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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Chicago Clubman
Burned to Death
In Own Apartment

Chicago, May BID. r. Parsons,
vice president of the Christian and
Parsons brokerage firm here, and a
prominent clubman, was burned to
death this morning in fire which
virtually destroyed his apartment.
He was 40 years old.
Mrs. Parsons and James King, a
policeman, who was in the Parsons
apartment while on duty, were
burned, narrowly escaping death.
The police started an investigation
of circumstances surrounding the
death of Parsons. owing to the mys-
terious origin of the fire.
Mrs. Parsons told the police, they
said, that her husband brought her
home from an engagement late in
the evening, but that he was not In
the apartment when she retired. The
police said they were told by neigh
bors that there had been signs OF
activity in the Parsons apartment
until 4 o'clock, this morning.
King, who was also slightly burn
ed. was supposed to be on duty on
a beat some distance from the Par
sons home until Z A. M. His pres
ence in the building had not been
explained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01

New York, May 31-(AP)-The
two masted auxiliary schooner Will
liam A. Morse was captured by two
coastguard patrol boats yesterday
afternoon fifteen miles off Atlantic
City. This became known today
when the vessel was flowed. with
nine members Of the crew under
guard on board, to the guard Office
on charges of violating the naviga-
ton laws.
Marco Kenella, 20. Of Brooklyn,
captain and owner of the vessel. said
he did not know what law he had
violated and member Of the coast
guard refused to specify the infrac-
tions alleged.
Captain Kennella said his vessel
was fired on by machine guns and
one FOUNDER and claimed that the
shots narrowly missed striking him.
self and members Of the crew.
The Morse is the fifth vessel cap
tured by the coastguard since the
patrol was established on Rum Row
Ave weeks ago. Captain Menella
said the vessel had been used solely
for fishing.
The skipper said he left Cape May
and had been hailed by three coast
guard boats at sea. Saturday after.
noon he said another patrol boat
fired on the Morse without warming.
The patrol failed to hail him as is
customary, Menella asserted, and al
ter the shots had been fired he or
dered his crew to shelter ana
brought his vessel to stop.
Both skipper and members OF the
crew criticized the coastguard for
not allowing them to get in touch
with bondsmen. and the captain was
vehement in his denunciation OF the
patrol for selling his vessel. The
skipper and crew will be given
hearing tomorrow afternoon at the
custom house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01

New York, Nay 31.-(AP)-A
congregation that crowded to capa-
city the Park Avenue Baptist
church today heard the Rev. DIR.
Harry Emerson Fosdick preach his
first sermon from the pulpit. In the
congregation that heard the newly
called pastor repeat his plea for a
broader liberality in church doctrine
were John d. Rockefeller, Mrs.
Rockefeller and their son, John D.
Jr.
After the sermon, DR.. Fosdick
was enthusiastically received by the
audience. He stood for more than
an hour shaking hands with hun
dreds of persons who attended the
services.
Referring to "the adventure that
we are about to undertake in this
church," DIR. Fosdick said:
"But what is it an adventure af-
ter? What are we trying to do? Some
will describe it in negative terms;
we are against this or we do not be-
lieve in that. That. however, is
surely an utter misrepresentation of
our spirit and this morning I want
to say, that, as I see it, we are en-
deavoring to exalt the central and
spiritual elements in Christianity, to
make great things great and small
things small and to make this so ex-
plicit in the organization of our
church that nobody can mistake our
sincerity in meaning it. We want to
say to this city and just one thing
is central in Observation-Disclosures
ship to Jesus-and that anybody
who has that spiritual root of the
matter sincerely in him ought to be
welcome on equal terms with every
body else in the church of Christ"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
SIGNS OF BETTER
BUSINESS NOTED
IN MONTH OF MAY
Building Industry Active And
Better Tone in Cotton
Textile
Rise in Security Prices Helped But
Stronger Commodity Prices the
Main Reason-Rctail Distribution
Throughout New England Trifie
Less First Four Months Than in
Corresponding Period Last Year

