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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-26
CLOSE FINISHES
MARK FIRST
DAY RACES
Judges Have Work Cut Out
for Them at Speed
way Meet.

Finishes 80 close, that in severz
instances the winner was not known
until the numbers were posted, marked
the opening days events of the Today
race meet at the Pieasanton road
track Christmas Day. In every one Of
the five races, two or more horses
fought il out neck and neck to the
tape, with the winner having not
more than half q length lead in any
instance.
The opening event, q quartermile
affair for two-year-olds, was won by
Bob Handy, with Beck up. Raindrop.
who took second money. led TO within
40 yards of the tape, only to be over
come in the last few strides. Black
Beauty finished third, a length in
the rear.
The second race, also a quarter
mile event, went TO Round the World,
with Jockey Beck again in the saddle.
Round the World took the lead at the
start and held it safely against late
rushes of Beauty Girl and Popcorn.
which finished second and third, re-
spectively. Popcorn had been estab-
lished heavy favorite.
LON MARTIN WINS
Lon Martin proved a good bet for
those who had made him a favorite
in the third race, a three-furlong
event, nosing out Dode Adams and
Gold Enamel.
The five-furlong fourth race was
the most thrilling on the days card.
Buck Smiles, ridden by Bridges. took
an early lead and maintained it to
within less than 100 yards Of the fin
ish line, when Miss Patton stuck her
nose out in front to win. Jockey
Browning handled the winner per
fectly. Bobby Schott finished third.
A. NJ. White won the five-furlong
event by a neck, coming from the rear
in the last few strides to beat out
Cascade and Jake Field, which finished
second and third. All Bright also
ran.
None Of the races were run in ex-
ceptionally fast time, due to the fact
that most OF the horses have been
at the track only a few days and
are not sufficiently conditioned.
Longer races will compose the daily
programs as the entries become more
fit.
FIVE RACES SATURDAY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
OBITUARY.
AIRERT HENRY NORRIS

ALBERT HENRY NORRIS.
Ripe in years and rich in the regard
of his friends and townsmen, Albert
H. Norris died early Sunday morning
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry
w. Haynes. His death marks the pass
ing of another of that rapidly diminish
ing group of old citizens. whose sturdy
citizenship and straightforward living
made an impress upon the Ellsworth
of their active years, and fixed their
place high in the esteem of the gener-
ations that have followed them.
Mr.. Norris was in the ninetieth year
of his age, having been born al Milford
engaged in business in his native town,
and was postmaster there under Lincoln
during and after the war. Later he
moved to Old Town, and from there,
in 1871, he came to Ellsworth as agent
for a lumber company. He continued
his association here with the lumber
industry for dozen years or more,
and then bought out a dry goods bust
ness, which he continued until 1895.
The death in that year of his wife,
Rachel (Hopkins) Norris was a severe
blow to him. Soon afterward he dis
since engaged in any regular business.
In the home of his daughter, with
grandchildren growing up about him,
he found in them a new interest in life.
and his years in this home have been
happy and busy ones.
Mr. Norris was the pioneer cottager
at the Shady Nook resort on Union
River bay, his cottage being the first
built there: He was also the prime
mover in the construction of, and for
many years was manager, Of the Bay
side telephone line, now part of the
New England system
Mr. Norris took an active part in the
affairs of the city. For three years he
served as alderman, and in 1892 was
elected mayor, serving one year Later
he for several years served as assessor.
Mr.. Norris always stood for the better
things of community life. He was a
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
COMING EVENTS.

Thursday evening, May IA, at Society
ha1l-Party, under auspices of civic
committee, for benefit of public play
ground Tickets, 25 cents.
Friday and Saturday evenings, May
% and 20, at Hancock Kathleen"
a musical comedy, under the auspices
of Frank E. Whitmore post, A. L.
Saturday, May 16, 8 a. m. and 2 p. m,
at Wwman Park-Interscholas track
meet under auspices of Frank f..
Whitmore post, A. L. Tickets, cover
ing both morning and afternoon, so
cents.
Friday evening, May Is, at high
school auditorium-Musical entertain
ment by Freshman class. Tickets, %
cents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
CHURCH NOTICES.


