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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
SAYS EVANGELIST
SPENT 10 DAYS IN
| COTTAGE WITH man

San Francisco Sept. 24-(P)-Ai-
NEE Semple Mcpherson. Los Angel
es evangelist, in alleged attempts to
manufacture false evidence in con-
nection with her mysterious disap-
pearance, revealed that during her
absence she spent ten days at cot
tage in Carmel. Calf. with Kenneth
G.. Orm!ston, her former radio oper-
ator, it was charged here today by
Harry Melosh, who was arrested IN
Los Angeles Monday, as an acces-
sorry.
Babe Daniels, 90. of Chicago, also
taken into custody here today as :,
material witness. admitted she signed
the affidavit declaring she was the
woman who occupied the cottage at
Carmel with OrmiSton and not Mrs
Mcpherson.
Melosh was started back to Los
Angeles under guard to answer
charges of conspiracy to defeat JUS
tice. He will be arraigned Monday
with Mrs. Mcpherson. her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. and Mrs. Lor-
raine Wiseman- Sielaff, who also has
admitted she was employed by the
evangelist to produce false evidence
in an effort to clear Mrs. McPher-
sons name in connection with the
Carmel cottage episode. Mrs. Dan
iels also was taken to ] os Angeles.
Ormiston is still being sought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels declared their
connection with the Mcpherson case
started when they were approached
by "a certain Los Angeles lawyer"
Melosh commented in his confession
that If Mrs. Mcpherson hadn't been
so stingy" she might still be in the
clear" and stated that all he had re-
ceived was about $3.50.
Mrs. Daniels told of conferences
with Mrs. Mcpherson. One. she said,
was in the office of the Los Angeles
attorney, in which Mrs. Mcpherson
pleaded with her, "Please, oh, please,
won't you be a dear little girl and
say you were with Mr.. Ormiston at
Carmel instead of me?"
The police revealed what they said
was Melosh's prison record. 1t
showed that he was sentenced to IS
months in San Quentin prison, Cali
fornia, for a burglary in San Fran
cisco in 1923.
The record shows that he was ar
rested in 1910 and 1913 in Portland,
Oregon. once on a charge of embez-
cling. two typewriters and the second
time on a charge of placing his wife
in an illegal resort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
TELLS OF 3 NEGROES
KILLED after CAUGHT
R0bbINC MIAMI DEAD

Washington, Sept. 24-R-Casual-
ties in the Miami storm area, may
greatly exceed those already an
nounced." Captain McNeely, COM
mander Of the Key West, naval sta
tion. today advised the navy depart
ment.
The captain said that from all
available information 1t appears that
1.-The public reports of the Miami dis
aster are too optimistic and it is APP
parent that the casulties may greatly
exceed those already announced.
He also told of an eye witness re-
port received at Key West of the
shooting and burning of three ne
groes by mob near Miami after the
negroes had been captured while
looting the dead. His message in
part read:
IAN eye witness report says that
lost night on the Tamiami Trail
about ten miles from the heart OF
Miami three negroes were shot tC
death and then burned. Understood
that they had attempted to remove
rings from dead woman while hel
children lay dead beside her and
failing this had shot her fingers from
her hand. One of the three negroes
was found with finger in his pocket
The mob then took charge.
"On Monday Marines from Key
West put an end to looting at Miami
Beach just north of the Allistor
Hotel"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Brother Tells of
Ex-Atty General
Burning Records
WORD CAPT. FONCk
IN CRASH PLANE ON
ATLANTIC HOP OFF

