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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Chicago, July 11-(AP)-A crowd
of several hundred men and women,
some of whom admitted identity with
the Ku Klux Khan, paraded in auto
mobiles today through Berwyn,
Stickney, Lagrange and Cicero, west
ern suburbs, visiting vice resorts and
warning owners and occupants that
they must obey the law or leave.
None of the assembly was masked.
Cicero has been the scene of several
shootings in beer runners feuds and
numerous raids against prohibition
law violators.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Philadelphia, July 1.-THE delusicn
that she stood in the way of her sons
happiness led Mrs. Emily Crosson, 81
year-old mother of the Rev. jams
Cope Crosson, former rector OF TIE
Protestant Episcopal church Of y
Jude Eand Nativity. to end her lifem
Friday at her home here. according %
police.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Boston, July 11.-(AP)-While
John j. Carvey, attendant in a
Dewey Square ''hole-in-the-wall"
orangeade stand expounded the mer-
it's of his drink to prospective Gus
toners tonight and visitors seized
his cash register and ducked into a
nearby subway entrance. Pursuers
found the cash register en- the train
walk minus the $50 it had contained,
but were unable to locate the erst-
while customers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

New York. July 11.-(AP)-Contr
ued reduction of violent and prcfss
sional crime in this city was shown b
figures given out by Police Commls
sioner Enright for the first six month
of 1925. The number of such crimes
during the first half of 1924 was i2a
as compared with a total of 400 fa
the same period in 1925.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Easton, Mass, July 11.-(AP)-
The body of we'll dressed man was
found by a party of berry pickers
mile from the Taunton-Brockton
highway near here today. An air.
dale dog was by the body and re-
fused to go away or to let anyone
approach. Medical Examiner At
wood of Bristol county was notified
in Taunton through the North Eas-
ton police.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Miss Nellie Murphy passed the
week end in Lewiston.
Clarence Carey umpired yesterdays
game at Togus.
Mrs Emery L. Smith has returned
from a visit with relatives in Bos-
ton.
Mrs. Harold Tibbetts and two
young sons are at the Lake for two
weeks.
Mrs Ralph Wood and children of
Winthrop street are at the lake for
two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wood and
family of Deter are at the Wood cot
tage at the lake.
Regular meeting Of Granite City
Rebekah lodge this evening at eight
o'clock at X. of p. hall.
Miss Lou Buker was at home from
Pennington normal school for the
week end.
Miss Grace Blake passed the week
end at home, returning Sunday af-
ternoon to her duties at Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lowell passed
the weekend at their cottage at
Ocean Point
Miss Virginia Carter was obliged to
return home from Pennington Friday
because of illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Los Angeles. July 11-(AP)-The
federal court here today presented
the Doheny oil interests with a bill
for approximately $780, 900 as the net
result of the governments success
fully conducted suit to cancel oil
leases in the Elks Hill, Cal, naval
oil reserve held by the Pan-Ameri-
can Petroleum Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Camp Devens. July ILL the =
pertinent now being tried by CONF
MES E and f Of the 101st lnfanu'
proves successful. army life viii u.
dergo one of the most radical cnan!u
in its history. The two compshM
have combined messes. Mess kits a."
been done away with. Instead, cnnr
ware has been substituted. The ma
no longer line up alongside OF Nv
kitchen stoves and receive their w
lions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Denver, July 11-(AP)-Gov. Pin
chot of Pennsylvania in a formal
statement here today warned the
west that an attempt to dismember
the United States forest service is
now being prepared at Washington"
y warn the western friends OF the
forest service" he said. ito be ready
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Greenfield. July 11.-(AP)-Mn
Edith E. Baxter, teacher In the puolf
schools of North Leverett, was acduli
ted of the charge of assault with
dangerous weapon in the district ecur
here this morning. 1t was charge
against Mrs. Baxter that she sna
James L. Alexander, 20, in the leg o.
the night before the Fourth while IN
latter, with other young men. W.
making a racket around her home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

