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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
ROBBERS MAKE
q LIE DOWN
Arriving Employees Are
Forced to Floor as
Gold Leaf Taken
nv The Associated Press. !

CHICAGO, ILL.,. May 20.-Twcnty
three employees Including three wo-
men, were forced to lie on the floor
while six robbers took 5000 packages
Of gold leaf, valued at between $751;
600 and $4,000. from the safe Of the
Price Gold Leaf manufacturing com
pany today.
The invaders found Superintendent
/. L. Shaffray alone in the office and
forced him to open tho safe. While
they were gathering up the loot. en-
ployees began arriving. Men were
ordered to lie face downward in ono
room and the three women in an
other room.
Emanuel Price. head Of the con-
cern, declared that ther Is a scarcity
of gold leaf in Chicago, and that II
would be necessary 10 telegraph to
other cities for supply. The leaf
is used principally in sign lettering.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
Effort to Reconcile
Wrights is Failure

MADISON, Wis. May 20.-Efforts
to effect reconciliation between
Frank Lloyd Wright. internationally
known architect and his wife. Miriam
Noel Wright, failed today. Circuit
Judge A. &. hoppman then adjourned
court until 2 p. m. with indications
that the formers divorce suit would
open at that time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
DAUCHERTY ENTERS
NOT GUILTY PLEA

NEW YORK, n. Y. May 2O.--Harry
M. Daughcrty. former United States
attorney general who was indicted
for alleged conspiracy to defraud the
government in the American Metals
company case which involved the ir-
regular return of s7.000,000 worth of
alien property, appeared in federal
court today. Tic pleaded not guilty
and was released on $1,000 bail.
Thomas w. Miller, former alien
property custodian, jointly indicted
with him, did not appear. His at
torney said he was i'll in Whining
ton, Del.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
ENGLISH MINERS
REFUSE TO SETTLE

LONDON, May 2O.-The national
conference Of miners delegates to-
day rejected the governments pro-
posals for settlement Of the miners
strike.
The delegates adopted a resolu-
tion saying:
I'VE are unable TO recommend that
the mine workers accent Premier
Baldwin's proposals for reduction "a
wages which 40 not AZ present pro-
vide FOR ! decent sssn@ara - living.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
German Powder Mill
Blast Kills Many

WERrHEIM ON MAIN. Germany,
May 29.-An explosion In powder
mill near Hassloch. Bavaria. today
caused the death OF from 15 to 20
persons. OF the large number in
jured, thirty were taken to hospitals.
The mill was wrecked.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May 20.--
Action on bills to repeal pullman
srrchayges and to place interstate
bases under the control Of the i'm
t<rstate commerce commission was
dostponed today by the senate inter
state commerce committee until the
next session of congress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
RETIREMENT BILL PASSES

wAsHNGToNsD ID. C., May co.
The civil servicetretirement bin was
passed today BY the senate. carrying
maximum for nnnuities Of 81 zoo
in place Of the $1,000 approved By the
house and favored BY President
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
HOGS REACHED TOP

KANSAS CITY, No., May 2o.--Fat
hogs reached the highest price on
the Kansas City livestock market in
six years when top price OF 1850
hundred pounds wss established
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
KING CUTS ExpENsEs

