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Evening star., 1926-11-25
Archbishop Officiates.

The mass was celebrated by Arch
bishop Michael j. Curley of BaIti
more The officers OF the mass were
deacon OF the mass, Rev. James j
DConnOr; SubdeaCon, Rev. Francis Y +
CaVanagh: master Of ceremonies, Rev
John X. Cartwright and Rev. Francis
!. Hurney.
The mass was preceded by a color.
tul procession of the church digni.
taries the Celebrants. the choir and
altar boys In their fun robes and vest
ments from the rectory into the
church.
Proceeding from the rectory, the
procession passed through guard of
honor composed of the uniformed
cadet corps of ST. Johns College. The
cadets stood at salute until the process
Aon passed into the crowded church,
which was decorated with the national
emblems and flags of the various ma
tions composing the Pan-American
Union.
Throughout the entire mass the
sanctuary choir. the mixed choir and
q stringed orchestra played the spe-
oially arranged music. The impress
sive military tinge which always de
notes the Pan-American mass was
emphasized. when the cadet corps,
which lined Ihe aisles during the mass,
came to sa&tte as the bugle rang out
within the church at the elevation of
the host.
Among the many notables who at
tended the services were the Amba y
sador of Peru and Nine. Nelartie, the
Ambassador of Brazil and Nine de
Amaral, the Ambassador of Chile, the
Minister of Guatemala and Nine
Latour, the Minister OF Colombia and
i ,,,S. .
anna ahd Nine. de Alfaro. the Minister
Of C1sta Rica, the Minister of Bolivia
aO& Nine. F'reyre, the Minister OF
iyalti and Nine. Price the Minister of
Honduras and Nine. de Rogran, the
Minister OF Nicaragua and Nine. de
,'Sstrillo, the Minister of Venezuela
and Nine. de GrisantI. the Minister OF
the Dominican Republic and Nine.
Morales. the charge d'affaires of
Cuba and Mime Baron, the charge
u'a6aires or Paraguay and Nine. de
Ayala. the charge d'affaires of Sal
vador and Nine de Castro. the charge
d'affaires of Ecuador. Nine. Narela
wife OF the Minister of Uruguay.
Or l.. s Rowe, Surg. Gen. W. q.
cumming, Franklin Adams. William
Y. Griffin. Emilio Amores. DR. Bolivar
lloyd Miss lleloise Brainerd Miss
Matilda Phillips.
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph,
commissioner Proctor l.. nougherty,
senator Henry +. Ashurst. Represent
4tive John T.. Hin. Maj. Gen. John
A. Lejeune. Col. J. f. Reynolds Ian
,,!s, @o!. lic;hs 6. Clark. Admiral w.
:. Benson. William H. De Lacy,
Judge Mary OToole, Or. Constantine
=. Mcclure. Or. J. Rozier Biggs, DR..
w p Malone. DR. J. Lawn Thompson,
Or. George +. Bowerman. Or, u, j.
I.ennox. w knowles Cooper. Peter A.
Drury, Isaac Cans. B. Francis Saul,
the Misses SherWelI Miss Elena Cal
deron, Henry w. S0hon, DIR. OAveira
lima.
Nr. ana Mrs. Justin McGrath, Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Callahan. Mrs. Susan
Rand. Mrs. A. NJ. Hill. Mr.. and Mrs.
.,ohn Carter and Mrs. Thomas II.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

Tennis may be played in Winter on
courts made of a cement composition
recently introduced in England.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

An S0-year- man was recent y
fined $40 in the court Of Leinster. Ire
land, for Offering dirty eggs for sale.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
25 KILLED IN SLIDE
WRECK|NG VILLAGE
Stream of Mud and Rock Half
Mile Wide Sweeps Down
French Mountain.
BY the Associated Press.


