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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Fair Saturday and Sunday; colder
Saturday and Saturday night; con-
tinued cold Sunday; strong northwest
winds diminishing by Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
Rslief Grows End Of
Four Months Strike
Is in Sight

(usstcrs and Miner Repre-
s,utatiyes Will Confer Mon
~ Afternoon-First Re-
NEST viii Be Return of Min
y Pending Negotiations
priest Group Determined
wax Shall Be Resumed by
While Of Month at Latest
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
TRAFFIC P OS I
IS ASKED BY
STANLEY
Sergeant Sends Application
to District Commissioners
Through Maj. Sullivan

Sergeant Buell. Stanley, thirteen
years a traffic policeman, today
made application TO the Commits
sioners, through Major Daniel Sui
Ivan, for the post OF director Of
traffice.
II would have it distinctly un-
derstood," his letter says. that /
would have to be granted indefinite
leave Of absence before could &C.
cept the position.
IT feel that in asking for the
position that I have the character
istics that are essential and all i'm
portant qualities that go to make
up a man who viii be called upon
to assert himself in many vexing
problems. and with the necessary
progressiveness that is absolutely
Indispensable in directing the traffic
destinies OF a city that in all prob
ability will have population in the
near future approximately a million
people
Sergeant Stanley who was for
merly a Shakespearian actor, was
appointed to the force on July 10,
1910, as a substitute crossing police
man. On January 4, 1911 he was
made a regular policeman; on Octo-
Der &c, 1915, he was named acting
sergeant and on August 10, 1913,
promoted to sergeant.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
BOARD IS
SUCCESSFUL
ARB|TER
Only One Excessive Increase
Found in IS Cases Under
Consideration

Only one case involving exces-
sive increase in rent has thus far
come to the attention Of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board, now adj
justing the differences OF landlords
and tenants. due to non-activity Of
the Rent Commission along this
line, Secretary John A. Petty, Of
the board, stated today.
During the last few weeks, the
board has had under consideration
twenty to twenty-five cases. and
satisfactory arrangements have been
negotiated in so per cent Of these,
according to Mr.. Petty.
II shall have a statement to
make in day or two" the score
tary said, ''tO let the public know,
In detail, just how the board is at
tempting to iron out the differences
between tenants and landlords. /
would not desire to make half
way statement in this connection
until the whole thing has taken
definite form"
MIR. Petty said that the job will
be easier within the next three
months. when many Washingtonians
leave for the summer and Govern
ment forces are reduced. He said
he anticipated no difficulty in
handling rent affairs II the monthly
average was no more than fifty
cases.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
SUM GARLAND SPURNED
GROWS TO 81 zoe, 900

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE
tidy fortune of more than 5000, 900
which Charles Garland inherited
and refused to accept three years
ago because he objected to the
manner in which his father, a Wall
street broker, had acquired it. has
grown to $1,2O0,O00. in. spite of
continued large expenditures.
This was shown in the second
annual report. of the American
Fund for Public Service. to which
Garland left his fortune to be spent
ito the advantage OF all. /"
Garland, then living at Buzzards
bay, Mass, startled the country
few years ago when he refused to
accept the money his father had
left him. Later he recanted, accept
ing the money to provide for his
wife and two children. But few
months later he renounced the re-
mainder, then amounting to $9O1,-
555, which was given in charge Of
a group to supervise the funds ex-
penditure In the aid Of desperate
causes.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
MYSTERIOUS MALADY
CLAIMS FIFTH VICTIM

ONEIDA, N. Y, March 16.-Tri-
chinosis, the mysterious, deadly
malady that threatens to depopulate
the little settlement at Moore's Hill,
in Georgetown township. claimed an
other life today, the fifth in three
days in two families known to have
eaten raw pork.
The latest victim was BERTHE Bush.
nell, forty five, also known as
Burshnell," father Of three children
who died from the same cause dur
ing the last forty-eight hours, Nellie
Bushnell. ten; Vienna Bushnell, nine
teen, and Verona Bushnell, twenty
Two. The other victim was Clinton
Bush, nineteen, who died at the
home Of his mother, Mrs. Grant
Morals. in Peck's Hill.
Two other Bushnell children.
Vivian and Mary, and two of the
Bush children, Fanny and Harry,
are not expected to live.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
WOMAN BIT TEN.
BY MAD DOG IN !.
DEL RAY
Mrs. W c. Thorn to Be Given
Pasteur Treatment30 800
Animals vaccinated