L0ND0N.--King George has had
the budget for upkeep or the royal
palaces reduced 100000 for the cur
rent year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20
Pennsylvania
ELECTION TO
GET INQUIRY
Group to Investigate
Campaign Expenses|
In All Races During
Year is Appointed \
(By The Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, I'D. XII. May TO-
Three OF the five senators named tu
the senatorial campaign investigating
committee, rendered their resignation
from the committee today to Vice
President Dawes.
Thep were Senator'S Reed OF Penn
sylvania and Deneen, OK Illinois. re-
publicans- and Bayard, democrat. Del
aware. The members left are SEN
ator Reed. democrat. Missouri, and Id
Toilette. republican, Wisconsin,
Reed Of Pennsylvania said he could
not serve because he already iS On
the tariff investigating committee. and
also wants to 20 abroad this sum
mer with the Battle monuments com
mission. Of which be is a member.
Senator Deneen IN secretary of tha
rpublican senatorial committee and
has been designed 10 have chnrEa
Of that committees Chicago office.
Senator Bayard resigned becau<1
he is treasurer of the democfat[<
senatorial campaign committees
WASHINGTON. D. C-. May 20.--E
penditures on behalf Of candida
in the Pennsylvania republican pr
mary campaign probably will
among the first to be subjected
the scrutiny of the new senate rDfI
mittee- which was appointed by Vi&
President Dawes under n resolutl@
-
souri,, action on which was touch&
off yesterday after n sharp polite
skirmish prccipitatcd by Repr4
sentative Wares victory In the PEN
sylvania primary over Senator Ea4
democrat, Missouri. action on whit|
was touched off yesterday after
sharp political skirmish precipitatt
by Representative Wares victory
the Pennsylvania primary over S41
ator Pepper and Governor Pinchu1l
Charge Big Expenditures
Senator Reed Of Pennsylvania. ar|
Deneen of Illinois, are the republic
members. Reed Of Missouri and Bn1
ard of Delaware, the democrats, aH
LaFoIlctte Of Wisconsin, the M
surgent.
His resolution had been pend IN
some time and he snapped up the of.
rortunity 10 get action on IL during
the squabble which started when Sem
ator Harrison. democrat. Mississippi
cited published reports placing ex-
penditures in the Pennsylvania pri-
mary campaign at s2.OO0.000 70 S5.-
100000. Republican old guard lead
crs opposed its consideration but
when voted down on this point many
Of them cast their ballots for itH
adoption.
Senator Harrison charged that ti1c
"very practices which were INDUCED
in yesterday Tuesday, in Pennsyl1
vania by the three candidates fDr'
the republican senatorial n0minn y
ton had been condemned In the RESI-
olution adopted by the senate whe1
it seated Truman II. Newberry Of
Michigan.
Vets Sec Tictory
This brought q heated retort from
Senator Reed ar Pennsylvania. who
denied there had been any corrup1
tion in the primary and asserted thai
the outcome hinged on the prohi1
bition question. Hc held that the wet
and dry issue should not be- injected
Continued on Page 2.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20

He's real asset to the commun-
ity, is Burke. Just the little fact
that he viii give the Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce office space
in a prominent place in his lobby at
barely enough to nay for lights and
janitor service indicates the type of
citizen Burke Ia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20

Hundreds Of acres of ground along
the highway between Brownsville
and San Bcnito, or rather between
Olmito and San Benito. have been
cleared and put into cultivation in
the past 1s months.
that vast cxpanse 81 brush Il
Continued On Fnxe 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-20

This brought q heated retort from
Senator Reed ar Pennsylvania. who
denied there had been any corrup1
tion in the primary and asserted thai
the outcome hinged on the prohi1
bition question. Hc held that the wet
and dry issue should not be- injected
Continued on Page q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
ST. ALBANS

Miss Matte Brooks. who mas been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Borrba
Heath, has gone to visit with another
sister, Mrs. Elsie Deering in Hart
land.
Harry Finson, Erwin Parkman
Chester CaVson and Horace Varnev
are making maple syrup.
George A. Libby has been verv busy
the past week, having unloaded a car
OF fertilizer and two carloads of
grain.
Mrs. Charles Tibbetts and daugh-
ter. Hllda, were in Pittsfield Friday.
Owing to the storm Sunday the
Easter program at the church in st
Adams was postponed until SUNDAY,
April H.
Mrs. NJ. Fl. Martin Is suffering from
a severe attack of neuritis.
c. A. Batchelder has returned to
Winchester. Mass
On account of the bad weather the
Easter concert was postponed until
next Sunday.
Mrs. Charles ELLIS. who has been
in Portland-Visiting her daughter
who is attending school there, re-
turned Monday.
Mrs. Vincent Goforth started Mon
day to visit relatives in Boston.
Mrs. J. n. Welch has laryng tis.
Miss Melvin Martin is much i'm
proved in health and able to be out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
The Seven Greatest inventions.

