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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

daughter were visitors at Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hartford's. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest McMaster Of
Gardiner were callers at Mrs. Ida
Baston's, Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

passed the weekend with her par
ents.
Mr.. Anderson of Massachusetts,
is passing few days with his friend.
Walter Frye.
The schools in town opened Mon
day with the same teaching force,
except for the Grammar School
teacher. Miss Smith of Phillips will
occupy Miss Shaw's place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

Miss Hazel Katon has returned to
Mason Institute. Springv,le, to re-
sumo her studies after passing the
holidays here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

Reading Of reports and the election
Of officers will be the principal busi-
ness at the annual meeting of Rose
of Sharon chapter, Q. E. S.. to be
held at Masonic Temple at 7.30
o'clock this evening.
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ADJUSTMENTS
COLONIAL THEAT1H

J. M. Barrie's "a Kiss for Cinderella,
Paramount Production, with Betty
Bronson ana Esther Ralston; Bob
Custer in mo Mans Law" Paths
Review ana Fables.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06
OWNERS MARST0N. and BROOKS
FACTORY DECLARE FUTURE PLANS
UNCERTAIN IN HALLOWELL PLANT

Operatives Who Were Let Go Without Ad-
vance Notice Securi ng Employment Else
where = Proprietors Have Made No Declar-
alton OF Policy, But 1t Is General Assump-
ton Shop Has Suspe nded Operation for
All Iime-Gtizens I axe Steps to Bring New
Industry to Hallowell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

Philadelphia. Jan. 5.-(AP)--The
Rev. Dr.. Harvey A. Weller, president
of the Lutheran Ministerium Of Penn
sylvania and adjacent states, died at
his home in Broollline, a suburb, to-
day after brief illness. He was 81
years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

Providence, r. l., Jan. Jap
An act amending the charter Of
Brown University by removing the
restriction that the president OF the
college shall be Baptist was intro
duced in the house here today and
referred to a committee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-06

Concord, N. H., Jan. 5.--(AP)--The
supreme court today denied new trial
for Leo A. Roach of Boston, now serv-
ing life sentence for the murder of
Vernon Z. Atkins Of this city in 1923.
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Flannelette
Pajan,as
sz@:oo

LINER grades Of woven
d Madras Bro d cloth,
Ravon Striped Madras. etc.
Solid colors and combina.
tons. Collar or neckband
style.
Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10
WOMAN BADLY INJURED.
Mrs. L. B. Roane, "a, Was Knocked
Down by Automobile.

Mrs L. b. Roane, IA years old, Is at
Garfield Hospital in IL serious condi
ton today from injuries sustained
when knocked down by an automobile
operated by Arthur r. Steinberg, 1886
Columbia road, at the intersection OF
Fourteenth and u streets early last
night
According to the police, Mrs. Roane
was crossing the street against the
traffic signal. She was unconscious
when taken to the hospital, but re
gained consciousness later Shock
and internal injuries are believed by
physicians to have BEEN sustained.
Police detained Steinberg while his
brakes were tested releasing him as
soon as they were found in good con-
ditiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10

