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nom WATER FIGHT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. o.-OI.
Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsyivania
asked the Supreme Court today Tor
permission to join Wisconsin in It's
fight against the diversion OF water py
the Chicago sanitary district.
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REALITIES DENY GUINNESS.

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.-P-Some
of the girls seen at the Atlantic CITY
pageant arc aroused by criticisms that
they are beautiful but dumb. They
insist that beauty and brains are
blended often.
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DALLAS FIREMAN KILLED.

DALLAS. Oct. 5.-GP,-Inability
to see a guy wire because of the glare
of an approaching automobile last
night was assigned by the driver of n
fire truck as the cause of an accident
that cost the life of a Dallas fireman.
Captain Thomas W. Ross, AS, was
KILLED when pinned against the seat
Of the truck as il struck the wire.
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WACO BANKER DIES.

WACO, Oct. 5.-LP)-L. B. Black,
"a, vice president of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank, died here early this
morning.
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FIRE CHAMPg HOME BURNS

EAST ISLIP. n. Y. Oct. 5.-P)-
Worlds champion volunteer fire de,
nartment which won the title by speed
in putting out a theoretical blaze, has
lost its headquarters in a real fire.
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BABE WEIGHS 10 POUNDS

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.-P)-Thc
stork carried 10 IL pounds boy in
ono Of his weekend visits to Brooklyn.
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COOLIDGE TO SPEAK.

President Coolidge, who is en- ROUTE
to the convention, will speak here to-
morrow. He plans TO leave for WASH
ington tomorrow night, arriving there
Thuuday.
Most important of the conferences
today, was that of the Legion's Ameri-
canism commission which for the last
year has been investigating Commun-
ism in the United States. A report
prepared BY the commission said that
Communism in the United States had
made rapid progress and that the L.
zion should continue strenuous OPPOSE
zion to It's growth.
A cedar gavel made from wood
taken from the old snubbing post IN
front of the house on Theodore Roose-
velt's Elkhorn ranch in the Bad Lands
Of North Dakota. will be presented TO
the Legion. 1t was brought to Omaha
by A. B. Wclch of Mnndan. North
Dakota, known Ms the white chief OF
the Sioux" and the adopted son OF
Chief John Grass, head of the Sioux
nation, who died in 1918.
TRIBUTE TO ct. r."
.sIet this gsvcl be a reminder of the
spirit of that great leader of men,
Theodore Roosevelt, who was always
fighfins valiantly for fundamental
principles OF righteousness" said the
address prepared by the Sioux white
chief.
~This same spirit will carry the
American Legion onward toward
greater heights in its fight for world
peace, and Americas place in the fam
lily of nations"
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GRAND JURY GETS
CHARGE ON MURDER

CONTINUED From Page One.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
Lynchless Land
Sought By Churches

Washington, March 17.-(A. P.)-
Let the churches cry aloud for a
lynchless land in 1926" says the
statement Of the Federal Council of
Churches, announcing it's third an
nual Non-lynching Roll of Honor.
Thirty eight states earned places
on the Roll of Honor by being free
from lynchings last year, according
to d statement issued by the Coun-
ellis Commission on Race Relations
today. The definition of lynching is
taken up in the statement.
Ten states-one more than last
year bore the black shame of
lynchings.' Though one more state
had lynchings than in 1928, the num-
her of mob murders was cut in half.
Leaders point out, however, that
four lynchings have been recorded
so far in 1925, and that there must
he increased efforts on the part of
the churches and governmental au-
thorities against this type of law
leSSne&S.
Three new states appear on the
roll Of honor this year: Arkansas
Oklahoma and Virginia. The names
of four states have been removed be-
cause of one lynching in each during
the year. They are Illinois and Ken
lucky, which had been free from
lynchings for two years, and South
Carolina and Tennessee which had
4 clear record in 1928. This shows,
according to officials of the commits
sion, that the abolition Of lynching
can he achieved.
The number of victims OF lynching
in 1924 was 16. the lowest number
since records of the evil have been
kept, according to statement in
pamphlet by Professor Monroe NJ
Work. of Tuskegee Institute. Tuske-
gee. Alabama, soon to be published
by the Commission on Race Rela-
tions.
THE next lowest numbers" says
the statement. were in 1917, when
the total number of victims was 3S
and in 1928 when the total number
was 80 The highest number was
255 in 1892. In 1924, however. there
werSlynchings in 10 states as COM
pared with such atrocities in states
in 1928.
"The third annual honor roll of
states free from a lynchinS in 1924
is as follows:
States that have never had a rec
ord of a lynchng: Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Additional states that have no
record Of a lynching since 1896:
Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey and
Additional states which have no
record of lynchins during the past
ten years: Delaware, Idaho. lndi-
ana, Iowa, Maryland. Michigan,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota
and Wisconsin IL
Additional states which have no
record of a lynching in the past five
years: Arizona. Colorado, Montana,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
McCintOck Case
Continued from PAGE Onx)