To set down a list of the worlds
greatest inventions is an indoor sport
popularized recently by no less an
authority than Mr.. III. G. Wells. 1t
is one In which every player will
come out, in all probability. with a
different list. Be this as it may,
am willing to take my stand on the
assertion that in all of human his
tory. recorded enc unrecorded, there
have been only seven discovery
inventions which take absolutely
first rank. The most important of
the seven is, ii cannot really be dis
puted, the discovery Of the function
Of the seeds Of plants. Next in i'm
portance, although probably first in
time. was the discovery of the con-
troll of fire. Third, in my opinion.
was the invention Of pottery. These
three Observation-Disclosures were made
far back in prehistoric times.
Two others were made by the
primitive civilizations. probably both
of them in Babylonia. One was the
invention of writing; the second was
the idea of what we call standards:
OF arbitrary units of weight, of
measure, of time, of money
We come now to modern times.
Long before the time of Christ the
world had already acquired and put
to use five of the seven inventions
which I am urging as fundamental
Two others have come since One is
the germ theory of disease. The
final one is the discovery of the art
OF canning food. This is. believe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
Students Work To
Keep Germs Alive

Berkeley, Calf, April 5-(AP)--
Keeping alive diphtheria and tuber-
culosis germs IS one of the tasks OF
Anthony Sale, graduate student, who
is seeking a doctors degree at the
University of California.
Bacteria must he had for expert
mental purposes and under Sales
care are approximately one hundred
varieties.
No epicures are more exa acting in
their diet requirements than these
wards Of his-the invisible enemies
of the human race. The harder
germs will thrive in a medium of
beef infusion and other ingredients
with Japanese agar or gelatine add
ed to make the solution solid. Among
these are the staphylococcus. which
causes boils, and the typhoid bac-
terra.
The pneumonia germ and the
streptococcus, which causes sore
throat, are fed agar and blood More
delicate germs must have an egg or
beef serum.
Temperature is vital consideration
in the culture" of germs, for vir-
,tually all are killed at 60 degrees or
less
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
Huge Growth il,
School Savings

New YOrk.--School savings in the
United States for the year 1s24.l925
increased in aggregate bank bal
ances by S5.500.000. with q growth
OF 100000 In the total number OF
pupils participating. It 10 shown In
reports made to To American Bank.
ers Association. which declares that
the returns encourage belief In the
permanence OF school savings a.
part Of the educational program In
the public schools.
During the year the number ot
reporting school savings systems In
creased from 6Ss In 742 districts 70
$50 In 1857 districts. the numbe- Of
schools from $3.50 to 1878 the
number Of pupils participating from
2,2S6.32s to 2,S69.497. the deposits
from s14,sS1.5S5.4o to SIS ,Sso.73
and the bank balances from $50, 1885,.
144.64 to $25.913.4s1.l5. says W e.
Albig. in charge OF the Associat.on's
savings activities.
Since 1920, the first year for
which comprehensive statistics are
available, the number OF schools
having school savings banking has
increased eta per cent, the enroll
ment IN school savings districts
27S.9 per cent. participants S2o.2 per
cent deposits 50s.1 per cent and
bank balances s1s.3 per cent.
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Submits to Arrest
Continued from Page One)

day and that which he practiced 10 q
reporter p years ago.
The arraignment took little time.
Menclien pleaded not guilty to pos
sessing obscene literature and to
making sale. He was released in
$1,000 on his own recognizance for
trial tomorrow morning.
| Mr.. Mencken with Arthur Garfield
Hay of the American Civil Liberties
| Union, came here this morning from
his home in Baltimore His first step
was to procure from the city a Ii
cense to vend newspapers and period
| icals upon the public streets. He
then notified Mr.. Chase that he in
| tended to sell copy of the American
! Mercury (whose April issue had been
barred from sale in Massachusetts on
complaint of Mr. ChaseO at o'clock
at the corner of Park and fremont
| streets.
MIR. Chase was ten minutes early at
! the appointed spot with his fifty
cents. and Captain George W. Patter-
! son, head OF the Boston vice squad.
Mencken and his attorneys were
punctual to the minute. The crowd
saw him alight from a taxicab before
the officers. He was besieged at once
on all sides by requests for copies. Fl e
| Rugged the half dozen he carried to
his breast and in moment was lost
III sight in sea of surging shoulders,
! The crowd overlooked the sidewalks
and blocked traffic. 1t was suggested
that thfre was more room on the
common and in one mass the move
was made.
In his talk with the newspaper
Il L.. l..
coming to Boston was simple one.
In Boston. as in other places, TIE
/ system of predatory organizations
such as Chase's is to prosecute and
| prosecute members of the commun-
| lty. They proceed, for the most part,
| against a purely innocent man, the
| news, dealer, who does not know the
contents of the magazine he sells.
| Upon the promise of being let off
with a light fine. the seller usually
pleads guilty. The publisher suffers
heavy loss and has against his pub
! LEGATION a conviction that is not a real
conviction because the case has rev.
er been tried. The publisher has no
| redress.
I'VE allege that this present prose-
cution is malicious and vindictive and
that the public laws are being used
10 1ufthef private grievance. About
six months ago Mr.. Wood of the
| Springfield Union wrote an article for
the American Mercury about Chase
and his methods. Chase has hunted
for six months for chance to come
back at us"
Mencken declared the story which
called forth the ban taxed ministers
Of having by their very sermons
against crime and SIM informed
youth of the whereabouts of such
evils and encouraged them to follow
immoral practices. Mencken said
that this charge had been made many
times, had even been made by Bish-
ops.
He also announced that he intend
ed to seek in the federal courts a res
traint of Mr.. Chase and his asso-
ciates. severally and collectively, for
making vague threats with the in
tent of running the business of the
publishers of the American Mercury.
He charged that dealers had been in
Inundated and threatened by the Sec
rotary before any legal action had
been taken to prevent sale of the
magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
BATH
SOucic-White

