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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-16
VISITS MARINES
Continued from Pace One,

Sahuers and Captain Wilson Brown.
IT. MS naval aide, and commander of
the presidential yacht Mayflower Mr..
Coolidge went to the camp in the
woods bordering Lake Osgood, less
tnan a quarter of a mile from White
I Inc camp, and examined closely the
men, equipment and camp facilities.
Inc men, In command Of Litutena nt
fred Z. Stack, were drawn I'D at at
tentlon when he arrived in the dull
llsht of the thick woods which ba G
oeen cleared only enough to provide
necessary accommodate for a score
OF tents. Leaving his automobile. the
president passed down the double line
or khaki-clad figures as news photo
sfaphers recorded the scene.
An inspection of the quarters fol-
lowed, beginning with the kitchen and
passing from tent to tent until the
hospital corps, under command of Lieu
tenant Commander Joel 7. Boon. wa s
reached. Then retracing his stems
While the marines stood at attention
Mr.. Coolidge returned to the summer
White House.
Immediately preceding the inspec-
tlon, the president and Mrs. Coolidge
had their first guests of the season at
Whlte Pine Camp, former Representa-
tive Homer 2. Snyder of New York
and Mrs. Snyder, who are touring this
section by automobile and were inyit-
cd to lunch. Governor Alfred p. Smith
or New York and Mrs. Smith are due
here tomorrow to be the guests of the
president and Mrs. Coolidge at a
luncheon at White Pine Camp. The
visit was arranged when the governor
sign1fied his wish to pay his official
respects and extend formally a well
come to the Adirondacks upon behalf
OF the state to the president.
1t is expected that Governor Smith
Will make his headquarters at Paul
Smiths Hotel and will remain until
Saturday. perhaps going to Saranac
Lake for golf tomorrow afternoon. The
official program is to consist merely of
the luncheon, and it is not planned to
permit the formalities to be disturbed
even by the photographing of the two
executives together.
Although there has been no an
nouncement made, il is understood
President Coolidge intends TO have
served at the luncheon fish he caught
today. For this purpose he is saving
three-pound pike he landed this
morning during several hours spent
with rod and line upon Lake Osgood
before his camp.
Continuing his quest he went this
afternoon several miles from camp to
Fondsby, Jr.. Pond, on the old Will
liam Rockefeller preserve, where early
this week he caught FIVE trout. Mrs.
Coolidge, who has been deeply inter-
ested in the presidents new-found
sport, accompanied him.
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SOLDIER DEAD
Continued from Pace One)

slider self last and his country first.
his devotion TO the welfare of the
public was magnificent. Now that he
mas been taken from US We see
through eyes purified by grief. Men
OF his calibre are like great forest
trees. We do not know their size
until they are cut down"
The casket, covered with a United
states nag, was surrounded by flow
ers. Among these floral tributes was
a large set piece of yellow roses on
base OF phlox and lilies from Presi-
dent Coolidge. There were also
mowers from the American Legion.
the American War Veterans Club of
W ashington, and other organizations.
IN addition to numerous individual
offerings.
Eight non commissioned officers.
chosen for their conspicuous records,
bore the casket into and from the
church. A military guard of honor
stood by the casket as it lay in state
preceding the funeral.
AFTER the services d procession of
automobiles followed the hearse TO
the cemetery. In these cars were
members of Mr.. Weeks family. the
honorary pail bearers and other
mourners who accompanied the BODY
TO the crematory chapel for the brief
service there. After cremation the
ashes will be placed in a tomb to
await burial at the Arlington
National cemetery.
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Dismantling Crew
Hard at Work on
North Street Bridge

