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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
How "Emporia's Sage" Got a Sudden
lniS

William Allen White, Emporia's edi-
tor-author, received the jolt of his life
Tuesday in that city while acting
host to three Shriners from Oakland,
Cal. who were members of Shrine
band, which stopped in Emporia for
luncheon, White, along with 60 other
Rotarians, gave the Shriners motor
car ride and entertained them at the
country club.
Three handsome Shriners in their
lavendar trousers. purple Elton jack
cts and red shirts climbed into the
car of the editor of the Gazette. AS
they were driving over the town this
conversation occurred on the back
seat-as reported in the Gazette by
it's editor:
Mice town."
"Sure-nice town, isn't it?"
at sure isl
what town is it?"
"Peoria."
Sounds like Castoria-I thought
Peoria was bigger"
Nav, but it's all right"
''What they got here?"
"A writer-feller't writes"
"Writes what?"
II dunno what he writes. Maybe
it's books"
manner"
20, Henry"
20, Henry?"
''Sure, o. Henry; that's what l
heard"
"Well, you sure heard wrong. He'll.
man, o. Henry is a cigar.
City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Badly Battered
Freighter Martha
Reaches New London

J.. New London, Oct. a6.-(AP)--Leak.
ing badly and listing heavily to port
with her hold full of water, the
freighter Martha Weaver, formerly the
Martha Weems, bound from New York
to Boston. crept into this port early
today seeking shelter from the terrific
gale which was sweeping Long Island
Sound. For is hours the steamer bat
tied with the seas and wind, with the
pumps working constantly. The craft
was taken to the plant of the New
London Ship & Engine Co. to have the
water pumped from her hold and nee
essary repairs made.
The Colonial liner Concord, en- route
to New York from Providence, after
fighting the seas throughout the night
put in here early today to wait for the
seas to abate. The harbor was filled
with barges and scows brought in by
their lows when the storm broke Sat-
urday afternoon.
Warned in advance of the storm the
coast guard, which suffered SO severe
ly in the storm Of two weeks ago,
called in all of the small patrol boats
and they rode out the storm at the
State Pier here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Clubman Dimes
P0stpOnes Marriage
To Straighten Affairs

Denver, Colo, Oct. 26-(AP)-The
marriage of CORTLAND S. Dimes,
wealthy Denver clubman, to Miss
Helen Gibson, Denver society girl
has been postponed until Dimes gets
his affairs into shape"
This was his statement today in
explaining why t nuptials, set for
yesterday, were carried out.
He declared h first intended to
wed last Saturds and then delayed
one day. later dc ding to put off the
marriage 'indef litely."
Dimes was SHOT and seriously
wounded on New Years eve. 1924. in
his Hollywood, Calf, apartment,
where he was entertaining Mabel
Normand and Edna Purviance, mo-
ton picture actresses. H. A. Greer.
Miss Normand's chauffeur, was tried
for the shooting but was acquitted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27

'Possum
The oppossum was the hrst mar
supial animal known.
This animal abounds in the warmer
parts of North America. Its form is
robust, its head very large, its color
dull white; its fur long, fine ana
woolly, thickly interspersed WIN
longer coarse white hairs, except on
the head and some OF the upper
parts, where the hair is snort anu
close. The tail Is not quite so long as
ana among branches Of trees, to
which II usually retreats to devour
lie nrey twining its tail around
branch for security.
MANY a time have we gone 'possuH
hunting in the late fall about the nrst
frost. They are very fond OF PEI =
simmons and you can usually nno
one or more in one OF these trees
after a frost. The frost ripens the
nersimmons and causes them 10 IaIi
r. the ground. With a good 'possuln
dos. one can bag as many as thre9
ar four in a night. Postum anu
sweet notatoes make fine dlsh Ioi
some hut I am not particularly 1ohu
of it myself. oar,-
peds. and reptiles, BIRDS esss'. az,
insects; also fruits and the - 3u, eg
narts of plants. 1t is easily .anle'.
hut its odor makes 1t an unpieas mds
net It often visits pouitrS y an
and is cunning in its quest u p,rs.
II feigns death under very , .SnS
circumstances, often pelhs ME- ,,itl,
a and beaten. or shook by dog ,s. WITH nf
out a sign of life; the true - st tho,eh
~
the affair can !. be ;nt asc water
ny III tni female sometimes produces $
name nne i as sixteen at a birth; tn, the
s sOd gsh m weighing , about .n a
e grain each; they do not leave ave s dne
pouch until they are about nn,ne 1ie often
of a mouse. Indian wolns into
weave the hair of the oppossulil NJ ~
v weaep an and girdles and sell them ne 10 TO
s ta,,rists.MBy Mr.. Whitaker, in Ao-
yent,,re Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
,,.,tors Of Lincoln
J! ''ssr' b Gathering