Hampstead, n. Y, Sept. 24-(P)-
Failure Of auxiliary landing gear to
function properly was blamed today
for the wreck of the giant Sikorsky
biplane and the death of two of his
companions by Captain Rene Fonck,
French ace and leader of the tragic
attempt to make a non stop flight to
Paris.
Fonck was called as a witness at
an inquest into the deaths of Jacob
Islamoff, Russian mechanic, and
Charles Clavier, radio operator of the
Sikorsky plane, who died in the
burning ruins when the plane crash
ed at the attempted take-off.
Earlier in the day District Attor-
ney Edwards made public an af1ida-
Wit from Colonel H. E. Hartney. gen.
eral manager of the Argonauts, Inc,
original promoters of the fight, in
which Colonel Hartney declared he
resigned from that organization be-
cause of Captain Fonck's participa-
ton. He gave as his reason Captain
Fonck's alleged lack of rehearsal
flights, poor pilotage. responsibility
and incompetancy, and desire not
to jeopardize the friendly relations
between France and America.
What action, if any, the grand jury
may take. will probably be deter
mined by the findings of the coroner's
inquest.
Captain Fonck took issue with
Colonel Hartney in declaring that the
plane actually took the air, and said
that If the landing gear had not been
damaged he would have been able to
make a normal landing in Curtiss
Field, below the bluff at the end of
the Roosevelt Field runway. The
damaged gear caused the plane to
'cartwheer' and turn over when it
landed, he said. He believed Islamoff
and Clavier were killed or rendered
unconscious by the crash, and were
not burned to death.
Fonck was unable to give any rea-
son for the collapse of the auxiliary
landing gear. 1t was knowledge that
this gear had injured the rudders that
caused him to attempt landing in
Curtis Field. he said. He denied pub
lished reports that he had placed any
blame on the mechanic, Islamoff.
Fonck and Lieutenant Lawrence
Curtin, second pilot, and Edward
Honour, expert of the French manu-
facturers of the planes engines. who
were also witnesses, united in de-
claring that plane and equipment
were the last word in aircraft manu-
facture.
Lieutenant Curtin corroborated
Captain Fonck's testimony regarding
the attempted take-of and declared
that he considered the French aviator
a competent pilot in every way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Governor Gives
His Approval
OF "ArgOnne Day"

Governor Ralph o. Brewster today
sent the following letter to National
Commander John V. Clinnin of the
Association Of Disabled American
Veterans, approving the plans for the
observance of "Argonne Day." today
Sept 25:
my Dear Commander Clinnin:
Il am very much in sympathy with
the annual Forget-me-nOt obser-
vance which is being sponsored by
the Disabled American Veterans and
I feel sure that the citizens of Maine
will be glad to join the other States
of the Union in remembering "Ar-
gonne Day." September 25.
TT is well that organizations such
as yours should from time to time
remind up of the great debt which we
owe to those men who were wound
ed and disabled in their country's
service as well as those who made
the supreme sacrifice across the
seas.
Maine can always be counted
upon to cooperate with all move
ments working for the alienation OF
the suffering of those who so cou-
rageously gave of their best-the
disabled American veterans of the
World War.
Cordially Yours,
RALPH O. BREWSTER"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 24.-(P)
International disarmament, the
attainment of which is receiving the
active collaboration of the United
States now can be more clearly Wis
ualized for tonight the league of ma
nons assembly unanimously adopted
, resolution that a general confer
,nce for the reduction Of ornaments
,hau be convoked before next Sep
tember unless material difficulties
prevent.
NJ. Paul Boncour, for France
yiscount Cecil, for Great Britain
and Herr Won Schubert, for Ger.
many, pledged their countries tc
support the conference. Lord Cecil
portrayed the world as anxiously
awaiting results from Geneva, but
warned that it would be fatal tc
call the conference before arrange.
ments were complete. because If Il
met and failed it would be the great
est disaster to the cause of peace
since the founding of the league Of
nations.
The German spokesman said thai
bis country deemed disarmament the
leagues greatest task, because it vi.
tally interested all humanity. He
emphasized that Germany haC
agreed with alacrity to participate
in the leagues special preparatory
Continued on Page @Coi. y
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Governor Made Slight
Gain in ,Pl uralty Over
Mclean in Official Vote
SUGGEST PLAN TO
PRESERVE FORESTS
new ENGLAND AREA.

