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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
COMMON HOLDERS
u. S. STEEL RECEIVE
S20O,000,0Q0 GIFT

New York, Dec. 16-(By The
Associated Press) A 5000, 900. 900
Christmas gift in the form of forty
percent stock dividend today came
as reward to common stock holders
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton after years of waiting to share
in the Company's huge surplus of
more than s5O0,OOO.OOO
At the same time, directors of the
Crucible Steel Corporation increased
the annual common dividend from
five dollars to six dollars payable
January 81 to stockholders of record
of Janury Is, marking the second
jump of 81 this yea. Directors of
, Company resumed dividends on the
common stock at the late of five dol
lars year and several smaller COM
panies joined the pre-Christmas
chorus of well-being by continuing or
increasing returns to stockholders.
The finance committee and the
board of directors of the worlds
largest steel company unanimously
approved a proposal to increase the
common stock by 2,033,210 shares,
subject to the ratification of stock
holders at their annual meeting next
April. This action represents the
capitalization of some 5000, 100000 of
the corporations surplus and will
mean the distribution to shareholders
of one of the largest dividends ever
paid by an industrial company.
The market value of the new
shares, if it can be computed at to-
days closing price of around $155.
would be approximately s315,000,00o.
but the price will be automatically
reduced when the additional stock is
issued next spring. The new stock
probably will be traded In on when
issued basis within the next few
days.
Albert H. Gary, veteran chairman
of the Steel Corporation, in the pres
ence of j. p. Morgan, George +. Bak-
er and other directors, made the an
nouncement of the proposed dividend
late this afternoon after day OF
hectic trading in the stock. 1T is
believed" he said, 'That the property
conditions and earning capacity of
the corporation justify the proposed
action at this time"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Use Children to
Cover Shipment
LIQUOR from Boston

Portland, Maine. Dec. 16-(Pt-
Four small Brunswick children
alleged to have been used to
camoufIage a shipment Of ten
cases of whiskey from Boston,
were brought to this city today in an
expensive sedan, sliced by federal
prohibition agents, when they arrest
ed Guy o. Gordon and Robert Kirk
patrick on the state Highly near
Saco after a chase from Wells.
Three boys and a girl. aged from
eight to II, children of the two men,
were sent to their homes in taxi
cab after being fed here. They did
not seem to mind their unusual ex-
perience of doubling the road be-
tween Brunswick and Boston a total
of 500 miles, in Is hours.
Beneath blankets, on which the
children were seated. the agents
claimed to have uncovered the liquor.
Gordon and Kirkpatrick were held
in $1,000 bail for appearance next
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
LARNED, noted
Tennis PLAYER, i'll,
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE

New York, Dec. 16.--(P}-Despondent
as result of i'll health and the pros
pect of being a chronic invalid after
years of outdoor sports life, William
Augustus Iarhed, several times nation
al tennis champion, committed suicide
today.
His body, clad in pajamas, was found
in his room at the Knickerbocker Club
with a bullet hole through the head.
He was 81 years old.
Clubman, all-around sportsman,
rough rider and aviator, Larned ended
Continued on Page 3-Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Challenge of u. S. Senate's
Ousting Power Not Idle
One, Word Atty Hinckley
Counsel for Senator Gould
Comments on Senatorial
Criticisms of Suggesting Re-
course May Be Had to
Courts in Event Attempt is
Made to Unseat Maine Sena.
tor-COpy of New Brunswick
Records Found

Portland, Me-, Dec. 16.-(P)-Re-
spending to senatorial critics of his
statement in which he suggested
yesterday that the jurisdiction of the
United States Senate may be chal-
lenged, if it attempts to unseat on
bribery charges Senator Arthur r.
Gould, elected to succeed the late
Senator Bert M. Fernald, Frederick
w. Hinckley, counsel for Senator
Gould, today declared that his re-
mark was not an idle one, nor made
without proper consideration of his
grounds.
Il have no desire to try the Gould
case through the newspapers, nor to
even argue it therein" State Senator
Hinckley said. But in view of the
fact that, upon reading my state
ment that, at the proper time and
Continued on Page 3-CoI. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Morals of Younger People
Are Better Than Forbears
Wizard Edison's Opinion
Arrested, Tried and
Jailed in 3 Hours for
Drunken Driving