prime Of life. Mr.. Adams, although
only 81 years old, became an aviation
enthusiast in 1912, when he Went 10
the West Coast and took Il flying
course in the school then conducted
mi Glenn Martin, who brought out
his nomination last night for the
presidency. During the war he served
in the Navy, halting a, course in
aeronautical engineering at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technol-
ogy to see duty with q destroyer.
Promoted First Airport.
He promoted the idea for and sue
cessfuily established the first airport
in this country, at Boston. which is
regarded as a, model for others. The
last two years he has served the as
ISOLATION without compensation. both
as q governor at large from his State
and as assistant to Mr.. Cabot.
Indirect reference to the Mitchell
school of thought was brought out by
several speakers at the annual din
.ner. These included r. Trubee Da-
'vison. Assistant Secretary of War for
Aviation; T. Douglas Robinson. As
sistant Secretary of the Navy, and
William =. MacCracken, il. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce. The trend Of
littuSnI they c$IOuIlllSN was CU-OI)cId-
ton. unison of ideas and ability to
realize the limits Of aircraft as well
as their future possibilities.
DIR. George w. Lewis, director of re-
search of the national advisory COM
mittee for aeronautics. was elected
governor of the association for the
District of Columbia. He was nomi-
mated for the post by Henry Berliner.
the helicopter experimenter of Wash
ineton.
Mr.. Adams would not comment on
the reported move of the Mitchell
forces to form a viral association and
operate as superior organization He
was inclined to ignore any opposition
to the parent organization in Amer
lea. Others closely connected with the
new president, however, predicted that
the enthusiasm throughout the Nation
for flying has not yet reached such
heights that the public is willing to
take up the political aspect of the art
and indsutry, and that the prophecy
of Frank A. Tichenor of New York
chief hacker of Mitchell, that the new
orga niZation would have $4,000 mem
hers by the first of the year would
not be realized
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air station, and Lieut.. Owens pas
senger, was the builder of the plane.
He took an old service OH that had
Cracked up" rebuilt 1t almost en-
tirely, flattened out the wings, in
stalled a Packard GOO horsepower en-
CINE and put a radiator under the
power plant. similar In installation to
the new type tunnel radiators" in
the newest planes. 1t was Mohme' S
own creation from the beginning and
Lieut. Comdr. Homer c. Wick. COM
-manding the air station and specta-
tor at the race, declared mot per
cent Of the credit for the ship goes to
anybody else"
Lieut.. Owens started tenth in field
of Is planes and at the end OF the
second lap he was in sixth position.
He kept creeping up, and, on turning
the home pylon, was "fouled" by Lieut..
J. d. Cornwall of the aircraft squad
don's. scouting fleet, based at Hamp-
ton Roads, which cost him 10 seconds.
1t previously had been agreed between
the two pilots that inasmuch as Lieut..
Owens had the fastest ship, Lieut..
Cornwall would 'giev way" at pylon
turn in case the two approached it at
the same time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10
BY FREDERICK X. NEELY,
STAFF Corresnnu,ieut of The Star

PHILADELPHIA. September 10
The Liberty Engine Builders Trophy
first OF three important annual mill
tary airplane races, was flown late
yesterday afternoon at the Model
Farms Field, and resulted IN one OF
the keenest contes:s ever staged The
Army won first ana second places,
while the Navy. represented by Lieut.
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Douglas observation plane in the race,
but he did not do so well. His aver
age speed was around 1876 miles an
hour, and as the plane would not go
any faster there was nothing more
for him to do but sit up there and
wait until he had made the IL laps
around~the 12-mile course for total
of 144 miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10
MITCHELL DEFEAT
HELD SEVERE BLOW
Doubted if Altman Can Ever
Stage Comeback After
Rout at Convention
By star Correspondent OF The Star.

PHILADELPHIA. August To-
Porter II. Adams of Boston, Mass.
young and enthusiastic supporter OF
aviation, is the new president OF the
National Aeronautic Association for
the ensuing year, succeeding Godfrey
j.. Cabot.
Despite the fact that supporters OF
Col. William Mitchell had unequivo-
cally claimed 81 per cent az al the
delegates, Mr.. Adams selection late
last night was unanimous. 1t took
exactly minute to elevate him to the
position that Mitchell's friends sought
for him, and in a brief speech MIR.
Adams pledged his undivided support
Tor constructive aviation"
The Mitchell supporters were not in
sight when John +. Victory of Wash
1ngton called the convention to order
Tor the election. They had checked
out of the city earlier in the day.
thereby carrying out the threat made
"Wednesday night not 10 participate in
the floor proceedings when they claim
ed the Navy orca nzation on the
nominating committee vas too strong
ly against us"
COmebacl. Held Unlikely,
The failure Of COL. Mitchers name
even to te brought officially before
the convention Or any Of its commit
tees was interpreted by delegates as
being due to the overwhelming Senti-
ment against him for tha office. II
also was held here that the first test
case the fighting airman has made
since ending his stormy career in
the Army has failed SO miserably that
Ec probably never will be able to stage
a comeback. The persons represented
at the convention included the aircraft
industry. dead set against him, and
conservative aerOnautical thought
throughout the country.
Following the annual diner. Glenn
Il. Martin. an aircraft manufac.
turer and chairman % the nominating
committee, presented the following
ticket: President, Mr. Adams; vice
president. Carl II. Wolfiey Of st.
Joseph. Mo; secretary, Valentine Geb-
hart, Seattle, Wash, and the treas
urer. Benjamin f. Castle Of New
York. Immediately Carl 3. Fritsche
of the Aircraft DEVELOPMENT CORPORA
ton of Detroit moved that the nomi-
nations for Office be closed and that
the chair be instructed to cast a unan.
1mouS vote. This was done in a flash.
Mr.. Fritschc had opposed Mr. Adams
in committee Wednesday night.
The election of Mr. Adams creates
precedent in the brief history of the
association. Organized by Howard
Coffin of Detroit, a member Of the
Presidents Aircraft Board. the or
ganizaton has had two succeeding
presidents. each of them we'll in the
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ARMY FIRST AND SECOND IN AIR
RACE, WITH NAVY PLANE THIRD
Keen Contest Staged at Philadelphia for
Engine Builders Trophy-Owens'
Flying Is Feature.

