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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-13
weeks stay at their farm at East

WEEK stay at IHeIr 1dIIu dL Edab
Burnham.
Hon. Tudor Gardiner Of Augusta,
speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives, was a caller in town Saturday.
Mrs. Esther Dyer has gone to Port
land for a visit with her son, Walter
Dyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Trip and
niece of Augusta were callers in town
Sunday.
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Automobiles For Sale
IN ALL OUR SALES

IN ALL OUR SALES
A, used ears Of any kind, make or
model the service the buyer receives
! always outweighs the cost Of the car.
scade our sales as you like, this is
Invariably the result-the buyer gets
Of inspection here. study the used
cars and their prices, then draw
your own conclusions.
1929 Ford Touring
1924 Ford Coupe
1924 Dodge Sedan
1928 Chevrolet Coupe
1924 Nash Brougham
J 1922 Buick Touring
1922 Dodge Touring
1922 Gray Touring
1922 studebaker 1t. Touring
1924 studebaker 1t. 9. 5-Pass. Coupe
1924 Special 8 studebaker Sedan
1923 Big 6 Studebaker, Pass. Coupe
1924 Special Touring
WATERvILLE MOTOR co.
., AUGUSTA
USED CARS
NAsH-1s2s sedan; Advanced Six;
NAsH-1s2s sedan; Advanced Six;
two door.
! NSH-1s24 sedan; 6 cyl; four door.
NAsH-1s23 touring; 6 cyl
oAKLAND-1922 touring.
TUDEBAKER-1s22 coupe.
BUIcK-Touring; good condition; 1928
wADLEIGH MOTOR. co.
AUGUSTA TEL. 1343-M.
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PEOPLE YOU KNOW are using the
classified section every day.
PERHAPS the very worker you want
has an ad under today's Situations
Wanted" classification.
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EMPLOY MENT
Help Wanted-Female

GIRL-Capable, for general house
work References required Apply to
Richmonds Apparel Shop, 236 Water
ST
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#. steel, Ferro SO
Up, Gies clutch, underwater ex-
haust, closed-in engine hatch. fully
equipped. Will sell cradle and float
ing boathouse. Will exchange for
Ford. F. Richard Hayden, Readfield.
Tel 16-11
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MOTORBOAT-2-cyc Rochester ma
rine engine; rs fit. over all. Write Box
III Augusta or Tel. 1878.
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LIVE STOCK

Wanted-IiVe Stock oU
DRESSED CHlCKEN--And fowl Web
Der &, Hewett. Augusta.
LIVE POULTRY--Highest cash prices.
J. II. Desmond. Tel Gardiner 272-R.
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STALLION-Mark PIT Ia, sale or
service. Concord wagon, harness,
work harness, single horse hayrack
Apply between II and 1 p NJ. 16 Mt
Vernon St. Gardiner
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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Apartments and Flats

Apartments and Flats "a
BANGOR ST. 16-Upstairs rent,
rooms, shed, garage. Tel. 156S-X.
COR GROVE AND SWAN STS.-Fur-
nished apartment. Mrs. NJ. L. Haley.
EAST CRESCENT ST.-Very attrac-
tive rent for small family. All mod
ern improvements. Inquire c. F.
Flynt. Tel. 1850
EAST SIDE-Moderate priced Groom
tenement Electric lights and flush.
A. A. Soule, Tel. Augusta 152-W.
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FINANCIAL

Business Opportunities 3s
FILLING STATION--All complete, at
Island Park, to let for the season.
Inquire Casavant & Cloutier, Island
Park. Tel. Augusta 517-45.
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ROWBOATS-Barga F. F. TuttIe,
Island Park. Winthrop. Tel. 51T-43.
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Wanted-To Buy 66
NTIQUES-Bureaus, tables, chairs,
mirrors, clocks. beds, dishes and
glassware. Any condition; price no
object. Private party. Write U-2,
care Journal.
PEELED SPRUCE-Fir and poplar
pulpwood for immediate shipment or
next fall or winter delivery. Frank e.
Mace. 81 Winthrop ST., Augusta.
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HOT DOCS
Savory, sizzling sausages
served from steaming skillet,
side shady spot, with Sunday
sandwiches. Slick stuff! You
furnish the eats. We have the
folding skillet and the camp
stove at Fifields. opp. depot,
Augusta.
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Boats and Accessories