WaterviIIe, Dec. is - Justice
OF olden times in the west,
when they used to pinch 'enn and
lynch 'em all the same day, was
harsher but no speedier than that
administered in municipal court
here today. Three hours after
Louis St. Thomas Of WaterviIle
was arrested by Lieutenant Sid
ney Frost of the state highway
police on a charge Of drunken
driving, the former had started to
serve 90 day jail sentence in
the county Jail at Augusta,
twenty miles away.
St. Thomas was arrested after
his car had driven over an en-
bankment and later had been
involved in an accident on the Ii
comic bridge. He was taken before
Judge Atehley and pleaded guilty,
at the same time asking for
Ieniency from the court. The
Judge found out that St. Thomas
was under probation for another
liquor charge and sentenced him
to jail in Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
IS Indictments
By Federal Grand
Jury at Portland

Portland, Me-, Dec. 16.-(P(-Seven
Biddeford and an equal number of
Sanford men. arrested in wholesale
raids recently, were indicted for al
legged liquor sales by the federal grand
jury today.
The Jury reported 35 indictments.
two-thirds of which We're liquor cases.
James Dussault of South Berwick was
indicted on the charges of liquor sales,
manufacturing and possession, and of
having distilling apparatus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Bates Debaters
Win Over Univ. of
Sydney at Lewiston

Lewiston, Me, Dec. 16.-(P)-At the
tes-UnKersity of Sydney debate in
City hall tonight the audience voted
265 to 80 in favor of the Negative side
of the question, Resolved: That de-
mocracy has proved a failure" which
was upheld by the Bates men.
Sydney II. Heathwood, J. r. Good
sail and Noel D. Mcintosh represented
the University Sydney, and Fred T.
Googins, Charles III. Guptill and Os-
ward Brown composed the Bates
team.
Honorable William Tudor Gardiner
of Gardiner presided.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Verdict Reached After
10 Hours Delibera-
tiOn,. Over Famous
Oil Leasing NegOtia-
tons
Government Can Take No APP
peal From Findings-Caustic
Comment Made by Senators
Walsh, Heflin and Norris
Special Prosecutor Roberts
Declares Will Go On With
Other Oil Cases


Washington, Dec. 1e-P)-Tbe
government lost tod in the first
criminal proceedings growing out Of
the senate committees investigation
into oil leasing policies of the Hard
e
ing administration.
A jury in the District of Columbia
supreme court, after 10 hours de-,
liberation. found Albert B. FAN, for
mer secretary of the interior, and
Edward L. Doheny. lessee of the Elk
Hill, Calf. naval reserve, not guilty
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in the 1922 leasing negotiations.
The verdict picoted, in the jurors
Continued on Page 3-col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
State Witnesses
Heard in Staying
OF Editor Mellett

Canton, Ohio, Dec. 16.-P)--The
state today strengthened the chain
of evidence by which it seeks to bind
Patrick Eugene McDermott and Ben
Rudner, alleged conspirators against
Don r. Mellett, slain Canton pub
Usher, as testimony in McDermott's
trial for the murder.
Witnesses told of alleged visits
McDermott made to Rudner aid OF
an alleged exchange OF telephone and
telegraph messages between them
messed identified McDermott as the
principal character in incidents the
state has linked with the Staying.
By tomorrow night the state ex-
poets to rest it's case. Then the de-
Tense will move for a directed ver-
dict of acquittal with twenty f1vs
witnesses meanwhile held in abey
ance.
One phase of the case which has
not been touched on in the court
room will come in the testimony to-
morrow of Dan Pfaff, Cleveland. one
of those alleged to have helped Pat
hide out after the nationwide search
was begun for him Oh July 80.
other links in the evidence wers
presented today by Charles Castor.
circulation manager Of the Canton
Daily News, the paper Of which Mel
lett was publisher, and Miss Doris
Newman, secretary to Mellett. Castor
said McDermott slouched into eth
News building the day before the
murder and asked for MeHett and
that he stood for half a minute" be-
! fore a big window and locked at the
publisher.
Miss Newman said that Lewis
Mazer, the third of the trio indicted
for the murder, called at Melietts
office ulast February and that she
heard some loud remarks after the
door had closed. Every day for a
week after that, she said, she saw
Mazer sitting in a parked automu-
bile in front of the building adjoin-
ing the News Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Governor And Council Receives
Petition Lloyd Sewall Alleg-
ing Illegal Removal From
Force by Chief Arthur Field
Hearing on Matter Contin-
gent on Report Councillors
Linnell, Folsom And Stearns

