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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
FRENCH OFFER
CONTINUED from Pace onel

unit on it."
onoer-Secretary Winston. the Am
erlcan commission secretary. ar the
ciose of the second meeting of the
americans, said mo official nrono-
sal was before them. but almost
simultaneously there were decIara :
IONS from other quarters that the
french suggestions were unaccepta :
oie at least to some of the Americans
me days developments presaged
intensive discussion of the whole
t!oh at the joint meeting called
Tor midday tomorrow.
Ihe suddenness of the French offer
was forecast. however. in NJ, Gail.
iauXs statement in greeting the
american commission that the French
were ready as practical men to go IN
work on the problem. Secretary Mel
ioh' chairman of the American COW
mission, welcomed the visitors with
.iie declaration that ut is our dutv IN
Ieach with you a conclusion. in ths &c.
tlnaeion OF each of our peoples. fair
ana, In the practical test OF TINE
worka BILE" 'Ane'
Immediately after the meeting
winch lasted only an hour. Secretary
mellon reconvened his colleagues and
lney smut themselves in the confer
ence room for an hour and half
longer. Late in the afternoon then,
met second time.
All members of the two commissions
temporarily abandoned the task before
.nem tonight. however, and gathered at
the White House as guests of the
president at dinner. Besides the COM
missions, all members of the cabinet
excepting Secretary Work who Is all
sent from the city, and Secretary
weeks, who is ill., attended Congress-
was represented by Senator Borah of
Idaho, chairman of the Senate foreign
relations committee; Senator Swanson
OF virginia, ranking Democrat
member of the same committee:
chairman Porter of the House foreign
a1alrs committee, and Representative
Llnthicum of Maryland, ranking DEM
ocratic member on that committee.
The days events as they concerned
the American commissions meetings
were shrouded in almost complete
secrecy. There was an absence of
official statements from any source
save the brief speeches made bv
Chairman Mellon fthe American
commission and M. Caillaux in open
ing the sessions.
Mr.. Mellon told the French there
was no disposition here to minimize
their difficulties nor to discount the
ravages they had withstood. He be-
lleved that France faced the facts
now under strong leadership and
would emerge successfully from all
her difficulties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Colby Football Squad
Gets Light Workout
On Thursday

Especial to Kennebec JournaD
Waterville, Me, Sept. 24-The Col
by football team received a light
workout today in comparison with
the work given them during the last
few days.
New plays which have not yet been
perfected were further drilled into
the varsity team. Signal practice
and charging were the most promi :
nent features Of the work this after.
noon. After almost all Of the time
passed in this sort of work the var
sity had short scrimmage against
the second team.
The first team was given the ba II
and held it for the entire battle.
They were unable to score against
the second string men in this time.
The second and third teams held a
long scrimmage session under the
Watchful eye of Coach Roundy. The
coach Uas looking these men over 40
that he could get a line on the men
who will act as first string substi-
tutes. From these men will come the
players upon whom Colby depends in
great part for the scoring this sea
son. The Brown game is always
hard on the Colby boys and as this
comes before the State series any
one injured must be replaced from
this group.
Erickson showed best maong the
backs and made the only score of the
afternoon when he carried the bail
ten yards on skin tackle play.
In the line were Hale and Potter
VINO made good impression. Hale
IS strong but is lacking in expert
ence. He was later changed to tho
varsity squad and joined them dur
ing their signal practice.
tomorrow stiff scrimmage will
De held and the first team given its
first real test.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
First Scrimmage of
Season for COburn

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Waterville, Sept. "a - The first
scrimmage for the season was held by
the Coburn football squad on Libby
field this afternoon when teams A and
B played snappy As minute game.
The scrimmage showed that there
is a wealth of quarterback material,
Harold Gile handling team A like a
veteran while Joe Martoski did good
work at quarter for team B.
Future stars in the line appeared to
be Bill Sullivan, Antonio Paganucci,
Ross Butler and Snub Pollard.
The teams were evenly matched but
in the last few minutes of play team
A put the ball over the line for the
only score of the game.
The lineups:
Team A-Robbins, lie; Pollard, 1t;
Paganucci, lg; Averka, Pritchard, c;
Norbury, rg; Sullivan, rt; Chisholm,
re; Gile, OBJ: Bohn, lib; khoury, RIB;
johnson. fb.
Team B-Wilmot, lie; Mitchell, 1t;
Ferro, lg; Sullivan, C; Lancaster, re-;
Butler, rt Besse, re; Martoski, OBJ;
Mason. lib; Violette, RIB; Druenl
(capt), fb.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
BABE SHOvES 'EM
ALL OUT BY HOMER