ALEXANDRIA, March 16.-Ale1-
andria and vicinity have been in the
grip of a mad dog scare for sew.
era1 days. The latest victim of a
vicious dog Is Mrs. w. G.. Thorn,
of Del Ray. Mrs. Thorn has sub
United to the maidstone treatment"
it WAS said today. in an effort to
draw the poison from the dog bite.
Pasteur treatment also will be
given by Doctor Il. r. FoulEs, OF
Alexandria health, department.
approximately 400 OF the citys
dogs have already been vacciuated
with anthracite vaccine in an effort
TO stem what appears to be an cpl
demic here
This is final day Tor 1924 Tags in
Alexandria. Arlington and Fairfax
counties. A period Of ten weeks
grace was granted because Of the
difficulty this year IN obtaining the
necessary credentials from Rich
mond due largely to the new title
law.
The annual rush OF last minute
men" to file their income tax re-
turns before s o'clock tonight has
every indication of terminating in
a chaotic muddle, according to j..
Sidney Wiley, local commissioner.
Two frame houses in the 1900
block of Queen street were Quilted
by fire yesterday. The flames for
a time threatened TO destroy the
whole row of residences. The loss
is set at 81 200.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
7 AIKEN
IN Il PARAD|S
DRY RAID
Luckett and His Men Descend
on Cabaret Early Sunday
Morning

Harry M Luckett, Washington s
Federal Prohibition agent. and
special cast put on another SHOW
at the lie Paradis early Sunday
morning which was not listed on
the entertainment program.
AS a result, man giving his
name as Jonathan Richard Van
Dyke, a lawyer, of Covington, KY.
had the experience Of riding to the
Second precinct in patrol wagon
and depositing $50 collateral, $50 on
a charge Of illegal possession, and
$40 on a charge of drinking in
public.
A short time latter the eagle eyed
sleuths noticed another man reach
ing furtively towards the hip peck,
ct and he also was taken into
custody. A search of his pockets,
disclosed a partially filled flask
At the police station he gave the
name of Edward Marshall. sales
man. and his address as 1905 NJ
street. northwest. He was released
on $50 collateral, charged with VIC
lation Of the prohibition act.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
DONE CASE MAY
. HANG ON WORD
Of JUDGE
Course Depends on Admis-
sion of Bank Record of
Bonds Traced to Fall
BY MICHAEL F. DACEY,
International News Service.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 16.-
The second week of the Teapot
Dome hearing in which the United
States Government seeks to break
leases granted to Harry r. Sinclair
on the Wyoming naval oil reserve
swung into action today with an
air of tenseness pervading the
court room. !.
The Governments charges of
bribery hinge largely upon evi.
dence connecting Sinclair with the
passage OF $780, 500 In Liberty bonds
that are alleged to have been rO-
ceived by former Secretary Of the
Interior Fall.
Judge T. Blake Kennedy will an
nounce his decision this morning On
the admissability Of so-caIled "hear-
say evidence" contained in the
records of the Ell Paso and Pueblo
banks. If the evidence is excluded
the Government must hurdle sew
eral barriers before connecting Sin.
clair and Fall with the transaction.
Virtually the. entire personnel of
the Pueblo First National Bank
were in conference behind closed
DOORS until an early hour today
with Owen J. Roberts and Senator
Pomerene, special Government coun-
sci, who are preparing, it was re-
ported, to get into evidence directly
the banks records, objection to
which resulted in the lengthy argu-
ments of last week.
Fall, accompanied by his sonin-
law, c. C. Chase, arrived late last
night and may take the witness
stand today. Henry A. Weis, Of
New York, his personal counsel,
declared that Fall would decline to
answer any questions. that may
tend to incriminate him.
Among other witnesses sub
poenaed by the Government arriv.
ing today were M. T. Everhart, Of
Pueblo: James G. McGrath, OF New
York, cashier of Walker Brothers;
s. A. Brown, cashier Of Rhoads &
Co., New York. They are expected
to testify regarding the Continental
Trading Company's bond trans
actions.
E. w. Bullock and A. d. Carlson
of the Sinclair oil interests, both
Of Tulsa. Okla, also are on hand
and are expected to testify.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
BELIEVE DEVIL
IS BUSY ON
RADIO
Letter Writers Flood Com
merce Department With Re-
ports of Queer Doings

