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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Negro Boy browns
Despite Heroic
Efforts at Boston

Boston, Aug. 16-[P)-Seven men.
..nnciuding three policemen, went to
.ne rescue Of Elmer Hawkins, II year
o oS negro boy, when he fell into the
Charles River today, but the lad died
ai.ef ne was finally dragged from the
sater. A pulmotor was called, the
.ie department made hurried run
" tne scene and 1000 people looked
VI during the unsuccessful attempt
" " save the boys life. An ambulance
m maaiiy brought him to City Hospital
Where he died.
W. sassersby leaped into the river
, Maen the boy was seen struggling In
, rne water on the Boston side of the
Over near the Harvard bridge. Two
W. pSvston traffic officers Joined them but
NE uis BOY went under the float from
S %n.ch ne had fallen. Metropolitan
,h nct Officer John T. Quinn. work.
ed the boy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Canadian Athlete
Hurt in Auto Crash

Montreal, Aug. 1s-(P)-Frank Nc
Gill one of Canada's leading athletes,
and George H. Shepperd. a compan-
ion, were seriously injured tonight
when their automobile crashed into a
trolley car and caught fire. One OF
McGill's hands was almost burned
off. His condition is critical
McGill starred on the rugby and
hockey teams of the Montreal anna
teur athletic association. and Is
noted swimmer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Claim Accident
Of Weather Helped
In Channel Swim

London. Aug. 16-(P-Continuin
the discussion of Gertrude Ederles
famous Channel swim, the West
minister Gazette publishes a state
ment from an unnamed member OF
the Royal Cirque Ports Yacht Club
of Dover, to the effect that Miss
Ederle's success was due to an acct
dent of the weather.
He explains that when Miss Ederle
entered the water the tide was on
the wane and within As minutes had
died altogether. Then followed
seven hours of flood tide during
which the drift was all in her favor
THAT is the reason why in my
opinion" says the writer, 'she kept
SO near to a direct crossing, crossing
in 30 miles, whereas others had to
swim So"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Miss Cannon Starts
To Master Channel

Cape Girls Nez, France, Aug. IL
P)-Miss Lillian Cannon OF Balti-
more started at 1855 o'clock TINS
CTuesday) morning in an attempt TO
swim the English Channel.
At 2 O'Clock this morning Miss Can
non was two miles out in the Chan
mel swimming fast but easily in the
direction of Falkstone. England.
The sea was calm but a thunder
storm seemed brewing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Spout Out Of L. |.
Sound at Glen
Cove, N. Y.
Tears Along Mile
Stretch at Terrific
Spec Two Men
Killed, Ano t h e r
Missing and Two In
iured - Trees Are
UprOot e d, Poles
Felled and Cottages
Smashed

Glen Cove, N. Y, Aug. 10
(AP)-A water spout, sweep
ing in from Long Island Sound
about 9 o'clock tonight caused
extensive property damage for
a distance of about a mile
along the Greek Road. Two men
were reported killed, another is
said to be missing and two men
were injured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
GRANGE LECTURERS
| OF new ENGLAND TO
Open AT 0RONO TODAY

Orono. Ne, Aug. 16.-(Pj-New Eng
land Grange lecturers. prominent
members of the State and National
Oranges and their families to the
number of 600, travelling in $50 motor
cars, assembled on the campus of the
University of Maine this afternoon for
the annual conference of lecturers to
he held here on Tuesday and WedneS-
day.
The party was welcomed by officers
of penobscot Pomona Grange and en-
tertaincd tonight with music, recep-
ton. speeches. short talks by State
lecturers. and an address by Prof l..
]. Pollard of the University Extern
sion Course.
The conference will close Wednesday
night. and on Thursday the party will
start for a three days tour of Aroos-
took county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Champion Church
Thief Jailed in Phila.