The dismantling crew is at work
on on the old wooden North street
prlose. wrenchin, ripping, hewing,
saving apart the heavy hard pine
1 I OF the ancient framework.
me concrete abutments at either
END have been run, and the cement
piers which will serve as foundations
Tor the central steel structure. A
glance at the huge pine Orders show
Ihat old Father Time has been faith
ful in his favorite task Of devasta-
ton. Many Of the timbers were
spongy with surface rot. although
the planking seemed to be in a fair
state of preservation. This overhead
oIldge, which is being built by the
Maine Central Railroad Company,
VIII be of concrete. steel and wood.
embracing in its desIsn the latest
and best in the way of modern en-
cheering.
1t is expected that the work of
dlsmantling will require about two
weeks longer, and then the steel
workers will start the actual cree
ton, 800.
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Referring to figures showing the
growth of Kiwanis from six clubs and
500 members in 1915 to lS35 clubs and
100, 00O members in 1926, Major Ed
ward Z. Philbrool5 of Portland. gov
ernor of the New England district of
Kiwanis International, in addressing
the local club Thursday noon at the
Augusta House declared that Kiwanis
eXcelled, for it did not start out with
a too definite program.
The founders of KiwanIs at Detroit,
Mich, sought the establishment of
service brotherhood that would adj
vance conditions in the community,
but started with no definite constitu-
ton and program That made Kiwanis
different from all other clubs, Major
Philbrook averred.
District Governor Philbrook on his
official visit TO the Augusta club yes
terday gave an inspiring discourse on
the ideals and progress of the interna-
tional organization, declaring that the
kiwanians who are most enthusiastic
are those who have longest been men,
bers OF the organization. His mes
sage was replete with suggestions for
the advancement of Kiwanis through
individual effort and was received with
enthusiastic applause.
The speaker briefly reviewed the his
tory of the spirit of organization from
the time when men banded together in
common defense and religious worship.
and pointed out that only in the last
decade organization has fostered the
idea OF the application of the golden
rule to the vocations of men. The idea
has been advanced of fair and just CO.
operation in business and Unified
cooperation and effort with like asso-
Citations to bring about more desirable
conditions and to put social progress
on a higher plane. Men must have
faith in themselves. in their organ
ization and faith in their fellow men.
As ito build" is the purpose of XII
wants, Major Philbrook said: "In the
building fail not to finish the interior
with the gifts from God: build sweet
ness of thought. courage and spirit:
build that the souls of our children
may draw from our lives courage to
battle for the right: cleaye to the line
of the Supreme Architect and you have
builded that which will never die.
Membership in Kiwanis demands
an unselfsh if our motto, We Build
is to be vitalized. Without your coop
Grafton those many projects will be
burden to the faithful few when they
might be a pleasure to all"
District Governor Philbrook as
serted that to travel and visit all
of the So Kiwanis clubs in New Eng
land, is the greatest inspiration that
can come to any man. He said that
the object of Kiwanis is to impress
on the members to do their duty-to
hereafter discharge their duties in
manner to bring to one and all a
richer reward in pleasure and profit.
Program for District Convention
In conclusion, Major Philbrook
called 10 the attention Of the men,
bers the plans for the New England
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MOhammedan Mosque
Dedicated in Paris
First Built i'm France

Paris, July 15.-(P)-A small Sec
ton of the splendor and romance of
the East was brought to Paris today
when the first Mohammedan mosque
in France was dedicated.
The structure was inausurated in
the presence of President Doumer-
que, Mulaf Youssef, sultan of Nor
Deco; Lord Crewe, Minister of War
Guillaumet. General Gouraud and
many other well known persons.
President Doumergue and the sultan
were escorted by a special native
guard of honor
The ceremonies were held with all
the pomp of the Mohammedan world.
Thousands of Mohammedans from
Tunis, Morocco and Algiers crowded
the streets leading to the mosque
which is near the Jardin des Plantes.
Yelled women from the same coun-
tries added a picturesque note to the
gathering.
Caids and Pashas, visiting Paris
in an official capacity. were present
IN large numbers while hundreds OF
Mohammedans who live permanently
here took part in the dedication. A
guard of honor of French infantry
with its band was stationed before
the entrance to the mosque.
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Determined Divorce
Still Holds Cottage
Sought by Ex-Financee

