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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-16
Seek Slayers of
Unknown Believed
Victim Booze Feud

Pawtucket, r. l.. Feb. f5.-(AP)--
The unidentified body Of dead man
and a truck heavily laden with liquor
were held by the authorities today as
the starting point In their effort to
run down the murderers who escaped
after a struggle between hi-jackers and
bootIeggers near the Central Falls
Pawtucket city line last night Joseph
Lemoine of ManviIle, r. l., owner OF
the truck, was taken into custody. Fed
eral authorities today took over the
case and Lemoine was turned over to
them.
A theory that the dead man was
bootlegger, killed by attacking hi
Hackers. was abandoned by the police
today. Investigation indicated. they
said. that the man was hi-jacker and
was shot to death when he attempted
to board the truck from pursuing au-
tomobile 4. Aside from some cards and
pencileds addresses in the mans cloth
ing. the police were without CLUES as
TO his identity. Lemoine denied that
he had ever seen the man and said
that his truck had been stolen yester-
day.
The stories Of witnesses Of the shoot
ing, which occurred In a heavy rain
storm last night, varied in detail.
James G. Payne, operator Of street
car, said that he saw the truck swing
into the street he was on with large
touring car in pursuit. He said that
he saw man leap aboard the truck
on the drivers side. What apparent
ly was a bundle of clothing was
thrown out later. He stopped his car
and picked up the body OF the dead
man. He had been shot through the
Il n r1fk tn1 "a or ranflV
been unable to fire the pistol he car
ried in holster under his arm. f..
Other persons told of hearing shots
fired, after which the truck was
driven away Residents near the Bos-
ton road. half a mile away, a short
time later telephone the police that a
truck had been abandoned and that
several men had fed from 1t. The
truck, upon examination. was found
to have carried more than 700 quarts
of assorted liquors. Three empty car
tridges were on the floor. A bullet, ap.
parently fired from the drivers seat,
had splintered the windshield, lending
weight, the police said, to the theory
that the bootleggers had done the
shooting. -a.~
The companion of the slain man was
believed to have driven away in the
touring car dlIeT the IluEOeE. GAdH-
ination Of the dead mans clothing re-
vealed cards bearing the names Of ia
cob M. Friedman, New York lawyer,
and Pete Wishnewsky, also Of New
York. Telephone numbers were scrib-
bled on the back. One was that Of
Lorne b. Aver Of Piainville, Mass.
Aver was not at home when the police
endeavored to reach him. A Provi-
dence apartment house was also listed
but residents said they knew nothing
of the dead man. e..
The shooting was added to the inves.
legations Of the federal officers al
ready under way in this section. A
rum ring which, it is alleged. has in-
volved coast guard members, has
brought score Of government agents
into Rhode Island. Six men are now
under arrest and half a dozen addi-
tional warrants are outstanding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-16
Funeral Services
For Late Charles !
Bradbury at Belfast
Especial to Kennebec Journal,


Belfast. Feb. 15.-Funeral service.
for Charles Bradbury were held at
o'clock this afternoon at the -residsnt'
on Northport avenue. Friends froa
New York. Augusta, Bangor and oths
cities came to pay their last respesti
to man for whom all Belfast MOURN
The services were very simple Rit
William Vaughan of the UnivsrsaHs
church officiating and Miss Charlutil
KnoWlton singing Beautiful Isle d
Somewhere" one of his favorite song
The bearers were Charles Hammon
William Weshe, M o. Knowlton, Ean
Talbot, John Chapman, John Lear
Fred Graham, Eddie Norton and Hem!
Smith. The house was literally MIA
with flowers. .s.s S.zl
Mr.. Bradbury was born in August
March 81, 1S46, the son Of y. s, Sem
tor James w. Bradbury. He was
great traveller, had lived abroad, sn
for many years in Boston. where ~
was one Of the presidents Of the wei
ington Rifle Club and belonged 70 olaa
clubs, including the Friars Club Of nv
York, and was president OF the korss
port Country Club. His wife, fofmsp
Alma E. Cottrell Of Belfast, ana ~
niece, Mrs. Lila Bradbury Rand Of y
N. Y, survive him. He was one o. FL
fast's most prominent ana pima
thropic citizens. His death eceu'''
last Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-16
White House Roof
Unsafe; Will Cost
100000 to Replace

