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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

stricken area following the Florida
hurrivane disaster. In mine disasters
and other catastrophes the organiza-
tion has offered prompt relief and has
distributed many thousancs or dollars
in peace time relief work.
Out of every contribution 70 the
American Red Cross so cents goes TO
the national organization, yne re-
mainder Of the contribution going into
the treasury of the local cnapter.
The organization has been active
IN carrying on local work outside
the scope of the county charltaoIe
organizations. Only recently ramTry
of tourists lost their automobile IN Il
crash near the city and were stranded
in Douglas. The local chapter or the
Fed Cross contributed largely to tho
fund which was raised 20 senG the.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14
Local Jewelry Store Now
Has Expert Matchmaker

Esi c. Harrington, watnmaker
and jewelry rcpairman of SO years
experience, is now in charge of the
repair department of the Bache Jew
clry company, it was announced Sat-
urday.
Harrington comes from Tampa, Fla,
and is am experienced wathmaller,
jewelry repairman and engraver.
Upon his arrival at the local jewelry
ccmpany's store he made the state
ment that he guaranteed to duplicate
parts for or repair any watch made.
The matchmaker brings to this city
with him sevara> thousands dollars
worth of repair equipment, including
an elaborate jewelers. lathe, of which
he is the inventor. 1t was learned
that he reads, writes and speaks
Spanish.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

| the discussions will be of equal i'm
pQrtance to the mining men of the
west and the coal men of all sections.
Secretary Hoover has been asked to
speak on 'The growing Tendency To-
ward Capitalization of Government In
| Washington" Other subjects of The
why Coal Resists Standardization, -
who Should Control Our Public Lands
! Which Contain Minerals" Natural
Resources, Privately Developed the
Nations Bulwark," state Rights and
! individual Initiative VS.. Centralized
] Government"
/ Other sessions of the four-day meet
ing Will be devoted to consideration of
economic and practical problems o.
mining, including, mine taxation; sta
! bilization Of mineral production; auni-
fled labor platform and the elimination
of high costs through simplified meth-
DDS and equipment-the mechanization
OF mines and Standardization The.prp-
gram promises much of value to8every
branch of the industry each division
of which Is confronted by conditions
peculiar to itself, as for instances silver
in view of the recent recommendations
of the Royal commission on Indian
currency and finance, and coal, in view
of the growing tendency toward me-
chanization. }lW
Tits proposed to discuss the five-day
week as well as other important an
giles of labor problems in the coal and
metal districts, where Industrial rela-
tions are of paramount interest.
i
mining men who have been asked to
take part in the prograns of the con-
vention are Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon, Secretary of Labor Davis Wal
ter Douglas, Cleveland Dodge and p G.
Beckett of the Phelps Dodge corpora
ton, f. Y. Robertson of the United
States Smelling, Refining and Mining
company, William Loeb of the ,Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining company,
Cornelius Kelly of the Anaconda Cop
per company, A. p. Cobb of the New
Jersey Zinc company, Gerard w. Swope
of the General Electric company, Geo.
Vaughn, president of the National Tax
association, Robert E. Tally of the
United Verde Copper company, E. J.
Ncwbaker of the Berwnd White Coal
Mining company, James A. Emery of
the National Association of Manufac-
:urers, Fl. w. Seaman, chairman of the
Board Inland Waterways commission,
Harry n Taylor of the U. s. Distribut-
ing corporation, DR.. T. S. Adams of
Yale university, Col. Warren r. Rob-
erts chairman of the national stand
ar6ization committee of the American
Mining congress, and B. Miflin Hood
of the Hood Brick company.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