MOTOR BOAT-25 TT. 2 cyl. H. p,
has cradle on wheels, excellent con-
dition. Will sell or trade for sawed
lumber, shore lot or camp. Write
IL care Journal
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clothes come back from our shop.
Mems and women's summer garments
perfectly pressed, cleansed and re-
paired. Berry's, dry cleansers and
tailors. Augusta.
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Household Goods SO
ANTIQUE-Sofa. chair; carpenters
tool chest. $40 Water ST., Hallowell.
ASK JOE-For used furniture and
clothing, | buy and sell. Cadarette. SIS
Middle ST. Call afternoons.
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NoRTH-Mrs. Fred Cole and
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TYPEWRITERS-Sp offer to stu
dents-4 months, SO in advance. Geo.
w. Merrill, 221 Water ST., Augusta.
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People Pick Up Many Bargain Following The
MERCHANDISE
Household Goods

gal. boiler with low pres
sure outfit. II State ST. Tel. 26s-W
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MOTORBOATS--2 good ones, low price.
Casavant 81 Cloutier. Island Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
ROSSBOTTOM TOLEAvE
POST WITH u. S. LINES
General Manager Will Resume
Army Duties and Be Succeeded
by D. S. Burke Temporarily.

Thomas. II. Rossbottom. general
manager Of the United States Lines
under the Emergency Fleet Corpora.
ton, is to resume his duties with the
War Department as manager Of the
Panama Railroad Steamship Co., 1t
was announced yesterday by Presi-
dent Dalton of the corporation.
Gen. Dalton said it was understood
that the War Department would ask
for Mr.. Rossbottom's return Septem-
Der l. and his duties with the United
States Lines will be taken over tenn
porarily by his assistant, David S.
Burke.
Rossbottom was loaned to the Fleet
Corporation by the War Department
and the period for which he was avail.
able has been extended from time to
time.
Gen. Dalton announced that in con-
nection with the reorganization Of the
corporation, effective September l,
Capt. w. E. Griffith, former manager
of the operating department of the
corporation, has been selected as d.
rector of the New York district, re-
lieving Capt. r. D. Gatewood, SO the
latter might devote himself exclusive
ly to the supervision of maintenance
and repair work upon all ships of the
corporation.
The reorganization is planned to
consolidate and regroup the various
functions of the corporation as q
means of increasing its efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
FUGITIVE WANTED HERE
JUMPS BEFORE TRAIN
Joshua r.. Bennett, Colored Attor-
ney, Commits Suicide in New
York Subway.

Believed to have realized the fulfil
ity Of attempting to avoid arrest by
police who have trailed him through
a number Of cities, Joshua r. Bennett,
colored attorney Of 1897 Fourteenth
street. committed suicide in New York
City on Friday, August 10, the Wash.
ington police were advised today. Ben.
nett, the report states. jumped in
front of a northbound subway train
at Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street.
Bennett has been sought by the To-
cal police for two months on a num-
Der Of warrants charging embezzle-
ment. Detective Harry X. Wilson, as
signed to the case, trailed him to New
York City and forwarded a warrant
for his arrest. The New York police
picked up his trail and the suicide fol-
lowed, according to the report
The particular warrant forwarded to
New York charged Bennett with the
misrepresentation of 5000 in connec-
ton with the estate Of Sarah Jones.
The complainant was John T. FISHER,
1916 Pennsylvania avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
FIRE UNDER CONTROL
AT SEQUOI FOREST
$4,000 Acres Burned Near Fresno.
5000 Fight Northwest
Woods Flames.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 20.~-
After burning over $4,000 acres of
brush and timber in the region of the
Sequoia National Forest, fire in the
timber country east Of Fresno was
brought under control yesterday.
One man dropped dead while fight
ing the flames. The efforts of more
than 225 men kept the fire from reach
ing a stand of giant Sequoias in the
Sequoia National Park. Five thousa nd
acres of the area burned was within
the Sequoia National Forest, adjacent
to the park.
Forest fire hazard in the North Pa
cific Coast States as we'll as in the
klamath district of Northern Califor-
MIA mad been virtually ended by rain
fall and decreased humidity which en-
abled fire fighters to extinguish flames
already brought under control.
Three thousand men, however, were
retained in the f1re-fghting forces of
eastern Washington, northern Idaho
and western Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
STEUBENVILLE'Sl IL MURDERS STIR
OHIO TOWN TO CLEANING HOUSE