NICE, France, November 25.-
Twenty-Five persons are known to
have perished in landslides in the viii
lage of Roquevilliers, in the Alpes
Maritimes Department, due to the re-
cent heavy rainfall. The entire Belvi-
dere Mountain is suffering from slips
of land. Part of the village of Bollene-
Vesube has been evacuated.
The total fatalities in the stricken
regions have not been ascertained, and
it is expected that long time will
elapse before the exact number Is de-
termined. The victims are buried un-
der thousands of tons of earth, and
would-be rescuers have been compelled
to give up their attempts to dig out
the bodies in the fear of causing fur
ther slides.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

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CAPITAL OBSERVES
THANKSGIVING DAY:
PRESIDENT IT CHURCH

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Defense Opens in
Trial of Gaines for
Staying of Daughter

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 16-(R)-De-
NAL of a motion for directed verdict
of acquittal was followed by the
opening of the defense's case in the
trial today of Wallace Cloyes Gaines,
accused slayer of his daughter Syl-
via, %, Smith College graduate.
The court also refused to strike out
testimony introduced by the prosecu-
ton as to the relations between the
father and daughter.
Jom T.. Mullane, first defense wit
ness, testified that Louis Stern, wit
ness for the state who told the jury
that Gaines had confessed to him had
said he chopped Bob didn't do it." Bob
is a nickname for the defendant.
Mullane said he talked with Stern
June IS, two days after the girl was
choked and beaten to death and that
after remarking that he hoped Bob
didn't do it, Stern explained that lit
is because of a feeling in my heart
Mul1ane swore that he confronted
Stern with William A. Gaines. bro
Their of the defendant and chairman
of the King County commissioners
and told stern to "come clean and tell
William Gaines everything he knew
On that occasion, continued Null
lane. the state witness declared that
bob went to his house about or
9:15 o'clock the night of June 16, the
night of the killing, and that Bob told
stern to hurry as Sylvia was gone
and he must find her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Says Chinese Unrest
Is Form of Revolt
Against CAPITALISM

Williamstown, Mass, Aug. 16-P)-
Chinas desire to rid herself of foreign
control was described before the In
stitute of Politics today as merely
the original manifestation Of an al
most world wide revolt against cap
taliSm.
The unrest in China, said DR.. Mo-
ritz J. Bonn, German economist. Is
found reflected in various countries
in the form of inflated currencies. The
revolt of the debtor against tn, credi-
tor class, he claimed automatically
follows the loan of large sums of
money.
DR.. Bonn he'd that the impact OF
western industrialism on an essen
TALLY agricultural country is respon-
sible in the last analysis for the tur-
moiI in China today.
Germany. although deprived OF her
former trade concessions in China, Is
prospecting in that country today. DIT.
Bonn declared. because China knows
that Germany in her present econ
omic condition neither wishes nor Is
able to encroach upon her rights.
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Air Mail Contract
Holder Sick of Job
SAYS Is Losing Money

Chicago, Aug. 16-tP)-Charles
Dickinson, holding the air mail con-
tract between Chicago and st. Paul
and Minneapolis today notified the
government he wanted to relinquish
his contract. He gave the required
As days notice but asked to be re-
leased Of. the contract at once.
Dickinson, a pioneer in aviation
development, and who made one OF
the first night flights between Chi
cago and New York. said that his
contract had been carried out thus
far at large loss but said he is
willing to run the air mail 40, days
more rather than forfeit $4,000
bond. If the government insists.
From. Washington it was announc-
ed new bids will be called for.
Dickinson said all air mail lines
are losing money, adding that he
had never drawn dollar tom the
government because he could not
quite understand the way they kept
books" operation of the route was
started about two months ago.
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Former Secretary Of
War and Followers
Held at San Diego
Caught in Attempt to Smuggle
Large Quantity Arms Into
Lower California - Justice
Department Agent Believes
Movement Was Independent
Of Religious TrOubles-174
Men Under Arrest

San Diego, Cal, Aug. 16.-[P)-Gen-
eral Enrique Estrada, former secretary
of war for Mexico, was named today
as the engineer of the latest plot to
overthrow the Lower California gov
eminent, foiled near here last night
with the arrest of ia men and seizure
of large amount of ammunition and
equipment.
A. A. Hopkins. department of justice
agent, said that the general, from all
the information we have been able to
gather, was the sponsor for the move
ment against the Lower California
government. l do not think the Mex
lean religious troubles had anything
to do with the movement or that any
one by Estrada was behind it. I be-
ieve it was simply an attempt of the
outs to get in"
General Estrada and more than a
Continued on Page 3, Col. d
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Caught in Attempt
To Smuggle $4,000
Lace Through Quebec