bS y. and pretty decora aarmsd e'u a
s.s,s ssi = ~ na''vs most enjoyable yah;
Sse ss 4 Augusta teachers ,!,1nsnts mon Of
& r.nl ss. q q the evening, the Mis- .
Z Ss.ties /, sswall street, :. .,.s
il.sa, s:, x gnomes, black az ds cats
WY y. s', uuncanny things IN n a es,1-
ID efs sse,, peered from walls aarnsr cen .
Is % d, Company made merry merry WITH WITH
~ ~ Iusstimss in keeping .s, fs. NUN
Is |. ~. u,'o, rsefreshments, and tn, the
ashttiui we're rendered pr pract The
IL y sl tsson 81 were present emit,
slDtsl1S'ss. .. Harriet Enrig ,,r. I Lucy
ibsIlsaa. ,' INA Mason, Dorothy Jud-
4 ntsM'lS W.. Elizabeth Weymouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Hold Institution
Head for Assault
On One Girl Inmate

New York, Oct. 26.-(AP)-Wil-
son Johnson, superintendent of a
Long Island orphanage conducted by
the Long Island Baptist Association
today was held in $4,000 bail in
Coney Island court, charged with as
sault on one of the girl inmates of
the institution.
Johnson's arrest was made on
complaint of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
charging him with having assaulted
Elizabeth Sullivan, is. one of his
wards. The society has taken over
administration of the orphanage.
Police charged that Johnson had
been intimate with four other girls
in the orphanage which is supported
by the Amalgamated Baptist church.
1t houses so girls. ranging from eight
to IS years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27

ultlOuS, ICACu-
Der the world will take you at NO
greater worth than you are ready
to place upon yourself. II you put
yourself down as being Of little
consequence in the affairs Of men.
you can rest assured that the rest
of the world will be willing to keep
you there.
To rise above your surroundings
and to make the most Of your
ability, FIRST learn to place the
valuation upon yourself that you
deserve.
The sheer quality of confidence
will carry you forward to realiza-
ton Of rewards that would never
be yours without your willingness
to hold yourself at your true worth.
In the development Of confidence,
habits Of thrift are most essential.
The mere fact that you are getting
ahead in the world gives you q
feeling Of independence that moth
ing else can bring, while the prac-
tees of self-denial necessary for the
thrifty strengthens the will and
rounds out the character, thus en-
HANGING confidence.
If you find yourself tagging be-
hind; If you are not moving along
in the way you feel you should, take
an honest inventory Of yourself.
To a great extent those who have
succeeded in large way have done
80 because of self-confidence and
self.mastery-Qualities which can be
ACQUIRED only through ones will
fngness to sacrifice countless small
pleasures and indulgences.
Cultivate confidence and aim high.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Say Police Aided
In Running Booze
Into City Chicago

Chicago, Oct. 26-(AP)-Eight rail-
road empoyes questioned today by
James l.. Mcdowell, assistant U. S.
district attorney, regarding reports
that liquor was being run into Chi
cago through connivance of railroad
employees and police officials, were re-
ported to have confessed late today,
duplicating ten police captains and
and officials of Joliet Aurora, and Pc
oria. Many of those implicated will
be questioned tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
THE ElGHT.LEeGEp BABY.
A Story for Children