Washington, Feb. 15.--(APl-At.
though the White House roof "a,
some years has been considered m.
safe. nothing has been done tovas
replacing or Strengthening II, exesv.
to remove a two thousand gallon VA.
ter tank, weighing eight tons.
This was revealed by Major q. 4
Grant, in charge of public buAdinr
TO the House subcommittee whA
drafted THE annual appropriation Bin
carrying funds for the executive a
fee and made public today. He s.jt
there was danger of the roof col.
lapsing under a wet heavy snow. arl
estimated 1T would cost $5o0,ooo b
replace 1t. ,,
1.-The whole thing would take /,
long time." he add ed, "and the PRES.
dent has not approved any such lara
expenG lure. He also does not see hoT
he can pet away long crouch to En-.
able the roof to be taken of and n.
placed" z
AS reported to the House the bTl
carried nothing for repairing or n.
placing the roof, Chairman Wood !.
the subcommittee expressing b.
view that it would be best to walt fr
a long congressional recess before
undertaking the work.
Most of the $4,000 appropriate
last year for White House repain
was spent in putting in a wats
main, so that the water tank On he
roof could be removed and on psini.
ing and minor. repairs.
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Hampton Beach
Breakwater Damage

Hampton Beach, Mass, fep'
(AP)-A portion of the Hanr-
Beach breakwater off the We
Island section. has been carried s w.
by pounding seas which now tnIss ~
to undermine some of the most
liable property on the beach trons ri
was discovered today. Citizens ~
worried over the results tnaI ~,
follow II the forthcoming tioe
high and is accompanied by n'ss
sea. The breakwater was pun ..sr,|
summer of railroad ties ana ceaJ n
Cutting through breach
least 25 or 80 feet, the SURF ~
ready weakened the founaal'p, rr
the beach cottage Of I. z. ..sss
Hampton selectman. Water en- sss,
the cellar and workmen were en- IN,
oring to shore up the buildinE
to prevent possible collapse. lnIp M
lantic House, owned by Norman n
theirs Of Manchester, is incisos
the property threatened. !. ID
Other property endangereu Il
summer home Of a Mrs. 9 ilOH
Haverf1ill and the McGratn co. 80
also owned in Haverhiu. Inc mad.
is located near Haverhill anu
ford streets. -
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MAINE SURE
Continued from Page one)

this amount of money for such pur-
pose but this had never been done.
He explained that the state had a
long coast ne indented by numerous
islands and bays and during an ex-
tremely hard winter the people were
cut off from the main land and it
was impossible to get supplies by
water 10 them. Coast guard cutters
that had been previously sent to re-
lieve the situation had been seriously
damaged because they were unfit for
.ci, breaking purposes. There was no
opposition to the amendment which
had been accepted by the chairman of
the committee on appropriations and
it was contained in the regular ap-
Precipitation bl 'lich passed tO-'~ht
If the amount appropriated is al
lowed by the conferees it will mean
that within a short time there will
be placed on the Maine coast a suit
able vessel to especially act as an
ice breaker and such other emergency
work as is necessary to relieve the
people living on the island along that
section of the Atlantic coast from
Maine to Long Island Sound.
For a number of years Senator
I1dlS Has DSSu Cdlleu upOH ny Tie
people living along the coast to pre-
vide ice breaking facilities in order
that supplies and mail could reach
them.
More than fifty petitions have been
received by him and submitted to
the director of the budget from
boards of trade. Chambers Of Com
merce and individual citizens living
along the coast asking that a pro-
visiond be made to equip the coast
guard with a vessel which could be
used exclusively for the purpose of
ice breaking.
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Earl of Craven Says
Is in Montreal to
Consider Situation

