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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Says Monopoly Not
Possible in Case
OF Packing Industry

Washington, April S-Monopolistic
control Of the packing industry is i'm
possible, A. S. Austrian, chief coun-
sci for Armour and Company, declar-
ed today in his closing argument be-
fore Secretary Jar1ine, who is to de-
termine If that company's absorption
of the business of Morris and Com
pany constitutes a violation of the
packers and stockyards act.
On all Of the livestock markets IN
the United States, he said, the small
er packers are able to buy livestock
at the same price the larger packers
pay. and he argued that unless n con-
cern can control the price of raw
material of the industry it cannot
create monopoly
Secretary Jardine announced that
he would close the arguments to-
morrow and take the case under ad-
visement.
Mr.. Austrian declared that it was
impossible for Armour or any other
packer to control quotations of any
market in the United States.
At the hearing tomorrow NJ. W. Bor-
ders, counsel for Morris and Com
pany will submit a motion that the
complain be dismissed as Morris
and Company had a right to sell
their property under the packers and
stockyards act as we'll as under other
laws.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Protests Unrestricted
Competition Buses
With Railroad Traffic

BOStCn Apr. S-Gencral endorse
ment of the readjustment plan
sponsored by President James I'll.
Hustis was indicated by the stock
holders of the Boston and Maine
Railroad at the annual meeting mere
today during which President Hus-
It's was reelected TO tn board OF dl-
rectors by a unanimous ballot oil
shareholders voting in the meeting.
The entire board was reelected.
Nathan l.. Amstr of Boston, a direc-
tor of the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad, who headed mi
nority group of stockholders, was
nominated for director but failed of
election.
The plan for financial readjust-
ment recently announced by the di-
rectors' general readjustment COM
mite which calls for the raising of
approximately s13,000,000 in new
money, was outlined by Chairman
w. Rodman Peabody.
President Hustis emphasized the
importance of cooperation by share
holders in making possible ADJUST
ment of maturities in the next five
years, totalling nearly $70,000.000 in
addition to the raising of additional
capital for improvement and con-
ditioning of the property.
While, he declared, it was danger
Gus to predict, he said that with the
coopera ton of the stockholders
there was real ground for a hope
full outlook.
although the operating profits
for 1924 showed a remarkab BILE i'm
provement =" and it is said that
results will be more favorable in
1925, the fact must be recognized
that tn Boston and Maine is today
without credit" he said adding that
previous experience had shown that
adequate credit could not be rese
tored by two years Of favorable re-
suits.
President Husts declared that
there Is field for both the bus and
the truck but whenever these agen-
cies operating without much regard
to cost take traffic from essential
railroad lines which could be qually
well handled on those fires, the re-
suit is to increase the expense OF
handling the remaining railroad
traffic" He asserted that buses
took from the railroad profitable full
fare traffic. leaving the railroad COM
muter traffic, handled at low rates.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Quiz of Suspects
Fails to Throw Light
On Buchanan Staying

Dedham, Mass, Apr. S-Three
young Canadians who We're ques-
toned today in Dedham Jail in con-
nection with the death of Alexander
Buchanan, a Canadian war veteran,
whose body was found last Saturday
in an abandoned cellar hole in Wev-
erly, We're found to know nothing of
the case, according to state officers
and Belmont police who interviewed
them. Tonight the authorities were
without a definite clue to work on in
the search for Buchanan'S slayers.
Reports that three men. apparently
Canadians, had been seen near the
scene of the murder some hours be-
fore Buchanan's body was found,
caused checkup by police of the
three Dedham prisoners. They were
Rene Boucher. Joseph Chauvin and
Edward Tremblay. all Of st. Johns,
Que, and were arrested in Milton
charged with vagrancy. They were
sentenced to six months each and
were sent to the Jail here to await
trial on their appeal. Tremblay
alone speaks English. He was born
in New Bedford and has served SEN
tences in the Lyman School for Boys
and New Bedford Jail.
The theory of suicide was said to
have been eliminated today when
information was given the police
that children playing in the stone
quarry within 100 yards of the spot
where the body was found had heard
cries for help at the time the mur-
der was supposed to have been COM
mitted.
When discovered a United States
navy gas mask was tightly bound to
Buchanan's head and in the chemical
chamber of the mask a large guam
tity Of chloroform had been poured.
There was gag in the mouth and
the hands had been lashed back Of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Great Northern Co.
Offers $1,000 to Detect
Writer Threat Letter