Boston, May 31-(AP)-A definite
improvement in business sentiment
in New England in May is noted in
the monthly review Of industrial and
financial conditions issued by the
Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston and
made public today. Conspicuous
activity in the building industry and
q better tone in the cotton textile
industry are reported. The review
says:
"There are times when change in
business sentiment gives clearer
perspective Of the general situation
than the actual current volume of
trade or rate production. This seems
to be one of those times. The rate
of business activity in New England
has been slowly declining since jan
uary and until the latter part of APP
ril this was accompanied by a dis
tinct feeling of uncertainty over the
outlook for the summer. In May,
however, business sentiment definite
ly improved. While the improve
!. Continued on Page 3-Coi. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01

Boston, May 31.-(AP)-Mrs.
Mae Price of New York, wardrobe
mistress for theatrical company.
was found suffocated to death in her
room in a South End hotel today.
She had been beaten and SIS in cash
was missing from her belongings.
The body was found face down on
the bed by an elevator operator af-
ter telephone calls to the room went
unanswered. The woman's hands
had been tied behind her. She was
tall and robust and it was evident
that she had fought for her life. One
eye was discolored and there were
marks of blows on the head and
body.
Mrs. Price was the wife of Will
liam Price, a New York stage car
penter. The company which en-
ployed her gave it's closing perform
ance of 1.-The Brown Derby"
musical comedy. here last night and
this morning she was called to join
the troupe in it's preparations for
departure.
Herman Widman, the elevator
operator, found the door of Mrs.
Prices room unlocked and the
shades drawn down. He discovered
the body a moment later and gave
the alarm.
Medical Examiner Leary announced
later that the cause of death was SUI
location, as Mrs. Price had apparently
been left with her head buried In the
bedcIothes after being choked ana
beaten.
Mrs. Price was the good angel" OF
many Of the chorus girls of the COM
pany. Besides caring for their cos
tunes, several Of them had entrusted
varying sums of money to her care. A
torn envelope which had contained
these trust funds was found in her
room. While a part of the company
has moved on to New York, the re-
naming members of the chorus esti-
mated that Mrs. Price had been robbed
of about 5000 besides her own funds.
The manager of the hotel told the
police that he was on duty himself In
the early morning hours and that no
guests entered the hotel at that time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Two Confess Attempted
Abduction Mary Pickford
fsrd one Being Grined BY
pnlIee-Plot Had Origin in
qsIks About Making Easy
agoney-Few Drinks Aided
ynarination - Other Movie
cslebrities Were Also Mark
a Is Victims

-. Angeles, May s1-(AP)-Los
o.s.Iss police said today that the
s-;vr 81 two truck drivers and an
...orrobile salesman to kidnap Mary
r,.rsord and hold her for 100000
....cm has been effectively disposed
n ~ three alleged plotters ar
..saad yesterday and held in the
IN III on suspicion Of conspiracy
!. eommit felony. two. it was an
,ounced by detectives tonight have
4, 80 full or partial confessions and
4. third is being subjected to fur
~ srilling. Two automatic pistols
-. BEEN discovered among the ef-
,.cts Of the suspects.
j. Wood, one Of the two truck
,.srars n quoted as saying that the
o "a - kidnap MISS Pickford had Its
srisin In conversations last faii De-
srssn himself and c. v. Stevens, au.
snmobile salesman, after they nao
~. ~ I few drinks inside Of them."
= recording to Woods purported
.,rfsssion. Wood and Stevens talked
s,~ht after night about different
-sys Of making easy money,
s ~ these ideas Of easy wealth be-
- Il kidnap Pola Negri. Jackie
ncsusn. the unidentified grandson OF
: rstired millionaire. and. lastly Ma
4 M Pickford project finally selected,
xstectiyes say, as the best of all
rcssshle opportunities open to the
cconsrlrators. 1t was decided. they
$50 that Claude A. Holcomb. the
cthsr truck driver, who by this time
IA been drawn into the kidnapping
2Ismasions, should act as chauffeur
4 ths kidnapping car and armed
xuards 81 the improvised prison for
Mss Pickford.
MIR Pickford was to be seized
vhiIa enruute to her Beverly Hills
Aoms nom her Hollywood studio.
The conspirators planned to crowd
her limousine to the curb with an
antomobile decked out in Shrine col
ors apparently containing nothing
more dangerous than party Of mer-
rynaking delegates to the conven-
tioln opening tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01