New York, Sept. 24.-(AP)-For
the first time this season and for
the sixth time in his career, Babe
Ruth hit a home run with the bases
full today. giving the Yankees a b
to 5 victory over the White Sox. The
big drive which was Ruth's list of
the year. was made off Pitcher
George Connally with one out in the
extra session.
The clubs went into the tenth
deadlocked at two-all when Chicago
staged a three-rIn rally at the ex-
pense of Ben Shields, recruit south
paw from Richmond, Va.
1t was the final game of the year
between the clubs. The seasons Sc
ries stands 10 to 8 in favor of Chi
cago. Score:
Chicago:
5000 O110O s. IA
New York.
1000 90 4-6-11-1
Faber, Connally and Schalk
Shields and Bengough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Coach Ryan Issues
First Call to
Colby Track Men
(special to Kennebec Journal


Waterville. Me. Sept. 24-Coach
Michael ]. Ryan of the Colby track
team today issued his first call for
track men. The cross country team
has already reported and Is now
working out every day. Todays call
included all men who will be candt-
dates for the relay or track teams.
A tentative schedule of meets TO
be held this fall was also given out.
The dates are not yet fully decided
upon but the list of meets to be held
was published. The competitions
are as follows: Freshman track meet,
Freshman Sophomore track meet
Freshman Sophomore cross country
meet, Interclass track meet, Inter.
class cross country meet, 1ntramural
meets, and possibly a dual meet for
the varsity cross country men and
the Maine Intercollegiates for them
also. IL these men show up well in
the Maine meet they will probably
be sent to the New England Inter-
collegiate cross country champion
ships.
This is the program which will be
followed as closely as possible this
season although changes may be
made.
Mittelsdorf, Brown, Sansone. Brud-
no and Hodgkins are all out every
day possible and it ooks like good
year for Colby in track.
The cross country team has only
one letter man back but the others
are showing up well and good team
may be developed.
Relay also has but one veteran
left for this season and the makeup
of the team is problematical
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Former Maine Driver
Lands Winner at
Chatham, n. B., Races

Especial to the Kennebec Journalo
Chatham, N. B.. Sept. 24-Vic
Douse, long a Maine trainer, now OF
Attleboro. Mass. former driver of
the old Grand Circuit PAGER DR.. Ga
70, now owned in Nova Scotia,
landed him a winner in the Free
For All, the feature of the closing
days card of the Chatham exhibit
ton. Joe Niles. home town entry,
took tile 1880 class. repeating from
Yesterday. Summary:
FREE FOR ALL. PURSE S4O0
DR.. Cana, BIS, by George Cana
T. ]. Devlin, bg, (McDonald) 2 2 2
David Hal, chg, (Rice) -. 3
John Hedgewood, big. (Avery) dis
Time 2:17 IA; PIT IL; 2:21 IA.
2:30 MIXED, PURSE $500
Joe Niles, BIS, by Fred Arno
(Carver) ............. :
Tim Murphy, bs (Jardine) 8
Doris Kip, BIN (McLeod) 2
Prince Be Sure, Big .
(Brown) .............
Gug Cogg also started.
Time 2:27; 2:24 IA; 2;23 IL;
2:2S. -
The named race was won by
Cleary Boy (Cochrane) in straight
heats, best time 2:S5 IL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25