Bangor, Me. April Sired A. Gill
bert, vice president of the Great Nor
thern Paper Company. tonight Offer
ed a reward of one thousand dollars
for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the writer of a let
ter received by him, in which the
threat Is made that unless the Great
Northern operates the hotels at See
boomook and Northeast Carry this
year the company's forests and
buildings will be burned. The letter
il signed "a Moosehead Guide"
Recently the Great Northern an
nounced that the two hotels named
would not be opened this season and
it is supposed that the writer Of the
letter IS a guide who feared that this
would keep sportsmen away and thus
deprive him of employment. :
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
In the Senate

The Senate Wednesday after con-
siderable debate on the issue wheth-
er or not exemptions should be made
Tor any counties on the one deer act,
defeated by a vote of II to 13 a pro-
posed amandment to exempt Aroos-
took county and upon motion of
Senator Crafts of Piscataquis coun-
ty accepted the majority report
ought to pass. The bill was then
given its readings and was passed
to be engrossed.
Upon motion of Senator Chalmers
of Penobscot the Senate concurred
with the House in Indefinitely post
ponlng the act increasing the license
fee for resident hunters and fisher
men from 25 cents permanently to
So cents annually.
The Senate on motion Of Senator
roster reconsidered it's action in
concurring with the House in its
adoption of House Amendment A on
the act for more efficient superyis-
ion of brokers selling securities on
marginal accounts. On Senator Fos-
ters motion the bill was then in
definitely postponed
Refuse to Confer on Fox Bill
The fox bill, enlarging the def
milton of the term securities" to in
clude contracts for the sale of ur-
bearing and other animals, on which
the senate had accepted the Ought
tSont'nued on Page 5-Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
LARGEST CHECK
EYER WRITTEN IN
SALE OF DODGE co,

New York, Apr. S-(By A. P)-
Inc largest single piece of industrial
financing in American banking his
tory-the sale of 100000, 900 worth
Oh securities for Dodge Brothers.
Inc. the third largest manufacturer
OF automobiles in the world-will be
launched tomorrow.
Dillon. Read and Company. bank
ers. who recently purchased the
mammoth automobile business from
the heirs of it's founders. John and
Horace Dodge, announced tonight
that the first step in the huge fin
ahclng program would be inaueur-
ated with the public offering of SS5.-
Voo'ooO, preference and class "A"
common stock, to be followed early
next week by the sale of $4,000, 600
debenture bonds. Within a few days.
as soon as title to the property has
peen transferred. a single check for
approximately $l46, 100000 repre-
sentins the net purchase price will
De drawn by the bankers to the ac-
count OF the trustees of the Dodge
estate. This it is believed, will be
the largest check which hase ever
passed IN a commercial transaction.
Ch the basis of the net purchase
"HHei was TeNeaIe0 Tor the
first time tonight by Clarence Dillon.
head of the banking firm. Dillon,
Read and Company, will clear an
estimated profit of more than s1o.-
100000 on the transaction and still
retain control of Dodge Brothers
through ownership of 500, 600 shares
OF class r common stock in which
the sole voting power is vested. The
indicated profit of $14,000,O0O. repre-
senting the difference between the
price paid for the property and the
aggregate amount of securities to be
sold. will be reduced several million
dollars by the cost Of floating the
huge stock and bond issues.
Mr.. Dillon announced that the of
fer of his firm, which won the Dodge
Brothers property over the bid of
the General Motors Corporation, was
actually s172 100000 in cash, but
that s6,000,000 would be deducted
for dividends before the deal formal
ly was consummated
Public interest in the project, Mr.
Dillon said, had been unprecedented.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
FIRE BURNS over
|. 800 ACRE GROWTH
/ MARSHF|ELD, MASS

MarhAeld. Mass. April Sire.
which started in two places shortly
after noon today between Marshfield
lad East Marshfield swept over 300
ares Of pine growth before it was
brought under control tonight. The
lire departments of Scituate. Penn
broke, Duxbury and Marshfield join
Id in fighting the flames which caus-
ID damage totalling thousands OF
dollars and which for time threat
Ned several buildings. including the
Aarshfeld town farm.
Good work by fire fighters saved a
hrge quantity of sawed lumber be-
longing to tho Boston Lumber Com
pany. which had been surrounded by
|he fire. Some cordwood was burn
I'D by the fire. The buildings in the
.path Of the flames were saved only
bya struggle on the part Of the com =
bined fire departments. A prelimin-
ny estimate tonight placed the loss
|at $1,000. Police were investigating
reports that the fire was OF incen-
diary origin.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Los Angeles to
Make Another
TriD to Bermuda