Philadelphia, Aug. 16-P)-A negro
known as the Church Mouse" and
the alabama Leech," and charac-
terized by the police as the most
dangerous church thief in the United
States, pleaded guilty before Judge
William NJ. Lewis today to charge
Of Jail breaking.
The prisoner, Samuel Clarke. %.
was recently arrested in Denver ana
brought here to face charges of rob-
bling more than score of the church
es in this city of chalices and altar
decorations valued at $4,000. He
denied the thefts but admitted hav-
ing escaped from local police sta
ton last March by picking the lock
OF his cell.
After Cark's escape, police said
they found in his room three trunks
containing silverware stolen from
local churches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Str. Lady Laurier
| Has No Word of
Is Fishermen Lost

Halifax. n. S.. Aug. 16-(P)-Hope
that the government steamer Lady
Laurier might find some trace of the
% Nova Scotia fishermen lost in the
wreck of the Nuremberg fisherman
Sylvia Mosher, in last Tuesdays
great blow, was dissipated today. The
Lady Laurier merely wirelessed that
she had arrived safely at Sable ISL
and. She was on her regular supply
trim and passed over the storm area.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Sesqui to Be Kept
Open on Sundays

Philadelphia, Aug. 16-[P)-The
sesqui- centennial will continue to be
open on Sundays, despite the cam
paign of opposition being waged by
church organizations and others, II
was announced late tonight after q
conference of majority of the ex-
POSITIONS board of directors.
The conference was held behind
closed doors in Mayor Hendricks Of
flee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
VALENTINO, MOVIE
STAR, BETTER after
DOUBLE OPERATION

New York, Aug. 1s.-(P)-Rudolph
Valentino, movie actor, lies seriously
III in the polytechnic hospital tonight,
waging a fight that is far different
from any he has ever fought in his
sheil1 roles on the movie screen.
The enemy in his present fight Is
not a cutlass- wilding bad man OF the
Arabian desert, but thousands of tiny,
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
u. S. S. Asheville
In Grin of TyphOOn

Hong Kong. Aug. 17-P)-The
American consul general here has
been advised that the American gun
boat Ashville has encountered diff
culties in a typhoon. The British
gunboat Magnolia has gone to the
assistance of the Ashville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Maine School Supts.
Omen Castine Meet

Castine. Me-. Aug. 16-(P)-The an
nual conference of Maine school SUI
perintendents opened tonight a; the
Castine Normal school with a large
attendance. Addresses were given by
Dr. A E. Winship of Boston and A.
c. Hartwell superintendent Of
schools of Buffalo, n. Y. j. Francis
MacNichol of Augusta led commun-
ity singing. The conference holds
through Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
General Forecast

The disturbance that was over
Minnesota Sunday night has ad-
vanced northeastward and Is central
a short distance south of Hudson
Bay, with trough extending south
ward to eastern Pennsylvania.
Pressure is high from Nova Scotia
southwark to Bermuda.
The outlook Is for continuation
of unsettled showery weather Tues
day and Wednesday in most of the
states east of the Mississippi river.
1t will be slightly cooler on Wednes-
day along the north Atlantic coast.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Fresh south. shifting to south EST
and west winds and weather over
cast with occasional showers Tues
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17

Rockland. Aug. 10 up Fresh
from a western tour which took them
almost everywhere" Viscount Aston
city tonight on their way to join Lady
Astor and other members of their
family who are spendingst vacation
at Dark Harbor.
Viscount Aston, who had spent
nearly three months journeylng
through the west, said he had en-
joyed every mile of the trip.
"One has to see your country in
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17

Paul Smiths n. Y, Aug. 16-(P)-
Foreign affairs occupied the atten.
ton of President Coolidge today with
Secretary Kellogg of the state de.
partment. who is a guest at White
Pine Camp, reporting to him on va
rious problems before the depart
ment.
The substance of the speech Mr.
Continued on Page II, Col. s. j..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
THE WEATHER
SHOWERS

New Eneland-Showers and slight
ly warmer Tuesday; Wednesday
partly cloudy, cooler on the coast.
Eastern New York-Showers and
thunderstorms, slightly cooler in
north portion Tuesday; Wedn' y
partly cloudy. probably showers In
south portion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Baptist Summer
School at Ocean Park

Ocean Park, Me-, A lo-tH'-
The New England School OF Meth-
DDS. the only Baptist summer school
in New England, held under the d.
rection of the New England Baptist
Convention. opened here TO-DAY LOT a
70 day session. 1t was expected ,.ia
registration would reach iZoe; :,
liz sessions of the school will begin
t t,u under the supervision OF
Rev r. F. Patterson of Portland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
At Terrific Speed