der long hours of questioning, today
bitterly attacked the credibility of
witnesses who had sought to connect
him with the McClntock death. Fai-
man. he termed 'ludicrous liar" and
Louis Kles, the Shepherd family
chauffeur. who also testified against
him before the coroner's inquest, he
called 'dementia praecox."
The state authorities today plan
ned eXhumation of the body of Mrs.
Emma Nelson McClintock, whose
death placed he millionaire orphan"
in the hands Of the Shepherds. and
also of the body Of DIR. Oscar Olson
brother of Judge Olson. who died
to his home by Shepherd during q
slight illness.
Edwin Hedrick, who as attorney
for Shepherd fought hard during the
long inquest ana accused Judge OIL
son of forcing the issue because Of
"regrettabie mental condition
today withdrew from Shepherds de-
tense. He announced his withdraw
al dld not indicate a change of be-
lief in Shepherds innocence, but
tEat the case had reached a stage
where criminal lawyers were needed,
and, his firm handled only civil cases.
The hearing of argument on the
"ill of young McClintock, now up for
probate, is set for tomorrow. Indi-
cations tonight here, however, that it
would be postponed for at least a
month by agreement of counsel.
Under the Wills terms Shepherd
inherited the youths entire estate
except for an $4,000 annuity to Miss
Isabelle Pope. who waited to be mar
ried to McClintock as he died.
Mrs. James +. Davidson and Miss
Ruby Peel. sisters OF Albuquerque. y.
NJ. were taken to the states attorneys
Office and questioned upon their ar
rival today in response to telegram
from Mrs. Shepherd to come to keep
her company while her husband was
detained
Faiman's confession that he had pro-
vided the germ cultures which Shep-
herd administered to McCiintock came
after hours of questioning
Appeals We're made to his pity, his
love of justice and his hatred of
wrong. I'aiman finally told with smil-
ing frankness and amazing GOODNESS of
a plot to add still another tragedy TO
the long chain involving the McClin-
took fortune.
The typhoid bacilli. he said, Shep-
herd finally administered to the youth,
were kept and propa gated four or five
months before Shepherd found the
time auspicious fN- administering
them. He said that he advised they
be given in cold water, but was not
certain whether that instruction had
been followed, as he also had indicat-
ed other ways they might lie given.
He claimed one-fourth of the S1.000,-
900 estate, he said, as his reward, but
Shepherd pooh-poohed the idea of such
a division, and after he had dropped
to 100000 they finally quibbled until
100000 was fixed rs his portion. All
the time, Faiman said, he knew he
was becoming involved in criminal
act
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18

Nebraska, New York, Washington
Additional states which have no
record of a lynching in the past two
years: Alabama, California, Kan
sas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio
and West Virginia ................ Z
Additional states which have no
record of a lynching during 1924:
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Virginia. 5
Total states free from a lynching
IN i9Z4 ................... IS
Total states still having lynchings
.......''.... ................ ~
Total states free from lynching in
i'-o .......... '......'. 81
Last year a newspaper discussion
arose over the question of what con-
stitutes a lynching. The Federal
Councils Commission Oh Race Re-
lations, therefore. has studied care
fully the whole question. The result
of this inquiry Is Professor Works
pamphlet, which summarizes the
definitions from all dictionary au-
thorities. the definitions of the term
in legislative enactments Of the
states that have passed anti-lynch-
ing laws and the term as formulated
in the Dyer Anti Lynching Bill, be
phlet sums up the discussion of the
definition as follows:
"On the basis of the above under
standing of what constitutes q
lynching, the practice in general Of
compilers of lynching records has
been not to include in such records
persons put to death in what are
commonly designated as riots. The
whole matter would appear to turn
upon where one is to draw the line
between riots, where there is the
promiscuous killing of individuals
and lynchings. where particular in
dividuals are seized and put to death
for alleged particular offenses.'
ALREADY within three months of
this year." says DIR. George f..
Haynes. secretary, Federal Councils
Commission on Race Relations,
-four lynchings. including one burn
ing of a negro at the stake, give a
direct call to the Christian Church
to marshall conscience and public
opinion to abolish the evil this year.
Let the churches cry aloud for a
lynchless land in 1926. Shall the
Christ Of brotherly goodwill govern
relations of human life in our COM
munities or shall the Barabbas of
lawless violence be left to inflame
the multtude?"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
SPORTS
thousand Mile Race
nv Argentine Horses

