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Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

banks, but is a merger or joining or
tic lnglewood and Los .Ang'Ies
banks in a true sense of the word.
The stockholders of the lnglewood
group of banks, through an exchange
of shares in the FIRST National Pa
cific-Southwest banking group, be
come co-partncrs in the business OF
The entire group.
While the officers and personnel
will remain as at present, the two
boards of directors will become one,
to be known as the executive board.
There will be practically no
change in the titles of local bank
OF ficcrs, but such as there are, and
the names under which the local
units i'll be known after the merger
will be announced at later date.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16
NrS. Theodore GrOeEe
EntcTtQiIiS Friends
at Informal Party

Mrs. Theodore Greene informally
entertained a group of friends at
her home on FL Centre avenue Wed
ncsday afternoon. The afternoon
was aeljght'uliy spent PLAYING five
hundred
>punL flowers. refreshments and
he dInlN appointments were car
ned or DID sHadvs Of rose and vel.
ut..
Mrs. \. Il. Underwood, Mrs. Char
.es Knights and Mrs. Walter Pollard
made prize winning scores.
Mrs. Groenc : guests included
MeSdames 0. W. Attlerbaugh. Char
les knights. q. w. Conley. \. Il.
Underworld W !. Strickland. Philip
AHigaJS. George ruckee, Frank
,>or.tS and Water Pollard.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16
ROTARIANS ELECT
OFFICERS AT THE
ANNUAL NEE ETINC
Horne Becomes Head of
Ei CentrO Club; Moore
Gives Data.

o. G. Horne was elected president
Of the RI Centre Rotary club at
the annual meeting yesterday noon.
Directors. who are also vice presi.
dents, were elected as follows:
Charles f. Sones, Il. p. Moore, Roy
BreedloVe, Ralph Cary, John Ross,
Tom Gill. Joe King was reelected
secretary.
The annual reports of the secre.
tary and president were read and
accepted. The reports show the club
TO be In excellent condition with a
total membership of 50.
Pcrcic Thackcr and Doug Decide,
members OF the music committee,
who Hve furnished music ut the
various meetings throughout the
year, were voted the thanks of the
club and were presented with cuff
links engraved with the Rotary EN-
blrm.
At the conclusion of the election
frCSidcnt Horne took the chair and
made Il short speech asking for the
cooperation of the members during
his term aud urging their aid in con-
tnung the success of the club.
h. /. Moore gave some interest
mg figures on the Rotary Intcrna-
tioua which was founded in Chi,
cago in 1905. Today Rotary Inter
national consist of 300 clubs locat.
ed IN - countries as follows: Unit
cd States 1900, Canada -, Great
Britain 202, other countries l37. To
tai membership is approximately
il>,O00.
Mrs. W. \. Mabcc, director of
music for the California Federation
of Women 5 clubs, gave short talk
on music and sang solo accom-.
panied by Mrs. l.. G. kimball at the
piano.
Visiting RotariunS included W.
!. Wilson, Brawlcv: NJ. W. Bates and
r j. Worthington. Calcxico: +. H..
Eckcrt and Dale Cooper, Holtvillc.
Guests Of the club included j. G..
B&ckcn, f. NJ. Bicrke, Los Angeles;
{. b. Whitney, Riverside. and George
Read and f. Powers, II Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

said; Il regret very much to an.
nounDc the retirement of l.. &. Earn
Isl from active duty in the organiza-
tion. Dming the past year and Il
haii his health has been such as to
Prevent him from deyoting himself
to his work rs he desired and on the
ad*ice Of his physician, he has de
teimimed - take Il complete rest
from business, OF NJ least SIX
months.
Eaiui>t has been with the United
Press tor - years, taking his first
position in the san Francisco bu-
reau.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16
d. Und yIrS. apple 10
LEteTtGiH Present Day
CIub New TEurSdag

Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Apple Will
entertain the Present Dav club at
its next meeting. which is to be
held at their home ON Olive avenue.
ThTsdar evening, Apri, -. There
VIII be $40 meeting of the club to-
might. next Thursdays gathering
taking its place.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16
ESTATE
Of 9>$2O0,0O0 Is
LEFT TO WIDOW
Includes Naturalisfs Gar
dens, Ranch and City
Property.
by Halted Press Leased Wire