| George T. Owens of the Naval Air
Station at Anacostia, was given third
place, his finish being exactly 80 sec
onds behind the winner.
Lieut.. o. L. Stephens of Mitchell
Field, l.. l.. was first. and Capt. Au-
brey Hornsby of Maxwell Field. Ala,
was second. Both Army airmen flew
the new Curtis OIL observation planes
fitted with Curtis B-12 engines. Lieut..
Owens flew & De Haviland with a
Packard engine. The speed for the
three airmen We're: 142.263, 141.S3
and 1896, respectively
Owens Provided Feature. ~~
The feature of the contest was the
plane and flying Of Lieut. Owens
Few of the many spectators knew the
story behind it. Leo Mohme, avia-
ton machinist's mate at the naval
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Forced Out at Tangent.

Just at the critical moment, how
ever, Lieut.. Owens tore up from be-
hind and was about, to take the turn,
when his teammate, oblivious to who
was behind him, proceeded carefully
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10

around the mark. This sent Lieut..
Owens out at tangent. threw scare
into the crowd and cost him the 10
seconds, which meant quite a good
deal in the final scoring.
Mohme rode in the back seat with
Owens, huddled down out of the blast
of the propeller, as there was no wind
shield to protect him. The ship had
been stripped of every obstacle that
did not have a part in the actual fly
ing. The little mechanic was rather
downcast at the finish. but vas given
consolation in the fact that he won q
third for the Navy, and kept the
others fighting for it. He served as en-
gineer. aerodynamic expert and what
not in the reconstruction of that old
wreck into one of the speedicst DIS
that ever stepped around an airplane
racing course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10
Engine Trouble Develops.

Another Washington pilot, Lieut..
e. w. Litch. flying standard service
Do Haviland with Liberty engine.
was forced out on the fifth lap after
making 1T miles per hour for the
course. His engine began to burn up
and the pilot chose to make landing
on the airdrome rather than continue
in the race with odds against him and
have to set down in some out of the
way place. He carried Aviation Ma
chiniSt's Mate l.. II. Finney as passen-
ger
Lieut.. p. f. Skanse of the Goth
Squadron, Boiling Field flew
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It's ratl1er small machine
looks something like a pair Of
opera glasSzs. 1t consists Of small
spring tongs on which are mounted
a lens for one, eye. shield for
the other, and a rack to hold the
reading matter.
The printed matter for use of
the machine, Admiral Fiske ex
planned today. is produced directly
from typewriter manuscript by
photography, in combination with
the aquatone process. The printed
matter is microscopic the type
being reduced to one-fifth the
original size.
People using the reading machine
will read from books, pamphlets
and the like that have been greatly
reduced in size and volume. Ad.
r11iral Fiske said a $4,000 word
book can be reduced TO thirteen
pages through the process.
In using the reading machine or
the greatly reduced reading matter,
the reader uses but one eye. The
reduced characters are so magnified
that they appear larger than
ordinary type when viewed IN
ordinary reading.
The machine can be folded to
fountain pen size.
Admiral Fiske has long been
known for his inventions, the
majority of which have applied to
naval vessels. He retired in 1915
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To GET
D. c. KEY