war did a large Internal ional bank
ing business have not yet returned
to the point of stability which would
enable them to float large foreign
loans. AS result New York is
gradually assuming responsibilities
long shouldered by London, Paris
Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and VI
emma.
Demands upon American bakers
for financial assistance are manifold
and varied. From public utilities in
Jpan, coffee growers in Sac Paolo,
!. nitrate producers in Chill and steel
manufacturers in Hungary, loans are
sought.
Based on inquiries from foreign
governments. municipalities and IN
dustries, tentative estimates made IN
banking circles list prospective loans
to various countries as follows:
Germany 5000, 100000: France $780,
100000; Italy 100000, 600; Belgium
SIS, 600, 600; Czecho- Slovakia $780,
OoO, 900; Japan s7O,000,000; Austria
1880, 900: Hungary. s30,000,000.
Scores of other loans ranging IN
size from s1.000,0oo to S25,oo0,OOo
are listed as possibilities.
For several months the chief OBJ
stacle in the way of large scale Eu-
ropean borrowing has been the tight
ening OF Uncle Sans purse strings
pending agreements on the funding
of war debts. This has effectively
closed the door to France, Italy.
Czechoslovakia and other nations
whose war debts are unfunded.
Belgium negotiated settlement last
month and is now eligible for loan
to aid in the sterilization of its
money situation.
If satisfactory debt settlements
are reached at conferences between
the United States and the French
and Italian governments, it is con-
sidered as certain that large private
loans to these countries will follow.
Flotation of a s50,000,0o0 Czecho-
Slovakian bond issue awaits only
similar agreement as to its war
debt.
Bankers who have recently return
further financial aid would be need
ed by the central government for
some time. Scores of German cities
and industries have applications IN
file for the sale of small bond issues.
Austria and Hungary are interested
mainly in obtaining new capital for
the rehabilitation of their industries.
Relaxation of Japan's restrictions
on gold exports and the possibility of
that countrys return to the gold
standard have aroused reports in
Wall Street that Japan may follow
Great Britain's example of fortifylng
itself with a large American credit.
The only Japanese bond issue in
sight, however, is one for the city If
Tokyo, which may total $50,000,0 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Germany Will
Attend Farley
On Security Pact

Berlin. Sept. 24-(AP)-Germany
Will meet with the allied powers 10
negotiate security pact The cabi-
net presided over by Pesident Won
iiindenburg today accepted the in
vltatlon of the allies to attend a con-
terence to this end.
Dr. Luther, the chancellor. and
NuStav Stresemann. foreign minister,
VIII represent Germany at the con-
ference, with DR.. Friedrich Gauss,
cnlet legal expert of the foreign Of
nee as secretary general, and prob
aoiy Dr. w. B. Won Buelow, chief
OF the league of nations division of
me foreign office, together with yari-
Gus undersecretaries
Inc German delegates will not be
u2uhu by lnfiexible instructions, but
"'i enter upon discussion to effec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Morse Is Ready
For Cony Invasion
Saturday Afternoon

Especial to the Kennebec Jou,r.n
. Bath, Me-, Sept. 24-For III. =.
two seasons Cony high Of Aurr,
and Morse high have played n,
ball to scoreless ties. The ts,~
meet here for the opening esms .
the season Saturday afternoon \
three, daylight time, and Their =
be a strenuous effort BY eaeb y !,
preak up that tie question.
Although the Morse team this "a,
son Is built around three letter NJ,
OF last season and lacks experisns.
tneFe is no apparent indication /
practice of lack of determiafion !,
win from Cony Saturday for a,
nrst time in many years.
Up to two years ago Cony eou.
sidered the Morse game prarti0.
workout. Scores of IS and 10 IA
cipher were the customary hin,
But two years ago "Funga Knight,
snappy team held Cony to score.
less tie here and the whistle 1t Il.
end of the first half was all That
saved Cony from defeat. Capt. Geo
McMann's team of last season also
played a scorehss game with cony
in Augusta.
There is no quess.on Of over.cou.
fdence here. Coach Raymond v,
Hayward. knows that ConyS has a
heavy and fast team and knows tist
McCauley is a flash and heavy
enough to hit the line hard. How
ever, Morse is used to- stacking up
against heavier teams in their
first games. The Morse squad nov
numbers 50 bows and every one ot
them is working hard to perfect
plays for the contest Saturday.
AT the present time. the probable
lineup Saturday will be: Dean Bon
ney and Charlie Miller. ends; Fran.
els Duprey and Merritt Mitchell
tackles: Howard Bowker and LeRHs
Kemper. guards: Gordon Harring-
ton, center: Ted Veilleux. q'back;
Ellery Doyle, Alec Macdonald and
Elwood Toothaker. backs, Alter.
mates are: Don Wilson and Alfred
Cannon. ends; Earl Decker and Joe
McLaughli., tackles; Ovid Mulln ana
Trott. guarda: Trott. sub center
Reddington. Reed and .Cy Longle.
backs. The team will average ID
pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Hagen Speeds Up
For Second Win