Eprem Soucie of Augusta and
Miss Thelma White of Bath were
married Easter Monday by the Rev.
I'r. \. j. Koran at the st. Mary's
church. The wedding was of par
ticular interest to the younger peo-
pie of this vicinity. as Miss White.
who was a member of the class of
20 at Morse High school, was eX-
ceedingly popular among the
younger circle. The groom is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel SQUEEZE
of Augusta, while Miss White Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mich
OILS of this city.
The best man was the groom's
brother, Edmund Soucie of Augusta,
and the bridesmaid was Miss Annie
Hart of Bath. Only the immediate
friends of the two families and the
parents were present, Miss Mary
Soucfe and Miss Florence, the for
mer of Augusta and the latter of
Belmont, Mass, both sisters of the
groom, were present. After 1atur-
day the couple will be at home at A
Oxford street, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
Different Color
Schemes Inspire

Cleveland, Ohio,-(AP)-If a young
iady's steady caller has not proposed
marriage, she might try leading hin,
on-into the next room where there
Is a different color scheme. suggests
William Downie, Cleveland master
painter and decorator.
Under a different color scheme he
may be inpsired to breach the uues-
ton he has been wanting to ask for
a long time" Mr.. Downie said.
Likewise the mortgage holder who
calls for the purpose of foreclosure
may change his mind and postpone
the dreadful day" il he is properly
impressed by the color scheme Of the
mortgagee's living room.
Mr.. Dowie prophesies the day
when even the most brilliant colors
and the most exquisite pastels will be
used in building constructions; when
persons of various trades will be dis
tnguishable by the color of their
garb; and when color symphonies
will be events comparing in import
ance with orchestral symphonies of
today.
1--WE have already learned to adapt
colors to the needs of interiors. We
know now that pink kitchen will
make the cook contented, and that the
proper combination of a soothing blue
and cheerful yellow will make even
a mortgage holder change the sub
Ject and depart thanking his hostess
for the enjoyable time he has had.
Put red-headed woman in room
finished in red and if the fur doesn't
fly, miss my guess. Red may be all
right IL it has proper snbduing acces-
series to sufficiently obliterate it.
Gold signifies glory and power;
white, the beginning Of things, as in
marriage and birth; black, the end, as
in death; violet denotes dignity and
hence is used by elderly people, by the
clergy, church and royalty: red is the
dynamic color of life, typifying blood
and vigor, hence the term flaming
youth rose denotes martyrdom; SAT-
from is the confessor's color; blue is
for cold stability.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06