The spout travelled at terrific speed,
uprooting trees, demolishing cottages
on the road, which fronts on Long.
Island Sound, and breaking telephone
poles.
The estates of J. p. Morgan and
Continues on Page 3, Col. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Great Column
OfWater Rakes
Part of Resort
New State Witness Supports Story
OF Pig Woman in Staying Rev. Hall
And Choir Singer in Lonely Place
Declares Kept Silent Four
Years to Protect Woman
Companion |

Robert Erlins, New Brunswick, N.
j., Millwright, Tells of Meeting
Mrs. Gibson, Pig Raiser, On Night
of Double Killing-Heard No Shots
Although Within 1000 Feet Of
Crabapple Tree When Crime Was
Committed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Showers and slightly warmer Tues
day; Wednesday partly cloudy and
cooler; fresh southwest and west
winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-17
Party Government, Governor Plea
As Republican Campaigners Tour
For Day in Androscoggin County
Good Crowds Early and
Late Gre e t Flying
Squadron

Governor Points to Strong Plat
form Presented for Consid-
Grafton of V0ters-Rec0rd of
Past Is Months Also Cited
Gong. White Discusses Cam
paign from National View
uoint - Praises Regime of
Gov, Brewster
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
Many Idaho Students
Are Self-Supporting

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow
More than half of the students Mt
tending the University Of Idaho are
totally or partially selfsupporting &C
cording to figures submitted to George
Oliver, student Y. M. G. A. secretary
OF 1,645 students answering a ques
tionnaire S61, or So per cent are either
earning all or part Of their way
through college.
OF this number $50 are totally and
311 are partially self-supporting. Thus
33 percent are paying all their ex.
penses at college and 81 percent are
paying part of them. The figures
show that 1874 students are dependent
upon allowances from home. OF these
452 are women and 1872 are men.
Thirty percent of the 653 women
answering the questionnaires are to-
tally or partially self-supporting and
IS percent of the LOOP men are earn
ing part Of their college expenses.
Totals for men and women follow.
Men-totally, self-supporting, 430;
partially self-supporting 230; not self
supporting, 1872.
Women Totally self-supporting
100; partially self-supporting 81; not
self-supporting 452.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
GROWTH OF RUSSIA SHOWN

The Russian Soviet "is moving for
ward rapidly in an economic sense"
the Russian Information Bureau an
nounces in making public CONNER
cial handbook which it termed "the
first complete statistical summary"
of that country.
The bureau reported that during
September, the last month of the Sow
lent fiscal year, industrial production
advanced to 80 per cent Of the monthly
rate for 1913 and that despite the
1921 famine the population of 1885,
100000 increased by about 100000
from 1920 to 1925.
Last years railway mileage was
listed as about 5000 miles greater than
pre-war, while cooperative organiza-
tions with 100000 members are in
operation. The foreign trade turn
over for the fiscal year reached $685.
631, 900 an advance of SO per cent
over its predecessor. Imports ex-
ceeded exports by $65,OOO,O00, many
of the former having shifted from
Germany to this country.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23

less we can equip them so they can
meet modern enemy-and that, Of
course, is where electricity comes in.
you certainly furnish the spark
(and there is no pun intended) that
turns the whole engine over. You,
more than any other industry in the
nation perhaps, furnish the lifeblood
that makes it possible for us to man
ufacture all the different sinews of
war, as we'll as the peace-time re-
quirements."
Speaking for the Electrical League
as whole John w. Lieb, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the New
York Edison Company, pledged Colon
ell MacNider and the War Depart
ment "our active and energetic sup
port in this vast program" Among
others at the speakers table were
General Summerall, commanding gen.
eral of the Second Corps area; Cen
eral Haskell, commanding general,
New York national guard; Arthur
William, vice president commercial re-
lations of the New York Edison Com
pany, and Food Administrator for the
Metropolitan area during the World
War; Gerard Swope, president of the
General Electric Company; Colonel
Oscar H. Fogg, vice president of Con-
solidated Gas Company; S. E. Kim
ball, newly elected president of the
New York Electrical League.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
STOP THAT BACKACHE /!
Many Spokane Folks Have Found
the Way.