A Story for Children .!
Once upon a time, in a garden all
sweet and sleepy with sunshine, a
baby was born.
She was queer baby, timer than a
bread crun1, and she had eight eyes
and eight legs and a little baby body
covered tightly all over, even her
mouth, with pale yellow skin.
She hung in a white cradle be-
tween high green weeds, and with
her slept four hundred and ninety
nine little yellow brothers and sis
tiers. 1t was close quarters, with all
those eight times five hundred makes
four-thousand baby legs, but no
princess ever lay on softer satin
bed. Their mother made it herself,
by hand-or perhaps we should say,
by foot. For she came of a famous
old family of eight-legged weavers,
born with magic spinners inside their
bodies.
So, while October was nipping
leaves into reds and colds, this small,
smart mother had found a clump of
weeds and set her inside spinner to
work. From her stomach she pulled
long silken threads and tied them
from weed to weed. Then, holding
the silk carefully in one of her eight
legs, she moved in an out and criss
and cross and up and down on the
threads until she had woven a hang
ing bag Of white satin.
Now she stopped long enough 10
lay five hundred tiny orange colored
eggs, like fairy beads. Over the bag
she wove a padded white lid and
sealed it tight. Then, from her in
side spinner she pulled a thicker
reddish brown silk. Round and
about she wrapped this warm elder
down, beating it into fluff with her
legs. Presto! the silk changed to
white again, and she wove an out
side white wrapper, with Zig-Zags
of darker silk and a scalloped top.
The cradle was done!
There 1t hung like a fairy balloon
upside down between tall weeds.
Winter came to the garden and
wind and snow and bitter nights;
the old mother died, but safe inside
satin and elder down slept her five
hundred babies.
Spring came to the garden. The
babies began to stir. One by one
they Matched from their orange eggs
and dived into the elder down. As
they waited, they grew larger and
harder: their skins felt tight, and
cracked, and there was each baby
with q brand-new skin!
Summer came to the garden. Down
poured the sun hotter and hotter UNI
til puff! the white cradle burst and
out spilled brown elder down and
sprawling yellow babies.-From The
Little Delineator.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Says Bunker Was ~
Miles Away on Night
Assault in Ellsworth

Bangor Me-, Oct. s6.-(AP)-ft vas
reported here late tonight that counsel
for Clifton Bunker. the youth who con-
fessed that he and man named john
son committed the murderous assault
upon Mrs. II. Blaine Davis at her home
in Ellsworth on the night Of August
Is, has discovered that Bunker was in
Rangeley, $50 miles away. on that
night. The matter is being investigat-
cd by the county attorney. Bunker's
case is, to come up for trial in thefsu-
preme court at Ellsworth on Wedncs-
day, Charles H.. Wood of Bar Harbor
has been appointed by the court tosde-
fend Bunker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Training as Scouts
Helps Boys in Woods

Providence, Oct. 26.-(AP)-Lost
in Canochet woods, South county
Saturday night, two IS year old bows.
Norman Lewis of Ashway and Wal
ter Johnson of Potter Hill, remem-
bered their boy scout teachings and
broke twigs and branches as thew
wandered through a large swamp.
Rain was falling very hard and the
wind was nearing gale force.
Other Boy Scouts, organized into
a searching party. reached the woods
too late at night to see the trail the
two lads had blazed but kept up
their search all night in the rain.
At daybreak yesterday they saw the
broken branches and following the
trail, found their comrades in a
small cave, unframed but somewhat
wet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Underworld Given
Grim Warning by
Chicago Authorities

chicago Oct. 2s-(AP)-Flisht
capture or death, are the alternatives
open to Chicago killers, hi jackers.
pooze kings and hoodlum leaders un-
der grim edict announced by Capt.
John Siege of the detective bureau.
sixty squads of five men each were
directed to arrest every notorious
gangster they find. Three special
SQUADS manned by the most fear
less' toughest policemen on the force.
were organized with the sole duty
of hunting down and killing or can
turing the outlaws. you must send
all these gangsters to the peniten-
tlary, you must drive them from
chicago, or you must kill them"
said Captain Siege to his men. "And
remember, gunner sent to the
morsue, never are paroled and they
never escape"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
The Right Way to Keep Goldfish


