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Evening star., 1926-01-13
KILLS FIANCEE AND SELF.
"Only Way I Will Get to Church
VIII Be as Corpse" Says Lover.

KEYSER, W. Va, January 13 P).
After an argument over attending
services with his fancee, during
which he asserted, "the only way |
will get to church will be as a corpse.
Brooks McCauley, %, last night shot
and killed Miss Jessie Michaels, 16,
and then killed himself in the girls
home at Nethken, 20 miles from here.
Officials investigating the case said
the couple had never been known to
quarrel before the tragedy. McCauley
lived in Shaw. w. Va
Evening star., 1926-01-13
LARGER AIR FORCE
PLANNED FOR NAVY
At Least 10 Per Cent of Per-
sonnet to Serve in Aviation
Is 1927 Aim.
By the Associated Press.


Navy plans as tentatively drawn for
the fiscal year 1927 call for expansion
of aviation with at least 10 per cent of
the Navy's enlisted and officer per
sonnel serving with the air force.
Secretary Wilbur and ranking Off
GERS of the Navy outlined the pro
gram at recent executive hearings on
the Navy supply bill before the House
appropriations committee, whose re-
port was made public today.
Need Larger Personnel.
An expanded personnel for aviation
viii be needed the committee was in
formed, to man the new airplane car
riers Saratoga and Lexington now
nearing completion, and because OF
increases contemplated for the AsiatiC
fleet as well as at certain shore sta
tions, such as Coco Solo in the Canal
Zone, and in Hawaii.
A shortage of officers for aviation
exists, but this problem IS being at
tackled by such measures as giving
flying instruction at the Naval Acad-
envy. 1t is intended to expand these
courses, and the midshipmen are de-
scribed as so enthusiastic that III
many cases they have offered to pay
their own way to Pensacola. Fla, If
they would be assigned to the flight
school there for qualification.
For Increasing Allotment.
Secretary Wilbur told the committee
that largely because of the aviation
requirements of the service, it was
essential" to increase the allotment
of appointeeS to the Naval Academy
from three to four men for each Rep
resentative and Senator, While Is was
desirable" to increase them TO five
each. As matters stand, prospects
We're said to be for a shortage OF 200
pilots for naval aviation in the fiscal
year 1927
SO far as construction IS concerned.
the Bureau OF AeronauticS last year
had S12, 900 900, as compared with the
$40 .0U0. 900 urged by the House air
craft investigating committee, While
Admiral Eberle. chief OF naval rT1-
erations, told the committee he not
only favored building up 10 the treaty
tonnage of l35 900 on airplane car
riers, but scrapping the Langley, the
temporary Il .000-ton carrier, as soon
as the authorized point was reached,
and replacing it with a new ship. The
Saratoga and Lexington are Of $4,000
tons each, while ii was said the Navy
general board believed three more car
riers OF "a, 900 tons should be built.
Evening star., 1926-01-13
Quotes Roots Words.

In support of his contention that the
court is intended to control demoCra-
cieS and that such was in the mind
of Mr.. Root when he worked as a
member of the committee of jurists
TO frame the plan for the court, Sen
ator Shipstead quoted at length from
Mr.. Root himself. He relied particu-
larly upon the following quotation
from Mr. Root:
The change which has taken place
during this war, from closely organ
lied autocracy to loosely compacted
democracy, is 4 change which renders
comparatively less important ques-
tions of policy that have been so
important in the past and that
this covenant proposes to deal with
exclusively, and more important the
insistence upon rules of law, because
autocracies can live without law; they
proceed by commands: but democra-
cies cannot live without law-the law
is the very breath of life Of a democ-
racy-for only by law can the
forces of the millions of people
be co-ordinated and directed in one
line. If all these great masses
of people are to be controlled.
it must be by impressing upon them
a respect for law That is the neces-
slty of the future. What has been
done in the proposed covenant is to
send all questions between nations
back to the condition in which they
were hundred years ago-that is, to
be dealt with as matters of expediency
by adjustment, useful and necessary
with political questions; but, neverthe-
less, you cannot get a democracy to
argue out the rights and wrongs of
many questions from the beginning.
If you seek to get a democracy to
argue out the right and wrong of a
great international question, it will go
according to its preiudices There is
only one way to keep them straight,
and that is to agree upon the princi-
pies of law, to formulate rules of ac-
ton when passions are not excited
and then, when questions arise that
are likely to excite passions, to say.
This is the law which you yourselves
have agreed upon and then the mem
bers of democracy will bow to law.
because that is the habit of their no.
litical existence
Evening star., 1926-01-13
CONTROL. OF MINES
AS UTILITY ASKED
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Continued from First Page.)

