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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Is HELD under
BONDS IN KHAN RIOT
AT BIRMINGHAM

birmingham, Mass, Aug. IL
(AP)-Alonzo Foley of Saxonville,
the most seriously injured of the
five East Sudbury shooting victims,
tonight was said to be in an i'm
proved condition at the Framing
ham hospital. Surgeons will probe
tomorrow for three buckshot which
still remain in his head. Unless
complications set in. he will re-
cover, 1t was said. Thomas Sliney,
also wounded In the disorder which
followed the Khan meeting, is rap
idly recovering at the hospital
from two facial wounds. The other
three wounded were also resting
comfortably at their homes.
Today 60 of the Is men arrested
last night after the shooting broke
up the Khan meeting on an East
Sudbury farm, were released after
Captain Parker of the State Con-
stabulary. and State Police ended
their investigation. The other Is
were held in 5000 bail for appearance
on Aug. 10 when they will be ar
raigned before Judge Blodgett in
the first district court here on
charges Of assault with a danger
Gus weapon.
One of those held was Perley W.
Libby, upon whose farm the Klan
meeting was held. 1t was in Lib
by's house that the Klansmen took
shelter when they claimed, stones
were hurled at them by watchers
along the road.
The others held were Robert E.
Diamond, North Easton; Andrew
Turbo, Calvin Whitney and Matte
Syronen, all of Maynard; Robert
Atkinson. Ralph F. Chamberlain
Harry E. Rice of Sudbury; Everett
Brown. James B. Knowles, Warren
M. Parker, Ralph E. Ambrose. of
Needham; Stanley Stevenson of
Stow; Fred w. Hough. Wellesley and
Herbert Nelson of Newton.
Bail for the release of these men
was provided by j. Walton Tuttle,
a Worcester attorney, who 1t was
said. was acting for the Khan.
Captain Parker refused to COM
ment on the statement made by
Charles H. Way, chairman of the
Sudbury Board of Selectmen, that
he notified the State officer yes
terday that trouble was brewing
Several Klan meetings, Chairman
Way said, had been held on Libby's
farm and threats had been made
ito clean up the Khan If 1t met
again there" Libby was arrested
on August in Dedham, with Roy
Hall on charges of carrying con-
cealed weapons following a riot at a
Khan meeting in Westwood in which
five We're injured by flying stones
and a farmhouse was demolished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Miners Union to Demand
Joint Dealing With Hard
And Soft Coal Workers
Jacksonville Pact over Soft
Coal Must Be Considered II
Government Intervenes In
Hard Coal SituatiOn-Claim
Agreement Has Been I'M
paired-Threat of Nation
Wide Shutdown.

Atlantic City, N. j., Aug. 11-(AP)
1t was learned today from an au-
thority high in the miners confidence
that the present policy of the United
Mine Workers Of America is to de-
mand that any government interview
ton in the hard coal industry must
take into consideration the establish
ment of the Jacksonville agreement
in soft coal.
From now on, 1t was said, wage
hard coal miners and 100000 soft
coal miners must be considered joint
ly by an anthracite mediator to gain
cooperation from the miners union.
Anthracite operators recently as
serted belief that in the controversy
over the unions strategy this sum-
mer, was a determination to win re-
dress of alleged wrongs in soft coal
field through hard coal pressure upon
public authorities.
The United Mine Works. deny this
but they now assume, it was stated
definitely, that the breaking off of
anthracite scale negotiations August
4, releases them from their pledge TO
the anthracite operator to keep hard
coal and soft coal problems divorced.
Any intervention now, it was said,
which would seek to heal this break
and thus avert or shorten costly
anthracite suspension should also
take congnizance of wage cutting and
reputation of the Jacksonville
agreement alleged in statements by
President John l.. Lewis and his as
sociates.
What the alternative to rejection
of the unions condition would be
has not been ascertained.
Meanwhile no official indication
has been made here as to what has
or what has not developed since
June 80 when President Lewis gave
this warning at the tri-district an
thracite convention in Scranton.
1.-The Jacksonville agreement has
been impaired and l am calling the
attention of the government and the
American people today to this fact.
, | have cited the instance and I have
named the names of the men re-
sponsible for this action and II this
situation continues it may be necess-
airy, later on, to authorize national
shut down of the mines of this
country while the government and
the coal operators and the represen-
tatives of the mine workers decides
the question whether the Jackson
Vile agreement in going to be car
ried out"
That the situation continued, until
as late as two weeks ago in the opin-
ion of the United Mine Workers was
revealed when Van. A. Bittner, CHIEF
Continued on Page 3-Col. b
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12