u,.nos Aires, Feb. 20-(A. p. by
,s.,N-A horse race OF 1000 miles
h.en organized here to determine
~. vsxed question of whether the
Ss.ttva Argentine horse, or criollo,
S.:a superior in stamina. The PAM
- bred animals resistance to IA
tts~ua has become proverbial and
srv 1s remarkable feats of endurance
"s.omplished by horses OF this breed
~ an record. Nevertheless, in a
..,,aa of 12-hour races run over the
%.i.rmo race track last year, the
sinners usually turned out to be
horses possessing one or more
crosses of foreign thoroughbred
hiood. In covering. roughly, 12O
miIes in u hours, these horses un-
doubtedly displayed extraordinary
Stamina and, although the admirers
~ the criollo are the first to admit
me fact, they contend that the trial
was not severe enough to test the en-
durance of their favorites.
Or. Emilio Solane. a breeder of
eriollo horses, has issued a challenge
"a run two animals of that breed
sratnst two horses of any other pure
hIood whatever, over n distance Of
1000 miles. the competitors to carry
a weight equal to that of a cavalry
soldier with his equipment. His
challenge has been taken up by
Aeustin de Ella. who will run two
thoroughbred horses descended from
the English racer Bonnie Dundee.
which was imported by Senior de
Elias grandfather more than 20
wears ago. The race will take place
in April.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18

he entered the law office of W. w.
Stickney, later becoming a partner in
the firm. Sargent was admitted to
the state bar in 1890 and served as
states attorney for Windsor county
from 1898 to 1900; secretary of civil
and military affaips from 1900 to 1902
under Governor Stickney, his law
partner; attorney general from 1908
to 1912; member of the commission
on uniform legislation for several
years and president of the Vermont
Bar Association.
He gained prominence while state's
attorney in effecting the capture of
the Shaw brothers, slayers of Sheriff
Hoffman of Windsor. lie later sue
CeSSfully prosecuted both.
Sargent always has been a Repub-
lican.
lie was recently picked to represent
the state in the boundary dispute be-
tween Vermont and New Hampshire.
Mr. Sargent married Mary l.. Cor
don of this town the year following
his graduation from college. They
| have one daughter. Mary Gordon
Sargent, a Wellesley college graduate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
Gardiner Expecting
Hot Hoop Battle
With Augusta Team
iSpecial TO Kennebec journal

S0RcClAl 10 heIHeDeC JOuTHdi)
Gardiner. March 17.-Everything
points to an exciting game Thursday
evening. When Gardiner and Augusta
lock horns in any game the fur is
sure to fly and the contests arranged
for Thursday evening will be as hot
lycoutested as any previous duels be-
tween the aggregations Of the two
cities. The upriver teams are coming
down to avenge a defeat sustained
earlier in the season and that they
have formidable outfits goes without
saying. Comedian. the Cony coach.
and Director Kennedy of the Augusta
y" will be the main cogs in the So
Ions ranks, while the Gardiner A. C..
colors will be upheld by Heselton,
Talbot, mckinley, Leighton and Hick-
ey, and possibly few other unknown
players who have yet to prove their
real worth on the polished surface.
The fair sex, gene will be battle
worth going miles to see. The Gar
diner Girls Club will stack up against
the Augusta Girls Club in what prom
ises to be the greatest setto between
the members of the weaker sex seen
here in decade. MoIlie Malaney. NC
Causland. McCurdy, Cormier. Harris
and Morissey are slated to carry OUT
hard assignment next THURSDAY eve
ming at O'Clock at the high schooi
gym. The price is 35 cents to all.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
FARM|NCT0N