tors say there is no basis, is that some
of the coal companies are ready to
open their mines. While this has been
informally mentioned by some opera
tors as last resort none of them will
admit that there is any present inten-
tion of such a move. In the event
some companies seek to open the
mines it is believed likely that all
maintenance men will be called out.
The strongest hope among the mine
workers and others - the coal regions
is that the Federal Government will
take some step to end the suspension
Mayor Hart of WiIkes-Ba has eX
pressed his intention of appealing to
President Coolidge. Reports from
Washington. however, hold out no
hope that the Government IS likely
10 interfere. at least for the present.
News OF the failure of the negotia
tions has spread gloom over the 500
square miles Of anthracite region in
northeastern Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1926-01-13
Hits Root Attitude.

Senator Shipstead continued:
Mr.. Root says Democracy must
be CONTROLLED He says 'Autocracv
can live without law. No one is bet
ter qualified to speak on the question
of autocracy living without law than
Mr.. Root, who has for so many wears
been the attorney and counselor for
the autocratic American industries
that we call trusts.
Hereditary political autocracies
were destroyed by the World War. 1t
was necessary to promise the people
of the world that autocracy would be
destroyed in order to get them to
fight. Now that the war is over con-
stitutional government, representative
government, is being attacked all over
the world and autocracy is being re-
stored to the throne; but, of course,
it is new kind of autocracy. 1t is
not the old order of kings born to the
purple and ruling of divine right. 1t
is the new autocracy of financial pow
er that now sits on the throne; and it
comes within the category of autoc-
racies that can live, according to Mr..
Evening star., 1926-01-13

Root. without law But he says the
people must 'be controlled. They
must have something 10 bow down 10
as 4 part of their political existence
After having destroyed the old order
OF kings who ruled by divine right.
to which the people as a part Of l. 4air
political existence were in the habit
Of 'bowing down the new order not
having as Yet been able To impose
upon the people the doctrine of the
divine right as applied to themselves.
what is more logical than To substi-
tute for the autocracy OF the divine
right king the autocracy OF Il divine
right court, Therefore. re-eStablish
the autocracy Of the Roman censor
OF ancient times under the gIiise Of a
World Court in order that democra-
cies may be controlled and sub
iugdrad
Evening star., 1926-01-13
Sees Two Jurisdictions.

Senator Shipstead insisted that the
world has TWO kinds OF Jurisdiction.
one compulsory and the other vol
untarE- He predicted that eventually
II would have hut one kind OF juris-
diction. and that would be compulsory.
lie spoke Of the "iusufferable inter
national impudence" Of the league
and World Court at present in deal
ing with affairs of nations not mem
bers of either league or court
1T is not often that the policy
Of this country is swayed by foreign
countries,' said Senator Shipstead.
When the European Holy Alliance
of hundred years ago invited us
10 become a member of it and then
threatened the Western Hemisphere
with its military power, our answer
was not capitulation. our answer,
under President Monroe, was the
Illumination of the doctrine which has
barred European military aggression
from this hemisphere ever since. The
proper retort to threat is not sub
mission but dafia nee
Evening star., 1926-01-13
SEEKS L. =. CONTROL.


By the Associated Press.
\ bill to authorize the President to
take over and operate the anthracite
mines was introduced today by Repre-
sentative Boylan, Democrat, New
York.
Numerous similar proposals have
been presented in Congress, but have
rallied TO receive serious consideration.
Evening star., 1926-01-13

II you want work, read the want
columns of The Star.
Evening star., 1926-01-13
mo WAR LIES TOLD
BY j. s. IN FRANCE
Trenton Editor Who Was In
formation Director in
Address Here.
By the Associated Press.