st. Adams, VT, Aug. 16-CP)-An
attempt to smuggle $4,000 worth o,
desnite a $500 bride offer. Collector
of Customs II. c. Whitehin re-
yealed here tonight
w. B. Webb, special customs agent
for this division, turned up the lace
in three false bottomed. trunks
aboard the Empress of Scotland ut
Father Point, Quebec, last Saturday
Baptiste Aragnas and Louis Bras :
cleans, the owners. sought to BOND
the trunks through to San Francis
co. When the lace was discovered
thew admitted value of 5OO,o0o
francs in Belgium and offered WEBB
$500 to help them out. He refused,
and an attempt to ship the trunks
to Vancouver was halted by Cana
dian officials. Aragnas and his COM
panion were allowed to return on
the Scotland with their lace. how
ever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
G. @. P. Headquarters
Established in Chicago
Western Survey Made

Chicago, Aug. 16.-(P)-Senate and
congressional campaigns confront
ing the Republican party this fall in
western slates were surveyed Today
by the Joint congressional cam "slgn
committee and westelI4 heJdQuar-
tiers was established here.
From the Chicago headquarters the
committee will lend aid to Republic
can candidates for the national house
and senate in all states west of Ohio.
While Ohio and states east of 1t will
nave the attention of the committees
eastern headquarters in New York.
The campaign season will be an
extraordinarily busy one for the
committee, Senator Lawrence G..
Phipps of Colorado, chairman of the
senate campaign committee. declared.
because "a senators will be elected
IN 30 states. and 81 of the senate
seats at stake are now held by Re-
publicans and must be retained if
Republican control of the upper
mouse is not to be menaced.
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CATHOLICS CLING
TO HOPE RELIGIOUS
Law TO Be MODIFIED

Mexico City. Aug. 16.-(P)-The
Catholic episcopate has issued a
statement that the municipal author
tiles of Merida. Yucantan. have ap-
pointed some communists and enc
mics of Catholicism upon the COM
mittees which are to take over the
Catholic churches. For this reason
the local Catholic authorities forbade
worshippers to enter the churches
for prayer.
Because of this prohibition, Cath
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
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Head
OF Unsuccessful
Plot in Mexico
Drive in
s States

Chicago, Aug. 16-(AP)-The
first move in a great "dry" cam
paign pointed toward the fall
elections was made today by
leaders of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
1t was decided to send speak
ers into each of the referendum
states, illinois, Montana, Nevada,
Wisconsin, Missouri, California,
Colorado and New York, to carry
facts and figures, compiled by
the w. c. r. U. and a message
that prohibition is the best
means of handling the liquor
situation.
/ A report was made that a sur
vey is under way in 100 cities to
determine the kind of business
being carried on where saloons
formerly were located, and whe-
Their the property had increased
or decreased in values.
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Charge Underworld
Leader with Staying
Of Canton Publisher

Canton, O., Aug. 16-(P)-A war
rant charging Louis Mazer, a leader
Of The Canton underworld, with MUIR
der in connection with the assassin
alton OF Don r. Mellett. Canton pub
Usher. one month ago today, was is
sired by Justice of the Peace Bruce
Correll. Of Canton township, tonight.
Mazer, until recently, was the BUSH
ness associate of Carl Studer, also
held on liquor conspiracy charge in
Cleveland. having been Joint pool
room proprietor with him in Canton.
Both have been charged in Canton
courts at various times with Illicit
liquor transactions. but neither has
been convicted.
Both of these men, because of their
alleged prominence in the underworld.
have been frequently mentioned in the
murder inquiry. Both were question
ed almost at the outset of the investi-
cation by Canton police.
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Deny Petition
Receivers Southern
New England Railroad

Boston, Aug. 16-fPl-Judge Low
ell in federal court today denied the
petition of receivers of the Southern
New England Railroad for the right
to issue $4,000 of receivers certih-
Gates for the purpose of repairing
road crossings along the right Of
way.
Counsel for a firm of contractors
which has an attachment on the
right of way opposed the petition on
the ground that a statement filed at
the state house claimed that the rail-
road had $43S,000 liquid assets.
Counsel for the receivers, r. d. Gar
ner of Providence, r. l., and Clayton
d. Fauver of New Rochelle. N. Y,
said they knew of no assets.
The railroad, extending from
Palmer to Blackstone, distance Of
So miles, was projected in 1910 by
the Grand Trunk system. 1t was
never completed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17