Washington, May s1-(AP)-With
less than a month remaining before
he departs for an extended stay at
Swampscott, President Coolidge is
giving his attention to a mass of
routine business he feels should be
disposed Of before he starts on his
New England vacation.
The work Of clearing his desk dur
ing the next few weeks will be inter-
rupted for a day, however, when he
goes to Annapolis Wednesday to ad-
dress the naval academy graduating
class. and from Saturday until the
following Wednesday, when he will
be away from Washington on a trip
to Minesota-his longest journey
since he became president.
Although Mr.. Coolidge, by going to
the Massachusetts, shore late in June,
Will get relief from the heat which
usually prevails here during the
summer, his stay at Swampscott, in
a sense. really will not be vaca-
tion. Preparations are being made
to transfer the Office force to Lynn,
where headquarters will be estab-
lished few miles from White Court,
the summer white house, and it will
be possible for the president to tran
sact business with practically as
much dispatch and ease as IL he were
in Washington.
In one respect, however. he proba-
bly, will be to some extent handi-
capped, and that will be his inability
to keep in close personal touch with
his cabinet and bureau chiefs with
whom he Is in constant contact here.
For this reason, 1t Is probable that
particular attention will be- paid be-
for his departure to the routine that
can best be attended to here, leaving
matters of greater importance to be
dealt with at Swampscott during
July and August.
Mr.. Coolidge plans to motor to
Annapolis Wednesday for the COM
mencement exercises. On his trip
to Minnesota to deliver an address
Monday. June 8. at the Norse-Am-
erican centennial at the state fair
grounds he will travel on train
which will be given over entirely to-
the. presidential party. 1t was an
nounced today at the White House
that the president was doing so "in
compliance with the request of the
railroad companies for the purpose
of operating convenience and every
precaution for safety" On trip to
Chicago during the winter the pres
ident and Mrs. Coolidge travelled on
a regular train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Fatal Shooting
Canadian by u. S.
Agent Being PrObed

Colebrook, N. H., May 31-(AP)-
The fatal shooting of Anton Bilodeau
of Sherbrooke, Quebec, by U. 8.
federal narcotic agent on the Can
aan-Quebec road at the international
boundary line yesterday. was being
investigated today by four federal
agents from Boston. United States
Attorney Harris B. Amey was direct
ing the probe which was centering
around the report that Bilodeau was
on Canadian soil when shot down.
John Price and Louis Nadeau,
companions of Bilodeau, who were in
the car in which the agents said they
found $4,000 worth of narcotics, were
held today in the Jail at West Stew
artstown, where they declared that
their companion had run across the
boundary line before a shot felled
him.
The federal agents declared that
Bilodeau was wounded on American
soil, but staggered onward for 100
feet across the line before Me fell.
They said the agent who fired, whose
name was not divu1ged here. called
on Bilodeau to halt when he leaped
from the machine. Bilodeau, they
said, kept on for the line and the
agent fired four shots into the ground
in an attempt to stop him. Seeing
that he was trying to make the bor-
der, they declared, the agent fired
the fifth and fatal shot before the
fugitive reached the line.
Bilodeau'S wife came to Canaan
today and returned home with her
husbands body after DIR. c. F. Whit
ney, state pathologist, of Burlington,
VT, had made an autopsy. The doc
tors report had not been made public
tonight.
According to the federal agents
version of the shooting, they stop
ped the car containing Bilodeau,
Price and Nadeau near the Hereford
Line House and told the men they
were to be searched. The men start
ed to run as they left their machine
and the officers opened fire. Nadeau
and Price stopped at the first shot
and submitted to arrest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Sec. Weeks Not So
Well. Word Doctors

Boston. May 31.-(AP)-The condi-
lions of Secretary of War Weeks, who
was operated on for gallstones at the
Massachusetts, General Hospital here
on Thursday, was reported mot en-
tirely satisfactory tonight by his
physicians, Drs. Daniel Fiske Jones
and S. Gorham Brigham.
The bulletin, issued at about 6
o'clock eastern standard time, was as
follows:
Secretary Weeks had . moderately
comfortable day. While his condition
is not entirely satisfactory, 1t is not
alarming. Pulse 80, temperature nor
NAL"
Except for attacks of hiccoughs, Mr..
Weeks had been very comfortable I'M
til today and was said to be conva-
lescing satisfactorily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Seize Diamonds
Worth 100000 at
ROuse's Point, N. Y.