| posed in the open air There is a
possibility that the chief justice of
the State Of Ohio will be asked to
hear the case.
Mayor Paton's term has been a short
one, and none too sweet. He came
into office last January on the pledge
that he would see a reform brought
about. All mayors seem to be reform
| mayors. and the sO-called denizenS of
| the underworld have made 1t a point
to contribute literally to any and all
| campaigns. Mayor Patton's reform
| movement is yet to start. The chief
alleged refusal to enforce the prohibi-
ton law, and on this there hangs a
tale told round many Steubenville
| fireside.
Dry Agents In Disrepute.
The city council had told Mayor
Patton to get busy on enforcing the
| liquor law. Mayor Patton countered
by telling the council he would en-
force it If the council supplied him
| with prohibition agents. But this the
council refused to do. because in
Steubenville prohibition agent is
considered on par with a horse thief
and a kidnaper, even among the
gentle folk who deplore the use of
strong drink.
This Is the result of what appears
on its face to be an absurd and dan
gerous method of enforcement in
Ohio. The city of Steubenville, for
instance, has no enforcement officers,
but a few miles away the village Of
Bloomfield, population 200, not only
has an enforcement force, but two
dry" or Kangaroo" courts. The
kangaroo court is one which Jumps
from place to place and back again.
The two Bloomfield courts are pre-
sided over by the justice of the peace
and the mayor.
The enforcement force consists of
half dozen "two-gun" men under
the direction of a marshal. They
dash about the countryside raiding
and arresting, but they conf1ne their
efforts chiefly to Steubenville. The
violators are hailed into the Bloom
field courts and fined. Half the fine
is kept by Bloomfield and half goes
to the State. None goes to support
Of the prisoners. who are put in the
county Jail at Steubenville. Bloom
field has collected something like
$50, 900 in the last six months from
the fines, while Steubenville hasn't
received a nickle, though most of the
money is Steubenville money.
Nearby Town Reaps Benefit.
Until recently, under a fee system
abolished by the State Legislature last
session, the dry agent collected and
retained as pay 25 per cent of the
fines. The result is doubled arreled
shot against Steubenville, which re
suits in walls from the drys, who see
evidence that the law is openly vio-
lated in their own city, and cries from
the vets. who see all the good
Steubenville money going to the
village of Bloomfield.
Under the Ohio law it is a simple
matter to set up dry court and a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
us. FILES DISSENT
| ON ARMS CONTROL
Joins Britain and Four Other
Nations in Minority Re-
port at Geneva.

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 90.
The United States, Great Britain.
Japan, Italy, Chile and Sweden yes
tsrday introduced minority report
on the question of international con
troll of ornaments. declaring that the
proposed board of supervision would
he a kind of international general
staff, the creation of which would be
open to serious objections. This
action was taken after a ma jority of
the military disarmament commits
sion, which is preparing for a dis
armament conference, had advocated
the orga nization of a permanent body
for the collection and dissemination
or armament information, with the
prerogative of ruling as to whether
ornaments showed an aggressive or
defensive tendency.
The dissenting nations declared 1t
would be extremely difficult for the
commission to reach unanimous re
ports and expressed the opinion that
the members would be Influenced by
divergent political considerations
which were bound to hamper an i'm
partial inquiry.
Furthermore, it was believed that
inquiries on the spot where a decision
might ne taken were certain TO ledQ
to unfortunate political results
1t was also deemed possible that
one country might bring a charge
against another for the purpose of
obtaining information about secret de-
fensive organizations of the country
accused.
The delegations of Great Britain.
Chile. United States, Italy and
Japan" says the minority report,
are entirely unable to accept for
their governments anything in the
nature of inquisitorial commissions"
In conclusion the report says that
the introduction Of restrictions upon
the sovereign rights Of states tends
TO initiate against the creation of an
atmosphere Of good faith among
nations.
The German delegate declared that
the control now imposed on Germany
was incompatible with a. state of
sovereignty, and added: at should be
applied only to Vanouished nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
Aes.op