MetnOOISt EpIscOVuA OhuAcAAs
Rev. A. T. Bradstreet Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning at 1890;
Sunday school at 11.45; Epworth
League at $50; evening at 1870.
st. JOseph's Catholic Church.
Rev. j. A. German. Pastor.
Sunday, May 17-Services at Ellis
worth at 10 o'clock.
Congregational Church.
Rev. Geo. S. Brookes, Pastor Con leave)
Rev. E. A. Lilley, Pastor pro tenn.
Sunday ervices-Preaching service
at 1880; Sunday school at 11.45. Young
peoples meeting at p. m.
Unitarian Church.
Rev. George T. Jones. Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning at 1880;
Sunday school at IL.
Baptist Churc.,.
Rev. Clarence Emery, Pastor.
Sunday Notwithstanding at 1890;
Sunday school at 11.45; evening SER
vice at 7.30.
Sunday, May 17-Morning subject,
1.-THE Peril of Christianity" Evening
S'Some Better Things"
Union Congregational Church.
Ellsworth Falls.
John E. Besant, Pastor.
Sunday, May 17--Prayer service at 10.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
WINFIELD S. SEVER ENCE

Ellsworth lost another Of it's old resi-
dents and a Civil war veteran. in the
death last Thursday of Winfield S.
Severance, after a brief illness. Mr.
Severance was taken i'll of grip We'd
nesday, at the home of his son in
West Ellsworth, and was brought to
the home of his daughter. Mrs. Clifton
Beal. Heart weakness developed and
he passed away the next day.
Mr.. Severance was seventy Ell ght
years of age, and had lived in Els
worth the greater part of his life He
served in the navy during the Civil
war. For many years he worked in
mills in Ellsworth. Handicapped in re-
cent years by increasing deafness, and
by the loss of a leg on the railroad as
direct result of that deafness, he
nevertheless retained cheerful happy
disposition which all admired.
Mr.. Severance leaves two daughters.
Mrs Beal, of Ellsworth. and Mrs Win
ME Libby of Bangor. one son, Walter
Severance of West Ellsworth. a step
son, Howard Dollard of West Ellsworth.
and one sister.
The funeral was held at the Beal
home Saturday afternoon, Rev. Clar-
ence Emery officiating. Interment was
at Juniper cemetery
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
DIED.

ALLEY-At Bar Harbor, May 10, Mrs.
Clarence Alley.
JORDAN-At No. p Plantation, May
u, Nahum NJ. Jordan, aged IS years,
IA days.
NORRIS-At Ellsworth, May 10, Albert
H. Norris aged SO years, l month, l
day.
PATTEN-At Ellsworth, May 8, Mrs.
Agnes e. Patten, aged 81 years, 81
days
SEVERENCE-At Ellsworth, May 7,
Winfield S. Severance, aged II years,
10 months. days
SMALLIDGE-At Bar Harbor, April 80,
Proctor Smalldge of Northeast Har-
Dor. aged II years.
SMITH-At Bar Harbor, May 10, Henry
NJ. Smith, aged SIS years.
STANLEY-At Cranberry Isles, May 9,
Mrs. Hiram Stanley, aged 65 years.
YOUNG-At Portland. May TO- Alpheus
Young formerly of Ellsworth aged
76 years, 10 months 8 days
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13

nomination here, and for years was
active in it's work, remaining a member
and supporter of it to the last.
He leaves one daughter, Mrs Haynes
Another daughter, Ida, wife of DR.
Lewis Hodgkins, the present mayor of
Ellsworth, died in 1910. He leaves
also five grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
The funeral was held at the home
yesterday afternoon, Rev Clarence
Emery officiating, paying fitting
tribute in his remarks to the high
character of citizenship of the deceased
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
BORN

CAPEN-At Deer Isle. April 30 to Mr.
and Mrs. Roland f. Capen, a son.
(Floyd Farwell.)
HOWARD-At Bluehill, May 5. to Mr..
and Mrs. Lionel Howard, daughter.
KANE-At Brooklin, April 23, to Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Earl Kane, son.
(Harry Duane)
PERKINS-At Dedham, May l, to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Perkins, daughter.
(Etliza beth MaV.O
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13

Morning service at 1880 Special
music by choir. Five minute talk to
boys and girls. Sermon, as Belief in
Heaven and He'll Old-fashioned? What
Does the Bible Say?"-Luke 23:43. Sun
day school at 11.50. Young peoples So
cety at els. Song service at lis.
Evening at 730 special musical SER
vice. The history of some old hymns
will be given, the congregation singing
hem.
Wednesday at 7.30, in the vestry,
mid week meeting for prayer, praise
and testimony.
Friday evening, May Is, at 1870, at
pastors home-Exposition of Sunday
school lesson.
North Ellsworth.
Sunday May II, 2.3o p. M, in Nicolln
Grange hall-Address by John h.
Besant of Ellsworth Falls-"What is
Observation-Disclosures 1:14-15.
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SvIrry.