st. Adams, Vt, May 31-(AP)-
Diamonds valued at 100000 were
seized at Rouse's Point, N. Y, last
night by customs men of the second
Vermont district, who arrested Hem
ry Margulie Of Brooklyn, N. Y, and
Abraham Treppel of Wood Haven, L.
l.
The men arrested were placed I'M
der surveillance when they left
Paris and were followed to Amster-
dam where they bearded the liner
Minnedosa. Customs officials of this
district trailed the pair to Rouse's
Point. Customs Inspector Harry c.
Whitehill turned the prisoners over
to the collector at Rouse's Point.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
One Dying, One Hurt
When Auto Skids

Lynwood, Mass, May 31-(AP)-
George Guyette of Manchester, N.
H., was hurt, probably fatally, and
his wife, Virginia Guyette. sustained
severe injuries when they were
struck by an automobile while
walking on the Worcester County
road near here tonight. John Creigh-
ton of Blackstone, driver of the au-
tomobile. was held by the police
pending the outcome of Guyettes in
juries.
Witnesses said that Creighton's car
which approached the man and wo-
man from behind, skidded on the
rain swept highway.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Waterville, May 31-Nimon Kari
ter. a ~ year old Syrian who lived
at Pleasant and North streets In
this city, died this afternoon about
o'clock shortly after he had been
shot four times by man alleged to
be Manner B. Shecrallah Of the Head
of Falls. After the shooting, which
occurred on Front street, Shecrallah
ran to the police station where he
laid on the desk two revolvers, one
a rs calibre automatic and the other
a 80 calibre automatic. He made no
statement at the time but police
deputy Albert Thibodeau soon heard
of the shooting and placed the man
under arrest.
Nimon was carried into the house
of Charles George at SO Front street
Immediately after the shooting and
after telling a cousin, Bolus Karter,
to get priest, said to him, "Shec-
Continued on Page 3-CoI. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01

Washington, May 80 "a. P)-With
fitting ceremonies the national CAPT.
tai paid it's Memorial day tribute to-
day to the dead Of all wars. Presi-
dent Coolidge led in observance of
the day by delivering an address at
Arlington cemetery, resting place OF
more than $4,000 soldiers and sailors.
Services also were held at a half
dozen other cemeteries where former
service men are buried; at the Sol
diers Home and on the U. S. 8.
Grampus, where Spanish war veteg-
ans, members of Admiral Dewey
camp, were in charge Of the cere-
mony. In tribute to sailors who gave
their lives for their country. particu-
CONTINUED on Page 6-Col. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
THE WEATHER
UNSETTLED

Northern New OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
probably showers Monday and Tues
day; not much change in tempera-
ture.
Southern New Observation-Disclosures
and warmer Monday, probably show
ers in north portion; Tuesday unset
tied. probably showers.
Eastern New York - Unsettled,
probably showers and thunderstorms
in north portion and unsettled and
warmer in south portion Monday;
Tuesday local showers and thunder
storms; cooler in central and south
portion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Jury for Shepherd
1nal This Week

~. a y May 31.-(AP)-Prediction
II" me jury to hear the trial Of Will
I'm m D. Shepherd, charged with the
n ~srny typhoid germs Of William
va SSnntock, his wife's millionaire
IN s viii be completed by the end Of
stscs zen. was made by both prosecu-
IN ana defense tonight.
49, uial will enter its third week
"A. with only four Jurors sworn.
49, ain difnculty, opposing counsel
~ mas been in finding men with
- nxed opinions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Searching Pittsburgh
For Missing Witness
In Shepherd Case

Pittsburgh, May 81 = (AP) = A
search is being made in Pittsburgh
for Albert White, missing witness
in the William D. Shepherd murder
trial in Chicago, the police disclosed
tonight.
The search was started, detectives
said, when Chicago authorities ad-
vised them that friends of White last
Friday telegraphed Silt from Chi
cago to Pittsburgh for him. Since
that time, it was said, detectives
have been on guard at the telegraph
Office waiting for the money to be
claimed.
He was reported last week to be
hiding in New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
81 Planes Still
In German Contest

Rerlin, May 81 = (AP) : Fifty oIe :
airplanes out of 81 entered IN inc
Great, nine day aviation, contest canie
through the first day without serious
nnishap. The planes starteo az .ou.
n.cIncl This morning and the first to
orr;ve IN its return from Magdeburg
raached Berlin at 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon. The others followed in rapid
succession.
Groups Of planes covered pre-
viously mapped out route over dis
lance of about $50 miles and each
alternate day they will fly over a
different route.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Confessed Slayer
Husband Kills Self