Somerville, N. j., Aug. 16.-(P)-
The story of Mrs. Jane Gibson, pig
raiser, that she was in De Russey's
Lane the night Rev. Edward Wheel
err Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were
slain, was corroborated in part to-
day by state witness not questioned
by previous investigators.
Mrs. Gibson had previously testi-
fed that while she was searching for
a lost moccasin she had come to
the spot where the bodies Of the
two were found. She also pointed
out Henry De La Bruyere Carpenter
and Willie Stevens, cousin and
brother of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall,
widow of the slain rector, as men
she had seen at the spot where the
state contends the murder was COM
mitted.
The testimony was given at the
hearing held before County Judge
Continued on Page 11-CoI. 81
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Negri Sorry for
Stricken Valentino

Los Angeles, Aug. 16.-(P)-Pola
Negri film star and admitted flnancee
of Rudolph Valentino, was Vlslply
grieved last night when she received
word from New York of his illness
She plans to see him in about ten
days.
IL am stunned and shocked beyond
description" Miss Nesri declar"t. IT
was so sudden. l had no linking that
he was so sick" she explained.
would like to rush to him now, out
business will delay me. l am IN the
middle of a picture and cannot see
how can get away, now, much as
| would like to hasten to his ped
side. In about ten days, however L
feel that / can make ARRANGEMENTS
to get away and no tram VIII NC last
enough to carry me east.
Her engagement to Valentino was
announced by the actress sometime
ago.
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Air Rum Runners
And Plane Seized
In Province Manitoba

Emerson, Manitoba. Aug. 16.-(P)--
Two Americans who landed in Canada
with an airplane were arrested by the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, fined
and their plane seized when they fail
ed to report to immigration authori-
ties.
James A. Kilbane, st. Paul. was
fined $500 and costs. and Fred Wilt
more, Minneapolis, $40 and costs.
They were charged with entering Cam
ada by stealth.
The plane was seized near Lancas-
ter. Manitoba. after a tip was receiv-
ed from United States custom officers.
Preparations We're being made to load
a cargo of liquor.
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Comedian JOlsOn
Denies After Divorce

New York, Aug. 16-(P)-Al Jolson,
black-face comedian, returning from
Paris today, brought with him evil
dence to uphold his denials that he
and his wife were planning a divorce.
Look at that trunk" he said.
waving huge wicker enclosed trunk
on the pier. ut is filed with magni-
ficent gowns and lingerie. They are
all for Mrs. Jolson. Does that sound
like trouble in the air?"
Jolson said there was nothing sig
nificant in the fact that his wife de-
parted from Europe a week ahead of
him. He explained he believes 1t il
cheaper to remain married" because
a court action might affect his stage
career and his income as a comedian.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17

Tn with the birds yesterday morn
Ing the Republican campaign party
made day Of it in swing through
.ndroscoggin county towns. Despite
,be fact THAI the first stop was at s
N. at Leeds Center, a good crowd
ras out to greet the flying squadron.
s,ops were also made during the
forenoon at Livermore Falls, Turner
Village and Mechanic Falls.
After the dinner hour. visits were
made at Poland Corner, Webster.
Lisbon Village, Lisbon Falls and
Rumford.
Governor Brewster spoke on Par
~ Government" and said in part:
"During the ten centuries the Ang-
Io.sayon race in England and Amer
ia has been slowly evolving Party
Government as the only practical
means by which a great nation can
rive effective expression to its col
Continued on Page 12-Col. 81
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Open Eastern
Headquarters for
Republican Campaign

New York. Aug. 16.-(P)-Headquar-
tiers for the direction of Republican
senatorial and congressional election
campaigns this falls in the states east
of the Ohio River were opened today
in the Hotel McAlpin. The offices will
be maintained by the Republican ma
tional congressional committee and
the Republican national senatorial
committee.
Representatives John @. Tilson Of
Connecticut, majority leader in the
House of Representatives, is super
visor of the headquarters. which will
have charge OF the campaigns in New
England. New York, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania. Delaware. Maryland
and the southern Atlantic coast states.
Before leaving for Maine today to con-
fer with Republican leaders of that
state and to assign national speakers.
Mira Tilson expressed confidence that
the elections this fall would continue
the Republicans in control of Congress
for another two years.
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To Reduce Rate
Of Interest to Farms
Federal Land Banks