Mrs Daniel Mckay is in Boston for
a few days.
Capt c.. NJ. Coulter was called to
Bangor Saturday by the death of his
brother Henry
The high school gave an entertain
ment last Thursday night, in the
grange hall.
The Methodist church schedule for
the summer is as follows: Sunday
school, 1870 a. m; young peoples meet
ing, $50 m; preaching service, $50
p. m.
Eugene ingalls, has moved his family
to Bluehill where he is employed.
Nav L.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-13
" est SurrY.

John Trundy and SON of Bangor. and
his brother Roy and wife, of Brewer
were here Sunday.
T. T.. Leach OF Brewer Mrs Maud
Seavey and daughter Pearl recently Wis
Evening star., 1925-04-14
Plane to Broadcast Polar Trip
Story So AU U. S. May Listen
Middle Vest Station Would Pick Up
Messages and Relay Them Oper
Nation, Macmillan Plans.

upon the kind of instrument the snip
will carry. One instrument, however,
is sure to be used-the radio compass,
which will give the plane its bear
ings. Signals from the plane will be
received on the ship on u loop which
will turn in all directions. When the
maximum sound is reached the dlrec-
ton the loop is pointing indicates the
direction the plane is flying. The ship
then can send back. You are bearing
so-and-so," which will aid the plane in
getting safely to it's base.
Additional details of Macmillan
plan of operation received from the
explorer today by the National Geo
graphic Society call for a flight over
the great Greenland ice cap, 100000
square miles of area, and supposed TO
reach q height of about 10000 feet.
No one has ever visited that part or
the ice cap between rs and 80 degrees
north latitude, the center of which is
roughly $40 miles off Etah, he said.
This will mean a continuous flight
of $50 miles which can be accomplish
ed in about five hours. The con.
dition of the Greenland ice-cap is such,
however, that our planes should have
no difficulty in making landing
every few minutes. This work done
in the North, it is my purpose TO re-
turn southwark following the eastern
shores of Ellsmere Island to Bylot Is
land on the northern shore of Baffin
Island" said Mac MILAN. The eXplor-
er hopes to reach Etah, where the
ship will halt, about August1, he said,
Evening star., 1925-04-14
1908 MARCH CUT
IN FEDERAL FORCE
Coolidge Gets Report as Part
of Economy Program
Check-Up Monthly.

Under President Coolidge's econ
omy program Government depart
ments dismissed during the month of
March 2,61S employees in the District.
There were added to the Govern
ment pay rolls during the same time,
however. 1916 employees, making a
net loss Ior the month of 1902.
These figures We're contained in a
report by the Civil Service Commits
sion to the President for the month
of March. 1t is the second monthly
report of this nature submitted since
his order to the Government depart
ments some time ago to sharply re
duce Government personnel.
Total Force Now 64,8S4.
The total number of permanent
employees dismissed during the month
was 1907, while separations from the
temporary rolls totaled LII. The
total number of employees in the Dis
trict on March 81 is shown on the
reports to the President at 64,S84.
The War Department led the list
in dismissals. having discharged sos
in the District during March.
Among other separations by de-
partments and establishments were:
State Department.. IL: Treasury De-
partment, 134: Department of Justice.
l3 permanent employees, l temporarv:
Post Office Department, 80 permanent
and temporary; Navy Department,
120 permanent and 81 temporary:
Interior Department, S3 permanent
and temporary. Department of
Agriculture, So permanent and %
temporary. Department of Com
merce, 33 permanent and Sc tenn
pora ~; Department of Labor, 8
permanent and l temporary. Gov
ernment Printing Office, 210 per
sonian Institution, 10 permanent
and temporary; Interstate Com
merce Commission, permanent;
Civil Service Commission. permanent;
Federal Trade Commission, 1 perma
nent and ! temporary; Shipping
Board, so permanent; alien property
custodian, permanent and / tenn
porary; Tariff Commission, perma.
nent and / temporary; Employe' s
Compensation Commission, 6 perma
nent; Federal Board for Vocational
Education, l permanent; Panama
Canal, no change: Public Buildings
and Public Parks of the National Capt.
tal 80 permanent and II temporary
General Accounting ONCE. 19 per
manent; Veterans Bureau, 119 per
manent and 29O temporary; Railroad
Administration, Is permanent: Rent
Corporation, 6 temporary: Federal Re
serve Board, 2 permanent.
There were no dismissals in the
White House establishment, the total
number Of employees there being giver
as 46
Evening star., 1925-04-14