Winsted. Conn, July 15-(P)-Mrs.
Marion Hemming, divorce. besieged
in 1.-THE Cabin a Highland Lake
cottage. by private detectives be-
cause she would not give up the
place claiming her former sweet
heart, Louis s. Grif1ng. electrical
contractor of Hartford. gave it to
her with a promise OF marriage,
found herself almost in darkness to-
day During the night the men
boarded up the kitchen window, the
only one left unboarded yesterday.
GritIing, divorced by his wife for
misconduct and married to Mrs. Leon
S. Dickinson of Springfield. Mass, at
Newark, n. j., on June goth, honey
incoming in a nearby cottage, gave
the detectives new orders today to
make siege lines closer. They were
not to permit Mrs. Hemming's son,
Burton, aged II, to leave the porch
of the cottage. No one else was to
be permitted to go near the cottage
because last evening sympathetic
neighbors, knowing that Griffing had
cut off the water supply in the cot
tage, ran by the guards and left a
five gallon can of kerosene. a jug of
water, and a bottle of milk. Mrs
Hemming, herself. day before yester-
day laid in a weeks supply of TO ID
Gr1fting also had the telephone con-
nection to the cottage discontinued,
but upon being told today that the tel
ephone bell had been heard ringing he
asked the telephone company to take
down the wire. A lineman appeared
and tried to get at the loop from
pole to the cottage but was stopped
by the guards. They refused to allow
the lineman to go near the cottage I'M
til he insisted that Griflng had given
orders to have the loop taken down.
Before the lines we're 50 closely
drawn, however, Deputy Sheriff D. II.
Manchester talked with Mrs. Hem
ming, who, he said. claimed that she
and Griffing fell in love with each other
five years ago; that she induced her
husband to obtain a divorce so that she
might marry Griffing. and that after
he got the decree she waited until
May for Griffing to keep an alleged
promise to make her his bride.
He did not keep this promise, she
claimed, and not until Tuesday did
she learn that he had married Mrs.
Dickinson, whose husband commit
ted suicide at Springfield on March
last. Mrs. Dickinson has a boy
and a girl.
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MCLEAN STRESSES
Continued from Page One)


Brewster and his council have gone
through the year with less than $171,-
600 expended from the same source, a
fact which speaks for itself"
If this fact does actually speak for
itself it can only mean that a sub
stantiaI part of the s430.000 spent by
Gov. Baxter and his council might
have been saved, and If it could and
should have been saved then it was
not properly spent. This is the only
fair inference to be drawn from the
auditors statement. If it was i'm
properly spent why didn't the auditor
tell US about it two years ago.. Aud
itors' statements Of the real facts de-
ferred two years are of little help.
Are we going to be required to wait
two years before we learn the real
facts about the present administra-
ton? Or will he tell them to us now
If Gov Baxter should have made
savings out of the $4,000 spent from
the contingent fund, as the auditor IN
Inmates, it would be interesting If he
would tell us just what items should
have been saved. Indeed, as State
official serving the interests of the
whole state it is his duty to tell. Ger
tafnly an expenditure of s4So,000 in
"a fact which speaks for itself -en-
titles the public to know where this
large sum of money has bee u-Nyisely
or improperly spent.
The public is not only entitled to
this statement, but Gov. Baxter and
his council are entitled to it. And the
public and Gov. Baxter are no less en-
titled to 1t because an election Is
pending. The statement has been
made. It should be explained.
The auditor can quite readily do
this. because Gov. Baxter in his St
Adams speech of August II, 1873, took
up and explained every item making
the $3.50, 900 to which the auditor must
refer.
Gov. Baxter in his st. Adams
speech dealing with the same $3.50
600 said that the comfortable posi-
tion' which the present administra-
ton claimed then TO be enjoying was
due to the Baxter Administration.
In view of the Auditors statement
and his intimate acquaintance with
State finances it would be enlighten-
inc to have him tell us if such was
The Auditors conception Of econ
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Harvard Pair Il
Start Sculling
Trip Over 500 Miles

Norfolk, Va. July 15.-(P)-In thelp
wasp-like double wherry, a craft as
frail as a canoe, and in a drizzla
against which their light rowing
clothes offered no protection. two men
prominent in Harvard athletics--Dr.
Thomas K. Richards and Ed A. wach-
ter-started early today from here on
a sculling trip of more than 500 miles.
Arriving from Boston on the Mer-
chants and Miners steamer Chatham
with their craft, DR.. Richards, medical
adviser of Crimson football teams,
and wachter, Harvard basketball
coach, launched Immediately from the
steamer pier Their boat is 27-foot
racing craft in which they plan to row
to Boston. At $50 o'clock the wherry
moved at launch speed down the har-
Dor through choppy sea. The oars
men only smiled when those who
crowded the dock TO witness their de-
parture expressed misgivings. DIR.
Richards said he anticipated no par
ticular difficulty on the trip.
The wherry is dscked over forward
and aft, with high combing around
the cockpit, which will prevent mod
crate seas from filing 1t amidships.
She is equipped with compass and fog
horn and along the port side of the
cockpit is dashed a waterproof map
carrier containing charts of the route.
Clothes are slowed away IN water
eight bundles and three days rations
We're aboard when the wherry left the
pier here.
Boston, July 15.-(P)-Dr. Thomas
X Richards and Ed A. Wachter, who
started from Norfolk for Boston in a
double wherry today, are using the
same boat as that of DR.. Richards and
George S. Selfridge, a Boston lawyer,
in their row last year from New York
to Boston. In the Norfolk trip the
two men plan to spell each other dur
ing the long trip and to cover about
90 miles a day. Every third night it
is their plan to stop over at some hotel
while they replenish provisions. Their
route will be Chesapeake Bay and Del
aware canal, Delaware river, Raritan
canal to South Amboy, n. j.. Staten
Island. New He'll Gate, Long Island
Sound, Block Island Sound, Buzzards
Bay, Cape Cod canal, Massachusetts
Bay and Boston harbor.
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Seeks Democratic
Nomination for
Vice Presidency in '28

