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The Washington times., 1925-03-12
TAX
IS PUT ON
CINJZENS
Revenue Bureau Makes Arbi-
trary Assessment Against
Senator on 1919 income

An arbitrary assessment TO- a
large amount" has been prepared by
the Bureau Of Internal Revenue for
leyying against Senator James NJ.
Ecouzens Rep) OF Michigan, in con-
naction with the income tax paid by
him in 1919, it was announced at
the Treasury today.
While the amount was not stated,
1t IL understood to be from $10,-
200, 600 to $11, 100000, the Treasury
contending that Couzens is indebted
for this amount because Of the I'M
LIBERALIZATION of Couzens' stockhold-
ings in the Ford Motor Car Com.
pany.
The assessment is the TreasuFy's
latest move in the warfare that has
waged internationally between the
Detroit Senator and Secretary Of
the Treasury Mellon for months
over Couzens' investigation Of the
bureaus affairs.
Couzens was notified several days
ago that such an assessment
might be levied if he did not sign
waiver. This Couzens refused to
do and countered with a statement
in which he asserted he was being
prosecuted" by the Treasury for
activities in investigating the
bureau.
To Keep Case Open.
1t was stated at the Treasury
that the arbitrary assessment 10
designed to keep the Couzens 1919
case open until the Treasury can
make a full investigation" into
the income tax paid by the Michi-
gan Senator that year. Under the
statute Of limitations, the Couzens
case would have become a closed
book on Friday unless Couzens
signed the waiver or unless the
arbitrary assessment was made.
The present action, according to
Secretary Melons office, is due to
q mysterious letter receivd last
week. calling attention to the in
come tax paid by Couzens in 1919.
The author of this letter has not
been revealed at the Treasury. but
the missive is understood to have
charged that in the turnover of
Couzens' stock in the Ford con-
Germ the shares were valued at
slightly over $4,000 each, whereas
the shares should have been valued
at above $4,000 each.
Senator Couzens issued a state
ment several days ago declaring
that the value of the shares was
fixed by Daniel Roper, then Com
missioner of Internal Revenue
under Secretary Of the Treasury
Glass, and that it was the govern
ment's own figure. Re-opening the
matter at this time, he charged,
was "persuecution," because he had
incurred the enmnity of the Treas
ury in probing the income tax
office.
Has Appeal.
The Treasury explained that re-
CARELESS of the action of the Govern
ment in seeking additional payments
from Couzens the Senator will have
recourse to the United States Board
of Tax Appeals and later to the Fed
eral courts, II he deems action Of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue unjust.
The Treasury's information on the
Couzens-Ford transaction was OF
such character that officials
deemed it a public duty to reopen
the 1919 assessments to determine
whether or not additional taxes are
due, it was stated.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
Wood Sails for Home ;
So in His Pocket
INTERlIATIoNAL NEWS REF
(Copyrieht. 1885, by International News Servi

International News service)
CADIZ Spain March 12-After two weeks tour de lux
of Spain the bills for which footed than 5000 day,
Lieutenant Osborne c. Wood of he3Governor General
of the Philippine Islands, sailed from Cadz harbor at 10
today aboard homeward bound reighter with only So
his
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
LandsIides Cause Damage

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
March 12.-Much damage has been
caused by landslides today as the
result OF a storm which is sweeping
South Africa.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
ETHEL BARRYMORE HAS
ARTHRITIs; CAN'T STAND

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 12.-
Whether it will be possible to move
Ethel Barrymore. seriously i'll here
to New York today will be decided
at a consultation of her physicians
during the day, Doctor L. s. Milne,
said this morning.
Miss Barrymore, suffering from
arthritis, an inflammation Of The
joints, is not in critical condition.
according to her physicians. but is
in great pain and unable TO get
on her feet or remain standing.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12