American Mining congress to be held
in Washington, December 7-10. Beck
ett is now in the east and will prob
ably go to the convention from New
York.
The relation of politics to natural
resources, with particular reference to
the problem of the public land in the
west, and the proposals for government
supervision of coal operations, will be
two of the main subjects of discussion
considered by the convention. Coming
at time when congress is in session
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

unfortunate family to their home IN
the east From time to time many
other cases coma ID iagf1t IN which
the county hasa no authority to act,
and in all of such cases the burden
of relief falls upon the Red Cross.
b A large tnunlter of workers are to
participate in the drive Friday. and
Saturday and 4 canvacc Of the enr,re
city will be made. The personnel or
the local chapter is as follows: d. q.
O'Neil, chairman; DR.. F. T. Wright,
secretary; Henry Williams, treasurer;
Mrs. Mary Calisher, Mrs. A. w. Col
ton, Albert Stack and r. e. Souers,
directors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14
PROGRAM FOR DOUGLAS
FATHER AND SON WEEK
ANNOUNCED BY Y. M. c. A.

Father and Son Week is here ana
arrangements have been completed.
This promises to be one of the most
interesting father and son programs
that have been put on in this city.
The program starts today with
special services in the churches. Mos,
of the churches are cooperating on
this special occasion, and every father
his son to church today and STARE
the week right.
The two outstanding events of the
week are the banquet on Thursday a:
the Y. Nk C. A. at $3.50 o'clock and
the day when the boys of the city
Will take over the city government,
for the day. The city government,
day will be decided on Monday eve.
ming when all of the following boys
will meet at the Y. M. c. A. at 7:3G:
Joe Causey, Lee Bodenhamer, George
Colvin, Frank GARDENER, Clinton
Cary, James Reay, Henry Buem1er.
James Sexton, Billy Harding, Ed
ward Black, Marion Massey, Jack
Deeming, Howard March and Allen
Hood. ,,.
The above boys We're chosen by
the general committee of the weeks
activities from names taken from the
attendance rolls of the different
churches.
The banquet,a:s in charge of Hild,t
Davis and HoapeE assisted. by TWO
ladies Fl ON eaeh ehu4ch who will IN.
turn enlist the help of four youns
ladies' from their respective churches
who will help in serving,
The entertainment is in chargc
OF ANDERSON, Peterson, Jacks anu
Oeeming. The program will be snappy
and the speeches will be few anc
short. J. e. Carlson, .3r, w:ff act as
POSTMASTER for the occasion.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14
OFFICERS OF PHELPS
DODGE ARE TO SPEAK
AT MINING CONGRESS

Walter Douglas, president; Cleveland
Dodge, vice president; and p. G. Beck
EFT, general manager of the Phelps
Dodge corporation, are among the well
known mining men who have been
asked to take part in the program of
the 29th annual convention of the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14
Boy Scouts Meet


The boy scouts of Douglas held their
regular weekly meeting at 1928 Ninth
street Friday, c. D. Bartlett scout ex-
ecutive for Cochise county, presiding.
At the meeting they decided on the BIZ
cycle run, which was made Saturday,
starting at o'clock. This run was
just trial and all the riders were
back by Ais p. m. Six scouts made
the trip.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

Visa fees VIII be waived for mem
bers of the American legion visiting
England next year.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

Ghost stories are gaining in popu
larity according to Danish publishers
who are placing them on the market.
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own IS attending to ais outside

fhis town Is attending to MS OUTSIDE
duties. a., :
Miss Thelma Burns, teacher in the
Boston Avenue school and her aunt
Mrs. Gertrude Rideout, OF CLINTON
are. visiting relatives in Aroostook
county.
Mrs. Ellen Garland was guest
last evenl1e Of her cousin. Mrs. An
nette Blackwell of the Augusta ROAD.
Charles Robinson, who has been
employed at Enfield was In town
yesterday called by the death OF ms
ur Gle, Charles Drummond.
Nj and Mrs Ernest Oliver and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Kerr and son,
Theodore, were recent guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. +. 5. ToWle.
Out Of town people to attend the
funeral of Charles Drummond Fri
day afternoon were Charles "A.
Drummond Mr.. and Mrs. Dow of
Portland. Mr.. and Mrs. Bangdon
Freize, Miss Miriam Dole, and Mrs.
Warren York of Bangor, Mr. and
Mrs. A. j. Barbour, of Augusta, Mr..
and Mrs. Sawyer of Riverside, Miss
Clara Burleigh of Vassalboro, Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace White of Augusta,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Lowe and daugh-
ter, Katherine of Vassalboro, Mrs.
Tyler Roberts of Portland, Mrs. Elsie
Hanscom and daughter Melya, also of
Portland.
Charles Robinson was a business
visitor in Skowhegan last evening.
Several people from this town at
tended the supper, drama and dance
at Albion last evening.
Guy Roundy and Clifton Gates
were business visitors in China last
evening
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OAKLA AND

