territory and
caused a ripple of panicky excite
merit from Maine to Rhode Island.
In the opinion of Professor DAILY
that the northeastern section Of the
country will experience further SER
:cus shocks in the future earth
quakts and that no definite place of
origin of last nights tremors could
be ascertained.
Scientists will try comparing
notes on last nights earthquake, the
seventh and most severe to be felt
since the autumn of 1921. Reports
from TIE length of the territory that
buildings had been swayed, electric
wires snapped in some places. near
ranics in dozens of theatres, bells
rung in church steeple and books
and dishes tumbled from shelves.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
To Hold Funeral
Ebert Wednesday

Berlin, March l (By A. P.)-The
funeral of President Ebert will be
held at three o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon In the Wilhemstrasse palec.
which Is being used as the executive
mansion. Chancellor Luther. who
is acting president. will deliver the
Grafton. There will be no religious
services.
The body will be taken under mill
itary escort through Wilhemstrasse,
along Inter den Linden and through
the Brandenburg Gate to the Reich
stag steps. where the hearse will halt
while President Loebe of the Reich
stag delivers an address on behalf
of that body and the public will have
an opportunity to pay its respects to
the dead.
The procession then will move
across the Tiergarten through the
Friendensalle to the Potsdamer sta
tion. The funeral train will leave
for Heidelberg in the evening and
lnterment will take place in the
Berg Cemetery in Heidelberg Thurs
day morning.
Wilhemstrasse was thronge d
throughout the day and late into
the night by crowds which moved
slowly past the executive mansion
where the body of Herr Ebert lies.
Two soldiers in graygreen fatigue
uniforms and green field helmets
were the only guard that stood be-
fore the palace. Crepe draped over
two lanterns behind the main en-
trance to the mansion was the only
sign there was mourning.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
Arraigned on Charge
Of Drunkenness and
Disturbing Peace

George Langley was arraigned be-
fore Judge AtchlSy in municipal
court Saturday afternoon on the
complaint of James Kesaris, mana
ger of the Colby Lunch in this city.
on a charge of being intoxicated and
disturbing the peace. 1t was alleged
that Langley had broken dishes,
used profanity. had threatened the
men working in the lunch room and
had acted in such a manner that pa =
irons. might be driven away from the
restaurant.
The plaintiff was represented by
James L. Boyle while the defendant
had no counsel. Mr.. Kesaris. the first
to testify. said that Langley had
been to the lunch room a number" of
times during the month of February
Two or three of these times he had
not paid for his meal. On one oc
| casion, when it was claimed Langley
had been drinking. he went into the
kitchen, in spite of sign forbidding
patrons to do SO. He was, told by
the cook, Manil Karas, to leave, but
| he refused and threatened to injure
Karas. kesaris also told the court
| that Langley had once picked up a
dish of apple sauce and had dropped
| it on the floor. This it was alleged,
i he had not paid for.
{ Spiros Papalos, the night counter
! man, testified to the fact that Lang
| ley had been a frequent visitor to the
+, lunch room during the past month
! Although it was evident that he had
been drinking the witness could not
say whether or not the defendant
had been actually drunk. The wit
ness told of one incident when it
was necessary to call the police
Langley and the man who he was
with had created such a disturbance
| Papalos had never seen Langley
| break dishes but he said that the de-
| fendant had always been in the Vi
| cinity where the dishes were broken
karas told the court that Langley
| had entered the kitchen and that he
| refused to leave when told to do so
One time the defendant started to
| feed his dog from a plate of meat
| the witness said, and when told to
leave he used threatening language
Langley in his testimony admitted
| that he had been drinking when he
went to the lunch room but he de-
MED that he was drunk. According to
| his story. he failed to pay but once
and at that time Papalos had told
| him that it would be all right. He
said that at no time had he gone
i home in taxi cab and told the cab
man to charge it to the restaurant,
as was contended by the plaintiff.
The case was continued for one
! month during which time Langley
has been ordered not to go near the
Colby Lunch.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
EXPERTS AT LOSS
(Continued from Page Onel