Chicago, Sept. 24-(AP)-Fof Ia
second time in three days, Walter 10,
gen of Pasadena, Fla, today surNl'sa
by a long extra hole match In me pw
fessional golf championship at oem,
pia Fields Country Club. He deiea,sa
Leo Diegel of New York in 40 n0s Y.
after Diegel had led all the way y
the S6th hole. Hagen had 70 pA
spectacular golf during the sesI.
round on course No. 8 to overtaM I"
opponent.
The victory. which went ever ful'', !.
than his match with Al Watrous =
the first round, brought the cnain p.l
face to face with Harry Cooper =, y I,
las. who entered the serni-iiila'sy ~
defeating John Farrell OF new IN IN
3 and /. The other semi-flnal n .s.,.
will be between Morte Dutra, a ~,
deem, Wash, who played better Wv
par most of the way to defeat los .sI.
Armour of New York, and BIZ ~. sIl,
horn of Chicago. Mehlhorn na W.
overcame Tom Kerrigan Of New i Vii
although both played mediocre sor
most of the time until Menino'n s.r
z and 6. It was nearly CARR ~,
Hagen finally overlook Digger from :
submerged position of five down
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25

the plant to come in here and OPP
crate it the syndicate propositlon
will be dropped.
The sale was conducted in the
presence of hundreds of Bath peo-
pie and there was much manifest
disappointment that the Bath group
headed by William S. Newell, pres
ent work manager. were not the sue
cessful bidders. Besides the New
York group and Mr.. Newell there
was one other bidder, Walter E.
Reid of Portland and Seguinland,
who was bidding for himself alone.
The bidding was started by Mr..
Newell, who bid the upset price of
$4,000 for the plant. 1t took more
than an hour to reach the top fig
ure for which the plant was sold,
$193, 100, and then Mr.. Dale paid the
upset price for the material and
supplies. $4,000.
The purchase of this plant by out
side interests possibly means that
many Bath men who have been en-
ployed there and have been waiting
to see If Mr.. NewelTs interests OBJ
tanned it, will have to seek employ
ment elsewhere, as the court will
undoubtedly accept the bid. This
leaves a bad taste and there is much
mourning in many Bath homes to-
night. 1t is understood If the New
ell interests had been successful they
had nearly 100000 worth of work
in sight.
However. it is pointed out that the
city may benefit as a whole if the
new owners are successful in getting
big concern in here with an indus
try outside shipbuilding for Bath
people are inclined to believe very
thoroughly that shipbuilding is about
as DEAD as 1t can be and be called
such.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25