Work of replanking the bridge
across the Messalonskee stream near
the plant of the North Wayne Tool
Co. was completed Thursday and the
bridge is now open to traffic.
Mrs. Maurice Flint and children,
Gordon and Martha, are visiting Mrs.
Flints father and sister in Madi-
son for the week end.
Mrs. Mark Hurd and son William
of Scion are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mosher for the re-
mainder of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Dyer re-
ceived word Friday morning from
the American Baptist Foreign Mis-
sionary society in New York saying
cable had just been received from
Rangoon, Burmah, that the Rev. and
Mrs. Nernelle w. Dyer and FANNY
had safely arrived and that all was
well with them. Mr.. Dyer and his
family, who passed several days in
Liverpool after leaving New York,
sailed from Liverpool Sept. II, arriv-
ing in Rangoon October 10.
The many friends of Lyander Ste
vens will be sorry to learn that he
is very i'll at his home on High
street.
The Mission Circle of All Souls
Universalist church will meet Mon
day afternoon at o'clock at the
h.me of Mrs. j. II. Scribner, Me-
chanic street The subject for con-
Slderation is Our Work in japan"
Members are also reminded that the
annual dues are to be paid at this
time.
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State House Chat

Keith Sawtelle, Earle Grenier and
Ernest Ward will leave today to en-
joy few days deer hunting in the
vicinity of Jackman.
Warden John Flint of Monson ar
rived in this city and called for
short time at the office of the COM
missioner of inland fisheries and game
on Friday. driving back to Monson
later in the day.
Representative Maurice Lait of Old
Town was among the callers at the
State House, Friday afternoon, on
business at the office of the secre-
tary of state.
Captain William Hancock of the
State Highway police who has been
stationed at the central office here
for the past few days, left Friday
evening for his home at York Beach,
where he will pass the week end.
Commissioner Neil L. Violette and
George Faulkner of the forestry de-
partment left Friday for Orono, to
attend the maine Night observance
at the University Of Maine.
Major Roy E. Decker, Federal dis
bursting officer. left late Friday after
noon for Piscataquis county, where
he will pass the next two days on Of
fetal business, after which he will
join hunting party in Franklin
county for a short time.
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries
and Game Willis L. Parsons left Fri
day afternoon to pass the week end
ut his home at Dover FoXcroft, max
ing the trip by auto.
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At the Sidney Methodist church.
keV. Mr.. Kennedy will also be the
speaker Sunday afternoon at 230
followed by the Sunday school
All members of thS Christian En-
oeaVor Society of the~United Baptist
church are urged to be present st
the meeting Sunday night at &
O'Clock when Miss Lena Kerr will
give her report of the State Christian
Endeavor meeting which was held in
Lewiston last week. Miss Kerr, who
is one of the state officers, has had
great deal to do in promoting the
recent convention and who has
brought home a most interesting re-
port of its proceedings.
A large audience listened for over
an hour at the Community House
tuesday evening to Evangelist Blu
bars remarkable address on the
signs OF Christ's Second Coming"
10 the establishment of many he
showed from the prophecies that the
Red Army of Bolshevism, the auto
mobile the flying machine. and the
powerful explosive, II. n. T., as we'll
as the rapid means of travel and
communication are signs of the an
preaching end of this dispensation
as Christ is preparing to return, A
future discussion on this subject will
De resumed at some future meeting
A good delegation from the Every
mans Bible class the Fidelity class
and from Miss Millett's class of girls
was present. There will be a meet
ing tonight as well as the three big
services Sunday and every night
next week. Monday night Mr.. Bubar
VIII give one of his thrilling address
We Men or Monkeys ?"
The Tuesday club will meet next
Tuesday afternoon at $50 with Mrs.
Nyra Holmes at her home on Chmcn
street. The subject of the meeting
is Armistice Day" and very inter-
estng program is being prepared.
MRS. Alice Gilman will assist Mrs.
Holmes in the entertaining.
lettering to the article in Fridav
mornings Journal of the meeting Of
the Oakland Chamber of Confmc,ce
held Wednesday evening, special
mention should have heon made of
the high tribute the speaker. Paul n
Sargent, chief engineer of the State
Highway Commission. paid to the
late Col William NJ. Aver, who was
FOR several years chairman of the
highway commission until i'll health
compelled him to resign. Being so
closely connected with Mr.. Aver, MI.
sargent spoke very feelingly of his
associations in a social way as well
as in business way. He said tbat
there was never a man in the State
VINO understood building a good
road as did Mr.. Aver. Mr.. Sar-
geants talk on Good Roads" was a
very interesting one and deserved a
much larger audience.
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Live Specimen
Of Rufed Grouse