Is a dull, nerve-racking backache
wearing you out? Do you feel older
and slower than you should? Are
you tired, weak and nervous find 1t
impossible to be happy, or enjoy the
good times around you? Then there's
som ething wrong and likely It's your
kidneys. Why not get at the cause?
Use Doan's Pills-a stimulant diuretic
to the kidneys. Your neighbors rec.
ommend Doan's. Read what this Spo-
kane resident says:
Mrs. Julian Cummings, r 217 Short
Ave-, says: SHARP stitches took me
across the small Of my back and when
leaned over they just seemed to dig
in deeper. l could hardly get up or
down. l tired quickly and felt all run
down and out Of sorts. Dizziness also
bothered me a great deal, too, and my
kidneys were disordered as well.
used Doans Pills from the Owl Drug
Co., and they drove all these symp-
toms from me-"
COO, at all dealers. Foster-M ilburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
Sparkling Curtain Pull

This sparkling crystal curtain
pull is as interesting to make as it
: Is novel and attractive. Choose
your own decorative motif. A but
terfy is often most effective. Get
two medium sized watch crystals.
Put your decorative motif between
your two crystals and bind them
together firmly with adhesive tape
around the edges. Now you are
ready to decorate. You will use
ribbon and the best qua lily of
liquid glue. Double the ribbon and
cut it about two inches long. Glue
an inch of each end firmly to the
adhesive tape. Now glue a ribbon
binding. first shirred by drawing a
thread in each side. around the cir
cumference of the crystal. Tie the
ribbon pulls tightly together with
another piece of ribbon right where
they leave the discs. This makes
an ingenious little room decoration
that will be greatly appreciated.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
Yakima Honey Quality
Boosted by Professor

"Some of the finest honey l have
ever seen came from the Yakima Val.
ley in Washington" stated r. l.. Web
ster, recently appointed Professor OF
Entomology at Washington State Col
lege.
Honey is graded largely by It's col
or. Even though the good flavor Is
no less important, lighter color in
honey is given preference, providing
the quality Is desirable. Honey pro.
ducers grade their product in at least
five groups: water white, white, light
amber, amber and dark.
1.-THE flavor OF Washington honey
depends upon its source, which will
vary in the Eastern and Western part
of the state. On the west side white
clover and fireweed honey are the
most common, while east Of the noun
tains alfalfa and sweet clover are the
main sources of nectar. Honey from
all three of these sources Is consid.
cred Of high quality.
Honey production is a minor indus
try Of no small Importance in the
state. There are no less than 10000
beekeepers in Washington, producing
approximately 6 million pounds Of hon
ey. Interest in honey production has
81 I,tn a th< ,nl toll
Of honey per colony of bees greatly
increased because OF the work in bee
keeping accomplished through the
State College of Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
ssSONS OF IDAHO'' ARE ORG AIMED

BOISE, Idaho.-There has been or
ganized in this state with headquar-
tiers in this city the "Sons of IDAHO"
in which all natiye-born sons of Idaho
are eligible for membership Herbert
Lemp is president of the organization.
Other officers elected at the organiza-
ton meeting held this week are:
James D. Agnew, historical vice pres
ident; John D. Case, social vice-pres-
ident; Otto F. Peterson, public recog-
milton vice-presideIft; p e. Caveney,
general welfare vice President; e. B.
Tage, treasurer, and ]. H. Wicker
sham, secretary. The board Of con-
troll consists of the officers and Jess
B. Hawley and Cecil Weeks.
1t is generally understood that as
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23

membership in the organization grows
the present officers will be replaced
by permanent officers representative
Of all parts of Idaho. Meetings will
be held annually by the Sons of
Idaho" on the second Monday in Jan
uary. Annual dues are fixed at So.
Men who reached Idaho prior to
1883, the year when the Oregon Short
Line railroad was built, will be invit-
ed to honorary membership, and those
who have shown great interest in the
state will be asked to join as asso
ciate members. All males 81 years
Of age or over, born within the>boun
daries of the state, are eligible tC
membership.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23