Flat denial that the American Army
authorities in France circulated war
lies" as propa ganda measure during
the World War was made here today
by James kerney, editor and publisher
of the Trenton On. j. Times, In an
address delivered at the Army War
College. Mr.. kerney served eight
months as director of American infor-
nation with the A. +, F.. and told the
War College class that he did not 're-
call single official lie which general
headquarters. y. +. F., put out even
indirectly"
He referred to the stir created by
published reports of remarks by Gen.
Charteris, 'one of the most capable
minds employed in British general
headquarters in France" at dinner
in New York recently. at which the
general ''chatted on wartime propa-
ganda "
Comments at Variance.
There had been widespread and
widely differing comments on these
remarks. Mr.. kerney said. and it ap-
peared to have been decided that this
was a good time to denounce the Army
ana all It's works, in which, for cur
rent purposes, atrocity' propaganda
was included"
Many charges were made against
the communiques issued in France.
he said, but l never heard 1t charged
that they told things which We're not
so. The chief complaint by the cor
respondents was that they did not
tell anything. so or otherwise.
Ii II had been conceivable that a
lie would have saved lives at the
lront' Mr. kerney said. the lie prob
ably would have been told by some
discreet person"
Good Liars Scarce.
But really accomplished liars are
rev. and in the absence of n genuine
afllst it's better to stick to the truth,
which even a novice can tell Without
coaching he added
Inc speaker said that nearly all
So'calied war lies We're folk tales
and popular myths handed down
through the centuries and moderniZed
10 Ut any war. investigation he be
lleNed, would disclose that virtually
"H OF them started as gossip either M
the front or at home lie continued.
trucifed Canadian sergeants. Bel
glan babies with their hands cut off
Angels fyIng over the thinning ranks
-, lhe british 'contemptibles' AT Mons.
RUSSIAN armies moving through Scot
Elld ana England toward the front
:" fdnce-all these and their equal
~ foolish fellow tales grew oIr nf
gossip. were broadcast through COS.
SIP ana were impreGnably implanted
IN the popular mind long before any
ol them got ino prin or came Of
fnclaiLy TO the attention Of the GOV.
eFhnents engaged in the war"
Evening star., 1926-01-13
Believes Public Is Winning.

More important. President Coolidge
is understood to be of the opinion that
the public is winning this strike. This
has been mis- ardent hope from the
outset. He has not made any secret
ut this. He believes that If the public
defeats the operators and the miners
i'm this strike it will mean the end OF
anthracite coal strikes for long time
10 come. With this hope uppermost
il; his mind the President has done
hat he could to encourage the wider
use of substitutes for hard coal as a
means of meeting the fuel problem.
President Coolidge has kept a very
watchfuI eye on the fuel situation
since the strike began. especially
since cold weather set in and ne
realizes that in sections of the East
ana North, where anthracite has been
so widely used. there is some dis
comiisure and little suffering His
information. however. does not cause
him 10 think that the suffering has
reached any serious proportions.
The President Is counting on the
public to hold out until Winter has
passed and then the shout Of victory
can he let loose. and then. according
TO his viewpoint. tho miners and
operators will have learned their les
son; that the coal users of this Ma
ton are not solely dependent upon
them.
Sees Ally in Weather.
The President is known to have eX-
pressed himself TO this extent to two
persons with whom he was discussing
the coal situation. He is represented
as having said that inasmuch as he
has no authority by which he could
accomplish any good results by inter
ventton he would rather keep his
hands off, feeling that there is not
the slightest doubt now but what the
public can exist throughout the re-
naming six or seven weeks before the
severest part OF Winter will have been
met.
He figured that it would take at
least two weeks to get the representa-
tives of the miners and operators to-
gether in the event he should summon
them to Washington again to attempt
u settlement, and by that time only a
little over a month of wintry weather
would be remaining for the coal users
to face Therefore he would prefer to
continue the fight along these lines,
unless the suffering becomes too acute.
The President has been informed that
the supply of substitute fuels for an
thracite coal is sufficient to meet the
demands and that the public concern
is gradually diminishing with the pass
ing Of Winter.
Evening star., 1926-01-13
STATE DEPARTMENT
COURT FIGHT ROLE
PROBE DEMANDED

continued from First Pagel
Evening star., 1926-01-13
PRESIDENT DRAWN
INTO ALUMINIUM CO.
INQUIRY BY WALSH

Continued from First Page.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
Golf WAS STAGED
AT $4,000 GAIN,
FIGURES SHOW