New York, July 11-Betty Neyim
girl who plays small part h
Louie the Fourteenth" at the Co.
mopolitan Theatre. announced to Il,
cast of the show with much eyidenr,
of delight tonight that she was n.
gagged to John r. Higgins Of Prov.
dence. r. l., who, she said, was
foremr judge of the Rhode Island
supreme court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

New York, July 11.-(AP)-The
Rev. Frederick H. Knubel, president
of the United Lutheran church In
America, and Sister Jenny L. Christ,
a deaconess of the church for thirty
years, were married today. The
couple will visit the Maine coast on
their honeymoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

nails strongly on an S0-meter wave
length. The set had previously been
heard at Honolulu, about 5000 miles
away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13


Tetuan, Spanish Morocco. July II
(AP)-Advice from the French zone
confirm news that the situation there
Is still such as to require the greatest
care on the part of the French high
command, for although some of the
recent fighting has been in favor of
the French troops. the Riffians have
been checked only momentarily.
Easton, July 11.J-(AP) The
body of a well dressed man was
found by party of berry pickers a
mile from the Taunton Brockton
highway near here today. An air
dale dog was by the body anad re-
fused to go away or to let anyone
approach. Medical Examiner At
wood of Bristol county was notified
in Taunton through the North Eas-
ton police.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Fort Terry, n. Y, July 1.-THE
thud of tramping feet and blare of
martial music resounded over this
island today as the First Corps of
Cadets of Boston, Lieutenant-Colo
Horace 2. Langdon commanding,
took possession for their annual two
weeks encampment. The trip to the
island was made without incident.
The Corps, 270 in number, was as
sembled at the Cadet Armory on
Columbus Avenue at this morning
and marched to South Station.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

New Haven, Conn.,, July 11-(AP)
Yale football tickets next fall will
remain at the same price as here
tofore, it was officially stated by H.
F. Woodcock, general manager of
the athletic association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13

Washington, July 11-(AP)-A
number of the original bidders for
200 shipping board vessels recently
offered for scrapping have with
drawn their offers since the recon-
mendation for an award made by
President Palmer of the feet corpo-
ration was rejected by the board.
Evening star., 1925-02-12

and their tails become frayed?-E H.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that
the coloring in goldfish gradually fades
out; however. il ths tail is fringed or
frayed, this Is caused by fungus
growth and it is advisable to give a
salt bath frequently.
Q. What will pEevent sirfp from
getting hard on the surfacezL II.
B.
A. The most satisfa ctory way 10
prevent sirup from becoming hard
on the surface when exposed to the
air is to mix glucose with. it, This
VIII retard the evaporation OF the
water If 1t is possible for you to.
/ Keep it covered, this will be more
satisfactory than mixing it with
glucose.
O. What can be done for house
flowers that have worms in the dirt
they are planted IMP. J..
A. The Department. Of Agriculture
suggests that you let lime water
stand 48 hours and then pour the
clear liquid on the dirt in which your
plants are potted. This will drive
the worms to the surface and you
will be able to destroy them.
e. When was sprinkling first used
| as a. mode Of baptism?-J A B.
A The rite of baptism by sprinkling
or pouring is supposed to have origf-
mated either in the second or the
third century, and is alluded to in
writings Of Cyprian, who gave his
opinion that in the case of those who
were sick or unable to endure the
rite of immersion it was a lawful
baptism.
Q. How were the diamond fields Of
South Africa discovered?-P S.
A. DR.. Silverman of the University
OF Pittsburgh says that the South
African fields were discovered acct
dentally by the curiosity of a farmer
concerning a bright pebble with
which some Boer children were play
| ing. The stone subsequently, was
sold in Paris for 500 pounds.
Q; How old is the ice industry p
M F. T
A. Probably the first ice cut and
shipped as an article of commerce
was in 1893 from New York to
Charleston, S. c., but the beginning
of the industry came in 1905, when
Frederick Tudor of Boston shipped a
cargo of 130 tons to the West Indies
The artificial ice business dates from
1865. but did not become of com
IieTcldl Importance until ABOUT l88O-
| Q. In what river are the Thousand
| Islands a. w
! A. The Thousand Islands is a col
| lection OF small islands, numbering,
LOO, situated in an expansion of the
St. Lawrence River, about 40 miles.
! long and from four to seven miles.
| wide, between Ontario, Canada and
Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties
N. y. They are favorite resorts
| for summer tourists on account of
their picturesque beauty. Many are
| private property and contain the
| summer homes of wealthy Americans
and Canadians.
| (Let The Star Information Buredu
Frederic J. HGsktn, Director. Twenty-
! frst and c streets northwest aastcer
your question. The only charge for this
service is cents in stamps for retsn,n
! postG9e)
Evening star., 1925-02-12
Clean Up for Inauguration.