Washington, Aug. 11.-(AP)-A Pc
tition for pardon for Warren T. Nc
Cray, former governor of Indiana
who Is now serving a 10-year sentence
In the Atlanta penitentiary for using
the mails to defraud. will be presented
to Attorney General Sargent tomorrow
by q delegation from Indiana headed
by Representative Wood. The delega-
ton is expected to present to him an
application for pardon signed by
McGray. together with several letters
from influential persons in Indiana.
The application is understood to be
without the customary approval of
either Federal Judge Anderson, who
presided in the McCray case and who
since has been promoted to the circuit
court of appeals at Chicago, or the
prosecuting attorney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Argentine Girl
May Change Mind
And Swim Channel

Boulogne. France, Aug 11-(AP)-
Lillian Harrison may use a woman's
prerogative and change her mind and
again attempt this year to swim the
English channel.
The Argentine girl, who on Mon
day night was taken from the chan
mel in semi conscious condition af-
ter a swim from Cape GrisNez to a
point about eight miles off Dover was
examined today by a physician who
pronounced her fit to try again If she
so desired. Later she said she
thought she would have arother try
at the goal which four times she al
ready has missed.
Gertrude Ederle came into Bou-
logne this afternoon ON shopping
tour. She said she had not decided
whether she would again start train
ing tomorrow or Thursday. She hopes
to make her attempt to swim the
channel sometime around Aug. II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12

New York. Aug. 1l.-(AP)-An or
der annulling the adoption of Mary
Louise Spas by Edward w. Browning
was entered today In the surrogate's
coutt of Queens county, formally clos
ing the romantic episode which began
a Neck ago when she was selected
from 10000 applicants to be his fos-
ter-daughter.
An agreement to the revocation
signed by both principals and by
Mary's father and mother was placed
on record by Surrogate Noble. Under
it's provisions the girl waived ell
claims to the Browning fortune and,
with her relatives, agreed never to
bring legal action on the basis of the
adoption. There was no cash settle
ment of any kind. Browning declared.
With unusual stoicism the girl
signed the agreement and. declining
Browning's. offer of the use of his
limousine rs they left the court
house, Mary and her parents entered
a taxi.
"A farewell dinner" was held in
Browning's hotel suite ana later the
Spas family left for their home in
Astoria, which was reported to have
been sold today. Mary told reporters
she intended to enter a convent.
Il am disillusioned," she cried. my
life has been ruined"
Mary Louise's appearance had un-
dergone pronounced change since she
went into hiding Sunday. The Mary
Pickford curls had been done up in an
elaborate couture. She wore one of
the coils Browning had given her,
though the pearls and other jewelry
were not in evidence.
"As far as l am concerned the en-
tire matter is closed" Br. Browning
announced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Hold Schenectady
Boy in Staying of
Chatham, Mass, Man

Schenectady, n. Y, Aug. 11.-(AP)
Hayden Smith, II, of this city. was
ordered held for the grand jury when
arraigned today charged with the muir
der early in July of Zeba C. Nicker-
son, 20. Of Chatham, Mass. Counsel
for defense failed in it's efforts to
have introduced as evidence a confess
sion alleged to have been made by
Smith. Formal motion for discharge
of the prisoner was denied and Smith
was returned to his cell in the Schen-
ectady county Jail.
Nickerson's body was found hidden
in the bushes beside a highway on
July 6. Smith. his companion on mo-
tor trip. was missing, but was arrest
ed later. Subsequently the sheriff
made public confession, said to have
been written by Smith. admitting he
killed Nickerson to obtain $13 and a
watch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
British and French
Talk on Security
Is Progressing Well

London, Aug. 11-(AP)-The con-
versa tions between Aristide BRAND.
the French foreign minister and
Austen Chamberlain. the British
foreign secretary dealing with a Sc
curity pact with Germany ARE pro-
ceeding satisfactory" This was an
nounced in a communication issued
by the foreign office tonight. 1t ten
ded to confirm the impression pre-
vailing unofficially that everything
thus far is moving smoothly between
the French and British statesmen
with regard to joint reply of their
governments to Germany's last note
on the security problem.
Prior to today's conversations NJ.
BRAND had so minute talk with
King George The kings action in
inviting M. BRAND to the palace had
not generally been anticipated. 1t is
considered to have given a favorable
start to the conversation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
End Case Defendants
In PickWick Crash

