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Evening star., 1925-10-15

aSpireS to denomination, has two can
didates in the field against him on the
g. o. p. side, who are fighting him on
the Senate rules proposition. They
are for the Dawes plan.
The Vice President gave Washing
ton friends who met him at his train
for the South the distinct impression
that he holds the final victory OF his
cause TO be assured. He has been
able to make a fairly accurate count
Of noses, as far as Senators themselves
are concerned. While he holds the
count to be as favorable as he has n
right to expect, in the case of What
The Senate considers Revolutionary"
proposal, Dawes IS chiefly encouraged
by what Senator's constituents, East
and West, think Of 1t.
Approval Cnmistaltable.
Into his own ears these constituents
have chorused unmistakable approval
Their demeanor. as the Vice President
interpreted it, was such as to lead him
to believe that when the time comes
they will insist on their Senators get
ting behind Dawes and not across his
path. The General apparently does
not expect success to be immediate.
He will not be disappointed if it Is
not achieved at the coming session OF
the Senate. Eventually, if not now"
is his slogan.
Dawes almost snorts his denial of
the theory, propagated by some OF
his antagonists, that he has already
thrown up the sponge" It's that sug-
gestion which prompts him TO hurl
back at them the taunt: Just wait
and see"' 1t riles him to have his
crusade called the act of IAN ilnpul-
sive man."
The Vice President contends his
scheme to expedite public business In
the Senate is the result of careful
study, not impulse. He denies he's
an intruder on senatorial preroEative
in assuming to bring about amending
of the bodys oratorical manners.
Dawes attitude is that he was elected
Vice President by the people and for
the one job of the Vice Presidency
consists of-namely, to expedite the
transaction of business in the Senate
of the United States. He thinks he
would be "a coward" if he shirked
that job.
Cites Vice Presidents Case.
In those moments when the gen
eral is discussing the Senate rules
in lighter tone he tiayS Senators for
the extension of unlimited courtesy
to Sne another, while extending to
their presiding officer the couruQy of
only 12ia minutes in four years"
That's Il reference to the fact that
the Vice Presidents only chance TO
make a speech came and went at
midday of March I, 1925.
One of the new points Dawes is
Evening star., 1925-10-15
Far West Backs Dawes.

Vice President Dawes is still under
the spell of what he calls the "tremen-
dous time" he had on the Pacific Coast
last month. Nothing he has expert
enced since he blazed away at the
Senate seven months ago has SO much
encouraged him to believe in eventual
triumph as the way the people farthest
West thundered their approval of his
project. Republican politicians assured
Dawes on all hands that it will be
practically impossibly to keep the
Senate reform issue of the 1926 con-
Sressional campaign. IN California it
has already become live factor in the
senatorial primary fight. Senator Sam
uel NJ. Shortridge, Republican, who
Evening star., 1925-10-15
DAWES CONFIDENT
REFORM WILL WIN
"WaIt and See," Vice Presi.
dent Warns Scoffers, at
Campaigns Success.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

''Wait and see"' That is Vice Presi-
dent Charles G. Dawes message to
those United States Senators and all
others concerned who think they
have me beaten to a frazzle." Such
was Gen. Dawes characteristic sum.
mary of the present state of his CRU
sade for reform Of the Senate rules,
as he passed through Washington
Wednesday afternoon en- route to
Atlanta. The Vice President is in the
midst of his second, though brief. mis-
sionary campaign in the East. Follow
ing his celebrated onslaught against
senatorial loquacity on the day he was
inaugurated last March. Gen. Dawes
has spoken in New York and Boston
This week he spoke in Elizabeth, n
j.. under the chaperonage of Senator
Walter e. Edge, Republican. of that
state. Before the week is over, the
Vice President will also have spoken
in Atlanta and in Indianapolis.
In November, he returns to the
East, TO address at New York on the
evening of November IA dinner in
celebration of the fifteenth anniver-
sary of the Pathe orga An
engagement at Buffalo, n. Y, may be
worked into the generals program
some time between now and the New
York City date.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
TWO ESCAPE WITH
INJURIES IN CRASH
TROLLEY AND TRAIN