brought MIN the nlSnest reward
from his profession.
"A former country school teacher,
Walter W. Head, born in q farm
hamlet in Western Illinois, was
elected president OF the associa ton
In 1928. He gave up teaching and
. salary OF $75 to enter banking at
$40 . month in . small Missouri
town. He subsequently became
president Of bank in omaha, the
largest in Nebraska and a dozen
neighboring states. The position he
occupied in advancing agricultural
welfare during the period Of depres.
sion led to his being called the
Granger President Of the American
Bankers Association
From Irish immigrant lad to su-
prenle head OF banking in America
epitomizes the career Of William e..
KNOX, president Of one Of the larg.
est savings banks OF the country in
New York. His business career be.
gan as an Office boy in q publishing
house, and he later entered the bank
IS clerk. Experience with humble
people in their problems Of personal
dnance and his incubation of econ.
omy in all matters attracted coun.
try-wide attention.
Oscar Wells, who rises IN 1925
Is successor Of these men, was born
u an old weather-boarded log cabin
aouse In the Missouri River bottoms
81 Platte County. Missouri. He be-
came an orphan when three years
Df age. losing his parents in an
epidemic that ravased the country.
tide. He passed under the care OF
an uncle. head OF q small country
sank In Platte City. a town OF q
few hundred inhabitants, growing up
On farm and receiving his early
sducation in a rural school. He
alter entered Bethany College, West
Virginia. but at the end Of his junior
year he had to quit college and
80 to work IN the bank
His subsequent career was one OF
steady progress. first to higher Do
sitious among the small country
banks. then to larger city banks In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
COMING EVENTS

April S-S-Auction sale of plant of
Bath Iron Works, Bath.
April Estate Republican Convention,
April 9-Maine secondary school stu.
d cents. prize speaking contest at
April 9-10--1nter-Church Young PEG.
Pies conference for religious educa-
ton at Augusta.
April 14-15-Third annual convention
OF the Maine Federation Of Music
Clubs at Auburn.
April 17-1S-School Of instruction nj
Augusta for general officers, field
officers, divisional and brigade off,
all branches of the Maine National
Guard.
April 1S-Nineteenth Western Maine
Jubilee of Knights of Pythias, at
South Portland High school.
GERS, Azaz Sanctorum, i76. Ancient
Mystic Order of Samaritans. in Port
land.
April 25-sept. es-Daylight Saving,
Portland.
April I9-Patriot's day.
April 2S-May 2-Maine Methodist Con-
ference. Rockland.
May Child Health day in Maine.
May 4-6-State Conference of Congre-
gational churches at Portland.
May 12-13-Annua1 session Grand
k Ri%ds,o of Maine Good Templars, in
May S0-Twenty-frst annual conven-
ton Maine postofiice clerks at Pitts
field.
June 3-4--Annual meeting Of Mainc
Library Association at Auburn.
June 9-10-11-Maine Medical Associa-
ton State Convention, Poland Spring.
June 9-1l-United Baptist convention
of Maine, Rockland.
June 14-15--New England District
Convention of Lions Clubs. Portland.
June Estate Encampment Of veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, National Sol
diers' Home, Togus, 10 A. NJ.
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Thrice A Rridesmaid

London (AP)-Lady Mary Thyme
apparently does not have any dread
of the old adage, three times a
bridesmaid never a bride"
She was bridesmaid for both Prin-
cess Mary and the Duchess of York
and essayed that role for the fatal
third time at the recent wedding of
Miss Stanley to the Hon. Maurice
Lubbock.
Lady Mary Thyme always has
been a great favorite with the King
and Queen and all their children. In
fact it has been generally known
for years that the Prince of Wales
was probably fonder of Lady Mary
than OF any girl in Great Britain
and at times there have been rumors
that she might one day be. England's
next queen. She is the daughter of
Lord Bath and her sister recently
married Lord Northampton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-06
The Fountain of Food in Tibetau
Aonnes

In the Tibetan home there Is invari-
ably to be found pot Of barley water
hanging over the fire, where IL is al
ways hot. This is the foundation OF
the Tibetan diet, for at intervals dur
ing the day as the spirit moves them
the members of the family take a lit
|. tie of this water and after dropping
some green tea into 1t put in a piece
Of yak butter, which is promptly con-
sumed.
These people are vegetarians and as
vegetation of any kind is limited, they
are never over-fed. The yak butter
supplies an element which is neces-
sary to life. 1t is made in a peculiar.
manner. After the family yak is
MIXED the product is put in bag of
yak skin and 1t Is hung over a fire
and smoked in the same manner as
meat is smoked in other parts of the
world. 1t is then stored away in a
safe place to mature, which operation
takes place naturally.