Montreal, Feb. 15.-(AP)-The
Earl Of Craven, for whose arrest a
warrant has been issued in the Unit
ed States on the grounds of moral
turpitude" because Of his previous
association with the Countess Of
Cathart, is in Montreal. he said to-
day. to consider the best method Of
obtaining redress for "ttiis unwar-
ranted mudslinging."
The United States imrnigra ton
laws, he added vehemently, had made
him ashamed of his mothers coun-
try. (His mother was the daughter
of the late Bradley Martin Of New
York;
He refused to admit that he had
been guilty of any moral turpitude"
having admitted guilt to the lmm-
grafton officer who interviewed me
on Saturday evening at New York.
with regard to tho immigrat ton
ftl ms when landed In New York
I put married as I have most sm-
phaticaliy not beer divorced from my
wife
IF a man is not allowed to Join
his sick wife in a country which is,
on his mothers side. his own. It
seerls to me to be pretty scandalous"
lie said considering that he had
committed no criminal offense in that
country. or any other country.
while in New York we stayed at
400 Park Avenue, in the apartment
of my uncle, Bradley Martin. who IS
at present abroad. Impressit ms re-
ceived the latter part of last week
from the local newspapers were that
1 might be summarily arrested any
minute, and on Saturday night.
therefore. l took train to Boston and
from there caught the first train to
Montreal Lady Craven accompanied
me to Boston and later returned to
New York.
Il left New York" he continued,
'for Canada, as the idea of being in
carcerated in that world VIGOROUSLY
infamous place, Ellis Island. for an
indefinite period on no charge. was
not attractive" ere -~s 81, -,
The Earrs desire Is to return to
Bermuda by Canadian port in order
to avoid contact with the United
States immigration authorities. Hall
fax is his only port of exit, and the
next steamer will sail from there on
February g.
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WINTHROP

A very enjoyable affair took place at
the Howard school in West winthrop
Friday afternoon. The occasion was
the birthday of the teacher, Miss Mad
cline Riley, and also of Walter Tay-
lor, one of the pupils, and was COM
bined birthday party and valentine So
cial. Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served and there were two
beautiful birthday cakes.
Miss Eileen Tufts passed the week
end in Hallowell.
Mrs. r. 3. Bishop visited friends in
Lewiston Saturday
Lloyd Ingham has returned from a
visit in Mt. Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Jackson passed
the week. end with relatives in Au-
gusta. ..
The Henry Carleton Players will
present drama at the Town hall
Wednesday evening.
The Epworth League valentine social
to have been held at the Methodist ves-
try last evening will be held this eve
ming instead.
Miss Cora Bissonette was home from
Lewiston over the week end.
Mrs. C. A. Kimball has returned to
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ANNOUNCE DATES
Continued from Page one)

Infantry, and the officers of the 303rd
Regiment of Infantry Organized Re-
serves will be held at Camp Keyes,
Augusta, from July "a to August Z.
In addition to these organizations
there will be in attendance a rifle
company and a platoon of machine
gun men from the Fifth Infantry of
Regulars at Fort Williams, Portland
Harbor. The camp roster will con-
tain the names of about 400 officers
and men.
This will be the first time in the
State that the Regulars, National
Guard and Reserves have been
brought together in camp. The
camp will be commanded by General
Albert Greenlaw. commander, of the
Seth Infantry Brigade. The regi-
ment leaders are: Col. Harry NJ.
Bigelow of Portland, commander of
the 103rd Infantry. and Col. Henry
G. Boyer of Portland. commander of
the 303rd Infantry of Organized Re-
serves.
Camp of 152nd Field Artillery
The tour of duty of the 152nd
Field Artillery win be held from Au-
gust to u either at Camp Keyes,
Augusta, or Fort Ethan Allen. YER
mont, the decision to be made by
the chief of the Militia Bureau. Ad-
jutant General Hanson has submit
ted estimates of necessary funds at
both places. He has asked that the
Artillery go to Fort Ethan Allen for
the reason that there are better
training facilities there. At the
Vermont location the Field Artillery
camp would have additional person.
mel in the Seventh Field Artillery
and the men would have the use of
the trained horses there. They
would also have the privilege of fir
ing over a new range. giving greater
latitude in firing adjustment than
the range near Augusta. General
Hanson stated yesterday that If the
finances will warrant. the encamp-
ment will probably be held at the
Vermont fort
The commander of the 152nd Field
Artillery is Major Malcolm S. w.
Dingwall of Presque Isle.
Cloth c. A. c. Encampment
The summer encampment of the
240th Coast Artillery will be held
at Fort Williams in Portland Har-
Dor either from July 3 to II, or
from July 5 to 10, this decision to
Changes at Camp Reyes
Speaking of the work that has re-
Gently been done at Camp Keyes,
Augusta, Adjutant General Hanson
said that the workmen have COM
pleted the construction of 10 mess
halls and kitchens, three buildings
for latrines and showers, and one
subsistence warehouse.
Previous to the encampment there
this coming summer, city water will
be installed at the camp, replacing
the artisan well system, which is in
sufficient in capacity. There will be
some grading work about the new
buildings and the roads at the camp
will be put in order.
General Hanson stated that the
172nd Infantry Regiment of Ver-
mont (Which with the 103rd Infantry
of Maine comprise the Seth Infantry
Brigade) will hold its annual tour
of duty this summer at Fort Ethan
Allen, VT, from August z to 81.
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The Abraxas Cup
Winners at BOwdOin