Mrs. Lillian NJ. Paine returned
Saturday from a two weeks visit in
Boston buying her spring goods.
Many are absent from the high
school because of the mumps and
other prevailing illnesses. Work on
the play Green Stockings" to be
presented in May will start imme-
diately. The next issue of the Lau-
rel will be out early in May.
The victorious Abbott school bas-
ketball team returned home Monday
noon after winning the state prep
school title at the University of
Maine tournament. They We're met
at the station by band picked up
around town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Campbell re-
turned home Saturday noon. having
been away buying the spring stock
for Arbo c. Norton.
Mrs. Joseph Harris is recovering
from severe attack of influenza
Miss Lucille Whitcomb has been
confined to her home for several
days because Of severe attack of
tonsilitis.
Mrs. Blanche Harrington Samp-
son will give a recital of dramatic
readings in the Old South church
vestry Tuesday evening. She will
be assisted by a violin roloist and
vocal numbers.
The play 'Ici On Parle Francois" :"
given in Merrill hall last Saturday
evening by students of the Normal
school was well attended. Readings
and violin solo were presented to-
gether with beautiful instrumental
duet by Messrs. Flood and Spinney.
the only trouble with the last being
lack of harmony. tone, tune. ETC.
S59.45 was cleared from the play.
This has been the longest and the
rmost successful basketball season
in +. S. n. S. history. Fifteen wins
and eight losses with total of sos
points to opponents 4SS. This Is
believed to be second only to Mexi-
cos team total. The first team Will
be awarded gold basket balls.
Miss Lottie McLeery who is sick
with pneumonia, is convalescing-
Miss Jennie Weathern. who has been
spending her vacation with relatives
here has returned to her school in
Fall River. Mass.
The Red School House Farm Bu-
reau meets with Mrs. Ethel Hardy
next Monday. A feature of the meet
ing will be a demonstration of cor
Setry.
At the last meeting of the Ever
green club held with Mrs. Martha
, Ripley, Mrs. A. NJ. Thomas gave a
very interesting and instructive talk
| on Sociology. The club plans to de-
vote considerable time this year to
the study of this subject.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
Chicago Cattle Market

Chicago, March II.
y a / j l. Z - Receipts 10000; fed
steers and better grade fat cows most
~ Zoc down: weigbty steers showing
Most decline; top matured steers II 40
averaging 1857 pounds; next high
price LOO, avera ging 1903 pounds:
comparatively little above 1875;
Weighty steers very slow at decline;
downturn largely so to rs under high
tlne last week; best year1ings 1850:
nu![ led steers and yearlings S.5OG
lV'3V; some big weight steers unsold
at noon with bids sharply under YES
terday; edge off fat heifers market
Spot lower: few loads choice light beef
helfers 1O.50010.65; bulk 6.756S.75:
Gamers, cutters and lower grade fat
cows about steady: bulls practically at
Standstill; better heavy bolognas 475;
hulk 40 a 40: veaelers 25 to so low
er; mostly 10.50M11.5N to packers.
HOGS-Receipts $1,000: very active,
- to IS higher: top 1850: bulk 1870 to
5oO-pound butchers 1925 0144O; 40
20 lbO-pound averages largely $500
l400; bulk packing sows 13.25@1350;
majority strong weight slaughters
ulgS 1%.O0G 1925: estimated holdover
1000: mostly held off market.
SHEEP-Reccipts 1900: very slow;
fat lambs mostly % to so lower: top
handy weights 1875; bulk 81 to o.
pound wooled lambs 15.00@16.50; good
TO choice 80 to 9S-pound weight 1900
a 1a.25; extremely heavy lambs 1925
! 400; choice 7J-pound clipped Tex
ans 1870; fat sheep dull: no sales;
most bids 25 to 40 lower: feeding
lambs weak; bulk 1G30416.90
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
u. S. Sweet Tooth
HELPS EucadOr