Poor old Aesop was a slave, toiling
sadly in the sun, and he journeyed to
the grave with a minimum of fun
It Is true his freedom came after
years of sturm and drang, and he
played the statesman game with old
Croesus and his gang. Then to point
an argument or a theme to illustrate
he would sit down and invent some
small fable to relate People wearied
OF this trick which they held to be a
crime, and they wished the poor old
hick wouldn't fool away his time
When a mighty crisis rose, throwing
monarchs in the shade. Aesop stood
upon his toes, with a fable ready
made. The entombment of king. or
the browning of queen only caused
this man to spring fables, morals in
between. Fables introducing frogs
speaking wisely in their lakes. tales
concerning talking dogs and declama-
tory snakes. In the day of peace or
strife he was with his stunt at grips,
every incident of life brought some
fables to his lips. So he went his way
alone. friendless, sad. his course he
steered, and all sorts Of bricks were
thrown when the fable man appeared.
He was hated like the wight who
makes moderns swear and yell. who
comes up. his face alight, with a
funny yarn to tell. But a Boswell
was at hand, trailing Aesop night and
day, writing down, with patience
grand, all his fables, without pay.
Since that. as in Homers case, many
cities make the claim they were
Aesop's native place and should share
his deathless fame. Persisted are the
soaring screeds of that dim and dis
tant day, records of heroic deeds, all
forgotten, passed away. All forgotten
are the words of the orators and
seers, of the kings and other birds
living in those vanished years. But
the Fables Aesop told in his tiresome.
droning way, mems attention gain and
hold as if published yesterday.
WALT MASON.
Copy right. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
GHOST OF OLD RUBY
DUBBED IGNIS FATUUS
Spectral Light in Cemetery Caused
by Vapors Arising From
Marshy Ground.

BY the Associated Press
NOWATA. Okla, August 20.-lgnis
F'atuus is the name bestowed upon
the Ghost of Old Ruby" by scien-
tific minded skeptics here who have
received calmly stories of a spectral
light appearing frequently in a coun-
try cemetery between Nowata and
Claremore, Okla.
The term ia that of phosphores
cent phenomenon produced by vapors
arising from marshy ground. The
fact that there is a small marsh in
the vicinity of the spot where several
have said they have seen the light,
lends support to the theory.
John Parrish and Frank kincatde,
farmers Of the Old Ruby community,
kept vigil until am. yesterday in
the hope of glimpsing the apparition,
but their watch went unrewarded.
Hundreds Of sightseers have Wis
tied the spot on recent nights and tell
varying stories of what they have
witnessed Farmers of the commu-
nifty. however, continue to pillow their
fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
SHIP LANDS REFUGEES.
Three Florida Realty Men Rescued
at Sea in Golf Clothes.

NORFOLK, Va. August 20 P).-
Saved from almost certain death as
their motor boat was sinking beneath
them. II. r. Anderson, Elmer Mad
dorf and S. w. Trap. real estate
statesmen Of Miami Beach, were land
ed here yesterday by the British
steamer Campus, Capt A Kerdyson,
master.
The men were rescued 80 miles off
Miami Sunday. When the campus
sighted their signal of distress they
had been helpless for 10 hours. The
trio had put out from Miami in a 40.
foot motor boat for a trip around the
waters of Florida. They ran into a
storm and their motor broke down.
The boat filed rapidly and sank a
few minutes after they had been
hauled up on the deck of the Cam
pus. Clad in Knockers and golf stock
tngs. they were soaked to the skin
when the Campus picked them up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20

squad of enforcement officers. The
mayor appoints a marshal. who gets
himself made deputy State inSpec-
tor, which clothes him with authority
to gather about him a gang and go
raiding. Tales of extortion, persecu-
ton and bribery are heard on every
hand in complaint against this system
which many Ohio counties refuse to
condone. In addition, Federal prohi-
bitiOn officers and State prohibition
officers swoop down from time to time
and take their share of the spoils. 1t
is stated that stills-surposed to be
confiScated after raid-are found
marked and running by subsequent
raiders.
Pay for Vice Rights Alleged
Steubenville, with population of
$4,000 and the usual foreign element.
attracted there by the many steel
plants, is one of the prettiest and
most prosperous of Ohio's smaller
cities. But it has long been noted
AS {. wide open" town. Cert yin men
have the gambling rights. the house
of prostitution rights and the boot
Logging rights. and they are said to
pay for them. The slot machine
gambling privilege is valued at $50, 900
which is split three ways. one-third
going to the owner and tWo-thirds go
ing to city officials, whose names are
given freely, but apparently without
indictable proof.
OF the IL murders in the last three
months, or 10 were bootleg killings,
with no arrests. The number of muir
ders, by the way, backs a city the size
of Pittsburgh off the map in shame.
Steubenville is a town thoroughly
aroused. The ma jority of it's citizens
are good citizens. They have awak-
ened to the task Of unbinding them
selves from chains forged by their
own Indifference
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
SLAYER FOUND HANGING.
Suicide in Cell Follows Murder of
Woman in Presence of Children.