Breton Woods, n. H., Sept. 24-(P)
Recommendation that every town
have its own forest, that every State
acquire ten per cent of its forest area
and that taxation on growing trees
be adjusted were made to the New
England Council tonight state for
esters of six New England states.
Professor r. T. Fisher of the Har-
ward Forest told the council that in
the face of threatened loss of New
Englands present and potential in
come from forestry products the for
estry interests have not sufficiently
adapted their policies to market and
economic conditions. He urged re-
search within the industry to solve
it's problems.
Professor Fisher assailed the belief
that forestry was merely the plant
ing of trees. For half the cost per
acre of planting" he declared, tens
of thousands of acres of our cut-over
wild lands can be bought and con-
verified by Improvement cutting into
more valuable timber crops than the
average planta ii ocrd onieevellpwru
average plantation will ever pro-
duce."
A definite plan was presented by
the state foresters to the council.
which was gathered for its third
quarterly meeting. Besides urging
town forests, taxation and state own
erShip Of ten per cent of forest areas,
the foreSters recommended that larg-
er appropriations be made for the
purpose of developing forest land and
combating diseases of trees, and in
order that forests might be extended.
From the standpoint of land utili-
Zation is the most important problem
New England has to face, the for
esters declared. This, they explained,
was because four-tift of New Eng
lands original girgin forest area
should be producing forest products,
whereas less than half of this area
is producing timber of any value.
In detailing their program the for
esters said that too much emphasis
could not be placed upon the ques-
ton of tax adjustments. In some
states, it was pointed out, the timber
land owner who had just planted a
crop Of young trees was taxed upon
the potential value of those trees
each year that they are growing, all
though it would be ten or fifteen
years before he realized upon that
value.
New England cannot afford to lose
its | income from forestry products,
worth $4,000 a year to this region,
Professor Fisher asserted. He said
that the industry was Showing an
alarming shrinkage." but that ION
the other hand, timber, raw materi-
ais. can be permanently supplied only
by the practice of forestry"
Tho IN, fbIc
income, he said, was to keep wood
working industries successful and
permanent. This can only be done,
he added, Gas economic conditions
change. by such comprehensive and
cooperative studies within the indus
Continued on Page S, Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
League Votes
For Arms Parlev
In Coming Year
SNOW AND FROST
THROUGH MIDWEST IN
CR0P-kILLINC RUSH

chicago, Sept. 24-(P-Unseason
able cold weather stalked out of the
northern Rockies today and advanced
across the northwest to can with
snow and frost the route of Indian
Summer.
wyoming and Montana, the Dako-
tas, Nebraska. and finally Iowa and
Minnesota felt successfully their
trst snowfalls of the season. All suf-
tered frost, too. as did Kansas and
tonight the storm was moving into
Wisconsin and across the Great
Lakes, bringing to many localities the
invest temperatures ever experienced
in September.
Inc storms whim brought more
rain to fiood-racked Illinois, a fall of
more than four inches centering Mt
ottawa, Illinois, where five factories
We're compelled to close. two rail-
roads and an interurban line suspend-
ed service, and some of the city's in
habitants were driven from their
homes by rising water.
Canadas grain belt was ankle deem
I, IN snow from Winnipeg to British
Columbia, with damage to unharvest-
ed crops estimated at s12,OOO.OOO.
Ohio, at the eastern end of the
| storm zone, conuted the losses from
| tornado which killed a child and
| did 100000 damage as it swept
through three counties along Lake
| Erie last night.
Originating in the upper Rocky
| Mountains, the phenomenal cold wave
| brought Seattle the lowest September
since 1887 and sent the mercury
| down to six degrees at Helena, Mont
| 1t scurried on through wyoming
the Dakotas and Nebraska, bringing
six inches of snow to several NORTH
| Dakota points near the Canadian line
and heavy falls at Rapid City and
| Pierre, S. D., and Crawford, Neb.
| The temperature fell 40 degrees il
| twenty hours at Omaha to Al, and AL.
| lance, Neb., reported a temperature
of 20. At Goodland, Kansas, fros
was felt when the mercury dropped
| 81 degrees)i in twelve hours. At Dodge
| City, Kansas, fall of Sc degrees wa!
, experienced overnight.
! Snow fell at Albert Lea, Mimi.
| an Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the storm
moved eastward, and Evanston. Ills.
reported trace of snow followed b!
rain and hail.
Tonight killing frosts were genera
over all the states in the storm are;
| west of the Mississippi River.
Farmers in Iowa were warned to
day to select their seed corn and ge
it in before tonights frosts. Much
of Iowa's corn is immature. Kansas
corn crop is out of danger. but KAN
and alfalfa face heavy damage.
Farther north, in Minnesota ant
the Dakotas, little of the corn is rip
and some small grain is still in tn
field. while in Winnipeg only half TIL
small grain has been harvested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Woman Takes Law
Course with Purpose
Of Gaining a Divorce

Boston, Sept. 24.-(P)-A typist
who took a law course so that she
might gain divorce. won her case
today. Mrs. Ida +. Corb of Revere,
who is employed in the United States
revenue office, received a divorce
from her husband in Suffolk County
probate court. Her husband was DR..
Harry Corb, a dentist in the navy. Is
Several years ago Mrs Corb
brought a divorce action but at that
time 1t was not allowed because of
a technicality involving jurisdiction.
undismayed, she began attending a
law school to learn enough about her
case to warrant her taking further
steps to be separated from her hus-
band. Having gained the knowledge
she desired she engaged counsel and
this time pursued her. suit success
fully.
They were married in Providence,
October u. 1921. Mrs Corb said that
her husband deserted her on Decem-
Der aS of the same year. She was
granted the right to assume her
maiden name. Ida F. Fendel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

Governor Ralph o. Brewster's
plurality over Mayor Ernest L. Nc
Lean in the State election of Sep
TENDER Is was 1869. according to
the official canvass made by the
Governor and Council at its session
Friday. The total vote for governor
was: Brewster 100,222 and Mclean
SO,593. This shows the governor did
not run so far behind as earlier fig
ures indicated.
The same official figures give for
congressman grand total of 106,-
707 Republican and 66,332 Demo-
cratic. a margin of 4O.375. The wide
variation between the vote for gov
ernor and congressman is accounted
for in the fact that there was very
little effort on the part of the Dem.
ocrats in the congressional contests
with the possible exception of the
Second District. Then again, there
was a very pronounced Democratic
drive for the head of the ticket with
factors entering into this contest
that were absent in those of con-
gressmen.
The official vote for sheriff of
Kennebec county is the same as
that published in the Kennebec
Journal last Monday, Henry T. Cum
mings' margin being % over that
of Joseph E. Jewett of Vassalboro.
The totals are 9572 Cummings to
$500 for Jewett.
No request for an inspection or
a recount of Kennebec county bal
lots has yet been made. There is
ample time for this, however, as the
law states that such a request can
be made within 20 days after the
Continued on Page 1@CoI. g.
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RAIN PUTS OVER
READF|ELD FAIR
WIND UP TO TODAY

Readfield, Me, Sept. "a - Rain
caused the postponement Of today's
program at the Kennebec County
Fair until Saturday. Children's Day
will be observed Saturday and the
order of events will be as follows:
9 A. NJ, judging of unfinished
classes. 10 A. NJ. judging of horses
and colts. 1880 A. NJ. concert by
Hyde's Band on grandstand, and attn
letic contests by boys in front of
grandstand. IL A. NJ. baby show in
exhibition hall. 100 P. NJ, races bee
gin. 2.2S mixed and 216 mixed
classes, with vaudeville acts between
heats. P. NJ drawing horses; tug
of war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

New York, Sept. 249P)-Broth-,
er was forced to testify against
brother today as the Daugherty-
Miller conspiracy trial reached the
highest point of tension since it
opened almost three weeks ago.
Nal S. Daugherty. small town
banker and brother of Harry M.
Daugherty, former attorney general,
was forced to tell on the witness
stand that his brother had wilfuily
destroyed evidence which the gov
eminent claims would have shown
that he received graft money total
ling $15O,OOO.
Admissibility of the bankers ties.
timony was holly contested by this
defense and opening of the court
session was held up half an hour
while attorneys for both sides ar
gued in Judge Mack's chambers.
The banker was visibly nervous as
he was sworn. Harry Daugherty
sat at the defense table twirling his
norm rlmmeQ glasses.
"Other witnesses" Buckner began,
have testified that the ledger
sheets in the Midland National Bank
of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, Of
which you are president, referring
to the accounts of you, your brother
and Jesse w. Smith, his aide. are
now missing. When did you see
them laSt?"
"In October of last year."
THAT was when you brought them
to New York at the time Jesse
Smith was subpoenaed in connection
with this conspiracy"
yes"
"And they were not examined by
the grand jury at that timer
"They were not"
What did you do with them
them"
MY brother took them back"
when you were subpoenaed
again last December" Buckner con-
tinued, land ordered to bring these
papers to New York, what did YOU
do"
II Immediately went to my broth
er's home in Columbus"
What was your conversation with
him there?"
II told him that he had been the
last one to have those sheets and
that 1 needed them to comply with
the new subpoena
What did he tell you then 2"
He said he had destroyed the
records
How had he destroyed them ?"
"He said he had burned them"
Continued on Page S, Col. 81
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40 Men Trapped
In Iron Mine at
.IronwoOd. Michigan