SANTA ROSA, Calif., April To-
With special letters of administra-
ton granted her, Mrs. Elizabeth
Burbank, widow of the famed plant
scientist, today took over entire
control of the Burbank nurseries and
seed business.
The court authority was given her
late Yesterday, shortly after the
petition was filed, stating that many
orders for spring seeds and nursery
stock were waiting for action.
Probate of Burbank s will will
come later. The estate, estimated
worth more than 5000, 600, was left
entirely to the widow. 1t includes
the naturalist's gardens, ranch aud
city property.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16
Illness Makes
L. P. Chief Quit
ny Iniied Press Leased wire

NEW YORK, April l6.-Thc re-
tircmcnt Of l.. G. Earnist, vice presi-
dent Of the United Press, in charge
OF business, from actiyc connection
with the work Of the concern, was
made public today when Karl a.
Bickei, president of United Press,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

Twenty resident, Of Santa cruz
organized t" bring IN Il spray rig
and clean tine tDvn Of tree aud
plant pests,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

There S 40 incentive to work now
Income tax returns will be kept Sc
trct this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

New YORK -Et~ie BARTLETT Schiid-
Eaat. actress. ,yh" became an alien
iu 1872 thrw-h hcr marriag' 70
Joseph SrhI.1EraUt. actor and Eou-
mmiM subject ha, ga.ucd hu
>iHerirau citizenship through uatur-
aliIatluu.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

Matrimony' 5 great advantage IS
it keeps you from being single.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16
W0men's Notes
by United Pres. Leased Wire

New York-Nr- Mary J. Port,
folio heard that her wealthy hu,-
band, Aimcrindo Portfolio, WAS 20.
lug to Europe f. get "a divorce.
Whcrcupou ,tc had him arrested on
a civil order to insure his posting
bond and viii secure payment Of
alimouv iu ease She is awarded the
$500 monthly She intends to apply
for.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-16

New York The world owes IN,
li1ina,' Ruth IIolI daughter Of
yeiI So dJ parents. shouted ut Judgc
Io,ui1 Whrn De- sentenced her to
1il fnf IorgcrN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16
Would Turn Over
m. Y. Barge System to
us. for Purpose Canal

Albany, N Y, March 16--(APj-
Agitation for federal construction OF
a flakes to sea" ship waterway
along the route of the New York
state barge canal reached a climax at
the Capitol tonight when it became
known that a resolution will be In
troduced tomorrow proposing a con-
stitutiona1f amendment under which
the state could dispose of virtually
the entire barge system to the Unit
ed States government for canal pur-
poses.
The resolution was known to have
full support of Governor Smith and
approval of the Republican majority
leaders.
The resolution will carry out vir-
tually in their entirety recommended
tons made last week by Governor
Smith in a special message and by
superintendent of public works Fred
erick Stuart Greene, in a barge canal
report, that the canal be turned over
~ IiAN ANVIL al oOFCi lOi Oil GA
American waterway as agai:-t the
canalization of the ST. Lawrence Ri
yer, which is being supported by
many Of the mid-western states. The
resolution would place the canal at
the disposal of the government for a
fixed sum, the amount of which was
not divulged. The governmcn mt then
would be free to enlarge the water
way so as to make it available to
lake freighters and smaller types of
ocean going craft.
In a letter to New York state SEN
ators and representatives in con-
gress, the governor said:
II am convinced that ship canal
from the lakes to the sea has become
u necessity to the commercial needs
of our country; that it will some day
be built is inevitable; that the prom
Use of both our major parties should
be kept. that the time to fulfill that
promise is now; and that the route
of the all-American canal, following
the long established line of traffic is
the best one to build and that an all
American canal is the only one for
which American capital should be
spent"
For the three routes available, the
governor declared himself in favor of
one which leaves Lake Ontario at
Oswego, passes through the Mohawk
Valley to the Hudson River, and then
down the Hudson to the Atlantic
The others, he gave as the all-St.
Lawrence route, and an alternate
route leaving the St. Lawrence at
Lake st. Francis, passing through
Canadian territory to Lake Cham
plain, and thence down to the Hud-
son River. The latter route was men
toned as an alternate, through the
efforts of legislatures from counties
bordering Lake Champlain in a mem
orial sent by the legislature to con-
gross dealing with the availability
of the barge canal for ship water
way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16
Note of. Warning
Sounded by Judge
Cook in Address