Templeton, Mass, Sept. 7.-(AP)-
Two persons were injured when a
Boston and Albany freight train
struck a Templeton and Gardiner
Street Railway trolley at a grade
crossing here today. Conductor
Charles E. Allen, in charge of the
one-man car, was injured but not
dangerously, it was said. Mrs. Min
ME Blake of Leominster. the only
passenger on the car, was reported
to have suffered minor hurts.
The train, bound from Winchefl-
don to Palmer, struck the front yes
thule of the trolley car and tore 1t
entirely away. Conductor Allen was
hurled ecross the Athol road and the
coneroller box of the car was found
so feet from the scene Of the acct
dent. The impact threw the car
from the rails but it remained up
right.
At a Gardiner hospital. the con-
ductor' was said to have suffered
scalp wounds, an injured neck and
other hurts, none of which 1t was
said. were dangerous. Mrs. Blake
received scratches and superficial
injuries, it was said. The accident
was tho first at this crossing since II
was built half century ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
week ELAPSES
WITHOUT TRACE OF
FLYERS IN PACIFIC

Honolulu, Sept. 7-(AP)-One
week ago Cor lander John Rodgers
and four other navy fliers took off
from San francisco in the seaplane
PN-9 number one for a nonstop
flight to Honolulu. They have not
been seen since.
Despite the increasingly apparent
hopeless nature of the search, officers
and men of the United States navy in
Hawaiian water today continued their
search. They expressed themselves
as determined to save the missing
aviators or find some trace confirming
their loss.
BY day. airplanes, surface ships
and submarines searched the waters.
BY night the searchlights of the navy
ships play over the empty wastes.
tracing strange patterns In the
clouds.
Meantime two squadrons of des-
troyers are returning from Australia
and New Zealand, to reinforce the
searchers.
A despatch from San Francisco to-
day said that Captain Stamford f.
Moses, commander of the aircraft
squadron of the battle fleet, who had
charge of the flight, had publicly adj
mitted he had virtually given up
hope" of finding the five aviators
alive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
French Ambassador
Pays Glowing Tribute
To Dead Statesman

Manchester, VT, Sept. 7-(AP)-
In the death of Rene Viviani. former
French premier, France has lost one
who was leading figure In the af-
fairs Of the republic for a score of
years. Emile Daeschner, French am
bassador, said today when informed
that M Viviani was dead in Paris.
First among the public acts of M
Viviani the ambassador mentioned
the fact that as premier of France at
the outbreak of the war he ordered
French troops to remain ten miles
from the frontier when war seemed
imminent in order that an actual
clash might be avoided If possible.
"He was the most eminent lawyer
at the French bar in many years and
the most powerful orator in the
chamber" M Vaeschner said. Be
fore his health failed he had been one
of the leading figures in French af-
fairs for twenty years"
Among the public services rendered
by nj Niviani to his country the am
bassador cited his work as a mem
Der of the French delegation to the
Washington conference.
NJ Daeschner arrived here by auto
mobil late today and will continue to-
morrow his motor trip through the
Green Mountains.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Manufacturer Dies
In Crash of Cars
On Hill at Harwich

Harwich. Mass. Sept. 7-(AP(-
Simon Willard Thayer. textile mans
ufacturer Of Pawtucket, r. l.. was
killed today when his automobile
collided with another car on School,
house Hill in this town. His COM
panion, commercial aviator, ems
plcyed at Pleasant Lake, escaped ins
jury.
Thayer, driving racing car, at.
tempted to pass another automobile
while ascending the hill. At the same
moment a third car appeared over
the brow of the hill and Thayer,s
machine crashed into it head on. The
occupants of the other automobile, q
holiday party from Boston. escaped
serious injury, but Thayer was
thrown from his seat and his skull
was fractured. He died an hour Ia
ter
Thayer was president of the Leba-
non mill Pawtucket. He was IS
years old and had served on the
Pawtucket common council and the
board of aldermen and on the Rhode
Island state board of charities and
corrections.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Three Killed in
Two Crashes at
New Bedford, Mass.

New Bedford, Mass. Sept. t.
(AP)-Automobile accidents took q
toll of three lives here early this
morning. Pierre Bourgeois Of 25
River avenue, Fairhaven, and Eu-
gene Damn of 81 Winsor street Of
the same town were killed while
walking near the intersection of
Tarkiln Hill Road and Mill Road.
Both suffered fractured skulls when
an automobile driven by Hector L.
Gravel of SO Holly street, this city,
sideswiped another machine as 1t
turned the corner, skidded and
crashed into a pole and then bound
ing off struck Bourgeois and Damn.
Gravel is charged with manslaugh-
ter and with operating at speed
greater than was reasonable and
proper on approaching an obstruct.
ed street intersection.
Each of the victims are survived
Continued on Page @CoI. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
PROBLEMS AWAIT
PRESIDENT, BACK IN
CAPITAL THURSDAY