1t is officially suggested that WASH
ington be given a pre-inauguration
cleanup Though the approaching
inauguration will not be so spectacu-
lar as many have been, it will be such
an event that tens of thousands of
old friends and strangers will visit
the Capital and there will be salts
faction in tidying the parkings and
making Washington look as fair as
can be in March. 1t is not likely
that the grass will be green and that
hedges and other shrubbery will be
in Spring. dress, but much of the
Winter shabbiness. of such things can
be reformed. Most of the garden
plots and front lawns have got a
little out of hand. They generally get
that way in Winter. Much may be
done to make the home and its sur
roundings betterIooking and Wash
.ingtonians will take the pains, and
the pleasure, to do the necessary
work. We will have the usual Spring
cleanup, but generally the call for
that is not sounded until frost-time
passes. and our people can well do
some primping Of their property that
Washington may be spick-and-span
for the Inauguration. ~
Evening star., 1925-02-12
The Oyster Verdict.

The Public Health Service has rem
dered official opinion that the main
factor in the spread of typhoid fever
in certain cities where that disease
has been, prevalent. recently, and at
'tributed to the use of infected oysters,
ia the supply distributed by one .cemf.
pany operating near West Sayville,
N. Y This completely abselves the
Maryland and Virginia oysters from
suspicion. But that suspicion pre-
vailed long enough to inf1ict disas-
trous injury to the oyster industry of
those States. That it was unjust was
felt at the outset. The. conditions In
the oyster breeding waters of this re-
gion are such as to insure an uncon.
taminated supply. State laws have
operated for many years to protect
the oyster beds from pollution. Yet
the mere fact that typhoid at Chicago
was attributed to oysters supplied
from Eastern sources caused a ban to
be placed upon all oysters from. this
region without inquiry, and, as is now
disclosed, without warrant. 1t is i'm
possible to compute the injury that
has been done to the oyster industry
Of Maryland and Virginia. Many bust.
ness failures have. occurred. Large
numbers of men have been thrown out
Of work Acute: distress has been
caused along the ter-bearing shores
of the two States and all without rea-
Evening star., 1925-02-12

son. Naturally, Of course, any ques-
ton on the score OF the purity OF q
food supply causes prompt. and as this
case indicates. undiscriminating action.
Typhoid is a dread disease, and there
is small wonder that the fear OF its
spread through contaminated foods
created a veritable panic of prejudice.
Now that the Public Health Service
has located the source and freed the
Maryland and Virginia oysters from
all suspicion 1t is hoped that should
such an outbreak occur again in re-
gions which receive their oyster sup
plies from the. Eastern coasts these
local supplies will not be banned with.
out proof, which in the existing condi-
ttons. and those that are likely to con-
tinue to prevail. is quite improbable.
Evening star., 1925-02-12
The Capitals Development.