Providence, r. l., July Is - Up -
With repeal of the 18th amendment
his principal declarat ton of policy,
Albert W. Noone of New Hamp-
shire, several times Democratic cam
dldate for governor, will seek the
nomination for vice president on tie
Democratic ticket with William G.
McAdoo in 1928, he announced today
to the Evening Bulletin from his
Peterboro, N. H. home.
When asked if he would oppose
the AL Smith ticket he said he did
not want to oppose anyone but he
wanted to get into the race himself.
The ku klux Khan, he said, was not
a political issue and would not enter
his campaign. but the tariff would.
He blamed the Republican tariff for
the present depression in the textile
trade in New Englard He would
run as straight Democrat. he said.
and his religious denomination was
Unitarian .H
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MAINE STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION
NOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received at the office
Of the Maine State Highway Commits
zion, Augusta, Maine, until ten o'clock
a; NJ, standard time. Wednesday, July
%, 1926. for the construction of the
1oiioWlng bridge structures, viz:
schoodic Bridge over Schoodic
cream cream in Township A, Range Z, Pc
nopscot County, Maine. Estimate $50
VI. yds. concrete. 227o0 Gu. .yds fill.
avon Corner Bridge over Avon Cor
i ner Brook in the town of Avon, Frank
IA, IN County, Maine. Estimate 500 Gu.
vas. concrete
oates Bridge over Blue Pond Stream
Wine 81 tne town of Avon, Franklin County,
crete.
Foss Bridge over Dead River in the
W s1Wn OF Leeds, Androscoggin County,
ySs he. oun-structure, estimate PIP Gu.
!os. concrete
:, Lisbon Center Bridge over sabat-
aus aus stream in the town of Lisbon, An
Sssf9seoegln County, Maine. Estimate
'OS Gu, yds. concrete.
Ever Ever IN the town of Milo, Piscataquis
concrete.
Iosus Bridge over Togus Stream
Pittseeeen the towns of Randolph and
timcStton, kennebec County, Maine. Es-
V09 Su > Us. concrete.
fsie nxed charge of fifteen dollars
ana 0'ugl will be made for the plans
sam steclhcations for each bridge, the
snec?eto be returnable when plans and
cnrnSdtia.ceatlons are returned in good
peatlion to the Commission.
ths IN proposal must be made upon
oGlank form provided by the Com
csroil and must be accompanied by
favonn tliied check or proposal bond In
Maj % the treasurer of the State of
(I0etS IN the amount of ten per cent
thai = OF the proposal as a guarantee
wor, 'ne pldder will contract for the
~ II IL is awarded to him.
araT" proposal shall be in a sep
mai. envelope, sealed and plainly
Of Nea proposal for the construction
Bridge over
IN the town of
IT.. State of Maine"
ouiras successful bidder will be re-
bona !; 70 furnish surety company
(50S ~ the amount of fifty per cent
forns' OF the contract price. Proposal
secir.'a pans and specifications may be
mission. appiicatlon TO the Com
or an right is reserved to reject any
an proposals.
WI Vn14ARLES Fl. INNEs. Chairman,
Gu ~ AN J. LANIGAN,
ARLES MURRAY.
,State Highway Commission
ACL d. SARGENT.
Augusta, Maine. July 9i Il, ZEE Eaglneer'
r. jly16-2l
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orny seems to lie based solely on saw
lng,l whether tie saving may be in
the interests of economy or not. To
tai to make needed repairs to State
institutions or to provide tneln with
sufficient funds With which to prop
crly care for their wards is most as
suredly not economy.
Fred K. Owen in the Portland
Sunday Telegram Of July IL after
saying that there is a feeling that
Will advocate appropriations for new
construction for some of the State
institutions, adds, "a matter that has
oeen neglected as everyone admits"
Neglecting our State institutions
most assuredly is not economy. Nor
Is 1t economy to arbitrarily require
departments to make q 10 percent
saving in their appropriations. ard
this is most emphatically SO If the
initial appropriation was inadequate.
The deferring OF mothers aid in
needy and meritorious cases for per-
lods as long as nine months cannot
be condoned either on the ground of
economy or humanity. Gov. Baxter
declared that to neglect the State
wards would be criminal" ssssAS sresy
The public, as we'll as myself. ]
81 pAeoSSu W hHoW Ol Ine
AUDITORS Willingness to place all in
formation at my and their disposal.
Undoubtedly we both will need his
help IN explaining some items. That
will, OF course, be readily and cheer
fully given, for without such mfr
nation We might not be able to fully
understand the facts. This is, of
course, true of his comparison of tie
contingent fund of the present with
mat OF the Baxter administration.
GOV. Baxter Says it was Honestly
ana wisely spent" The Auditor says
tlat the TACT that it was S430 eco
and spent in six months as against
S171,000 spent by the present admin
istration in II months speaks for
itself" We will await with interest
the Auditors explanation.
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Local Fishermen
Get Good Catch