Swampscott. Mass. Sept. lap
President Coolidge will be back at
his desk in Washington on Thursday.
Decision to terminate his vacation
was reached as Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge
spent quiet Labor Day at White
Court and celebrated the nineteenth
birthday of their son John.
President Coolidge will return to-
Washington by train. making the trip
overnight and probably leaving from
Salem where he arrived eleven weeks
ago tomorrow.
Return of the president to Wash
ington on Thursday will enable him
to hold his first meeting with his
cabinet in nearly three months on
Friday. A number of important
problems, including the question of
whether funds should be provided for
another naval dirigible and what
should be done with Colonel William
Mitchell for his criticism of the gov
ernments aviation policy. have de-
veloped during the closing days of the
executives vacation.
Kept indoors by disagreeable wea-
Their. President and Mrs. Coolidge
spent the day quietly at home. To-
morrow they will have as luncheon
guest Adolph S. Ochs. publisher of
the New York Times. Colonel George
Harvey. former ambassador to Great
Britain, and Mrs. Harvey. had dinner
with the president and Mrs. Coolidge
at White Court this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Charges Board
Making it Hard for
Federal Employees

Boston. Sept 7-(AP)-Charges
that the betterment of conditions OF
federal employees was being blocked
by members of the personnel classl-
fication board in Washington were
made at the Sth convention of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes, which opened today, by Luz
Their c. Stewart, general president OF
the federation.
President Stewart criticized sever
al Administrative boards and COM
missions which he said had opposed
every proposed law for the better
ment of the workers. The represen-
tatives of the bureau of efficiency
and the bureau of the budget on the
personnel classification board. he
said, were willing even to set aside
existing law in order to carry
through such opposition. Mr.. Stew
art also asserted that a campaign of
Misrepresentation had been carried
on by followers of Senator Reed
Smoot of Utah in the bureau of eff
ficiency.
Over 200 delegates from every
state and territory of this country
was present at the opening session
which was held in Fanueil hall and
was addressed by members of the
state and city governments.
1t was expected that at the busf-
ness sessions, beginning tomorrow.
movements would be begun in favor
of placing the administrat ton of
classification under the civil service
commissions: of increasing compen-
sation of federal employees in the
District of Columbia and the field
service; and of increasing the, max
imum payment under the retirement
law from 1920 to $1,000 year with
the retirement age lowered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Sheriff Hurt
In Accident on
Belfast Highway

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Belfast, Sept. Given the officers
are not safe on the Atlantic High
way it would seem for following
closely on the death of Patrolman
Fred Foster comes the accident Of
Sheriff Frank A. Littlefield of Bel
fast yesterday when his car was
driven into the ditch, striking. an
electric pole, after being hit by a
car operated by w. S. Slower of
Winthrop, Mass. Sheriff Littlefeld
was on his way to Winterport when
struck by Slower in the town Of
Stockton. Slower was making the
curve which entered the highway
when he hit the sheriff's car. COM
pletely wrecking it. Mr.. Littlefield
was brought to his home in Belfast
where upon examination it was
found that several ribs had been
torn from the vertebrae. He Is able
to be up about the house tonight.
Trouble with the steering gear Is
attributed as the cause of the acci-.
dent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Raps War and Navy
Depts. in Connection.
With Dirigible Crash