At the church and community Sc.
lries of Sunday evening services at
the Highland Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church, Judge Harold r.
Cook, before large audience, de-
livered in his usual comprehensive
and eloquent manner q vital mes
sage pointing out the supreme dan
ger to the republic, the causes and
the cure of the same. The danger
is in the increase of crime and the
lax enforcement of the, law, and the
ease with which the law breaker
gets away with his crimes especial
~ in the large cities. like New
York and Chicago. The illustrations
of murders. robberies and holdups
were startling. Among the causes
for this condition the judge mem
toned the increase of luxury in Nv-
ing, human depravity, too much
law, lack of enforcement, the sale
Of pistols, and the carrying of them
on the person contrary to law, mis-
taken sympathy for the criminal
when the sympathy should be for
the suffering public and the ease
with which bail is secured and in
many instances never paid. The
breakdown of home discipline was
intimated strongly as a danger point
in American civilization and the in
sanity plea makes .loophole for
practically every criminal to escape
the penalty of his sins together with
the technicalities of the laws. The
Judge advocated strongly a return
to the strength of character of our
Puritan founders, the religious
teachings which made our children
of the earlier days develop men of
rugged principles. I'm the final
analysis" we must return to the lit
tie white church and the little red
schoolhouse"
Next Sunday evening Mayor Price
brings the message which probably
Will have to do with public health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16

for the past few days has endangered
the Locarno accords and even the
whole league.
Both Germany and France In q
spirit of compromise have accepted
this plan. Poland's. friends feel con-
WINGED they can elect her, and that
when Germany takes her seat in the
council she shall find Poland there
The solution of sacrifice was not
achieved without struggle. The
German statesmen steadfastly oppos-
ed the first proposal that Sweden
alone should resign; for M. linden,
the Swedish foreign minister, decid
ed that he should go in order to pre-
vent the great tragedy of rupture.
The Germans declared that this
would not please German home opin-
ion that they had abandoned their
friend in favor Of a potential enemy.
To avoid the sting of such a solu-
ton they suggested that two coun-
tries should give up their seats, thus
permitting a more general election.
Then DIR. Edouard Benes. Czecho Slo-
vakia's popular foreign minister,
came forward and lined himself up
with M. linden, saying simply that
Czechoslovakia wanted to save the
league and remove from peril Locar-
nos happy accords of European re-
Cancellation.
A scene impressive and solemn
marked this double offer of sacrifice.
To most of the harassed and discour-
aged members of the council and es-
pecially to Premier BRAND and Sir
Austen Chamberlain, it was light
in 6he darkness. They accepted the
tw6-fold remuneration, but with ex-
pressions of profound regret that It
Should be found necessary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16
Activities in Maine

Portland,5 Maine, Mar. 15.-(AP)-
The characterization, THE best low
ed and most hated man in Maine
was claimed for himself by F. Eu-
gene Farnsworth. former king kleagle
of the Maine Ku Klux Khan, WHO
died in Boston last night after
second operation in a hospital there
This appeared on Khan meeting in
vitation cards.
Mr.. Farnsworth gained big fol-
lowing as he went up and down the
state holding welI-attended meet
ings in many sections. He was sent
to Maine by the national officers in
1928. When the enthusiasm was al
it's height, the membership in Maine
was estimated at $4,000. He also
was active as an organizer in New
Hampshire. Massachusetts,, Iowa and
other states.
He served as king kleagle until
April 1924, when after a sensational
break he resigned, giving i'll health
as the reason. and formed the Chris
tan Crusaders, Inc. a rival organ
ization. This society differed from
the Khan in that its regulations did
not stipulate that its members
should be native born Americans.
Under his inspiration and guidance
the local Khan achieved d large en-
rollment and launched an ambitious
program. which included the pur
chase for mo.'e than $4,000 of tl4
former Rollins estate on Forest Ave
nue.. and the erection of hall with
1850 seating capacity. The hall was
burned year ago.
CoiDcidentaily with the organiza
ton of the Christian Crusaders. Inc.
Mr.. Farnsworth formed the Maine
Boosters Club. which maintained Of
fees here. and threw himself into
the Boom Maine" movement whicn
then was being developed by promi-
nent citizens of the state. His Ill
ness, which began about five weeks
ago, interrupted his plans for a mo-
tor caravan trip to the south to ad
vertise Names attra ctiuns.
A native of eastern i inc. he be-
came a barber, then led Salvation
Army meetings on street corners.
Taking up hypnotism, he gave ex-
hibitions in a nucn. er of New Eng
land cities. Later he was employed
as a photographer by a Boston news
paper.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at the residence of
his daughter. Mrs. Oscar Boland OF
Arlington, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16
WALLACE BERRY AND RAMONA.
HATT0N IN BEHIND THE FRONT
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE

The writer for the past few weeks
has been working overtime eXtolling
the program offered today at this
house. In doing SO he has taken keen
pleasure, for the picture will absolute
ly live up to all that has been prom
Used. 1t is the funny side only of the
late World War-and what humor it
is, especially after they get Wallace
Berry in the army At the night
showing a special section has been re-
served for members of the Benjamin
E. Smith Post, American Legion, and
the theatre has been most appropri-
ately decorated by Norman E. Fowler.
To keep things humming, George Man.
sons orchestra will also be heard at
the night showing only. A speaker of
prominence has been secured by the
Legion boys and will make short adj
dress prior to the showing of the fea-
ture picture. Regular scale of prices
will prevail and our last suggestion is
to plan an early start. Doors open at
$50.
Don't forget to send the Riddles to
the special matinee after school.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16
A Pound a Day

John Haupt has eaten a pound
OF candy day for fifty years. But
he has not consumed 292,S00 ounces
of chocolates and bonbons during
half a century to satisfy his own
sweet tooth. That has been par
OF his work in originating more thar
+, four thousand candy recipes fol
folks all over the globe.
One day in 1875 John S. HuyleI
and John Haupt, two ambitious
young men of twenty one, rented
one-half of a haberdashery store in
a wooden shanty on lower Broadway
Their capital consisted of one RED
shade for the front window. an open
iron kettle. and several barrels OF
pure molGsses. And it was their in
tention to start candy store
Young Huyler's father had a BAKERY
shop around the corner. Four gen.
erct;onG of confecticner ancestors
had q en- The boyish Haupt some
knowledge of sweets.
Every man, woman and child will
eat candy that is fresh every hour
At least so John Haupt decided. On
his first day in business he tied a
big apron around his waist and
carried the iron kettle full of hot
butter and molasses TO the front
window. There. with sleeves rolled
to the elboU. he proceeded to pull
taffy into creamx Wilderness before
the eyes and under the very noses
of the pasSers- by.
1t wasn't long before the police
heard of the new candy store. In
fact, a special Gordon of blue coated
officers had to be called in to handle
the crowds which congregated on
the street. John Haupt was the
first man in New York to make cam
dy in the window. Sometimes as
many as eight hundred pounds of
molagscs taffy a day were sold in the
litt}e store with the red window
shade.-From Everybody's Magazine
for March.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16
HalloWell Board
Of Trade Holds
Fine BANQUET
The Hallowell

The Hallowell Board of Trade had
fine banquet and an interesting ses-
sion at the "Worster" last evening.
The menu was particularly interest
ing. The Maine baby beef steaks
served were particularly delicious
and showed the fine qualities of
Maine raised beef. All the other
dishes were Maine grown, making a
UNIQUE, as well as a delicious ms /,
singing was a part Of the banquet
that was APPRECIATED and added
greatly to the feeling of fellowship
Inc Organization had purchased a
number OF copies of community songs
which We're used on this occasion for
the frst time. j. Francis MacNichol
OF Augusta, with Mr.. Lyseth of Cony
High as saccompanist came down to
lead in the singing.
The speaker of the evening w.s w.
y. Huntoon. of Portland, Industrial
agent of the Maine Central Railroad.
he spoke on Maine agriculture and
klndred subjects. In short, the en-
IRE meeting was a real estate of
Maine time. Discussion Of the pos
sibilities of adding to Hallowells' in
dustries was one of the features of
the occasion.
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Gardiner People
Responding Well
To Factory Stock