New York. Dec. 1e.--(PD-National
Championship golf was conducted at a
profit of $4,000 to the United States
Golf Association this year, reports to
the annual meeting of the organiza-
ton next month in Pittsburgh will
show.
The bulk of this sum was derived
by the Z. S. G. A. from It's two major
competitions, the amateur and open
championships. A statement received
from the Scioto Club at Columbus.
Ohio, scene of the open tournament.
7shows that $22,96750 was paid by
spectators to see Bobby Jones win the
/, championship. One-half of this
amount goes to the governing body.
The U. S. G. A. also cleared more
than $1,000 on admissions alone at
the amateur championship, contested
in September over the BaltsuroI
course. Additional profit was realized
by the association from entryvfees of
So for each player in the two tourna-
ments, there having been almost 700
aspirants for the open championship
and $50 for the amateur.
10 this income will be added the rev.
enue from the women's amateur cham
p1onship at Haverford, Pa, figures for
which have not yet been made avail
able The attendance was consider
ably reduced. however, by rain on al
most every day of the event.
In It's report on the open champion
shipT the Seioto Club announces that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
CONFIRM REPORT
RISING TO RETURN
I TO HEBRON FOLD

Hebron, Dec. 16.-Reports have
been circulated that Lefty Rising, the
leading schoolboy pitcher of New
England will return to Hebron Aca-
deny after the Christmas vacation.
Rising has been unable to attend
school this fall because of family
sickness. But things look clear now
and the far famed Lefty again
bankers to take crack at the books.
Elmer did some wonderful work for
the Big ~ cen FASTENERS last spring
in spite of bad arm. Lefty claims
his wing is once more in perfect con-
dition. Hebron boosted of the most
formidable pitching staff in prep
school circles last spring. With a
combination such as Danly MacFay-
den, now a member of the Red Sox,
and at present assistant hockey coach
at the oxford school, and Lefty Ris-
ing, Hebron COPIED the State title
and came a close second on the New
England title.
The Hebron nine this year is cap
tanned by Sonny Dwyer one of the
best formidable stickers in the Maine
SClOOiS.. SOuiiy pldycu III Tue Oul-
field last season but will probably
take a crack at first base. Other
veterans that grace the Hebron dia-
mond next spring besides Dwyer and
Rising are Kinsley and Lamb. BUS
Foley of Beverley is the only Gut
standing new man. With the report
that Elmer is returning, Sonny
Dwyer is once more wearing his
broad smile, so characteristic of him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
| CLAIM SRhRkEY
FOUL.ED Smith
In FIRST round

Syracuse. N. Y, Dec. 1s.-tP)-A
protest to the state athletic commits
sion by George Lawrence, manager Of
Homer Smith, Michigan heavyweight,
was threatened this morning as a re-
suit Of the action Of Referee Jack
Michaels in stopping last nights bout
between Smith and Jack Sharkey of
Boston, conqueror of Harry Wills, and
declaring Sharkey the victory by a
technical knockout in the seventh
round.
In statement after the bout Law
renee declared that Sharkey had
fouled Smith in the first round by
landing a blow to the temple while
Homer was still on his knees. His
claim was corroborated by sports
writer's at the ringside. Lawrence
also complained that stopping the bout
was unwarranted as, for the first time
IN the fight, Smith was battling on
even terms with the Bostonian in the
seventh and had landed several lustv
rights to the stomach and jaw Just be-
fore the referee called a halt.
Lawrence conceded that sharkev had
piled up big advantage in the pre-.
cedlng rounds, but asserted that the
Mlch1gan veteran was groggy from the
effects of the punishment in the first
frame and was defending himself only
oy instinct until the sixth. when ha
eeExn 70 dyht back.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
VAUDEVILLE ICE
BIRDS Take over
ST. D0MS OUTFIT