On the program of the measures
to be considered tomorrow night at
the session of the Senate devoted to
District business is the joint resolu
ton to create a city planning COM
mission for the District of Columbia
1t provides that the President appoint
such d: commission, to consist OF an
architect specially skilled in the fine
erts, an engineer specially skilled in
municipal engineering, and three
other members. charged with the duty
of preparing a plan for the future
development of the District. to include
specifications as to zoning, housing,
traffic and transportation, schools,
Fairgrounds, highways and industrial
conditions. This commission. it is
provided further. is to coordinate
these subjects into a comprehensive,
consistent and co-ordinated scheme In
conformity to which both public and
private buildings and improvements
shall be executed
Although the National Capital was
planned in advance of it's physical
creation, was indeed formally de-
signed city before it came into being,
it has developed unevenly 1t has
experienced series OF Impulses, now
in the way of public improvements,
and again private. 1t has been sur
veyed in recent years for systematic
advancement and for correction of
faults. A commission named by the
Senate undertook such a survey more
than 20 years ago and prescribed Ger
tain treatments of public spaces and
structures, some features OF which
have been carried out, and others
have been rejected or neglected. In
its municipal development it has been
SO long in arrears through failure of
appropriations that undesirable con-
ditions have accumulated. Only within
few years has a coming law been
enacted to permit measure of sys-
tematic control of private constfuc-
ton in the absence Of long-term
building projects. Schoolhouses have
been built more or less at random.
The housing conditions have been
Evening star., 1925-02-12
The School Population.

The fact that the midyear enroll.
ment in the public schools OF the Dis.
trict. just reported. as of February 2,
shows decrease OF 2,5o7 pupils does
not warrant belief that the peak OF
the school population has been reached
or that the need of additional build
fngs Is in any degree lessened. This
decrease is due to the midyear grad
uations which have recently oc-
Cured. Pupils from the elementary
schools have been advanced to junior
and senior high school in the second
semester promotions, but their places
have not been taken in the elementary
schools with newcomers. This is due
TO the fact that very few new pupils
are enrolled in the lower grades in
February. Practically all of the new
comers-the little children who are
starting in kindergarten and first
grade-report in September. 1t has
been the normal condition of the
schools ever since the midyear promo
ton and graduation system was
adopted that the school population has
been slightly decreased during the
second semester, only to be increased
at the beginning of the next school
year.
The need of new buildings for the
school system remains as urgent as
ever. The proposed five-year building
program should be adopted by Con-
gress to insure a consistent, consecu-
providing for the arrears of accumu-
lated inadequacy OF school provision
to meet the growing population.
Washington's school population will
never diminish. 1t will increase
steadily as the city grows. 1t is now
65,eSS. In September it will be ap-
proximately 10000. and the midyear
figure of year hence will undoubt-
edly be higher than that now reported
The provisions now planned i'll the
way of school constructions should. as
a measure of safety, aim at an estab
lishment capable OF caring for 10000
school children, for that will proba bly,
be the number of enrollments by the
time the program is completed. Only
by thus underwriting" the future
needs of the District can Washington
be assured of an adequate school plant
that will serve it properly and at the
same time be model for the country.
Evening star., 1925-02-12
Press Offers No Sympathy
To Convicted Bureau Head