Experiments now are being made in
Chicago with the view of broadcast
ing from one of the Navy's amphibian
planes in flight over the Arctic for
reception at a specially constructed
station in the Middle West which
would rebroadcast the voices from
the Pole throughout the country at
a strength which would be picked up
by the average radio set owner.
When Donald B. Macmillan went
into the Arctic last year his boat
was equipped with a broadcasting
set, but when the destination was
reached nothing was heard back
here, although radio messages
reached him from the States. En-
ploying the short wave length to
penetrate and so beyond a certain
dead" belt in the North around the
magnetic pole, those connected with
the expeditions radio section are
confident of tangible results this year.
There seems to be no doubt of
the success of direct broadcast sting
from MacMillans ship to the Middle
West station, so the radio engineers
have turned their attention to pro-
viding vehicle for a running story
of flights over the unknown north
land.
The type of radio equipment to be
installed in the planes for direct con-
tact with the Macmillan ship has not
been decided upon, and it is dependent
Evening star., 1925-04-14
COOLIDGE TO SPEAK
At ORATORY FINALS
President Again Demon
StrateS Interest in Contest
Ending Here May 8.

President Coolidge has accepted the
invitation extended by the sponsors
to participate in the final 1925 ma.
tional oratorical contest, to be held in
the Washington Auditorium on the
evening of May s. He will make a
brief address
This is the third instance in which
the Chief Executive has given un-
mistakable proof of his Endorsement
of the contest At the national finals
last year, held in Memorial Cont
mental Hall, he made an address,
stressing the Importance and value OF
the undertaking. In February, when
the newspapers announced that the
contest would be repeated upon a ma
tion-wide scale, President Coolidge
wrote a letter to The Evening Star
expressing his pleasure in learning
of that fact. In agreeing to take part
in the final meeting this year the
Executive gives additional emphasis
to the importance of the contest and
to his appreciation of it's value.
The element of the contest which
has appealed most strongly to leaders
throughout the Nation has been its
blending of youthful enthusiasm and
intensive scholarship. 1t was this
which the Chief Executive had in
mind in his address last year. when
he said of the contest that lit repre-
sents the most effective method of en-
listing the interest of the young men
and women in the study of our gov
ernmental institutions"
: The seven sectional champions who
will compete on the evening of May
for the national awards totaling
SIS 900 will be the picked orators out
of approximately 100000 participants
in the national oratorical contest.
They will have fought their way
through competitions within their
class, within their school, within their
own school district, within their own
city. within their own State and
finally within their own zone, com
prising a number of States.
The speeches this year Will be two
minutes shorter than last years. In
the 1924 contest the time limit was
IL minutes this year, 10. The ora
tions will be on the Constitution or
the relationship thereto of seven out
standing statesmen Each of the
seven national finalists will receive
one of the following cash awards
$500, $3.50. $500, $3.50, $500, 1000 OF
81 900.
No charge will be made for admis
sion to the contest. Persons desir
ing tickets should apply by letter OF
in person at the national headqu2r
ters, 323 Star Building.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
JUR|ST IN VIRGINIA
IS KILLED BY GUN
Judge Joseph /. Kelly Was
Hunting for Rat-Prede-
ceSs0r Was Suicide.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BRISTOL, Va. April I4.-Judge
Joseph L. Kelly of the Virginia Su-
preme Court of Appeals died at his
home here this morning 30 minutes
after a load from a shotgun had en-
tered his left side
Relatives said the Supreme Court
justice was going down stairs to the
basement when the shotgun went off.
the entire charge entering his side
They added that the judge regained
consciousness momentarily and told
them the shooting was accidental.
Going After Rats.
Relatives explained that Judge
Kelly and his son started to the base
ment after a rat. The boy. it was
declared, insisted on taking his rife.
but the father told him he would take
his shotgun instead. The family said
the jurist had just started to descend
the stairs. which they described as
faulty in construction. when he fell
and the gun was discharged. 1t was
found Is feet from Judge keIly's un-
conscious form.
Every available physician was hur-
riedly summoned when the report of
the exploding shell and the cries of
the family were heard by neighbors.
but no hope was held out from the
start.
Predecessor Was Suicide.