Washington, April S.-The diri-
gible Los Angeles. under orders
made public today at the navy de-
partment, will make a second round
trip flight to Bermuda between April
16 and April 90, and a fight to
Porto Rico between April p and
May 16.
The dirigible has been undergoing
repairs for several weeks, She will
be tested thoroughly between April
10 and 10 before going to Bermuda.
On the flight to Porto Rico, the
Los Angeles is expected to proceed
to Mayaguez and vicinity on the west
coast. 1t is planned on both flights
to have her moor to the tender
Patoka. which is expected to arrive
at Bermuda about April 10 and 60
from there to Porto Rico.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
H|NDENBURG Will! <.
enter PRESIDENTIAL
RACE IN GERMANY

Berlin, Apr. s-(By A. P.)-Fieid
Marshal Paul Won Hindenburg today
was nominated for the German pres
idency by the National Conservative
Bourgeois bloc in place of DR.. Karl
Jarres. who was the candidate of the
United Right parties in the prslim-
mary election Of March 20.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
accepted the nomination and will
oppose ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx,
candidate of the Weimar coalition,
and Ernst Thaelmann. the Commun-
ist nominee. in the first decisive
popular balloting for a German pres
ident, on April &c. when the highest
individual poll will determine the
victor.
Won Hindenburg's nomination and
his immediate acceptance came after
a stubborn three day fight in the
ranks of the United Right, where the
opposition of Herr Stresemann's
Peoples Party, proved the sole obs
tacle to an earlier ratification Of the
field marshars nomination. He
steadily refused to become a substi-
IulC AOl LIZ JdIIcSs anu cfCu uIkGQ
upon the Bourgeoise bloc leaders
that the latter be retained. But op-
position to DR.. Jarres since his fall
ure to make more impressive
showing in the election of March, "a,
virtually made him useless as q fur
ther candidate in q popular appeal
to the people.
AS a result Of the three days siege
laid at his door in Hanover by Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz and other emmis-
saries in the German Nationalist
Party, the field marshal this morn
ing informed the leaders Of the
bourgeois bloc in Berlin he was pre-
pared to accept the nomination, pro-
vided it carried the unequivocal en-
dorsement Of all parties and factions
comprising the so-called United
Right. Complete concurrence was
reached shortly after noon when the
remaining scruples of Stresemann's
Peoples party definitely were over
come.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Federal Bank
Governors End
Spring Conference

washington. Apr. 8-Governors OF
the 12 federal reserve banks after
concluding their annual spring con-
ference here today, announced mere
ly that they had made progress in
a study of methods of standardizing
institutions.
The governors expressed satisfac-
ton over the success thus far at
tanned in getting all of the banks to
handle many details of their work
in the same way.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09

Oslo, Norway. Apr. s. The
Amundsen Arctic expedition will
leave Tromscoe tonight on board the
steamer Fran for Kings Bay, Spitz-
bergen. The freight steamer Hobby
will take the airplanes and mechan-
les.
1t will require about q weeks
work in Kings Bay to assemble the
airplanes and give them trial flights.
After the trials the planes will go to
Dane Island, from which the expedi-
tion will make the final dash for the
North Pole.
Dane Island Is about one hours
flight from Kings Bay.
Amundsen denies that he IS per-
sonally going to Alaska. He said his
present intention was to return to
Spitzbergen. after reaching the
North Pole.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
100000 Issue and &c
Tax Favored at InfOr-
NAL Gathering of
Legislators and
Others
Half Of Bond Issue Would Go
for Roads and Half for
Bridges-Plan Would Sub
stitute Pay-as-you-go Policy
with &c Gasoline Tax-So-
Ions Will Settle Question To-
i day or Tomorrow at Latest

Following a thorough discussion of
Names highway program at an in
formal meeting Of members of the
and other interested at the
|late House last night, 1t was the
unanimous sentiment Of those present
|shat there should be authorized a &c.
100000 bond issue. half for highways
ana half for bridges. Discussion also
embraced the question of added rev.
|enue in the form Of a gasoline tax.
Nth the preponderance of opinion in
flavor Of three-cent tax.
Senator Frederick w. Hinckley OF
|Cumberland county presided and Rep
ruentative Pullen of Danforth was
secretary Of the meeting.
Senator Clyde H. Smith In explain
| hs the highway program said that he
IA come to the Legislature in favor
| 4 pay-as-you-go plan for highways
ard a straight two-cent gasoline tax,
/ hut that careful study of the situation
had convinced him that a S6,000.0OO
bond issue and 4 three-cent gasoline
hx with exemptions was necessary.
(continued on Pas> Col. ~
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Uncertainty Over Sine
Die Date Due to Silence
Governor on wo Bills
MACMILLAN TRIP
NORTH WILL Be UNDER
AUTHORITY Of navy