1t Is reported that efforts Of the
soliciting committees for the Wagner
Shoe Factory are being well reward
ed. Whereas there was at first some
feeling of doubt in the minds OF
prospective investors as to the
soundnese of the proposition better
understanding of the details now
prevails, and the enthusiastic support
which is now being given shows the
people are convinced that 1t has great
possibilities of becoming one of Our
successful industries.
The interest in the proposed fac
tory has reached the point where
several good sized subscriptions have
voluntarily come to the general
committee, and it Is hoped that more
who haven't already been interview :
ed will follow suit, as the territory to
be covered is large and possibly
some may have been Internationally
overlooked.
1t is we'll to bear in mind that the
committee wishes it understood that
an signifying intention to buy. stock
no one is donating anything but Is
investing in a business which has
every promise of success.
-
idle shoe workers in this community
and 1t viii be an advantage to the
business Of the city to have another
factory to absorb the surplus. The
E. A. Wagner factory plans as far as
possible to employ people who are
natives of this city. The Gardiner
merchants realize the Importance of
another payroll as they ind that
among their most oval customers are
people who earn their living in mills
and factories which have located and
grown successful here.
Owing to the fact that several of
the soliciting committees were I'M
able to start work at the beginning
of the drive 1t has been found nee
essary to extend the time for the
closing of the drive to Thursday of
this week at which time the general
committee will have all information
presented to them. and will make a
report.
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BRAZIL URGED
Continued from Page One)


erican countries attended the meet
ing. which adopted a resolution that
Germany's election to the league was
particularly a European question and
that American states had no right 10
prevent it. The sense of the meeting
also was that although the Latin
Americans did not wish to pass on
Brazil's candidacy for a permanent
seat, they were unanimous in holding
that the exercise of the right of veto
against Gerntany did not have the
approval of the other Latin American
countries.
Both Sweden and Czecho- SIovakia
have agreed to sacrifice their non
permanent seats in the council in or
der to permit the immediate election
of Poland to one of the vacancies
thus created. Such was the big de-
velopment today in the Polish aspect
of the crisis, and it opens the way for
the settlement of the problem which
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-16

The Gardiner High debaters are
busy this week putting the finishing
touches on their material to be used
Friday evening of this week for the
Bates Interscholastic Debating
League preliminaries. Gardiner
High in common with the other
schools in blle League must win both
debates in order to be eligible to
compete in the semi-finals. The
negative team composed of James
Booker, Samuel Slosberg, with Ra.
chel Milton as alternate. will go to
Augusta, Friday evening, TO meet
the Cony High affirmative team.
while the negative team composed
of Arthur French and Wayne Hoyle,
with Lucille Clark as alternate, win
meet Waterville High at the local
auditorium. The Bates League ques.
ton which will be debated by all
teams in the league, is, Resolved:
That the Proposed Amendment to
the United States Constitution En-
aiding Congress to Regulate Child
Labor Should Be Ratified by the
Legislature of the State of Maine"
The debate will start at S@o'clocA.
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The remains of Mrs. Ella Frances
Lander, widow of the late w. J. Lam
der. who died Friday in a Brook1ine,
Mass, hospital, were brought to this
city on the 2.07 train Monday after
noon and placed in the receiving tomb
at Oak Grove cemetery. Her daugh-
tiers, Miss Franc of Boston, Mrs. Mil
ton Davis of South Berwick. and a
brother, Elbridge Drake of Portland,
accompanied the body to Gardiner.
Mrs. Lander was born in Gardiner
76 years ago the daughter Of the late
Elbridge Drake. She was a graduate
of Gardiner High school, and during
her life here was an active worker in
the Universalist church. She was a
woman of highest character beloved
by all who knew her, and her passing
will be regretted by a large circle OF
friends
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FarnsWOrth Dead
Continued from Page One)

said to have preceded the Sresigna-
ton, although Mr.. Farnsworth gave
i'll heath as his reason.
Before going into the Khan work,
he had been operating a moving pic
ture studio in Medford and giving
travel talks. He also was for a little
connected with the Society Players
Film Co., which went out of exis-
tence in 1919, three years after it's
organization.
Khan meeting invitation cards is
sued during his connection with the
Maine Khan in Portland characterize
ed him as THE best loved and most
hated man in Maine"
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Legionaires and
Ladies at Onera House

Members Of Benjamin E. Smith
Post No. 4, American Legion and
their ladies will meet at the john
son Opera House at seven o'clock
this evening to attend the showing
of the war comedy Behind the
Front as the guests of the man
agement. This entertainment is in
connection with the membership
drive instituted by the Legion. A
special section of seats will be re-
served for the guests of the even
ing, but there will be room for all.
DR.. John Towne of Waterville, Past
State Commander Of the Legion has
been invited to give a brief address
at the evening show.