Chief Warden Bella T. Wass of
Cherryfield recently sent a fine
specimen of the ruffed grouse to
the State department of inland fish
cries and game The bird, which
was caught in Washington county,
arrived here Friday, the cage in
which it was sent being marked
For Scientific Study"
AS there are no facilities here for
making the best use of this speci-
laen, the bird was sent to Professor
Gross at Bowdoin College, to be
used In connection with his work
of investigating the disease which
is fast wiping out the grouse in
Northern Maine.
Before sending the bird to Bow
doin. the department called up Pro-
fessor Gross, and was informed that
he already had one live specimen,
and will be very glad to get the sec
on done.
Returning hunters report that the
scarcity of ruffed grouse is abnor-
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will get one of those easy movie
plots to solve.
AS remembered for perenni-.l
on the screen as a Roland West
production, 'The BATHS a fascinating
detective problem, with everything in
it calculated to interest the most
faded of audiences. "The BATHS one
sensation after another, with no
solution bubbling UP until the mo-
ment the story gives it's secret up.
There are attempted murders and
sudden encounters on every floor of
the seemingly haunted mansion, and
it's spooky garrets are filled with
bales of money. There Is an hyster-
ical slavey who jumps at every shad-
ow that crosses the wall, and a
comedy detective who butts in to add
complications.
There is the shuddery. expectant
and destructive atmosphere of UNI
explained evil doings, with a dozen
people under suspicion all at once.
There is a bank robbery, financial
crash, and the demise of the respect
ed president under peculiar circum-
stances, and the sudden absconding
of the teller who holds the key to
the debacle, or at least to the vault
that held the money. Hidden blue
prints of a secret room in the house
are sought by eager volunteers.
Romance shines indicated through
out all the troublesome plots and
counterplots. There is not one sin
gle minute that the spectators spine
is not called upon to rise and shiv-
er, and his throat to rattle in fright
full gasps of joy.
Although tens of thousands have
seen the stage version of 1.-THE Bat"
in its several years career, the sec
ret of its real culprit as finally re-
vealed by its authors, Mary Roberts
Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, has
been we'll kept. The public has re-
Trained from giving away the solu-
ton to members who have not seen
1t, and it is expected that the same
loyalty to good entertainment will
prevail when the big film production
Of the play comes to this city.-Adv.
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Caprio quoted Beekman as/ sayihg 3,
This is the little thing tnat dlo
the slashing.
Caprio also told, Simpson said. that
an automatic pistol of German manu-
facture was o. Beekman's deck at
that time but the prosecutor made
no reference to 1t.
Caprio was employed but eight
days on the Hall Mills case, he being
removed when Wilbur A. Mott Of
Newark was appointed special prose-
cutor and superseded Beeman.
Simpson explained he recently met
Caprio on the street and had asked
him to help in the investigation but
that the latter refused to become
mixed up in the case" Caprio
gave the same reason for not sur
rendering the razor sooner, the
prosecutor added. other excuses
were that he had heard simpson
was to be indicted by the present
grand jury in Somerset County and
that he did not wish to add to the
prosecutors troubles"
Later he thought better OF 1t, ac-
cording to Mr.. Simpson, and I'M
burdened himself today.
Caprio will testify at the trial or
the four defendants, Mr.. Simpson
announced.
Recovery Of the razor followed
preliminary report of DIR. SchulZe,
who yesterday performed an autopsy
on the body of Mrs. Mills.
The disclosures, Simpson said, were
climaxed by the assertion that no
autopsy had previously been made
on the body, contrary to the reports
of authorities who conducted the
investigation four years ago.
DIR. SchultZe informed him that
a razor had been used to slash the
Woman's throat.
The cuts were made after death.
the absence of blood in the lungs
proving that her throat was slashed
after respiration had stopped.
Her death was caused by one of
three bullets. The first of these
struck the forehead, the second
entered the right cheek, and the third
hit the right temple. The CONCLUSION
was reached that the assailant shot
from the front. Simpson said.
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STATE HOUSE
of Friday A.

line, the bear was seized for the
State by Warden Dutil, who sent the
hide down to be mounted for the
use of the State Museum.
Miss Myrtle Hodgdon, chief clerk
of the department, stated that the
hide had been stretched between
two trees, and not properly cared
for. In consequence it had shrunk-
en- to such an extent that it prob
ably will not be in shape to mount
whole, but a fine rug will be made
from it, as it measures six feet and
eight inches even in its present state.
warden Dutil said that this skin
should have measured at least eight
feet if properly prepared" added
Miss Hodgdon.
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The program featured for the last
times today is one that will meet the
approval of both young and old.
There is plenty Of comedy in THE
Cats Pajamas," played by Betty
Bronson and Theodore Roberts, and
plenty of thrills in the Western
drama, lone Hand Saunders
which features Fred Thompson.
Strings of Steel" with William
Desmond, and the current News
Weekly complete this delightful
triple header Saturday program.
On Monday and Tuesday of next
week the management takes great
pleasure in announcing the showing
of United Artists famous production
THE Bat" This picture is in ten
reels, and is considered by one and
all to be a screen masterpiece. The
Augusta public will be pleased in
learning that THE Bat" will be
shown at the usual prices of admis-
Sion.-Adv.
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Fish Hatcheries
In Fine Condition

Commissioner of Inland Fisheries
and Game Willis e. Parsons and
State Superintendent of Fish Hatch
cries Arthur Briggs returned Friday
from weeks tour of the State
hatcheries in the northern part of
the State. where the officials in
charge Of the plants are now engag-
ed in obtaining eggs for Matching
during the coming season.
The commissioner and Mr.. Briggs
visited the Fish River chain of Lakes
in Aroostook county, and the hatch
cries at Caribou and Moosehead Lake.
They report that conditions appear
to be very favorable and that the
work of handling spawn is progress
sing rapidly.
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Augusta Hunter
Gets Spikehorn
Buck i'm Allagash