New York. March 16 CA. P)-
Ecuador is making a complete com
mercial comeback, the Foreign
Trade Council reports, wholly be-
cause of the popularity in the United
States of chocolate covered ice
cream confections.
The sudden vogue here for ice
cream served in a chocolate jacket,
the council says, placed chocolate
overnight at a new premium the
world over. This re-established the
demand for Eucador's staple agri-
cultural product, cacao. from which
the highest grade bitter chocolate
comes, and lifted that country out OF
financial depression.
The chocolate boom, the council
says. proved lucky for the United
States as we'll as Ecuador. for 1t re-
stored to the former one Of its good
customers of five years ago. Com
merce between countries being a
simple matter Of give and take,
Ecuador is now spending its choco-
late money freely here again, not
ably for our player pianos.
That Ecuador plays" when, as
and if the United States eats" does
not constitute a comparison Of tastes
adds, so much as 1t reveals anew
that foreign trade, after all, Is pretty
human.
Confectioners in the United States
prefer the Ecuador grade of bitter
chocolate both for its flavor and be-
cause it takes a lot of sugar, and
thus enables them to market their
sugar at the higher price Of candy,
according to the council.
Ecuadors principal competitor Is
the Congo. but the African cacao is
called milder and is said to run sec
ond with the candy trade. When the
World War shut off deep sea trans
portation the Congo's output was
blockaded. to the advantage OF Ecua-
dor. but it meanwhile piled up, In
such volume that when ocean COM
municat ton was opened again after
the war it came in a food and broke
the market. Ecuador found it's own
cacao selling at loss or not at all,
and trade there was brought to q
temporary standstill.
In 1920, before the break came, fig
ures show that Ecuador was selling
it's products in the United States at
an annual rate of S12,244,000. which
gave it the money to buy American
products at rate Of $14 4,4S0, 900. The
mutual effect of the slump there was
shown in figures for 1921, when
Ecuador's exports to the United
States fell almost IS percent to only
1854, 900, and it's imports dropped
more than 67 percent, to $5,260,0OO.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18

THE general course OF business
! during the past month has been
satisfactory. Reports come from
here and there of disappointment
that orders are not flowing in a
larger stream, that industry is not
operating at capacity and that Mar
gins OF profit are small. Such conf
plants always are heard except in
boom times, when the pressure OF
abnormal demands gives enough
business for everybody. The ordin-
ary state of business is that in
which competition exists, with full
industrial capacity a little ahead OF
consumption requirements and mar
ginal producers having a rather
difficult time.
T. Profit margins change very read
lily as the markets swing from the
position in which buyers have the
upper hand to that in which sellers
have it. OF course sellers like to
have things their way, but nothing
is more certain than that under
ordinary conditions they cannot
have them just to their liking for
very long. If there is a congestion
OF orders, so that competition exists
for goods instead Of orders, prices
go up and costs tend to follow, with
the result that unless business soon
falls off the situation will get ser
;ously out of balance and depression
will take the place of prosperity.
A lot of price and wage advances
occurred in the Spring OF 1928
which for the good of all concerned
had better not have taken place.
! The confidence in good times
which has been displayed OF late is
generally based upon the belief that
conditions are more nearly right
for a free, full. exchange OF goods
and services than they have been
! for los g time. The principal con-
| dition for such exchanges 10 that
the price-relations shall be approx
mately those to which the people
are accustomed; in other words.
: that what everybody has to sell
shall command about the usual
quantity of other things. When
this is the case there will be en-
ployment for all and the products
will move into consumption.
! That situation does not exist
completely. but great Improvement
has taken place in the last year and
more is going on. The prices most
seriously out of line since 1920 have
been those OF farm products. A
year ago the McNary- Haugen bill
was the most conspicuous measure
before the Congress, and its pro-
visions were intended to raise the
prices of certain leading farm prod
ucts to the "prewar parity with
other products. the price-tables OF
the Bureau OF Labor being adopted
as the basis for the proposed opera
tions. The latest of these price
tables which is for the month Of
January. 1925, shows that its group
of farm products" now averages
63 per cent above the 1913 price
level. while its entire list of COM
modities. including farm products,
averages 60 per cent above that
level. Moreover, the outlook for
farm products is good. 1t is posi-
bic now to sell wheat for delivery
in September at about $3.50 per
bushel in Chicago, and the disparity
between corn and live stock is being
corrected.
The Monthly Review Of the Re-
serve Bank Of Minneapolis states
that the total dollar value of busi-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18
Augusta Legion
Team Wins from
Gardiner Post

Especial to the kennebec JournaD
Gardiner, Me, Mar. 17-Although
bowling for total only. the James
Fitzgerald Post. American Legion of
Augusta incidentally took all four
points in match with the Benjamin
+. Smith Post of this city which was
rolled this evening on the Brooks
Alleys. The Augusta post turned in
a total of 1921 in spite of the fact
that one of their number turned in
o42. Marston and McDonough of the
Augusta team each hit over $40.
Marston getting 315 and McDonough
31S. The Gardiner team bowled a
total of 1349.
The Augusta team, which won the
cup this year in a city bowling
league, will hC,i a return match at
the Y. M. c. A. alleys in that city
on the occasion of the County Coun-
Gil meeting of the Legion which takes
place in Augusta on April 3.
The summary: