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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Portland May Lose
Winter Terminus
Of White Star Line

Portland, Feb. 16-The White Star
Line is quite ready to transfer its
winter terminus to either Halifax or
st. John, according to statement
credited to Major p. A. Currie, man
ager of the Canadian service of tina
line, by the Canadian Press. Ma jor
Currie further explained that apart
from sentimental or patriotic rea-
sons. the company would rather use
st. John or Halifax for the reason
that ships are handled more cheaply
there than at Portland.
According to the Canadian Press,
the White Star manager expressed
the Willingness of the line to trans
fer the western terminus in the win
ter when his attention was drawn to
utterances made by D. O. z. Price
IN the House Of Commons last
Thursday. 1t was then stated that
every possible means should be used
to persuade the White Ctar Line to
make st. John or Halifax its winter
ports Of call.
The only present requirement be-
fore the change is that either of the
Canadian ports assure sufficient
cargo for the freighters of the White
Star Line. Economical operation is
all that is asked.
In his statement. Major Currie de-
clared that there would be no neces-
sity for White Star ships to 60 to
Portland If it were possible for them
10 obtain sufficient cargo at Cana
dian ports, where they would be will
ing TO remain number Of days SO
long as they got the cargo. Calls
are MADE, he is reported to have
sald' at Halifax for general cargo
ana Tor cattle when such Is offered
or available.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Fitzpatrick Tells
Reasons for Taking
Some of Banks Money

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 16-(AP)Tbe
efforts of a banker to aid the yoIne
people of his home town to get a. start
| in life accounted for some IF the
FUNDS embezzled by G. Harold GIL
patrick, former state treasurer. and
former cashier of the wrecked First
Natlonal Banksof Putnam, he admit
ted today.
Gilpatrick, blinded by a bullet he
hred into his head after an attempt
at suicide in August, 1924, and now
serving a 10 year sentence in Attain
Ia prison, is back in Connecticut to
aid his creditors in unscrambiins the
financial tangle left by his frenzied
effort IN 1904 to find funds to stave
OH disgrace and Imprisonment It
was at the first of a series of hear
lngs. held before referee in bankrupt-
cy Sol Berman here today that the
story OF how he had given financial
AID TO Putnam's young men and
young women came to light,
Explaining notes found in his nos
session after the financial crash. Gil
patrick disclosed that he had aided a
young war veteran just back from
france to get started in the garage
business; he had come to the finan-
cal assistance of two young women
VINO desired to open a tea room: he
had helped another young man to
open a machine shop; he lad adj
vanced money to young man suf-
fering from tuberculosi and in need
OF food; he had loaned additional
FUNDS to aid young persons he con-
sidered worthy of his help.
the former banker was questioned
Tor three hours, regarding his man
lpulattion of the funds of the Put
nam bank after which the hearing
was adjourned to be continued in
Putnam tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Philadelphia Church
Heads Opposed to
Proposed Wills Fight

Philadelphia. Feb. 16.-(AP)-
Baptist and Methodist ministers of
Philadelphia and vicinity have
launched a movement to prevent the
proposed Jack Dempsey Harry Wills
heavyweight championship battle be-
ing held here during the sesquicen-
tennial celebration next summer.
The protests were mailed to Mayor
Kendrick yesterday following meet
ings of Baptist and Methodist min
listers, held separately. The Baptists
authorized a letter asking the mayor
"to do the right thing" about the con-
test. The Methodists said in part:
Newspaper articles have appeared
to the effect that Jack Dempsey and
Harry Wills were being secured to
participating a decision bout during
tie sesquicentennial celehra ton. We
write to express our confidence in you
that :, % will not permit tie c. a
ton of this republics birtn and those
lofty ideals and principles associated
Herewith to be debaucled by such
brutal exhibition"
Promoters representing syndicate
of business men endeGvoring TO
bring tho bout to Philadelphia expect
to confer with Dempsey OH Satur-
0aN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Hebron Indoor
Tracksters Against
BOWdOin Saturday
lSnecial to Kennehec JournaN

tSDecldl TO heIlHeDeC JUL uetlt
Hebron, Me-, Feb. 1.-THE Hebron
Academy indoor track team will be
led to Brunswick to meet the Bow
dom Freshmen in dual meet on
Saturday, February 90 by Captain
Judd Files. Coach Dwyer plans to
take bout Is men with him. Bullet
Guptill will take q rest from basket
ball, and assist Captain Files in the
weight events. Files placed second
with a toss of 46 feet, II inches. in
the recent b. a. A., games held in
Boston, ana will in all probability
win the event Saturday.
The reply team will be picked from
the following 300-yard men: Bob
Rogers of Somerville; Charles Hardy
of Waterville: Red" Williamson of
Portland; "Tr;n" Harding of 3. w. L.;
Don Mackenzie of Marlboro, Mass;
Anderson of South Manchester,
Conn; Charlie Hunter of Arson, Me-;
Ed. Harris of West Auburn. Mass,
and Robert Dupras of Lewiston.
The distance runners are: Don
Robertson of Beverly. Mass; Frank
Bowen of Lowell; Charles Parmalee
of Auburn: Mike" Spierdowis of
Norwood. Mass, and Don Davis of
Kennebunk.
LGNlS VI w 4hdSS.,
Williamson of Portland. and Charles
Sprague of Portland. are three hurd-
lers that will give any freshman n
Scod race. All ! three of these men
run both the high and low hurdles.
Ed Gazen of Belmont, Mass. Hard
ing and Hardy are the broad jumpers
who will try to win points for He
bron. In the high jump. Briggs and
9azen will perform. "Trin" Harding
will enter into the pole vauIting. If
Harding continues in his last years
form, he is likely to volt IL feet be-
fore the end of the season.
Bob" Rogers, Hardy. and William
son, together with Richard McNa-
mara of Winthrop. Maine, will start
in the 40-yard dash. Rogers will well
be remembered for his stellar per-
formances in last years meets, in
spite of the fact that he has had a
bad back.
Jack" MCGOWAN of Cambridge,
a miller. Haskell of Lynn, a 1000-yard
man. and Ronald Harmon of Bar
Harbor 600 yard and relay man. will
all be out of the meet on account of
faculty rulings.
Coach Charles Dwyer has been
working with the track men all win
ter, and this will be his teams first
chance to show its wares.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Plan Professional
Hockey Circuit for
North New England

Nashua, N. H., Feb. 16-(AP)That
plans were well under way for the
organization of a northern New Eng
land professional ice hockey leagne
was disclosed today by Arthur U.
Burque, manager of the Nashua Ma
tionals team. He said that he had
been in communication with the
arrangements of the Berlin, N. H.,
team and representatives of Water
vile and Lewiston. Me-, teams with
the likelihood of a meeting in the near
future and mentioned Portland, Me-,
and Manchester, n. H, as other pos
sfbie entries. The Nashua team
which this season has been a mem
Der of the defunct New England
Hockey Association of which Wor-
cester and Fitchburg were members.
with Nashua and Manchester, has
encountered the New Hampshire and
Maine state teams. The popularity
or the sport In these centers, is as
founding, says Mr.. Burque.
One provision Of the proposed cir
quit would be that each city with a
franchise would have an enclosed
rink, insuring games as scheduled.
the principal difficulty the Nashua
Manchester- Worcester circuit formed
carly this winter encountered,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Two New College
Swimming Records

Middletown, Conn. Feb. 16-(AP)
Two intercollegiate swimming rec
ords were broken here tonight Dy
Yale swimmers who, continuing their
victories. defeating wesleyan UNI
versity's team, AZ to 13.
House in the $50 yard backstroke
swmi bettered the national inter-
collegiate record by nearly three
seconds. He made the distance In
1 minute 46 IL seconds. Ruel OF the
navy held the record at 1:49 2-5.
After a Yale relay team composed
of Bronson, Meaney, Stage and Pet
erson had won the 100 yard relay IN
1 minute and II seconds, the team
was rearranged, with House SWIM
ming for Meaney. This combination
beat a Wesleyan team in the record
line of l minute and Is As seconds.
lettering Northwestern's national in
tercolleGiate record of 1:16.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
MORSE TONIGHT,
W|NSL0W FRIDAY
IS CONY SLATE

The Cony High school basketball
squad with it's full strength and &C
companied by several devoted and
ardent rooters for the Red and White
leave Augusta on the afternoon train
for Bath where they will give Morse
High school the long looked for re-
turn game of basketball which has
been the subject of so much discus
sion recently. The Morse team drop
ped a close one to Cony recently at
City Hall and either can't or won't
forget it so are out to decisively whip
the locals tonight.
Cony however, is well able to de-
fend her laurels. The team which
Coach Comedian has developed this
year moves along at a pace as fast
as the next one and in addition boasts
of several men who have an accurate
long range eye for the basket In
pinch. The team has been going at
a good clip this year and everyone IN
town is roofing for the Red and
White to represent Kenne &c County
in the Annual high school tournament
at the University of Maine.
Despite the fact that Cony lost a
game to Waterville at Waterville
there Is only one team that stands in
isn't the Elm City aggregation. The
team which can and probably will
give Cony her stiffest game Is the
colorful, powerful club from Winslow
which comes to the Capital City Fri
day night. This is the critical game
of the year for Cony. A win by
Winslow on the Cony floor will spoil
the chances of an Augusta team COM
peting at Maine and the visitors are
determined to make the trip to the
University.
winslow presents a powerful at
tack, conferred for the most part
around the eagle eyed Bulger and the
fast moving Mansfield. Both these
men are to be considered as danger
Gus and will be watched when they
play here. Whether watching them
will do any good or not is a question
that cannot be answered until after
Friday night. A special car will bring
a bunch of upriver rooters to this
city and confidence is the watchword
of tn. Winslow camp. This game
should eclipse all others seen in the
City Hall as far as excitement goes
and will also probably draw the lar
gest crowd of rooters of the season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
MORSE BANKS ON
RETURN WILSON
TO DEFEAT CONY
Especial to Kennebec JournaD


Bath, Feb 15.-The Morse basketball
team will put the climax onto Baths
first winter carnival by entertaining
Cony High of Augusta in what is an
ticipated as one of the fastest games
of the season. When the entire day
devoted to winter sports and gaiety the
mob will move into Bath on the eve
to make their headquarters at the Y
gym to witness the Cony team in &C
ton.
Several weeks @o Morse lost in
Augusta by scant three points and
at the time vowed revenge. The day
is here, and the Morse forces are out
strong to witness the much desired
reversing of the tables. The Morse
band will lead a spirited parade before
the game. intent on putting the Bath
fans and students into a frenzied pitch
for the big game. To Morse the battle
means far more than one would infer.
Cony has beaten but once and is the
outstanding team, all considered of
central Maine. Thus victory for the
Shipping City boys will put them back
into the light from which they have
slipped by losing three close battles in
succession-two to Auburn and one to
Winslow at Winslow.
There has always been a good-na-
tured rivalry between the indoor court
teams of the two schools and tonight
will but write another chapter in the
history of the same. Cobb of Bowdoin,
recognized as the leading central
board man of Maine. will handle the
game, and the Morse team will be out
to come through with what they so
nearly accomplished on the Capital
City lads home Noor. In this vicinity
Morse is a slight favorite to win,
abetted somewhat by the return of
Captain Don" Wilson after his recent
injury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Gardiner Team
Seems All Set After
Poor Seasons Start
(Snecial tO Kennebec JOurna

Especial to kenneDec JOuflldlJ
Gardiner, Feb. 16-With absolute
confidence that they have at last
swung into their winning stride the
Gardiner High basketeers will meet
Hallowell High at Gardiner, Wednes-
day night with firm determination
to add Coach Gilpatric's pupils to
their new list of victims. The game
at Brunswick last week was a reyela :
ton to event he boys themselves, and
now that they have found the WIN
ming combination they should balance
up the remainder the schedule by
taking every game. icluding the one
with the crack Winslow High quintet
next Friday night.
The same smooth working combin-
alton of Rose, and Anketell at for
ward, Belts at center, and Marson
and Henderson at guard will take the
floor against their old rivals from the
Granite City Wednesday night, and
action is promised every minute as
these two schools like plenty of II
when they clash. HallowelI High is
bringing down a bunch of fans, and
the gym will without a doubt be
packed for the double header. O'Don-
nell of Colby College will handle the
whistle.
The girls will also stack up against
the visiting lassies from ,Hallowell,
and although they are not saying
much are going to give their best to
make it a double victory for the
Orange and the Black. Coach Nj
chols has rounded out a fast, clean
team in her few months at Gardiner
High, and Captain Marson and her
team mates are going to see that her
good work is not in vain. ODonnell
wifi also referee the girls game which
will be played first
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
PALERMO

NORTH-AIr. and Mrs. f. n. Will
loughby were Tuesday evening
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Dyer.
Mrs. Carrie Worthing was a caller
on Mrs. L. r. Nelson Monday of last
week.
Mrs. Beatrice Glidden visited Mrs.
Esther Glidden. Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Margie Norton has been ill the
past week with a bad cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Dyer passed
Saturday night in Waterville.
II. l.. Black, who has been confin-
ed to his bed for nearly six weeks,
Is gaining slowly. He has had four
callers the past week, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. W. Worthing. his son. George
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
SPORT TABLOIDS

New York. Feb. 16.-(AP)-A pro-
gram of seven events has been agreed
upon by Harold Osborn of the Illinois
A. c. and Charley Hoff of Norway for
their test of all-around athletic abili-
ty at the Knight of Columbus track
meet at Madison Square Garden
March Is. The events in the order in
lows: 60-yard dash. running high
! jump. 1G-pound shotput, running
broad jump, 60-yard high hurdles, pole
vault and 440-yard run.
New York. Feb. 16-(AP)-The
Indoor Polo Association today an
nounced that it had declined an in
vitation to send an American team
to compete in a series of internation-
al matches with France during the
Paris Horse Show in April. Con-
flict with the national champion
ships here, scheduled to begin March
Is and extending into April, brought
about this decision. One American
team will go abroad this year. how
ever, the indoor players of Norwich
University having planned tour of
England, Scotland and France next
fall. 1t is probable that four play
ers will be taken in charge of Col
onel +. Il. Edwards.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-(AP)-Mayor
Kenrick went On record today as OPP
posed to a proposed Dempsey-Wills
championship fight here next summer
as a sesqui-centenniai entertainment.
In letter to ministers who had pro-
tested staging the contest in this city
the mayor wrote: THE matter has
never been presented to me, nor has a
request been made for the stadium.
Personally 1 am opposed to 1T, as such
a contest does not fit into the picture
have drawn Of this great patriotic
celebration"
New York, Feb. 16-(AP)-Charley
PhiD Rosenberg of New York,
indefinitely suspended today by the
state athletic commission for failure
to accept the challenge of Bushy
Graham, youthful Utica, N. Y. con-
tender. Jack Sharkey, of Boston,
Mass, was given a Glen slate follow
ing a hearing on his match with Ed
die Huffman of California at Madi-
son Square Garden last Friday night.
Sharkey appeared with his left hand
in splints and explained that he in
jured it early in the fight. This, he
said, accounted for his inability to
score knockout over his opponent.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-(AP) Harry
Hooper, one of the outstanding out
fielders in the American League, to-
night was given his unconditional
release by the Chicago White Sox.
Boston. Feb. 16.-(AP)-The Bos-
ton Bruins advanced within one
point of third place in the National
Hockey League tonight when they
defeated Pittsburgh 3 to in close,
rough game. Boston's winning goal
was made in 80 seconds of overtime.
Chicago. FebA 16.-(AP)-Rumors
were persistent tonight that Walter
Eckersall, former all-American
and one of the country's
foremost football critics, will be
elected president Of the American
Professional Football League tomor-
row, at an annual salary of S15, 900.
The league, sponsored by Red
Grange and his manager. G. c. Pyle,
will be formally organized tomor-
row with the allotment of 10 fran
chises. Franchise holders are to Sc
lect the president Immediately after
ward,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Horse Racing Is
Pleasing Feature :
RumfOrd Carnival

,Rumfofd, Me-, Feb: 16-(AP)-
Horse racing wa sthe feature of the
winter carnival here. The free-for-
all with the 500 purse for the winner
Class A with SIS purse, Glass E
with a $50 purse and Glass C with a
SIS purse and the match race be-
tween Dessarion owned in Rumford
and NaXey, owned in Norway, COM
prised the card.
Fifty three contestants entered in
the junior ski jumping events. Ski
jumping, snowshoe races, skating ex-
hibitions and a hockey game between
Stephens high school and the Conti-
mental Mill team. The carnival
closes Tuesday -evening with BAN
quet, exhibition skating and carnival
ball
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Attempt to Clean
OFF COny Rink Today

ms recent snow storms have all
peiped to pile a generous coating
=. nice. SOFT snow all over the Cony
INK and the greatest problem has
Seen to keep 1t clean. An attempt
mas been made to hire several teams
20 scrape OFF at least the playing
surface but the most of the teams
nave peen busy and the rest of them
were not sharp enough to stand up
On the Ice. However, the manage
ment hopes to have at least the in.
aee cleared of today and the rink
VIII once more be in first class con-
oition Tor the many skaters who use
sn1 place when Il IL available.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
Says FitzsimmOns
Is Man to Decide