Robert Randolph Bruce has re-
Gently been appointed Lieut. Gov
ernor of British Columbia. as the
representative of King George in
that province of Canada: Like
many another successful Canadian
he came from Scotland. about
thirty years ago. bringing with
him frock coat, tall hat. and a
bundle of Introductory letters. He
was the son of the minister of the
parish from .hich George Stephen,
later Lord Mountstephen. then
President of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, had come. and so the first
office where he presented himself
was that OF T. G. Shaughnessy
then general manager. Ii q
very few minutes he was given a
i. lob. but as re was going out the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
Don't Take Chances;
Know What You Sow

Farmers who buy small seeds from
their neighbors should make use of
the state seed laboratory to be sure
that they obtain high quality seed,
cautions H. w. Hubert, agronomist of
the University of Idaho. Weed pests,
he says, are commonly scattered from
farm to farm through such farmer-to-
farmer sales.
"a farmer may unknowingly sell
seed infected with dodder, buckhorn,
or other serious weeds" says Profess
sor Hubert BE sure you are buy
ing weed free seed. Know what you
SOW. Secure a test from either the
state seed laboratory, State House,
Boise, or the branch laboratory at
Moscow. The tests are made free
to farmers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
AA
M,e4QltH,
PUBLIC HEALTH IS PUBLIC WEALTH i
COMPILED BY THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LEAGUE
OF WA ELLINGTON
ON TURNING FORTY"

On turing forty" most Of us are
entitled to heave sigh of relief over
our escaped from the dangers of child
hood, adolescence, and early adult
life. But, as a matter of fact, we
rarely give it thought, for at forty
the present is all-important. We are
in the midst of life, in our prime, and
fully occupied with our business, our
homes, and our families, and have no
time to spend contemplating past or
future dangers. But, on crossing the
divide, it behooves us to stop, look
and listen," for the summit affords
an excellent opportunity TO determine
what we have come through, how we
are, and whittier we are going. The
downward path, no matter how gen
tie the slope, is beset with new dan
gers. In reality, in descending, we
face an entirely new set of diseases.
1t is a law of nature that deterior
alton follows maturity. Vascular, ner-
induce degenerative processes which
ultimately lead to our undoing These
degenerative changes are likely to be-
gin insidiously, and we are too pre-
occupied to note or heed trifling
changes. Rarely do they occasion
great discomfort, Inconvenience or ac-
tual pain in the beginning. So the
early stages are passed by unnoticed,
merely our reserves are encroached
on, and correction of our mode of
add years of useful life. Too often
we proceed on our needless path, I'M
til pulled up short" by some catastro-
phe, such as a stroke nervous break
down., an attack of heart failure or of
angina pectoris. These are really
tragedies in more senses than one,.
since they may frequently be averted
IL we heed such warnings as numb
ness, tingling or weakness in an ex-
tremity, il we pay sufficient aften-
ton to insomnia or fatigue, or give
due consideration to the shortness of
breath or slight discomfort expert
enced over the heart during physical
stress. So, If you are turning forty"
careful physical examination by
your physician now may yield better
health and add years to your life.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23

To former oflice-boy goes the dis
tnction of receiving the first Service
Medal" given by the largest electrical
merchandising company in the world.
Leo M. Dunn, vice president in charge
of merchandising and accounting OF
the Graybar Electric Company, was
the recipient of this honor yesterday
upon completion OF forty years con-
tinuous service.
Mr.. Dunn has had an interesting
business career, representing as it does
advancement from an officc-boy posi-
ton to vice-presidency of this, the
largest company of its kind in the
world. He started work in March,
1896, as an office-boy; he was then
eleven years old. At the age of nine
teen he had his first supervisory job.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23
Hiking Popular Sport
For Girls at W.S.C.

Girls at the State College Of Wash.
ington have no fear for repeated and
extensive use of their pedal extrem.
tiles and regardless of the danger of
ankle enlargement" have adopted
hiking as one of the leading sports.
Since March 1925, to the present
time 1870 w. S. G.. goods have taken
eight nine:mile hikes, or u miles each.
Fifty more have walked SO miles each,
making a total of 11,16O miles during
the year which is equal to 4.6 times
the distance from the coast Of Wash
ington to the coast Of Maine, or 16
times the distance from Pullman to
San Francisco.
Each hike counts so many points
towards a crimson sweater for the
hiker. .