fulfilled DIR. Todd's recent prediction
that a major disaster here would
be preceded "by a gentle quivering
coming from nowhere"
Astonished residents of the city
and it's environs today exchanged ex-
periences of the pranks played by the
earth during it's short awakening for
a space estimated at from one half
visited upon those in this section
were repeated as the wave rolled on
its journey from Sudbury, Canada,
to Florence. S. c., and as far west as
the Mississippi.
Tunes were played on crystal
chandeliers. gold fish were washed
from their bowls, chairs were rocked
by an unseen hand, telephones tink-
led but no voice answered and houses
''rolied like ships in the ocean,
Visited by such ghostly phenoma,
persons poured from their houses
into the streets in certain sections
where the undulations seemed to
have reached a crest. Police and
firemen, themselves none too sure of
the fitness of things reassured
frightened inhabitants of the con-
gested quarters, where skinny tene-
ment houses were most responsive
to the restless earth.
Women prayed and children cried
during the tremors. the exact nature
of which was not known by most who
experienced them until later and
then they laughed in relief. Residents
Of the Italian district, many with
tragic memories of other earth
Quakes, were panic stricken.
On Broadway the usual Saturday
night crowd in search of a thrill was
cooped up in theatres and did not
know until later that they had missed
the sensation of dancing on the shift
ing crust Of the earth. The sensation
was diminished throughout the city
by the rumble and roar of the elevat-
ed and subway trains. The general
impression Of most who did feel the
movement. was that an explosion had
taken place.
Police We're Of the opinion that had
the giant office buildings of the busi-
ness district not been empty at the
time. there might have been loss Of
life If the confusion noted within cer-
tain sections, where persons poured
into the streets. had been repeated.
The watchman at the Woolworth
Building. the tallest in the world,
said he felt no swaying.
The skyscrapers generally with
stood What was undoubtedly their
greatest test. Neither the 1914
quake nor the two which preceded it
within the last 40 years, approached
last nights diversion in severity,
There was no confusion in the sub
ways where the tremors were lost in
the rattle Of the trains.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
EBERT SUCCUMBS
CONTINUED from Pace One)

shock to the city, earlier bulletins
published by the newspapers had
indicated a marked improvement in
his condition. He died at the West
Sanitarium. where he was operated
on early Tuesday morning, after be-
ing hurriedly taken from his official
residence.
This afternoon Germany's war
flags on land and sea were all at
half-mast by order of Gen. Won
Seeckt. commander of the German
army. and no military band will play
throughout the republic, except at
Ebert's funeral. until after the coun-
try's Socialist President has been laid
at rest. Republican flags of black,
red and gold, looped with crepe, line
the streets of Berlin and Potsdam.
and the saddened public quietly
awaits the morrow. which will be a
general day of mourning through
out the republic for those who fell in
the war. The day will have a double
slgnlhcance to the real republicans
OF Germany, who realize the nation
has lost one of it's giants.
Chancellor Luther will deliver the
Grafton at the funeral "Wednesday.
which will be held in the executive
mansion on the Wilhelmstrasse at
FRAU Ebert's request. AS Germany
has no precedents for a presidential
funeral, the officials who are arrang-
ing the ceremony are having a diff
cult task and We're unable to COM
plete plans today.
The palace, which is used as the
executive mansion. is not large
enough to accommodate many
mourners, but it has a large court
and, If the pleasant weather contin-
ies. seats will probably be arranged
in the open air.
Throughout the day silent crowds
stood in the street before the sani-
tarium where the President died, as
well as in front of his home, and
watched the seemingly endless line
or diplomats. officials and friends
who called to leave cards.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
QUAKE SHOCK IS
MOST VIOLENT IN
CITY FOR YEARS

Students at Colby college received
quite a scare on Saturday evening
when an earthquake of considerable
iorce shook all of the college build
nu sufficiently to jar pictures and
nifrors from their places on the
walls Of the halls. The jarring,
which started a few minutes past
lins o'clock and continued for more
!fan q minute, sent all who were
y the fraternity houses and college
eoemitories scurrying into the open
w tear that more severe shakings
hient topple the brick buildings on
70 thsm.
Sersral cases Of broken pictures
Mo mirrors were reported after the
.smporary excitement had died down
y vel az articles being displaced
aom their proper positions. The
.umohngs were Of sufficient force as
70 cause windows to rattle.
professor Edward H. Perkins, head
v ~. me department Of geology at the
Mese. stated that he believed the
ya.1e to have come from inland as
%e local rumblings which Maine has
.a subject to within the last year
s1s nowhere as severe. The quake
y saturday night was the most
.nse .sae that has been experienced in
slonS time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
Waterville Is
Shaken by Quake
Saturday Evening