Washington, Apr. S-The naval Sec
ton of the Macmillan Arctic explo-
ration expedition this summer will
operate as a special unit and will
be at all times under the authority
of the secretary Of the navy.
The officers and men as well as
the planes which will be furnished
by the navy, it was announced to-
day, will be under the immediate
charge of Lieutenant Commander
Richard E. Byrd of the bureau of
command of the expedition. Donald
B. Macmillan will be the chief, and
Il second in command it yet to be
selected.
Announcement that the naval unit
would retain it's service status dur
ing the expedition, which will at
tempt to explore by airplane un-
known regions Of the Arctic lying
between Alaska and the North Pole
as well as sections of Greenland and
Labrador was made after confer
ence with Secretary Wilbur, partici-
pated in by several Of those interest
ed in the project.
Those taking part in the confer
ence, which went over plans for the
trip, include Admiral Edward w.
| Eherle, chief of naval operations !;
DR.. Gilbert II. Grosvenor. president
of the National Geographic Society.
which Is supporting the expedition
financially; John o. Lagorce, vice
president of the National Geograph-
ic Society; f. F. Mcdonald, in
CT arge of radio communication for
tie expedition; Lieutenant Comman-
der Byrd. Commander John r. G.
Stapler, of the Office of naval intel
ligence: T. T. Patterson Of the bu-
1eau OF naval aeronautics.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Sentiment Strong
for Bond and Gas
Tax for Highways
HOLD SON OHIO
Governor IN GIRLS
TRIP TO GAINESVILLE

Zanesvellc, Ohio. Apr S-Formal
charges of contributing TO the de-
linquency of a minor child will be
filed in probate court here tomorrow
against Hal Donahey. II year old
son of Governor A. V. Donahey,
, Bernard Roll, court probation officer,
said tonight. He will be arraigned
before Probate Judge Clarence Gra-
ham at A. M. tomorrow.
Lillian Vogel, Is year old~ school
girl, accompanied young Donahey to
Columbus Sunday night. Where
abouts of the girl was a mystery
from Sunday night until shortly be-
fore noon today when she was dis
covered in a rooming house in CO.
lumbus by the governors wife after
Mrs. Donahey had received a tele-
phone call from Zanesvelle.
Throughout yesterday the youth
denied knowledse of the girls where
abouts, insisting that he had taken
her home before leaving for Colum-
| bus. The girl is charge of the
Muskingum County Probate Court.
her parents having separated. She
resides with her fathers sister.
! CONFRONTED Will Tic Shi at thS Ca
ecutive mansion in Columbus this
afternoon. he admitted driving the
girl to Columbus. Miss Nogel in
relating the story of her disappear
ance to Chief of Police French at
Columbus, who was requested by
| the governor to investigate the af-
fair, said that she had insisted Hal
! take her to Columbus because it was
after 10 o'clock and she was afraid
to go home. She declared. Chief
| French said, that her escort was
gentlemanly in every way and was
guilty of no wrong doing.
Arriving in Columbus, she SAID,
she went to the home of friend
where she passed the night. the
next day she went to the room where
she was found with friend OF the
girIwithwhom she had stayed sun
day nigt.
here late today. while the youth
came with James w. Huffman. eX-
ecutive secretary to the governor.
Huffman and Judge Graham held
conference late this afternoon at
which It was decided to consider the
case tomorrow morning. Mrs. Dom
ahey returned to Columbus tonight.
Young Donahey is in custody or
| Huffman at a local hotel and the
girl is at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
| Otto Herold.
Hoffman, said that Governor DON
ahey had instructed him to let the
case take it's regular course and to
see that the right thing be done.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
To Build Veterans
Hospital in Boston
For NeurOpsychiatrics

Washington. April S-A new hos
pital will be erected by the Veterans
Bureau in the vicinity Of Boston to
take care Of the large number of neu-
ropsychiatric patients in that district.
Director Hines. in making public
this decision today, explained that
the bureaus medical division had
found that conditions in that section
justified construction Of separate
institution instead Of enlarging the
hospital at Northampton, Mass. The
site IS undetermined. The hospital
is expected to be ready in time to
receive patients now being treated in
the hospital at West Roxbury. which
is under lease terminating June
80, 1926.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09