Wilmington, Del, Feb. 16-(AP)--
ITS up to Floyd Fitzsimmons. He's
promoting the bout" was Jack
Dempsey's reply to an inquiry re-
garding the proposed Wills Dempsey
fight in Philadelphia. when he ar
rived in this city today with his wife.
Estelle Taylor, screen star, and his
trainer, Gus Wilson.
The Dempseys went to the home Of
Mrs. Dempsey's grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles C. Barrett. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dempsey will leave here late
tomorrow night or early Thursday
for Richmond, Va, where the cham
pion will stage an exhibition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
BOWDO|N VARSITY
PLAYS GARNET IN
final STATE GAME
(special to Kennebec Journal)

Brunswick. Me-, Feb. 16.-Bowdoin
College varsity hockey team will play
it's last game in the series Of State
championship when it will meet Bates
on the delta tomorrow afternoon. Bow
dom has won every championship game
plaved thus far. Coach Ben Houser
tonight named the following players
TO start the contest: Fiveer and For
sythe, wings; Cutter, center; WIDEN
and Cole, defense; Berry, guard. Put
nam and Thayer will get into the game
in wing position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

Cony plays Morse tonight In thsalst
tough game Of the week. Morse IN,
predicted win for the Bath team ~
a wide margin. but having plassd
Morse once and beaten them. thesRei
and White should repeat their stunt 10.
night. The game will be a part Of ths
entertainment at the winter carnival u
the seaport. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

pose French players in the interna-
tional tennis series at the Seventh
Regiment Armory, New York, on
Feb. %, 26 and 81.
Loren Murchison of Chicago, Amer
icas sprint king, plans to defend
the British running titles he annexed
next summer during his tour Of Eu-
ropean countries. The Illinois A. c.
flier has announced he will sail for
England Immediately after the Ma
tional A. A. U. championships in
Philadelphia next July.
The college gridiron, from which
amateur hockey drew one of its
greatest players in the late Hobey
Baker. has contributed two outstand-
ing stars to the Eastern Amateur
Hockey League. George Owen OF
the Boston A. A, former Harvard
halfback, and Buzz Stout Of the st
Louis team, erstwhile Princeton end,
rank among the leading puck-pursu-
ers of the circuit.
Ten colleges from New England
and Canada will be represented at
the first championship meet of the
Intercollegiate Sports Union in
Hanover, n. H., on Friday and Sat
urday. A thaw prevented the carni-
val last year.
Georges Carpenter of France, for
mer light heavyweight champion, to-
day terminates his New York social
program to resume the grim business
of fighting. He leaves for Havana,
Cuba, to fight Bill Grady of New
York on Feb. %. Grady has been
substituted for Tom Mckieknon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17
coburn and Freshmen in Tie

Especial to Kennebec Journal)
Brunswick, Me-, Feb. 16.-Coburn
Classical Institute and Bowdoin fresh
men played 3-3 tie on the delta this
afternoon. Ward made all the tallies
for the freshmen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

cortland. General Secretary Ralph
NJ. Sommerville of the Portland Y.
ana State Secretary jefferson c.
Smith of Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

Leo Murphy. one Of the Toughest
Junior lightweights In the cauliaow,,
business today, and incidsntaily /
member Of the famous Murphy fsnhy
which includes Spider and Paul gviI
probably come to Augusta with Bruvn
for q match with Larry Walsh Of Do.
ter. The Biddeford boy has f6usss
some rugged scraps In this Statess
his appearance on local card wcuh
guarantee six vounds Of action n II,
fight lasted that long.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

Black, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Soule and
Helen Nelson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

A new heavyweight will shorty ,,n
pear in the Sears bouts In the perss
Of Texaco Pete, who fought OILY .Bu,s
Tenney to a standstill In City han ~
season. Harry has tried to bring tbss.
two boys together for a return rSir.
for some time but didn't have p1Ies
success. As the Texaco Terrier IA,
been clamoring for q match withlarv
heavy in the State, including Tehner
he will be matched with some xscs
man at an early date.