Saturday evening at 9.22 o'clock
Waterville experienced a distinct
earthquake shock, lasting the Lest
part of a minute. The time can be
set so exactly because the clock in
the Central Fire station was shaken
SO much that it stopped running.
The quake varied in its intensity
in different parts of the city. Along
the banks of the Messalonskee river
the shock seemed to be the most
pronounced. Here several became
panic stricken and rushed from their
cards at the time Of the quake, had
been in San Francisco in 1906 when
the great earthquake visited the Pa
cific coast, and she said that the
shock of last night was exactly sim :
liar to those preliminary to the great
quake II San Francisco.
On Winter street a ceiling in a
house was cracked for the whole
width of the room and the rattling
was sufficient to shake pictures from
the walls. In another house hot
water tank on the end of the stove
was about half full Of water. The
rocking of the house caused much OF
the water to splash out Of the tank
and the house could be plainly seen
to rock.
No injuries resulting from the
quake were reported but in all parts
of the city people became badly fri
ghtened and left their houses.
Edward II. Perkins, professor of
Geology at Colby college. when
questioned concerning the shock last
evening, said that this was the third
time within the past year that an
earthquake has visited this section
of the country. The others We're on
September 30 and January z. Ihat
of Saturday evening he considered 10
be of the most intensity of the three.
That the quake was Lot felt as much
along the Kennebec river as 1t was IN
other parts of the city was account
ed for by the professor by the fact
that the buildings along the kenne-
bee are built on clay while those
elsewhere stand on bed rock and 1t
is natural for the tremors to follow
the strata of the bed rock.
An earthquake belt the professor
said, exists along the valley OF the
st. Lawrence river, running down
through Lake Champlain and the
Hudson river valley. He thought
that the tremors of Saturday even
ing resulted from a fall in the lana
in this belt. The land in the eastern
part Of the country is well settled
and the professor did not think that
there was any danger of a quake OF
sufficient force in this part OF the
state to cause any serious damage
It was peculiar to hear many Pee.
ple tell of violent tremors, wnlie
there were many others who did not
know whether there had been any
disturbance at all. Professor Per
kins said that ths difference IN the the
roason for this. In City hall those
who were in the basement OF the the
trembling of the earth but tn those Wno VINO
were upstairs, attending the ,i motnon t1,s
picture show felt the shock dls-
tinctlv. Although the quake. was
felt in all the theaters it was OF sucil
short duration that there was not
time for a panic to begin. - ::
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
CLINTON

The Jolly Eight were pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Batcheldor, Thursday even
ing. The evening was passed in
playing cards and a social way, dur
ing the time refreshments were
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held at the home Of
MIR. and Mrs. Leon Keegan.
Albert Nelson. Ted Grant and
George Mckenney are in Farmington
to attend the dance at the Normal
school.-Mrs. George Waldron was in
Pittsfield recently where she visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Larrabee Of Pittsfield-Mrs. Dorothy
Gerald was a business caller in Wat
erville, Friday.-WilEs knight has
returned from a short business trip
to Portland. Miss Dois Dickey,
teacher at Lawrence High. is at her
home for the week end.-Mrs. Floyd
Besse was a business caller in Water
vile, Friday.-Mrs. Nellie Noble and
son, Guy Lewis, Of Brewer, are in
town where they were called here by
the sudden illness of her son, Virgil
Lewis.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
Prisoners Excited
In Cumberland Jail

Portland, Mar. 1.-Stark fear
stalked through the corridors of the
Cumberland county Jail at 9.22 last
night as giant unseen force gripped
the massive pile of granite and set
it swaying back and forth. Panic
struck to the hearts of the 14O pris-
oners housed there, pandemonium
broke loose and lasted until Turnkey
William II. Smith was able to quiet
them. In a frenzy of fear they
shrieked at the top of their voices
and made futile attempts at liberty.
Il was sitting in a chair and read
ing" Turnkey Smith said to the Tele-
gram last night, when the first
shock came. 1 feat a distinct move
ment Of the building. Immediately
the second shock followed and it
was as though the building swayed
back and forth and was about to
tumble in ruins. Then they started
to shout for me to let them out.
They were crazed by fear and they
continued to cry for me to liberate
them"
1t took a long time for the keeper
to finally quiet the men. They
could not understand the shaking
and it was as though the fear of
death was upon them. At the top
of their voices they ordered, begged
and pleaded for the turnkey to let
them out and until they understood
that the danger was past they con-
tinued to beat against the bars of
their cells and shout at the tops of
their voices. Turnkey Smith de-
clared that in all his experience he
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
LUTHER AND MARX HEAD THE
PRESIDENTIAL LISTS
Discussion OF Successor to Ebert DC.
cupies Germans