The House joined Wednesday, indefinitely psponino
the fshetnn
mates of the States by accepting by
authority this
profits of the institution.
The Senate
The
on
These
attention Of the Solons
nesda
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Points to Valuable
Uses Invisible Light
In War and Sciences

Baltimore, Apr. S-Invisible light
? opening up a new field for the
transmission Of secret signals in
wsrare and for the detection OF
saemical frauds and forgeries. DR..
robert ". Wood. professor OF eX-
g1fmental physics at Johns Hopkins
University. asserted tonight at a
puolic session of the sixty-ninth
neeting Of the American Chemical
1peiety.
lnfra-red rays. the long light
s.ves which ordinarily produce no
ssor sensation on the eye, can be
smployed, he explained, in military
snal lamps for flashing signals
Nnich can be seen only by observers
sAhs field glasses equipped with a
lamp.
;, 10 an enemy not equipped with
.s apparatus" he said, these rays
~ .' invisible. Signals can be trans
SIueo IN this manner in full sun
10y Tor a distance Of from five to
Snt miles, depending on atmos-
Slsrc conditions.
mas been found that these rays
ae marked change in the ap-
1ance Of objects. An airplane.
Instance. could be painted with
snemy insignia which, however,
an not mislead friendly troops
Ilpped with special binoculars by
Fihible, w 'iue insignia "ouiu oe
dne same principles are now
ne said, 'in detecting forger-
n..s ana clever alterations Of docu-
.rs- The chemicals used in such
!. sacs y, can be detected when they
nf,, Illuminated by ultra violet or
=. 'olessor Wood declared that the
y. invisible light opened up a
~. neld Tor medical research and
ss*,M might prove OF value in de-
ii cs the presence of cancerous
oher abnormal tissues in cases
such conditions were not EVIL
~. under ordinary light.
.entists from this and foreign
~, 'es began today an interna-
81, -. symposium on corrosion. An
u.s.a .ai.ed effort to check immense
through rust will be made.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Dies from Injuries
Received When
Caught in Saw

Biddeford, Me-, April s-As the re.
suit Of injuries from falling on a
moving circular saw, Philip Van
Dyke, 81 years. died this morning at
IA local hospital.
Yesterday afternoon he was at
work in a sawmill placing logs on
the moving carriage which pushes
the lumber against the saw. His
cantdog became caught in the log.
Before he could free himself he was
carried away to the whirling saw
which ripped a wide cash in his back.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Lawrence Mill
Cuts Wages 10 Percent

Lawrence, Mass, April S.-The
Monomac Spinning Company, manu-
facturerS of cotton yarns, announc-
ed today a wage reduction of ap-
proximately ten per cent, effective
next Monday. The factory normally
employs about 900 workers. The
wage cut was necessitated, the COM
pany announced. by business condi-
tionS and longer working hours in
the factories Of competitors.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Ban on Fires in
Open to Safeguard:
Forests in Bay State

Boston, April S.-Chief FIRE Maruem
Maxwell C. Hutchins today notlleo an
town forest wardens to revoke all per
mits for fires in the open and not 10
issue any more until the woods are
protected by sufficient rainfall
More than 500 forest fires have been
reported within six weeks and the
weather bureau has informed the state
department of conservation that no
rain is expected before Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Minister Gets Bail
In Assault on Girl

Laconia, n. H. Apr. S-The Rev.
George c. Kincaid, who pleaded not
guilty in municipal court yesterday
to a charge of felonious assault on
a high school girl, was released in
$4,000 bail today for appearance at
the october term OF the superior
court. Mr.. Kincaid has resigned
from the pastorate of the South
Baptist church here to which he
came two years ago from Houghton,
Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09

Tho possibility Of final adjourn
ment of the Legislature sometime
Friday night was being discussed
Wednesday morning in the corridors
Of the State House, and it was the
opinion of leaders of both branches
that this could be accomplished.
Were it not for one thing there 10
little question but what the adjourn
n1ent would come Friday night or
early Saturday morning - sometime
during the legislative day Of Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-09
Failure to Approve e
Quoddy Bay and Rail-
road Tax Measures
Would PrOlOng
Session

Doubt Over Strength of Bills
to Muster Necessary Two
Thirds in Event of Veto
House Would Override on
Cooper Project but Senate
Vote Uncertain - Reverse
Holds in Matter of Rail Ex-
else Tax-P0ssible Adjourn
ment Friday Night or Early
Saturday