Editors of the Pan American
Congress, who will meet here for a
session on April 8, win be addressed
by Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph.
who will present the key to the
city, unique memorial 10 inches
long, a replica of the keys of four
Spanish cities.
The address of welcome Is in
addition to MANY features already
planned.
Envoy to Entertain
Entertainment is announced for
Sunday, April 10, in a reception to
be rendered by the Mexican Ambas-
sador at the embassy. Through the
courtesy of Edward B. Mclean,
publisher 0f the Washington Post,
the editors will be welcomed at
luncheon at the Chevy Chase Club
and later will go to the baseball
game between the New York Giants
and the Washington club, the last
Of the spring tour.
Mrs. Robert Lansing; wife of the
former Secretary of State, will en-
terrain the women of the party at
luncheon at the Mayflower on Sun
day, April 10.
IL to Perform in Air
In addition to six flyers from the
Army and Navy, six Marine Corps
aviators will be in flying exhibit
tions to be performed over the city
in the afternoon of April 10.
The Hotel Powhatan will play it's
searchlight upon the Washington
Monument so the South Americans
can witness the spectacle usual on
summer nights only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-30

NEW York March So. Elmer
gency ratIons consisting Of 400
rounds 0f concentrated food
called ,pemmican for Commander
Richard n. Byrd,s Polar flight
were delivered today to the Brook
Iyn Navy Yard. The pemmican -
part OF Armour and Company > con
trfbution. Or food supplies to Com
rnander BIRDS enterprise. It was
loaded on the expeditions ship, the
s.Chautaer,s for use when the air
plane part Of the project gets under
way.
Penamican has been made and
used BY the Indians Of the Far
North for years and the name itself
c0mes from the Cree language Il
is highly concentrated beef prod
slct made BY dehydrating the meat
and adding suet, curTants. raiains
and spices.
It is similar to the y. s. Army
emergency ration, except that from
the latter an fat is removed. This
coldness OF the Arctic region elm
mates the possibility az the lat
becoming rancid and for that rea-
son fat is left. In pemmican.
The only food which the exDeui-
tons plane F'Oklxer nonOplan0
driven BY three motors will carry.
win be the pemmican. Because oG
the difficulty In landing due TO
roughness or the Ice and snow,
when 1t Is necessary to make p
landing q man win Be dropped In
q pafachufe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-30
POETESS TRIES
To END LIFE

CHICAGO. March 30.--Disap-
pointed because her verses wouldn' t
sell and in desperate financial cir
cumstances because she could not
obtain work and her rent was un-
paid, Miss Helen billiard, pretty
and 10, attempted to end her life
here yesterday,
She was rushed to a hospital
where 1t was said she probably
would live.
Before she. drank poison. she
penned one last poem. It read:
/ am standing on the threshold
or eternity at last.
AS reckless OF the future.
As | have been Of the past
rye drifted down the streets Of time,
Weary, sore, depressed.
I'm tired OF emotion;
simply want rest.
Goliath draws another blank,
A mound without stone
The verse. unfinished, was found
on 10 table In the girls room which
her landlady had asked her to va
cate because the rent was unpaid.
The girls mother died ten years
ago and her father. now In Cali
fornia, left her in the care Of her
sister. But when the sister moved
to d smaller apartment some time
ago. the girl was forced to seek
another room.
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DR.. F. 3. DYER TO TALK
ON WORK OF TEACHERS

DIR. Franklin B. Dyer, member OF
the board of education of Cincinnati,
Ohio, will discuss qualifications for
inspection and criticism of teachers
work, at a special meeting of adj
ministrative and supervisory Of
ficers of the local schools, in the
Thomson School, at o'clock today.
DIR. Dyer was formerly superin-
tendent of Cincinnati schools. ana
is a past president of the depart,
ment of superintendent, National
Education Association. His last
visit here was in 1921, when ne
addressed the Teachers Institute
During his visit to Washington,
which has included trips to the va
rious schools, DIR. Dyer has been
the guest Of Superintendent Frank
w. Ballou. who will preside at to-
days meeting.
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mined hard coal to last 10 years.
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Goliath draws another blank,
A mound without a stone

Anacostia Citizens
The Anacoatia Citizens Associa.
ton will meet IN the Anacostia
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RUNAN|A HAVING
REBELLION
By international news Service

LONDON. March 80. - Fascist
and Communist revolutions have
broken out in Bucharest, a Central
News dispatch. from Vienna said
today.
The police are guarding the
houses of the former members Of
the government.
The outbreaks are believed to be
the. natural product of the con-
fused condition in which Rumania
has been thrown by the resigna-
ton of Premier Bratiano and the
absence from the country of Prince
Carol, the real although unacknowl-
edged leader of the party which OPP
posed and brought on the down
fall of the Bratiano government.
In well-informed quarters. 1t was
confidently predicted, the out
breaks viii force Prince Carol to
hurry back to Bucharest. He is
NOW In Paris.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-30
FARM IS N|LLED
VIRGINIA l.