Boston, Aug. 1.-(AP)-The de-
Tense of James J. Hendrick, city
building inspector and Lawrence
Perkins contractors foreman the
la st two of the II defendants indict-
ed for manslaughter in connection
with the collapse of the Pickwick
club building on July 4. when A
persons lost their lives, was complet-
ed late today.
Arguments will be made tomor-
row when, it is expected. the case
will go to the jury.
Major General George w. Goethals
testified as an expert for Hendrick.
He said that the building collapsed
because of the weakness of one OF
the piers In the foundation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Secure Jury for
Trial Girl Matricide

San Francisco, Calf. Aug. IL
(AP)-A jury composed of six men
and six women was selected today to
try Dorothy Ellingson, II year olo
matricide on a charge of murder.
The girl confessed to shooting her
mother to death on the morning
January 23 but later repudiated her
admission. Indications were that the
defense will plead temporary insan-
ity.
At a former trial she was adiudg-
ed insane. After six weeks in an
asylum Dorothy was pronounced
sane and returned here for re-trial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
NOn-COms of 103d
Banquet in Evening

Lewiston, Aug. 11.-(AP)-A ban
quet for the non-commissioned officers
of the 103rd Maine Regiment at the
armory was tonight's event in connec-
ton with the encampment here.
Sergeant Cronkhite of Supply Com
pany. Portland. was cheated president
of the non-commissioned officers or
ganization following the banquet to-
night. Other officers elected: Vice
President. Aurelian Grenier, Co. A.
Bath; secretary, Sergeant John K. Tur-
ner, Co. +, Augusta: treasurer, Ser
geant Ralph w. Chards, 3rd Battalion
Headquarters, Dexter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Good Will Boy Met
Death by Accident
Word of Examiner

waterville, Me-, Aug. IL 'AFl
Accidental drowning was the veroi''
GIVEN bv Medical Examiner Stinch-
field Of Skowhegan today after view
,ng the body of Ronald Scofield. IL
,aor.old Good Will Farms pupii
,vhich was found floating on tne
Kennebec river near HincKiey MUTT
day afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Ammunition Depot
Burning After Blast

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 11-(AP)-An
explosion occurred late tonight at the
ammunition depot at Piggs Point on
Hampton Roads, six miles from Nor
folk, the government piers there We're
reported burning but meagre tele-
phone advices failed to disclose whe-
Their any lives had been lost.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
aOuSe and 2 Barns
q, richmond Burn
n,.nen Hit by Lightning

~ Ai 10 the Kennebec JournaD
H.. ond, Aug. 1.-THE Groves
q - the Pond road owned by III.
h.,- was struck by lightning
neavy thunder shower about
bt6;saA Tuesday afternoon. The
~ 49, a house and two barns,
h a. destroyed by the result
TIM =. The house was unoccupied
hfmi,s me. There was a number OF
III frss eools and the hay that was
inns ~ Il. Inc farm this year in the
tstInat We're destroyed. The loss
ated at around $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Woodland Man
Killed. by TaXicab

Midtown. n. B.. Aug. 11.-(AP)-
Allan Frost. Al. a machinist en-
ployed by the st. Croix Paper Mill
at Woodland, was struck and killed
here tonight by taxicab operated
by stephen Morrill, and owned By
Cones Taxi Service of Calais. Nor
rill is being held at st. stephen. n.
r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Booze Worth Million
Seized at N. Orleans

New Orleans. Aug. 11-(AP)-The
largest army of dry agents ever as
sembled here, in surprise raidins
program seized liquor valued az
more than $1,000,000 and arrested 80
alleged wholesale dealers in whiskey
in and near New Orleans today.
E. c. Yellowley. chief of federal
prohibition agents, led 200 raiders.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
The Dayin Washington

The Belgian debt negotiations
were continued.
Plans were announced for a cam
paign to organize Latin American
workers.
A decrease in the number of farms
was shown in department of agricul-
ture figures.
Tax reduction and the World Court
proposal were given definite place in
the Republican legislative program.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Northern New England - Fair
Wednesday: Thursday increasing
cloudiness followed by showers
Thursday afternoon or night; cooler
on coast Thursday.
Southern New England - Fair
and somewhat cooler Wednesday;
Thursday showers.
Eastern New York-Fair Wednes-
day; Thursday showers; cooler on
coast Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Youth COnfesses
He Killed ClawsOn
To Obtain His Car

Garden City. Kas.. Aug. 11.-(AP)-
Fred Jordan. 15-year-old Ohio high
school boy. confessed late today that
he killed Adam r. Clawson of Lodi
N. Y. near jefferson City. Mo-. August
l. to obtain Clawsons automobile.
Geneva, N Y. Aug. 11.-Adam
CIawson of Lodi, murdered in Kansas,
was friend of Philip X. Knapp, al
legged Hampstead murderer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-12
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Wednesday fair and somewhat cool
err; Thursday showers; northwest
winds becoming easterly Thursday.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Meters and kiIOcyCIes.