There's lot OF funny business
going on in the air these spring
days and nights-if pile Of letters
on the desk of Chief Radio In
spector Terrell, in the Department
Of Commerce, tell the truth.
Officials were puzzled today over
the receipt OF an unusual number
of complaints from persons In wide
ly separated parts Of the country
that psychic broadcasting stations
are operating. Queer voices" max
ing Spectral threats" have come
to them via mental radio, according
to some Of the compliments.
Names Are withheld.
Some obviously are nut letters. .
but other are not. Names Of the
writer's are withheld, but depart
ment officials told today of one
well known New York woman
who demanded a Government in
vestigation Of her case. She said
that for six months she had been
the recipient Of threatening mes
sages via radio, communicated to
her mind by psychic radio.
Another letter complained OF
head to head communication, set
ting forth that such communities
ton was simple when the persons
were properly magnetized.
One California correspondent de.
clared that the ether was full OF
hell hounds whose stations were
scattered throughout the world,
broadcasting and simplifying a
wicked villa master mind intent
upon world destruction"
Rlamed for Disaster.
The writer ascribed the destroyer
disaster off the Pacific coast a year
ago, the loss of number OF
steamers, and other catastrophes to
the wicked Vaccinations Of this
psychic radio personality.
Whatever its all about, prosaic
department officials are puzzled
and helpless.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
WABASH RIVER
FLOODS Low
LANDS
Thousands Of Dollars in DAM
ages inflicted Around
Terre Haute

e TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Feb. 49,
With miles OF the countryside under
water today and the rampant Wa
bash river continuing to rise slowly
here. hundreds of families in the
low lands fled their homes to the
protected districts
Flood damage already has
mounted to thousa nds Of dollars.
Bridges were washed away, roads
undermined and scores of small
farm buildings swept along in the
path Of the flood.
The Wabash river here stood at
10 feet today with a further rise
inevitable as Fl feet were reported
at Clinton, Is miles north
Steam lines. as we'll as interurban
roads. were forced to curtail service
throughout the@ district when the
flood waters failed to recede. From
Peru, Ind, northward, no cars have
been operated since early Saturday
when the situation first became
alarming.
No loss of life has been re-
ported. The waters rose slowly,
enabling all families in the flooded
district to receive ample warning
and flee with most OF their be-
longings.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
I IFIED.
Man SLAIN
-
BY AUTO
Four Hurt Over-Week In
Traffic Accidents-one by
Dawes Car

One death ana four persons were
reported injured In traffic accidents
over the weekend.
A coroner's inquest win be held
at the District norgue at 11:SO
today over the body Of an unidena-
fled coIored man who was. knocked
down and fatally injured by an ali-
tolnobile operated by Robert Hill,
colored, 1875 First street northwest,
Saturday at New Jersey avenue
and L street northwest.
The man was taken to Sibley
Hospital ana then to Freedmens
Hospital where he died. The
morgue received the information
that the mans name was Charles
Cant, Of 1912 Second street north
west, but this Identification -
thought to be incorrect.
Others Hurt.
Among those injured were Police.
man Jerry Mills, Of the Sub..T
station, who was struck and
knocked from his motorcycle by
No. 8 engine while the latter was
going to q fire. His condition II
said to be not serious. Saturday
night an automobile which struck
and knocked down Dorothy Johns,
five, of 1926 Eleventh street north
west, was later identified an the
Vice Presidents car and driven
by James B. Moore, the chauffeur.
She was slightly hurt.
A collision between q taxicab and
an automobile dSiven by John
Adams, coIored,. of 800 III street
southwest, resulted in Adams in
turies, which were treated at Elmer
gency Hospital. where hfs condition
is said to be not serious. Edward
Pole, eolored, 231 Limerick alley
southwest, was slightly hurt when
knocked down by an automobile
operated by Samuel Feldman, of
1884 North Capital street.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
THOUSANDS PASS BIER
OF LATE WALTER CAMP

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March Is.
Walter Camp. father of college foot
ball, was to be laid to rest in Ever
green cemetery this afternoon in
the presence of his family and a
few close friends. Services were to
be simple.
Camps body lay In. state in un-
dertaking rooms here until noon.
Friends had assembled there when
the body arrived from New York
on Sunday, and until time for flu.
neral services a constant stream OF
his friends passed before the casket.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
METAL WORKERS STRIKE
IN ITALY COMPLICATED

ROME, March ia settlement
which failed TO cover all the ground
complicated the metal workers
strike today
only the owners and the fascist
syndicate while the socialist organ
ization controls four-fifths of the
strikers, who are likely to continue
the strike despite the raise of two
and a fifth lire day.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
NAMED
AGR|CULT URE
SECRET ARY
Nominee Has Been Active in
Farming Nearly All
His Life