No word of sympathy or extenua-
tion for Charles r. Forbes, former
director OF the Veterans Bureau, ap-
pears in the comment of the Ameri-
can press on his conviction in Fed
eral Court and his sentence to two
years. imprisonment and a fine of
10000. Some newspapers express
the fear that the processes of the
higher court in the hearing of the
appeals may obstruct the. progress OF
justice. Editors are unanimous in
the conviction that Forbes crimes
have been among the most loathsome
in the country's history.
'lt was not the money waste-ap-
palling as that was--that 50 shocked
the country when the carnival. of
fraud and graft in the Veterans -Bu-
reau was revealed" declares the New
York World TT was the fact that
the victims were disabled soldiers, to
thousands of whom no reparation
could be made for delay and neglect
since they had passed on: to yet 9TH
er thousands of whom the injury done
would prove lasting, in mind or body,
in courage to endure invalfdfsm or in
strength to conquer IT," The San
Francisco Bulletin adds: There was
nothing of the amiabie weakness. of
good fellow ship in what Forbes did;
TALLY and cheaply mean in character.
mean in his tastes, mean in a sense
that adds a special ugliness to erimi-
nality Forbes was as mean in his
efforts to clear himself as he Was in
the acts that bEought him to bar. he
counted upon those who had shared
in his stealing upon his friends
made in his debaucheries. upon Sn-
1uences' in the powers of his fellow
t-A
and in this fact there Is that which
gives heart and righteous hope to the
spirit of justice"
His misconduct" says the Ashe-
willie Times, "excited less attention
than did the questionable practices of
Albert B. Fall, but hfs acts were
vastly more reprehensible. While
the Minneapolis Journal observes: In
the picture of the Revolutionary War
that has come down to us through a
century and a half. we are won't to
see Benedict Arnold as the Judas
Iscariot of American history. Per-
haps Arnold was worse man than
Forbes. And perhaps not"
iHAkr& ~
"what seems to be necessary in
America" says the KansAs City Star.
land perhaps this conviction ia. a step
toward that end, is national atmos-
phere less favOrADie TO AStOHiSniHehl
when a thief tn public ONCE is con.
victed by process of law. It ought
not to be astonishing that the law
should prove too strong for; power
full, intrenc ched, influentiRl.. five-pow-
cred lawyer CRATER" The Oklahoma
City Times notes the reports that
Forbes and his co-defendant, j.. w.
Thompson, were surprised at the yer-
dict, and adds The people were not.
In the public mind there was. no
doubt of the guilt of these men,"
While, in the view of this result, the
Grand Rapids Herald believes, "The-
people can go on about their bust
ness with the assurance that the
mills ares grinding and that though
they grind exceeding slow, they grind
exceeding fine"
/, In the opinion. of. the Davenport
Democrat, the conviction places
Forbes ~ step nearer the peniten-
tiary, which has been yawning for
him since be turned a duty into a
Evening star., 1925-02-12

graft and proved so notoriousiy un-
fit that President Harding finally
turned upon him with the impas-
stoned accusation. You double cross
.er" and incontinently fired him from
the job in which he had wasted mil
lions that belonged to the disabled
soldiers of the World War" Again
speaking OF the surprise expressed by
the defendants, the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger asks: Was it actually
that they believed themselves fnno-
cent, or a conviction that a charge Of
conspiracy such as was brought
against them could not be sustained
in American courts? This latter con-
viction seems to be rather, wide
spread"
THE mismanagement and graft
which characterized the administra-
.tion of the Veterans Bureau under
Forbes and his unsavory pals. says
the Boston Transcript, were the most
shameful of the after-the-wan epi-
sodes. for they hindered the restera-
tion to health and usefulness of dis
abled and helpless soldiers The
verdict is no less a vindication of the
law than an earnest of what other
malefactors may expect who cannot
satisfactorily clear themselves" In
the DelfeI OF the savannah News, 1T is
a good thing that the so-called big
fellows the shrewd men who think
they can play falsely with Uncle Sam
with impunity. who have contempt
for men who play fairly in every game,
are caught occasionally and tried,
convicted' and punished. Such incl
dents make the ordinary man, the
man in the street, think that perhaps
after all, in spite Of Secretary Fall
and his like, there are men in
public service who are watching over
the peoples interest. And that is
d mighty comfortable feeling at
times"
whether Forbes serves a term in
Federal prison remains to be seen,"
thinks the Little Rock (Ark.) Demo-
crat, but the prospects certainly are
bright" The Baltimore Evening Sun,
however, does not see such bright
prospect. 1t says: According to the
news dispatches, the verdict came as
a surprise to the defense and a crowd
ed courtroom. But what would
cause an even greater surprise would
be Charles r. Forbes serving q Jail
sentence. Judging by recent events
An this great Nation. stealing from
ahe Government is not jailable, Of
fense."