Ironwood, Mich, Sept. 24-tR)-Cu.
Off by many tons of boulders when 1ia
gave way in the G. Pabst Iron MIN
TODAY. Al men tonight were trappea
hundreds of feet below the stree''
of this city. .5 IN g
At least three men, trappea IA
cage. were believed TO pc oeaa' .,,,
Rescue work started lrn1neuiae's
pc,,Iders Joosened by vibration
short distance from the surface
Sroi,e through the concrete SLABS
which braced the surface of the 26oo
foot shaft. ,,+ snanning
stool supports, and bounded down the
sneI;ne As one plunged down an
other was loosened to fall in a a., pi y.
" Debris at the bottom of the smart.
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Relief Appeal from
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

New York, Sept. 24-(P)-An ur-
gent appeal to the public for funds
for the relief of injured and desti-
tute in the recent hurricane was is
sued by the city of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, today.
The appeal was signed by Major
]. w. Tidball and others.
Contributions, the appeal says.
should be sent either by telegraph or
mail to the city treasurer of Fort
Lauderdale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
The White House,
Washington,

august Il, 1875
My Dear Commander Clinnin:
The annual Forget -me-not obser-
vance of the Disabled American
Veterans is particularly deserving of
the most sympathetic attitude on the
part of the public. The government
is endeavoring in every possible way
to alleviate the sufferings of those
for whom the war still endures. Yet,
there are certain phases of this great
problem in which outside agencies
may be of vital assistance. The Dis
abled American Veterans has proved
one of the efficacious auxiliaries in
this task. It's cooperation with the
Veterans Bureau on administrative
problems, and with Congress on leg
islative matters, has been impress
sively helpful, as has the organiza-
TONS direct contact with individual
veterans in bringing about the
prompt adjudication Of claims.
Very Truly Yours,
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Mr.. John v. Clinnin,
National Commander.
Disabled American Veterans,
Munsey Building,
Washington. d. c.
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Reports on Death
of Belfast Worker
In Gravel Bank

Franklin Fisher of Lewiston, for
mer assistant attorney general. yes
terday appeared before the Cover
nor and Council with a statement
which he has prepared covering the
accidental death of William futile.
who was killed in a gravel pit ac-
cident at Belfast on Tuesday of this
week.
At the last meeting of the Gov
ernor and Council a similar matter
came up, and at that time Governor
Brewster suggested that some action
must be taken to reduce the num-
Der of similar accidents in this state.
Continued on Page 3-Col. a.
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Three Maine Men
Now 33d MasOns

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 24-(P)-The
S3rd degree has been conferred upon
104 candidates by the supreme coun-
Gil. Northern Masonic Jurisdiction,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry at its 114th convention.
The list includes:
John C. Arnold. Augusta, Me-:
Convers f. Leach, Portland, Me-;
James A. Rachan, Rockland, Me-;
and Governor Alvan T. Fuller, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Horses Kick Fatal
To SearsmOnt Girl

Belfast, Me-, Sept. 24-(Pl-Bertha
NJ. Ripley, eight year old daughter OF
Horace P. Ripley of Searsmont. died
in a hospital here toda yfrom the
effects of a kick in the back of the
head by a horse. She was riding
with her father in his wagon, sitting
IN the bottom with her back to the
dashboard, when the horse became
frightened by the breaking of the
harness and kicked UP.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Dies of Fractured
Skull After Auto Crash

Manchester, n. H.. Sept. 24-(P)-
Michael ]. Leonard of 251 Chestnut
street. died this evening at the
Sacred Heart Hospital from a frac-
tured skull received when the auto
mobile in which he was riding dashed
into a tree on the Daniel webster
highway this morning. The driver
William r. Cunningham. Of 4S9 Mas
ahesic street, is held by the police
nending the outcome of an investiga-
tion ordered by Attorney General
Jeremy T. Waldron.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Ask Radio Fans
To Pay 1Oc Each for
Florida Relief Fund

providence, r. l.. Sept 24-sRl-
conernor Aram ]. Pothier urged to.
G 90. int each Rhode Islander whc
dasrd ,h tbe Dempsey Tunney fight re-
mems bv radio last night contribute
ta arn cents to the Florida relief FUND
a Im Suggested that listen RS all oven
the country do the same. ot,or
.otas feel sure. will be glad to ac-
cent these donations and deposl.
then with the Red Cross autnori. ,, y
Who Who, are handling the reliet worh-
the governor said.