BILE to have had the power Of all FIVE
engines constantly" Colonel Hall re-
piled, lit would have been more
probable that we would not have
been drawn into the vortex of the
storm which wrecked the ship.
do not believe, however, engine pow
err had anything to do with the sit
uation after we got into the vortex
of the storm"
Colonel Hall testified that under
all the circumstances he did not
think the Shenandoah could have
escaped the "twister" which tore her
in pieces. Have YOU any criticism
to make of the handling of the She
nandoah prior to and during that
storm?" asked Admiral Jones.
"None whatever" replied Colonel
Hall.
The army officer was positive In
his declaration that the ship began
to break up before the control car
parted. He was in agreement with
Lieutenant Commander c. E. Rosen-
dahl, another witness, and navigator
or the shenandoah, that the wooden
struts of the control car first snap
ped on the downward drop of the
ship.
Commander Lansdowne's attitude
toward making the fight was en-
phasized in the cross questioning to :
day by Judge Advocate Foley. Com
mander Rosendahl declared that the
Shenandoah's captain had not voiced
any protest against. or exhibited anv
reluctance to proceed on the mid
continental voyage in accordance
with the navy departments order.
Both commander RosendahI and
Solonel Hall testified that Ians-
doWne had made to them no profess
against the itinerary fixed bv tbe
navy department and the former
said the airship captain understood
luIly the reasons why the depart-
inent decided upon the itinerary
TENDER 9. san vi sep
be1ore beginning the cross exam
lna.ion OF survivors, which will he
continued tomorrow, the court snent
Two hours inspecting the wrects n ns
OF the Shenandoah returned hare
rom OHIO and which had been or
ranged on the floor of the bana ar
IN IN the relative position that - n.ar
in the ship. '"a' IL was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Would Have Dodged
ICnnfinuad &rnnn Pana nnAA

before the control car fell, carrying
Commander Zachary Lansdowne and
other officers and men to their
death.
The offering of evidence that the
Shenandoah began to break up when
arrested after a fall of nearly. 1000
feet in three minutes.
Declarations of two witnesses that
Commander Lansdowne had not
been reluctant to make the flight at
the time it was undertaken and that
he voiced no dissatisfaction with the
itinerary fixed by the navy depart
ment
Introduction of the barogra nh
record from the ship indicating that
her first sudden ascent began at 4.26
a. M, Central time, on September 8.
and lasted eight minutes. during
which she assembled 113O feet; that
Two minutes later she began another
anu more rapid rise, going from
ioIo feet to $685. feet in approxi-
lnately III minutes and that she then
utes.
At that point the Paragraph
ceased 10 junction and testimony of
some survivors indicates that it was
SN"ooS Siiio tIilS tHdC the null gave
way Just forward of amidships and
the craft broke in two.
Both the Paragraph record and the
estimate of witnesses examined to-
day tend to indicate that the She
nandoah was buffeted about in the
storm for 10 minutes from the time
or her uncontrolled ascent to an ex-
IRENE altitude of 6065 feet until She
nnally began to break up at an alti-
tude or approximately 1000 feet.
While the word picture of the dis
aster painted by Colonel Hall proved
the most absorbing of all the testi-
mony, perhaps the most important
from viewpoint of the purpose of
the inquiry was his Statement wit
respect to the engines, one of which
lalied because of cracked CYLINDER
and another because of a loss Of wa
ter. VI wa
This phase of the inquiry was IN.
troduced by Rear Admiral Hilary n
Jones, president of the court who
asked what effect the engine fa;Iuro
had on the failure to escape the line
squall. .-...-......., iihs
believe II it had been posi-.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
SENATORS CLINCH PENNANT IN
Double win over INDIANS

Washington, Sept, 24-(APl-
Washington today clinched its Sec
ond consecutive American League
pennant.
The race ended when the champi
ons took two games from Cleveland,
as st. Louis defeated Philadelphia,
the only remaining contender.
The pennant was clinched with
the crowd in the grandstand ap-
parently unaware of 1t. AS the last
out in the second game was made,
the fans drifted calmly out of the
park with only the usual demonstra-
ton accompanying a victory.
For the last three weeks Washing
ton had held a commanding lead in
the race and the ultimate result was
more or less taken for granted here.
The champions made their final
bid for the flag with three straight
victories over Cleveland in which
three of the veterans regulars, Man
ager Harris, Peckinpaugh and Wall
ter Johnson were out of the game
because of injuries. All, with the
possible exception of Harris. will be
able to start against Pittsburgh in
the opening game of the worlds
series less than two weeks hence.
Score:
First game:
Cleye. -. oil 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-3-7-0
Wash. :. o 0 0 0 0 0 1-4-9-0
Smith and L. Sewell; Reuther and
SEVERED.
Second game:
Cleve. 49,. 0100 o 0 0 0 1-2-10-3
Wash. 49,. ] 0 0 ! 0 20 4 X-6-12-0
Shaute and Myatt; Ferguson and
Ruel.