Seeking review by the Governor
and Council of the decision Chief
Arthur H. Field, Of the State High
way Police Diminishing Lloyd F. Sc
wall of Bangor from the State police
force on the charge of conduct I'M
becoming an officer, Attorney George
Sewell, filed at the Execu' de-
Thompson of Bango" for Mr..
partment yesterday a complaint al
leging that in this matter the chief
has not properly executed his duties.
Whether or not hearing will be
granted on this compl~ Mt was not
decided yesterday by the Governor
and Council, the matter being re-
Continued on Page 12-coI. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Also More Intelligent And
Healthful, Declares in Forum
Far Ahead of Remote An
cestors-Is Very Hopeful of
Next Generation and Of Sue
ceeding Ones - Urges Re-
formers to Leave F..appers
Alone

New York, Dec. 16.-P)-The
younger generation was championed
for its morals. intelligence and
health today by Thomas A. Edison,
inventor, in an interview on 1.-THE
youth of today and tomorrow" in
the current issue of the Forum.
Not only are young people not go
ing to the dogs, the inventor told
his interviewer, but in the main
their morals are better than tn Sc
of their fathers and gfandfathers
and much better than those of their
remote ancestors.
They are generally healthier. too,
CONTINUED on Page 3-Col. a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
,.tion Follows Indef-
rite PostpOnement
dQuestion at Morn
ing Session
r,,ars Highway Bond Issue
Ind Uniform &c Gasoline
g,v in All N. E. States
lcajnst Boost in Auto Fees
XIII Resolution Urging
Women Pay Poll Tax-D. E.
goster, Augusta, Elected
Master

,,riston, Dec. 16.-(Pl-The Maine
~, Grange late this afternoon
an record as opposing repeal Of
!, rsrnald law unless under such
...rictions as would protect all in
..,,,s of the State. At the morning
..i,o II was voted to definitely
s,ooe any action on the matter,
!, tss question was reopened in the
..,,oon and the morning action
ssinied.
nj Grange voted in favor of a
s,svay bond issue and also favorab-
an the proposition made by the
Nv hampshire State Grange for a
Continued on Page 3-Col. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Take Cables to
North Islesboro for
Power Connection

Rockland, Dec. 16.-(P)-The steam
lighter Sophia, carrying on her deck
11,75O feet of submarine electric
power cable, which will be used to
connect North Islesboro with Dice
Head, Castine, left port today, ac-
companied by the tug Summers N.
Smith.
If weather conditions were not too
severe. the cable was to be stretched
today. 1t was expected that the lay
ing of the cable and the necessary
splicing to connect with shore Sec
lions would occupy two days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Dock Workers Killed
Ii Portsmouth, N. III.

FHtsmouth, N. H., Dec. 16.-(Pl--
aftgt Mills, dock employee of the
sEsolidated Coal Company here. was
ald today when he was struck by
y Jaws Of an open grab bucket drop
tig into the hold of the steamer Peter
Powell as the coal carrier was dis
afsing at her dock. The bucket
sNhsd his skull and grazed William
aFtlng another employee, who was
Ending in the hold with Mills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Uses Suspenders
To Commit Suicide

Waterville, Me-, Dec. 16.-P)-Ty-
ing pair of suspenders around his
neck and to the bedpost, Avery Nor
row, 81, of North Belgrade, committed
suicide some time last night by rolling
out of bed. He had been bedridden for
the past two years. DR.. John G. Towne
Of Watervilie. medical examiner, in
vestigated the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Christmas Tree
Ends Fall Term
At Univ. of Maine

Orono, Dec. 16.-(P)-The fall term
of University of Maine was ushered
out tonight when the student body
gathered around a Christmas tree,
erected on the Oval for the last col
lege exercises of the year. The re-
cess extnds through to January 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Dexter Wooden
Wills Change Hands

ualer Me-, Dec. 16.-(P)-Thomas
askett of Dexter today purchased
interest of Edward Chase of Clin-
TN the Center Wooden Mills, Inc,
lHls town. The mills, formerly the
UNISON Wooden Company. will start
.NuctlOn April in the manufacture
shirtngs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Three Inches of
Snow at Portland