Rednick w. Dunlap, of Kingston.
Ohio. was nominated today by Presi-
dent Coolidge to be Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture.
Dunlap, who has spent practically
his entire life in active farming, was
secretary of the State Board of tAgr:-
culture of Ohio in 1915. He also
served in the seventy sixth general
assembly Of the Ohio senate, during
which time he succeeded in having
enacted the commercial food stuffs
law.
He was twice elected State dairy
and food commissioner of Ohio, and
is credited with having done much
to eradicate impure and misbranded
foods. drinks and drugs from the
market.
Dunlap was born on a farm in
Pickaway county of Ohio in 1872.
He graduated from the Agricultural
College Of Ohio State University with
the degree r. S. g.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

2 MEN SEEN
FLEEING
OFFICE
JeweIry Theft Fooled When
Burglars Let off Too Loud
An Explosion

Through finger-prints on the
tools abandoned by burglars when
they were foiled in their attempt
TO blow open the safe in the
Charles F. Hermann Jewelry
Manufacturing Company, at 811 E
street northwest, last night, head
quarters detectives, with the
assistance of Fred Sandberg, Ber-
tillion expert. hope to capture the
eracksmen.
Diligent search is being made
around Washington for suspects
who answer the description of two
men seen running from the place
by Thomas Moore, Of i4415
Fifteenth street, and James An
drews, Of 500 e street northwest.
The latter were standing near the
building when the explosion was
heard
Used Too Much Explosive.
inexperienced hands are thought
20 have poured too much nitro
giycerin into an aperture made N
The blast that followed was heard
FOR several blocks around, but the
door was not blown from the hinges.
Inside the safe was jewelry valued
ut SIS, 900 and about 81 900 in cash.
Police found the middle of the door
buckIed but still held fast by bolts.
StreWn around the floor in front Of
the safe were burglars tools. Ii is
thought that the door OF the esLaD-
nshnlent was jinnmied open and q
chair then propped against it.
In Sanberg's office today is a
large suitcase full OF crowbars. cot
ton batten, screw drivers, AMI fuses.
a bottle Of nitrogiycerin was also
found.
Large Crowd Gathers.
From the terrific force of the ex
plosion pictures were knocked from
the walls and an iron plate on tire
front of the safe was blown across
the room. Attracted by the noise,
large crowd gathered in front OF
the place and automobiles lined the
streets for several blocks.
Policemen r. a. Chambliss and
David 4McEutcheon. of the First pre-
cinct. heard the blast and hurryIng
70 the E street address, found the
room in q mass Of wreckage.
Bystanders- who declared they saw
the two men run from the place and
disappear down Ninth street claimed
that they were too excited to give
chase
The safe was on the second floor
Of the MARROW Coal Company build
ing.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
FAT WIFE WHO SLASHED
CRITICAL MATE is FREED

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE
right of a woman to resent her
husbands criticism concerning her
weight was upheld in JeffeNon
Market court, when Magistrate
rockingham dismissed the case
against Mrs. Winifred Halligan,
thirty-eight. She had been arrested
on charge of feIonious assault
after she had slashed her hus-
bands throat with a razor.
Mrs. Halligan, who weighs more
than 200 pounds, said her husband
had aneered her by .remarking that
she was getting fat" He will
live.
last night without a light, your
honor"
Boob: i've been parking that
way for weeks, your honor"
The court: THE law doesn't re
quire you to testify against your
self"
IAN my lights were going ex
cept the headlights. Besides, /
borrowed a lantern and hung II
on my rear fender. NY battery
has been run down the last week
or So
SEiye- dol1areN ..........,..
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
With The
.Alibi Artists.
A Cross Section Of the
Daily Grind in Judge
Schuldt's Court.
Read EN- and Weep.
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
The Dumber the Faster