A rectangular glass tank, rather
than round one, lis more suitable
and more successful for keeping gold
fish.
The bottom Of the tank should be
covered with coarse sand, approx
mately two inches deep and graded
to slope toward one corner. Thesuse
of pebbles only to cover the bottom of
an aquarium is not recommended. be-
cause pieces of food fall between tho
stones where the fish can not reach
/ the bits decompose.
When arranging the aquarium 1t
should be remembered that various
plants have different oxygen produc-
ing powers. Merely ornamental
plants should not be used unless
sufficient quantity of oxygen-prcduc-
ers have been provided. Anacharis
with its feathery foliage, vallisneria,
lovely shade Of light green. Sagit-
taria, with its narrow grass-like
leaves and Cabomba, which comes in
plumes of red or green, are good OK
ygen- producing plants.
Planting Is usually done by plac-
ing the roots directly in the sand.
! though some people put the plants
into pots so that it is not necessary
to disturb the roots when the
aquarium is cleaned. Spread out the
roots when planting, propping little
extra sand about the stems. As long
as the fish have room to swim there
can not be too many plants. The
surplus oxygen they form goes cff in
A balanced meal consisting Of
cereal, dried meat, insects 1and
shrimps, ground UP into particleS like
| - Ia al rrsw A..tA
Prepared foods may be purchaser In
the stores. but these foods ID be
nourishing for the fish should have
the odor of animal elements. Grdhnd-
up puppy biscuit, as it contains come
animal matter. may be used as assub-
stitute food when the better rattan is
In addition to this. goldfish reauir.
some fresh material to keep them
healthy. This may be supplied by
bits of boiled fish, shrimp or crab. A
small quantity given once each week
Is sufficient. Many Yanciers ssfeei
their fish certain natural food of8an-
isms in order to supply this need. but
amateur. An excellent food is flnely
chopped earth worms. These will
often restore a sick fish to health. An
occasional dead fly is also looked upon
as a choice morsel.
The amount Of food ecldfish should
have 10 as important a. it's quality.
Guard against overfeeding; more fish
die from this cause than from any
other. 1t is difficult to assign a
definite amount, but safe rulesis to
feed only as much as will be irrme-
diately consumed. If any food re-
mains after five minutes It should be
removed from the aquarium.-From
The Delineator.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
wat. No Time on Little Matters


II you wish to be both successful
and happy. you must get true
perspective, so that you can dis
tinguish between the big and little
things Of life.
You must not waste your energy
on little matters; and you, must not
fail to use all your energy-every
last volt of it, when you are con-
fronted with a great opportunity.
Most mems it not true?-buiit
up a life of petty details. as oricRo
layer builds a house with SV'ooo
bricks.
This would be correct If they
would only put windows in; but they
build their lives like houses without
windows.
They create lives of routine-eat-
ing, sleeping, smoking, WORKING IN
routine way and reading the news Oh
the day.
Such lives often bring Happiness
but they never bring Success. Ihey
bring a lower grade of Happiness a
cheap brass Happiness winch Is
often mistaken for gold.
There are times when man must
act like log. Also, there are tiiies
when he must act like a lion.
We must always be on the watch
for big opportunities. we must
know when to use our reserves.
Great chances come to everyone.
They do. But most men keep on
with the routine or with some
trifiing matter and never see the
great chances.
When, at last, your chance comes
the main thing is to be ready. 100
many men realize that when II -
too iate-when they are members on
the "I-Wish- I-Had Club to winch
most of us belong at SO.
Life lis partly self-controi ana
partly self-expression. He that mas
both--each at the right time-wlh
be a happy and successful man.
Herbert n. Casson In Foroee
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Bank Manager
And Wife Found
Slain in Montreal

Montreal, Oct. 25-(AP)-The bod
les OF Charles Bernard, manager Of
the Rougemount, Que, branch of the
Banque Canadienne Rationale, and
his wife, were found in their home
today.
They are believed to have been
killed Friday night. The bank was
closed Saturday for no reason known
to the officials. who expected the
manager to make his returns today.
Neighbors who forced the doors
of the Bernard home found the
body Of the bank manager on the
stairway, with throat cut, and that
of his wife in bed with a bullet
through the head
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Not a Pot. Boiler

Alfred Noyes, the Englishman who
holds the chair of literature at
Princeton, makes poetry pay, but
William Butler Yeats, a real poet,
says that his writings bring him only
$3.50 a year.
A journalist condoled with Mr..
Yeats one day on his small income,
but the bard smiled and said:
'The fires of genius never make
the pot boil"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Mother of Five Slain
By Jealous Woman