Berlin. Feb. 2S.-(By A. Po-Who
will succeed Ebert as the chief ex-
ecutive of Germany is a question
which is forcing itself more urgent
ly on the German people because of
the fact that the constitution does
not provide for a vice president.
Two names thus far stand out pre-
eminently as presidential possibilities
Chancellor Luther and former
Chancellor Marx. DR.. Luther would
get the support of the Nationalist.
Conservatives, and a large part of
the business world, while DR.. Marx
would have the endorsement of the
Clericals. Democrats and Socialists.
Both men have enviable records of
national and international achieve
ments-Dr. Luther chiefly in connec-
tion with financial policies, and DR..
Marx as a negotiator with the en-
tente and conciliator at home.
Two other names mentioned in
wider circles are those of Gen. Won
Seckt and former Chancellor Cuno.
1t is doubtful, however, whether the
nationalist parties would dare pre-
Isent a professional military man as
their candidate.
For DR.. Cuno, it is argued that
While he is not used to the turmoil
of Reichstag politics, where he was
often somewhat embarrassed. his
quiet and charming personality Is
we'll suited to the representative
duties devolving on chief execu-
tive.
1t is extremely likely a dark horse
may be presented by either of the
two major groupings in German po-
litical life. With a large commune
ist vote in the of1ing. it is doubtful
whether an absolute majority will
be obtained by any candidate on the
first ballot. The constitution pro-
vides in such a case that another
popular ballot must be taken IA days
later, when the candidate with the
highest number of votes will be de-
clared elected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
Quake Manifest
At Several Points
In Northern Maine

Bangor, Me. Mar. 1.-Reports
from towns in northern Maine indi-
cate that Saturday nights earth
quake extended to and beyond the
border. At Monson in Piscataquis
county, houses rocked and chimneys
toppled. At Millinocket the tremor
was so severe that motion picture
show was stopped and the lights
turned on to re-assure the audience.
In Houlton and Caribou dishes were
shaken from shelves and pictures
from walls, and in all other Aroos-
took county towns and throughout
the st. John Valley on both sides of
the border the shock was pro-
nounced and in some villages caused
great alarm.
In Bangor the inmates OF the
county Jail were alarmed by the rat
tie of cell doors and the shaking Of
the heavy granite building and at
the central fire station a large elec-
trio clock was moved an inch out of
position on the wall.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-02
NLLING PLACES
WEN FROM SIX
UNTIL SIX TODAY

,uGsrville voting places will be
nm % rom 8 o'clock this morning
,,. NY o'clock this evening for the
m~l Ssl municipal election. Work
nNs we're busy all day Saturday set
~ Up booths in preparation for
~. ~ voting places are to be the
N.s q those Of former years and
~! ~ sre as follows: Ward 1, Myrtle
rsss echool: Ward 2, Brook street
rSss S Ward 3, North Grammar
Es' Ward 4, City Hall: Ward D,
A.sn avenue school; Ward g.
crsruston street school: Ward Il,
wv street school.
,Mas - vote today will elect a mayor,
d sen ~ and councilmen, members
thrsss ~ board Of education in wards
shs sno four. and all city officers
sre elected by the people.
thna .asts s has been so little pre-elec-
dhi. ik that 1t is we'll nigh impos.
~ s predict with any accuracy
i liS..come Of today's voting and IL
a n.wSe difficult to say whether
nv. ~. heavy vote wilLbe cast.
a.slec F. Miller for more than
~ tsln business on Main street,
n,Sss Democratic candidate for
ins nv cnd his Republican opponent
hom.I raul r.. Baird, for II years q
sinent sint veterinary in Waterville.
nsmSe Dattle is expected for the
,hn stships to the board Of educa-
6mso.an e ward three. DR.. E. l. Fish,
Renrsnat opposes Arthur A. Head.
Rartiolcan and in ward four Mark
JOIN Democrat, opposes DIR,
M y. Iowne, Republican.
matter how the vote may go,
tatis. next mayor will be a
1Ae ,eao, ., Vermont and a member OF
va ai Sai kiwanis Club. Mr.. Miller
Al. ln In the Green Mountain
Nh ~ =, 1856 and DR.. Baird in 1889.
% ill., me men were among the first
va a ta The Kiwanis Club when It
u. 40fmed here number Of years