Special Dispatch to Tho star
BALTIMORE, August 20.-Noosing
his bedSheet through the electric
light socket, Peter Biedjenski, held in
city jail for numbering his landlady,
Mrs. katherine Fink. July II. COM
United suicide by hanging yesterday
Although a dozen prisoners and
guards were within earshot and sew
eral guards must have passed the cell
in the time it took Biedjenski to
StranGle, the suicide was not discov-
cred until a guard happened to peer
into the cell. He cut Biedjenski down,
hut life was extinct. Biedjenski was
former boarder at Mrs. Fink's home,
and slew her in the presence of her
six children. The children were vir-
tually orphaned by the killing, as
their father deserted them years ago,
and all trace of him is lost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
Fish Net Gets Dead Shark.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEWPORT NEWS, August 20
James Walker, a fisherman, yesterday
found an eight-foot shark. dead, in his
fish net. The big fish" was towed
ashore and two men hoisted it out of
the boat with rope and tackle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20

French irritation has had the effect
Of driving an increasing number of
American and English tourists to
Spain where, it is confidently expect
ed, they will cheerfully exercise the
tact that charms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
WOMAN FOUND BEATEN.
Ten Colored Boys Held for Inves-
tigation in South.

BARNWELL. s. c., August 20 CLp).
Mrs. Sallie Lambert, wife Of Joe
Lambert, Barnwell, was found in an
unconscious condition late yesterday
near a railroad trestle in the south
west part of Barnwell. She bore un-
explained wounds on her head and
face.
Ten negro boys were held for in.
vestigation.
Lambert told officers that he and
his wife were fishing in the creek and
became separated. When he later re-
turned to find Mrs. Lambert. he
found her insensible on the bank OF
the stream. her head resting on a
rock, the husband reported.
The woman's head and face had
been/beaten. APPARENTLY with a stick
of wood. and she had lost much blood.
Lambert told officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
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that the only way to obliterate this
condition is to get rid of Patton
and Carter. The grand jury added,
however, that it was not in possess
sion of sufficient evidence to indict,
and it is now conducting a third in
vestigation.
In the meantime the Ministerial
Association, under the leadership of
Rev. DIR. D. w. Merrell of the First
M. f. Church of Steubenville. and the
w. c. T. u, went out and hired pri-
vate investigators. and upon the basis
of their findings submitted aff1davits
to Judge r. S. Paisley of the Court Of
Common Pleas which are said to re-
fleet sadly upon the character and
efficiency of the mayor and the chief
of police. Judge Paisley, acting on
these affidavits, Immediately SUI
spended the mayor and the chief. and
then the startled town of Steubenville
found itself looking into pretty ket-
tie of fish indeed
Mayor Named Substitute.
Under Ohio law the president of
the city council becomes acting mayor
upon removal of the mayor But
Mayor Patton. about two hours be-
fore his suspension by the judge,
called upon his friend, Justice of the
Peace James Gavin, and informed
him he was going out Of town a while
and would he please be mayor until
he got back. The justice Of the peace
said he would and Mayor Patton
signed an order putting him in
charge.
He then packed his bag and left
town. When Dr. e. j. C. Sander,
president of the council, started to
step into the suspended mayors shoes,
he found them already filled. The
city solicitor was loudly called upon
for an opinion and he decided that
while DR.. Sander might legally full
fill the executive functions of the
mayor, Justice Gavin would have to
take over the judicial duties-they
having been placed in his keeping in
due form before the real mayor was
suspended. One mayor is under
suspension; another mayor is execut-
ing the municipal affairs. while a
third is sitting on the bench in Po-
lice Court and dispensing justice
right and left.
A policeman named Ross Cunning.
ham has been appointed acting chief
of police. The city's leading news
paper, in 10-point type, set two col
umns wide, recalled that Mr.. Cunning
ham ia the grandson of q we'll known
constable. and has always been on
night duty on the force. When he
first came he was put on the patrol
wagon detail as q driver Later he
was put on an outside beat downtown.
and again later was transferred to
the north end beat. The past Sum-
mer his beat has been the south end
Of the city"