Portland, Dec. 1e.-P)-The over
night storm brought little more
snow to Maine. In this city, the Iaii
amounted to three inches. wnlie
Greenville reported twice as much;
Temperature of 20 above zero ana IL
at Creenyille were recorded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Another Drop in
Coal at Portland

Portland Me-, Dec. 1s.-(P)-A drop
Of $1.25 ton on large lots of bitumi-
nous coal and rs cents on lots Of q
ton and a half or less was announced
here today. The new prices are 1915
and Slope.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Cold Weather, Light
Snow at Bangor

Bangor. Me, Dec. 16.-(P,-Three
inches of light snow fell in this Sec
ton during the night, today breaking
clear and crisp, resulting in ideal
iChristmas holiday weather. Local
thermometers registered 20 above Zero
this morning and remained only slight
ly above that level during the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

Northern New England - lncreas-
ing cloudiness and warmer followed
by snow Friday: colder Friday
night: Saturday snow.
Southern New England = lncreas-
ing cloudiness and warmer FRIDAY;
Saturday snow or rain.
Eastern New York = Increasing
cloudiness; rising temperature in
south and snow in north portion Fri
day: colder in north portion Friday
night: Saturday snow in north and
probably rain IN south portion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
General Forecast

The disturbance that was off the
middle Atlantic coast Wednesday
night was advanced rapidly north
n6rtheastward to the Gulf OF st.
Lawrence, The Ontario disturbance
is advancing east southeastward
with center southeast OF Hudson
Bay. An area of high pressure Is
central over northern Saskatchewan
with an extension eastward north Oh
Hudson Bay.
The outlook is for snow Friday
and Saturday in northern New Eng
land. It will be warmer Friday
night and Saturday in the lover
lake region and northern New Eng
land.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Increasing southwest b e o m
strong Friday nightA Weather pc
coming somewhat overcast FRIDAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Friday partly cloudy and warmer;
Saturday mostly cloudy, possibly
some snow or rain. Moderate to
fresh southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
The Day in Washington
Fall and Doheny were acquitted

The house took up the compro-
mise alien property bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17

The senate passed the treasury
post office appropriation bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17

Senator Ashurst moved to bar
Smith of Illinois from the senate as
a successor to Mckinley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-10

of some growers to be overcau-
tious and light the heaters when
it is not really necessary. This is
not only a waste of oil, but the
fires are burning low by morning
when they should be going at a
maximum rate in order to care for
the last drop just before sunrise.
On the other hand, some of the
growers go to the other extreme
and let some of the buds or fruit
freeze before lighting up. This is
not good practice. A little exper-
fence will aid greatly in the use of
the equipment. In lighting do not
light all of the burners as soon as
the temperature falls to the cri-
tical point. Light only the borders
and enough in the orchard to bring
the temperature above the danger
point. If it gets colder light more
heaters. If the temperature rises
the surplus heaters can be extin-
tinquished. Always use the Their
mometer in your own grove as
your guide in lighting. The tenn
perature in your neighbours grove
may vary several degrees from the
temperature in your own orchard.
Do not extinguish the fires in the
orchard until the temperature in
an unheated area is above the dam
ger point. The coolest period is
just before sunrise and it is some
time after sunrise before the air
is warmed above the danger point.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-10
yEREFICATIoN OF FORECAST

Forecasts were issued on March
7th for the Kennewick section and
on March 18th for the Prosser,
Hanford and White Bluffs Sec
tons and on March 18th or the
Benton City section. No forecasts
were issued after May 18th. Sew
enty forecasts were issued for the
Kennewick section; sixty-two for
the Prosser. Hartford and White
Bluffs sections and sixty-two for
the Benton City section. The ver-
ification of the forecasts for all
sections when all nights are con-
sidered is as follows:
Kennewick, 95.7 per cent; Pros
ser, 9O.6; Hanford, 96.9; White
Bluffs, 92.2; Benton City, 98.4.
There were 25 nights when the
temperature was so degrees or
lower at any station in the district
from March 7th to May 18th. The
notification of the forecasts when
only these nights are considered
is as follows:
Kennewick, 90 per cent; Pros
ser, 1873; Hanford, Ola; White
Bluffs, 1873; Benton City 95.2.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-10