Brunswick, Feb. Is Especially
The Abraxas Cup Of Bowdoin college
has this year been won by Livermore
Falls High school The Abraxas cup
is awarded annually to the school
sending three or more men to Bow.
dom, whose graduates attain the
highest rank during the first semester
of their freshman year. Livermore
Falls high had an average Of 1885.
followed by Moses Brown school OF
Providence. r. l.. 10.375: Portland
High school. $500; Bangor High
school, 1866; and Deering High school,
$500. The students at Bowdoin who
won the cup for Livermore Falls are
Paul w. Allan. Kenneth w. Sewall.
George H. Rand, Jr. and Robert F.
Sweetser.
The Abraxas Cup was first awarded
in 1915, being won that year by
Phillips Exeter Academy. Since then
it has been won by Portland High
school, Dexter High school, Skov '.e-
gan High school, Edward Little High
school, Jordan High school. Bruins
wick High school. Deering High
school and Bangor High school. Both
Portland and Brunswick High have
won the cup twice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-16
.LAUDS LEADERS OF
MAINE SCHOOL DEPT,
At CONY PIT SESSION

At an interesting session of the
Cony high school Parent Teacher as
ISOLATION held last evening at the
high school, Miss Florence M. Hale.
agent for rural education, state
school department, spoke on THE
History of Education in Maine"
pointing out that Maine has been
fortunate in great leadership in edu-
cation which has existed without a
break for 80 years. The meeting was
presided over by Mrs. Orrin B. Frost,
president of the Association.
"Maines education problem is
largely rural as Maine has no large
cities and it has happened that each
of the state commissioners of edu-
cation in the last 80 years has been
an expert along the line of rural
education" said Miss Hale, who
pointed out that at the same time
these commissioners have been well
versed and appreciative of the needs
of the larger towns and cities of the
state.
Miss Hale then traced the history
of education in Maine from the time
the first radical step was made by
Hon. n. A. Luce of Vassalboro, who
dod away with the old district sys-
tenn. Mr.. Luce was followed by Hon.
w. w. Stetson in whose administra-
ton we see the first step in our
present fine system of summer
schools.
After Mr.. Stetson came Hon. Pay
son Smith, who made another step in
advance by securing the law for the
certification of teachers by which we
have been enabled to reject unprofes-
sional teachers and accept those who
have at least fairly good educa-
tional equipment. It was during Com
missioner Smiths administration
that the present department of ru-
raj educc ton which Miss Hale re-
presents, became a regular part of
the state department of education.
DIR. Augustus 0. Thomas, the pres
ent commissioner followed DR..
Smith. DR.. Thomas is nationally
known expert in rural education. He
originated our present system of
Helping Teachers and is responsible
for the Helping Teacher school at
Castine which has attracted favorable
notice and visits from leading edu-
Gators all over the world. Under DR..
Thomas administration the law was
passed enabling small towns to unite
to employ an expert superintendent.
His contributions to the field of educa-
ton led to his being elected president
of the World Federation of Educa-
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Sk0WHEcAN LOCAL news
Somerset County Headquarters ''I 1910

Bangor after visit with her mother,
Mrs. Rufina Wood, at the Winthrop
House.
Miss Nina Webb Of Portland passed
the week end with her sister, Mrs. Lot
tie Houseworth.
Mrs. l. A. Hills and Miss Evelyn
Hills were visitors in Lewiston Satur-
day.
Tickets for reserved seats will go
on sale Wednesday morning at o'clock
for the drama 1.-THE Deacons Second
Wife," which will be presented at the
Town hall the evenings of the 22nd
and 23rd in connection with the Re-
bekah fair. On the evening of the 22nd
the drama will be presented with spe-
cialties and the evening of the 23rd
the drama will be followed by dance.
There will be a public dance at
Moose hall this evening with dances
for both old and young.
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"Juice" Charged
Puddle Shocks
Boston Dray Horses