The Col Bye t chell- Thibodeau
fishing expedition that sailed forth
tuesday last in gay spirits bound for
Tenants Harbor returned yesterday
with a good catch. considering the
length of time spent at the line. Sew
eral excellent shore dinners were re-
ported as having been consumed with
much relish, while other incidents of
the trip made it an extremely enjoy
able one. Over 65 pounds of strictly
fresh fish were brought into Water
VILE, hardly enough to tax the load
ing capacity of the auto. or to supply
local fishmongers, but sufficient
nevertheless for the needs of the
marty.
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Swimmers Disregard
|Doctor's Warning

D. Contrary to the unofficial warning
Fryen out by William J. Young. NJ.
D. relative to the individuality of
,athing in the water Of Kennebec ad-
,acent to the Lockwood playground,
many children continue to take their
daily dips there. Sewer terminals
=. this point, and likewise at other
noiuts along the river, causing pollu-
tion of the water, which upon being
swallowed, as otter occurs, may
easily result Of cases of typhoid fe-
YER
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AUGUSTA LOCALS
Telephone Your Locals to 1877

Leroy Cross of Brunswick was a
caller in the city, Thursday.
Herman Southland OF Greenfield,
Mass, is a guest of his aunt, Mrs.
j. +. Meigs, Cony street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Cross and sons.
Donald and Robert are guests of
Mrs. j. L. Chiles of this city.
Evangelist Greenwood will conduct
a Bible class this evening at Z West
Crescent street.
Dana Wilkins of Windsorville was
a business caller, Wednesday, in
the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moody of
Boston, were in the city, Wednes-
day, calling on friends.
w. H Lewis of Boston and Fred
Crossley of Providence, r l.. we're in
the city, Tuesday. on business.
Lyman Harris has returned from
a trip Of several days in Canada,
having visited at Montreal and
Quebec.
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Hold Store Owner
For Murder in Killing
Two at Warren, r. I.

providence. r. T.. July 15.-LP)-
Two charges of murder in the first
degree were lodged today against
CHARLES MaXfield, Warren store
Keeper, who yesterday pleaded not
guilty to manslaughter charges
brought rs the result Of the fatal
shooting OF Angelo Cuzzone and Luz
lS! Chrlstophono. Darlington youths.
rms action was taken following
conference between Attorney Cen
eral Charles P. Sisson of Rhode Is
iand' counsel for MaXfield, and off,
Gals Of the Warren police.
MaXf1eld waived examination on
the mudred charges and was COM
mitted to the Bristol county Jail
without bail to await the September
session of the grand Jury.
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BATH
Mary c. +, Whittan1

Mary c. +. Whittam, 50, widow Of
William H. Whittam. died Wednes-
day night of bronchial pneumonia at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl
Z. Donnell of West Bath. She was
born in Bath, a daughter of Detlef
and Catherine Voss. and had resided
here all her life. Besides two sons.
Harry W, of North Bath and Clar-
ence F. Whittam of kittery, she
leaves four daughters. Mrs. Abbie
Lewis of Boothbay Harbor, Mrs.
George Harnish of Southport, Mrs.
Donnell of West Bath and Mrs.
Harry T. Littlefeld OF Portland and
one brother, Fred C. Voss of Huto-
luxO Fla