Hence, frost is simply cold, or alb
sence of heat. Damage from frost
can be prevented only by the adj
dition of heat to replace that lost
as the ground cools after sunset.
Heat may be added by burning
wood, coal, brush, oil, prunings,
briquets, oil shavings or anything
that will produce the necessary
heat. However, efficient orchard
heating demands an economical
use of labor and fuel. To cut down
the labor costs Of operating and
to secure the greatest possible
heat from the fuels, heaters burn
ing oil and briquets have been de-
signed and are now used almost
to the exclusion Of the other me-
thods.
After few nights of firing a
grower will become familiar with
his equipment and can then better
regulate his firing with a mini
mum waste Of fuel. The chief con-
sideration is heat and not smoke.
Smoke plays an Insignificant part
in preventing frost and it is doubt
full if it is of any benefit in pre-
venting a rapid rise of tempera-
ture in the morning.
Some of the common errors in
orchard heating made by growers
this year are: lack of border fires,
borders too close to the outside
burners too close to the outside
row of trees, use of poor theremo-
meters, extinguishing heaters too
soon and also waiting too long be-
fore lighting, lighting all heaters
at once and lighting up when the
next neighbor did and not by the
thermometer in their own orchard.
The only way to protect the out
side row of trees is to place a row
of heaters on the side or sides
from which the air is drifting.
This should be at least as far out
as the distance between two rows
of trees, or about 80 feet.
Too many growers are using
poor thermometers. A good ther-
mometer should have the scale
markings on the stem of the Their
mometer and not on the back. This
prevents any possibility of scale
displacement and an incorrect
reading. In order to secure true
air temperature the thermometer
should be sheltered from the sky
by board. An apple box makes a
good shelter. Face the open side
to the north.
There is a tendency on the part
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-10
BENTON County Fruit
Frost Districts Noted

BENTON county fruit-frost
,...r;ct comprises all of the fruit
.;ros in the southern end Of
10 Yakima valley of eastern
w ~ The district is divld-
into four natural divisions as
allows: 1, Kennewick, including
:, Of the fruit paintings in the
r;cinity of Richland, Vista, Kenne-
..;.t. Hedges, Hover and Finley;
: prosser. comprising all of the
Lettings in the western end of
pc district in the vicinity of Pros
~ ~ Whitstran and Biggam; 8,
s n.n,ford. White Bluffs, including
II Of the fruit in the vicinity of
. - cities; 4, Benton City, COM
a ai all of the fruit paintings
The vicinity of Benton City, XII
a - and the Benton Highlands.
WI n the Kennewick section there
40 $500 acres of apples and 116O
acres Of soft fruit; Ia acres of
. ann and 284 acres of soft fruit
sre under heaters. This is 81 per
.snt Of the total paintings and
sa6 per cent of the soft fruit. 102
growers are practicing orchard
heating.
In the Prosser section 80 grow
ers are practicing orchard heating
an 1895 acres of apples and 70
acres of soft fruit. This is 7.3
uer cent of the total of 1882 acres
IN the section.
The Benton City section COM
urises 755 acres of fruit. Forty
acres of peaches are heated by II
growers. This is one-third of the
reach acreage and 1871 per cent of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-10
More Crime Wave

'Let me weigh that package"
said a service grocer to a suspi-
cious looking customer, who was
Dragging how cheaply he had bot
10 pounds of sugar at chain
store. -... ..
Customer: 'I've been swindled.
package was found to be two lbs.
short. The man looked perpleNed
for a moment and then said:
"Well, he didn't cheat me much.
took two jars of jelly while he
was gettin' the sugar."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-06-10

the total soft fruit paintings Of
255 acres.
!, In the entire district there are
$3.50 acres of apples and 2288 ac-
res of soft fruit. There are 755
acres under heaters, or 8.2 per
cent of the total paintings. Four
hundred forty-two acres or 1913
per cent of the soft fruit plant
ings are under heaters. One hun
dred sixty-three growers are heat
ing their orchards.
About 81 per cent Of the heating
equipment now in use has been
installed since the 1926 frost sea-
son. Less than 20 growers were
practicing orchard heating in the
county prior to the severe freeze
of April, 1924.