His bill for the last five days
at the Hotel Francis of Cadiz, was
paid by his friends. His passage
to Tampa, Fla, aboard the United
States Shipping Board Freighter
West Chetac was granted by the
London office of the Shipping
Board.
Extravaganza q Sensation.
Woods gala trip through Spain
after his hasty departure from
France, where unpaid checks for
35, 900 francs in alleged gambling
debts resulted in charges against
him by the BiarritZ Casino, has
been the sensation of the Spanish
newspapers for the last fortnight.
His quarters-generally the royal
suite-in exclusive hotels Of the five
principal cities of Spain have been
stormed by armies OF reporters seek
ing interviews with the youth they
called 1.-The worlds greatest spend
err"
Daily stories with photographs of
the Young American emblaZoned
front pages of newspapers in cities
he visited. His itinerary included
three visits to Madrid, two to San
Sebastian and trips to Barcelona
Valencia and Cadiz.
Tagged By Grafters.
Because of his carefree liberality
he was tagged by squad OF boot
blacks, beggars. newsboys and lot
terry ticket vendors, with ready
smiles for their patron and reader
palms for his excessively large tips.
He purchased scores of tickets for
the government lottery which will
be drawn today, few hours after
his departure.
S"Too bad the drawing comes after
INV sailing" Wood remarked, "Be-
cause otherwise 1 might have some
Continued ON Page 2. Column 81
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G. o. p. Dismayed by Move

Whether the White House has
the nomination in the
hope of securing a reversal of
TUESDAYS verdict, or whether the
move is designed simply to give
Mr.. Warren an opportunity to de-
The Washington times., 1925-03-12

Radio News, Page II.
Puzzle, Page IL.
The Washington times., 1925-03-12

Hand sprained in Midnight
Battle Asks Police to
Help Find Couple

Defying her father and causing.
him to sprain his hand when she
intercepted q blow intended for
her young sutton, segenteen-year-s
old Margaret C. Beckwith, ran
down an alley Just before iast
midnight with Reese Eberley,
twenty years, and disappeared in
a small coupe while her infuriated
parent ran back in their home to
get a pistol.
EberIey Said To Be Married.
The nocturnal fracas between
Stanley A. Beckwith; and EberIey
took place in front Of the Beck
with home at 2S2 v street north
east.
Sobbfng, Mr.. Beckwith, after a
fruitless night Of search visited the
Twelfth precinct station early to-
day and told his story.
He told police he is sure Eberley
10 married inasmuch as a woman
> who represented to be Eberley's
wife called him on the phone last
night and demonstrated about his
daughter going with her husband.
Beckwith supplied the police with
q license number of the coupe IN
which his daughter disappeared,
but IL is not registered in his name
and appears to be a dead number,
fthey claim.
May Return Home.
! Margaret can come back home
II she has been good GIRL" Beck
with declared. "If she has not, /
am going to take her to court and
have her placed in an institution
where she will have to be good I'M
I'll she can realize the difference be-
tween right and wrong.
she is an only child and has
been given the best of everything
all her life. All her wants have
been gratified as far as 1t was pos
eibIe for us to do so.
Her mother and / have denied
ourselves to please her."
Saw Girl Last Night.
Beckwith said that he last saw
the girl shortly before last mid
night, when she came to the house
with Eberley. He said Eberley
parked his car at the next corner
and then walked down TO the
house.
Il heard them coming and went
out on the porch" Beckwith said.
81 asked Margaret If the man with
\ her was Eberley. She said it was.
What right have you got
coming here?' I said to Eberley.
You are a married man and you
have no business here"
81 made a pass at him, but
Margaret stepped between us, and
In trying to avoid striking her, /
sprained my arm. told the girl
to go into the house and her
mother also begged her to leave
Eberley and come home.
To Stick to EberIey.
''She said that she would not
come home and that she intended
TO stick with Eberley. / again
attempted to get at him, but she
blocked me.
"I ran into the house to get a
pistol and when I came out they
had gone. / learned they went
through the alley and got into
Gberley's car. / am sure / will be
able to find them today. / know
they are in the city, as friends tell
me they have seen the car and
recognized Margaret"
BeckWsith said that he had learn.
ed just few days ago of his
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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Urged As U. S. Delegates

President Coolidge was today
urged by Congressman Barley
DemD OF Kentucky to designate
George l.. Sehon, of Louisville. and
Joseph p. Byers, of Frankfort, as
American delegates to the interna-
tional prison conference to be held
in London July Z
The Washington times., 1925-03-12
Vast Sky Fireworks
Promised Earth
By ROBERT s. THORNBURGH.

abundance of celestial fireworks including visits from
several periods of falling stars promised
for of the earth today by the United States
Astronomers who focused their telescopes
planet periodical visit to the earth vicinity
year. will their attention the comets during
the next few months
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
THEY'RE WORTH IT