Washington, Aug. 16.-(Pl-General
reduction in the interest rate charged
farmers on loans through federal land
banks is planned by the treasury and
federal farm loan board.
A cut from 81 to $50 on the rate of
loans issued by the Wichita, Kansan,
land bank, effective today, was an
nounced by Commissioner Williams of
the farm loan board.
Later. Acting Secretary Winston of
the treasury indicated that 1t Is in
tended to pursue this policy in the
other land bank districts and he hoped
that rate of at least 5 per cent.
might be obtained generally for farm
ers.
Mr.. Winston believed such action
would assist farmers considerably but
he contended their difficulties included
other problems as we'll as fiscal ones.
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Croker to Be Let
Off with a Lecture

Paris, Aug. 16 - up - Donald G..
Crocker, ex-service man and said to
be American born, who yesterday
drank to the health of the Unknown
Soldier and broke the glass on the
tomb, was today handed over to the
prosecuting authorities by the COM
missary of police. His case Will
probably be acted on tomorrow.
The emotion caused by the sur
prising manifestation is dying out.
and it is expected he will be treated
with leniency after a severe lecture.
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Britons Angered Over Being Fooled
By Newspaperman Who Claimed to
Have Found Body Lord Kitchener
Empty Coffin Only Foun d
When Case is Opened in Lon.
don - Had Been Brought
From Norway-Frank Pow
er, British Writer, RESPONSE
BILE for Storytelling Sought
by Police-Caustic Comment
by Newspapers

London. Aug. 16.-[P)-The Brit
ish nation today found itself the
victim of a hoax of a particularly
unpleasant character, when the in
vestigation of the home office reveal
ed today that the coffin brought from
Norway to the accompaniment of
much newspaper publicity and pur-
porting to contain the body of the
late British field marshal. Lord
Kitchener, was empty.
Frank Power. a British newspa-
perman, was responsible for the
story that he had found Kitchener's
body in Norway, which he brought
Continued on Page 11-Col. 81
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Bryan Jr. Dabbles
In California Politics

Los Angeles, Aug. 16.-(P)-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan. Jr. son of the
late Democratic leader. has taken a
hand in California politics by issuing
a statement in support of Isidore S,
Docllweiler, candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for the United
States Senate. and against John p Ell
lott. a candidate for the same office.
Elliott, who is running without the
convention Endorsement of Demo-
Gratis, recently charged that the reg
ular" Democratic leaders were involv-
ed in scheme to deliver the state to
Tammany Hall" by electing Dockweil-
err. who. he said, was in favor of Gov.
Al Smith of New York as presiden-
tial candidate.
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Tells of Narrow
Miss of Collision
With Phantom Ship

New York, Aug. 16.-(P)-The story
of a narrow escape from collision with
a phantom" fishing schooner off the
Nantucket coast was brought here to-
day by the commander of the steam
ship Pennsylvania, which arrived with
647 passengers from Glasgow, "a hours
overdue, after battling a dense fog
since Thursday.
Captain David w. Bone said his
ship was about 80 miles off Nantucket
yesterday morning when the fsh1ng
schooner was sighted almost under the
bow of the vessel. No fog signals
had been sounded. he said, and only
by rapid maneuvering of his Vessei
was he able to clear the schooner.
The captain said there was no one
visible aboard the schooner. but two
dories with men in them were seen
going toward the craft as the Transyl-
vania moved on.
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Wife of Portland
Boxer Will Recover,
Word of Physicians

Portland, Me, Aug. 16.-Despite
the fact that q 81 calibre bullet was
fred into her right side and emerged
lust under the right breast, Mrs.
Mabel Lambert, wife of Lou Lam
bert, a local pugilist, will be able to
leave the Maine General hospital
within a week, according to a report
today from her bedside.
Lambert, alleged by the police to
have fired the shot, was arraigned in
police court today, charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon. He
gave $500 bail for a hearing on
August %.
Mrs. Lambert insisted that she
fred the shot, but the police stressed
the fact that the location of the
wound showed 1t would have been
almost impossible for her to have
done so. Lambert visited his wife
at the hospital yesterday. They
were alleged by the police to have
been quarrelling when the revolver
was fired.