The last two years has seen a con-
certed move to break away from the
old terminology of meters and wave
lengths and speak of radio waves in
terms of kilocycles and frequency.
AS with most other mistakes that
are made when an art is in its in
fancy, the rectification of a misnomer
or the doing away of a cumbersome
system and the substitution of a more
logical system proves hard going.
This movement, however, of applying
terms of frequency in place of wave
length in radio is rapidly gaining
headway.
Program schedules now give the
frequency in kilocycles of broadcast
ing stations together with their wave
lengths in meters, and the fan is be-
ing educated to think in such terms.
Characteristics Explained.
There are many reasons why it is
better to have the frequency charac-
teristic OF a wave than the wave length
characteristic. The wave length char
acteristic of radio wave is of no
particular value in making calcula-
tions except as it gives a figure by
means of which the frequency of the
wave can be found.
In figuring out heterodyne effects
y
characteristics of the wave. In de
termining the possibility of interfer-
ence between waves the frequency
characteristics are necessary.
A radio wave, like electricity OIL
light, travels at the rate of 299 $3.50, ,00C
or roughly 100000 900 meters per sec
ond. The frequency of radio wave
is equal to the number of complete
cycles per second of the wave. The
wave length of a wave is equal to the
velocity Of the wave, divided by its
frequency or number of cycles pei
second.
The frequency of wave is equa
to the velocity divided by the wave
| length. The error introduced by sub
stituting 300,000,000 for the exact fig
ure, 299 $3.50, 900, is small enough to be
neglected, 50 that the round number
| is usually used to facilitate calcula
| tions.
How to Find Frequency
To find the frequency of a station
transmitting on 400 meters, divide
| 800, 900, 900 by 400, and you get $50 ,OO(
cycles as the answer The usual uni
| used in radio for frequency is the
kilocycle, so that to get your answer
| in kilocycles it is necessary to divide
it by 1000 because 1000 cycles equal.
kilocycle.
To get the answer directly in kilo
cycles from meters, use the number
3O0, 900, instead of 800 900 900, in that
way dividing the number before max
| ing the calculation for kilocycles
| Remember in making your calcula
| tions when using the wave length ir
meters that the use of the number
300, 900, 900 will give you the answer il
| cycles while the use of the number
100000 will give you the answer ir
kilocycles.
| A menomonic or memory trick tc
Evening star., 1925-05-04

These men certainly do love to taik
over the radio"
i; X 4 x
AS an unlimited number Of thou
sands heard that brickbat hurting
through the air in my direction, an
explanation is called for. My talk on
Child Welfare" at WRC was billed
for S:25 to S:35. The Marine Band.
which preceded me, did not finish
until S27. Then Capt. Santlemann's
organization go strong) occupied 312
minutes in evacuating the studio, with
their instruments. That prevented my
taking the air until S:30i2-512 min
utes behind schedule. Actually, l was
on the air until S:4212, two minutes
over nv time Altogether, Secretary
Kellogg and the Pen Women We're de-
layed ~ minutes, of which | was re-
sponsible for only minutes. l hope
nv entente cordiale with the State De
partment will not be permanently in
terrupted.
4 Z =
No more o'clock bedtime for g.
yeor-old Norwood Albion, son and heir
of Peggy Albion, fairy godmothcr of
all the radio tots within the orbit of
! WRC. In a moment of maternal
weakness, Peggy allowed Norwood to
accompany her to the station Thurs
day evening and hear the Marine
Band He was determined to meet
| Capt. Santelmann lin person" 1t was
$50 before that became possible. Nor
wood insisted on waiting, and now
| the Albion household has a bedtime
story of it's own to wrestle with
Who says radio is a passing fancy
| and a disappearing art? Wall street
newspapers report that the Kadlo
| Corporations gross income for the
| first quarter of 1925 totaIed SIS ,229,-
| 923 Gen Harbord, president of the
! corporation. states that the initial
| quarters showing is substantially
/ ahead of last year 1t reveals net
/ profit of 81 ,92S, ,329. Radio is distinctly
I a seasonal business. Fall and Win
| ter months produce the bulk of the
! equipment business, with the Christ
! mas holiday period showing peak
! sales. From the middle of April sales
| being To taper off. They are at their
minimum in Midsummer.
Z X
/ Capt. Ridley Mclean. chief of com
| munications at the Navy Department
writes in reference to a recent long
/ distance transmission record:
Just for your information, l
| would IKE 10 say lIaI the lTdIiS-
| mission to Samoa, which was re-
| ceived on a loud speaker, was not
the actual voice, but a message
sent in Morse code on short wave,
| which came in strong enough for
| reception on loud speaker. In the
| Navy we use radiotelephony very
/ little, because a message in Morse
code can be sent as rapidly as it
can be recorded, and, of course,
our messages must be recorded
| verbatim. our radiotelephone com
| munications are confined almost
entirely to communications with
aircraft, and even in this branch
we use the radio telegraph almost
exclusively"
y * x x
An adventure" reader. who re
| quests anonymity. asks me to inform
Vincent J. ZinsitZ, in answer to the
| latters inquiry:
Somebody has asked you how
Evening star., 1925-05-04
GAIN Of 7 STATIONS
RECORDED IN APRIL
81 Class A Plants Licensed.
"a EIiminated-Tota in.
United States Now 566.