Waterville, Dec. 16.-Over 120t
fans yelled themselves hoarse to-
night when the Waterville Hockey
Club defeated the st. Doms of Lew
iston by score Of GA. The game
finished under protest by the Lewis
ton outfit. The ice was in perfect
condition, which resulted in a very
fast game. que TO rivalry between
the TWO teams several penalties were
dealt oNt.
The ST. poms scored in the first
minute OF play Theriault, in COM
bination with Gelly. scored on re-
bound from the latter. Johnston
scored Lewiston's second goal in six
minutes of play with difficult shot
unasslsted, teasing the puck along
nearly the length of the rink.
Waterville scored her first goal in
, five minutes Of play. Wade, play
ing the board. shot for a goal. Lew
'iston Melted another score in this
period. This was by Gauthier I'M
assisted. john LeClair scored Wa
terville's second point in 10 ID min
utes of play. c. Brooks scored
again a half minute later, tying the
score at ) all. John LeClair shot
another goal in 10 II minutes play.
making the score 4-3. Watevilie
tailed again in this period. which
raised it 5-3. In the next period
Friars of Waterville shot a goal for
Lewiston, having forgotten momen-
tarily the points of the compass.
John LeClair scored the locals
final goal in IS minutes of play in
the last period on a rebound from
Brooks. The royal rooters did a
snake dance down Main street after
the game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
SHARKEY CANCELS
: HIS BOUT WITH
SULLY MONTGOMERY

Syracuse. N. Y. Dec. 1s.-tP)-Jack
Sharkey. Boston heavyweight, has can
ceiled his engagement with Sully
Montgomery at Boston on Dec. 20 as
result of an injury to his right hand
received during a fight here last night
with Homer Smith.
Ihe injury was not serious, 1t was
SAID but on the advice of a physician
sharkey and his manager, Johnny
suckiey. sent telegram to promoters
lation.
sharkey got the injury in the first
round OF last nights fight in a blow
10 SMITHS head. He used the hand
only lightly afterward but was able
70 continue through to the seventh
aouno. when the battle was stopped
ano snarkey was declared winner by a
technical knockout. - :"
ne Montgomery bout, to have been
Snarkey's first appearance in his home
ny ny since his victory over Harry Wills,
n nag an advance seat sale of about 500
WY. II was said
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
DON bRENNANS
GANG PLAYING
GANNETT OUTFIT

Augusta fans viii have a a
Saturday evening, after all
Legion is playing at Bath and
not play Saturday night, and 7.
II. are laying off until Jimmie O
nellan coaches them for week
Gannetts will play Don Brennan
his aIl-stars from upstate
game viii be played in the ]. "
A.
Don Brennan is in town and
outfit viii arrive tomofrcE.
promises to give Gannetts plenty
there will be many Augusta 4
roofing for him to do this stunt
Don is a popular athlete around 2
parts. His aggregation is eOEp'
of prep school and high school =
The Cannot team claims TIE
tinction of being the best in Ausa3
ana VIII need 10 be if they lnieH')
stop the Brennan outfit. Berry,
mer Portland player and N
Nickless viii play with the y
and should prove a tower Of sue. rs
The Gannett team won BY
points from Vickery and Hi and
latter won from the Legion By i
points so the game SATURDAY
should see a couple OF fast teans]
action. Two girls teams VIII
between the halves, The eoa9s
lineups for these teams VIII
nounced later but Peggy Leua
and Polly Getchell viii play %
of the teams, which assures .
game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-17
dec17-21723

owners to a dinner tonight at the
Chicago Athletic Association.
The advisory board, over which
the former jurist presides, although
he has ignored it for the past two
years, because of the Johnson con-
troversy, was then elected with John
Heydler, president of the National
League, and Johnson as the major
league Representatives, and NJ. III.
Sexton, president, and John H. Far
rel secretary, of the minor leagues,
representing those. organizations.
With these two tickIish problems.
Lands reelection and the advisory
board, settled tremendously. the
magnates then met the draft dispute
in the same manner. The clause in
the major minor agreement, effected
when Lands -was first selected. to
require anti-draft leagues to declare
themselves before April l. 1921, was
amended to read April /, 1927, leav-
ing the present draft situation I'M
changed.
Each major league selected three
representatives TO confer with the
draft committee on the minors, and
they will report back to the major
league meeting in February, when
schedules are to be adopted.
The club owners refused to fix. the
date of the closing of the 1927 sea-
son, by striking out the provisions
in the major league rules which end
ed the past season on the last sun
day in September. The closing date
was left to the decision of the Feb
ruary schedule meeting but October
, generally was agreed upon.
In another burst of liberality the
club owners voted raise in pay for
Lands secretary, Leslie O'Connor.
from $4,000 TO SD 500 year.