Boston, Oct. 26-(AP)-Mrs.
Rose Trosi. 80 year old mother of
five children. was shot to death by
another woman as she stepped from
store in the East Boston district
today. The police are searching for
Mrs. Rosa Condia who, they assert,
was accused by Mrs. Trosi of undue
intimacy with her husband, Salvatore
Trosi.
Two bullets were fired point blank
at the woman, both of which pene-
trated her heart. The woman who
did the shooting escaped in the en-
suing confusion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
1 Killed, 5 Hurt
In $4,000 Blaze

New York, Oct. 26-(AP)-Michele
Giolitti. a chef, was killed and five
other persons, included two flremen,
were injured in a fire which today
destroyed the Hoffman House. an
Inn at Valley Stream. l.. /. Damage
as estimated at $4,000.
Giolitti died of burns and injuries
after he had leaped from a second
story window. The injuries to the
others were not serious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Sions to Believe In

Maple and lilac buds swelling.
Men raking the dead leaves and
grass off the lawns.
Boys playing ball in the street and
on corner lots.
Front doors standing wide open.
Grass turning green.
Women cleaning house.
Folks going about without heavy
wraps.
Kids chalking hieroglyphs on the
sidewalk.
Furnace fires cooling out
Men washing the family bus out
on the street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Woman of Many
Husbands Says Not
Guilty of Bigamy

New York Oct. 25-(AP)-Virginia
Gorham, telephone operator, alleged
to have had three husbands without
being either widowed or divorced,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
today in general sessions court on a
charge of bigamy. Bail of $1,000 was
continued.
While in court the girl was served
with complaint for annulment Of
marriage by Harry Rosenberg who
avowed that he was husband No. 5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Put Over Trial Noel

Newark, n. j.. Oct. 26 - (AP) =
Trial of Harrison w. Noel, for the
staying of Raymond Pierce. negro
chauffeur, today was postponed by
Judge Caffrey, until Nov. Q. at the re-
quest of former Prosecutor Wachen-
field, counsel for the defense.
Pierce was the driver OF the car
which Noel used in kidnapping SIX
year-old Mary Daily of MontcIair Tor
whose staying Noel has been indict-
ed in Passaic county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Sentence Auto Thief

Concord. N. H., Oct. &c - (AP) =
Frank Carpenter of Springfield,
Mass, and Montreal, was sentenced
to serve from four to five years In
state prison on one Of two indict-
ments charging theft of automobiles
by Chief Justice oliver w. Branch IN
Merrimack county superior court
here today when he changed his plea
from not guilty to guilty. On the
second charge suspended sentence
for the same term was pronounced.
Carpenter. who broke Jail to be re-
captured later in Canada, began SER
vice of his sentence at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Chair Sentence
For Chinese TOngman

New York, Oct. 26.-(AP)-sam
Wing, Chinese On Leong tongman.
was sentenced today by Sup RENE
Court Justice Lewis of Brooklyn to
death in the electric chair for the
murder of Tom Wong, Hip Sing
tongman, on Sept. ?, last. Wings
execution was set for the week of
December IA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Education week

American Education week, under
the joint auspices of the United states
Bureau of Education. the National
Educational Association. and the
American Legion. will be observed
this year November 16 to %. Special
features suggested for the various
days are: Monday, The Constitution;
Tuesday. Patriotism; Wednesday.
School and Teacher: Thursday. Con-
servation and Thrift: Friday, Know
Your School; Saturday, Community
and Health; and Sunday, For God and
Country. Since the custom was in
PRODUCED in 1920 by the United States
Commissioner of Education, it's OBJ
servance has widely increased. Sug-
gestions for programs, descriptions of
successful methods, and other useful
material may be obtained at nominal
prices from the Superintendent of
Documents. Government Printing Of
flee, Washington, d. G..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-27
Human Fly Comes
To Grief at Boston

Boston, Oct 26-(AP)-George
Tracy, ''human fly who claims San
Francisco as his home, fell three
stories to the street today and sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull, a
broken upper leg. broken ankle, sew
ere scalp wounds and numerous cuts
and bruises. The fall occurred in
the presence of crowd which had
gathered to watch him scale the
outside OF building. He slipped as
he tried to pose for a picture at the
third floor.