San Antonio. Sept. 5.-(APo-Pre-
dieting that he would be placed under
military arrest by Monday because OF
his assertions. Colonel William Mitch
ell. air officer of the Eighth Area ana
former chief OF the air service, TO-DAY
issued a statement denouncing the war
and navy departments in connection
with the disaster of the Shenandoah
and the loss of the Pt,-9 No. in the
Honolulu flight.
The statement. Colonel Mitchell SAID,
was issued after mature dellperatioi,
and after sufficient time mas eiapseo
since the terrible accidents to our ma
val aircraft to find out what nap
pened." -.
.eThese accidents are the direct
suit of incompetency. criminal nes
gence and almost treasonapie aulhii No
tration of the national deIehse Ny .ne
u,or and navy departments he wrote
rharpinr that both departments
ha..a gone 10 the utmost lengths 10
Laan down development of aviation,
ana N maintain aeronautics as part
- The TWO depa rtments. Colonel Mitch
eli said all aviation policies are uirece-
Cd nv non-flying Officers VINO kho~
nothing about flying and that iiVeH
of airmen are being used mercy az
pawns in their HANDS.
The airmen themselves, he contin
ned. "are bluffed and bulldozed SO
that they daren't tell the TRUTH
knowing full well they VIII De oe.
priyed of their future careers, sent
to the most out of the way places
m nrevent their telling the truth ana
deprived of all chances for advance
ment unless they subscribe to the
dictates of their Notifying bureau
cratic superiors. yv
.DThe conduct OF the war ana navy
departments has been so dlsgustins
in the last few years as to make any
self-respecting officer ashamed OF
the cloth he wears
Col. Mitchell asserted that the de-
Termination of the members OF tne
f1ying service to place the issue
"souarely up to Congress and the
neople" dated from the killing OF
lieut.. Pierson and Captain Skeel IN
the dilapidated racing airplanes our
ing last October's air meet"
The recent maneuvers OF the meet
(Continued on Page 3-coi. y
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Take Saws From Kirby in
Abortive Escape Move
NOEL TAKES ROLE
ST0IC IN Staying
OF GIRL AND NEGRO

Montclair, N. j., Sept! 7.-(AP)-
Apparently Indifferent to the formal
charges of kidnapping and murder
entered against him, Harrison Noel.
70 years old, confessed kidnapper
and murderer, was committed today
to the Essex county Jail at Newark.
where he stared vacantly at the bars
of his cell and refused to talk.
In Montclair funeral services were
held for one of his victims. Raymond
Pierce, negro chauffeur, while the
parents of the other victim-Mary
DAILY, 6, whom Noel confessed he
shot and killed after he had carried
her away Friday noon from near
her home in an automobile he had
obtained by the murder of Pierce
were making arrangements for the
funeral services of their child.
Young Noel, who during the hours
of grillng by the police Saturday
night had cody bargained with them
for $4,000 ransom money in cash and
had refused with scorn the smaller
sum the girls father tearfully ex-
tended, maintained his cool COM
posture when arraigned today in the
Montclair police court on a charge
of kidnapping.
Noel, who spent several months
in an insane asylum after he had
been sent home from Harvard, en-
tered no plea and was silent also
when arraigned at Cedar Grove on
the charge of numbering Pierce.
Later he will be arraigned In West
Paterson, Passaic county. for the
murder of the girl and for assault
with intent to kill John Sandin. a
chauffeur. who pursued the kidnap-
per in an attempt to rescue the
kidnapped girl.
Funeral services for Pierce were
held at the home of his father-in-
law. Pierce is survived by his wife
and four children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Confessed Slayer of Aida Hay
ward Had Secretly Made
Crude Tools of No Use
Against Heavy Bars-Salva-
ton Army Worker Confesses
Has Been Carrying Mail for
Accused Who Will Be Ar
raigned Today

An attempt to escape, half hearted
ly planned by Harry Kirby, confessed
murderer of Aida Hayward last May
at Lake Maranacook, was uncovered
by county officials who recently dis
covered two crude saws, fas toned
from case knives. hidden away in his
cell. Kirby had secreted the knives
which had been handed in with his
meals served in his cell, and with
the aid of piece of file which he had
secured in some unknown manner,
had begun the work of making them
into saws. This work had not been
completed when they were discovered
and taken from him.
Sheriff Henry Cummings stated last
night that Kirby could not have eff
fected an escape with the poor tools
which he had secured, if given I'M
limited opportunities. The cell in
which he is lodged is one of great
strength and the bars are of such
thickness that he could not have cut
them with the poor saws which he
had made.
1t was also discovered that a Sal
walton army man who had had ac-
cess to the part of the Jail in which
Kirby was placed, as priests and
ministers have been allowed to do,
had carried out letters for him. 1t is
a rule in the Jail that all OUTGOING
mail as we'll as incoming mail must
be handled through the Office. Carry
ing out of mail in this manner is a
bad breach of the rules and the of
render has been denied admission to
the Jail while the other members of
the Corps have been ordered to re-
main away from the tier of cells of
which Kirby's is one.
Reports that Infatuated by the
discovery of his carefully laid plans
to hoodwink the authorities with the
hoax of intended suicide while he was
arranging to break out of Jail. Kirby
now appears to be doing everything
he can to make trouble" as luridly
told in Boston newspaper, are with
out foundation. Kirby is apparently
living the same kind of life that he
has since he was brought to this city.
1t was predicted last evening that
Kirby would plead guilty when he
lbs arraiSned this morning at the SUI
perior court to answer to Charge of
murder. Statements have been made
that he will insist upon trial but no
foundation for such a rumor could be
found
Any question as to his intention in
this regard will be answered this
morning when he stands before the
court and peads upon three separate
indictments. one for murder. one for
attempted murder and one for arson.
His answer at that time will mean
either an expensive murder trial or a
simple pronouncement of sentence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Youth From Out of
Vest Wins Auto
CIasSic at Altoona