A net gain during April of seven
broadcasting stations, bringing the
total number in the United States
and its possessions to 566, was an
nounced today by the Department of
Commerce.
A low record for the year in the
number OF broadcast stations licensed
in any one week, however, was estab-
lished this week with the addition of
only four new transmitters, all of
them of class A wave lengths and
none of them with more than 500
watts of power.
The number of elimina tions during
the month was announced as "a, all
class A stations. with the newcomers
numbering 81. OF the 10 class G. sta
tions still on the records April only
three now remain, the others having
been dropped out or transferred to
another class. The three plants still
operating on these now defunct
licenses-WMAF, at South Dart
mouth, Mass; KGU, at Honolulu, and
WQAO, the Calvary Baptist Church
New York City-are expected to be
transferred either to class A or class
b during May, thus winding up the
system of reallocation adopted by the
department the first of the year.
Three on Pacific Coast.
The $50 broadcasters that We're on
the departments books today were
divided as follows: Glass B. 95; class
A. 46S, and class c, 3.
In the new licenses granted this
week the Pacific coast led the East
with three stations to one-in Massa
chusetts. The four stations are
WIBH. New Bedford. Mass, watts
209.7 meters; KEW, the First Baptist
Church, San Jose. Calf, 500 watts
226 meters: KFVL, Vancouver Bar
231 meters, and KFVK. the Sacra-
mento Chamber of Commerce, Sacra-
mento. Calf, 500 watts, 24S meters
Stations Deleted.
The complete list or stations de-
leted during April follows: WBBH
Port Huron, Mich; sKFRF, Alex
andria. La; WDBD. Martinsburg
w. Va; WSAU, Camp Marienfeld
Chesham, n. H.; WCBZ, Chicago
Heights, ILL.,; KYQ, Honolulu; KFPX
Bluff, Ark: KFGX, the First Pres
byterian Church. Orange, Tex;
VITAE, New Orleans. La; WFBT
the Gloucester County Civic League
Pitman, n. j.; KJQ, Stockton. Calf;
WEBY, Roslindale Mass; KFFR
Sparkle, New: KFUW, Moberly, Mo
kFFY, the Louisiana College, Alex
andria, La; WEAP, Mobile, Ala.
KFCL. Los Angeles, Calf; KERN
Hanford. Calf; WDBT, Hattiesburg
! Miss: KFQM, the Texas Highway
Bulletin. Austin, Tex; kFJZ, the
Texas National Guard, Fort Worth
| Tex: WBAN, Paterson, y. J.; KFHJ
Santa Barbara, Calf: WOAF. tht
| Tyler Commercial College, Tyler
Tex. All of the stations. with the eX
ception of the last two named. which
held class c licenses, were class \
! stations.
Evening star., 1925-05-04

of a play broadcast by Chicago sta
ton direct from the theater.
Telephone engineers explained. how.
ever, that this unusual condition was
brought about by what is known as
cross talk" caused when the sealed
wire used by the broadcaster became
crossed in the telephone terminal with
the line being used for telephone con-
versation.
Much research work has been done
by engineers to prevent this so-called
cross talk" which occurs at times
during ordinary telephone conversa-
tions. The engineers said that great
progress had been made in overcom.
ing the difficulty, but that further
work was being pursued.