NEW YORK. March 3O.-Under
a will filed in the Surrogate's Court
here the University of Virginia
win benefit extensively by the last
testament of Fraham #. Blandy.
member OF the New York Stock
Exchange, of the firm of II. T.
Carey & CO., il it decides to accept.
within six months, his offer of a
part of his estate in Clarke county,
Virginia, known as THE TuIeyries."
on the condition that the farm
shall be operated by the univer-
sity, as 1.-THE Blandy Experimental
Farm" Mr.. B1andy died March rs
last.
The entire residuary estate, with
the exception OF about 100000 in
specific requests, will also pass to
the university on the death of
Mrs. Georgette b. Blandy, the
widow, If the offer of the farm is
accepted.
The will requests that Mrs.
Blandy shall leave all paintings
to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. It gives ten employees 5000
each, and leaves 1900 shares of
stock of the New York and Harlem
Railway Company to the widow In
lieu OF dover.
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The bonneville Trolley That Meets All The Trains

AS A RULE, OSWALD, The SklPPERS PET
GOES M His HOLE IN The CAR, N!AEREVE
II RAlhS Very HARO
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4 SIX s RELEASE:
IN BEHEAD|NG

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, March
S0.-Claiming they have obtained
additional evidence in the sup
posed murder of Charles William
Moore, 42-year-old Sandy Hook
farmer, whose headless skeleton
was found last week on an island
in the Potomac river, near Har,
pers Ferry, residents of Sandy
Hook win come here today in
numbers, it is understood, to at
tend the habeas corpus hearing
of Harry A. Cummings, the Har-
pers Ferry taxi driver, who IS
being held in connectin with
Moore's death.
One Man Missing
The hearing will be before Judge
Frank G. Wagaman in the Circuit
Curt and an effort will be made by
Forrest W. Brown, of Charles
Town, W. Va, and former States
Attorney Scott NJ. Wolfinger. attor-
neys for Cummings. to secure his
release on bail on the ground that
there is no specific charge against
him.
The authorities have no clue to
James Chewing, the other man
mentioned in the coroner's jury
verdict in connection with Moore's
death. Cummings denies all knowl-
edge OF the alleged crime.
Burned Says RumOr
Stories are circulated at Sandy
Hook that Moore,s skeleton shows
evidence of being burned. This Is
coupled with a fire which DESTROYED
q garage in Harper's Ferry some
time ago. It is expected that this
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Admiral Fiske InUents
tsReading Machine
NJ intermittent News Service

NEW YORK, March 30.--A reading machine which Its
inventor Read Admiral Bradley Fske, u s. n retired
believes will revotonze the printing business has been
perfected.
1t is one of the most unique ever invented and if It
fufls its mission will bring about marked change IN the
eading habits of people everywhere.
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M. DESCAN1PS
French aviator, IN Paris after his
successful test flight of the model
plane At VilIacoudlay, France.
After the flight experts agreed
that plane five times its sire
would Be Just the thing for =
successful transatlantic nonstop
flight between Paris and New
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-30

Masonic Temple, Fourteenth and Z
Streets Southeast, tonight at
z, clock Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell
WIN make an address.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-30
Colonial Wars Session

A meeting of the Society OF Col
oniai Wars of the District or co.
lumbia will be held tonight at $3.50
o'clock at the New Willard Hotel.
Representative Charles e. Winter
of Wyoming will talk on The
American Revolution as an out.
growth of the Colonial Period.
Supper will be served.
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bit of evidence will be introduced
at today's hearing.
Moore's skeleton will be brought
to Hagerstown for a post-mortem
examination to be made by group
Of physicians of this city.