Speedway, Altoona. Pa, Sept. =
Af)-Driving $50 miles at the terrific
re- q 118 miles an hour without q
sAgle stop, young Bob McDonough.
z speed boy from the west coast,
@ afternoon won the annual
sesamn automobile race classic on
Va Altoona Speedway. His time was
/ W hours. six minutes, "a seconds.
lwo minutes later. Harry Hartz
4sned across the line.
ne veteran Earl Cooper, who gave
q monster gathering of racing fans
.mple of high speed during the
~ nfty miles of the grind, was
u % seconds behind Hartz. Fred
svvlner, fourth; Leon Duray, fifth:
~ Batten, sixth; RED" Shat
~ seventh: and Vic Spooner, eighth,
a1'sned In the money.
Delnett Hill, favored to win, was
nsea out by engine trouble. Nc
Enough then flashed into the lead
sae neld 1t until the end.
y winning. McDonough took the
~ Prize OF $4,000 and improved his
,,sa h. in the national title compe-
suvn ~ which he stood sixth behind
" 'edoer, Peter de Paolo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
MAINE LEGION
OPENS 3-DAY meet
AT old ORCHARD

Old Orchard, Me-, Sept. 7-(AP)-
Men who had not seen each other
since they were buddies in France,
renewed comradship today when the
Maine state department of the Am
rican Legion opened it's three day
session here. Over 300 delegates from
various parts Of the state were regis
tered tonight. Committeeman said
they expected tomorrow's registration
of the legion and the auxiliary to
reach 1000.
The auxiliary this evening held a
reception at the OLD Orchard House
and the Legion a smoker at Town
Hall following a parade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Recover Bodies IL Victims of
Cloudburst at South Wenat-
elective Other Known
Dead Missing - Parts of
Parked Car Found Indicates
Other Victims-Half Million
Property Damage

Wenatchee, Fla. Sept. 7.-(AP)-
Twelve bodies had been recovered
today and five known dead still
were missing, as result of a cloud
burst in the Squillichurch Noun
tains Saturday evening, which sent
a flood over south Wenatchee.
That other deaths may have re-
suited was indicated today when
parts OF half a dozen automobiles
parked in the tourist camp at Apple
Yard. were found.
Property damage was estimated at
half a million dollars; railroad tracks
were washed out at the Great
Northern Terminal and traffic tied
up, and Apple Yard. where the ter
minal is situated. was practically
wiped out Hundreds of carloads of
apples were destroyed in the or
chards of the Wenatchee Valley by a
hailstorm that accompanied the
eloudbIrst.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-08
Youth Confesses
Kidnapped Girl
Killed Her and>NegrO

New York, Sept. 6-Harrison
Noel, 20, son of New York at
torney, once an asylum inmate, and
for two months last fall student
at Harvard, broke down late today
in the Montclair police headquarters
and confessed that he had kidnapped
and then murdered Mary DAILY, .
years old, last Friday.
The youth then led detectives to
lonely spot near a stone quarry
on Preakness mountain, Little Falls.
n. j. He guided them to clump
Continued on Page s. Col. 81
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Staying OF DOPE
PEDDLER BELIEVED
GR0SSMAN REPRISAL

New York. Sept. 7.-(AP)-war-
fare between rival East Side gangs
took toll of another life today VIXEN
Frank Guiffriedo, known to the pol
ice as Eleven Fingers" was shot to
death from ambush, in the center Of
Little Italy"
Guiffriedo, who served several
prison terms, was found with six bull
lets in his body. He was suspected
of being a drug peddler and the poll
ice believe he incurred the hostility
Of rival drug peddlng gangs.
Belief also was expressed by the
police that the murder may have
been a reprisal for the Staying Of
Morris Grossman, notorious gang
ster. whose bullet-ridden body was
found in a blazing automobile last
Saturday.