.se-4lfOld Man Green, picture. from
! the facile pen OF Edward A. Guest,
Of the patient, humble life Of an
artisan, whose daily routine never
contained any surprises for the
newsgatherers, whose home sheltered
Green's boys and girls, all growing
up and making good, and the in
scription for this. these lines:
This his praise. If praise he needed.
"As a father he succeeded"
Doubtless "Old Man Greene" got
all the praise he needed whenever he
looked the situation over. which must
have been for him a pleasant thing
to do. And isn't there l n this
something pleasant for Greene's
neighbors to think about, especially
after sensibilities have been unduly
narrowed by the news reports of
youthful depravity? Don't they need,
more than Greene needs praise, don't
they need to have their elbows jog
ged as to the realities, to be reminded
Of the splendid fruits Of genuine
homes scattered all over the land
These do not interest the news
gatherers, being so common place,
But the boys and girls, Greene's,
Smiths, Harrigan's, Isaacson's. walk
the streets to and from school,
healthy. bright-eyed. promising. Give
them a little consideration when you
meet them, they're worth it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
BELFAST !.
Windsor Hotel ''
Changes Ownership

One of those surprises which
sometimes occur in q small comnu -
nifty was sprung on the public TINS
morning at Belfast when 1t was an
nounced that George w. Babp'
former Portland man, but for several
years assistant manager OF Mliiiken
Tomlinson & Companys Belrast
store, and his brother. Elmer Bapp,
a Portland advertising man. nau
bought the Windsor Hotel. Inc
owners and managers of this pro-
perty were Edwin A. Jones and VIC
tor Whittier the former for 81 years
in the hotel business of which ~
were with this house. He was Tor
years proprietor of the Revere
House on Spring street now a tene-
ment house. Whittier, like Nr. Jones,
a native of the town OF warren was
with Windsor a number of years
ago, going later to the Adams House.
Boston where for about ten years
he was q clerk. He returned to BEL
fast six years ago and bought an IN
terest in the business. These men
have enlarged the property and done
a good deal in way of Improvement,
taking in the brick block next door,
a few years ago and turning 1t into
up-to-date rooms. Both have many
friends here who regret their going
out of business. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
plan to pass the winter in Florida
as they did last year and will return
to their cottage at Northport for the
summer. Mr.. Whittier is at present
in Florida but will return at once
to attend to the transferring of the
property. A few weeks ago he
bought tract of shore property at
Northport comprising some 200 acres
and this he is developing and selling
for cottage lots.
George and Elmer Babb. the new
owners will take possession Decem-
Der /, and have engaged as house.
keeper and general superintendent,
Mrs. Rose Fahy, an experienced ca
terer who for many years ran a
boarding house in Spring street, apd
was for several years caterer at the
Northport Country Club.
George w. Babb came to Belfast
several years ago when Milliken-
Tomlinson Co., purchased the Swan
Written Company, wholesalers. He
has made a great many friends here
who wish him success in his new en-
terprise and are glad he is to re-
main in Belfast. He is Rotarian
and a member of the Belfast Cham
Der of Commerce, a live. wide-a-
wake business man. His brother Ell
mer Babb was for many years as
sistant advertising manager of the
Portland Evening Express and they
should make fine team.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
There is one thing that Is stronger
than armies, an idea whose time is
eome."-Victor Hugo.
RESEARCH WORK

Manufacturers in this country. It
is revealed in the Government sta
tistics. annually are spending around
thirty-five million dollars in research
work. 1t is estimated that by rea-
son Of this as many as half bill
lion dollars are annually saved.
An important question here arises:
how much would have been saved
had the manufacturers been COM
PEELED to await a decision Of Con-
gress or a Legislature as to whether
they might spend the thirty-five mil
lions. or having spent 1t whether
they might go ahead and apply the
information so obtained?
The manufacturers didn't wait for
experts to offer their services gratis;
they hired those who. they were con-
WINGED, really were experts. In our
public affairs we wait for someone to
come along and tell US what to do
and we don't. have to wait long.
When they have told us we, without
knowing what we are talking about,
proceed to argue as to advisability.
II perchance a majority decides to
experiment It does 80 on a hazard
and usually after considerable de-
lay and with great deal of I'M
certainty as to whether the under
taking be practical. If it happen
that something really practical is
hit upon along comes another variety
OF self-styled expert who tells the
voters their money is being wasted
and agitation is started with the
likelihood that what was begun will
so soon be done that one wonders
what twas begun for. The manu-
facturers don't do 1t that way.
s In other words we don't start right.
don't have the money with which to
start right, or having 1t don't "fol-
low through" We want things done.
Well, are we willing to spend the
money to do 1t and then have We the
patience and perseverance?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
OAK GROVE