II was walking across Dupont
Circle at Massachusetts avenue,
your honor, about l o'clock Thurs
day morning There's a lot OF
careless driving in that vicinity
after midnight, so, looked in
every direction a car could come
from before stepping off the curb.
! was about half way to the
car track when. the defendant
swung around the circle at some
thing ike forty miles an hour
and put me to. sleep with his left
front fender.
A Mild Case
Then found myself on my
feet and someone was saying,
Can you stand up alone long
enough for me 10 write that
fellows number? / told him to
go ahead and write it anyhow. l
was pretty sore for day or
two but there were no bones
broken"
He's Still Driving
Witness: Il was crossing Con-
necticut avenue at Dupont Circle
when / heard noise over toward
Massachusetts avenue and l
looked around as the defendants
headlights fell on man just
stepping off the curb. The car
skidded around the corner and
passed on, leaving the man twist
ing and squirming on the ground.
The Surviving Witness
Il ran toward him and the
headlights fell on me. / lodged
and read the license number as
the defendants, car swung into j.
street. He had turned around
after hitting the pedestrian and
could see his number pretty
plain while he was picking up
speed.
Yellow.
A man on the front seat with
the defendant leaned out and
looked back at the victim, then
said something to the driver just
as they passed me, but l couldn't
hear what it was. He must have
been going about forty miles an
hour when he disappeared down
p street.
His Number.
number then, because it seemed
more important to get the man
out of the street before some
other traffic yegg came along.
! lifted him to his feet, helped
him to the curb and then wrote
the defendants number before
there was any chance of for
getting it. Then we reported to
the police"
Counsel: my client has plead
ed guilty, your honor"
The court: stand up"
Paste GentiIity.
The defendant stands up. A
young, clean cut, well groOmed
person. Everything about him.
from the carefully brushed hair
and artistically arranged neck
wear to the manicured finger
nails present as startling an i'm
personation of gentleman as
you can find outside the brother
hood of professional escorts.
why" thought the Alibi Man.
Does an individual who obvious
ly is striving his utmost to APP
pear well-bred, why does he
place himself on a level with a
cotton-tail rabbit" Somehow,
as we noted that eye jogging dis
play of haberda sherry, we couldn't
help thinking of a royal flush
with measly deuce substituting
for the king,
Hit, Run and Dig.
Counsel: I'D like TO call your
honor's attention TO one point In
the prosecution testimony-that
the defendant went round the
circle at forty miles an hour.
think your honor will agree with
me that such sharp turn cannot
be made at that speed"
The court: quite likely. Forty
dollars for hitting and $3.50 for
running.
Overlapping Alibis.
HE was parked on Fourteenth
street, near Irving from s to- 1910
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
SUPREME COURT DROPS
CALIFORNIA DRY CASE

The Supreme Court of the United
States today dismissed for want Of
jurisdiction a prohibition law case
from California testing the validity
of State prosecutions under the
Volstead enforcement act in States
which have failed to adopt con-
current legislation with the federal
lam
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
FRENCH ARREST TEXAN
AS BED LINEN THIEF

PARIS, March 16.-Henry Faw-
cett Grayson, thirty-six. who said
he was from Waco, Texas. was III.
rested by Paris police today on a
charge Of stealing bed linen from
a hotel
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

It's not too early to
make your Easter selec-
tons.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
0uerIanninp Alibis.

He was parked on Fourteenth
street near Irving trQmr 8 to 10;aQ
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

Counsel: I'D like TO call your
honor's attention TO one point IN
the prosecutions testimony-that
the defendant went round the
circle at forty miles an hour. l
think your honor will agree with
me that such a sharp turn cannot
be made at that speed"
The court: quite likely. Forty
dollars for hitting and $3.50 for
running.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-15
NEW SHARON

The Methodists and Congregation
aliSts held a union Easter service at
the congregational church Sunday
morning. Sunday evening at the NJ.
+. church a stereoptican lecture on
Easter was given.
William A. Chapman has returned
from Lowell. Mass. after n two weeks
visit with relatives.-Miss Ada Bas
sett is with her aunt, Mrs. +. ).
Bassett after several months stay at
Farmington.-Georg d. Furber who
has been employed in Casco through
the winter is visiting his father,
George H. Furber and family for
several weeks.-The NJ. f. Ladies'
Aid met with Mrs. Justine Cox on
Thursday.-Loen Bonney who is i'll
with typhoid fever seems to be gain
ing.-NIiss Blanche Furber returned
TO her school at Mercer, Sunday,
where she will teach the spring term,
after a vacation of two MONTHS
Philip Bonney has gone to Wilton
where he is employed.-Miss Martha
Swan passed the Easter vacation at
her home here, returning to her
school at Moorestown. n. J. Satur-
day, where she is teaching. - Miss
Mary Furber of Pennington Normal
passed the weekend at her home
here.
A regular meeting of New Sharon
Grange was held Wednesday eve
ming. At the next regular meeting
in two weeks the third and fourth
degrees will be worked.
Miss Crystal Sanders recently re-
turned from Lewiston where she has
been visiting for several weeks.