Conrad Bragg of this city, who has
been enjoying a short hunting trip
in the Allagash region, returned
Friday and brought with him a fine
spikehorn buck which he shot. He
also had in his possession a very
large black bears hide, sent to the
State Department of Inland Fish
cries by Warden Bert Dutil, who has
cabin on Baxter Point in Eagle
Lake, and supervises the work on
Chamberlain, Eagle and Churchill
Lakes.
The bear, a large specimen and in
excellent condition, was trapped by
some Canadian poachers who caught
the) animal in a deadfall built of
heavy logs. AS they had no license
to trap on the Maine side of the
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WCSH, Portland, 500
SATURDAY. OCT. 80

SATURDAY, OCT. 80
1000 A. NJ. Housewives hour.
11.57 A. NJ. Washington time signals
1900 NJ. Early stocks; weather.
600 P. NJ. Stocks; grain market.
$40 2. NJ. Weather; announcements
6.13 P. NJ. Lost and found.
els +. NJ. News of the day.
$50 p. NJ. Childrens period.
7.S0 Z. NJ. Sport results.
SUNDAY, OCT. 81
1880 A. NJ. Central So. Baptist
church, Rev. Ferdinand Peterson,
pastor.
1870 P, NJ. Radio Parish church, Rev.
Howard Hough, pastor.
400 p. M. WEAF. Dr. Cadman, Bed
ford Branch. Y. NJ. c. A.
$50 p. NJ. George T. Springer Co.
1.-The Evening Watch"
700 p. NJ. Organ recital.
$50 p. M. First Baptist church.
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DAILY RADIO PROGRAM

KFAB, LNcoIN-s4o.7-sso k.
$50 8:30-Varicty entertainment
XII, LOS GELES-4s7-6zz
10 700 Coon the air 6 hours).
VINO, METAPHYSICS 900 h
$50 s:3o-Music.
WCCo, MPLS.-ST. PAUL-4i6A- k
a:d6SS 6:iS-Dinner concert,
200 S:0o-Wa alter Damrosch.
200 9:00-Quartct: Dance music
WoR. NEWARK-4os.2 80
6I5 S:lS-Dinner music; Sports
Sis 7:1S-V anderbih Orchestra
300 8:00-Musicsl prog, aanS-
II 100 10 :oo-Dance music.
WEAF, NEW YoRK-4st.s-Ssok.
600 5:00-Waldorf Orchestra.
800 7:oo-Musicai comedy hts
''oo e:oo-Walter Damrosch's IecturS
1000 9:oo-WEAF Revue.
II 800 10 :00--IDpez Orchestra.
.o MIZ, NE NEW YoRK-4s4.s-s6o h
S:2s 7:2s-Philharmonic OIcbcs.-, w,,-
,o,r lem Mengelberg CONDUCTING.
10 80 9:3o-Denny's Orchestra
~. WoN1C, NEW YoRK-52s-57ok
Guy a:oo.Musieal program.
- .o6 ~, oARLAND-561.2 -e3ok.
II 100 II :00-Dance music.
WoAW. ONdAHA-52s-S9A
10 q, 90 S;oo-Concert period.
ewsda' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
S:e9 Z'oo-Sports; Navy Night
S;4S 7:45-New York program
% 10 :05-Dance Orchestra
WEI PHILADELPHlA-3e 7kol
;o0 a:o0-Studio program.
200 S:o0-Walter Damrosch
WCAE. PITTSBURGH-SeIL hsoh
S?eo sTc0-Dinner concert.
S00 :o0-Program from WEAF
E 800. PIT ISBURGH-3os. I-S7ok.
quo 7:00-Westinghouse Band
hPo, SAN FRANCISCO-42s s-7nnL
= i ;oU 10 ;o0-Address, Herbert Hoover
ESQ s:3o-Dinner music.
80 6:3o-Theatre program
'0:30 9:30-Dance music
we, WaSA, SpRiNCFIELD-333.f 800
S Sio 5I0-News, other features,
S:io J :l0-Boston Symphony Orch.,,r,
olI2 S;!5-Brunswick Orchestra.
:o0 6:0o-Talks and music
:ZS 7:2S-Philharmonic cocc.-.
80 10 :3o-organ recital