Boston, Feb. 15-(AP)--Teamsters
thought their horses had taken a dip
in the fountain of youth today when
they splashed through a big puddle
OF water at Blackstone and North
streets. in the market district. Stolid
dray horses betrayed signs of unpre-
cedented hveliness: plodding old
nags were transformed into skittish
colts. One and all they attempted
to run away but for the most part
were quickly quieted.
Nobody investigated. however, un-
til heavy four-horse team leaned
into the air and charged down the
street. Traffic Officer Warren Liese
finally stopped them. An inouisitive
market man who had watched the
strange behavior of the horses did a
little deductive reasoning. He stuck
both hands in the puddle and then
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-16
Breingan-Dionne
Real Estate Transfers

The following is a list of the
transfers of real estate for Somer-
set county for the week ending Feb
ruary 10 and recorded in the Office
of the register of deeds:
Athens-John A. Corson of Ath-
ems to Sidney Corson of Athens, land
in Athens. Rilla B. Mason of Ath-
ems to Annie B. Chase of Athens,
land in Athens.
Bingham-Inhabita Of Bing-
ham to Frank w. Savage of Bing-
ham, land in Bingham. Georgia M
Cahill of Bingham to Carrie B. Col
by of Bingham, land in Bingham.
Canaan-Fred A. Priest of Canaan
to Harry E. Weeks of Canaan, land
in Canaan Harry E. Weeks of Ca
naan to Selden D. Rice ct al OF
Guilford ct al, land in Canaan.
Fairfield-Belmont Realty Com
pany of Providence, r. l., to Gideon
Bernard Vigue ct ais Of Fairfield
land in Fairfield. Belmont Realty
Company of Providence, r. l., tc
Joseph A. King of Waterville, land
in Fairfield.
Madison-Belmont Realty Com.
pany of Providence, r. l., to Alder
vile Dallaire ct al of Madison, lanG
in Madison. Asa NJ. Gilman of Port.
land to Anna o. Look of Madison
land in Madison.
Mercer-Alton Corson ct al o.
Wilton to Robert c. Bunker of Mer
Ger, land in Mercer.
Norridgewock-Jay NJ. Pierce O.
Norridgewock to Daniel B. McNei
of Norridgewock, land in Norridge
wock. Daniel b. Mcneil of Norridge
wock to Jay M. Piesce of Norridge
wock, land in Norridgewock.
Pleasant Ridge-Ada M. Stewar(
Of Pleasant Ridge to James B. Nc
Kenney of Bingham, land in Pleas
ant Ridge. James B. McKenney o
Bingham to Fred E. Beane of Bing
ham. land in Pleasant Ridge.
st. Albans-James A. Emerson o
Corinna to w. E. Jones of Scion
land in st. Adams.
The Forks-Albert E. Cassidy o
The Forks to Anseline Lacasse 0
The Forks, land in The Forks. AL
bert E. Cassidy of The Forks t,
Blanch M. Pierce of Waterville, LAM
in The Forks.
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TIM law to modify or waive entirely
any deportation decision.
: In any event, the countess cannot be
deported before February 81. as the
law provides for deportation on the
same steamship line that brought the
alien involved to this country and no
Cnarder Is sailing before that date.
In a message to the Women's Party
today she said:
II thank you all for your kind inter-
est and support / hoped the past was
dead, for my children's sake, but now
am being branded and only God knows
what is in my heart"
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Counsel Protests

behind closed doors over the protest of
William A. Deford of New York and
Willard J. Lambert Of this city, coun-
sci for the countess, the labor Depart
ment at the request of Commissioner
Curran of New York issued an order
for the arrest of the Earl of Craven.
This was done before it was learned
that the earl had gone to Montreal, but
Assistant Secretary White said the
primary purpose" which was to get
him out of this country" had been ac-
complished. Should he return, he
would be liable to arrest under the
warrant for hearing on deportation
charges.
Hearing on the countess case today
saw delegations from both the National
Woman'S Party and the American
Civil Liberties Union unsuccessfully
endeavoring to obtain admittance to
the board room to present their views
on the matter.
The Woman's Party desired to pro-
test against the double standard" of
morality and the discrimination" it
saw in the admission of the Earl of
Craven to the United States and the
barring of the countess, but officials
explained that the hearing was confined
to consideration of the countess case,
without taking up that of the earl.
The Civil Liberties Union contended
that to apply the law of deportation
in the case would be to make the gov
eminent censor in morals, applying
it's rules to private morality instead of
to public crimes.
Upon the conclusion Of the hearing
the board of review took the case I'M
der advisement Should it's decision
uphold the action of the New York i'm
migration authorities in refusing to
admit the countess to the United
States her counsel said they would seek
appeal directly to Secretary Davis,
who, they contend, had the right under