Springfield, Ills. May 31-(AP)-
sed slayer of her husband, commit
ted suicide by setting fire to her bed
ding in the county Jail here today.
The bedding was burning fiercely
before Mrs. Norbert uttered an out
cry which brought two guards to the
scene.
Mrs. Norbert killed her husband
with an axe several weeks ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
General Forecast

The northwest disturbance is CEN
trail over northwestern Minnesota
with trough extending eastward to
Quebec. Pressure is also low over
New England.
During the last "a hours. showers
have occurred at points in the lake
region and the north Atlantic states.
Temperatures have risen decidedly
over the lake region.
The outlook is for unsettled wealth
er Monday and Tuesday in the states
east Of the Mississippi river with
showers on Tuesday in the central
and south portions of the middle At
lantic states and for showers Monday
or Tuesday in the north portion Of
the middle Atlantic states and south
ern New England and cooler on
Tuesday in the north portion Of the
middle Atlantic states.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Fresh, possibly strong southwest and
weather overcast with occasional
showers Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Italian Airman
Reaches Australia

Broome, Western Australia. May 81.
-(AP)-On his fight from Rome to
Australia and Japan, the italian air
man Commander De Pinedo arrived
here today from Coepang, Dutch East
Indies. He will fly from here to Mel
bourne, where from Melbourne the
aviator will fly to Sydney. and Thurs
day Island, Queensland; to Amboyna,
in the Malay Archipelago; to Macassar,
in the Celebes Island; to Manila, For
mosa and Tokyo. He will spend q
month in the Japanese capital and re-
turn to Rome by way Of Northern
India,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Insane Patient
Hangs Self in N. III.

Concord, N H.. May 31-(AP)-'
The body of Gideon Marcus, OF
Pennington, an inmate of the state
hospital for the insane in this city,
was found hanging from a tree by
two boys in a lonely wooded district
two miles from the hospital today.
The police said that the man mad
committed suicide.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES At HOME
AND IN EUROPE

Plymouth, Vt, May 30-Roses and
carnations from the White House
conservatories, spruce and hemlock
boughs from the trees Of the presi-
dents own Vermont hills and
wraths placed on the mound by Col.
John Coolidge, his grandfather. and
Boy and Girl Scouts Of Rutland and
Windsor counties, marked the rest
ing place Of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., IN
To tiny village cemetery on the nil
(centinusd on Page 8-CoI. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
. aterville Syrian |
Shot Dead;;Fello
Countryman Held
Companion of Slain
Man Tells of Shoot
ing in Streets of
'Waterville

Nimon Karter, q, Dies After
Barrage of Bullets-Namer
Shescrallah Appears at Po-
lice Station After Shooting
and Gives up Two Revolvers
NO Known Motive for
Crime-Alleged Slayer Mar
ried-Murdered Man Single
Syrian People in City
Threaten Shescrallah
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
Couple Killed in Auto
Crash i'm New Haven

New Haven, Conn, May 31-(AP)-
A man believed to be J. M. Griffin Of
Fort Wayne, Ind, junior at the
Sheffield Scientific School. and an
unidentified girl, were killed in a
wreck of three automobiles at Ames
Point, near Milford, late tonight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
3 Fall to Death
In Plane at Miami

Miami, Fla, May 31-(AP)-Three
men were killed and a fourth badly
injured in an airplane crash near
Hialeah today. The dead are Hugh
Beckett. Wallace Ford and Harold
Ibach, the latter the pilot Of the
machine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
PRESIDENT BEGINS
CLEANUP LOOKING
TO HIS VACATION
Visit to Annapolis This Week
Followed by Trip to Min
nesota

First Part of Vacation at Swamps.
scott-Office Force to Be Estab-
hshed at Lynn, Few Miles from
Summer White House-Handicap
Seen in Inability to Keep in Close
Touch With Cabinet Heads and
Bureaus
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-01
CAPTAIN PROTESTS
SEIZURE Of SHIP
BY C0ASTGUARD
Claims Vessel Used For Fish
ing Only; Fired Upon by
Patrol Boat

Asserts Not Given Customary Hail.
ing-Shot Narrowly Misses Skip
per and Crew-Charged With
Violating Navigation Laws But
Infractions Not Specific-Hear-
ing To Be Given at Customs House
Today