Judge Kelley had been in i'll health
many months. He retired from the
State Supreme Court, January 81,
1924, to enter private practice, but
soon afterward his health became
worse, and he was granted an extend
ed furlough by the Southern Railway,
of which he was division counsel, and
spent six months in Florida recuperat-
ing.
He was president of the court at the
time of his resignation. and was re-
appointed TO the bench to succeed
his successor, Judge Frederick w.
Sims, as president, when the latter
committed suicide by shooting him
self with a shotgun in a Richmond
hotel, February 81 last.
Judge Kelly showed considerable
improvement in health since his re
turn from Florida and was seen often
on the golf links here. He was origi
nally selected for the bench in 1915
to serve until 1927.
Graduate of Virginia.
Born in Smyth County, Virginia
March 4, 1867, Judge Kelly was the
son of Judge John A. Kelly and
Martha Peck Kelly. He received his
education in public and private
schools, taking his first college degree
at Emory and Henry College in 1886
He later attended the University of
Virginia, where he was made a
bachelor of laws in 1889.
X. A. Ayers, a former attorney gen
eral of Virginia, was the first law
associate of Judge Kelly. The two
practiced at Big Stone Gap from 1883
to 1895. In the latter year the jurist
entered the firm of Built & Kelly,
which association extended until 1903
when Judge Kelly was chosen to the
Corporation Court bench at Bristol.
He sat in that capacity until 1915,
when Gov. Westmoreland Davis ap-
pointed him to the Supreme Court OF
Appeals.
Judge Kelly was a trustee of Emory
and Henry College, a Methodist by
faith and a member of the Kappa
Sigma Fraternity. He was married
July 90. 1896. to Miss Mary Eloise
Hull of Marion, Va.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
Dogs to Be Dyed
To Match GO,Uns,
Dealers Declare
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, April 14-Owners of
fancy dog shops are doing flour
ishing business this Spring with
the coming in of the vogue for
women to have pets to match their
gowns, or dress schemes To cor
respond with the coat of their
favorite dog.
Orange jumpers, which have
been popular in London. have Gre
ated an unprecedented demand for
little Pomeranians of this particu-
lar shade. Dealers aver that if
the craze continues it may be
necessary for the animal shop
keepers to devise some means of
dYelng the coats of lap dogs to
meet the requirements of custom
ers who insist upon dogs to match
their gowns.
All kinds of little fawn, biscuit
and brown shaded dogs are in
great demand just now. as they
harmonic easily with the fashion
able shades. Irish settlers. with
their bois-de-rose coats, are popu-
lar also for promenaders who like
to have their pets on leash.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
MRS. M'CL|NTOCK
KILLED BY POISON
Coroner'S Chemist Finds
Considerable Quantities OF
Mercury in Body.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 14-Sufficient
mercury to kill a person within 10
days was found in all the organs of
Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, ac-
cOrding to the completed report oC
Coroner's Chemist William D. Nc
Nally. submitted to Coroner Oscar
Wolff today.
1t was stated at the coroner's office
that DR.. McNally's analysis was made
on the basis of extensive experience
with mercury and that his laboratory
is said to have done more work with
mercury than any other laboratory in
the world.
The amounts found preclude the
possibility of it's being administered
as medicine said DIR. McNally. 1--WE
found mercury in all the organs in
amounts such as are found in the
organs of people dying from mer-
curial poisoning. The amounts were
similar to those found in the organs
of persons who have lived 10 days
after the mercury was administered
I'VE know from experience the dis
tribution of mercury IN the organs In
the case of mercurial poisoning.
I'VE found trace of formaldehyde
due to the embalming fluid. 1t is
highly significant that we could find
that after 16 years of burial"
Evening star., 1925-04-14
Ancient Fortress
Found Near Site of
Dakota Villages
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANDAN, n. D., April Lids
covery OF an ancient fortification,
three miles south of Price, in
Oliver County, which antedates the
Lewis and Clark expedition, was
announced today by Maj. A. B.
Welch, Mandan postmaster, Indian
student and historian.
Maj. Welch, with L. F. Craw-
ford, curator of the North Dakota
Historical Society, and F. w. Wild
shute, archeologist, week ago,
accidentally found the stronghold
while on a trip to the site of the
ancient Mandan villages at Fort
Clark, 10 miles farther north. Maj.
Welch plans to explore the ruins
this Summer.
The fortification. which may be
relic of q prehistoric people. en-
braces about six acres adjoining
the Missouri River.