When Prin. Owen read the honor
list on Friday morning Ruth Bunker
'26, Ruth laval, '27 and Ruth Wa
lenta, '27, each had highest honors
in three subjects. Miriam Gates, '2S
followed with honors in two subjects.
Each of the following girls won one
honor: Latha Bailey, Virginia Briggs,
Betty Childs, Helen Clancy, Dorothy
Colony, Ruth Decker, Helen Hall.
Elaine Hennings. Emma Hummer,
Marjorie Perley, Josephine Rand,
Valerie Thompson, Gertrude Trull.
Dorothy Wheeler, Flora Wheeler and
Fern York.
The Oak Grove girls entertained a
party of o. G. Alumnae who are stu
dents at Colby and several other
friends at an informal : party on
Wednesday afternoon. The visiting
girls donned athletic suits and en-
tered enthusiastically into an i'm
promptu hockey match with their
hosts. Everything was equally di-
vided from the equipment and the
cheering to the final score which re-
suited in tie 2-2. The college girls
were guests of their friends at din
ner and motored back to Waterville
In the evening. The following girls
were entertained: Miriam Rice, Har-
riet Kimball, Harriet Towle, Helen
Davis, Francis Hall, Edith Grearson,
Esther Wood, Louise Chapman, Ev-
elyn Kellet, Hope Chase, Evelyn Rus
titon and Leonra Hall.
Prin. Owen went to Boston on
Friday afternoon for short business
trip.
The next game in the inter-mural
series between the Scarlets and the
Blacks will be played next Monday
afternoon at $3.50. The rival teams
have lost and won an equal number
up to the present time and there is
a great deal of interest In the out
come Of the final match on Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
POTATOES AND MONEY

Modesty is yet an inhabitant of
that fertile plateau wherein the
pulchritudinous spud attains excep-
tional merit. A Pressure Isle cores
pondent of the Boston Herald
hastens to disabuse the minds of any
who may have supposed Aroostook-
ians are carelessly leaving wads of
money around in any old place. He
denies all reports to the effect that
an "unwarranted surplus" of cash is
being brought to Aroostook and con-
cludes:
During the last FIVE years Of low
prices and depression an enormous
debt was contracted by the farmers,
which it cannot be expected will be
entirely liquidated by one season,
however favorable the conditions.
Aroostook last fall was pretty hope
.lessly involved in debt. This year 1t
will simply liquidate a good share of
this Indebtedness and supply Aroos-
took farmers with a fair working
capital for next years operation"
This ought to make 1t easier for
US to pay the potato charge on the
grocery account.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
H. S. WILLIAMS, D. E
Railroads and SteambOaH
| MAINE CENTRAL RAILRoaI
Eastern Standard Time


TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA ~
Bangor, f1221 a. M. sl2.40 a. m, y sasu.
1926 am, t12.25 pm, 1928 p.m-' sA~
B. & A. Pts, t12.21 am, f1225 pm.
Bar Harbor, t12 81 a. m, tl2.25 p. m a
Bath, 1854 a. m, 1881 a. M, Ia az
Belfast, C444 a. m, to. 20 a. M, 1zx1SS ia Q.
Boston, 1921 a. M. 1854 a. ms ly.asnn
sl0.0S a. m, 1906 p. M, 1894 p.m.' f''' =
Calais, f12.21 a. M, HIPS p. M: !,
Dover-Foxcroft, GAIA a. M. t2.2S p Il d. 81 .,
Gardiner, 1921 a. M, t5.54 a. M Ssnr
sl00S a. M, 1906 p. m, So "a p. NJ i1''''
t5.15p. m, 7.19 p. m, 5000 p. J" ;;,o0sa o
Hallowell, 1854 a. M, 1881 a. m, iiSiSn .
1906 p. m, 1894 r. m, t4.0o p us '''
t719 p. M, *10.55 p. m.
Harmony, t12. % p. m. noos =
Lewiston, IS. 81 a. M, 1881 Q. ms si0
f4.05 p. m, S10.55 p. m.
New York, 50. "a p. m, 90 p. m nsfat
Portland, 1921 a. m, t5:54 a. m' SSscr
S100S m, 1905 p. m, 1884 p. ni'' ''''
t719 p. m, 40 55 p. m. .Mnn
Rockland, "a a. m, 81 a m, l4;SSa 10
Skowhegan, C4.44 a. m, go a. H. iC 40
So. Gardiner, To- "a a. m, 1881 q. mi ~ 10 %,
1905 p. m, 1894 p. m, 1918 pm
St. John, tl2.2t a. m. uAsr,
Waterville, t1221 a. m, s12 Az a.n.' u SOS,
70. 20 a. M, t12.25 p. m, t223 p. m-'
t1 pai ?. m' 1900 p Except Sunday and M Co.,,
Z Daily, except Monday. Daily eAesp'
sSunday only.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07

made IN the Dodge car which belongs
TO q man named Warner in Mass
aehusetts and only six days were
required for the journey.
Immediately upon their arrival a.
the Newport Municipal Court. Oscar
another brother, Earl, whereabouts
they disagreed on the division OF the
tires, accessories and the money
which was taken from the cash reg
lister and disappeared leaving him
the car: He claims Portland as their
homo city and in that place picked
nothing to do with the robbery.
Ernest claimed to have no knowl-
edge of the affair other than what
his brother told him. As the other
brother has not been found, Judge
w. II. Mitchell found probable cause
and ordered them to recognize IN the
sum of $4,000 each for their appear
ance at the January term of the su-
perior court in Bangor. Being unaple
to furnish sureties they were taken
u Ddu6OE Jdll CuoIo0y ~
Weymouth and Barrows.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mullen OF East
Newport have moved into the upper
tenement in the house Of Mrs. Addle
Redman on Elm street.
Mrs. Thirza Truworthy OF Unity
is the guest of her siser, Mrs. Earl
Furbush.
Malcolm Folsom was in Auburn
Thursday, attending the Alumni re-
union and banquet of the Maine
School of Commerce; making the
trip by auto with Bob FernaId
of the class Of 1925.
Mrs. Edith Hall Of Madison, IS
visiting hir sister, Mrs. Nola O'Don-
nell for the week.
Mrs. B. F. Dinsmore who has been
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Il.
C. McKenney for the past two weeks,
left Thursday for Waterville where
she will make a brief visit with
friends before returning to her home
in Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. Ernest Harding visited her
son Kenneth at Bucksport, Tuesday,
where he is a student at the e. M.
C. s.
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Editors Letter Box
Prison Poin. of View of a Reader

1t looks to me as though the afr
davits being composed by practically
one mind and sworn to by so many
who hardly knew wlrat they were
swearing to, was getting away from
our American spirit of individual
thought, and fairness, with some
other motive in view. If we cannot
trust the honorable men of our prison
commission, and the officials in pow
err, what license have we to expect
we can trust a body of men. who let
one mind think for them?- If we are
humane, don't think that because a
man is down he should be jumped on
unnecessarily, and that because 9TH
err men wanted their jobs, officials
should be thrown down for using a
little humanity. If we wish to pick
flaws, what political department In
the state, is there that we can not
find some fault with.
II we expect to prosper here, let us
be honest with ourselves.
A. II. FERRAN.
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RESULTS OF POISON GAS

The advocates Of the use Of gas in
warfare pretend to give statistics
showing just what was accomplished
by the use Of poison, gas during the
war and the injuries resulting from
the use Of It. Opponents to the use
Of gas say that the toll Of injuries
has not yet been learned.
Recent news dispatches tell of
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr., undergo
ing a serious operation as a result Of
baing gassed in the war. He has
Undergone q series of these causing
the loss Of ten teeth and six inches
Of jawbone. And the end pre-
sumably IL not yet. AS a matter. of
fact nobody appears to know Just
what one who has been subjected to
poison gas must undergo. Until we
do We should take the statements of
poison gas advocates with several
grains Of salt.